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Paddy M'Gee's Dhrame.
BY DENNIS &RAFFERTY
Ould paddy M'Gee, of Killarney,
.-.rning one night from a fair,
Alobg wid one Michael O'Grady,
Was quite overcome wid deshpair
"Och, Michael, ms boy," said ould Paddy,
"Be japers me money's all shpint,
And I mast return to bard labor
Widout bonnie Paddy's consint.
"Shure, Michael, the world's full of sorrow,
And Paddy's got more nor his share ;
Me poor heart wid grafe is nigh broken, .
I sink 'nathe me burden of care."
Now Paddy had supped rather freely
The liquid that maddens the sowl,
Which caused discontent's gloomy shadow
Across his bright pathway to roll.
No man in the town of Killarney
More willingly wielded the shpade ;
But filled wid a longing for riches
Be scorned his great cowl to degrade
"Thesehands," and be spread them before hiat,
"Were made to count nuggets of gold,
And Shure it's a mutherin pity
To delve thim right into the mold."
And thus he complained of misfortune
To Michael, who walked by his side ;
Sez Mike, "now that's thrue for ye, Paddy,
If a man had a horse he could ride.
"But since we are not blist wid horses,
What benefits us all yer talk?
Bedad its mesilf that is thankful
Becase I've the privilege to walk."
But Michael's kind words were all wasted,
For Paddy complained all the more ;
Bleak poverty, liko a huge vulture,
Right over his pathway did soar.
And whin, at the dure of his shanty,
Mike left him to sorrow a prey,
He mused of the ills of life's journey
As onward he plodded his way.
But let us, wid ould Paddy, enter
His shanty so thrirn and so nate,
And see if a i - ason existed
Why Paddy should quarrel wid fate
Arrab, boys I what a family circle
Presints itself here to the eye,
Sufficient to plaze and encourage
A murdherer sintinced to die.
Of bright boys and girls, full a dozen
Are sated promiscuously round,
And Judy, the wife of his bosom,
Widout the taste shade of a frown.
Contintment, most shurely, presided
In full-fledged au,hority there;
In vain might the Raker of sorrow
Look for the dark cloud of desphair
Each sprig of the sod was as rosy
And fresh as the flowers of June ;
Bedad I 'twas enough to dhrive sadness
To dwell all alone in the moon.
Pat's grafe, like a fairy, did vanish,
Bwate happiness tinctured his .;up ,
Producing a jug of "the crather,"
They all tuk another wee sup.
From Nora, the pride of the shanty,
To Barney, but twinty days old,
They wint for that dimyjobn faircely ;
To them 'twas more precious than gold
Contintment, that gem of the household,
Once more filled the Irishman's heart,
Produced by this lovely home-picture
And whisky's most powerful art.
He gazed on his swate little jewels,
An illegant juvenile squad,
And mused of dom'stic enjoyment,
Declaring all others a fraud.
And Judy was looking so plisent,
Her face wore a heavenly shmile,
Produced by some siventeen jorums
Of pleasure's great magical ile.
The childer, all full in proportion,
Were wild in their childish delight,
At length in their glee they decided
To enliven the shport wid a fight.
Two boys, in their innocent aambols,
Were playing the game of cross shticks ;
The older ones caught the contagion,
And soon 'twas a general mix.
Ould Paddy grew wild wid excitement;
'Twas a miniature "Donnybrook fair;"
Unable to govern his failings
He sank to the flure from his chair.
The battle raged higher each moment,
The noise woke the dogs all around,
Whose voices rang out on the midnight,
A doleful sepulchral sound.
Nixt chimed in the cats, wid a chorus
Unaqualed on Arin's grane shore,
'Twould dhrown all the rivers of Agypt
United in one mighty roar.
The neighbors aroused, came, affrighted,
Believing ould Nick was on nand,
Confiscating mortals by dozens
To carry to Hades' dark land.
But Judy informed tbim, politely,
The row was "fist nothing at all,
'Twas a natural scane in that shanty,
A swate little family brave' "
Declining the paple's kind offers
To aid in restoring a calm,
She swatened their acid affections
By daling to each one a dhram.
She shtood, like the geni in fables,
Assuming an air of command,
Resimbling an overgrown fairy;
The jug took the place of a wand
Each weapon was down in a jiffy,
The ruse bad a mighty effect ;
Jilt offer an Irishman whisky
If ye want to secure his respect.
Dape silence pervaded the shanty,
No whisper fell on the night air,
A s Judy procaded to strengthen
Each one wid the nectar so rare.
And whin anger's gloom from their features,
Like migrating robins, had fled,
And harmony swately presided,
The household retired to bed.
But Paddy, immersed in dape slumber,
Was left to reme on the flure,
And wonderful were the bright visions
Which slape from their caverns did lure,
Asthride of a winged alligator,
He thraversed the ragions of air
Thought Paddy, "bedad there's co crayther
Rid this one for shpeed can compare."
Like Selkirk of yore, he:imagined
"I'm monarch of all I survey,"
Although he felt rather onaisy
Whin his shteed bore I , im over the say.
He gathered the hues of the rainbow,
And twisted them into a crown,
Commingling their colors so gaily
To deck him a monarch profound.
Wid joy be explored each fair planet,
Whose mysteries puzzle the world,
And swept through each untrodden cranny
Wid Arin's grave banner unfurled.
lle roamed amiss tinaqualed sbplendors,
And brushed each bright star on his way;
He sbtood on the acme of pleasure
Whilst viewing the meteors play.
But soon be discovered a waning
Of his deep etberial joy,
For share his fast nag was descending,
His extasy this would desthroy.
The stars, one by one, were receding
Away from his rapturous sight,
And darkness was slowly beclouding
The face of that ocean of light.
Down, down, through the dim fields of ether,
Poor Paddy was hurried along,
And faintly he heard, as an echo,
The lingering notes of a song.
Alas I had his charger continued,
Wid such frantic speed, to ascend,
The singers he soon should have greeted
Where every grief has an'end.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1874.
In vain did he shtrive to turn upward
The course of his powerful shteed;
His way he pursued yet more swiftly,
Nor did he Pat's plaintive tones heed
"Hould up, now, ye murtherin villain,"
He cried, and kept tugging away,
"I'm plazed very well wid the counthry,
Wid yer lave I'd much rather shtay."
Enthreaties were all unavailing,
And threatening had no effect ;
lle thrated his rider's remonsthrauce
Widout the Taste mite of reslipeet.
As earthward, in baste, he procaded,
The gloom became doubly intense ;
His soul endured all the commotion
Occasioned by racking suspense.
Whin passing a gilded church-shteeple
He felt a sharp blow on the head,
And a voice, to the dramer familiar,
Cried, "Shure ye've an illegant bed."
Reluctantly laving his saddle
lie finished his glorious ride,
And op'ning his eyes in great wonder
Ould Judy shtood right by his side.
"Bad luck to the likes of ye, Paddy,
Get up off the Sure wid ye, quick,
The whisky's all dhrank, and the childer,
Deprived of their food, will be sick."
"Is it sick they'll be, Judy, me honey ?
And shire it's tnesilf is that same ;
Begob this is very unplisant
Jist afther that illegant dhrame.
'Och, where's the decanter now, Judy ?
Another supply we must have,
For shure it's the great panacea
That cheers the sad heart of the shlave."
Away to the town of Killarney
Ould Paddy repaired in great haste,
He shwore his desires were awakened
And greatly inflamed by that taste.
So swate was the joy it imparted
lie longed for some more of that same,
And also a second edition
Of that sowl-inshpiring clhrame.
But Shure, I'm not able to follow
This phrenzied ould mau to the end,
Because on the depth of his quaffing
The length of my tale would depend.
I'll not fail, however, to give ye
The facts, if he raises the statue,
And witnesses a repetition
Of that really wonderful dhratne
gleading the fttliou.
ERIC AND ALMA.
The waterfall of Sarp rushes over the
steep cliffs and plunges into the depths be
low, proclaiming in tones of thunder its
might and ma' 'sty, and challenging the ad
miration of th€, world.
Masy years ago there dwelt, on either
side of the falls, a youth and maiden ; both
were fair and of noble birth ; each was an
only child and both were the idols of their
parents.
The falls was not the only barrier which
divided them ; a bitter feud had existed be
tween their families for generations, and
although the time was now passed for their
hatred to break forth in open hostility, the
fire smouldered in their breasts, and was
continually fanned by pride and jealousy.
Both were wealthy and pow;_ rul, and each
emulous of the other.
The youth and the maiden partook of
the enmity of their respective families, but
in a milder degree, for each had a linger
ing memory of havinc , in .early childhood,
played on the banks of the Sarp Falls, ga
zing at each other across the waters, throw
ing shells and flowers into the stream and
mingling their laughter as they saw them
disappear in the white foam.
Fate seemed to have decreed that they
should never meet, for years rolled on, and
they were as far apart as ever.
The name of the youth was Eric. He
was tall and strong; his hair was light
and his eyes were blue ; he was brave and
hardy ; and a worthy descendant of a
bold Viking. His nature was noble and
he gave with a generous hand to the
poor. He was beloved by all who knew
him.
The name of the maiden was Alma. She,
too, was greatly beloved. She was merry
and bright, and her eyes and hair were as
black as the cliffs, which often echoed with
her laughter. Her presence shed a bright
ness through the gloomy halls of her fath
ers, and many guests came there attracted
by her charms.
Her admirers were countless, but she
had no lover, for among her train of suitors,
although some were of high rank and oth
ers of vast estates, no one could awaken a
response in her heart.
'the fame of her wit and beauty reached
the ear of Eric, and he conceived an ar
dent desire to meet her; and, notwith
standing the dislike with which he regard
ed her family, and the danger to which his
heart would be exposed, he determined to
carry out his wish.
Eric waited tong and patiently fur a fa
vorable opportunity, but as none presented
itself, he was about to resort to some in
cautious means, when he was asked to at
tend a wedding to which most of the hon
orable families of the neighborhood were
invited.
He went with the hope ofmeeting Alma,
and was not disappointed in seeing her.—
But alas ! the first glance of her black eyes
was nearly fatal.
The proud youth, who had hitherto been
almost insensible to female charms, was
suddenly enthralled. He did not take part
in the festivities, but stood watching the
gay scene, vainly endeavoring to preserve
a haughty, unconcerned air, lest his agita
tion should be perceived, as lie was the ob
ject of much attention.
But his cheeks would flush, and his lips
tremble, when his eyes met those of Alma,
who seemed likewise affected, for the at
traction was mutual. All that evening
they were in each other's presence, but
neither spoke a word, neither approached
the other, and yet their eyes told volumes
The image of one was engraven on the
heart of the other, never to be erased.
The marriage festival ended, and Eric
and Alma returned to their homes with
heart and brain in commotion. Time pßsed,
but it had no plwer to stifle the tender
sentiment which had so suddenly sprang
up in their hearts.
One day, while Eric wandered in the
forest not far from the home of Alma, his
ear was arrested by the strains of a merry
song. There WBB something in the tone
of the voice that fascinated him, and he
paused to listen :
"O'er the land, and o'er the sea,
My brave lover comes to me.
I will sing a jubilee,
For my sweetheart I shall see.
Tra la la 1 Tra la la !
Eric did not wait to hear more, but rush
ed eagerly forward, and the sight of her
whom he sought soon met his gaze. But,
ah, how lovely ! Perched upon a rock,
like a bird, she sat strewing leaves and
flowers on the ground at hPr feet, and
making the woods ring with her merry
voice.
He had seen her at a large assemblage,
dressed in stately robes, and carrying her-
self with the dignity of a high-born lady.
What a contrast was here ! In his imag
ination she now resembled a graceful wood
nymph, and his eyes beamed with admi
ration.
No sooner had she become aware of his
presence than her song abruptly ceased,
and her cheeks crimsoned with confusion.
She hastily rose and descended the rock.
With great embarrassment he tendered his
assistance. When she had reached the
ground, he detained her hand and asked.
hesitatingly :
"Was that song meant for me ''
"Yes, though I did not dream you were
so near."
They stood silent for a long while; she
did not withdraw her hand, and he bad no
power to unclasp it. All at onco she rais
ed her eyes to his and asked in a solemn
voice :
"Do you know who I am ?"
"Yes, you are the daughter of my fath
er's enemy."
"And you are the son of my father's
enemy."
"But Alma and I are not at enmity ?"
"No, Erie "
"Then why cannot our friendship stretch
over the breach which has divided our
families for so long a time ? The moment
I set foot upon your father's domain to-day,
I vowed that all ill will toward your house
should be forever extinct in my bosom."
"My father has done your father no
wrong, and if our ancestors have injured
one another, they have no doubt settled
their accounts in another world. I, too,
have vowed to hrrbor no ill-will toward
your family."
"Then, darling, let us seal our vows with
a kiss."
They did so, and from that instant a new
world opened before them. Hours paced,
but they were unconscious of the flight of
time until evening began to darken the
earth, when with many sweet farewells,
they parted, though not forever, for they
had promised to meet on the same spot be
fore many days.
Months passed, and they continued to
meet in the woods. Their love was secret
to all save themselves, and they guarded it
with care, else they would have been rude
ly separated. These stolen intercourses
were the most delicious moments of their
lives, hut, like every other delightful period,
it was destined to end.
The parents of Alma had chosen a hus
band for her—a wealthy noble—and the
day appointed for her wedding was not fir
distant. Eric learned the fatal news, and
was attacked with a dangerous fever. In
delirium he confessed his love fir Alma,
and declared that he would wed her or die.
The family was astonished at the intelli
gence.
Before his serious illness took place they
perceived a change in him, but they bad
never suspected the cause.
The father listened with terror to the
passionate appeals of his son, and tried to
pursuade himself that they were merely the
wanderings of a disordered intellect, and
that on recovery he would disavow all that
lie said during his illness.
But he grew no better. The fever in
creased until his life was despaired of.
....
When Alma discovered that her lover
was on the poit.t. of death, she became so
distracted by grief that her parents were
alarmed, lest she should lose her reason.
Notwithstanding the danger of their
children, the parents could not be prevail
ed upon to meet on friendly terms; their
aversion appeared to be stronger than their
parental love
Eric did not die, and in proportion as he
regained his health, Alma recovered her
tranquility of mind. The youth, in time,
acquainted his father with his love for his
rival's daughter. The father enraged at
the possibility of their uniting in wedlock,
declared that if such an event should come
to pass he would disinherit him.
Eric expected an angry 'outburst from
his father, but confident of hii influence
over him, he hoped to induce him to.yield
at last to his wishes. But he was disap
pointed. His father remained inexorable.
Alma was equally unsuccessful in soften
ine, the hearts of her parents ; they had
chosen a bridegroom for her, and they
were resolved she should abide by their
choice.
Her wedding was nearing rapidly, and
grand preparations were begun for the
event. She was constantly under the vigi
lance of an attendant, and was in conse
quence prevented from seeing Eric, who
heard with au aching heart, of the arrange
ments which were being made for her mar•
riage.
The day arrived. The guests assembled,
and everything was in readiness for the
occasion. All were arrayed in festive at
tire ; all hearts were light sad merry, and
eager to partake of the marriage feast, and
to drink to the health and happiness of the
bride and tridegrootn.
But their joy and hilarity came to an
abrupt pause. The bride was missing !
Confusion prevailed. No one could ll
her whereabouts, for no one had seen a
tiny, little boat sail quickly across the
stream, and land near the window of her
chamber. nor a youth alight, and call, in
a low voice, the name of Alma ; no one had
seen the bride appear and spring joyfully
into his arms.
When they did behold her she was clasp
ed in the last embrace of her lover, sailing
down the stream toward the falls, onward
to a certain death ! Not all the prayers
and cries of the repentant parents could
save thew; they vanished in the foam, and
the gloomy rocks around echoed the mourn
ful words, “Too late ! too late !"
Don't Do It.
Don't attempt to punish all your ene
mies at once. You can't do a large busi
ness with a small capital.
Don't say •`I told you so." Two to one
you never said a word about it.
Don't worry about an other 111311'd bu
siness. A little selfishness is sometimes
commendable.
Don't imagine that you can correct all
the evils in the world. A grain of sand
is not prominent in a desert.
Don't mourn over fancied grievances.
Bide your time, and real sorrow will come.
roil% throw dust in your teacher's eyes.
It will only injure the pupil.
Don :t worry about the ice crop. Keep
cool and you will have enough.
Don't borrow a coach to please your
wife. Better make her a little sulky.
Don't imagine that everything is -weak
ening. Butter is strong in this market.
Don't publish your acts of charity. The
Lord will keep the account straight.
Don't color meerschaums for a living.
It is simply dyeing by inches.
OH, bother cremation !" says the Pitts
burg Commercial. "We have to earn our
living—and don't want to be compelled to
urn our der "
Power of Imagination.
TILE STORY or A SNAKE.
The following incident which happen..
ed to the writer long years ago, is of such
a thrilling nature as to cause the blood to
run cold in one's veins at the bare men
tion of it. The account is founded on
facts, and :an be7vouched for by witness
es of undoubted integrity :
While sauntering out one morning
through an orange grove bordering on one
of the bayous of Louisiana, and where the
warning hiss and rattle of that most yen
onions and deadly species of the reptile
tribe are not unfrequantly heard, I came
upon an inviting shady nook, and being
weary and fatigued by excess and the heat
of the sun, I sought repose by stretching
myself at length upon the grass. and while
lying there, dreaming day dreams and be
ing refreshed by gentle breezes, deep
scented with the fumes of the luscious
Louisiana orange. I naturally yeilded to
the seductive influence of Morpheus, into
whose arms I gracefully resigned tnysiiff.
I did not lie long thu:, however, before
I was awakened by the sense of a cold
pressure about my neck. I glanced down
ward to ascertain the cause of my disturb
ance, when, oh, horror ! what met my gaze
but a huge rattlesnake, lying with his head
resting as complacently and as serenely as
one can imagine, upon the back ot" my
hand, which I had carelessly thrown across
my breast ; the rest of his body being
drawn over my shoulder and wound arot nd
my neck. Iljs piercing black eyes •dook
ed daggers" into mine, and the diabolical
expression of his countenance generally
looked, if it did not say, in as many words:
"The game is up with you. now, my bal."
which to me was painfully ton apparent
just then to entertain the least hope ores
cape. Fortunately. I displayed great pres
ence of mind, and I knew that to stir or
make an audible noise was instant death to
me.
I thought that while there was life there
was hope at least, and setting my wits to
work. I began devising schemes by which
I might make a coup d' fiat on his snake
ship and effect an escape from my impend
ing doom. Ah ! the thought struck me,
I had a sharp penknife in my pocket
Could I but slyly ease my hand down into
my pocket, get possession of the knife, and
by a rapid movement sever the head from
the body, I would be free: But no; the
knife was in my right hand pocket. and I
dared not move that band from under hi..
head to get it. Then could I clutch him
by the neck and body and hold him ?
That would not do either, for were I to
choke him he would choke me.
There was but one resource left me, and
that was to lie perfectly quiet and let
events develop themselves ; perhaps souse
one would chance to pass this way and
frighten the monster away. I remained
wrapt thus within the serpent's embrace a
few moments. which seemed ages, when I
heard the rustling of grass as of approach.
ing tbotsteps. A gleam of hope nuw en
tered my mind. Perhaps it was some one
sent by providence to rescue me from my
perilous situation.
I was doomed to disappointment at this
time also, as my anticipated rescuer was
nothing more than a powerless hog. which
passed by within a few paces of where I
lay. unaware of and un.:oncerned ss to the
agony under which I was suffering. A
drowning man will catch at straws in order
to save himself, it is said, but I actually
invoked the intercession of that hog in
silent prayer. I prayed that he would
come nearer me, in hopes that his presence
would frighten the serpent of ; but he
only gave a grunt of recognition and went
his way. The noise caused the snake to
move and draw himself tighter about my
neck. I shuddered from foar, or hope. I
knew not which.
T had by this time grown very weak;
my blood seemed to be getting as cold as
that of the snake itself. and I lay there
perfectly powerless, and, as it were, dying
by inches—staring grim death in the face.
while his icy hand encircled my throat.
My physical strength could endure no
more, and I swooned away from sheer
fright and exhaustion. The supreme mt.
went had now arrived. In reviving from
my fainting spell I suppose I irritated the
snake iii some way, as he had loosened
himself from my neck, and coiling h;tn
self upon my breast, with his ominous
forked tongue darting forth, siood ready
for the attack. I uttered a yell. at which
he sprang at my face with terrific force.
and as I felt his jaws close on me. anti hie
poisonous stin4 enter my flesh. I awoke
from my horrible dream. in a suiof cold
perspiration, amid the werrim nt and
laughter of several of my lady acquaint
ances, one of whom had been tickling my
neck with a straw.
It is Better.
Better to wear a calico dress without
trimming. if it be paid for. than to owe
the shopkeeper fq the most elegant
cut and trimmed in the most bewitching
manner.
Better to live in a leg cabin all your
own than in a brown-atone mansion belong
ing, to somebody else.
'Better walk forever than run in debt
for horse and carriage.
Better to sit by the plain white table
for which you paid three dollars some
years a g o. than to send home a new ex
tension black walnut top, and promise to
pay fa it next week.
Better to use the old cane A...11ea chairs.
and faded two-ply carpet. than tremble at
the bills sent home from the upholsterer'•
for the most elegant parlor set ever made.
Better to meet your business aegusiet
ances with a free 4-don't owe you a rent" ;
smile, than to dodge around the corner to
escape a dun.
Better pay the street organ grinder two
cents for music, if you must have it, than
to owe for a grand piano.
Better to gaze on bare walls than pic
tures unpaid for.
Better to eat thin soup from earthen..
ware, if you owe your butcher nothing.
than to dine off lamb and roost beef, and
know that it does not belong to you.
Better let your wife have a k of hy
sterics than to run in debt for nice new
furniture, or clothes, or jewelry, or any
thing that women wish for. Ait of bp.
teriot, properly managed. is often of more
real benefit to a woman than anything you
can buy.
A 011NTLZMAN being asked `•to take a
drink" declined, but said. if no objections
were made, be would take a loaf of bread
instead. The party west to a bakery, tie
treater bought a loaf of bread, bad it dew
up, and his friend took it Use. The loaf
was afterwards seat to a needy family.
Go to the Jounx.u. Store and see elicit ,
new stock of Stationery.
amid lie *Mts.
Make the Lien A' year 64 wheeler, it be -
od or boa
We sierold arm 9peak elogroshrao. eisb
` or veil heats
words 0 Wisdom.
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cowardice. 4 wkirlb se* as how dim a Il -
lidia,
Hopes and rev,ret.• are tile 4.r..oft•et halo sod I rbi l & a s riffi ll merg i m
of existence. ssanig ems asipmeasia allo= lib isy
To suffer for having aeted well. is itself saire e r 4 as i co r so u s b i d in g b .
a species of reernspesse end is. by way 4 ritia. saollip So
We grow old sore through tar olosea suiprie yips E s vi e dr spa ow
ghats through age. I emu* ass bib ..mete . at play ? Sap
There never war a wadi so gay boa wow l paw dory ausil sit pig tem ilbs am
tears were shed behind it. i aged since is ? Illaway *ay twig woo
A word fitly spoken is tilts apples o I ploy duoisur blear fame a, isowaow bow '
gold in pietures of silver. I Rot dare (my amiss, sad Amp art die
The rry. of happiness, like those 'f light I affnigtod tins ivy Aril Ow 1111 lAA
are roloriess when unbroken. mai& ins* samtsor and Amur. vial
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its quiet. its 'Jarboe«, and its milts& to' neither is emir emir issma, sidlor OP
the soul. ' boo e. odd ; ea am. IMO bait
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crease good or prevent evil, is idle. 1 lar jest lb. sow sissy assts iamb sin
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This life i. like an inn. is which cheese! sax seer toe ham
spends a few sp)asest• ow its journey. Asa is saris low is was Mao, 4
To ..pen!' truth, and to do gond. is No IA to awry Asa dim **Oar *bob
resemble, in si,rsor s,rt, the Deity we woe- iat every Now sod as wog ipstaw bar
ship. 1 amid semi set so sons vim aisle
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We cannot undermand what we Imre
never experienced ; we seed psis, were it
onlito teech .yesputbv
t ii a great error ('Jr the heart to hor4.-
ttp the. romance irhirb is only :Tactful is
youth. 3134 It iA daegerner. tan.
land temper is tsid too hits at boasted.
—it makes whoever gives, was is it le mis
erable as it does other people.
There is a species a< *own is straw
jog frost the ingratitude of ethers, which
is reserved for greet minds shoe
Many who, in 01111 r days of wealth, we
devised but hearties ehark bay: in oar
diet MO •bows thenwelses Meads.
A neat, clean, freeb-aired, sweet aad
arranged house, ezerei..es a amoral as well
AB a phpi--21 iniluenee over its isolates.
News Owls.
The Illinois ,sebool master. hare 34t3tet
Society.
Fort Wayne, Incl., h3s an artesian well
1.621 feet deep.
The prodsetion of enprr is New Wei
co is said to be rapidly ineremiirr.
A small arms f.ctory is to be egeabfab
et! by as American firm is the eity of Nes
leo.
An inventive geniu, in Ohio program
to furnish harsen with filse teeth. In al to
conceal their arc.
A special 4)4 itution fur ebb Maisie./ et
women as teachers is to be established by
the Rosins Government.
It i 5,411.1 that a Y 2141 ;:flightlite 4 the
dale of 1872 boo earrieti off :he highrot
prise this year at the Araikety des Nees
.Irts.
Scranton. it is state+ has from, woe ha
two million dollars' worth 4 pis iron, Air
which there is at prsseat ao prolkahlo amor
krt.
David Mattis, who tape • huh, hey,
loaded I.is pants with briekbass. sod dose
bim iron Cape Fear rinse, pessibiss
with a pole until he was inrossill, is say
twelve year; ohl, and ender r•.••••• it
death in New llheaver moiety, North Ca,
The public analpt AtoGehl. mew
the Fond Adokeratin's set. t sersilisi
of she II if Cos.
before a
awns. In tleseribiavg aelolteratinee .f sue,
be .aid (amidst mods Ineglbter) ant le
had found Chine,. limp-sods in tea, boa
did not ernvider nr rile trait se
adulteration.
Cure for Wooriooss.
The worl4 is foil of tired people. seer
chants tire 4 of bsweiwe.s. farster• eiri4 4
misting the eror, mechanic* tired et bud&
ing botriet, homorkeepers tired of pones.-
in; food. operatives tired of the nosimeg
whee 6. Pare Anew the mid or smr..lre
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tee hew very tired three-fourths et dui
people look. How shad they xet rest!
Some say. -by fewer bier...( wart ant
some of them haven.. w-alt at all. MINI*
pre.eribe ear! sof... awl write etas
chairs and inft Kat swim of the
people wh3 have the weariest blob. have
plenty of good farsiture and Inswing
upholstery.
Now. we offer a pillow 1.4 "attained
with gobelin tapestry. air staled yid, the
down of an angers wier. INK s team
who puts his head an it sets rid et his
tares and anzietie.. It a pillow ituiltel
with promises. -Fosse onto use ail ye thee
labor anal are heavy Wien and I will glee
you rest. - "rant thy harden as the Lard
sod he will *ascii" thee hove
frieeds who. beeseie they eases' den,
well. pat under their head at vied apd
kr, Or hops: hoe they have sever tried
the better pillow Med with the myrrh and
franhisseesee frogs Mt Laird's wise.
Men and women tired oat with the 'world.
try it.
A Grad True.
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be genuine it watt low fines We te
It is when a sews of prrsewel ensienewise
with the dine et Fiat a bialleit. &et we
shell be nowt it for wassiesery west. oath-
Of ti. mariftves Of *astir wp ohm if
we allow it to bermes a hessian, of
or cents, we Awn ire no semelia -*rat
preachers of D. Ihniworas
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sr silver fig.?" Letpolloispr allnifines to
the Luni Jewels Christ heenwee th. slaw
powiloo, nod it eomerowieeist dm Ifni.'
evaisigerwel mid to every resin the
electric Bain.
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