ISMlfi_ oll, rMWIMMOI.
Tim laraszaa !a pabilabat
MaoMY Moak& AI. W. M.WIII
oO Two Poo ProWaa. is oifirssoa
ar atrooliolot al all am osolasios sobacoßa•
Um to dei rpm
SieltaL Wilt= trisorbi at arms awls par
tioa or arot.isorracos. aaa Pon class put Matra
is adooloat
LOCAL NOTICES. taw okflo as maim nadir,
Timm own a Ilse.
ADVIIEnBEICI"I Warted accoralaa to
the following table of rake
33ch I SLIM I 3410 I 11.(110 1t10!I1 Th
3 &doe 12.00 I 5.001 &swam fis.oo so.ca
inches 12.6017.00 110 m 11sA1 110.101 10.00
4thebel 2. 1 1 LSO] 1440 — 1 111.125 - 116.00 - 1 22.00
34-03.0-1-5.00112.00 13.001 22.00 1 10.001 £LOO
22:0i moo
1c471 11111, I "I" I QOM 110.00 121001 $l6O
idminietestor's sad ltmeenteles WOWS, slt eta&
ear l Fat ke& SS W/ Dustiess Card& !ea bass. Wes
I e ar' Ss, sdditkenal limos SI owl. •
reedy advertisene wet entitled to quiterwelisages.
Trensientwo=maants Mast be paid for in adatire.
A n or anomie= ; manindikettou
of limited or indiridusl Intermit. sad notion
rages sal Deaths. emosedina Sri lines. ses eli et
stiMr
nd
wits mire per lins.
Tie WORM haling s LOW eireulitient than ill
the papers in the counts oomblaed. makes it the beet
wiTertising median W
in altham Penturylesnis.
JOS Mania din
awry Iliad. In Skin sad Meg
colors done with neater sta sn =h.
Slinks Cards. kn.
Statesmen*
of ewer, virletyl= printed d eke shortest
voiles. The Biros= Oflios is well sapplkd with
Pow er Prallea. a load solentileamt liew iteas. sad
eve rything in the Mating line an be simated la
the moat utak manor sad at the lowest maw
TERMS MARLOW CASH.
mums amt.
BLACK SPANISH EGGS FOR
lINTMEING.
(Warranted Nre Moeda
Two Dollars per dozen. mud austany picked. an
rec6pt of price. Address DOI IKEII3IIIII.
York. aplo-2m
OH YES I OH TES !-AITOTION !
A. rt. StOEl Lionised Auctioneer. .
All mai promptly attended to and satishiction
guaranteed. Call or addrens, A. U. Mos.Menroeton.
Bradford county. =
m 1.24 O. Pa.
LE RAYSVILLE Din LS 1
The trnbaeriber, hating purchased the Loßayern'
Mills, and refitted the same in good order. is not
messed to do good work, mato give general eat&
!salon.M. J. FRUTCHEY.
•
Leßayiville. Sept. 22. 1-8691.-17
ki ENTS' COATS, VESTS, AND
r Putts and Shirts, stso SOTS ' and Children's
csoMme. Ladies' Underclothing and Dresses made
hp Madam Omurrue, Idereur's Block, jocund . doOr
from the Ewell House. Satiatactipn guaranteed.
Tolman/Lk April 21. 1870—tf
IFFORD'S NATIONAL PAIN
G
Killer mad Life 011, are the Great Family
Specifies that find a welcome In every home as
Sovereign Remedy for more of the common ills of
life than any other medicine in the market. Sold
by dealers in medicine generally. Manufactured
by C. T. GIFFORD, Chicago, 111., and 10 Main at,
IiORNELLSVILLE. N. Y. March 10,'70-6*
C S. RIISSE.LL'S
r,IuI .
INSURANCE AGENCY,
vnty23 . 7ll—tf
PRICE LIST--CASCADE MILLS.
fleet quality Winter Wheat Flour per seek.—.=l 62%
Per hundred pounds 3 25
per barrel 6 50
Rye Flour per hundred pounds . 300
Itnetateat .• .. 3 00
Feed. Rye. Corn and Osts per hundred lbs... 200
coetom grinding rumally done at once, as the ca.
padty of the mill La saletent for a large amount of
sort. H. B. INGHAM. ,
Camptcorn. March 23. 1876.‘.;
TO THE LADIES AND CHILD!:
rzi OF ATHENS.
NEW MILLINERY AND DRE'SE AND i'LOAA%
M=
Parr El m, OP £L THE Lax= STTLEs rya Sat..
Rooms over Post Office—Mrs. Royt's old stand.
MRS. MARY A. WAGERER.
Atlms. Dec- 20, 1869. • Agent.
DRESS MAKING!
The undersigned begs leave to inform the ladies
of Towanda and vicinity that she has just received
LATEST FASHIONS FROM NEW TORE.
Thankful for past favors, she hopes to receive
Itherst portion of.pnblir patronage. One door south
of For, Strvenp, Meteor & Co's. over Miss E. J.
Kunzbley's milliners store.
MISS M. A. MOSCEEP.
Towanda, Pa.
April U. 1670
AM. WARNER,
. JEWEL=
Aae ereured the eel - vices of Mr. 0. A. MORTON, •
o:neural Watchmaker and Engraver. He is prepared .
to do Wateli repairing and Engraving in all itsbraneh•
Masonic Jewels. Mold or ailver)-13leeve Buttons.
and Stade made to order. Particular attention paid
to mounting of
SEAL RiNGs. PRECIOrS STOVES, &e
-• Ala work intrusted to Ws rare will be promptly at.
ten.led to and warranted. All kinds of,Clocts.Wateb..
es and Jewelry for sale. A. M. WARNER.
Itronda, April 21. 11170.-6 m.
BLACKS3IITHING !
?laving completed my new brick shop. near my
ro,kolehee on Hain-street. lam sow prepared to do
In all its branchea. Particular attention paid
Mil Irona and edge tool.. Having spent many
•rani in Oita community, in this bruriness. I trust
rill be. a eufficent guarantee of my receiving a Mei'
i'ar.ouni of the Titans patronage.
HENRY ESSENWLNY—
Towauda, Nov.). 18t19.—tf
VERSBURG MIL:131
The subscribers are now doing business in their
line of the BEST QUALITY at the YE/MIMEO
Wheat. Rye. and Buckwheat Floor, and Feed con
etantly on kand for sale at market rates.
lbw , a large quantity of GROUND PLASTER of
superior quality from the old Tarosiz BEM"
Mret'SbUrg, Dec. 20. 'fig. MYER k FROST.
YEW DYEING ESTABLLSH
A. MENT.
The subscriber takes We method of Informing the
of Towanda and vicinity that he has opened
a Dyeing EatabllahmenCl,n Col. Ittr_tarti new build-
NO. 1641 'AWN STREET
(eppomite Gen. Patton's), and that he le now pre
pared to do all work in his line, such as CLEANING
and COLORING ladies' and gentlemen's garments,
ke.. In the neatest manner and on the most
reeennehle terms. Give me a call and examine my
work. HENRY REDDING.
Sept 23. 1369
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE
opened a Banking Bonne in Towanda, under the
roams of 0. F. MASON k CO.
They are prepared to draw Bills of Exchange, and
make c.diections in New York. Philadelphia. and all
portions of the United States, as also England. Ger•
many, and France. To loan money. receive deposits,
and to doe general.. Banking business.
Mason was one of the late firm of ,Laporte,
Mason tc Co.. of Towanda. Pa., and his knowledge of
the business men of Bradford and adjoining counties
awl having been in the banking business for about
sfteen years. make this house a desirable one through
%Inch to make collections. G. F. MASON.
Towanda. Oct. 1. 1866. A. 0. MASON.
BRADFORD COIINTY
REAL ESTATE AGVICY. •
R. B. McKE-4.1.•1, REAL ESTATE Acmr
Valuable, Farms, min Properties. City and Town
Lob, for sale.
Parties having pretext)* for sale will find it to their
advantage by Ica,lug a description of the same, with
terms of sale st this agency, 111. parties are constantly
enquiring for farms, !cc. H. R. IIcKEA.N.
Real Estate Agent.
Office over Mason's Bank.. Towanda. Is.
Jan. 29, 166'.
NEW FIRM!
NE TV GOODS AND LOIV PRICES
AT 110'SROLTON, PA.
TRACY & HOLLOW,
t.O Dealer, in Groceries and Provisions. Drugs
and Medicines. Recosstie Oil. Lamps. Chimney".
shades. Dye Stuffs. Pamts. Oils. Varnish, Yankee NO
ti,.n, Tobacco. Cigars and Snuff. Pure Wines aud
Liquors. of the best quality. for medicinal purposes
on'.y. All Goods sold at the very lowest prices. Pre
• - riptions carefully compounded at all hours of the
day and night. Give ns a call.
- TRACT & SOLLON.
Motirneton, Ps., June 24. lff62—ly.
CREAP PASSAGE FROM OR TO
IRELAND pR ENGLAND.
Cr/ON a co.'s LINE or taw/swim rigor' 01 ro
QtrEJL.NbTOWN OE LIIILIMOI...
w Minas k Ginou's old slack Star Line" of LM
rATY.I Packets, sailing every week.
S.allow-tail Line of packets from or to London.
twice a month.
MMMIMMi
For tortb._r partlcribirs, apply to Williams t ()Won.
21 Broadway, Now Tort. or
O. F. ISARON Ir. CO To .. Bolters.
wanda, Pa.
MEE]
PATENTS!
J• N. DEXTER, Solicitor of Patent:4,
BRJA.IO STREET, WAVERLY. N. Y-
Prvl.re. drawing*. specifications and atl papers
in nuking and properly conducting Appli
c44..t. for PATENT. in the UNITED STATEN and FOIL-
T.:oN CorsTaza, No clunking IN ENSCOCENNIFUL
CAA:A AND t 0 ATToRNET'S YEE. TO PAT ENVIE PATIENT
IS oBTAINED.
tx:pt. 16. 111.69-tf
( 1 W. STEVENS, COUNTY
• V 151011.. C s Brad? ad Co.. Pa. Thank
-1:° to h "
~, 4413Y employers for past patronage. would
• ' - ' l ' , Plur Inform the citizens of Bradford County
that he IP prepared to do any work in his line of basi
n, IS that may be entrusted to him. Those having
C.puted lines would do well to have their, property
aemrately surveyed before allowing themselves to
l e" 1 aggrieved by their neighbors. All work warrant.
~r rect. so far as the nature of the case will per.
but All unpatented lands attended Was soon is
warrant* ars obtained. 0. W. IMMO.
Feb. U. 11.9.—1 y.
AI...VC/1W Jr, ClLAlDlSCON,',llhplolieherio.
°LUNE XXXI.
PR 8!O
AMES WOOD, Arrow= Asa
ominnws TAW. TUlPldlib. Pa.
; Y PEET, ATTORNEY AT
Lor. Tamale, Ps. jaw 21,
. FOYLE, ATTORNEY AT
Tomah, Pa.. Office with Elhacian
Elinkb. eon* dile Nercor's Block. Apri/ 14. 70
(ZEORGE D. MONTANTE, AT
VS TOM= AT Law. COM—W=ler M and
ptoslitreetis, opposite Patted' Drag BUM
WA. A. PECK, ATTORNEY AT
. Law. tallralgbi, Pa. Odle* vier the Dr
kery.
Clout sou
umath cd the Weed Wage. and mutts th•
Ho now VOL
LP. WILLISTOIC
. MOW= AT LAW, TOWANDA.
South ride of Nereneo New Block, up stain
April 21, "10—tf.
INr H. CARNOCHAIT, ATTOR
TV • m AT Lev Madrid Attorney far Brad
ford Connty),Troy.Ps. made =avow*
ly remitted. febll4 MI7AL
I'OHN CALIFF, ATTORNEY
AW LAW. Towanda. Pa. Particular attention giv
en to Orphans' Omni bualnese. Courepascing and
Collections. ar Mee at the Register and tem ,
&Ye office. south of the Court Home.
Dec,l. 1864.
(MERTON & ELSBREE, &Trott-
NEVA AT LAW, Towanda. Pa..= entered
Into copartnership. offer their prof services
to the public. Special attention given to business
In the Orphan's and Register's Courts. apt ICTO
F. cumulus. M. N. C. IMMIX
BENT. Itt. PECK, A TT ORNEY
AT Liw. Toiranda, Pa. All btudiseas emtnudeil
to his are will receive prompt attention. Office in
the office lately occupied by Menne & Morrow. south
of Ward Rouse, up stairs. inky 16.'6&
NEILCUR & DAVIES, ATTOR
AT Law. Towanda. Pa. The undenggned
having salificiated themselves together in the practice
of Law. offer their professional services to the puddle.
ATLYBBOI MMIICIIR. W. T. DAVIES.
March 0.1570.
JOHN W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
Law, Tcnranda, Bradford Co., SA
• GENERAL INSUBANCE AGENT.
Sirticufar attention paid toCkdlectionsand
Court basineu. Oface—blercufa New Block, north
aide Public Square. apr. 1 . I%
MoREA N, ATTORNEY
H• AND 00033111,01 £T LAW. Towanda, Pa. Par
ticular attention paid to business in the Orphans'
court. 20. 'BB.
TOWANDA. PA
KNT Tar, DENTIST. OF-
Virlb toe over Wickham k Black% Towanda. Pa.
May 2d. '7O.
D RS. ELY & TRACEY, associate
practltioners4ermanently locatediturlingtOn:
Bradford county. Pa. may/110:3m*
DR. DUSENBERRY, would an
nounce that to compliance with the request of
his numerous friends, he to new prepared to admin
ister Nitre= Oxide. or Laughing Gm, for the pall:
less extraction of teeth.
LeVeYerllleiMay 3. 1870.—1 y
C M.
GLEY, Licensed Aue
• tioseer. Some. Pa. All calla promptly attend
ed to. Yft.T9.1870
DRTAR. H. WESTON, DENTIST.-
. Office in Patton's Block, over Gore's Drag and
Chemical Store. Jan I, '6&
DR. H. A: BAIITLETT, Physician
and Surgeon. Sugar Bun, Bradford County. P.
Office at residence formerly occupied by Dr. Ely.
.5ng.10,10.59.if
AMOS. PENNYPACKE.R; HAS
again pstablisbed himself in the TAILORING
BUSINESS. Shop over Rockwell's Store. • Work Of
every description done in the latest styles. '
Towanda. April 21, 1870.—tt
U. BEACH, M. D., i Physician
L
arid Surgeon. Towanda, Pa. Particular atten
tion paid to ail Chronic Diseases, ind Diseases of
Females. Office at his residence] on State it.. two
doors east of Dr. Pratt.,. ne5.11,89.
DOCTOR 0. LEWIS, A GRADII
ate of the College of • Tbilicians and tinigeona,"
liew Iforkeity, Class 1143-11. gives exeltudve attention
to the prinitee of his proferadon. Milos and residence
en the eastern dope of Orwell Hill, adjoining Henry
Howes. • Jan 14. '69.
Akr ik VINCENT, INSURANCE
C
AC/MTS.—Office formerly occupied by Mercer
& Morrow, one door moth of Ward Hawk
EIDEM!
.F.AV IS RHEBEIN, Faxhionable
L
lioozwrover Aspinwall's Store, Towan
da, Ps. 0ct..5. 69.
RFOWLER, REAL ESTATE
• DEALER. .No. 160 Washington Street. be
tween LaSalle and Wells Streets. Chicago. Illinois.
Beal Estate purchased and sold. Inesetments made
and Money Loaned. May 10,"79.
DRESS - MAKEiG, PATTERN
CUTTING AND FMNG In all faabtonible
styles on abort notice. BOOMS to Mercer's New
Dlock, klatn•st., over Porter k Kirby's Drug Store.
MRS. H. E. GARYIN.
Towanda. PA.. April 13, MO.
88. HOLLETT, MONROETON,
. Pa.. agent for the Hubbard Mower. Empire
Drill. Ithaca 'Wheel Rake, and BrOadmet Sower far
sowing Plaster and all kinds of Grain. Bend for cir
culars to B. B. Homan, lifonroeton, Bradford Co.,
Pa. - June 24. '22-Iy.
AM WORK OF ALL KINDS,
H
such as SWITCHES, CURL& BRAIDS, FRI 7.-
KITS, kc., made in the beet manner and latest kyle.
at the Ward Rouse Barber Shop: Terms reasonable.
Towanda, Dec. 1. 1869.
- pRANcis E. POST, PAINTER,
A: Towanda. Pa.. with ten years experience, is con
fident be can give the best satisfaction in Painting.
Graining, Staining, Glazing. Papering. kn.
wk... Particular attention paid to jobbing in the
country. 4419.
'64.
TORN DUNFEE, BLACKSMITH,
U MONnOETON, PA., pay. particular attention•to
ironing Buggies, Wagons, Sleighs. k. Tire sot and
repairing done on short notice. Work and charges
guaranteed satigactory. 12,15.69.
DR. DIMATTCK D.. SMITH, Sur
geon and Dentist. Dr. Saar. t would respectful
ly inform the inhabitants of Towanda and vicinity.
that be has permanently located himself here. where
be will be happy to serve all who may stand in need
of hie professional services. Dr. Smith has recently
removed from the 'city of :Philadelphia, where he has
had a city and sountry practice for over twenty years
which he thinks will enable him to do the most WM
cult work In his line of business. Teeth inserted,
from one to a frill *et, on all kinds of material used
in the profession. Special attention given to the sav
ing of the natural teeth Teeth extracted without
Pain. Dr. Smith administers' Nitrons Oxide Gas.
Chloroform. Ether and the Freezing process. Give
him a call. Dr. Smith will not be able to open his
°Sic until ibont the first of May next. Rooms op
posite McCabe /c Mix•s store. Main street.
Towanda. April 21. 1870.—tf
GREENWOOD COTTAGE—This
well-known house. baying recently been refit,
tot and supplied with new furniture. will be found a
plea-sant retreat for pleasure seekers. hoard by the
week or month on reasonable terms.
E. W. NEAL, Prop*r.
Greenwood. April 20. laio.—tf
WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA
Oct. & 196 C..
TENII'ERANCE HOTEL !-Situa
t..d 'on the north-west corner of Mali and Mid
both streets, opposite Bryant's Carriage Factory.
Jurymen and others attending court will copse!.
ally dud it to their advantage to patronize the Tem
perance HoteL 8. 2d. BROWN. Propr.
Towanda; Jan. it 1870.-Iy.
DINING •ROOMS
IN CONNECTION WITH THE BAKERY, '
Near the COW, Heave.
We are prepared to teed the hungry at all timea of
the day and evening. Oysters and Ice Cream In
their seasons.
March NO. Inn. D. W. scow
I'LWELL HOUSE; TOWANDA;
ra.
JOILN C. WILSON
Haring leased this House, is new ready to accommo
date the travelling potato_ Nopairis norespense will
be sparwl to give estbdsMion to these who may give
him s
zr North aide of the public square, east of Her
cur's new block.
P lIIISLERFTET D CREEK HO
xt TEL.
PETER LANDIIESSE2ft.
flaring purchased and thorougldy refilled this old
and well-known stand, formerly kept by Sheriff Grif
fis, at the mouth of Rummerdeld Cmek. fa ready to
give good accommodations and satisfactory treatment
to all who may favor him with a call.
Pee. 23, 1868—tf.
lEANS. HOUSE, TOWANDA,
PA., Josnas k HORTVN. 'Proprietors. This
popular Hotel having been thoroughly fitted and re
paired. and furnished throughout with new and ele
gant Furniture, will be open for the reception of
guests. on SATURDAY. MAY 1, 1869. Neither enetllllo
nor pains has been spared In rendering this Hones
a model hotelliet all its arrangements. A superior
quality Old Burton Ale. for invalids, just received.
April 28, 1869.
FISH.- SHAD, MACK ELL,
HarriAst. Clicies. Halibut. Cadtlabi kc.. at
March 4. 'lO. W. A. IHICEWELLII.
. ' -
: z
..:
msylo.°7o
• Hotels.
On Main Street, near the Court Hone.
C. T. SMSTEL Proprietor
tint* fettqi.
Sink down the western ikr, 0 summer sun,
Voided In purple and in majesty ; -
Thy Amy coke lives within my Trine,
Thy noon of gold and warmth remains with
11:14
Die from the pendant boughs, 0 inunnter wind,
Wake not the treundoita leaves to ecetacy ;
Thy velvet wings droop to nty tkrobtdng heart,
And eve thy strunberone,langpridealm tome.
Ply trout the golden swaying lily bell,
Boding in riotous rapture, happy bee ;
Thy Murmurous sighs, t y sweet perseuudre
power,
Thy honey thirst te, give to me.
Oh I still warns twilightwhours, in misty peace
Draw niter, steep down in thy tranipdlity,
Veiled in the dim gray shadows let me lie,
Till all °Ili& and lose a►ine with me.
I hear his step upon the meadow grass,
My bloOd leaps madly like the heaving sea ;
His arms enfold me ; sight and sense are loet.
God! Infinity!
eteaUtmeno.
[Far the lizzorms.]
A MP- AOROBB THE WATER.
"Any other path , than your own,b tke path
of fate. Keep un your own track, then."
—Thoreau.
The case is the same in traveling
as in other " walks of life "—he who
follows his own fancies and prefer
ences may eoon part with his com
panions.
Half-a-dozen Americans, for in
stance, cross the -ocean together, with
a view of vastly enjoying each other's
society in travel abroad. Such a num
ber is milkiest to fill an ordinary Eu
ropean railway carriage, and they are
thus precluded from intercourse with
fellow travelers belonging to the coun
try they are traversing, and confined
to their own guesses, reckonings and
conclusions in regard to what they
chance to observe along the } way.
They will not always'be able to ob
tain accommodations at the same he
tel—and frequently when such is the
case, the style and convenience of the
rooms obtainable will vary to a con
siderable extent ; to whom the choice
shall be assigned will often be an
awkward question. On "looking up
the lions ' of any locality, one wishes
to see this thing--another,lhat ; one
would tarry a while at some point
where another finds nothing to en
joy ; a part of the company are dis
posed to be prompt in their move
ments, while others are always be
hirid time--La circumstance sadly try
ing to any !ordinary amount of hu
man patience. After boring and be
ing bored awhile by a thoasand such
tuiforeseen circumstances and vary
ing tendencies,
the case often hap
pens that they finally separate on the
way—regretting only that they had
not done so before. In short, for the
most part, the only merit of travel
in parties exceeding two or three in
number, is the rare opportunity finis
afforded for the practice of self denial.
There are, in 'fact, few situations
where one is more induced to exclaim,
"Save me from my friends!"
The society of old acquaintances is
pleasant, under favorable conditions;
but it is not for this ordinarily that
one visits foreign countries. " The
proper study of mankind is man "
and he who would advance therein
must needs take np a new volume oc
casionally—even if for awhile he lays
aside the old one, perhaps already
learned by heart. If in traveling,
one finds his own tastes, preferences
and convictions materially interfered
with by acquaintances 'whether of a
day or of years, his best course is to
" cut loose " at once. Without too
delicate an apprehension of doing
violence to the feelings of others, nine
times out of ten it may be a relief to
all parties concerned. That profound
experimental philosopher, Cacaos, dis
covered but faint traces of enjoyment
in solitude : yet is even Solitude pre
ferable to Boredom.
Similar, indeed, is the situation to
that described by Holmes, of two
" friendly •people " meeting upon •the
street :
"Each looks quite radiant, seems extremely
struck,
Their meeting so was such a piece of luck
Each thinks the other thinks he's greatly pleas'd
To screw the vice in which they both are
• squeez:d.
So there they talk, in dust, or mud, or snow,
Both bored to death—and both afraid to go l"
—Human nature is the same every
where • and the more one sees of
everywhere the more is he convinced
of the fact. Do not, therefore, imag
ine that your flagging spirits can be
borne up only on the tide of old as
sociations; strike out boldly but dis
creetly, even in untried waters, and
yon are sure to.swim.
While my American friends pro
ceeded to Killaniey by railway, I
chose for my own part a slower and
more primitive method, as affording
better opportunities for observation.
What 1 cross the ocean to be whirled
through the country by night, and by
railway? But for the fearful extra
hazard, one might as well be taking
a night ride on our own "New York
and Erie "—so I'll none of it.
In the attempt to procure my trunk
forwarded to Liverpool, the nearest
port in England, two hour's time and
sundry coach and porter hire were
expended in order to effect the ob
ject, even with tha friendly aid and
counsel of a clerk at the " Victoria ;"
no practical idea, strange to ,say, ex
isting here of the convenience either
of our system of railway checks or
'that of express lines.
Next morning I was on my way to
wards the Lakes .of Killarney in the
southwest of Ireland—proceeding, as
far as Macroom by railway. The dis
tance is short, but may afford oppor
tunity for a few remarks connected
with the means of our movement.
Ireland has at this time over twen
ty different lines' of railroad, well
built and well regulated. Each coach
or division of the better classes is cal
culated for about six persons, as is
the case' on most foreign railways.
Throughout the lines of Great Bri
tain there are three classes of passen
ger cans, the third and cheapest car
rying passengers at one penny per
mile ; at which rate all roads are
bound by Government to afford trim.
sit, once at least each day. In the
third class, the style of .accommoda
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COMITY, PA:, JUNE 2,1870.
Lion corresponds about to that of o u r
American "Caboose."
Travel by the (would class is from
one-third to one-lialtmore expensive;
and the greater number of passen-
Wd=illy choose these. Their
varies somewhat on differ
ent roads, though in_ general they are
respectableufe coWortable, and quite a
and intelligent class
the inhabitants of,the country are
there to be met ith. Some com
panies, with s view of obtaining more
passengers for their first-class care,
have tried the experiment of render
ing the second class little if any bet
ter than the third, but abandoned the
plan on finding that the greaterntun
ber thereupon fell back into the third,
instead of taking theft,* class, which
are often empty, being from forty to
fifty per cent. more expensive in fare
than the second. Without any dis
play of the fanciful decorations of our
American railway cars, the first-class
carriages in Europe are rather luxu
rious, though the extreme softness of
their cushioned seats zany be found
somewhat uricomfortable in warm
weather. The three classes of rail
way carriages seem to be indiscrimi
nately mixed up . as regards their po
siti6n iij_the train. While one of the
first class may perhaps be next the
tenderand engine, others, of the sec
ond-and third, will be, found far in
the rear.
—They say abroad that "none but
fools and princes take the first-class
cm" Unless American travelers are
included in one or the other of these
"grand divisions " of the human fam
ily, they should be added specifically
to the list—patronizing, as they do,
for the most part abroad, first-class
railway carriages and " crack ha"
tels."
,The principal, and frequently the
only, advantage of a number one;
ticket, consists in the fact that it car
riefi with it a greater degree of defer
ence and attention from the employes
of the road—as illustrated by Gough's
lecture on English life and manners,
in describing the varying demeanor
of the conductor (or guard, as he is
there called,) in collecting his fares.
On the first class, for instance, look
ing in deferentially with a low smil
ing bow, and a touch of the cap, he
addresses the inmates with—" If you
please, gentlemen,• allow me to trou
ble you for your tickets," with anoth
er bow and probably an expression
of thanks when his polite petition is
responded to. In the second class,
without any superfluity of politeness,
be merely says, "Please hand. me
your tickets," and arriving at the
third, he roars out " Timms! come,
hurry up here!" thus terminating at
once his rounds and his civility.
The classified isolation of railway
carriages abroad is undoubtedly ow
ing to a tendency on the part of the
" upper tier" of society to a privi
leged exclusiveness. It has its mer
its in some respects, but also many
evident disadvantages and inconven
iences as compared with our own
railway arrangements. At the same
time it will probably be adhered to,
with similar usages, in Great Britain
and on the Continent, so long as the
present system of caste prevails there.
Railway phraseology differs. Our
term " depot " is hardly known in
connexion with railroads, but in
France, and Great Britain is render
ed " station." Our " conductor " is
replaced by a "guard," and " ear "
(in Ireland any cart is a car) by "rail
way carriage' or " coach," which , is_
" shunted " instead of being " switch
ed off," as with us. Our " horse car"
or " street car " system is known on
the Continent as well as in Great Bri
tain as an " American Railway," to
which latter train of ideas the illus
trious George Francis Train may
have probably been the conductor.
MAcnooll is distant some twenty
miles westward from Cork, the route
thither being interesting chiefly from
the frequent majestic ruins of castle ,
and abbey. Macroom is for the most
part a collection of ancient Irish cot
tages, and present; features far from
agreeable in its ruinous condition
and the apparent poverty of most of
its inhabitants. Yet near this place
was the ancient residence of the Pmo
family, where Wnzum, the founder
of our Keystone Republic, was born.
Re became a convert to Quakerism
in the city of Cork. I think lre did
well to sell out and come to Pennsyl
vania.
—Leaving here the railway, I took
a seat in that genuinely Irish institu
tion, the
JAUNTING CAA,
on this ;occasion, though not always,
with four .wheels and two horses.
The jaunting car is calculated to ac
commodate from two to ten passen
gers, who sit facing outward on either
side, dos a dos, their feet resting upon
a low hinged shelf; that may be fold
ed up on the seat when unoccupied.
The driver has his place forward and
above ; behind him and between the
passengers' seats is the convenient
receptacle for baggage : overcoat, um
brella, bandbox or bundle being thus
within .ready access at any moment.
The arrangement also affords easy
passage to or from the ground—so
easy, in fact, that it would be quite
unsafe for the traveler to fall asleep
along the way,. unless strapped fast
to the vehicle. Had the sons of Ja
cob gone down into Egypt in jaunt
ing cars, the patriarch's parting in
junction would have been doubly ap
propriate. And this affords an ad
ditional inducement, if necessary, to
the traveler for keeping his eyes open
to whatever interesting feature& the
country through which he is passing
may present, at least'on his side of
the car. Should, however, the oppo
site seat be filled, the necessity may
occar for his passing over the road
twice, in order to see both sideci of
the question—a circumstance calcu
lated to operate to the advantage of
the proprietor of the line, at least.
In the towns of Ireland, the jaunt
ing car of various size and style, takes
the place of the " Hansom Cab " of
London and the hackney coach of
New York. - C. C. P.
How go= FOLKS LniE.—There is a
man in the• vicinity of Cedar Keys,
Florida, who has twenty-two children
living. The,fatnily subsist principal
ly on fish and oysters. They 'never
had plate nor a cup and saucer in
their honw. In lien of cape they use
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gourds end shells. They.help them
selves to the cooked fish or oysters
from a common large dish, and each
member of the family uses his or her,
ownjacknife for that purpose. Those
articles of diet arespread on corn
tweed, which they male. themselves,
and then they consume the plate as
well as.the food on it,. In this way
e washing of disheins wholly ebva
Med. The family are all healthy and
are more robust than graceful.
PEON EASTON, PA.
Ma. Emma : While you are repeiv
ing reports from all ',As of the coun
try, perhaps an occasional item from
this nook may be interesting to the
readers of your valuable paper.
Easton is one of the few old towns
of the State, and it is one of the
finest, well built mostly of brick or
stone.. It is situated at the conflu
ence of the Delaware and Lehigh riv
ers, surrounded by beautiful scenery.
The hills, rising abruptly from the
riviu:s in every direction, roll away in
beautiful landscape as far as eye can
reach, aid constitute some of the fine
farms of the State, fertile and well
cultivated.
Upon an eminence westward from
the town is the Cotirt House, an im-,
posing structure, and near by the
jail—both a pride to the town. Across
the Delaware, opposite, is the city of
Phillipsburg,N.J., the terminus of
four lines orailway, otherwise quite
a manufacturing town.
It was here that Penn rested on
his tour into the interior of the State,
from Philadelpqia.
On an eminence to the north is lo
cated Lafayette College, one of the
leading institutions of the day. Sel
enes is there represented by some of
the tow ering minds of the age.
Boating is aborit to be introduced
as a leading object of interest, and
soon, perchance, Lafayette and Har
vard may be arrayed in contact.
Mrs. Cady Stanton lecture here
on Thursday °week, a respectable au
dience in attendance. Her subject,
"Our Owls," sent forth some good
ideas intermingled with woman's
rights.'
The people here are well educated,
almost universally.
The season here is well advanced;
end for a few daya it has been op
pressively hot. Trees are almost in
NI bloom.
But I will weary yen. No more at
present. - I am, Am.,
A. R. ESTNOLDIL
[For the Itcroirrett.]
ousiroxs, NOT COMMANDO.
• When we attempt to examine the
subject of the Christian religion, it
becomes necessary to refer to the
Scriptures, from whence we derive
all our knowledge on the subject..
Notwithstanding the injunction of
Moses tothe children of Israel, not
to add or detret from the statutes de
livered to them, having the approba
tion of God, and notwithstanding the
prohibition of the apostle John, yet
we find that our Savior accuses the
Jews of making " void the commands
of Moses by their traditions."
Arguments need .not be used to
prove the fact that the " Elders of
Israel " had introduced customs to
be observed, which our Savior de
flounced as the " traditions of the
elders." -
And now, notwithstanding the pro
hibition of the Spirit speaking through
the apostle John, yet who is so blind
as not to discover in this our day, a
departure from many of the princi
ples left on record for our obser
vance?
It does not become necessary to
point out to the, Bible reader the
many Customs that have been intro
duced by religious teachers, who are
only able when enqu ired
. of for their
authority, to reply, "It is the custom
of our church."
Is not this a virtual acknowledg
ment of the fact, " Ye have made void
the commands. of God, by your tra
ditions " ? OasEavEa.
- A. NEWSPAPER RELlO.—The,editor of
the Binghampton (N. Y.) Republican
has a copy of the Ulster County Ga
zette of January 4, 1800. It is dress
ed in mourning for the death of
WAssiworos, which occurred on the
14th of December previous. There
are black lines one-half of an inch in
breadth around the pages, and one
fourth of an inch black lines occupy
the places of common rules. The
paper contains an account of the cer
emonies of the funeral of Washing
ton, with the proceedings of Con
gress, and the entombment. After
describing the last tribute—three
general discharges by the infantry,
the cavalry and artillery, over the
vault—the paper says: " The sun
was now setting; alas! the Sun of
Glory was set forever. No—the
name of 'WASHINGTON, the American
President and General, will triumph
over Death The unclouded bright
ness of his glory will illuminate the
future ages." The same paper con-:
tains extracts from foreign corres
pondence of September and October,
the latest foreign date being London
October 24th, two months and elev
en days previous. The paper is in a
comparatively good state of preserva
tion. .
THE SAME IDEA FROM Dirrram.
Porirrs or VIEW.—The late Dr. C-----
was distinguished no less for his hos
pitality than his wit. One day a pa
tient, who was also a personal friend,
called on him at his office, which was
in the basement of his house, and
opened his grief. The doctor asked
many questions, and finally wrote a
prescription, which he handed to the
patient, saying : "My dear sir, if you
will take this, and be prudent in your
diet, and especially in the matter of
stimulants, you will recover. But it
.is my duty to tell you that a single
glass of wine or spirits may have se
rious consequences. Now, let us trzi
up and see Mrs. C—." Arrived in
.the parlor, the doctor walked to the
sideboard, and, taking out a--decan
ter and a couple of wine glasses, he
said : " Join me in a glass of wine."
Why," exclaimed the horrified
guest, "you just now said It would
kill me!" "Oh,"' rejoined the doe
tor, waving his hand, "that was in
the office--this is in, the parlor."
EMI
The day is dime, and swift draws nigh
The twilight hour, serene end sweet;
The busy crowds go hurrying by ,
With steady thud of thronging fret.
In many a horse glad watchers welt, .
A. they have waited oft before,
To hear a hand upon the gate,
And well.lmown footsteps at the door!
Some fiat for feet that, still andleold, -
No more the paths of life may tread,
And miss the strong arms' loving fold,
The tender words so often said.
Alas for 'such! the desolate,
Whe half expectant, as of yore,
Still chide the foolish hearts that wait
To hear the footstepsat the door!
[Fat the Itzeoirria.]
Still pass the thronging myriads by,
Nor heed the mourners, watching lone
- The babes who . for the father cry, -
The wives whose light of life is gone; •
Mid some their sadder vigils keep
For living lost ones, mourning sore,
• And listening fear, and waiting weep,
And dread their footsteps at the door!
THE EVILS OF AMOUR FORE
THOUGHT.
The vexations that come to us from
looking down into the future are dust
rubbed off, mostly from vanity, from
pride, from avarice, from appetite,
from the various malign feelings. If
you take these thousand little frets
that thought breeds, - and. that make
you unhappy ; if you lay aside physi
cal causes, and come to mental, you
will find that most of them are sel
fish, and so are , malign. And when
a man broods anxiously, looking down
into the future, two things take place:
first, he loses the use of the cornet
instrument—of his mind—by' this
overheating; and, secondly, he brings
his mind under the influence of these
malign feelings, which seem to rise
up and take possession of that great
untrodden pasture-ground of the fu
ture, His mind is brought insidious
ly under the dominion of these things.
In a critical time "the man of the
household goes' to the window, and
lookaout, and says : " Who can tell
what those signs mean ~on the hori
zon? Who can tell what that ban
ner means? Who can tell what arm
ed host that is that is coming?"—
And thousands of men say to Fear,
" Go, sit in the window and watch
and Fear, sitting in the soul's win
dow, looking far down into the
future, says: " I see something there."
" What is it ?" says Avarice. " Loss
of money—bankruptcy—trouble is
coming !" " 0 Lord! 0 Lord 1 Trou
ble in the future. It is all trouble.
Man is born to sorrow as the sparks
fly upward. A few days, 'and full of
trouble. 0 trouble ! .trouble!" And
for days and weeks the man goes
round crying, " Trouble ! trouble !"
What is it? Money. Nothing in the
world but money. It is avarice that
has made all that fuss ebont the fu
ture—all that dust. It was because
it was not golden dust that the man
was troubled.
Fear still sits in the window.
"What seest 4hou?" says Vanity.
" Whisperings are abroad," says Fear.
" Men are pointing .at you—or they
will as soon as you come to a point
of observation." " 0, my good_name!"
says the man. All that I have done;
all that I have laid up—what will be
come of that? i Where is my reputa
tion going? What will become of
me when I lose it, and when folks
turn away from me ? 0, trouble,
trouble !—it is coming !" What is it?
Fear is.sitting in the Window of the
soul, and looking into the futurik find
interpreting the signs thereof to the
love of approbation in its coarsest
and lowest condition.
Fear still sits looking into the fir
titre, and Pride, coming up, says :
"What is itlhat you see ?" "I see,"
says Fear, "your castle robbed. I
'see you topple down from your emi
nence. I see you under the, base
men's feet. I see you weakened. I
see you disesteemed. I see your pow
er scattered and gone." "O, Lord !
what a world is this !" says Pride.
No, that man has not had a parti
cle of trouble. Fear sat in the win
dow and lied. And Pride cried, and
Vanity cried, and Avarice cried—and
ought to cry. Fear sat and told lies
to them all. For there was not one
of those things, probably, down there.
Did Fear see them ? Yes. But Fear
has a - kaleidoscope in its eye, and
every time it turns it takes a new
form. It is filled with broken glass,
and it gives false pictures continual
ly. Fear does not see right. It is
forever seeing wrong. And it is stim
ulated by other feelings. Pride stimu
lates it ; and Vanity stimulates it ;
and Lust stimulates it ; and Love it
self finds, sometimes, no better busi
ness than to send Fear on its bad er
rand. For Love cries at the cradle,
saying, "Oh! the child will die!" It
will; not die. It will get well. And
then you will not be ashamed that
you prophesied that it would die.
You put on mourning in advance.
" Where will my family be? Where
will all my children go ? What will
became of me ?" says Love in its low
er moods. Love without faith is as
bad as faith without love.
So Fear sits in the window to tor
ment,the lower form of all our good
feelings and all our malign feelings.
And under. such .circumstances how
can a man do anything ? He has
smoked glass before his eyes when
his feelings get before thein, and they
are in a morbid state.
How many times - in summer has
that black cloud which 'was full of
mighty storm, and which came ris
ing, and opening, and swinging
through the , air, gone by without hav
ing a drop of rain in it! It was a wind
cloud. And after it had all disap
peared, men took breath and said,
"We need not have cocked up the
hay in such a hurry :" or, " We need
not have run ourselves out of breath
to get shelter under this tree." And
how many times' .have there been
clouds rolled up in men's heaven,
which have apparently been full of
bolts and trouble, but which have not
had a trouble them! And when
they are gone r men forget to get any
wisdom.
They do not Say, " Next time I will
do better." The next time they do
just the same thing. Of the thought
that excited them', that haunted them,
that fevered them, that disturbed
their sleep, sating them 'whirling
around in eddies of thought, when
they et t it, they say, " All that
I sfor nothing." But will you
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be an Y- wiser for that experievc,e
Probably - not. You have the bad
habit of looking into the future with
a hot.brain ; and you will not cure
yourself of it by any amount of -= fear.
Men get into a state, sometimes, in
which they rather want anxiety and
trouble. As poison becomes stimu
lants, so these corrosions and cares
not tmfrequently become almost in-
Aispensable. There are many people
who not only suffer, but 'seek suffer
ing. They look at everything on:the
dark side.
If you present the bright side to
them, they do not want to see- that.
They are in a minor key, and: they
want everything to wail. They not
only are sick, but do not want to get
well. They do not want to haVe peo
ple say to them, " You look better
to-day than you did yesterday." If
one says to them, "
.I cong ratulate
you on having fewer pains , they re
sent it, and say, " I have not fewer
pains. I never suffered so much in
all my life." They begin to have :a
morbid desire for sympathy on ac
count of trouble. They are.very much
like what are called " weepirig" trees.
They have a downward tendency j .
and if you undertake to make them
straight you break them. They are
determined to be weeping-willows.
There are many people of whom it
may be said that they are .never'hap
py unless they are miserable.
Suppose everything should befal a
man that could happen to him, what
would it matter? How long would
it beliefore he would be out of reach
of suffering? Where are the fath
ers? Where are the Puritans that
died the first winter along the coast
of Massachusetts ? Their trouble
was long since over. They have for
gotten it unless now and-then thought
,comes to raise a higher strain of tri
run
o sh. Where are the witnesses . of
God that perished in dungeons?
'Where are the men that suffered cnt
cities rather than ' abandon their
faith ? Where are the uncrowned
kings that made the earth. rich?
Where are they whose neck the . hal ,
ter found, 'and whole body was found
by the rack ? The whole creation
has groaned and travailed over the
sufferings of men who are now where
no suffering can get to them. .
Life is but a handbreadth. Each
year is not so much as the bead that
the beauty wears about her neck.
Pearl though it be, or iron; it soon
passes away. The tames that know
you will soon know you no more for
ever. The cares that made yon fret
yesterday aro already below thehori
zon. The troubles that make. -yon
anxious to-day, v;511 not be troubles
when you meet' theni. But what if
they were? A cloud no bigger than
a man's hand is swelling and tilling
the whole heaven. What•then To
day its bolts may smite you; but
morrow you will be in heaven. Your
rhildren.have died •and gone home;
but what of that ? -Soon you will fol
low thein. Your friends have bone
on before; but what.. of that? t 'You
will be with them. Your life Is
full of troubles and- mischiefs; but
what of that. Those mischiefs and
troubles are nearly over- . —nearet than
you think. The glorious future is al
most yours.
O Grave 1 thy hand crowns as no
monarch can. Knighted are we, not
by the touch of the sword of any .sol
dier, or king, or prince. Trouble, it
is, that lays its sword on men's shoul
ders, and says, " Rise up, sir knight.!;
There are things in this life that give
men great victories all the way thro';
but oh! the victory of one moment
in the future is worth more than all
those earthly victories. One look in=
to heaven pays better than the whole
experience of a life of joy here.. And
the blessedness of the world to come
ought to take away from this all itt
frets, all its disasters, all its troubles;
and we ought to be .ashamed to be
as anxious as we are.—Henry Ward
Beecher.
HOE YOITR OWN ROW.
There is no better way to Tllll2 a
young man than to give - him to un
derstand in early lifelhat his future
success will not depend upon his own
individual efforts. , There . are cases
which young men, who have had
such teachings, have overcome their
pernicious effects, but as compared
with the whole, these are exceptions
and not the rule. The parent, who
thoroughly impresses upon the mind
of his boy the idea that lie will be
dependent upon his own exertions--,
that the responsibility of his success
or failure rests with •himself—will
find that a good work has been
wrought, the effects of which will be
seen only when the boy enters upon
the grand struggle which is to result
in triumphant victory or lamentable
defeat. A boy thus taught feels
that he has a duty to perform—that
whilehe may have - the support and
influence of a parent to assist, still,
upon his own energies and efforts
will- depend his success. He recog
nizes, therefore, that he -ii a power
within himself, and that this knowl
edge puts a restraint upon immoral
tendencies, and prompts to habits , of
active industry and prudent econo
my. Who that has been the: archi
tect of his own fortune cannot recall
the pride of the moment when he
found himself the possessor of the
first thousand, or the proprietor of
the workshop, factory, store or office
in which the foundation of his wealth
was laid. There mayhave been hap
pier moments of his life, but none
that carried with theta more genuine
and perfect satisfaction. Parents,
teach your boys to rely upon them
selves. Teach them to stand alone
in early life. Implant in them a feel
ing-of confidence in their own ability
and their own powers, couified with
a feeling of personal responsibility,
which will steady them ,vhen they
incline -to vascillate'or waxer, and in-.
spire them with that spirit of self-de
pendence which rarely ever fails' to
win a triumph.— Iteetern MM."
- ingly, be lived to the age of sixty-
THE Two Scaooomsm.—Mr. John eight. He did all his writing by day.
H. Chisholm, who died in this city , The late Archbishop \Vhately, who
about twentyyears ago, Was paying lived till newly eighty, was, however,
ing-teller of the Farmers' and Me- ; a remarkable instance to the contra ;
aninics Bank for several years before ry. He said that he could not pro
his death. He was a native of South I duce original matter except at night,
Carolina, and was about fifty fears but that he could best criticise ~and
of age at the tinie'of his decease.
,His correct in the morning. The habit
fine social qualities made him very I of writing and reading at night may
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popular. Among , his* - other. talents
was his. great ability as a raconieur,
or relater of anecdotes. One of his
great stories was the following, which
was known among his friends its "The
Two - Scn,ggitises:" An , Irishman,
who had been absent for some time
on a fishing excursion, met oniof his
friends, who enquired of him what
la& he had had. "Oh," he replied,
"we had
lo we r e a r
most illigant time tirely."
'h
" . o of. your party asked
hiss friend. "There were five of us,"
w his answer. " There Was myself,
onfi; the two Scregginses, two; Terry
Toole; three; Jim Kasin, four. There
were five of us. 'there was Tefry
Toole, one; myself, two; .the - two
Scrogginses three, and Jim Kasin
foir. There certainly were five of us.
There was Jim Kas in,one; Terry
Toole, two: myself th ree; and the
two Screggiiii% lour. It's very
strange. I can't emember who 'the
fifth man was!. There was myself,
one; Jim Resin, two; the two S'crog
ginses, three, and Terry - Tool% four;
and may the-.d-1 fly away with me
if I can recollect who the fifth man
was!" ' .
It is a common thing, iu the pres
fige;for men to exert their brain
at the expense of their body, giving
undue labor to the one and scarcely
giving enough to-the other.. Health
of mind and health of body ought to
go together, and if a man wishes to'
make the most: of -himself and his fac
ulties he should observe regular
hours, for sleep, work, recreation and
exercise, andtbe temperate in his-di
et and in all other things. HO should
treat each , day of his life as a whole
in itself, and avoid bringing' himself
into a state in which artificial stimu
lents become a necessity. But how
ruanypersons, says the PhiladelAia
Ledger, do we find following thOise
simple and.oft-repeated rules ft. As a
rule, professional men permit them
selvei to be.overtasked, for they dis
like rejecting business when it offers
itself. And the same may , be sald of
men engaged in trade and commer
cial pursuits. While business is brisk
they will do, or attempt to do, all
that is possible, without regard to
the pernicious strain upon their sys
tem which such o-erworli entails.
to this be added the perpetual anxie
ty, hurry, loss of temper, discommge
meat at loss or failure, and undue
exultation at succese,' which charac
terize the life of most business men,
together with the systeni of taking
hasty meals, and not allowing a suf
ficienttime for sleep and relaxation, , ,
one need not be surprised at the
number of piemature deaths which
daily occur: The wonder is•that it
is not greater. When a man desires
to do a' very great quantity of work
he almOst always is obliged to violate
the rules of health to accomplish it;
be has to, pay a price for being.allow
ed to do it; unless gifted with a pe
culiarly strong organization, his labor
is accomplished by its retribution.
Of course, there frequently occur
sit
uations,in which a man must work
to.the utmost; - they have no choice;
but, on the whole, it may be affirmed
that,most of the ordinary work of the
world may be got through without
au? glaring inattention to or defiance
of the rules of health and the require
ments of society. And if each man
would try to--find out how he can
best do his own work, and not try to
do it according to the ways of others,
a great deal of useless toil and irrita
tion might he saved.
It will, perhaps, be urged that
there have been many brilliant cases
wherein the rulds of health were not
only violated but outraged, and yet
the work performed was of the very
highest order. This is undoubtedly
true of many men of extraordinary
genius, who were however, exception
al men f in every sense of the word,.
and hence their example is net to be
cited as that which ordinary persons
should follow., No one, for instance,
should do as the great Frenchmovel
iSt, Balzac, used When he was
engaged - on a novel he would - retire
wholly from the world to write with
scarcely any interruption, and with
out taking any exercise, from two
o'clock in the morning till six in the.
evening; he allowed himself six hours'
sleep, and lived entirely on fruit and
vegetables: At the end of some',
months of this life, he would enter
the world -again looking like a spec
tre; tit may be true that it' was
o , i',v by such abnormal work as this
its at he could achieve what he
64 under
k.v,. The •- vast majority of men
wo d ',break .doWn under it.: This
wa the case with Schiller; while his
great rival, Goethe, did all his work
in the morning, and never wrote
afterhi - s mid-day dinner. Sir Wal
ter Seott wrote his novels mainly be
fore breakfast, while Byron compos
ed his poems mostly late at night.
The contrast between the' results
Of these two . opposite systems of la
bor-is remarkable l in these four cases:
Goethe and Scott respectively attain
ed the ages of eighty-few - and sixty
one; while Schiller died 'at forty-Six,
and Byron, at thirty-six. Moreover,
Schiller indulged in champagne, and
Byron in gin and water, and bOth
habitually wrote under the influence .
of stimulants. They shortened their
lives by their irregular mode of living
and working. ' Wouhrthey not have
lived - longer and aenomplished:_mtire
by observing the lnws of health ? Go:-
ethe Worked Without stimulants; and
Scott, tho Ugh not( averse to wine, al
so was a temperate man, and fond of
field sports and exercise in the open
air. But - even he ultimately succumb
ed to, an over-tension of the brain, in
his desperate but how:liable efforts
to pay off the debts for which he
considered himself responsible. Had
it not. been for this unnatural brain
work he might havelived many years
longer. Southey, though a diligent
student and constant worker, would
never, under any circumstances, do
'with less than nine hours' sleep; and
he
.was an abstemious man; accord-
MI
NUMBER :2.
BRAIN WORK.
`be imuitudi ad, Wee& it very oft
en is, espeeWly by persons connect
ed with the pros, and by others who
are called upon by their avocations
to do brain-work in the evening, such
as actors, leettueri, priscitem and
others. 'Nevertheless, there in, good
reason to believe that all time would
accomplish more by working as much
by day, as theft; avocations' will per
mit, and not undertaking too Much.
WHENCE CONE METSONITEIL
From a memoir now in course of
pOlication in Cosmos, we ; learn that -
with regard to nuotecritis (stenos
fallen from the sky), science has late- •
ly made a considerable step. • In ex
amining a' mass of meteoric. iron - 4
found in tbo Cordillera of,
,Deena,
11. Stanislas Aide-.
naturalists of Geology at the liftuse
um of Natural flistory iniParis, has
discovered evidenees.of an unexpeet
ed relationship between this iron and
two meteorites fallen at a great dis
tanCe from Chili, viz., amass of. iron
found at Caine (Alper. Maritimes,)
and a stone whiclifell at Setif, (Al-
geris) June 9; 1867. The meteorite
of Deem is s mixture of thise two
rocks; it is composed of iron which
is identical with that of CaMe. inject
ed in a state of fusion into • a stone
identical with that of Setif. The
iron of Deem is thus evidently an
eruptive rock, and it is the . first
hitherto observed among meteorites.
Besides This, it is demonstrated that
the iron of the type of Caille, and the
stone of the type of Setif, have been
in mutual connection of stratification
upon an unknown globe, and it is the
first time that such a connection has
been demonstrated. M. 'Eltanislaa
Meunier has made the , pregnant re
mark that the-meteorites which ar- -
tiie in these days Upon the earth are
not of the same mineralogical nature
as thpse which fell in past ages. For
merly iron fell, now stones fall. In
the last one hundred and eighteen
years •here hdie been in Europe but
three falls of iron, whereas there have
been - annually, on an average, three
falls of stones. The rester number
of iron meteorites which exist in our
collection—land they are numerous—
have fallen on -the earth at undeter-
mined epochs; all the meteoric dunes
are of comparatively repent date.
Perhaps even we are justified in say
ing that stones of a new kind are be
ginning to arrive, for falls of carbo
nacebus meteorites were unknown
before-the year 1803, and four have
been_observed since then.- From this
assemblage of facts, M. fitanislas • '-
Meunier concludes that meteorites
are the fragments of one or more
heavenly bodies,:which, at a period
relatively recent' (for-these wat ts . are
never found except in superficial
strata,) revolved round the earth, or
perhaps round the moon. Having,
in the course of ages, finished bylos
ing their own heat, and become pen
etrated by the cold of space, they
have arrived, much sooner than! the
moon, by reason of their inferior vol
ume, at the last term of the molecu- .
lar actions which are-upending upon
our satelite, and which .Are reruilerea ,
evident to our eyes by the extor:mm . 4 ;
crevices, thektleep fissures, with w 4 hiefi
it is furrowed. Split in all directions
they, have fallen to ruin, and their
fragments, remaining scattered along
the orbit, so as to form sicircle More .
or less complete, hive, at the 'some
time become arranged according to
their density, in zones c?ncentrie
with the focus of attraction, toutxdi3
which they are constantly impelled
by the assistance of the etherial 'me
dium through which they move. The
masses nearest to the centre, and
which were principally, composed of
iron, were the first :to - fall; afterwards
came the stones in which . period we
new are. Heteaftet-... perhaps, will -
arrive meteorites a nalagous to our .'
crystalized formations, and perhaps
even to our stratified beds. Titus
meteorites, Veritable materials of-de- I.
molition, represent for us the last .-
period of of the evolution of -plane
lary bodies. The incandescent orb,
the sun, figures at the present, day
ih our system- as the- sole repre
sentative of the primitive. state,thro'
which have passed the earth, ari a all
the other bodies which revolve
around it; the icy globe, ' the moon,
represents the -future which awaits
the terrestrial sphere now in all tho
plentitude of life; and, finally, mete
orites show us what becomes of the -
dead stars, how they'are decomposed
and how their materials return into
the vortex of life.—Student and Intel
lectual Observer..
"BOY LOST."
Ho was a bright, beautiful bo, with
red Cheeks, blue eyes, curling hair.
He wore a handsome suit, with a jaun
ty velvet cap, and had in his pocket
a silverrimmed purse, always - well
suply with pennies and dies.
gas the pride of his father' a heart-,
and thejoy and blessing of a mother's
life. The other boys had - all wan
dered from their stately. home to
make new ones for themselves clar
ence was the beautiful' staf on which
his parents hope to learn as they
walked together down life's sloping.
hill-side. .
And now their boy was lost; Lost
to them beyond all- help from police,
telegraph, or town-crier. Ho was lost
in the Pestilent marshes of Intem
perance. That silver-bound purse,
with its abundant supplies, had
wrought his ruin. Liberty to come
and go at his own wild will soon
brought - around him a' company of
those whcr rejoice to do
delight in causing :others to fall..
Poor Clarenco- listened to their flat-'
tering voice. 1- He began - by keeping
secret from his mother many of his
gain,gs and Oniiiig,s. Many a lost
boy begins - his downward path at
this , point. -When ft child begins to
have sccret.s a gooll mother cannot
share, - he is on ttie road' to - ruin.
Even secret organizations, with a
good motive in view, are - not good
things forrthe children.
Only a mirracle of grace can save
poor Clarence now: He spends whole
weeks away from home, and only re
turns for fresh supplies. His father's
grey head has been laid down in
shame and sorrow in the graVe, and
the mother still lives "onwith a break
ing heart. ; Oh ! liow her arms ache •-
in the lon'esome midnight to fold her
darling child to her heart again.
How like rain the tear-drops fall!ns
she.looks at the rosewood crib, and
thinks-of the little white-robed form
which used to rest there so
. happily
at the evening Ifour,—When - she 're
members the little band that used to
clasp her own solovingly, until sleep
loosed the clasp.' Bat now all that
is over. Her darling boy is los! Oh !
will a mother ever' weep over you as
her poor lost boy? Shure evil com
piny, and-all - the haunts they delight
in. Keep close to your mother's
heart, and let no bar ever come be
tween you. Make God's :Word your
guide, and his holy Son your pattern,
and you will be safelor this life and
the next,Nationai Temperance Spei
fly's 'Rad&
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