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MERCUR A MORROW, Attorneys . al J.air, Towanda, Penn'a, The undersigned having associated themselves 'cgelher in the practice of Law, offer their pro • --fonal services to the public. I.YSSES MERCUR. P. D. MORROW. March 9, lsbo. OATRIUK & FECK, Attorneys at JL LAW. Offices In Union Block, Towanda, !•••., formerly occupied by lion. Wm. Elwell.and ia Patrick's* block, Athens, Pa. They may be ai: ailed at either place. !i. W. FATKICK, ftpllJ W. A. I'ECE. i j B. McKEAN, ATTORNEY d 1 !• COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Towau ua, Pa. Particular attention paid to business in the Orphans' Court. July 20, ISCri. UENRY PEET, Attorney al Law, To wan la. Pa. j0n27,66. W r 11. CARNOCHAN, ATTOR * KEY AT LAW, Troy, Pa. Special attention given to collecting claims against the Government for Bounty, Back Pay and Pensions. Offile with E. B. Parsons. K*q. June 12,1865. IADWARD OVERTON Jr., Atlor- Yjney a! Laic, Towanda. Pa. Office in Mon ta .... - Bio k, over Frost's Store July 13, lsGo. JOIIX X. CALIFF, ATTORNEY fj AT LA IF, Towauda, Pa. Also, Govern u. it A nt lir the collection ol Pensions, Back Pay nd Bounty. *„:• N • large aub - -ucces.nil. Office over the Post l MK re and News Boom. Die. I, ls(l4. I | 1) STILES, M. D., Rhyri -tan and X ■ • .S . gun. Id an .omice to the people i'l Re it Borotigb i "1 vicinity, that. he has permit :c ~tlv in ate * the pU-e formerly occur fed by Dr. G VY. Stoic, for the practice of his p ofes sion. Pirticular atietition given to the treat ment "1 women and chiidreu as also to the prac t.iv ol operative mid minor surgery Oct. 2. : o UK. PRATT lias removed to State street, (tir.-.t above B. Ku-se & Go's Bank). Persons Iroma distancedetiiroos m. • ilting him. will be mist likely to find him on >tu. •ai rl each week. Especial attention will be given to -urgitul ca is,cud the extractiou oi teeth. Gn> or Ether aaministeti d when desired. July 18, l*>i,i;. !). S. PRATT, M. (>. DOCTOR chas. F. PAINE.— or lice in Down's Drag Store, Towanda, Pa. < alls [ir-.aiptly attended to at al! hours. Towanda, Xovemher 2S, iSOti. L' 1W 1) MEEKS—AUCTIONEER. li All letters addressed to him at Sugar Run. P.radtoidCo. Pa., will receive prompt attention. L RANCIS E. POST, Pointer, Tow- JL. andn. Pa, with lu years experience, is con lident he un give the be-t satislactiou in Paint irig. Graining, Staining, Glazing, Papering, ic. Particular attention paid to Jobbing in the mntry. April 9,1866, | J NEWE Ll. , COUNTY SURVEYOR, (i v Bradford Co . Pa,, will promptly attend to all business in his line. Particular attention . .. 'lining aud establishing old ordisuu u : lii.i -. Also to surveying ol all unpaltented lands as (ion as warrants are obtained. m> 17 Dcntistm. rpWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERI- I. F.NC E IN DENTISTRY. J. s Srirn, SI D., would respectfully inform Die iululiitanta ol Bradford County that he is i . maiiurilly located in Waverly, N. Y., where lie has i c -'i in the practice of his profession for ; ist tour years. He would say that from his J >• . essful practice of 25 years duration ili.ti'with .id the different styles of work ' .ii in any and all Dental establishments in ity or country, and is better prepared than any c'i'cr Dental operator in the vicinity to do work b-I .lapted to the many and different that present themselves oitentimc3 to the tist, Bbe understands the art ol making his i 'LI teeth, and has facilities lor doing .i nc. To those requiring uuder sets of t. hhe would oail attention to hl3 new kind of k w'.'c!: onsists ot porcelain (or both plate *.h, and lorming a contiauons gum. It is daiablo. more naturai in appearance, and . ! . iter adapted t-. the gum than any other 1 oi work. Those in need of the 3nr years can testily. . .. i the lothwi 3()th of e. i.v .u'h, the i. .iuj ui \V. 11. TAYLOR, i: i iy . !J 1 Dr. O. H. Woodruff.) Ha ving .... lugemects with Mr. Taylor, I am ;ui-;>.iii' .1 ill W'ik in the very best style, at lis office. Nov. 27, 1865. JAR. H. WESTON, DENTIST— Office in Patton's Block, over Gore's Dug and Chemical > ors. ljanG6 Us!> HurSF., TOWANDA, I'A. . <'. 1. SMITH, Prciprieior. !Eril CA X FI OTE L . 1 OW A N D A , PA.. v i,g i> cd this well known Hotel on it 1 have lehiriiishi'd and refitted i very • av. nieuce lur the accominuda ti ' ill who .: ty patronize me. No pains will pared u> make ai. pleasant and agreeable. m >• t. tt. j. s. Patterson ,Prop. N \ HEft UUI'SK, .t tour story brick L-* ™U cd ti the depot,with large airy roonm. riegmt, ulors,newly turai-hed. has a recess in new addition i n Ladies use, and is the most 1&■ it Us ho el at Wiverly. '• i. Is lh ■ piiacipnl office • >r stages south • 'Aijresji. Al-.i 1 r-.!e ol U'e-leru ficke s, ■ ■ ' in:-, ia. "ii G.aiid Trank Rail-way. Pare to Dctioit !. a. 15.i11.ii ~ $4, is cheaper than any other r ic. Apply or ti kds . above to c. warkord. ' 5 nd. are of Bones at reasonable Waverly X. Y ,- (tOODRICH, Publisher. VOLUME XXVII. Mertedt foctnj. A LEGEND OF THE NEW MOON". Over uiy shoulder watching. I wait lor the bright new moon To wake in ihe western heavens, NVhere the air seems soft as .Tune. O. sweet new moon, like silver. Shine out in the west for me! O, sweet new moon of lovers, I am watching at eve for tliee. in he past, one eve I wandered 'Neath the blossoming apple trees, When the world was full of beauty And the sighing western breeze. Over my own lett shoulder I saw thy crescent light : And 1 wished a wish, that changing. Was woven thro' my dreams all night. 1 wished that . sweet, coy maiden. AVith ringlets soft and brown, With cheeks like the apple blossoms, And neck like the whitest down. Would return the love I bore her— In the morn my wish was true' Another eve and I kissed her, And we vowed, sweet moon, to you! And you go v. m your full orbed beauty As our love grew day by day ; And you waned through the cold gray morning As our love, till yon went away. And a hundred times your crescent Has dipped to the sun's rich bed, Since the pleasant love of my boyhood AVas numbered among the dead. O, w bile I am waiting and watching, Shine out in your silver light! For my heart beats high for a maiden— I would wisli a wish to-night. I would wish, while your crescent beacons The laud where love is born. A wish that would last forever, "And come to pass at morn." HOW I WON POLLY AND A POSTMASTERSHIP, 1 WAS the second sub-clerk at the Cowford Office when the postmaster, Mr. Dwerryman, was compelled to re sign rather suddenly through ill health. As a consequence the first sub-clerk, Chaundy, and I had to do die chiefs work between us until a iresit appointment was made. It was thought in the office that Chaundy was likely to get, not the Cowtord Office, but that of Moilingham, the postmaster of which would probably tie transferred to Cowford. lit; was the likeliest candidate for our vacan cy, though Chaundy had been recom mended for it by Dwerryman, who was a man much thought of at head quarters. It was supposed that Chaun dy was sure to get some sort of pro motion ; and I think it puffed him up a little, for he seemed to give himself the airs of a superior, and certainly made me do the lion's share of the work. 1 didn't care. 1 was poor and a sub-cierk, and I never expected to be anything else. Indeed, I scarcely de sired to be anything else. And why ? Because 1 was in love. That is a thing to make most men ambitious ; but it only made me,if not contented, at all events submissive under pov erty. I had fallen in love with the heiress o! one of the richest land owners in the county : and I knew no possible position within my limit ed sphere would or could ever quali fy me to become a suitor for her hand. Dreams of ambition therefore did not trouble me. Had the office of postmaster-general or secretary been vacant, and made the prize of a severe competitive examination, I would have given the best years of my life,poor scholar as I was,to study for the contest, in order to try and win a position that would make me worthy of her. Failing, I should have come back without a murmur to my high stool, with a bold face and brok en heart. She was a lovely girl— such a mer ry, bright glimpse of sunshine ! We first became acquainted—if I may so term her condescending ever after to bow to me—on one St. Yalentine's day, when I stamped some twenty valentines for her. When she was gone I looked them over—not with out a pang of jealousy, which was allayed when 1 found they were eith er to school-fellows or old gentlemen —her godfather, her uncles, and that sort of thing. A more innocent batch of valentines never swelled Her Maj esty' revenue. llow a man like her father could ever have had so charming a daught er I can't understand. Mr. Darke was a harsh, proud man, stern on the bench, and heartless at the board.— He was severity itself with all tramps and beggars, and he preserved bis game with the utmost strictness. — There was a fierce hatred and a feud of long standing between him and the poachers, who were tolerably plentiful. He was not the soit of man I was at all disposed to ask for leave to pay my addresses to h s daughter. So I bowed to fate ; cherished Ma ry's image in my heart of hearts ; and used to comfort myself in the in tervals of business by reciting men tally Shclly's lines about " The love of the moth for the star.' Besides this I had but one delight— tint of collecting foreign stamps for her. She happened one day to ask lor one that was lying on the office ledge ; and I kept a watch for them eve r afterward. How grateful I was to the mania I had once scorned and despised ! This humble passion of mine had existed nearly two years under these not highly favorable circumstances, and, what is more, instead of dimin ishing it was increasing. Meantime Ohaundv and I went on as two sub clerks rolled into one postrmister, and no appointmert was announced. Early in December there was al ways a great ball at Cowford, where at all classes met, and were suppos ed to fraternize It was the event of the season in the county. Mr. Darke was one of the patrons, and occasion ally honored the ball with his pres ence and that of " his loveiy and ac complished daughter," as the local journal gushingly styled her. This year he had not announced his inten tion of going, and it was generally supposed therefore that he would not be present. He had just made a fierce raid on the poachers, and was report ed to head his watchers nightly in person,being determined to put down the gang, two oi the ringleaders of which had just been sentenced to long imprisonments through his in strumentality. One afternoon,about three days be fore the ball, I was looking out of window. My desk was just at the junction of the office in which letters were received, orders issued, and transactions with the public gem ral ly conducted, with the inner room in which the sorting was done, and the internal affairs of the office were ar ranged. These two rooms formed two sides of the small court or vesti bule, which was open to the public ; . and the window where I sat was just in the angle, lighting the inner office, so that, by looking over the ground glass with which the window was glazed half-way up, 1 could see in profile all applicants at the outer of fice. The other clerks were at tea—a meal I did not care for ; and I had, just as an occupation, cleared the box and sorted the letters, and then returned to my desk. As I mounted the stool I saw one of Mr. Darke's servants post a letter. He was only a stable-help, and had but lately entered M. Darke's service; yet I knew him, for it was a silly fan cy of mine to watch all Mary's sur roundings with minute care, and pic ture to myself where I should have | made alterations and improvements, : supposing I had beeis rich enough to 1 mak> her mine. I noticed that the fellow peered round, as if anxious to see if he were observed. Not noticing my face at tixe window, owing to the deepening twilight, he seemed reassured and slipped a letter into the box. There was something so odd about this that I at once went to the box and took it out: perhaps I half expected it was from Mary It was in a wretched scrawl, probably the fellow's own, and was addressed "J. M., Post-Of fice, Cowford (To be called for)." I hurried to a window which gave a view of the street, and just caught sight of the man climbing into a cart which was standing outside the poul terers, a few doors ofl'. I knew it to be the gamekeeper's cart, in which game was brought into town for sale. As I watched I saw the keeper come out of the shop, mount the cart, and drive off. The help had evidently taken advantage ol his absence to steal ofl' and post his missive. I don't know why I took any fur ther notice of the letter. Having as certained it was his, I ought to have dismissed all thought of it. But some how I did not. I watched anxiously, to sec who would come and claim it. The claimant appeared next day ; a couple of rough-looking fellows— railway laborers to all appearance— came iu, and one of them asked for a letter "J. M." Having obtained it, they drew aside into a corner and opened it ; and the corner happened to be the one where my window was. With the utmost precaution against making any noise to alarm them, I raised the sash about an inch and listened. The first words 1 caught were, "will go to the ball, and he won't return till latish." " That's the time for me ! That's the time, as he's comin' back agin," remarked the listener, in a hoarse whisper. "There'll be none with him but young miss, for there's none stopping here. Willis"—(that was the coach man's name, I knew)—"will drive the chestnuts. This is all 1 know ; I shall post it when I'm in town with keeper, and sha'n't be in again till next week." " That'll do," said the man, when he had finished reading : " we'll fin ish off th' ball for'n wi' a dance he won't loike I" " Yes, durn uu 1" said the other ; and with that the two moved off This discovery of mine settled a doubt that had been perplexing me. I had been undecided whther to go to the ball or not. The expense, and a feeling that I could not hope to do more than see Mary, without speak ing to her, had deferred me Now 1 felt I might go and warn her father of his danger ; and by so doing perhaps be rewarded by exchanging a few words with her; by hearing her thanks ; by- -but I dared not dream of such happiness as dancing with her. So I purchased a ticket; and when the momentous time arrived went to the ball with a bdating heart, and a terrible sensation of chokiug in my throat. 1 took my station near the entrance until Mr. Darke arrived. Be fore long his carriage drove up, and he and Mary alighted. As he turned to tell the coachman at what hour to fetch him I saw a man push forward through the crowd, as if to hear what time he named, and then disappear. It was the man who had claimed the letter addressed "J. M." This gave fresh strength to my resolution- which was needed, for I had begun to think I was dreami ig, or had been mistaken, or exaggerat ed the ease. Snoh a feeling was not unnatural under the circumstances ; but the sight of the poacher—for I had no doubt he was one, and that was why he wished to revenge him TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 31,1867. self on Mr. Darke—had the eft'ect of reviving all my previous convictions. It was not without some nervous ness that 1 asked Mr. Darke to step into one of the windows and srive me a few minutes'conversation. He look ed a little surprised, but stiffiy con sented ; and when we had found a retired seat in one of the bow wind ows 1 told him about the letter, and my conjecture that the stable-help had either entered his service to aid the poachers in their scheme of re venge, or had been bribed by them tu give them information. At first he proposed to take a couple of police men in his carriage and try to cap ture the ruffians ; but 1 pointed out that he would nlarm his daughter— perhaps expose iier to danger, sup posing the poachers had fire-arms. "Quite riglii. Thank yon S I bad forgotten that, and more--that ii'she once fancies I am in danger she will be frightened to death whenever 1 am away from home. What do you pro pose ?" " Can you return home by any oth er route V " \ T es, by tv mode of procedure at once suggest ed itself to me. It was not strictly legal, perhaps, but it answered my purpose. I went to the ganger, or foreman, and told him I wanted two of his men on a charge of murder.— He did not seem inclined to assist me, and told me I must help myself. Luckily 1 had the pistols with me. I j went up to the two men. told them 1 j was a police-officer, and thai 1 had j come to take them up on a charge of j murdering Mr. Darke. They atemed \ a little taken aback, but denied the j t harge stoutly. i " You laid fog-signals ou the road I last night to frighten his horses, and ' they upset hint into the canal and he's drowned," said 1 ; " so it's mur der, my lads. " I'ome along !" There seemed some inclination to resist the capture, so 1 took out the pistols. "Look here," said I ; "if 1 can't ■ take the two I waul, lade, I shall ' shoot the first two that come to hand; and they'll be the first that interfere, j You'd best keep quiet, ali of you ; i for there's a warrant out against you ' all for poaching s ' —l saw most of them ! look uncomfortable at this—" and if I give yon a bad word ii w II go hard ! with you." This had its effect, coupled with the appearance of the pistols ; and 1 got my men off' and inarched ttiem in I front of me to the road, where 1 made I them get into the dog-carl. The groom drove, and I sat behind with i the pistols cocked ; and in this form i we went back to Grasslands. I I sent the porter ou from the lodge, I where I made an excuse for a minute have you got in the trap 1 did nut choose to explain matters to him ; and he clearly suspected me of poaching, and vowed he'd take me befoie his master. To this 1 had no objection ; so he jumped into the cart and we turned round. To make a long story short Mr. Drake was roused, and came down to iiud me virtually in custody. A few words explained how it was. The keeper was sent away—not without praise, though, for his vigilance and then 1 related my discovery to Mr. Darke. He at once recognized in my "infernal machines " (he fog signals in use on railways. He insisted on my coming iu and taking breakfast before 1 prosecuted the search farther, and I readily con sented. Mary came down in a charm- ing morning-wrapper and presided, and -the danger being over- was told all about it. It was determined that the mail- cart—which was an unusual convey ance, and might attract needless at tention—should be put up at Grass lands, and that 1 should go ou the nearest railroad in Mr. Darke's dosr cart. On reaching the station 1 found or so's delay ; and by the time we reached the hail, in accordance with the instructions I had given him, all the blinds were drawn down and Mr. Darke kept out of sight. The clergyman, who was a magis trate, was sent for ; and we exam ined the prisoners, who broke down completely and confessed all, giving up their accomplices. They had in tended to frighten the horses, as I had supposed, without thinking much i about 'he probable consequeuces— except with the vague notion that they would not be guilty of murder, even if the worst happened. The stable-help turned out to be the son of one of them. When we had terrified them suffi j ciently, we called to the real consta bles, who had been sent for, and they were given into their custody—Mr. j Darke walking in presently, much to j their alarm—surprise—but ultimate ! ly satisfaction. I have not much more to tell. On ; nty return to the office I found Chaun ' dy had sent ofl' a graphic report to head-quarters, full of blunders, exag gerations, and misstatements—being founded, in fact, solely on what the driver had said. I therefore did not utter a syllable about my doings, but quietly sent ofi' a report of my own, ! including a document which 1 had , got Mr. Darke to draw up, as tnagis [ trate, t<> confirm my account. [ The authorities placed themselves . j in communication with Mr. Darke ; s 1 and the result was that in a week the > j appointment of a new postmaster at [ ' Cowford was made ; and the new I postmaster was not Chaundy; it • ! was I ! : j 1 went over to thank Mr. Darke for i | his part in the matter. He was out : ilso I thanked Mary. She congratula • ; ted me on my piomotion, and said ; ; she supposed I should marry now. 1 ; i-aid no. She inquired why. lat i once explained, and made a confes | siou of my audacious love. She— I well, she gave me a good reason why , 1 should marry, and furtiiermore told i me whom I was to marry—Miss Ma [ ry Darke t wit, and no other. [ i Mr. Darke came in soon after, and .j i told him all. lie was furious at • ! first ; but Mary remonstrated with him for bis ingratitude, and pointed ; ! out that she should be twenty one in - j three months, when should assert her j right to become postmistress of Cow ford. The squire relented, and we triumphed. We were married soon after Christmas-day, and have lived • as happily as the prince and princess ' of a fairy-tale ever since. That's how I won Polly—l always j cail her Polly now, because our eld -5 j est girl is called Mary ; and she is ! j three years old, and therefore must ! f be treated with respect ; and it ' wouldn't do to have two Marys in the house. Tiia', I repeat, is hoAv I won i Polly and the postmastership— which j latter 1 didn't keep ! for the squire 1 j makes us a handsome allowance, and |1 am reading for the Par. 1 got my father in-law to use his influence lbr i Chaundy, who ultimately was ap • pointed postmaster, with a bint not ' to be foo clever iu future. PROFANITY. —Why will MEN take the j nam •of God in vaiu What possi-1 Lie advantage is to be gained by it ? ! Aiid yet this wanton, vulgar sin ol i profanity is evidently on the increase, j Oaths fall upon the ears in the cars i and at the corners of streets. The | North American Review says well : 1 "There is among us not a few who 1 feel that a simple assertion or plain i statement of obvious facts will pass j for nothing, unless they swear to its j truth by all the names of the Deity and blister their lips with every va riety of hot and sulphurous oaths.— , 11 we observe such persons very I closely, we shall generally ftud that | the fierceness of their profanity is in 1 inverse ratio to the atilueuce of their i ideas. We venture to affirm that the j profanest men within the circle of j your knowledge, are all afflicted with ; a chronic weakness of the intellect. ; The utterance of an oath, though it may prevent a vacuum in sound, is i no indication of sense. It requires i no genius to swear. The reckless i taking of sacred names in vaiu is as j little characteristic of true indepen- j deuce of thought as it is of high nio- j ral culture. In this breathing and I beautiful world, liiled, as it were, j with the presence of the Deity and j fragrant with its incense from a thou sand altars of praise, it would he no j servility should we catch the spirit j of reverent worshippers, and ill us- i trate in ourselves the sentiment that ' the " Christian is the highest style of, .. man. A CROSS WOMAN. —The idea of a 1 woman getting cross and ugly when things in the family do not run quite i as smoothly as they should, is simply ridiculous. .--lie makes hersell an j object of loathing and contempt; whenever she is guilty ol such non-1 sense. The Almighty has created ; her for ;• purpose entirely different to . I this insane and foolish indulgence in ; angry passions. He has made her i beautiful and attractive in person, : endowed her with sensibilities and re j linements of mind and manner which when pioperly cultivated, lead to the ' elevation of the higher and holier feelings of our nature. Think of a | being thus constituted getting cross ion every trifling occasion. How she insults her Creator, and prostitutes : tho6C excellent qualities which the stern sex do not possess, and which seem to be reserved by heaven for her alone. Think of this, fair woman I whenever the devil tempts you thus Ito sin. You may forfeit ail within i your grasp : worldly happiness, per sonal esteem, domestic, felicity, that peace of mind which arises from a consciousness of duty well and faith fully performed, and what is more than all, you may forfeit the favor of your God. afcii per Annum, in Advance. GKEMATION IH SUM. The practice of burning the bodies of the dead is retained in Siatn in full force to the present day, among all the principal families. The ceremo ny is magnificent enough, but fear fully expensive, aud its continuance is an intolerable burden, but no one dares to drop it because it is "the old custom." The Bankok Recorder of September 20th, contains descrip tions of the burning on that day of two Siames nobles, one brother of the Prime Minister of the kingdom who died a few weeks later. During all the intervening time, the bodies had laid in state in their respective homes. The whole period had been occupied in costly preparations for the ceremony. On a platform about eight feet from the ground had been erected a pyramid sixteen feet high, surmounted by a splendid urn highly ornamented and gilt. Ove< THIS V.MS an immense and lofty white canopy, open at the four sides. The whole was profusely decorated with flowers and fancy articles. On the day of the funeral the pyra mid was chiefly removed, and a pile of firewood built in its place,on which the bodies were placed The account proceeds : " Within its enclosure on two sides of the dome were seated priests, prin ces, noblemen, Ac. On another side were the female mourners and friends, together with nearly all the Europe an ladies residing within the city.— On the fourth side where His Majesty was to approach the dome, were the ; Europeau gentlemen comprising mar iners, merchants, consuls, clergymen, &.c. Without the enclosure on all sides were vast multitudes of both sexes and of all classes. " The hour of five o'clock had now arrived, which was the time appoint | ed for the ignition of the funeral pile. Presently the royal heralds annouue jed the approach of the king by their I trumpets and conch-shells. All eyes wore consequently turned to the quarter at which his majesty was to j enter,and a few strains of ' God Save the King,' from the brass band, iutro . ducrd him very quietly into the pres ' euce of the dead, where he seated i himself with a large number of child t reu, before ten or a dozen Buddhist i priests, arranged in a line, sitting on | a carpet. These wont through cer ! lain rehearsals and incantations for i the dead, bearly audible, but not to ibe understood, while His Majesty i poured sacred water from a little lu j pot into a basin, it being a symbol of blessings craved for the departed spirits, as well as lor ali the remain ing friends. "The screen which had hidden the ! dismantling and humiliation of the , bodies on the wood was now drawn ! aside, llis Majesty then snapped an instrument peculiar to the Siamese, which ignited a little powder, and this a tape, while the King, having ascended the steps, applied to the fu neral pile. Immediately the nearest mourners stepped up and placed each his wax candle and sandal sticks un der the wood ; and then the princes and lords in rapid succession did the same, until all order of rank was lost in the desire to manifest the same re spect for the dead before the flames should become .too hot to admit of ap proach. The fire increased with un usual rapidity. "There was no outburst of grief,' but manifestly silent, solemn weep- i iug among some of the mourners. Wo could not but weep with them when j we considered that they were weep- : iug without one ray of the glorious hopes which the gospel affords to ' them who believe iu llirn who is the j resurrection and the life." HOW THE ATLANTIC CABLE IS WORKED. [X. V. Correspondence "of the I.onisviUe Conner.] The other day a telegrapher, who had looked into the matter, told me,* iu a few words, how the Atlantic ca ble is worked. I had read column after column in the papers in a vain effort to understand how it was done, and was astonished enough, I assure you, to see how simple a thing was j the instrument which talks across 1 the sea. Imagine a small needle -it weighs only three-seventeenths of a grain set so that either end points to a powerful fixed magnet. Over this needle is a board in which is a : small hole, above and behind which j is a black board. One end of the needle, or rather magnet, is the posi tive, and the other a negative one. The battery is taken off at one side of the ocean by the action of the magnets themselves when the opera tor at the other side is writing. The battery used at either ends contains 1 only three cops—a wonderfully small i number when you know that it takes I a thousand or more 10 work the va- I rious wires leading out of No. 145 - Broadway, the head office here. The i application of a current from the bat tcry to the positive magnet at Yali-u , tia induces an attraction ot the nee dle by the negative magnet at Heart's j Content, vice verso. The movement iof the needle, however, is so very ! small that it could not be detected jby tbe naked eye. A powerful tnag : nifier, however, carries the reflection of the motion oi tiie needle through 1 the hole in the board above,and trans | fers it an enlarged, and with the aid lof light, au enlightened form to tbe black board. The alphabet is simi | lar to, though not exactly like, the " Morse," and a motion of the needle one way implies dash, or the other : way a dot ; of course as many of i each can be made use of as is desira j ble. The magnets being equally al ; tractive, hold the needle stationary j when no other influence is applied.— I And now for the reason why a small | battery works tbe best. It is not I that a large battery,as has been pop i ularly supposed, would eat up the conducting wire, but that it would make the motion of the delicate nee dle too violent- -to use a vulgar phrase.it would be perpetually "wab bling about." The small current us ed has no such effect. PN AKIFS PATK.VT FOK TANNIN - .. DEATH ER IX OXF. DAY. The (.'cruiail PAP' give the .following which is described as a simple and cheap method. Tin inventor guarantees t > tan any kind of leather in one day, the work to be perfect, the leather to be as tough and strong as any that is prepared otherwise. The materials used are oil of turpentine, mixed with extract of tannin, and the mechanical opera tion is by imparting motion to tin skins, which are put into fulling vats. After washing, depilating, ami re moving the upper skin from the hides instead, of consigning them to the miserable pit, they are put into tub ing vats. These contain a decocti of alum in case tin- leather is to re main white, or if it is to be colon d the decoction is that <>f catechu, su mac, or any other tannin substance. The vat being carefully fastened is put in motion for souse hours By the motion, the alum or the other substances penetrate the pores of the skiu, and prepare it for the reception of the extract which is the principal tanning agent. The turpentine corn pound is then poured into the vat, which is again fastened, and subject cd to the same rotary motion us be ; fore. This likewise lasts some hours , Tim extract, having to work upon the 5 pores already open to receive it. be ; gins its work as BOOU as the evolu tions have commenced, and so pow erful is its energy that in less than tweuty-four hours the work is ac complished and the skin is thorough ly tanned. After the operation tin skins require only to be freed from the smell of turpentine and thg resin ous particles that stick to it, both of which are removed by washing. Tin leather is then hammered, smoothed, and finished in the common way. Small skins, such as those of c If, sheep, and goats, which are chiefly reserved for morocco, are treated in the same way as large hides, with this difference only, that a quantity of salt is added to the decoction of alum, etc., and the time allowed for the operation is about half that taken up for heavy leather. Thus we have a method at once short and cheap, and applicable to white as well as morocco leather, both of which can be prepared at one and the same time.— Skin and Leather Reporter. FUN, FACTS, AND FACETIAE. A WESTERN" editor thus " cusses " ! his opponent. 1 • May bis cow give soiu milk, and bis bens bad eggs ; m short, may | his daughter marry a one-eyed editor, hi ! business go to ruin . nd be go to- Congrt >. A GENTI.ENAN having asked how ! many dog days there were in a year, re | cc-ived for an answer, that it was impossi j hie to number them, as every dog has his I day. NEVER despise counsels from what ; ever they reach you. Remember that the i pearl is keenly sought for in spite of the j coarse shell which envelops it. I A MISER!.V old farmer who bad lost ; one < f his best hands in the uiidst of hay i making, rem tailed to the sexton as he was ! filling up the grave : " It's a and thing t-> i lose a good mower at a time like this : but j after all poor Tom was a great eater. i IT has been asked, " When rain j falls, does it ever get up again Of course | it does -in due time. A MAX in Maine applied fur two j gallons of rum for • • medical purposes. ! '' For what medical purposes V inquired : the agent. For raising a barn." was the i reply. | thiuks it lather remarkable that while several thousand feet are required to make one rood, . single foot, properly | applied, is often sufficient to make one civil. A FOR is like a new set of knives j and forks, you can't put him to nothing useful without taking away all bis polish. WHY is it easy to break into an ULD 1 man's house : Because bis gait i- brol ! and his locks are i'ew. HEARING a physician remark thai a j small blow would break the nose, a rustic exclaimed : " Well, I dnnuo about that. ; I ve blowed my nose a great number.-: 1 times, and I've uever broke it yet. ' " WoNt'ERKTI. things are done now I Allays." said Mr. Timmins : "Hie do. tei • has given Flack's boy a new lip 'roni hi i cheek.' "Ah," said hisl.-.dy, "many'stlu I time 1 have known a pair taken from miu and no very painful operation either." BRIGQAM Yovxi; has been making inspecting tours round about his dominion-, lie was " insulted " by a rough backwood man, who propounded Artemus Ward - question direct : "How's your mother-in law V" IT is said the reason the stars did 'ut shoot was-because tbe police wer.-mi the watch for thein. WHEN Madame Rachel saw In 1 stout sister Sarah dressed for the part of .1 shepherdess, her comment was : "Sarah, dear, you look like a shepherdess who has just dined on her flock.'' AX IRISH peer says, "never be ciit | ical upon the ladies; the only way a tin gentleman ever will attempt to look ai tin ! faults of a pretty woman is to dint his eyes.' TRXO said that an avaricious man was like a barren, sandy soil, which sin-k --in all the rain and dews with greedini s.-, and thirst—but yields no fruitful herbs j plants to the inhabitants. NEVER purchase love or friendship by gilts, for when thus obtained they • lost as soon as yon stop payment A YOt'N'G lady s tys the reason thai she carries a parasol is that the -an is t.i the masculine gender, and slit cannot with stand its its ardent glance-s. THI; light of other days—tallow candles. WoNDERFI'i.. A contemporary, re cording the fall of a # person into the ri\ er, says, "It is a wondi r that he escaped with his life." Wouldn't it have been .- still greater wonder it he hades opnl with out it V WHAT IS that which occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and not once in a hundred years ' The letter M. AT a printer's festival lately, tin following toast was offered : " Woman— second only to the press in the .lisseminn tion of news." I -losti Bh.UNGS says then- -s nothing I more touching in this life than to see n ! poor but virtuous youm man strngglinu j with a moustveh.. j AN old bachelor being laughed at I by a party of pretty girls, told them : "Von j are * small potatoes. " "Wo may bo small I potatoes." cried one ot them, but we are I sweet ones." IF you would have a thing kept sc- I cret, never tell it to any ENVY is only fixed uu met it ; and , like a sore cy>. is offended with even-thin . that is bright. Trite first pat; of married life is the i shine of tin honeymoon : the rot, too oft (li. common moonshine. ; THERE are laces out UT which truth I looks so unequivocally that to distrust them >| seem? like profanation. NUMBER 35.