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ro done with neatneas and dispatch. Handbills.
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TERMS Ih - Vii.V.II.BLY CA.RII.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
•
BLACk, General Fire, Life
L• and Accidental Insurance Agent. Office it
3
.1 I irown's Hotel, Wrainsing. Pa. Pae2,"lo-em
13EN..VOODY ,
PIftSICIAN AND SIIIIGEON
profcsrional services to tho people of Wy
4111.1ne, end vicinity. ()Ince and residence at A. J
T x, Church' street. Ang.10."70 •
.
T ERAYSVILLE WOOLEN MIL
.. The nmlersigncd would respectrullY announce to
polhe that he keeps constantly on hand Woolen
4 h•th, ea,qinieres. Flannels, Yarns, and all kinds at
4,sale.and retail. 11A1011 S IMADALEY.
Proprietor.
OH YES! OH TES!-AUOTION!
A. R. MOE, Licented. Auctioneer
•
111 rlll4 promptly attended to and satisfaction
Cal or address, A.ll. Mot. Monroeton,
1:.+1 , 1 t.onty. Pa. 0ct.26,
E PAYSVILLE MILLS
./
The palm-111,er, haring purchased the Lallaysville
311, ..11,1 refitted the eam/ in good order. he now
to to good work, and to give general satla
ta,ti,,,,, M. J. FRUTCHEY.
Sept. '22:
ENTS' COATS, VESTS, ARlD kir Pants and Shirts. also Boys' and Children's
Ladies' Underclotlttng and Dresses made
I , v Madam Orzurrr.n. Mercury Block. second door
Ow Elwell House. • Satisfaction guaranteed.
April 21. 1870—ti
fl IFFOrtn'S NATIONAL PAIN
Filler and Life Oil, aro the Greet Family
.1.. , ..111CF. that Lind a welcome in every home as
,ve reign 'Remedy for more of the common lila of
mall any other medicine in the market. Sold
hr d,alera•in medicine generally. Manufactured
by I'. T. GIFFORD. Chiral°, 111., and 143 Main at.,
lI,IiNELL.SVILLE. IC. Y. March 10, '7ll-5.
C S. RUSSELL'S
G=IAL
INSURANCE AGENCY
111:./310-tf
p RICE LIST-CASCADE mum.
Fl roallty, per rack—
• •
•• hundred/h5
'• " jr." " barrel • 800
cantonw. ding narially done at once, as the fa
r, yof the tails athllelent for a lai:re amount of
itr,n. July 23, ISTR.
TO' THE LADLES AND CHILD
I:EN OF ATHENS.
YILLLVERI - AND PRESS A IV , D CLOAK
=
nF ALL TIM T.O.TrXT SITLES. TOII S %LE.
nf , . Over Pont Offire—.lire. Ilnyt's - old stand
MRS. MARY A.. WAGENE.R.
Dec. 20. 1009. Agent.
RI,
eon:pleb...l my new brick slop, near my
Alain-street I am now prepared to do
,al itsbrgnebos. I'artionb at
ir t-ntion paid
Ir.ois and edge tools. Flaying spent many
1•• m flu, community, in this business, I trust
a lergleent guarantee of my receiving a liber
i.,•n milt of the publie patvmaan.
HENRY ESSEN - WINE.
Tosimbi. Nov. 3, 1569.—t1
A [YEItSpURG MILLS!
are now lining bnainesii in their
of the IiEST QUALITY at the Itstasntinci
IPIO ~t. Rye. and Buckwheat Flour. and Feed con
oletly on Viand for Puln at market rates.
large quantity of GROUND PLASTER of
ron. quality from the old Yat , nrn
MyerAhurg. Dec, 20, 'Gn. MYER k Fr.on.
yEW DYEING ESTABLISH
mENT.
Tls• Rubs eriber takes this method of Informing the
1.-I‘!e ,0 Towanda and vicinity that he has opened
a EF t IA Ish tu Pitt In Cot Idgsys' new build-
NO. 166 MAIN STREET
pposile Gen. Patton's), and that ho Is now pre-
I,,red to do all work In his line, such as CLENNTSG
e , COLORING ladies' and gentletnen's garments,
kc., In the neatest manner and on the most
reasonable tonna. GiNC UK: a 'all and examine my
IfENRY RIDDING.
MINA
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE
1_ opened a Banking House in Towanda, tinder the
~, of G. F. MASON & CO.
I Ley are prepared to draw Bills of Exchange, and
uuSr collections in Now York. Philadelphia. analAU
p..rb,us of the Unite.d. States, aa also England,
France. To loan money, receive deposits,
aul to do a general Banking business.
F. Mason was one of the late &tit of Laporte,
Ai Co., of Towanda, Fa., and his knowledge of
t !.. business men of Bradford and adjoining COMItiCS
havlng bet.l4ill the banking business for about
tr. b...a }ears, make this house a desirable one through
.10.11 to make collections. G. P. MASON.
....oda, Oct. 1, 18.16. A. G. MASON.
BRADFORD ,COUNTY
REAL ESTATE AGE"...ICY
H. B. McKEIN, REAL ESTATE AGENT
Ml=EMEliMail
•
l'arties having property for sale will find it to their
all aeta:a• by 4.asintt a description of the" same, with
of sale at this axenry, as parties ere constantly
re , goriug for farms.
Real Ertato Agant.
e'.i.+• over .I%fason'a Rank. Towanda, ?a.
NEW FIR
IrGOODS AND Lb TV PRICES
AT NIONI%O.ETON, PA
TRACY R,..; HOLLON,
itotail Dealers tu Groceries and rrovislons. Drugs
s“.l Mr u iuea , lerol4,ille Oil, 1.11111 , 8, Cllilnnen%
Dye Stuffs. Paints, Oils, Varnish, Yankee No.
t:.lt.s. Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff. Pure Wines and
I.l.plors, of the best quality. for medicinal purposes
iody. All Goods sold st•the very lowest prices. Pre
...l-.01,ms carcfnily compounded at all hours of the
.ny and nixbt. Give us a call.
TRACY At lIOLLON.
Monroeton, Ph., June 24. latl9—ly.
CHEAP PASSAGE FROM OR TO
IF ELAND OR ENGLAND.
, M . :4 USE or STE.IIIDiIIIP9 MOIL Olt TO
=I
!'wine k GuiOn'A ohi Inack Star Lino "of I,!r.
I.ael:nta, sailing every mvk.
' , • ohor.tail Lino of rar3o4s Scum or to Loudon,
• :sima , taloo a month.
In.natirra to Eu.dauS., Imlza ,l2l h l SoAllua pay.
d..mand.
(a..ther partimilarn, apply to Williams Onion,
ilroalway, New York, or
G. F. MASON C. Bankers.
Towanda, Pa.
MEM!
pATEN'T:•-i1
.T. N. DExTra, Solicitor of Patents,
r.no.tio STREET, WAVERLY. N.Y.
l'o•oar, drawings. specifications and all papers
in xollong and properly co:landing
P.VIENTS in the Tisrrm &rams and Fon.
rot'srlurs. No CHARGER Ilq ONSVCCE*IML
r %ND NO
, A rro attars Yren_to PAY UNTIL PATICIT
I, OBTAINED..
;a. if', 110 Z-t! •
1 W. STEVENS, COUNTY STIR
• • Camptown, Bradigd Co., Pa. Thank
-1,1 t , . Ms many employer. for past patronage, would
• I. , tfizily inform the citizens of Bradford County
!:•• ur , pared to do any work iu his line of bruit
that may be entrusted to him. Those having
lines would do well . to have their property
gurvt yeti before allowing themselves to
I .....zrieswi by their neighbors. All work warrant.
vorre,a. PI far as the nature of the ease will per
• All unpatonted Lands attended to as soon as
rr,nta are obtained. 0. W. STEM:S.
NTEW PLANING AITLL !
'IITr•IING, 11E,s.I.WING, MOULDINGS,
.‘ ' l4 ' °hi Ingbayn's Woolen Factory
1,1,1 sar,lloll. itt
C A 111'1'01V:4
N: 1 11 - i v 119 LL PLAN.NG AND INIATCUL'iIi
.11....C111NE
tohare• cf an experienced 310clutnic and
I.llbi.c. may ,ipect a
•
tioOD .1011 EVEUX TrmE.
th,• r,...ent enlargement td this water power.
- ry co, b..lone M. 150114 of the year and soon
.* - .et in. In rounet•tion with the sawmill we aro
turi.oo, hilh,lot tared hunter to order.
NTEWART 110SWORTIL
u. Slay 23, 1170.—1 y
AXAVOILLI & CIA4LUI€K:II4s,
OLUME XXXI.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
croon, •
TAMS , Arrow= A.IrD
Comesrzon az.q.sar, Towanda. Ps.
ENIIY PEET; ATTORNEY AT
LAW. Towanda, Pa. z nue 27. 14
WM. FOYLE:ATTORNEY AT
LANV. Towanda, Pa.. Mice with Maim
Smith, south aide MerctiVe Block. April 14, 70
GEORGE D. MONTANYE,-'Alt;
roam AT Law. Oboe-corner of MirCand
rino Streets, opposite Porter's Drag Store.
-WA. PECK, ATTORNEY AT
. Law. Towanda, P 3. Office over the Ba.
/Eery, south of the Waid Muse, and cripealte the
Court Home. nqv 3, '6B.
P. WILLISTON.
•( ATTORNEY AT LAW. TOWANDA.
South alas of lifercur's New Block, tip stairs.
April 21, '7o—tt
NvH. CARNOCHAN, A.TTOH
• ICU AT UV . (Dietriet Attorney for Brad
ford,Connty), Troy, Pa. ColtectJons auk& and prompt
ly remitted. fetid& 110—tf.
TOHN N. CA.LLET, ATTORNEY
.AT LAW, Towanda. Pa. particular attention
en to Orphans' Court business. Conveyancing and
Crampons. frd'Oftire M the Register and Weer
der's office, south of the Court House.
; . •
= Dee. 1, 1864.
OVERTON ELSBREE,. Arron
tEr. AT LAW. Towanda, Pa., haring entered
Into copnetnership, offer their professional services
to the public. Special attention Oren to business
In the Orphan's and Register's Courts. apll4lo
OTTCTON..7II4 - N. C. =DEC&
BEND. M. PECK, ATTORNEY
AT LAW. Towanda, Ps. All business entrusted
to hiiicare will reecho prompt attention? Office in
the Moo lately oecnpled by Mersur k Morrow. south
of Ward House, up stairs. itd,9 16,'68.
ROM &_ DAMES,
AT Ltat, **ands, Pa. The nndersigned
having associated themselves together In the practice
OT Lan., offer their profeadonal services to the pnbllc.
ULYSSES mtacuß::, W. T. DAVIES.
March 9, 1870. • \ •
JOHN W. NIX.,\ATTORNEY AT
Le*, Towanda, Pradfofdsco., Pa.
GITSIMAL EISPRASICP, AGENT.
Particular attention paid to ColleCtiona and Orphans'
Court buatneas. Office—Morcur's NOV Block, north
aide 'Public Square. apr. 1. V.
1 1 "I
B. McKEA N, ATTORN EY
-1-11- L. AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, TOWN:Li% Pa. Par
tleular attenton paid to business In the Qrphans'
Court. PAY 20 , .68.
Nvß. KELLY, DENTIST. OF
• hce over Wickluun & Black's. Towanda, Pa.
liap 2d. TO.
Pus. ELY & TRACEY, assodinte
practitioners. permanently located.llnrlington,
Bradford county, Pa. mayslo.3rn•
TAR. DUSENBERRY, would an
nounen that In compliance with the requeat of
hie nnmeroug friondq, he is new prepared Gts admin.
later Nitrous Oxide, or Laughing Gas, for the pain•
leas extraction of ttxtb..
$ 2
4 Leltayscille, May 3, 1810.—ly
00
TOWANDA, PA.
M. TLNGLEY, Licensed Atte
kj• tionecr, Rome, Pa. All calla promptly attend.
ed to. Mayo,lBSo
TR. H. WESTON, DENTIST.—,
Ofdre in rattan's Mork, over Gore's Drug and
Chs•miml Store. Jan 1.'68. '
tAR. H. A. BARTLETT, Physicia
'ilLan7drrs,T,re,7' tit mar Buil. Bradford Ce . enty, Pa n'
e formerly ormled by Dr. Ely. '
...ang.10.1859.tf
A 1110 S PENICYPA.CKER, HAS.
apain established hit:retell in the TAILOIIING
1315SINESS. Shop over Itoelcwell's Store. Work of
every description doue in the latest styles.
Towanda, April 9.1., 18:0.—tf
11. BEACH, 31. D., Physician
and Surponn. Towanda, P. Particular atten
tion paid to all Chronic Diseases, and Iraiscages of
Females. Office at him residence on Weston street,
cast of D'A. Overton's. • n0v.11,69.
DOCTOR 0. .LEWIS, A (RADII
ate of the College of ”Physicians and Burgeons,"
New York city, Class 1543-4, giVel4 exclusive attention
to the practice of his profession. Office and residence
en the eastern slope of Orwell Hill, ed,loining Henry
Howes. jail 14, 'M.
CAMP & VINCENT, LNSURANCE
AGENTS. —Office formerly occupied by Mere=
lforrow, one door 'moth of Ward House.
FOWLV,R, REAL ESTATE
It
L. DEALER., 100 Washington Meet, be
tween LaSalle and ells Streets. Chicago. Illinois.
Real Estate purehas and sold. Investments made
and Money Loaned. May 10,10.
DRESS - MAKING, PATTERN
CUTTING AND FETING in all fashionable
styles on short notrce: 1100315 In Mercer's Now
Block, Main-at., over Porter A Elrby's Drug Store.
• MIS. U. E. GAIIVIN.
Towanda. Pa.. April 13, MD.
HAIR WORK OF ALL KINDS,
such as i lAMBS, CMILS, BRAIDS, FRU
ETTS, Ice.' made to the beat manner awl latest style,
at the Word House Barber Shop. Terms reasonable.
Towanda. Dee. 1, 1809.
•
FRANCIS E. POST, PADTTER,
Towanda, Pa.. .with k-n years experience, is con
fidont be can give the best eatiefaction in Painting,
Graining; Staining, Glazing, Papering. /cc.
V)-Particular attention paid to Jobbing' in the
country. aptil9, 'O6.
JOHN DUNFEE, BLACKSMITH,
MONROETON. PA., pays particular attention to
ironing Inigglea. Wagons, Slentlia, tink Tire art and
repairing done on abort notice. Work and charges
guaranteed eatistuitory. 12.15,0.
T)R. DIADIICK D. SMITH, Sur
gren and Omit Let. Dr. S3LIT , I would respectful
ly inform the inhasitants of Towanda and vicinity,
that he has permanently iodated himself here, where
he will be happy to serve.all whd may stand in need
of his professional servies s. Dr: Smith has recently
removed from the city of Philadelphia, where ho has
had a city and country practice for over twenty years
which he thinks will enable him to do the most Mill
cult work In his line of busineds. Teeth inserted.
from one to a frill set, on all ldtids of material need
in the profession. 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 extracts the natural teeth and
inserts astificial set for twenty dollars. Rooms op
posite McCabe k Mix's store, Main 'street.
Tovratula, April 21, 11370.—tf
GREENWOOD COTTAGE.—This
well-known house, luring recently been relit.
to and supplied with new, furnituro,,will be found's
pleasant retreat for pleasure seekers.' Board by the
w,ek or month on reasonable ternts.
E. W. NEAL, Prop'r.
Greenwood. April 20. 1870.--tf ' '
HARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA.
Oct. 8, 1816.
TEMPERANCE HOTEL !—Sitna
tell on the north-west corner of Blain and nil•
beth'streets, opposite Bryant's Carriage Factory.
Jurymen and others attending court will espoel•
ally find it to their advantage to patronize the Tent.
I.•ranro !lota. S. M. BROWN, Prapr
To.randa, Jan. 12. 1870.—1 y,
DINIRG ROOMS
CONNECTION RTTLI THE BAKERY,
Near the COurt Honac.
ive arc Prepared to feed the hungry at all times of
the .day and ovpritng. Oysters and Cream- In
their xe:Potte.
March 30. 1.870, P. W. SCOTT k. CO.
ELll7',li, HOUSE, TOWANDA
JOHN C. WILSON
Having leased this House, la now ready to accommo
date the travelling pnLtia Nopains ncrexpemia will
be spared to give satisfaction to thoso who may give
him a call.
trd-North side of the public square, cast'of Mer•
cur's new block.
RIjIVIALERFIELD CREEK HO
TEL
• PETER LANDIIESSEE.
Having purchased and thoroughly refittNl this old
and well-known stand. formerly kept by Sheriff Grif
fis. at the month of Rimunertlehl Creek. Is ready to
Five good liccoaunodations and satinfaetory treatment
to all who may favor him with a call.
Dec 23, 868—tf.
ATEANS HOUSE, TOWANDA,
lII_ PA.. JOUDAS & Bouvox, reePrieterik This
popular llotel baying been thoroughly fitted and re
paired, and furnished throughout with new and ele
guilt Furniture, will be open for the reception. of
guests: on Navuunair, Iby 1. 1/30. Neither expense
nor pains has been spared in rendering this house
a model hotel in all its arranrehients. A superior
'quality Old Borten Ale, for invalids, just received.
April 2-s. 1809.
AMERICAN HOTEL,
• This Hotel haring been leased by the rabscriber,
has been repainted, papered, and raftunished
throughout, with new rirrn!five, Bedding, he. Ma
'Table will be Supplied with• the best the market af
fords. and tha liar with.cheitest brands of Liapiera.
This house now offers the comforts of a home at
.woonuatt: ewers. Jurymen and others attending
Court, will find this tannin, a cheap and comfortable
plare to stop. (Mod stalAtur, attached. sug.to,io
maylo-'7O
CEZEZEIM
Hotels.
Stmt, near-Oke. Centh 'Home.
C.T. SMITH. Proprietor
BRIDGE STREET, TOWANDA. PA
H. G. GOFF. Fropriear
* *Web itsettp.
° ltcrc—am flowers that fade and perish,
Treasnrcsonoth and rust conimmo ;
Brighest hopes, our hearts can cherish,
• Sinks at last in hope and gloom.
There—aro plants forever vernal,
Blooming on thatpeaceful shorn;
"Thera the tree of life eternal,-
There aro pleiiiinres evermore.
Hero- we trill tho sportive measure,
And we build our hopes so high ;
But the sweetest song of pleasure
Bears the burden of a sigh.
There—no fears, no nights shall enter,
Where the' nations glory bring ;
There, alone, perfections centre;
And the chief is Christ, our King.
Here—wo chase the gilded bubble,
Strange, dolesivo dreams pursue ;
Few our days and full of trouble,
Full of sin and sorrow, too.
There—the purehi heart and spirit
Sco their god, and mar him stand ; •
There the ransomed fiord inherit
Length of days at God's right kiand.
Shall we longer grope and grovel, '
With our hearts by Bill ensnared?
Still abide in wretched hovel, '
• When those mansions aro preparsd
Shall wo not, with sonls awaking,
Strive to lay np treasures there,
And in earnest sins forsaking,
For those mansions now prepare'?
4iscethmeou..
CAN AN INEB.RIATE CONQUER
lIIIISELE.
TUE StIitiF.STIONS OF ONE WHO lIS9 TIIIED
[From Pt:thanes Magazine.]
Inebriate asylums are expensive,
and besides,.not unnaturally offend,
s in their very designation, a kind of
`pride. 2 —falso, if you choose—which
.evvy man 'possesses to more or
less" degree.
. Their expense, too, usually falls
onthe, friends of those whom they
are delslgned to benefit, and, for these
and other reasons, we projose to
showlhat any man thus painfully
situated may, if he chooses, illustrate
for himself tho title of this article
Vnbitual inebriety presents a con
dition when the brain, being sod
dened and Außed by the long and
extravagant use of tho various poi
sons known under the general name
of "ardent spirits,". refuses to re
spond to the will-power, and suc
cessfully demands their continuance.
Thus this morbid conditien be
comes a true physical disease, and
must be treated as such. Of course,
the final result to be attained is total
abstinence from the evil habit.
But this result cannot be reached
at once, because, first, of the inability
of the will to net through the brain
and enforce the desire; and second,
because the intensified and abnorinal
condition of the stomach will not ad-
mit, with safety to the physical sys
tem, of the sudden reaction.
'The change must be affected grad
ually; and the first step is to restore
the brain to its normal activity ;
afterward the reorganization and es
tablishment; of the digestive and
other functioni may be safely tit-
tempted.
The effects of alcholic stimulants
upon the system are twofold: stimu
lative and anesthetic. At first the
oxygen, set free, courses through the
circulation, exerting all the functions
to the performence of extraordinary.
tasks. Then the carbon takes its
place, and its influence is observable
in the deadening of all the faculties,
the partial paralysis of the nerves
and muscles, as observable in its
effect on-articulation and locomotion;
lastly the brain sinks under the
deadly influence, and anaesthesia
more or less complete, ensues.
Bnt previous to antesthesia, the
brain acts with abnorml power. The
passions become stimulated, and in
this condition, the inebriate performs
acts commonly only ascribed, to in
sanity or idiocy.
Now, while this over-stimulated
condition exists, it is impossible to
regain the willpower, and here be
gins the treatment by which the un
happy victim may of himself, and by
himself, become his own "inebriate
asylum," with no loss of dignity, and
I regain his lost manhood by the exer
cise of a vital force, fairly Godlike in
its nature..
This article is not - addressed—for
it Would be useless, and is unneces
sarv---- to those bestial beings, whose
animal passions naturally direct them
to criminal excesses, and whose loss
to the world, should it occur fiom
such or any other cause, would be
It is addresked to those who by
delicate tempqament, uncong•nal
associations, or , over-laborious s ess,
have fallen from their high and oly
estate through the very means w ich
they have adopted by which to .ns
tain themselves and to keep alight,
yet a little longer, the fires of hope.
Snppose, then, one of these, .a sad
and frail relic of departed nobility,
with the slumbering and nearly dead
ashes of his aspirations occasionally
flickering up with a spark of the old
vitality. Suppose one who, for years,
according to the strength of his con
stitUtion, has battled, with the aid of
this deceitful ally, against a host of
'trials and annoyances, suddenly, by
one of those occasional visions of
himself, which God graciously grants
sometimes to the most degraded, find
within-him new determination airak
ened, to burst oat of the chains that
have enthralled him, and to become
again what he has been, and more;
and then finds the old, sinking.
crushing feeling come over him, that
tells him he is a 'slave. Mist shall
he del
One thing is certain: there can be
diminuendo in this.
There is no "tapering off " with
the devil..
Either he has got - you, or he has
not got you.
The first part in. the medical treat
ment in this physical disease requires
the immediate removal of the patient
from all disturbing influences of
whatever nature.
There must be "no, noisy children
about, no quarreling women, no scan
dal-mongers pouring out their dis-
CZ
TOWANDA; BRADFO4p COUNTX, PA.,. SEPTEMBER 1,1870.
tilled venom to jar 'upon - his nerves,
and distttrb ids.-spirit:,,lte must ;have
absolute quiet and repose.
But to obtain this there need 3101
be recourse to an asylum. • ,
There is none so poor, who is
worthy to be saved, who has not a
Lot him then reach' some such
friend, truskand anflde in Mtn, mid
obtain the required 'shelter, rest, and
attendance, for a few days.
Not, for .months; during which new
habits of thought tire formed.anaold
bUsiness relations become broken off,
and the man falls 'again into his old
place utterly forgotten, and unable
to 'regain the three& of his lostiden
tity. Not in constant daily associa
tion with such, from every walk in
life, as have no other eongeniayty
with him but the paintul one of atm
ilarity of disease, an association of
demoralizing in its very nature; but
among his friends, and those who
know him, and form a constant hopd
of union with the great world the
loves and lives in:
He may continue his relations with
business and society by correspond
ence and by visits; and soothed and
strengthened by the knowledge that
he is not forgotten, and that his hard
fight is being fought among those
who love hand admire the new
strength which daily animates him
and enables'him to . struggle 8110Ceti&
hilly; and not among strangers , who
treat his case purely from a scientific
and routine point of view; his ear
nestness and determination are re
doubled, and he nears the victory.
Having then gained his temporary
asylum, we will say that he drinks
his usual allowance of liquor, and re
tires to bed in his usual condition of
inebriety.
Ho has taken carelo provide him
self with twelve .twenty-grain pow
ders of Bromide ,$f Potassium, which
he will get. at a first-class drug store,
on presenting the following prescrip
tion, or write for himself; hut it is
best to submit it to a physician be
fore presenting:-
PRESCRIPTION.
'IL Potarad Bromidi dr. ij.
Signa. vi. Mr.
Ukiah.]
Now it has been the regular cus
tom, and the daily necessity of this
unfortunate; for months—perliaps
for years—to stimulate into renewed
power the brain and nerves, suffer
dig after a night's abstinence from
their daily food, perhaps with one,
two, or more " cocktails," or quanti
ties of greater or less extent of clear
spiritss.
He wakens from his stupor or
troubled slumber, with his nerves all
jarring, his muscles refusing to carry
his tottering frame, across the room;
his tongue nearly paralyzed ; his
stomach nauseated; his brain crazed
and inflamed; and he,has recourse
to the only thing he knows--poor
creature, abandoned,of men I—that
will enable him to set about his dai
ly and requisite tasks. -
But now he has given himself a
two-weeks' holiday, and his friendii
have promised to "see him through,"
—and will keep their promise, for it
is sacred; and so he will not get out
of his bed at all, - and one horrible
fear is removed at once.
Now he takes one of his twenty
grain powders of Bromide of -Potas
sium, and the internal conflict begins„
j_ts a mortal fight with the foul
`fiend himself. ✓
The patient has no cares, no thot's.
Some one smooths his pillows, shuts
out the 13right light which would
torture his , eyes, airs the room to
suit him, and feels once • more as
though he were a Child again, nursed
by his mother. •
He-does not want to eat, and he
need not eat, for he has nothing to
do but lie still and fight, fight 1 Al!
There is the point. And now he
shall show of what stuff he is made.
For there is no sterner, and there
is no nobler battle waged than this
conflict of the sick man with himself
and with the devil who has got pos
session of him.
At first the system, surprised by
this novel condition of things, waits
patiently enough for its usual morn
ing corrective; but, at length grown
weary of waiting, and becoming very
impatient—as the best regulated sys
terits, not to speak of ill regu lated
ones, sometimes will—it ' begins to
make 'itself heard. .
Now it is to be understood that;
the motive of this article and its
prime intention are, to show that the
will-power of man, though subdued
and cnicified -and stifled and subject
ed to the Vilest' slavery of earth, will
do, if the man be a man, without the
aid of asylums or other public and
extraneous aid.
The fight is between the divinity
of man and the - power 'of evil, and
the battlefield is the beautiful ph i
cal structure, which, we are told, is
"made in-the image of ijod," while
the gage is an immortal ,soul
There is gnawing at the'pit of the
I stomach, cold sweats crawl up and'
down the body; the skin is clammy;
the head swims around and about;
the muscles . become - completely,
laxed; the nervous system is entirely
unstrung; "strange dreams perplex '
the dozing brain he slumbers for an
instant, and is wakened by a spasm;
cramps assail his limbs, 'and he kicks
` them out; if a pin drops it has the
reverberation of a ten-pm; spots,
black and white, dance before his
eyes, open or closed, hideous faces
glare at him, and change and change
like.the patterns of a kaleidoscope;
out of the pocket of his coat, hang
kg over yonder, there comes a wheel
which increases itsegand then whirls
spirally in the air' toward him till-it
_vanishes under' - his very 'eyes, and
still behind all this phantasmagoria,
he hears a soft musical voice saying,'
"Be ye not afraid ! You shill win
the fight!"
And by-and-by the sedative which
ho has taken, and which has insidi
ously been' seeking out the enemy's
weal point all this time, finds it, and
the patient falls into asleep the first
natural sleep he has had for: ears.
But he wakes twain to find the
conflict going on harder than ever,
and the craving stronger; and he
takes a second powder say three hOurs
after the first, and a third: at 'night
fall; and so the day Passes. '
The second day is worse than the
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;"szeutOrsus or DICTSCEL2IO/1, DIM AA! (KUM&
first. The jklilektil are intensified;
the system is coming cut 'froni under
The alchoholicinfirience; and the re
action' is the more terrible: Bpt
:there must be no flinching.. now I
eeping continually before the mind
wilt becomes clearer, thervile enemy
to health and progress;: the' sufferer
May alsolenieinber ;that each how
brings . him more and more under
the influence of his only=iiiend,. and
each hour improves. his . condition
and increases his ability
. to continue
the conflict successfully.
rood should not • be taken unless
tirgently,desired, and then it should
be'of the most , nutritious-character.
• Broths of fowl . or beef; steak and
such other meats as are beat calm;
fated to preserve the tone of the
stomach, are to be preferred.
• Let the patient satisfy himself
through all that, by this treatment,
he thwet succeed: If his paroxysms
become stronger than he seems able
to bear the dose of Bromide may be
increased to thirty or even forty
grains; or be taken more frequently
in the original prescription.
After the third ,day there Will be
marked improveMent, the skin will
assume a natural hue and sensation,
he • will be able to eat. with some
-appetite, to - sit up, and to move
about, firmly tho Ugh feebly; but the great chime will be in his brain.
There will come to him new that's
with a vividness and force that will
akcse him to laugh aloud with de
light.
His ideas, will arrange themselves
clearly and logically, where before all
was chaotic and confused.
As his appetite grows and his sys
tem begins to feel the strength, food
given, his muscles will strengthen,
lie will become elastic in his move
ments, and strength will come to
him as by a miracle.'
There can be nothing in earth's
warfare that can •give that sublime
consciousness of well-doing, which
is so intensely felt after those days
of terrible suffering.'
He is respected his utterances are
regarded with their due considera
tion; his-friends and those who un
derstand through what a " Valley of
the Shadow of Death he has passed,
respect him; and even his 'former
boon companions appreciate a cour
age-and fortitude which they have
not the faith in themselves to imi
tate.
In his daily duties, 'be they prc
fessional, a,rtistic, or business, he
will find that he is flitted with new
vigor and judgment. His imagina
tion is stimulated far beyond the
power of alchohol, becagse it is nat
ural now, and a part of •wthe Divini
ty within."
And finally; the demoralization of
the soul, that always follows, and
forever debases the habitual inebri
ate, is gone . forever. His ideas of
right, justice, and virtue have ceased
to be perverted. Deeds which he .
would willingly have acted a part,
but a few short weeks ago, ho now
looks upon l ivith scorn and abhor
rence. And in rectitude or intention
and act, and the supremost efforts of
his intellectual and physical capacity,
he may now live his life,—if? yes,
I if—
If he do not go back. •
There will be no need' of it.
He will have no craving for liquor.
On the contrary, ho will have formed
for himself an absolute, hatred and
detestation of it.
It is not this against which he
must guard himself.
It is, first, against the efforts of
drinkers who may, endeavor - to in
duce hire to join them. Second,
against giving way to potty annoy
ances and disappointments, and seek
ing to drown care.
Third, against overwork
Let him remember that the years
of dissipation, in 'which his system
has been going through a condition
of partial destruction , of the nerve
fibre and the tissue* and the brain
matter, must require years in which
to recuperate.
He must not overwork himself.
He can now do more work in two
hours than he did before in eight, so
let him work six.
Let him deal with life, and espec
ially his own life, philosophically, and
having done a fair amount of work,
accept the needed boon of rest.
And should he find head or brain
failing him at any moment, let him
cease work altogether, and take re
' laxationin the open air, in music, or
in the society of Mends!
And above all, let him. never, tin
der any circumstances whatever, by
the inducement of friends, by the
advice of a physician, or on account
of any need or temptation that may
assail him, suffer himself to be be
trayed into taking the first glass!
For therein the secret lies; and as
we said i./ the beginning, the willing
and the strong man,-if he follow
these rules, may, by the grace of
God, be his "01en Inebriate Asylum."
And so he may step again into, the
arena. of life, armed and equipped
anew for its daily struggles; with the'
serene consciousness of his weakness
and his strength to guide him and to
guard „him in the future and the
soul-stirring conviction, moreover,
an incentive for exertion, and for
continuance in the course he has
'chosen, that he has displayed his
, truest - Manhood and supremest no
bility of character and strength of
I will-power,fiighting ii out himself.
Two CLOAirS; of Amotto.im
A writer in Pulnam's Magazine says:
" I daily see girls, in their teens, with
all the airs and much of the way. 'of
thinking of old women of the: world
--confident, self-indnlgent, and
withal, blase. True, the exceptions
-are charming. Lind them chiefly
among families in moderate circum
stances, but of good connections,
wherein the daughters have been
reared.in active, wholesome and re
sponsible duties—had; in short to
contribute directly or indirectly, to
'their own support. With intellectu
al tastes and a religious education,
this discipline in a land where the
sex is held in respect—these young
women are noble, pure, brave and
conscientious, as well as aspiring and
intelligent."
kyawn in company generally indi
cates s gap in the conversation.
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EVUOATIONAL •
Me. Enrros: Li my finzt article it
is asserted that Phrenology is the
true science of mind. Granting this,
where should we seareh to gain a
knowledge, of humin nature ? Says
one, • not in Pliuriziology, for lam
certain you cannot know the charac
ter of a man by examining the bumps
of his head."' .Probilbty not; neither
can
. you understand the powers of
muse by examining the upper part
of the keys of the piano. In order
to read the character of a person ac
.curately it is necessary, accepting - to
our best phrenologists, to understand
;the faculties of ,mind together with
their location and state of develop
ment, (not the size of the bumps) •
and to possess &thorough knowledge
of the human structure and.the laws
of health. Mind is not • a unit as
taught by the old-style mental phi
losophers, but a union of faculties
definitely located, as the United
States is a union of States with fixed
boundaries. 4
To become a _wise politician or a
sound legislator, it is necessary to
possess an acquaintance with the
wan of the States individually . and
collectively, so, in order to become a
skilled teacher or developer' of the
powers of mind, the faculties must
be understood separately and united
ly. The good results of the teacher's
work are in proportion to his knowl
edge of the mental make-up of the
children under hie charge, so he is,
or should be, held responsible for
mai-instruction as well as the physi
cian for mal-practice.
Some one of our teachers says
" what do I care about mind or its
faculties! scarcely any of our school
directors think of the necessity of
understanding the .powers of mind.
The principle thing is,in their estima
tion, whether you have been at a
University or - to College; the next
idea is to hire you for a meager sum;
so take it on the whole, the greater
show I make, or the more the people
are humbugged, the better my remu
neration will be, consequently the
more airy one is the better."--
This is true to a certain extent; but
not concerning the better class of
directors. People love novelty,..that
is something new, hence it is neces
sary, in order to seemed, to under
stand and play upon this faculty ;
but the more thoroughly mind is
comprehended the better the people
can , be acted upon so in our opinion
'no direct teacher will fail to study
the mental faculties with the view o f
obtaining a fair knowledge of thee'
at least; if we would be good, great,.
or wise we should know not ourselves
only but others
August, 1870. A. T. Lnivcr.
SINGULAR INDIAN LEGEND.
The. Red River Indians have a cu
rious legend respecting the,prigin of
mosquitos. They say that Once upon
a time there was a famine. arid the
Indians could get no game. Hun
dreds had died from hunger, and
desolation filled their country. All
kinds of offerings were made to the
Great Spirit without avail, until one
day tiro hunters came upon a white
wolverine, a very rare animaL Upon
shooting the white wolverine an old
woman sprang up out of the skin,
and saying thatshe was a " Manito,"
promised to go and live with
the Indians, promising them plenty
of game as long as they treated her
well and gave her the first choice of
all the game that should be brought
in.
The two Indians assented to - this
and took the old woman home with
theinl-which event was immediately
Succeeded by an abundance of game.
When the sharpness of the famine
had passed in the prosperity which
the old woman had brought to the
tribes, the Indians became-dainty in
their appetites, and complained _of
the manner in which the old woman
took to herself all the choice bits;
and this feeling becalm so intense
that, notwithstanding her warning if
they violated their promise a terrible
calamity_would come upon the Indi
ans, they one day killed her as she
was seizing her share of a fat rein
deer which the hunters had brought
in.
Great consternation immediately
struck the witnesses of the deed, and
the Indians, to escape the predicted
calamity, boldly struck their tents
and moved laway to a great distance.
Time passed on without any catas
trophe occurring, -and, game becom
ing even wore plentiful, the Indians
began to laugh at their being de
ceived by the old woman. Finally a
hunting party on a long chase of a
reindeer, which had led them back
to the spot where the old woman was
killed, came upon the skeleton, and
one of them in derision kicked the
skull with his foot. In an instanty
a small, spiral vapor-like body arose
from the eyes and ears of the skull,
which proved to be insects, that at
tacked the hunters with great fury
and drove them to the , river for pro=
tection. The "skull continued to pour
out its little stream, and" the air be
came full of avengers of the old wo
man's death. The hunters, upon re
turning to camp, found all the-Indi
ana suffering terribly from the plague,
and ever since' that time the Indians
have been punished by the mosqui
toes for their wickedness -to their
preserver, the Manito.
WANTED A MAN THROWN ra.—A Ca-
tuidian clergyman not long since was
called upon by an Irish girl who
asked how ranch be charged for
" marrying anybody."
He replied, "a dollar and w-half,"
and Biddy depart4xl.
A few - .evenings later, on being
summoned to the door, "he was ac--
, costed by the same person, with the
remark that she had come to be mar
ried.
" Very well," said the minister;
bat perceiving with astonishment
that she was, alone, he continued,
" Where is the man r -
An expression of disappointment
passed over Biddy's 'features as she
ejacidated, -
" And don't you find the man for
a dollar and a-half V'
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7AIT)FI.
If Faith came not to Bold our hand, .
How weary should tie; . , •
Wandering along the lonesome strand
• That Winds the narrow sea,"
While ono by ono our host beloved 7
Pau o'er, dear Lord, to Thee I
She walks with us and holds our frauds,
/ler eyes ire angers eyes ;
She walks with ns 11G70115 'the Bond, .
Sweet Faith, from out the skies!' .
Wearhig a resempon her breast,
That smells of Paradise.
Lmann ENGINEERS.
TdeTetroit Free press, in an , arti 7
cle upo. ,a a motive engineers, says:
• "Di , ,l'ou over 'ride on a locomo
tiVe.? 6 I n't you know that it: ter
rible—the racket, rear s rush, dust,
It'seems every moment as if the iron
horse., would leap the track. Yon
never make a curve •but that you
think the locomotive will keep *right
on into the. ditch. What must, be
the thoughts of the man who_ knows
and realizes that hundreds of lives
depend on his steady nerve , and .
watchful vision; that ,he is the sole
guardian of their comfort and safety;
that one man is to carry that -train
safely through, or leave it heaped up
for the flames in a wayside ditch,
And when doyeople speak of the,
engineer; talk of him, handle his
name in the public prints? ..Is it
when he his landed his passengers
safely at the end of their , iourney ?
Is it when his watchful eye has pre
vented a calamity ? Is it when he
I has been compelled to maintain his
watch - for days and nights together
without sleep'? To; it is - when, 'de
spite human vigilance, that usually
clear brain yields to nature for a mo
ment, and is benumbed
„Iron' over
stretch; when those eyes have
weights hung to their lids that would
close them down for a moment, that
an accident happens, and that a
great storm pf indignation sweeps
over the country about the careless
ness of the engineer, and he is a
doomed man.
You never praise him. for the five,
ten or fifteen years that he has run
safely, carrying thousands—you only
swoop down Upon him when he shall
have failed for once. , And you. hear
then and papers talk of careless en
gi4eers,•and that they grow reckless
and daring. It is not so. They car
ry their life in their hand. No dan
ger but must first pass them. Can a
man be careless when his own life
will be nearly always sacrificed, and
ho knows that it will, and has hun
dreds of precedents to ever float be
foie his vision ?„ They may do dar
ing things; it is required of them.
They must be prompt to decide, dar
ing to encounter, brave to meet dan
ger at any point. It . is nerve that
makes n good engineer—nerve to do
what should be done when death is
looking into his open eyes frOm an
open switch, a washed-away culvert,
a spread 'tracki
• And how they get to love the fiery
steed that'has so 'long obeyed their
master's hand I IVo hersen►an has
such care that his pacer nay appear
well; no ono prouder when the paint
er shall renew old scroll and letters
with youth and beauty' again; - 4 no
steed like the one ho drives; not an
engine on the road so fast in speed;':
so powerful of pull, so quick to obey
the guiding hand. The " cab "is in
his home. He may have a quiet cot
tage in the suburb, 'fi; loving wife,
happy-children; but he never mounts
the stops of his engine without feel
ing that he has returned from a visit
—without his eye lighting up that
he is again to be master of the snort
ing, pulling, racing steed, whose
speed is only equalled by the , light
ning sparlr.
We hoar of heroes Avery day; we
read of brave men, of lives saved, of
heroic self-sacrifice. It is well—the
world likes brave men. But - there is
no greater hero, no braver man, no
one who toils harder or sacrifices
more than that quiet, modest genius,
whose steady nerves shake ,death
from the path of his rushing , :engine,
and lands his human freight at the
end of his route without man or wo
man dropping sun one word to
show that the danger was known
or the heroism appreciated.
PILEDESTINATION.A. Missouri pa
per contains the following, which is
appropriate to the late. great race on
the big river: . .
"Do you believe in predestina
tion ?" said the captain of a Missis
sippi steambosit to a Calvanistic cler
gyman, who happened to be 'travel
ing with him. 4
" Of course I do." •
"And you also believe that_ wha
is to be will be?"
" Certainly."
"Well, I'm glad to hear it
" Why ?"
" Because I intgnd to pass - a boat
ahead in fifteen Minutes, if there be
any virtue in pine knots and' loaded
safety-valves. So don't be alarmed,
for if the bilers are not to bitit they
won't." ,
Here the divine commenced- put-,
ting on his hat, mid'began to. look
like backing out, jivh. li , the captain;
seeing, said: •
"I thought vain 41liiived in pre
destination, and thirxidiat is to be
will be?" •
" So I do, but I prefer being a; lit
tle nearer the stern when it takes
place."
Lrrrin Dnors.—Children, have you
ever seen a real, miserable drunkard
reeling along the street? - You know
what a pitiable-looking object he is,
with his bloated face and - watery
oyes. Do you wish to be like him,
or do you think 'you ever .will resem
ble him? Ahl sure you, will all
say, "No, I would not be a drunkard
for all the world." "Yes; and so that•
wretched man once said when he
was a little innocent child, like you.
He had a good home, a kind father,
and mother, When he.uked to drink
little 'drops, and as ehe 'grew np
drinking heanne a habit. At first it
resembled B e little silken thread,-'`bat
gradually it increased unti' it . be
came a stun* rope; until little-drop
drinking became drunkenness; until
the man was changed into . a -poor,
worthless wretch; until another
mind was degraded, and another vic
tim added to the . trophies ef . Bac
chus.
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ABOUT ' I' S.
Our pins, the oldest of them, come
from the tombs. The Egyptians bu
ried tHem's for, US years o. They
arc costly and elaberato in workman
ship, the longest being eight inches
in length.... TheSe pins are ornameut
ed with large gold heads and bands.
The ancient Mexicans used thei
thorns of the agave and nine foi-pins.
Our English grtuidmotlters of the
sixteenth century exercised .putience
and impatience in* using , their i little
pins, -Which, were wooden Skewers: a
wonder how they dressed tho babies
of that country). • - '
The first pins made in England
were manufactured in Gloucester in
A 626. Ten years later they were
triads in London, and afterwards in
Birmingham. We owe the business
of pin in the United States
to the'war of, 1812, which so inter-
rupted Our commerce that the value
of a six penny parer rose to one dol
lar. Our first pms were made by
Englishmen at the old State pris
on in Greenwich village, now includ
ed within the limits..of the city of
New York. The effort was soon
abandoned. Aiain,, in 1820; the
same tools were made to do .duty - in
pin-making at Bellevue Almshouse.
The enterprise failed. Mr. Lemuel
Wright, of MaEisachusetts, invented
and
_patented: in England the first
machines thatrmade solid-head pins.
That effort failed to meet 'success,
and ho waited nine years before the
first Solid-heailed pin was sold in
London. One year earlier Mr. John
L. Howe, -of New York, obtained}
patent - hi - the United States for mak
ing pins .with wire or spun heads,
and theseivere' the first machines in
Which the piti was 'completaby one
process that proved successful. The
same inventor patented in 1810 a
process for
,making pins with solid
heads.
There are now, ,in the United
States, eight or nine mills where pins
are
. inade and Connecticut claims
the pin business as- almost exclusive;,
ly her own, four of the mills being ink
the valley of the Naugntuck.
•An application at one of these'
Connecticut factories to see a pia
nntde, was thet with the reply; " We
will show you with pleasure plenty
of pins after. they are made, and
everyaprocoss except ' , the making -of
the pin." -There is . a secret, wonder- .
ful department, in , This . mill, where
eighty-five Machines deVonr tons of
wire; and send forth inillionstf,rpins,
and . from this department curious
eyes • are excluded. A - man naniqd-
Fowler invented the machines which"
are so carefully hidden, and a story
is told that, in his mat great period
of doubt and agony, lest, after all his
creation shouhrfail of life, help came
'to him in the form, - of a dream, and
by it, success .Te capacity of one.
of these mills is 7,000,000 pins a day,
or 2,191,000,000 per year.
The best English pins are put in
green paper; which was sacred to the
best quality of American pins; but
ithiv, , 'alas! it is made to cover the
poorest quality of iron pins as well,
such as are sold at a, fraction more
than cents a paper. The best
pi of the American and Howe com- . -
• anies are now now put up in form
of a book, and are called ." book,
pins." A book contains two hundred
and sixty-lour pins, including five
sizes, in eight rows, one of which is
black.„.. •
The pins, as first shown. at the'
mill, ,are Of brass and iron. The brass
pins receive whitening_ from long
boiling in copper Vessels with- block •
; tin. e, iron' pins receive their
whitening. by a process which is kept
secret. ' • -
. After whitening, - the pins are put
,through a machine which throws off
all the straight, well-formed pins,
and carries away all the bent, imper
fect pins as absolute -wage. Another
machine. assorts the pins, selecting
with precision each' size, and con
ducting- it toits proper receptiele:
. The most - curious,. and int4esting
*process in that of putting the pins in
to the papers. It - requires possibly
thirty seconds for the pins to pass
froth the mass to their places, in the
paper, the same machine selecting
them by the' head, marshaling them
in single file, delitering • them over
into companies, creasing the paper,
and fixing them in place.. It is the
iron pins which. have created the be
lief that English pins are alone work
briying. Merchants buy 'the poorer
qualities, - and -- even the iron pins,
consumers alone-suffering, - since the
merchant buys at the lowest 'valua
tion,the cheapest article, and sells it
at the. price .of the best quality ,
brass pins. . A paper of Ne plusliitra
pins contains 360; :the. poorer quail
ties but 260. The cheapest quality
Of iron phis are Called adamantine,
between which and the He plus ultra
there are several g,tades.—Heartkand
Home.
; Suspicupz .DispEar.D.—Tho follow
ing, circumstatice which occurred, with
,Me ,some time • since, goes to show
:one of the incidental advantages of
p,rayer: • , - •
.
Beuig_
on business in. Pittsburg,
purchasing goods, I, was retutning
hot je on one of our river packets.
Haling taken passage, I was assign
ed to a room .for the night. I took
possesSion of it, put some of my bag
gage: in, locked the, door, threw the
key, as it was burdensome to carry,
iu on the tipper bunk and went to
another part of the boat. A. 'stran
ger in the meantime had been put
along with me, imtd when we were
both abotit to turn in for the night
I left him to retire alone. Shortly
after I_went in, and as usual, I knelt
down and committed myself and
friendi at home .to "Our Father's
care." Theii I laid myself down and
slept until morning without a fear.
'When , we arose in the morning, the
stranger said
we
me:. "Is it not
strange how we can be - made to fe6l
secure ? I have some things about
me that I don't wish any one - to
know about; but when you came to
bed last, night; and before getting in
I saw you kneel dawn and say your
prayers, I felt all right and slept
soundly without any fear at all."'His
words filled my heart with joy,' and
taught me never to .be ashamed of
the Macs* I serve.
• !'
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Our h eroine livadia - Bartlett, Now
l i na was a deaaeadalitof
ti7' w itsrl "4 6 : l 7 i , Her father' was
is (lrawlozd, and followed. the rotes
siori of a: guide among the - moun
tain& .ller name was -Bessie, and
she wialbli only di , : 4 , terninainim
at home—a dark-ay:. , brown-haired
girl of slight, but compact frame,
just enteri n g her nineteenth year.
Her mother - had been deed several
years, and upon her devolved the
whole - oat* of the household.
One day, lite in summer, Mr.
Crawford went with &party ,of trav
elers, away. to the hftdwaters of eue
of the, many .Mountain streams that -
empty.into the Saco, and Bessie was
left alone. - Even the dogs had all
gone with the pleasure Seekers.
Near the middle. of the afternoon,
while the girl INLELs sitting toy an open ,
window in the front room, engaged
in sewing, ,a man came np from the
road and naked her if she wony give
him a 4:16114 of water. Besse had
seen the. man before and had not
liked his looks. H e was til stout,
broad-shouldered,ill-favored fellow,
and the bite of moss and spikes of
pines upon his clothes indicated that
he had slept in the woods.
But Bessie did not hesitate. She
' laid aside her .work and went to get
'the water. • When she came back the
nen had entered the room. She did
not like this, for she was sure ho had
come in by the window; but she
handed him the tin dipper without
remark. The man drank„and then
set the dipper down upon the table.
Then he turned upon the girl, and
drei‘r 'a broad-bladed knife from his
pocket. •
"Look yo, my young lad)'," ho
said, " I know there's 'money in this
house; and I know you are alone.
Show mo where the money is! If
you don't I shall kill you, and then
hunt it up myself! I'm in earnest,
and there ain't no time to waste.
Don't make a fuss, .for if 'you do
you'll feel this knife quick."
Bessie shrank back, and looked in
to the man's face, and she could see.
that he meant just what he (said. 1. 4
i
"If I show you where the mono
is will you promise nut to do --- m
harm 2"
NilAlßEit 15.
"Show.me honest, and I won't
harm Ore".
"Their ; come with me. But you
will take only the moneyyou won't .
take navy father's papers?"
"Only. the money; girl."
Bessie led tlgt4ay to it small bed
room on the ground 'floor, where
there,was an old mahogany bureau,
the upper: drawer of which she':un
locked. The man, yhenhe.saw
thinking doubtless, that -Crawford%
gold was within his grasp„ shut up
the knife and put it into his. pocket.
Tho. girl opened. the drawer, and
quick as thought, drew forth a. largo
navy revolver—on 6 with which ,she
herself had killed it trapped bear—
and cocked it.
" Villain !" she exclaimed r planting
her back against tlie welt, . and - aim
ing the weapon at his botioni, " many
a wild beast have I - shot with this
- good pistol, and I'll shoot you if you
don't. instantly leave this housed. I
will giVe you not, even a second!
Start, or I iiie!"
The ruffian 'could read human
looks as well es could the maiden,
.and
.he 'could read very
.plainly in the
firm set lips and in the flashing eyes
—but more ;clearly - in the steady
band with which she held 'the pistol
—that she would not only fire, as she .
had promised, but her aim - world be
a sure and fatal 'one. r
- Awl he backed out from the bed
room—backed into the sitting room
—then. leaped from the open window
and disappeared.
Bessie kept her pistol by her side
until her father and his guests came
lynne; and wlrn she. told her story,
search wasmade forfhe ruffian. Bnt
he was not found. Our heioine bad
so thoroughly 'frightened, him that
.he never came that way again.
~..:.,:., ;-::-,A• BRAVE 0p14.„...
BATHERS AND Doos.- r -The. corres
pondent of a conntry!-paper - relates
the follo'cring anecdote:
"When - I was about, fifteen years
old, and at: school, I obtained per
mission one day to take with me as
a bathing -companion, Hector, , the'
master's great Newfoundland dog. I
had taken my header from: the pier,
and was making for the buoy anclior
ed some yards from the land, when .
I was startled by a sensation such as
might be produced by a rako drawn
down my back, first from my right
shoulder, then frbm the left. Turn
ing quickly round, I found to my
dismay that Hector was resolutely'
bent on saving me from a watery
grave. Without stopping to reason
with him on his unnecessary -display
of zeal, I instantly dived, turned
under water, rose to the surface,
seized him by the tail, pulled
under water, and held him there un
til I thought ho had enough of it.
We then_swam quietly and independ- .
ently to land, Hector taking tho lead.
I recollect to this day the smart of
the salt water on the musical, staves
which &worsted my poor back; but
though Hector' and I bathed together
many a" time ' afterwards ho never
came near me again."
Ar Niunr.—Here is one of Thack
enty's.pleasant touches:
It is night now, and hero is hoiae.
Gathered under the quiet roof, elders
and children lie alike arrest. In the
midst of a great peace and clam, the
stars look out from the heavens. Vie
silence is peopled With the t past; sor
rowful remorses for sins and short- -
comings memorie&of passionate joys
and_griefs rise out of their graves, •
both now alike calm and sad. Eyes,
as I shift mine, look at me, that have -
long ceased to shine. The town and
fair landscape sleeps under the 'star
light, wreathed in the autumn mists.
Twinkling among the houses, a light
keeps watch hero and there, in, what
may be a sick chamber or s two. The
clock tolls sweetly in the silent air.
Hero is'night, night and 'rest.. An
awful sense of thanks makes the
heart. swell, and the head . bow, As I
pass to My room through the sleep
ing house, and feel as thought' hush'.
ed blessing were upon it. - '
THE OFFICE OF A MOILII9Ig
Wwi -
A writer in Lippineott's Magazine,
who spent a week among the Mor
mons, says:
The place occupied by a Mormon
wife in her husband's household is
simply that of a servant, with fewer
'privileges thin has Jane tho'cook, or
Lucy. the waiter, in our domestic
economy. ' She has no '" afternoon
out "—no wages to do as sho will
with—no "followers," and no chanco
of a change. But, she has hard work
unrealized in ouicomfortable.houses
—the privilege 54, waiting upon the
master of the house when he chooses
ID call upon her services; •and the
belief that the more patiently she
bears the cross of the present; tho
more beautiful will be the crown of
the future she hopes to win."