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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-25

BY the Trustees Of the Tenth ward until o'clock p M on
Monly July = 1873. closets for Grammar ociOl No
20. HENRI L. ~ IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-25

BY the Trustees of the Twenty Ward until $3.50 oooe
n M on TUESDAY July L. 1873 Tor building nv closets 10
Grammar Sctool No. 81 NATHAN :. KING, 81. d.
GE0RGEI s. NORMAN Chairman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-25

EOACHMAN.-By married man az first
" coschmnn Will be found perfectly sober ref
able city driver understands drivn,
Training voung horses N required recon-
mended b. 1rsi-cass families OF this cry %
drive HIND Address MOD. 800 BroadwaY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-25

SEALED PROPOSALS vii be received hy The Board ot
Of Common schools Of the several wards at the a
Board OF Education corner OF Grand aua blus i0r
repairing and paintings h0O buildings for furnishing new
unure; for Furnishing heating apparatus 10 De done
furnished mainly during the months Of july ana August
1879. as follows;
i5y the trustees the Fifth Ward until $50 on MOn
DAY, July 1870 for sliding doors NCi aud tor nre PROOF
~ DREW "a If,G,iATT JOHN HAM.
secretary, Chairman,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-25

C0ACHMAN.-By first-class German
~ understands his business experienced and safe
good references Address call COACHMAN, 239 Wet
4ythsf. fashion stables.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-25

DIV the Trustees the Fifteenth Ward until $50 Oc0c
m on TUESDAY july s. 1879 Tor suiu door, &C. .or Gram
mar school No. 10. JOSEPH Bkl flDN,
HENRY n. TAfER CHAIRMAN,
secretary,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-25

sued, TO the exclusion OF any other
theory that might TO the minus OF
those connected with the case or be suggested 10y any
person outside OF the Department.. Tnroughou ihe
whole case there has been suggestion Inade py any
person. apparently which has not been listened TO-
carefully weighed and at least some investigation ""o
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-19
An AnglO-Afghan Railway.
New York Times1

The Ang'o-Afghan Railway to Kanda-
har appears to be progressing apace. The
first section, from Snkkur on the Indus
to the military station of Yakoobabad
Jacobs TOWN. is said to be already prac-
ticable for locomotives, and if the rate of
progress is truly stated at mile daily,
the whole line should be open to Kanda-
har by next October, the total remaining
distance being only $50 miles, But even
the completion of the first 100 miles, to
the mouth of the Bolan Pass, would ma
terially strengthen the English position
in Afghanistan. Sukkur, the starting
poin. of the line, lies upon the main
stream of the Indus, communicating di-
rectly, both by railway and by steamer,
with the great port Of Karrachi. into
which supplies and reinforcements are
being constantly poured, SO that in this
way very few days would suffice to
carry newly-arrived regiment from the
coast to the Afghan frontier. The second
British occupation is evidently to be more
permanent than the first.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-19
Story of a kanea> Horse.

DIR. Challis was relating the other day
singular story about what we are ac-
customed to call instinct" for
which treason" would seem more descrip-
tiye-in horse. DR.. Challis some time
ago purchased horse from his neigh
BORN Capioma Township, Nemaha
County-Mr Benedict. From the time
of his arrival at the Challis' place the
horse manifested every symptom of home.
sickness, and although the horse is ordin-
arily social animal, this one proved an
exception. He would leave the other
horses in the large corral and 60 apart by
himself into smaller corral, where he
would stand for hours looking over the
fence towards his former home. He
maintained his position at the fence till
he wore the hair off his breast. When
ever any member of the Benedict house
hold came near, the horse betrayed lively
signs Of recognition.
One day Mr. Benedict himself passed,
and the horse became almost violent in
his demonstrations, and shortly after was
missed, and, what was more singular, the
gate of the inclosure was discovered to be
missing also. The horse was soon discov-
cred walking up the lane to Mr.. Bene-
diets house, and, after some search, the
gate was found hanging on the limb of a
tree In the woods, ut a considerable
height above the ground. The only
reasonable theory is, that the horse, in
his determination to follow his former
master, had broken through the gate and
carried it away with him, and had
afterwsrd ingeniously relieved him
self of the incumbrance. This is true
story 're.. e-
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-19
Long Travel with Narrow Limits
TMiddletown tN W Press1

Mr.. Hayden Wheeler, of this village,
messenger between Middletown and New
York on the Orange County express train
on the Erie for the United States Ex-
press Company. is one of the most regu-
lar workers running on the road, as he is
also one of the oldest. On the lst of
January next he will have been on the
road continuously for 81 years without a
loss of single month. For the first Is
years he ran for the railroad as brake
man, baggagemaster and conductor, and
for the remaining 16 years for the ex-
press company. He began when the
road ran only to Otisville, and Just be-
fore it WAS extended to Binghamton.
For number of years his run was be-
tween Otisville and New York and Port
Jervis and New York and Middletown
and New York. He was conductor on
the Middletown way train for three
years.
For three months he was baggageman
between New York and Dunkirk, and
for three months to Corning. In ali this
time he has never been west of Dunkirk,
north of Newburg, east of New York,
and only once more than Is miles south
of Jersey City. While he has never
been very far from home, he has travelled
as far as most railroad men. The dis
tance travelled by him for the railroad
is about 766, 900 miles. The last 16 years
has been entirely between Middletown
and New York for the express c0mpanv
and the distance made for them was
about 10000 miles. The whole distance
travelled was about 1,4lS,000 miles, or
about sc times around the globe. The
longest time he ever laid off was when
his train ran down the bank at Mast
Hope, when he was running baggage to
Dunkirk. He was then laid off for two
weeks. In number of years he rarely
ever lost day, except legal holidays.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-19

the oil of turpentine, which is a natural
product of the pine, undergoes the same
chemical changes in the atmosphere as
the oil Of the eucalyptus.
DIR. Allen Thomson, or London, gives
the following account of the scorpion
committing suicide by means of its own
poison: While residing many years ago
during the summer months, at the baths
Of Lucca, in Italy, in somewhat damp
locality, my informant, together with the
rest of the family, was much annoyed by
the frequent intrusion of small black
scorpions into the house, and their being
secreted among the bed-clothes in
shoes, and in other articles
of dress. 1t thus became neces.
sary to be constantly on the watch for
these troublesome creatures, and to take
means for their removal and destruction.
Having been informed by the natives of
the place that the scorpion would destroy
itself if exposed to a sudden light, our
informant and her friends soon became
adopts in catching the scorpions and dis
posing of them in the manner suggested.
This consisted in confning the animal
under an inverted drinking-glass or
tumbler, below which a card was in
serted when the capture was made, and
then, waiting till dark, suddenly bring
ing the light of a candle near to the
glass in which the animal was confined.
No sooner was this done than the scor-
pion invariably showed signs Of great
excitement, running round and round
the interior Of the tumbler with reckless
velocity for a number of times. This
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-19

white cheeks, she waited for a second
knock, and opened the door.
1t was SOulard himself who stood
there, pallid, yet resolute, agitated but
determined.
Fire seemed to fash from his handsome
eyes as they met hers; his nostrils quiv-
cred and dilated.
He looked his true self-manly, not
easily baffled this time.
1t was on PENS lips to say, in the as.
surance of the triumph she felt to be
hers, "Oh, it is you, is itP" but, instead,
she caught at the door unsteadily, and
said: e
"Oh, Give, Clivep ''''
"Do you love me, Pen? That is what
l came for-what will know"
"You haven't any right to ask me.
Give, after-after ill you've said and
done to make me think you didn't care a
straw for me or anything but the
money" said Pen, falteringly.
Il was foolish, trying to pay off old
scores, that's all. l love you better than
my life, Pen. If you're not going to
share it with me, I'll make a bonfire of
Uncle Reese's fortune and shoot myself
afterward. Will you come now9"
Perhaps that particular bevy of we'd
ding guests waiting below never expert
enced profounder sensation than when
the drawing-room door opened again and
MIR. Give Soulard marched in with the
look OF a conquering hero, conducting
Pen Bradshawe, blushing, smiling and
fearful, but evidently glad and willing.
They walked straight to the old place,
the minister managed to keep his senses
under the most trying circumstances, the
words were said-the twain made one
and, if one might judge from the ex-
preston of the eve and countenance, two
happier people than these never wore
matrimonial chains
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-19
shau,tITake a B,ue PHI ,

No, don't take it and run the risk of mer-
curial poison, but when bilious and consti-
pated get box of the celebrated Kidney
Wort, and it will speedily cure you. 1t is
NATURES great remedy for constipation, and
for all kidney and liver diseases. 1t acts
promptly on these great organs and SO re-
store strength and vlgor.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-19

full sore at point where, being tender,
but unsuspicious, he had not sufficiently
guarded himself.
Was it the modification, the slight, the
being so publicly rejected by SO lovely a
girl as Pen Bradshawe7
Or did his very inmost heart quail with
fear at the thought of losing, after all. a
woman who, with all her coquettish
frivolousuess, was worth more to him
than all other women together-than
twenty fortunes like the one she forfeited
to him by refusing to become his wifes
Certainly Give Soulard's handsome
face had suddenly taken the hue of death,
and his voice was unsteady, as he tried
to murmur something that sounded like
a confused apology or explanation of this
strange contretemps.
The guests fell into little whispering
knots, the clergyman who was to have
officiated looked confounded, and the
bridal attendants stole half-frightened,
curious glances at Give Soulard, who
with his eyes downcast, his whole ap-
pearance expressive of the agitated con-
fiict going on within him, stood strug-
Cling vainly to recall his self-possession
Presently he drew nearer the clergy
man, said something inaudible to Others,
and with half-deprecatory glance, left
the room.
In stupefaction scarcely less than his,
Penelope had managed somehow to reach
her own chamber again and was sitting
amid the chaotic array Of. bridal. gear
that strewed the room, when timid
knock sounded at her door.
All her energies rallied at the sound
Pausing deliberately to rouge her
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-19
Hon. John Cessna,

Under date March 81, rs, writes:
In the space of twelve hours my rheu-
matism was gone, having taken three doses
of Durang's Rheumatic Remedy. My br TIL
er, j. B. Cessna, of Bedford, Pennsylvania
was cured by similar amount.
JOHN CESSNA,
Member of Congress from Pennsylvania" !"
1t cures the worst case in the shortest
time. Sold by all retail and wholesale
druggists in Cincinnati. Write to r. X.
Helphenstine, Washington, D. c., for his
40 page pamphlet.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-19

state having lasted for q minute or more,
the animal suddenly became quiet, and
turning its tail or hinder part of its bVy
over its back, brought its recurved sting
down upon the middle of the head, and
piercing it forcibly, in few seconds be-
came quite motionless, and in fact quite
dead,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-19
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this 9th day
Of November, 1878.
JAMES D. KING, Notary Public

JOSEPH E. POND, JR Attorney at Law, North
Attleboro, Mass, says: "For more than twenty
years portion OF my head has been as smooth
and free from hair Rs Q billiard ball, but soma
.ight weeks ago was induced TO try your CAR.
BoLINE. and the effects rave been simply wonder.
full. Where no hair has been seen for six years.
there now appears thick growth. I expect tha
growth to be slow but IT IS growing now nearly as
the above testimonial Il you choose. and may re,
Ter 10 me for It's truth"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-19

SNARES or NEW YORK. OK TRlCKS AND
- Traps Of the Great Metropolis. exposes all
swindles, humbugs and pitfalls Of the city Just
out, nearly 2OO large pages, profusely illustrated,
Soc, Of any bookseller or rsewsdeaier or by mai,
York.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-30

down to Sleep" etc., Eddie asked his
aunt to teach him the "big prayer" She
accordingly said "Our Father" for him,
stopping very often that he might repeat.
When she said, "Give US this day our ,iai-
~ Bread" Eddie drawled out, half
asleep, "Give us is day, our daily bread,
and b-a- s-t-e-t, too"
A little girl one day said to her moth
er: "Papa calls me good, auntie calls
me good, and everyone calls me good t:
but am not good" ~ am very sorry"
said the mother. $50 am l." said the
child; "but I have got a very naughty
think. "a naughty what" my think
is naughty inside of me-" And on her
mother inquiring what she meant, she
sand: "Why, when could not ride yes
terday, did not cry nor anything; but
when you was gone wished the carriage
would turn over and the horses would
run away, and everything bad. Nobody
knew it; but God knew it, and He can
not call me good. Tell me, mamma,
how can be good inside of meT'
Another friend very recently overheard
the following dialogue, the speakers being
her little daughter, Maggie, about four
years old, and her little son, Wilfred,
two and half. Master Wilfred had ner-
vOusly requested his sister to go with HIM
into another room for some purpose, the
room in question being at the time unoc-
cupied. This proposition not meeting
with Miss Maggies approval as she was
otherwise engaged, she promptly said 4:
"There are no lions there, and there are
no tigers there; go by yourself, Wiltred.
And beside" she added, ''you will not
be by yourself: Jesus Christ will be
there" will he9 queried little Will
fred; and apparently satisfied he went
alone on his expedition.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-30
The History Of Petroleum.

A correspondent OF the Philadelphia
Times, writing from Oil City, Penn,
thus briefly sketches II history of the
now universally used petroleum: ain
1874 petroleum was used as a medicine.
At thar time, and up to 1853, it was
known as 'Senaca Oil' probably ON &C
count of its having been found on the sur
face OF Senaca Lake, and having first
been used by the Senaca Indians as
medicine. The mode of obtaining this
oil, at that period of its history, was by
throwing blankets on the surface of still
water where the oil was wont to accumu.
late, and after they had become saturated
to remove them and extract the oil by
wringing the blankets. From this print.
tive beginning has grown one of the lead
ing industries in this state. It was not
however, until the years Of 1853 4 tina,
pet: oleum began to be valued as an lllu
minator, and this only in limited way
for it was then burned in its crude STATE
in old lard-oil lamps, which were liable
to explode at any time.
Between 1854 and 1857 it became
known that the explosive qualities of THU
product conld be removed by subjectins
it to a process of distilation, ana from
that time its value began to be recogniz
ee. Here difficulty arose. The OF
could not be gathered in sufficient guam
titles to supply the demand and some
thing must be done or the new industr,
would fall through. Accordingly in tn,
year 1858 joint stock company was or
ganized for the purpose Of boring into tn
rock IN quest of the now valuable oil
and Colonel E. L. Drake was put at tn
head of this company, with full powe
to push the enterprise. The work prove,
to be full OF difficulties. The tacilitie
fer probing the hard rock at that tim
were exceedingly limited. The derrick
used were only thirty feet high and tn
drilling tools only weighed in the neigh
borhood Of tao hundred and City pounds
and the old horsepower waa used fc
running the machinery. With all thcs
J difficulties to contend with the work ps9
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-30
A Child's Wonderful Escape.

A pleasure party started from the JOS
sey House, in Decatur, Ca, to visit Stone
mountain. Among the party was Mrs.
w. G. Jones, of Augus.a, and her daugh-
ter Emmie, about nine years old, and
three or four small children. Emmie and
the little daughter of Mrs. Cunning am,
of Savannah, war! ered from the grown
people and were soon lost. They rambled
through the thick underground, calling
tor their parents, but had gotten too Tar
to be heard. The children were moving
rapidly, when, without any warning,
Emmle slipped from the steep and almost
perpendicular side of the mountain, fall
ling about three hundred feet, when, by
great presence of mind. she managed to
catch little shrub and cling to the mos
sy SIDE Of the mountain, her feet resting
ON space of about fifteen inches of iut-
ting rock. Had she again slipped, she
| would have been hurled one thousand
feet further, and been dashed to pieces
am ing the sharp ROCKS below. Her little
companion missed her, but did not
know that she had fallen, and finally
she found the grown people from whom
she had been separated. The
entire party went in search Of Emmie
and were about to give up the hunt when
some parties passing the base on that
side of the mountain looked up and saw
the child suspended in mld-air, as it were
Information was quickly carried to the
anxious mother, and the question arose
How could she be rescued2 She had been
in that position for two hours and nc
time was to be lost. A brave and gallant
young gentleman named George H. Gold
smith, about nineteen years of age, volun
teered to descend the treacherous noun
tain eide and rescue The child from i'm
pending death. The child below wal
urging them to be quick-that sn,
was growing very cold. A swift, strons
wind was sweeping the mountain sides
and it was growing quite late. No tim,
was lost, and in few minutes coil o.
rope was brought, hastily adjusted around
the brave young man, and assisted By
Mr.. ]. 7. Willinghaln, he was lowered t.
where the child was clinging to the scall
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-30
A Fathers Sacrifice.

Not great while since a prominent
physician in Denver, Col, was called to-
attend patient in the last stages of what
appeared to be consumption, but which,
upon examination, proved to be simply
the wearing away of lifc-a decay of the
energies of mind and body. Although
well supplied with money, the stranger
was seemingly without friends or relatives.
He wrote no letters and received none.
An alien to the tenderness and charities
which sanctify the affections, he seemed
to be drifting out of the world, in which.
for him, all the flowers of the heart had
perished--a bleak and desolate old man,
fastening out of the sunshine into the
winter Of tho grave. After making
thorough examination of cases, the doc
tor told him that although he could find
no organized disease, yet he was dying.
81 know it, replied the patient.
"But have you no idea of what brought
you to this plight?" inquired the interest
ed man of science.
sit is curious phenomena. You have
heard great deal about cases like mine
more as a visionary exaggeration of
the fancy than as an actual occurrence
but, strange as it may appear, am dy-
ing, as you say, of broken heart"
"You surprise mel"
Eyes, I surprise myself, I did not
come to your health-glvlng climate as
others do in search OF longer lease of
lite-hut to die in peace and alone"
"But have you no friends2" asked
the doctor.
None that I can claim. My past Is
sealed with the shadow of crime, and
over my nameless grave, not even mem
ory must hover. l am already dead to
all who knew my name"
"You say you are a criminal3" pursued
the doctor.
"No, am none. But l assume the
stigma to shield another"
''And that other2"
"Was my son.
| "What was the nature of his crime2''
The physicians curiosity had got the
better of his prudence. The shadows Of
twilight were falling around them
Through the open window streamed the
soft brilllance of the Dying day. Clouds
of amethyst and purple foated lazlly or
the far-otf hills. But in the chamber
| WlcTe TIC 1eNGTeu DTCdlH WAS uTdWL
quick and short there was hushed still
ness which seemed in keeping with the
ghostly shadows.
at was murderl"
"And was fixed on you2"
On mel assumed it and then escaped
but not to evade the vengeance of the
law, but to spare to him loved the stig
ma of felon DEATH"
Chow long ago was this2"
"Twelve years"
And you have been wanderer ever
since2"
"Ever since!'
The feeble pulse was futtering-th'
glaring eyes sheathed under waxen lids
and the shattered form was growing rigi6
momentarlly.
"Wl.l you tell me no more1" whispered
the physician.
ut is all l have to tell"
The next moment the man was dead
He had kept his secret and sacrificed hi
life In keeping 1t.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-30

crossed slowly, and it was net until Au-
gust SO, 1859, that the drill struck the
shale rock at the depth of seventy -one
teet, and the we'll Immediately filed up
to within five inches of the surface. A
small pump was inserted, and the pro.
duction was found to be about forty bar
rels per diem, at which rate it kept up
Tor several months This we'll was To-
Gated in Cherry Tree township, Vcnango
county, about two miles from what is
now the city of Titusville, on the banks
of Oil Greek. Other wells soon followed,
and people began to flock to this new
field of excitement, ready to tap the
veins from which the liquid wealth pour.
ed in such profusion."