G. & G. R. FRYSINGER, PUBLISHERS, Whole No. 2940. Poor House Business. The Directors of the Poor meet at the Po House on the 2d Tuesday of each month. " BSUEDIST & <30.. BANKERS, LEWISTOWN, PA., Collations and remittances promptly made. Interest allowed on time deposits. jan*J3-ly SEC. W. ELDER, Attorney at Lavr, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will a tend to business in >1 Itilin. Centre and Dunlin; don counties mv 26" E. J. CTTLEERTSOIT, Attorney at Law, LEWISTOWN, PA, OFFERS his professional services to the citizens > M •'! 11 county. Office in Northeast corner of tl Di.< . ond, next to Hoffman's store. tnj2 & o, JJiJiliiJiJT, ihi), PHYSICIAN ASD SI RUEON, Lewlitou'ii, Pa., OFFERS his Professional Services to th Citizens of Lewtstown and vieinity. Dr Hurlbut has the EXPERIENCE of "15 years in th arrive practice of Medicine and Surgery. office on south side of Mill street, in the buildin formerly occupied by l>r. Worr.dl. , j u 17 LYCOMING COUNTY Mutual Insurance Company. Capital, #2,500,000. Tm* rorepatiy continues to issue Policies of Insui slice en buildings and Personal Property, in Towi or Country, at cash or mutual rates. JAMES RANKIN, President. JOSHUA BOWMAN, Secretary. JOHN' HAMILTON, Agent. janl6't>7 Lewistown. Pa. K. M. DUNMIRE, DENTIST, 0- FFERS his professional services to th< citizeDs of Mißlin county. He is prepared to pet f. rn-. all operations in the dental profession. Office fir-t door front the Lewtstown House, Main streel where tie Will he found tbc first two weeks of eael in nth. and trie last week of each month he wil v.-e. Ki-tntcoquillas Vallty. Teeth extracted wtthou pain by the use of nitrous oxide myl-t Teeth Extracted Without Pain By M. R. Thompson, D. D. S, By a NEW PROCESS without the use of Ctilorc form, Etner, or Nitrous Ox ide, and is attended by n *i-V ( "!icc west Mark.-: stree T'jfHrr *UB ■io , ?|i* '• -t. wn. Sept. Hbtf THE BEST IN THE WORLD? mliE UNDERSIGNED IS AGENT FOR THE IMPRafED SINGER SEWING MACHINE, whii-h will be placed upon trial with any other now a ue pleased to see all Mr. Bourn's old customers, j ntvi many n w ones as will favor htm with a call. ; Ah h rl; warranted. Store on East Market street, nearly opposite the Post (iffice. l.e.v ..town, April 94, 1867-tf MRS. M. E. fop P/.lTCri STCRE, West Market sf., Lrwixtown, ; A DIES k GENTLEMEN'S rURNISHING GOODS, Sa i iks. Hats, Bonnets, Ladies Fine DRESS ami Trimmings. Patterns of latest styles always on hand. Millinery and Dress-Making executed in the most approved style. Lewistown, April Its, lkfiO.tf XT .E "W Meat Establisment. THE undersigned has fitted up the build- I iin Brown street, above Frank's store, for a i .ear - p where Fresh Beef, Pork. Mutton. Veal. Ac < til tre had at all times, an ice house for the preserva • of m at being conuected with the establishment, j The public are invited to call. SO. Tim room will be opened for the first time on i SATURDAY MORNING, loth in-t. JAMES S. GALBRAITH. j : • v wn, March 13.tf. Lewistown Coach Manufactory,! Junction 3d & Valley street. MOSER SZ, MAYES HAVING ASSOC IA "*d together for the purpose a which will !.e found equal to any in or out of >*• dies. Aii kinds of repairing promptly attended declli-ly j WILLIAM LIND, has now open A NEW STOCK OP Cloths, Cassimeres AND VESTI NCS, *l"cli will l>e made up to order in the nest *•1 and most fashionable styles. apl9 ( 1 1 V' 1 1,1 shades. 1 lain ami richly <;ilt, at 1.00 per IMiral F. G. FRANCIBCUBV DR.IBBIN J|^ v McKenn & Vanhagen's SOAP.j i_. "f which were distributed a few days I fiatJ.it'.. v; IB; Dobbin's Soap, | i,' s Castile ** * Ac, Ac , Ac. Gannod |>„. i ALSO, an l 'i. , • *- m. a. in. a. in. p. in L-wistown, 12.17 5.59 10 15 11.06 G.3i , N. Hamilton, 9 15 Manayunk, 939 McVeytown, 9 42 Granville, 10 01 1 he Stock Freight east stops for way passengers a* follows: N. Hamilton, 6.25 p. m.; Manavunk, 6.52 p m.; Mcv eytown, 7.12 p. ing Granville, 7.47 p. 11)4 Lew istown, 8.0:) p. m. Fare to Hamsburg $210; to Philadelphia 5 85; tr Nf vr York 7.60; Altoon;i 2.'>o; to PitUbiirgh 6 56; t c . Baltimore 5 20; to York 3 20; to ilaeerutown 4i6; tc | Reading 4.00. i snp-Tbe ticket office will be open 20 minutes before the arrival of each passenger train. THOMAS SCHEI.L, Agent, j Galhraith A Conner's omnihusses connect with all | the passenger trains, and take up and set down pas j sengers at all points within the borough. Orders are ; requested to be left at the .National House. PRICES DOWN ONCE MORE THE undersigned has a large stock of l>otf Home-made and Eastern manufactured Boots anc I Shoes, which he offers at prices lower than he ha.- sold for four years : j Men's thick, d. Boots, warranted, from $2.75 to 5.00 ! " Kip, " " " • 4.00 to 6.00 j Calf. " " extra 4.50 to 6.U0 j Boys' Boots, 1.00 to 3.00 Men s thi'-k Brogans, double-soled, 2.00 to 2.50 ; Men's split '• warranted very bad, 1.10 | Boys' Shoes, price ranging from 1 25 to 2.28 i As the taxes are to he reduced again on the first daj j of August, it also enables us to reduee our prices HOME-MADE WORK of all kinds made U | order at rcdueed prices. So come on hoys and girl: j and examine for yourselves. Truuks, Valises and Carpet Hags ; kept on hand. Gentlemen will bear in mind that n< ! goods will he given out unless paid for. and if re turned in good order, the money will he returned, i , requested. But when goods have been soiled oi I Worn, they will not he taken hack—please Iwar thi jin mind—as some folks think that wearing for t . short time don't injure the sale of them afterwards. I augt-tf BILLV JOHNSON. Great Excitement at the Post Office, ON account of the new arrival of Boots and Shoes at greatly reduced prices. The undersigned would respectfully inform the public that lie has just nrrived from the eastern cities with a large assortment of B-IfITS, SH.JES AND CAITEHS. consisting of Ladies', Gentlemen's and Children's Wear, which he has purchased at "come down" pri ces. He is now prepared to sell cheaper than the cheapest, for cash. Also, constantly on hand a large assortment of home-made work, which is manufac tured under his own supervision, and of the liest ma terial and workmanship. Boots and Shoes made to order at short notice. Repairing done in the neatest manner. Call at the Post Office, and examine for yourselves. W. C. THORNBI'RG. Lewistown, May 23,1866-v. 20,000 MAJORITY I To the Voters of Central Penna ELECTION is over and it ha been decided by about 2U.0U0 majority that the Tobacco ami Cigars sold at Kry,singer's Tobacco and Segar Store cannot be surpassed, either iu (Quality or Price. Look at the Prices, get someof the goods.andcom pare with all others,and you will lie satisfied that you get the worth of your money at Frysinger's. Krysinger's Spun Roll only #l.ooper pound. Frysinger's Navy '• " Frysinger's Congress a Frysinger's Flounder " " Willett Navy Otonoko Twist a u u u And other Plug Tobacco at 40 and 50 cts. per lh. 1 ut and Dry, 40 ,nd 50 cts. Granulated I'oliaccos at 150 cts.. 60 Cts ,80 cts.. SI.OO, $1 .20. and $1.50 per lb. Fine-Cut chewing, at $1.40 and $1.20. Cigars at 1, 2, 3. 5 and 10 cts. each. Pipes in great variety; also Cigar Case s Tobacco I ouches and Boxes, Match Safer, and all articles usually kept in a tirst-eiass Totiaeco and Cigar .Store. lo Merchants, I offer the above goods at pricesthat will enable them to retail at the same prices that 1 po and realize a fair profit. "et.24. E. FRYSINGER. GOOD NEWS TO HOUSEKEEPERS ! f The Latest and Most Valuable Discovery of the A get WINDOWS CLEANED Without Soap or Water, Time or I-abor, by using WOODSIJ M ' S InNtantaneouN Window Polish. IT DoES away with soap suds or hot water, thus avoiding the slops upon the floor or adjoining paint, and the disagreeable sensation of the water running down on the arms, under the sleeves, and wetting them to the shoulders. It leaves no lint upon the glass, and gives it a more transparent and clearer ap pearance than can l-e got with ten tunes the amour of lalsir and time ill washing. For polishing Mirrori or any kind of Sliver. Brass or Tin-ware, it ha- no equal. The polish is warranted lo contain no acids, nor anything of a poisonous or injurious char acter. but is perfectly harmless in every respect. For sale by J. A. A W R. McKEE, Odd Fellows' Hall Building, opposite Black Bear HoteL Lewistown, Pa. novl4-tf BOOK AGENTS WANTED To Solicit Orders for a .\>tr Illustrated ijj-iii ajwasmav* (COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.) This Dictionary embodies the results of the most recent study, research, and investigation, of about sixty five of the most eminent and advanced Biblical Scholars now living. Clergymen ofall denominations approve it. and regard it as the lieat work of its kind iii 'the English language, and one which ought to be in the hands of every Bible reader in the land. In circulating this Work, Agents will find a pleasant and profitable employment. The numerous objec tions which are u.-ualiy encountered 111 selling ordi nary- works will not exist with this. But. on the contrary, encouragement and friendly aid w ill attend the Agent, making his labors agreeable, useful and lucrative. Ladies, retired Clergymen, School Teachers, Far mers. Students, and all others who possess energy, are wanted to assist in Canvassing every 1 own and County in the country, to whom the most liberal in ducements will be offered. For particulars, apply to or address PARMEIAEE BROTHERS, AIJ2Ix 722 Sanborn Street, Philadelphia. Penna. GlOOl) OHEfcSE. Crackers. Groceries, T Dried Fruit and Houey at A. FELIX'S SOLE LEATHER un Arch st„ Pliila., Pa. ROBERT W. 1' AT TON, SOUTH SIDE OF HARKET STREET, LEWISTOWN, I*A. HAS. just received and opened at his es tablishment a new supply of Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Fancy Articles, &c., which he will dispose of at reasonable prices, lie invites all to give him a call and examine his stock, which embraces all articles in his line, and is sufficiently large to enable all to make selections who desire to purchase. Hair REPAIRING neatly and expeditiously attended to, and all work warranted. Thankful for the patronage heretofore re ceived, he respectfully asks a continuance ol the same, and will endeavor to please all who may favor him with their custom. feb2 DR. MARTIN'S AH kinds of DRUGS AND PATENT MEDICINES, WARRANTED PURE, constantly on band. Shoulder Braces, Trusses, Spinal and Abdominal Supporters procured from the !>est and inost reliable manufacturers, ordered expressly for the patient at a small per rentage. 1 would more especially eall the attention of Far mers and Farriers to my EXCELSIOR OIL, for cuts, wounds, bruises, old sores,•cratches, in fact almost all the external diseases incident to the horse Also, a most reliable cure for frosted feet. Patients affected with chronic diseases will secure the most careful and correct examination, and will be treated as successfully as their diseases will possibly admit. No charge for examination or advice. Hours of consultation from i> o'clock, n. m . to 1 o'clock, p. m. R- MART IN, M. D. Lewistown, March 20,1867 —tf ' REFINED SAPONIFIER. FOR 25 cents you can procure what will make 20 gallons GOOD SOAP, at mar'JOtf DR. It- MA 111 IN S. TIN WARE. IF TOO want Good TIN WARE, home man ufacture, buy of J. B. SELIIEIEER. WALL PAPER, Be sure to go to Hoff man's for this article. A good stock on band, and prices low. Wednesday, October 9, 1867. MOB!! WIU JIUDMITH THE New YORK MICA ROOFING COMPANY, (established 1866) are manufacturing under Letters Latent the Best Article of Composition Roofing ever Ottered to the Public. It is Adapted to every style of Roof, steep or fiat, and can be readily applied by any one. The V. S. Government, after a thorough test of its utility, have adapted its use in the Navy Yards, and upon Public Buildings. The Roofing is put up in rolls, and has only to be nailed to the Roof to make a Durable Fire and t> ater-Proof Covering. We particularly recommend its use upon Building*, Ston% Churches, Factories, Machine Shojs, su-ambuut Decks, ke. MICA ROOFINC PAINT, For coating Tlx. IRON, or SHINGLE ROOFS. It forms a Body J->iual to Three Coat# of Ordinary Paint. No Roof can rust undent and old leaky Roofs may be made permanently water proof ami durable by its use. The Paint requires no MIXING, but is ready to he ap plied with the ordinary paint brush. J'riee.t \ per gal lon. which will cover two hundred square feet. Also manufacturers of Black Lustre Varnish, Tarred Felt and Hoofing Fitch. Discount to the Trade. Circulars and Price List fur nished. Rights for counties sold at low rates. Address THE MICA liOOEINU COMPANY, 1 !4 Front/way, A r . Y. Frank Humphreys, 61 Royal St.. N. (>.; Schofield Williams A Co. Augusta. Gag Baldwin H. Woods Moutgoinerr, Ala.; Thos. 8. Coates, Raleigh, N. C.; F. A. Tucker. Richmond, Ya.; Henry Wilson, Petersburg, Va., Agents. j a „ij Tailoring Establishment Gl&AlfiUlfiS Wo (&m£IBe d MERt HAN r TAILOR, has removed hisshoptothe buildihg formerly known as the-green house." at the intersection of \ alloy and M ill street, adjoining H. M. A R. Pratt's store, where he cordially invites all who need anything in Ins line. Goods and Trim ming* furnished and gentlemen's clothing made, in the latest styles, on short notice, and at reasonable prices. apll-tf WHAT'S ALL THIS ? Why the Grain Bflsiiirsx is Rcriied at Me- Coy's Hid Stand. r IMiE undersigned, having rented the I large and commodious Warehouses formerly occupied by Frank McCoy, esq, is now prepared tl purchase or receive and forward ALL KINDS OP GRAIN, for which he will pay market prices. Also, he wiii keep for sake. SAL I'." PLAS I KK. COAL arid FISH. lie returns thanks to all his old customers for theit former patronage, and shall feel grateful forarenewal of past business relations. Merchants will find it to their advantage to give him a call. [marU-yJ WILLIAM WILLIS. Brown's Mills. 'jpil E undersigned arc prepared to buy all 1; i mis of Produce for cash, or receive on store at Brown's Mills, Reedsville, Pa. We will have un hand PLASTER, SALT AND COAL. We intend keeping the mill constantly running, and have /iuiiii, ma, as, lor sale at the lowest Market rates, at all times. 4>-Tlie public are requested to give us a call. Fep'-Tlf U. STRUNK A HOFFMAN'S. A. FEI.IX. W. U. FELIX. FURNITURE. 2?23EjES <2s B@£T HA\ E on hand a good assortment of Furniture 01 all kinds suitable to furnish a houae out and out Spring and Common Mat trusses, and EXTENSION' TABLES, of any sizes and pri< es to suit the times. We cordially invi.e the attention of both old and vonng. great and si,.all. N , charges for showing goods, t rill and examine before purchasing else wbc i e II tan k (til for jev-t favors and hoping a continuance f the same, we remain, yours. Ac. Lewistown, March l;t, 1867-tf FELFX A SON. ammrn IPMMI, r |MIE undersigned having resumed tusi- X nesfi at this establishment with a force of superi or workmen, announces to the public that he has now md will keep constantly on hand an assortment ol excellent 2flAlfiVlßl2SHrWA2filfi9 which lie will deliver to merchants at a reasonable distance, and at the usual DISC OUST PRICES, or retail, at his Ware.rooms at the Pottery. All order.' promptly attended to. JOHN DIPPLE. Lewistown. July 24. 18C7-3m. PELOUBET ORGANS AND es a a © I© is © sr s UNANIMOUSLY AWARDED THE FIRST PRIZE, A GOLD MEDAL, " The Best Cabinet Organs," American Institute, New York. October. 1865. Being pronounced superior in QUALITY. POWER, and VARIETY OF IONE, and in number of combinations. "As the best instruments of America were there contending, whichever won that battle would have nothing lef to conquer " — Am. Art Journal , (edited by a well known musical critic.) They have also taken the first premium wherever exhibited this season. PEDAL ORGANS, one. two. and three hanks ol keys—six sizes—s26o to $1.500. Without pedals, single and double bank, in great variety. $65 to 4450. These Organs, with their smooth pipe like quality of tone, beautiful solo stops, strength of chorus, unequalle, pedals, and general organ-like effects, are superio. for Churthcx, Ilnlln, Parlors, aud Schools. They are put up in eases of .SOLID KALNLT, fancy ven eered Walnut, (new and unique styles) aud elegant Rosewood, of splendid designs and finish, and of the best workmanship.'—it being intended that each in strument shall IHJ a model of its class. All instru ments, down to a live octave portable Melodeon. have the beautiful Tremolanle stop, without extra charge. A large, assortment eonstantlv on hand at our GEN KRAI. WHOLESALE A RETAIL WAREKOOMS, 841 BROADWAY. our Illustrated Circular und Price Lists, with our new siyles, are now ready. Send for a Circular. I'ELUUBKT, i\KLTON & CO., f2O Manufactwers, 841 Broadway, N. Y. Weber & Son, HAVE the largest assortment and best . selected stock of GROCEBIES in this section of country. Brown Sugars from 10 to 15 cts White Sugar 18 " Pulverized, Granulated and Broken Boat Sugar. SYRUPS. Lovering's Syrup, $1 20 per Gallon, Other Syrups, 25 and 28 cts. per quart. Bakiug Molasses. COFFEES. Extra Prime Coffee, 30 ets. Pi'ime Coffee, 28 " Also, a large stock of MACKEREL and HERRING. Ground Alum, anil Ashton's Itelined Dairy Salt. PRIME FACTORY CHEESE. Shephard's Pittsburg Crackers always on hand. febO. BEST Bar Iron, at 4 j-, and other kinds low at F. J. HOFFMAN'S. POETRY. ALWAYS LOVE. Because Love's sight is but a sigh, Doth it the less Love's heart disclose? Because the rose must fade and die, Is it the less the lovely rose? Because tilack right must shroud the day, Shall the bravo sun no more be gay? Because chill autumn frights the birds, Shall we distrust that spring will come ? Because sweet words are only words, Shall love for evermore be dumb? Because our bliss is flee'.iug bliss. Shall we who love forbear to kiss? Because those eyes ot gentle mirth Must sometimes cease my heart to thrill, Because the sweetest voice on earth Sooner or later must be still, Because its idol is unsure, Shall my strong love the less endure? Ah, no 1 let lovets breathe their sighs, And roses bloom, and music sound, And passion burn on lips and eyes. And Pleasure's world go ever round; Let golden sunshine flood the sky, And let me love or let nie die! -A- GOOD STORY. aJ. BY VIRGINIA P. TOWNSEND. A log cabin on the western plains, with snows that drift and drift around it. Overhead a gray, dark sky, that seems, if you gaze up into it long enougli to get the spirit ot its expres sion, to hold some agony of despair or death. There is, however, a kind of wild, strong lite in the scene that lies be neath—spreading itself away from the window of that lonely log cabin, stand ing there as a solitary witness of hu man lite in the midst of the wild, white dreariness ot the plains. Perhaps the little girl feels this. She is not old enough to consciously think it—the little girl with a thin, sallow face, which somehow suggests fever and ague, flattened up against the pane, looking out with a singular alert wist tulness over the wide, white plains and through the gushing gusts of snow, until her gaze touches the gray hori zon afar oil'. The winds come in furiously from the east, like the roaring of tides, or the trampling of battalions of armed men, and dash down with tierce roar itnd cry on the thick clouds of enow flakes, and hunt and drive them back and forth, and toss them up in white flocks, and tear them apart, and ride back and forth ova r the plains, making ot the air one vast trumpet through which they shriek their chorus ot vie tory. Inside the cabin, a man's voice asks suddenly—'Bessie, child, has nobody come in sight yet?' A man's voice, 1 *aid, and yet struck through and through with some pain and hollow uess which raado you feel that its words were nearly ended. '-No, father,' answered the little girl, drawing her thin face away trom the window, 'there is nothing to be seen but the blinding snow—' 'Hark! don't you hear something?' said the hollow voico, breaking in here, sharp, hungrj*, impatient. '.No, father; the wind blows and blows; that is all.' The tones were those of a girl, but there was nothing in the low, dreary voice that was at all like that of girl liood. Then the speaker turned to the (ire, placed some fresh wood on the umbers, and came back to ber watch by the window; dreary work enough ['or any age, but doubly so to one j whoso life had not covered its four teenth suoimer. Tho room had a generally comfort less expression. Yet there was uot, af ter all, so mueh lack of material as want of care and arrangement dis cernable throughout the apartment. On the bed in one corner lay the owner of the log cabin. One look in to the shrunken face, the hollow eyes all lying in that shadow of ashy pallor, and you would have been certain the man had laid himself down to die, and that tho one guest who conies sooner or later over all thresholds had coine now to that lonely log cabin out on the! western plains. None could know it better than Jo siah Keep, as he lay there, with the winter storm howling without, and the 'years ol his life coming up one after !another, and standing with their sol emu, reproachful faces before him. For this man's life had not been a good one. I cannot go into the details here of selfishness which had marred, and passion which had defiled his days; hut tho end had come now, and the hard, strong, fierco will had bowed it self at last before the solemn voices of conscience echoing amid all the tumult of his soul, as it glared laee to face with death. There vi as one deed of Josiah Keep's life which somehow troubled him more than all tho others, and frum it he in some senso dated the commencement of his wrong career, although the self willed, reckless, passionate boyhood and youth had ripened into the hard, selfish, defiant manhood. Here, too, it is sufficient to say that he had overreached His partner in a manner which the law conld not take hold of; he had, to save his own for tune, completely wrecked tho other's, and the wrong had not ended there, it had been the means of driving hn partner's young wife—a fine sou led, sensitive woman —to madness and to her grave. Afterward Josiah Keep had prosper LEWISTOWN, MIFFLIN COUNTY, PA- Ed for years, for 'sentence is not always executed speedily against an evil work,' but at last bis goods arid pos sessions began to fall away from him. He had passed the meridian of life when misfortunes overtook him. Then his wife, and one another of his chil dren, died. 11l health came upon the strong man, and the lonely log cabin on the plains, where he had buried himself tor a couple of years, and the one little sallow cheeked daughter on ly remained of all the brave sons and fair girls who had called him father, to tell the rest of the sad story of Josiah Keep. In later life, the partner, whose young manhood he had so cruelly blighted, had prospered on every hand —a good man, with a ripe, tender na ture, full of broad sympathies, such as one does not often see. Kverybody said this of Benjamin May. And two or three weeks before, the sick man had learned through a neigh bor that business had brought his lor- i mcr partner to the town nearest hisi log cabifi, and only tifiy miles away j At first it seemed as if the world itself could not hire him to look in the face | of one whom ho had so wronged; but as the end drew near, and remorseful memories crowded fast upon him, this! first feeling was superseded by a great hunger and craving to hear Benjamin May's voice say that ho forgave him,! ' for God is more merciful than man,'! thought Josiah Keep. So, two days before, he had hired a 1 neighbor to go in quest of Benja min May, desiring the latter to come ! to him, as he hoped for mercy in his last extremity, and not daring even then to disclose his real name, lest the 1 old bitterness should rise up in the soul I of the other, and he would refuse to grant what he would deny to no other I man—the prayer of Josiah Keep. So he lay there, with tfie tide of his! life going out, and tho lights burning: low, while the storm shouted fiercely: outside, and death smd that young girl j watched by the sick man. 'Bessie,' he called at last, and 6he was at his side in a moment. 'How sick you do look, father,' smoothing the iron-gray hair with one; hand, and looking at him, her small, I sallow face full of a great pity and grief, although Bessie Keep had no idea of that unseen presence just now j crossing the threshold. 'Bessie, poor little Bessie, what will become of you?' said the dying man, looking with a craving tenderness, which it seemed must have turned stones to pity*, on the little girl. Whatsoever his faults had been, lie! had loved her, the last of his family, j the delicate, clinging, helpless child, I who still of all the world clung fast to: him in unwavering faith and tender ; ness. 'Ah, never mind me, father dear. Ii shall get along well enough if you will only grow better.' Tears strained themselves into the child's eyes; she put her check down : to her father's, and wondered that it felt so cold, arid drew the coverlet clo ser around him,.and the storm thun dered on outside, and the wind flap ped white banners of snow through the air, and Josiah Keep lay dying! Suddenly tho child lifted her head. 'I hear something, father, that is not! like the wind,' she said; 'it sounds like' horses' feet,' and she sprang to the window. There, eloso at hand, toiling through 1 the boating wind and driving snow, , sho saw a sleigh and two occupants. ( The men, worn out and half frozen, ( sprang from tho sleigh just after Bos , sie's joyful shriek, that reached them , above the howlingof the storm. 'They . are here ! Oh, father, they are here ! , A man a little past his prime, strong j ( and hale, with white hair about a face L which never left any one who studied j , it a doubt of tho heart beneath it, was! c Benjamin May. ! t He came up now to the bedside, and j x with his first glance at the face lying j g there, tho face droppeJ and drawn in j £ the ashy pallor of death, Benjamin 1 , May forgot all the chill and weariness l , which had possessed him. 'My frieud, I have como to bear , what you have to say,'he answered, bending tenderly over tho dying man Josiah Keep looked up into tho face of tho man he had wronged so vitally more than a scoro of years ago. l)o j spito tho cheerful, kiodly countenance, there were lines there which he had hoi pod to carvo. 'I)o 3*oll know me?' Benjamin Ma3 r looked at the ghast l3 T face. Something familiar struck him in features. His mem ory half cleared up, yet he shook his head. 'No.' '1 am—Josiah Keep.' . The listener covered his faco with j his hands a moment. 'I have sont for 3'ou, Benjamin Ma3 T , to hear whether you will look on me, I l3*ing here, and sa3* you forgive me for | all the evil I once did 3*ou and 3*ours. ] I want God's mercy now, and it seems | to me I cannot lay hold of any hope for that until L have first had 3*ours.' It was an awful moment for Benja min May. All his life long ho had carried the fire of one bitterness burn ing down deep in his soul. And now the wrecked hopes of his early man hood, the fair, etili face of his young wifo that he had laid down in her, J Vol. 57, No. 40. > grave, feeling that Josiah Keep was i her murderer, rose up before him. and his heart throbbed a moment with the I old fierceness of its youth, i t was but :ja moment. Then ho looked again on the face of his ancient enemy, and the fearful craving of those dying eyes was something he cou'd not withstand. 'I forgive you the wrong,' said Benja min May, taking the cold hand in his, i'and by so much as God's mercy is greater than mine, may He also for give you.' Then there came a swift shriek, as of a heart suddenly broken, —a swift shriek along with the last words of Benjamin May. 'Ah, father, you aro not going to die, to die and leave mo in this dreadful world all alone—all alone !' moaned Bessie Keep The dying man lifted his head. 'There is no one to whom J can give the child, Benjamin Promise me that you will not leave her here to perish, that you will take her away witli you, and place her in some orphan asylum* —promise mc quick, before I die.' And Benjamin May looked at the j small, thin tigure, at the sallow faco within its cloud of bright, brown hair, and the terrible anguish stamped upon it moved his soul to its depths. His sons had grown to be men, bis one little daughter had followed her mother home, leaving hiin a memory |of soft blue eyes, and sweet smiles j dawning and flitting among dimples, ; to haunt all his after life. A great pity and tenderness for this child, ophaned, friendless, beggared, came over him. Ho put out his arm and drew him to his breat—he laid his hand on the bright floating hair. 'Josiah,' he said, '1 will take the j child to my home—to my heart. She shall be to me in place of the daughter j that has gone, and 1 will be to her in jail things in the stead of her father.' A smile crept over the ghastly face ! sinking into death. 'Now 1 can bo : iieve that God will have mercy upon me. Now, after this, 1 can believe it,' murmured Josiah Keep; and they were the last words he ever spoke. And sobbing and clinging to her new father, with her face hidden away close to the heart that would never fail her in love ar.d care, Bessie Keep had not dared to look upon the face oi the dead. But Benjamin May had; and seeing his j ancient enemy lying low before him, and remembering the forgiveness lie had carried out as precious h eight from the coasts of time to the shores of eter nity, ho murmured to himself, 'except ye have the spirit of Christ ye are none j of his.' And it was this spirit which Benja ; niin had shown to his ancient enemy. Iflisccllancous. Sound >lale Visible. At the lioyal Institution in London j recently, according to the London Lan jcet, Professor Tyndall repeated some of the interesting experiments by which he has on previous occasions given ocular proof of the effects of sonorous vibrations. When a jet of I gas is burning under an amount of pressure which is but just short of tho 'flaring' point, it becomes excessively sensitive to a momentary increase of | pressure, and will respond in the read ; iest manner to the slight acute sound, vibrating actively to the merest 'chir- I rup' of the lips. A still more remark' ' able demonstration was made with a thin column of smoke, ot which tho shadow was cast or. a screen by means of an electric light; here the smoke becamo so sensitive that the slightest vibration of the air affected it, and two tuning forks making a discord produced the well known beat, which was attended bv a marked pulsation ot the edges of tho shadow. Perhaj s the most beautiful ocular demonstra tion of the effect of sound was pro duced by throwing tho electric light through a minute stream of falling water, the effect being to produce a string of glittering drops of the most brilliant appearance. When musical notes were sounded in the vicinity these drops altered their arrangement iu obedience to tho waves of sound, and clearly indicated by their modified appearance tho effect produced upon ! them. aSSf'A correspondent writes to a New Orleans paper: It comes hard for a young man to walk behind a plow who once rode behind a fast trot ter; nor is it agreeable to a young lady to make and put on her dresses all by herself who formerly had a couple of servants to take these irksome jobs off her hands. Yet there aro many who think, and I am one of them, that in the long run it will be all tho better for the rising generation of the South : —a generation which is to follow one , notoriously brought up in ignorance lof work and to indolence as to any useful occupation. The Havana (New York} Jour gal says that George L. Schuyler has filed a petition in bankruptcy in the | southern district of New York State. The schedule of indebtedness foots up nearly fourmilliou dollars,and he sweat s that ho has not a dollar to settle with Some of tho items of his liabilities amount to a very largo sum, one being for 8558,456, and another for $3U0,000, aud both being for money borrowed.