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BACK On HIS ENGINE AGAIN.
JOHN d. MISSIMER.

" hlzz'ng along mile in a minute
ANA getting all out that ever was i'm II :"
Was the song of the fast express and mail
as IL numbered along the iron rail
away through cuts, then out in the light
ana then through tunnels black as night;
switches bridges, levels long
singing a wild, fantastic song
Inat clattered and ratified along the track.
w hile the engine threw the echoes back
ana screamed through the green and wav.
ing trees
iond, shrlll whistle on the breeze
ana thus The train, with it's precious load,
~ mile minute went down the road
Tommy Malone was the engineer,
VINO watched the putting loud and clear
Aha ! old thunlerer, brave and true
Ihe same old motion still with you!
The same old stroke and giant stride
When months ago quit your side -
And he gave il another "notch,' did he.
And pulled the throttle just to see
The iron giant turn its wheels
As If ola Satan at its heels
II ad Joined the clamor and cIanp OF SONG
That waited in fury the train along!
a mile a minute aud more tEey went,
To beat the fastest train they meant
give her another shovel or two ~
spoke Tom to his fireman, Jem Larue,
The furnace rOared as the coal went in,
And the lurid sparks above the din
Were whirled away like a comets tail
as lI!t ItSl iildlI WnlZZeu along tne TAll
A nd sang its song in it's wild flight down
y mile a minute To- the town.
y mile i'll a minute, "A mile in n minute
Getting all out that ever was in il :"
They ratified along at lightning speed,
And Tom on top of his iron steed
Felt happy, a one who death had passed
Glad "A wanderer home AT last!
From under his cap-rim, snug and tight,
He peered ahead aud all was right
Then petted and smiled on the No. One
The engine he left when the strike came on
Brave girl, we're together again, all right!
And never 20 part in a seuselcss fight;
Never TO leave with the ill-ad vised
But stick to you and the dearly DriZed
At home, the wife and the children three,
Who trust in God, in you and me =
A nd away they Numbered down the road,
A mile in a minute the speed they showed,
Aud the passengers smiled in their own
good cheer
They knew that the brave young engineer
w as back at his post, and at ightming speed
Was pettiug his engine, in his greed
''TU get all ont that ever was ia it, ="
As they Numbered down "a mile in a min
ute,
y mile in a minute, mile in a minute
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NUMBER 40.
TIA AT CALF.


To the yard, by tine barn, came the farmer
morn.
And, calling the cattle he said.
While they tremhled with fright, "Now
which OF yoL last night
Shut the barn door, while | was abcd p
Each one of the flock shook his head
Now the little calf, Spot. was down I'm the lot.
And the way the rest talked WAS "A shame:
For no one, night before, her shut up
the door,
For they always made her take the blame.
Said the horse (dapPle gray), Il Wa. not
up that way
Last night, a now recollect:'
Aud the bull passing by, tossed his horns
very high,
And said, Let who may here object,
l say tbs the calf l suspect
Then out spoke the COW: .'ItisterriI,le now,
To accuse homes folks Of such tricks
said the cock in the tree, Il ia sure 'twasti't
me 90
And the sheep all cried, "Ba-a - Cthere
were sikh.
Now that caI~s got herself in fix"
why, of course we all know twas the
wrong thing to do
Said the chickens. ''Of course - said the
cat;
81 suppose" cried The mule, "some folks
think "A fool;
But IN not quite So simple rs that:
The poor calf never knows what she is at.''
just that moment the calf, who vas alwavs
tie laugh
Aud the jest of the yard, came in sight
Did you shut my barn door - asked the
farmer once more.
Il did, closed il last night -
Said the calf; land L thought that was
right"
Then each one shook his head ''She will
catch it. they said
Serve he- right for her medd desome way,''
Said the farmer, Come here, little bussy,
dear
Aou have done what I cannot repay,
AnG your future is made from to-day.
For wonder, last night, | forgot the door
quite;
And il you had not shut il so neat
All my colts had slipped IN, and gone right
to the bin,
And got what they ought not 70 eat
They ii have foundcrOd themselves upon
wheat"
Then each hoof of them all began loudly 20
bawl
The very mnle smiled the cock crew,
Little Spotiy, my dear, you re a faVorite
here
They cried "W all said il was Won.
We were 50 glad To give you your due -
And the calf answered, knowingly, "Booi'
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y HUNAN BoDY AND THE HoURo oF Day.
Seat youtself Al a table Attach n ,ieca
OF metal Gay shilling Z, thread Hav-
ing your elbow on table, hoid The tbtcad
between the paints Of the thumb and FORE
bnser and ali"w the shilling ~ hang IN the
center of a 9 ass tumbler; tie pulls. vii
Immediately cause the shilling to vthrata
Lac pendulum, aud ihe vibrations will IN
ease un u It rikes the side of A.. oisss
a d suppose the time of the exl,e,irnen, hs
the hour Uf seven. 81 half pasI seven. tho
pendulum VIII ST,ke the glass seven times
aud then lose it's momentum and return ,o
The ceniei- ~ Non bold the thread a suffi-
cieut length of time the effect viii No -.
Pea,ed but not until a sumo ent sp.,e ,.f
time has elapsed to convince yon ,hst ths
experiment Il complete. We need ma, add
tha The thread must be held in steady
hand, otherwise the vibrating motion ,o., "A
BE- c'nnferacis q At whatever bour or ~.
day or night rhe exsse e.s.,,-nt Is mada "a :
Coincidence Elli oe Sae same
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a BALD-HEADED BOY.--The Edenburg
Daily Herald possesses a greater curiosity
than any other printing house in the coun-
try--something. in fact, that has not been
known befoIe or since the days Of Gutten-
berg. 1t is no less than a baId-headed
devil of only ten years of age. Abou: two
years ago his hair commenced falling out,
he being at the time in perfect health, and
in a very short time his skull was rs entire
ly free OF hair as a billiard ball. His head
is abnormally developed, bnt he docs not
Suffer any inconvieuce therefrOm. The
Herald does not pre- end to offer any CxDll-
nation as 10 the cduse Of this phenomena.
1t may be that the immense brain effort re-
quired % conduct that paper has permeated
the atmosphere of the office until IL has ex-
erred mesmeric influence upon the devil
himself and caused him 10 bscOme bald be
fore his time. The editor says he has now
under consideration the project of using
him as an advertising medium. dividing his
head into squares, and contracting with ad-
ver'isers for SO much per inch, with The
stipulation, Of course, tha he shall keep
his head uncovered. Special contracts viii
De made with hair restorative agents and
wig manuiac uTeIs.
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An ANCIENT SEWING MACHINE--A pat
enr for a sewing machine, made by Thos.
Saint, in 1890, has recently been found IN
the archives of the English Patent Office.
aud has excited surprise in Consequences "f
its having some Of the elements OF he
modern sewing machine. This might have
been used--though u was uO.--foT sewing
leather, but the inventor could have sue
ceeded in woven fabrics. This was an
Englishman's idea ou paper; but the sew
ing machine has been the peculiar produc.
of American mechanical genius. Ii 8
scarcely thirty years since Eiias Howe,
after two years nf encouragement and
starvation in London, returned Ia Boston
To make fortune of 50, 600. 600. American
sewing machine companies certainly have
a right TO be jealous of the use of their
names in England, and to he proud of their
triumpbs in the British Counts. The great
equity suit of the Singer Manufacturing
Company against Newton Wilson, involv
ing the plain IFS right to the exclusive
use of its trade name, has just been d.
eided on appeal, nv the House nf Lords IN
favor of the company, costs Being deoTeed
against the oefeudanes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-11
Cure for !Scarlet Eerer.
A REMEDY RECOMMENDED by ONE WHO HAS
TESTED ITS EFFlCACY

The recipe published herewith has ap-
Pearei IN our paper before, but a. il comes
this time with strong endorsements a. To
It's efficacy, we deem it proper to reproduce
the remedy As We find - in one of Uur ex-
changes with the testimony attached:
NT. Edsfor-I have read with deep feelings
of sympathy 0i the death Of two children an
one family, within a few hours of each other.
10y that dreadful sCourEe scarlet fever and
also the notice signed .'Citizen'' in last even
ing's paper
Idou't know whether it IS generally known
or not, that very simple remedy will GER
falnly cure the worst ease of scarlet fever
The cure Is herein enclosed. II Won feel like
publishing II for the benefit OF your readers
you can do So.
The writer has never tried it i'm smallpox
cases, but Will yU1Ch for IL aS siir, cur.- in
scarlet fever, having used il in his uvyu
family in 1874 on two children, one seven
years old, the other ten. At the time. men
toned (they are both alive now and eau re-
member lt) others were diving off in tls
same village at a fearful rate (Danvill4 Yer
mont) L could not obtain the "digiralis',
nearer than 81. Johnsbury, twelve miles dis
tant.
In the case of the youngest girl IL eradic.-
ted the disease In twenty four hours
have given the prescription 20 numbers
OF families, especially i'm 1878 in Iittla
Falls y. ", when the disease was so -
depopulating il that town. In one hons.
Mr.. r. McClintock's there were Eve dow,
at one time. Four died. One / took in
hand and was kept isolated in a priva,,
room in the same house, unknown 10 The AZ,
tending physician. She got better IN TO-,
ty-four hours. The other four died Ico,il
give more caSes. You can give nv name =,
""S O'Io Ne'iii"E " fUkFUKEA.
IFrom the Stockton (CaI.) Herald
herewith append "a e,-i pe which has hao,,
used, To my knowledge, in hutdf.,is ,,
cases. II will prevent ogx<o re the. cov-u,X
though the TittingS are hfiing When -
ner discovered cSw-pux, in England a..
world OF science hurled ~ avalaurb. 80
fame upon hiss head, l1rr' when the -,
scientific school Cf Incsiicfne in fh. ,rc,'s
that II Paris-puh.iShed this reriD. a. .
panac-a for smallpox. it PASSED nnb...l.,l
4 L. a. uufailing as fat. AID conore.s =,
every instance. lt D. harmless v i,..i, tat.,,
10y Wei p"r-on- l. will also cure soarI.r
fever. Here D. che recipe a. I hav. u-..,i ~
aud cured nay children 81 scarlet fever -.
70 Is a. ! have usei BE- O. cure the stna. -,
When learned physiciaus said the paiie1,
muSt die, 10 CurrsI
Sutphate nf zinc I grain. fnvr'ove f.ls-f
taii~) ! grain halt "a teas fl.Bsififul Of sr,vsr
Mix with twn tsASpnnuftIs of water -.
thoroughly MIXED afd fBur s,ttrrss ~ -
Take teasIHo ufIl ,vrry Lour. Fith.r A.
ease n 90 disappear Iu twelve houfs For /.
chiids smaller uassS, arCuutiiue 60 ag. ~
c'uuties would c'rtHpe phgsiriaus % "a.
ihis, there wen Il l- us-rsl Of ts--t-h h,,,,-,.
IL yOu value alvtC. aud experience. t,s.. "a.
i"' 'He t''it"-r disea~c- n q. q.
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'lITOR'S NOTICEl-Having

-=1 appointed Auditor by the Or
II. at Nsmhris county to report distri-
ne .Inds Ia the hands of Jacob Hoover,
Thomas Aiams EDf Josrph) late of
TlsaIp, deceased. to and among the
r.. thereto, notice is hereby given TO
.' % --esr.i that 1 will. attend to the
aFfg.utmeut at my Office in Ebens-
tuesday,. JASUAgT i5th. 1873. at 2 o.
~ 7.-r and where all parties interest
-.-.l .i they see proper.
". +. BUCKLEY, Auditor.
-.2- .---.-5-.
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lLTOR-S NOTICE.-The nn.

-' -0-i having been appointed au-
I-HAans' Court Of Cambria county
"- .1ut7 0f ". Il. Scchler. Esq
''al'. stiles. deceased. q - shown by
1rue-i arsn ufely Dec. lOEh. I~77.
.r..- entitled % receive the same
n that Do VIII sit a. his office in
f-taE. 'Ha th day of January
$50 u.. o. attend TO the duties of
N.- .UI where al persons in
l .l.E 90. proper.
i. ti. LAKE.. Auditor.
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L-.IEAInR.S NnTICE

..HS HAuMAS. decd.
Walton Du the estate % .aid
arHGufy have been grant
WHO hereby gives notice
rt said estate that pay
$50. l.I. delay. and those hav-
.-'-. .as same viii present them
..... fHr -rttIement.
- D 4 lNAS. Administrator.
- Dec = Is-7.Zet.
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.NISTRATORS, NOTICE

! 10y JAMEs DOYLE, decd.
!. 4 5-..'...,lratlpn on the estate Of Jas.
s.r g-s..Ll'Laa' Blair unity, Pa. deceas-
. r--'t--ls-'' 10 }. q. Lake. residing at
as.at D.. county, Pa, to whom all
ll.-, s,t salI estate are Tequested 10
-''s snOwn the same without deIay
r., &c. LAKE, Administra,or.
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INEF'> NOTTCE-Wbereas

a--.rarl Regina EIIwsuger
cor. .IrHwu. Cambria
~"rr f1 ue OF their
..r fH- Nsuehr of their
HI PauIaud Regina
r. make paym .ut. aud
-.s- them viii pre- sent
t .l.GLET Ass-g gnee, &c.
q .---.tf
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HORSE.-Came to the

% ,te.u,Ae W ,Ae subscriber, in Cambria
z ,sv EI,,.-hlng Of the 9th of December
...Fasr II, ahJut sixteen h ands high
be M. seven and eight years. No
l'.gs n.y. Nv o"ner is requested to come
lls-F ggIly. pay charges and take
's ne Wlllb- disposed OF accord
3 lEr.. r,, THOMAS HOOVER.
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ing folks may doubt, you will not find it
hard to be credited by any old sailor in the
Indian ocean"
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DTTOR'S NOTICE.-On Dec.

.lllDk : NJ III E.-On Dec.
Isl. on motion Of \. V. BARKER,
Orphans Court Of Cambria county ap-
-- grIers kned AulitOr TO report dis.
g t '.- fgui iu the hands Of CHARLES
N. 'rl-.aa 20 sell the real estate of LEWIS
Z Ing. deceased. a shown by his second and
I lu- r1 aud amongst the parties en-
-ar- the same. Nofice rs hereby aiyen
'. attend Go he duties 4 said appoint
ny 1ttge IN Ehenshurg, on FRIDAY.
'T -. Is7a. a, : o'clock. P. " when and
/ g. parties interested must present their
.s --rt--ei from coming in on said
GEO. y SJATMAN, Auditor.
-r--s Dee. =. lS-7.-5t.-
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il persons are hereby

ON. lHinst harboring or trust
. rs.-.s s'n JoHN GRAFF, aged be-
'.rse,,.. "ho has left home without
be ns. n.'1h' as am determined to
/. ,ultract unless compelled
De-, o. , EB ASTIAN GRAFT.
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W VI d Pnrslc1.n

'-u-hprg. ~. 81
H- = =. ptf nan. rwo
Ei = vher~ night
'-.fs irls "a sfernan a.
80. y. ~
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,1tCaine 20 the premises
.,y \, Z, Yer YER In Galliizin township.
TslI r,i nv tinber last. a red heIfer,
'i-i. me owner is hereby notified
iElr. C,Il property, pay charges
.-e she will he sold as
Z l.-- :, : 4 MIS- McCLOSKEY.
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rHE PROTECTION Mt

Nd ~ NIF' IIUN VI .
.1F ~ RANCE COMPASY OF
voice is hereby given that
III 'hf election ~ Director.
Hu.f.E IN M0sDAY. January
r. lf 10A. n. ausaP "a
" DICK. --cretarv
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rOLUNIE XI.
/, ,esignee's Sale

- - order of the Court of Common
if r--le. u y1ran,bria county. to me directed,
P-l' p, N sale by public vendue or outcry, ON
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,.re0AY. JAN. az, 1873,
j., .,-.,js Piece Or Parcel Of Land

W. ,rIerhcnv township. Cambria county,
'.- y jas follows: Beginning at beech
...t,.--.t thence south 81 degrees, east 60
.s Jar.,e sugar: thence by land in name
lei south degrees, east l5s perches,
la- 49,. ,1i thence by land conveyed in name
,,.v south IS de-rees, west about lj9
,s' Tbest Creek thence down Chest
=. ,ss.rsraI ~ courses and distances thereof,
~. VS. sor begfnning-cOntaining abou- 100
Int 30 ACRES cleared. having thereon
|f'''' .r, story PLANK House, one-and-a-
p-,vK HorsE, and STABLE.
/ ,+r.y.-I am also directed in said or
- ro offer said property for sale reserv
| . ,rav for pipe, &c. conveyed by deed
uqurt. and Il a sufficient price be bid
-trs0f record. then make report of such
.1afrieut price to cover said debts be
lien he is ordered to offer the same with
SALr.-Ona-third of the purchase
he rrii on confirmation Of the sale, one
-a yalr thereafter. and the balance in
-haragfrpr. Payments deferred % bear
I'm me confirmation of the sale. and to
.r- rre Judgment bond ant mortgage
.-rI..r JOHN W AG y ER.
Assignee Of Charles A. McMullen.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-20
NOTICE TO MINERS.
United States Land Office,
Helenn. Montana.. june |. ls1S.

Helena, Montana, June /, 1878.
Willard e. Pierce, whose post office address is
Canton Ga ton, amaeagher county, Montana Territory, has
land, under the homestead laws, the S e quarter
OF the N W quarter, and the N E quarter of the
range No5.2 east, which land is suspended from
entry.
Notice is hereby given that a hearing will be had
at 10 O'Clock a. M, to determine as 10 the mineral
or non-mineral character of said land, and testi-
mony to be used upon said hearing will be taken be-
July, A. ID. 1873, at 10 O'Clock a. IN. 1t is alleged
there are no known miners, nor mining improve
nentS, upon said land. j. II. MOE, Register.
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NOTICE TO MINERS.
United States Land Office,
HelenA, Montana, June I, 1873.

John Shay, whose post office address is Canton,
Meagher county, Montana, has this day filed his
application to enter as agricultural land, under the
homestead laws, the S halt of the S w quarter OF
section 26. in township No 8 north, range No. 9
east, which land is suspended from entry.
Notice is hereby given that a hearing will be had
at this ohiceon the 18th day of July, A.. D.: 1878. at
non-mineral character Of said land, and testimony
to be used upon said hearing will be taken before
the Register and Receiver, ON the 18th cay of July,
A.. D. 1878, at 10 O'Clock a. m. 1t is alleged there
arc no known miners, nor mining improvements
upon said land. 30 j. III. MOE, Register. :
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can't get gold you can ! get tie st sg1
Weneed a person in every own % hest IDfs1
tons for the largest, cheapest ana ANY nv oneed
family publication in the world, o aatpe%3l egslI1
come a successful agent. Inc l aha %rrieesssl
of art gived free to subscribers; One s.sal
that almost everybody su5scTlpeS.: AbdT3
ports making over $3.50 in a WE. ION days. M
reports taking over 400 names III o - dcToRp
engage make money fast. ON snare tIss4
1 neea 70 th be D away from M oss s9, DIsl'yl
do it as well as others. Full pairnensire o.
If You want profitable work SEND h Us lns
once. 1t costs nothing to try an aest Ray. =
who engages fails to make gran isnd Asfs
''The Peoples Journal.n tof'ir
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NOTICE 10 MINERS.
United States Land Office,
Helena, Montana, June /. Ia;

fIcISHH, MUHLtTu, JIIHC I, 1915. J
James Hummel, whose post Office address is
Ienteryille, Meagiier county, NJ. T., has this day
tiled his application to enter as agricultural land
under the homestead laws, the S w quarter of the
n Z quarter, the 5 E quarter of the N w quarter,
the n w quarter of the S L quarter, and the N Z
quarter of the S w quarter of section 2, in township
No.G north, range No. 9 east, which land Is sus-
pended from entry.
Notice is hereby given that a hearing will be had
at this Office on the 9th day of July, A. ID. 1878,
at 10 O'Clock a. M, TO determine as to the min
erai or non-mineral character of said land, and
testimony to be used upon said hearing will be taken
before the Register and Receiver on the 9th day of
July, A. ID. 1878, at 10 O'Clock a. m. 1t is al
legged there are no known miners, nor mining i'm
provements upon said land.
% ~. Il. MOE, Register.
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ISC LA N E 0 is.
DIAMONDS.

DIAMONDS.
The diamond, as we all know, is compos-
ed of pure carbon crystalized, and is the
hardest substance known. Like most other
jewels it is found generally in granite gne-
ISIS, and in torrents of rivers or in alluvial
deposits that are worked for gold. Distrib-
uted more or less over the whole world, it
is in tropical countries, however, that this
most priced of the ''iowers of the mineral
Kingdom (as gems have been called is
principally found. Indeed, it would seem
that where the sur shines with most splen-
dor, where the animal and vegetable crea-
ton put on their most gorgeous colors, there
also, in the depths of the earth, this gem as
sunes its largest proportions, an sparkles
with it's greatest b%rilliancy.
The diamond was long known in Asia, in
Hindostan, Borneo, Sulnatra, and in the
Ural Mountains before it was discovered
elsewhere the district from Cape Comorin
to the Bay Of Bengal, including the famous
mines of Golconda, furnishing the world
until 1928, when the mines of Brazil were
discovered. Recently the latter region has
CtdSGu " w plOludDiC, dIu nAdly VI Xix
mines are abandoned, and few retain their
full number of laborers. In the United
States diamonds have been discovered in
North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and Cal
ifornia. but in small quantities and of little
value. In. Australia they have been met
with in the valley of the Turon, in the bed
of the Macquarie River, at Victoria, etc.
On the eastern coast Of South Africa two
rivers, the Vaal and the Orange, take their
rise within a few miles of each other in the
Drackensberg Mountains, and at first flow
ing in opposite directions, at length gradu-
ally sweep around to the west, and unite at
some two hundred and fifty miles from
theiI sources. The lnclosed space is the re-
public of the Orange Free State. In 1868 a
trader and hunter on his way from the int
rior, stopping for the night at the hut of a
Dutch farmer living at the junction of the
rivers, observed the children playing on the
earthen floor with some pretty pebbles that
they had found long before in the river.
The beauty of one of these stones having at
tracted his attention, he picked 1T up, and
observed to the father that sit might be a
diamond.' With a smile of incredulity the
latter presented the pebble to his guest, re-
marking that there "were plenty more
around there" The stone proved, indeed,
to be a diamond of 214 carats, and was sold
for $4,000, which amount was divided fairly
by the trader with his host. The. farmer
now remembered that he had seen an i'm
mense stone in the hands of "a native he
therefore sought him out, purchased the
stone-giving him in exchange 500 sheep,
horses, and nearly all that he possessed
and sold it the same day to an experienced
buyer for $56, 900. This diamond was the
famous "Star of South Africa" 4 Thus
arose the discovery Of the South African
diamond fields.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-06-20
The highways of life are thickly set with

The highways of life are thickly set with
thorns. Everywhere do they spring up
from numberless directions do they obtrude
10 trouble and wound us. The name of their
h%iding-places is legion. An old. long-dis-
guised garment-a dry and faded flower,
pressed and laid away-a look or tone recall
ing ,.by-gones-a sunset hour-a familiar
scene of ~nature-nay each awake thorny
memories, to pierce us In some silent hour
of retrospect. The thorns which %oftenest
wound, and with sharpest sting, are those
we ourselves plant along the wayside of our
neutrality-suspicious. we plant in carelessness,
in pride and passion, And we come in
sharp and painful contact with them, per-
chance, in long years afterwards.