II
The Democratic Watchman,
BELLF.FONTE, PA.
WHEN MARY ' WAS A LASSIE
The maple tree% are lingeil with red,
The birch with golden yellow;
lilgh atiovii the orchard wall
'Hang apples ripe and Mellow ,
And that's the way thrmAli yobilitr lane
That {mike au atiltinel
The way I took one Sunday amtr
%Mon Mary was my 1114510
hardly tlonk that patient lase,, 4 • ,
That looks so thin loot poled,
Was ones the very Aaebtt•st one
That ever honnft
Iltttmlien t went through yowler lane,
That looks so still and grasvy,
Those eyes were bright, ,heel: a efts fair
When Mary wax a laanie.
But !luny a tender sorrow,
And many n patient mire,
Have made those furrows (id the face
That nand to he so fair.
four tunny to yinder v litiftql Ward,
Through the lane so et ill andgrace'',
We've borne and latd away our ti ad,
Stove Mary at. a lassie
And so you see,rie grown to tote
The wrinkles more than roles
Earth's Wintry tio , herti ate .oneeter tar
all Spring's dew y
'They 'II carry 114 throng.lyoooler gine
'1'1151.1,0 , , vet .111111.1 gl
Alan n the Ingo I nerd to go
When Mart was a linear
THE STORY OF THE CROSS BONES
In an obscure cort4r in the town of
Galway', stands a house of extreme an
tiquity, °ter the door of l% loch are still
to be seen a skull and cr.,. hones, re
markably well sculptured in black
marble. This house is called "The
Cross bones," and its tragical history
is as follows •
• In the fifteenth century, James
nett, a matt of old family and great '
wealth, arts chosen mayor of Galway
for life—an office v. litcli nasthen near
ly equal to a sovereign in power and in
fluence. Ile nas rex ercnced for his in
flexible rectitude, and loved forhis cod..
descension and mildness. Bet yetninfi ,
beloved was his non, according to the
Chronicle, one of the most distinguish
ed young men of the time. To perfect
manly beauty' and, the most noble air,
he united that cheerful temper, that
considerate familiarty , which subdues
while it seems to flatter--that attach.
ing grace of manner which conquers
all hearts without an effort, by its mere
natural charm. in' the other hand,
his oft approved patriotism, his high
hearted generosity, his romantic cour
age,-and complete mastery in all war
like exercises, forming part of an edu
cation singular in his age and country,
Bemired to bun the permanency of tut
estegin ' which his first aspect involun
tarily bespoke.
So much light was not without
shadow. Deep and burning passions,
a haughty temper, jealousy of all rival
merit, rendered all hie fine qualities
only so many sources of danger to him
self and otKers. Often had his stern
father, although proud of such a son,
cause for bitter reproof, and far yet
more anxious solicitude about the fu
tare. But even lie could not resist the
sweetness of the youth—as quick to re
pent as to err, and who never for a trio
ment failed in love and and reverence
to Thmself. After his first displeasure
was past., the defects of his son appear
ed to him as they did to others, only
spots ou the sun. He was soon still
further tranquilized by the vehement
and tender attachment which the young
man appeared to haves conceived for
Anna Blake, the daughter of his best
friend, and a girl poem...atng every love
ly and stied/sing quality. Ile looked
forward to their union as the fulfill
ment of all hill wiebes. But fate had
willed it otherwise.
While young Lynch found more dif
ficulty in conquering the heart of the
present object of his love, than he had
ever experienced before, his father was
called by business to Cadiz—for the
great men of Galway, like the other in
habitants of considerable seaports in
the middle ages, held trade on a large
scale to be an employment nowise un
worthy even of men of noble birth.
Galway was at that time so powerful
and so widely known, that, as the
Chronicle relates, an Arab merchant,
who had long traded to these coasts
from the East ivonce inquired, "in what
part of Galway Ireland lay."
4 , Mier James Lynch had delegated
' his authority io trusty hands, and pre
pared everything for a distant journey,
with an overflowing heart he blessed
his apn, wished him the beet issue to
hit suit, and sailed for his destination.
Wherevef he went, success crowned
his undertakings. For 'this lie was
much indebted to the friendly services
of a Spanish merchant named Gomez,
towards whom hie noble heart conceiv
ed the liveliist gratitude.
It happened that Gomez also had an
only son, who, like Edward Lynch, was
the idol of his family and the darling
of his native city, though in character
AS well as in external appearance,' en
tirely different from him. Both were
handsome; but Edward's was the
haughty and breathing Apollo; Con
salvo's of the serene andm I Id St. -John.
The one appeared like a rock crowned
with flowers; the other like a fragrant
rose colored knoll, threatened' by the
stream. The pagan virtues adorned
the one ;-Christian gentleness and hu
mility the other. Gonsalvo's graceful
person exhibited more softness than
energy ; his languid dark blue eyes,
more tenderness and love, than bold
ness and pride; a tali melancholy
overshadowed his countenance, and an
air of voluptuous suffering quivered
about his swelling lips, around which
a timid smile rarely played, like a gen
tle wave gliding over pearls and coral.
His Mind corresponded to such a per.
son ; loving and endearing, of a grave
and melancholy serenity, of more in
ternal than external activity, he pre-•
terred tiolitude to the bustle and tumult
of socieq,lint'attaclied himself with
the strOntsest affection to• thrise who
treated him with kindness and friend.
ship. His - inmbet heart Was thus
warmed by a fire which, like that of a
volcano ) burned toodeep to break out at
the outface, is only Been in the fertility
of the soil above, which it clothes in
the softest green, and decks With the
brightest flowers. Thus captivating,
and easily captivated, was it a wonder
if he stole the paint even out of the
hand of Edward Lynch ? But Edward's
father had no such anticipations. Full
of gratitude to his Mead, and of afTec•
lion Mr his engaging son, he determin•
ed topropose to the old Gomez a nutri
riage between Gonttalvo and is laugh.
ter. The offering was too flattering to
be refused. The fathers were soon
agreed, and it was decided that (km
salvo should accotniiany his future ft.
therdwlaw to the coastof Ireland, and
if the inclination of the young people
favored the project, their union should
take place the Sallie titne with Ed.
wand's; after which he should ittimedi
atelyireturn toSpain. :onsal vo whir was
Wit nineteen, accompanied the rever•
ed friend of his father with joy. Ifis
young romantic spirit enjoyed in si•
lent and delighted anticipation the va.
rying ETeile.s of strange lairds which Ire
Wil4 about to see ; the wonders of the
deep which he would conitemplate ;
the nen sort of unknown people with
whom be was to be connected ; and
his warm heart already attached itself
to the girl, of Whose charms her father.
.gave him perhaps a too partial deserip
lion.
Every moment of the long voyage,
which at that tune abounded with dan
gers, and required a much longer pe
riod than now, increased the intimacy
In mutual attachment o the Crave
irs; and when at length tbey descried
the port of Gala ay, the old Lynch
congratulated himself' not only on the
second son which (;od had sent bun,
hut on the beneficial influence which
TTme luilmrying gain lerletss erfabie
ble youth, a wild have on ,Edward's
darker and 11101 T, vehement (Attune
ter.
This hope appeared likely to be corn
plaid) , fulfilled. Edward, who loulail
all in Gonsak 0 that was wanting in
himself; felt his own nature as it were
completed by his kociety ; and as he
had already learned from his father
that he wart toregard him as a brother,
their friendship soon ripened into the
warmest and most sincere affection.
nut not many months had passed
before some uneasy feelings aroused in
Edward's mind to trouble his liarmo
rii. Gonsalvo had become the hus
hand of his sister, but had deferred his
return to Spain for an indefinite time.
lie had become the object of general
admiration, attention and love. Ed
ward felt that he was less happy than
formerly. For the first time in Elie life
neglected, he could not conceal from
himself that he had found a success
ful rival of his former universal and
uncontested popularity. But what
shook him most fearfully, what wound.
ed his heart no leas than his pridt,
what prepared him for intolerable and
restless torments, was the perception
which every day confirmed, that Anna,
whom lie looked upon as his—though
she still refused to confess her love—
that his Anna had ever since the arri
val of the handsome stranger, grown
colder and colder towards himself.
Nay, he even imagined that in un
guarded moments he had seen her
speaking eyes rest, as if weighted down
wish heavy thoughts, on the soft and
beautiful features of Gonsalvo, and
a faint blush then passed over her pale
cheek ; but if his eyes met here, this
soft bloom suddenly became the burn
ing glow of fever. Yee, he could not
doubt it; her whole deportment was
altered, capricious, hurnorsonie, rest
less, sometimes sunk in deep melan
choly, then suddenly breaking into fits
•of violent mirth, she seemed to retain
only the outward form of the sensible,
clear minded, serene, and equal tem
pered girl she had always appeared.
Everything appeared to the quick eye
of jealousy that she was the prey of
some deep-seated passion—and for
whom I—for whom could it be but for
Gonsalvo? for him, at whose every ac
Lion it, was evident the inmost chords
other heart gave out their altered tone.
It had been wisely said, that love is
more nearly akin to hate than to li
king. What peened in Edward's bosom
was a proof of this Henceforth it
seemed his sole enjoyment to give pain
to the woman he passionately loved ;
and now, in the bitterness of his heart,
field guilty of ail his aufferuipt. Wher
ever occasion presented itself, lie sought
to embarrass her; to sting her disdain
ful pride by or to overwhelm her with
cutting reproaches; till, conscious of
her secret crime, shame and anguish
overpowered the wretched girl, and she
burst into torrents of tears, which alone
had power to allay the scorching fever
of his heart. But no kindly reconcilia
tion followed these scenes, and, as with
lovers, resolved the dissonance into
blessed harmony. The exasperation
of each was only heightened to des
peration; and when lie at length saw
enkindled in Gensalvo—so little capa
ble of concealment—the same fire
which burnt in the eyes of Anna;
when lie thought he saw his sister ne
glected and hifiriself betrayed by a ser
pent whom he had cherished in hie bo
som, he stood at that point .of human
infirmly of which the All-seeing alone
can decide whether it be madness, or
the condition of a still accountable
creature.
On the same night in which sus
picion had driven Edward from his
couch, a restless wanderer, it appears
that the lovers bud for the first time
met in secret. According -to the sub
sequent confesiicm of Edward, he had
concealed himself behind a pillar, and
had seen (loosely°, wrapped in his
mantle
- glide with hurried steps out of
a well-known side-door in the Muse
of Anna's father. At the horrible cer
tainty which now glared upon him,
the fury of bell took possession of his
soul; his eyes started from their sock
ets, the blood rushed and throbbed as
if it would burst his veins; and as a
man dying of thirst pants for a draught
of cooling water, so did his whole be-'
ing paht for the .blood of his rival.
Like an infuriate tiger, he darted up
on the unhappy youth, who recognized
him, and vainly led. Edward instant
ly overtook him, seized him, and bur-
ring his dagger a hundred times with
strokes like lightning in the quivering
body. gashed with satanic rage the
beautiful features, which had robbed
him of his beloved and of peace. It was
not till the moon broke forth front be
hind a dark cloud, and suddenly
ed the ghastly spectacle before him—
the disfigured mass, .which retained
scarcely a feature of his once-beloved
friend; the • streams of„blood which
bathed the body and ail, the earth
around it—that he waked With horror,
as from some infernal (Wean). Hut the
deed was done, and judgment wits at
hand.
Meanwhile ,the murder was soon
known in the city, and the fearful end
oldie gentle youth; who had confided
hinc , ell, a foreigner, fo their hospitali
ty, suns learned by till with sorrow and
indignation. dagger steeped in
blood had been found lying by the eel
et cap or the Spaniard, and not far
from it a hat, ornamented with plumes
and a clasp of gems, showing the re
cent traces of a man who seemed to
have sought safety in the direction of
the wood. The lint was immediately
recognized as Edward's ; and AA he YJIX
nowhere to be found, fears were soon
entertained that he had been murder
ed with his friend. The terrified In
ther mounted his horsi;, And RCN/11111V
[lied by a crowd of people calling for
VC`TIVIFICC, swore SOlClllnly that with
•ing should save the marderer, were he
even compelled to execute loin with
his own hands,
We may imagine the shouts Of joy,
and the feelings of his father, ashen at
break of day Edward Lynch was found
sunk under a tree, lit tug, and although
covered with bided, yet apparently
-diut.,tterous. wu 10.
may tinagith, the shudder which ran
through the crowd—the feeloots of the
father we cannot imagme—when re
stored to Benne, he embraced his fa
ther's knees, declared bonne, f the tour
derer of tionmalvo, and earnestly in
plored 'natant punishment.
Ile was brought home bound, tried
before a full assembly of the magis
trates, and condemned to death by hit,
father. Ilitt the people would riot lose
their darling. Like the waves of the
tempest-troubled sea, they filled the
market place and the streets, and for
getting the crone of the son in the re
lentless justice or the father, demand
ed with threatening cries the opening
of the priebn and tile pardon of the
criminal. During the night, though
the guards were doubled, it was with
great difficulty that the incensed inch
were withheld from breaking in. To
wards morning, it was announced to
the mayor, that all resistance would
soon be in vain, for that a part of the
soldiers had gone over_l¢ the people ;
only the foreign guard held out, and
all demanded, with furious cries, the
instant liberation of the criminal.
• At this, the .intlexible- magistrate
took a resolution, which many call in
human, but whose awful self conquest
certainly belongs to the rarest exam
ples of stoical firm ness. Accompanied
by a priest, he proceeded through a se•
cret passage to the dungeon of his son
and when, with the newly awakened
desire of life, excited by the sympathy
of his fellow-citizens, Edward sank at
his feat, and asked eagerly if he
brought him mercy and pardon? the
old man replied with unfaltering
yoke, "No, my son in this world there
is no mercy for you ; your life is irre
vocably focfeited by the law ; and at
sunrise you must die. One and twen,
ty years I have prayed for your earthi
ly happiness, but that is passed, turn
your thoughts now to eternity; and if
there be yet hope there let us kneel
down together, and implore the Al.
mighty to grant you mercy hereafter ;
but then I hope and son, though he
could not live worthy orbit] father will
at least know how to die worthy of
him." With these words he rekindled
the noble pride of the once dauntless
youth, and after a short prayer, he sur
rendered himself with heroic resigna
tion to hie father's pitiless will.
As the people, and the greater part
of the armed men mingled' in their
ranks, now prepared amulet more
wild and furious mecances to storm the
prison, dames Lynch appeared at a
ofty window, his son stood at hie side,
with the halter around his neck. "I
have sworn," exclaimed the inflexi.,
ble magistrate, "that Gonsalvo's mur
derer should die, even though 1 must
perform the office of executioner my
self: Prbvidenee has taken me at my
word; and you, madmen, learn from
the most wretched of fathers, that
nothing must stop the coarse of jus
tice, and that even the ties of nature
must break before it."
While he spoke these words, he had
made fast a rope to an iron beam pro,
Jecting from the wall, and now sudden
ly pushing his son out of the window,
lie completed his dreadful work. Nor
did he leave the spot till the last con
vulsive struggles gave certainty of the
death of his unhappy victim.
As if struck by a thundereclain, a Ur
muttons mob had beheld the horrible
spectacle in death like silence ; and
every man glided, as if stunned, to his
own house. From-that time the may
or of Galway resigned All his occupa
tions and dignities, and was never be
held by any eye but those of his own
family, lie never left, his house till
he was carried from it to his grave.
Annii. Blake died in a convent. Both
families in the course of time disap
peared from the earth ; but the skull
and cross-bones still mark the scenes
of this fearful tragedy.
FRANKLIN OUTDONZ.—Ben. Frank
lin onco wrote:
" He who by his plow would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drive."
Those lines were very popular in their
day, and even now they are occasionally
quoted by old fogies. But some person
has eclipsed Own by bringing out the
following:
" Be who by his bis would rise,
Must either bust or advertise."
—Brownsvilo has a " colored hotel."
What color is it?
POEMS UNWRITTEN
There are pooriui unwritten, mill 8)111g.i nn
Rung.
Sweeter than any that ever were heard—
Poems that wait for an mutt! toilrow,
Songs that long for n paradise bird
Poems that ripplo-through Jowliest lives—
Poems untouched and hidden away
liewn in the Rolliti where the bountiful thrives
Sweetly as flowers inahe Mrs of Mny.
Poems that only the Angela above un,
Looking down deep In our heurtn how be ;
Felt, though unseen by the beings flint love
11ritten on liven as In Jotters of gold.
Sins to my soul tho sweet Hung that thou Itrest.
Itend me the poem that never wo. penned
Tito a mulerful idyl of life that 111011 glyest,
PrerM from thy spirit, 0, beautiful (.W7lll
For Y;al---it it Fits You
The Limes are getting worse and
worse every day."
IV/oit then, toy deer Fir ?• Will it do
'in . !, good to draw your face up into ten
thousand wrinkles, and vent the bitter•
iie, of your npirlL upon all with whom
you come in contact, on the ,strength of
the above-mentioned fact?
Suppose you had to walk birrefoot
er a road thickly strewn with thorns
and sharp, flinty stories. What would
you do ? Gu aside out of the way to
tread on every stray thorn and pebble,
inkhlnd of earlkfully avoiding every need
le-is burl by picking your way wearily
through them Which worse will you
lorlrrre now 7
you soup )our wife up at the
breakfast table when she ii+ks you for a
"little change Would you sugge,t
to her the probability of your all going
to ruin in a short time through the
prodigal outlays made for household
needs, and then throw the money across
the table as you'd throw it 1)0110 to
dog. , You know very well that her de
n-anti is perfectlyrevise - Within ; and you
know, too, that you would he just as
much offended as you are now if she did
not ask you for money for household
penses when it is needed ; but you are
not willing to miss the opportuntty of
%elfishly venting your unpleasant feel
ings on thls eonvenifilt domestic. scape
goat.'
And if she should (wonderful to think
eft) pluck up enough courage t 6 ask
you for money 'to buy a new
dress though it may be only six
months since Ain' committal thi ,,
mortal Bin—don't ask her ironically if
Ole thinks a thousand dollar+ will do her
for this LIMP, or make some cutting re
mark about her ruinous extravagance
and the slave life that you lead, but if
you can afford it, give her the money
cheerfully and a kiss into the bargain
But if you really feel too poor to In
dulge yourself in the pleasure of seeing
your wife in a now dress for the first
time in six months, give her the kiss
any how and explain the matter kindly
to her, and the kind explanation will go
nearly all the way toward making her
forget the disappointment
And, above all, don't bring your bu
siness home at night with you. Don't
sit in solitary misanthropy, or snarl and
poke the Eire. Your wife hasn't had a
chance to talk with you all day. She
has a thousand little cheering items to
communicate, but while you sit there
looking so cold and repellant, she has no
courage to begin.
Your children are eager for a game of
romps ; but they are " afraid of papa,"
when he looks as he does here to-night ;
so they congregate in a half-awed man
ner In the corners, until it is time to co
to bed. No pleasant chat, no merry
laughter, no game at romp, no music - --
nothing but gloom and constraint, be
cause " father has cotton porno in bad hu
mor "
Iceberg f to behave so in the bosom of
your family To turn away from the
preasures and privileges still left you,
because you can't have everything just as
you want it f Think of the loving,
clinging hearts that your coldness shad
ows--of the bright facial over which your
frown has cast a reflected gloom. Are
you not ashamed of yourself ?
Again, your burdens may be so heavy
that you can not smile. But, oh t be
kind. Because your own soul is dark,
don't pierce another heart with a need
lms wound by your coldness and sullen
ness. Because there are some thorns in
your way, don't plant other thorns in
the path of another with you own hand.
If you cannot be cheerful, be kind.
Second Marrlegee
Custom tolerates this abominable
social evil, if it does not approve it. It
cannot do less, when the lax state of
public morality makes divorces even
not only possible, but easy of accom
plialiment, Marriage by many is no
longer regarded as a divine institution,
but simply an alliance to be entered
into, and disolvixt, at the caprices of
folly, lust or convenience.
1 here are but few persons, compara
tively, but that believe in the immor
tality of the soul ; and that those who
have gone before us to the spirit land
will be recognized, and hold the same
relation to us, whop we meet them
there, that they did here—therefore to
such, a marriage for all eternity, A
plurality of wives or husbands, in the
world to come, must excite the same
horror which it does in all right mind
ed persons when such a state of things
is contemplated. In the light I view
it, I cannot divest the iikela from my
mind that the contraction of more than
one marriage by the same pewit islio
less than Alcind of polygamy.
How agonizing and terrible it collet
be to a devoted and tender wife when
separated frpm her partner,
in the hal
cyon days of her wedded life, after
waiting many long years in the spirit
land for the dear one left behind, to
find perhaps two or three later wives
of her husband sent to her before bis
arrival; and when heat length conies,
to have her claim disputed, or at least
receive only a moiety of that love which
her priority should claim as a whole.
Aside from this there are other corig&
eratione con acted with second mar-
'ingot which not less repelling.
First marriages are usually contract
ed when youth, love and romance ce
ment the union with a tenderness and
sacredness which no later periods can
approach. The . human heart pours
out its best and purest oblations upon
a first union, and all other connections
of did kind are in comparison only ri
diculoum burlesques upon the institution
of marriage. The heart can never
yield but to one the divine glow which
distils the true elixir of wedded life.
When this one is removed, the foun•
lain is dried up in this world, and no
rod yielded,by a . second.love can again
make it How with its orjzinal abun
dance and sparkling ptiril7.
How ridiculous, farcical, inirifous
then, are all marriages save (he first f
How abhorrent the bare idea of a con
nection of this kind Must be to all such
as are basking in the happy fruition
of n union I To think for instance, at
some future day that a beloved wife or
husband may be removed and others
step into their places; at their boards
other bands to preside; at their fire
sides new faces to smile or Irow'n upon
them ; the arms that. embrace them
and the kisses they receite to be bestow
ed by mercenaryvind selfish interlopers.
When death takes away a beloved
wifh or husband, the bereaved instead
of casting their eyes around for one to'
till the place, should live on thq memo
ry of their loved ones ; look 'upon the
affliction as only temporary ; bear the
lost one ever in nand ; shape every net
as tlrtnigh their eves were upon them ;
and as they proceed onward, !ICI' ring
the guilt, their love should be constant
ly iocreasing so as to be !idly prepared
for that reinfim y ‘ liich will be final and
eternal.
Proverbs By Billings
It is human to err, Irlit devilish to
brag on it.
Blessed are theNiugle, for they ean
double at leisure.
Blessed 11 he who haz a good wile,
and knows how to sail her. ,
Itlesaed ite_he_thttltaz 4. _4;9.0 Pi!eJ
and knows how to spread it.
itlesned IL them who have no ele for
a key hnle, 110 ear for a knot hole.
Blessed i 1 he that Manz carries a
Lag stun in Ii is hand,_but never beavea
her.
He that will follow good advice iz a
greater WWI than he that gives it.
Blessed iz Hot can pocket abuse,
and feel that 'Liz no disgrace to be hit by
a dog..
The minds of the young are easily
trained,; it is hard toget an old hop
vine to travel a new pole.
Happiness eon/nets in being perfectly
satisfied with what we have got and
what we haint got.
If you want to le'artka Child to steal
oats in the bundle, make him beg out
ov yu et erything yu giv
Just in proportion that a man is
thankful to heaVen - and his neighbor,
just in that proportion iz he happy.
I never knew enny body yet to get
stung by hornets who kep away from
where they wuz—it is just so with bad
luck.
It is a dredftil fine thing to whip a
young one just enufr, and not any more.
I tette it that the spot is: lokated just
where their pride ends and their mad
begins.
I think every man and woman on
earth ought to wear on their hat-band
these words in large letters : "Lead us
not in temptashun."
I have seen those who were as full
of all sorts of learning az the heavens
are of wind they are jilt the things to
cut up into weathercocks.
if we take all the hard sledding of
this life, and make four times az much,
it won't amount tew the ailliktions (,hat
men pile on to each other.
Yon kin judge of a man's relijun
vety well by hearing him talk, but you
cant judge of hie piety by what he set,
enny more than yu can judge ov his
amount or linnen by the stick out ov
his collar and wristbands.
It iz alwus a good purchase tew pay
out our last surviving dollar for wis
duni, and wisdom iz like the tunnel-i
-ons hens egg—it r int laid in yure hand,
but iz laid away under the barn, and
yu hav got tew sarch for it.
Influence of Newspapers on Children
Almost every one has a good opinion
of newspapers; that is, nearly every•
body likes to read them. Occasionly,
to be sure, we inert with a crusty indi
vidual who appears to think light of
newspapers; but taken as a whole, the
world at large entertain a good opinion
of them. There are, however, comar
ativelyr few who estimate them in their
proper value. They subscribe for and
read then), without reflecting on the
immense influence they exercise upon
themselves and familiek, and more es
pecially upon the children.
An experienced and observant school
teacher says of them
" I have found it to be the universal
fact, without exception, that those
scholars of both vexes, and of all ages,
who hese had access to newspapers at
home, when compared to those who
have not, are better readers ; excelling
in punctuation and consequently read
more understandingly.
n'fliey are better spellers, and define
words with ease and accuracy. They
obtain a practical knowledge of geog•
rnphy in almost hall the time it requires
others, as the newspaper has matte
them 'familiar with the most important
places, nations, their governments and
doings on the globe.
"They are better grammarians; (or
having become so familiar with every
variety in the newspaper, from the
common place advertisement to the lin-.
ielied and classical oration co/the states
man,"they more readily comprehend
the meaning of the text, and Tnseplent
ly analyze its construction with accura
cy.
—Cumberland county is hunting for
buried treasures. In that part of the
country that bord. re on the Tennessee
line, an old man recently found, near
soihe abongine graves, a roll of dilapi
dated parchment containing a' number
of old Spanish coins. A good deal of
excitemlng prEVails in the locality, and
a party has been organised to hunt for
this hidden treasure.
—A person who keeps a gentle
men's furnishing store s is now called a
ehirtist.
All Sorts ot Paragraphs
—Charlrwton lagiclainlito the nether.
ship of " Shoo Fly."
—the man who tore his coat think,
rents are increasing.
—Civility costs nothing; therefore
misers aro a civil race.
—Tito blowing of advertisers is what
makes the trade winds.
—Our grandmothers' gold beads are
cowing into fashion again.
—A. drunkard is a bad accountant
le generally ovckbalances.
—Fans *erti not fashionable in Paris
ian theatres till after 1820.
—Crocodiles may or may not, weep,
but whales certainly blubber.
—Paris ought to be a funny place, for
it has nineteen comic papers.
—A grocer notifies Isis costonse?l; that
he has " Knew Sydor " for sole.
—ilhe hest way to get a sweet hit,
bona k to marry a confectioner.
—Mayno 'Void's Onward has gone
bae•lhvard, and finally gone up.
LA common article or divorce can be
procured in Chicago for five dollars
--A Frenchman foci taken out n pat.
rat for "stockings with garters attached.'
J0. , 11 Billings fins long been trou
bled with bud apclls , but is now really
sick.
- The " Improved Order of Bed
Men " are about erecting a national
syigutam
—A negro cleric il3 onoof the Southern
Legislatures. nianagtal to got live hen•
tired errors in spelling into n single bill
Slimly of Noah Webster where Art thou
—A chirp:nun moved from N tV
York to Chicago, on account of its "su
perior moral tone," and had his 'over
coat tole while he was preaching a tier
mon.
—A Radical journal wants k, know
how to save OM public money. Take
its management out of Radical band
and put it into those of honest Demo
crats
—The In Annapolis .Mirror has been
reduced in size, in order, as the publish
er states, " to give more room to.the dis
play of advertisements. - Quito a not ri
idea.
—Gov. Fairchild„ of IVisconsin, rec
ommends the abolition of grand June.
in that State •' No roguo o'er felt the
halter draw, with good opinion of the
law."
—The Now York World says that tlo
temperance societiew of Virginia are be.
inq thinned out by deliriwn lremen4
This we hope is a libel on the Good
Templars.
—When Mrs. Lincoln, vidow of the
'• late lamented," gets a Oliikion, would
it not be well to repeal the tar on the
band-organs that crippled soldier•
grind for a living ?"
—ln Elmira the fashionable way of
inviting a friend to take something is by
propounding the Inquiry : " Will you
scent 'your breath T" To Which the pro.
per answer is " I do."
—A billby the Alabama Leg.
islature ma kes drunkenness a peniten
tiary ()fence, except on the part of the
members of that body. Self-preserva
tion is nature's Brit law.
—An LPN& widow argues in favor of
life insurance. Her first husband we,
insured for $20,000, and the money thus
obtained will set her second husband up
in the grocery business.
—One of the womans' rightists and fe
male sutirageists says of her sisters, that
"they would take a man who had mon
ey, if be was cross-eyed and parrot
toed." Of Omni they would.
—A man in Trenton torn a dress off
his wife, which had been resented to
her by , another man . T •er was ap
pealed to, and the Judge irisbd them
" to patch it up between them."
—Fifty thousand New York medic
women do not earn on the average fifty
cents • day. Will Beecher br Born,
other $12,000 • year brother,plinkse sing
to them llood'a.‘ Song of a Shirt f "
—A nervous Ohio bowel/older wa,
waked up the other night by an alarm
of burglars, got out his gun, fired from
the window, and ruined a pair of his best
trpiraers that were flapping on a olothu
line.
—A Chinese thpatrical company in
California have just concluded a three
!months' engagement, which covered the
performance of one historic drama in
ninety acts, each act occupying one ev
ening.
—A public meeting was dissolved is
Paris, because one of the speakers com
pared one of its members of the CaM.
net to Judas Iscariot. In this country
such a comparison would be very hard
on Judas.
—A. member of the-•litte Woman
Rights Convention in Washington, said,
" woman wants bread, she wants wort,
she wants clothes." We havt a feeling
sense of her last want. On that point
our head is round.'
—A song that is just now very popu
Inr in London has the fullowing cherub
I saw Esau *kilning Kate,•
And the factis we ail three sew;
For I saw Esau, bosom me,
And she saw I saw Esau.
—Paddy's description of a fiddle can
not be beat: " It was tho shape of
turkey, and the size of a goose; ho turn
ed it over on its back, and rubbed
belly wjd a sthick, and, och I tat. Pat
rick! how it did squeal I"
—Thu house of an old miser -denied
Maud, on Long Island, caught fire last
week. The firemen shouttpd, 44 Come
into the garden, Maud," ha ho did nut
come, and consequent!' fell a victim to
the devouring element.
—Ono of Mr, Holme's newest feats h.
to make brandy disappear s trom a glass.
tumbler. However novel and wonder
ful this may appear to the, people of
Paris end London, it is nothing but a
trieki which Is dextrously practiced by
hundreds of persons in Bellefonte every
day.
—That was a profound philosopher
who compared advertising to a growing
MT.; Ha said,: 4 , I na f armer pi in he his
seed, while be is sleeping the c orn's
growing:" Bo with advertising, while
you aro sleeping or eating, your adver
tisements ato being read by thousands of
pMsons who , wir i er saw - you or novor
hoard of your business, nor nover would
had it not been for_your advertising.