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Business Directory. LEGAL.
J. Jt. LKHaiON. A. B. FBEXCK.
LEVMOS FREXCH,
TTORNEYS AT LAW AND GENERAL
Mr. Lmmia will oe in nis ouue ai. r leuavuv,
XnursaAy ol earn wee, iw-wpv
to ail iegril business.
J. T. GAKVEH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Fremont, Ohia, offers
his professional servicesto ail rixjuirinir lernl
business doae in any of the Court, of SaadusTcy
Countv Till also attend to tne collection of claim.
Oifaoe in lyler'a Uiock, on Croghan street.
B1EAM W. WINSLOW. JOSEPH R. BABTLETT.
WES'SLOW BAETLETT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, White's Block, corner
of Front and (Jrotflwu strwts. I'rompt atten
tion given to the collection of el-aims and all busi
Bs pertaining to the irerx'ral la w .practice.
Fremont, Augt 15,"ls;u.
J. L. GREENE, Sks.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
will attend to Lcpd Business in Sandus
ky and idjominircounties,Omce,;oruerBoom,up
tairs, Tyler's Block,
FREHONT.O.
P. BUCUuUfD. H. EVEBETT. JA8. H. FOWLKE
BTJCKLAXD, EVERETT FOAVLEE,
ATTCBNEY8 COUNSELLORS AT LAW
and Solicitors in Chancery; will attend to pro.
siional business in Sandusky and adjoinmirooun
iai. Officejeoond story, Bnckland'tNew Block
f raIONT.
H. BFUNKERHOFF, M. D
PHTStolAX SURGEON,
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FFICE IN BUCKLAND'S OLD BLOCK,
Ins gnmt St. Residence on Cronhan Street,
cond houaewestof Hiifh school building. Office
hoars from lOto U A. to 4 and 7 to P.M.
H. F. BOSWOKTH, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office and
iWiidence No. Front street,
FEEJiONT, O.
DR. A. F. FEICE,
SURGICAL MECHANICAL DENTIST, Of
fise orer Bankot freinout, White'eblock.wiU
be found inhisomce.at all times.
VETERINARY.
DB. GEO. O. HARLAN,
VETERINARY SERiJEON, Fremont, Ohio,
otfioe at buckland 6c Son's Drug- Store. Is a
graduate of the Philadelphia Veterinary College,
and is prepared to treat all animals intelligently
and humanely. 15yl
HOTELS
K.ESSLEK HOUSE,
EB.E ELDING, Proprieior. Pansenjrers carried
to and from the House free of charge. Situ
ated oorner of Front and State Sts..
FREMONT.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
BELLEVUE, O. John Ford, Troprietor. Ee
oently rentted and furnished.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
L Q. Rawson, J as. aloore, Joseph L. Kaw90n
J.L.BAWSON fc CO.,
STORAGE, FORWARDING ft COMMISSION
Herohanta, Dealers in Coarse'Salt, Fine 6alt,
Dairy Salt, Land Plaster, Calcined Plaster, Water
Lime, etc Having purchased the entire property
known as the Fremont Warehouse and Steam Ele
vators, at the head of navigation on the bandusky
Hirer, we are prepared to receive, store and ship
Grain, Lumber, Merchandise and other produce.
Omoe.at Fremont Elevators.
FREMONT. 1-1
FXZ0T03LAFHX!:&
A. D. WILES'
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,oyerGaryin's8tore
F RE-MONT.
MISCELLANEOUS.
FOSTER BECK.
Carpenters, Joiners and Builders,
FREMONT, OHIO.
Does all kinds of Contract Building, and all man
ner of Jobbing: Work. Shop on corner of Wayne
and Ewia; streets. Moving and Raising of Build
ings, and all kinds of Tackle work specially at
tended to. Orders solicited, 16yl
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BLACKSMITH SHOP!
REVOLUTION IX PRICES!
J. COOKSON CO.
Hare opened a New Blacksmith Shop on the cor
ner of biate and Justice streets, where they are
ready to do HORsE SHOKi.vo in the most
satisfactory manner, and at reduced pri es. Give
them a call. 6-31
jD. Ii. June Bl Son.
ManufacturersWholesale Retail Dealenin
F R E EYI O N T
"W HITK LIME
BUILDING STONE!
AU orders promptly filled:
Office near lake Shore Depot, Fremont, Ohio.
7 Are also prepared to do all kinds of Mason
Walk on short notice.
MEAT MARKET.-
Jrsjr!t OX STATE STREET.
f", A LUHRS takes pleasure in
l!,f,J inviting the public to call at his
a 1 f stand on State Ktreet. in
Br- r-""- Frenlzel's Ifclnrk.
whan they want Fine Steaks or Excellest
Boasts. The best quality of
BEEF, PORK MUTTON and VEAL
can be found on his counter, and the public will
be served always at
REASONABLE PKICESi
CALL AND TRY ME.
46 A. LUHRS.
E. F. HAFFORD.
CARRIAGE
Factory.
Corner Front and Market Streets.
flARRIAGES, OPEN AND TOP BUGGIES con
J etantly on hand, or made to order in any style.
KParicular attention paid to repairing. All
Work done at my factory warranted.
iyl E. F. HAFFORD.
J. P. MOORE,
MANUFACTURER OF
CARRIAGES.BIGGIES WAGONS
I DESIRE to call the attention of all to the ad'
ditions I have recently made to my
CARRIAGE FACTORY.
I have so enlarged and remodled my shop, as to
rive me nnKurnakhCd facilities for ex
ecuting, in a superior manner, every description of
Carnages ana wagon wont. ju.y workmen are
reliable and competent. All material is selected
with special oare, and throughly seasoned before it
is manufactured. 11 y aim is to furnish work
which shall have a merited reputation for superior
quality and stvie. I have filter up a large store
room and shall keep always on nana,
Every variety of Carriages, Bug"
sTiee, Lumber, Spring and
TlaariLet Wagons.
With these newly acquired facilitieemy prices will
J.T VOORE.
Carriage Factors.cor., Garrison and Water Sts
jrremonb, wiuu, au
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soLicrroBS and attobwevs fob
U.S.AK3FC?.E!QHPATtKTS.
BUREIDGE St. CO
12t Superior St- opposite A uicri-
can uoui,vieciaDUtUs
With Associated Offices in Waahington s.ndFor-
Ay 47 eigavuiaAiLisi's,
STILSON.LEEKdt DOERINGS,
TMPOHTER8AND JOBBEEEOF
YANKEE NOTIONS,
Toys Jvancy pooDS,
So. 133 ana 135 Water tit.,
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
a. amuoii i.w.liki, j.o.w.b:oosbibs.
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The undersigned would notify all persons who de
siM traveling westward that he is prepared to sell
THROUGH TICKETS
to ill THE ieadtno roiSTS in Indiana. Illinois'
low. Hiaeoun, Kaueas. N, ndahforn..
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FREMONT, SANDUSKY
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Which for Style, Workmanship, Durability and prices cannot be surpassed,
At the Old Reliable Stand of A. HOOT,
3 Buckland Few Block, Front Street.
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O- R. MoOULLOOH7
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Dugs, Medicines dChemicals
Warranted Fresh, Pure and Reliable!
Selected with a special reference to the wants of Fremont and vicinity,
and as low in price as any Drug House in Northern Ohio. Kyo
bargains, do not fail to go to McCulloch's Drug Book and Wall Paper
Emporium. He is just receiving the finest stock of Wall Paper, Curtains
and Borders ever brought to the city, which will be sold at prices which
DEFY COMPETION. Be sure and see them before you buy.
Of the best brand made in the world wan-anted. Eckstein, HU1 Co.'s
Phoenix Lead has never been excelled by any White Lead made. I am.
the Manufacturer's Agent, and can and will sell at the lowest possible
figure for a PURE LEAD.
RAW BOILED LINSEED OIL PURE!
I wish everybody to
OUR STOCK OF PATENT MEDICINES
Is complete, comprising all the popular Remedies of the day, direct from
the Manufacturers, and Warranted Genuine.
DYE STTXFITS!
Of all kinds and descriptions, sold so low that tm examination will con
vice the most skeptical that McCulloch's Drug, Book and Wall Paper
Emporium is the place to get good bargams.
OILS OFEVERY DESCRIPTION!
n;i T.r,Wot,incr Oil. Fish Oil,
Sperm Oil, &c, 4c, in
BRTJSII1ZS OF
Paint, Varnish, Shoe, Whitewash, Counter, Scrub, Hair, Cloth Nail, Tooth
Lather, and every other kind ot Brush, cheaper than the cheapest, and
better than
For Medicinal and Sacramental purposes, as pure as can be obtained, and
sold as low as the quality will allow. Pure Native Wines always on hand.
PERFUMERY, FLAVORING EXTRACTS, HAIR OILS, AND
Toilet Articles in large variety, Colgates and other Fancy Soaps,
.JCHFAT! CHEAPER!! CHEAPEST!!!
SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY, BLANK
Books, News Papers, Periodicals, &c, constantly on hand. Fine Chromos,
Frames, Cord and Tassels and Curtain Fixtures. Come and see them.
My Motto Js "NOT TO BE EXCELLED IX QUALITY, OR UNDERSOLD,,
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understand that all goods sold by me are guaran
teed to be as represented.
Lard Oil, Whale Oil, Neatsfoot Oil,
quahtfties to suit all.
ALL KINDS!
the best.
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garimmrf, Stouts, tumor t,
HAVE ENLARGED
And are now offering a large
BUILDER'S
STOVES,
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Agricultural Implements, dc.
LOCKS, LATCHES,
In large
NAILS
We sell the Stubenville Nail entirelv. and believe tW r tha u,i
Nail sold in. this market.
CARPENTERS' AND
For sale by
STOVES
The enlargement of our room allows
owinciu occii iu ricmuui, uur une cmpraces tne jew American,
New Empire, Dxtension Redan, Director, Senator, Leader and a lar e
number of Elevated Ovens and Square Stoves.
We-make the Stove Trade one of our specialties, and we are willing to
demonstrate that we can give a better bargain in stoves than can be sot
any -wuere eise. uvm, oe airaia 10
Beaf in mind that we trim them out
TIPJViARF. PnP55i:n
1 1 U sSIHMBal I llfilVWblial H M I S 1
We keep a very large variety of
Ware. Copper Ware made to order.
ourselves on, it is the extra quality of
EAVETROUGH! ROOFING!
We are prepared to do any kind of
BIRD CAGES!
We sell the only cage that has a patent fastener. C. M. DILLON CO.
Pitt's Buffalo Threshing Machine:
Russell Co.'s Threshing Machine.
Buckeye Steel Rake.
Victor Drill.
Climax Mower and Reaper.
Russell Co.'s Mower and Reaper.
Excelsior Mower and
McCormicks Mower and Reaper.
We are agents for all of the ebove Machines, and can furnish any num
ber of Rakes that may be needed. We offer the best Steel Rake, the low
est priced and one that is so simple that any child can use it. Call and
see the Buckeye Steel Rake. Repairs furnished for all of the above ma-
chines.
Corn Plows, Double
tors. Corn Drills.
We sell the Mauniee Double Shovel Plow, and it is low in price and
well made. We offer a complete assortment of the above eoods.
Hoes, Forks, Rakes,
bcythes,bnaths, Grain Cradles, Sickles, &c,
For sale by C. M. DLLLON CO.
BATH BRICK, SILVER SAND,
PLASTER PARIS, LAND PLASTER, WATER LIME,
WHITE LEAD, COLORED PAINTS, FRENCH ZINC, Ac,
v e oner a lull line ol ramts, and guarantee our Zinc and Lead to be
unequaled for purity, fineness and coloring properties.
C. M. DILLON CO.
WINDOW GLASS AND PUTTY,
COAL OIL, LINSEED OIL, AND
PAINT BRUSHES, White Wash Brushes, Shoe Brushes, Horse Brushes,
Scrub Brushes, and Dust Brushes, for sale by C. M. DILLON CO.
LEATHER AND RUBBER BELTING, for sale by C. M. DILLON CO.
FARM BELLS, DINNER BELLS,
For sale by C. M. DILLON CO.
TABLE CUTLERY, POCKET KNIVES, SCISSORS, SHEARS, SPOONS
The above in large variety and cheap. C. M. DILLON CO.
WOODEN WARE, BASKETS, BROOMS, OIL CLOTH.
Our patterns of oil cloth are admired by all who see them.
O s-IVL DILLON 86 OO-
Opposite the Post Micc,
E5Ba:opaI,, OHIO.
2ljjricnltttral Impltmtnts, &t.
THEIR ROOM, BUILT A
and most complete stock of
HARDWARE,
TINWARE,
HINGES, &c,
variety at C. M. DILLON CO.'S.
NAILS
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COOPERS' TOOLS!
c. M. DILLON CO.
STOVE!
us to make the finest disulav of
can ana see us wnen wanting a stove.
nicely.
Tinware, Pressed Ware and Enameled
If there is any one thing we pride
our Tinware. Call and examine it.
C. M. DILLON CO.
work in the Tinner's line.
CM. DILLON CO.
BIRD HOOKS!
Reaper.
C. M. DILLON CO.
Shovel Plows, Cultiva
CM. DILLON CO.
Shovels, Tiling, Spades,
for sale by C. M. DILLON CO
For sale by C. M. DILLON fc CO.
For Bale by C. M. DILLON CO.
LUBRICATING OIL,
At C. M. DILLON CO.'S.
TEA BELLS, CALL BELLS,
Dillon 1
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Business Directory. LEGAL. Poetry
OCTOBER
What joy is this which thrills ui
With unspeakable delight?
What benison which fills us
To forgetf ulness of pain?
What stimulus is nerving us to battle for the
Eight,
As when in hopeful spring-sime we tracked its
beacon light?
Whence do our wasted energies a new-born
force attain?
October, blest of all the gods and well-beloved
of men,
Is ruling with a royal right the willing world
again!
What though November's sleeping breath
May Btir the quickening gale
What though a whispering North-wind saith,
"Your streams I will enchain"
What though some far-off tufts of snow may
chilling life exhale;
While eplendor, wealth, and beauty with radi
ance fill the vale,
We dare not by jirophetic woe our heritage
profane,
But yield to glad October, who garlands hill
and glen,
Crowned with a gray Bacchante's crown, and
throned for us again!
Who calls these "melancholy days,
The saddest of the year?"
Who sings in minor tones of praise
For Autumn a refrain?
Who, disenthralled from Summer, her wan
face loitering near,
But triumphs o'er his late divorce in joyance
all sincere,
And springs, with heart unburdened, on the
richly loaded wain
Of her who wields the "eolden-rod." and
sways the hearts of men,
Wreathed in iridian splendor maenificent
again!
Her gracious hand extended,
She bids us cease from care,
And feast; love's labor ended,
On golden-dropping grain.
Our souls have but to open wide to charms so
debonair,
And drink the ruddy wine of life from lips 'tis
ours to share;
Ay! revel in the joyousness of glowing mount
and pain.
Aflame with bright October's smile brighter
and dearer when,
Turning her crimsoned cheek to go, the pale
months come again.
Miscellaneous Selections.
THE CHEMIST'S STORY.
BY DR ROSS WILSON.
1 am a chemist. Many, doubtless,
would find it diflicut to define what
the duties of a chemist are, if asked.
To such I say, a chemist is a collec
tor of facts. It is the business of
his life to aid in unmasking for the
world's benefit, the good and evil
hovering in the air we breath, bur
rowing in the ground we tread,
mingling with the food we eat, and
swimming in what we drink.
Then again, the law waits on the
chemist. A human being has passed
suddenly away. Somebody thinks
there is foul pla'. The chemist ex
amines the body of the supposed
victim. The law listens hat in hand
to science. The suspected party
trembles in anticipation. The ora
cular lips of the chemist move; he
names one out of the fearful lists of
poisons. It Js either strychnine,
prussic acid, or the deadly oil of bit
ter almonds. The law then puts on
its hat, takes the decision into court,
and hangs the prisoner.
In short the chemist must know
the whys ana wherelores ot every
thing in the phenomena of life, as
far as feeble man can know. The
composition of the ocean he must be
familiar with he must be able to
name the gases of the air, and capa
ble of resolving the human body it
self into invisible vapors. I am the
occupant of this responsible and im
portant position in the Medical Col
lege of P
It was about eleven o'clock on a
stormy evening that I bade good
night to my student, Tom Richards,
at the door of my labratory at the
south end of the college building.
Good night, Professor, said
Tom "we are going to have a fall
of hydrogen, oxygen, and a trace of
saline.
Hydrogen and oxygen in our
nomenclature H. O. is water.
"I hope," I said, in answer to
Tom's playful words, "that it will
not rain belore I get home.
"O, no; it won t for an hour yet,
said Tom.
"Then" I said with a sigh, notic
ing that the mercury in my barome
ter wa3 rapidly falling, a sign of a
violent storm, "I shall certainly get
wet."
Tom was very anxious to know
what would keep me up after twelve
o'clock so I told him I was about to
commence analyzing the stomach oi
a Mrs. Johnson, whose husband now
lav in P iail. mst across the
road from the college, on suspicion
that he was the murderer. Tom
said I had worked hard enough that
dav. and deserved the night to my
self. He spoke the truth. Still, I
had delayed examining the woman's
so long, and the trial was so near at
hand, that I could not in conscience
put off the examination further, al
though I had heard several classes
recite at the different puDiic scnoois
in the morning, had delivered a lec
ture in the college proper that after
noon, and one in the labrttory that
evening, besides attending to my sev
eral duties as police surgeon during
the day.
AsTom was passing out of the col
lege yard, through the gate, his head
turned, bidding me good night; he
brushed against a man standing with
l.ia hack to the college and his face
toward the prison. The street lamp
showed me that the man was clad in
tin. nnlifft uniform.
Re-entering my labratory, I took
down a glass jar from a shelf, and
sat down before my sink to examine
it. The jar which held Mrs. John
son's stomach was covered by a
cloth, duly tied with strings, anu
properly seaea witn my oinciai seai
in red wax. Breaking through the
cloth and seal, I lifted the stomach
out with a dissecting hook, and laid
it on a little white platter before me,
then became busily engaged in ap-nlvino-
those tests to its contents by
which r,c detected the presence of
injurious substances.
An hour had passed since the de
parture of young Richards. I had
carefully emptied the contents of the
stomach into a number of bowls and
hasins. I had labored hard to discov
er traces of poison in all this time,
but had been unsuccessful. Joe
Johnson the suspected man, had
been a student of mine a few years
before. I thought him a good
hearted, intelligent fellow, only a lit
tle wild, and really began to hope
that he might prove innocent; when
among the macerated food, 1 came
upon a small, infinitessimal white
grain. By careful manipulation and
the use of my magnifying glass I
managed to get this upon a piece of
smoked glass, and examined it.
It was then certain that I had dis
covered arsenic; but to make assur
ance doubly sure, I determined to
apply a well known test for that pois
on. Accordinglp I placed in the wo
man's stomach the usual acids, and
then turned on the blow-pipe flame,
and presently there appeared that
brilliant metallic mark, worthy of
Cain's brow, which is the sign and
signet of the Poison Fiend.
"Yes," I exclaimed, as I saw that
fatal blazon, "Joe Johnson is the
murderer of his wife With the evi
dence of that mark to back me, no
power can save him from the rope
"Do you really think so? said a
calm, squeaking voice behind me.
I turned quickly and discovered a
tall thin policeman, having red, weak
and watery eyes, standing at my
office door and staring in. His body
looked like as if it had been rolled
out long between his hands, like a
molasses candy stick. His nose was
merely an elongated, fleshy, plug, and
his forehead was decorated with two
red streaks instead of eyebrows. He
had no expression at ail in his face,
and his policeman's cap was so large
that it threatened to settle down on
his shoulders.
His uniform reassured me, and I
addressed him with some impatience.
"My mend, 1 suppose I am wanted
to attend an inquest or what is
your purpose?"
"No, doctor, the man ain't dead
yet."
"Anything in the surgical way?"
I was police surgeon as weli as
coroner.
"No."
"Well, then, why am I sent for at
this time of night?"
"Don't bother, Perfessor; the man
ain't dead yet; but they say he will
De Deiore morning.
"Are doctors attending him?"
"Oh, he's in good hands, Perfes
sor." "What's the matter with him?"
"Well," said the official, "some
folks say he got so much knowledge
into him that he can't live under it"
"Cerebral disorder, eh?"
"What?" asked the man.
"Brain disorder, I mean; some
thing wrong here."
I touched my forehead, and so did
he, as he said:
"Aye; and I thought I'd drop in
and tell you if you was going to the
station to-morrow to take a look and
see if its post mortem or not. Be
sides, I wanted to- see where I could
always find you in case of need.'
1 bowed and attributed his visit to
a feeling of curiosity. He sat on
the sink, one rubbered foot thrown
over the other and wiped his nose
with a dirty handkerchief several
times, while his eyes wandered
about like Christopher Columbus
after discoveries. Finally he spoke
UKe one who felt himBelf called on
to say something.
"renessor there has been an acci
dent this afternoon; terrible, too."
"Ah!" said I.
"Avful!" said he.
"What was it?"
"Nitro-glycerine explosion in the
iron mills a hundred fellow mortals
busted.
"Sad!"
"Affecting, very." Here he rubb
ed his mouth with the back of his
hand. 'Perfesser, what is that nitro-
gly-cerine?"
"It is a very dangerous article, I
ans wered,happy to display my knowl
edge. "It has nearly twice the de-
structiveness of gunpowder, but un
like it does not explode on the appli
cation of heat. A red-hot coal
dropped into it will not explode it.
It will fresze; it is yellow and greasy.
Its syllables in our nomenclature
are Ce, Ha, (No. 3,) 3, 07."
"You don t mean to say so!" said
the officer interrupting me in disa
greeable tones in the very middle of
a choice extract irom ose ot my lec
tures. "Why, but you hain't told
me how it does go off. If fire won't
bust it, what in (hem) will?"
I told him if it were pressed or
anything fell on it would explode.
"Place it under the crusher of a
cider mill, strike it with a hammer,
let a weight fall on it from a hight
"Yes," said the man, "and that
rouses its volcaner, does it! How
does it come, Perfesser?"
"In little cans why like these," I
said, discovering that there was a
little can of it the marble sink,which
I caielessly neglected to place in the
cellar. I then took a little of the
glycerine and spread it on an anvil
and struch it with a hammer. A
slight explosion and a flame burst
from the paper.
"No, really, said the policeman,
starting back "I suppose, Perfes
ser. that there can would make a
mighty noise if allowed to explode
in here all at once.
"It would blow the entire building
into atoms," said I, resuming the
analysis of Mrs. Johnson's stomach.
"No!" I heard the policeman re
mark in deliberate lankee tones;
"You don't say so!"
The next moment 1 lay on my
back, a gag in my mouth terribly
frightened and sick at heart. Over
me stood the policeman, and the
first thing that functionary did was
looking me straight in the face
to take ot his nose: lie men nu
himself of his red eyebrows, hair,
cap, and became a determined look
ing fellow, with tne eyes oi a neaa,
and the nose of a Roman.
"So you think," said the metamor
phosed in the tones of a gentleman,
"that noiumg can save ioe juuusuu
from the rope? Poor fellow! it does
look like it But, my dear Profeess
or, Joe Johnson is fortunate enough
to have in me a devoted friend as
brother. I have undertaken to save
him, and he shall be saved! In or
der to this end it will be necessary
to remove from the face of the earth
not only the stomach of his misera
able wife yonder, but also, my dear
Professor I'm sorry to oblige to
say it for 1 believe you were my
brother's teacher and friend your
self as well"
I saw that he was in deadly earnest.
"Your death must apparently re
sult from accident; at least, s0 it
must seem to the authorities. My
brother is in jail, and they will not
suspect me,
What terrible deed was on his
brain hatching? Was he going to
murder me? The hard earned knowl
edge of a score of years I would
have given for a power to utter one
single cry.
He took me in his arms aud plac
ed me in a chair, and oound me to
it, and then from a side pocket he
produced another rope.
vv as it myself who was to hang in
stead of Johnson?
No; yes. He placed the line pul
ley-like -over an arm of the hanging
cnanciener. mis was altogether too
slight support even for one of my
slender frame. It was not to be
hanging, then?
lo one end of the rope he attached
a weight, and raised it by pulling
the other end six or eight feet from
the floor. The loose end he secured
to the fink. Was he mad? Did he
mean to draw me under this weight
and send me out of the world in a
novel rvay by lettin it fall, and dash
ing my brains out?
lothe sink he attacked alone-
yellow string.
under the weight on the floor he
placed the can of nitro glvcerine! I
recognized the yellow string; it was
a fuse and would burn sixty min
utes. It would burn across the
marble slab there was no hope of
igniting any substance that would
warn my friends.
"Do you begin to see through it?"
asked Johnson's brother.
I believed I cursed him with my
eyes. 1 could only breathe through
my nostrils, and great veins were
swelling and growing hot in my fore-
neaa.
Drawing a match from his pocket
he lighted and applied it to the fuse,
that little tyrant that gave a man an
hour to live, and killed him at the
end of it that little irresponsible
terror that, lsss then merciful Provi
dence, told a man the second he was
to die, if fright and horror spared
him to itself!
Slowly the flame crept snake-like.
aroungthe twine.
."In one hour," said the poisoner's
brother, "you will be in heaven or
hell, I will watch with you for half
an hour, and the other half you will
spend alone.
He sat down some minutes in a
chair watching the flame. Then he
arose and took the piece of porcelain
witn ine murderers mark thereon
from the table and shook his head
gloomily.
"I am chemi3t enough to know it
is arsenic," he said. "Yes, those
bright metallic eyes, a betrayer of
the guilty! Science, thou wouldst
kill my brother? Thou shalt save
him. Let us see in whose hands

uuuu are most, poweriui Here is a
man who,by thy aid, bids the poison
spirit uprise and write in brilliant
characters a foul confession on this
piece of porcelain. But behold, 0
science It is not sooner written,
than, by thy aid, the whole confes
sion and thy chosen servant are an
nihilated. Let the good professor
use his chemicals, the bad brother
only asks a little can of nitro-glycerine.
I heard this speach, indeed but
great heavens it was my eyes and
not my ears that were busiest then
For, from beneath the table, covered
by the crimson cloth of which I have
before spoken, and which faced ap
peared the head of a child. The hair
wa3 rumpled and the blue eyes were
just opening from sleep. The intelli
gent forehead was wrinkled so
strange. It was my boy Billv.' I
was afraid he would cry "papa." If
he did, the implacable man would
add the murder of the child to the
murder of the father.
But my boy did none of this. He
had, I suppose, crept under the table
unknown to me, and fallen asleep
there. I tried to tell the little fellow
to hide again, and wait for the final
half hour when my tormenter would
be gone. Whether he understood
me or not, aided by what he had
heard, I did not know; but he quick
ly withdrew his curly head, first kiss
ing his hand lightly at me and then
shaking his fiist at the schemer watch
ing so beligerently his dumb fire
agents.
The half hour wore slowly away.
O, heavens! what agony did I suffer?
not for myself, but for my child. VA
slight noise might discover his pres
ence; the match might run its tether
sooner than was expected. He mjght
be murdered or blown to atoms.
The fuse burned on on. The half
hour is up!
The brother of the murderer rises
to go! Joy!
"Commit your soul to God s keep
g," he said. "You hold the evi
dence of my brother's guilt nothing
can save you now
With that he turned to take his
hat from off the table, covered with
the crimson cloth, beneath which
hid my priceless boy. Some
thing attracted his attention.
He held out his hands and
leaned forward. I thought he
had discovered my boy! No! he was
lifting something in either hands
the wires of the electric battery! In
another instant my boy had leaped
from under the table and turned the
crank fast and furiously.
The murderer's brother was in the
power of my boy. He could not
drop the wires; he was helpless and
motionless. How my boy cried for
help. The old collgerung again. The
prisoner's brother added his voice to
my b03T s in his agony.
he beseeched all his nerves were
racked great waves of galvanism
learied. surged, and trembled, and
jarred over every sensitive nerve and
libre. bull mv Duy was muexiuie,
and shouted and turned faster. Un
nerceived. upon the marble, in the
track of the burning fua was a pool
of inflamable oil. In an instant
ffieat length burned away. It would
last iust five minutes and no more
"Father!" shouted my boy, "if no
assistance comes, this villain must
die with us. I dare not let him free
Help! help! help!"
Alas I could not answer hem
But some one else did! Thank
God! The fuse is burnt up! Thcjope
is on fire, the weight trembles, an
other minute it falls upon the nitro
glycerine The door opens. Tom
Richarda, on a midnight visit to the
sick, has heard the cry,
He com pre-
henda all, seizes the can ia bij band;
the weight descends, indeed, but not
onthe death-deaiingoiL No, down
V1 goes through the office-floor, down,
down, like an evil spirit, to give back
a dull metallic echo from the stones
of the celler beneath.
We are saved!
Joe Johnson, the prisoner, was
hanged, but his brother remains un
punished by the law, for he stabbed
himself with a knife, and thns es
caped the hangman's rope.
Secretary Seward.
Having gleaned the fields of the
whole world, Secretary Seward, as
reported in our telegraphic dispatch
es of Thursday, has returned to his
western homestead, bringing his
sheaves with him. The history of
his travels is very remarkable. At
the ago when most men are compel
led by their failing powers to seek
absolute repose and retirement, he
set out on a journey hitherto consid
ered capable of achievement only by
men in their prime, and which, not
many years ago, butfew of the most
vigorous and adventurous would
have undertaken. Ia this trip
around the world he has visited the
interior towns and cities of the most
remote kingdoms; and although em
powered with no mission, and invest
ed with no representative character,
has everywhere been received with
honors and welcome which a mon
arch might have envied. These un
usual expressions of regret and es
teem were of course, to a consider
able extent, based on the admiration
which is personally felt for the great
statesman who bore so distinguish
ed and honorable a part in the his
tory of the most momentous crisis
through which the Western Repub
lic has passed but they are also to
be considered as so many evidences
of the hearty friendship and good
will of the rulers and inhabitants of
foreign countries toward the people
of the United States, and are there
fore doubly gratifying. Whether
differences of opinon may exist as to
the character and value of the vener
able Secretary's public services, we
are sure that his countrymen gener
ally, without any respect to party,
will rejoice at the prosperous comple
tion of his travels, and bid him heart
ily welcome home.
A Startling Theory.
We hate to be ciphered out of
existence, even to confirm the in-
falliblity of science, and sometimes
blindly prefer to believe that figures
will lie.
Alphonse Adhemar, a celebrated
mathematician, starts a theory that
the earth is covered by a deluge
once in 10,500 years, on the follow
ing calculations: During tne cycle
one pole of the earth enjoys seven
days more sunshine than the other,
and at present we have seven more
days in the Northern hemisphere
than the Southern, which means two
hundred years of freezing against
two hundred years of melting in the
other. The effect of this is to form
such an immense mass of ice at the
less favored end of the globe as to
change the form of the planet, and
displace its gravity for a league or
so. This displacement draws to the
icebound regions almost all the seas
and oceans, and eventually, causes a
change in the oscillation of the earth,
so as to reverse the order of things,
and bring the greater power of the
sun on the frozen region. Then
suddenly, as the pent-up waters in
an Alpine valley burst their barriers
and destroy a village, so this gigan
tic polar glacier by its disruption
overwhelms a hemisphere.
As proof of his theory, he points
to the last or Noah's flood, and reck
oning from the accepted date of that,
the next will be upon us in the year
7254 A. D. Sprintjfleld Republican.
How Land is Made in Holland.
As the current nears the sea it
slacks its spted, and the suspended
matter falls 'o the bottom. In time
this raised the river bed and caused
the soil-laden water to spread later
ally on both sides. In this way a
true delta of vast extent was ia time
created. By taking advantage of a
low stage of the water the river was
shut in by dykes on either side.
History is silent as to when or how
this was first done. For over five
hundred years the present dykes are
known to have been in existence.
This shutting the river in caused it
to deposit its sediment in a narrow
channel that in time lifted the river
to a higher level The old Dutch
men of these days raised higher their
dykes to keep pace with the water.
The result is the river flows not in a
channel cut through the soil, but in
a canal raised above the general sur
face of the country. For agriculture
this has resulted in an enormous
acreage of new land. The marshy
bo"s through which the sluggish
stream wandered have become the
sites of some of the best farms in
the world.
How the Sea Eats England.
Probably few persons (says the
Pall Mall Gazette) are aware of the
extent of the encroachment made by
the sea upon the east coast of York
shire. We have already mentioned
n the Commercial that the Rev. E.
0. Morris has calculated that there
is an average loss of two or three
yards of land every year, and that in
round numbers odous uunj-nme
acres disappear annually between
Spurn Point and Flamborough Head.
Uavenspurn was once an important
seaport, and returned a member to
the Parliament or n.dwara i, dul
when Bolingbrook landed there in
1390, itwa3 a little more than a
name, and by the end of the next
century haa wholly disappeared.
Auburn, Hartbure and Hyde are
villages which exist only in old maps
and documents; and Kilnsea, which
lost its church in 1826, seems likely
soon to follow the fate of it3 neign
bors. Mr. Morris states his belief
that a wall laid on an angle of 35c.
would arrest the progress Ol en
croachment
The revolt against Rome has
reached South America. The city
of Lima and its seaport, Callao, con
tain about 14,000 Italians who pro
posed to celebrate the anniversary
of the occupation of Romo by the
national troops. 1 he new Jrresiuent
of Peru was induced by the clergy
to forbid the celebration. The stu
dents in the colleges determined to
disregard the prohibition, and they
and their Mends assembled in the
public square; but while the editor
of the National was delivering an
oration, troops charged from the
four sides of the square, scattering
the assembly and taking five hun
dred prisoners. The next day the
clerical party got up a counter dem
onstration. A procession marched
through the streets, carrying a life
sized portrait of the Pope. When
the procession halted, to go through
with the ceremony of blessing the
feet, it was discovered that the pic
ture had been smeared with turpen
tine. At this the ire of the Catho
lics was greatly aroused, and there
were threats of violence. A revolu-
jtion is possible, and the government
i tftiiog precaution ugaiasUt,