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I'irst Monday in N'ovonihor.
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The fuIisci il'cr hejrs leave to in Tor in llieriti-
ions Kiilway nil I vicinity thai he liar
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I'ATliOXIZ!-: 1IOAIK I.NSTlTUrioXS.
FLOUR, FEF.D AND GRAIN.
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prepared to furnish iho people of the sur
1'iiUiiding couuiry with
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i ti t of their own manufacture, at the luwus
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FEED OF ALL A' A .?,
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ST. MAUVjS, KLK. COUNTY, l'UNSA'
JanJlStiSlypd
HYL'li HOUSE,
I!nGAt. Km Co., Pa.
W. H. ?(M1UAM, l'.or..ifctr.
Tluinkliil for the )alronge heretofore so
liberally bestowed iijiou him, the new pro.
prielor. hopes, by pnyine strict ayiention
to the comfort an 1 convenience of guesU, to
merit a coniinuiuice vf t!t name.
Jkl Z) lb'lj.l.
"W'.J JL TT1- .
WHO COMES HERE!
Who comes here
To startle the deer,
That fly do tl'lhc sunny glado
Where Maud and May
Are met to-day
For chit in the dappled shade 1
What Maud and May
Have got to say
I oanuot pretend to tell ;
Nor why they creep
Where shadows sleep
In the heart of n bosky den.
Dut T incline.
The cause to assign
To a mischievous, winged lad,
Who troubles hearts.
With smarts and darts.
Whose conduct is very bad I
For Maud, you see,
It seems to me.
Has a letter to read lo May j
And May's imprest
With interest
In a svrcct sympathetic way !
And when yon see
Two damsels n;tec.
You may swear by Venus' doves,
The secret tether
That hinds 'hem together.
Is a little allair of loves !
Who comes hero.
The dears and the doer
Surprising and startling thus t
Whoe'er he may be.
He's not, you see,
lievenled lo unlucky us !
A milking lass
l'crchancc may pas
Or n bid trom the cattle-run
The woodman bold.
Or the shepherd old.
Or the keeper with ready gun '.
" Who eonif s here ? "
I'm not quite clear.
And the artist won't let us seo.
It ul I yhould not feel
Of surprise a ileal
If the maidens confessed 'twas he !
jkje rt flisrcllang.
THE GREEN LANTERN.
I think I nm sale in.sain that Paul
Stanton! hated mo lro:n the time we were
little boys alscln ol together, up to 0o peri
od id which 1 am oii;' to lull you,
I'ulort unatcly we hail nlwaja been in
sotui! sense rivals. c were nearly ul too
i-ntuc aire our tatei were somewhat Mini-
ar our circumstances 'm life much alike,
anil we wcru iti the same clashes, utiu stud
ied the same books.
rrobably it was more hec'iusp I applied
mysell closer to my htudics than he did that
I oiitsttipped I'hiiI, ami under all eircuni
stances where svliolar-liip was concerned
bore idr the palm. Naturally, be was quite
is clevor as I was -a little more billhaut.
indeed liut lie lacked iipjih.-aiion iuk; we
all know that to become u scholar requires
time and patience ami hard study, even il
one h u genius in the lieginuiny.
l'.inl bad one decided advantage over me.
lie was handsome and giaeelul. and all the
gills in the vicinity made him aware ul' it.
He tftn self eonccited, naturally and the
adulation lie received made him vain. No.
thing makes a looi ot a man any more spee
dily than to have the . wuiiicu to make too
much of hiiu.
15 ay and gallant, and courteous, be wat
to theui all but be coveted the love ol only
one. i'lorcnee was a sweet little brunette
ot two or three ami twenty, mid all the
young men in town wore in love with her.
She bil only lived in Mailoy two years.
Her native plt'CC was Philadelphia, blither
lather's health requiring a change ol nil'
they bad come to Marley ami established
themselves iu a pretty little cottage nut on
the I'owiihI road.
Florence was accomplished in no ordinary
degr ami (die bad traveled a great deal,
which is alter all the best way ot educating
onffeM.
Id Philadelphia she bad moved in the
fust wiciety, but she did nut bold herself
above taking part in our rustic merry mak
ings and at the bu.-kings mid apple bees,
and dances, the was the life of the whole
company.
To do Florence justicr, tdie encouraged
none of her suitors ; was kind and cour
teous nothing .nore.
As lot uie, I bud been a beauty worship
er always, and when 1 saw Florence Wuyiic
I met tor the first time my ideal roiuan.
My lii-art went from mo mid never came
back agaiu. In my wildest dreams I had
never imagined ever so faintly that such a
glorious vision ever came upon me in dull,
prosy old Murky, where nothing; ever did
happen yeir in and year out.
i bad bt-rn very little ot tbo world, and
was shy and awkward, and the passion 1
b it (or beautiful Florence did not tend to
make nie less embarrassed in her presence.
The fact ol it wa, the sight of her confused
uie to such r degree that I was always mak
ing hi tell ridiculous before her, and if she
Lad Dot been tbo kindest hearted girl iq
existence, the would have iudulged in iua
ny a hearty luugh at my espouse.
i Once I suminpned up courag enough to
invite her to ride with mo. bad fine
a horse as there was in the country, and a
good buggy, and might have enjoyed my.
self if! had not been to awkward.
Aft it wan, I had trod on Florence's dress,
struck her bonnet with my el ow in getting
into the carriage, switched the whip into
her face, and did a score of other things
which I would have died to prevent.
She made me so terribly conscious that
I hnd hands and Icetthat must be disposed
of some way, and how this disposition was
to be accomplished was the question.
Paul Stanford loved Florence also, but
bis love did not make a fool of htm as mine
did of me. lie was alwnja just so polisfi.
cd and brilliant, and could say his wittiest
il ings vith the dark eye of Florence lull
upon him just as well a if she bail been
a thousand miles off. Oh, bo I envied
him his easy, quiet nonchalance, and how
dialed and irritated I was by the patroniz
ing air be assumed towards me.
Hut at last fate gave me a chance to dn
Florence a service- - to prove to her that I
was not a coward, though 1 might bo an
awkward clodhopper.
Marley was n seacoast town, and it was
to avail himself of sea air and bnthinu that
Mr. Wayne bail rcnmvpd thither.- Almot
every tine day he and Florence were down
on Point Pleasant beach Mr. Wayne
bathing, and Florence reading to and Watb.
iug li i in.
The attachment between this father and
daughter was- very strong possibly be
cause Mrs. Wayne had tried bard to be
both lather and mother to bis girl.
Sometimes when I could get un ?nlB
eient courage to do so. I would go down to
he point ami join them, but these occasions
were rare, because I could not make sure
that Florence wanted me to disturb them
often. True, she always smiled, and nni'le
room fur me on the rock where Mie found n
scat, but she did not smile much, and she
had a way ol looking out to sea wb'eb made
mo fancy she was dreaming; dreams in
which I could have tin part.
Stanford was tint so particular. TTc was
down at the Point almost every day when
the Waynes were there, and the smell ot
his cigar and his light lu-.'h floated land
ward together on tbo sea bicezc.
It was in .Inly that the manufacturing
company in which nil niv property, was in
Vested, failed and left me very npnrly pen
iiiless It was plain that I must go to -work,
and 1 Was eimragenus enonrh to be willing
to tak'j bold of anything which oftVred.-
liut the times were dull, work men plenty,
and work scarce, and in spite of all mv ef
lolls, nothing presented itself for me to Ho.
1 was gloomy aud down hearted for the
most part, and everything looked cheerless
and apprehensive. In this mood, one gray
September day, I strolled tbiwii to the
Point. I had not expected any one would
be there, but as I turned an angls of the
path, I saw Florence in a waterproof
cloak and
hood, in her old seat ;
ami 1
caught out in the surf the gleam of
Wayne's red bathing suit.
Mr.
Mven as I gazed, and before I bad spok
en to her, a sharp cry broke from Florence,
aud saw with dismay that Mr. Wayne
had got beyond bis depth, and not being
able to s.vim the undcrtide which was very
strong at that point, was sucking him under
in spite ol bis determined efforts to resist
it.
Tn a moment I was buffeting the waves,
ami though I mil a strong man and an ex
tra ;ood swimniei, I must confess that more
than once 1 was on the eve of giving over
aud letting late dispose of both myself and
the helpless burden with which I was try
ing to reach the shore.
Hut. the sight ot Florence standing on
the sands, her face white as death her
arms extended towards us.gavc me strength,
and by anu by, mure dead than alive, T
succuded in laying the old man at his
daughter's feet' And 1 would have risked
my life over and over again foi tbo sake of
heating her say again as she did then
' William Morton, may Heaven ever
bless jou 1' Vou have saved ull I have to
love I "
Paul Stanford was on the spot almost
immediately very much out of breath
and very profuse in his protestations of
sympathy- He bad witnessed the danger
of Mr. Wayne from Oolney'a Hill, a quar
ter of a mile away, and had come with all
baste, but too late to be of any material as.
sistaiipe. He hoped, however, that
Miss Wayne would not refuse him the
pleasure of supporting her father to the
cottage.
And so by his superior tact and address
he managed to secure for himself what I
was dying to ask for, the privilege of ac
companying t hem home.
Hut Wayne remembered with gratitude
the servicit 1 bad done him. Thrco day
afterward I received a letter from the
President of (he Shore Pine and Point
Pleasant Railroad, saying that I could have
the situation ol station agent and signal ten
der at Paehly 8 15ndge. J he salary was a
liberal one considering the duties to be
performed, and I was indebted for the offer
of the si'uulion to Mr. Wayne, who was a
personal friend of the President.
Of course I asecpted the position. I was
in need of employment, and this place
would pay mo a better Fulary than I could
hope to earn anywhere else by manual laboi'
alone. .It was a trust of responsibility, but
I prided myself on my punctuality and in
tegrity, aud had no fear in regard to being
able to do my duty.
The management of the switches came
under my supervision, and also to the or.
dering of the " draw" which bad been fix
ed in tac bridge tj allow vessels to pass
through. Jty day we used balls as signals,
nd jif 4jie "draw was open two .green balls
wer -hoisteu from the staudard a few rods
below the draw. If it was closed and ail
was right, two red balls signified the fact to
tne enginocrs. liy night red and green
lanterns were substituted for the balls. For
two months everything weut like clockwork,
t had an efficient assistant, who kuew " ull
the ropes."
I saw Florence not unf.'equently she
often went to the city and always came
into the offioe tor her ticket. Once when
the carriage did not come for her from tbo
cottage, 1 drove her home in my buggy,
and had the felicity of holding her soft
hand a moment in mine as 1 lifted her
out.
From the time I took posession of the
railway station. Paul Stanford had begun to
mauilcst a S)rt of friendship for me. I
had strong suspicions that it was assumed,
though it seemed real enough. And in
deed what particular object he could have
in feigning a friendship for me which lie
did not feelf I was at a loss to imagine,
I received his advances with a coldness
which would have repulsed most moo, but
it seemed to have no effect on him. He
smoked his cigars in my private room, and
read his' papers there, and talked to me
i a gonial, off-hand way so thoroughly
trieu Jly that at times I was ashamed of my
self and my suspicions.
Thinking it over now, I know that by
"hook or by crook" he managed to worm
out of me all the secrets of my business
if indeed they might be called secrets; but
at that tune I did not take notice of his in
quiries, so gradually were they put.
Meanwhile, I gained the .confidence of
t' e company was truste 1 with large
3u:ns of money, and was generally thought
well of. Mr. Wayne iuvited tue to dine at
his house, and Florence sang and played
for me, ami I would have been perlectlv
happy if Stanford had not made his np
ptarauec aud beguiled Florence away Irom
my side.
One dark, fnggv niahf I remember it
was Fliday, and it was in March just as
the clock poiuted to teu the hour when
the llallidon Express was due I beard
whistles ol a steamboat, three sharp whistles
and one u signal that the draw uiust be
opened.
I seized the green lantern and out. Stit
son was already there, lor he bad been set
tling tho switches and hanging up the all
right signal.
"Hase her down, Stitsnn," said T and
we took the rod lantern down aud hooked
on the greor. one in its place.
"It's cussed inconvenient having this
steamer cotuu jest at this time," growled
Stifson : "won't old (Jiles" relering to the
driver of the express won't he -swear at
behig stopped?"
He opened the driw, and just as he did
so I heard the whistle of the approaching
train. Iut there was no time to notice it
we were fully occupied with getting the
steamer tlnough. liy some mismanage
on board of her, she loiled, and had to be
backed, which took up time, and glancing
up 1 saw with horror that instead ot the
green lantern 1 had hung from the standard
a moment ago, the red Innteru was filing
out like the eye of doom !
"C5reat Heaven !" cried Stitson, follow
ing my glance "the red light is up and
the train will go lo ruin, and the company'll
Bend in alter em to-morrow !"
Like lightning shot through my brain
with fearful rapidity the thought of the
switch! If I could only reach it iu time
I could send the train up tho steep grade of'
the wood track, and before they reached
the cud of it, the engineer would be able
to stop. I flew over the rough ground and
laid my baud on the iron rod of the
switch. 1 had the key iu my pocket, I
turned it quickly and flung back the lever !
Aud himultatiiously a hand grasped my
throat and a voice 1 knew well hissed in
my ear :
"You mean to thwf rt me ! but by Heav.
cu, 1 will kill you first !"
grappled with him, aud wo fell to the
ground together And the fierce thunder
of the on-coming train drowned all sound
and sense! A hot sulphurous breath of
ilauie and smoke swept over mo. I felt the
gripe of my throat relaxing then there fell
a period of compuritivc silence and coolness,
and ever so dimly I realized that the traiu
bad run ou to the wood truck utid had
stopped. j
1 put out my hand to touch the head of
Paul Stanlord be, who had sought mv life
but great Heaven I There was no bead
on his body ! My fingers were clotted with
tomelliing warm and sticky and overcome
by tht tenihlc revelation it made to uiu I
lost cousciuusoess.
When I came to myself, I was lying on
a settee in the station, aud. a great crowd
filled the rjom.
1 told my story by degrees- as I could
remember it, and I could see that my list-
ners liHlievca it.
It was settled beyond doubt that Sauford
had changed tho lights, be bad been seen
to do it by one of the employees of the road,
a stupid fellow, who did not think of any
harm coming from it.
Hi object was plain enough to me.
though I never spoke ot it to any one. He
hated me he was jealoue of my gaiuing
popularity, and he wanted to ruin me in
the estimation ot the company aud iu the
estimation of Florence and her father.
But he was dead, and whe n 1 thought of
the fearful manner of his death, I forgave
bun freely.
1 suppose you have guessed that I mar
ried i loreoeo Wayne, and I need not tell
you that I am happy.
Tijb Whole Artof Kissing Peoplo
will kiss, says tho i Lynchburg News, yet
tint one in a huandred knows how to ex
tract bliss from lovely lips, no more than
they know how to make diamonds from
charcoal. And yet it is easy, at least for
us I This little item is not alone for young
beginners, but for the many who go at it like
hunting coons or shelling corn. l trst, know
when you are to kiss. Don't sit down to
it; stand up. Need not be nnxious to get
into a crowd. Two persons are plenty to
corner and ' catch a kiss. More persons
spoil the sport. Stand firm. It wont hurt
any after you pet used to it. Take the left
hand of the lady in your right hand. Let
your hat go to any place out of the way.
Throw the leftover the shoulder of the
lady, and let the hand fall down upon the
right side tcward the belt. Don't be in a
hurry. Draw her gently, lovingly upon
your sljoulder, and a handsome shoulder
strip it makes ! Don't be in a hurry ; send
a little lite down your left arm and let it
know its business. Her left hand is in your
right. Let there bo expression that not
like the grip, of a vice, but a gentle clasp,
full of electricity, thought aud respect.
Don't be in a bnrry her head lies care
lessly on your shoulder I You are nearly
heart to heart I Look down into her half
closed C3cs! Gently, yet manfully, press
her to your bosom ! Stand firm, and Prov
idenco will give you strength for the ordeal.
He brave, but don't be in a hurry, ller
lips almost open ! Lean lightly forward
with your head not the body. Take good
aim ; the lips meet ; the eyes close ; the heart
opens ; the soul rides the storm of troubles '
and sorrows of lif'o (don't bo in a hurry),
Heaven opens before you; the world shoots
from under your feet as a meteor flashes
across the cveuing sky. (don't be afraid) ;
the nerves dance before the just created al
tar of love as zephyrs dance with tho daw
trimmed flower j the heart forgets its bitter,
ness aud the art of kissing is learned.
No noise, no fuss, no ffuttering and squirm
ing like book impaled wcims. Kissing
don't hurt; it docs not require a brass band
to make it legal. Lou't job down on a
beautiful mouth as if specring for ftogs !
Don't grab and yank the lady as if she was
a strugliiij.' eolt ! Dou't muss her hair,
scratch down her collar, bits her check,
squizzle her rich ribbons, and leave her mus
sed, rumpled, aud flutiimuxcd ! Don't
flavour your kisses with oirons, tobacco, gin
cock tails, lager beer, brandy, etc , for a
maudlin kiss is worse than the itch to a
sensible woman. Here now you have your
rccipt, free gratis for uothing.
AF AsmoxABLE Woman's Frayf.r.
Dear Lord, have mercy on my :0u'. and
please let me have the French satin that 1
saw at Stewart's this morning, for with
black laee flounces and overskirt, that dress
would be very becoming to me, I know.
If you grant me my request, please lei me
have a ntw black luce shawl also, dear Lord
I kneel betore Thee to-night feeling per
fectly happy, for Madame Etnilo has sent
me home such a lovely bonnet ! A most
heavenly bijou, composed of white satiu,
witli coral ostrich tufts. For this -favor 1
am feeling very grateful. Give me, I pray
Thee, au humble heart and a new green
silk, with point lace trimmings. Let me
not grow too fond ot this vain deceitful
world, like other women, but make me ex
ceedingly gentle and aristocratic. When
the wiuter fashion conic, let them suit my
t.tyle of beauty, and let there be plenty ol
puffings, rufllcA and flounces, for I dearly
lovo theaj all. Oh, Lord, let business de
tain my husband at II , for he is not
wanted at home at present. I want to bo
conic acquainted with the tall, dark eyed
foreigner, who is stopping at Colonel Long
swallowr. opposite. Hritig about an intro
duction, I beseech Thee, for Mrs. Long,
swallow wou't. Hless my children, and
please send them a good nurse, for I have
neither the time nor inclination to look af
ter them myself. And now, Oil, Lord,
take care of me while I sleep, and pray keep
watch over my diamonds ! Amen.
For
much. ive th) self uotlrng, aud
others
Short sighted people are always close ob
servers. Ca pital punishment"
aud nothing to do.
-len thousand a year
It is said that the Siamese twins belong
to tho United Hrethrcn,
It is said, ironically, perhaps, that black
smiths torgo aud steal every day.
No inaa more resembles an honest inuu
thau a thorough bred rogue.
There hi vo been '02 American authors
by the oasie of Adams.
A New York jeweler keeps three bun
died meu constantly engaged on order work.
Wendell Phillips say the ancients knew
how to make sherry cobblers three, thous
and years ago.
The next House of Representatives iu
Ohio will consist ot one hundred and eleven
members, or six mote thau the lu.u House,
It is estimated that a hundred million
peoplo read the English language, and oulv
halt that number lead French.
Minister Low has not yet received his
insti uu ions as miuUter to China, but will
in a few days wbu ho will sail for Europe.
William M'Conklo, a prouiinet merchant
of Lynchburg, Va., was mortally "tubbed by
Max Suiu'ei,ou buiuiduy, wbilu ou the
ia:r v 'juiid.-,.
A Story With a Moral. A young
man paying special attention to a young la
dy, met with the following incident during
one of his visits.
Being invited in the parlor to wait tho
lady's appearance, he entertained himself
as best he might for some time, and wr.
becoming very weary, when a little girl
abont five vears old, slipped in and began
lo converse with him.
'1 can always tell when you are coining;
to our house," she said. .
"Why, when you aro going to be here,
sister begins to sing and get good, gives tne
cake and j ie, and ever) thing I want, and
she sings so sweetly when you aie here,
nnd when I speak to her she smiles so pleas,
antly. I wish you would stay here all tho
while then I would have a good time. Hut
when you go off sister is not good. She
gets mad. and if I ask her anything, she
slaps and bangs mc abouf.
.Moral. Parents wishing their ill-natured
daughter married, should keep their
small children out of tbo parlor whenstran.
gcr9 are there.
A man living thirty miles from Chica
go but not far enough to escape the con
tagion which ragts among the married
people, is indicted for wife murdcr. His
name is Smith, aud he is a clergyman. He
had taken out bis life insurance policy ot
three thousand dollar, aud au accident
policy of six thousand dollars, on her life.
An "accident" happened soon after. The
two were crossins a stream in a buggy.
The buggy upset, and wbeu the reverend
gentleman arose ho could see nothing of his
wife. lie, therefore, went for help to a
house -a quarter of a mile distant nnd the
body of his wife was nftcrward found in the
stream. It has since bec-n proved that tho
depth of the stream was but seventeen in.
dies, and cor sequciitly it is inferred that
Mr. Smith killed bis wile by holding her
under water, for the sake of the insurance.
Forest Erpiiblican.
On last Tuesday moruiug, abaut eight
o' clock, tho citizens of Oil City were
shocked and not a little excited by the find
ing of the lifeless body ot an old and re
spected resident of Venango City, Dr. J. A.
Lobaugh, under the hi"h sidewalk that
leads to the river bridge. When the body
was found it was quite cold. There was no
marks of violence on it. but on examining
the head the traces ot a severe blow, that
bad tho appearance of having been made
by a stone were found. It was first thought
that the doctor had been foully dealt with,
but. afterwards it was found that he had
been under the influence of whiskey tbo
night previous, and a theory was then form
ed that he had fallen off the sidewalk to
the ground, a distance of perhaps six feet,
had struck his head against a stone, which
produce concussion ot the brain.
Furttt Prisn.
The Oil City Times has been enlarged
to an eight colutuu sheet, and greatly im
proved. Of feventy women who went to Oregon
fr,m Massachusetts two years ago sixty,
nine arc married.
Washington had a Colored fashionable
wedding recently, which was attended by
many persons both white and black.
Dr. Mary Walker is showing herself in
St. L. uis in Pantaloons and military look
iug overcoat.
It isn't stealing to take liquor in Massa.
cuhsetts. because it is not legal property,
and u b al) owns it.
A dandy on shore is disgusting to many
people, but a swell ot the sea sickcus every
body.
A new and dangerous counterfeit ten dol
lar greenback has j ust aj pcared iu Cinci
uatti. A fond wife threw a bottle of hair re.
newer at hot husband's head, at which ho
f-aid : We must part the dye is cast."
"Did you know I was thero?" said tho
bellows to the fire. "Oh ! yes, I always
contrivo to get wiud of you," was the re
ply BS?Vhv avo wheat and potatoes like tho
idols of old? Ans. Because the former
havo ears, and hear not, uud the latter eyes,
but see not.
53"What is that which tbo rich mrni
wall's, the poor man has, the miser spends,
and the spendthrift saves? Ans. No.
thing.
A ktory is told of n young man who was
going west to start a jewelry store. hen
asked what capital bo had, replied, "A
crowb ir.
A Mississippi Judge has just decided
that the interuiairiage of whites uud ne
groes "is liiWtltl in the State of Mississippi,
thulnwofthe Stute to the contrary not
withstanding. Iowa plan's every three, years a forest of
three million of trees, and within consider
able less than a bait' dozen vears, 25.000,
j 000 trees have beeu planted and are no
growing there.
The old building in Kiebtnouil known
all over the United States as Libby Prison,
has recently been leused and is now occu
pied by parties engaged iu grinding sumao
aud boues,
j-rWhy are sheep the most dissipated
animals in eieatiou ? Aus. Because they
gambol iu their youth, spend most of their
days ou the tuif; tbo best of them are
blacklegs, aud t!t-y mc, Bute tJ be fltecad
ut last,