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BRADFORD, PA, May 8, 1875.
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GREEN B. RAUM, U. S. Com. Inter'l Rev.
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thought. no doubt, that he was doing a
very smart thing in making Heinrich
Kirchner, in his Iona cabin here, be-
lieve that his love had left him for an.
other, and the result was the finding of
a mangled body by the early visitors to
Krehner's house on the morning. fol-
lowing the arrival Of the letter and the
disappointment Of the intended bride on
her arrival here. y
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How an Old Sinner Was DOused In Tub
by His Blushing Bride


About week ago the Hebrew con-
gregation Worshiping at the corner of
Congress and River Streets contributed
generous sum in aid of man who
represented himself to be penniless and
among strangers. Accommodations
were obtained for the professed un-
fortunate, who was about forty years
of age, at the house of a married lady,
toward whom the recipient of this hos
pitality manifested confiding nature,
he informing her that he was desirous
of marrying young lady with money,
of which he admitted having consider
able. Some of the younger members
of the congregation, indignant that he
had begged and accepted aims when
he was amply provided with funds re-
solved on a course of procedure. A
young man donned female attire, and,
heavily yelled, was introduced to the
old sinner as beautiful heiress, anx-
ious to join her fortunes with those of
man who was her senior. The un-
suspecting stranger proposed marriage,
the 'Sheiressh accepted, and it was
decided that they should be united
forthwith. A vacant house on Ferry
Street was secured, and to this
the contracting parties and large
number of persons let into the secret
repaired. Then the man refused to
marry his companion unless Shero
family presented him with $500. A
| blank bank checkWas obtained and filled
outin the desired amount, but the impost-
er declined to accept it until one of the
| party, exhibiting bank book and rep
resenting himself as a very rich eiti-
zen, indorsed the paper. The content
| ed groom then withdrew to a corner,
and unfolding a roll ofmoney, placed the
check with it. A pretended brother Of
the "blushing bride' then demanded
to know the financial circumstances OF
/ the aged candidate for marital cares,
| which information was refused until it
was threatened to break off the match.
/ The fellow then produced about $500
cash. He gave five dollars to lady to
purchase ring. She paid one cent
for the golden band, and the change,
together with other money donated by
the then delighted groom, went toward
providing o sumptuous feast A mock
| wedding ceremony, which the man be-
lieved to be in earnest, was performed,
and the newly-married pair adjourned
to side room. From bed in the
apartment the Stats had been removed
and the opening covered. AS the vic
tim sprang into the bed he fell through
and directly into q tub of water ar
ranged for the occasion. The "bride''
then welded strap with telling effect
upon the screaming occupant of the
tub, who finally jumped through win.
dow and escaped, bareheaded, and
coatless, and shoeless. He has not been
heard of since. and it is safe to assume
never will be in these parts. .I Irog
| IN. 7. Times
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sour Old NANNY. >,


ssWhat's that for?" asked Frcs
Press man, as he saw car driver on
Woodward Avenue take nickel from
his pocket and pass it into the fare box.
'sFor herr
''What her?ii
The car stopped and the driver got
down with ''Good morning, mann.
my!n and assisted an old woman of
seventy to enter the car.
"Did you pay for her?"
''Vhy?"
"Well, the story runs back for almost
two years." he said, as he picked up
his lines. Il reckon you know Bill
-?'' @ Il
"Yes.n
''Well, two years ago he was one of
the toughest men in Detroit. He drank,
swore, gambled and had all the other
vices lying around loose. | tell you he
was q terror when off duty and on a
spree. He was getting SO bad on his
car that another week would have
bounced him, but something hap
pened." .
'.What?''
stFssHe was coming up one evening
half drunk and full of evil, and some,
where about Davenport Street he
lurched over the dashboard. He caught
and was dragged, and the horse began
to kick and run. That old woman there
was the only passenger on the car, and
when she saw the accident she came
out, grabbed the flying lines with one
hand and the brake with the other, and
looking down upon Bill she called out:
/" "'Oh! Lord! help me to save him.
He's wicked young man and not fit
to die'
''Well, she stopped that car and held
| to the horse until some one came along
and helped Bill out of his fix, and she
was all the time calling him poor boy, ;
and my son, and thanking God he was
not killed. He had a close call, though,
and it was solemn warning. From
| that night he hasn't taken drink, and
no driver on this line has cleaner
mouth or is taking better care of him.
self" !"
s'And the old womanP'
ssShe lives away out, along with a
daughter Many's the dollar Bill has
sent after her since that night, in the
way of clothes and provisions, and he u
never forget her. The story came to
the rest of us after awhile, and we've
sort of adopted her as Our Old Nam
my We help her on and off, pay her
nickel out of our own pocket, and when
the car isn't too full we have aminute' (
chat with her. She likes us all, and we
wouldn't trade her off for the whole
line. It's bit of romance among our
selves, you see.''
ayes. Did she ever talk to youp'
"Dld she? She sat right there on
that stool one day two months ago and
said:
g My son, let drink alone! It robs
the pocket, cheats the brain, and leaves
you friendless! Don't swear! Oaths
go with a vicious soul! Keep youl
temper. The man who can't control
his temper is no better than a Gagged
wolff e
s'She said that with her blue eyes
reading my soul, and her voice trem-
bling with earnestness, and every wore
went right to my heart and lodged
there. She's had something to say to
most of the boys, and I reckon eaeI
one is the better for it. Curious, ain't
it, how we found our old nanny, and
maybe you'll believe with some of thu
rest of us that Providence had o hand
in it. ."--Detfoi Free Press.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
The Freshman class at Amherst has

The Freshman class at Amherst has
only sixty-five students.
In Pere Hyacinthe's Church, Paris.
the deacons who pass the plate say
''Thank youh 70 those who contribute.
N. ]. Herald.
Mr.. John Guy Vassar, of Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, at a meeting of the
Vassar College Trustees held recently,
made an additional gift of $25,0 900 to
the college.
Our religion is not worth much ia
it is like that of the storekeeper who
said: 1--WE Just been converted, so
when you want milk on Sunday you
must come round to the back. door. -
N. Z. Times.
Bishop McTyeire once said to a
brother who wept over the terrible
state of things in his charge: "What
we need, brother, is not weeping Jere-
miahs, but building Nehemiahs. "-In-
dianapolis Journal.
"A young Lutheran minister OF
Minersville has recently died, death be-
ing caused, it is thought, more from
the effects of q presentiment than from
actual physical disease. While in the
theological school at Philadelphia he
had three foom-mates to whom he was
deeply attached. All entered the min
istry, and since their ordination all
have died. After the death of the third
friend, the remaining member of the
quartet became impressed with the be-
lief that his time was short, and with
this thought in his mind sank into de-
cline. Indianapolis Journal.
A fine mural tablet of white and
black marble has been placed on the
south wall of the chapel of the Univer-
sity of Vermont in memory of the late
President Marsh. 1t was erected by
Mr.. w. p. Pierson, of Illinois, an alum
nus of the university, and bears Latin
inscription, which may be translated as
follows: SIN memory of James Marsh,
S. T. d., President and Professor of
the University of Vermont. In adj
vance of almost all of his own age in
Christian philosophy, he now has disci-
pies among the learned everywhere.
An ardent and reverent lover of truth,
he is held in great veneration by his
pupils. "-C Chicago Inter Ocean.
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The Cochineal Trade Of Teneriffe.

The old proverb that ''what is one
mans meat is another mans poison
was never better eXemplified than in
the cochineal trade, which has been
nearly ruined since the discovery of
aniline dyes. Until very recently this
trade was the mainstay of the island of
Teneritfe, the cochineal depending upon
the cultivation of the cactus plant
IObuntja FaeaIs Igdica,l which, since
the supersession of the trade by aniline,
is no longer the remuneratiVe business
that it formerly was. Cochineal con-
sists Of several kinds and qualities, the
first and second qualities being called
black dconctdCd, the others being
nsadres bue1sos and plateddG. The ex
port trade is principally in the latter
kinds, the first being less abundant and
having to be more carefully picked and
sorted. The madres bae3a0S is seldom
exported but is principally used for pro-
pagating the cochineal insect by sprink-
ling them ON the thick, feshy leaves Of
the plant, which fiourishes equally well
in Indifferent and rocky soil and re-
quires little or no care or irrigation.
The sowing or sprinkling season Of the
insect is during the month of May or
June and the gathering is made in Oc-
tober, when the commercial operations
commence and continue until the fol-
lowing May. During 1882 the ship
ments of cochineal were 4,840, 316
pounds showing diminution of 791.-
339 pounds on the export of the previ-
Gus year. OF this quantity England
took 2, ,715, 1888 pounds, America 868, ,813
pounds and France 952, AGO pounds, the
remainder going to Germany, Spain
and Morocco. That the trade was Of
great value is shown by the price in
| 1880 of 2s- 4d. per pound in England
| and francs the ki1o in France, which
produced return Of f600, 600, or four
| fifths of the whole trade of the Canary
Islands. The trade might have con-
! tinued in a better state had not the
-cochineal farmers glutted the markets
and refused to see the necessity Of low
ering their prices, in consequence oi
the discoveries Of fresh coloring mat
ter. Consul Dupuis says that the fail
| ure of the trade has affected all classes
of society and has brought great distress
| not only into the homes of the working.
men but of the wealthier residents, who
| were all more or less interested il
cochineal. 1t il now proposed to limit
the growth of the cactus, and to snbsti
tute that of the sugar-cane, for the cul
tivation of which and of tobacco thu
island is extremely well fitted. --Londo'
Times.
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FRANZ.


!. a FAMILY whom we shall call Stein
nsea Nv IN Germany near the famous river
nlllne. This was in the time of Napo-
zen. During the wars between Ger
many and France they were alternately
smgoleet ~, TO the one orto the other country.
y nhen the German arms were victorious
uefmany claimed their allegiance:
Mhen Napoleon carried off the victorss
seoWn rs, they immediately became French
ms unhappy state of affairs soon re-
aaced the well-to-do family to extreme
poverty, making it necessary for the
,Na.ate-llaired =. father to become q day
~ ,aoofer IN order to keep the wolf from
.le aoor, and forcing the good woman
= ss'rn washerwoman that she might
t to her part towards Keeping the tradi-
rea3a pot boiling. Their eldest son
aasallA, bright, ambitious lad, who for
sae snort, happy year, had been al
,oasa TO attend the village school,
.a saast needs go to work also, that he.
~ y, 8 night help along" Although a
as1 late thus thrust him from the
8 sAiei room, 1T could not bar the doors
n;..ha hhahsoWiege, and accordingly each
~ fonnd the ambitious Franz be-
s.as ..s eile little garret window, when the
,iTa.ssa aasea was at the fulF' for he could
na,.. 49, no other light-industriously
Fvsllss over his beloved books.
b,e Vae nue. day when the father was
80 80 sowing seed. and had given Franz
ia 49, e y seed-gFaln to plant, aud the
M ,s:ae ssau gone to one of the trenches to
slo.a = seeq IN. the schoohnaster came
and taking the father aside.
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Ladies and Tramcar Accidents.

Ths reason why so many children are
run over by tramcars is that these We
hicles are made to stop too often. The
driver, having to accomplish his jour
ney within a given time, quickens his
speed after every stoppage; and he can
not, like the coachmen of other car
riages, pull up his horses short or swerve
from his course. If, therefore, any per-
son trying to skip out of his way stum-
bles over the rails there is sure to be an
accident, and generally fatal one.
Ladies, we are sorry to observe, are
the greatest offenders in the matter of
inconsiderate stoppages. Men gener-
ally alight while the car is in motion,
or wait till it stops at some regular halt
ing-place; but ladies have no such deli
eacy. They seem determined to get
what they want out of the tram to the
last yard. If the car stops within half
minutes walk of their destination they
will let it go on and stop it again sooner
than lose the benefit of fthathalf-minute 8
ride. Similarly as to getting in. A car
may have its appointed stopping-place
mt the corner of A Street; but a
party of ladies will coolly wait for it al
the. corner of B Street, not q stone i
throw distant, rather than put them
selves to the trouble of suiting the
drivers convenience and that of his
horses. The poor horses really deserve
some consideration, for the strain oi
starting a heavy car afresh up an in
cline is most severe, and when this pro
cess has to be repeated some twenty OF
thirty times, as in a journey from Moor
gate Street to Highgate, one cannot
marvel that most tram horses should
have to be invalided after two years
service. On the Continent there is q
good rule that cars should not be stopped
on gradients or within a hundred yards
or so of a station. london Graphic.
! r L j -.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The postage stamp knows its duty
and sticks to it.. it.-Erobange. 4a-f..
The following advertisement ap-
monument for sale at this office.
Darwin says monkeys conld blush
This relieves the dude of the suspicion Of
belonging to the monkey tribe Boston
Transcript.
-s'Eugene Z. Didier accuses Tenny-
son Of plagiarism. TennysonP We
have heard of Didier; but who in the
Dickens is Tennyson. Norrist0Ufl Her
aid.
She Had Boil:
The girl walked slowly down the aisle.
Her looks made all the people smaisle,
For on her nose she had a baisle
This lovely maiden without gaisle. T..
oil CITY Derrick. :
Smoking may be a bad habit, he
said, as he rode beside pretty Phiia-
delphia girl, ''but that habit of yours is
perfectly killing. The marriage took
place the next day. PHILADELPHIA Nes0s.
"A country boy drank a pint of
whisky, went in swimming, ate a lot of
green apples, drank some ice water,
went to bed, and was found dead in the
morning. Too much ice water. TEXAS
Sytiaags,
Friend to artist: II see the art
committee rejected that picture of
yours. Artist; ..Yes, and it's all be-
cause one of the members was preiu-
diced against ME. But I'll get even,
you bet Friend: I'm tell you how
to get your revenger' Artist: sHowp"
Friend: "Paint his portrait. aa
-Ex-President Farrar, who was de-
tanned from the recent English Wesley
an Conference by age and feebleness,
stated in his letter to that body that
sixty years had elapsed since he had
preached his trial sermon, and that he
had known every President of the con-
ference since 1818.-Detroit Post.
The late Dr. Mofat, the venerable
missionary, became so accustomed to
'.roughing it, in Africa that when he
returned to England he could not sleep
comfortably on a soft pillow. So for
| his use at home he had one made of
wood, and when he was visiting friends
| he asked them to put q block of wood
or wooden footstool at the head of his
bed.-N r Tribune. I
Enquirer: If q man came mp and
| polzed us in the stomach, and grabbed
our cigar, and gave 1t to a newsboy,
and tapped lis on the nose, would we
tell him he was freshP We might; but
we should do 50 as an afterpiece to the
administration of walloping that
would remain the uppermost MEM
ory in that mans mind till he was
blown up on a steamboat.--N K Post.
--Rev. DIR. John L. Smith, of the
Northwest Indiana Conference, has
published in pamphlet form, GA plea In
/ behalf of worn-out preachers, widows
and orphans, with prayer to the gen
eral conference of 1884 y 1t contains
also the papers of Rev. G. A. Brooke.
ID. d., and other articles, all bearing
on the same subject. The discussion
and exhortation of these papers is Wig
orous and urgent. Chicago journal.
A boy was going up sycamort
Street yesterday with q glass inkstanc
to fill. Every few steps he would tos
it into the air and catch 1t again. HI
did it successfully until the last time
when it landed gracefully on the pave
ment in athousand pieces. He looke'
at it about minute, and then said
lit serves the old man right. / toll
.. him before started that i conldn'
carry that thing up street., OIL GU
DeJrtck.
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BELLEVUE La THURSDAY NOVEMBER s, 1883.

back on his village nome and trudged
out into the wide world to seek his
fortune the two shining Presences mel.
call Patience and PeraeUera1ace.- ).
Examiner.
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Wanted English writer Of
travels who viii not speak Of the At
lantic Ocean as the ''old herring pond.
IN. 7. Herald.
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"A party of campers in the Pan-han-
die (Texas), came near being drowned
by cloud-buTst q few nights ago.
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A Salt Lake citizen has raised this
year a fine crop Of Egyptian corn on
cry and barren land near that city, and
without the assistance of q drop of water
to help it along.
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TssE COAL sTRBKR Ar wELLlSCrON.
fvici oria Standard.

Il 10 TO be regretted that the differen-
oes between the proprietors of tn North
and South Wellington coal pits and the
miners until recently employed there
have not yet been composed. The lat
ess phase of the di iculty would appear
70 be a. follows: Mr.. Dansnuir met
the Secretary Of the union men last
Saturday. and after listening to the lat
ter's statement IL was agreed to meet
ths men on Saturday evening. The
meeting vas duly held and adjourned
for general meeting on Monday morn
ing last. After that meeting deputa-
ton from the miners waited upon Mr..
Dunsmuir and made a proposition to
him in writing asking for 80 cents per
ton a. the minimum TO be paid for
working coal. Mr.. Dunsmuir called at
tention TO the fact that the proposition
Vas one based upon the question of wa
Qes and, as such, oonfiicted with the
statements set forth in the card which
the miners had published in the Free
Press previously, wherein it Was stated
that the difficulty was not one OF actual
wages. In reply to ths proposition
made by the miners Mr.. Dunsmuir said
he would give the miners what they
asked and put them to work in shaft
No. 3, South Wellington Mine. where
the firm had always paid 80 cents and
would pay extra for bad places 80 a. to
make the rate SO ceats there too. The
deputation retired 70 consult the meet
ing, and returning to Mr.. Dunsmuir an
nounced. 30 We are informed, that the
terms Of acceptance offered by MIR.
Dunsmuir were rejected and that the
miners wanted the uniform price of
50 cents per ton over the whole Of the
mines. To this Mr.. Dunsmuir declined
70 ascede and thence the strike, much ~
IL Ia 70 be regretted, remains ia statu
quo. Il IL stated that Mr.. Dunsmuir
has teleQraphed to San Francisco for
$50 miners tall whitel to arrive per
stsamship Wellington. In the interests
Of Vancouver Island, and of Nauaimo
particularly, the question naturally
arises: IL there no possibility, even At
the eleveuth hour. of coming to settle
mont, acceptable alike 10 employer and
employer