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ThIVREPOUTETI .05(11 is well ssapplie4 , witt ev Timer PreEfleg. a tnae of new typg. erything in the Printing s n can be eu.ented and the moat artistic manner and at the lowest 'Tatra TERMER. tt , t -, t tjattifv °Awn., PROFESSIONAt CARDS. (t. I .IIO:N^PANYE, ATTOlt k-, 'S'F:TP' , AT LAW. Pferrf:l4 4 1 . of ItaSal ant , 'rine gtr,4o. crppmaitA Pnrier•it Drag Store. 11: T. B. JORNSO I tir, PITTSICIAN ANT' itoe.ns. Office over Dr. 11. c, Porter SOLI t: Co.'s Drust Store. • • DR. C. M. STXISLEY,•,,Dr.t , tTIFT. imereFolnr to Pr. Weston . . °Mc° 1n Patton'y Plork . . zip ',tail... Maln 4tr." 4 . Totcanda. Pa. Ai' kiwi. of plate wort . nR. 7001/11rRN. l'hysiciar , sad cistec:Poa, Office ovei W:c.tlam k Black'F Cr ickPry , • Tc.mnds. May I, 1572.-Iy• OYTJE McPl:l7 e RSON. Arron -.a N-.-rs-AT-T..kar. Tnwand.. P. Will give prompt to all matteng ontrtigtrA to their char e. conrt b_stainegs a artectalty. rnctr. 111 .3 21 ' 7 31 I I. seerinnenet. 13. ;;TAT E A N . ; ; ATTORNEY AND erarICSYLLOR AT LAW, Tterennis, Pa. Pit , tirntar attention ,pnid • to bneinett in the Orphans' Yob' '2O. • W. PATRIOT ,'; Arrows-rs - -AT • Loc. 11f5re. l'iTorrnr'd lock, nett door to e rvrrpc, orns-fs. TowtnlB, ' Jrt•y17,15.7".3, .. . IVH. CATINOCH,S.iN, ATTOR • IS - ET AT I.,:kva' frfstrlc4 kitorney for Thad ford cOnnts). Troy. Pa. CorloctiOni; inads and prompt; 1 rpm - 1 4 1rd. - , . tA-o.s..r,g_tf. WOOD SA.NDFIRSON,. Tr.V.V!:-T4 :TAMES WOOD. rmiiv 211 ;Tnirc F. S.V.CDTITISON - B. B rELLY. a ovnr Wickham Towanda. Pa. Toth inOirted on nnla. 4Virpi.Ttrihbrr.'and Alnm ninm 11APA. T.nth Pitrartpd 'without pain. 0c23.7•2 V - any,C.A.LIEV , ATTORNEYS . /1"-LAW, Toucan Li. :£ll. 11. J. MADILL O lce in Wood's Block, first ; door south_ of Firs National Bank: up stairs Jan FI.7R-ly • nVERTOM & ELSBREE, Arroa v; InTYP AT Law, Towanda, IPs., haring entered Into copartnership. offer their 4irofessional sersiecs tO the pobile. Rpeclal attention siren to hnsiniiss in the Orphan's and Register's 'ol::(ocirts. ap11470 E. OrETt.TOIS. TS. 5. C. TI..FoRAT.T.. , JOHN V'. lklrK, ' 1 . - AT TORN - Er-A T-L.I.TV'' , TOWAICTU., Pa. 'i 'Special attention given te claims sqftinst Ingnr , 311rP Companies. . Ofnoe; 7 •" - -' 1 , Fide of Pnblir Sonaro. , 1 f r. , r• .0a•711. lifTt. D. L. DODSON, OPERATITT AND Mr.crttytt•kt, Dnrrigr. North Maine-et.. oppoidte Enieeopal 41hurrh, Towanda. Pa. All den i . operations is spects;iity. Jan 14. P ECK k STREETER; LAW OFFICE. iCli - AIMA, PA. w. A. Prcs. [Jan-I'747Y' H: Str.r.trrn a 7.c...:6-E - TDLEt, 1 . . • 4 iii i AjT ORNEY-AIT -LAW; • • April 1. 1873. - i . Towatda, Ps DOUOTt O. LEWT S, A GRADIT of the. College of , •Phyni cl an. andßnrgeots." lge•W Tint city, Glass 1A43--4. Ores excinalve attention to the practice of his profession: Office an residence On the *lStorn slope of Orwell pill, adjoining Henry flow ' Jan 14. '69. • . D. D. SMITH Dentist lißs - nti . .11 pnrovi.ed G. H. WOOir 14 property, betwe n Merettr's Block and the Elwell Flonee, where be hae located his n OTtcei Teetb extracted *About pain by trap of can. . Towand4'OCt. 20. 1.870.—yr. PET & DAVIE% 'ATTORNET-AT LAN 7 _ m E 11C R' S iB L "C Apr I', 4. ! j !Towanda. Pa.. & • A.T10 . 1+.7, AGENTS ron CONNECTICUT . 117 T UAL LIFE INSURANCE CO cifTi , e No. 3 Griffith k Patta'a 'pock, fridge Street __II: - .rclk 2.3. 1874. rUlt A. QUICK, 31.1 D.. GnADrAT • . PHYSICIAN. AND 1 SURGEON, SUGAR. BUN. P.A. . • Office at Store of J. arowra.r... , 7!..7.7c1 - 1 1S 4-3m' ~ L. On . and after ' P.,..Sl l lD;Nrric be E fo N nnT li in S t T he . elegant new rootaa 0n'2,n,1 aceie of D. Pralt'a new on Stato,Street... Thisineats tol,lated. Sept. 3 14-tf. • - DR. A. BUSH, C.V4PTOWN, BRADFOI COUNTY, PA., 1. . . 'l"re:‘t , Cbro r,?e Die..eas.e3 by r.cir m.et'}nds. May b ( -211,111C(-211,111 , 0 by letter. : I ;\,D. SPILDING, COUNTY surxr.vort OF 147..A.DF0 . RD COUSIT. at It , gietPr and Recorder's °Moo. Towanda. Pa., where he may be found when not profee.tonal y en i zaged. ! Aug 27. '74.3m BtrSINES:a JOHN DUNFEE, ACKS.4I7TII, E Isolcnonasl, PA-, pays particular attention to • °fling Boggies,- Wagons, Aleigbe, ke; Tire set and -string done on short notice, t Work . and charges ~t irantoed eatisfacteu7.l2,l6.C9. - - ) A NTOS PENNYPACE:ER, HAS -- I,_ tuziti ettahltetett htmeeli th the TAILORING 1"-iNt1.13. shop (w Rockwell's Store. Work of ~, y atescrtption done to thO latest sty lie. Tom - ands, April '4, 1810.-ti I. ri S. RUSSELL'S - ...A.NCE GENC Y, 2s":l3—El 111 ME P 4 'i n t •-• ; H-... MEI . _v. ' 4 * 7 ,‘ , _ • G - r- T HE UNDERSIGNED ARCHI TECT AND BUILDER, wishes to inform the .lln of Towanda and .viciatity, that he will give plrticniat attention to drawing plans, designs and p , ,,7incations for all manner of iMildings, private 11,1 public. Superintendence given for reasonable zatupensation. Office at residence N. E. corner of and Elizabeth streets. J. E. PLEIIIIMG; " D0i 511,, Towanda, Ps.- -NV: KINGSBURY, REAL E 3 TA T r i, 117 E. FIRE. & ACCWET INSURANCE AGENCY Office, comer a Main and State Streets, 113,rch 13,1872. 41EA.TH Raw establiabcd • Imaineae. of , Slaratfletrieng sad Talring all raid), r.f • EDGE TOOLS. MI LL 'MADE AN'D DUESEED Eta ales ruakes the bet !STRAW CrI7TTEU 2107 fa asq.. All ordera Alled prompttt, at MEA:ISB, itOCKWELL k od., TOWANDA. r. 4, ran '7frlm. W. A_LAVCIRJD, Publisher. VOLUME XXXV. CIIrD.CII, SOCIETY 1ls41) OFFICIAL Dl nucronr.—The followio, directory is published for the Information of the public. We trill thank our friends for notifying us of any errors they may dis ,cosrr : , Bar.rwr Cumcn—Mairi Street, below Washing ton. Services' Sunday at 10'; a.ar: and 7, 1 4 r.m. Sunday School at 12 o'clock. Prayer 'Meeting Thursday evening. Pastor, Rev. S. J. Lrsx. EFIrCOPAL CUURCR—OOr. Main and Canal Streets. Services Sunday at Pi , : A.M. and 7 1 ; P.M. Sunday Scfwolat 12:15 P. Y. - Rev. CILASLE.S H. Hearst:sr, raker. M.E. Crirrica—Main Street; above State. Services Sunday at 10 , , A.ll. and 7k; P.Y. Prayer Meeting Thursday evening. Sunday School at 12 o'clock. Pastor, Rev. M. C. Dealt, - PREEDrEEILIAN Curracn—Court Street. near Court House. Services Sunday at 10 A.M. and 7 P.M. Prayer Meeting Thursday evening. Sunday School 12 st. Pastor; Itev. J. S. STEWART. • S.S. PETER AND ParL--Services every two weeks. at 9 and 11 A.M. and 7 , , r.at. Sunday School at 4 I'4l. Pastor, 'Rev. Panties TONER. • A.M.E. BREACH—State Street. above Second.— Preaching Sundays at 1.04; A.M. and r.m• Sure- day School at 1 r.st. S.:l - .II...NOIITREnt: COMMAND - ERE, 10.— Masonic Hall, over Patch's store, at 7 P.Y. J. C. avrco, E.C.- LION LODGE. No. 104.—Once in two weeks at 7 r.s.• .• o I.II.VING. 11.1 x. C.1.1.1LA. CLIAPTTIL No.l (I.—Once-in two* weeks, at 7 P.M. CHAS. F. -Crioss . , ' 1. 0. Or n• I ,. —BE6DFOILD LODGE, No. 107.—Odd Fellows' Hall, over-Frost k Sons Furniture Rooms. Meets every Monday evening at 7 o'clock. W3l Joars, N.G. WARREN HILL, Sec. BRADFORD ENCAMPMENT. No. -IL—Sleets' second and fourth Wednesday evening of each month: Wiz Syvxr..ll;C.P., Weants lIILL. ME, War. JONE.g, scribe. H. OF P.—TOWANDA LODGE, No. 29;1—Meets every Tuesday evening in Temperance Hall, 7!; o'clock. .1. P. VANFLEET, W.C. Lonar, No. 370..—:Ilects sec ond and fourth Thuriday of each month. JOSEPH 1/11)GLY, S.S. Pre.o:denlJudge--41on. P. D. ?donnow, Towanda. .4 ssc;cto tcJudg,s—Lion. S.D. 14p.sainis,Springeield. lion. C. S. Rupers.r.. Towandat District Attornry—J. B. REEVE. Athena. Prothonotary and'Clerk of Court- , —BENJ. SI. PTCH li+gister and &corder and Clerk of thi Orphans C”urt-0. J. CIITIIIIrCK. S.hri fr—J . SIoNROF. SsrrnEr cum TTE issio n,rs —slontitb t'.trertatD, Wellq ; ' Brau Rt - rx r:Nnia.t,l o wanda AnnAm KNELL, Towan Jury Commission's.—B. F. KNAPP, Coll2Xubit; C. E. FERGI: , ON, U6ier. ' Treasurer—MarrlLw IT. rstreas..; Deputy, Wise ELSIIREE. Towanda. Auditors—A. 8.. 13Rows. • Herrick; IRA CRANE, South Creek; E. It. DELoNG, North Towanda. Crotirs4--PEET k PAVIEN. PhjSlCialt— Dn.D. kS. VIILIT TOWA.yDA L:OROCGI1 OFFICERS. Burgt7s:—Jotra3 13aYnIvr Cwinrilmen—JAMEA 131:TANI% Join D. MON - TANTE 3. M. WAND, JetM.F.II MCI.I.VBE, T. R. donDAN, E. T Fox, D. S. PTIATT, T. M. WOODITCFF, = Secy' and Treasurer—JosEru KINd aarwr. Jaa'ic.a of Peace—W. C. BOGAILT. N. TIDD. ConStatokS—JOIINRON WELLS, L. T. ROYSE. Policenwn—G. A. 11r111513. JAMES C. hIVING School Dirrctors-4.A. CoDumci.President of Boarj N. TIM), Treasurer; J. P. Vtaqi.x.ET, Seep; S. W ALVOItD. J. N. CA LIFT. JOIIN HOI.NF9. 01 , reeers l'nor--Dr. J. W. LYMAN, WM. MU: Aud:tors—Wm. S. VINCENT, J r . A. RECORD, GEO RIDoW,CE. .Assessor—JisrEs 11. Nr.mns Engineer—Chief, Li. 3i. Piavit; Assistant, Santo's :OAbm.A.N. Franklin • Co-- r'ranktin'Steani Fire Engine No. I.—Sleets first Wednesday evening in each month in Borough Engine bonne. I. B. Ilutirannir. President; J. jr., Sec'y. Naiad Engine Co., N0.'2.-3fedt first lifonday even ing in each month, in Bore;ugh Engine House. E. B. ninstu. President; G. E. Fnosr.liiec'y, - Lin-ta Steam. Fire -Engine CO., No. 3.—" Meet first Tuesday evening in each month, in Lin-ta Engine flonse. B. A, Pscurn President; H. A. Minimum Src'y. Mantua /Pink and Ladder CO., NP. 4.—Slects first Wednesday evening in each month, in Borough Engine House. JAumi H. Nevuss, President; E. C. Sec'y. TowamosPosr.orFlcn.—Mails gcing S.ontli close at 9.30 A. DI. and 9 r at.; going North, at 10:15 A. at., and 4:30 P. M. Arrive from North at 10:30 A. N. and 4:30 r« at.; south. 5:15 P. at. and 3:30 Barclay {bail closes at 1 r.m.: arrives at 6:30 r.m, B. K E. c13343es "at 2:30 r.m.; arTsves at 10:30 e..x , Troy closes at 8 A... ; Arrives at 1 P. 3.1, Leßaysvitle closes at 1 P.M.; arrives at 12 x.• New Era arrives Tuosilays, Thursdays, argil Satur days at 12 3.t.; departs at 1 Icsr. Sleboopany arrivea Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fririsys at 12 at.; departs at .1-p.m. Shc - sbequin arriets Tuepdays, Thursdkve, and atardays at 10 A.M., departs at 12 a. S. W. &Leona), P.M. Jluenal .I:lauding anti Sating. Fund Association.— Meets in Grand Jury noon' for payment of install. meats, third Monday In the month, from sto 7 r.m. N. N. BETTY., Jr., President. naranda Building. Associaiion.—MeetE in, Grand Jury Hoorn for payment, of installments. - fourth li/witty in each month, from IS to 7 poi. JOSEPH Via rt . r. prosiirlAnt. - . . , • Flotels. DINING ROOM IS IN CONNECTION WITH THE BAKERY, Near the Court House. We are prepared to teed.the hungry at all times of the day and evening. Oysters av 4,. Ice Cream In their seasons. • March 30, 1870, D. W. SCOTT & CO. ELWELT , HOUSE, TOWANDA, flaring leasell tide House, is maw ready to accommo• :ate the travelling Public. Serpents nor expense will be spared to give satisfaction to those who may give him a giro- North sltle.cf the public agnate, east Of 3ler ear's new block. - 11 Q UNDIERFIELD . CREEK HO purchased and thoroughly refitted ibis old Ird we ' ll-known stand, formerly kept by Sheriff Grif de, at the month of Rummell:led Creek, is ready to zood seeommodatt on R and satisfactory treatment toad who, may favor him with a call. D , lc. 23, fi63•—tf. InF t, kNS 40IISE, TOWANDA The Horses, Harness. &c. of all guests of this house. Insured against loss by Fire, withontany ox. tra charge. A superior gnality of Old English Hass-Ale, just received. T. R. JORDAN, Towanda, Jaa. 24.'71; • Proprietor. xiiii.NSION HOUSE, LtRAISTILLE, PA." W. W. BROWNING, PnoParirron. 'Phis House is conducted in strictly Temperance Principles. Every effort will be made to make meets comfortable. Good rooms and the table will dways be supplied with the best the market at. fords. Nos. 1871. BETHLEHEM . , PA. • OLD MORAVIAN SUN INN," TOWANDA, 1 'Bich In historical interest. it is the only building in the country except Independence Hall, honored by the sojcgirn within its walls of Washington, Lalray ette, Lee,ates and alter patriots of the revolu tion. This popular hotel has .recently changed hands, been improved, entirely refurnished, and the proprietor cordially invites his friends and trav eling public; - to give him a call—no .pains will be spared to render their stay comfortable.: People en route for 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. C. T. SMITH. Proprietor. Sept 4.. 1873 INinRANCE,—The following reli a b B l 0 13 : d FIRE TRIED Companiei represented. LAliCkfatTßE, _ pansix. 11011 E, r :AtERCHANTS. litst 1914-U. 0. A. BLACK. SASH, DOORS, AND BLINDS. T am prpared to furnish Kl3n-dried Doors, Best Rid Blinds 'of any style, size, or thickness, on short notice. Hand in your orders. ten days before yon want to use the articles, and be sure that you will get doors that will not shrink or swell. Terms cash on delivery. • Towanda, :illy 19,1871. GEO. P CASH. p.IISINESS EDUCATION. • Young men desiring a thorough knowledge of Puniness, Corr.merciat Law, The .dente of Accounts, &c., &c.; sbonld take a course of study at WYOMING COUSIERCI AL COLLEGE . , Send for Catalogue and College Joanna. dddreat L. L. SPRACEUE, - OcM Principal, Kingston, Pa. TOWANDA. P• BISHOPTHORPE, an . inoorpnra- MI Church School for Girls, Bethlehem, Pa. Tne Fall term commences on -WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16, 11474. The number of scholar' limited. All dreei NW FANNY I: WALitlis Prtuallesl. Eli OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. FIRE COMPANIES MAIL ARRANGEMENTS BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS JOHN C. WILSON PETER 'LA4SD3IPSSEIt., 3Lk A..iD EtnIZGX. STBEZTP. BUELT 1"S8 i -~ NradfotAgeporttl Towanda, Thursday, Oct. 22,1874, DERRIT SMITH ON DEMOCRACY. Hon. GERRIT SMITII has not pro fessed to be a party man for many years past. An honest• abolitionist and consistant temperance mari,when both these measures were unpopular, his sentiments aro entitled and should have great weight witt the friends of temperance. In a recent letter wrote N. Y. Tinier he thus pictures the democratic party, and shows the dangers to be feared should they again secure control of the government: The Democratic party, organized by our fathers, was a good one. It ent, at least in theory,and with the honest purpose of a speedy corres ponding practice. for the equal rights of ail men. It maintained its honor and usefulness, until in an evil hour it was tempted- to increase its, vote and power by taking slavery under its wing. And now, for more than half a century,this slavery-transform ed party has not ceased,to pour out upon the country it has cursed, its demoralizina and destructive influ ences. In fastening slavery upon us, quite naturially, and even necessarily, dragged down our whole national character into correspon dence with this rnlling abomination. Every valuable interest was damaged by it: Every virtue wus diluted by EspeCiaily did temperance suffer from it Dram-shops and Democrats sprang up together everywhere; and, Mike Walsh's, famous boast that dram shops are the nurseries, schools and recruiting stations of the Demo cracy was verified " everywhere. It was the grave imperilin g of slavery and then its abolition that caused the Democratic, party to languish for these dozen years. Take away, froth it its far more vital support of the dram-shop, and it would be left dead_ —atone dead. Surely, not one step should be taken toward reviving such a party. Surely, the good men Who are so unfortunate as to be in it (no good man can be' f -it) should has- ten to break it up by withdrawing from it. For - thirty years before the rebellion the abolitionists were work ing ftr the overthrow of slavery. They onld make tut little headway however, against the Democratic party. In th eyes of this party these self - sacrificing philanthropists and patriots were fit only to be mobbed and murdered. Certainly,there should not he'one finger to help to lift up this party from prostration to power. The, rebellion would never have broken out but for the encourage ment this party gave it. It promis ed the rebels 50,00 Q armed allies from the city of New York alone. It promised, through ex-President Pierce in his letter to. Jefferson Davis; that "the fighting will not be along '..Vlasori and Dixon% line mere ly. It will be within our own bor ders, in our own streets, between the two rlasses of eitizens"—meaning the Abolitionists and their pro-slavery or Democratic neighbors. It oppos ed with fire and slaughter, as in the instance of the riot in New York, in 1863, the drafting of men to fill up our decimated armies. During the whole of the rebellion the sympathies of this treasonable party were ever with the South And slavery..- It never rejoiced in 'our victories, but always in our defeat. I close with saying that there are crimes too great to be forgotten. One of them is the crime of"the political party that deliberately upholds slavery, and_ another is the crime of the political party that turns against its country in time of war'. Of both these atrocious crimes has the Democratic party been emphat ically and persistently guilty. Hence, though it may ever so humbly seek our forgiveness, we have a two fold reason for withholding it. I have not mentioned by name the negro-raurderin. "White Leag uers." Like the Ku-Klux outlaws, they are simply Democrats. Both are fired with the spirits and aims of the Demobracy, and - "it is sot on ire of ' DEW ISSUE . S.—Democracy charges the Republican party with trying to revive the "dead issnes" 4 of the past.. When these dead issues come to us in the shape of murdered Republicans, whose only crime was the color of. their akin, or loyalty to the Govern ment that gave them freedom and citizenship, we have • a r'gbt to deal with them, and to insist that freedom of opinion, protection to life, liberty, and property, the restoration of law, Order, and security throughout the land—though dead issues in the sight of Democracy—shall not be lost sight of as among the live issues before the American people to-day. When these issues are met and settled forever; when an enlightened public sentiment and a rigid enforcement of the law shall make life, property. and freedom of opinion as secure in the Southern States as they are to-slay in the North; when the shadow of Demo- - cratic repudiation shall pass - away and - all sections shall be eager to maintain the credit of the nation as ene of the sacred trusts of the past; when danger no longer threatens the peace and prosperity of the country, and honesty and loyalty become the basis of party organizations it will then be in order for Democracy to claim that the mission of the Repub. lican party is ended. Until this happy time arrives the people must cling to the Republican party as to the rock of national safety. WATCH the poll list on the. 3d of November and see that no Republi can is allowed to stay away from the polls. One vote may change the Tewalt. _ OTTINOS AROUT TOWNi DT A SOJOURN- EII , - , AN INQIIIII7 LITO TUE MFANTNO OF TOE TEEMS POLIIICA, POLITICIANS, ETC., AS NADI/USE OF DI TUE INDEPENDENT (?) PUMAS, AND A DE- PRE,BBED Dotocsacv.--We . have been 80 bewil dered as to the correct meaning of the words cilitical" and "politician,' of late, particu larly as they aro made use of by the papers claiming to be independent, that we have been compelled to seek anew for a definition that had the stamp of authority. W I EDA7EII defines a politician to be "a man versed in the science of government, , and in the lan of governing." Wo always supposed that goVernment, and a)l that appertained to government, was entirely respectable, until these independent papers inform us, with an air of supernal sauctity; - that they are not "po- lineal papers." We are still farther confused, by this disclaimer, because never were our in nocent understandings so completely under the conviction of anything as that, according 'to their own estimate of the word, they were fully tud entirely political. All the odium that attaches to a time-serving policy, is so openly apparent in their conduct, as to fix the atten tioni irresistibly. They invite covert enmity to strike through their columns, in the form of "free discussion." They announce- that they will withhold partisanship, until the first and most vital necessity of wise selection of Candi dates is made, and then they will "go for men" rather than party. ANNA Drew:so!: would re joice over this decision. They escape the foul contamination of those " primary meetings" that her virtuous soul abhors. And then they will be well advertised. According to their own charitable construction of the word, they will become "politicians." They are not wil ling to stand aside, in these periods of public agitation, as the purely literary and mural or gans they claim to be, but they must needs be in the thickest of the metre, for ;#le sake of rec ognition, and alwaysin such an attitude that they hope to avoid all responsibility and-escape all risk. A glorious country wo would have had, if GEORGIE WABIIINGTON had been a politi -ciau of this stripe—for politician ho surely was in its hirger sense of statesmanship. He map ped out gevernmtnt. lie applied' himself to its administration. He studied its practicabili ties and adaptabilities with ceaseless anxiety, and ho even accepted office at the hands of the dominant party. Ho was 6 military man, and possibly upon his inauguration into his "second term," he heard mutterings of "Ciesarism" and "Pretorian Guards." Out cf the calm of his mighty soul ho may have listened to those same howlinga about political chicanery and "robberies of the public funds'," that are shrieked forth by the enemies of republican in stitutions, from the bill summits and valley gorges of Bradford county. What does it all amount to in this latter day, that inferior men failed to comprehend him, and questioned his motives ,? They all belong tO one clacke. Every man, woman and child, who catches up and prolongs the hue and cry of infamy and suspicion agab.st those upon whom devolve the necessity of carr ' g on and upholding the structuio of goce :rent, is lia ble to the one charge : that of ignorant or in tentional public demoralization, and their works will follow them, There was a time when a branch or the min fifty shrank from denouncing certain evils that were fatally immoral, because a clamorous fac tion classified them as political, - and improper themes for the pulpit. We have known men, both of the clergy and laity, who were so fear ful of countenancing anything that savored of pulitics or politicians, that they would not vote. It is not for us to sly that such men have. mistaken their calling, as Christian teachers, but it appears quite as reasonable to separate religion from theology and church government, as it does to separate patriotism horn politics and civil administration, If it is honorable to die for one's country, it is honorable to live for it, and do its office work, and it seems to ns a far more benevolent practice to spend one's energy in bringing his own, and the proportion of public sentiment hepay be able to influence, up to a higher comprehension of Roverninent, and the nature of wise governmental rapport and co-operation, than it is to be el/gging its wheels by discord, and unjustly aroused suspi cion of its officials, from the highest to the low est-in the ranks... There have been delinquents in the political world, and in the religions world, but wise men single them out and seek to leave the living principle Intact, rather than blacken and blast the whole system, by .persistent and wholesale charges of inherent iniquity. Who are our poll- ticians? . Where is one among thorn, that these accusers will not cross hands and [break htetd with? "Ob,"say they, knowingly, "ho is well enough as a man, but he's a dishonest politi- Clan." Grandlogio this, that wriggles a dis honest officer out of an honest man, and the world is getting tired of the slang. Drop your man socially, if you have condemned him as a public officer; and help look upkbetter one to fill his Place. There are large questions to set tle, if slavery is dead, and there is better busi ness for men of brains, than to ho airing their jealousies and stigmatizing their betters. If you want Dolan:es office and DolittiN'a salary, you won't get it , by blackmailing DoBBINs out -pf it, even it the administration chs.,ges. An approximate measure of home merit will stand yon better in hand, than pages of scurrilous in sinuation thrust edgewise into the cracks of some neutral news market., Whore are the *'rascals" we have so long and so reportedly heard these load-mouthed phil anthropists bewail? Oyer the river," whining fOr officio, and down town, writing windy edito rials, out of which peep old animosities, tha need no.Neaviness to detect or delineate, WE ABE under obligations tor Mr. Jour; E. Fox, fora bonntifed supply of beauti ful and toothsome grapes Jlr sF. has given considerable attention to the cultivation of the best varieties of grapes, and is now propagat ing an entirely new seedling, which bids fair to rival all competitors. He has christered it the “Towanda.” •In a letter to ELLWANOKEI & Dan. _ sr, Mr. Fox thus describe s the fruit : slrsans. ELSVANGEA & Banux Gentlemen : I hive the pleasure of bringing to your notice for the first, a new seedling, the "Towanda," and of very great promise. It was discovered near a "Diana" vine, ha 1869, and removed with some others to a more favorable spot, whore without attention and uncared for specially, it struggled along for seme years, and finally pro duced a bunch of delicious fruit. The speci men which I send you is only a fair one, not the largest. The vino is a strong, vigorme, healthy-growing one., The wood ripens well and does not mildew. llt is short-jointed and of a dark red color. The leaves are small and healthy; the fruit possessecit peculiar aromatic flavor, enjoyed by all who have tasted it, and the 'skin, except the color, is like the "Diana." It keeps well, ripens with the "Delaware," and -beats the "Martha" and the "Croton,' both of which we have here. I have written you Ulna at length, thinking yon would be interested, and wt . ilung your opinion. Respectfully yours, etci,- JoUx E. Fox. P. B.—The color of the wood ist peculiar for a white one,—a very s dark red. The following testimonials to the excellence of the "Towanda ale of rich high aattority that they must have great weight with grape growers : • "I have seen the vine and tasted the grape, and fully endorse all that Mr. Fox has sale H. L. Warr, Pres. Bradford Co. floricultural Society. "I have erfsmined this grape, and believe it to be in every way superior to th e 'Croton: 'Rebecca' or 'Martha, and especially u an early or hardy grape." dU. Sus (of the firm of Masts 6. Middau7k) Webster, Monroe Co.. .Y. Rochester, N. 1., Sept. 30.1871. "We ere mach obliged to you for the oppor tunity et seeing your grape. Al is an excellent while grape. We have been comparing it with the 'Rebecca,' and find it quite similar in tex ture, flavor, etc. The 'Rebecca' is one of our best American grapes." ELLwsiteers do BARU. "Peekskill, N. 1., Sept. 30,' 1874. "Dees Btu: I congratulate — yor on your present prospects of having something so clesi rattle. With respect, R. S. Eserusoon, • (Rneceelior to Dr. Gnat," , r =GAMLEN! or mainsownort room £3l Querns. - TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA.. OCTOBEIL - 22, 1874, On a morn in dreary minter, Came a warn and weary printer, With his handle cn a splinter O'er his back; Travel stained ha was acid needy, Aud his appetite was greedy For the printing-office steering ' Till within the door appearing, Where hoi)orred, as ono revering, When he spoke, Baying; in ti voico•as Solemn As a gratis bnclin column, "In your city I'm a stranger, Dusty, Seedy as a Granger— For I slumbered in the Manger Of a barn. " I desire a small donation, And somo easy transportation , For my "corn." "Boat? I tried to work my passage, !loving freight and rough expreiisage -13 Living en bologna sausage, . Dry'and poor— " But they found I was a printer, And they hustled me inetanter: To the shore! "Then I sadly recollected Days when-printers were respected Fos - thelr shill. Now I'm ejected - I Foro and aft; f • "Just because sonia have by drinking Set the steamboat men to sinkik • All the Craft. "Theis do sober workmen suffer By the vices of the loafer, Till indeed whene'r I go for "Lest anotkor's imposition ' Throws on me a foul suspicion That I drink "Deep does it wound and griove me, When a man will not believe mo, • But, dear sir, if you will give mo Fifty cents, • "I wilt, by its proper using, * Show on I'm above abusing 13y his doleful conversation, Roused ho our commiseration, And wo mado the "smali-donation," Which he sunk ; Bat while going to oar dinner, We observed that hardened sinner Beastly drank I Thus do sober workmen suffer By the vices of the loafer— Basest coin will often go for rarest stamp— Kindest ones who most have trusted Are most thoroughly disgusted With the tramp,. • ChAPrEa Mr. Lyons sat in the inner office of his saloon, and a tall, pale lady in deep mourning stood before him. She refused to sit, saying that no thing could make her at ease in's place like that. "Calm yourself, madam," said the polite proprietor, "you are under some misapprehension. This is,not one of those low grogeries of which You speak. Look at these elegant surroundings, and believe me that only gentlemen assemble here or pa tronize my bar; there is nothing here which can contaminate your son." " Contaminate! Do 'you not sei the liquid poison? Is not this one of those bright, enchanted palaces which are but the entrance-wars to the broad avenue which leads to destruction,---whose other end is in hell. My boy is like other boys: his home is dreary and sad, since therh is only a mother in widow's weeds and tears to welcome him ?there; your saloons are brilliant and gay, with their gloW of light, their flashes of crystal goblets, brimming with ruby- wine. The company is jovial; jest .and laugh and song suit his young taste better than even a moth er's loving tiara. Nay, more,l will tell yon a secret: my boy inerits a fearful appetite; the habit once fos tered upon him, it is bat 'a steady and certain progress to that fearful end, de/irium tremens, through which his father sank forever from my sight. Harry means well; he loves me; be promised his father upon his death-bed never to touch the terrible thing which had been his ruin; but already he spends more of his time with you than with me; already he conies home flushed and excited, and I know the syinptoms only too well. Oh, God I must I be called upon to go through it' all again—to follow, step by step, from the showy saloon to the corner dram-shop, the low groggery, the drunkard's grave, the drunkard's hell. And Thou knowest how I have prayed that this one might walk the Shining way with me —with me enter the courts of heav en! • " Mr. Lyons, forgive me if I am discourteous, but how would Yon feel, what would you say to the man who should put what you know to be a glass of poison to your - boy's lips, simply that he might make money by the murder ?" "I will never forgive the man who teaches my boy to drink," said Mr. Lyons impulsively, and when he looked up his visitor was gone. Bat before many minutes had passed, two more stood in her place, —he seemed doomed to be woman?. haunted that morning. They began to sing in wonderfully sweet voices, such a song as had not often been heard within those walls, and when they had finished, one said • "Andrew Lyons, we are praying for you; you are in a bad business; yon are doing the work of the Evil One, and, so far as in you lies,- retarding the chariot-wheels of the Redeemers's kingdom. Bat we love you,—the Lord loves you; we come with His message; Repent! turn unto Him, give up your evil traffic, march with ns ander the victorious banner of the cross, or else you shall be swept from his pathway like stub ble before the consuming fire." They were gone, but mire than human voices had spoken to Andrew Lyons.- The strong man trembled from head to foot; he wiped the cold ietedeb teetrp. THE TtiNP. BY LOX 110DIND. For a "snack;" "I am brae,l Work, , I obriuk, Confidence." thiullanoT3. [From the New York Obsercer.l A LAWFUL BUSINESS. I nr lass IL E. RUNS-61A% perspiration from his forehead hasti ly swallowed "a glass of ,water, And mutttered somelhing very like male - flibtion against his i•lawf al business." Cuai•rEn IV. "Oh, father, mother," said Andrew the second, as he rusled. breathless ly ,and tumultuously into the dining room; "such a row to there was in school this morning; nobody knew any lessons,— nobody could do any thing',but talk. The teachers were als_bad as any one else. 'What do you think has happened? Charlie Morris has disappeared ! What do you think of that 2 They say," said Andrew, eating and talking as fast as he could, "that the Liquor Deal ers' Union has epirited him away, and that he'll never b 3 found any more.'! "Nonsense," said his mother ; "what'should they want of a child like that ?" "Well, you see, mother, Mrs. Mor ris she came to school to see if Char lie had been found, and she -was half crazy, • and - the teachers and boys ti crowded round her, and she let out " I all about it. You know old Morris 1 :e, ( drinks' awful, and they are dreadful S n ,poor, :and either Mrs. Morris or r a hai to go and bring him re] home most every night, and last Sun- 0 4 day morning it was so 'late before Sc Charlie could get him out of Jim Doyle's 'gin-mill,'—that's what' the r el boys call it, father, you needn't frown re,' at a fellow so,—that Mrs. Morris felt rein disgraced before all the, community, arc and she went and complained before , nll the excise commissioners, and Jim Doyle 'Was arfested for keeping open 1 ) . on Sunday. To day was appointed eet , for the trial, and: every ono thinks • that because Charlie has been into r 4( althost every liquor store in the city, "c to bring his father home on Sundays, UP the liquor dealers 'have sent him off P, for fear he shall testify against' Le them all." sui "Did you know of this, Andrew ?" said Mrs. Lyons, looking toward her husband. , "Not . exactly. I aw Secretary of the Association; but I 'as not pres ent at the laot meeting. I know the rules, however, and the spirit of the men; they are capable of anything where the iMerests of the trade are at stake." "Anti yon, Andrew, are willing to belong to a guild of kidnappers." It was the first scornful look he had ever received from his wife; • the first word of aught but loving defer ence from her which had ever met his ear, and ho inwardly resolved there nev i er should be another. It was the last feather which weighed down the evenly-balanced scale. ' "Andrew," said he, as he rose from the table; "stop at the saloon on your way back, and tell John to put np the shutters. So help ,me God Al mighty, I will never sell another drop of that cursed liquor. From this moment I am out of that most tin-lawful business." , CHAPTER V., A few weeks had passed. Charlie Morris had turned up,—run away from a distant city, whither he had been carried chile under the influ ence of some drug, and begged his way home, to the great delight of his heart-broken mother. The trial, meanwhile, had gone as usual, in fa vor of the liquor-dealers, and they, as usual, were triumphant. Maud Lyons had no more new summer clothes; young Andrew went to a pt blie school, and came home to a less luxurious dinner than former ly. But in the florist's store, which had taken the place.of the old saloon, a happy man talked with his , pastor, a man whose eyes had never express ed such an inner light before. "I vies so glad to see you at church yesterday with your wife and chil dren, Mr. Lyons; I hope it is a pleas ure lam often to enjoy. I am' glad to see the change here, too." " Yes, sir ) , it's a considerable change," with a slight sigh of regret for the flesh pots; "but it's a blessed 'one. For. you see, I've made up my mind to serve the Lord, and how can a man: do that when lie is engaged in what tie knows to be an unlawful business ?" "You consider the liquor trade un- lawful, then?" "Yes, Sir, - I do. No human laws have a right to condradict Divine laws.. The Government acknowledg es the trade illegal when it charges _a premium on the right•to sell liquor. The dealers acknowledge it illegal when they carefully shut out the sight of it from the public. A. man knows it to be illegal when his con science will not allow him to go to church and yet carry it on." That Which makes a man's daugh ters unfit companions for other girls; , which takes the hard earnings of the poor and gives no equivalent; which sends men to hell, and leaves widows with no hope of a • re-union; which draws promising boys into its black• vortex; which kidnaps other people's children; which violates every law of God and forms an insuperable barrier to the establishmint of his kingdom, can never, by any process of political chicanery, be transformed into a "lawful business." (coNcureen.) ' ' , A Thlsroasnn,z POSITION.--" I am my own masteil" cried a young man proudly when a friend tried to dis suade him from an enterprise which he had on band; "I. am my own masterl" , " Did you ever consider wha t a re sponsible post that is ? " asked his friend, -4 ' Responsible ? Is it ?" "A master must lay out the work which he wants done, and see that it is done right. He should try, to se cure the best s ends by the best mean?. He must keep on the lookout against obstacles and accidents, and watch that everything goes straight, else he must fail." " Well." "To be master of yourself you have _your conscience to keep clear, your heart to cultivate, your temper to govern, your will' to direct, and your judgment to instruct. You are master over a bud bit, and if you don't master them, they. mill master rj r _ . • DRESS OF THEIiEPUBLIOAN STATE COMMITTEE. Utl &publican..? frf upon; n nijicaia : 'You are called Upon; once inore,• to Ike a stand in defense of your inliples. The party . which, by its It catheresieS,plunged thia country i ,to a - bloody : war, stands arrayed aii at you on precisely the grounds ocy.npied in 1860, apd proposes to . )pki all the old controversies which was thought had been settled by te war, and it therefore becOmes Fcaisary to sustain at the poll 4 the 4,_. iveinuiental policy whicli'llas ve .ilec under a 'Republican adeuinia-- \ti n. • • - , . pri poi inl reo cr o 0 ca: tray " • n undefiled and restored Con stitut on," which is equivalent to the Southern demand for "I the Constitu 'ons it was," is what m the Deoc -1 . :3 , ( f Pennsylvania asks for in the cen ly issued address of its State )mr ittee. It wants to ignore or le ut the thirteenth, fourteenth, A fifteenth amendments to the-Con itutibn, and restore - the Constata )n as it 'stood before the war. It is up a PretenPe that those amend:: cnts are null and void, and if it (Add return to powerwe may min- Ily look for an attempt to enforce a lapse 42 the condition of things at eisted - prior to the Rebellion. t x Th recent armed, uprisings in the )uth _ accompanied by numerous urdt rs, outrages innumerable, open bell i mn, and the establishment of a ign Of terror to intimidate the un meand peaceful citizens, had the II sa ction and sympathy of the (11 ;„ )rth ru Democrac,y,and were plain 7 butla part of a general plan to re tablish the old order Of things. The! part of the Northern Democ ,7y i to lull the people into a false .!uri y 11 , and steal back into place on also pretenses, if Poseible. The rt o the Southern Democracy is set p a ,reign of violence, and by ch aintimidation of the weak as (i ,ill' k ep , them from the polls, to instal heraselves into offices to which they mild never otherwise attain. The two work together in perfect harmony, and their joint triumph wouldutterly annihilate) all the bene ficial results of the war.- - It is l the part of the Republicans of Pennsylvania to crtitl this con spiracY by thoroughly defeating those engaged in it, and they can do this only by rallying heartilY to the sup port of their State ticket, and by cordially supporting their local nomi nations, so as to secure'.,the election of a large majority of the Congress men and a decisive majority in the Legislature. rac. reel Cm rut Fen( The people of Pennsylvania do not want to return to "ft restored Con stitutienor " the Constitution as it was." (They do not want to come back again {hinder the insolent rule of the oligarchy, or to put their varied and grand industrial interests at the mer cy cf the fres trade demagogues who control the Democratic party. Brit; strong as are their convictions upon this subject, they can enforce them Only in one way, and that is at the polls. They must elect' men In harmony with their well-known views and interests ; and thW can be done only by securing a thorough defeat of the, Democratic party. - The last Democratic State Conven tion d'd not dare open its mouth in favor of proteCtion-to American in dustry, or against 'the ratification of the Itciprcicity Treaty,!( which is free trade in disguise. It bad not the cenrage to take sides with the party in other States on •those questions, and was'equally cowardly in declin ing to take the other side. On the two g eat questions which involve the materna' interests of the State, the 'prosperity of its people, and the de velopment of its wealth, it was as silent as the grave. No one doubts that its sympathies are with the ene- Mies of our material Progress, and 11 the r le is as good in this case as in every other—"lle that. is not for us. is against us." If, iherefore, the people of Penn sylvania want to defend and promote the growth and -prosperity of their State, they will pot entrust its des tinies to the hands of a poly that dare not open its lips in their favor. The Democratic party of the nation is for free trade, and the outspoken part of it is in • favor of repudia tion it and it is for the people 'of Venn, ylvania to decide whether they will again permit such a party ,to eontrel, and by controlling to ruin, their future prospects. The Republican party of the State bas had possession of the, Govern ment since' 1861, and has proved in I that time its claim to continued pub-1 lieconfidence.` It his administered the government honestly,, aithfulty, economically, and justly. The State has grown' with rapid strides under its fostering care ; the laws are every where judiciously . enforced ; and, it needs but the maintenace of the pro tective policy on the part of the Na-, tional Government, to secure. our advance,:at an early day, into the'; fronti rank of all the States. When the Republicans assnmed the reins of the State Government in 1861 'they found a State debt of over $40,090,000, and the breaking out of the Rebellion entailed an immediate addition to that debt of $3,500,000 for arming the people and defending the State, SO that they began their administration with the burden; of over 03,00,000,000 of debt. That debt has now been reduced to $24,- 000;000, a reduction in round- num bers-Of 419,000,000 in thirteen years, or $1,500,000' yearly. . This reduc tion 1 has been accomplished by economy and honesty in the admin istration of the finances, and not by taxation. - The State tax on real estate was repealed in 1866,.and that on personal estate in 1873, so- that while the State is free from direct taxation it is still rapidly and steadily extinguishing its debt.' , This is a handsome I record to pre ' is a complete I sent, Land answer to all the ridiculous charges that have been tramped up of . corruptness - and extravagance.. The State has never beenj better or more honestly manag ed under any adminiF,tration, and we point to this record with pride in the contrast it presents io .the policy Which, dur og-the rule, 'of the Demo oratC, inflicted upon the State a debt I i ! $2 per Annum in .A.dvanc. (4 $10,000,000, accompanied with a heavy burden of direct taxation. We desire to 'remind our Republi can friends that the Legislature to bit chosen this fall will' have in its hands the election of a 'gni:ea States Senator for six years. It is of the utrile,st importance, therefore, that, ignoring all causes of local distrac tion, they sheuld unite actively, firmly, and harnionionßlY in Behalf of their local candidates foe flie Legis lature throughout the '4l.te. Every Democrat elected to the Legislature in Republican counties on a local issue, will'vote only fora Democrat' for Unite 4 States Senator, and r e , true Republican will, by his vote, render such it result possible. We also entreat oar friends to pay no heed to 'the attempt to delude them inlo the: belief tl, : r •l,. lican party is oppossqf si, Itt.w Constitution. It wa:: ' State Convention which first demand ed a revision of the old Constittition so as Mrsecure the suppression of special legislation, it war Repebli can Legislature, which called the Constitution :. the Constitutional onvention was itself Republican: It was the Repuiliaan vote 'pf the State which secured the adoption of the new Constitution: and it was a Re publican Legislature which framed the legislation necessary lto carry its provisions .'into' effect. , The patt record is too clean upon all _these points to be questioned dr doubted. The business depression which has fallen upon the country in the .past year has been blamed upon the Government.. and as she effect of Republican policy; but as the same depression was prevalent throughout Europe,it is clear that it Lust be due to other_ causes. The country is already rapidly recovering from its effects, a result which, when panics occurred heretofore, recittirecl several years to accomplish; and, as the only remg& which - Democracy offers is freekliade and a return i to the de structive policy which produced the ruinous revulsiona of 1837 and 1857, the people will find it much safer to trust to the policy under which the country is now recuperating than to fall back upon the'explocled one that prevailed under Democratic rule. We earnestlyurff ° e upon our friends throughout the Common wealth to wake up to the)real impor tance of the pending election, and byl energetic work to render certain a Republican victory. Such' a victory is not to be won by supineness, and folding the hands careless neglect of the great issties at stake. Victory, if won, must be q3ought, and not waited for. Active, energetic, unflagging effort is essential to as surdsuccess. -It is notl in the pow er of the Democracy tcls carry this ,State of themselves, but carelessness and 'neglect on our part 'may aid them. I Organization, work, and the culti vation of a spirit of conciliation and harmony where local differences have prevailed, will accomplish much; and we appeallo the_Repnblicans of the State, as they love their cherished principles, as they are I t deVoted to the promotion of the material inter ests of the Commonwealth, as they value the preservation of the peace of the Union and,' its perpetuity, as they desire the permanent establish- i went of the protective policy, as they value honesty; integrity, and fidelity in their public 1 servants, to put on a fresh zeal for their sacred and righteous cause, toj renew their hearty devotion to their principles and thti - wellfare of the Country, and by a strong and determined rally at the polls, to crush out (at once the hopes of those who would light again the fires of rebellion - ail the South, and the purpose to co-operate with them 'which animates their Dehmeratic coadjutors at the North. By Republican State dommittee. RUSSELL EasErr, Chairman. • PRAYER BETTER THAT Some poor families 1 large wood-wbarf. In on ins was a man who, whet pretty good care of hid the "public-honse" wo earnings, and then they consequence of a. drtail fell sick. The cold cabin, and but One sti his cellar. One night he called hl John, - to the bedside, a something in his dear. . ."Can't do it, ;father' aloud. "Can'tl—why not?" father angrily. , "Because I learned atl sqliool, "Thou_,Shalt 4 meted John. "And did you not 1 your parents too?" "Yes, father," answe "Well, then, mind M ,ell you," The boy did not argue with his fa. Etter, for his father wanted him to-go in the night and steal some sticks frbin the wharf; so John, said to his father; "I canpray to-night for some wood, it is better than ',stealing I know." And when be crept' iap into the loft where his straw bed was he did go to God in prayer. He prayed the Lord's prayer, which This Sabbath school teacher taught him, only he put something iO about wood, for he knew God could give wood as well as "daily bread."' The next noon,' when he came home from school, what dolyott think he caught sight Of, the first thing after turning the corner? Alload of wood before the door! his door! Yes, there it was. His mbther told him the overseers of the poror,sent it; but he did not know 7ho they were. He believed it was i God: and so it was. A Arrvc.vs Congressman is said to have discovered a new and ingenious way of floating railroad bonds. He has introduced I into ithe Mexican Congress a . , law which makee every citizen .betireen 118 and 45 liable to military duty, and. to be draftedinto the army but among the classes excepted are all persons owing one or more shires in a nal tional railroad. - , 'z*,, NUMBER 21. N STEALING, lived near a s of the cab- sober, took _family: but iuld get bis i!,tiffered. In ken frolic he ept into his k was left in s eldest 114 d whispered said John asked his the Sabbath of steal," an Mill ed the hoy. d do what :I LIVING IN A LIGHT-HOllBL'. Light-110*es are strange and lone ly homes for men to live in. Some of them are perched oat. on the ocean, with the land scarcely in eight, and the restless'sea forever beating and moaning around them. The keepers of these do not see other human faces' than their own in-a quarter of a year. Night and,day they are on the wa.ch, gladdened a while by ;a 'ail i thet appears for a little while and Thep floats out of sight below the horizon, They might be out of the world, fpr all they know of its con cerns—ts losses and gains, its battler; and itsl i . victOries, the changes that each dey brings forth. 'There ern other light-houses situated on the coast, but sb remote that they are never srisited; and others that, are surrounded by the civilization - of' a. tishingl village, and on summer days are crowded by fashionable people from ' the neighboring water-places. But for i. ile most part, except -in the approse es to flourishing ports, they are built oat on the farthest - margin . , of the lend, on far-reaching capes and peninsulas,, on-iron-hound. head lands, on detached reeks and sandy shoals. The' light - ships are still worso off, anchored as they are in stormy waters,` and forever rolling and, plunging, leaping in perpetual unrest, elipped of their wings, ywhile - other veSsels are passing and repasi ine, shoetening sail"as they enter port rind spreading the _canvass. _as they : start out anew. - Thalight-ships are manned by men alone,l_ but in the light-honses the 'keepers are allowed to haVe., their I..vives,, aid children are born into them a 'd brought up with the sea and the sea.-birds and the distant tillip3 for companions. Manya piet-,, 'y story or poem has' been ~woven about chldreri living in this' fashion., Mac tea n the becrets and wonders of tle sea,' and feel glad-.when it -dngs 'so fly on the calm days, and sad wile, its bosom is ruffled and white in the Storms. Their little Leads e4.e fall of strange fancies about nature, and I do not believe they cou l d understand; or enjoy the life that you and I lead, at home-. Somehow I cannot think' of them as real children. , They seem more like water-sprite's that have their home in the bine depths among other deli cate plants that blossom there. But they hale lessons to learn from school-boolcs, and a great. many things to do in their father's house hold. Their life, with all its romance, is notone of idleness, you may be sui6. ' GOOD BATTII3,g. c , - • Be good natured if you can, for there is i no attraction so great, no, charm so admirable. A [face that ill ( full of the expression of amiability \ . is alwayi beautiful. It needs no paint and - no powder. Cosmetics are su perfluous for it. Rouge cannot im prove th r it D cheeks, nor lily 'white mend ra its coaiwa. Its loveliness. lies_ beyond 111 this. It is not the beauty that, is but' skin deep .. For when you gaze in' the face of a noble-hearted man or woman, it is not the shape of the feat9ree Inn really see, nor • yet the tint of' the cheek, the hue 'of the• lip, or the brilliance of the eye. .i, ;) You. pee the nameless somethirg' - -- vhich - attiroateS all these, and. leave „ for your instinct a sense 'of grateful . ' fascination; you see an indescribable embodiment of the heartLfelt good ness within, which wins your regard in spite of external appearances,_ and defies all the' critical rules of the iesthetic Cultivate good { nature, therefore. It is - better than "apples of gold set in pictures of silver,' fur •-'. gold will take to itself wings and fly : away, 'silver will tarnish in time, and both, w_l#n abundant,lose their value; but 'go; nature never, never loses , itsWort o ,—never abandons its pos, scissor to the mental poverty of the inalicio • s,—never loses its hold, cn ' the este m of the world. It is always in' fashion, and always in season. Everybidy admires it. It neveigrows stale. Ft costs little to acquire, akd nothibg to keep. Yet is beyond dia monds in . its worth to , its owners, • and ca neither be stolen, or lost, • , howeverneglected. Surely this is a ..,, jewel that merits a search; and, wheri, found, merits 'a protection. Possess yourself ofit, young woman; no talis man will find you so bewitching iti ' the judgment of ,the sensible among the other sex. CHILDF2eI3 STODIEI3.—It is said to be quite notorious that our youth are growing physically inferior to the; youth' of other nations, You may constitiO the most perfect' steam engine in the World, but if it has not, the motive, power,,steam, it will not' work So with man itir woman. You may train the child till it comes to maturity in all the branches of learn-, ing it in possible for him to acquire, yet if you neglect his physical culture, why you leave him without the mo tive power to make use of that hard won knowledge. Parents are nn doubtedly anxious to see their child ren become accomplished scholars, and hence too often too often fail to notice that their children are over taxing themselves. Such a lack of , , observntion on their part islhe first step toward the child's ultimate phys ical rum. The fault is with the getr-_, oral public who are apt to criticise too severely the tktcher\ of a school whose scholars, do not' show what they censider a sufficient advance• - ment ; a natural consequence, the , teacher is anxious, end invariably overtaxes the; child. Parents should sec to it that their_ children are not overtaxed, and they may relynpon it _ that When the child reaches maturity it Will not, be' in any way inferior to - . its fellow-students in mental acquire ments, I, and I its physical develope ments Will be far superior. • "Mind SEvE.7 - Dou.ts Timm—A traveler on his journey meets a robber in the woods. a "Give me your .nioney," crisis the highwayrdan, "or I'll shoot, you. I "It may be," thinks , the .traveler, "the I man is in want;" and he generoiday gives him six_ dollaraH "Take dab. God bleed you. Faref well.". ; " Stop I Stop!" Cried the robber; "I Bee another, dollar , and I must have that. "0, sir," replied the i traveler, "be content'. Of my all, seven dollars, • you have six, and I only one to help me on my journey. " I 'Give , me that seventh dollar," , cries' the robber, - drawing his pistol. " I What do You think'of the robber "The meanest thief • I ever could conceive of.'" What is his name? Sabbath-breaker. - • • AMCE gneetion 7 of taste: Jeweler --What kind of a chain would Jou like ? Young man—Well, I don't know haidly.- "W hat kind of a chain would you think I ought to bust that is. what style would you think would 'be the most } becomino for - a young man that carries grocesies to some cif the 'best families is