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VOLUME XVII.
111 K
SHASTA COURIER.
PUBLISHED KTEUV SATURDAY MORXI7CG,
11Y JOHN* J. C'OXMY.
Publication Office,— Armory Hall
Building, First Floor.
Terms of Subscription.
For One Year, if j>ai»l in advance
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out reference to persons or circumstances.
Terms of Advertising:
For One Square, of 10 lines or less, one insertion,
Four Dollars; for each subsequent insertion. Two
Dollars.
A liberal discount made to Monthly and Yearly
Advertisers.
■pi Advertisements not maxied with the num
ber of insertions thereon, will be continued until
ordered out, and charged accordingly.
ALSO,
Having furnished our Office with an elegant as
sortment of FANCY JOB TYPES, we arc prepared
to execute, neatly and expeditiously, all manner oi
Jeb Printing, such as
Bills of Fare, Bill Heads,
Circulars, Handbills,
Pamphlets, Programmes,
Ball Tickets, Cards,
Posters, Books,
Law Blanks, Catalogues,
Drafts, Checks, Ac.
JAMES E. PELEABI, M. D,,
Physician,
Surgeon and
Accouche
OFFICE—Main street, next doer to Lewin & Co.
SAMUEL RICHARDS,
BLACKSMITH
...ASP...
MAKER;
Sliasta.
I am now prepared to execute all work in my
line, in the very heat manner, and at
VIIHV LOW I’KICKS.
Wagoas, Carriages and Buggies
MADE TO ORDER,
And n no bnt the best Lumber used.
On hand, and for sale, of my own manufacture,
FREIGHT WAGONS,
Concord Wagons and Buggies,
of superior style ami finish. Particular attention
paid to
Horse Shoeing and Repairing.
PROMPTNESS AND LOW PRICES IS MY
MOTTO.
Shop East side of Main street, opposite
Wells, Fargo A Co.'s Express Office.
Shasta, July 13(17. Jll3
RANT3AU & SEAW,
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS*
RED BLUFF, CAL
MARK YOUR GOODS
Care off R. & S.,
RED BLUFF.
Send Shipping Receipts and Bills of Lading.
Or R FIRE-PROOF COBBLE STONE
Warehouse nff-<rd? extra inducement? to ship
per*; who store their goods. Assuring our patron?
that no pam? will be spared in looking to their
interests, we ask for a continuance of their favors.
KANTZAU A SHAW.
Red Bluff, March 2S, ihor. a 6
ISRAEL COMSTOCK. JOHN MARTIN.
COMSTOCK & MARTIN,
(SUCCESSORS TO PIERCE, CHURCH t C 0.,)
FOk WAR DING
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Fire-proof Brick Warehouse, formerly occu
pied hij Pierce , Church j* Co.,
Oak street. Dear Steamboat Landing.
ISRAEL COMSTOCK will attend to the For
warding and Commission business in person.
We hope to receive a continuation of the patronage
heretofore extended to the old firm.
Red Bluff, Nov. 14, 1563. n2l ;tf.
A. F. COLLINS
Late with
dodge bbos. k co.
‘iEO. 11. WHEATON.
N. C. LUIII
Late with
DODGE BROS, k
COLLINS, WHEATON & LUHRS,
Commission merchants,
and WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BUTTER, cheese, lard,
IlaniK, Ihu*on,
Liberal
dace.
210 Front Street,
SAX FR.VXciSCO.
Advances male on ail Country P ro
il i
Che Abasia (Tonrur.
DANIEL LYNCH
co
i-hr.
S'; yy-.
33E3^_XjsEm,
Fire-Plwf Brick Building, Callaghan’s
Block,
Shasta,
RESPECTFULLY informs the
mm /« citizens of Shasta, and tho Trader,
II!! , I Teamsters and Packers of the Nortn
» ern counties, that he has always on
hand and for sale an extensive stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE*
GROCERIES
And PROVISIONS,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Which he is determined to sell so low as to
Defy Competition.
DANIEL LYNCH.
Shasta, May 28,1864. m2B
TOP THAT THIEF
OF A
G ought !
IT IS STEALING FROM YOU YORE
Health, which is dearer to you than all your
Wealth. Nine-tontus of the diseases prevalent in
this climate spring from Colds and Coughs.
Henley’s Royal Balsam
Challenges the world to produce anything in the
shape of Medicines that will remove and eradicate
a Cough or soreness in the Chest, as prompt, no
matter what form the disease might assume. ‘Hen
ley's Royal Balsam” is the best Medicine in the
world for Bronchial or Pulmonory affections. For
Croup or Hooping Cough, there is nothing on
earth that can equal it. All motherers and Nurses
ought to have a bottle close by them, it will give
a child relief in two minutes. It is entirely veg
etable, and will prove a blessing to the human
family.
For the Benefit cf Suffering Human
ity.
From Mr. Thomas.— We have used Henley’s
Royal Balsam in my family this winter. There is
no use sulking. It throws everything in the shape
of Cough medicine in the shade that I ever saw.
My wife was troubled with asthma or smothering
spells for years, and could get nothing to have any
effect until I struck this “Royal Balsam” She is
now about, well. It cured me of the worst cold
I ever had in my life iu one night. Whenever our
children have anything like a cough, a few drops
given on going to bed—that is the last of the
cough. 1 never intend to be without it in the
house.
B. THOMAS, the paper man.
From Judge Marquam.
I have used “Henley’s Royal Balsam,” myself
and family, and find it a first-rate medicine for
Coughs and Colds. I hereby recommend it to the
public.
P. A. MARQUAM.
From Mr. Pittock.
We have us -d some of “Henley’s Royal Balsam”
in my family and think it is a splendid medicine
for children, ns well as for grown persons. For
Coughs and Colds I freely recommend it to the
public. K. PITTOCK.
From F, Dewitt, Merchant.
To the Public. —I hail a bad cough for a long
time. A friend urged me to get a bottle of “Hen
ley's Royal Balsam.” He said it cured him. I
got a bottle, and sure enough it had a splendid ef
fect. It dried the cough up in a short time. I
hereby rec- mmend it to the public. F. DeWITT.
L. GROSS, Sole Proprietor, Portland, Oregon.
For sale by L. WeUendorff, Shasta. [.*>9.
FLEMING’S SAW MILL,
Brandy Crc<‘k.
wm
JOHN FLEMING, . . Proprietor.
THIS MILL IS IX SUCCESSFUL OPERA
tion on Brandy Creek, about two miles from
M hi.skytown, and J. R. Gilbert will keep constant
ly on hand and for sale a supply of Lumber, at his
Brick Warehouse, on Main street, Shasta, where he
will attend to all orders and the sale of Lumber for
the above Mill.
H. GILBERT, Agent, Shasta.
March 4. ISSS m 7
SpiH’ial > otico.
4 J. LOOMIS. OF WEAVERVILI.E,
TX.* Trinity County, has this day purchased an
interest in the Forwarding Business of Runtzau A
Shaw. Red Bluff.
Thanking our patrons far their past liberal
favors, we trust, by close attention and fidelity to
business entrusted to our care, to merit a continu
ance of the same.
The firm name of Runtzau A Shaw will be con
tinned for the present.
Mark Goods as before, care of R. & S., Red
Bluff.
RANTZAU & SHAW.
Red Bluff, Feb. Stb, 1868. f!5
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral.
SHASTA, CAL.. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1868.
032-I*. P. FISHER—Is the only Agent
of the Shasta Courier in San Francisco. with pow
ers to receive subscriptions and advertisements, and
receipt for the gam'*.
OFFICE—I 69 Washington street, opposite Ma
guire’s Opera House.
SHASTA COURIER.
Conviction for Bigamy.
The trial of Sir Culling Eardley for biga
my took place at the Central Criminal Court,
London, on the 27th of January, before the
Recorder. It will be recollected that the
Baronet was married on the 12th of Decern
her, 1859, by) the Rev. Dr. Hawks, at Cal
vary Church, New York, to Emily Florence,
daughter of James Magee, a cotton broker.
The Father of Lady Eardley and Mr. Charles
Frederick Moseley testified that they were
present at the marriage, and that it was
properly performed and rcgistered'according
to the law and custom of the State of New
York, and that Dr. Hawks at the time made
a voluntary statement that the marriage
would be as good in England as elsewhere.
Mr. R. DeTracy Gould, a member of the
New Y’ork Bar, testified that it was a strictly
legal mairiage. It was then proved that
Lady Eardley had been compelled to sep
arate from Sir Culling )in 1808, on account
of his infidelity and debauchery. In the
separation deed Sir Culling had, under
oath, acknowledged that she was his wife.—
It also appeared that Sir Culling had run
through the whole of his fortune over which
he had power. Fortunately for the lady,
however, the father of her husband, know
ing his son’s proclivities, h I made a strict
settlement before his heath on the wife,
which placed her in comfortable circum
stances. It was then shown that in Septem
ber, 18(37. Sir Culling married Miss Bessie
Allen, an actress at Drury Lane Theatre, a
young lady of groat beauty, irreproachable
character, aud some property.
Miss Allen did not appear against Sir
Culling, but it was understood in Court
that the deception and fraud lie had prac
ticed upon her was of a most scandalous
nature. It was evident that he never in
tended that the marriage should have been
published, hut it was so published by the
sister of .Miss Allen in the Times, and in
this way became known to the friends of
Lady Eardley. The paltry defence set up
was that the first marriage was an informal
and illegal one, but the Recorder condemned
the attempt to set up such an excuse in very
strong terms. The jury returned n verdict
of guilty, w ithout leaving the box, and the
baronet was immediately sentenced to 18
months’ imprisonment with hard labor, the
Recorder telling him that, had the wife of
the second marriage appeared against him
to have given her testimony, he would have
got five years’ penal servitude. Mr. Gifford
and Mr. J. P. Benjamin were the counsel
fur the prosecution, and the prisoner was
defended by Mr. Montague Williams.
An Indian Widow.— The following
description of a victim of this infatuation, wo
take from the “Autobiography of Lutfullah
She was handsome, about 15 years of age,
and her charming countenance showed no
marks of fear or anguish. To Earle’s remon
strances her reply was but a short one: “ You
may say what you please, but I will go with
my lord. It was written in the book of my
fate to bo his wife, so I must be bis wife only,
to the full extent of the meaning, and that of
nobody else. I loved him only, and can
never love any one else with that primary
sincerity, so I must bo his true companion
wherever he goes. Take you no more
trouble, sir, about the matter. Peace with
you.” Earle begged her to listen to him for
another moment; and he added: “You
should try the experiment of burning your
little finger before committing your whole
precious body to the flames.” But, alas.
Iter fanaticism had advanced too far beyond
the reach of this, and such wholesome advice
and with a scornful smile she told Mr. Earle
that she was highly obliged to him for his
kindness, of which she did not stand in need ;
that her word wasone and unalterable. She
then, boldly tearing up a strip of her hand
kerchief, dipped it into the nil of the burning
lamp, and tying it round her little finger, she
lighted it up with eagerness, and it burnt on
like a candle for a little while, and then diff
used the smell of burning flesh, during which
the young beauty talked on to the audience,
without a sigh or sob to indicate pain ; yet
the marks of the blood’s rush to the face,
attended with profuse perspiration on her
brow, betrayed her feelings to our unbiassed
and sorrowful mind.
No Reasonable Offer Refused. —ln the
shop window of one of our shops there was
posted not many years since this placard :
“No reasonable offer refused.” It chanced
that a very pretty maiden was a clerk in the
establishment. A youth just in the tender
peach bloom period, being somewhat ena
mored of the fair lady, noticed the placard
as he passed by, and at once rushed into the
store, where the following conversation en
sued :
Youth to the fair—“l noticed your pla
card in the window and thought I’d come
in.”
“ Yes,” said the lady, “glad to see you ;
let me sell you some goods.”
“ IV ell, ’ said the youth, “ I would like to
buy some dry goods, but I want a pretty
little face in em, I thought as you refused
no reasonable offer, I would take the best
dress pattern you have and also yourself.”
“ Very well,” said the fair clerk, “ I must
stick to the text. It’s a trade. Pay for the
dross, _ and 1 11 throw myself into ft in the
bargain.”
There was soon after a wedding and the
sign, “No reasonable offer refused,” be
came quite popular among the lady clerks of
the city.— Lnriston Jour.
A little son of Bean, who resides near
Aberdeen (Miss.), after a severe illness died
to all appearance. Two young ladies and a
servant volunteered to “ keep watch” during
the night. About twelve o’clock the servant
was noticed to be asleep, when one of the
young ladles pricked her with a pin, which
caused her to suddenly jump and scream.—
This aroused the supposed dead child,
alarming the inmates of the room greatlv.—
Fpon examination it was found the child
was growing warm, and iu a short time was
running about.
Sixty Years of Insanity.
The Massachusetts papers announce the
death of Josiah Spaulding, the maniac pau
per of Buckland, whose sad case has often
been referred to by the press. Mr. Spauld
ing was the only son of the Rev. Josiah
Spaulding, Pastor of the Congregational
Church in Buckland, who died in 1820. He
was graduated at Yale College ic 1778. The
father was an accurate scholar, an acute
reasoner. and an able writer, hut, lacking
the graces of elocution, his discourses were
marred by a monotonous and disagreeable
delivery. His personal integrity, goodness
of heart and eminent piety were doubted by
none. His fervor and fidelity in pastoral
duty won the respect and love of all classes.
The pious temper with which he bore his
great trial for eleven of the last years of his
life, and the uncomplaining spirit with
he provided, out of his scanty income, for
the support of his unfortunate son, excited
the admiration of his friends and all who be
came acquainted with his case.
Josiah was his only son. It was his fath
er's chief desire that his son should be edu
cated to be a minister of the Gospel. With
a feeble constitution, and a mind of only
ordinary capacity, the young man studied
beyond his strength in fitting for college,
being compelled also to engage in school
keeping to supplement his father’s narrow
means. Just as he was nearly ready for col
lege, being 21 years of age, be became vio
lently and hopelessly deranged. The first
public outbreak was at church on Sunday,
while his father was at prayer, when he
suddenly threw the psalm book at his moth
er’s head.
For nearly two years he was not confined,
until his father’s life had been repeatedly
endangered by violence, when ho was re
strained with chains a cm: pie of years, and
then was placed in a strong cage in the gar
ret of the house, from which he never came
forth while he lived. No clothing could he
kept nn him, hut in severe weather he would
allow himself to he covered with a blanket
which lasted only till his propensity for de
struction became stronger than his fear of
the cold. His cage was not high enough for
him to stand erect, and he remained con
stantly in a sitting posture, leaning back
against the timber he slept. His limbs could
not be straightened, his hair was never trim
med, and for cleanliness he received only
the attentions given to a poorly kept animal.
In fact, he lost the appearance of a human
being, nearly lost the faculty of speech, and
for many years before his death, became
wholly demented and idiotic. For some
years before the death of his parents their
poverty compelled them to throw their only
only son upon the town for support as a
pauper, in a place where rigid penuriousness
towards the poor was the law of public
opinion. Thus lived for sixty years and
thus died one of the “ chronic insane poor.”
Wo find no record in the medical journals of
so long a period of insanity. The longest
period mentioned by French writers, and
that in hospital, is fifty six years. Such
is the inglorious history of one who was a
son and brother and neighbor—a scholar, a
gentleman and a Christian, until struck by
that terrible sickness of the mind which
three score years hack was so ill understood
as to be generally considered incurable. He
died at the age of eighty-one. No official or
legal investigation of his class of cases has
ever been made by the Government, but he
was left in this pitiable and unpitied state, in
the midst of a highly enlightened and Chris
tian people, to howl and shriek and groan
and suffer the unutterable horrors of mental
madness for sixty years.—
Rough on the Bankers. —Tho Chicago
Tribune says John Morrissey, of New
York, is put upon the rolls as banker—not
faro banker, just simply banker. Being
asked why he chose that title instead of
gambler or pugilist, by either of which he
was better known, he replied that he was no
coward ; that he had always been a gambler
and always been a price-fighter ; that he had
been in the lowest brothels in the country ;
that he had been the companion of thieves
and cyprians—but that he was never in quite
so bad company as when he went into SVall
street, among the bankers and brokers. He
said there was less honesty and more trickery
and thieving in Wall street than among his
former associates, and he did not want the
world to misunderstand him. He wanted to
be taken at his worst, and had therefore
chosen the designation of banker.
The New Orleans Picayune discusses the
whole subject of southern destitution and
relief in a tone of independence such as we
have observed in no southern newspaper.—
It declares unhesitatingly that the southern
people “need the discipline they are receiv
ing, and it is their salvation t) receive it so
soon and thoroughly.” They “need to be
thrown entirely on their own resources.”—
This is precisely their greatest need. They
must learn to feel that they have nobody hut
themselves to depend upon and abandon for
ever the ancient theory of their society, that
a single class and a separate race is to labor
while others receive the products. Their
troubles will bo well nigh over when they
have got this idea into their heads, )and are
ready to begin again as their fathers began
when the country was originally settled and
its soil was first wrought upon for the pro
duction of wealth.
A mother in the habit of asking her
children before they retired at night what
they had done to make others happy, found
her’twotwin daughters silent. The question
was repeated.
“ I can remember nothing good all this
day, dear mother, only one of my school
mates was happy because she had gained the
head of her class, and I smiled on her and
ran to kiss he-; so she said I was good.—
That's all, dear mother.”
The other spoke more timidly.
“ A little girl who sat with me on the
bench at school has lost a little brother. I
saw that while she studied her lesson she hid
her face in her Iwsom and wept. I felt sorry
and laid myself on the same book and wep’t
with her. Then she looked up and was
comforted, and put her arms around my
neck : but I do not know why she said I had
done her good.”
“Come to my arms, my darlings,” said
the mother; “to rejoice with those that re
juice, and weep with those that weep, is to
1 obey oar blessed Redeemer.’
A Man Claims His Wife In Court.
A case of a sensational and singular
character was before Judge Fuller yesterday.
A young man named William L. Denio
claimed that bis wife, Louisa Denio, nee
Otis, was kept from him by force of her
parents, and he prayed the Court that a
warrant might be issued compelling her at
tendance in Court. The warrant was issued
and placed in the hands of Under Sheriff
Wilson, who served it and brought her be
fore Judge Fuller, where she was accom
panied by her father, William Otis. After
hearing arguments in the matter the Judge
discharged her from custody and told her she
was at liberty to go with her husband or
with her parents. She repudiated her hus
band and accompanied her father home,
after an ineffectual attempt by Denio to con
verse with her.
Denio's statement regarding tho case is
this : He had kept company with tho young
lady for some time, against the wishes of her
parents and brothers, when she was sent to
a boarding school in or near New York City.
Thither she was followed by Denio, who ob
tained a chance to talk with her, and con
veyed her to the house of a clergyman,
where they were married and a certificate
given them. After the ceremony the bride
was returned to the school and the marriage
was never consummated. Meanwhile her
brother, who was in New York, heard of
the marriage and immediately sent his sister
home. She was subsequently sent to Phila
delphia, and, after staying there a short
time, returned to her father’s house.
The young lady states that she was in
duced to leave her school by an order, sup
posed by her to have been written bv her
brother, but which was forged by Denio.—
After meeting Denio she admits having been
married, hut claims she was forced to do so
by threats that she should not return to her
school utnil tho |eeremony had been perform
ed. Both parties in this unfortunate affair
are respectable. The young lady is eighteen
years of age, and Denio is her senior by
some years.
Humors of the Law in Mtssissiurr.—The
Memphis Post is responsible fur the follow
ing ;
Our Lagrange contributor happened to be
down iu Tippan county, Mississippi, a few
weeks ago in just the right time to attend a
bull trial, and sends us an account of the
same. A freedman had shot the bull for con
tinually breaking into bis fields. The court
was opened by the bailiff, a wrinkled corn
cracker, who never kept still long enough to
have his clothes fitted—a nervous, jerking
sort of mortal, who spoke faster than two
men could think. The ’Squire took his seat
among the lawyers, who were busily engaged
coloring cob pipes and spitting with consid
erable alacrity. The court room was a school
house, entirely devoted to courts, school meet
ings, &c.
The plaintiff was a ’squire of the neighbor
hood, who entered and pleaded his own case.
The defendant was a freedman, who had en
gaged the services of the smartest lawyer in
Tippan.
When everything was ready, tho ’Squire
was sworn “ to tell the truth and nothing but
the truth,” after which he corameced his case.
Ho said “he could prove by Jeemcs Hunt the
hull war not a hreechy oxen ; that he didn’t
tar' down the fences nur break rails. Nick’s
fence whar no more than two feet and a half
high whar’ the oxen got into the pea-patch
and fodder-stack.' He measured the fence
what the hull got in, and it only came up to
his waistband ; it war not a lawful fence, and
nobody could prove that it wr.r. Ho had read
tho law. and he found no place in it what
justified the shooting of an oxen ; it war a
crime to shoot. It war as plain as open and
shut, and no court could decide otherwise if
it had any sense, and if Nick did not tell the
truth when he swore, he would “ cut his liver
out, court or no court, tho rascally black vil
lain.”
After this excitable peroration the bully
’Squire sat down to hear the defense. The
bailiff took a drink of Damon’s diamond
whisky. Tho court and lawyers refilled their
corn cob pipes and settled back to hear tho
orher side.
Jcemes, as black as marking ink. with his
wool tied up iu long spikes, testified that the
bull was shot in the near eye, which put it
clean out, hut he didn’t know ferzactly wheth
er he could pull as much as ever. He didn’t
know that he war a hreechy beast until Nick
told him so.
Counsel—How much does it damage the
bull?
Witness—Couldn’t say fcrzactly, but he
might get the oder eye put out because he
can’t see when youse gwine to cut him ober
be head.
Counsel—Was the pea-patch damaged
much?
Witness—’Feared like right smart ob peas
was gone.
Counsel—Was the fodder-stack torn away
any?
Witness—Right smart of the fodder was
torn loose.
Counsel—How much fodder do you think
was missing?
Witness—Right smart.
Court—Did you see any tracks around the
stack ?
Witness—Right smart of tracks.
Court—What kind of tracks, Jeemcs?
Witness—Horse tracks, sah.
Court—Mr. Grizzle will call the other
witness.
The other witness was the daughter o r
Nick. She certified that the son of the ’Squire
said it was his boll, and his father had noth
ingtodojwith it. Here the court interrupted
with the remark that the 'Squire told him
that his son was running the place, conso
quently the ’Squire had no right to sue
because the property was not his, but his
son’s, by right of possession.
Before our correspondent left it was agreed
to leave the case to two men, on the recom
mendation of the court. Thus go law
matters in Tippah.
A spectacle whi-h is said to draw a
crowd daily to the Tuikrics garden, Faria,
is that of a lady who, iu her daily walk,
attracts roun 1 her flights of the wild pigeons
who lodge in the old trees, and scores of
sparrows and other birds, who pereh on her
shoulder, and oven have the audacity to peck
at her mouth. Tho lady is daily escorted to
home by a perfect squadron of her feathered
friends, who then return to their quarters.
The attraction to not known.
NUMBER 2.
Highest.
“ Well, I'll do something yet to show them
I'm somebody. You wait. Jarvcy Williams
shall see it too, the mean little chap.”
“ Don’t be angry with Jarvis, Arty ; he is
a kind-heartod, good boy. If you failed, and
he won the prize, you know it isn’t because
he tried to injure you ; and he would try and
do you a kindness at any time, if he had an
opportunity. I’m sure.”
“ I'll have my name above his yet, Marion,
see if I don’t. I'm off for Martin’s Ledge.”
with a dark face and a darker heart,
Arty fisher left his gentle sister, who had
tailed to soften his hard feelings towards his
classmate.
Martin’s Ledge was the name of a huge
rock that formed one side of a hill which was
a favorite play-ground with the boys; and
the largest of them often had trials of skill,
or rather strength, in climbing its steep
front. It was not an easy task, for there
was not much for cither hands or feet to get
hold of, and the rock stood nearly upright,
and stretched away up some sixty feet, so
that there was danger in the sport. Here
and there, upon its sun burnt and storm
beaten face, were initial letters rudely cut,
fifteen, twenty, thirty feet from its base—
memorial marks of the climbers ; and one
could be seen fully forty feet high, where
Tommy Black, who, always more venture
some than the rest, and who afterwards went
to sea, managed to leave a large T, but who
did not wait to add his other initial. Tommy
never owned that he felt dizzy, and didn’t
dare to stay longer, tnough the boys all said
it was so.
It was Wednesday afternoon, and many of
the boys were there as usual, playing about
Martin’s Ledge. Arty Fisher joined them.
A hammer showed its hat die from his pock
et, and clinked against the iron chisel inside,
telling that he was all ready to climb.
“Now, boys, let’s see if I can’t put my
mark highest of all. I’ll he first here any
how! Who cares for Jarvcy Williams?”
They all knew what had happened at
school. They all knew Arty’s vexation at
his failure, and at the success of Jarvis, and
they also knew the unmanly spirit he had
shown, but none of tbem wished to quarrel
with him.
“Go ahead, Arty!” cried several voices,
as he started.
lie went rapidly up the ledge, at first;
but there was less and less to bold upon the
higher he went, so that he got on slowly.—
Twenty-five feet, thirty, thirty five—the boys
knew from old marks when be reached these
points. Forty, forty-one; and the boys
shouted:
“ Highest of all, Arty !”
The face of the rock was almost without
a break here ; still he held on, and gained
one foot more; forty-two —ho eus higher
than the bravest!
He managed to get out his tools, and
clinging to the rock, began to make his mark.
Slowly and painfully he worked on the letter
A, for there was danger every moment that
he would lose his balance and fall backward.
It was very hard. His limbs trembled under
him. He glanced down for a moment, and
his foot slipped. Down over the steep rock
he fell, to the gravel-bed below. He had
made his mark highest of all; but it was
unfinished.
Arty was carried home, bruised, and
bleeding, and unconscious. He came to
himself to find that a broken arm and other
injuries were the result of the day’s work.—
He learned, too, that little Jarvis Williams
had been the first to run for help, and to
bring the surgeon ; and that, with the heart
of a brother, he had lingered near for hours
after the accident, offering any service in hi«
power. And then ho remembered bis sister’s
words:
“ I believe Jarvis is a Christian.”
The next day Jarvis came to see him, and
though he spoke hopefully, and tried to com
fort his suffering playmate, Arty saw the
tears in bis eyes, and knew they were from
sympathy. And then Arty “ came to him
self” in another way. He held out his band.
“ Forgive me Jarvis.”
That was all he said ; hut it came from a
penitent heart, and a loving word, in reply,
from Jarvis, made tbem friends. And so,
through Arty’s long confinement, Jarvis
came every day to do what he could to cheer
him, telling him all about the boys and their
play.
“Jarvis,” said Arty, one day, “what
made you so kind to me when you knew I
hated you ?”
“ Don’t, Arty ; you didn’t hate me ; or at
least you couldn’t have if you knew how I
felt. And how could I help coming to see
you when you were hurt so badly. Besides,
Arty,” and Jarvis’ eyes glistened now ;
“ I’m trying to be a Christian : and if you
would only try with me, how much we could
help each other.
When Arty’s sister came in, the boys were
talking softly but very earnestly.
There is a place in Arty’s heart where are
written the names of all his playmates whom
he loves best, and on that record the name of
Jarvis Williams stands “ highest of all,” for
Jarvis conquered by love and the two boys
walked in love together.
The Don and the Locomotive.— On Satur
day a favorite dog belonging to one of the
large oil refiners near Pittsburg, Pa., came
to liis death in tho following manner: The
dog which was more noted for its indomitable
spunk than for its size or beauty, had a par
ticular dislike to passenger trains, ami never
omitted an opportunity of expressing it in an
emphatic manner. On the day above
mentioned, the dog, as usual, ran with full
speed in front of an uptrain, barking furiously
when his caudal appendage was caught under
a wheel and about four indies taken off.
With a yell of infuriated pain be sprang
around at the train again, and this time got
his head under, which was also neatlv clipped
off. For five minutes after the decapitation,
the dog’s jaws moved as in the act of harking,
though having no lungs to go on. no sound
could bo distinguished.— Heading (Pa.)
lime*.
A voiNo girl who attempted to cross tho
Thames river at London, C. W.. broke
through the ice where the water was about
four or five feet deep, and was unable to
extricate herself. She remained in this
p sitinn, with head and shoulders out of wa
ter, calling for help, for three hours, in plain
ucw of a number of citizens and soldiers,
and yet was allowed to perish, becoming
dulled ami dying.