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Thursday Mar tfrS W. 61.1r0M at Two Dollars
per an um la adman.
ir Advertising's% ell Ude lezoltuilve o f num*
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Administrator's and ExecOttea NORMS, $2 ;
or's Notices, 22 50 ; Business Cards, five lines, (per
yew) $5, additionallines $1 each. • ,
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sea owe i per line.
JOB PRINTING of every kind, in Plain and Taney
olore, done with neatness and dispatch. Handbills,
Blanks, Cards. Pamphlets, Billheeds, Statements. do.
of every variety and style, 'printed at the shortest
notice. The lirsonrua Delco is,Arell supplied with
Power Presses. a good assortment of new tips, and
everything In the Printing pie can be executed in
the most artistic moaner Ijid at the lowest rates.
TERMS INv 4BIABLIT GUM
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BUSINESE;j CARDS.
TORN DIINFEE,I BLACKSMITH,
MONSOETOR, PA., pai , s particular attention to
.rolline Buggies, Wagons, Sleighs, ke. The set and
r epairing done on short notice. Work and charges
Rimantged satiatictsry. 12,15"
A — MPENNYPACKER, HAS
ajtat ° n Sl. established bimeelf in the - TAILORING
-"llfirNESS. Shop over Rockwell's More. Work of
'sox y description done in the latest styles.
Towanda, April :1830.—Ltf
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TECT AND BIIII.DEB, wishes to inform the
citizens. of Towanda and vicinity, that he will give
particular attention to drawing prans, designs and
qtpedfications for all manlier of buildings. private
and public. Snperintenderice given for reasonable
compensation. Office at residence N.-E. corner of
Second and Flinbeth streets. -
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Box 511, Tdwanda, Pa.
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BEAL ESTATE: LITE, - *TEE, k ACCI:D=S7
_INSUR NC E. AGENCY
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4ffnce, corner of Maln!and State Strecte,
.'larch E 5, 1572. _ TOWANDA, Pa.
QASH, DOORS, AND BLINDS.
I am prepared to furniihln-dried Doors, Sash
and Blinds of any style, size, or Ahickness, on short
notice. Hand in your orders tend; days before you
went to use the articles, and be Stiff) that you will
got doors that - will not shrink or swell. Terms cash
on delivery..
Towanda. July 12.1471. . ;' GEO. P CASH.
NSUIUNCE.—Tho following reli-
A- - ablee and
FIRE TRIED
Co=panies represented.
PHENIX. - •
EOM 17
filar 19 '74-tt
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G. IV. LATH
Has
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Ras established higbneinesi of Manufacturing and
Repairing, all kinds of 1
EDGE TOOLS. MILL EIOE.S, MADE AYE. DRESSED
He aliM makes the hest „STRAW CUTTER
,now f n
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use. All orders filed promptly, at !
4 . -,IMEANS, ROCKWELL .k.l do:, TollaNDA, PA.
4.. m. lA. '74-3m. . . • 1
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TO OIT PATRONS
dt l o - . H. -
W,O OD, & CO.,
:PHOTOGRAPHERS,
T0WAN15.3.,, PA. ,1
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arateful for toe cv.eerhos patronagc of the
past year, sc? - ini.l inform ?all wanting Picttirea
that we are Etill adding to oar establiahnient
NEW AND rurp. ,- )vr:D INSTItURENTS,
And triod an 3 tpproved rood'es of
printing anti retouctringin order to secu.ro '
, FINETIPIIGTOGRiPTISTITANLiEIIETOFOII.E
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made out Fide of Can c•tii - s=, and tbat ve'mako
! it a specialty toC - nlar. , ill kinds of Pictnrca to I
any size desired:and In Water Cofer.%
Inais Ink, or • , -
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BEST STYLES AN - •I'••BY LOW-PLICEI.
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We also endeavor : ,il:e all the•time possi
ble in naskingThildrens.pietures; so ad to Sc.
cure tha best results. ' •
' We are constantly oldlng.i,o on: sfock of •
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.V.: n, --s- pat!,, - :::3 aril tasteful fOyleg, and far-
nlcli tnent at a-snt-.llaclvaac , ? !lota cs;. price.
:.lac 14, 1.:,73. - I -- '
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S,QUE
COLLEGIATE •
INSTITUT";
V::lltrnt of th, twrr.t.!,th
n ArousT - ',!l, 1 , 74; Is th 3 f•ol!ow
12,1: of inE.trur:torg-:
E.F.Wr."; F.
Ancient Languages and Normal.l3ranclica.
L - .ir.rits
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t;•sanr.:.,:,.ial and' Ma:he:natl.:7a' Branclle.F
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_ Coniay_dia=cl lifgher En, - :1:.•=1.1.
... htad. , !napiEclle 3. LzQUIN.• .•
1 7- :, - : na' Lang - nage, Drin•lng and Paintiol
Mu. L.: A. IiALDWIN,
- vc-,--; :411Fie. . --
litV=l!
, •,..,S dill be organized at coml.:Ks:ice—
• ierm. The Principal Will cohditift the'
.•.• • • of this class 'chic-fly, and aid ail tea '•ert
thernsi 'lves worthy and competent s -e.
Effort will be roads by' des , 4
J ore time ar.d using the, increased facilities
raratus. to make the in Arlie:ion i this class more
profitable than ever blifore.
At a considerable a litit,rinal exi , ,ttitie, instruction
iu Dr3Wili"l•anil Vocal 111 m is has lszen made free to
memb:re oi",the school: These two studies, if paid
for as extras, as is Usually the case, wend nearly
cove' the cast of tuition., Provision is also made
for individual instructor. in vocal.imusic. Mrs.
Baldwin's ability to teach ! . vocal Imusic is too well
known to need comment. I
A new laboratory Is being•iltted up and tlia-collec
tion of Philosophical appiratus enlarged. The
grounds are beim: graded, 1 brie crughet grounds are
lin - pared and efl - irt. I nitlci to meet the physical at
well as the intell,..ctual wants of the students; I
Ihntion from $1 to $l4 - per term. _Board, Includ
:W.: furnished room:, lights,, washing, kc., $4 per
Expenses perTearin English studies, $ll2 ;
in classical, 1•2•31 I i•1 ; . -
F. - e. - c.rcular orlurther inforMation, address the
Pe t ticipal, E. E. s,iI I .INIAN, Towanda, Pa.
MILLER FOX, •
Pree't Board Trustees.
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GO TO .340081i'
FASHION
MAIN ITICEET,
FOR LATEST STYLES IN
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SPRING 'AvD SFIVIIEII CLOTHING.
GOODS EVICIIIt DAT
T. vi/ April 3, iv74j
STAMPING DONE; AT MRS
fiEmfy: ELN'GS I BUR - i'S DRESS
SLIKINci . ROGMS, No 2, ARCADE
BLOCK. - -
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uir:rdit.,D,. 17. 1%,71
FOR SALE.—A 4 cobtalnina
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mi acres, situate in; Pike (um., Bra Ifcrd
45 acre. under improven4ent: Framed Ifoniie and
Earn, young orchard of 150 trees. besides Cherries:
l'ea , bes, Pears, and-choice Grapevines thereon.
trubni,rovel land, tirniiered with withl, Pine, Oak, Cl:est
i-104. a;64,lleur!ock. T..ruPi $23 per r.,:re. For forthei
partil call on or addrtss
NT. 0. WOOSTER,
Dynsysville, Jitie,ao-24.1*
S. W. ATAVOR.D, Publisher.
VOLUME XXXV.
SMITH & MONTANYE, ATTOII,-
sorts Ai Law. Ofles—corner of Blain and
Pine Streets, opposite Porter's Dros; Store.
DR. T. B. JOHNSON, PainatAxiND
Suaazos. Ofsce Over Dr:lt. 0. Porter Son
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&Co.'s Drag Store.
TIE. C. M. STANLEY, lharrisr,
snoceagor to Dr. Weston. Office In Patton's
Bib*, up stairs. Main Street, Towanda, Pa. All
kind. of plata wort a specialty. Jan.ls'73
DR. S.M. WOODBURN, Physician
and Surgeon, Office over Wickham k Black's
Crockery store.
Towanda, May 1,1877
, FOYLE & MITHE:RSON, Arrou
sErt-ErmAw. Tovvida, Pa. Will give prompt
atteutimi to ail matters Utrusted to their char e.
Orphans' Court business's specialty.
n. root. [me72l"73] 1. aergEnsos.
IT B. 31 (IKEA N, 'ATTORNEY
11 • AM 001:42ILLOIII AT LOG TCrWinal l / 2 PS. Par
ticular attention paid to Inninest In the ;Orphans'
Court. _ - 7nll 90.'6&
VT W. PATRICK, Arromay-AT
JL • LAW. Office, !demur's Block, next door to
t he Express 0111ce,'Towsnda, Ta.
Jo 1y17,1873.
N vH. CARNOCHAN, ATTOR
• wry Ai Law (District AttorneY tor Brad
ford Coord7).TroY. Ps. 00Thictiows Mthe and prompt
ly remitted.
W D SANDERSON;
• ITTORNETS-AT-LAW, TciwAla..., PA.
JAMES WOOD. y 27] JOHN F. SANDERSON
TCETATN, DErrier.— r -Coffice
TV., over Wickham do Black's, Towanda, Pa.
Teeth inserted on Gold, Silver. Rubber, and Alum
"arm base. Teeth eztruted thont pain. 0e23,72
MADLEAL & CALIFF, Arroa...rris-
AT-LAW. 2?wanda, P 3.
8..:. MADILL, . N. CALf?.
Office to Wood's Block, Brat door south of First
Nati. • Bank, up stairs. Jan.8.73.1y
O'TERTON ELSBREE, Arron-
NEYMAT LAW, TORINdS, Pa.!, having entered
Into copartnership, offer their -professional services
to the public. Special attention given to trnainess
In the Orphan's and Begiater's Courts. ap114•70
E. ovracros, JII. - N. C. ELSIIIIIII.
JOHN W.
- ATTOILYEI=At7LA TOWANDA, PA.
Special attention gicen to claims eqainet inn! ,
ance Companies, Office, VP rtt vide of Public
Square. tr^o
MR. D. L. • DODSON, OrratATITE
LTD htncrmwxcA.r. I)=rurr. North Maine-et.,
opposite Episcopal Church, Towanda, Pa. All den.
ta*)perstions a speciality, Jan 14.
pEcK & STREETER,
LAW OFFICE, TOWANDA, PA,
NV. A. Pres. [1art.15 . 74) H. STrirr-rtn
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C. GRIDLEY, .
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Aprlll, 1873. Towanda, Pa
DOCTOR 0. tEwiS, A. GRADII
ate of tbe College of "Physiclansand Surgeons,"
New York city, Clase 18.0-4, gives exelnsive attention
to the practice of his profession. Office end residence
on the eastern slope of Orwell Urn, adjoining Henry
How e's. Jan 14, 'W.
DR. D. D. S=l, 'Dentzst, has
purchased G. 11. Wood's property, between
Afercur's Block and the Elwell Howe, where he has
located his office. Teeth extracted without pain by
use of pae..„ Towanda, Oct. 20, 1870.—yr.
MERCHANTS.
0. A. BLACK
parr sz DAMES,
.'ATTORNEYS -AT
Lew, t -
HALE & PATTON, Actrrs rot:
CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Office No. 3 Griffith & Patton's 13lack, Bridgo,Street.
March 26. 1874. '.
P. A. QUICK, M. D., . GRADUATE
U - srVE.USITip!'
PHYSICIAN AND'- SURGEON,
• SUGAtt.lo:ti. , PA.
Office at Store of J.! gTOWELL.
313;c1/ 26, 1874-3ea*. ..
DINING ROOMS • 1 •
IN CONNECTION WITH THE EAKEItY; -
2
Nov the Court House:
We ere prerared to feed the /iUnmat sit times of
the day and evening. Oysterr a nd j Ice Cream in
their seasons.
]larch 30. 1370.
El it lV ELL HOUS,- - TONVA.NpA,
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• \ JOHN C. WILSON
Having lcasecrthisHonse, is new ready to accommo
date the travelling'priblic. No pains nor expense will
be spared to give satisfaction ti those who may give
him a call. .
tartiorth side of the publi/ square, east of Her
cur's new block.
EMALERFMT,T) CltErZ ElO-
_LA) TEL.
:Having purchased and thoroughlY refitted this old
and Wall-Ig:town stand, formerly kept by 'Sheriff Grif
tie. at the month of Rtinamer3eld Creek. fa ready to
give good accommcdstionsandeatiefactoritreatment
to a!! who may favor him with I s call.
Dec. 23, 865—tf.
I IIEANS . HOUSEJ . TOIVA.NDA,
, -
TA., -1
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COt. ILLA , .II AND a ono° x SraEril&
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The 11Jrses, Earress. &c. of all guests of this
tt._ , :nrs,tr..sured against Ices by Fire, without any ex
tra charg.e.
• A superior quxlity of o:lEOp.lish nue Ale, just
receive 41. T. R. JORDAN,
T0wa 4 .113, Jan- 24271. 1 . Proprietor.
ATINSI9N HOLISE,
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nnowsiNG,
':hid Llause la eonductad is strictly Temperance
I'ztaciplcs.. Every effort ,avf , ll be made to make
c~sests comfortable. Gondrooms and the table will
s!venys be supplied with the' best the-market af
fords: . Nov. 1, 1871.
BETFILI:}TEN . , PAL
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" OLD MORAVINN SUN INN,"
Rich in LiFtorical int , mst. it Is the- only building in
the conntry except Independence Hall, honored by
the sojourn within its walls of Washington, Laray
ette, Lee. Gates and otner patriots of the revolu
tion. This popular hotel has recently changed
hinds, been improved, entirely refarnished, and
the proprietor cordially invites his friend/vend trav
eling public to give him a call—no pains will be
spared to . -„render their stay comfortable. People
en route fdr Philadelphia will find it convenient to
spend the night here, reaching the city about eight
in the morning. A sample room' on first floor for
accommodation of commercial agents.
PBO=IOiTAL CA=.
lIERCUR''S BLOCK,
Apr V 4. j Tom!nds. P.
Hotels.'
PETER LAYDNIFSSER,
LzRAISNULLE, PA
L 'ILT ;:og
Sept 4. 1873
NEW ARRANGEMENT
AT THE FIRST ' WARD BAKERY.
MRS.'lrAny E. KITTREDGE
Racing purchased the stock and fixtures of H. A.
Codes' Bakery, Ills refitted the estalihrliment and
rurcna , zed an entirely
NEC STOCE OF GOODS,
Stilted to th 3 trade, such as
Pfr.OOF.a:ES, TEA A; COFIT-t, DrITI:1 Farce, CAN MD
CAND;r..B, CONFiCTIO.'4.AT, Frakz Bnz.tn,
D:SCr.ITS, goz;ls, &c;, DAILY
A neat and attractive -
ICE CREAM SALOON
wi' , l,o opened in - connection with the establish
= where ladies and gentlemen can always find
.. , 7at cream and other delicacies of the season.
THE DINING ROOM
Has been refurnished, and will at all times be sup
plied wltd substantial eatables, which wEI to served
LA reasonable rates: Farmers and ethers visiting
town will find this a convenient placeto supply the
wants or the inner man. •
MARY E. E.ITTEEDGE
Tuwatula, April 23, '74-tf.
FUR SALE OR RENL—A desira-
Me House arfil Lot en Fourtli street, fifth
lior.ie north of 0. Birrtlctt's, convenient to Insti
trite or Graded School. Enquire on premises.
WM. 8, MO SCRIP.
Towandit,3lanit 12; '7t.tr.
\i~
BIIM SONO.
•
A little bird flits in yonder tree,. •
And he sings of love to you and m 0,4
Ho sings, "Love on—lo 4 ever!"
His voice is as clear as a siver bell;
How sweetly it rose, how sweetly it fell!
And his carol, I like it passing well, •
- For I shall love on—love 'lever.
How doerhe know that I love you
Whoever has told him has told him true—
. nark, bark! "Love on,-love ever!"
To all things elso Time change will bring ;
O'er many a hope the knell will ring ;
And the bird ere Winter will pease to tirg ;
lint I shall love on—love 'ever.
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Oh lA:Jerrie, my dear, true lope endures; I c z
Small need to such hearts asLmine and your 's
To say, "Love on—love er
Yet the little bird knows, in this world of onr's;
That affections oft fade like Summer flowers-;
lint mine will laugh at all'freety powers,—,.
And I shall love on—lovp ever.
;ame :midis sweetheart, I'm kure there are,
To whew the advice were fitt?
Of his "Love on—lover ! I
To you it will merely musip spew, •
A matter for smilev, a useless theme,
For I feel, by your dark eyes'ltenditsleam,
That you will love On—loye ever I
istelfintous
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" I tell ypn, wife, my business is
just as lawDul as Deacon Jones', or
Parson Thomas', either, , for that
matter. Have n't I paid for my li
cense regularly ever since I opened
the saloon ?"
"Yes, Andrew, I know," `said the
woman voice, timidly, as accustomed
to defer to the.masculTe head of af
fairs, and yet with a tone . born of
that latent power of thought and ac
tion which the developments of this
age are beginning to call forth from
women. "I know, and yet can't
help, thinking sometimes—may I tell
you some of my thoughts, Andrew—
some of my puzzles, rather ?"
"Certainly, dearest," and the liquor
dealer looked around complacently
on the comforts of his sitting, room,
the tasteful costume of his wife, the
books, pictures, etc., which the large
profits of his "lawful business" had
enabled him to procure.
"Well, if this buSiness of ours is a
right one. why should it be necessa
ry to procure a license for carrying
it on, any more than for any other
legal trade. Why do not the butch
ers, the grocers, the dry goods people
take out licenses , before they can
open their - stores ? If the business
is legal, what right has the govern
ment to tax us any more, than the
rest of the community; and - if not,
why it seems as if' we were buying
the permission to sin, and our rulers
receiving bribes to allow us to - do so,
"Don't bother your little head, Al
ice, about political economy; we did
not make the laws; and you, at least
have not to vote for the', men who
make them.' Thank your stars for
that, and be thankful, too, that they
are so arranged that your husband is
able to provide you and your chicks
with a comfortable home and sur
roundings, I used to chafe at spend
ing so much for license every year,
but I think it is a 'good thing now,
as it keeps so many low men out of
the trade, and leaved k fair field for
legitimate dealers. vote for having
the h rate of licenses greatly'raised."
Mrs. LyOns was slilenced, but not
convinced, but with ready tact shift
ed her ground, and said:
"Andrew, if you are not ashamed
of your business—you liquor dealers,
I mean—why does every liquor atom
I ever saw have a° closed blind door
and sha . des in the windows, so that
no passer-by can possibly look in ?
No such arrangements exist ic fancy
stores; jewelers display their wares;
fruit and flower stores have wide
open doors, and keep , half their stock
in the etreet."
D. W. BCOTT it CO
"Why, Alice, don't You- know that
sometimes scenes occur in such pla
ces that it would not, do to have
seen from the street.. Men get ex
cited, with drink and say and do
things that they nev i er would in cool
bloo'L Sometimes, rough fellows
con - le in and a fight occurs. Besides
the .gc,ralcrnen such as frequent my
ph Ice don't always like to have their
iriqtas, especially their hidy friends,
see what they ire doing.";
"'Somebody is asharded, then," said
archly;. yet. it is a lawful
business." But she said no more,
and the conversation was interrupt
ea by an avalanche of little - Lyons,
who came in rou and' clamorous for
their supper.
FnoviEtorz
That night Mr. Lyons at late over
his aei:outits. Somehow the figures
did not add np as well as usual.
"Trade is getting terribly (lull late
ly; we hardly pay our expenses,"
muttered he, and hp added some ter
ribly uncomplimentary remarks con
cerning the. Ohio women, who had
turned the heads of the community,
and threatened to ruin the best busi
ne:3s in the land. And tlout his
thoughts reverted to his wife s con
versation and cinestiona, which made
him more uncomfortable than he,
crired to allow.
His was a lawful business, no
doubt; the legislators of the •hind
said so, and they ought to 'plow.
His saloon was quiet, no bra:WM ever
occurred thbre, ,the company was
_eminently respectable, nay, aristo
cratic; the appointments were fault
less., Were not his family and him
self as much thought of as any other
'members of the community To be,
sure he did not go tuchurch, for his
customers would be, disobliged if
they did not find the • side entrance
oven whenever they chose to call on
k.
Sunday. Besides, it, seemed incon-_
grnons—he could n't exactly tell how
—but men in his trade never did go.
His' children went to Sunday-school,
too, and his •pew-rent was paid as
reoularly as the Deacon's. That
ought to sanctify his money any way.:
Why was his wife anc4 a fool? She
must have been going to those tem
perance meetings, and women are so
easily influenced. A' stop should be
put to that. And so ho closed his
books and rent to bed to dream of
O. T. SMITH,
' Pioprietor
Pedal tuft!.
[From the New rurk Obscrrer.]
A LAWFUL BUSINESS. .
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CLUSTER L
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the possible and impossible profits of
his "lawful business." "
Ciurrri u.:
It was Sunday afternoon. ThrJ
slant, golden sunbeains shot through
the oriel windows, bitween thegera
nium leaves, over the crimson sofa
cushion, till they formed a halo
around averse in a quaint old book.
Tho words were these "Whether ye
eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do
all to the glory of God." " Whatso-'
ever," Nu the glory of God," Mused
the reader. "Does Andrew sell liq
nor for the glory of God ? Is it , for
His glory that I eat, drink and wear
the equivalents of the moncy he
makes in the traffic ? I wonder "
But the wonder was supppressed
by the sullen entrance of Mand, her
eyes swollen with weeping, her gold
en hair in a mass of tangles, her
flashed and disordered appearance
in general forming a strange contrast
to the richness and beauty of the
light silk summer snit and White
chip hat, with its , wreath of roses.
Maud throw herself on a low stool at
her mother's feet, and burying her
head in her lap, began to sob vio
lently.
"Mat is the matter, darling ?"
said her mother, and after repeated
solicitations the answer came, as well
as it could under the circumstances.
"Mother, I never will go to Sun
day-school again as long as I live,
and I'll,never speak to one of the
girls in the class—no, never."
"Hush, Maud, don't make rash
promises; what is the matter ?"
" Well, there was a gentleman ad
dressing the school this afternoon,
and he talked about Christian work;
how every one, the oldest and young
est, can do something for Jesus; and
'then he told of the women out West,
and of their praying and singing in
the liquor saloons, which he seemed
to consider. a very good thing, and
so did everybody else.. The girls all
looked very much interested, and all
at once they began to draw away
'from me and look at each other, and
I heard Mabel Grant say, Don't sit
too near Maud, her father sells rum.'
When wo came out Anianda said :
Maud, whore did that elegant gold
chain of your's come from ? We know.
All the pennies and Sixpences of the
poor go into your father's till, and
their children have to go Without
shoes and stockings so that yOn may
'wear jewelry.' Amanda is always
spiteful, and abuses those who have
nice clothes, because, she has not any
of her own ; but is it true, mother,
that father takes money from poor
people and gives them only poison in
return, as that gentleman said to-day ?
That would bp so mean, and I can't
-believe anything mean of my, own
' dear father ?"
" No, Nand, your father keeps a
saloon where only gentlemen .
rich men, who can afford to spend
their money as they like. He never
sells anything to women, or to drunk
en men, either."
But, mother, have rich men
right to wake their money and to set
a bad example to poor people? Are
you sure no one ever gets drunk in
father's saloon? I thought I heard
him tell you about Mr. Stacey, , who
threw a bottle at Mr. White's :head
the other 44, and how the police
had to bo called in, and you said he
must have been intoxicated."
Children's questions and reason
ings are sometimes slightly enabar•
- rassing, and the mother wisely for
bore answering; till, tired of silence,
Maud spoke again.,
" Mother, the girls are just hate
ful, and I don't want to go among
them again; but that gentleman said
some such dreadful things to day,—
it makes Me shudder to remember
them: He said that no drunkards
or rumsollers can go to heayen.
Perhaps that is the reason why fa
ther never goes to church ; because
is of no use for him to try; bilt do
you think that rumsellers' children
can't go to heaven either ; I did so
want to go, and I have been trying
and asking Jesus to help me."
" Dear little daughter," said the
mother, with a tear in her eye, which
'she tried in vain, to conceal, " Who
soever will, shall be. saved. He will
never refuse to listen to the prayers
of his lambs. And yet," she said;
half to herself, " the same unerring
Word says, The sins of the fathers
shall be visited upon the children.' "
" Mother," raid Maud again, "don't
you think' father would give up the
saloon if you,and I should ask him?"
The mother looked round and;
thought of the money necessary to;
supply tho wants of that luxurious,
home and its family of well -clad
rosy children, and for a moment be
heart sank at the suggestion. Only
for a moment; the eternal welfare o
her children was worth more to he
than their temporal comforts ; sh
remembered who had said, " Trns
in the Lord and be doing good, an
verily thou shalt be fed ;" and sh
said: .1
"If father should give, up his sa
loon he might not get into any other
business very easily; would you be
willing to give up your pretty things
and your pleasant home if it should
so happen?"
"Yes, indeed, and then father
could do to church, too, and wecould
all go to heaven together."
" Then wo will ask our Lord , to.
Incline his heart to do so," and side
by-side mother and daughter knelt
in prayer. The words spoken were
not intended for mortal ears, but we
know it is written, " Whatsoever
things ye shall ask in prayer, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall
have them."
There was another listener to this
conversation and prayer, and from a
shaded'eorner of the room, where he
, had been sitting unobserved, Andrew
Lyons retired to hid saloon with very
unpleasant 'thoughts concerning his
" lawful business."
(TO DE CONCLEDED)
AN old rough clergyman once took
for his, text that passage :of the.
Psalms; "I said in my he all men
-are liars." Looking up, apparently
as if ho. saw the Psalmist standing
before Min, be said: "Yon said it in
your haste, David. If had bean
hero, you might have said it after
mature deliberation."
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NcOULLOUGH ON GREENBAOKB.
When the President' - . published his
financial views in June last, we did
not believe they were the legitimate
offspring of his own brain, but had a
strong suspicion that they, belonged
to the bankers and brokered of Wall
Street, and were his only by &dep.
tion. The recent letter of Ex-Secre
tary McCullough discloses beyond all
doubt the -locality from which , they'
came, and their money-bags pater
nity.. With the exception of dates,
his financial plan is nearly the 881330
as the President's—the legal-tender
act to be repealed and the legal-tend
ers 'withdrawn froni circulation at
the rate of not less than $50,000,000
per annum until the whole amount
in circulation is redeemed, never to
be re-issued. If the national banks
desire it, an equal amount of bank
notes aro to be issued to supply the
place of the legal-tenders withdrawn.
It seems exceedingly probable that
either the money interest has' been
taking lessons- in finance of the Pres
ident, or that the President has been
listening to lectures in Wall Street,
and the latter seems to be the post
likely vieii-of the case. 1 .
In seeking financial advice of finan
cial men, the Presfaant is not to be
greatly blamed ; he butlollowed the
common practice of the world. When
we desire legal advice We Consult a
lawyer • medical advice, 'a doctor ;
spiritual advice, a preacher ; and as
they live by their professions. they
undoubtedly give . as;/the very• best
advice of which they are capable.
But bankera and stock-jobbers do
not make their 'money by giving ad
vice • they make,it by sharp practice
in 'lying and selling stocks, bonds,
gold and silver, uncurrent money,
shaving notes, and sometimes by
downright,piemeditated lying. When
they want to buy a certain railrOOd
stock because they think it sure to
become more valuable, they will first
bear " the market by cirealating re
ports far and near that the road is
mismanaged and will' pay no divi
dends; that it is bankrupt and will
soon go into the hands of a receiver.
If they succeed in getting (the price
dawn a little they will buy largely of
that stock, and then ; their lnnterests
having changed, their talk changes,
and they go to work and help "bull"
the price up again, - so that they can
sell at a profit. This, is their , life
long business, ever watching, snatch
ing and grabbing ;" ever on the alert
to rope into the street new victims,
to rob them of their earnings and
frequently of the funds - of their em
ployers.
These men have no , interests in
common with the great mass of the
people. Farmers, mechanizs, lumber
men' manufacturers, coal operators,
and. all producing classes are inter
ested in obtaining good priceb for the
products of their labor and low rates
.
or interest for the use of -borrowed
capital. All these classes are not
equally interested in the price Of the
same product, but all are interested
in the price of some product,, and they
generally understand that their in-
terests are so connected and inter
woven with each other that a pros.
tration of one interest will be felt by
the others, if it does not endanger
the general welfare of all:
Is the same thing true of ,the bro
kers and bankers? Not at all. They
have everything to buy and nothing
to sell but money and stocks, which
they ddsire to sell at tho highest pos
sible rate of profit. Will it be said
these - capitalists do not care about
the price'of flour, meat, houses, fur-,
niture,horses,carriages and diamonds?
They do Care. The rich, as a rule,
are stingier than, the poor. The
Girards and Astors aro as likely to
dicker about the price,of an apple as
a ship. It is easy to understand that
men with a hoard of ready money—
consumers of everything and pro
ducers of nothing but money panics
—may have interests directly the op
posite of the producers, the great
mass of mankind. We would not
condemn a whole, class as dishonest
and unpatriotic. It is said there is
honor among thieves, bat we know
that wens' "interests aro apt td influ
ence their judgments ; and when we
know that the interests of Wall
Street are not the interests of the
great mass of the people, wo must
distrust their advice and scrutinize.
their argunients. •
Suppose Hugh McCullough Sr,' (30.
have a cash capital of $1,000,000 o
which they can now,obtain but`three
per cent. interest, and should they
believe a certain policy on the part
of the government would tighten the
money market and increase the rates
of interest, would they not be likely
to think that policy was the proper
ono for the government to follow?
Impugning a man's motives does not
answer • his arg,uments. We have
shown_that the interests of Mr. Me
th'neck as the head of a groat bank
ing house are not identical with ours,
but we intend to answer his argu
ments.
In the first place, the repeal .of the
legal-tender clause would be an act
of bad faith on the part of the gov
ernment which issued these notes in
the time of, its sorest need, to obtain
means to carry on the war. Each
note declares thatit is a "legal-tender
at its face value for the payment of
all debts, public and private, except
duties on 'imports and interest on
public debt," and so also declares
the law. This legal-tender property
gives the notes a part of their value,
and was so intended when they were
issued. The moment it is repealed
three hundred and eighty-four mill
ions of dollars in these notes, and
about an equal amount in , national
bank notes, will become ,unettrrent
money and will be refused in the
payment of debts or purchase of
property, except at a ruinous dis
count, by Hugh McCullough k, Co.
and all great moneyed interests of
the United States; and we should all
be forced to follow their example of
making gold the legal-tender and in
all oar dealings meaSure the value of
greenbacks and bank - notes by the
price of gold. The premium on gold
would undoubtedly raise, but allow
ing it to remain as at present it
would require a ten-dollar bill to pay
a debt of !nine dollars or purchase
nine dollars' worth of goods. The
government having lost the whole-,
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some power it now exercises over the
gold market by its sales of ' gold, and
having become itself a buyer, , the
gold gamblers would have no diffi
culty in fixing the price to suit:them
selves, regardless of the rninand dis
tress that would follow.
The debtor class, which Zktr. Mc-
Cullough thinks are butn small fra&
tion of the , people, which has been
favored long enough, but which we
believe constitute nine-tenths of all
the 'business men of the whole cinin
try, would be ruined. It is the last
feather which breaks the camel's
back. 'Add ten to twenty per cent.
to a' man's debts by compelling him
to pay them at the gold standard,
and at the same time contract the
currency at the rate of fifty and per
haps one hundred and fifty millions
per annum,—thereby causing a scar
city of money, a suspension of busi
ness, a money panic—and you would
see failures in these; United States
the like of Which were never seen in
any' country. It does not require
the gift of prophecy to know that the
contraction would be fifty millions of
dollars per annum, for the equal
amount of• national bank notes to be
issued to fill the place of the le. -
tenders withdiawn would never be
called for by the banks, and no one
knows it better than Mr. McCullough.
The time for resumption•having been
fixed by Congress, the banks, in or
der to prepare themselves for it, as a
measure of prudence would contract
their loans, and instead of issuing
more notes would call in a great part
of those now, in circulation. How
large a sum they might think it nec
essary to c ill in in order to insure
their safety on the day of resumption,
we have no means to determine ;
probably not less than ono hundred
millions of dollars. Should they do
so we should have a contraction of
one hundred and fifty millions of
dollars in one year, which would IA)
more disastrous than an earthquake
severe enough to shako down our
houses and barns, our factories and
stores.
There is no coT jectnre about this
matter. When this same man Mc-
Cullough was Secretary of the Treas
ury he withdrew but forty-four mill
ions of legal-tenders from circulation,
and the evil effects were so apparent
in every' part of the country that
Congress was obliged to put a stop
to his experiments ; and when, last
fall, Secretary Richardson re issued
twenty-six millions of these forty-four
millions withdrawn, it gave relief to
the - money market which has been
felt ever since; and now when busi
ness is reviving and prosperity re
turning, this financial bungler, if
nothing worse, has crowded himself
again into public notice and reiter
ated his exploded theories. If the
man is not crazy there is more brass
in his face than composed the Co'alos
'sus at Rhodes. The government
should act as wisely as an individual,
and no man who is not a fool would
pay a note which was not on interest
and which the holder did not desire
to have paid, so long as ho had plen
ty of notes which were due and which
were drawing interest at the rate of
six per cent. ' CASTELAIt.
NEWTON'S THEORY OF GRAVITA
TION.
What Sir Isaac did was not to dis
cover gravitation, for every one who
ever saw a stone fall, saw an effect of
that for He only discovered that
f ie,
gray' ation extended into the celes
tial, pheres. His first reasoning was
this : we see that all bodies at the
surface of the earth tend to fall to :
ward its centre. 'This tendency is
seen on the highest mountains as
well as at the surface of the ocean.-
How far does it extend upward-?
Why should it not extend to the
moon ? Wo know that the moon is'
revolving around the earth, and
without some force to keep it in its
orbit around the earth, it would fly
off_ into space, and•we should soon
lose sight of it. Why should not
this force, by, which the moon is con
tinually turned aside from the line
in Which it is moving and kept in a
path around 'the earth, be the same
force which causes a stone to fall to
the, r ground ? To answer these ques
tions'
Newton , began by calculating
what force would really be re
quired to keep the moon in her
curved Orbit around the earth, and
comparing it with the force Nvhich
carped heavy bodies to fall to' the
earth's surface, 'with the view to
learning whether the two forces were
inversely as the square of the die;
tanee from the earth's centre., _ Now
allow me to state a circumstance
which illustrates 'the exactness of
true scientific reasoning in reaching
those conclusions. In his first calcu
lations Newton' found that the two
forces did not correspond. Had he
been any other than a Man of true
science, I fear he would have twisted
something so as to make them cor
respOnd. Instead of doing so, .he
laid his theory aside for a.number of
years. At length he learned that
more accurate measurements of the
size of the earth than those accessi
ble to him when ho made his calcu
lations had been executed by the
French astronomers,' and that these
gave for the size of the earth in Eng
lish miles a quantity much larger
than that which he used in making
hi 4 calculations. Ho now found that
r
when he based his computations on
the true magnitude of the earth, the
twO'forces of, the stone towards the
earth and the moon in its orbit cor
responded exactly to the theory. We.
sec from - this that Newton did not
discover gravitation itself, but only
that it extended into the celestial,
spaces.''e I
;cot only does the moon move
around the earth, but all the planets
move around the sun. If no force
acted on them. they would move for.
ward in a straight line forever, and
soon be lost in the celestial spaces.
The very fact that they dove in curv
el orbits around the sun show that
toy mini be acted upon by, some
force directed toward the ann. Tho
most careful and exact observations
that were made, showed _that this
force was at all times and in the case
of,
.all the planets directed accurately
toward the centre of the sun. Know
ing the relative distance of the vari
ous planets from the sun, it was easy
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to calculate how strong this force
mist be in the case of 'each, and, the
result showed, that ;in the case of
•
each different planet its intensity was
inversely as' the planet's distance
frbin the sun. It remained only to
show whether the elliptic orbit in
which each planet known to Move
ardund the sun would be produced
by la force inversely as the squarO of
, the distance. This required math
ematical iavestigation, which the sci-.
entige men of that 'day found very
diftenit; but Newten at length km
,cee'cled in solving the problem in a
;manner which left uedoubt. It was
;now . proved that each and every
'planet washeld in itacurved orbit, by
la force acting directly toward the
, sun, and being inversely as the
square of the distance of the' planet
frore it. As this force was to all ap
pearance, of precisely the same na
ture with that which made the moon
tend toward the earth, it was finite
reasonable to call it gravitation. ' It
- ters from the force which makes a
s one fall, only in being directed to-
Ward the sun instead of the earth.—
ilarper's Magazine.
Wm PEOPLE ARE Poon.—What
doth hinder any man from earning
his own living? Illness may come,
sudden calamity may fall. Against
these even energy may be powerless;
ip apart from this, it is to be as
sumed that Le who fails, fails because
he lacks-wisdorn, and not opportuni
ty. And the san,ie weakness which
prevented him from grasping the
opportunity,,prevents him from keep
ing hold of it utter it has been put
into his hands. Once in a while,—
once, in a great while—a timely suc
cor avails in a moment of temporary
weakness, or averts the, consequence
of n mistake, and the man starts
ahead, at a swinging pace.. - Bat oft
ener the results seem to indicate
that it is of very little use to help
people who canz - ,or help themselves.
The kingdom of pauperism is within
them. The very Gins° , that makes
them poor keeps them poor. It is
pot that society bears clown hard up
on them. It is that , they are self
indulgent. If yon see a widcriv and
five children, shivering over a few
limbers, you pity them, and Sou must
send them coal; but you cannot, help
feeling a wrathful contempt at know
ing that they all went'to the photog
rapher's yesterday card had pictures
taken, after buying a couple of twen
ty-lve cent brooches, on the way, to
adorn themselves withal. The very
thing that yourself--wonld hesitate to
do on account of the expense, people
who are partially dependent on your
charity will .do without 'hesitation.
Where you will practice, a natural,
cheerful, urithinkingself-denial, they
will practice an equalk cheerful, un
thinking self-indulgence. The rem
nants of 'bread that You dry in the
oven and save for future use, they
throw away. The fragmentary Vest
sleeve that Yon fashion into a flat
iron holder, they put into the- rag
bag and buy new cloth for their hold
ers. Where yon rise at half-past 'six
they lie till half-past), seven. Where
you walk they ride. Where you pray
and watch and strive- to do your
work thoroughly, they are content
with anything that will answer. That
is the reason people are so poor.
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LUTIIER.—In his !humble cradle,
,
anin' his modest -education ,h(1
leaned to feel and suffer with the
pe ple. - Son of a laboring man, a
m er, there was in his nature sonie
thi '6 , of the strength and vigor of
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hi father. He was la student IYom
hi earliest years, and to provide lfor
hi subsistence, and to ,continue at
sc 001, he gained ins bread by,sing
in from door to doOr. Walking pne
da in his boyhood; with a friend, 1
a l
th y were surprised; by a tempest,„!
an "a flash of lightning laid his com-
r e dead -at his filet.' 'He was p so
m ved by this event, that he embrac
ed the religion and assumed the hab
it f the. Augustines. Among them
he learned the dogma of grace which
co
coining from St. Paul, is extended
an affirmed in St. Augustine, broad
ei:id and exaggerated in -Luther.
From the convent he went to Rime,
with .a, mind ready for adoration and
prayer on bended knees in the ashes
of martyrs, with eyes fined on the
sod of religious authority.- When he
ca l = in sight of Rome his liinbs
trembled, his heart fluttered, his
hinds were joined; he fell in ecstacy
before irs innumerable domes,
'end
prayed for the benediction of its spi
rit. Sc Herrman was once a Roman
cavalier. Bat when he was•in Borne
all the soul of ,his race awoke within
I him, the genius of race
predeceAsors
entered into his stout heart, and the
timid youth, becalna a fiery Alaric,
longing to sack the city which had
hunted Germans fOr gladiators for '
their bloody holidayS, and had bound
tiem as living trophies to their war
e ariots in their triumphal proces
siOns. At the same time this warlike
spirit awoke in his mind, there
breathed through his fancy, as it
were, a breath of lyric inspiration.
He fought and -he sung. He cOm
pesed the choral which whole peo
ples have repeated, and wrote the in
vectives which destroyed i Christian
unity. 1 Ho denied ticlulgencies . , the
efficacy of works aud offeringS, the
authority of the Pope and Of the an
cient Church. In continual contests,
in the midst of the most poWercul
enemies, surrounded by the generals
of Charies V. at Worms, he persever
ed until he founded, by the energy of
his will, and the skilled logic - of his
ideas, the new nationality of Germa
ny—the nationality which was to be
the sanctuary of the emancipated
conscience. From Luther came the
'German language, transformdd in
hie controversies and., his Propagan
ga; from Lather the German science,
for altita greatest philosophere be
longed to, the'Protestaut branch, and
all derivzd their systems from liberty
of conscience. Luther converted the
humble Marquis of Brandenburg in
to King of Prussia, and the King of
Prussia into the EmPeror of. Germa
ny, who has banished the shade of
the SPadish Empire in expelling Aus
tria from the confederation, and des
troyed the basis of the Papacy by
taking away from it the city of tome
and the temporal power.—iiinpir's.
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After all, Wh:n one
of it, there are not
There are, of pourse.
,plices which go by
homes, called Ed for w,
designation, or &ea ,
calls the • place ;where
sleeps ' "home;" !bat *
dewnto the real imbe
are comparatively scarce.
A home is a refuge place from the
storms, the fret and worry of life. It
is a place where I the hubband comes!
to a sanctuary, *here Smiles and lov 7
ing words answ4r his smiles and lov
ing greetings. It is t place where
the wife reigns in her enignity and
grace; not, it maybe, .the grace of
outward beauty,l or en]. ivation, but
of true womanhood, Vc.h.c.re fib o re
ceives honor. and /13Vi3 1 e',VeLk a:: fle
gives them both,. It is it plz.c. where
children are happie:r than anywhere
else in the world, 6ecause there are
the chewiest,. Words, the brightest
looks, and the kindesi nets. Such
are not the majJti.f.; of ;the :follies as
we find them.
How often does it ,happen that
when yea see it real home, a light,
pleasant spot, there every one enter
tains perhaps generous friends, they
dress their wives ari'd daughters
splendidly; and ; s. i ?metirues, though
not often, they. icc;ep . their expenses
sufficiently iu cheek riCt to go be
yond the very last penny of their in
comes. They usnallyl contrive to
give_ their sons such educations as
will enable them tdwrest a respecta
ble living from fortune. For their
daughters, they rely on the proles
siou of marriage! It i 4 not just to
say tliat they are nir.gardly towards
them. Far frotn. it. 1 The largest
portion of their !showy l expenditure
is obtained through their parents'
wishes as well as; their awn.
The head of the hoOsehold is too
much abSorbed by external eccupa
lions, dutier(; and labors, to notice
internal arrangements. ninth. He. is
probably a fond,,proud husband and
father, and likes his children, as well
as his wife, to look well and be Gap
py. With them rests the responsi
bility of producing the desired effect,
while his part is I to sup Ply the purse.
The bad,' selfish father is the mis
erable-exception, not . the rtik; the
every-day father, will do everything
for his children short of exerting pa
rental autho'r'ity; in minor matter.
He may sternly ; forbid nn imprudent
match; he mity, ()Tumble now and
then at a more than usually exorbi
ant milliner's bill; bat he can usually
he scolded or caressed !into winking
at any folly or extravagance short of
a bad match. hut,, relying on the
good coaling establishinent, he makes
no future provision for his dangh
ters, and rarely does the doubt arise
in his
,or her mind, that the 'un
acknowledged but relied -upon pro
fession may nei , er open its doors to
the aspirants. 1 I , -
SOCIALINTEIICDVIISEL - Without
friends what is Man ? . 1 1 i solitary oak
upon a sterile rock,• symmetrical in
deed in its form, beautiful and em 7
quisitely finished, out-rivaling the
most landed perfection of art in
gracefulness and grandeur, but over.
which decay has shaken her black
wing, and left itS leaveS blighted; its
limbs contract as they{ die, its roots,
rottenness, and its blkom 'death, a
scathed, lifeless montiment of its
pristine beauty. When the rebuffs
of adversity are 'rushing us eastward,
when the elondsiblack above, and the
muttering thunder grovls along the
sky, when our frame is palsied by the
skeleton'haled lof disease,• or our
senses whirled jin the maelstrom
chaos of insanity, whcin our . hearts
are torn by tha separation of seine
beloved object, while our tears are
yet flowing upon the fresh turf of de
parted innocence,—at that time it - is
the office of frienclshil , to shield ILS
from portcntious storm, to quicken
the fainting prdses of our sickly
frame, to bring the wandering star
of mind within the attraction of sym
' pathetic kindne, s, the and balm"
of peace into the yet febtering.wound l
and deliver the aching heart from
the object of its bleeding affection:
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— THE GENTLEUAN.—There, aro no
distinctions of rank when people are
in need. Here is one incident of many
which pleasantly illustrates-this:
An old Scotchman was taking his
grist to mill in sacks thrown across
the back of his herse,l when the ani
mal stumbled W and the grain fell to
the ground. He had not strength to
raise it, being an l aged man, but ho
SAW a horseman riding , along,' and
thought he would; appeal to him for
help. But the horseman proved to
be the nobleman whe lived in the
castle hard by, and the farmer could'
,not muster courage to ask a favor of
bith. But the nobleman was a gen
tleman, also, and, not waiting to be
asked, he quickly dismonnted, and
between them they lifted. the. grain
to the horse's back. 1 John—for he
was a gentleman too--klifted his Kil
marnock bonnet and laid : -
"My lord, how shall I ever thank
you for yourskindeess ?"
'"Very easily, john," replied the
nobleman. , "yVhenever you see
another man In the same plight as
you wore in juit tow, l help him, and
that , will be thanking me.'
"In the "dark- 'days" of 'CI there
lived "Down_ lEist" two well-to-do
Irish neighbors, each of whom had a
son who hadgone west to seek their
fortunes. The old boys meeting ono
day, mutual inquires wore made
about the youngsters
"Well, Pat, how is Mickey making
out wid his trip out I:West: s "
"Illigantly I,tin dollars a wake, and
bossin' himself. And how's your boy
gettin' on, Dinnis ?" r •
"Teddy, yel mane? He's • doin'
splendid, the darlint ? Why, his last
lether was bustin' Wid greenbacks,
and so asy, toe,"
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•
"An what'T, lie doin' 1 1 "
I.hardly know, but its in
the government imploy ho is." •
"The divil lye say 1 the govern
ment 1 What's la I doin' for the
government ?'1 . i
"Pais, I hardly t i now what, it is,
but I Oak it's what ho calls luapin'
the bounty !"
.i,., lovn=a4 AMP . S.
ME=IEZEI
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' a A German jiaper,..,earapel!ell Mall- .
Gazelle, publishes curious account '
by Herr von Fries, an Australian era- :,
. loyed in the Chinese customs service
of an official Chintse banquet at which -
he was preeent. Tbe!gueeti, he says,
having all '., assembled in, the 'outer
courtyard 0 the liowie, 'tle doors
Were ihroivii open'' by two coolim,
,who admitted them into
.' a second. .
;courtyard.: Here they were received
with flourish of trumpets; some diiP n
'cordent qinese =me, and the
,fiiring of niortari. They. hen pro
.ceeded to the third conityardi where ,
the* master of the house received , - i
, them and showed thereinto the
, dining-room, which i,s only divided
froth the courtyard by a glass par
-1 titiOn. In the middle , of 'the room . -
as ' a large round table, and against ,
the 'wall were chairs' with a small
table 1
before each to put teacups on,
tea ;bein ,, served' immediately before '
dinner. ° The _ walls were covered
',with Chinese pictures, and numher
lesi lampsrind lanterns hung from
the calling. 1 After a short conversa
tion' in the .Chinese language, the.
- lable' was laid in the presence of the
guest. When
_all was ready-the host
'asked' each gnest to come to the table
pointing out i r his seat, and handing
'him , with 'many compliments a set
of red s lacquered chopsticks: When - -‘4 ,
this ceremony completed the comps
'lay sat down to dinner. Rice wine
was ' first br ought up together with
;ham!
.. I ggs and various cold vegeta
bles. he next course consisted of
bird's nest soup, and thirty-four _ -
dishes followed, among' which were
sharks' fins, a soup made.of diminu
tive snails of the size of small beans ,
which'eame from . Lake Tahn' a re •
gont i o ducks" tongues, fishes brains
with brown sauce (a most disgusting
dish to l l aEuropean palate), and pud
dings baked in oil. Roast pork and
ducks were also served; these were 3 ..
eatable; and the fish were particular
ly well cooked, but Herr von Fries
came to the conclusion that the sire-'
plest European dish is far prefer
able to the most elahorate delicacy
of the 1 Chinese cuisine and he says
that after clinnerhe felt as if helhad
eaten Moiled gut percha. The ;best
i.art l othe enteliaininent was a 'dish
of vac'Bent fruit. 'Champagne; was
served towards the end of the dinner.
This 1 is the only wine 'drunk by the
Chine, and only the wealthy. can. "
afford to buy it, as a case costs froip ~
.ten tO I fifteen Mexican ducats. Cigar's
were lhanded , round after the sour, -
and i, lis the custom to go away di.=
rectly after (tuner. It is also re- •
markahle that at a banquet of this
kind the host only appears in official
costume, the guests being all in mufti.
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SOME.
ernes to think
many hcmes.
innumerable
the name of
Int of a letter
EES everybody
he eats and
en_ yon come
fact, homes
Tu LENOTIIINO YEAus or
au inter:c,,sting paper by' Dr. Edward
jarvisn the fifth annual report of
the Massachuset's-Boaxd of Health.
113 folthwing vital statistics, past aril
present, of various countries,' strik
ingly how • theadva'ntan-e. of
civilization as prolonged Wei - In it-b
-elt-lit tine period of 200 to.
500 Tears after the Christian era, the
averiig,4.duration•of life in the mo:;t
n'orod class was thirty years. In
the prils-nt century the average lon_-
evityl of the same class is fifty year -,
In•the ixtt trith century,,tlie averagc
longevity in Geneva was 21.21 yeaT.;-,
I , ets,veeti 181-1, and 1833, it, was-1.0,6.1,
and as large a portion no* live to 70
as lived to 33, 300 years ago. In --
1.i93' the British Government tier
rowed money by selling annuities on
lives from infancy .''upward based on
the basis of average lOngevity. The
treasury received the price, and pa:d
the annuities regularly along til l , :
annuitants
lived. The contract
mutually satisfactory and profitable.
NinetyL seven years later Mr. Pia
issues another tontine or scale r,f
annuitie, on the- baSis of. the same
expectation ' life as in the'previons
century.. These latter annuitant=,
however, lived, 'so much longer than
their predeeessors that it proved
. a very - costly loan to the Govern ,
ment., It was found that while 10,-:
000 of each sex in 'the first tontine
died under the age of 28, only' 5,772
maks and femiles in the second.
tontine diedlat the same. age 100
years later. The average ilife of the
annitants of 1693 was 20.5 years
, while those of 1700 lived 33 years
and 9 months- after they were 00
wars old, From ' these facts, asks
Dr. Jarvis, it is
_plain 'that life, in
many forms and manifestations, and
probably in 411, can, be expended in
vigor, intensity and duration _under
favorable circumstances. For this,
purpose it,is~only necessary that the
circumstances amid which, any form
of life if placed, should be brought
in liar stony with the law appointed
for its being -
nig noun Talcs. Yesterday
morning an innocent kicking man
:578.& liating around the Central Depot
with - one of those small lung tes
!terS, which throw's...handful of flower
in a man's eyes just as he imagines .
'he is going to blow her up to a hun
dred. u.id ilfty. pounds. .There, was
an old man waiting. around` for the
train to go and he was at once at
itractCd to ,the machine. - He Sr.l7
others blow, and when told' that it'
;wouldn't cost him a cant, ho pitched,
in, Ho was allowed to blow two or
I l threeltimes,and then the young man
i'told him toput in a , regular hurri r
: I ,cane,l and beat everybody by, five
pounds. The old
,fellow"threw back
%his edat, took the pipe in his mouth'
;and then his eyes opened like traps_
as I he sucked in the air. - After a
*con,d or two, he let her go, and
;the flour struck him. He didn't
;say al word for a moment He softly
laid down the pipe, *inked his eyes,
'spit flour, and as the roar ot. laugh
ter increased, he backed' up against
the wall and said: "You kin laf add
bland laf, put I swan to - gum I'll .
lick siomebody for that,even if I don't
'never lead ;another class meeting !':
I;—Deltroit Free Press.
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BA r o .L.5441;/GE.--There is as much
connection between the words and
the thoughts as there is between-the
thOughts and actions; The latter
only the eipression of the former,
but they ,heve power to react upon
the Soul and leave the stain of cor
ruption th4e. A young man who
allows himself to use one vulgar or
profane word, has not only show that
there is a foul spot upon his mind,
but by the appearance of that one'
word he extends that spot and in
flames it till, by 'indulgence it• I will
polbite and ruin the soul. Be *ire
ful of your words as of your thoughts.
If yen can, ' i control the' tongue that
ne improper words are pronounced
by it, you Will soon be Able to con
trol the mind, and save it from cor
rupton. You extinguish the fire by
smothering it, or preventing bad
thoughts _bursting into' langutige.
Ne,ver utter a word anywhere which
yon are ashamed to, speak in the
ire One of the refined femitle or the
me- t religious man. 1:
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