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It. :dor, llonroetma, omnty. Pa. 0et.26, 69. RAYSITILLE MILLS ! Lasing pnSehased the L.Raysville *+.. n::,1 r,fdt.,l the same in good order. in now • to do gout' work, and to give,,general ratit M. J. PRITTCHEV. 7 • S. - pt. 22, 1869.—1 y • 1 iFF()ITIYs NATIONAL PAIN X 1::!;. , r ::ad Life Oil. are tite Great Family • th.o 010 l a welcome In 'every home 138 -3 medy for more of the common We of nny other nn.dienr , in the market. Sold Jere in medirine generally. linnufextured !• T GIFFORD. Chicago. 111., and 143 Mairi N. V. March 10, 10-5* p RICE LIST -CASCADE MILLS -; ,;;;31;ty Wit;;; - . NTheat Flonr pc.r. P 52!.; I., , narmlpontide... 49 25 '• arrrl por bunitred ',numb; =ME Itvt.. Co m and Oats per hundred lbs... 187!; -yen in - noting usually done at once, as the ca ,.f the mill is sufilcient for a large menet of 11. B. IN6ILk3f. Mare% 23, IR7O. To THE LADIES AND CHILD .. !ZEN OF AMENS. KILLINErr AND PRESS .1 ND CLOAK MA 61SG ESTABLISILVENT. 1, A LL TUC LAT'''T STYLES FOE Sax. Post Office—Mrs. Hoyt's old stand. t MILS. )COSH A. WAGENER, %111 {l4 lew•. 20. letia Agent I)IZESS MAKING! 'the Itudereltm.,t Inc,• fear.• n. teform the ladles l valuta and N:ettlity that t , hynts just received .... r ra4nu Ns rnom NEw YORK for past favnrn, .ho hoprA to roceive a r;.•!: of 1.1111:1,• ptdronspr. (Iw door POUth I ~ SI , Meircilr k Co's, over 'Mims E. 3. n,nin• 17 store. MLSS d. S. moscair, I I' Towanda, Pa. ' \r. WA 11 ER • . 01- + , •rw- n of Mr. G. A. MorrroN, a .1 W.A:h:oater qnd Eneruver. He la prepared h n.portng and tom-wring In all its branch • .7.0v4.1N. or sillier) Sleeve Bottons. l• to voler. Part!tilor attention paid I 1 IN V , . S. 'll:Ef t'S STONES, ,Pc. w. .• •.::. littrust..4l to hit. vary will by promptly at ? 41ili warranted. All kiuilp of Clock.. Watch. A 1 iry tor A. M. WARNER. la. April 71: 1870.—Gin. iILICKSMITHING ! liry new brick shop, near my Nl:lin-street. I am r.otr prepared to do • i - , its branches. Particular attention paid ;7,1, and edge tools. Hating spent many community, in this business, trust /tlnrauter of my remising a liber , ••Int ,t — the pablic patronage. HENRY' ESSM:WINE. r• - -••::,. Not. a, isr,a.—tf 7 \l V Ellsl3Uß G 'MILLS! er, nmr 11 , .121g 11112411 , 59 in their •..- I EAT 07AL= at the licKasuunG o :rid Itnektvbcat flour. an'a Feetreon :• for sale at market rated. ovo sptattty of GROUND PLAbil.ll of th*y from the old Yattarn 13EDA. MYER k FROST. E 'DYEING ESTABLISH . NIFN.. u‘ -• rd,r taker this inethinl of inforrifina the Tt.w.niu and vicinity that he hail opened • i.-tublishriteut In rot. Mr-on: new build- = “site Gen. and Unit Ile jA now pro -4i to do all work in his lane. such as CLEANING • a ai.l GIING ladles' and gentlemen's r.-. a rrn ents. 111 the nostest mauler and on the most •• terms. Give the a salt and examine my • REDDING. • t fa. 1,10. 'T~j;l i s T:NDERSIGNED HIVE 1 , -1 a Pankina Moine in Towanda, under the r C. MASON k CO. .os , ;raepa-ral to draw Bills of Exchange. and tit New York, Philadelphia. and all .r the rutted States. as also England. Ogr e.; r,al,—. Ti loan money, receive deposits, '•.a I.:..traral Banking business. was on , of the late firm of Laporte; . id Towanda. Pa.. and his knowletlgt , of men of Bradford and atljoining counties i. od2 been In the banking business for about • ears. nod, this house a desirable one through • -bons. 0. r. 3IASON. , _•••1-4. net. I. I sell. A. 0. MASON. V EV: SPRING GOODS .Gas E. J. KINGSLEY, , I.umed from New York with a first-class h .1 litihnery G‘ssls, consisting of the West imported styles of =ENUMIIM! p..trall) invite the ladies of Towanda o..ty t gite her a call before pnr sn.: .Itewliere. Work done to , eb r and on the shortest toner, in a neat and tasilionable style. oval tnior to Fox. Stevens, Itlercur Towanda, April 14,10. 'tDFORD COUNTY =9 Hlt 111, KEAN, REAL ESTATE _AY ENT nicutz4 31,11 Propertim City and Town r ra!e. having property for sate will fail ft to their • was.", I.y leaving a description of the same. with sale at this atieney, as parties are constanctly airing for tamps. &c. 11. R. IIIcKF..k.N. fteal F-qato Ag.ent.. Bank. Towar.ila, V E F I It! comos AND LOW I'/?/e/ES! ]li N OETON, PA lII.ICY & HOLLON, to-:d,•a In Groceries and Provisions, Drugs liero,me Oil, Lamps. Chimneys, by• Stuffs. Psints, Oil., Varnish, Yankee No. • . • _ _ • 1 -1. and Snuff. Pure Winea autl • , • •t• tls quality. for inedietnal purposes • • MI 411 at the very lowest prices. Pre - • , ..•!-•,:e-rfuily cozlqu.n.tleil at all hounr of the Call. TRACY tr. HOLLON n. Pa... June 21, 11162-Iy. ( if TEA P PASSAGE FROM ONTO I I:ELAND OR ENGLAND NTELULbIIII.; 1.11011 OR' TO c: - its,:roirs on LIVETIPOOL. ••'.' "111 , 111 . 14 oil BlaeleStor Line'? of Lit ,iliutz every week. v IE2 17.1: , of Mokel4 from or to Loudon, ' , lf • a 111..e1/. Eu:.:1111, Ireland and Seotiend ray , r,,t10:0.7.2,. apply to Williams .l• Onion, 1 , ..rk. or I•. MASON & Bankers. Towanda. =EI • s. PECK. MILLWRIGHT • •elii‘c.:r. T•orantin.. Pbs. Mill built " .• • • ! am, Boilers net In the best • ! t ail tit, atbmtim of mill umbers to V. 'A . vt tin' Ex W.tTEt • al: th,. elcutents of a first-class mutter, os•tmotlon. aece. , liblllty.erest atrcursth • the cryatest amostut of power for .1. ,a,i3 ruuniui under backwater • powcr etcept dintittutiou of • , o ..; t o .iluTation igtmll fcsnaca or addl. ron nedcr low head, and made al • I ty. Tbi•lte wk.c.bi will be furnished • — • the et,t of 'any other Drat-class • •:. I .•.rli;t, and narrantcd to perform ail that • wbet•ltt wit] be 'made for , to •C %dhotis caeca . on short notice. of the addrc4s or enci nine of the under ti. 14. PECK. Towanda, Pa. can be tiperatlon at rton L WU:A' Mill. Towanda twit. The wholly c2zop,,ed of Iron as nisw made.. .1 to 11 . 1,14 -it. • ME io.oo I 15 MOO .A.L.V011.121 & CLAA.USON, VOLUME XXX. F=F=:, rirr:l7l TAMES WOOD, .A.Trolusnor Axe re/ COMMIELLOR AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. lIITENRY PEET, ATTORNEY AT JL-I- TAW. Towanda, Pa. JUDO 27, '6B. FOYLE, ATTORNEY. AT LAW, Towanda, Pa., Office with Elhanan Rmith, south aido litertmes Block. April 14, GEORGE. D. MONTANYE, AT =CMS Afr LAIW. 0200-011111er of Main alai Pine Streets, oppodte Parkes Drug Moro. N v A. PECK, ATTORNEY AT • Law, Towella, re. Mice over the Bs, torn south of the. Ward Honed, and opposite -the Court Howe. nov 3, Wt. . T . P. WILLISTON. _ILI • ATTORNEY AT LAW. TOWANDA. South side of klercur's New Block, up StAill3 Aprll2l,lo-11. - Wr H. CARNOCHAN, ATTOR • NTT rr Law (District Attorney far Brad ford County). Troy, Pa. Copectiona made and prompt ly remitted. • feb 15. '433-1L JOHN N. CALM', ATTORNEY AT LAW. Towanda, ra, particular attention gtv en to Orphans' Court bnainesa. Conveyancing and Collodion& ifirOMee at the RegLstcr and Decor. der'e office. south of theCeurt Howe. Dec. 1, MI. (AVERTON & ELSBREE, Arrou x.. NlErti AT Law, Towanda. Pa.. having entered into copartnership, offer their professional services to the public. Special attention given to business in the Orphan's and Register's Courts. apll4lo E. ovrwrox, an. N. C. ELICLIIIEE. BENJ. M. PECK, ATTORNEY Ltw. Towanda. Pa. All business entrusted to his care will receive prompt attention. Mice in the office lately occupied by Mersur & Morrow. soli* - of Ward Mouse, up stairs. July 16.'68. ATERCUR & DAVIES, ATTOR .L. :PICTS /1:T LAW, T0N111.12111, Pa. Theunderaigned having associated themselves together in the practice of Law. offer their professional services to the public. ITLYSBI4B MEIICQE. W. T. DAVIES. March 9 lEad. TORN W. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa. GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT. Particular attention paid to - Collections and embalm' Court bneineas. Office—Mercur's New Block, north side Public Square. apr. I. '69. • ilOr B. McKEA N, ATTORNEY 11 AND C017:011CLLOII AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Par ticular attention paid to business in the Orphans' Court. July 20. '66. B. KELLY, DENTIST. OF • flee over Wickham it Black's, Tcrwanda, Pa. May 2d. '7O. DR -H. ASTON, DENTIST.- Offim In Patton Block, o'er Gore's Drug and Chemical Store. Jan I, '6B. Dl3. H. A. BARTLETT, Physician and Surgeon, Sugar Run, Bradford County, Pa. Office at realdeuco fortnvly occupied by Dr. Ely. ang.10,1859,t1 A MOS. PENNYPACKER, • HAS Jlgßill established himself in the TAILORING BUSINESS. Shop over Rockwell's Store. Woik of every description done in the latest styles. Towanda. April 21. 1870.—tf U. BEACH, M. D., Physician J• and Surgeon. Towanda. Pa. Parttealar'atten tiou paid to ail Chronic Diseases, and Dlseaseii of Females. Office at hie residence.; on State et, two d tars east of Dr. Pratte. nar.ll,G9. =UM DOCTOR 0. LEWIS, A GRADE ate of the College of -Pbysiensna and Surgeona," New York city, Class 1a43-4, gives exclusive attention to the practice of his profession. Office and residence on the eastern gene of Orwell 1411, adjoining Henry Ltowe'e. Jan 14, '69. . _ 0.1....11P . 1 / 4 VINCENT, INSURANCE AGENTN.-0111ce formerly occupied by Mercur Morrow, one door south of Ward House. T. FL AMY. 1113)10- . 70 LEWIS , RHEBEIN, FaAionable LI Tailor. Rooms over Aspinwall's Store, Towan da, Pa. oetS. LER PL• D F EA O L I E I it, ' IGO R W - Tell ‘ i T ngt 1 o E' n B St T rl l i T b be twren LaSalle and Wells Streets. Chicago, Illinois. Real Estate purchased and sold. investments tondo and Money Loaned. May IO,'TU. p B. HOLLETT, AIONROETON, Pa.. agent for the Hubbard Mower. Empire Drill. Ithaca Whcel Rake, and Brontlatst Sower for cowing Platter and all kinds of Crain. Send for cir culars to 11. B. Ilaux - r - r, Monroeton. Bradford Co., Pa. Tune 24. '65-Iy. AL Rsueh l as S y NI 9 ITCHES O .C F U D L RAIDS I , ETTS, eve.. mule In the hest wanner and latest style, at the Ward House DarlAT Shop. Tenns reasonable. Towanda, D. 1, ISGS. 'RANCIS E. POST, PAINTER, Towanda_ Pa., with ten yearn °aperient,. is con fident he can give tha best satisfaction in Painting. Graining, Staining, Glazing. Papering, kc. - . ..Ivt• Particular attention paid to jobbing In the country . . april9.'66. _ _ TOHN DUNFE.E, 111,:4()K8.1117'II, • 3oislp:ol,lTON. PA., pay. particular attention to Cronin:, linagiee. Wagons. Sleigh& tee. Tire Pet and repairing done nn tillnrt notice. Work and ebarges guaranteed eatierantory. 12,15.G9. 1)R. DIMMICK D. SMITH, Sur frwo ,nd Prhitict. Dr. Slum' would respectful. ly inform the inhabitants of Too ands and vicinity. that be loss permanently loeated himself here, where be will be happy to serve all who nfay stand in need of his professional services. Dr. Smith has recently removed from the city of Philadelphia, where he has had a city and country practice for over twenty . years which he thinks will enable him to,go the most dia. cult wort in los line of business. Teeth inserted. from one to a full set, on all kinds of material used in the profesAion. Special attention given to the sav ing of the natural teeth Teeth extracted without pain. Dr. Smith administers Nitrous Oxide Gas, Chloroform. Ether and the Freezing process. Give him a call. Dr. Smith will not be able to open his tithe until about the first of May next. Rooms op posite McCabe A: Mix's store, Main street. . Towanda, April 21. lB7o.—tf PATENTS! J. N. DErrEn, Solicitor of Patents, 73 BROAD STEM, WAVEILLY. N. Prepares drawings, specifications and all papers required In making and properly conducting Appli cations for PATENTS in the Um= Smarts and Foa my COMMIES. No CHARGES IS lINSVCC£SSIII7L CASES AND NO ATTOBNET'S FEE - TO PAT trsrm PATENT IS OBTAINED. Sept. 16, 1849-tf • ON. STEVENS,.CI)I.7NTY SUR . vrron, C'amptown. Bradt ad Co., Pa. Thank ful to his many employers for past patronage, would respectfully inform the citizens of Bradford County that he is prepared to do any work in Mahan of brisi ness that may be entrusted to him. Those having disputed lines would do well to have their property accurately surveyed before allowing themselves. to feel aggrieved by their neighbors. All work warrant. ed correct. so far as the nature ef the case will per mit. MI unpatented lands attended to as soon as warrant* are obtained. 0. W. STEVENS. rob. 24, 1665-I.y. GREENWOOD COTTAGE.—This well-known house, Living recently been refit.' ted and supplied with new furniture, will be found s pleasant retreat fur pleasure seekers. Beard by ths week or month on reasonable terms. E. W. NEAL, Prop'r. Greenwood, Aprll 20, 1570.—tf WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA. On Main Street. near tho Court Home. C. T. SMITH. Propribtar MIX= TEMPERANCE HOTEL 1-Situa x. ted on the north-vest corner of Main and Etat ben streets, opposite Bryant's Carriage Factory. Jury - men and others attendinii cx;nrt will raped ally grid it to their advantage to patronize the 'Tem perance Hotel. IL M. DROWN. Propr. Towanda. Jan. 12. 1870,—1y, D INING• ROOMS , IN CONNECTION WITH THE BALMY, Near the Court Holum. We ire prepared to feed the hungry at all times of the day and evening. Oysters ■nd Ice Cream in their seasons. ! March SO. 1870. D. W. SCOTT k CO. VLWELL HOUSE, TO:WANDA., Having leased this Hones, is now. ready to acconuno• ilatelhe tritvellireflmblie. No pains norerpenwe alll be spared to give satisfaction to those who may give him a call. frd- North side of the puliMl square, east of Mer cur's new block. DUII3IERFJF.T.D CRJ:U". Hi;)- TEL PET£.I3 LANDILESS'Eft. Raving purchased and thoroughly refitted this old and well-known eland, formerly kept by Sheriff Grif fis. at the mouth of Itummerfluld• Creek, is ready to give good amommodations and satisfactory treatment to all who may favor him with a call. Dec. 23. I&lN—tf. . ATEANS HOUSE, TOWANDA, Hourea, Proprietors. This popular Hotel having been thorongbly Atted and re. paired, and farnishorl throughout with new and ele gant Furniture, will be .open for the reception of gliedg, on ilarcersr, 1J it 1,18 GO. Neither expense nor pains has been spared in rendering this Hoses a model hotel in. all its arrangements. A input* quality Old Barton Ale, for Invalids, just received. April r 4. , '1 ,-- EMI I= Hotels. lOW'S C. WILSON , • Mill MEI teledett igetra. THE FIFTEENTH ADITENDDIENT; The day of the Lord is That day 16 long fbrotoltl; - .. - . When man; in his Makhr's Shall be worth far more than gold, Than the precious gold of Ophir, Than the diamond dashing rare; For the impress of the Master, .Is stamped in glory. here. • , The day of the Lord is coming, When oppression, with its train, Shall flee to the outer dariless, And humanity shall reign • When that gentler, higher gospel, • Of love `twixt man and man, shall receive its true exponent In the lifting of the ban. • And the patient outcast races, By the years of waiting worn, Shall lift to the light their faces, In the calm of Freedom's morn. And mamas erst in Eden, In the rain' hours Of earth, Erect in his Father's likeness, Shall stand by right of birth. toil 14, 1870. • Tow; It. Ammo:: t9teUmteone. THE WIFE'S TREAI3I7ItE. BY THE AUTHOH, OP "PICTURES IN TYROL." "Heinrich, run and see if they are ready to change guard, and whether father will soon be home ,to supper; the porridge is ready, ana the •poer man needs fattening sorely, for what: with standing upright all day like a stick, watching on The ramparts, and dodging behind a corner of a tower when those base Hohenstaufeners, make a target of his honest face, he needs.good oat meal to keep his cour age up. It's ill fighting on an empty stomach, and one needs to eat and sleep, whatever happens." • "0, Mother !" cried a little child from her stool by the fire, "whenlvill the wicked soldiers go away ? I do so want to run out into the fields again, and gather the flowers, and: see our poor cow. It would be - so nice to have some good rich milk again; I don't like porridge without any milk in it, and the poor dear cow must be so sad and lonely without her seeing us; she must long for some salt as 'much as I long for the cream, mother; and I waist to show her my doll. I:611y hasn't had a walk for ever so king." "I'll tell you what will happen if you walk in the fields with your pre cious old Moll," cried Heinrich, "the soldiers will catch you, and they'll make a big fire, a-huge fire as big as a house, and they'll lay a spit across it where it's hottest, and they'll put the doll on it.—so—and then it'll friz and smell horribly, like the shabby bits of old fleece when mother burnt them; and then won't you cry! Oh! oh ! oh! oh ! what fun! I'd go walk in the fields if I were you, wouldn't I!" And Master Heinrich turned heels over head across the kitchen table. "Go away, you naughty boy," said little Elfrida, beginning to sob; "how dare you say my - would smell horribly? She's a beautiful .dear, and they ehouldn't burn her; they should burn me first!" and the little five-year-old maiden stamped. `her tiny feet and shook her fist defiantly. "They'd burn you afterwards," teased• Heinrich; "when. Dolly was frizzled, they'd cook you: you're so fat you would be first rate, and salon you were done real brown, they'd take you to the great tierce Conrad, and he would open his mouth—so— and swallow you at one gulp. They'd give the doll to the soldiers; she'd be tough." I Heinrich made a horrible contor tion and snapped expressively at the :air. Elfrida, cried, hot, angry tears chasing 4 , ach other down the round, pink cheeks, till the mother, who had been gazing from the door, heedless of the children's talk, turned round,. and seeing her little daughter's dis tress, and vaguely comprehending it, administered swift justice to the cul prit with a sounding blow from the porridge spoon, and taking the little one into her comfortable arms, she kissed and consoled her. "A plague on the boys! they are worse than auy one. Havn't we trou ble enough outside the walls, but you must needs make your sister cry, and worry my life out! What is it. my lamb? tell mother where ho hurt you: Ah ! here's father; now it's all right, then, and father'll give her, some of his supper and we'll dry our eyes. Well, my man, you must be tired enough, and hungry too. What, faint-hearted, father! Why, I never saw thee come home with such a hang-down face before. Hast left the walls ruins j Why, pluck up' heart, man; as long as the old town stands we'll show fight; a cheesy face_goes a long _way in this world, and glad eyes make a glad heart. I've no patience with folks who declare its always raininr , because . they are crying behind their own windows. Eat the porridge, father, and then thou wilt shout 'Down with the Ho henstaulen• with the best of then4' "Eh, easy talking, wife," said the burgher, so, drawing off his hea 2 vy cap he sank down heavily on the settee. "'Tis hard to jest with a hea vy heart; who'd care to make fight for the saucepan when the soup was eaten ? Don't bandy words with me, but kiss thy husband and give him his sapper;•lis the last thing thou . % do for him in this world, unless may be thon art up in time to cook me a breakfast. "Now, sure as I live, .. the man's gone clean daft iu 'his - head! i 4 It's liker a cuff than a .Idss you'll get if you come home with such talk as that as a relish_for supper. Eat your fo'od, and thank Heaven for it, and .for giving yon a wife who will give you another bow lful for the next fort night, an' the meal hold out." ' "Nay, nay, then, Elspeth. It is no joke of mine, or wanderings eith er. The town sent a flag of truce to the Hohenstaufens at 12U-day, and Conrad's answer was free pardon for the' women and Children, who Should depart unscathed, each laden with her treasures; but for the . men,' nn- conditional surrender; and 'kg tho't it' will go hard; with ins and the town; for- the soldiera are angered by oar NM long defence, ;`and . ` their =later is hard to deal with when his will hss been arosseil." "And - you sit here and tell such ``a tale as that tI your' own wife," 'cried Ebipeth,,"and think you •eattlookme in the face while yon do- it r What do yon take me for, - father, -"who've looked after you, •and loved you, and mended, and cooked for you all these years," and her Yoke shook—"l who have vowed to care for you 'this side of. Heaven (and - precious hard you'd find it to get there , without me;--to say nothing of the washing); and have stood by you and the children through thick and thin. Yon are go ing to say,'"Good morning, Ehipeth; a fine journey to you,' and I'm to go from my .own home and my own house, and leave you and the Hohen staufeners to sup off schinken togeth er ! Yonv'e not got to the bottom of the wife's mind yet, my toaster. If 'I go from Weinsberg to-morrow morn inp, I ' ll with me!" • The father oily answered, "Eh, eh, 'tie easy talking," and smothering something that seemed like a groan, he held out his arms to the child. Elfrida seated herself cosily on his knee, and stroked the sorrowftd face and fed him with great spoonfuls of porridge, as it was her nightlypleas ure to do. She was a very fair little maiden, so short and fat that, tams, are her where you would, she waa the same length all over, her eyes were very large, round - and blue, just like the bluest summer sky when yeti have forgotten there can ever be: clouds again; and her cheeks were round, also, and, summer and wi;ter tworoses bloomed there from mrn ing till night. The child laid her face against her father's shoulder, and whispered: "You won't let ine go? Heinrich says they'll cook Dolly and me, and he says she's tough ; it was very en:- el of him. Oh, father, don't let them have Dolly and me !" • A great sob came in her father's throat •, he tried to loOk as if the por ridge had choked him, and , cleared his voice ; but, after all, the words would 'not come,so he only held her very closelran kissed •her shining hair. Meanwhile, Elspeth, was restless ; she walked about the house with an air of strange excitement, pacingiur riedly up and down the rooms:. At length, flinging a hood over her hea she cried : " Don't speak to me, or wait for me, but put the child to bed 161 let those sleep who I must speak a word. to the Town Council before ever I clo%e my eyes." " Poor soul !" sighed the husband ; "thy mother's a bit sharp, little one, at tunes, but she's true as steel.' I knew it would-go hard with her; let her talk at; she will, she'll find' the deed's done and the terms accepted, and before the sun sets to-morrow every wife and child will be safe out of poor old Weinsburg, and Heaven help those who are left! You'll have to begin a new life to-morrow, my son," he said, turning to Heinrich, who; astounded, by the sudden turn matters had taken, sat quiet and open-eyed by the fire, having swal. lowed- the last morsel of supper. " Thou must care now for thy mother and the little one, and Work hard to- earn them a piece of bread. It'll be lucky if poor father's head isn't stuck on his own pikestaff." At this awful prognostication Hein rich began to cry, and his sister join ed chorus. The burgher found that he had hardly improved matters, and so proposed as a more cheerful sug gestion, that they should all go to bed. This the children did accord ingly, dying lustily for the first five minutes when they were laid down, 'Mid, after the manner of children, forgetting all their sorrows in sound est sleep at the end of the next ten. Elspeth was back again before mid night ; she found .her husband- wea ried out and lying asleep by the cold hearth. " Let him sleep, poor , soul !" she said • " he'll be more out of the way, and there is plenty to be done be tween this and cock-crow. What! thou thought I should didst thou, with bag and baggage, and lby your leave' to the army out yonder, and let those bloodthirsty .soldiers walk over the threshold and fire a good two dozen arrows into my husband, and I not there to cover him ? and • a woman of my figure is a brilve target and a shield not to be despised. Bless thee, dear heart!" and she stopped for a moment and ii sudden tenderness pressed her lips on the tired forehead ; " please God, we'll' march out to-morrow with all mu' treasures, and who would be the man who dared turn us back?"- Slovay a glimmer of light came in the east, which deepened and spread till the morning sunshine streamed upon the man's face. He smiled, and shook himself, and then awoke with a start, and a look of uttermost sor row, as memory returned, and he re alized that. •the moment of parting was very near. . There was a sound of steps and suppressed voices in the street, which increased momentarily ; soon there was a crowd of eager womenpassing. and repassing the door, and whisper ed consultations with Elspeth, who, with,her strong, vigorous face and figure, stood like a tower of strength amongst them all She lit the fire and prepared the breakfast quietly for the last time, tied on little Frida'i hood and her own, slung the bundle she had been preparing to her waist, And then,' turning to her husband, said, in a strange, firm voice : • "I am ready . ; let us go." Like a man in a dream, he follow ed her silently ; only as they crossed the thresh Old, he took her hand and said : "Wo have been very happy here, wife ; Heaven keep and bless thee!" and kissed her cheek. For a moment her heart failed her, and she turned and clung to him— for a moment only, and then she set he! teeth. bard, and walked steadily, forward. The gate of the town was open ; in the plain below you-could see the great Conrad's army drawn up in proud array, their tents gli* tening in the morning light. In the town the burghers crowded round the walls and thronged the gates; an - the sedund !Rent procession of women Ma Milll MASprait Ditilnleinin Mit £ 4700 1 FEU _ , TOWANDA, BRADFORD, COUNTY, PA andlittle dildnai adwittftd toimb 'When Elspeth reached the War der's tower, iale stopped and placed the hind of the - little danghta Heinrich's, bidding him =to see to the child ; then in a clean-fond voice, ' she " Women of Veinsberg ! 'I have mid the edict ; it is true and sure; and the Hohenstaufen bag -pledged his honor to keep faith with us, The women shall depart in -safety, and may carry with them the greatest of their treasures! So be it Conrcull and thus we women of Weinsberg answer your proelamation;" then suddenly flinging her arms around her astonished husband, she raised him on her Tact;, crying to the neigh bor at his side : " Lend a hand there, Jacob, and place him firmly; and thou, husband, hold fast and fear 'lathing, I'll car ry thee to the tent of Conrad 'him self !" And so from the beleaguered town, in quaint but solemn procession, moved men and women} two and two. Many were the slips, and haid the task to be accomphshed, but with un faltering steps the brave Elspeth marched at their head, with her 42- dren beside her, and her husband's long legs dangling helplessly-beside her apron; on she " went, stern and silent, with her face well set tower& the plain ; only as she passed the great Hohenstaufen himself as he stood before his tent, she paused to . say : • . "Pardon, gciod Conrad, that I can not make thee fitting obeisance, but my treasure is fairly hemy, and I have much ado to carry him ; so I wish thee a good even, and many thanks for thy courtesy." - " Potz tausend! Donner and Blitz! Hammer and tongs, and three dozen ten-penny tintacks!" cried Conrad, using the favorite expletives of his time, " that I, the great Hohenstau fen, should live to be outwitted by a woman !" CAN WOMELN FIGHT 2—Dr. Lord, who since the opening of the year has been giving historical lect*es in Boston, had for a subject, icently, " Phillippa " (the mother of the fa mous Black Prince), and in the course of his remarks, said : " The annals of the Middle Ages are full of the no ble deeds of women. When Edward 111 was engaged in his Scottish war the Countess of Mardi defended Dun bar, with uncommon courage and ob stinacy, against Montagne and an English army. And, contemporane ous with her, Jane, Countess of Mont ford, shut herself up in the fortress of. Henneburn, and defied the whole power of Charles of Blois. Clad in complete armor she stood .foremost in the breach, sustained the most vio lent assaults, and displayed a skill that would-have done honor to the most experienced generals. -And Marzia, of the illustrious family of the Maldina, sustained, honorably, a siege against the papal troops at Cesena, ten times more numerous than her own. Jane Hackett repuls ed, in person, a body of Burgandians when theybesieged the town of Beauvais. in the chivalrous ages women not only attacked and defend ed fortifications, but even_ command ed armies and obtained victories. Joan of Arc, a simple and nueducat ed shepherdess, was the instrument of that sudden revolution in the af fairs of France Which terminated in the establishment of Charles VII. on the throne. Agnes Soul aroused the king to .deeds of glory when sunk in enervating pleasure. Altrude, Coun tess of Bertenora, advanced in !per son, with. au army to the relief of An cona. Bona Lombardi, at the head of her brave troops, liberated her husband from captivity and impris onment. Isabella of Lorraine, when her husband was taken prisoner, ral lied an army for his rescue. Marga /et of Anjou Was the life of the Lan casterian party in the wars of the Roses, and defeated, herself, the Duke of York at Wakefield. The Countess Matilde sustained sieges against Hen ry IV., the great Franconian Empe ror.' A Drnco Wife GPILNG 11E4 Hus- BiND TO ANOTTfEN WO3I6N—HOW SHE GOT HER Fool. INTO IT.—Just in the outskirts of Poughkeepsie lived a man by the name of Warren, who for years has enjoyed a plurality of wives much to the disgust of the entire neighborhood. 'Warren many years ago married a young lady, and for years they lived on in perfect har mony, but one 'day she sickened and she and her friends supposed she would die ; at this crisis she became anxious about the welfare of her hes band, and busied herself in selecting her successor, who was to share with Warren the joys of matrimonial bliss. This difficulty she at last overcame by selecting a Woman she 'thought worthy to follow her footsteps. Once settled, in her mind, she de sired the twain to be made one flesh, even before her death, that she might be made happy in her last moments. They were accordingly married at . her bedside, and the sick woman; havilig her wish gratified, turned over to die, but it was not so to be, for she grew better, and soon recovered her health only to find her husband given to another. This was more than the woman bargained for, but the two females fixed up the matter, audit was agreed that they would live in harmony in the same house, and thus they lived for years. Both women raised a fam ily of children—one had six and the other five. Some of these 'children are grown up men and women at the present time. About six months.ago the women quarreled, and the husband was call ed on to settle the difficulty ; and he espoused the cause of the youngest wife, and it wag determined on by the two to get the old We out of the house, which was speedily accom plished, and she is now doing , house work in the neighborhood • while the second wife enjoys the be d board that were once hers.—/Ifattewan -Her ald. " WHAT _MA= the milk so vir al !: Add Betty to the milkwoutaa, 'when she • t her pits to the door 'one mas h ing. "Plena, mum, the water the the M pumpliaadle le broke. Ind mines toot trom u." BEM .. -4 1 :: i'.'r-,4. . ~ ...4, :'_ -....:,',1, Ell ~ ~- __ Z. MG =NE , MAY 12, 1870. [For the Itßoirrza.] FOIMEMLUIOE. Aa Adaiesi reid 131 E. 0. Wasai, before the " Frablaidale Lodge, LO. of 0.T." . officer : ' Temperance alone is not die ,only theme calcidated to be inculcated in our noble Order, and I believe that other ' ;ponds may be looked after Iyith interest and advantage. Though justice ho thy pies, consider this— That in the course ofjustim, mine or us • Should see salvation: We do pray tor mercy, And. bet same prayer doth teach us all to ren der The deeds of nierei." —Sludespeare: The dispoSition to pron Ounce judg ment rashlyond not only . to do this, but to carry out the decision by 84#8, is at once unwise, unfair, and un christian. Human nature is, in best condition, liable to err. We are all, more , or le:as, the creatures of.cir cumstances, interests, , prejudice and passions. Fallibility is a portion of our lot-and destiny. There is noth ing perfect this side the grave. The man who to-day arrogates to himself high,claims and merits for his self denial, self-restraint, and unfaltering integrity, may to-morrow be subject ed to some fiery ordeal, some fearful temptation,' and- fall never to rise agam. Few of us know ourselyes— know all our weaknesses and infirmi ties. It is only by adversity, by inos perity, or by being subjected to pe culiar influences at peculiar, times, that we are fully tried and tested. It is an easy thing to pass judgment upon another ; to denounce this man because he has wandered from the path of rectitude, and that because, in a moment of awful sufferin,g , pri- Nation and poverty, he faltered from the way , of integrity and duty. It is, we contend, an easy thing for us all to affirm, nay, to believe, that under similar circumstances we would have wrestled, resisted, and prevailed. But, we repeat, few know themselves; few see themselves as they really are; few recognize the weaknesses of their own minds and hearts ; few are fully conscious of their infirmities of tem -per, of prejudice, of avarice, of vani ty, of self-will. It is therefore that we earnestly urge the exercise of.for bearance and generosity, when speak ing of the conduct of others. Noth ing is more fallible than the human mind and the human heart. All are more or less influenced by causes and circumstances which they cannot rightly see, and therefore cannot ap preciate. There is scarcely a man who could not single out from his Own immediate circle of acquaintan ces, some individual of plain personal appearance, awkward and ungainly manner, whoneve i theless fancies that he is a perfect A.donis In face and form, and a Chesterfield in ; taste and refinement. The blindness and folly of such au error is at on amusing and humiliating. But in most cases it is incprable. So again, it oftln happens that an individual imagi4s that he is remarkably apt, ready, and witty, when, in fact, he is precisely the reverse. Others may see the de lusion, but he cannot. He is its vic tim ; his judgment is prejudiced, blinded; and it is likely to remain so for years, perhaps forlife. 'Who dces not labor under some error of edu cation, of circumstance, of prejudice, or of habit? . It is quite a common occurrence with many persona to become excited when they hear the partial details • of a trial for an alleged offence, and to expresrthemselves inn ,the strongest terms of indignation—nay, to affirm that it is impossible for their Views to change. And yet the whole story both sides, may convince then• that they sadly misjudged in the first case. They then are quite as eager to re cant as they at first were to condemn. They, at4east, are disposed to qualify their former opinions, and to admit that they were rash and hasty. Alas! that these cases . are- so frequent— that so many " jump at conclusions," and pronounce judgment without re ference to all the fasts and circum stances. The sacred precept of "Do unto others as ye.would they should do unto you " is violated or forgot ten. Few stop to inquire, few ad dress to themselves the query, " Were I so circumstanced, how would I act? Had I been subject to the same vi cissitudes, trials and . temptations, what would have been my course?" But even supposing that moral train ing, a fair education, habits of integ rity and sobriety, would have enabled us to resist, should we not, before ar riving at a decision, ascertain Wheth er the unfortunate, upon whose case we are about to pronounce judgment, enjoyed equal advantages and privi leges—and if not, should we not manifest forbearance and liberty-? Man is too disposed to deal harshly with his fellow creature. We are too inclined, by a strange 'perversity of our nature, to crush the fallen rather than to encourage, sustain, and re call to the ways of well doing. \Pe affect q sympathy, and yet we fail to act out the generous feeling. We deplore the misfortune, regret the er ror and the downfall, but we do not step forward and extend the hand of assistance. We denounce, pass judg ment rashly, and thus fail to make allowance for the infirmities of poor human nature, for poverty, forigno rance, for trial, for= temptation, and the? many other circumstances calcu lated to influence the character and the case. Bewar4 my friends—bertreg t rash judginents. Act a generotii toward the. erring and ;the Thank the Almighty for the blessings you enjoy, the temptations you have resisted, the calm:pitied you have as. caped ; and remember that viatchful lICE4B is not only necessary, watchful. ness against the evil principle of the hunuur heart, but a constant reliance upon the Great Disposer of human events. Let us forget , or' disregard our dependence upon the Deity—let us mock at and deride the Power Un seen (but constantly above and around us), and we will soon wander into the wrong path, hesitate, Ater, and fall WnEn DID the alphabet *get into a raw? When Alk bet, B D cried, N raged, bit, and X made.. Eunrrr-NINE dozen of eggs given to a minister in Moto* at a "donation nit," is canal "lay activity." Tan am* moral question which comthes Minds Is, "How to prevent bop ,pls7ing marbles for keeps?' - , 1101110 Or THE RIVOIIII. Clear and cool, clear and cool, By laughing shallow mid dreaming pool; : asol and clear, cool and. clear, , • . By shining shingle and foaming weir. • Under the crag where the ouzel Sings, And the ivied wall where the chnrch-bell Undefiled, for the tmdefiled . • Play by me, bathe hl me, mother and child. • j:/ank and fool, dank and foul, By the smote-grimed town in Si mnrkyemil; ' Fourand dank, foul and dank, ' By wharf and timer and .limy tank; Darker and darker, the I go, Baser and baser the richer I grow; - Who dare aport with the sin defiled? Shrink from me, turn from _rile, mother and . child! Strong and free, strong and free, . The flood-gates are open away tante sea; Free and strong, free and strong, aetnsing my stream se I htirry along To he golden sands and the leaping bar, - Anil the taintless tide, that Wait me afar. Ati I lose myself in thcr Infinite main, Xs a soul that has sinned and , is pariloned ' . again,. Undefiled, for the undefiled. Play with me, bathe in me, mother and child! • —Charles Kingsley. BREECH OF HON. GAMMA A. GROW. The colored citizens of Philadel phia celebrated the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment on the 26th nit., by a grand parade, the proces sion having at least six. thousand men in line, concluding with a meeting in Horticultural Hall. Amongst the speakers was Hon. ic.'42isow, who _spoke the following eloquent words: SPEECH OF• MIL. GROW . FELLOW CITIZEM: We meet to cele brate one of those events in the life of nations which Mark the eras of hii tory and• the cycles of .civilizatiOn, •On the 4th of July, 1776, almost from' this very spot, fifty-six bold men, representing an embryo- nationality, declared as fundamental political truths, that "All men are created equal, 'endowed with the inalienable rights of life, liberty ( and the pursuit of happiness; and that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." declar ation that startled the conservatism of the ages and toppled the thrones of the world, for ter that hour man kind had , been regarded as' composed of two classes—one born to rule, the other to be ruled; the one possessing all rights in the State, , the other hav ing no rights or privileges save such as were tconferred by the ruling class es. The Declaration of our fathers was the first gun in thewar Of ideas which• was to be unceasingly waged . for the nest century. The boom of cannon on the plains of Lexington shook a continent and bore an obscure mili tia colonel from shades of Mount Ver non to the highest pinnacle of earth ly glory; while it oalled Stark from his granite hills, Putnam from his plow and Green from his blacksmith's forge, to immortal fame. The sun sets on the field of Yorktown, and the first great epoch in the life of the Re public is . passed. But the hosanas to liberty are ech oed in the wail of the bondman. For a century more the clank of.his chain grates on the ear of huimanity, and justice weeps over his wrongs. The iron hail beating on the walls of Sum ter again shakes a continent, and the prison doors of the house of bondage, are sundered forever; and the martyr President seals in his blood the eman cipation of 'a race, and grasping four millions of broken chains ascends from earth to Heaven. The second great epoch in our ilia tory is passed, and we meet on this occasion to commemorate the third. The ideas that made the fathers the fanatics of their day have been incor porated into the organic law, and are stamped in indellible characters up on 'the pillars of the Republic. The Goddess of Liberty cam now rear her altars without shuddering at the clank of the chain riveted by her profesSed votaries. Henceforth the land of Washington is the home of the emigrant and the asylum of the exile' of every clime and all races of men. We stand on the Lin' that di vides the old from the new; the dis pensation of hate, oppression and wrong, from that of liberty and right. Not a score of years gone by, and along the broad avenue of the na tion s capital, in full view of the, na tion's chosen representatives, are marched, under the spur of the task- . masters lash, chained gangs of men, women and children, to be transport ed to the auction block, where mer chandise is made of „the souls and bodies of men. 7...0 day, the sun in his course across the continent, from ocean to ocean, no longer rises on - a master or r sets upon a .slave. Might iest revolution in the annals of re-' corded time Yet.if possible, might ier still the hand that then wore the manacle of human bondage now holds a freeman's ballot; and the slave of the by-gone now sits in the once places of power on occupied by his -master. Haman hangson the gibbet erected for Mordecai. The slavehold ers of the Republic, in order to per , petuate human bondage,' organized a' conspiracy, wicked in design and cruel in execution, for the overthroW of liberty, and the destruction of the most benign Government on the face of the earth: - . Tuna by die crimes of the master against liberty and the - rights of man, slavery receives its death wound, and dies in the midst of its votaries. Henceforth, wherever" on the earth's broad surface wrong is' done to bleed ing humanity, every American heart will beat in sympathy, mad if power less to do anghtt else, drop a. tsar on the sad fate of the oppressed. Our joy at the consummation this great result is saddened only in recalling the sacrifices through which it has been wrought. - Five hundred 'thousand hero-martyrs sleep in early graves. Aa equal number of. weep ing widows and orphans drop the tear over their hallowed dust, where Will rest the benison of the great and the good of all coming time. Two hundred thousand of your race. wore the uniform and kept.step to the mu sic of the Union; thirty thousiuid of them sleep in soldiers' graves. They fell battling for the life of a Country from which they never received aught save stripes and bonds. Grievously '4.44 vs 4. 'per' Advtince.. the nation sinnekgeneronsly iPhas atoned. God so. ordained in the ret ributi6ns of His providence, that for the sighs and tears wrung froth the bondman through ages of sorrow, Ho exacted the sighs and tears of a na tion mourning its nnreturning brave. The wealth coined in the Sweatt) ta e laborer's . unrequited ton he scattered to the winds• in 'the havoc and devas tation of War. • Will the Republic learn from this terrible visitation cf anguish and woe that the only sure foundation for social peace and na tional perpetuity is in equal and just laws administered alike for the pro • tection of every citizen ? '"Qur coun iry claims our fealty. I grant it so; but then' before man made us citizens great nature made us men. He's true to God who's true to , man, and wherein wrong is done to . the ham blest or the feeblest 'math the all beholding suu, that wrong is , also done to ns; and they are slaves most base whose love of right is for them selves and not all the race." Nations live by the practice of. jus tice, and they dio by injustice and wrong. We are told by theroists on, the rise -and fall of, empires, that na tions once great and powerful have crurabled.lo decay by reason of the extent of their territory or 'vastness of their population. No nation -ever. yet died or . ever will; no matter what the extent of its territory or how vast its population; if governed by just laws, and embued with a humanity as broad -as the race. Any nation will - die, and deserves to, that incor poratos into its institutions, its cus toms or its laws, at barbarism that blunts the sense of justice and chine the humanity of its people. Nation= al disasters are not the growth of a day, but the fruit of long years of in justice and wrong, Ever-y sigh wrung from crushed humanity by organized .wrong,.ascends on the prayers of the victim to the throne - of Eternal Jus- Hee, and sooner or later comes back bitter retribution -on the head of the wrong doer.. If - the rulers and lawmakers of a people fail to profit by such lessons—then the provi 'deuces of God, Pharjaoh-like, they must be taught by multiplied woeW. A nation whose people shall practice the great precept first proclaimed on the sea-shore and alobg the hill-side of Judea—" Whatsoever ye would that others should do to your, do ye even so to theta"—will live forever! Fellow-citizens, called by the or ganic law of the country to the dis- Charge of•new duties and respcns,ibil- Hies, remember that your rights . an d the future of the Republic are secure only in the security of the rights .of all men, I. trust you will prove, by the sobriety of your lives and the wisdom. with which yort.exercise your new-gained rights and privileges, thdt it is as safe -to trust you with the ballot.iii peace as it was the bay onet-in war. . LACONIC LETTERS. Laconic epistles are naturally su,r gested by quaint and pithy ones. The name of Dorset reminds me of an amusing correspondence between two noble lords—the date of which I am unable to specify—sthnewhat in the .following terms : "Mr DELUIEST nol sEr---1 have jind been mar ried, and am the happiest dog 'alive. "PERKELEY: Answer "My Drali M,Ellii£LES —Every dog has Ills day! Perhapii I ought to state that 'my authority for this • correspondence is a bachelor of more than 70 summers! From the same source I have re .ceived several Other good examples of laconic letters, - some of which I shall here introduce: - husband to his Wife on sailii% suddenly for North4rnerica : 'lir DEA': Wirt —I am going to North Amer . Your affectionate hrtaband." To which she thus replied : "MT DFta Hysea...rr . l-1 wish you n hepr.. voyage. • lour affectionate wife.' A yonng man when at college ad dressed his uncle, on whose liberali ty he entirely depended, as follows : "My Diu 1.1.Nei.r.,--Iteady for the needful. - 0 "Your affectionate nephew." To which the uncle. replied : " Mx DF,An ICEritzTheneedful is not ready ,"Your affectionate uncle.' Mr. James Sibbald i editor of the Chronicles of Scottish Pdetry, was a man of eccentricity and humor. For three or foir years he resided in Lon don; without letting his Scotch frienils know anything of his proceedings, or even where he lived. At last his brother, a Laith merchant, found means to get a letter conveyed to him, the object of which was to in quire into his circumstances, and, to ask where he resided. Sibbald sent the following laconic reply : " DEen BnOrnEn—l. lire in So-ho, and my business is so-so. Yours, JaarEs In the second Series of his recent and most interesting work entitled, "Half-hours with the best Letter writers and Autobiographers," Mr. Charles Knight gives-an amusing ex.- ample of laconic' correspondence:be tween Samuel Foote, the Aristopha nes of his day; and his unfortunate mother :. " ant in Trison o for debt; come and assist your loving mother, E. Foam" • . Reply : _ BEAU 3lovnkn—So am I, which prevents his duty being paid to his loving mother by her affectiimato son, • liam. k'oarE." I lately met with a curious account of a courtship on, the other, side of the Atlantic, at the end of the seven teowith'eentur3r, in which a very brief epistle holds a prominent place. In 1693, the 'Rev. Stephen Mix made a journey to Northampton in search of a wife.: He arrived at the Rev. Selo-' mon WoOdard's, and informed him of the! object of his , visit . Mr. Stod dard introduced him to his six daugh ters, .and then retired. Addressing Mary, the eldest,llr. Mix said that he had-lately settled at Wetheiwtield, was desirous of obtaining - a wife and concluil ed - by Offering his heart: and hand. The blushing damsel replied that so important a proposal required time for consideration ; and accord ingly Mr. Mix left the room in order' to smoke a pipe with her father, while she took the case to " avizandmn." On her answer being sent for, she re quested further time for considera tion, and it was agreed that she should send her answer by letter - 10 Wethersfield. In the course of a few weeks. Mr. 'Mix received her reply EMEND • which wag- s o o n _ ding : • =I "Ncamtiznox, 341 **v.. "411144 fir:: Mum wimpeaam s .":? A feir y 1 before the deitaabie Duke of.W . ellingtori, a certain_ regiment of hes= ' which h a d ordered the • - applied to his Grace, as - in -Chief, for permission to- raistithsto a transfer to another 'corp. „That Duke merely turned up the corner* thft-letter, and wrote theAree _ • ficant words, "sail, or self," * sod sent it back to the unfortunate writer. According to. Punch, - Sir. Chaska: „ Napier's dispatch to the authorities, announcing the _capture of Ekindif,„ . was cleverly expressed in UshigleLA tin word, to - wit, peccavi Iniya amed). - - • • In reply to a touching lettir , froM a lady, announcing thealeath of her husband, Tallyrand - simply' irrotei: " Haas! Madame." Not - "try leng ' afterward, 'the:same lady wrote to 'n orm him that' she had married an o her husband, an officer in the army, for whose promotion she urgently .,. pleaded. On this &mien the states man's reply was ari brief as before . "Ho, ho! Madame." NUMBER 51. The perfection of the providence of childhood is easily acknowledged. The care. which covers the root of the tree under the tough husks and ,sto ny cases, provides for the 'human plant the mother's - bietust and: the father's house. The size of the neg.._ tier iaeomic, and its tiny, beieeching weakness is compensatedperfeetly by . the happy, p atronizing look 9f the inother, who .is a sort of higli -repos ing Providence toward it. Welcome to theparents the puny struggle, - strong in his weakness, his little arms . more irresistible than 'the soldier's, his lips touched with persuasion which • Chatham and Pericles in manhood had not. His unaffected lamenta tions when he lifts up his voice on high, or, more beautiful, the sobbing. child—the face all liquid grief, as he tries to swallow his vexatten—soften all hearts to pity and to mirthful and clamorous compassion. The small despot asks so little that. all reason and all nature are on- his . side. His ignerance is more charming than all knowledge, and his little sins more bewitching than any- virtue. His flesh is angel's flesh, all alive. "In fancy," _says Coleridge, ."presents body and spirit in unity ; the body is all animated." All day, between his three or four sleeps, he coos like a pigeon houSe, sputters and spurs and puts on 'faces . ; and - when ho fasts, the little ' • • fails not to sound his tram • fore hint. By lamplight he delig its in shadows on the wall ; by daylight, in yellow and scarlet. Carry him out of doors —he is overpowered by the light and by the extent of natural objects, and is silent. Then presently begins his use of his fingers, and he studies pew = er—the lesson of his race. " First it appears in no great harm in archi; tectural tastes. Out of blocks, thread spools, cards and checkers, he will build his pyramid with the gravity of - Philadio. 'With an acoustic appara tus of whistle and rattle he explores . the laws of sound. But chiefly, like" his senior :countrymen, the young Anierican - sludies new and speedier • odes of transportation—mistrusting the cunning of his Yetis, he wishes to ride on the necks and shoulders - ' of _ all flesh. • The small enchanter noth in..° can withstand—no seniority of • - age, no-gravity of character, uncles, aunts, grandsires -and grandmas, fall au 'easy prey ;' he conforms to no body, all conforms to him ; all caper and make months, and babble and chirrup to him. On the strongest shoulders he rides, - and pulls the hair of laureled heads.—Emcrson. Praise your wife, man ; -for pity's sake, give her a little encouragement —it won't hurt her. She has made your home comfortable, your hearth bright and shining, your foodagraea ble ; thank her if nothing more. She don't expect It ; it will make her eyes open wider than they have for these ten years—but it will - do her good for all that, and you too. There are many women to-day thirsting for the-word of praise—the language of encourage- . ment. Through summer's heat and winter's toil they have drudged un complainingly ; and 'so accustomed are fathers, brothers and husbands to this, that they look for it as they do . the rising MD. Homely every-day life may be made beautiful by an ap preciation of its very homeliness. You know that if the floor is clean, manual labor has been performed to make it so: You know that if You can take from your drawer a clean shirt whenever you want it, some body's fingers have, ached in the toil of 'making it scr. Everything that pleases the eye and sense has been produeed by constant work, much thought, great care, and untiring ef forts. Many 'men appreciate these things, and feel a glow of gratitude for the numberless attentions bestow ed upon them in siekness and health, but theyare so selfish. - They don't com 4 out with a hearty "Why how pleasant .you make things look, wife;" or, "I ant obliged to you for taking so much pains." 'They thank the man in the fnll omnibus who gives them a seat ; they thank the young lady who moves along t i t : li the concert room ; in fact, they everybody and everything out of doors, because it is the custom ; and then come home, tip their chairs back 'and their heels up, - pull out the newspaper, grumble, if wife-asks them to take the baby, scold if the fire has got down ; or if everything is just right, shut their months with evident satisfac flop, but never say, " I thank you." I felhyou wmat, men, young and old, if you did but show an oHinary ci vility towards those common articles of housekeeping, your wives—if you gave the ons hundred' and sixtieth part of the compliments you alinost choked them with before they wire_ married—if you would stop the badi nage about whom you are' going to have when number one is dead— (such things wives may laugh" at, but ,they sink-deep soinetimes) . - . —if you would cease to speak of their faultS, however banteringly before -others— fewer.,women` would seek fox other sources of happiness than your so call-So-so-ish affection. Praise - your wife, then, for all the good qualities 'she has, and you may rest assured that her deficiencies are fully coun teibalanced by your own.—L.rcelsior Magazine. THE; BABY. Pa: z 411ilwiLisvil - • 1 4 AN ream being rebuked for wear ing out his stockings el the toes,replied that it couldn't be helped—" toes triggk'd And heels didn't." -- _ • THE LAST lady • who dreamed that she adept in Inutile halls, really reposes her fes tive form in I $1,25 lodging house. So= or the little folks think that swoarinimakea a nun; whereas it only makes a fool of him. •• •••
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