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beat. yet. Take your shooter,
follow me up and show, me the
way"
They get up to the top of the
stairs. 1t was still as death, and
Calcottlights bnlTs-eye. Frost
was getting pretty shaky. So
Charley says, "Show me the
room," and with his lamp in one
hand and a pistol in the other
pushes in, leaving Frost in the
hall watching the square hole in
the door, between the shutters,
and expecting every minute that
it would close up. 1t must have
been ten minutes before CAL
cott came back. He had the
lamp in hand yet, and Frost
saw that he was as white as a
sheet. Allie said was, "Come
down, it's no Co."
When they got to the bot
tom, the shutters separated and
disappeared, land the men walked
out. "Where's the plunder?"
asked Frost. 81 haven't it,"
says Charley; 81 tell you its no
use-the man is burglar proof.
IT you don't believe it, go back
and try it yourself. Pm off,
And with this cock-and- bull
story they got back to their
rendezvous. And it was never
known, l don't believe, till l
interviewed Calico Charley up
there at the prison, that he had
met his own father that night.
According to Charley's story to
me-the old man said he was
waiting for him. And so struck
was the son with remoree that
he lost all his pluck and cool
ness. Whether he ever went
back to the old man after he got
rid of his pal | never heard. But
the gang had two notions; one
was that the place was under
special charge of the devil, and
the other was that Calico Char
ley gobbled a lot of plumber
and then got up the story to
stop the mouths of the rest Of
'em.
But the devil had nothing to
do with the place. 1t was all
fixedby the old mans ingenuity.
The house was all wires and
levers from one end to t'other.
He could turn a crank up in his
bedroom and shut the whole
house up as tight as a drum.
Then he'd slip down into his
cellar, turn a half ton of char
cCal into his furnace and kill
everybody in the place, unless
everybody crawled out of the
one exit, and then the old fellow
had them at his mercy, one 10y
one.
The last time / heard from
Charley,th Warden said he had
invented a new catch-lock for
the cells that could not be o.
pened by any one but the keep
er without its ringing the alarm
bell.
II
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1t appears they have very pe-
culiar social customs among The
working classes in some parts of
England. A man thinks moth.
ing of dispOsing Of bis vile to his
next friend and going about his
business as if such a thing had
never been. A late case of this
kind occurred in Bedford, near
Leign. Josh Hindley, a collier
of twenty-five, was married to a
good looking woman Of nineteen,
aud they had a yearling child.
Josh was often heard to regret
that be was married, and at length
found friend who was willing to
take his whole establishment off
his hands. Peter Haynes was a
moulder and not averse to taking
family responsibilities. He agreed
to accept Mrs. BindIey, the baby,
the household furniture, two guns,
the pigeon cot and pigeons, and
the sum Of five shlllings to boot,
and let Hindley forever off. The
TWO signed a paper to this effect
at the ale house, and neither were
drunk. In the evening Hindley
took Haynes home, formally i'll.
troduced him to his wife as her
future husband, and left the place,
while Haynes stayed in the bo-
som of bis new family And
Mrs. Hindley, who is said to be
woman of education, became a
party to the agreement by sign
ing the paper, and seemed pleased
with the transfer.
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Here is a little story that
comes from New York. A lady
entered a horse car. One Of
those noble specimens Of man
hood who chew the weed and
with impartial mind distribute
saliva upon everything and ev-
erybody within range, was sit
ting opposite the lady. From
his capacious mouth, at regular
intervals, a stream Of amber
juice fell upon her dress. Her
look Of blank amaZement soon
gave place to one Of wrath; a
frown blacker than midnight
gathered upon her face. Pa
tience ceased TO be a virtue, she
at last rose, carefully gathered
up her dress so as not to lose a
drop Of the fragrant liquid, and,
leaning toward her iS-G-UiS,
wiped his face with the gar
ment he had desecrated, and
then deliberately resumed her
seat. The astonished man roared
with rage and pain, vainly tried
to wipe the tobacco juice from
his smarting eyes, and at last
rushed from the car, followed
by roars Of laughter from the
passengers.
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Something must be done TO the
scientist. A naturalist now as
serts that the preservation of 10.
nah in the whales belly was not
miracle. The throat of the
whale is large aud is provided
with a bag Of intestine so consid
cradle in size that whales frequent
ly lake into it two of their young
ones when weak, and especially
during a tempest. AS this recep
tacle is furnished with two vents
that serve for inspiration, it is
claimed that Jonah could have
lived there comfortably, and with
reasonable amount of furniture,
Tor many years, provided he could
find food and drink. This argu.
ment is enough to make the whale
blubher more than ever with emo.
tions of gratitude.
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Our New York Letter.


bilt's Will Again-The Bond
Street Calamity.
To the Editor of the Observer
New YORK, March l6, 1877.
To say that it's the fashion
doesn't do the subject half JUS
tice. It's the rage; it's the ma
MIA; it's the sensation. Even
the little dogs are only waiting
for hot weather TO don blue
glass goggles and trot around
impervious to bydrophobia.
am not quite certain that the
newly discovered panacea will
cure a balky mule or a man with
wooden leg, but we are as
sured by copious testimony that
no lesser ailment can withstand
its benefcent influences more
than an hour or so at the. out
side. sa.
1t is rather novel business to
say the least, for a Major Cen
eral OF the army to turn quack
doctor and set the whole Yam
kee nation by the ears over his
queer cure-all; bnt still, as
we've no war on hand or in
prospect, | don't know as Gen
eral PleasantOn is TO be blamed
for turning his restless talent to
getting up a big sensation, es-
pecially as he has made such a
frst-class success of it. In
deed, he may have had a very
benevolent intention in throw
ing out his pretty and innocent
bauble to catch and distract the
public eye at a moment when
that organ, in consequence Of
an overdose Of politics had be-
gun to have "blood" in it, and
seemed for a time to be bent on
mischief. If this was his mo
tive he did nobly, for blue glass
has certainly fairly divided pub
lie attention with the Joint
Commission, and who shall say
that its notifying rays have
not been instrumental in hold
ing subdued the riotous blood
of party feeling?
No one can pass day in this
city without being astonished at
the hold that blue glass has got
upon up. Every paint shop,
glass store and house furnish
ing establishment has blossomed
out with placards and azure
panes. On Broadway two or
three shops have opened to deal
exclusively in the article; while
so much Of it has been sold al
ready and hung up in the win
dows of upper tendon that to-
day Fifth Avenue and the
ncighbOring aristocratic streets
look like long rows of second
and third story drug stores. One
Of our afternoon dailies has pub
lished a large extra printed in.
blue ink and devoted solely to.
the history and condition of
the new science" The horse
cars even are putting it into
their windows. To crown all,
and to settle finally the qucs-
ton Of its prominence, blue glass
has got onto the stage. Now
the stage is to any topic Of in
forest what the hand organ is to
a piece of music, namely the
touchstono Of its popularity.
Just the moment that "Tramp,
or'"Silver Threads a.
mong the GOld," begins to be
ground out at the street cor
ners, we know that ii is a fixed
fact; and so likewise when last
week Augustin DAILY came out
with the play of ''Blue Glass"
at the Fifth Avenue Theatre it
became evident that these mag
ic words were to pass into his
tory.
My own experience with this
article has been very slight. In
fact the. only case in which /
recollect watching its opera
ton was in church, when l was
a small boy-no matter how
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THE CRACKSMAN'O DEFEAT.
Concluded.

when / was coming away" says
he, "that I'd half a mind to re-
form and cut the prolession."
Well, not to make the story
too long, the npshot of it was that
Ketchum, a fellow by the name
Of Welter, and Jack Frost put up
the job to crack the old mans
place. Ketchum and Frost, I
think, went into the business
from a kind Of pride. They con.
sidered they had been challenged,
and it was a point of honor to
take the old man at bis word.
They got up there one dark
night in May and laid by till long
after midnight. Then tLey got
over the fence and sneaked up to
the house. They were all heavi.
ly armed, and, / forgot TO say,
were delayed some time looking
for the telegraph wire, which they
couldn't find, of course, there not
being any. Fancy their surprise
when, after crawling round the
place, looking for soft place to
break IN, they found that 'the
front door was unlocked and the
hall dark. 1t had been agreed
that old Calcott should be shot at
sight if he interfered.
There was a good deal Of anx-
iety in the headquarters OF the
gang that night, for this job had
been talked about a good while,
and Ketchum had staked his
reputation on it. Dutch Nor
ley was to be at a point in the
road about two miles north of
the house with a fast team to
carry off the "swag," and ar
rangements had been made at
Dobbs' ferry to divy and cut.
Dutch Morley waited till day
began to break, and then only
/ two Of his men turned up.
They were covered with blood,
and one of them had his arm
broken. Welter had been left
behind disabled. The story
they told was a curious one.
The whole gang got round
them when they reached their
dive, and put the questions to
them fast and thick.
"But you fixed the old fel-
lows flint, anyhow" said some
body.
owe didn't see him at ALL"
answered Ketchum, dolefully.
"No, d-n it, we were in the
dark. Why a lamp wouldn't
burn any more'n a stone. We
liked 10 suflocate."
ooh, that's thin" says anoth-
er ; "why didn't you go out in
the air?"
"Because we couldn't get
ont were fastened in like rats.
Every window and door closed
up with a steel shutter on the
inside as tight as rich mans
pocket. There was only one
way out-down a back stair
case outside, about twelve inch
es wide /; only one of us could
go at a time, and when We
reached the bottom something
fell on us in turn"
That was Ketchum's account
of it. Frost was the only
plucky one of the lot. He
didn't believe in witchcraft,
and he vowed he would get
square on Old Calcott.
With that he sets out TO find
Calico Charley, who was the
best man in the business where
there were iron shutters con-
cerned.
The very next day but one
after this attempt on old CAL
colts house the Glen Spring
Herald Il think it was the Her
add had another notice like
this:
The attempt to rob my house
on Thursday night, which fall
ed so completely, should not
frighten other thieves from maxi
ing the trial. For the next
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TERMS.

Sa 1--WE Dollars 70. one year, .nua.
csa0ty tsa odvORce; Two Dollars and
Fity Gents If payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out of the county
TO De paid for in odrGnce.
Ia Single copies, Five Cents each.
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many years ngo. At the top Of
each window on the south side
of this church was set small
disk of colored glass, put there,
l feel safe in asserting, purely
ON ornamental grounds, the
Pleasanton theory not having
been conceived at that time.
This row Of disks embraced
all the colors Of the rainbow,
and among them was one of a
deep, purplish blue; the light
from which, if my memory
serves me, used to strike some
where near the pulpit at the
opening Of morning service, and;
as the sun moved on, crept slow
ly down the church. Right in
its track used to sit one of the
deacOns, venerable, pompous
and portly, on whom ccntcred
most Of the interest of the
morning, so far as my youthful
mind was concerned. From long
observation [ cOuId calcuIate To
a nicely when that circle of blue
would reach him, and | watched
its stealthy approaches with Sc
cret but intense delight. Shorts
| ly after the sermon commenced
it would creep gently over the
back of the pew in front of the
unsuspecting deacon, and tackle
him. It's first and perhaps most
striking effect was to give the
worthy man nose like Cronin's,
a nose which could he have
seen himself he would have in.
dignantly repudiated. But he
couldn't, so he sat quiet till the
|cerulean halo had completely
enyelOped his aged mob, giving
it peculiarly equivocal appear
ance which filed me with the
widest joy. Whether owing to
the soothing influence of the
blue glass or not, l can't say;
but l know that he always went
to sleep under the treatment.
For some reason or reasons
not fully made known, the vari-
Gus disappointed heirs who COM
menced what promised to be
lively contest over Vanderbilt's
will, have suddenly drawn in
their horns, and have, by their
attorneys in court, pronounced
with singular unaminity in fa-
vor Of the will in it's present
form, stating that the Commo-
dore was gentleman and Il
scholar, and that his bequests
were eminenly just and proper.
What has come over them all so
suddenly is, as | have said, not
distinctly known. 1t is not,
however, beyond the reach of
conjecture, and | am inclined
to believe that the affair from
beginning to end may be
summed up in one word, "div-
Wy" The other heirs wanted
VIM. ii. to come down as he
has probably "come." Thus
endeth what might have been a
memorable struggle.
l spoke last week of the
burning of the great jewelry
building on Bond street, and
of the dozens of safes fuI! of
valuables which lay buried in
the ruins. The raising ard o.
pening Of these was a matter
both interesting and anxious 10
the prominent safe makers, al
of whom were represented, and
who felt the test to be a terri
BILE one. The work has Just
been completed and its results
show the Marvin Alum Safes to
be the victors. Every one of
this manufacture came ont I'M
good order, saving in all, hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars.
In one case, a Marvin was found
lying directly underneath safe
made by rival house, the lat
ter being utterly ruined, while
the former though more severe
ly tried, came ont uninjured.
As might have been expected af-
ter this experience, the more
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JOHN CALCoTT.

|
JOHN CALCoTT.
Frost got hold of Calico
Charley and explained the
whole thing to him. None of
the gang knew Charley's right
name, and I don't think he was
told the name of the man they
were to rob. Frost explained
to him that it was the steel shut
ter that knocked them," and
he thought now they. knew the
trick one Of them could wedge
the iron and keep the exit open
while the others secured the
property. At all events, the
two men cooked up a new job
and made sure that they would
hanl the whole pile, as we say.
Charley, who was a careful
worker went at the thing sys-
tematically, got his tools ready,
sent Frost off to reconnoiter, and
talked very little. In spite of
all their plans to keep it dark,
the gang got wind of the affair,
and of course they were all We
ry anxious to see how it would
come out.
Charley and his pal went up
to a little station about three
miles north of Glen Spring, and
started down at night on foot.
1t was so dark when they got
to the house that they could
not see the sign. There wasn't
the glimmer of a light about the
place. They were 10 go softly
up and try the front door. If
it opened, they were to step in
side quickly. One of them was
to stay at the door to keep the
egrtss open; the other was to go
up stairs and secure the valua-
bles. They had two jimmies, a
cold chisel and lot of other
traps of Charley's, that you can
see down there at the Central
office, in glass case.
They found the front door
mfastcned as before, Charley
pushed it open, and they both
stepped quickly and stealthily
into the hallway. "Wait a mo-
ment," he whispered to his COM
panion, and striking a match /;
81 want to see how this thing
works. With that he struck
a light and took a good look at
the doorway. 81 see the trick,
says he; "give me the screw
wrench and be quick" In less
than two minutes he had the
groove in which the steel shut
ter moved so pinched that ro
earthly power could have made
the thing work. "Now go on"
says be, and with that Frost
crawls up the stairway. He
hadn't any more than got up to
the top when the iron shutter
began to appear-coming up
through the floor, and to Char
ley's astonishment it came down
from above also. He saw in
minute that he was beaten.
The two halves of the shutter
would come to the pinch in the
iron and leave not six inches
Space-through which no hui
man being could escape. So
he jams the jimmy up right in
to the groove to keep the irons
apart, and calls out to Frost in
a hoarec whisper TO come back.
Jack was in the upper hall, and,
getting scared, makes a bold
rush down the. stairs, catches
his foot in something and lands
all in a heap at the bottom,
knocking Charley's light into
smithereens and making a most
internal noise. Calcott was
smart enough, though, to hold
his jimmy steady SO as to keep
the shutter apart, and after Frost
had picked himself up and they
had both listened, without hear
ing anything, one of 'em says
with an oath, "We're in box;
let's get out" 1t was Frost.
"No you DON'T" say the other.
ltJKT D, - - ~ -,
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In Cambridge (Nass even
ing school is a man fifty seven
years old learning to read. and
one forty yeaCs old styd yirg prie
mary aritbmetic.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-29

The Cincinnati Commercial
says: "Why is it that editors
never commit suicide?" The
Burlington Haaoh'eye has inves-
tigated this subject a little, and
thinks it is because the drug
gists won't sell strychnine on
long time.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-29

An exchange asks: "What
is the danger of the hour?"
There are several. The one
newspaper men have most to
fear is the danger Of getting
'Estuck" with one of those
blamed counterfeit thousand
dollar notes now in circulation.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-29

When a m& ;'"cut cash or
credit attempt; cave a hotel
and lowers his ,siise out of a
back window by means of a
rope, it makes charity seem
cold to hear the voice Of the
landlord below, yelling up,
"All right-I'ye got the valise;
let go the ropc!"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-03-29

thirty days there will be more
gold and silver on the premises
than ever before.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

Three roses nod and talk
Across a garden walk;
One, lifting up her head,
Clad all in damask red,
Cries, gayly, in her pride,
Tonight, full far and wide,
My beauty shall be seen,
Adjoining Beauty's queen"
And l." the blush-rose cries,
"Shall be the envied prize
A lover shall convey,
Before the end Of day,
Unto a maiden fair,
And she win kiss and wear
Nv bushes in her breast;
There shall sleep and rest"
And L." the white rose signs
Before the sunshine dies,
: shall lie hid from sight
Within graves dark night;
But not in vain my bloom,
If have cheered the gloom,
Or helped to sOothe and bless
a mourper's loneliness"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

dreams so horrible that we start out of
them, and thank God that they were only
dreams. The belief that good or bad
dreams are to affect the fortunes of the
dreamer is pleasant to hold in many in
stances, and seldom works any great
harm; so that we may call it superstition
unworthy of this aye of progress and
civilization, and still not condemn it too
harshly.-QaLary.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

WOMAN's MARRIAoE.-To marry one
man while loving and loved by another
is about the most grievOus fault that q
woman can commit. 1t is sin against
delicacy, against kindness aud truth. 1t
involves double treachery and cruelty.
1t involves wounding the spirit, wither-
ing the heart, perhaps blighting and soil
ing the soul Of one who is abandoned and
betrayed. 1t involves the speedy olsen
chantment of the one who is Knocked by
the shadow where he was promised the
substance, aud who grasps only the phan.
tom, soulless beauty and the husk, the
shell, the skeleton of dead affection.
1t entails ceaseless deception at home
and abroad, by day and by night, at
sitting and uprising; deception in
every relation; deception in the tendsrest
and most endearipg moments of exist
ence. It makes the whole Of a life a
weary, degraded, unrewarded life. A
right minded woman can scarcely lay
deeper sin upon her soul or one more
certain to bring down fearful ex piation.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

THE Richmond (va) Wig says there
is in that city young girl who two years
ago was left 100000 by her parents at
their death. She married spendthrift
who soon made away with her fortune
and then deserted her, going to Europe,
where he is now. The girl-she is scarcely
more than eighteen-msy be seen almost
any day peddling pins and notions n the
streets Of the city.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

THE Mont Gents tunnel 10 ei yht miles
long; the Hoosac taunel is ne .rly Eve
miles long.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-15
Consumption.
WISTAR,S BALSAM.
WISTAR'S BALSAM
WISTAR'S BALSAM.
A Case of Consumption.
CHRsrERFIELD, Y. H.,

Marcn 70, 1901.
Messrs. SETH w. FowLE Il SoNs-I feel
in duty called upon voluntarily TO give
nv testimony In favor of DIR. WISTAR'S
BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY. L was
taken sick last October with i lung com
plant, accompanied with very serious
cough; and after having been treated
number of weeks by the best physicians,
they gave me over as an incurable case OF
consumption, and for about six weeks my
friends expected that l might die any
day. having entirely despaired of my re-
covery. AT this time | read the adyer-
tisements and certificates of the WILD
CHERRY BALSAM, and was induced to
try it myself. l have taken five bottles,
and from the commencement | have 0een
gradually recovering. Ny cough has
now entirely ceased, Ihave regained my
flesh and strength, and am feeling quite
well. | attribute the cure TO DIR. WIS
TAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY,
as have taken no other medicine since L
commenced taking that.
Very respectfully yours,
MRS. MILA 5. SMITH.
Messrs. FowLE u Son:
Gentlemen-Mrs. Smith gives me the
foregoing certificate of the efficacy or
your medicine in her case. She Is an ac-
quaintance of mine, and took the Balsam
on the strength of my certificate, which
she saw in the papers. Her story Is Ut
crafty true. Yours truly,