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. . t :j U It li li I; 7H VOLUME 1 M' ARTHUR, VINTON, COUNTY, 10, WpNESD AY,' DECEMBER 21, 1813. NUMBER 50. .,Tw:JL:JaLlLl, I ! McArtiiur Enquirer J. W. JiOWM, Editor und Froprleor ' term of Subscription. r Ono copy, onoyear.Jl 50 I Ono copy,8mos.$l 00 )iiocoiy,flinns.... 75 1 Ono coiy,4 inoa. BO Knot (mill within tbo year 9 "0 Clubs of Twenty. I ........... : 00 Tlio MeArthnr HNqitlRKtt circulates FIIKJ5 OK POSTAGE within tli6 llmiU of Vinton Conntv. ''!'. ' ' Tlio'McArthnr EnQUtitUR find TM Chrtt tlan Witnrm will be sent to out, parson ono yonr for 3 00. 1 ' A failure to notify a discontinuance at tho enrioi tno time suoscrineu lor, win uo timon as a new ejigaKcmout ror subscription. Advertising Rates. The aimcc occupied by 10 lines of this (Non pareil) type shall constitute a siiiaro. Itulu and figure Work 60 cents additional 8 nios. C mos. ' 12 mos. 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House newly furnished; as a first-class ho. tel, tbo House stand unrivaled. Fine earn pie rooms ou the Urst floor. et42. , jgAUGIIMAN HOUSE. G. W. Tinkham and Mrs. Eliza Hy son, Proprietors. ZALESKI, O'. " Huvinif leased this Hotel, we would inform the traveling public ninl otbors, that they have thoiounly ronovuted and refurnished it. It is capacious mid commodious, and the proprietors will endeavor to hcccmmodiito all who muy favor them witli their patronage. Lunch served upon a moment's notice. Teams wi'.l be provided lor. Tobacco, Cigars, etc., keiit at ull times. Tonus moderate. July:l(l, 1873-Uin., . v. , JJULCERT HOUSE, . " MoARTHUP., 6HIO. . JAMES TVOKKMAN, Proprietor. This Houso, since cliauglng proiirielors, has been thoroughly renovated from "top to bot tom." The present proprietor offers U trav elers the best accommodation iu clean and , noat style, at low prices. Come and try It. - Good stabling, and horses will bo well cared for. 0. W. Babnett'b Willis lino" starts from " tli) s House dally, at ltt o'clock noon, for the Ballroad. 16-cly glGGS HOUSE.. . Pkendergast & Jennings, Pro's. Cor. Mabket and Fbont St's. This Houso fronts tho Steamboat Landing, and convenient to the R. It. Depot. Elegant ly and richly furnished for convenience and comfort. jyjASSIE HOUSE. PORTSMOUTH, OHIO. FEENDERGAST 4 JENNINGS, - Pro's. 8. L. MiTcnBLt, - - Clerk. This Hotel Is In tho most convenient part of tho city on Front St., between Market and Jefferson. MERICAN HOTEL. Corner High and Stato Sis., nearly opposite State Houso, OOLTJrBTJS, OHIO. E, J, BLOUNT r i Proprietor. Tills Hotel Is furnished throughout with all the modern Improvements, liuusts can rely on tho best treatment and vory low bills. Street Cnrs pass this Hotel to and from all Railroad Douols. JSHAM HOUSE, XACICBOlF, OHIO. T. M. HUDSON, Proprietor. This house has been thoroughly renovated and beautifully furnished. Having superior facilities, everything will bo done to make guests comfortable. JQEP0T HOTEL. CHILLICOTHE, OHIO. M. MEttKLK - - Proprietor. This Hotel, n few loot from tho Railroad Io- f ot, ami where all travelers on nil trains can iikomcalH, ImaJuHt boon greatly enlarged and thoroughly repaired, painted, Ac., and is uow in complete order for tho reception of guests. Trains stop tun minutes for meals. Terms niodoralo. t .. QEAWFORDHOITSE, Cornor Sixth and Walnut Streets. ciasroiiriNrA.T j, .ohjo. f.J. OAKES J, T. FISHER, Proprietors. JNQ, IfOlNTYKl A J. B. COMNKLLV, Clei'kS. This liouso has boon entirely Roflttod and lloinodoloil, and is In all Respect a ... FIRST-CLASS HOTKL. , . Alt THK LUXUBIK8 OP Till SEASON. Tfllllc nrmusodbv none In tho West. Amnloniid pleasant accommodations for travelers. Ulvo m r1 t A Utja Jft- I'll Vn.wlntiu H. MUM WMUU W VUI . W.'B .unr. 'I HOTELS. JgOWEN HOUSE, " (Formorljr Sands Uotiso,) i Z ALES XI, OHIO. : EGBERT BOWEN, Fkoprietok. This nonso, which Is convenient to tho H. R. depot, slnco changing proprietors, has boan thoroiiRhly renovated and rufiirnlshud. nnd tho present proprietor ofl'ors to travelers and boaruurs tno bostacoomniodiitlons. Uood Htahlo on tho premise's. . ICfT THM MOHT HKASONABLI f fwol "TTTI koop'oonstantly on hand at this of VY flcea supply of ENVKLOl'HH, upon which a card of any ilesoription will be printed so low that all may afford to haro oaru a sue f,nveioiie nsuu uy ineiu. T "T-STir ATTORNEYS. O, MOARXIIUB, OHIO. .' j ' Prompt atlcntlon filvon to all logal business ntrustod to bis euro. Olllcoat his rosiilenco. Feb. SO, una. ., ' T) F. ARMSTRONG, U. -A.TTODE?,IsrE"2" JLT LAW ( M'AH.THUH.,1 O. j . OFFICli-I n Second firorv of T)avls' Unlhl- In ig, opposite Vinton County National Bank. July 40,1873 ly. M. McGILLIVRAY ATTOBUEYAT 1AW IIOARTUUH, OHIO. ' Will attend promptly to any huslnosl given his care and management In unyC'ourtsof Vinton and ndjoining counties. Officii In the Court House, up stalr;.- - ; ., T S. CLAYP00LE, ATTOEWEYA LAW Mo ARTHUR, OHIO. PnOSECUTINO ATTORNEY OH VINTON COUNTY. Will practlco in Itoss, Vinton and ndjoining counties. All legal business entriiKtod to his caro promptly atteniled to. MARBLE. B R. HIQSfNS & BR0., MANUFACTUBKHS OP Marblo Monuments, Tomb tonec, MANTLKS. FUltNITUUE, &o., ZjOO-A.1V, - - - OHIO. fiood Assortment of Marbln constantly on hand. All kinds of CEMETERY WORK done to order in tlio llncst style. Photographs. c.j- BILLINGIIUEST, PHOTOGRAPHER, and doalurin all kiudsot PICTURES, ALBUMS, FRAMES, ' Plctiiro Cord and Picture Nails. JWCOrYINO cnrofully done, and the sijuUloHt l'ltures enlarged to any size, and finished In Oil, Water-colors, or India Ink, or any other stylo that may ba desired, at tlio LOWEST RATKH. Largo and llncly finished Photographs can bo made from scratched and faded Pictures. Pictures of all kinds Framed to order, and all work warranted hi give satisfaction. 10-etf Dentistry. S. T. BOGGESS, RESIDENT DENTIST, Jaokson C. H., Ohio. IIW Can at all times ho found nt bis offlcn. Eh. 1'H KXTRACTEI) nhsolutelv without pain, and with perfect safety, by tho use of LAUGHING UAS. oil) Insurance. INSURANCE. McARTHUR AGENCY The Home Of Columbus, Is one of the best nmnngecl Insurance Companies in Ohio. Rates as low as any No. 1. responsible company. Losses . promptly adjusted without litigation, . 1 x: V i II. Cj JONES, Agent. UNINGER'S OLD LONDON DOCK GIN. ctiixj'rntstion, and the Kami I V. iiossnsslnu i1iru,IMlv ilnalcrnnil ft thoJ liAlmVr til im Ithl uiwl l'UM hi.. UtMnih medicinal properties which I b My VonplaM. A delicious Tonle. Pu' mi Ill(lllCllsihlo to Kiuniilio. flnnil Tin. 1-J . in cases,contniiilng ono dozen hottlu ...i! and sold ball druggists, frrocors, An. a m' liiNNimiEitN Co., cHialiishod 1TT8, jko! is .Hack Line. o A E T II UR HACK 'LINE. Charles W. BAaNKtr, Tropriotor llack leaves MoArthur post Oflloo at 10 o'clock, A. M,, to meet Kast Lino West: at I M. to meet the Ciiiclnnnt Kxpress tnilnir ot" at S o'clock P. m., to moot thot LoSs ZZs'. gohiir west, at 8 P. M for Fast Lino wt. Will meet tho 1 nrkorsburg, Marietta ana wnor by Ssr W 00 Wllu 1P" Ortlors left at'tho Post Oftlco, MoArtUur. or Eandasnrouiptly atUsudod to. ' una 4-18T8. ClIAULKa W, BABHETT. 1 7 v- Selected Poetry. The Widow and the Fatherless. Forget them not tho lonely heart,1 -Wliie.h grieves for Joys departed,' Tin! loving soul whose'light Ill's llcil, And left her broken-heartoil, , Tho child of one, thy hrothor hero, Translated to a higher sphere. Forgot thou not, hut to their needs '. ' He thlnonid freely given; . So will tho Muster smlla on tboo, Who rules the Lodge in heaven; . Bo will he, brother, say to thee, . , "l'liy kinjness all was done to m." Forget thou not, wlien In thy homo Is plents's born o'erllowlng, : Hut bid sweet blossoms In their path' To richer fruit ho growing. , ." Bo shall the Master say to thoe. "Well done, trucJMason j como to mo." Original Story. Written for THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS. MIDNIGHT AND NOONDAY. BY ECCE FRATER. CHAPTER XIII. "There is no use of talking, or of trying to have things my own way about that boy, for see that 'priest and people' are against me." So said Mr.Loren zo as he took a seat in his snug little sitting room a few evenings after we eloped our last chapter. Mrs. L. was ever ready to take advantage of every ' good trait in the character of her husband, and at once observed : "I think husband that you should feel grateful for so many kind friends, who seem desir ous of your good, and that of those entrusted to your care." "I presume," said Mr.L.,"that I have a peculiar nature, and that I am a singular man, but I don't like to give up my plans." "Whoever is wise,will change a poor plan for a rich one," said Mr. L, "and I am very happy to believe, that when you dis cover anything that works best for all concerned, you are as ready as any one .to adopt the same. You cannot i'ail to see that this interest taken in Wil lie, is a very great compliment to us." "Yes, yes, I reckon so ;" said the husband. "It speaks well for our training of the lad, and louder still for the intelligence of the family," said Mrs. L. "Wife, I received a letter to day from Dr. Smith, of Ilomer ville, who says that he would be pleased to have a boy come and stay with' him, "what do you say to letting Will go?" "Will you permit me to read the letter husband?" said Mrs. L. She reads aloud : HOMERVILLE, HOMERVILLE, June 18, 1854. Mr. J. Lorenzo, ' Dear Sir : I am informed by an acquaintance of mine that you have living with you, a very sprightly lad, and that he is anxious to obtain a classical education, and also that you do not feel able to give him the advantages required. You will therefore excuse mo for the lib erty I take in thus writing you. I am trustee of a benevolent fund especially designed for the education of smart good boys, whoso talents and tastes in cline toward tho ministry. If I am correctly informed, the boy you ho;Ve, would meet the requirement of the bequest, and if yoa concur, I shall at once proceed to pay proper and arnplp, attention to the subject. Th'o Institute situated at this Maco would amply meet the, required preparatory steps, and the Huron Theological school would complete tho oourso. I will agrco to tako the lad into my own family and duly pro vide' for his wants, whilo at tending the Institution hero. You will excuso mo for this lib erty, but it became my duty as an officer of our Board to write you and others coming under my observation or information, touohing this very solemn and important subject Ploaso bo so kind as to inform mo, rela tivo to this matter by return mail. Yours Truly, J. C. SMITH. "What do you say to it, Mr. Lorenzo?" observed tho I kind wife. ' . ' ' . . . ' -1 CHAPTER XIV. ."What do I say to it? I have just tli is to say: if ; Dr. Smith thinks ho can get; my boy away from me to , wait; on i)im, he has missed his mark, l ean see through the whole thing. Every body knows that Wiil is the smartest boy for work, in this section, becauso I made him do right, and now Dr. Smith -wants to get ihim away , from ; me," and ' Mr. L. seemed vexed. . , "Husband?" said tho wife, k .aipVafraiiJ you, are ac cusjsg Smith wrongfully." - "No, I haint. I know just what I'm about. I am no greeny, as they may suppose. I can see aa far through a mill stone, as any of them, and it I wanted that boy educated, I could do as much for him as these meddlesome benevolent societies, and then once more, we are not dependent upon the benevolence of other fojks, and so I will write Dr. Smith, and politely invite him to mind his own business."' . "No, no, Mr. Lorenzo, you entirely misconstrue this whole affair. This is only another ev idence of the esteem and ap preciation we are held in by the respectable and pious com munity. Mr. S. only wrote you a letter of enquiry and explana- tion,and had not the least idea of your being offended, much less that vou would charge him with sinister motives." "Then I shall not reply at all, and treat his letter with si lent contempt," replied Mr. L. "If you have no objections, I will answer, the letter for you, declining the offer," said, the wife. "Just as you please. If I an swer, I shall givo him a piece of my mind. I have made up my mina to-day to the effect that I will accept of the offer made by Elder Walker send the boy to school here for awhile, and then put him un der the parson, and if he can't make a preacher out of the lad, no one can." "With the help of the Lord, you mean, Mr. Lorenzo." "Yes, of course ; but I am of the opinion that the Parson can do more for the boy, than all their 'Hum my dido' doings at Homerville or Huron either," remarked the husband. "Iheivo no doubt,but,Mr.-W. will do his duty by the boy," said the wife. "And then again," remarked Mr. L; "we can have the boy at homo to do tho chores, and not grow up in idleness, nor be the nigger of some one, no kin to him. I shall go over and see the Parson at an early date, and no thanks to tho oQicious Trustee of Homerville." "I fear Mr. L. that you do not appreciate tho motives bf Mr. Smith properly," said his wife. "I don't want to appreciate a seliish motive," said tho very unselfish Mr. L. Several seasons had now passed with their varied scenes and peculiarities. Indeed, a year, had almost flown by,when wo again open our our story. This evening is the 27th of May, 1855. .The day had been niversally delightful, and tho flowers had perfumed tho spring time air, with the aroma of elyrian sweetness. The Lo ronzos were sitting on the front porch; in conversation touch ing tho , various topics of tho day, far a neighbor by ' tho name of Davis, had callod in and tho evening was passing by ; it pleasantly, when the front'gate opened hastily, and a person alked up toward the house ycry rapidly. TO BE CONTINUED. A True Story. DIGGING THE WELL. BY AUGUSTA LARNED. Andrew Ilinman, known to his neighbors as Handy Andy, ha'd grown fore-handed by an infallible recipe hard work, oconomy, and tho habit of do ing every himself. There, was no man in the town who hired vfeL ai?L as : lJandy 'Andy. He was-born wlih' con trivance, that first, best gift to the New Englander, and could build a barn, or paper a room, or cook a meal, or whitewash ceiling, or solder tin-ware as deftly as if he had served an apprenticeship to each and all of these useful trades. There was no manner of tool Handy Andy did not possess in his shop, which was part and parcel of the old cider-mill ; or if he had it not in his collec tion, he could make the thing itself, or a substitute, from his unfailing store of gumption. Andy Hardy's name was per fectly justified by the facts. He had a very queer pair of hands, hairy, brown and wrinkled, and was marvelous the fine work they could do, even to putting a new stick to the family umbrel la, or mending a crochet-needle. He had even made a lit tle coffin for one of his own children, not to save ex- I SI St 1 I 1 1 pense, but irom a ieeiing tnat he could not let indifferent hands touch the wood that was to enclose his curly-pated boy, who had clambered so often over his knees, and clasped his neck with a pair of chubby arms. He shut himself in the old shop, and tears fell down on the well-seasoned boards as ho planed and fashioned the little casket. But with all Andy's contriv ing there was no well on the place. A shoemaker's family, says the adage, goes poorly shod, and a handy man will sometimes tolerate very unhan dy things on his premises for a long course of years. Andy had got used to seeing his women folks bring water from the spring some distance off at the foot of the hill, and gather their washing-tluid in a large hogs head placed at the corner of the house. For years Mrs. Ilinman had talked about having a well dug, and had expended much breath and eloquence on the subject in vaiu, while Andy, in his spare hours, tinkered away at something to amuse the chil dren or please his own fancy. Andy had promised many times that he would do the job when farm work was slack, but the time never came, owinf;, per haps, to a deeply-grounded prejudico in his mind, that what was good enough for his moth er, would servo his wife, and a very stubborn faith in tho pow ers of endurance possessed by women folks generally. But his daughter Polly had grown to bo a tall, straight, coaiely girl, with fine grrty eyes in which the thoughts lay like agates in a clear brook. Polly had dovelopod o talont for man' aging her father, Mrs. Hind' man did not possess. That ex ccllent woman had harped bo long on a few moldercd strings which Andy found the harping an1 accompaniment ' to his thoughts, he. -would have missed had it ceased altogether." Polly h ad said in her heart. there shall be a well dug this summer. She should recall, al most as far back as memory went, tugging buckets of water up tho hill, and splashing her miserable little ankles all the way ; and the exercise was none the less distasteful now that she' could carry with a steady hand. One day Polly presented her self before her lather, who sat on the porch, all embowered in trumpet-creeper and . bitter sweet. He was fitting a helve to a new ax, and a little pile Of snow-white shavings lay heap ed - against the rocker of ' his chair. Just over Polly's shoul der appeared the florid face ana curly locks ot a young "Here is Jonas Strong, fath er," said the girl. "He has been locating oil wells down in Pennsylvania, and thinks he could show us where to dig for water near the house." "So, Jonas," remarked Far mer Ilinman, sighting along the ax-helve at the same time, "you've struck ile." "No, sir," said Jonas, "but I've helped other people to do it. It's a gift." "Gift ?" repeated Andy, whittling away; "1 don't be lieve in gifts, except the gift of tongues, and the women mo nopolize that. Now, if it was a contrivance or invention that would lead people to discover what's hid in the bowels of the 'arth " "This is what he does it with," interrupted Polly, and she drew the divining-rod, a crotched stick of the common witch-hazel from the fold of her dress. "Come and see how Jonas goes to work. You can't understand the thing, father, until you watch the process." "Sho 1" spluttered Andy, "you can't make me believe in any such witch work. I'm too old a bird to bo limed in that way." Mrs. Ilinman had listened to this confab through the slats of the buttery window. She left the yellow butter she was working over into yellow balls, and came out on to the porch. "Do humor Jonas, father," said she. "What's the damage, anyhow ? If he's playing off a trick on us, there won't be no bones broke." Andy was himself curious to see the young man operate, so, aided and abetted by his better half, he left the ax-helve and and the pile of shavings. "Come now, young man," he erunted, "let's have a taste of your conjuring, but I tell you aforehand I don't believe a word on't." Jonas exchanged a furtive smile with Tolly, and, seizing the crotched stick by both its prongs, walked slowly out into the "grassy yard, and stopped under a great pear tree. "This is the place," stamping the ground with his foot. "The witch-hazel bough turned,in my hand. I will put down a stake here, and any time you choose to dig I think you will strike vein of good water.". "Sho, nonsense," spluttered Andy, "I could do that trick myself. It's all moonshine, and just to prove that it is, I'll be gin digging there bright and early to-morrer morning." "Very well, sir," said Jonas, "and if you don't strike water in the course of a day or two I will agree to pay you lor your trouble." , 1 "Of course you wouldn't take pay," said Polly, quickly. 1 " "Of course I would,' return ed Andy, "and I'll take the conceit but of him into the bar gain."'-" '" 'l "All right, sir," said Jonas nottled by tho elder man's de a rision. "If ' I make a mistake now, it will be the first time. I am ready ,to stand to my agree ment," and he nodded to Polly, and turned 'on his heel and walked away; ; . ; . ! The . next morning was one in a thousand cool, clear, crystalline, with a sky of une qualed depth'of splendor, ;and little breezes idly running their fingers . through the grass jand leaves, - and touching all j the harmonies of the world. Handy Andy . had a choice collection of -the worst! old clotlia ever seen. It was one of Mrs. Andy's standing griev ances that father would get'on some old dud when she wished him tq tipear resoctable Jle never parted .voluntarily with any of his habiliments. Some times, when he was absent on a journey, Mrs. Ilinman gave away a few she hoped he would not miss, and burnt up others that were too bad to bestow in charity, carrying them out to the purifying and sacrificial flame with a pair of tongs. Now the lord and master praseuted himself in a pair of trousers he had used to paint in, and which were plentifully streaked and spotted with du el's colors. Ot a pleasant morning Andy liked to begin work bright and early, and ; it secretly did him good to hear oily go singing round the house, to smell ; the coffee bub bling on the kitchen fire and mingling its fragrance with lilacs and seringas, and hear the hens cackling in a business like way out in the barn. Now as Polly ripped down the orchard path to the spring, she took sly peeps at a picture of a kind known as tin-type, which J onas Strong had given her the day before, and it seemed as though her heart was full of melody, which overflowed her lips. Well-digging seemed to come by nature to Andy ; before noon he was up to his head, and had rigged a pully and bucket, and Margaret came out to empty the bucket as it creaked up over the pit. Overhead in the pear-tree was a robin's nest. The fuss had not driven off the mother-bird. She sat there evins proceedings and taking a very intelligent interest in the matter. "Any signs of water yet, fath er. "No." responded Andy. "I shall keep on for a spell right down towards Chany. There'll be some satisiaction in seeing what buttresses and supports the old farm, how the sleepers are put in. It's curious how one feels going down into the insides of the 'arth. I've thought of all those passages of Scriptur' where it speaks of life eternal, and compares . it to well of living water. And I expect if I go down deep enough, to see stars shinning in tho daytime, It's something to be sartin the sun don't snnfl 'em out every morning like can dles in the gold candlesticks that was set before the ark of covenant And to see the rob- . ii it ' 1L in roostin up mere uu iuv pear-tree limb, as if she know ed all about it and give her consent, is kind of company. I shan't lose nothing by the job, for if it fails Jonas Strong must pay up. I'll let him do it just to show him he mustn't try to come, it over folks with no such hocus pocus. ', ! But what will you give Jo nas if you succeed," asked Pol ly: ;. ; . ; ,-. : . vi " uDunno," responded Andy, slowly, wiping the brown mold from his face, "unless I let him take you." -' Polly said no more, but the tin-type seemed to burn in the depth of her pocket, in sympa thy with her cheeks. So hey worked ' on,: ; the hollyhocks blooming in "variegated ranks, - and the larkspur, and candy tuft, and sweet williama spread- , ing a perpetual banquet for tho bees ; ' while Mrs. Ilinman nap ped out, the pillow-slips ( and towels , she bad washed, - and hung them on-the . currant push es, and a brood of downy' chick ens peeped in the burdocE All that day they worked . and ' the next, and Andy waa'deep in the well his own hands had digged, when suddenly ' there ' came a voice from the pit. - . "That, rascal was jightv;uter all. There is. water herey It's rushing in fit to drown me." And.Andy.: jjq-ambieou; fast; ap ever ne couia. .- . t Polly wa,s '-as pleased' as though they ' had found a dia- ' mond mine under the poarTtree. "The worst of it is we can't crow over Jonas," said Andy, scratching his head ; but I shall say it was a lucky guess. Won der what your mother'il do now, she hain't got the well to; din on ? Guess my old clothes'll ketch it worse than ever.") i When the well cleared tho whole family came out to ,taste of its refreshing draught. - "It's prime Adam's' !ale," said Andy passing the dipper ; to his wife. "Don't-believe there's a better well of water in the town. I never thought be fore that goodness struck in the 'arth much below my crowing crops; but the ground's full of it. You can't dig ":. anywhere but what you'll . strike some blessing or nuther. If I should follow well digging for a living, believe I should turn 'phlloso- ,i pher." , ' ; . ri"' - "I hope you won'rn into anythingso' shiftless as ttiaf? observed Mrs, Ilinman, with proper contempt; "and what I'm thinking of's whether I shall have to make lye for washing, and whether it '.won't use up a sight of soap."- In the course of a week An dy stoned up the well, built a neat curb, and hung a bucket ready for use. Polly was only sorry that the bucket could not be made moss-covered to order, like the one in the song. What sentiment is there about a spick-and-span new well ? One day, when the work was finished, Jonas Strong came over to inspect it. Polly went out with him, bare-headed, into the shady, grassy yard. She wore a white spencer and a black bodice, and had put a red rose in her hair. She stood close to Jonas under the great pear-tree, that made a shelter ing bower with its long arms, and they peered down together at the little, cool, clear mirror below. "They say truth , lives far down in the well," Jonas re marked, as his hand stole out and clasped his companion's; "but I can road ' something sweetef in your eyes, Polly." They kissed each other, while the robin looked sedately down from her nest; and ' that day ove got into the well along with truth, and, for aught I know, has lived there ever since. ':f.; f'i IT! f. j trip' The Mining Journal recom-' j mends use of pulverized fuel in j ( he manufacture of iron. It ! j states that the iron made in ! this manner Mill boar a greater ! tensile strain when reheated ? and rolled once than that which ? has been ' reheated and rolled three times by the ordinary pro cess. ' , " ; ', " ' ' ' '' ' ' I, , .aai.LJ....J!.llJ!."!!9' There is a prospect that tho' bankruptcy proceedings against the Louisville, New Albany and St Louis Air ' Lino Itailiw. Company will by: compromiser