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Pennsylvanische Staats zeitung. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1843-1887, 1875-04-15
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Seit Isabelle.

NHiaHssab an 10nlas. 0tbruar Is. 1876.
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Pennsylvanische Staats zeitung. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1843-1887, 1875-04-15

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Pennsylvanische Staats zeitung. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1843-1887, 1875-04-15

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Pennsylvanische Staats zeitung. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1843-1887, 1875-04-15

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stIssIt1ea SuiasEzsm paAHiirt.
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Not Entirely without Reason.

ddfeftfcfs
Bundy has been married two weeks and
has left his wife. Bundv IL a little man. and his
wife weighs two hundred and forty pounds and
was the relict OF the late Peter Potts. About
ten days after marriage Bundy was surprised
ON awakening In the morning. TO End his better
half sitting up In bed crying IA II her heart
would break. Astonished, he asked the cause
OF her sorrow, but receiving no reply he began
10 surmise that there must be some secret on
her mind that she withheld from him. that was
the cause OF her anguish, so he remarked To
Mrs. b that. as they were married. she should
tell him the cause OF her grief So. II possible he
could avert II, and after considerable cunxinY
he elected the following from her.
Last night dreamed | was single and as
walked through wcll-lighted street came to
store where sign IN front advertised husbands
Tor sale. Thinking i curious, / enterec, and
ranged along the wall on either side were men
with prices affixed to them. such beauti mi
men; some for & ,O0, some for $500 aud 81 on
to $50. And as had not that amount | could
not purchase
Thinking TO console her, Bundy placed his arm
lovingly around her, and asked
" And did YOU see any men like me there p
"Oh, yes she replied, drawing away from
Nun, lots ike you; they were tied up In
punches, like asparagus, and sold for ten cents
per bunch"
Bundy got up and went TO see his lawyer as to
whether he had sufficient ground for divorce.
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4 YEAR or sTARTfTI0y.
The Mischief Of n Bit oi Ham WHY scrst.
Coombs has steadily Grown Thin.

Scrgt. Charles Coombs, of the Forty
seventh street police. pt.or to the 18th OF
August. 1874, weighed TWO hundred aud twenty
pounds. on that day morse Of fred ham got
awry IN his throat. lie washed II down hastily
with several gulps OF water, but It's way to the
stomach 1t lacerated the mouth Of: the nsopna-
gus. Toe next morning the ahrased part was
unnamed. The physician coated his neck with
Iodine during the six subsequent weeks and
allowed him to eat only oatmeal porridge and
milk. At the end of that period the innamIna-
ton was gone but In Its stead w8s a structure
This was treated varously, out without curing
Meanwhile being deprived Of solid food, the
sergeant lost flesh at the rate Of bound and a
half week, and seemed likely to die Of star
vation.
Yesterday Prof. James II. Wood, in the pres
cnUe Of a few Bellevue surgical students, began
10 treat the case. Having placed the sergeant
In good light, the Professor introduced "A pro-
bang "A slender steel bar. tipped with sponge
ball filled with oil-into his windpipe, saving
" Now, gentlemen, | Introduce this probanp
Into the patients throat-don't strain sir the
serge ants face WAS crimson. and his bloodsh
eyes seemed about to pop out Of their sockets
and work IL up and down. and about Now
Withdrawing the prOOanc-" what do YOU eat -
" STRAINED oat meal porridre. doctor" the ser
geant replied, family, because OF his recent
stranculstiOu.
" ihat won't do at ALL" said the Professor
with emphasis. You must eat beef, sir. minced
beef and drink beef tea. | will have you eating
becfsteaks after a while
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-16
roo MANY UITEs.
New York Custom House Omcer's Marriage
aud arrest in Jersey CITY.

In 1865 the Supreme Court of New York
granted Mrs. Prcsdees application for divorce
against her husband. Col. Joseph =. Presdec. n
Custom House o1cer in New York. on the
ground OF adultery and cruelty. the applicant
having the right to marry again, but the defen-
dant being debarrcd from the same privilege, az
10y statute provided. Mr.. presdee "A few wears
alterward married a Mr. W. II. Alden Of savan-
nah. aud went there to live. Cot prcsdce was
also married again in Grace Church, Jersey CITY,
on me ON OF ills month, tut WIS arrested ON
chdrte oi hiuauiN. preferred against hun by hta
new BROTHER in-law. Mr.. Go rye l. mt 81 BROOK.
lNn. who Is trustee for the second Mrs presdee's
S2leN worth of pruperty.
In the First District Court In Jersey city. Col
frcsdec. through HE counsel, cx-Iudge Sew.
muur. asked thar the charge bc dismissed A. no
con ulainaut appeared. which was done out he
was again arrested on leaving the court on
another warrant on the same charge. on the
ground that the case had been set down for
hearing at o'clock In the afternoon. Mr. John
smith ~ Grand street. Jersey CRY. furni he'd
the necessary uail-$ 30O1-and the Colonel ob.
taiued warrant against MIR. Geo. Lam for az
shult ana false imprisonment. The first case
was argued before Judge Reese at o'clock aud
the complaint dismissed.
The cross case was not decided until late the
counsel arguing as to whether the defendant
Mr.. George l. NIB, could ne held for the charge
made against the Colonel Of { ,ise imprisonmcut
The Judge nualh decided that there were no
grounds of complaint.
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The Library OF Congress.



This stupcndous collection embraces full
10000 volumes, being the largest single library
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RIehmoaA GIrI. n. W1I,e snIpsnr SPRING..

from ne hiohnioHd kteAHig yOurHqL
Jenkins who has been spending some
time 40 Grcerbrier, White sulphur springs, thus
Describes sOm9 ltichmOud bellies:
Miss Lillie Henry, "A great grand daughter OF
Patrick H.. OF Revolutionary memory, "A be-
wtching young debutante, whose charms of
person and graces of mlnd have already reversed
the usual rules Of hereditary fame so that her IA
lustriOus ancestor will 20 down to after wears
only as the great grandfathe OF mis- great grand
daughter aud not she the great grand
daughter OF her great grandfather. The roseate
TINT OF early peach blossoms flushing the
transparent snow OF royal water lilies for a
complexion. Eyes that, nameoOn- like, change
nue. win every passing CLEAN OF merrimcnt or
shade OF pensive thought. from blush gray to
SOFT and soulful brown, A wealth of clOuded
sunshine spun 10 hair, wreathing head Of
classic shape and iaunty pose. NivaclOus in
manners high-splrlted and free spoken spark
ing and even pungent IN conversation; with a
captivating girsh grace peculiarly her own ;
she Is deseryedly universal favortc.
MISS Alice hOrson OF Richmond, petite and
wlnsome, delicate In feature and feeling, with
large, bluish-grav eyes, Ia whose liquid depths
dwells "A whole battalion Of dangerous young
cupids, armed with all the archery Of war on
masculine ueholders, graceful M fawn, with
the dignity OF womanhood and the shyness of
girlhood blending in strangely captivating STYLE
Miss Annie Christian, "a Joyous-h hearted young
debutdnte, with a blush rose complexion, large
blue eyes, and HAIR Of tlwny gold, whose merry
race ana bounding gladstone movement in tho
dance ana on the lawn are pleasure to the old
er lockers on.
Miss Kate Cabell, queenly young girl tall,
splendid IN proportion; a perfect blonde In
complexion, with magnificent brown eyes, aud
profusion OF soft auburn mar, coiled around
head Of regal pose.
Miss Sallle Aylett, a radiant young blonde.
with large, luminous brown eyes and hair to
match petite In form, graceful as a fairy, and
sprightly In manner and conversation; she re-
ceves her full share OF honors; her cavaliers
mh-i~s nnmsrOusly and assiduousy.
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Heineman'- One-Eyed Cow.

rum tNf fNftfy NttN f'fifff H.
Andrew Slattery and A. j. IIeneman are
TWO citizens of the Nineteenth ward. some
Tune AGO slattery bought of Heinemnn one
eyed COW but she not sultng him he offered To
exchange her and S25 for mich cow In Heiue-
mans possession, he barg in was made, and
each took his property Heineman killed the
one eyed COW, aud Slattery, being unable to Oh
tain milk from his COW, sued Heineman for
damages In the seventh District Ciyil Court, be-
Tore Justice ACkert.
The case being thoroughly inquired into on
ootn sides, the jury, after "A two hours solemn
uehOeratlon, returned the annexed verdict;
We nnd that Both Cows were unhealthy and Dried
up; We therefore give a Verdict Tor plainun for
ts2bO with Costs and that the Dry COW shdH be put IN
Sharge OF the two Lawyers In the case each 20 hod her
week that they have the mix Received from
dqe Dry Cow while N their charge Weave this Yer
ulct on the Basis that tho one eyed Cow, which was
hiied was not given sufficient time TO SHOW what u
could do before IL killed and take for Granted
thht the COW nov IN Possession Of hatery IN about the
SAME KIND ana worth much the one eyed and
me only dlnerence between them the money Paid by
5lattery, which We give verdict for.
PETKR AHLRa, brewer,
PETER DOELGKR, brewer,
ALEX. CAhPREIL,
WILLIAM BUTLER plumber,
FRANCIS \. HART, druggist,
JAMES FAY plumber.
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PRoF. cHRISTTTrn,s purrLs.
How German Thcologiaus spend sunday
kNeniuU-


Bonn Corresponfrtce or he Washington CAronicie
As was waiting for NV supper last sun
dav evening. Young German theologue steDnad
un ,nd s-ked II didnt want 70 play game Of
informed him that the Americans genefally did
pot play games on Sundays. He took few
ly, when the landlord who has a brother In
Broohlyn, verified nay statement, and remarked :
" The Americans close all their stores ON sun
DAYS ana don't allow beer o. be sold, but near
they have "A back way OF getting into their sa-
looms. or course couldn't deny that, and yet
the fact that such laws exist. even he serious
ly contemplated, Is beyond their eompre hen-iun.
was recently invited to a social gathering OF
the theological students In n her Wirth-
schaft near the Rheln. there 10 meet with the
renowned Prof Christlicb. who ms been accus-
toned since his return from America Ia ,,ive
them familiar talks on hls visit to our country
At haf past (. went In company with Others
I" where we were invited into a private room.
Ia the centre Of which stood long table, orna-
mcntei with beer glasses. The students SAT
smoking and talking In groups. awaiting the ar
startled ~ tho ere Il display ~ beer and a room
hlied with tobacco smoke, and supposed we
must have entered the wrong room But II was
NJ mistale Tor they were "theologucs.' Soon
Christiieb came. The students bowed to him
and, wonderful 10 relate. ne took his seat at the
head o. the table, right alongside of a quart
& Ass II the foaming beverage. "What next
said |. My question was answered, when the
man, far famed for orthodoxy ana piety, took a
cigar from his packet, deliberately bit the end
Oh, and forthwith began.
Tue subject for the evening was the religious
sect- IN America His special . int was Con
EresatlonMlsn. ] never before fully realized
what peculiar system II worship and church
government We have as then, when | heard tine
eJaculatlons OF SURPRISE and curious question
ings Of The students Christi b had with him a
Congregational Church Manual, and translated
the articles Of fam. When he had nuisheu a
student ON my left looking up from the bottom
OF his third quart Of beer, complained Of the in
completeness Of the confession, whereat Prof
tnrstlieb, who Is a. much an orator as an es-
sayi-t, pushed aside his beer, removed his cigar
rom his mouth. struck his n,t on the table, and
Numbered out, " Not complete enough What
more do YOU wantf Here you have the very es
seuce II all the crceds aud confessions that ever
existed aud in small compass" Then he
translated, " believe in God" Ac. Now, that
Is practical comics ion witch all the people
can understand. There r. no subtle, philo.
sophical dissertation on the Trinity, such as we
have IN our cumbersome creeds" on the
whole, lac seemed very much taken with Conpre-
ghtonallsm, At half past ii the Professor bade
Us guod night and We remained a few mo-
ments over our beer Il mean the German stu
deuts),
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THE PRINCE or HrPOCRIrEs.
An Exalted Reputation that Did Not Long
OutliVe its POsscssor,

Outlive its Posscssor.
SoUTH DEERFIELD, Mass, Sept. A.
George W. Bardwell, ex-representative in the
Legislature, "A deacon In the Methodist Church,
and man looked upon as a leader in this part
Of the State, died several weeks ago. A few
days afierward misdOings In his business career
began to come to light. Several notes upon
which he had obtained money AT the banks
were found to have been raised from small to
large amounts, and then came instances Of
forged signatures. The shock of surprise at
these revelations was extreme. and evil
dence was persstently refused by many.
Worse remained however. To-day II is
clearly established, by the discovery of one
Of the stolen bonds In bis house, that Bardwt ID
committed a robbery June p, when 81. 800 IN
bonds were taken from the house OF "A neighhor,
Deacon ZebediAh Graves. These consisted of
$l.aO IN Government bonds-one $IUO0 and
three $40 bonds-with "A 500 Illinois Central
railroad bond, this last being now found on
time, ON the authority of Bardwell, that the
theft WAS undoubtedly committed by three
tTamps whom he alone had seen hanging about
the premises. II was remarked by the officers
at The time that no tracks could be found OF
tecir passage through field where Bardwell
claimed 10 have seen them 40. A detective sus-
pected him, but dared not make a charge, owing
to lack OF proof aud the mans high moral
standing. II Is Thought that the missing bonds
On TO Investigate the matter. Still other mis-
deeds ~ the dead man are coming to light, for
gerry seeming to have been with him common
practice.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-16
How Snake Charmed n Boy.


For the last two weeks a son of Allan
nnse,. aged eleven wears, "A woOd-cutter on tho
hluv Mountains about three miles from Ham
yas' uas been IN tue habit Of leaving his
ather mousse every morning about u'clocA
ma nor returning nh noon. The parents OF the
BOY nave questioned lin several times a. to
Nltrr hc went. and the boy would reply Ia inlay
MIN nelguburng boy named Springer On
Friday last the father watched his son. and fol-
wMHd at short distance, and when about
nnl"l'c rom Tue mouse, the boy entered "A
piece ol thick spruut land, in from the road
tolne TWO hundteI yards. where he seated Linn
t.il upon large rock, and m less tuun ten min
~ y the father was lorrned on seeing "A mon
Nef ni1ch snake crawl upun the roc, ana mi il.
bead on tne boys lap. The father state. thtt
Ihe snake was the largest he ever saw ON tbe
hlls. lie states that 1t was easily nueen ls.t
Iu,- and ~ timex It's his arm. which T. well de-
Neluptd The boy mad taken bread with him
Ahl MS feeding the snake, which at intervals
would stick d llrge tongue out as if kissing for
more 1. eat Then II would coil itself around
rioutn and neck with the boys hands The
laihsr had often heard OF snakes charming
thhdren ana that II they were disturbed while
they were In the act, they would KIN the child
As he father turned TO leave his BOY with his
1e dly comp mon, he turned back, ana the
make hearng noise ut once uncoiled itse'f
ana raised IT. body at least four feet from tho
rock and looked Ia all directions and tnen il re1
turned 10 the poN s lap, and the father returned
home ana waited the boys return, which wa
- usual at noon. When told that he mad en-
PNlng with the snake, the boy said the lr-t
morning hc met the STAKE he liked 10 play with
u then ~ took IL food, aud he was So much
giv".tu WIN MS ounithlon that iomcthing told
llh that he must meet the snake every morn
w one morning be SAID he wa. late aud
When ne re- lehed tue place the snake WIS stand
hs up, and II came out 10 meet HIM, then fol-
owed MIN 10 ihe rock. There h. something very
strange about snaku charming not only chill
drrn, but / have read OF adults comm, nnder
Iheir charms. There Is certainly some truth In
10 fas 'inating powers Of snakes.
Ou saturday morning the father and two Of
hlA heiHhborb went to the place with guns, and
Al tie usual time the snake made us appear
sh'e Wen all fired at one time, KILN. the
chart. or.
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Cheating an Innocent Old Man.

nom ne ItA8bEfg Nerdld.
One day last month when trade was duh
Nicksburg grocery clerk procured piece of
sole leather from shoemaker painted Ii black,
and Laid IL aside for future use. Within "A few
days an old chap from back ~ the country came
~ ana Inquired for IA plug Of chewing tobacco.
The piece OF sole leather was tied up, paid for,
ana the purchaser started for home. Al the
end of the sixth day he returned looking down
cast and detected ana walking into the store
he inquired Of the clerk:
day2"
Yes"
"Well was that new brandt"
"No-same old brand"
Regular plug terbacker was 1t ?"
Yes"
Well, then, its me it's right here in my
jaws sadly replied the man. 4" | knowed wac
glttin purity old, but was allus handy on bitn
plug, never seed plug afOre this one that
couldn't tear 10 pieces at one chaw. | sot my
teeth on To this one, and bit and pulled and
twisted ike dog at a root, and I've kept biting
and pulling for six days, and thar she am now,
the same as the day you sold her TO me !"
" Seems TO be good plug" remarked the clerk
as he smelled Of the cOunterfeit.
" Shes all right; it's me that's failing |" ex-
claimed the old man. Pass me out some lne-
cut, and I'll go home and deed the farm o the
boys, and git ready for the gravel"