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LODGES.
Bellefonte Masonic Lodge, No 265, A. Y. M . ,
meets on Tuesday evening of or before thy
Full Moon.
Constans Commandery. No. 33, H. T.,
Meets second Friday of each month. •
I. 0. 0. F. Centre Lodge, No. 153, meets
every Thursday evening at their Hall,
Bush's Arcade..
For the conferringbf Degrees the Ist Sat
urday evening of each month.
For Degree of Rebecca;secend Saturday of
every month.
I. 0. G. T.—This Lodge every Monday
evening.
Bellefonte Church Directory.
Presbyterian church, Spring St., services at
at 11 a. m., and 71 p. m ; No pastor
at present. This congregation are
now erecting a new church, in consequence
of which the regular religious services will
be held in the Court House until further
notice.
Methodist Episcopal Church, High St., ser
vices 107 a. m., and 77 p. m. Prayer
meeting on Thursday night. Rev. II .C.
Pardoe, pastor.
St. John's Episcopal Church, High St., ser
vices at 10/ a. m., and 71 p. m. Rev.
Byron McGann, pastor.
Lutheran Church, Lion St., services 101 a.
m , and 71 p. m. Rev. J. h.. Hackenberger,
pastor.
Reformed Church, Linn St., no pastor at
present
Catholic Church, Bishop St; services 101
a. m., and 3p. m. Rev. T. McGovern,
pastor.
United Brethren Church, High Street, west
side of creek; services—
African M, E. Church, west side of creek ;
services a/ 11 a. re., and 71 p. in. Rev.
Isaac Pinwell, pastor.
DIRECTORY.
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UNITED STATES
President—Andrew Johnson.
Vice-President, pro tem.—Benj. F. Wade
Secretary of State—William H. Seward.
Seeretarlinf Treasury—Hugh McCullough
Secretary of War—J. M. Schofield.
Secretary of Navy—Gideon Wells.
Secretary of Interior—O. H. Browning.
Postmaster-General—A. L. Randall.
Attorney General—Wm. M. Evarts.
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Governor—.Tno. W. Geary.
See'y of Commonwealth—Frank Jordon.
Deputy Secretary of Commonwealth—lsaac
B. Grata.
Auditor- General—John F. Hartranft.
Surveyor-General—Jacob M. Campbell.
Treasurer—W . IV. Irwin.
Attorney General—Benj. H. Brewster.
Deify- Atey General-3. W. M. Newlin.
Sup't of Conn. Schools—J. P. Wickersham.
Supt of Com. Schools—C.R Coburn.
Sup't of Soldier's Orphan Schools—Geo.
F. McFarland.
IMIES3
President Judge—Charles A. Mayer
Bociatee _John Hosterman,
William Allison,
Prothonotary—James H. Lipton.
Register &Recorder—J. P. Gephart.
Sheriff—D. Z. Kline.
Dep'ty Sheriff—D. Woodring.
Dist. Atry—H. Y. Stitzer.
Treasurer—A. C. Geary.
Wtn. Keller,
Commissioners, I Wm. Furey,
John Bing.
Clerk—John Moran.
BELLEFONTE B0R0GH•
Chief BurgesB—E. M. Blanchard.
Aset " Cipt. C. T. Fryberger.
Chief of Police—Wm. Shortlidge.
Wm. Felty.
" Amos Mullen.
" Charles Cook.
Town Council—Wm. P. Wilson, Preet
S. M. Irwin, Clerk.
it Robert Valentine,
A. S. Valentine,
tt Jas. H. McClure,
F. P. Green,
tt John Irwin. Jr.. -
it Elias W. Hale,
tt Jacob V. Thomas,
ct Geo. A. Bayard,
High Constable—James Green,
Borough Constable—James Furey.
School .Directors—John Hoffer, Prat..
cc Geo. B. Weaver. Sec'y.
re Wm: McClelland, Tre's
S. T. Shugart,
c. D. M. Butts,
Dan'l McGinley.
BELLEFONTE MEAT MARKET
BISHOP STREET, BELLEFONTE PA
The oldest Meat Market in Bellefonte.
Choice meat of all kinds always on hand.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
T G. LOVE,
ey a Attorney-at-Law, Belle
fonte, Pa. Office on High St, ja6'69.y
JAMBS H. RANKIN,
Attorney-at-Law. Belle
fonte, Pa. Office in Armory building, 2nd
floor. ja6'69.ly.
SAMUEL LINN. A. 0. FURST.
L INN Ss FURST,
Attorneys. at-Law. Belle
fonte, Pa. ja6'69.tf.
EDMUND BLANCHARD. EVAN M. BLANCHARD.
E. do E. M. BLANCHARD, .
Attorneys- at-Lqw,
Allegheny St., Bellefonte, Pa. " ja6'69.ly.
II N. II'ALLISTER- JAMES A. NEATER.
H
ALLISTER BE ; VER,
Attorneys-at-Law,
Bellefonte Penn'a: ja6'69.ly
W W. BROWN . ,
Attorney-at-Law
Bellefonte, Penn'a., will attend promptly
to all business entrusted to his care.
E. C. FLUMES, Fret& T. P. HARRIS, Caehlr.
1
7 1 11RST'NATIONAL BANK
.Bellefonte.
glieny St., Bellefonte Pa.
JOHN H. ORVIS. CYRUS T. ALEXANDRE.
ORVIS & ALEXANDER,
• Attorneys-at-Law,
Bellefonte, Pa. Office in Conr'd House,
Allegheny St. ja6.69.1y.
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sma a E:,.
URIAH STOVER,
Licensed Autioneer, will
attend to all sales entrusted to his care.-
Charges reasonable. Address. Uriala.Sto
ver, Houserville, Centre Co„ Pa.
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T D. WINGATE D. D. S.,
Dentist. Office on the
P.../ •
corner of Spring and Bishop streets, Belle
fonte. Pa. At home, except the first two
weeks of each month. Teeth extracted
without pain. ja6'69 ly.
JAS. H. DOBBINS,
Physician and Sur
geon. Office up-stairs in It. McClure's
new Building, Bishop St., Bellefonte, Pa.
Will attend to all business in hi+ profes
sion, faithfully at all times, and all hours.
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B USII k YOCUM,
Attorneys-apt-Law, Bell - -
fonte, Pa., will attend to all business en
trusted to them, will , promptness. Office
on Northeast Corner of the Diamond, in
Mrs. Ircin's stone building. jal3'69.y.
WILSON & HUTCHISON, .
Attorneys-at-Law,
Bellefonte, Pa. Collections, and all other
legal business in Centre and the adjoining
Counties, promptly attended to. Office in
Blanchard's Law building, Allegheny
street. ja6'69.
CENTRE CO. BANKING COMPANY.
Receive Depos
its and allow Interest ; Discount Notes ;
Buy and Sell Government Securities, Gold
and Coupons.
HENRY BROCKERHOFP, President.
J. D. SHUGERT, Cashier. jal3'6oy.
A ir S. GRAHAM,
11 Fashionable Barber, in
Basement of the Conrad Hcuse Belle
fonte, Pa. The best of Razors, sharp and
keen, always on hand. He guarantees a
Snavn without either pulling or pain.—
Perfumery, Hair Oils, Hair Restoratives,
Paper Collars, {kc., constantly on hand.
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rW. RHONE, DENTIST,
Boalsburg Cen
tre Co., Pa., most respectfully informs the
public that he is prepared to execute any
description of work in his profession Sat
isfaction rendered, and rateß as moderate
as may be expected. Will be found in
his office during the week, commencing on
the first Monday of each month, and at
such other times as may be agreed upon.
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INSURANCE—LIFE & FIRE.
Joseph A. Rankin of
ibis Borough, insures property for the fol
lowing Stock and Mutual companies, viz:
Lycoming Mutual, York Company, Pa.,
Insurance of North America, Enterprise,
and Girard of Phila., Pa., Home, of New
Haven, and any other reliable company
desired. Also, Provident Life Company
of Phil'a., and other good Life Compa
nies. j a 6'69.19.
B. E. V. R. R.—Gee. C. WILIUNS, Sup't
Westward from Bellefonte.
Mail, 4.2? P. ir
Accommodation ' 6 00 A. M
Through Freight,.....8.42 A. nr at Milesburg
Eastward , rom Bellefonte.
Mail 10.28 A. It
Accommodation, 5 55 P. u.
Freight and decom...3 55 P U at Milesburg
B. do S. S. R. R.—DAN'L IttIOADS, Sup't
Pass'r, 1eave..7.45 a m Pass'. arr.. 9 50 a m
Pass'r, " 2.30 pm I Pass'. arr.. 5.05 p m
P. R. R. CONNECTIONS AT TYRONE
Phi1'a•Ex.....7.51 a m
Emmierant...2.ls p m
Mail Train... 6.44 p In
H. & Alt Ac. 8.35 a m
MIFFLIN & CENTRE CO. Branch R. B
No. 1, leaves Lewistown at 7.20 a. m., and
arrives at .Mihop 8.15 a. m.
No. 2, leaves Penn'a R. R. 11.15 a. tn., ar
rives at Milroy 12.15 p. m.
No. 3, leaves Pen 'a R. R. 4.05 p. m., ar
rives at Milroy 5.00.
No. 1, leaves Milroy 8.40 a. m., and arrives
at Penn'a. R. R. 9.40 a. m.
No. 2, leaves Milroy 1.15 p. m., and arrives
Penn'a. R. R. 2.10 p. m.
No. 3. leaves Milroy 5.07 p. m. and arrives
at Penn'a. R. R. 6.00 p. m.
Stage leaves Bellefonte every day (except
Sunday,) at 11 a. in., and arrives at
llil
r..y 4.30 p m.
Stage leaves Milroy every day (except Sun
day) at 5.30 p. in. and arrives at Belle
fonte 10.30 p. m.
Stage leaves Bellefonte for Pine Grove Mills
every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
mornings at 6 a. m.
Western mail closes at 4.00 p. m.
Lock Haven mail closes at 10.00 a. m.
MISCELLANEOUS
SCREWS and Hinges of every variety and
kind at IRWIN d WILSON'S.
DOOR LOCKS of all kinds,to suit every
body, at IRWIN & WILSON'S,
WAGON HUBBS, spokes and felloes,
large and small,at
IRWIN WILSON'S.
GEO. M. YOCUM.
RAILROADS.
Day Ex 754 a ni
Mail Train-3.00 p
Cin. p
Phil'a. Ex. 10.27 p m
NORTHWARD
SOUTHWARD
"Let us See to it, that a Gzvernment of the People, for the People, and by the People, shall not Perish from the Earth."
Select Poetry.
A SONG OF LABOR.
Whom shall we call our heroes?
To whom our praises sing ?
The pampered child of fortune,
The titled lord or ling?
Thcy live by others labor,
Take all and nothing give;
The noblest types of manhood
Are they who work to lire.
(norms.—Then, honor to our workmen,
Our haldy sons of toil;
The heroes of the workshop)
And monarchs of the soil!
For many barren ages
Earth hid her treasure deep;
And all her giant forces
Seemed bound as in a sleep.
Then Labor's " Anvil Chorus,"
Broke on the startled air,
And lo ! the earth in rapture
Laid all her riches here.
'Tis toil that over nature
Gives man his proud control,
And purities and hallows
The temples of his soul.
It startles fool disease,
With all their ghastly train;
Puts iron in the muscle,
And crystal in the brain !
The Grand Almighty Builder,
Who fashioned out th. 4 Earth,
Hath stamped his seal of honor
On Labor from her birth.
In every angel flower
That blossoms from the sod,
Behold the master touches,—
The handiwork of God !
Select Miscellany.
A HIDDEN WITNESS,
"She is positively starving, and this
money will be the saving of her.
These words were spoken in the coarse
of a conversation between my old friend,
Mr. John Irwin, retired civil servant
and myself, both sitting on a fine Sep
tember morning in a little summer-house
in the garden of our mutual friend, Rev.
Henry Tyson, rector of Northwick-Bal
ham, in the county of 13erkabire. The
subject of our conversatisn had•bcen
piece of very flagitious behavior on the
part of a wealthy retired tradesman,
Harding by name, who lived in the neigh
borhood. A sum of money amounting to
£lOO was owing by this man to a widow,
living also close at hand, for work done
by her husband just before he died. The
validity of the claim had been denied by
Mr. Harding, and payment obstinately
refused.
"I have made it all right, however,"
said my friend, with something approach
ing to a chuckle. "It happens that this
Harding is to a certain extent in my
power. The particulars of a transac•
Lion in which he was engaged some years
ago, not of the most creditable nature,
and all the facts relating to which came
before me in the course of my officialca
reel., are not only perfectly well known
to me, but he knows that I know of them,
and is aware that I could even at this
day, use them against him if I choose.—
Consequently he is always exceedingly
civil to mc,and when, in the course of a
conversation between us yesterday, I ex
plained to him—assuming as I did so
dangerous a look which I could see had
its effect—that I shpld ' take it exceed
ingly ill if he did not at once consider
this poor woman's claim, and forthwith
pay her what he had owed to her hus
band. he turned very pale, and informed
me that since a person on whose judg
ment he could so entirely rely as he could
on mine, was of the opinion, after duly
considering the claim, that it was a just
one, he would at once give up his own
view of the case, which had certainly
hitherto been opposed to mine, and
would without delay discharge the liabil
ity. He only begged that he might be
spared the annoyance of a personal in
terview with his creditor, and that I
would undertake in my own person to see
the widow and transact the business part
of the arrangement myself."
"You know," continued Mr. Irwin,
"how interested I have always been in
this poor soul's case, and you will be
lieve how readily I undertook the charge.
This very afternoon the business is to be
brought to a conclusion. I have arrang
ed to call on Harding, (who, as you
know, lives close by.) at three o'clock to
get the money, and I will then convey it
with my own hands to the poor woman as
a surprise."
" You have never done a better day's
work," I said. " How do you mean to
go ?"
"I shall walk. It is not above a oouple
of miles. The path across the fields by
Garfield Copse is the nearest way—isn't
it ?"
" Yes, by a good deal," I answered.—
" Would you like a companion ?"
"Well, I should like one certainly,"
was my friends answer, "but I feel a
little delicacy about introducing a strong
er into the business—either that with
Mr. Harding himself, or with my friend
the widow, who is the proudest and most
sensitive woman in the world."
I assented to the justice of this objec
tion, and having some letters to write,
got up to go, leaving my friend sitting in
the summer-house. As I quitted it, turn
ing sharply around to go into the house,
I came suddenly upon a map who was
emerging from among the shrubs which
formed the•back of the little arbor.
lle was an occasional helper abort the
place, and I had noticed him more than
once, and not with favor. He was a very
peculiar, and, as I thought, a very ill
looking man. He was a sly, slouching
BELLEFONTE, PA., JANUARY 20, 1869.
sort of a creature, who always started
and got out of the way when you met
him. A man with hollow, sunken eyes,
a small, mean, pinched sort of nose, and
a prominent, savage looking underjaw,
with teeth like tusks, which his beard
did not always conceal. This beard, by
the by, was one of the most marked
characteristics of the man's appearance,
it being, as was his hair also, of that
flaming red color which is notvery often
seen, really red, with no pretentions to
those auburn or chestnut or golden tints
which have become fashionable of late
years. The blazing effect of this man's
coloring was increased very much by the
dress he wore, an old cricketing cap of
brightest scarlet. He was otherwise
dressed in one of those short white can
vass shirts, or frocks, which are much
worn by engineers, stockers, and plaster
ers over their ordinary clothes. There
was a great brown patch of new materi
al let into the front of this garment
which showed very conspicuously, even
at a distance. His lower extremities
were clad in common velveteen trousers,
old and worn.
Such was the man who appeared sud
denly in my path as I left the summer
house, and who disappeared as suddenly
out of it a moment after our encounter,
gliding stealthily off in the direction of
the kitchen garden.
I saw my good friend Mr. Irwin once
more before he started on his benificent
errand. He was in high spirits and had
got himself up in great style for the oc
casion, with a light-colored summer
overcoat, to keep off the dust, and a
white hat. I think he had a flower in
his button hole.
There was one part of Mr. Irwin's
equipment a little out of the common
way, and this was a butterfly net, fixed
to the end of a stick. My friend was a
most enthusiastic entomologist, and when
in the country never stirred without car
rying with him this means of securing
his favorite specimens. I joked him .a
little on the introduction of his unusual
element into a business transaction, sug
gesting that Mr. Harding would think
that he had brought it as a receptacle
for the widow's money. " I must have
.
it with me," said the old gentleman, "for
if ever I venture to go out without it I
invariably meet with some invaluable
specimen which escapes me in a heart
rending manner. But," he added, "I'm
not going to let Harding discover my
weakness, you maybe sure, I'll leave'
it outside among the bushes and recover
it when the interview is over."
"Well, good luck attend you any , aray !'
I called after him ; " a successful end to
y our negotiations, and plenty of butter
flies."
The good-hearted old-fellow gave me a
nod and a smile, and flourishing his net,
was presently off on hi 3 mission.
I had what we familiarly call " the
fidgets" that afternoon. I could not set
tle down to anything. Having tried
wandering about the garden, I now took,
in turn, to wandering about, the house,
going first into one room and then into
another, looking at the pictures, taking
up different objects which lay about, and
examining them in an entire purposeless
way.
At the top of my friend's house there
was a little room in a tower, which was
used as a smoking room, and also as a
kind of observatory; my host being in the
habit of observing the heavenly bodies
through his telescope when favorable oc
cassion offered. I remembered the exis
tence of this apartment now, and, feel
ing that a small dose of tobacco would
suit my present condition very well, de
termined to climb the turret staircase,
and enjoy a quiet smoke in the observa
tory.
The room was charming. There were
large windows in it, and the view was
most extensive, taking in scenery of a
very varied kind—hill and dale, wood,
river, and plain. The signs of habita
tation were not numerous, the coun
try being but thinly populated; still,
there were cottages and farm houses
scattered here and there, and even one
or two villages in the distance. I light
ed my cigar and gave up to tranquil en
joyment of the scene before me.
As I sat thus the clock of my host's
church struck three. Remembering that
to be the hour of Mr. Irwin's interview
with Harding, my thoughts reverted to
the subject of the widow's debt, and the
good-nature which my friend bad dis
played in giving himself so much trouble
and undertaking such a thankless office.
My mind did not dwell long on
these things, however. I happened to
catch sight of the telescope, which was
put away in a corner of the room ; and
being restless, and not in a mood in which
total inaction was agreeable to me, I de
termined to have .it out, and examine
the details of the landscape which I had
just been studying on a large scale.
The day was very favorable for my
purpose. The sun was shining, and there
was an east wind, a combination which
often produces a remarkable clearness
in the atmosphere. Circumstances could
nut possibly be more suitable for tele
scopic operations, so, placing the instru
ment on its stand before one of the open
windows, I sat down and commenced my
survey.
It was a superb telescope, and although
I knew it well, and had often used it be
fore, I found myself still astonished at
its power and range. I set myself to try
ing experiments as to the extent of its
capacity, taking the time by the church
clock of a village two miles off, trying
to make out what people were doing in
the extreme distance, and in other ways
putting the capabilities of the instrument
to the test. That done, with results of
the most satisfactory kind, I went to
work in a more leisurely fashion, shift
ing the glass from point to point of the
landscape, as the fancy took me, and en
joying the delicious little circular pic
tures which in endless variety seemed to
fit themselves, one after another, into the
end of the instrument. The little round
pictaires were, some of them, very pretty.
liere was one—the first the telescope
showed me—in the front of which was a
small patch of purple earth just brought
under the plow. A little copse bounded
one side of this arable land; there was a
very bright green field in the distance;
and in the foreground the plow itself
was crawling slowly along, drawn by a
couple of ponderous and sturdy horses,
a bay and a white, whose course was di
rected by an old man with a blue neck
erchief, the ends hanging loose, a boy
being in attendance to turn the horses at
the end of each furrow and generally to
keep them up to their work.
A turn of the glass, and another pic
ture takes its place. A roadside alehouse
now. One of the upper windows has a
muslin half-blind betokening the guest
chamber, another on the ground floor is
ornamented with a red curtain; the tap
room this, where conviVial spirits con
gregate on Saturday nights. The inn has
a painted sign; somebody in a scarlet
coat, and with something on his head
Which I can't quite make out; perhaps it
is a three-cornered hat, and perhaps the
inn is dedicated to the inevitable Mar
quis of Granby ! I recollect now seeing
.such an inn in one of my walks in the
neighborhood. It is the 11Iarquis of
Granby, as I well remember. An empty
cart is standing in front of the house,
-the driver watering his horses and beer
lag himself just before the house door,
where I can see him plainly.
Another and a more extensive turn,
and the little railway station comes with
in the limits of the magic circle. Not
Much to interest here; a small white
washed, slate-roofed, formal building,
hard and angular and hideous. A lot of
s,icks piled up against the wall, waiting
to be sent off by the luggage train, a
great signal post rising into the air, a
row of telegraphic poles stretching away
in perspective.
Now a prosperous farmstead, with a
big thatched house, where the farmer
and his family reside, with well-pre
served sheds and outhouses; there is a
s' raw-yard too ; with cattle standing knee
deep, and eating out of racks well found
in hay; and there are pigs wallowing in
the mire; and there are cocks and hens
jerking themselves hither and thither,
and pecking, and generally fussing, as
their manner is. This picture in its cir
cular frame pleases me well, and so does
the next. A gentleman's seat of the en
tirely comfortable, not of the showy and
ostentatious sort. The grounds are large
enough to be called a park, and the house
lying rather low, as it was the fashion
to build a century or two ago, stands in
the midst of them, with a trim and pleas
antly formal flower garden round about
it. It is a red brick house of the Hano
verian time, with a rather high slate
(green slate) roof, with dormer windows
in it. The other windows have white
sashes, which are flush with the, wall and
not, as in these days, sunk in a recess.
I look long on this scene, and then; not
without reluctance, shift my glass, and,
turning away from human habitations,
begin to examine the more retired and
unfrequented parts of the landscape.—
The magic circle now incloses nothing
but trees and meadows, and little quiet
nooks and corners, where the lazy cows
stand about in shady places too idle even
to feed, or where the crows blacken the
very ground by their numbers, unmolest
ed by shouting boys, unscared by even
the old traditional hat and coat upon a
stick. I come presently to a little bright
green paddock, with a pony feeding in it,
a refreshing little round picture pleasant
to dwell on. There is a pond in one cor
ner of the paddock, surrounded with pol
lard willows, the water reflecting them
upon its surface, as also a little patch of
sky, which it gets sight of somehow be
t Ween the branches.
It is a comfortable and innocent little
place this, with a small wood close by,
with a haystack near the gate, stay—
what is this? There are figures here
two men—how plainly I see them!—
But what are they doing ? They are in
violent movement. Are they fighting,
wrestling, struggling? It is so. A strug
gle is going on between them, and one of
the two—he wears a bright red cap—has
the best of it. He has his antagonist,
who seems to be weak and makes but
faint resistance, by the throat; he strikes
fiercely at the wretched man's head with
a thick stick or club he holds, and, pres
sing on him sorely, beats him fiercely to
the ground. The man who has the best
of it—there is something more of red
about him besides his cap; it is hisbeard?
does not. spare the fallen man, but beats
him still about the head—a gray head
surely—with his club. Horrible sight
to look on! I would give anything to
tear myself away from the telescope, or
at least to close my eyes and shut out
the sickening spectacle. But the butch
ery is nearly over. The gray-haired
man continues yet to struggle and resist,
but only for a little while. In a very
short time the contest, as I plainly see,
will be over. The conquered man, mak
ing one more supreme effort, rises nearly
to his feet, receives another crushing
blow, falls suddenly to the ground, and
is still. Merciful Heaven! what is this?
Who are these two men?. Do I: know
them ? It cannot be that it is my dear
—[A. LiscoLx.]
old friend lying helpless on the ground,
and that the other is the man whoa' I
took note of just now in the rectory gar
den. It cannot be that this deed of which
I have been a witness—inactive, power
less to help or save—is a murder !
I felt for a moment as if all presence
of mind and power of action had desert
ed me. What was I to do ? That was
all that I could say, over and over again,
as I sat still gazing through the tele
scope with an instinctive feeling that I
must not lose one single ingredient of the
scene before me. All that 'happened I
must see. I recalled my senses by a
mighty effort, and reasoned as men do in
a crisis. What was to be done? The
place where this horrible deed was be
ing committed was so far off—about
three quarters of a mile as the crow flies;
more than a mile by any road I knew of
—that there could be no possibility of
my getting there in time to be of the
slightest service. The end, if it had not
come already—and I felt certain that it
had—must most surely have come before
I could traverse that distance. There
was but one way now in which I could
be of the slightest service, and that was
in securing the detection of the murder
er. I must remain at my post and watch
his every movement, besides endeavor
ing to render myself certain, so far as
the glass would enable me to be so; con=
cerning his appearance and dress. So
there I sat, helpless and spellbound ; hot
watching with devouring eyes. There
was a sudden stillness where there had
been before so much of struggling and
movement. The blows had• ceased to
fall now The deed was accomplished,
and there was ne more need for them.
The man himself, the murderer, was
still, and I made sure of his identity.—
There was the red hair, there was the
red beard, there was the scarlet cap ly
ing on the ground, there was the canvas
frock with the patch in front. There
was no doubt Alas ! was there any doubt
either about that other figure lying
on the grass beside him ? The light
colored summer coat which be had worn
when I last saw him; the white hairs.—
It was nearly too much to bear, but a
savage craving for vengeance came to my
aid and braced up my energies. I dis
pelled, by an effort of the will, a dim
ness which came before my eyes, and,
straining them more intensely than ever ,
saw the man with the red cap start up,
as if suddenly conscious that he was
losing time, and set himself to work to
rifle the body of his victim. As far as I
could see he was engaged in emptying
the poor old man's pockets, and once I
thought I saw the gleam of something
golden; but this might have been fancy.
At all events be continued for some time
to turn the body over and over, and then,
having. I suppose, satisfied himself with
what he had secured, he got up, and drag
ging the corpse after him, made his way
to the little wood close by, and enter
ing it, disappeared from sight. And now,
indeed, a crisis had arrived when it was
dafioult in the extreme to know how to
act What if that disappearance were
final? What if he should get out of the
wood at the further extremi'y and I
should see him no more ?
[CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.]
THE Hon. Edwin M. Stanton takes a
view of the foreign policy which should
be adopted by our Government that will
be heartily approved by every genuine
American. According to the Washing
ton correspondent of the Cinnatti Com
mercial, he has expressed himself in the
followiug manner:
g. The fact is, the time has come when
the interests and dignity of our Govern
ment call for some other foreign policy
than that of cowardice. While non-in
tervention is our better course, it ought
to be an armed non-intervention,lready
to strike and not beg when our interests
are touched, We have been too long re
garded as a nation of shopkeepers, wil
ling to suffer wrong and put up with in
sult rather than be at the expense of a
war. This is paying a premium on ag
gression, and we cannot get our rights
or command respect as long as it contin-
"It is time to run up the American
flag, and not keep it locked away in le
gations as a precious relic, sacred to the
eyes of the initiated. Nor should it be
flourished as it was over the barricades
in Cadiz the other day, for which the
press here is so loud in its praise. What
that fellow was doing there as an Ameri l i
-
can Consul, with the American flag, is
more than I can make ont. lam willing
to bet that at the moment it appeared,
the republicans were giving the royalists
a sound thrashing. I'll venture to say
that, if the truth could be known, it is
the old story.
" The moment a diplomatic agent of
ours reaches the shore of Europe, he
softens into an humble admirer of des
potic governments, and if he brings out
our flag, it is in behalf of our enemies.
While the utmost prudence and cautious
wisdom should be exercised
. in treating
these complicated questions connected
with our foreign affairs, it is our inter
est, and will prove good economy in
time, to make these governments realize
that we are as ready to strike for our
rights as we were willing to stake out
existence on the suppression of domestic
insurrection."
This is as wise as it is manly, and it
is refreshing to hear such language from
a statesman as prominent as Mr. Stan
ton.
—The average weekly number of deaths
in London during_ the Winter season is
about 1,60 D, •
Odds and Ends.
—One has only to die to be praised
—lt is not enough to arm, you must
—Handsome apples are sometimes
EIIEE2
—Little and often, make a heap in
time
—lt is easier to blame than to do bet-
—Would you be strong, conquer your
self.
—God's mill goes slowly ; but grinds
well.
—The sun-dial ehlY counts the bright
hours
—The fewer the words the better the
prayer.
—Forgive thyself nothing and others
much.
—Better go supperlese to bed than run
in debt.
—Our neighbor's children are always
the worst,
=Truth may be suppressed, but not
strangled.
—What comes from the heart goes to
the heart.
—Where the hedge is lbwest the devil
eaps over;
—Speak little, speak truth, spend lit
tle, pay cash.
—There is no good in preaching to
the hungry.
—More are drowned in the bowl than
in the sea.
—Take the *drld as it is, and not as it
ought to be.
—Better free in a fbrbign land than a
serf at home.
—High houses are tnootly empty in
the upper story.
—To change, and do better, are two
different things.
—He who blackens others does not
whiten himself.
• —The end of wrath is tho beginning
of repentance.
—He who avoids small sins does not
fall into large ones.
—He who saves in little things can be
liberal in great ones.
—A hundred years of wrong do not
make an hour of right.
—Charity gives itself rich, but covet
ousness boards itself poor.
—With patience and time the mulber
ry leaf becomes a silk gown.
—Everybody knows good counsel ex
cept him that hath need of it.
—Take care of your plough and your
plough will take care of you.
—Piety, prudence, wit and Civility,
are the elements of true nobility.
—When God means to punish &nation
he deprives the rulers of wisdom.
—He who pelts every barking dog
must pick up a great many stones.
—Why is a kiss like a rumor ? Because
it goes from mouth to mouth.
—Whatever yon dislike in another
take care to correct in yourself.
—Late telegrams from Hong Kong con
firm the re-establishment of the Mikado's
authority at Jeddo.
—The Emperor Napoleon has subscrib -
ed five thousand trance for the monu
ment to be ereoted at Trieste to the late
Emperor Maximilian.
—The man who advertises the most
will be sure to do the best business:
Row are the public to know what he has
for sale unless he tells them by advertis
ing.
—Honesty is not only the best of policy
but the highest wisdom. However dif
ficult:it may be for integrity to get on, it
is a thousand times more difficult for
knavery to get off. •
—The love of goodness only becomes
real by doing good. The mere admira
tion of duty. without an effort for its ac
complishment, will but resolve itselfinto
cant or unmeaning phrase.
—A Friend is always worth more than
an enemy. To sacrifice the one for the
other, is a policy as base as bad. That
man is undeserving of friends who will
sell them to purchase enemies.
—Don of conclude the Lord is not with
you, because things go contrary, and He
does not appear for you. He was in the
ship. notwithstanding the storm, and the
disciples thought of perishing.
—To render evil foi evil, is to imitate
the very actions we condemn. There is
true philosphy in the commun.': “Be not
overcome of evil, but overcome evil with
good. "Such noble conduct often shames
an enemy, while it reforms him..
—Some person asked Chas. James Pox
wbat was the meaning of thatpassage in
the Psalms: "He clothed himself with
cursing as with a garment." "The
meaning," said he,"l think is clear
enough, the man had a habit of swearing.
—A conducter of a newspaper, speak
ing of a cotemporary, says: "He was
formerly a member of congress. but rap
idly rose till he obtained a respectable
position as editor—a noble example of
perseverance under depressing eircum
stances,
—We think it must be very pat
fying to the feelings of a sensitive
young lady when she voluntarily pre
sents her soft, velvit check for a kiss, to
discover her lover slyly slip an enormous
quid of tobacco from his mouth, and
after expectorating for about a minute—
To put his arm around her neck
And kiss her soft as silk.
VOL, 1, NO.
Is There a God/
Ito* elOcidently does . Chateabriand id=
ply to this inquiry: there is a 'God I
The herd of the valley, the cedars of the
nioantains bless him; the insects sport in•
his beams; the elephants salutelitin with:
the rising orb of the day; the birds sing
of him in the foliage; the thunder pro
claims him in the heavens; the *ocean de
clares his immensity; man alone hks said,
" There is no god !" ttnite ih • thought
at the same instant the most beautiful
objects in nature; suppose you" see at
once all the hears of the day and all the•
seasons of the year; a morning of Spring
and a morning of Autumn; a night be
spangled with stars and a night covered
with clouds; meadowit enameled with
tioieis and forests hoary with snewa,
fields gilded by tints of 'anttitnn; then
alone you will have a just - conception of
the universe. While yedare gazing on
that sun which is plunging'•under the
vault of the west, another observer ad
mires him emerging from the gilded
gates of the east. By what inconceiva
bly magic does that good stare which
sinking, fatigued and burning; in the
shade of evening, re appear at 'the sant
instant, fresh and humid with'the , dews
of morning? At every instant'of the dat
the glorious orb is at °nee rieing_re~
splendent at noonday, and setting in the
west, or rather our senses :deceive us e .
and there is, properly speaking, no east-,
no west, no south in the world. Every
thing:reduces itself to a single point,from
whence the king of the day sends forth a
triple light in one substance. The bright-.
splendor is perhaps that' -which nature -
can present that is most beautiful; for
while it gives us en idea of the perpetual
magnificence and r ' eicstless power of God,
it exhibits at the same time a shining
image of the glorious Trinity.
A Thought for 'Young Men..
All thinkers and careful observer 4,. says
the Harrisburg Telegraph have noticed
the gradual and very strong tendency of
some business men, and especially. our
young men, to a restless 'disposition.
There are many causes for this. In com
mon with the rapid march' of events, in
flation has pursued its course; invading
not only the walks of commerce, hilt has
permeated almost the entire mental range
of the striving millions. The , rush for
riches may have abated scnnewhat within
the past few months, yet -the Uresatisfied
thirst exhibits itself an.] surge's to' and 116
at the mere intimation orpoSsiple hope
of obtaining a fortune. Not the least feat,
ure of this deplorable mental excitement
is the assumed necessity to obtain wealth'
immediatet . g.
All substantial foramen are obtained
by dint of patience and thepower of sys
tem and reasonable economy; the result of
energy coolly and judiciously applied;
Hundreds are looking forward 'to the
coming spring, definitely or indefinitely;
for grand developments, on ' some meW .
line of enterprise, at all eventti to a
change suggestive of more "'material
aid." That which is doing well . or reae
onably so, is not satisfactOry: The.
brain is heated, while cupidity runs riot
with its crazed victitn.
The wheel may have to be Teversed to
check this unreasonable phase•of human
nature—then comes both mental and ma
terial depression.
Let it be borne in mind thatlhe most
solid success comes from; solid labor.
Young man, be cheerful, and thank God
for the blessing you have; be prtident,
and patient, and cultivate that calmness
and deliberation whloh foreshadows
power and guarantees future success.
Realization of z Duty.
Prof. Upham is the writer of the fol
lowing impressite incident of ocean
travel
"As we were about to . start, t saw the
captain moved to an' elevated position
above the wheel ; and it• was interesting
to see how quickly and •completely the,
inward thought or purpose alters the out•.
ward man. He gave a quick glance to
every part of the ship: He oast his eye
over the multitude coming on board the
ship, among whom was the American,
ambassador to England,' who, if the cap- ,
tain may be said to embody the ship,
may be said with equal truth to embody
in his official person a nation's right and
honor. He saw the husbands and wives,
the mother and children, intrusted to his
care; and his slender form, as he gave
the orders for our departure, seemed at
once to grow more- eretit and firm; the
muscles. of his face swelled, his dark eye
glowed with a new fire; and his whole
person expanded and beautified itself by
the inward motion: I have often noticed
this interesting phenomenon ; and have
come to the conclusion if man, or woman
either, wishes to realize the full power
of personal beauty, it must be by cher
ishing noble hopes and purposes—by
having something to do, and something
to live for which is worthy of humanity,
and which by expanding the oapaaoities
of the soul, gives expansion and symme
try to the body which contains it."
In reply to a young writer who Wish-.
es to know "whioh magazine would give
the highest position quickest," the
Pittsburg "Express" says a powder
magazine, if you contribute a fiery anti.
cle."
A Chicago preacher has been point
ing out " The Way to Hell." A wick
ed co temporary adds: Persons desiring
a complete guide to Chicago should p.m.=
chase the sermon.
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