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GAMBLING FOR HUMAN LIFE;

But perhaps the most tragic, soul harrow
ing scene that ever took place at gaming
table transpired at public house in Port au
Prince some years ago. Several parties were
waiting about the room for the game tocom-
mence. Among the crowd ofloiterers was a
Captaih st. Every, iioted Gaihester, dead
ly duelist and well-kho#n man Of pluck.
Some one spoke DIP, "Who'ii play?1 al
will" said the Captain of Frchch frigate,
which had just arrived in the harbor, and
seizng dice-box threw to win or lose the
amount Of a small sum of money that then
lay uPoR the table. lie was igiorant of the
stake to be played.
"Monseur Commdndant, you have won,"
said Captain St. Every, pushihg toward him
several piles of gold,
Astonished at the sight orso much wealth.
the Captain drew back, saying: "Gentle-
men, should be wanting not only in COM
mon honestly but eveit in good manners;
were to appropriate tie sum, the winning
of which ] never expected in the least de-
gree, for J Thought l was playing for the
trihing stake lying on the table, cannot,
therefore, take the enormous sum as my own
by right"
"sir," said Captain St. Every, "you must
take it, for if you had lost you would have
been obliged to pay the saine sum-"
"You are ihistaken, sir if you think So l
do not conceive my honor endangered in
reference TO paying debt of honor which l
never contracted, nor in refusing to accept
of so large a sum Which never expected to
win"
Monsieur lie Commandant," shrieked
Captain St. Every, raising his voice to the
highest pitch, "if you had lost you should
have paid. would have made you do So"
This was fire to the gunpowder, intended
to provoke a challenge, and it accomplished
its purpose, "Sir," said Captain St. Every;
81 don't wish to take any advantage of yot
which my acknowledged ability in the use
of the sword and pistol gives me, 50 l offer
terms of equality"
and the chance of the dice stall determine
which shall blow each others brains out"
agreed" said the nothing-daunted frg;
ate commander.
\ shock Of Horror ran through The veins
Of the assembled crowd at the barbarity Of
the blo5d-curdling affair some shrank
from the ROOM others, more hardened in
the sights Of horrorj Crowded nearer the
gaming table, perfectly eognizant of the des-
perate character of st. Every, and inwardly
lauding the bratery Of the unknown.
Each party examined the pistol. The
naval captain first threw the fatal dice.
He threw eleven.
A good throw" said St. Every Holding
for a moment his own; "the chances are
now in your favor, but listenj if il turns out
as il appears to me it will that fortune
favors you ard not mel visit neither mercy
nor pity, as / would think either a coward
Who would spare the other"
"sr, do not need your impertinent re-
monstnnces to back me reither now or at
any other time" replied the commandant
St. Every took the box and threw fifteen.
The company were paralyited with horror.
Monsieur le Coiimandant arose. "Tour
life belongs 10 ihej sir said St, Every throw
ing down the dice on the table.
Fire, cir, said the Commandant, placing
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HISTORICAL.

The poet Southney was the originator Of
the phrase, " By the living Jingop
Archery is very old British exercise.
The lohg bow was the favorte weapon of
the English from the thirteenth to the
sixteenth cetttury. 1t was at one time tho
principal weapon in all the armies of tho
world.
The FIRST Congressional caucus to nominate
candidates for President and Vice President
is said to have been held in Philadelphia
in the yedr 1900, and to have nominated Mr..
Jefferson for the Chief Office and Aaron Burr
for the second.
Venus de MediGi is 50 called from its hav-
ing been in the possession of the Prince Of
that name in Rome, when it first attracted
attention, now more than 200 years ago.
1t is said to be the work of Cleomens, an
Athenian sculptor, who lived about 100
years before Christ.
St. Dennis, the patron saint of France,
was put to death, with some companions, in
the year 2T2; Upon an eminence near Paris,
since called, from the circumstance, Mont
martre Mons Martyrum). According TO
the legend, his head had no sooner been cut
off than the body rose, and, taking up the
head, walked with it two miles.
Mary Stuart was born Dec. 9; 1542, in
Scotland. She was married three times.
She married first, Francis H., of France.
He dying young, she reluctantly returned
to Scotland and married the Earl Darnley.
After the death of her second husband,
she married the Earl of Boutwell,, was cap
tured, imprisoned for many years by Eliza
beth, and finally beheaded.
Witches are supposed 10 have been invent
ed by Peter Hale, at Nuremberg in l49O,
though it is said that Robert King, of Scot
land had one about 1910. They were first used
IN astronomical observations by Parbush, in
1900; first Introduced in England from Ger
many in 1887. The principle of pendu-
lums was first invented by Hagens, of Tul-
chum, in 1857. Spring pocket watches
were the invention of Hooke, in 1858, and
repeaters were invented in the year 1876
The Greek fire was composition Of COM
Bustiblo matter, invented by Callinicius;
an engineer of Heliopolis, in Syria, in the
seventeenth century, in order to destroy the
Saracens' ships The PROPERTY of this fire
was to burn briskest in the water, and diff
fuse itself on all sides. 1t was blown out Of
long tubes of copper, and shot out of cross
bows and other spring instruments. The
invention, kept for many years by the court
Of ConstantinoPlej is now lost.
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YOUNG GIRLs.-Our young girls do not
understand the witchery of bright eyes and
rosy lips, but set Off their beauty by all the
artificial means which lie in their power,
never rejecting that by 50 doing they destroy
their principal charm-that of innocence!
The rounded cheeks, the bright ewes, the
waving hair ofa girl in her teens need only
the simplest setting. Rich fabrics and
sumptubus adorning are more for the matron,
her dress gaining in ample fold and grace
ful sweep as she puts on the dignity Of years.
The seasons teach us something here if we
go to nature for an object-lesson. How diff
ferent her charm from the deep, maturing
summer, when the hues are decided; and
the air is loaded with perfume from thou
sand cehsers. The schoolgirl is only on the
threshold of summer. she has not crossed
it yet. Let her copy the sweet grace of the
spring on her graduation day, and discard
artifciality for nature.
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Returning, leave depot at Berko and Ameri-
eau ST., Pnila., at S:I5 ana 9:45 q. M; 23) $50,
and 500 p. III. ELLIS CLARK, Agent.
June 8, 1873.
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P6OLINtS THEIR ISSUES.

" You needn't work to-day, dear Mike,
But stay at home, me honey
For Dennis Kearney sure has said
You shall not lack for money
To buy us all our food and clothes,
And me fine shawls and fichus,
If you will only heed his talk,
And go and pool your issues"
Mike staggers home quite drunk at night
And makes fearful clatter;
Then Bridget ffieets him with The cry:
Whatever is the iiiatter2
Your clothes are torn, your iioss is tnashedy
And bl5atea are your tissues"
"I've only been around" said Mike
"A pooln' of my issues"
When Mike dvakcs he growls and aslsi
"Now, what's for supper Bridget"
Says she: "About that trhe, Nike
thought wouldn't fidget;
For Dennis KearneY says that we
Can easy fill our dishes,
If we will only tell OUR nien
To go and pool their issues"
In court next day poor Mike appears,
A battered, object being,
And Bridget, with her eyes too black
For beauty or for seeing.
She says: ole swore to take MY life
And make me food for fishes;
And then he beat me black and blue
To help Inc pool my issues"
The judge looked hard at Mike and says;
"You've taken too much blarney
From that conceited, silly chap
Called California Kearney.
Go home and try to make it up
You have my kindest wishes
Or will give you iiihety days
For pooling of your issues"
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BIRDS or PARADIsE-The birds of New
Guinea present larger proportion of bril-
liantly blumaged species than those of any
other part of the world. To this result the
birds of paradise greatly contribute. Of this
family twenty-four species are known, all
confined to the Paquan islands with a single
exception, Manucodia, which has extend
ed its range to North Australia and which is
without the characteristcp plumes Of the true
paradise birds. Whether for singularity or
beauty of plunagc, the birds ofparadise are
without rivals in the bird world. Most of
them have superb tufts Of feathers issuing,
not from the wings, but from each side of
the body, forming sometimes wavy, silky
plumes of considerable thickness, sometimes
fans which spread on each side Of the breast;
soiiietimes shields or long trains behind the
wings, while the central tail-feathors are
often produced to a great lehgthj elongated
into wires, twisted into fantastic shapes, or
terminated by ldstrous sFatules, and all
adorned with The most brilliant metallic
tints. In the sub-fanily EBimdchma, in
stead Of tufts from the sides of the body, the
accessory plutes spring from the head,
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BoHEaIANs.-People who live by their
wits, and have no settled iiicome, are
frequently termed Bohenians. Newspaper
writers Who are attached to nd papers, but
who sell theit news or productions TO allj
playwrghtsj poets and authors generally,
may be said to Belong to this class. The ex-
cesses ofthoso who called themselves Bohem-
iaus at ore time brought tie title into 50
riuch disTespeet that now no reputable writer
desires to be known as one. Bohemian
exiles, gentlemen of letters who devoted
themselves to literature in Paris, were the
first writers to whom the term was applied,
and il aferward came into general usei
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IEH1GHToN CARBON COUNTY, Pa SEPTEMBER 81 1818

his hand on his heart, Tan Honest man 10
never afraid To-"
St. Every's ball scattered the braihs and
blood Of the unlucky Commandant over the
clothes and persons Of the bystanders, as his
lifeless body fell to the saloon floor.
st. Every deserted to TIC English, aid
soon fell mortally wounded at the battle Of
Irois, ds the English were carrying the day.
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e. E. O..

EUREKA RED oILus forty degrees higher
fire test than the law requifesl, can be burned
IN any LAMP whore the chimney burner is
used Is WARRANTED NOT TO IxPLoDE, under
forfeiture of tlOO
U7-EXCLUsIVE COUNTY RIGHTS for
sale by P. ]. FITZGERALD, soie Prop. &
Manui'r, iO3 & iu5 n. Fourth It., Philada
Also, WHOLESALE DEALER IN HEAD
LIGHT, COAL OIL and Blu RNING FLUID.
N. n. larg assortment Of latest styles Of
CHANDELIERS, BRACKETS. BRONZE
LAMPS, BURNERS, &c. sc. constantly on
hand. Sent G,-0mo.
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Railroad Guide.
NORTH HPENNA.RAILROAD

Passengers for Philadelphia leave Lebightoh
rs follows: ...,..
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pHILA. q READING RAILROAD.
Arrangement of Passenger Trains.

MAY 18TH. 1873.
Trains leave ADLENTOW WN as fOllows:-
WA PERKlOMEN BRANCu0
For Philadelphia, at 4:2j, $50, lI.Oj. am, ana
o.55 y. IN.
SUNDAYS.
For Philadelphia st 42o q. m. ,3.S5 q. m.
WA EAST PENNA. BRANCH)
For Re lding, 2.sO, $50, 0Oi m l2.lo, 2lO, 43o
nUd Q 05 pm.
For Harrisburg. $50 $50, oO5 a. m, 1915, 4.3o
For Lancaster and Columbia, 5 50. 9.oj am. and
4 30 p. III.
tDOes not run On Nj Monday4
SUNDAYS.
For Reading 230 am and 4i3) and 05 pm.
For IL rrisOurg 2.31 a. III. nnd 05 y. IN.
Trains FOR ALLIE STOWN leave as follows:
WA PERKloMEN BRANCHl
Leave Phlla Ielphia, 73l u. m., 100, 'lSo and $50
D..
SUNDAYS.
Leave Philadeiphia S0I It. IN and 10 p. III.
WA EAST PENNA BRANCH
ga g Reauing, 74). AS tJ.3j M, 4Oo,6.'5 and
1880 ON
Leave Harrisburg, SD, $40 a. M, and eco, a.57
Ind 7,B5 I' IN.
Leave Lanca 4ter, $40 a. M, l2j5 and S.i5 p. m.
Loavs Columbia $40 a. III. l.u0 and $50 p M
SUNDAYS.
Leave Reading 7.20 and 0.4O n. II.
Leave Harrisburg, 5.2l am.
Trains make thus ~ run to and from GepOt
9th and Green streets, Philadelphil, other
trains to q III from Broad street depot.
Tne $50 u. m and 500 D. m. trains from alien
town, and the 40 n. m and a.3l p. M teams
''O'' ]. Il. woOTrEN.
GeuerGt Mdndfer.
&C. HANCOCK, CENT Ticket Agent
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CARDS,

Furniture warehouse.
v. Schwartz, Bank street, dealer in all kinds Of
Furniture, Collins made TO order.
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PURE DRUGS and CHEMICALS,
BAYARD TAYLOR

says; Il take great pleasure in recommending
10 parents tue Academy OF Mr S ~hurthdgp."
Hon. Fernando Wood, patrou saYs: 81 cheer
iuliY consent to the use Of inv name MS refer.
enee." so ner qr tul cost for young men and
DOVs NO Extra Charges. Special attention To
bnth adyanced ana backward pupils RECON-
menued Oy Judge Van Hossen Rev Drs. Hin
ano Peabody. Address SWINTHIAN Q
SHohlLIDGE (Harvard A. NJ NJ edia, Pa
Media has churches and temperance charter
Aug. n, ts0S WA
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Boot and shoe Makers.
Clinton Brotuey, in LeraHS building. Bank street.
AtiordefS promptly fled--lCork ,Cdrrahtsd.
Arizona citizen., 1878-04-05
YAvapal Matters.

The Assignee in the Miller bank. rupt business has made a demand on Ewing, Owens and others of Signal, who purchased the teams, wagons, etc. for the delivery of the same to the Assignees agent, now at Signal. If the demand is not complied with then the Marshal of the Territory will be brought into acquisition for the purpose of compelling the parties to deliver up property sold under the rose" for the purpose of defrauding the honest peO- pie of Ya7apai, who had befriended the Miller's in time of need, and who for a long period had been over lenient in waiting for their dues.
 We understand that Secretary She-- man, in answer to certain letters asking for the establishmet of a U. :. Deposit ary at this place, declines tO establish an institution of this kind al Prescott. giving his reason for SD declining, that The Territory has already a Depository and that the rule prohibits the establish ing of more than one in any State OrI Territory Miner
Arizona citizen., 1878-04-05
Los Angeles vs. Yuma.

Some time ago brother George of the Yuma Sentinel, laid heavy hands upon the city of Los Angeles for send ing to Yuma a San Gabriel pauper. George was exceeding wroth and threatened to tread with iron heel upon the very vitals of Los Angeles should the offence be again repeated. To this menace the Star replies thusly
 Now hide out Los Angeles, for with such a mighty corporation as Yuma on the war path against you, what can you hope? Yuma! the hot place, now that hell is abolished. Yuma! the home of hot sand and bloody Apaches. Yuma! the revelling ground of Gila monsters and mosquitoes. Yumai the place where the majority of the people wear gunny sacks for summer clothing
 Humal the tail end of Stanford, Crock CT & Co. Yuma! the glory of sand-fiies and naked dogs. Why, Yumal Los Angeles was a city when the Apache bucks and squaws were waltzing over your sand beds. Please don't frighten us with such threats. Use your power gently and mercifully. Don't, don't.
Arizona citizen., 1878-04-05
Wasted Talent.

Colonel Postons letter on Surveyor
 General Wasson, in the Star, was evi-
 dently written quite as much to let folks know that P. has travelled in
 foreign lands Gncluding China and
 England) and that he has govern
 ment (not the one of 1S61-65), as it
 was to make us despise w. as an of ficial who is now trying to despoil a
 widow, of land which she sold twelve years ago (as appears by Pima county
 records), and as a surveyor who maps
 the ruins of graveyards and churches as "houses." Col. P. must be mistaken
 about having seen the Torreon, or tower of refuge, some twenty years ago; tradition says it stood upon the
 bank of the Santa Cruz and caved into that river about the time the Colonel was born, Those "houses are about four miles distant, and in different township, from the old church and graveyard. The Colonel mistakes facts, but in bathos and scorn he is immense ;; hIs lip must have curled clear over his nose while he was writing that letter. John Wasson's official record as Sur veyor-G General of Arizona, and his of flee, are without question the cleanest and most creditable in the United States-we bar none. As an individual, he can take care of himself; as an of ficial, Col. Poston may perhaps realizeI in Wasson the scriptural metaphor about the difference between fallingI upon, or under, the mill stone. WeI can say to Col. POston, as the farmer did to the remains of the ram who had butted the locomotive: "You showed spirit, but d-n your discretion" {" While so many corrupt officials goI it is sad to see talent for squandered on Surveyor General whose record is invulnerable.-l Yuma SentiDel.
Arizona citizen., 1878-04-05
Hard Times i'm Boston.

The sale of newspapers of all kinds is less than it was few years ago-the necessity for economy showing itself in the failure to buy SO many daily pa pers. People are still economizing and preparing for worse times than have yet been seen, which there are not wanting many to predict. Bank ruptcies continue and the decline in prices of all kinds of property has not been checked, though, in some arti- cles, the lowest possible price seems to have been reached. The cotton manu- lecturers are talking of reducing pro ductiOn in order to make prices better, and at Fall river this is quite likely to be done. There is much anxiety about the savings banks since Mir. Smiths Home bank has been closed, but mon ey is abundant and the rates of inter- est lower than ever before. As spring comes on and the weather is milder than usual, there is less suffering the poor and a more cheerful aspect of things, at least on the sur face.-Corr. Springfield Republican.
Arizona citizen., 1878-04-05
From Yuma Sentinel.

Capt. Jenks left on the 2Sth of Marcf for Pinal with 1S,597 pounds for c. G Mason, 1765 for c. Henry, 57O for NJ Shurtleff, 100 for H. DeGroot, 154 for A. Mason, and 5S5 for the Silver King mine.
 Hendricks left on the 26th with 369C for Chilson at Globe.
 John Boutot left on the 26th loaded for Pinal.
 One of Hayden's trains left on the 25th with 24,S36 pounds merchandise for Hayden's Ferry and $500 for Me Dowell. Fields & Morgan's train left on the 18th for Tucson with 1925 pounds for Abadie, 24SO for Etchells, 14,4S5 for E. Green & O., 55O for Mansfield, 2960 for Velasco, 300 for Pomeoy and 400 for government.
 Steve Bertheaud leaves today with 21, 900 for Florence and Tucson.
 Adam Horn with 13,00O and Page with 20,000 also started on the 30th for Phenix. w. Isaac probably leaves for Phenix on Monday with 1000
 Barnett's train arrived on Monday with 36,000 pounds of Silver King concentrations and 4000 Belcher ore. He left Pinal on the morning of March 10, and his load was aboard the cars here on the afternoon of the 18th. This was remarkably quick trip and shows what Barnett can do at freight ing. He is now loading and will prob ably get off on the first with 16,000 for Jacobs & Go. and 5000 for Lord & Williams of Tucson.
 The new store at Pinal, started by Col. c. G. Mason, must soon be in to supply miners and ranch CTS in that vicinity with all the goods they need. Some 27,OOO pounds of well assorted, fresh new goods have been to him from here during theI past ten days, in addition to stock on hand and to arrive Col Mason is al man who has made fortune in Arizo. na, and is using it here in building upI the country. A good example.
 Judge Porter left here yesterday, toi hold court at Phoenix.
 Sixteen hundred dollarE in silver bars came in on Sunday from the new Miami mill. This is their first ship nent of bullion to come under ourI notice. May we record many of them. Large shipment of doors, windows md blinds continue to arrive for the interior: looks as if Arizona is being settled up.
Arizona citizen., 1878-04-05
pr. SheIden Jackson.
TUCsoy. March 2S, 1S7,

TUCsoY. March 2S, 1878.
 EDITOR CITIZEN: - This mornings Star contains a dispatch from s. NJ Ashenfelter, of Silver City, perporting to be a portion of speech made by Rev. Sheldon Jackson, D.D., in St Louis. have known Dr. Jackson in timately for many years and am famil- jar with his work in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and Nevada, from its very beginning, eight or nine years ago, and l affirm without hesitation, that no living man can compare with him ill arduous, constant and selfdenying labors for the moral, intellectual and religious improvement of those regions. l be- lieve that I am familiar with his opin- ions Of Arizona and New Mexico, for we have conversed often about these Territories, and it was mainly through his representation of the present and future of Arizona that was induced to make it my home, nor did he ever utter one sentence to me about Arizona which would not be endorsed by her best population and gain for it's good will. He is incomparably above any man who I know of in his attach ment for western people and is popular them wherever he goes. l must therefore believe that this dis patch is a mistake, and that the sweep ing statement, which it charges Dr. Jackson to have made, is false and does great injustice to one of Arizona's best friends. JoHN E. ANDERSON,
 Missionary of Presbyterian Church
Arizona citizen., 1878-04-05
Down in a Silver Mine,

Those who have never personally in
 spected the lower levels of our mine!
 may obtain some idea of the degree o
 heat to be fouud therein by visiting
 the Savage works at the change ot
 shifts. The men-packed together as
 close as they can stand on the cage
 are popped up out of the shaft all Steaming hot, for all the world like a
 bunch of asparagus just lifted from
 the pot. They make their appearance
 in a cloud of steam that pours up con.
 tinuously from the depths profound, q
 and are dimly seen until they step
 forth upon the floor of the works. As
 the men land and separate, each car
 rles with him for half minute bis
 little private cloud of vapor. As this passes off the man is seen to be naked
 from the waist up, his skin as wet as though he had just been lifted out of a pool of water. The men bring up with them-besides the steam-an amount of heat that may be felt by the specta- tor as they pass All this is at the top of the shaft, where it is considered quite cool-what, then, must It be hun dreds of feet below, where the men started frOm-down where the water stands at 157 degrees Fahrenheit? Down there no steam is seen-it is too hot for it. It is only when the hot, moist air coming up from the lower regions strikes the cool air toward the top of the shaft that it takes the form of steam. Down there where the men come from you must keep your hands off the pump column and the pipes, and if you pick up any iron tool you will put it down without being told to do so. Down there they handle things with gloves on, or wrap rags about the drills they are guiding and iron'ap- BtA' NeNto NAASJ oiO hApfIu5s anu NOh U there, too, you will learn to keep yoarI mouth shut after you have drawn al few mouthfuls of hot air into your lungs. Perspire? It IS no name for it. You are like a sponge that is being squeezed. You are ready to believe that you have ten million pores toI every square inch of surface, or as many more as any authority may men, ton, and that these pores are as big as the cells of a honey comb. You gol for ice water and it almost seems to hiss as it passes down your throat you keep going for it, and thus, ir short time, find out what becomes of the tons and tons of ice that are daily in the mines. Remain be- low among the miners for an hour pr two, and when you are finally pop ped out at the top of the shaft, all red not and steaming, among the other sprouts, you will appreciate he beauty, the light aud the cOolness )f the upper world.-Virginia (Nev)