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THE THIEF ACCOUNT.
How EoteI.Eeeper Plays Even On PiIferers.

/ F
Steal" said the old man, in accents Of
intense scorn. Steal, why, you would be
| astonished to find how large proportion
of the travelling public are Internal thieves.
They steal the bed-clothing, pillows, boot
jacks, soap, soap-dishes-everythi in
fact, they can carry off. Everybody steals
soap. We expect that and don't kick.
| You'd be surprised to hear that-a noted
Indiana politician makes the practice of
putting the soap into his valise every time
he pays his bill. He doesn't seem to use
much Of it himself, but I think he takes it
home to the children. The first thing to
| be done when fellow comes to the Office to
| pay his bill is to send the porter up to his
room to see if anything is missing. When
a fellow comes down with his valise in his
| hand we are unusually suspicious. The
only way to get even with the thieves is to
| keep a thief account. Whenever anything
| is missed charge it up at a fair value and
| the next time I catch thief in the act I
make him pay the entire amount or go to
jail. One day nice looking fellow came
down with a valise IN his hand and inquired
the amount of his bill. The minute saw
him knew he had stolen something SO !
rang the bell and gave the porter the wink.
I pottered about the books while the porter
was gone, and I could see that he was get
ting uneasy. He had a notion to bolt, but
just then the porter came down and saw
by his eye that something was missing. /
jumped over the counter and grabbed the
rascal by the throat. Open that valise you
thief, says I. He got very white about the
gills, and began to beg. When the valise
was opened sure enough there was new
bed-spread for which had paid So. 'Bill,'
says I, bring me the thief account
footed it up and it amounted to just $56.
.You pay that said I, sor go to jail He
thought it was very hard to have to pay for
other mems stealings, but ON the whole con-
cluded that 1t was cheaper than to go to
the penitentiary. Compounding felony?
Well, yes, it did have that complexion.
But maybe it nipped thief in the bud.
uo SlIlo ctio SouO1aiiy AouCob, ohOuSA ouCC
in while we catch one of them. One time
| there was an Internal tree peddler stopping
| with us, and he had black satin vest sto-
len. I paid him $5 for it. He described it
very accurately. There was yellow spot
on the collar, where he had dropped some
acid on it, and his name in full was written
on the leather with which it was bound at
| the bottom. suspected the girl Mary.
| We watched her for week or two, and con-
cluded we were mistaken, when one day
fellow came in with black satin. and there
was round yellow spot on the collar. 1t
was Mary's sweetheart. collared him,
jerked up his vest, and found the name of
the tree peddler on the leather He owned
up that Mary had stolen thevest and given
| il to him. At that time the thief account
was only 81, and SO he got off cheap"
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A Military Romance.

Orange county has just had wedding
with enough romance about it for a novel.
In 1862 the bridegroom, then young man,
though under an engagement to the lady
whom he expected to marry, enlisted IN the
Union army. His sweetheart made no ef-
fort to dissuade him from what he thought
his duty, and with breaking heart she bade
HIM adieu, and quietly buried herself in her
home with her widowed mother, the only
living member of the family beside herself
For while all went well, and loving let
ters from his sweetheart cheered the gallant
soldier and tender words of hope from him
made life endurable to her. After the bat
tie of Charlottesville his letters suddenly
ceased. Letter after letter was written to
him and his comrades, but all that could be
learned was, that after the terrible battle
he was missing. Whether he had been
killed or taken prisoner no one could tell,
and his fate remained mystery. His
stricken sweetheart never entirely abandon
ed hope, and lived on, tender and true,"
hoping against hope for his return. After
many patient years her troth has been re-
warded, and she is now happy bride. His
narrative is that some time during the fight
he was taken prisoner, and soon after he
was sent to Southern prison, where he
was kept about year, suffering untold tor
ture. lie finally escaped and reached the
seaboard, where he conceived the idea Of
personating an English sailor and getting
into England on blockade runner. After
that all is blank. He learned afterwards
that he had been taken ill, and soon after
insane. On his arrival in England he was
taken to the insane asylum by the captain
of the blockade runner, where he remained
until year ago, when he was discharged,
cured but penniless. He succeeded by the
assistance of friends in the asylum in secur-
ing situation in a mercantile house, where
he rapidly won the esteem of the principals
to whom he told his story. A leave of alb
sence was granted him, he came to Middle
town and found his old sweetheart now a
mature lady of SO, still faithful to his men,
ory. They were quietly married, and re-
turned to England, where he proposes to
remain for a term of years. During his
long absence his only surviving relatives, a
brother and uncle, had died and he had no
ties to keep him here, save the love of coun-
try, which will eventually bring him and
his faithful wife back to our shores.
bany Argus.
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Balance Of Power in the Senate Analyzed.

The balance of power in the Senate is
now Judge Davis, Conoyer, Patterson
poetical trio, Davis was of the Supreme
Bench which assisted Hayes to his place.
Patterson is a scion of Simon Cameron,
caught at Simon's tricks. Conover is the
amiable piece Of gold stick in the botton
of Mrs. Ali Bada's measure. John Patter-
son is tall, straight, bnsiness-eyed, world
ly, interesting man. He is the only one
caught at a bad time. He looks like a
banker. Spencer remarked to me "They
charge that Patterson paid 25 niggers s5.-
600 apiece to be elected. That statement
is ridiculous. dare say it cost some thing"
MIR. DR.. Conover is rather baldish, weasel
eyed, afable, rural physician, who likes a
pleasant friend and never antagonizes.
should think he had no worldly capacity,
and he is probably atthis moment animated
by respectable motives as ever in his lif; !;
the natural humanity Of the physician lie
addresses to his patient, Patterson. The
desire to feel neighborly in Florida warns
his action. He was elected by party f,t-
sion and has only limited party responsible
ity, and no acts of trespass can be breaght
up against him. 3a -
Spencer, like Patterson, is politician,
but does not 60 in to buy his way in the
deft Pennsylvsnia style. Too poor and too
shrewd to put himself in Patterson's fix, he
feels resentment toward Hayes and will act
with his party, not as carpet-bagger, but
as Northern Republican. Dorsey's posi-
ton is different He lives in Arkansas and
is not unpopular there, and he expects to
continue there, should not be surprised,
after a time, to see him voting as he pleas
ed. Under those circumstances, you can
see the truth of the prevailing remark /:
"Hayes has his hand on the throat of the
Senate. If Conkling attacks, Matthews is
all ."-CsR. Enquirer. .a
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.


The st. Louis Globe-Democrat calls the
silver bill "the bill to make teaspoons a
legal TENDER
"What is the singular of mumps ?'' asks
the Haaokeys. That you can have them
only once.-Roch. Democrat.
The P. I.-man thinks it worth while to
mention that "a Georgia bride is eleven
years DID," Pooh We know one twice that
old.-Pbtl. Bulletin.
The ladies are all down on the telephone.
They don't like to have fellow whispering
in their ear with his mouth like Sheridan
at Winchester, twenty miles away.-PAiE.
Bulletin. s:f3-
Several of the ladies present at the
Twombly- Vanderbilt wedding, recently.
wore sulphur -colered dresses. Not much
out of place at matchmaking scene. =
Boston Traoe5er.
That Toothbrush of Mine" is the la
test novelty Camden Post 1t fairly bris-
Ties with interest.-N. 7. Adgsrtiser. It's
in every ones mouth already. In-see P
dentally.-Phil Bulletin. fasa8
The Duke of Norfolk is married. He
can get copies of the issue containing this
announcement at our counting room, and
all ready for mailing, for FIVE cents apiece.
-Wor. Press.
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CHANGE OF AIR.-An occasional change
Of air may be said to be- almost necessary
totthe well being Of every man. Every
workman must leave his workshop, the
student his library and the lawyer his
Office, or sooner or later his health will pay
the penalty; and this no matter, how. great
his temperance In eating or drinking; no
matter how vigorously and regularly he
uses hls limbs; no matter how open and
dry and free from impurity the air may be
in the place In which he 10 employed. In
the slightest case of impaired health, the
sleeping in tho suburbs of the town in
which the life is chiefly spent, or even
spending few hours of detached days in
some accessible rural district at a few miles
distaace from the dwelling, may help to
restore the healthy balance of the bodily
functions, and maintain the bodily machine
in fit state for its duties; or in cases of
someWh at more urgency, or of, somewhat
more. aggravated character, afewd days once
or twice year may suffice to adjust or re-
store the due economy Of the system,
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A Beautiful Extract.

The glory Of summer has gone blythe
beautiful greenness has become withered
and dead. We're this all-were there no
associations of moral desolation-of faded
hopes--of hearts whitening in the bosoms
of the living-connected with the decay
ing scenery around us we would notindulge
in moments melancholy. The season of
flowers will come again-the streams will
flow gracefully as before-tEe trees will
again toss their cumbrous heads of green
ness to the sunIight-and by mossy stone
and winding rivulet the coming blossoms
will start up at the bidding of their guar
dian. But the human heart has no change
like that OF nature. It has no returning
spring-time. Once blighted in its honr OF
freshness and it bears forever the mark or
the spoiler. The dews Of affection may
fall. and the gentle rain of sympathy be
iayished upon it--but the stone root Of
blighted feeling will never again waken IN
I'd life-nor the crushed flowers Of hope
blossom with their wonton beauty.
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A STRANGE STORY.
An Eeiress Raised in Ignorance and Declared
to be Insane.
Philadelphia Times. Nov. @.

sEs.a L TAliduSlpnla Ilfiles, NOV. ZZ.
A case is now being tried in Judge Felps
Court, the history of which is both strange
and romantic. 1t appears that about eight
Or ten years ago an old German, named
Frey, died in this city and left $4,000 to-
an ouly daughter, Sophia, then about
twelve years of age. She had thus far
been brought up in ignorance, and upon
the death of her father she was placed in
the hands of her aunt, Mary Schield. The
latter sent her to New Jersey, near Bridge
town, where she remained almost unheard
of by her relatives, it was testified, until
May of Last year. Then, upon the applica-
tion of the aunt, she was declared luna
tic and her property was put in the hands
of Alderman Charles M. Carpenter, ap-
pointed as committee of her person and
estate by the court. Adam Geible, an un-
Gle, subsequently came forward and denied
that the girl was insane. He instituted le-
gal proceedings to SO. aside the declaration
of lunacy, and the case now being tried is
for the purpose of ascertaining the true
condition of Sophia's mind. The testimony
thus far submitted shows that nothing was
done to improve her mental powers while
she was kept by her aunt in New Jersey,
that when she was brought'to this city in
May, 1876, she could neither read, write,
count off her fingers, nor knew what money
was. Since then she has learned to read,
and physician testified that, although her
mnd was not very strong, yet she was not
insane and was capable of administering
her own affairs. 1t is said that if the girl
should die while under the brand of lu-
natie her aunt, being the next of kin, will
inherit all her property, as lunatie is not
permitted by law to make will. "a.
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Beecher On Newspapers.

There is another kind Of literature in
which there is danger, and that is the daily
newspaper. | think that the newspaper
sprang up as a casual thing.-a thing unde-
termined; but the newspaper is becoming
one of the great institutions of modern
civilization, and it's experience has been as
human character has been, to come up
through mistakes and blunderg. Ali we
can ask of these great peripatetie legisla-
tors of public opinion is, that they should
conform to disclosures of right as they 60
along. I think that they are conforming
gradually to the expert ence of the world and
going through the process of evolution TO-
ward more perfect state. Formerly the
regnant idea of newspaper was news, and
that whatever was news should 60 in, but
there is news that springs from the top Of
head, from the intellectual faculties, and
news which comes from the physical indus
tries of life as the result of the will, and
news which springs from the strife of the
passions, in which Quarrels and all sorts of
strife are developed There is news which
springs from the affections and news which
springs from the appe!ites, and news which
springs from everything, in their highest
forms, in their intermediate forms, and in
their lowest forms. There are many of
our great Journals that are steadily every
year sorting their news, refusing to put in
as news very startling things, but which
are below the equatorial line of propriety.
If the newspaper of to-day is at fault, the
fault is with you. DO not blame the edi-
tor altogether, although his blame is some
thing; but you that take that paper, be-
cause you like to see what il in it;.you that
don't like to let it 60 into your families,
but will read it at your place of business;
you that disdain the man thsE conducts it,
and would not touch him-you it is that
gives the power to the newspaper. What
would you think of the man that would
take his nightly rideon muck cart, and
should keep opening the lid and smelling
the garbage; but here this picking and pry-
ing and stewing in the duppings of men's
passions and apretiteS goes ea day after
day, and you like it; you talk about it and
denounce the man that puts it before you.
Is this manly? If this 1ghte When the
market fails the goods won't be manafae-
tured any longer.
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TERMS Payable invariably in advance.
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.
EvE-ANaE1IcAL CORNER.


Gold hair pins are the latest. They cost
80 per dozen. @ - f. saaaz4T
Three thousand American girls are now
making cigars in New York city. z ~
Dresses opening over contrasting colored
skirts and vests are seen again after many.
years.
Although girl may be as proud as Luci-
fer it doesn't always follow that she makes
a good match. - ,s,s $50
Coronet bonnets are again in favor, the
coronet is very high in the middle and very
p lain and close at the sides.
Mrs. G. L. Fox, widow of "Humpty
Dumpty," will soon appear at Tony Pas
tors theatre, N. Y, as a vocalist. ~,
Mr.. Tracy, of Buffalo, reluctantly con-
sents to his wife, Agnes Ethel, returning to
the stage. They are now in Paris
d Queen Victoria is said to have invited
Mr. Forbes, the war correspondent of the
London Neaos, to Balmoral. That lady
sees that the society of newspaper men
must be cultivated. .--. = --f4 ~
A curious looking diagram, supposed to
represent the, somewhat irregular outlines
of masculine foot, is now an indispensa-
BILE part of the contents of lady's work
basket and Christmas draws quickly on.
j. Tt is stated as solemn truth that Indi-
ans never kiss their wives. All, human
nature is the same, whether under white
Or copper-colored complexion. But whose
wives do they kiss? hrs, -,.. ,..--,.,
Mercedes, future Queen of Spain, has
peculiarity-she is rarely seen without coral
ornaments of some sort. 1t is for this rea-
son, probably, that coral has become very
fashionable in Paris, a single row of fine
coral beads now costing there from $500 to
$780,. ....a'- "a .f .,.
Mrs. Thompson's Senator Sargent's sis
ter), suicide was owing to temporary de-
rangement of mind caused by pressure of
blood upon her brain originating in over ia
tigue and mental anxiety experienced last
year while nursing her son through near
ly fatal illness. nod
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Didn't Like His Praying.

The story is told at the expense of we'll
known Westfield church member, who had
an earnest brother Christian visiting him
the other day. The latter is not so demon
strative in bis religious fervor as his host,
and also is lame, SO that he cannot kneel.
The first morning of his visit lie was asked
to lead the family devotions, and. seated
in his chair, began an earnest appeal to the
Throne Of Grace, while the family kneeled
around. The hosts son, a lad of five years,
fdgettad around on his knees for minute
or two, and finally shouted, stop, him,
mother, step him. He don't know noth-
ing how 10 pray. Let father show him.''
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Nr. watterson On American Eumor. o

MIR. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louis
in New York City, Tuesday evening, ON
the ssWhimsicalities, Comicalities, and Re-
allties of Southern Life" The speaker
said: American humor is divided into two
classes, the fighting humor and the money
humor. A traveller in Mississippi town
asked native whether it was really nee
essary to carry pistol. "Wal, stranger"
the native replied, ''you might travel about
here more'n year and not need it onc'r,
but if you should need it yer'd need it
powerful" A witness in case in a Ken
lucky court testified that he had been sent
vut of the room to get a fresh pack OF cards.
He stopped for some time outside the door.
"Why did you stop outside the doer2' the
lawyer asked. The witness hesitating, the
Judge asked the question. swell, Jedge,"
said the witness, eff must tell, it was be-
cause old Ben Hardin told me to be sure
and mark the bowers" Such an incident
as this could only occur in our own eoun-
try. In old steamboating times the typical
Southerner. was pictured as a rowing blade,
with. wide brimmed hat, particularly ham
dy in decocting and disposing Of mixed
liquors; who ended every sentence with
''By -, sir;'' who had not the slightest
hesitation in betting a promising young
.darkey on bob-tail flush; who travelled
with a darkey valet, a silver headed cane,
two ruffled shirts and a. case, Of hairrtrig
gers; whose breakfast was two cocktails
and plug of tobacco; whose amusement
was clipping the wings of a mosquito with
a seven shooter at 10 PAGES, and who could
stop the launching of life-boat to tell his
companion the last good story: who could
draw to shoestring and get a. lanyard;
to whom the pedigree of race horse was
sacred subject; who had a faculty OF losing
his own money and other peoples money
at all games of chance-pai itlculariy draw
poker. OF course, such creature would
fight; he would fight anything, always pre-
ferring the tiger, The invention Of that
comparatively modern amusement, Ameri-
can whist, sometimes called draw poker,
was in his case the discovery off new
world. It struck him all in heap He
was in the habit of drawing ON his banker,
his pistol and his imagination, and here
was a chance to draw ON all of them at
once. And then the terms just suited him.
hands, flushes, fulls-his whole life was
perfect experience Of one or the other, for
when he was not flush he was generally
full. %"o .@2& Sp q. alF sir
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poETR z
THE GOLDEN MILESTONE.

Leahess are the trees their purple branches
Spread themselves abroad, like reefs of coral,
Rising silent
In the red sea of the winter sunset
FROM the hundred chimne, 8 of the village,
Like the Afreet in the Arabian story,
Smoky columns
Tower aloft into the air of amber.
At the window winks the Pickering freight;
Here and there the lamps of evening glimmer,
Social watchfres
Answering one another through the darkness.
On the hearth lighted logs are glowing
And like Ariel IN the cloven pine tree
For its freedom
Groans and sighs the the air imprisoned in them
By the freside the old men seated
See ruined cities in ashes,
Asking sadly ..-=...... .
Of the past what 1t can ne'er restore them.
BY the freside there are youthful dreamers
Building castles fair, with stately stairways,
Asking blindly
OF the future what it cannot give them.
By the fresides tragedies are acted
III WHOSE scenes appear TWO only
1U Wife and husband 10 81,
And above them God the spectator,
By the freside there is peace and comfegt:
Wives and children, with fair Thoughtful faces
Waiting, watching
For wellknown tootstep in the passage.
Each mans chimney is his Golden Milestone.
Is the central point from which he measures
Every distance
Through the gateways of the world aEouna hia.
In his farthest wanderings still he sees it,
Hears the talking fame, the answering Rightwind,
AS he heard them
When he sat with those who were, but are Eot.
Happy he who neither wealth OF fashion
Nor the march of the encroaching city
Drives an exile
From the hearth of his ancestral Homestead.
We may build more splendid habitations,
Fill our rooms with paintings and with sculptures
But we cannot ''
Buy with gold the old associations! LOmsfeAosg.
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Il e.
THE Boss sTIcK.- Probably the largest
stick Of timber ever brought to the Com
stock was recently received at the.neW Yel-
low Jacket works. east Of the second tun-
mel. tits to be used as chord for the
pump bob, and It's dimensions are 38x4s
inches, By 43 feet in length. The weight is
%, 900 pounds, and the freight from San
Francisco amounted to $416.70. Two cars
were required 70 transport the stick and it
cost 5000 losd il, The timber came from
Oregon, and cost over 5000 delivered in
San Francisco. Good heavy materials be-
ing put into the machinery at the new
works Of the Yellow Jacket Company and
IL viii stand the strain feryeaTs to c0me.--
Cold Hill 1vesss, Y esssl.l a'As