t
xt (ItotumMmt
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
in published evkhy fmday mohnino
I.T.TItlt COLUSmtAN I1D1L1IIKO UlAllTIIlt
couitT nousit, nt oonnin, r-A,, nr
HENRY L. DIEFFENBACH,
uniToii and rnornuxoii.
SPACE. i..
Onn ln1 . .'.
2V. IW. 8. I,
Tin lnH:"'"
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" J'S VP. 0.W III ill I n i
Threo Inches".!;;
auartcrcolumn7.;:::'io'i5i iS'm '!5 i?'0' s'.'
rur incnes...
Tcrai-Two Dclltn a Yesr MyiMc !n Adrnnee.
$2 SO It not tall till end cf yc&r. $3 00 If
longer credit to girec.
job rniiiTiKa
oralldescrlptlom cjeculf-d with neatness and
dlspnlch nt reasonable rates.
uair column uro iV5 i!'..'
ono eoiun....:::::::::3o, M M M
mSX Art""ls t rroportlonn'to
1
Columbia Oountv Official Directory.
rrnlilrnt Jinoe-WlU.lAM KI.WKI.t
Atwlnlejmlgtt-ln" W1"'i ISAAC! H. Mot!
"it'fllionotnni. it ft Itnnnf I'll It, ni!joi.rn.
! . I--I tWol-M )-!'.. lKELKlt,
nherttr Aaiion Smith.
vhl......-liAvin l.nwi NMirlifl.
Onmnlulovert Wll.I.IAM tl, QUK K, CvnVS
IlOllMM". il H'AI .li III r II Klti
rwniiii thitim' ctcrk Wn i.ia:i nniii.-nAtnt,
Ahilll(KtV, J. CAMI'mXI,, A. .1. AL11F.I118JN
DAMK1. 1.PF.
tort-nrr John T. IlotlcK.
dl-rjflmmisiGnrrt Isaac Mr.'Il lltnK, John Mo
A NAM..
Ccunfv o'J fT(t.(tmliii-CiiAitI.Ea O, JIAHKI.ey
Mum Iter JMM-Directors. S. It. M
WiM.fAH KitAMMi, Bloomf-buicr, mid Joitxaoil
iKlt M'i ClCCllWtJOd, C1IAHI.FH CONNI-.lt, HCC'y.
Blccmsburg Official Directory.
JUcunllna KaliUfiff (. JOHN A, I'UNSION
I'll nun HI, II, 11. CJnois', Cnslilcr.
Jlrtt Rational Jlank CIIAS. H. l'AXTON,rres't ,
J, 1. J in i w. vtiMiitr.
(WliHit laltviityNtilvnl&iiliifll'iimtMutlstanAit
IOClalit.1l K II. LITTLE, l'rcs't., C. W. MlU.r.n,
bee'.
JUotmilutn lUiltdlnn anil ivivn fVml Amortrf
on John Thomas, l'rcs't., .1,11. Hoiiison.Hcc.
Jtlcilititvrp Mutual fiailvg jvnil Anorlatlon-
J, J, lir.owi it, l'rtsldent.M. Whitmoyi:u, scc'y.
Bloomcburg Directory.
FA1
'1 It llAliB lust recclvid nnJ for Rnlo nt tlir.
C0I.VMMAH onlce,
STOVES AND TlNWAUE.
rACOB Ml'.TZ, denier In stoves nml tlnwnro
I Mnln street, abovo couilhonsc.
CLOTHING, Ac.
D
AVID LOWLNBUtO, Merchant 1 ll:r,.Ualu
Bb.t vi uuui iiuuvo 4Yllieilt:U,ll IIDUH',
UTM. MORItlH, Merclintit Tiillor corner of Cen
H tro nnd Mnln fit,, over Miller's stoic.
DUUOS, CHEMICALS, Ac.
V I'.I'UTZ, lirimaWnnclArollieeiiry.Mnlu si.
U, below Iho I'ost office,
MOYKK tlllOS., Druggists nud Apothecaries,
Brower's block Main st.
CLOCKS, "WATCHES, AC.
II
Juwelry Ac, Main Hircet near Vt't Ht.
Oj:.KAVA(n:,deaicrlii CJoplid, Watches nml
Jewelry, Mnlu st jiibtbcluw Iho Ameilcan
Inline,
GUIS nKHNHAUn, Wntrhnntl L'loclt maker
J iinrHoulheait curuer Malnaud lion sIn.
R
CATIICAltT. Watrli ami Clock Mnlrpr.Mnr.
kct Htrcct, below Main,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
1
,l M.KNOlllt, Denier In Boots nnd Shoes, latest
Hlretlp, In Iho old l'o'ia OlUce.
I)
AVID m;TZ. Hoot aiuIHlincmnkrr, Malnst.
ueiuw imriJiiHii h hi ore, cm oi iMiiriifU
HKNUY KMilM, Manufacturer and ilealer In
Hoots ainl Hhoes, OroccrltK, etc., Main .street,
KuU Hloonihljuig.
n M. HltOWN, Hoot ami Hlioenmktr. Main
J, fctrcet, under Hrowu'a Hotel,
PROFKSSIONAIj.
I above tlio CnurL 1 louse.
U. II. C. HOWKH, HurKcon Dcii'Ht, Main .t.,
D
H. WM. M. ltntrcit, Surgeon and I'hVRlclan.
unkoder Hie 1 Irst allonal Hut k.
IH. H, F. KINMiY, Huigt'Dti l)entlHt.-.THh
Jcxtracted without ialu: MuluM,, marly op
lioslto Kp!hcoial Uliurcli,
(1 (I, I1AHKM:V, Attorney-at-I.-.w. onice,2d
Iloorln i:xclianKolilotk,iieurtL"i;xcliatiCH
IloUl."
1 U. McKlXVY.M. I).,RurErnn and I'lij slclan
J . norlliKlJo Main fct., below Maiket,
Jit. ltVAisH, M, !., Hurefon and I'liyBicinn,
HouilinidoMalnMiret.helowMurki-L,
T C. ItUTTKU. M. 1). Bnntcnn ami I'liyslclan
iJ , Maiket htreet, abovo Main.
T U. ItOIiIHON, Attoineyut Law, Olllce Hart
llt inau'H building, Main Htin t.
MILLINERY A FAKOY GOODS.
1.1 l'HTIUtMAN, Mllllnciy and Fancy Ooodn,
IJ, opposltw Kplfcopal Chuu-li, Main t.
IH MZZIi: IJARKI.UY, Milliner, Ilaiutey
I'll I III l Iiy ill it ill hi I tut,
ISS M. mCUUICKf-nN, Millinery and l'ancy
UHH11,ilIUIl hi., lie IOW ill HI KL I ,
HH, K, KLIN!'. Millinery and fancy Uoods
mimu birtei ih low 3iaruei.
1ltH. .H'LIA A. A KADIi UAltKl.K, L'ullu"'
I'uttemj, boulheast corner
M.iin ami Vchtht,
fPHK MIKSKH HAIIMAN Millinery and Fancy
1 Uoodti, Main bt., below Anit-iican Iloue,
IIOTKLS AND SALOONS.
roitKH 1IOTKL, by T. Iicnt. Tu lor, tafct end
i of Maliifctrtct,
MKUOUANTS AND QROOKUS.
p U. MAItll, Dry Goods and Notions, fcouth
J west comer Main and Iron tstN,
DA, 11F.CICLKY, Hoot and Klioo htorc( boukH
. A .stationery, Mala St., below Market,
t JACOHH.Contectlouery, Brorerles etc., Main
J nt., below lion
i;OX a WF.Itll, Conftdlnncry and Iluliery,
l1 wholesale nnd ictall, L'xcliancu Ulock,
II.
n.lIOWIUt, Itntsrnd Cups, 11. wtsnndShoes,
Main M., aboo Court House.
)ji. iiivi'.i.. ..n.iii'uiii in itiiri iiiiu in"
icrley, l-'iuHh, Nuts, lVovlilou, Ac, Mnln
II. MAIX.I'. Mnmmoth (Irorery, tine flro-
inn lion nil eels.
MMtHfiVY, NIIAI. A CO , il. nli tHln Dry (iooils,
Orocerlcs, Flour, l-'i ed.snlt, 1'lsh, lion, Nails,
ttv.iN, I!, cor, Mnln and MnlUct bts,
Q II, MIIJ.IIB A SON, dcnlera 111 Dry (loods,
D. (Irocerles, (lucenswnre, Hour, Snlt, Shoes,
Notions, etc., Main ht.
MISCELLANEOUS.
nONSTAllI.IH BLANKS for fcalont IhoCoLUM
Vj 1UAN Otllcr,
A M. C1IUISTMAN, Saddle, Trnnlt A llnrness.
J. nmlier, Shlvo's Block Mnln Btrcil.
DW. UOBBINH,lliUorilealersecoud door from
' northwest coiner Main and Ironsts,
U J. T1IOIINTON, Wall Tnper, Wndow Shades
U. nnd llxturts, Itupcrt block, Mnln ct.
GV. COHKI.B, Furnltnro Itooms, threo storj-
brlck.MolnSticet.westofMarkctst.
nlKwr.NSTOCK, I'liotosrnrber, over Itobblnu
A Oyer's Slorc, Malnst.
I .H' IJl'llNtdealerln Meal, Tallow, etc., Cliem.
1-bcrllii's alloy, rear of American House,
H, JtlNUMUt, .ilenler lui.lanos, orunns and
laelmleuus, nt , W. Corell's furniture rooms
QAM11I5I, JAl'onY.Mnrble and liiown HUmo
OWorks, l'ast BloomhburB.lterwtck road,
WM, 1IABB, denlerlu fnrnllure,tninlts, ceder
willow ware, neui the Forks Hotel,
Ol'OHTKlt.Olue Muker, nnd Whtto anTFancy
. Tanner, Scottown.
Ij B. HIDLKMAN, Apeut for Munson'8 Copper
VTubular Ushlulr.i! UihI.
XTOTIl llOOKH. nml blnnlc NOTF.H. u lib or Willi.
ohlrul lx(lulllonifor fenl Ql ttlu COI.UMUIAN
Light Street.
HP, OMAN A Co.. Wheclwrlebts, nut door
, uhoe School House,
I011N A. OMAN, Mnuulactuter and denier"!!!
liootsuudshotn
R Bi.'I"T I" Stoves and Tin wnte lu
V- nil lis
. brauclHS,
1)1:ti:u i:nt, Mlller.and dtuler In all kinds 01
iTnrliMV"1! fr'our.tud, Ac, All kli olUrnln
Espy,
J, '. wi:itKHj:iSKIl, Boot and Shoe Btoroand
T . .'ty.KDUAIl. Bntqueliauna J'lauluir Mill
I ,uud Box Muuutwtuilui, ""'" Mill
VOLUME Vi - NO. CI.
Ornngovillo Directory,
I 11. lipmtINO nitOTIinn.Cnrpcntorannd
nuwmi A IinillllNO, denier In Dry Oonds
l eirnccrles, Lumber and general Mcrrhntidiso
Htllt'K HOTIUi Qiid rerieshmrnt Saloon, by
ltnbr M'llenry cnr.ol Mnliijind IMnest,
D
II. p.A.Mr.OAlUinUPbyslcliinRndBurseon
Mnln et.,nextiloorto()ooir Hotel,
nAVIl) HKUItlNfl, KlonrandarlstMlll.Rnd
U Uenlertti grain, MIllHtreet,
TA.Mi:f4Il.lIAllMAN.CblnftMnker nd Un
J Uerlnlter. Main Bt., below l'lne.
SCIIU YI.KU CO., Iron ronrter.Mnclilnlt
and Manulactiuers of iloa, Mill Bt.
sAuVa:s:BaV,taiirgi.M,i'i"ofthe"iia"1
w
ILMAM PHLONO Hlioemnkerntifi manufac
Catawissa.
B
K. DA I.I.MAN, Merchant Tailor, Second Bt,
, Uobblnn' llnllilluf,
Dlt. J. K. llOIiniNH, Hnrgeon and 1'liyslclan
Becotid Ht bolow Main,
GILllDltT A KI.INK,dryi;ni.,Kroccrlcii,and
generul inercliandhe, Slain Blreet
f II. KIBTI.r.ll, "CatlnwHsn llonae," North
' . Corner Main and Herond streets.
Ki:il.i:il, Iiilinrd Bnloon, oysters, and Ico
. Creuin In senson MaluHt.
?! UIJOHST.ilpaler In OeneralMerchandlso
111. Dry (loods, tlroeerles c,
Qtrs()IJKIIA.NNA or Ilrlck Hotel. S. Koslen-
II IIMIlllr I'milt-lf In, t.llllll.auDl IUIh n h .1
Second street.
yM. II, ABBOTT, Attorney at law, Main St.
Buck Horn.
MO. A W. II. SHOKMAKKU, dealers In dry
floods, erocerli H find trntiiml rnprrhnnillLn.
Klrst storo In smith end ot town.
Philadelphia Directory.
JICIIAKDSON L. WKIQIIT, Jit.
ATTOUNKY AT LAW,
NO. 1M SOUTH SIXTH 8TUEET,
I'lIII.ASELI'UIA
Jan. l'-l-ly
T M. KEPHEAUT,
L" e with
BAKNhS, BItO. Jfc HEUnON,
HATS, CArS, STHAW GOODS A KUUH,
No. CM Market Street,
(Abovo Firth,)
riiiLADKLrniA,
"YAiNwniaiiT i co.,
wiioli:salk onocEns,
N, K. Corner Second and Arch Streets,
Philadelphia,
Dealers la
tT:ah, BYiiurs, coffee, sugar,, molabbes
nicE, spices, in CAiin boda, ac, ao.
-Ordcrs will rec.ivo prompt attention,
may 10,C7-tf.
Bnsincsa Cards.
B. BUOCKWAY,
ATTOUNKY AT LAW,
iit.oojrsnun, I'A,
CiT" Ort'irF Court lloutft Allev. In tho Co.
LUMIltAN bulldlni;, Jnnl.'CT.
A.
L. TUBNEIl
I'llYSICIAX AND BUnOEON,
BLOOMSBUKQ, I'A.
Office over f.litz's DrurrHlore. 1tciti!nn
M.uketstrcit.lst door below ltev. D.J, Waller.
IIICIU II'.
1 JIILLER,
ATTOHNUY AT UW,
nnlnr.Pn.i.1 1Tni.s. ,lm ",- .
niANtHllcc, HountltH, l!actl'ay and Pensions
collected, Dloombburii l'a. Hep.'JJ'ti7
JORERT F. CLARK,
ATTOKNIIY AT LAW,
Ofllco Main Street below tho Conrt Uonsp.
IllooniHburK l'enu'n.
II. LITTLE.
ATTOUNKY AT LAW,
Ofllce Coiirt-lloiiho Allev. below the COLtiM
it ian onite, UloomfcburK l'a.
yKTKUINAHY.
AUiiUhT FH1IJMJ,
lain frcm (leunany, oil era Ms Fervlcts to tb
public an a celebrated
HORSE AND COW DOCTOR.
and alt other animal", for which Ids cliargen ara
inoueiaie, no can aiwaa no nuiim ensi riuo oi
Her wick road, noarH,lI..lacoby's Marble Yaid.
iitinmihuurt;, may i, ie.
J. TIIOHNTON
JLj would announce to thecltirenn of Bloomrv
bun; and lclnlty, that he hnsjust received a full
umi luiii,muiu iiftnoi i nit u i ui
WALL rAI'IUt, WINDOW HIIADrlH,
PIXTUJtES, COltns, TAEiSEUS,
and all oilier goods In his lino of business. All
ino ncwesi auu mosi approveu paiieruH oi mo
day are always to be found In his establishment,
mar.5,'6tMI Main Ht. below Market.
JgOOTS AND SHOES.
MAIN HTKKtT, UNIEH lIHOWN'B IIOTF.L.
A lull and eompleto assortment of ready made
boots and sliotsJor nun, women and children
just received and for sale at reasonable rates.
Varieties to Mill all classes of customtrs. The
best of work done al snort notice, aa heretofore,
tllvo him aeall. Jan 171,
N
JEW STOVE AND TIN 8IIOP.
IHAIAH IIAaiCNBUCH,
Main Hircet one door above K. KfcndoiihnM'M
8 tore.
a larco aiisonmeni oi moves, neuters mid
Kance constantly on hand, and for sal at the
Tinning lnalllU branches carefully utteuded to,
fttut satisfaction ifiiaranteed.
un worit oi an iiinus wuoiesaie ana retail, a
un u reouesieu,
Jan T71
AT E W (JO A L Y A R D.
J.t( the undersigned respectfully Inform tho
citienn ol JllooiiihbuiL' and Columbia county,
thai,, tliey Keen all the dlllerrnt numbers ofstove
coal and selected lump coal for smithing nnrrHv-
r,nu men veil twi, uujuiuuik au-jvuivv. tsvai a
t'o's Furnace; with a good pair of ilnfrilo scales
eal A
icaloH
on Hie wluuf, to weigh coal, bay. and straw
jtittcis isi' n uuiru mm niijjim, m uoiiver coai 10
thoKo who desire It. As they purchase a lariro
amount of coal.they Intend to keep a superior ar
llcle, and sell at tho very lowest prices. Please
call and examine for yourselves before tmrrhas-
ing eisewuere, J, , iir.iTnij,nniHM-,
AUUUHTUH MASOJs'.
rpiIE uiKlGrslcnod will tako In ox
X chance for Coal and (Iroceiles, the following
uamea uumcs wneai, iyv, tutu, uais, ioia
toes, Lard, llam.Hhoulder.and Bide meat.Hutter
FgKi, Hay, ,1c., at the hlghtsl cash prices, at his
uiucury more, iiu,oiiiiug mcir i-um yttru,
.1. W.IIKNDKHHIIOT
Illoomsburif Mar. IH.'tiMy.
R
AUK CHANCE.
1 ok Sat.e A seeond-hniid '.Arlon"nlnno.lorUl.
pricu f.7A. iru.l. Sril.tl 'Ihtu kimrrhn ttikl riiim-tit
was boualit at an auction saleof prlvuto property
in New York, aud had been lint u few weeks In
use. h u lu jterect oidir and lu v resided
i iiuat to a new pinuo. Terms pohsllhely cnsli In
advance. Additss forono week,
may 2S';i-tf Ch?uk,"'a.
QUBLINCTOUEAM.
By usiiic Hi s nrtlolo ladles and Omlle
can bciiutily tliimteUcs it thousandfold.
nils
iu!r,
is , , V, . aii.vio nun win curl straight h
mid at tho nunc Hmo ulve to it u beautiful
t.nriiin. II .Un 1 n lunru I. u . ....... .
cleuin.es. It tan bo so applied as to cause
i tlin
11,111 it, inn niij' iiukiii ui iiiiiu ucsireu. I
by mull lor Suds, ill nrknge, Addrc.s
, ABMCHTOWNSLEY
sent
it..
Aiiuuitiuwu, Auains Co..
cptl'H.r,n. '
BUSINESS OAUDS,
V1BITINO OAltDB,
ETTEIl HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
. I'UOUKAMMEB,
I'OSTEltH,
AD., AC
Ncntly antl Clicnply Printed
From the Latest Styles of Typa at tha
COLUMBIAN OFKK'h.
Poetical.
I'm (Ironing Olil.
I1YJ01INII, BAXr..
My days pass pleasantly away,
My nlghls aro hlesred Willi sweetest sleep,
I frel no symptoms of decay,
I lisvo no cause to mourn or weep;
My foes aro potent nnd shy,
My friends aro neither false, nor cold)
And yet of latot often sigh
I'mgrowlDKoldt
My urowlng talk of olden times,
My growing thirst for early news,
My growing apathy to rhymes,
My growlns lovo of eny shoes,
My growing Into of crowds and nohe,
My growing fear of catching cold,
All tell me, In tho plainest voice
I'm growing old I
I'm growing fonder of my sinfT,
I'm growing dimmer In Iho eyes,
I'm growing fainter In my laugh,
I'm growing deeper In my sighs,
.I'm growing enreless In my dress,
I'm growing frugal of my gold,
I'm growing wise, I'm growlng-yes-
I'm groulngoldl
I fse It In mychnnglngtnste,
I sen It In my chnnglng hnlr,
I nt o 11 in my growing waist,
I seo It In my growing heir j
A thousand hints proclal mlhetrulli,
As plain ns truth wns ever told,
Thnl even lu my vaunted youth
I'm growlngoldl
Ah me! my very laurrisbrcutlio
Thetnlelnmy reluctnntinis;
And eery booutho hours buiiuntli
But makes me debtor to tho yfars;
E'en lUttcry's honeyeil words declaro
The secret sho would f.Un wlllihoM,
Aud tells me in ''How young you aret"
I'm growing old I
Thnuks for thoycars whoso rnpld fllglit
My somber muso too gladly sings :
llinults for tho gleams of golden light
Tlint tint the darkness of their wlngi ;
Tho light that beams from out the sky,
Thoso heavenly mansions to unfold,
There all aro blest, nnd nono shall sigh
I'm growing old!
lly nnd lly.
What If gloom bo nil nronnd 1
What if His and urongs confound?
1 f you have a true man's heart,
If you scorn to cheat or lie,
If you net n'noblo part,
Joy shall bless you by.aud-by.
By.and.by,
Never mind though men should sntcr,
Honest toll should know no fear;
Fnco the world with bravest meln,
Drive the dark clouds from your sky j
There shall break upon the sccno
Stars of triumph by-und-by.
By-and'hy.
He's tho nobleman who sltlves,
Who on honest labor thrives
Who, on minds that now distress,
l'onrs lovo's balm most tenderly ;
To him thcro shall como toblois
Llio's fruition by-aud-by,
By-and-by,
Man was never made to mourn,
Hopeless llvo and dlo forlorn ;
Man was made to bravely bear
Man was made to hold on high,
Hopa's bright banner lu tho nlr,
And av alt tho by.and.liy.
By-and-by,
Miscellaneous.
MY T.W YKAK.
11V EMMA OAKRISON JONES.
Ono BOlilary flve-tlollflr Ml), tlio Inst
of Clinrllo'a earnings, nml Charllo lilm-
self lying lielplcfs nntl unconscious In
tlio Httlo bccl-room, Ills right firm nnd
slioulilersliftttered by that dreadful full !
Jti tlio (rundlo-bed beside, him. threo
Httlo curly bends, nnd threo pairs of
chubby, restless feet, nil sadly In need
of shoes and stockings", nnd threo hun
gry Httlo mouths that must Imvo bread
and butter, nnd no coal In tho bin, and
Httlo food In tho house.
Tho wintry dusk wns fast deepening
Into darkness, nndsnow was beginning
to fall.
'I must havo some winofor Charlie,"
I snld nt last, "nnd a few other things."
With theso words, I kissed my poor
sufferer, nnd went outlnto tho tempest,
I hnd gone but n littlo dlstnnco when
a womnn's voice nrre.-ted my attention
In passionate and agonized entreaty. I
paused nn instant to listen. Beforo the
door of n small cotlnge, a eouplo of
officers stood, with a slender hid be
tween them, nnd n rough, brutnMook
ing man, whom I recognized ns ono
Bronton, tho landlordof tho vlllago Inn.
On her knees beforo him, with her un
covered head expoiod to tho storm, was
tho woman who plead so passionately.
"Don't do it, sir," sho was saying)
"for God's sake, don't I His father will
bo homo to-morrow, and ho'll nuko it
nil right; don't tako my boy to prison."
Sho put up her slender hands to clasp
tlio tavern-keeper's arm, but ho shook
her off with un oath.
"I won't wait, I tell you," ho cried ,
"tho young rnscal stolo my money, and
I want it back. Glvo mo llvo dollars,
and we'll play quit."
1 haven't five ilollnrsln tho world,"
sho sobbed i "but If you'll only wait, I
eaiiTalso It tomorrow,"
"No, I won't wait, not another sec
ond mnreh on, officers: tlio young
thief bhnll sleep lu Jail this very night."
"I'm no thief, sir," cried (ho lad, his
Alio faco blazing. "I didn't steal your
money nnd you know It."
"Silence!1 thuiideicd tho landlord.
"Do you tlaro to call me n llnr? Olllcers
will you go on'.'"
T had thought my own troublo incom
pnrnblc. But hero was something infi
nitely worse. Impelled by nn impulso
of uncontrollable pity, I stepped to tho
poor mother's side.
"What Is It, my good woman?"!
asked.
Sho turned her poor, agonized faco
upon me, with a flash of tngcr hope,
"Oh ! they accuso my hoy of stealing
madam," sho cried; "and bis father
who's been over bens for two years will
bo home to morrow, nnd find his sou in
Jall.llkon common thief. It will kill
lilm, and break ray heart.
Jiy hand went instinctively to my
pt c!;et, v hero tho five-dollar bill rested.
Sho watt lied tho action with n piteous
look in her poor eyes. I thought of my
own boy fit home, n bravo littlo lad, so
like bis father. What if this poor
mother's easo were my own
I drew tlio hill from my pocket, and
put It in her hand. With n cry of Joy
slid darted lifter tho olllcers, and only
waiting tosco thot her boy wns released
1 liurrltd nwny.
Charllo grew worse that night, nnd I
bad to summon' tho doctor enrly on the
morrow. Tho doctor ordered fresh sup
plies of medicine, good nursing, nnd
tho best of nourishment. Alnsl I imp
BLOOMSBUHG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1871.
not a cent in tho house. Over nnd over
ngnln.ns I looked at Chnrllo's palo face,
tlio old snylng, "Charity begins nt
homo," recurred to mo.
I worked, every spnro moment, nt
embroidery I had procured ; but it wn
lino nnd trdloti; nnd when I had tin
Ishcd ono piece, I seemed to bo going
blind. Hut I took It up to Mrs. Den
ban, who lintl employed me, for I need
ed money.
Sho cxaniincd it critically, nnd ex
pressed herself only tolerably plowed,
nnd then, settling back nmld hor warm
cushions, sio remarked Hint sho would
pay mo when I had finished nil.
I ventured a remon si ranee, but sho
cut mo short nt onee. "Sho had no
change," sho said; "and, moreover, It
was n rulo of hers, nover to pay for part
of a Job."
I hurried back to Charllo with nn
aching heart, and found him moaning
with pain, tho hour for his inodlclno
long past, and tho prescription In my
pocket. In desperation, I riijhed to tho
bureau, and drew out my riualnt littlo
jowel caso. It contained somo trilling
articles a brooch that bDlomred to mv
mother, nnd a fow other trinkets. I eo-
iected two, and hitrrleilout again, down
tho snowy str", to tho ono Jowclry
establishment of which tho littlo sca
sldo vlllago hoaitcd. It was a hard task
to provail upon tho dealer to purchaso
my trinkets, nml when nt last ho con
sented, ho offered mo n few paltry shill
ings, which I wns forced to nccept.
Cltarlio's medicine was purchased, hut
tho fow dimes that wcro left wcro
barely sufficient to obtain a smnll mod
icum of coalfurtho morrow; nnd whero
was the chicken for Charlio's broth to
como from V
I paused in tho snowy street, with
tho glittering winter stars nbovo my
head, nnd tho brilliant show-windows
Haunting on each side. Just then n
merry chlmo of bell clashed upon tho
frosty air, and, for tho first time, I ro
membered that It was Now Year's Evo.
A pnln as sharp ns death pierced my
heart, ns I stood thoro, thinking of my
far away friends, and wondering what
I should do. A grocer s shop, brilliant
ly lighted.'' I Hew over tho slippery
flag-stones, and entered. Tho grocer
hurried forward, nil smiles nnd bows.
"Would ho lot inu Imvo a chicken,
and n bottlo of wino ?' I asked, with
my heart in my mouth. "My husband
was ill; nnd ami-would ho bo good
enough to trust mo till next week?"
Iliscountcnsnco fell on tho Instant.
He hesitated, and stammered, "Ho was
extremely sorry," ho said, "but it was
a rulo of his never to credit Jtraugors."
"John, John, that's her," spoko a
woman's voice, at my elbow, at that In
stant, I turned, hut tho speaker had averted
her face, and I only saw n great, stal
wart man, with a bronzed face, and tho
kindliest brown eyes I had ever bulioid.
Blinded by tears, I hurried away
homo to poor Charllo and tho babies, I
gavo Charllo his medicine, and hushod
tho littlo hungry mouths with a scant
enough morsel of milk and bread, and
then tucked tho children nway In their
bed. Charllo foil Into a doze, and I sat
down beforo tho smouldering embers,
to indtilgo in tho solo comfort that re
mained to me, n hearty cry.
But I had scarcely begun, when I
heard tho crunch of fuotstops In tho
snow, and directly after, it rap at tho
door, I opened it with a bounding
heart, hoping that somo good neighbor
had como with help. Tho tall man
ullh tlio bronzed faeo and kindly eyes
1 knew him on the instant stood on
thu steps, wlih n lingo i-ampor on his
brawny shoulders. He set it down at
my fiet, andet n led his hand.
"We've lcv.li hunting jou tho last
two days, madam," ho began, abruptly,
his kind eyes fiaihiug with happiness,
"and glad enotijh wo aro tu find you,
You dono mo a good turn when you
kept my boy out of prison ; and tho hid
was innocent of tho charge, too, I'm
proud to tell you that, lironton's round
out who stolo tlio monoy ; ami my wife
couldn't rest, and wo couldn't find you
nohow, till wo chanced upon you at tho
Grocer's to-night, ami . Well, wo
thought"
And ho liroko down, stammering and
embarrasscd, unci stepping luck, gavo
place to his wife, who stood behind
him.
' Wo thought,'' sho said, as sho raised
tho cover from tho hamper, "we'd
bring you somo Httlo things for Now
Year's. You won't refnso to tako 'utn,
I know and may tho good God forever
bless you for what you'vo dono for mo I
Oh, madam !'' ami sho throw her nrms
about my nock, while tho tears rained
down her face, "I should n' gono mad
If they had taken my boy from mo
that night ; but you saved him nnd mo
whllo your own was suffering. I nover
was so happy In my life, as 1 was when
wo found you lo night. John's como
homo ni !ch man this lima; ho's had
better thiui good luck, and wo'ro nblo
to belli jou. l'vo brought u littlo of
everything, and somo Now Year's prot
ties for tho babies, I know you had
.'em ; no heart but a mother's could n'
felt fur mo In my trouble, as yours did ;
and now I'll help ou to put 'em by,
while John looks in Ihuslik-room ; bo's
a capital nurse, John Is. Hut first tako
this don't louU at It now slip It In
your bosom till by and bj.nud let's gut
Iho things Into thclaiiUr."
I did as sho bade me, bllppltig tho
littlo panel Into my honom, and whllo
tho sailor laid oil' hat nml coat, and
crossed over Into tho room whero Char
llo lay, wo look out and nrrunged tho
bountiful supplies they had brought
bottks of wine, and chickens, nntl
rounds of beef, and golden rolls of but
ter, and tea nnd white bread.nnii cakes,
and toys nnd dolls that would sot my
bablos wild with delight.
Tho Now Year's dawn was breaking,
when they left mo. Clmillo slept quiet
ly, Ills shattered arm newly bandaged
by tho sailor's skillful hand, and tho
babies were beginning to stir and flutter
like restless birds In their nest.
I replenished tho fire, and whllo tho
fragrant eollVu boiled, and tho chicken
browned, I sat down, and drow tho
littlo packngo from my bosom,
Twenty bills, of llvo dollars each,
crisp, nnd fresh, und now ono hundred
dollars, nil my own. My littlo gift of
mercy had brought mo a glorious inter
est for tho Now Year.
llngilnil,
Toward tho c!o30 of tho eighth cen
tury tho houso of Abbas founded on tho
banks of tho Tigris tho metropolis of
tho Mohammedan faith. Bagdad nroso
lu tho.midstof a sccno filled with tho
famo of ruined cities. Not far off was
Babylon, still faintly traced out on its
tlesolato plain, tlio stono pictures of
Nlnevah, and tho palaces of Belcucla;
closer still wero tho lofty towers of Mey
dob. Tho fallen cities, It U said, were
rilled to eompleto tho grandeur of tho
sacred capital ; tho Saracen preyed upon
tho last labors of tho Assprinns, nml
tho wealth of tho Moslem world nnd of
tho conquered Christians wns employed
In providing a proper homo for tho
vicegerent of Heaven. Mohammedan
writers labor with vain cplthits to
point tho splendor of Bagdad when,
under tho vigorous rulo of Harotin al-
Itaschid and his vizier, Jollier, it sud-
denly outstripped in prosperity and
holiness ail earthly cities. It was tho
central shriuo of tlio Moslem faith.
Tho Commander of tlio Faithful ruled
over its people. Tho power of Haroun
was felt in distant Spain and on tho
banks of tho Indus ; tho Tigris onco
more labored beneath tho commerco of
mankind ;'tho merchants of Egypt nnd
of India mot In tho bazirsof Bagdad ;
tho Christian nnd tho flro-worshlppers,
tho Brahmin nnd tho Jow, filled its
prosperous streets.
It is not probable, thercforo, that tho
Arab accounts aro greatly exaggerated.
Bagdad possessed a powerful citadel, a
clrclo of lofty walls, a royal pslacoon
tho Tigris whoso endless halls wcro
adorned with all tho graces of Saracenic
architecture, and raosriucs of uticnualed
splendor. It was ;tho most populous
city of an ago when Homo was a half
deserted ruin, when London and Paris
wcro barbarous towtis,atid Charlemagno
was vainly striving to inako his capital,
In tlio wilderness ol Flanders, a centre
of Western progress. Tho bumatio
spirit of early Mohammedanism had
filled Batrdad with linsnltnts. dlsnnnsa.
Inj nml nillOncij nf iinlilti, nlini-lti, TlmM
prlvato houses o fits wealthy merchants
wero adorned with marble and gold.
Tho graceful court was filled with
fountains; rich hangings of silk and
velvet covered tho lofty walls. Divans
of satin and tables of costly workman
ship, tho rlulicst fruits nml llowers, and
tho rarest wines and viands, set ofr
thoso costly banquets at which tho de
generate dccendauU of Mohammed
delighted to violato every principle of
tholr nustero law.
But still moro ron.arkablo was tho
Intellectual position of tho Eastern cap
ital. Tho renown of Babylon or Nine
veh had been altogether material : tho
children of tho dosortstirrouiided tliom
bolvcs with nil tho refinements of liter
aturo and tho arts. Tlio wcalty Arabs
wcro educated in poetry, music, and
tho languages; common schools wero
provided, at which tho humblest citizen
might learn to road and wrlto with ac
curacy iho favorite precepts of tho
Koran. Colleges, taught by professors
of eminent attainments, drow in
throngs of students. Libraries, enrich
ed by tho spoils of Greek and Unman
thought, teeming with counties vol
times, tuvoko a boundless ardor for let
tors. Tho Arab annals abound with
notices of famous scholars, renowned
In every laud w hero tho Arabic was
spoken ; of poets, historians, and men
of Hcleuco who had charmed tho advanc
ing Intellect of the children of tho Ara
bian sands. Tho caliphs of Bagdad
wero as eager to dUeovirti loil manu
script or to enlarge their well stored
libraries as Cosmo or Lorenzo: tho
l'etrarchs and Uoicacclos of tho Mo
hammedan capital wero rawardod with
tisoful bounty, nnd wero tho frlonds of
prince ninlrs. Bagdad hecamo tho cen
tre of a vigorous mental progre.s whoio
impulso was at length felt in all tho
barborous capital of Christendom.
From "areat Cities and their Fate," by
EueiE.vi: L,vwuuNCE,ln Harper's Mug-,
aztue fur November.
Keep Straight Alicinl.
Pay no attention to slanderers or g(3
sip mongers. Keep straight o'l your
course, noil let their luck Idlings dlo
thu death cf neglect, What Is tlio tl-o
lying nwalio nt nights, brooding nvtr
tho remark of biimo false friend, that
runs through jour brain like forked
lightning? Wlut's tlio uso in getting
Into a worry nnd fret over n gossip that
has been set afloat to your disadvantage
by somo meddlcsomo busybody who
has moro time than character? Theso
things can't possibly InJuro you, unless
Indeed, you tako notice of them, nnd
in combatting them glvo them charac
ter and htaiiillng If w hat Is said about
you is trim, ret ytiur-elf right at onee;
if it 1 false, let it go for naught. If a
beo silngs you, would you go to tho
111 vu and destroy it ? Would not a
thousand como upon you? It Is wis
ilciu to say Httlo respecting tho Injuries
you havo lecelved. Wo aro generally
tho losers In tho end if wo stop to ro
futo all back-biting and gosslpplngs
wo may hear by tho way. They aro
annoying, it is truo, lint not dangerous,
so long as wo do not stop to expostulate
ami sculd. Our characters uro formed
and sustained by our own uctlons and
purposes, not by others. Let us always
bear in mind that "Calumniators may
usually bo trusted to time ami tho slow
but steady Justice of public opinion."
Lazv lJovs, A lazy boy makes n
lazy man, Just ns a crooked sapling
makts n ciooked tree. Who oversaw
a boy grow up in Idleness that did not
inako a shiftless vagabond when ho
became a man, unless bo had a fortune
left lilm to keep up appearances? Tho
great mass of thieves, paupers and
criminals that 111 I e.tir penitentiaries
and almshouses, I two como lo what
they a ro by being brought up lu Idle
lies?. Thoso who constitute tho busb
uess portion of tho community, thoso
who make our great and useful men,
wero trained up In their boyhood to bo
Industrious.
UOL.
From tho Krlo Observer,
llrlilgct has Oono 'Till tlio Polls.
It's mesllf that has troubles unnumbered,
Tor housckaplng Is thuuderln' poor fun,
I'M scrubbing nnd washing nnd clnnlnE
Bo tho piper, I'll nlrergltdouet
Buro tho ratio Is nblnioln the skhlllct,
And tho prntles are under tho coils,
Aud tho children aro schratnlng fordlnncr,
For Bridget has gono Mill tho iolls.
I'm kiltwld their tiolseandthelrjlngte,
1 Upon mo soul, I could stand It no more,
So I wlnt lor their sates wld n shlnglo,
And kicked up tho dlvll's own mart
And It's now I am mludlng n stocking
Be Jabrs It's nothlug but holes
And mo fut tho weeluf.mt Is rocking,
Whilst Bridget's nwny '1111 the polls,
Och, mudtier, I'm thinking the couiitliry
lias got iUcirintll a boat,
By giving thlmthundcrln' faymnlcs
The right to drink Ihisky and vote ;
I'lillit the mlnaro at home In tho kitchen,
Washing pons, skhlllets and bowls.
And tho couuthry Is run 'till tho dlvll,
Bo thlm hnthensdowu thereat tho polls.
Hero's Mrs. McCurty.Justliomo from tha 'taction
And her mug It Is bathered compute
Bad luck 'till hor sowl, sho's been having n ruc
tion, 1'or her head Is dono up In n shalo ;
Sho says widow McClare's been ruiiiilu for
mayor,
And bating ono Dennis McDoles,
And they've been making n squlro of Bridget
McUutro
Thlm dlvlls down there nt tho polls.
"Hurrah for tho fayma'cs," snja one slumping
crathur,
"We'll Lo running tho country ourselves,
The dlvil's onn tlmo I'm sure -we'll bo having,
Whin tliomlu nro Inid upon theshcles."
Whin Bridget wns tould how she'd cnrrled tho
'lection,
Sho danced from her fato her shoo soles ;
The schratnlng nnd charing was equal to thunder
That caino from thlm hathens down thero at
the polls.
Hero's a garmlntol Bridget's she's left to be
minded,
Thinking from mlscliife mo mind 'till divert,
It lias mighty short slaves aud delicate thrlm.
Ing
Us rain dlvlls would call Itn shirt I
I'U stop minding aud cooking nud Kind forMc
eiltinls, And n woo bit of fhisky to enliven our souls,
And there'll bo cracking of skulls andthodlv
ll's own ruction
Whin Bridget gets back from tho iwlls.
And whin tho neighbors goniuht, nn.l luck Intll
the windy,
That Is It, bejabers, the huthcns will say f
'Buro Patrick McUulre's gono back on housc
kaplng. And been having tho dlvll's own spray,
Tho cat isacorptc, and the dog Is a cripple,
And wee Terrancc I've schaldcd from his head
'till his soles,
It's an oldfashloued wake ourf elves will bo hav
ing Whin Bridget gets back from tho polls.
I'vo been trying lo cook nnd I'm complntoly
dlstrncted,
Tho miiky has carried my slnses nwnys
I've set on the coal skhutllo-bad luck to tho
make the weo children somo lay;
And I'vo upset tho sthovo aud tho lluro la a
blazing,
And scliattcrcdnll over wld coals ;
The dlvll tho thing will bo left but tho cellar
When Brldjet gets bacs from tho polls.
ClIAItHK.
Lee anil Ills Troops.
The? great simplicity of bisjiablts was
another ground of popularity. Ho far
ed no better than Ids troops. Their
rough, scant rations wero his as well.
Thero wcro times when for weeks our
army bad nothing hut bread and meat
to llvo on, and not enough of that. On
ono occasion somo molasses was obtain
ed and sent to tho field. One of Geuer
al Lee's staff who was caterer that week
that Is, ho drow the rations for tho
headquarters mess set a small pitcher
of molasses beforo tho General at din
ner, who was delighted to eat it with
his hot cormbread. Seeing Ids satisfac
tion, tho catering colonel remarked,
General, 1 secured llvo gallons for
headquarters." "Was thero so much
for every mess tho sizo of ours?" said
tho General." "Oh, no. Tho supply
won't last a week." "Then I direct,
Colonel, that you immediately return
every drop you have, and send an order
that no mola-se sliill ba Issued to ofllc
ers or men except tlio sick in hospital."
rho Colonel was dumbfounded, and
nover afterward boasted of his superior
providence us caterer for tho moss.
vt lien tlio two armies wero on tho
opprsilo banks of tho Uippahonnoek In
tho winter of MI3-'fH, meat was some
times very scarco in ours. Even the
usual half-pound per dh m ration could
not always bo Issued. During ono of
these periods of scarcity, on a wry
stormy day, several corps a id division
generals wero at headquarters, and
wero waiting for tho rain tu abato bo-
foro riding to their cam, H. whoa Go:i
oral Loo's negro cook announced din
ner. Tho General Invib d ids visitors
to dluo with lilm. On lepairlug lo tho
tublon trny t.f hot con-bread, a bnllod
head of cabb.igo seasoned with u very
small piece of baron, nud it bucket of
wtter eonstltuled tho repast, Tho
picco oT meat was so small that all po
litely declined Inking any, expressing
themselves t'B "very fond of boiled
cabbage and com bread," on which
they dined. Of course tho General was
too pollto tu oit mual In tlio presence of
guests who h id declined It. But later
n thu iificnioon, when they had all
gone, feeling very liungiy, ho called
Ids Bervnnt am) asked him to bring lilm
a piece of bread an. I meat. Thu darkey
Ioukcd perplexed and einbtrra-ssed, ami
after scratching his hold somo tlmo
mid In n deprecating tono "Lord, Mas
Uoburt, d it meat wh it I sot buforu you
at dinner witru't ours. I hud Just bor
rowed d.it pleco of iiiidJIni' from ono
of do couriers to season do eahbugo lu
do pot, and suolu' as you wh gwluo to
havo company at dinner I put on do
dish wid do ethba.'o for looks. But
wIiot I seed you an' nono of do genel
men locbo It, I 'eluded you all knowed
It was borrowed, and so after dinner I
snunt It back to do boy whar it bolong-
cd to. i'.s mighty sorry, Mas Hubert,
I didn't Know you wanted borne, lor
den 1 would a tuck a piecu olf'ti it any
how 'fern I snunt It home."
So thu General got no meat that day.
Anecdotes llko these, founded on actual
fact, would spread through tho army,
and often reconciled a hungry, raggod
Confederate to Ills hardship. "Itemt
utsecic(s cifl.ee anil Jackson," by J, D,
JmOoden, in November Galaxy.
Cum: I'oit Boni; Fki.om. Tito Lon
don Lancet, excellent authority, glvo
thu follow ing recipe for tlio cure of bono
felon: As soon tis Iho disease is felt,
put directly over tho spot a lly blister
about the sl.o nf your thumb nal I. and
let it remain for six iiours, at tlio exp'.r
atlon of which time, directly under tho
surfaco of tho blister, may bo seen tho
felon, which can bo instantly taken out
I, with tho point of n necdlo or a lancet,
DEM. - VOL. XXXV NO. U.
Important Decision by the Supreme fonrt
in 1-iii.niiirL'ii, ui'toucr , is l.-l)utlcs
of Supervisors Defined.
Michael Jl, Moore vt, the Townihtps of
jiapio ami wen jjempfltla.
It will bo remembered that on tlio
Hoin orjsovembcr, lSCo'.on ndark night,
while tho plaintiff's toam was crossing
ino uriugo which spans tho Chlquos,
uiviuing mo townsnips or ilapho and
West Hcmpfield, it broko down, and
tho teamster, horses and wagon wcro
precipitated Into tho water, killing a
vaiuauio norso, crusiung tlio wagon.
and destroying a largo quantity of
wneat. To recover damages, an action
was instituted by Mooro against tho
townships of Ilapho and West Ilemn
field. It was shown that tho bridgo
was rotten, anil that, If tlio ordinary
test, had been used by tho supervisors,
tho defects could easily imvo been do
tccted. Under tills ovldenco tho court
charged that tho townships wero llablo
tlio question of negllgenco being referr-
eel to thojury. Thojury found $378.03
for tlio plaintiff.
On u writ of error, tlio Supremo Court
affirmed thojiidgment of tho Common
Pleas.and delivered nn opinion dcflnlnc
tho liabilities and duties of supervisors.
Tho opinion is too long for publication,
but its substanco is embraced in tho fol
lowing points:
1. Bridges aro treated as tho portions
ol highways which cross them, and aro
to bo maintained and kept in repair by
tho supervisors of tho township.
i ino neglect of tho supervisors to
keep them In repair, subjects them to a
personal liability; but does not lesson
tho primary liability of tho township
to thoso who suffer injury from their
neglect.
3. What is negllgenco must depend
upon tho peculiar circumstances of ench
case, and it is a question for thojury.
1. Great danger demands higher vici-
lance,nnd moro effectual means to secure
safety.
0. Applying tlioio principles hero, it
may be asked, what structure moro Im
portant, In view of tho safety of lifo and
property, can bo well imagined than
such a bridgo a this, having a span of
uity-two reet, crossing from ten to
twelvo feet nbovo tho stream, whoso
water is mlddlo deep. Tho accident it-
solf is ovidenco of its important charac
ter, 'ino plaintiff's wagon was over
turned In tho fall, tho body crushed,
tho load of wheat fell nndornpnth It
into tho stream, nnd ono of tho horses
was killed. As remarked by our Brother
Head "a bridgo looks fair till It breaks
down it is not llko a pit which you
can seo and avoid." In practice, it is
used up to tlio last moment. Henco,
such a structure demands constant vig
ilance to guard and preserve It. Thsro
fore, when a bridgo Is old, having stood
for tho length of tlmo tho timbers com
posing it aro accustomed to last, nnd
when it may bo reasonably cxneeted
that decay has set in. It is notrlltrenpn fn
omit all proper precautions to ascertain
Its truo condition. Nor will mcro ap
pcarances in such a case excuso tho neg
lect. It is a matter of common knowl
edgo that invisible dofecls may, and
utiuer sucn circumstances, probably do
oxlst that either wet or ilrv rot. mnv
havo set in and not bo visible, and
therefore should bo sought for. But no
ono of ordinary Intelligcnco would
think of seeking for nn unsound and
invisible dcfct by merely insnectlnrr
tlio Eurr.tco of Iho wood. This being
thoen-e, it is clearly tho duty of tho
supervisors, having thus reason to be
lieve that defects may exist, to call to
their nsdstauco thoso whoso skill will
onnlilo them to ascertain tho truestnto
of Iho btructuro, and determine tho
question of its safety. Without doing
this much nt least, their duty to tho
public i not performed ; not to do It, is
therefore, negligence, and this Is the
point on which tho ciso went to tho
Jury. Thero is, therefore, no error in
tho submission.
Judgmont affirmed.
Shakespeare ana tlio Illble.
Shakospeaio constantly reminds us of
tho Bible; and when a passago comes
io minei, tlio origin of which lis uncer
tain, a common impression is that it
must belong either to tho Bible or tho
great poet; and no other author excites
tho samo feeling In an equal degree.
Thero nro somo curious parallel pass
ages which show that "tho bird of
Avon" was familiar with tho Scriptures
and drew from them many of his Ideas.
l or instance:
Othello Uudo am I in my speech.
Bible But though I berudo In speech.
(2 Cor. xl. 0.)
Witches In Macbeth Show bis eyes.
nud griovo his heart.
Bible Consumo thyno eyes, und
grlevo thynohenrt. (I Sam. li. !13.)
Macbeth-Life's hut a walking shad-
ow. ,
Blblo Man walketh in a vain show.
(l'a. xxxix. CD.)
Macbeth Wo will dio with harness
on our back.
Bible Nlcanor lay dead In hi har.
lies. (2 Mae. xv. 28.1
Banquo Woo to the land that Is gov-
erned by a child.
Bible Woo to theo, O land, wlion
thy king Is nchlld. (Eecles. x. 13.)
Tlmon of Athens Who can call him
his friend that dips lit tho samo dish ?
Blblo He that dlppeth his baud with
mo In tho dish, tho 6amo shall betray
me.
Similar parallel passages might bo
quoted by scores; and wo will finish by
asking our waders to turn to tho play
of "Trollus and Crccida." 1.3. nnd seo
what an admirable paraphrnso it is of
i.utcoxxl. 25, 20.
The United States J-Xonomist snys:
ino i-entibyivnnia llnllroad Company
Is beyond doubt the greatest In Iho
world. It owns or controls nt least
1000 tulles of railroad, representing
capital to tlio amount of si'uO,000,000.
its gross revenues amount to $10,000,000
11 year, ami It owns or controls laud
grants covorlng 80,000 square miles, an
area equal to tho aggrcgato possessions
of four of tlio greatest monarchies of
Europe.
Local notices, ten ni. . it. '
uSon.'r .rectory " . ,, -
each nddltlohaTlirio. ond
I-carn nil You Cnn.
Nover omit art opportunity to ban
all you can. Sir Walter Scott sal I h e
oven In n stngo coach ho always f i . I
somebody who could tell hlmsouiethltig
ho did not know. Conversation Is fro
qucutly moro useful than books for
purposes of knowledge. It Is, (' ,
fore, nmistakoto bo tnoroso nnd la .
nmong persons whom you think ij Jr
nnt, forn Httlo sociability on your j a ',
ninuruw meinour, nud thoy wiifba
nblo to teach you something, no matt r
now ordinary their Omnlnvmnnf Tit.
deod, somo of tho most sagacious re
marks aro mado by persons of this do
scrlptlon, respecting their particular
" "UK" tho Scotch s io-
logist, OW03 not a Httlo nf uu r,, i .
observations mado when ho was a jour
noyman stono-mason, and working In u
eiuarry. Socrates well said that thero
was but ono good, which is knowledge,
and 0U0 OViLwlllchlshranrnnrn. T.i., n.
grain of sand goes to make a hp m. a
gold-dlggor takes tho smallest niKwsf,,
ana is not fuol enough to throw t.ietii
nwny, becauso ho hopes to find it litisj
lump somo time. So in nenuLln
knowlodge, wo should nover tlosnlso nn
opportunity, however unpromising. If
there is a moment's leisure, smut it
over n good orinstructlvo talk wl.h tha
first you meet.
Let Us be Moro Sociable.
In order (o inereaso tho sum of hit.
man happiness, wo should eulitvnin
kind and fraternal feeling with ono
another. A truo lifo Consists In Ram i.
thing else than simply accurnulattv
property. Wo do not and cannot "Jive
by bread alono." A writer in tho Jour
nal of Agriculturo discourses on tt Is
subject most beautifully, as follows :
"Tho solo object and aim of too mnn.
Individuals seems to get gain, 'grab
all,' lot tho consequences bo what they
luuy to otucrs. Tito ucslro to accumu
late wealth, regardless of tho comfort,
and social happiness of our neighbors,
and tho Interchange of friendly senti
ment, siiouiu uo Ignored. On tho other
hand, wo should so llvo and act that t., i
generous impulses of our owu heart
would prompt us to extend tho ban 1 1 f
fellowship to all our neighbors, and,
looking them squarely in tho eye, feel
that glorious inward consciousness that
wo had nover wronged them in thought,
word or show. Then, too, let littlo
deed of lovo ho dono ; lot tho principles
of golden rulo bo exemplified In dally
lives; let us bo more sociable, and culti
vate our convival qualities by frequent
Interchanges of friendly greetings at
social gatherings ; let no aristocracy bo
acknowledged savo that of tho intellect;
let us beautify our homes ; lot us inako
them what they should bo by cherish
ing a lovo for tho beautiful, so that
"IHesslDKS may nltend u j forever;
And whatever wo rruy lor or da,
May our lives be ono grand endoivor
To type tho pure, tho good and Iho true!''
A Cheat L033. The greatest loss, is
tho loss of temper; it unfits us for tho
social clrclo; it unfits for business, for
pIoasure,nnd for religlon.Tho exhibition
of n loss of temper nlways degrades ;
the man himself fcols It a very few nu
monts afterwards. A very frequent
causo of an irrltablo disposition, of a
fretful, complaining temper, nlways
ready to oppose, object, and find fault,
is dyspeptic indigestion. A person at
the tablo will bo gentlo, rroncrous, en
tertaining, and agreeable; nn luur
later, and tho whoio character is chang
ed; thcro is nquorulou nass.a rudno-s.
asulklwss, a contempt of overy ru'o
of courtesy aud politeness, which Is a
amt-zlngns it Is degrading. It is llu
healthy man who nlwnjs meets y ju
witli s cordial welcomo nnd a cheerful
manner. You aro noyer sure, In ap
preaching a dyspeptic, even though
your nearest and best ft lend, that you
win not bo met with n snap or a snarl 1
eorao spiteful remark or sojno Ill-natured
action. To keep your temper, then.
keep well; make tho preservation of
your health a study nml a duty; it will
pay Handsomely; n cheerful heart
makes",tho hands nimble, and tho brain
active, keen, cvo'i on tho nloit; henco
good health is ntijlniportunt clement of
business success; and moro .than tha ,
tho greatest of modern preachers, thu
mot successful, ns also those of a pat
age, wcro and are nmuig the health'
men ; giving them high animal splrlrs.
ns well us bodily vigor i-nd mental elas
liclty, nnd wit and fun, and a eortitln
degreo.of impudence, fearlessness, and
soir assertion. Dr. W. W. Hall.
A CLEltciVMAN, who owned a farm,
found ills ploughman hitting on his
plough resting his hor-ps. Quoth tin
clergyman "John, wouldn't It bo a god
plan for you lo havo a good stub scyt1 )
here, and bo cutting a f'W busliivsaloi
tho feucowhen the hor.-esaro resting i
short time?" "Wouldn't it bo well,
sir," said John, "for yon lo havo a tub
of potatoes in tho, pulpit, nnd when
they aro singing peel 'em awhllo to bo
ready for tho pot?"
It has Just been discovered that tho
Government owns no less than twenty
eight nrsennl in different parts of the
United States, nnd really wants nono of
them. Tho most nntuial thing to do
would bo to Eell them forthwith, I ut
tho samo Jocnl prldo which induted
Congressmen to worry the Governuubt
into building them wilt bo In arms to
prevent their being, disiunutlcd und
sold. In theso days of quick and Incllo
raslway communication Lelwttn all
parts of tlio country tlio old depot f.ys
tern has becomo obsolate.
An Indiana editor gives this to tho
world as an argument that llowciuiii
of his Stnto nro well prepared fur the
duties of voting citizen: "A Harrison
county glil recently knocked her moth
er down with a lolling-pin, und In turn
was chocked by her father until her
tongtio hung cut if Mr mouth. In it
short tlmo mother ni.d daughti r !
covered nnd plched lido tho eld gentle
mutt with rolling !n und table foike,
nearly ruining his turn with tho latter,
Tho daughter thin threw all of tie
dishes out of tho window."