TERI'S or , IPPILLIPArtnr. Tea Boumlo Ilwrossis Is published every bersday Almsfog by S. W. /mom at Two Dellere annum tn advance. . . Kr Advertledrig In all miss exeltudso of anbeartp• oa to tbe paper - ' SPEC lAL NOTIM3 Inserted Id strums camper no for Ant tnaertdon, and Errs mere per line for 1 . brew:lent tnaertiona. 'LOCAL NOTICES. same style as reading matter. czars • ltne. iADVERTISEMENTS will be Inserted'aceordlng to . e following-table of rates : . . lw I de' I"' 151.150 1 8.001 5.001 &IV 1 10.00 1 1 - 15 _ _ _ irt - m 2.50 7.00 10.00 113.00 90.001110.00 9.001 &60 114'00 18.26 f 25.00 I 21.00 i .. CS= cotamn 1 5.00 1 3.200 ►moo 'no° I so.oo 116.00 colt:a:in 110,00 20.00130.00 1 40.00 1 0.00 1 111.00 •oftiing 1 20.00140.00100.00180.001 $lOOl $l5O --- lidietnistrater's and VocatoesNothset.S2 Noticsa, 12 50 't Baldness (lards, iTe /Mee* (Per u) $5, additional lines $1 - each. Yearly . advertisers are entitled to quarterly ehanrse. nalrnt advertisementenoastbepaidfor is abase& Relegations of Associationsy Communications lim ii ited or individual interest, and notions of Xar 'Kee ani Deaths, eyeedingilvslines. nen charged cvcre perlline. IThe ItZnonTrn having a larger circulation than all papers in tho county combined. mates it the beet ti-rernsincr rnedianm In Northern Pennsylvania. on PRPRTINO of every kind. in Plain and Fancy dr.ra, done with neatness and dlwatelt. Nandidlls. Cards.!Pampldetaßiltbada, Statements. /cc. ,%ery variety and style. printed at the shortest —tie... The lizrourna Oran Is well iruppliod Ida "wet. Preaao. a good assortment of new typo, and • -vihing in the Printing line can be - executed in mort artivtio manner and at the lowest rates. , r.nsiB INFARLkEtLY Calf. BUSINESS CARDS. 'WALLACE 'KEELER, IT AND FRESCO FAINTER, 1510-37 ELL&SL Minors awl Shippers rtbe srLitvAN . AliTfinkClrt COAL, er.1•71 - Towundie Pa. Er. MORGAN,. r in Real rAbte. lots frem $lOO np = °Mee over :e fate B. S. IluFsell k Ca.'s Itza nouse.. Drioroon, Dealer in all Jo Emig of Roofing Slates; Towanda,- Pa. All t' lre for tontine promptly attended to. - rartientar raisonriven to rottafte and perch Renting. :I,f•VTI AILORF.SS.—Try 'Mrs. F Fjaii - nrx's work and priera. Minn in .firrt. yellow 7.P0 lx•tween Ward 'louse and Pakery7 opposite -t-0:11co. Towanda Oct. 1871,—kni4p -• .FOWLER . REAL ESTATE . • 17 , F.ATIlli, No, 27R Son,th Water Rtrort ; Chi. r.pal.rkate rercl.aard and sold. ntP macleathl Siaury roatica. MaF•10:70. _ _ _ _ • I)IUEL POWELL, SON & CO Sal lop owl floor west of riven 11 - n.e. ani . respectfally ask a rhara , :of , 7 • pa!r,l7,vo. , rear.2o'72 • OTTN 0. RUFF, AUCTIONEER, <l-P , r•,•.1 , v nttenl all eatloß of real estate rro. , rtr. \ll.ll,lPrs mad or oUer ,. Ki i l•ct p•• 071,135. L11(1244 , d to to any part of the reSI-ofr, , Stana'miy, Stone and r P.,:).1f0r Cfunty, Th. Tnar.tall A . I — LOTID mos., G'eneral Fire T crd n.:nr anre..4 ru. Policies covering ranet-b by lightning. in Wyoming. nit tbcr withont additional GATLOIIII r 23, ";1. B. C. GATLOItP. °HY Dr.STEE, 13' LAC'KS3fITIT, -M.'Nr.orrioV , 1'.1..-paya particular attention to p,a, , , , ies. iVacous. Sleighs. kr- Tire.set and Tai , -Iti - rz done on short notice. Work and charges I,r:u •,grrlsall.eft. - tcry. 12,150.1. A MOS • PF,NNIT..A.CICER, HAS. - 1. ... , a• n e,tr, , ,1,41.0i1 biniPelr is the TAILORING p,,rxi , ,,,5, .I,rvp ever Ttorklrsil'a Atmore. Work of ice-y ,le,,.ript , .n &Ile. in the latest Etylre. '''or..amia, Alr".l '2l, 1870.—tf -I - i'IIAYVILLE 'WOOLEN MIL Thanndersizned %could rtrix.ettnlly antler:ince to rsid.c that he keeps constantly pn hand Woolen eassimeres. Flannels. Tarns. and all kinds at end retail. HAIGH S DC.OADLEY. pfopeetor. • ni l le I TON ROUSE, • rit_kcA, S. D. TEIOMTSDN. Prt,lr• ~,tolsat•the Depot; free for the Ilouye 11 .1. 1W:241n S. RUSSELL:!-S G E:N.T_ItAL '; , ' N r: RAIV CE AGPA'q Y EEG ilr XINDEBSIGI.CED ARCHI- Li Tr:CT AND IILiLI,DER. wish to inform the _ of Toannda tna Nieinity. that he will give 'attention to drawing pl.na. deeigna and ~ 'citications.:for all manner of buildings; private puhlie. Superintendence given for re..V.. - onable I .offiee at residence N. E. 4 corner of coed and Elizaleth .streets. J. I:. rtemmini. Box 511. Ton - anda. Pa. ISM ENV PARLOR OF FASHION 811.1YING, X1.1201.1 , 091.N . G, and HAIR DYEING 3),,n, in the Latest Ityle. Alen particular Pains u in Cattitig Hair. Sham ' k , in;i. Cur Ling and Ftizzing.: fo t‘ , .0.5.1 -7 5.M..117 S lINCHCOST.E," over the 4 tioiui Hotel; ).Tutu Street, Towanda, Ps. 1:` , 1,17,11 1F72. 11 7 : EINGSBURY, £,AI., I:STATE, LIFE, rutt:. k Accrnr.sr A.'NCE AGENCY. comer of 1 - . lain dul State Streets, Mar,.ll 13, 1572. • TOWANDA. I ASII,.DOODS, I.ND BLECDS. 7.(7, I am prvitared to l'lrnlsh Kiln-dried-P.33ra, Sash ar. , 1!1',1.n.1s of any etylC, size, or thicl•.r.ea. nn short u Ihnil in your orders ten days before yon to use the articles, and be sue that you will rt 1 rs that will tiot shrink or sxell. Terms caall Very. Toveanla, :fully D. 1 , 471. GEO. A. CASH. I,k YTON' BROTUER,. • 1),..31Pri. In =IIIDES, PELTS, : CALF , 57, - 1 - Ns, rum, ttv , 10.41 , ,c , ct rash price paid at all times. '2,1. E. Store. G. A..nkrraw.) r,. r,0r.14.70 TMVANDA , PA. HE • UNDERSIGNED HAVE opened a Banking Boum in Towanda, untrerpae eof G. F. M. SON c CO. • • , e 7 are prepared to draw Bills of Exchange, and oeheotiona in Now York, Philadelphia, and all Itl,c• StatPa, am slag England, Ccr Iny. anti FrItTICt. To loan money, rccelvo depoilits a tie - rat naorloq bnainegx. was :,f the into - firm 'of L'rto. .r. of l'owanria, Pa., and ilia kn0w1(4 1 .4.:0 L.,:n 11ra.i.f.rd nod adjoining countlea r0.w.7 iv - ^n in the banking ).ontiness for aboiq, inaka this Loma a..del:irablo on^ thron:;11 t- , make colic-ctiona. MASON, awia, Oct 1, 1866. • . A. G. MASON. T E W Y.I It II! NEIVGOODS, LO TV" PRICES ! AT LICINT.OETON. PA. TRACY & HOLLON t Groectics and l'zi - o:sions, Drugs ticrosaue•oll, Ixrps. 'China:lE7s, Stons, Paint,(. Oils, Varolabi Yankee No- Cigar.; and Snug. PIIIO Wines and ~ 1 tboi.. ri , mlity, for Tnedlctr,al rurpoees Ali 5.5,1 at the rosy lovreat prives. Prc iy compoun•leil at all liphrs of the tia S cr..11. . TIIACY tt EIOLLO7-1. June 21. 1869-Iy. =BE HEAP PASSAGE FROM OR TO I[ EL AND OR .ENO LIND Cr)::6' LINE OF kaTEAUSETFS FICOMOII SO (j7EI:NTO , T ^ S On LITE/11'001. Y Gni•an's old " Black Star LIP. 6 " of Padicto, trery 17cek. Lire of rackoto froni or to Lota,lon, tw,..,r a rnontL. England, Irolatral snd S.colland rty. d•..:.•and• • f•lctl!ca• pica nlare, apply to Witiams k Culon, F. Bankora, Towanda; Pa. MEM 1 11.‘IILFS F. DAYTON, • t.l BMA A 11 NESS 11 - A K E Ore: oody*6 Stare, on hand n 1.111 assortment of DOUBLE and ILL; BAIZE, and all other goods in his lino palring and oinuufacturing doue to order. l' , war.la„ August 23, 1571.. 0 J4coi s - , Ll4a removed Ids OF FASHION No 2 ' 3 t;=E's Main street, sccond door alme Bridge street. I WL:re can a!)ctcs I,` e foSeld a coaplclk. stock of TENTS AND BOYS' CLOTtuNG, AND - AA.TS A'*D CAPS Ari varr.lntel, 61;k1 i'k at the tQw. st rsfrk S. W. .4.1...VC0 . lan, 7 • Wisher. VOLUME XXXII. PROMMITAL Cale TAMES . WOOD," . &vox= AND 00MUIZLIAIl As Lam,Vcrwands. Ps. - al • Y PE,ET, _ATTORNEY AT Law. Tawanda.l%. June 27. •e 6. WILFOYLE, ATTORNEY AT &W, Towanda, Ps.. Mei "lib Enema Smith, south side litereues Meek. Aprill4. Suite & MONTANYE, ATTO 1- - airs AT Law. alica—eocuer at Kola and ' Pine Stave* oppoatte Parkes Drug 1360 re. DR EL WESTON, -DENTIST.- Chemi ..11l Mos In Stars Patton's Mock. over Genes Dreg sad cal . , - Jan VI. D 8...T. B. JOHNSON, Parsuns o sLISCIEMI, Ofilop, OTC! Dr. a. C. Porter Son & Co.. Drug Store. DR. C. N. LADD, PHYSICIAN and Burgeon. Tcreanda, Pa: Of&wow door north of Day, Ruction k 13anderson'acoal office. jsnlB'72 LP. WILLISTON . AT LAM. TOWANDA." ' South side of Ifercuri New Block. up *bin. April 21, "I4—tf. B. Itio3KE AN, ATTORNEY • Ann Covmu.o AT Laar.Towsnda, Ps. PUN tictdar attention paid to bdaineaa in the Orphans' Court. Jukr 20. V& TELLY & STANLEY, DEntsTs. Office over Wickham k Black's Store, Towan da, Pa. Gas for extracting teeth. W. B. EXISA MT " IL CARNOCHAN, ATTOR • xrr er Llar gristriet, Affibrney . for Brad ford Countr.Troy, Pa...Corloctioss mods sad prompt ly remitted. fob 15. . JOHN N. CAILIFF, ATTORNEY AT Law. Towanda, Pa. Particular attention gtv en to Orphans' Court business. Conveyanotiut— and C.oUendons. W Office in Wood's new block„,, south of the Mat National Bank. up stairs. - Feb. I, 1871. TIVERTON & ELSBREE, ATros atn's er LAW, Towanda, Pa., haring entered Into copartnership, offer their profeasional services to the public. Special attention ghren to brudneas In the Orphan'. and Register's Cont.. 1141410 OVSZTON. SS. 11r., C. =cans = NELCUR 1: DA.VIES, ATTOR AT Law. Towanda. ra. The tmderaigneff having associated themselves together in the practice of Law, offer their professional services to the public. ULYSSES =BC= ' W. T. DAMES. March 0, 1870. NA - T A. &B. 31. PECK'S LAW v • omen. Mn wee+ oppcisite the Cant 1:10 - a.gai Towanda, Pa. Oct. 27,'70 A. KEENEY, COUNTY SU • PERETIt..2..aniT. Towanda, Pa. Office with B. M. Peck, second door below tho Ward House. Will be at the offieethe last Saturday of each month and at all other times when ndt called sway on busi ness connected with the Superitendency. All letters should hereafter be addressed as above. dec.1.70 DR. J. W. • LYALIN, ••• _ rrirnms , Ayr, RCEOZOS. Oillica one door east of Reporter building Reif 41rnoc, 'corner Pine and 2nd street. Towanda. Jane 22. 1871. • JOHN W. • MIX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Towanda, Bradford Co., Ps. GENtRAL INSURANCE AGENT. Particular attention paid to Collectloni and Orphans' Court business. Office—Merv:Ws New Black, north side Public Square. apt. I, 'SO. TIOCTOR 0. LEWIS, A. GRADIT- JlJ' ate of the College of ~ P hyantlarui and Burgeons." Neu York city. Clare 1543-4. giiT3 Ma:lllV° attention to the praetlee of his profeaalon. Ofthne and residence cm the.eastern elope of Orwell HIll: adjoining Henry How e's. jan 14.'M. TR. D. D. SMITH, Dentist, has purchased G. S. Wood's property, between 1:, - r cur's Block and the Elwell souse, where he has lo,ate , l hie °Mee. Teeth extracted without pain by use of cal , . .Toursnds, Oct. 20, 1870.—yr. TOWANDA. PA • DINING 1f00:3IS IX CONNECTION WITH THE BAKERY, Near the Court House. We are prepared to ford the hungry at al; times of the day ant evening. Oyetrra and Ice Crean/ in their /50680714. • March do, 1870, D.W. - SCOTT & CO. VLWELL HOUSE, TOWANDA, JOUN C. WILSON Having loaned this Rouse, IS now ready_to Accommo date the traTelling Nopaina nor expense will be spared to give satisfaction to Wow who may give him a call. ar North aide of tho public square, east of Ner. cur's new block. -1-11)IMIERFTELD CREEK HO TEL purchasial, and thoroughly refitted this old and well-known 'stand. formerly kept by Sheriff Grif fis, at the month of Rummerfield Creek. is ready to give good accemmodations and satisfactory treatment to all who may favor him Filll a call. Dw. 23, 868-74 f. TEA.ItiS HOUSE, TOWANDA, 111 PA ' cou.. TMD,SZ MELTS. , The flosses, Harness. Z. of all &este of this kouse, Insured sgalust loss by Fire, without ex tra charge. A superior quality of 011 English Dan Ale, jcet received. v. R. JORDAN, Towanda, Jan. 24.'71. Proprietor., BRADFORD HOTEL, - TOWAXIM, PA The rabseriber having leased and lately fltted np . the above Hotel, lately, kept - by him as a saloon and hoarding house, on the south lade of BRIDGE STREET. next to the roil-road, is NM prepared tO ententain the public with good secomadations on res. sonable charges. 110 trouble or expense - will be spared to acenarnodate those calling on him. , Ills bar will be furnished with choice brands of Cigars, Liquors, Alas; &c. Good Stabling attached. 173 f. REFRY,' Towanda. June 1.1871.*t01 315y72 Proprietor. WARD HOUSE,' . TOWANDA, , : i t :.: J i t ... ) ! : ,) COUNTY, PENN'A. ' , , , . . This popnlar house, recently leased by Megan!. goon k Haan& and havingbeen completely refitted, tu l i remodeled, and re rnishe4l, affords to the public all the Comforts an modern ccnivenlences of a first class Hotel. Si -opposite the Park on Alain Street, it is em.ine t y convenient for persons visit ing Towanda, either for pleasure or business. rep6'7l KWH .f . SMEARS, Proprietors. „A2,..,5i0 k HOUSE, .n..trsvars., PA . Imo syNni This House ti conducted in strictly Temperance Ev . ery. effort, will be made to mate guests comfortable. Good rooms. and the table will always be supplied with the best the market af fords. 1C0r.4, int . NIERCIIRS BANK, TOWANDA, PA. • (3iccosnor 'to B. S. Russell & Co., Bankers.) Bemires Deposit's, Loans limey, Mates Collee- Ulms, and does a GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS; same as an Incorporated Bank.. To persona desiring to send money to ala PAST of thelJnited States, Canada .or Europe, this Bank onrs tho beet facilities and the lowest terms. PASSAGE TICKETS To and from NOira Scotia, England. Ireland. Scot land. or any part of Europe and the Orient, by the CELEBRATED EVAN. UNE Of Steamers always on hand. Buys and Fete Gold, Silver, rea4 States Bonds at market rates. Agent for the E3/0 of Northern Pae.flo 7 nlO Bonds. 1. If. C. 3111tC1711. P:rea - Went WM S. VEICECT. Caahler. i.nar.l6ll CHAMBER SETS, claeaper than crer, at TROST & SONS FROST & SONS Inake the best Extension Table in the world. T AXE TROUT, some very fine _IJ (=es, at a very low price, by June 15. 1871. FOX k MuCtrit C°FrE rj , TEA, SUGAR, FISH he., wholesale and July 1. BIoCABE. k MIL Samuel Powell, Souk Co., Lace secured from New York a lady Nair Freshen,, and will be_plespedie have the ladles of 'Frew:de call and el:agate bar work. C. SL. 81Astar prAr.2o'72l Hotols. PF;TEB. LAND3tEssEn, Paoriurrox. J. 0. FROST & SONS [ MANUFACTURERS •of- FURNITURE! our rare...rooms at at! Woecoontaia as all attles end = l ceiabtaisti etth the Leh • 13epsd. the sattable .for all. • so cheap that say cm do byre them. Mao • Swat and moat . ASMONABLE IMMIX vilikrr PAZLOS /ND 1.1281142 X IMUOTUILL, I Dew and original &Weak and at thi mat ma. • a • stria and Wash. Also $ choice sametsaest at ABLES, • WARDROBES, DBES& MG CASE% BIDE-BOARDEI. AND 1100141/1128. . a (=spiels lino of TotooTotas.flofia. floooro Raab*. Zig and Parlor Chairs. la the grostoot watiety of Arks and prices. Mao an oodles" mina _ • BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS; CHAIRS TARyrs, MIRRORS, FEATHER PILLOWS, MATRESSES, & SPRING BEDS, fLevery description, and in fad eieryttdigi te bs in a First Mai Furniture Bore. PHEA.PER 'rum; Tire cIIEEVEST 1 We pay ism for Lumber, 'or will take Lumber In exchange for rarulture. Also a large stack of • COFFINS Of every description from the most common to thi finest' Rosewood. abrays on hand. We are 'sole egad' for i 1 , 111K13 META= BURIAL CAM'S, Which ape nav eanceeded ; a parties to be far tbd beat Waite Case in we. • have the FINEST HEARSE In this section of country. and will furnish sap thing in the UNDESTAKDIO line AS LOW as the same quality of goods can be got at ANT PLUS. either in Towanda or dawdlers, and from ear base 41YDSIILENCE and thorough acqualptanos with ties era Can sans persons many 1a11107104611 to = l a they are always subject-,whon dealing with icoropetent parties. • • nom 107 Ili= STREET; Do not forget the place. TOwan4a, April 2, 1871 ** ** * ** ** ******* PHOTOGRAPHY! * - * , The undersigned would Inform the public I * t. that they have puthand the * GALLERY OF ART, ILIZIANG k GIISTL% _1 on Main street, first date south Of the TIM _ I' National Bank. and incous._by Add atbatton * it. to btudneat in and t , T ri ttr fr isi t Mon o[ appevery * provomenthe place worthy of patronsge_. Gum, It* * In to remain with and eve bps ** 0145 time 1 and attention to the making of lk IVORYTYPES, • * *, , * ik raarrrscis =OIL AND WATER COLORS, * 1 - As well as PMICELING in INDIA DM, * Particular sttentlen given to thsWokargtog _ * of pictures, and to the wawa* or an lona * * of work. so as to Wa d. n% the beet ?sant*, an arr notch tine is possible Wen to making ar negative's of small children. ' 1 * Thole wanting pictures will *was gin us .., a trial, and we th ink that they Will be sails- * ned. * . OHO. H. WOOD & CO. janllll. , ';.9raire ******** * * * * * * * M . E. ROSENFIELD'S LOTHING EMPORIUM OPPOSITE Tat: ELEANS MUSE, 1, (formerly occuPicd by 11, Jacobs.) Tho tepid growth of Veranda, requires the expo. elon of business, and the underilsed, relating this want of the COSlZUrllthcf ill the • Y MATE CLOTHII3II LINE lies opened a uesr store in Beidletases (formerly occupied by H. Isooba.) and la now Pe_e• 'eared to o ff er to his old customers and Use pantie generally, a better stock of • • AND BOYS' CLOTHING ilea can be found in any other establishment oat. tide the dties. Bly stook has all been purchased from the nano facturers this season, so that I hays no old stock to get rid of, bought at high prices. I have a lI:MMus of ? , ENTS' FURIsaSEENCF GOODS - • t . tho finest quality and latest styles, which I 4,, am frering at low figures. 144 Oki Saki I i) al 3 - I.I:VV 1147 ronneLtiou with the old'staniquid when 1111 want anything in tho clothing line, for yonrwell r i,c,y R, mill on me in 'Beidleman's Block. Towanda, Manch v3,1H72. MESSRS LAZARUS & MORRIS, OPTICIANS AXEOCIILISIS, Ckaor • are with a ♦iow to meet the increasing demand for their 1414t1420111NVA 1 1;1 ,1 : 1 4 4 414. 4 .1: 1 ;jjegif.Xi5..:1 Appointed tric etch Maker and 'Jeweler. &ler in Swiss end rival Watches; TOWANDA, PA., • tole Agent in this kacality. They have taken care to give all needful instructions. and have confident* - lb the ability of their agent to meet the may. ,beats of all customers. In sgportantfty tlfl to thus afforded to procure td ll times. flpecteeke 17a. Qualitiesoe thetr liWato a t and If res. s . Too much cannot be end as to els Superiority over the ordinary glasses morn. There is no gllncontring, weetug of the smelt, die. Sinew, or other unpleasant sensition. tad on no Ontrati. from the perfect oonstenetion ths Lea- Meg. they are soothing ,ntl phnsaut. Mutat a to& tug of relief to the wearer, said producing a steer -thd vision. as in the actual. healthy dot. T he catty epectscle that preserve as well m artist the eight, and see the cheeped _Deem= the best. always 1•Allug many years without change he• ipg necessary. W, A. CHAIIBERLEN, W. A. C: I; Toyme, Sole Agent In Towanda. Ps. iar We employ no pedalero.. Mazdh Urn. ' Nom LINE STELUERS SaL EVIZT WITIMDAY ARD EULTURDEt Demengera booked to and Dom fay 'Whew OW Don or Seaport In Omni BMWs. Wand. Swim dirndl:tn. Denmark. Genname, Irmo, Maud, Del gtam and Om United inMen. • AT LOWEST CURRESdr- ILLST& .alltin - We from New York to GLASGOW. LITZ& LOIDOIDIMPT at QIIIMESTOWN. M. Sa. naiLWICESkn. SSI.STSIMAGS. SSA. DBMS =RD 108 £$T AXOtINT.. Otaitesamathnt for their Meads to Or Old Cons. try rsn a parrinas iekata t, radnord 4 nloa. ana iner porticadannM t y todOIXDZIOM Vootalitean. r. or to 60. MELT= Etyma OMB Ma . Towanda. Ps.. crell. =at Mat lotion kof Tome& ME Dar little bands 1 I Wed thews so 1 - And now they are lying under the snow; Under the snow. so eold and white, And I canto - t see them nor touch them toidght: They are quiet and still at list. Ah, Mel How busy and restless they turn' to be; But now theicsu never reach up through the snow— - j Dear little hands! I toed them so 1 Dear little hands! I miss them so ! All through , the day, wherever I go, All throes:bib* Jilibt, bow lamb. N Weis For no little hands "she me ant my dreams, I miss them through all the weary hours ; I miss them as otiuns roles audios and &mew, Daytime or night time, wherever' go, - Dar Milo hands I I miss them so Dear little bands! they have gone from me now! Never again wiD they rest as my brow I Never again smooth my sormirfal floe; Never sleep mine in their chiklish embrace ; And my forehead grows wrinkled and aged with oars, Thinking ot little hands ones resting there ; Bnt I know in a happier, !matronly clime; Dear little hands! I shall chap you sometime! car little hands I when the Master shell I'll welcome the summons that coma to us all! When my feet touch the waters, so dark and so cold, And I catch the first glimpse of the City of Gold If I keep my eyes axed on the heavenly gate, Over the tide, where the white-robed ones wait; Shall I know. you, I wonder, among Om bright • bands? Will you beckon me over, oh, dear little hands? o. neon k soNs. U. E. zosmintiv CAUTION. • tufty. /0 41 itAtNe4A 1:1101 lITM W. Cl. Iffii. rstellaiteinus. [For the liceozrzza.] THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LIT - MATURE. riuxx OMELET. Na IV. Language is history in itself. No other monument of the past is half so enduring. Nations rise, flourish and pass away ; their structures of art and enterprise perish ; but the language, having undergone meta morphoses, it may be, put to new uses, borne to new climes, neverthe. less treasures up in its capacious thesaurus the- histo r z, lmu; peculiarities, and the social and • ' status of the people having spoken it. Lan guage is the most faithful servant of man; used, abused, changed by the requisitions of new developments of local or national , life and growth ; notwithstanding all harsh treatment, it never forsakes its master. ; but, long surviving him, beainies the si lent index of his inner life an 4 char acter to all succeeding ages. Suscep tible as the soul of childhood to the slightest impressions, it retains those impressions indelibly stamped there in characters legible to posterity. It will survive the shock of opposing arms and the terrors,of conquest and invasion. Time may beat and bruise it; but, like the water-washed rock, though its surface may be worn and even transformed, its substance re mains unchanged. - Revolutions may be the birth pangs.of new languages, They often mark the epoch of new, developments :and the initiatory period Of rapid 'growth and great permandicy and perfection. The reformation marks the period when, from the Babel of con fusion among the German tongues, order and concentration began to emerge. Luther, the chief figure in that revolution, was its foster-father. His mind, so intense, earnest, gaol -- a* and glowing, fixed the words in their final form. His pen communi cated and transmitted them to his fellow-countrymen. That nob% trans laticm of the Scripture's, still recog nized, with uiational pride as the standard version, has preserved to us with faithful and sacred awe, the language ale found; and used it. What more sacred vehicle, or _more sure and permanent and univ' ersal, could have been cusp:eyed for suet a purpose? A. Divine peavidence. We say. Ire not only thus popularized the usage of his mother, tongue, but disseiainated everywhere Abe moods of Divine truth. How Wu& st mager richer and more endtiring than be fore, the forms and idiOnla this now central stock t Henceforth there is to be permanency here -holding all its excellent qualitieCuith a tenden cy toward greater perfection and beauty. • ' The High German ":is full of - the I balm and bloom of the luxuriant East." There is an oriental richness of coloring. It possesses withal, a wonderful inward element of self growth, a tendency or capacity to en large its fabric by new, conthinati* and - developments of its-own materi als. It has beim likened to the or ange tree, koded it- the same time with fruits and, fall-bkren blossoms and nascent buds. Wherever you toncl it in its historic' development, it reveals abundance of treasure. The world will not forget nor ignore this fact. The Greek is wonderfully adapted to seethetical and philosoph ical uses. And to-day the German, more than any other living language, is, in this , akin in its "in ward and subtle respect affinities'', to the Greek. In originality and constancy of productiveness, what modern lance gdage is its equal? To the mind which is; thoroughly English in = -its type and tone, no modern language could be received into all its elements of thought and growth so profitably as the German; and why ? One reit 'son is becawse the two languages are GO radically different in their devel opment and growth. ' The English has a " wondrous faculty for appro. ;dieting to its own use. and growth . all the strength and beauty of all other tongues." In other words, it grows from without, while the Ger man grows from within. Do you re quire to express nice and , fine dis tinctions, you will and the best mod ern vehicle in the Eirsn. Its ex pression of poetic. is un equalled. Profoundai e ls hoir ever, is of late the great distinguish-, Wig characteristic of. the Germa n nupd. 'Patient peneverzewe, _untir ing pis the .motto of the Tea Ha Mows no insurnxeinte , able difficulties. He delves , patient ly and de*7 into therellass of mei !lnce, and brings up the intellectual ore ; not, however, for hone use snitiiims - cos TOWANDA, BRADFORD coon, P alone. but fir the enjoyment • and prof% as well as to , the wonder, of the whole world. d strange , .and wonderfully pinkeund elms of -men, these itlenmuni,. and their leagues twealeidy adapted -to anise wants 01 the type of mind they passes. Na ture will always regulate that. The litagiuivi _will_ grow in just that direc tion %hob shall best adapt it to the uses and wants - of those speaking But here the very constitution, as well 'as subsequent development, is in unique keeping with the character of the peck*. • Philologists distinguish foar ode of of historic growth, vin 1. The Trellistorie pefied. 2. Old Thish German, premulz43 from the seventh to the eleventh century. 3. }addle High German, from the eleventh century to Luther's time. 4. New High from the Bdormation tci the ;point time.-first of these pen as its designation in dica*, is without anything of great value to the. language. Bishop -Ul - translation of the Bible, from 888 A. D., may be classed here; also the Scandinavian Eddas, though their date cannot be exactly deter mined. Perhaps the principal use of the divisions above indicated is to designate eras of periodic growth in to the style' of its forms, x. r e a l ge. 4 ? than, to distinguish literary epochs or classic periods. The Ger man language is distinguished from, every other in having tin classical muds. The 'first at the time of the Nibdinigen-Lied, about the 7th. Bth, 9th and 10th centuries, coinciding thus with the Old High German peri od. It is sometimes confined to the century included between 1150 and 1250, A. D. But though the Nibel ungen-Lied was not prepared in the form in which we find it until -about 1200. A. D., it had been composed at a much earlier time. I will here take space to be more specific in res p ect to this great epic of the ancient Ger mans. It is a strange stringing together of several Sagenkreis' e or circles of traditions. These, embodi ed in songs, composed by various au thors in different parts of Germany, and hence in different dialects, - are united into one national song, and constitute the great epic of the tier mans, . as Homer's Iliad does that of the Greeks. It contains scraps dat ing back to .Charlemange, 1000, A. D. • "Its heroes are those of the sth and 6th centuries, and of a Christian type." In the 14th and 15th centu ries 20 copies existed in manuscript. In the 16th and 17th centuries the world lost trace of the German Iliad. Latins, however, s learned man of the 16th century, knew of its exist. ence and used it in preparing his work, Die Volker.wanderung. In the last century, Bodner found two co pies. They were the property of the Count of Ems. Afterward a Swiss named Miller, a teacher at Berlin, issued an edition. Since that Prof. Lachman has issued the poem in its earliest form. • There - are three or four other not ed productions of the Old High Ger man period. The least important is . the Welt-13eschreibtmg, or a descrip tion of the world, composed about 1100, A D., and in the form of a po em. There aro threi3 remnants of early literature which have been pre served from the 15th century. They are not in their oldest form in conse quence of subsequent changes and additions. The first is in Old Ger man, and is' called Hildebrandt& Lied. It was preserved by two monks in Fulda, in the 9th century, written on fly-leaves of religious works. Since the 30 years war it has been preserved in one of the Muse ums of Germany. The second is Walter von Aquitaniani in Latin. We have an edition from the 10th century in Latin. The third is in Anglo-Saxon, Beovulf. It has come down from .the 11th century. The early poetry of the Germans was all of a national or popular character, i. e.,. Yolks-Poesie. The first Christ ian production was the Helfand or Helfand.. It wait preserved at Mu nich, and was written in the 9th cen tury at the solititation of Ludwig, the Pions, son of Charlemange. A thousand years afterward an edition appeared. It is the only relic now left of the Saxon having any value. "It is a harmony of the G ospels . in mere alliterative metre." The third period is made promi nent from the fact of its embracing the time of the Minnesrenger, min strels of Love Their homes were in Allemanie, and Suable. From their popularity their dialects became very prominent. From the beginning of the 14th century, the time when the Minnestefiger died out, and also all poetry except,Yolks-Poesie, which seemed to take here a new , start, Scholastic Philos:4)4 ages its ori gin. This was a preparatory period for the Reformation. The most. pp maw appearance was the Mater monger, master singers. These were in the period of their greatest pros perity in the 16th century. They outlived the storms of the 30 years war. Hero occurred several-import ant events which contributed greatly to the advancement of German liter ature. Universities were established, printing was invented, and newspa pers exerted, necessarily, great influ ence in educating the people. And now came the time for the greatest of all transforming and unifying agencies, namely, the Reformation of the 16th century. "The leaders of this great awakening in nvelern soci ety, as of the next greatest event since that day, the exodus of the Pn ritan Church to these shores, were the leading clinical Scholars of the • times." Luther was a classical schol ar, and so too was Mebuntlema• Just at this period also, we find &weight and Erasmus. Luther's Bible trans lation has received previous mention' as one of the greatest agencies in de veloping the more cultivated dialect. There mast be added to this yet other writings . of this acme period, which, in an important though less degree, have contributed to the same object. In 1540 Ickelsamer gave to his re tics the first German ran?" Translations of the works o ekes entities forra an maporia• ut feature of the literature. . imparted imparted great impetus in the right dirertka correct the study of the lan guage, by marking out definitely imd ME atm lii; 4ituirm' ."Ril! :25:i87. * sad readarbig broader. Ai aive; bra elms - 8W gm* - Thklie ' l O4l lll l maze= of *watt grammar dio- Gam* .. af aboOt 1800. As is lien knows, tha French was Imam /7-44:coun Issignige Of ill Boaroila, at Latin was the bigwigs of gut ttnisieraitias. - The zeal of the Gar. mans•to_ !duncetheir Terloccdskr has dispiseed the Freweb, and at the beginning of the eigidsenth 00141117 Upturns in the. Universities began' to tale the German dram "The Ma rne of polite society and Of ofcial intercourse is now Gerntsn." We. come now to spe . alc briefly of the amid CigNialt period. It em braciiathe that half of the present century. The brightest star of this period and, in fact, in any literary point of view, thebrig4est that Ga wkil ever exhibited to the world, J was ohannWolfgang von Goethe. This is saying Much, for " the num ber and value of the works in every branch of human learning in the German, exceed by far those- in any other language._ and the German belles-lettrei literature rivals that of any other nation." Goethe was born at .Frankfort in. 1749 ; studied at Leipzig and subsequently . at Stress burg, where he became Doctor of Laws. His writings are quite numer ous. The play entitled .` Gcets YOU Iterlichingert" was one of his earliest production Goethe appears great est in Dream and : Romance. His dramaa,lphigeniciin Tends," "Eg mont" and "Torquato Tasso," are universally . admired. The tragedy "Faust" is his greatest poetical work. Carlyle says of Goethe, as the poet himself had said before of ask veer° : "His characters are like watches with dial-plates' of transpa rent crystal : they show you the hour like others, anfithe inward mechan ism is also visible." He adds, more over, in hitlectare on "the Hero as Man of Letters " : • " Oar chosen spe cimen of the Hero as Literary Man would be this Goethe. To me a no; ble spectacle; a great heroic ancient man, speaking and keeping . silence as an ancient Hero, in the ruse of a most modern, high-bred, high-culti vated Man of Letters I We have had no such spectacle; no man capa ble. of affording such, for the last hundred and fifty years." We pre sent Goethe, therefore, as the chief representative of the second classical period of German literature. Fried rich von Schiller certainly claims the next place. He was ten years young er than Goethe, - was reared almost exclusively under his mother's watch ful care, (she a lady- of the richest qualities and disposition), his father being away much in the military ser vice. Schiller is great in several de partments of literary composition, but greatest- in his dramas. The fiat, Der Student Tbn Nassau," and one other, he himself destroyed soon after completing. Important dramas of his pen' are -" Fimko," " Wallen stein's Lager," " Maria Stuart," " Yungfran von Orleans,", and his last and master-piece, " Wilhelm Tell." Friedrich Schlegel and his brother A. W. Schlegel, by their lin guistic zeal and research, have con tributed much to the treasures of the language. They are the founders of the modern Romantic school of German literature. The latterwrote much also on art and history. Hi s productions are valuable. Leming came on to the stage a lit tle earlier. His critical writings and his theological and dramatical works give him justly a very high place among German writers. Mention Might also be made of Klopstock and Wieland, Heine, Koerner, Buerger, Bone, and many others whose writ ings swell the stream of valuable German literature. We have spoken but little of philosophical writings. In the field of Scholastic Philosophy and TheolOgy, the great names of Kant, Fichte, Schelling and Hegel the world never , can forget nor ignore. Great minds will make them selves felt, though shrouded in the mists of Rational' n 1 and Skepticisii. I will close this article by adding that no language presents a broader field for study and found investi gation and research ro than the Ger man. "The literature' is fall of strength and beauty to a degree even of almost Asiatic luxuriance." Here are some of the ablest thinkers that the world has ever produced. Thither go pnr best American stu dents to sit at the feet of these mon and prepare themselves for the high est professorships of our own cone= try. i*ay the time speedily Caine when,such a necessity shall cease to exist! Though seventy th.:usind people speak, and call their own the German tongue, the. English-spoilt ing population of the world, and they alone of European nations, can marshal a greater army. These facto' 11l suggest to us the -vast importance of the German language, and furnish us with a reason why it is so exten sively studied. In many respects it is the first living language in the earth. Side by side with our own beautiful tongue, each having its pe culiar advantages, each throwing the glow and lustre of its own brightness upon the other, together nearly mo nopolizing the best and most popular literature of the world, it is march- Big on, under the leadership of Di vine Providence, to the accomplish ment of its great mission among the nations of the earth. , . "Wear time is it. my dear? 't ask ed a wife of her husband, whom. she suspected calve* drunk but who was doing Ids best to look sober; "'Well. my darling, / can't tell; 'cause, you see. there aro four hands on my watch. and each - points to a different figure, and I don't know which to believe." . Ouvx Loom commenced - one of her leettress at Newark, recently, with the lir mark, "Menem I eee a pretty gtrl.l want to clasp her in . my arms." •• So do we," shouted the boys in the gallery. For a moment Olive was non-pinsaed, but, recoverizg her self-pos session, elm replied, "Well, boys, I don't blame pm" . Mr. GRIMM writeil to s confection er in Boston that in making 'ealTes-foot jell V* Durham tweed should always be select Takes live calf, place the hand feet in a corn mill, and then commence to tarn, and the Our will Sow oat in its erode state. Collect thm in pan and throw away the calf. A Manz editor says: "If the parq who *ays the words= in this Tidally Wght IV only change We tans occasionally, or sit where we can said hint when the engine has steam on, he will bear of something to his advantage sa:editor of an Eastern : _paper city. UM Imlay at hie pages: • vosiiE sub) good vbs.' Ma" they hold back so well. CIE MEM LZ PROPEIRCY. wh i t& in blown as Mother 9. was ant paladin), in lON and repo %VAL DAM m.seen tbat all the event. probetedin It, eseetxt that inantionell in the hut two liswe—arldoh is still I. the Attare r luive .truly ease to pan.] Curlers without horses shall go, And set:gents dllthe world with woe ; 'Around theiworld thoughts shall Of . In the twinkling or an ere. - Water shall jet more* *mien do ' Now strange, yet shall be,,true: The world upside down dull be; • AM geld be found at ioot'of tree. Through Ms man shall ride, And no him Or ass be at his side. tinderraer men shall walk . lliall ride, shall sleep, shall talk. In the air men . shall be seen, In white, in black, in green. Iron In the water shall float As easy as a wooden boat. -Gold shall be ibund,•and shown, In land that's not now known. - Pire and-water shall'wonders do, England shall atlut admit a Jew. - Tha world to an end shall come In eighteen hundred and eightyksac: fro!. the Breousia,} i,(1)10)1441)44:14:43Alii(s):1 After the great and memorable naval battle on the Mississippi, be fore Memphis,. when the Stars and Stripes were victorious, and after the Union army had taken possession of that city, ,Col. F. formerly of this county, took up his temporary residence there .for the purpose Of better supplying our western army with grain, hay, ice, etc. While at tending to these Various' duties, be irequentiv passed down the /Luis eippi as 'far as Helena: While re turning one evening on Le steamboat Gladiator, with a, beautiful horse he had purchased and put on board the bola, arid while passing some twen ty miles on the way for Memphis, a light was seen ahead at one of the stations where the boats sometimes landed, and in nearing the point, signs were made from shore to land for the purpose of taking on' bales of cotton. The boat accordingly 'land ed, tied their ropes and put off their plank; when limn behind - the bales of cotton', rushed forth a band are)); I els, secured the crow as prisoners and took possession of the boat: They, captured the engineer, blew out the lights, locked the doors .of the engine room to better accom, plish - their wicked purposes, and then set fire to the bundles of hay on deck to destroy th - e - boat. In the meantime, the passengers below who had taken their berths for the night, became alarmed and rushed out to know the cause of the tumult. The rebels met them at the head of the gangway, and although the passen gers offered to surrender, acme were inhunianly shot down. - I Col. F. was among those who had retired for the night, and on hear ing the noise . 9rang from his bed, put on his pants, and hastened to the scene of the slanghter, where, , finding no chalice for his life in that direction, turned toile rear end of the boat:where some passengers and , negrms were letting down the life *boat suspended there; he crept through the boat,wben the darkies and whites rowed for their lives -1 while'volleys from the rebela'scatter ed tleVwater about them in every di rection. The Colonel's horse, which the rebels were leading from the beat as a fine prize, became frightened : and broke away and went back to the deck of the boat. During this time, a Yankee engi neer who was passenger on the boat, seeing their extremity and danger, crept under the machinery to the en gine room, renewed the lights, re versed the engine,' and moved the bait so suddenly, the cables were broken and the boat was moved from - the landing. The rebels in great consternation, leaped from the deck into the river and. swam toward the shore, while the boat passed into 'the stream. As soon as the boat was at a safe distance, the few remaining on board applied all Choir force in casting the, burning bales of cotton and hay over board to secure the boat from Sire, and were soon making their way at good speed toward Memphis where they, arrived during the night. News of the - disaster spreadthrough the' city, and soon those who had friends expected on the iboat, ivere at the wharf to know more of the fate of the passengers. Among the anxious ones' was a daughter, a brother and nephew of Col. R, who, on searching his state room, found his hat, coat, boots and collar, as ho had. placed them when retiring, all of which seemed convinc ing evidence of his fate. The return- ed to their hotel only to try to com.! - fort each other over their apparent sad bereavement. Col. R with his boat passed silent ly down therriver without any far ther moidestlition, and arrived about daylight at Helena. Harp a gun-boat was chartered, and with. our little boat load of fugitives on ‘'board, Steamed up the river and shelled the woods where the rebels were in am bush, and from thence , iiroceeded to emphis to deliver the last ones, where they arrived to the great joy of their despairing relatives , and friends. • Most of the crew taken prisoners while thg rebels were in consterna tion at losing their prize and gazing after the boat Making its way through fire into the stream, escaped from their enemies and made their way over hill and dale' toward Memphis, where they arrived the next day to ! the joy of all loyal hearts., Mr-conr. STICK TO TR& 13/100XST/CK.—Did you ever see a woman throw a stone at a hen ? It is one of the most lu dic:mu scenes ineveryday life. We recently obserirod tho process7-in deed,we paid more attention than the hen did, for she did not mild it et all, and laid an _egg the nest day 1111 if nothing bad, happened. In het, that hen will now lmow for the &at time that she served -in the capacity of a target. The . piedatory fowl had invaded the prrincts of the flower bed, and was industriously peckhig and scratching for the nut:W . (7ol*mA or the e.rly wend, blissfully uncon scious of impending. danger. —The hdy now -, apps upcvi the acne with a broom. Thin she drive-and +. = ME 401 per - Annum in Advn; picks wp a rockY fragment ,of th Silurian age, and than mikes her first mistake—they all do it---Of seiz ing the projectile - with the wrong band: Ma, with malice % afore thought, she makes the further blun des. cd swinging her arms perpendic ularly instead of horizontelly-4here• npon the stone files into the Mr,de scribing an irregular elliptical efirve. and ..msthe\ inirhica of the earth as far from tho hen' as the thrower stood at the time, in a course due west from the mune, the hen then bearing by the compass north-north east -by half east. At the second attempt the Wine narrowly missed the head of the thrower, who, see ing that any further attempt at the kind would be suicidal, did what she might have done first start 4 after the hen with an old and fax weapon. The moral of which is : Stick to the broomstick. IF'l. Mn7p."r7l A letter on the religions character of President Lincoln, by Mr. Miner, an old neighbor and 'friend of the President, contains some facts - not heretofore known. We giTe RS con clusion - It - has been 'a matter' ; of regret to many good men that he came to his" tragic end in such a place. But if the circumstances of his-going there were fully known, it might ;relieve their minds somewhat. ' It has been said that Mrs: LinColn "urged him to go to the theatre 'against his will: This is not so On the contrary, she tried . o persuade him not to go, but he in sisted. •I have this statement from Mrs Lincoln herself. He said : "I must bavea little rest. Alarge proces sion of excited overjoyed , people will visit me to-night: My imam are now lame shaking hauds with the multi-. tide, and the people will pull me to pieces." He went to the theater, not because he was interested in the play, but because he was careworn and weary • and needed quiet reposo. Airs. Lincoln informed me that ho seemed, to take no notice of what was going on in the theater, from the time he entered till the dis charge of the fatal pistol. He . wag overjoyed at the thought that the war was over, and that there would be no further destruction of -life. He said the last day he lived was the happiest of his life. The very last moments of his concious life were spent in con versation Vinitli his wife about future. plans,and whathe wanted to do when his term of office had expired. He Said be wanted to Visit the holy land and see those places hallowed:by the footprints of the. Savior:Li.. He said there was no city he,so much desired to see as Jerusalem, and with that word half spoken on his tongue, the bullet from the pistol of the assassin entered his brain, and the soul of the great and good President wrs carried by the pits, I angels to the New Jerusa lem above. By far-the most valuable of all the gifts hidden by- Nature :beneath our feet, and yet always moat generously offered to us -whenever they have been needed most urgently, are the vast supplies, of fixed light and heat stored up below for thousands of years. Perhaps long before man him self existed, in days of which no oth er remain but the silent testimony of the rocks,forests of luxurious growth covered every lowly valley, crowned may inland lake, an fringed.the low shores of the great oceans. -They sprang up, they grew and flourished, and no band gathered their fruit, no -axe threatened' their mighty trunks; but storms came and tempests,volcan ic eruption& and violent' nplieavings, and they - were laid low in an instant and covered with ashes and sand, then new generations rose uwn them and , their race ; others followed, and thus the work of incessant destruction and as persevering regeneration went on through countless ages. Hence, in some places 150 successive forests, each separated from the lower by a few feet of sand and clay, have found to have grown and fallen in turn, one lying above the other. They did not vanish, they did' not even decay; but, beneath - _ the red, glOwing heat of our glebe, - above' them a bur ning 'atmosphere and a thick canopy of-clouds pouring endlesa rains upon the surface; changed gradually into vast deposits of coal.. And when the fuel became scarce upon the surface, and men cast-anxious glances about them for new means to create the heat without Which existence -was impossible on one-half of the globe, and to procure the light that is indes pensable to the enjoy ment and' the usefulness of life,these immense treas ures, stored up since time immemori al„. were revealed to them, and ample supplies, of both heat and light guar ranteed for ages. A correspondent of the. New York Obserter,who is in.the mining regions of Northern Pennsylvania, sends us the following account Of a work 61 grace 'which had its beginning down in a coal mine: I. come to labor with the people of Arnot, a Presbyterian minister for Jesus Christ, the first Of November bat. We have no church edifice, and I saw from the first that we must labor under great- disadvan tages. But I felt drawn towards this people, for I BOW found there were many here who were earnestly pray ing for pure . religion. We immedi ately formed our session by ordering Eire worthy men, and Went to work gathering up-all the force we had for our visitation from house to house. we found we had -quite a numb er with their certificates from Scotland, d the lanof Presbrianisat. As the Week of Prayer dre sin, we Bent a reqtiest s to the Fulton Street Prayer. Meeting. ' We kept the fact before us t h at prayers were put up for win tbe'heart of the great metropolis,and ire met every night and prayed for the blessing. 0, how 'earnest were these hard-worldng men who spend their strength in the bowels of the earth 1 I learaed that they had their hour of prayer, wheat they would cease their toil and pour out Unit cues unto Clod, surrounded, Ake „they, won this NU !Ada* way tram EMI =EMI IME E • NUMBER 47. HOW COAL ORIGINATED. NM REVIVAL IN A. COAL NINE. i I T •. 1 .1.. • -AA . : 4 - get:- Wanon tittnediiiitettng way Waugh hilTilirr. "Ati IlMnrereds !Pt One•Agtillg , -1149ther. sear to leans and hind is Istrurdzig- IrgifaOsit„,.thcfritseb., - batb isMare; . we'littlebritarthe, saeramentof the: t:oe Solvticwhen womtlearatid table who had been lidded to our number.-all butnerak by*, proles.. SiOn of their lath. - In :47 we received nearly as mm,' but a proportion by. eertifteato. We feel our littlebtind been - angmented three-fold during' thole. two first* months of, the, year, Almut three fourths cif those - idad'are hada of families. Thom!, young men and women from the_ tismth school. The interest iiunablitid: MB I- • . THE HEAP „HOLD BILL. The Wasldnitan correvendent of the Chicago Tftbuse. 'writes- under date of March 27 as Mown ' The inquiries regarding, the exact < terms of the Soldiers" Homestead bill are icily nuinerous from xll quar ters. As it goes to thetresident for his signature, -it provides that every officer, .or soldie!, sew= ar marine.. who Served during , the rebellion and wisholiorably duiliarged, shall, on, compliance with the Homestead act,- - reactive a patent for 160 acrespf pub- . lie land—not mineral—including the alternate reserved Sections of-publie lands along the line of any railroad" or other public work; prov ided" that sad homestead settler shall be allow- - 4 six months after locating _ his • homestead within which to commence his settlement and,improvementiand - provided, also, that the time which the homestead settler shall haie serv ed in the army, navy,or marine wrw, aforesaid, shall be deducted .from the the time heretofore - required to per fect title, or if diicharged on account ' of wounds received, or 'disability in curred in the line of duty, then - the term of enlistment shall be.dedtteted front the time heretofore required to - perfect title without reference to the length of timo he may haire served; provided, howe'rer, that no patent 13 hall fano to any homestauff settler who has not residedupon, improved, and cultivated his saidhomestead for 1 a period of at least one year after ho -- shall commence his improvements as Aforesaid. Any one entitled to enter - under this act, and who - has' -hereto fore entered less than 160 acres un der. the' Homestead act, may enter enough under the 'present tact to make:l6o in all. If'any perspn titled to the provisions of this act has died, his widow, if unmarried, or in case of her death or marriage, • then his minor orphan children, by guardian duly appointed, shall' be entitled - to all the benefits of the act, If any previous entry under the Honiestead act-has lapsed by reason ~ of absence of the_preemptor in the army or navy, the entry shall be re stored. Any soldier, sailor, marine, officer, or other person coming with= in the provisions of this net may as well by an agent - as in person enter ,upon said homestead, provided thal said claimant, in person, shall within the time prelcribecl commence settle- , and improvements on the samennd thereafter fulfill 41 requirements of this act. The Commissioner of the -- General Land Gfilce is - to make -all needful rules to carry the act intoef fect. . , HOLMES ON WOMEM. In the fourth instalment .of,Tll e Poet at the •Breakfast Table in the April number of the Atlantic, Dr, Holmes says a good many witty and wise about women, which might be read, with pleasure and profit at the conventions over which Mrs. Julia Ward Howe delights' to,preside. or instance:— A. woman, notwithstanding. she 13 the best of listeners,..knows her busi ness,-and it is a woman's business to please. I don't say that itis not her business to vote, but I do say that the woman who does not please, is a false note in the harmonies of nature. She may not have youth beauty, or even manners ; she must have something in her voice or expression or both, which it makes you feelbet ter disposed toward your race to look at or listen to. She knows as well as we do ; and the first question after.:_ you have been faith); your soul into her conclusion is, did I please ? A woman never forgets .her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any . day. 1 And again : ' The less there is of sex about a wo man the more she is dreaded. But take a. real woman at her best mo ment-,-well dressed enough to be pleased with herself, not so resplend ent as to be a show and a sensation, with varied outside influence that set yibrating the. harmonic' notes of her nature stirring in the air about her— and what has social life to compare with one of Wow. vital interchanges of thought and feeling , with her that make an hour ':memorable. - -'What . 111:1 equal her tact, delicacy, subtlety of apprehension, her quickness to-feel The changes of temperature as the warm and cool current:: of talk blow, by . - turns? At one moment she is microscopically intellectual, critical, scrupulous in judgment as `fin anal yst's balance, and_ the next aii.sym pathetic as the open rose that sweet ens the wind from whatever 'quarter it finds its way to her bosom. is in tho. hospitable soul of a woman that a man, forgets he is sstranger. and so becomes natural and truthful, at the same time thathe is mesmer- ized by all - these divine differences which make her a mystery and a be wilderment. A writer informs The - Western Farmer that for three years past he his grown Lima beans without poles or stakes,by persistent pinching back' after they reach the desired height— about that of common bunch belis. Ho is confident the crop is very pirceptibly earlier and thinks it is increased in quantity; the plantbeing checked in its .. growth of vine, ex pending its energy in fruit ,produc tion. SUGAR CAkES.—Ono • pound ofi, sugar, six eggs, tbree:quarters of a, pound butter, one nutmeg, two tea spoonfuls of. soda ; one .cupful of cream. To be baked ina quick oven. Pump Itairetrr.-11ave.thaslices seasoned some hews before frying, as it will. be less liable to.break in turning. When ready to fry dip_ it in eggs beaten _up, • and rolled in bread crumbs; fryln _hot lard. • - _POTATO PIE.--Have ready a rich crus‘lay in slices of a boned sire, potato and thin slices of a mellow apple, then spread thickly, sugar and butter, cover with a -crink and bake it nicely. _ Mil
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