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walls" exclaimed Gwen. "Tho toolsl Fetch
the tools! viii 60 back and stay with hin till

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Ma'ls, LII -, oms". hsa,. Ano .oo!ss setn "a
Luz Luz 'oom VIII " DaeA ALL Stay WILL Hill I'LL
'oa .sstov S w;tb hin, IN Never amin Gva, nsvar
N: W. ataat,a ~ l,es aa th.e 20 dese. ss
i .ant ha.s " the roorn ~ T fetchsa mt on'v the
t"n1s XII ~ 1cn and in a few m;nntes 9b.st1
ioo.s acrs, pt. eue ,.id nJ h,r n ~ 40"
% hni1ozr a;r :, iii Tim n.n vho de,,t+ha
nlft - as ho1,ov ho,s ,ho,+ aiv frat in c;r-
,eene nao aoua" Sas.a,.daIshs I'1 hIo ho1 ~
hoid C~an h,es ,-;.h III i-,v.,r.,e+,
hau " ~ ~ 10, rnca ~ do~-
tl.o tLe fathom f a ;ess 81 ab7ss: " N ~ '''N'0>@ >'"
sham ever ~ for~et @ that cv7 hid Il r.,ck hi,
enaH 49, ever nosa taas orys na nnd ~ ioa' 3rn1 1
ea1s 1aSss Wa a.;aei has.,aH ~ % oo ~ In
oe!om. - Saa,air fsi1 h.cI ,nto fddead faiuk
Gue @ ctx tt;n ~ + ras the hat th;n, that clld
Poor thing y WIS M tne ocss 1ntn ha nn.1 tus and
n1pp1u w - SI-s Pn,s1ar;s c,Ts m: is scon
ease no1 o'oi ~ IL A1 anaeo: 1at1,saai to tho
a. naa So. ~. t-,.;1,s- ~ f,t.,.n the abyss,
1oJm. tuey "e1o I3u.6 ~ ~ deecend 10 the
very ioupua'on t;o,,;sed 10 Gd By the foul air.
oean ao"e1eo aou oAstus s. N end and whom st
~ uup1 "1a - 5steadilY, there Vas that
.ens.n tno tn% - fate awful that strong
ason rrho stood hv mod SICK and falnt-
A Tha a;3as ~ ths awful hote wore. after cor
,; 10 '.e' ;a1r1i aud uneven. Sharp stones.
, tata p,s'' - J45dooks ecythes, and knives were
po:oa 20 y. oall With such q diabolical art thst
@ ast ln.o H. LANG must haye been fea1fully man.
riad haf 70 he reached the bottom. AMI sicken-
E,o4 ac n,s rs s OF such fau we're there. Nothing
~ no utter demolition OF the building would
nosa.Iole US to recover all that remained OF him
eno half an hour before s:ood among us in life
and health.
The demolition WAS ordeeod. The building
Was to be razed to the ground: Gwen would 9sI
she hoped. hoped madly, loog after hope seemed
impossible, But men must eat and sloep, eyen
, 1874-01-18
UNTO THE SUN.

C,lortc potentatet Thy rso is oppoTtune-
sentimental mammal claws bis lJre;
HI Will in haste nfe high his adolescens cfoou,
Nor stop for decency Or hire.
Uuchal1enged Sun Of rnyriad suns-arch-ooss aoof>s
The warmth Of thy herce gaze thus worio upc1
Doth even shame the fervor Of tho manly lo7s
bear my mothers only son.
Thou art not versatile; Jet this Machine hath fun
since gassy times that I'll not try to spell,
And thou hast proved to all that thou c7uBt r. no b1
Dy simply doing one thing well.
Thou Chairman Of Committee on Celestial Light!
Comcared with thee our brag lamps aeem mess;
Zen with our stock OF brass" concocs NJ 2auG1s ~
bright
We've not the recipe, guess.
We don't cut up such rhines, with orr poor earsan
Or we portion Of thy disk would n1
High in tbs fasts Of our uosquito-brced edtn3 Night
To tcach the moon and stars sozae tricks
Alaek! Black cloud dhnlts coast the sulen west ana
An zll-day wetncss batcheh ont, weta,
To dank this facile air, and epur each o1oWty cofus
And make my truaty togs feel mean;
Therefore will no longer thrash mJ bowling muso,
TO Itnply liu3cr here wonid my nice sense abusa-
III steer me homeward speedily;
For II unu don't quickly seek the insfde dry
When outside dampness IL certainty,
Then should impasBioned kick With hot repeat apply,
And telescope his yertsbra- .
, 1874-01-18

Lord K, determined short tir.- to
unn1ask certain well-known spiritual Professor
a3d his medium at seancs advert!eod to bo
held at somo hall nituated on Oxford atreet. Lon
don. Accordingly Y had eons1Fuetsd, At
Bryant d Mays 4 match OF huge proportions
and instantaneous bril1iancy, and, armed *ith
this, he proceeded with two fdenda TO pay big
respects to the y" denizens OF smother world
After the usual preliminarios the room Was sEd-
denly da1kened, and, Whilst the company held
each otter by the hands, violins snd tanhoa- :.n
rines were heard to play in company With lees
musical sounds, the Professor and his medium
having been securely fastened With rores b1 one
OF tho audience. At given moment e. 1es
70 his companions hand, and lit h,s match, OF,
more properly, torch, on striker s1ilfullv 11ed
to the sole Of his boot. 4 great aare aud there
stood the Professor bard at work on the sio'ia,
whilst the happy medium asrsted the perfofm-
ance BY alternate accompaniment on the t1na-
boufine With her hand, and on the floor With
broomatick. Toe finale may be better imagined
than described !; suffice it 70 say that his Lord
ship. on presenting himself ut tbs door OF
sin,lar entertainment weak after. va. Eelustl
admission
, 1874-01-18
Efshop EnClund's Ltbcra)ity---A Ro.
man Catholics Sermon Hcforo q
Protestant ConErcEati0n.

From the Ne,o York Sum-
No Roman Catholic Bishop in this country has
among Protestants al the late Bishop England:
of South Carolina. One cause Of this consldence
gas bis great ibeEality in all points where liz
could make reasonable concessions to P:ctcs.
tants. Whenever lie was offered tho use OF
Protestant church 70 hold bis serslcea Ill thc
largo district OF his diocese, embracing oil OF
South Carolina aud portion Of Georgis: he
gladly accepted it. On one occasion ho vas
called On to do duty for Protestant pastor
in email village in Georgia under the
following circumstances: Tic lad been oo!1eea
With the loan Of Protestant church for tho
purpose OF delivering course Of lectures upon
tho Catholic religion On SATURDAY. erening the
regular pastor visited him and asked OF him the
favor tha. he would continue to occupy his pull
pit tho next day, saying: hare been 20 en-
tie week have forgotten to prepare my ser.
mon." IL should bo happy to obllge you" saia
Bishop England, ''but you know my Church
principles will admit OF no copartnetahlp in tho
SERVICES of rcligiou." t'That makes no d1aez-
enco," replied the Protestant minister; "5egu-
sire it go. and am willing" Bishop Ene!and
not 10 be outdone in libernlity, promised that
nothing should be said or dono to create d!a~
appreciation in the congregation OF oueno 'hd
miaister. ,.,
scnted Of I.oman Catholic Bishop: as1ayed u
his ordinary episcopal vesture. walking up tho
steps OF q Protestant pulpit. lie began the ser
vices by asking his congregation to sing hSnn
whlch be had selected from tnois hymn.nop1: 1;a.
then took his taxi from Douay translation Q!
the Bible. aud after offering such prayer ~ al
could lola 10 from book OF Catholic devotion,
be preached them u sound, Practical dascourse,
and dismissed them with 3lsssIog. iGe p Gon.
PPgo.. oftan heard denounced as idoiatTy. La it
, 1874-01-18

"A prudent match making mamma gave r. 1ho
fo71oWi,,p candid advice to her daughter: Oh,
NARY tho nan you lore, girl, # he is as nch as
C1Gsus.", -,
, 1874-01-18

room, but he Instantly advanced toward It.
Suddenly he stopped, and once moro 60" thas
ptopipu motion OF his hand.
How ycry odd! There can't be door here"
said he.
For the first time Ovens composuro left her.
She sprarg to his side; sbe clasped his arm
-. "a dG..i. doof HArr7' Not d0oF-o' ''y it was
She was pale and trembling. 10 auieted her
in moment. There was nothing to fear, lie
eaid, But AZ she unclasped his arm and turned
away, I heard her mur1nur, "Iho hfss t'nc-
the first GEne!"
o. rhy did she leave him then, and Why did
she turn away7 Hs stepped forward 10 the
spot had pointed out. .,-......, -
ayes, faid be, "this is plainly the way out"
What was that noise? What next met onr
ing of planks giving way; tho spot on which q! re
stood failed beneath him- He clutched Wildly
round with his h.uda. We sprang forward to save
him. We touched him We almost grasped h'u.
He slipped from our hold. For one moment no
looked On bis agonized face, a.. with one cry. 20
fell-coue from our sight forever: And the
hoarda rose. snd fitted into their places With .
spap. and ali va. firm and solid IS before.
For ono moment believe vas rnad-so s1a-
den and SO awful was the shock l tore Willy 1a!
At The, f1ooriue with my bare hands, and called
loudly on his name-called to him to return u
was Gwen who brought me to nyse!!-t"e1t,
Harry's wife, uav, bis widow She DIRE" ne
back. her face distorted with horror, yes nas
Bes1ses alert and under command aot 'o1e' "So
n'. :.rbs ~ @ soofn beiou-the room where you sa-
the fire: ho has only fallen through. Gomez oe
quick!" ..,;,r.;. aha
drew me- en- it Was ray Of hope no rushed
a.rosa the lobby and down the atairs tlFe MIL
11tes hefore he had been with US on those very
stems where Was he now? The room be1o", AL
the rooms near tho passages, AL were empty.
Tha fatal thickness Of those walls, what might
.-.t .,7oaat3 Wacaliod him there r as no
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05
A Cougars Leap.

AN Eastern tourist read to his compan.
ion the following newspaper paragraph;
the cougars are killing IA great many
sheep in Washington Territory
"In New York" said he, they pro-
tect their sheep from those insects by
rubbing tar on their noses; it keeps the
cougars from going into their nostrils."
a Sacramento man, who was down
here attending the pioneers celebration,
heard what he said, and remarked;
=" One of them once attacked me, and
| am of the opinion that tar on my nose
would not have been of much benefit to
me-"
~ was not aware they troubled men,"
"They have got to be pretty hungry
before they will do So
The pioneer then informed the tourist
that he was laboring under u mistake,
and told him that a cougar was fero-
cious animal, not Il sheep insect.
He complied with the request to relate
the particulars of his encounter with one
of them, and commenced by saying:
81 suppose it was the spirit of adven-
ture that brought me here twenty-five
years ago, that prevented me from re-
naming in san Francisco, where could
have amassed fortune, and made me
the Wandering jew of the many and
widely spread mining regions. | was
among the first that went TO the newly
discovered diggings on the head waters
of the Missouri River. My partners and
myself had discovered quartz ledge,
and were sinking on it in hopes of find
ing the paymaster 1t was situated near
the summit of the Rocky Mountains.
The road l,s,lil z to il was unfreQucnted,
and all the wild animals 20 be found in
shat region were our neighhors,
Zone day, whenre return ~ from neigh
boring claim, where had been 10 get a
drill sharpenedI stopped To rest under the
shade of large pine tree, had placed
one end OF the drill ON the gfound, and
was IN the act of sitting down, when |
was startled by strange noise ovet my
head. | looked up and saw a cougar just
in the act of bouncing downou Ae. His
huge mouth was open and his eyes shone
like tircballs.
"Men who lead lives fraught tn dan
ger il. MON ITS of great peril think r,
IDLY. The thought flashed to me that |
must catch the cougar on my drill or be
MS breakfast. | dropped on my knees
and aimed the drill at the place where
thought his breast would come.
"When | recovered enough from the
shock to realize my condition, | found
myself on my back with the carcass of
the monster on top of me- For some
time thought my arms were broken
on finding .hey were not | managed to
roll him of | next thought my legs
were broken; tley were numb and re
manned that way u long time No one
par, of me was injured more than the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05

others; but all parts were nearly MUIR
dered. Instead of penetrating his breast
the point of the drill had entered his
mouth, passed down his throat, and came
out near his backbone. 1t was long
time before fully recovered. The drill
had only partly broken his fall, and the
monster had nearly crushed me to death;
but / had the satisfaction of knowing
that out-generaled him and spoiled his
appetite for miners"
After the pioneer concluded the tour
list congratulated him on his escape from
a horrible death and admitted that a
mans life would be lost on such an occa
sion if he had nothing but tar on his nose
to defend himself with.-.San Francisco
EOLden ETd
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05
A Miraculous Preservation.

A CORRESPONDENT of the London Times,
writing from Copenhagen, says: A
Norwegian paper is relating tale OF an
almost miraculous preservation. The
Captain Of the schooner Amazon, OF
Stavanger, recently arrived at Bergen
with a cargo of salt, reports that in pass
ing the British Channel he had the oppor-
tunity Of saving British lad of fifteen
under very peculiar circumstances. The
Amazon was about twelve geographical
miles from the British shore when the
Captain thought he observed through
his telescope something floating on the
water. He altered his course so as to
get nearer. and soon discovered that it
was a small boat, in which a lad was ly-
ing fast asleep. The shouting from the
schooner did not awaken him, but when
small log was thrown over into the boat
he awokc with sudden start; an end of
line was thrown to him, and he was
ust able tu fasten it when he swooned,
and had to ne carried on board the vessel.
In the boat nothing was found but a
pair of oars and Bible. The lad,
when brought back to life and strength
by the tender care shown to him,
gave the following account of his
fate: He was sitting on the shore,
reading his Bible, when some of
his companions came down to him and
leased him with the manner in which he
spent his leisure time. To escape from
their banter he got into boat, and kept
on reading, when suddenly he discovered,
to his great dismay, that his prosecutors
had cut the line and left his frail boat to
the power of the undermining ebb. He
tried to use the oars, but struggled in
vain against wind and water, and, as a
dense fog set in, he soon lost sight Of
land. After several hours of alternate
struggle and powerless despair he fell
asleep, and sleep remained in fact his
only comfort against hunger, cold, and
the deep pangs of his isolation during
the three days and two nights which he
had spent in his frail boat when he was
at last seen and saved. Unhappily,
neither the name of the lad nor of the
place where his parents live is given, but
that will, suppose, not be difficult to get
at when the fact obtains your wide pub
LEFTY. The name of the Captain of the
Amazon is Thomson"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05
Keeping Sheep in Good Condition.

The ample feed this fall ought to bring
all sheep in tirst-rate condition FOR win
ter. Both hay and grain will be high,
and, therefore, it will behoove every
tlock-master to economize in every prac-
ticable way. Nevertheless, it is not
economy to stint any animal, much less
a sheep, in its food; for on plenty of
provender, carefully fed depends the in
tegrity of the fleece
1t matters but little whether food be
in the shape of hay or grain, for sheep
will winter perfectly and improve in
flesh on good hay alone if kept comforta-
bly, warm. Indeed, per cent. of the
live weight of an animal of good hay fed
daily will not only keep an animal in
good health but furnish full average
gain; according to the experiments of
OF Massachusetts, of about two pounds
of flesh daily.
In the West, hay, as a rule, is worth
more than corn; and while sheep do
well enough on hay alone they will do
far better if fed both hay and grain, and
this is also much cheaper to the farmer
than a nearly exclusive diet of either hay
or grain.
Whatever the feed be good results
cannot be expected unless the animals
be kept perfectly comfortable, The
building where sheep are kept, whether
closed she'd or stable, must be Thoroughly
ventilated; for sheep, while it must be
kept in a pretty uniform temperature to
reach the best results in wool and car
cass, at the same time must have plenty
of pure air They are essentially an
Alpine race, and only because their wool
and flesh is so necessary to man have
they become so universally domesticated
and widely distributed.
Ticks are often exceedingly yeXatiQus
to flock masters, These parasites thrive
on indilFerentlykept sheep. 1t the sheep
be fat and healthy they usually disap-
pear of their own accord, and for two
principal reasons one, that parasites
cannot live where much oil is present
and fat animal is always oily; another
reason is that they cannot penetrate to
the veins so easily for their sustenance,
Hence q little oilmeal fed occasionally
is good to rid flock of these pests, since
a portion usually finds its way quickly
to and through the pores of the skin,
But if fed literally on good hay and corn
or other grain and kept comfortably
warm and with good ventilation but lit
tie trouble will be experienced from
ticks, and when shorn the " COL, from It's
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05

fine and homogeneous quality, commands
much higher price from the expert
buyer than that of wool whose growth
has been repeatedly checked and there
fore rendered weak from irregular feed
ing. Sheep allowed to fall away from
cold or bad feeding in winter and then
by extra feeding suddenly forced into
growth will be troubled with shedding
of WOOL This will be an additional rea-
son why they should be well looked after
in the fall and winter. Western Rural
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05

A DETROIT lady, who has been in Cal.
ifornia for some months past, started
for home the other day and one of her
relatives went to the telegraph office in
Sacramento and notified the husband in
Detroit, saying: "Your wife starts this
morning" So far so good, but he didnt
have money to pas for the dispatch, and
feeling little cheap over it, he added to
the telegram: 81 haven't paid for this
dispatch-left my money at home; will
make 1t all right the next time write tn
you" The twenty-five extra words made
u bill which caused the Detroiter to turn
pale.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

A child of Mr. E. L. Strong OF Rocky
Hill, Conn, died recently from poison
GUS mater used in vaccination.
-.Joseph Hopp, Peoria coal-hauler,
was instantly killed the other day by the
tongue of wagon striking INN IN the
breast.
A man was struck by lightning in
Kansas not long ago and stripped of
every particle of clothing he had on, and
yet was not hurt.
George Warren, leading citizen Of
Van Buren,, Mich, was instantly killed
the other day by the accidental discharge
of his rifle, which he was taking from a
closet.
Alex. Carry, of Bucyrus, Ohio, while
threshing few days since was caught in
the machinery and so badly injured that
he died in few minutes after he was
taken out.
John Rothc, st. Louis carpenter,
recently made a misstep, lost his balance
and fell from the top OF a church steeple
in that city, 100 feet, to the sidewalk. He
was literally crushed and died instantly,
Charley Smith and playmate were
recently shooting at cat in Lamvllle,
Ill, when the ball struck table, glanced
off and lodged in Smiths head, intlicting
a very dangerous, and probably fatal,
wound.
A lad was sitting on the top Of
step ladder at Lowell, Mass, the other
day, when the bottom was struck by a
velocipede The boy was thrown to the
ground and sustained injuries that short
ly proved fatal.
Rev. Henry Asbury, of Lincoln
County, N. c., was recently standing be-
fore fire rubbing his body with kero-
sene oil when suddenly the blaze touched
his person, and instantly he was clad
with flame. Death resulted.
An inmate of lunatic asylum in
Massachusetts recently died, and post.
mortem examination followed, revealing
some strange facts. In his stomach were
found one pound ten ounces OF iron
nails, seven pieces of iron half inch
square and cobbler's awl minus the
handle.
The horses attached to a stage which
runs between the Astoria ferry house and
the piano mandatory at Astoria, n. Y,
for the accommodation of the employees
of the latter, took fright one night re-
Gently, dashed through the ferry house
gates and plunged into the East River.
The stage contained four men, who, with
the horses, were drowned.
--Rosina Suchter returned from Gin
cinati ball the other morning with her
husband and before retiring looked into
the kitchen to sec if everything was all
right, while he went upstairs to bed.
Becoming alarmed at her prolonged alb
sencc, he went to seek her and found her
lying on the ground dead. She had died
of heart disease or apoplexy.
John French, car-examiner, low
cred lantern into the man.hole of
huge oil tank at Syracuse, N. y, not long
ago, with the object of ascertaining how
much oil there was in it, it being sup
posed to be nearly or quite empty. Sud
denly tremendous explosion occurred
and French was thrown upward and
over two trains standing on adjacent
tracks He was terribly injured, but may
recover 1t is not likely that he will ever
be induced to commit such an imprudent
act again.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05

A MAN who can move his ears like a
mule has arrived at Laramie Wyoming
Ter, forithe purpose of giving an exhi-
bition. His name is Follett, and passen-
gers who came west in the car with him
say the manner in which he will twist
his ears around to listen to converse
ton behind him is wonderful 1t is sup
posed that his ears are provided with an
extra pair of muscles, by means Of which
he is enabled to turn them in any direc-
ton - Vir0inia City Enterprise.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-05
A Romance Of Portsmouth.

T, B. ALDRIcH, writing of the Stavers
House, Portsmouth, says: lone of the
romantic episodes of the place has been
turned to very pretty account by Long
fellow in the last series of The Tales of
II Wayside Inn-the. marriage of Gov.
Benning Wentworth with Martha Hill
ton, sort of second edition of King
Cophetua and the Beggar Maid. Martha
Hilton was poor girl, whose bare feet
and ankles and scant drapery when she
was child, and even after she was in
the bloom of her teens, used to scandal
ize good Dame Stavers, the innkeeper's
wife Standing one afternoon in the
doorway of the Earl of Halifax, Dame
Stavers took occasion to demonstrate
with the sleek limbed and lightly draped
Martha, who CHANGED to be passing the
tavern, carrying pail of water in
which, as the poet neatly says, the
shifting sunbeam danced You Pat!
you Patl' cried Mrs. Stavers, severely;
why do you go looking so? You should
be ashamed to be seen in the street.
Never mind how ! look, says Miss Mar.
tina, with a merry laugh, letting slip
saucy brown shoulder out of her dress;
| shall ride in my chariot yet, ma'am.'
Fortunate prophecy! Martha went to
live as servant with Gov. Wentworth at
his mansion at Little Harbor, look
ing out to sea. Seven years passed,
and the Thin slip OF girl, who prom
ised to be no great beauty, had
lowered into the loveliest of women,
with q lip like cherry and cheek
like u rose-a lady by instinct, one of
Natures own ladies. The Governor, a
lonely widower. and not too young, fell
in love with his fair handmade. With
out stating his purpose to any one, Gov.
Wentworth invited number of his
friends (among others the Rev. Arthu.
Brown to dine with him at Little Har-
Dor on his birthday. After the dinner,
which was very elaborate one, was at
an end, and the guests were discussing
their tobacco-pipes, Martha Hilton glided
into the room and stood blus hingin front
of the chimnevplace. She was eXquis-
itely dressed, rs you may conceive, and
wore her hair three stories high. The
guests stared at each other, and particu-
larly at her, and wondered. Then the
Governor, rising from his seat,
Played slightly with his rutiles, then looked
down,
And said unto the Reverend Arthur Brown
This is my birthday; II shall likewise be
My wedding day. and you shall marry met
The rector was dumbfoundef know
ing the humble footing Martha held in
the house, and could think of nothing
clcverer to say than To WON, your ES-
cellency? To this lady replied the
Governor taking Martha Hilton by the
hand. The Rev. Arthur Brown hest.
tated AS the Chief,Magistrate of New
! Hampshire | command you to marry mer
cried the firm old Governor And so it
was done, and SO the pretty kitchenmaid
became Lady Wentworth, and did ride in
her own chariot after all. She wasn't a
woman if she didn't drive by StaYerS'
! Hotel"
Flowers, like rare gems, should have
| their settings of an inconspicuous order,