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DEAD HORSES STANDING ERECT.

The Danville Advertiser Of the It'll.
inst. says: Smith was in town on Sat
urday with his hired man. and the two
tell singular story about lightning
stroke. Mr.. Smith was on a gram
drill in a field, and his hired man was
about II rods from him. dragging.
Suddenly Smith heard the noise OF
thunder. and became unconscious.
The man also heard the noise. but
neither of them saw any flash OF light
ming. The man went to Smith, and
in about twenty minutes he was re-
stored to consciousness. Then atten-
ton was given to the horses. One OF
them was standing erect, with one
foot lifted little way from the earth,
and the other was kneeling with his
nose in the earth, and both were
stone dead. and retained their posi-
lions until they were pushed over.
The supposition is that in this ease
the electricity went from the earth to
thn Sky
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ANCIENT ORNAMENTS OF cYPRlCT
LADIES'

They had delicious ideas of taste
and beauty. those Cypriot ladies of the
olden time. We have never seen more
beautiful jewelry than they wore.
Their earrings were of thousand
forms.
They wore necklaces in many shapes,
and some of the ladies Of ancient Ku-
rinm, when they wished to pay vows
to the temple. by good luck gave their
necklaces. We say by good luck. for
thus it happens that we have become
heirs to them, and know that they
wore necklaces Of fine gold beads, OF
beads and agate. of alternate beads
and drops of gold, of enamel, of heavy
links of gold, and OF agates cut In
long shapes mounted with gold caps
finely oTnamented, and having agate
pendants with gold setting. The chill
dren of those days seem to have worn
little bracelets of delicate chain work,
with a round gold button at the clasp.
There are several of them here.
Objects in enamel are numerous,
and cloisOnne enamel was one OF their
favorite styles Of ornamenting jewel
~. There is a pair Of heavy gold
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ocean, emerged, and became the new
continent Of America. Dividing this
new continent was sea. but cataStrO-
phe removed this sea and resulted III
the folding up of mountain ranges TO-
900 and 10000 feet in height, thereby
essentially changing the whole eli
mate of the continent. Of the land
life Of the mesozoic age we have
abundant remains. The wonderful
reptilian and avian fauna of the meSO-
zoic age is now familiar to all. But
after the catastrophe, and the change
Of climate which must necessarily
have ensued, this fauna totally perish
ed.
After criticising the opinions OF
Huxley, Lyell. Hutton, Darwin, and
others, he REQUIRED to the effects OF
sudden terrestrial or cosmical changes,
and conceived that the effects OF these
changes would be. first, eXtermina-
ton; secondly, destruction of the bio
logical equilibrium; and thirdly, rapid
morphological change on the part OF
plastic species. When catastrophe
change burst in upon the ages Of uni
formity. and sounded in the ear of ev-
C1 IL LIS tiilliS VIC NOiIO GlitAAASS VI
die!'' Elasticity became the sole
principle Of salvation. And Elasticity
is the key to survival and prosperity.
Mr.. King remarked in conclusion Of
his address: '.He who brought to bear
that mysterious energy we call life up
| on primeyal matter bestowed at the
same time power of development
by change, arranging that the inter
action OF energy and matter, which
make up environment should. from
time to time. burst in upon the cur
| rent Of life and sweep it onward and
| upward to ever higher and better
mani festations. Moments of great
catas.rophy. thus translated into the
language of life. become moments Of
creation. when out of plastic organ
! isms something newer and nobler is
| called into being
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bracelets on which the gold bands
forming the cloisons remain, but from
which the enamel has disappeared.
In fact, the enamel has mostly van
ished from all the specimens OF
cloisonne work, but in a few it re-
mains in disintegrated condition,
while in one Of the gold necklaces
from which the enamel has nearly
vanished one little fragment remains,
giving the clear translucent CLINT Of
yitrified substance, and showing that
the entire necklace must have shown
once with the lustre of emeraldS. A
large pendant, set with an eye-like
agate is splendid specimen.
and there are some things here in
silver which, were they perfect,
would ravish the eyes Of our lady
readers, and over which some Of them
who love old art will bend in delighted
rapture. These are silver belts worn
by the ladies Cyprus in the ancient
years. Within the past year or two
fashion has prevailed among ladies
in America of wearing broad metallic
belts of silver or other metal. Could
an American lady possess one of
thesebelts of Cypriot make in its orig
inal freshness. or its fac-simile, she
would be very happy. Delicately en-
grayed in patterns, inlaid or oyerlaid
with gold, they are exceedingly beau
tiful. From a brief examination Of
some of these. we are struck with the
idea that when they were made silver
was more precious than gold. and that
the gold which shines ont OF them was
used for color to set Off the beautiful
patterns in silver. DO not imagine,
dear madam. from our account that
you will see shining silver belt, the
zone is an ancient Venus, When YOU
visit the museum. Bat you will see
rows Of rough, dry ashy-looking frag-
ments. the glow OF the ancient SPLEEN
dor showing through the decay.
The slender, form OF beauty. once
surrounded by this belt OF rare and
delicate workmanship. which retains
to-day the contors Of the form it en-
circled, is dust Of the or island OF
Cyprus. and the metal zone is almost
dust AS well.-WILLIAM c. PRIME,
Harper's Magazine for Iugust.
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The Berlin correspondent Of the
London Times state that General Ber-
dan, of the United States, has invented
an instrument which will greatly i'm
prove the art of killing. He calls his
invention a ''range-fnder.' 1t con-
sists of a telescope and other instru-
ments. all Of which can be carried on
a dogcart. and which enable the
engineers to measure with perfect
accuracy up to 1900 metres, or l.500
wards. The time needed to ascertain
distances, is only two minutes. and
the General believes that his Invention
will double the accuracy Of artillery
fire. and quadruple that Of infantry.
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SOLD CHEAP.-L1ttle Brown Ito
"Nigger Minstrell,' who always adj
dresses his listeners as my Lord; J
s.Ah, how did you know my-ah-hoW
did you know was Lord! = (Sensa-
ton among the bystanders.) Minstrel:
"Bless yir, my Lord, never lose
sight O. my schoolfellers!" (Roars OF
laughter. Little 3. caves in, and
bOItS.1
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The Anti-AGonopoliSt.

how can ever forgive you!''
Her husband laughed in her face.
rougishly.
I'D do it again for the same reward;
and if you don't forgive me I'll go
back and be clod the rest of my
days.
The threat was sufficient.
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A person. in the course Of some re-
marks in a prayer-meeting. having
several times observed that he should
never forget the dying words OF his
brother, the pastor suggested that 1t
might be well for him to repeat them;
whereupon, with some hesitation and
scratching of his head, hesaid they
had slipped his mind.
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There was moments lull in the
debate. and then member known as
the ..Old Reliable spoke up: 'Wlly
down to Arizony. which l lived thar,
it was 50 hot that they used to have
to splice two thermometers together
SOS to get any idea or the heat, and
even then the quicksilver would
squirt over the top thermometer some
times
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W1T AND HUM0R.

s:What ! object to- said Texas
horse thief. as he was about to be
drawn up. lis your hanging me here
in the sun where there's plenty OF
shade close by; however, go ahead.
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THE DAY OF REsT.-His Reverence
time, Sunday morning:) "Tim, you
don't name to say your master is go
ing to work the poor haste to-day y
Tim: "Oh, no, yir reverence !! lir
see, he's been hard to work all the
week, so the master thought he d take
him out to-day for a bit Of holiday
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'.Why did you name that old horse
Napoleon9" asked a gentleman OF Il
negro, whose horse was almost re-
duced to skeleton. sWhy, marse,
you see it's Gaze the bony part is so
strong in him." was the ready reply.
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A Scotch witness somewhat given to

A Scotch witness somewhat given to
prevarication was severy handled by
a cross-examing counsel. Glow far
is it between the two farms!' said
the counsel. s.By the road it's two
mile YES; but. on your oath. how
far is it as the crow fiesy' Il dinna
ken / never was a crow
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A young mother in this city ex-
planning christening to her five-year
old boy told him that when he was
christened he ..would be one Of Gods
little lambs s.And will have hind
legs and baa!" eagerly asked the boy.
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Sc1ENcE+

A tooth Of mastodon has been dug
up near the Ashley river in South
Carolia. It is IL IL inches long, s
inches in diameter, and weighs more
than lbs.
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A beggar in France solicited twenty
sous Of gentleman. adding, Il have
great need of twenty sous The re-
quest was refused. The beggar added:
ssThen / know what | shall do. The
gentleman reflected upon this reply,
and at once thought that possibly
twenty sous would save the fellows
life. He ran and gave him the money.
..And what were you going to do If |
had refused the gifta'' inquired the
donor. s.Going to do = retorted the
rascal: .:why / was going to work. =
..shy as a girlr' This is pretty and
Dertinenr smile. This morning
beyy Of young girls were passing the
office, eating peanuts and swapping the
shells over their heads, when couple
of boys in a wagon came along, when
one Of the shy maidens said:
ssWant peanut, Billvi''
ssYes," answered the expectant
William
s'Stand on your head, then, and I'll
give you one" she cried back.
And then all the maidens lifted up
their voices in a voluminous scream,
and William gave the horse such a
lick that filled it with CONSERVATION.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-04

Clara realize that the affair was not
hoax. She brought the certificate home
with her as memorial of the mock
marriage, but, so she said, had forgotten
that there was such thing In existence
when her mother brought 1t to light.
Clara's story caused Mrs. Mannering
great perturbation Of mind. She thought
her daughters youth had been taken
advantage of, and that she was perhaps
bound for life to some undesirable and
ineligible person. Anxious to know
whether the pretended marriage was
valid, she consulted last Thursday with
one of the clerks in the Brooklyn City
Court, whom she mistook for the judge,
and was told to her horror that the GER
titicate set forth legal marriage.
She Immediately wrote to Mr.. Burn
dage, and received in reply an agree
ment to annul the marriage If it proved
distasteful to her. He was ready, Mr..
Brundage said, to consider the ceremony
of the 25th of August real or sham, as
his BRIDES parents determined He loved
Clara, and wanted her to live with him
as his wife, but would not take advan-
tage of the supposed joke unless she
wished to have it SO. All the proceedings
and expense necessary to dissolve the
marriage he would take upon himself in
case Clara did not care to continue to be
Mrs. John Brundage. Through inquiry
of friends living in Unionville, Mrs.
Mannering learned that Mr.. Brundage
was well of, possessing good farm and
being abundantly able to support wife,
besides being heir to considerable prop
erty. He was, she was informed, a most
desirable match and her daughter might
go further and fare worse.
I'd just as leaf it would be real
marriage" she said, shaking her curls.
Mrs. Mannering did not seem to have
formed any plans for the future. Brun-
dage had not yet visited his bride in her
home, and there seemed to be no hurry
about coming to decision. Clara. she
continued, was yet too young to think
of marriage, but if Mr.. Brundage would
wait two or three years before he claims
her, she might make no opposition.
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RAIL RIO AID s
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
November 9th, 1877.


TRAINS LEAVE HARRIsBURG AS FOLLOWS
For New York. at 500 sic a. IN. 3.57p M.
For Philadelphia, at $40, $40, 945 am.
and 3b7 y. IN.
For Reading, at $40. $40 casa m. and 200
For Pottsvllle at $40, $40 a. M, and S.57
p, M, and via Schuylkil and Susquehanna
Branch at 2.40 D. m.
For Auburn via $. & s. Br, at 5.10a m.
For Allentown. at $40, S.l0a. m., and at ZOO
The 800 s. 10 a. M, 1857 and #755 p. M, trains
have through cars for New York.
The $40, $40 a, M, and 200 p. m, trains have
through cars for Philadelphia.
SUNDAYS:
For New York, at $40 a. m.
For Allentown and Way Stations at $40 q. m.
For Reading, Philadelphia and Way Statlonsat
Las p. m.
TRAINS FOR HARVESTING, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWS
Leave New York, at e.45 q. M, LOO, $50 and
VAS p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at s.l5 a. m. $40, and
Leave Reading, at t44O, T4O, li.2o a. m. l.SO
els and 10. 35 p. m.
Leave Pottsville, at clio, 9.15 ain. and ABS
p. m.
Aud via schuylkill and susquehanna Branch at
Leave Auburn via s. & S. Br. at 10 noon.
Leave Allentown, at t2.30 $50, 9.O5 a. M, l2l6,
4.30 and 9.06 D. m.
Leave New York. at $50 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. IN.
Leave Reading, at 4.4O, 7.4O a. m. and 1898
p. m.
j. Il. WOOTEN, Gen. Manager.
G. G. HANCOCK, General Ticket Agent.
+Does not run on Mondays.
kVia Morris and Essex Il. X.
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9 Dank You, Nine Frient. .

A good story is told by the Marquette
Mich. Mining Journal of former res
ident of Negaunee, now living in Col
orado. lie was an explorer of some
note, and was one day digging at the
foot of a mountain in Boulder county,
when Teutonic gentleman came along
and inquired
" My goot frient, vat you peen do
deer 2"
" Oh, I'm only scratching around to
see what l. can find"
a" Veil, mine frient, / dond't know
pretty much by dis explorin pisness (:
auver doud't you could dell me we're I
gould Wind me golt mine right away
quick ?"
"Oh, you just find big pine tree and
go to digging in its shadow, and you'll
find what you want
" Dank you, mine frient," and the
German went little way up the noun
tain, found the shadow of pine tree
and went to digging. In short time
he found what is now the celebrated
Melvina Mine, and now our Negauneeite
is sueing for an interest in the valuable
property, on the ground that he gave
the information that led to the dis
covery.
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1--WE rIMEs, NEW BLooMFIELD, pa, DEcElIBER 4. ls77

splendid. Julia ought to be very hap
py, but wished she cared more for
him. All she looks forward to is the
splendor and freedom from money care.
But perhaps that Is best. ] don't care
about money, and it must be for the best
for me to stay at home and make it
cheerful and comfortable for papa. Julia
says must come often to make her long
visits, but 1 don't think can. / won
der
And here little Dolly's hands clasped
each other in tighter grasp, and her
very lips grew white as she wondered If
1t was very wicked for her to feel such
an envious longing to have, not the
wealth, but the love of her future
brother-in-law.
"I'll soon conquer it, she thought,
miserably, "when it's all settled. 1t is
this waiting that tries me-"
She was not to wait much longer, for
the bushes parted near her, and present.
ly Mr.. Bardell startled her by saying:
Are you dreaming, Miss Dolly ?"
She blushed and smiled, answering
81 was little tired, and came down
here to rest"
81 am very tired, let me rest, too, % he
said taking a seat beside her. &C L think
this is the prettiest spot on the
grounds
"Yes," Dolly said, family wishing he
would go away before she began to
cry.
The house sadly wants one addition,
said Mr.. Bardell, looking straight before
him across the lake.
1T seemed to be perfect" Dolly
forced herself to say.
" Perhaps it is only in my eyes the
deficiency exists, but think it wants
the presence of gentle, loving woman,
and l know that want wife there
Will you come to brighten it, Dolly p
Will you trust your happiness to me,
believing will make it the first thought
of my life? Dolly, don't cry, dear
your father gave me permission to speak
to you"
There came some five minutes ol
quiet bliss for two hearts, and Dolly's
tears were stopped with caresses. Pres
entity Mr.. Bardell said, in answer to his
lady loves last remark
Julia Oh, yes; she is very hand
some, but, you see, before 1 saw her /
was already i'll love with YOU"
Why, you saw us both at the same
time"
No; when first saw you, or rather
the arrangement of your black hair, you
were seated on the top of a step-ladder
giving me distinct orders regarding soar
and scrubbing brushes. -
" You'll cried Dolly, and certainly
there was no lack of color in her cheeks
as she spoke. Youl l thought it was
Tom ~
s. So il was Tom, my dear?"
1t was too mean.'
lost my heart then and there, sac
rificed pair of lavender kids at til,
shrine of cleanliness, as sure as my
name was--"
Tom :" said Dolly, laughing.
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a Joke thai was not a lokc.

MI AND MRS. ID. MANNERING,
Iva who live at Lorimer and Jackson
streets, Williamsburg, have an only
daughter, Clara. She is q brunette, II
years old, with bright black eyes and
dark curling hair that flows in waves
over herslight but well developed figure.
She returned but few weeks ago from
Orange county, New York, where she
has been spending the summer About
ten days since Mrs. Mannering, while
looking over the contents of Clara's
trunk, which had not yet been unpacl1-
ed, discovered q scroll of parchment,
richly engraved and ornamented, and
held together by blue ribbon, tied in
a true love knot. She opened and read
q certificate by the Rev. William II.
Williams, of Unionville, Orange coun-
ty, setting forth that John Brundage
and Clara Mannering were married on
the 25th of August, 1877. Hardly able
to believe her eyes, Mrs. Mannering
questioned her daughter.
With some bushes Clara explained
that when two or three people came
together in the Catskills the favorite
mode of amusement is the performance
of a mock marriage. On the evening of
the above date she had attended party
given at the house of young farmer
named Brundage. 1t was proposed that
she and the host, in accordance with the
custom Of the country, should play at
being married. Accordingly she stood
up with Mr. Brundage before one of the
guests, who volunteered to play the part
of clergyman, and the pair were pro-
nounced by him man and wife. Hardly
had the words, " Whom God has Joined
together, let not man put assunder,"
been pronounced when Brundage, de-
claring that the marriage was real
one and not a sham, claimed her as his
wife. The supposed bogus clergyman,
he said was minister of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and the ceremony he
had performed could not be nullified
save bya divorce obtained by due process
of law. All this was done in joking
way, however, and not even when she
got the certificate of the ceremony did
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DuNCANNON STATION.

On and after Monday, June 2lth 1877, trains
will leave DuncannOn. as fOlloWs
EASTWARD.
Mitflntown Acc. daily except Sunday at Sl2A. NJ
.JohnstOwn EX. l2.53P. NJ, daily except SUNDAY .
a p on
Atlantic Express 1920 p NJ, daily (hag)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger S5S A. M, daily
Mail, 200 p. NJ, ........... .dailyexcept Sunday.
Mifllint0wn Ace daily except Sunday at 616P.M.
Pittsburg Ex. daily except Sunday dag 1l33P. M.
VIM. @. KING Agent.
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Pennsylvania r.. r. Time Table.
NEWPORT STATION.

on and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas
senger trains will run as follows:
EAST.
Minlintown Acc. 1882 a. M, daily except Sunday
Johnstown EX. 1929 p. NJ, daily " sunday
Mail, 6.54 p. NJ, daily exceptSunday
Atlantic Express, 95iP.M., hag,-daily.
WEST.
WayPass. 9.09 A. NJ, daily,
Mail.........2.48 p. NJ. daily exceptSunday
Mimintown Ace. 655 P. N. daily except Sunday,
Pittsburgh Express, 1l.5TP. NJ, (Flag)-dally, ex-
cept sunday.
Pacific Express, SIT a. M. daily (fag)
Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which
Is l3 minutes faster than Altoona time, and min
utes slower than New York time
J.J. BARCLAY, Agent.
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Sensible Almost 10 the Last.

Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Mulcaby lived on
a farm. They were shrewd, thrifty and
had the reputation of being close. -
Finally Mrs. Mulcaby sickened and was
about to die. Finding herself nearing
the end, she expressed desire to put
things in order before that event occur
red, and old Tom prepared to listen.
"Tom," said Mrs. Mulcaby, ''there's
Mrs Smith, up at the crossing, she owes
me Sl.sO for butter see ye git it,"
" Sinsible to the last, my dear; sensi-
bic to the last, said Tom. " I'll get it,
Then there's Mrs. Jones, up at the
creek, she owes me S1.5O for chickens .
" All ! look at that, now, for moind,
she forgets nothing"
=" And Mrs. Brown, in the village, she
owes me $3.50 for milk"
"D'ye hear that ? Sinsible to the
last sinsible to the last Go on, my
Dear"
=" And-and-'
q Yis ?"
" And Mrs. Roberts, at the toll gate, 1
owe her,
" All poor dear poor dearl'' broke
in Tom hastily : how her moind does
be wondering! Sure we've allowed her
to talk too much, entirely, so we have"
EgT A woodman in Austin, New, has
named his team of eight oxen after
leading citizens of the place. Every
day he is heard shouting to them like
this, except that he also uses profanity
" Gee there, John Lyons; whoa, DR..
Sheridan, you blamed lazy beast haw,
there, Colonel Price, or III break every
bone in your darned lazy body git up,
Squires ~ Then he whacks the minis
ter with the butt Of the whip, and
throws stone at the bank president.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-06-29

SAS fRsxrIsco. Jane - by TIE
arrival st rs. Cnllna froru Panama.
~e lave ne~s fsow Acapulco taa; On
tie 10th if.st. after .flnt II Of
nearly ten days by D.az> gaaDoals. Al
varez eapi,alated. He surrendered the
fort with $50 men - toe naval forces.
who thsgeupon entered the town. The
terms Of the c,..tul4iion are secret
for some geason knowa osty 20 the oi'-
Iosjag commanders, bat il il known .'nI-
cable reiat.or4 east between the forces
Tile s,l .ieFs ot the quoildam cpposins
armies afe holding high car"i al IN the
streets ol Aeapuico Arm Il. arm they
arc drinking aud esrons,ss and are APP
uarentiy the best Of friends i is
limited Alvarez has gone over to the
enemy, hut tbe ir,c .ition IS extremely
meager Anne IAN residents at Aca-
pulco are a. ~ undecided whether TO
leave the PLACE OF avt. They lave 10
far esca ped :. fious rnoies'atlcn, but an
nouuce ri j tcnfi"i !. appealing TO
the Up,,l states if they arc subjected
10 .asu OF the harlships IF d OWL
war