ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisements are inserted at the rate of $l.OO per square for first insertionand for each subsequent insertion 50 cents. A liberal discount made on yearly ad vertisements. . A space equal to ten lines of this type measures a square. Business Notices set under* head by themselves immediately after the local news, will be charged ten cents a line fur each insertion. Advertisements should be,lumded In b :fore Monday noon to Insure Insertion In that week's paper. • • BtfelitineiS'i9 1:M n' BRAYER. F. 11. Acrirw. J.ld. Bricasaux, AGNEW & BUCHANAN, Attorneys at Law, Third Street, Beaver, Pewee. oct.)-ty opposite • theArgas otace. JAMES H. CUNIVIIitHANI, - Attorney at Law, Third greet, Beater, Pa. )iizt-tf) •2d doer below J. Moore's drag store. J. F. DUNLAP, Attorney at Law. Office in the Court house, Deaver, Pa. All business promptly attended to. (mapi:Jay. It. TlloS. DONEIIOO .1411 practice hie pro- Yreesion In !leaver and surrounding country. utflce in the Border building, 3d street, Beaver, apra-Ivr. Al LJ. LAWHENCE—Pnysician and burgeons office, in room formerly occupied by - U. S. ltevenne lagaearor. 31 Street, Beaver, Pa. apr]frly JI - W. SULLER—Pbysician and bunco°. Office . that formerly occupied by Drs.! McKiney I,4wrence—Residence, Dr. McNutt'd bongo. 49-ly 'CL 1 NDS OF JOB WORK neatly and expo -11 ditionsly executed at the Annus °Site. J:/A A. SMALL-Attorney at law, Beaver. Pri 011ice In the court House. aec2-t1 TULIN B. YOUNG, Attorney at Law. Wilco and J residence OD Third FL, east of the Court Howie. Business promptly attended to. ap27;ly H. ide.iltßEHY, Attorney at Law. Office on Third It., below the Court House. All bust ers promptly attended to. nOti _ 1 ENRY IiERZ, Manufacturer and Dealer in .L.L. Boots, Shoes and Gaiters; Main st. [sept3ily 73 1 BAVBH DRUG SWILL, Hugo Andriesaen 1 . Druggist Apothecary, Main at. Prescrip t...DS carefully compounded. (sepaiOy 1i W W ILLIAMS' Tonsorial Saloon, Beaver, Pa. el Hair Cutting, Dying, Shampoonlng. Lc., exe cuted in the moat approved Styles. An easy shave and ciean towels guaranteed. 1y2.3-73.1y NEW BRIGHTON. IiAS. COALE, Dealer in paints. oil,glass.nails, L' plme-glass, look- glasses, frames, garden and flower-seeds and fancy fowls. Falls street, New Brighton. sep2T7l-I9 I ~ EtiKR B II. GIiMa spring-l a vLon, bu c a r C i .k- °r bug g ies, csr wag on• and vehicles of every description. Bridge St. Both practical workmen. Successors to George Metz. maredy 1.; t.ANGNEtifillit, dealer in Watches, Cinch, 1' • and Jewelry. Repairing neatly executed, Broadway, near nuvr7l•l3 , f W. MYVERT, Raker & Confectioner', lee . • cream, Graters and Game in season. Rails, Yie-Nith., %VW - dings, dre., supplied. tionl -8-‘ TM. WALLACE, Dea'.er in Hal tan t American V Marble ; Manufactures Monuments, Grave stones ,t, slabs at reasonable prices. Railroad Ft, near new Depot New Brighton. (sep27 (lON TON' RESTAURANT and Earrno s;- i s. .11 Loom merles t all hours; table supplied with all the delletwits theseason. Pricealow. Win. Stickland.,'cor. f Paul and Broadway. prat":l-1y Q AJ. SN LLEN BERG, Merchant Tailors,— i .73 .. Broadway, New Brighton. See adv [spltly HNOBS, Photographer. Willson's - Block, . Broadway. Bert photographs from re-touch ed negatives. _ (sep:4:ly BEAVER FALLS. VI" M. ROBERTSON, Dealer in the justly cele- V basted Domesttc Sewing 31achtue. Ladies call and be, convinced. 31ainst., B. Falls. (sp27 TEVENSON fi WITTISII. Land Office, 198 Pito•burgh, and Deaver Falls, Bea , l'o.. j'a. augttly. STEWART S SON, Dealers in Yankee No me.. &c.. Main St., Deaver k alle. sepl3:ty RIIIDGEVI ATER. F WEINMAN, Manufacture of Boots and M u m-,M u m-, lindge St.. Bridgewater. tseptr;ly ,Ilftil.f&S Photograph Cal f • 'cry, 2d floor, Dunlap's corner , opposite toll bridge. Bridgewater, la. apel6-Iy t Blitilid, - Bridge street, Briiigewater, Pa.. 1. Dealer In Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks, N, dry and Sliver-Ware, SPeetacles,de. Watch e-, Clocke and Jewelry repaired ., fleblsll;ly INA:NIEL MILLER, Fashionable Tailor. None I tut experienced workmen employed. Shop- Jo Fridge et., Bridgewater, Pa. — feb811;1y. - - - - t' fitlit.:•;T, Dry Goods,l.la.ta:ii:ape, runs, • Carpets. Oil Clutha and Trimmings. 'Bridge 1.4., Bridgewater, Pa. sepll3 y ItOCHESTER. I J. POSES—CIviI Enclneer and SnrVeyer. r/ • (Aire near Depot, Rochester, Pa. G4-tf \ 1 , " i'lNnVdactisic Paper rl e in r Blinds; Trunks: Satchels; Baskets; Toy Carts; Wagorst; Chairs and Toys of every description. Near De pot. uosat-ly. Din C2I4E Agg g.l.o_tr4 .4_ 1-Trnov. KENNEDY & CO, (successors to Wm. Ituechlingt„) Dru o rTists and Chemists. Pre C , I II:11011e carefully compounded at all hours. In t • ;• 1 ham °lid..Rochester. sep4,ly ANILL SMITE' CO., Fancy Dry woods, No tions and Millinory. Madison et., near Dia tt;;;n 1. Rochester. Pa. (sepl4:ly j LAI'P, Manufacturer and Dealer In .1 I. Furniture of all kinds. Brighton at., above t"low Factory. See adv't. (Fepl4:ly 1,2 AMT:EL C. 1111i.N&N, Druggist. Preece!). t,71 tious carefully compounded. Water at-, Ro c heeler. (sepl4.ly PETEREit t : 4 0NN, holciale d Y.rtnil Deal to Dry Goodr,Groceriesi,Flunr,Yeed,Gram Cunt toreF.lron .L• Cur. Water J &met enu. MILLER it CO. Contractors and Builders, .1 1 • .311 nutacturers oeSasti. Doors. Shutters &c. Ural in Lumis.ir Lath &c. Itochester. CuTT, BOY LE Sut:cessors to.C. Lulans Jr Co., Dealers in Sawed and Planed Lumber, Lath Shingles, Rochester. sp2iNly TEF ILER it CLARE, proprlctorsot Johnston C , House. Good accommodations and good eta ,,6.s Near R. R. Depot. octl9ily ALLEGHENY CITY. lit.J.S.WlNANS,Electrical Physician; Chronic LI diseases made a specialty, Office, 187 Wash ngton svenue. Allegheny City, ria. [seplCiv PIISCELLANEOUS. B. S:s:EAD, Freedom, Beaver eonnty, Pa, el • dealer in Sacred and Planed LrxnEn of all Llnd.. Plats and Barge. built to order. 3an9":l - 1.1" JOIIN TFlORNlLEY,Manufaetnrer of the Great Republic Lboitiu,g Stove, and Patentee of Por table extension top and centre. Pallston. Pa. _ . IV D. CONE, 31. D., Late of Darlington. .. 1 1 • having removed to New-Brightcn, offers Ins medical services, in all itt4 branches, to the people of the city and surrounding country. Office cor net of Butler and Broadway. sepl3;ly Mc-MULLEN, I , E NV I S ATTORNEY AT LAW, 1 , J4 FIFTH AVM+ PITISI3IIItGH, PL (Opposite CathetiraLl _ ttrE ,rainaton of Cities, Collection of Clsims a. other Legal Business entrusted to my care ‘‘;.l receive prompt attention. 4-13.6 m NV. - NV. BARBER, kSucceigor to Barker S Elaseltine,) WIIuLEs•LE AND RETAIL DEALER IN MOM° LITHOGRAPHS, Engravings Lithooraplis, Plain and Colored, Pho tographs, Partonts, ?donletup and Picture Frames ~ f all Linde, 81' Firth Avenue, [3 door. above Smithfield St..) PittAburgh. Pa. [maS"72;ly '- Homes Still Larger FOR THE MILLION! Itareopportunities are now offered for securing lanneg' in ;intik& healthy, and congenial climate for one-third of their value five years hence. THE NATIONAL REAL ESTATE AGENCY has for sale real estate of every description, locat ed to the Middle and Southern Sillies; improved iroch . grain and fruit farms; rice, rigor and cot plantatione: timber and mineral ands;l city, ;'hole, and rural residence, and business stands; and mit/ sites. factories, &c. write for Land Register containing description, I..cation, price and terms of properties we have f,,r sale Address—B. W. CLARKE & CO. The National Real Estate Agency, 477 and 479 &nno Avenue, Washington, D, C. New 'Utholstering House. TIIEOI'IIILUS ROLLER, 150 °Eno stuff; ALLEGHENY CITY, PA., 'notify the trade and peblic generally that 6o ha, opened the above hartness with a fin° ri.iek. of Parlor Furniture as tits specialty. His patent Reverrable Spring Mattress Is IMILITIIIC tII red and for sale by him. Send for Price List. coUNTRY RESIDENCE FOR SALE SITUATED 1-2 MILE BELOW BEAVER, having a delightful view of the Ohio Kurrounding country: I mile from IL R. Stn. • house brick, two stories high, 4 rooms, attic, I. cel lar, porch, etc.; all flniihed; wash-house, -make-home, well of water at the kitchen door barn a nd stable with cellar. Nice paling l'ace in (font of property; all well painted; good orchard in bearing condition. grapes, plumbs, c herrie,, gooseberries, and all kind, of small fruit. VilU he sold on reasonable terms. Apply on the prccalsea to the owner, J. M. OP.AIIAM. agents Wanted. tt anted immediately, four active, energetic men act all Agents Jar the "NEW" WHEELER V , I LsON SEWING bILACHLiiE in (Ail County. such men ae can give good reference as to !,aracter anti ability, and famish a Bond need { , ply. We Will pay guttranleyd salaries, or Aber at commissions, to proper men. Only such men really desire to enter the business need apply. ‘.vst. SUMNER ..t CO., No. 140 Wood St., Pitts ..:rith, Pa J. B. Dyott,Gradnate of Jefferson Medical ,r,/nr Philadelphia, author of several valuable .ork can be consulted on all diseases of the `eau or Urinary Organs. (which he has made an ~p ecial study) either to male or female, no mt. ti , r from what cause originating or of bow long , tanding. A practice of 33 years enables him to treat disease with success. Cure guaranteed. ' ' barges reasonable. Those at a distance can for- Kard letters describing symptoms and enclosing ..amp to prepay postage, nendfor the (hide to Health, Price 10 tents. .1. H. DYOTT, M. D Physician and Surgeon, lehr..lyl 104 Duane St, New York. I - IVCISISt. PHOTOGRAPHER nov6tf Vol. 55—No. 30. ProfeSsional Cards. GILBERT L. EBERHART. Attorney at Law, Will gise prompt attention to collections, wo curing bounties and pensions, buying and real estate, etc. Office on Btoadiray, opposite Hoopes' Banking House, New Brighton, Beaver Co., Pa. sea Itt JAMB MEWL • JOHN Y. NAM. CAMERON & MARKS. Attorneys at Law And heal Mstate Aironns. Rochester, Pa., Will attend promptly to all business entrusted to thstr care, and bave superior facilities for buying and selling real estate. decillly • with a call may expect to have their work. done [n the best possiblamann 4' and the moot reason able terms. The books of the late Arm of T. J. CHAND LER SON are in his hands, where all who hare accounts will please call immediately and settle the same. mayMly. rlen.titati-sr. , Dr. J. Nitur• „-,-- 1.7* -- ' ray t otßridge• 3iw, water, is deter ,?J•''' ' . 4ii i i iw • mined that no 1 ,.. -- . Dentist in the -...._:.... -.-- udo shall do L s 7 " - ' -77---- 7 - -- z --- -..--'''lls: S work better or '" Z- . ' - -" - cheaper than i I l i . r I:; if r*." ho offers it to . • b . pi w y his patrons.— lie mat er ials best manufactured in the United Stales. Gold and ell yer tilling performed in a style that defies compe tition Malefaction guaranteed in all operations, or the money returned. Give him a trial. feta iv Manufacturers. POINT PLANING MILLS, WATER ST-, ROCHESTER, PA HENRY WHITEFIELD, MANUFACTURER OF ' Sash, Doors attouldings,Floor-boards, Weather,boards, Palings Brack= eta, do. Also, DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF LUM BER, LATH, SHINGLES AND BUILDING TIMBER, Having purchased the the territorial in terest of 31r. J. C. Anderson, owner of the several patents covering certain improve ments in the constriction and joining of weatherboards and linines for houses and other buildings, we are the only persons authorized to make and sell the same within the limits of Beaver county. Par ties interested will please observe this. Carpenters' Supplies Constantly Kept Every manner of Shop-Work made to order. tiet4:lv V.A.L.LASTON Foundry 4t, Repair Shop. "Laving been Engaged in the Foundry Business for more than thirty years,—during which time I have accumulated a variety of useful patterus,:he aides constructing models and taking out patents for Improvements on COOKINT___STDVES_ —and after having thoroughly tested thew: to • provements, I feel warranted in offering them to the public. I= l X_i C, NAT ih , The GREAT WESTERN has no Su perlor for tabs Locality. STOVS: Stoves of Different Styles for Heating and Cooking, The Great Republic CooinnE Stove flag the best Record of any Stove ever °tiered in IT TAKES LESS FUEL, LESS-ROOM TO DO MORE WORK, BEST BAKER, rre-rwww;. r:§-9 ALTOGETHER THE BEST STOVE IN USE n connection with the stove I hays got up a Patent EXTENSION TOP, which occupies little room, no additional fubl, and is not liable to wear out, dispen ses with all pipe. can be put on or taken oft at any time, and made to suit all stoves of any size or pattern. Five Hundred POrl4olllg Who have purchased and used the GREAT REPUBLIC COOKING STOVE, Most of whose names have _been publish ed in the ARGUS, are confidently reterred to, to bear witness of its superior merits as a cooking stove. Having three first claps engines on hand. of eboat fifteen horse power cap i ace, they are offered to the public at reasonable rai JO . 'rIIORNILEY. aur2O•LL J. B. S N I E A D Has now in operation a new SAW AND PLANING MILL IN FREEDOM, PA., laving the latest improved machinery for the manufacture"ot Nvi_acoCoPLlN. SIDING, LATH &C. &C. and is now prepared to attend to the building and repairing of Sigmahats, Barges, Flats &c., &c.. Keeping constantly on hand a superior quality of Lumber. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. All orders promptly executed. Laug2-ly WILLIAM MILLER, JACOB TRAZ, PLANING MILL. MILLER & TRAX mars-0 Manigacturers and Dealers in Dressed Lumber, SASH, DOORS, SHET'T'ERS, SIDING FLOORING, MOULDINGS. &c• Scroll Sawing and Turning DONE TO ORDER, ORDERS BY 3LAIIr RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED, AND PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Mill Opposite the Railroad Station. ROCHESTER, PENNA. april 19 '7l; 19 . --1 LL 11 1 _ itetsing er 11.41 T.J.CILINDLEIt t Dentist, rttl continues to perform all o.w tiotts In the dent pro, fession at his office, Beaver station, Roches ter. All who favor him PEI on Hand this naarkeL Insurance. ALPS INSURANCE COMPANY OF .ERLE, PA. Cash Capital $250,000 00 Asssets, Oct. 9, '7l, 31 1,948 29 Liabilities, - - - 5.200 00 0. NOBLE, President; J. P. VINCIDIT, Vice Pt. H. W. Woons, Treasurer; Taos. P. Goomuctt, Secretary. DIRECTORS: Hon. 0 Noble, Erie Hon. Geo. B. Delameter, .1 W Hammond, doi ' Meadville, Pa. Hon Selden Marvin, do Hon J P Vincent , Erie Hiram Dagg: ett, do Henry Rawle do Charles 11 - Real, do i ll T Churchill do H S Southard, dolCapt .1 8 Ricbards do W B Sterritt, do Richard O'Brian, do II W Noble, do F H Gibbs, do J linglehart, do John it Cochran, do .1 H. Nell, do M Hartkbb, do W H Abbott, Titusville. Capt D P Dobbin do i Jno Ferns, Titoirville. rates and liberal terms. byklg_ htning as well as H. uvusr, Ag't. I. ISTi; ly Policies issued st fair Insures against damage Fire. CHA • Rochester. Pa.. Dec 0.1. ZBLILUAILT. A Word With You ! If you want to hay property. If yon want to sell property, If you want your house insured, II you wept your goods Insured. If you wantycnar life insured, If you want to Insure spina accident, U you want to lease your douse, If you want to hire a house, If you want to buy a farm If you want to sell a farm, If you want any legal writing done, Do not fall to call at the office of 'Eberhart £ Bedison. GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS AND Beal Estate Brokers ' , No. 223 Broadway, Newarigatco, sa,,-2411 Bearer county' Pein. ROCHESTER Fire Insurance Company. rbI.COEPORATED by the Legislature of Penn " tllrania, February, UM. Office one door east Gr /lc:oche:sw !Savings Bank, Rochester, Beaver county, Pa. People of Beaver county can now have their property Insured against loss or damage by tire, at fair rates, In a safe and RELIABLE HOME COMPANY, therillirtmeiding the expense, tronble ar.d delny incident to the aditustment of losses by companies located at a distance. BOARD OF DERECTORS: George C. Speyersr, Lewis Schneider, John Onetime, J. M, Srodee, C. B.Mund, Henry 'ambling. OFFICERS : M. S. Quay, Samuel B. %%ion, William Kennedy, J. Wack. 31. Camp, jr., David Lowry GEO. C. SPEYERSR, Pars'T N. S. Quit. V. Pres e. H. J. SPETII.IItn, 7reas. JOIIN GELEIIING, in., SfeY. jyalay Chas. B. Hurst's INSURANCE AND General Agency Office, NEAR THE DEPOT ROCHESTER, PENNA. Notary Public and Conveyancer; FIRE, LIFE, and ACCIDENT INSUR ANCE; "Anchor" and "National" Lines of Ocean acijiuisers; " Adams " and -Un ion" Express-Agent. All kinds of Insurance at fair rates and liberal tetras. Real Estate bought and sold. Deeds, Mortgages, Articles, Se., written ; Deposition* and Acknowledge ments taken, Lt:c., six. Goods and Money forwarded to all parts of the United States and Canada. Pa.*sl4,,CV3 . • - • ,sysueritetunc, , - 11 0 and Germany. ,ETNA FIRE INS. CO., Of Hartford, Conn., Cash assetns " liy their fruits ye know them." Losses paid to Jan. 1, 1573....539,000,000 One of the oldest and wealthiest Compa nies in the world. NIAGARA Insurance Co., Of New York Cash assetts, Roal Insu ranee Company, Of Liverpool, England. Cash Assetts (Gold) $11,000,000 Ll/conning Eire Ins. Co., Of Muncy, -Pa, Assetts $6,000,000 Chicago losses all paid, Et 4-44,997 00, organized in IS-10-33 years in successful operrtion. Rochester Fire Ins. Co., Of Rochester, Pat. GEO. C. SPEYEREK President. M. S, QCAY, Vtce-President. JNO. GRA:BING. Ja., Secretary. U. J. SPEYERER, Tresavrer. It you want home insurance, procure a Policy in the Rochester Company at this Agency. ALPS INSURANCE CO., Of Erie, Penal' Cash capital, HOME LIFE INS. CO, Of New York Cash assets, Travelers' Life it Accident Insurance Co., Of Hartford, Conn Cash assetts over Representing the above first class lasarapce Companies, acknowledged to be amongst the best and most reliable in the world, and representing a gross cash capital of nearly 531,000,000,1 am en abled to take Insurance to any amount desired. Applications promptly attended to. and Policies written v ithont delay, and at fair rates and liberal terms. Losses liberally attjusted and promptly aid. INSURE Tr•DAY ! By one day's delay yon may lose the savings of years. Delays are tiangerons, and life uncertain; therefore, Insure to day! •• One to-day, is worth two to-morrows."— Quality, also, Is of the utmost Importance. The low priced, worthless article, always proves the dearest. The above companies are known to be amongst the beat and wealthiest in the world.— " As ye sow that shall you reap." Grateful for the very liberal patronage already bestowed, I hope—by a strict attention to a legit imate business—not only to merit a continnenas of the same, but a large increase the present year. Hr. STEPHEN A. CRAW Is duly authorized to take applications for Insurance and receive the premium for the same In Freedom and adjoining townships. CHAS. B. HURST, Near Depot, Rochester, Pa, Del4:lY Brighton Paper Mills BEAVER FALLS, PENN'A. PRINTING. MANNILLA, ROOFING, BAILING, Hardware, Glass, Straw. RAG AND CARPET P°a i ERI3. MANUFACTURED And Sold At Wholesale dr Retail by Frazier, loftier & Co.. 84 Third Avenue. PrITSBITEGH Earflap taken In exchange. Caepl%'69 !EEC RAlLROADS.—Prrrasuaart licAcio RAILTAC—Vonden front June 29.1873. lITATIOXI. Pittsburgh. " . • Rochester Alliance Orrrille Mansfield Crestline Forest Lima. ..... Fort Wipe Plymouth ...... .... I= Chicago P1ym0uth......... Fort Wayne Lima Forest Crestiin' A • Mansfield, 1' Orrvillell Alliance Rochesterit Pittsburgh • ®'No. I daily e 8. daily except S. I?. R. ' t A. L. EZDIIO.II CLEVELAND & PITTSBURGH RA On and after Juno 29, isra, trains *1 Stations daily (Sundays excepted) ae toll° GOING SOUTH. , STATIONS. IiMAIL. EXP.S.f ACCOST ' Cleveland II 930 ax 655rx 4061% Hudson ll 911 Eta fal Ravenna..... .... , :013 633 553 Alliance. 11105 012 640 Bayard .. !LIT) 611 Wellsville ' !lOrx 800 Pittsburgh 1310 11030 i 1 '' I GOINO NORTH. a STATION/. MAIL. I lEll°ll ACCOK ...........---...........- -- -...-... ....----.-. Pittsburgh 630. ax 115rx Wellsville SW 810 1025 430 Mal— ...... . 1100 455 I Max Ravenna.... ..... . :208ew 5331 815 H I Hudson 1241 e 22 906 - Cleveland I 155 730 11025 II Leaves. Bayard MOO &, I G5O p. m. N.Philad.tso 910p.m 630a.m. S.lpm. Bayard94sa.m.&3sop.M in/MONS. I:ACCOX Bellair Brtdpport... Stettbensille_ Wellsville Rochester.... Pittsburgh... 1:1313113 Pittsburgh.. Rochester... Wellsville... Steubenville Bridgeport. Beller General Banks and Bankers. BEAVER DEPOSIT BANE .0f BEAVER, PA. SHEN ALLISON COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE AND REMITTED aYrrespondence and Accounts Solicited INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS EXCHANGE, SECURITIES, &c., &c. BOUGHT AND SOLD. 08lee noun' from 0 a. in. to 4 p. in neslttf. —_—__ J. F. DRAW,. .7. Lt. ANur.l.7., Beaver Savings Bac THOS. icaßEEki & CO., $0,000,000 EXCHANGE, COIN, COUPON 8, And Bankable Paper. Collections made 'ln all parts of the United States. Special attention to Collections and Itemittancea. interest on time Depoaita. Upen from 9a.m.to L p. nu r , Llyl7-11y Rochester Savings Bank. OEM C. 14 PETEIIIII, JOHN IHRJEHITI,... LOUIS POINCIDIU, SPE:VE.IIER Ar, Dealer. in exchange, Coin, Government Becnrl• ties, make collections on all accessible points in the United States and Canada, receive money on deposit subject to check, and receive time de posits of one dollar and upward, and allow in terest at 0 per cent. By laws and Rules furnished free by applying at the bank. $1,500,000 Bank open dally from 7 a. m , till 4 p. m and on Saturday evebinge from 6 to 8 o clock. RETER, BT PIIMPSION, TO II Oatukan & Co, Hon .7 9 itntan, goo. Scott t Co J Crose & Co, letter & Walvis, S 'Unger, C Hurst, 11 Wilson, LOOK HERE-. (,: PIIING AND SUMMED. DOOM—The 1.0 undersigued begs leave to Inform his (fiends and the public generally that ho has just received a new stock of goods of the latest styles for Spring and Summer wear ,which he offers at very moderat rates. GENTLEMSNS' FURNISHING GOODS, CONSTANTLY ON HAND Clothing made to order en botlca. Thankful to the public ' I hope by 'lime attention to bue Antlnn ante of the same. BRIDGE ST., BRitotoo.vaTAll. PA mar 24:tf CLOTHING STORE. $2.50,000 NEW GOODS! WINTER STOCK. The undersigned takes pleasure in in forminr, his friends and the public gener ally Oa he has just rec.dved and opened $3,500,000 A New Stock of Goods, OF THE LATEST STYLES FOR $'2,259,945 Fall and Winter Wear. He keeps the best of workmen In hls e loy, and feels confident of his ability to cu and make up garments both FASHIONABLE& DURABLE. and in such a manner /1 .9 will please his timMlNAmAillil3Killatitilllil adl and see us before leaving your Orders Elsewhere _WILLIAM REICH. Jr. may4;7o;ly Bridgewater, Pa FRANK M' CARTY, ➢faunfactnms of the Celebrated STEAM REFINED ENGINE CARBON, SPINDLE, maim, rem SI GNA.I4 OILS Prepared under a new Process, without POINT Ole WORKS, SMITH'S FERRY, SEM Beaver, Pa., RaUroadd.' -I FT. Watirs I Time Table TRAINS GOISO XAMI N 0.1. Na itcl4 POSES 0101 u tam 1023 31072 008 - r ' W 640 010 . 600 7155 gig • 915 1217iit :250 235 265.4. 606 MO 820 1. Fitßs 60043 728 IMO ,143091 Is 400 • MOAN .7'43 900 :135 ft 3393 63) 14114. 150 510 651 i 855 940 set) 1116 1208n1 920 445 rM rrillZ MCI Nab. PacEz No. 2. Fit Ex , isto. 4. Nit Ex I lakx 1 110Px 1 400 1 c4O i 810 1010 1030Aar 1100 1 100r31 I= 1/0 53- t , I I-N [ •-. 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Ate w man cannot , fo spine wayOf she Charley - you} young men ikinlectibt knowledge of - 9*M:ft confide:lee -nts respecting ~ sir, that pride in from betray oflproud Women, 's with that style ;Give me the Freatureitas, man' see sho ill 515L* 915 11110,6 245 400 535 900434 640 916 110(1 940 PX 400 5,746 Oh, tle OAD. 1 I leave igto say upop it question? .4 _proud women. defend yourself?" she Inquired in -of questioning st slfted" suddenly to inpunfusicm, as she en-' e putleman's admiring ga l ze 4Sit protal , Miss Innocence? Dian% coun4lry cousin call you a stucklAril= I' - Of course you are, and, w t is worse still, you are proud ,tl . our Fide." t iy "WhY,Welenixciu are making me out a terrible cum Mr. Forsyth will ImAlhiguated." "That :were Impossible," he said in a4p Voiceas he passed by her side Int i f the room. "Wh - 'did MI say, Many," in quired*cousin after he had gone. "Oh;, polite nonsense, that my:italt hailed forth, that was all. B how::"Aaolishly sensitive meq are about being refused ! I do riot see Why they take it so much to !nut: I think it is absurd for a markt!) feel the refusal of one woman so deeplyiwhen he knows there are pleitty . Of l iothersteady to say yes in a moment." Accom Accoa "mass: .h ut ho does not want the others,' It must be a great disap pointment." "Disappointment ! Of course; hut we wereAsjot talking of that. It is the bun:dile - lion your cousin means to am afraid that he will live mutt% a bachelor." "I =Staid so too, if he waits for you - to bet* your preference." "Nonsense, Helen; he has never given weeny reason." "oteceiree not. Has he notust said that kawould never tell his ! J ove uattl quibi;eure of a return. It is theeedy u*inly thing I ever heard hits. say.r4t "Yost alreh'erY severe, Helen." "Boca , is such a dear, good fellow thati d not like to have him betray, skeane anltY, for that is at thubuttmin °fit , yon know, Many, I w 15100 0, ,- -41ettadful would hap : -$lO L. , • 4401 verY much nec . ;1 Would you ilk: to nave me jump out of the window, or into the lake?" BS, . gene "No, but I want you to frighten him in some way. It would be such fun to make him speak." "Oh, Helen. I should be ashamed." "Pshaw S I'll tell you how to manage it. Make your horse run away, and then pretend that you are terribly hurt." . "1 won't do anything of the kind, I hate such things." . "Who's to know? I hever shall tell, and if you don't do it, you and Charles will go on in this way for years and years, and then you will marry some man you do not care a pin for just out of pique. and lose the kindest, most generous-hearted -fellow in the world. whose vanity only needs a little lesson. You can Jump off your horse and then send him home, and I shall see Charles' face when the riderless steed makes his aPpearance. All that lam afraid of is that I shall not be able to keep my countenance. Come Minnie, say you'll do it, and I'll promise to ac company you when you go back to New York." "Will you really, Helen? "Yes, I will, if you'll agree to what I propose." "Well, I would do almost any thing for the sake of having you go home with me, even a mean con temptible thing like that, though I hate the very thought of it." "You are too high-toned, 'dimly, altogether. But 1 would not ask you to do it for any other man." Helen Rodney wisan orphan, liv ing with her uncle, the father of Charles Forsyth, fot Whom she felt all the love and tentlemessof a sister, which affection was so warmly re turned by him. although they had never indulged in any cousinly flir tations whatever; indeed, it had long been a favorite scheme of hers, that Minnie Hamilton, her school-girl friend, should become her cousin's wife. She felt quite convinced that they were mutually attached, but feared pride would keep them apart. The next morning Charles was read ing in his own room when he heard Ellen's voice in the garden calling him, and begging that he would come down and See some strange plant that had Just bloomed. "But where is Miss Iniamilton?" he in quired, after the flower had been duly examined and admired. "She went off riding on the white pony." "What, alone "No; she intended getting Anna Ripley to join her, their horses trot so nicely Writhes.. ' but—oh, Char ley, there comes the horse without any rider. Minny must have been thrown. Run—run and see." He did not wait to be told, howev er. but went off like the wind in the direction that the horse had come, while Helen ran Into the house to indulge in a wicked laugh at her cousin's expense. Then she sat down to await the denouncement of the adventure; growing very impatient, however, as the moments passed without either Charles or Minny making their appearance. Finally, however, to her utter amazement and chagrin, she saw the latter drag ging herself slowly up the hill upon which the house was situated. She ran out at once to meet her, her spir its sinking lower and lower as she caught the expression of the young girls face. "What is the matter?" she cried; "what makes you look so—" "Mad? Yes," exdamed Minny, pettishly; that is just the way I feel. I have made a fool of myself, and hurt my ankle into thelargain, and there's the end of yout interesting scheme, Miss Rodney. lar •so mad, so—", "Oh, Minny, don't be angry with c i me, I mso sorry. But let me help you, nd tell me how it all happen ed. Idn't you see Charles? He flew as if he had been shot." 4 ? "H 's a brute, Helen, I hate him. I ne want to see him again! Conede l puppy!" you poor child. do tell nib all ab ut it!" "Jut t wait until I reach my room, ie. I 4 ~August• •-• o 6, 1873 -1- - • WSONL.LANT. THOtty.E. lever , would (Or Ltuatil quite nil 'kept -- turlionor,to know Ave onstage! words, a lit lenial Idiot, to keei- .-; , .{ and can Ile down, thea I will tell yoti the whole charming story; but I shall go home just as soon fumy:foot Is well enough, and ;I ;,; never , will f_!hmk to him as long as I live; Never!" ; So Helen assisted her to her chem., tier and examined.the injuro ankle; which was Indeed much bruisW land swollen but her - aunt appearini to offer her kindly aid, 4_the: fretibl expression passed from i'the! 'y " unit face, and she rewarded thelo effort, to make her comfortable ; her usuaisiveet and sunny 1;61110 . Poor, Relen t In the meantime; mat. dying with impatience to heat the: story, and as moan. as the two gifts , were alone, she-exclaimed— " it Now, darling, tell me about ." - t. • -ta "WnY, Helen, played tpy pair like a bungler, as. I knew , stioula The horse sprung forward just as .f -prepaied to jump, and I fell with my ankle under me, upon -a stone. was thankful enough to be back; and pretended insensibillLy Bat when Mr. Forsyth , reached the phi*, and taking me in his arms called me MO sweet Mipre• ; some eXasperating . angt t , what Made - "I don't know' I tell you 4 It was Just like me. I always loteW hadn't any sense. 4, "But what did Charles do then?" "Wh,y, he dropped me, the mean fellow, just as if I had been a, log of wood. I never will look ;:at him again, never ! Your . beautiful ro mance has ended delightfully, hasn't it? The gallant lover, leaves the la dy rolling in the dust, to get home as best she can. I hate him ! ,despise him !" "But he did not know that you were hurt, of course,, or he never would have left you, even if he did suspect a trick. There he comes, now, up the hill." "Indeed! Bow does the:mighty gentleman look ?" "Very black, Many. I must con fess, but he will apologize, I know, when he hears that you are hurt. 1 will leave you now, and letlou try to sleep." "I shall not sleep, and I shall not accept his apologies. I hate him and myself, and— " Not me, Minny, I hope. I thought I should bring you two to gether, and we should all belso Fled; but good-bye for the present; " and kissing the tired girl, she Went to meet her cousin. "Why, Charles," she begat, in re proachful tones, "how could you treat Minny as you did? ghe hurt her foot very badly, and will be con fined to her room, probably for sev eral days." "Hurt, Helen ! did you ally that she was hurt ?" "01 course I did, and you left her so strangely to crawl up herd all by herself. She is very much Offended; I assure you." "Why, Helen, she laug hed in my face, and I thought it was all a trick to make a fool of me." "Girls generally laugh when they are pleased." "Don't beabsurd, Helen; 1'161 . 1 did not dream that she was hur an and apologize to her for me-that's ti good girl, and give her this rose with my sincere regrets." Wien did 'not wait tor a'rtytiilnk more, but flew up to Minnyls room, to find her ,still awAktkaPit,crYing - she exclaimed, "do,not cry - 0, or I never shall forgive myself. But here is a rose from Charley, who : . feels as badly as you do. He asks Your for giveness in the humblest •manner. Indeed, he almost pushed me down in his eagerness, as If I we* of DP consequence at all. lie clid not dream that you were hurt, far. Min ny," and here she could noVrepre,ss a girlish giggle. "he thou ght you were making fun of him.' Minny took the rose, with 4 very forgiving smile, notwithstanding her recent protestations of unending hos tality, and Helen went awayi feeling quite sure that sleep would soon come now to refresh and strengthen her. She was confined to her room, however, for several days. .during which Chitrles chafed and :fretted, and scarcely. Aried. to hide his impa- tience for her re-appearance.; "Charley,, what is the iriatter7" Helen asked one day. "I :-.believe you are in love at last—but Who can it be? I should suspect our 'patient up stairs, only you will have nothing to do with proud women. must be a sweet. frank, irn—" "Stop, Helen, stop—don't, repeat my nonsense." r "But tell me now, cousin; is it Minny?" "Yes it Is," he replied, earnestly; "but I have not the slightest idea whether she cares for me or snot. I have a great mind to resort to strat agem." "Don't, don't, Charley," interrup ted Helen, quickly. "Why not, Helen?" ho asked, looking up in some surprise.; "Oh, because, because—make her a good, honest. manly offer, and she will respect you a great deal:more." "But she may refuse me, Helen, I could not endure—" "There she comes; now do as I tell you." And she ran out of ono door as Minny entered the other. It was hard to tell which was the most em barrassed of the two—but as Minny's steps seemed very uncertaihilowing to her lameness, of course,) 31harles put his arm around her, mut for the next ten minutes, he hardly knew what he said or did, until Minn', smiling up at him through her tears, whispered— " Now indeed. I am proud." Then, with many blushes, she told him all about his cousin's little plot, fearing greatly that he would be disgusted; hut he only laughed, and said it had ended very happily. Bringham Young!! 17th Wire Leaves lifus. A dispatch from Sllit Lake, dated the sixteenth instant; says: There is a great sensation here to-day over the announcement by the Journal that Ann Eliza Webb Young, the 17th wife of Blinghtim Young, bad forever left him, carrying Otrher fur niture and personal .effects. -• Bring ham will endeavor to replevin the goods. Mrs. Young is at the. Walker House, and three leading ,lawyers are about to institute a stilt for a'di vorce and . alimony.: Great, revela tions are expected concerrilp - g the in ner domestic life of the' prophet. Mrs. Young is enjoying the sympa thy of the Gentile ladisit and the polygamous Mormons are 14 good deal disturbed: —A doctor In Lowel4,.3lass., is greatly and professionally excited upon the subject of regattas acid row• inin and he writes to a Boston news paper that "death worse than chole ra is in the whole :thing." Hear him. "One man gave out , from con gestion at i Springfleld. Chte died . at St. John. More will be nick. Men cannot row in that way wlthout rup turing the heart and congesting the , lungs, with a score of minor ail ments. Let the college faiultic3 pro hibit rowjng at once. They, have got to do it. Them tour much ex eitement,ln the work" ! here eer tainly is, and this wed calgentienum appears tri labor under his ttare of it. Men ;die now and the W, who were not tugging at the Oar, 'and if this distiacted doctor doesn't lOok out he will die sometime and be bur ied like other folk - • • ; . •V , - .;- - Mil Ili LESIMN OF WATERING.PLACES. What a Worallstdaw at Long Broneh -:—Waohlonable Fatravnitazteo—Drag and Dloutondo. Familiarity. with extravagance and ostentation often, and 1 may al; most say always, blade.. the eye of : reason and judgment, and indeedim pairs it if it does not, wholly'deatroy the perception of the human. mind. - No one of fresh, instincts, Who has lived long enough - oat : of. society's dissipation to think and observe with impartial clearnesse, can contemplate the extravagant tendencies Of society without the ffavest sorrow; and ap- Prehension, Let such a Vettem vend but , a single week at Low Idranch,:where the sun is warm; the breezes are cool, and the nights are serene and fair, and he will have . Ma teria: enough for. reflectionduring the twelvemonth In his library, his oifice, or hiS Workshop: While the giddy extravagance of women in • the matter of, dress and Jewels is probably the most cosi:4- =IOIW evidence of an unhealthy, con '4ltlon ig "M 9 elt! ,it Is no' means -Oa . 11 0thger Branch Newport 'and Sa r a ' ;upon the young children and half 'grown boys and girls, who are found here in such numbers is, I think, more hurtful. What, that is bad, is not taught here? Everthing that destroys the body and corrupts the mind finds encouragement here. Here the children are taught to dis regard the hours of day or night; they may retire at the close of the even ing's hop If they desire; they may rise and breakfast at noon if they will. A life of idleness and indo lence is always before them, not as a warning, but as an example. Al lurements to dyspepsia and slow de struction are not wanting. Here cu cumbers, And bananas, and ice cream, and nuts, and raisins, and coffee for your children, with greasy pastry and unseasonable vegetables ad libi tum; and in clothing they are taught that paper-soled shoes are the proper things Walk in on the wet beach; that bare s. bare shoulders, and unprotected neck, are sufficient to resist the stiff night breeze, which brings a chilling dampness to even a stoutly-built adult in woolens. The life here turns the minds of the child Into unhealthy channels, for children are permitted to see only the allure ments of dissipation, not the realities or responsibilities of life. Nothing useful or instructive finds lodgment here—life is as unreal and deceitful as the ignis fatuus. Yet I would not be taken as depre ciating Long Branch. 1 regard it as the most advantageous and delight ful of the seaside resorts. but it is against the tendencies of society that lam railing. Long Branch is not singular. The same social puzzle is solving at Saratoga, Cape May and Newport, and it is working itself out across this broad sweep of water which rolls before us. The result ought to be of vital interest to all who love their country and their spe cies. What is all this gloomy forboding? Why this high pressure of excite meat? Follow me and I will tell . you, Let us take the subject of dress, and come with me to the fine Parlor of the West End hotel. The Shadows of early night-fall were long since obscured by the durkne, the IMOlRrSairkirtz : .• ; . air is deliciously cool, and the melo dy of music.comes with a flood of light from the open windows of the parlor. The band plays a dreamy, voluptuous waltz, and scores of grace ful girls and women go skimming over the floor. It is a gay scene. The intermingling of colors is very picturesque in effect, the willowy grace of the slight figures here mid there conspicuous, excites the adcni ration, While the lookers-on of the gentler sex present faces full of bright ness and enthusiasm. Surely in all this there is nothing remarkable. It is merely a very pretty picture to look at for half au hour. But scan for a moment the raiment which floats in such soft waves before your eves, and you will see that there is almost a fortune in every dress. It is .not merely the handsome silk dress and the rich lace collar and un dersleeves which the well-to-do can afford for his wife and daughter,with a nice gold otcoral neck chain and locket, anti perhaps a modest set of diamond earrings. It is rather a pat tern of silk which of itself is a work of art, and the product of nobody knows how many weeks of hard and anxious labor. The embroidery around the bottom was wrought with suffering fingers in France. None can tell how many months of privation and misery it could reveal if it had the power of articulation. The covering of lace looks old and yellow, you think, but notice its soft ness, its delicacy. Dues it not look as delicate and fragile as a spider's web? My friend, that white over dress would buy you a ,farm that would support you and your wife and children in comfort. Still the figures go floating by, and when that dress and overdress pass you again just notice the diamonds in the ears of the wearer. Yes, fair lady, they are as big as your thumb-nail, and they are, you may trust; of the finest water. If our young friend had just those two diamonds he could start a national bank to-morrow. If the young clerk in the store up town had the rings which adorn that fair white hand which rests so easily on her companion's shoulder, and the jewels that shine on that round neck, he could start in business for himself. This, mind you, is but one lady among the hundred now in this room, and this is but one of her cos tumes. This is not a fancy sketch.. There are a dozen ladies in the room who vie with her. That lady of inflnate grace, whose wavy gray hair surmounts a beauti ful young face, fair and well cut, and sensitive in every line, has solitaires scarcely to be matched in the coun try. They are not ostentatious, but as she reclines easily on the sofa it is easy to imagine that they are the proper ornament for that face. Her hands are small and round, but they are covered with big diamonds, which, say what you will, is a dese cration of God's beauty. Can any thing be more beautiful than a small, white, round hand, perfect in its mold ? And is it not an outrage to conceal, even with diamonds, its fair lines? Her dress is ofdark Material, but also is covered with lace and em broidery. That dress near the window, of in describable green, is still more ex travagant. Its great value is in the making, and in the destruction of material. The lace over-dress above alluded to will last a lifetime if care fully used, and may be handed down as a rich heirloom to coming gener ations, but this green silk will be worthless and east aside a month hence. Its scollops, its bindings, its patch-work, its bits of embroidery on tabs and loops and small pieces of silk, will pass for nothing when the first Roman punch is spilt on it. This dress is a marvel of patience. Queen Catharine, with all her skill and patience at embroidery, could never have achieved such a success. No dresses are to be seen in this par lor to-night that are not extravagant; and although it must seem an exag eratlon. and doubtless it is,it never theless appears to me that there is more than two quarts of diamond jewelry on theladles here assembled. = taus =1818;=: It is no longer pearls, ilaPPlLin* rubles,rnmeraidtkonyzostneoe„ ,and all that —snore ' s the pity—but it is diamonds. If It Is a fair -young girl with blue eyes 04_ blonde hair, it makes no 'difference. - She does not appear In the pale pink coral, nor in the necklace of pearls,. Which are ito chaste and becoming, but if herfatb er can afford it she ;oust stare , heaven la the face( indlanionds. And where is thls to end?/To-night' is simple the Sallie as ; last nigh_t was or to. morrow night will be, for there *a hop lastlugito II o'clock every night. It is not a formal ball, with Invite. tions, a big supper. and all that. r The ladles and gentlemen—do not even wear, gloves.. Guests come in,-it is true from other hotels, to partici pate 'in the enjoyment, butit Is who]• ly informal, and an ordinary 'affair. What a grand ball would bring forth is something dare not allow -My 'mind to cciiiteruplate`., , If egich es-and such jewels are but everyday affairs, may providence spare nain the future! = . . It is not (kimean this tempest Of extravaga4* eontined.tn ,young dies alio wotrittai Oteads to bspies tit thebteast,end abildretr toa - 41mnif whim , * their , fettets„—Tbexe is, AV Uhl MOinerite tY roung-thiss In , the m ] ball-tod witit %Ming light -hair . _ tied with Pink ribbons, gayly - 1?Ittp• ping up and down the room to the time of tbe - inusie, and in her ears are soltaire diamonds over a carat in size, I should think. and worth certainly six or seven hundred dollars—and she is not more than seven years old! I saw on the piazza yesterday, while the city church bells _were telling of the meekness of our Saviour, a little girl scarcely able, to toddle, and her dress was nothing but a cloud of the most costly lace—so old and rare,that it seemed as if its history would go back as far as the Ptolemies. The ball-room is not the only place where this dangerous extravagance is seen. At the breakfast table; with several hundred guests seated, there is al ways a brilliant constellation of gems. They flash from the ears of the la dies, they sparkle on the hand, they glisten at the throat, and they shine on gentlemen's shirt-fronts. Why will ladies persist in wearing dia monds in the morning? If they would only stop a moment and con sider, they would see that they are no more appropriate than a decollete waist or a lace shawl would be at the breakfast table. While such prodigality exists among the women, what is Its effect on the coming generation—the boys and girls who are to people the earth after those now here have passed away ? Every man with a moderate income has keenly felt that the tendency of the women of to day is to unbridled extravagance ; that dress is the ruling feature with a majority of those who go into what is called society, and that, although a woman may be never so frugal, she yet does not want to be seen so plain ly dressed that she would attract at tention at the opera, the theater, the party or the street. There is no lim it to the standard. Yon must either find a lower plane to which you have never been accustomed, and above which you are in, in point of intel ligence, experience, or intellect, or you must stay at home perpetually. What - vices does this profligacy in dress lead to? How many husbands are groaning under the heavy load of their wives' extravagance.o How of • n arePOlng this - envy; 9 1 = -7 - 77 crime to place such an example be fore children, to impregnate their little brains with ideas of comparison of raiment, as though that was the one chief object in livihg? What is to be the effect on the family of mod erate income? Debt and disgrace, or the shutting of the door to the world. From careful observation of near ly a month at the most fashionable hotel at the Branch, I give it as my deliberate opinion that persons in moderate circumstances cannot come here with satisfaction to themselves, if they are finely organized and of sensitive temperament—l refer of .:nurse to families, to ladies. You may have the desire, you may have the capacity of enjoyment, you may have the organization that could not be satisfied with inferior accommo dations which a less luxurious hotel would furnish, you may even have the means which you could afford to expend for the mere hotel accommo dations, you may be perfectly able to pay five dollars a day fora month, you may have and may feel all this, but if you haven't fhe money to dress with extreme extravagance, you will not be contented. If you do not make comparisons, others will, and the whole tendency is bad and mis chievous. What young man in modest cir cumstances, with honest prospects ahead of him, dares to rnarry? What encouragement is there for him to do so? These evils are of a single birth: idleness, indolence, extravagance and selfishness; and these are taught at fashionable hotels, at fashsonable watering-places, by fashionable wo men. Comfort is sacrificed to 'dis play, and all the better impulses of the human mind are trodden upon and kicked aside because Mrs. Pom egranate has finer diamonds and finer silks than Mrs. Persimmons. This is the lesson of wateringzplaces. Percy Ramsden's Ladder. Percy Ramsden enjoyed the un enviable notoriety of beir,g called and considered one of the 'most tire some lads in the world." But whether. strictly speaking, he merit ed that title, or whether the• phrase was used by his par is merely as a figure of speech to exiitress their deep sense of Percy's shortcomings, we will leave our readers to decide for themselves after pertising what fol lows: "Now Percy," said Mr. Ramsden, on the evening of the day his son left school for the holidays, 'l've got a few words to say to you, and I hope you'll listen very nttentiuely." - Expecting to be "hlown up" for something he had done and forgot ten. Percy stared in dogged silence at the fire-grate. "We are just beginning another year," continued his father, "and God knows you've given mother and me trouble enough during the last. But we mean to make a change .hortly, my boy, and Lwatkt to pre pare you for it. " Again Mr. Ramsden paused, and his son would have said "all right," only he thought he had better not. "Do you know how old you are?" So abruptly was the question ask ed, that some seconds elapsed before Percy could answer it. "No—yes—l think I'm fourteen, father, last birthday." "And when was last birthday ?" "OctOber the twenty-fourth." "Well, now, between you and me, Percy, don't you fancy that, as an honest, healthy, Intelligent youth, over fourteen years of age, it's time you were beginning to do something for yourself?" Determined to.be on the safe side, if possible, Percy answered, "Yes, father." "And what trade would you like to learn?" Trade?—trade ?—such an idea had never entered Percy's head, so all that he could say was that he "didn't know." "Then you must think, and we'll talk again on the matter." "Very well, father." NM lIM '; Tits Hztvzit Anvils • Ts published every Wednesiby la the old Argus building on Third fitted, - ver, Pa., ats2 Per year In advance. 5101xuattutottlens suPiecta ;of /Peal or generalinterest are respectfully so ,"/`s) ,truntre attention Argon et this kind must 'imolai:lly be **comps- Wad by thereinto of the author. hettergliandOlnunZiniestinnekihould be anuareseeetol . • ! • - , • WETAith CiEgati t l*Tert . "But, there isone thing I. mast tell you.'! added Mr. Ramsden, "which is, that whatever trade you choose to follow . , you will either have to mount a cert ain ladder' or stay at the hot tor or Here Perey - raised hls eyes and looked puzzled mean the ladder of success." continued his father; "and when you, put your foot . on the , lot roma), try and remember - that 'where there's a will there's a way.' and that 'what, has:. once been done can bodone again.'" "I'vo written those words in my eoppy-books many a time," mid Percy. "Yea,: but, I want you to act them, in your liter ; so - don't . forget what I've said i because 1 have spoken mainly for .your own good." Some few months after their first conversation on the subject of work, , Percy Kamsden and his father again discussed the mementos question, and it was finally decided that Peres , should be bound apprentice to ca6lnet-maker. • "But I don't quite undendaud:- abottt, the ladder, -yet, Zither," he souk; when silted been settled—r. • "USD dam while I make It ea 'Ado as I . can," rejoined Mr. 14ms den, pleased to find that his' words were not forgotten. "I called-it, jr you reeedleet, the' ladder of success, did I Pa?" "Yes, I think so." "Well, this same ladder is placed by Providence within the 'reach of • every.youth in the country. I 'do not say that all poor boys may make themselves rich men, but Ido say that they become useful, intelligent and happy members of society. Now when yon go to world; Percy, you will begin at the bottom of the ladder, after which your progress will depend upon yourself—how you think and act, and the sort Of habit you form, and the kind of life you lead. If you are steadfast in faith, truthful in conduct, and diligent in business, you will grow up a real Christian and clever workman ; if you are thoughtless, idle, and vi cious, your time will be spent to little purpose. Well, supposing—as I trust will be the case—you make the best of your chance—and try to live honest and purely beforeall men that will be mounting the ladder of succecs. For though worldly people spell success with £ s. d., the getting of money is no proof that a man, has done well. On the contrary, many make themselves rich and wretched at the same time. In their neighbors' eyes they have got to the top of the ladder, but in the sight of God they are groveling miserable at the bottom and why ? Because happiness—not riches--is the end and, aim of all Christian life. We are here only a few years, to prepare for a world where goodness counts as everything and money nothing. Do you under stand me g." Percy scratched his head - and an swered in the affirmative. , "Well, then, what I have to add is," continued his father, "get rich if you can by all fair and right means, but never sacrifice moral principle to physical profit. Never do a mean or dishonorable action for the sake of gain, because whatever the amount of such gain may be, it will have to be left behind, while your meanness will go with you into eternity. To be temperate, honest, pions and in. Austr!ous theretare,._o4..~- of MUMS* anaY , thnire or ifsigion - inithrtlutitiort.434 marks an upward step in the climb er's journey. And now Percy, I will say no more, but leave you to think for yourself." * * Seven years had elapsed, and Per cy Ramsden had given his mother the first week's wages— two golden sovereigns—he had received as a journeyman cabinet-maker. Mr. Ramsden, too, was present, and his lace showed plainly how much he * thought of the good son who had al tered so greatly. Whatever Perry I had been in his boyhood, he could not now be called a "tiresoma lad," for he had grown tall, strong and manly, and his mind had been am ply furnished with good sense. Their evening meal over, the young workman went up stairs and came back in .a few minutes witn something in his^hand and a pleas ant smile on his face. "Now can you tell one whht this is?" he said, looking knowingly at his father, and unrolling a piece of twine from a wooden peg and fasten ing one end of it to a hook near the "No indeed I can't Percy unless It's the tail of a kite." "It seems very like .one," added Mrs. Ramsden ; "but you never mean to begin flying kites, now, Percy?" "No, mother; it's not what you take it for. "I'm only going to blow my own trumpet a bit." - "Why, it's less liken trumpet than anything." said Mr. Ramsden. "Well," rejoined the young man, with a quiet laugh, "it cerarinly re sembles what you've milled it; but I will now tell you what it is." De taching the first piece of paper from the string, Percy unrolled it, and said, "this is my ladder—Percy Itamstlen':s ladder—and ifyou'll pear me, I'll unite each of these ii,cpers, or 'steps,' and read them to you." This proposal both astonished and delighted Mr. and Mrs. Rarescien. This history of seven years' self-de nial, temptation to be wise was writ ten on those bits of paper tied cross wise on that piece of twine; and the simple words •in which the young cabinet-maker had chronicled his triumphs and failures, drew smiles as well as sighs from his listening pa rents. And when he came to the last of his curious "ladder," his father sprang from his seat, slapped him on the shoulder, and exclaimed, t'l wish Percy, from the bottoin of my heart, that every father's son werelike you to-night." —"Burleigh," New Vork corres pondent Boston Journal, writes that a book of several hundred pages is ready for the press, giving a minute tistory of the origin of tho Wood hull-Bowen-Beecher mindal, and of all the parties connected with it. —A correspondent writes: 1 •Our foremost bankers' nierchants and traders are children of the dark-eyed daughters of Judah. Read the histo ry of England and of every nation on the continent. Rothschild has more power than Bismarck of the Czar of all the Rtissians. The He brews of Europe furnish more mon ey to develop the resources of our country than any other race. There are fewer paupers to be fonnd among the Hebrews than among any other race. No children of any race seem to have that devoted attachment to their mothers and fathers that the Hebrews have." —There's noend to the unpleasant ness of friendly and ceremonious calls. The etiquette of calls involves more white lies than anything else in the world, and now it has been getting in the way of a woman in Hartford who wanted to hang her self. There several times did she .make ready for that agreeable per formance, and as often did, people come ringing a' the door, visiting and interfering with all her arrange ments, and discouraging her gener ally. She says, sadly, that it's Im possible to hang one's self comforta bly in Hartford without neglecting some of one's friends. Observe the heartlessness of modern society' II
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