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P.l OFFER , PATIERN:_z P 1. , 1W• A:, THE LilWE?4* SILVER MATED WARE, wOOD wA STONE WARE, • B_ SK GLASS. SHADES. Al A. BLACK Enna Jk Ittlibroth. FALL OF .1875. NEW FALL. GOODS rectivrd Ms week at EVANS 1111,DttETIPS Where van be found all the novelties of the setton 1)1{1.:SS G101!1!S, vt all :had., in C 1.11.1 K I NGSI. FLANNEI, SKIRTS,CASSIMER ES, &C., . a I'LoAKS 110 , IFIRY •.I.tl\'E. 1111;1..VRSdC ,1/4C uur Movk 1 cumplele PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE: EVAN S & II I LDRETII, S , •p u.': Eent NTEW GOODS AT PASIC PRICES KENT & BLISS, liate lint opf•ii..ii their 14 , 1 imoice of E.' A 14 1 , (;00I1S. all Ilse iit I►II.ESS GOODS, ~- cLoTnt.4. CASSIMEIIES, SHAWLS, I; 0 V ES. HOSIERY, LADIES' TIES, Notions ,dc Special barpins in every department Call a..d examine. • KENT & BUSS, TRACY & MOORE'S BLOCK Toraust3, Ps., Sept. ao. 1875 ell I When a young man I had a pasiOn which almost amounted to mania fOr the collectionof minerals. Whene.A••• er I s conld find leisure or whenever. I was;Wearied with professional toil I usectto take my hammer and my Itathern sacliel and wander off to any locality where I might be likely to find good specimens. Ofeourse,dnr-. big such excursions I met -with -ctir ions ,adventnres- Some. ignorant . people, who could not deVine what use I made of fragments of stone, thought I was a harmless lunatic. Others supposed I was in' search of gold. Now and then a person would be encountered 'who beleived I made money in some mysterious way by myi collection: In one instance I me with a human "dog in the o'er" I was passing along the road, e, and saw that a farmer was engaged in Carting off the superfluous stones in his field and filling a hollow iiith then]. As I knew the small boWld deri_in that quarter were frequently of anthophyllite. a rathei scarce min eral', I went to the heap of stones andlbegan to examine it._ The far mer, was at my side in an'instant. • "What air you .goinr -to do With ern?i" he asked. SHAWLS, BLANKETS, _ . - , I explained my purpose as corte oils]iv as possible. "Well, you can't have a stone out o' there,' lie said. ' , put," I remonstnited, -you are going to dump them in that hollow in the cowl; and what difference eau it make to you?" "Will, so I he; but if they'rt of an}• use to you they're of use to "That don't follow. - A thing may be of use tonic that is not.the slight est Use to you, and rice verso." _.".lf any thin , I've got is of use to you 'cit'S.worth something tome, lri.v irrrs,a or not.'' "Nonsense!" I said.. "There's youi head, my friend. If it were boil4d , amtseraped it would make skull Opt jaS a speeimeh would be of use to rn i e'; while it's evidently woith nothing - to you." • And I marched off, and as I went heaid him utter some very naughty words. Bridge, Street. I , But this is not the story I started to tell you. I have something more interesting; only, like most elderly gentleman, it takes me some before 1 begin. • One day I had gone up the Schuyl kill IliVer, and had made my Islay back into the country' a mile or iso' heydnd Valley Forge, when as I was examining a.frock that cropped; (jut by the: roadside, I found I had lag attentive observer.. I looked laud saw laboabout twelve years lold, who , • lwas watching me very closdly. I returned the compliment. Ile iwas cladlin: a jacket and trowsers 'that were almost a mass . of many colored patcheS—so much patched, in fact, thatil could not determine.their i colOr. His head was partly ebv eredl with a ragged palmetto-leaf liat, with a tine string in lieu of ribbOn; and be carried a •torn linen bag jin one hand and a broken trowel in the othe l y. , In spite of dirtiness of face and }lands, there was someteing pleas mit in his appearance and his . - eves 1 were keen and intelligent. "Ilallo!" I exclaimed, "are You •out mineralizing, too, young mari?" *c_o" said he. "I'm gittin' And he dreWfrom the bag mldsh w ed me the rhizoma of thJßlood-rOot, the ;Sanguinaria of the botanists and the tiled Puceoon" AA the Sotith and Welt. 1 IT • "..k.nd , what do-you do with thei," I enOired, amused at his manlier. ""Are you a young root-doctor?" ‘ l , ' cot yet," he replied. "I git. 'em for .a. chap from . Philadelphy. lie 94-e l s me a cent a pound for ''em 'an (Ames an' takes 'em away. I've got nigli . on to a hundred pounds this week:r There skeerce 'round' herd though." I !entered into . conversation With, the little fellow, who told Me of a disused quarry in the , neighborhood, .where they were kind o' stone," and induced by the•offer of "a levy," as the eighth part of a dollar Was eallH at. that time, a g reed to show to methe _place. W hen we got there I found a sufficient number of good specimens to fill my bag ; and while, I WfIS hunting around , through the stone-heaps he kept close by the, talking.all the while. It appeared. that he lived in a little tumbled-down house in the neighbor hodd; with his mother; who took, in :caching and did odd jobs around the neighborhood ;I,and he worked at any thing he could get to do in the sum mer titne'and went to public schOol in the 'winter. He could read, write, and cipher as far as "decimal frac tions," he told me. He had picked up 'some information, principally. af terlthe way he was engaged in 'ex..' tra4ing it from me—namely, by a#: ing questions, when he had an oppor tunity. l s we went along I panted Ilim out! a good many medicinal platits and enlightened, him• somewhat fon their.relative commercial value. All thil he took in greedily, and . when parsed he asked : I_ =I TOWANDA, BRADFORD I COUNTY, PA., TUURSDAY . 'MORN - DIG, OCTOBER 14, 1875. gfiericd gothy. =6 JUST AS Or OLD I saw my mrsiln dreams last night . _ l'ass up the sltvplng. moon-Ilt lauds. The IM•e-beatus In her dear eyes bright, • A rosebud In her rose-leaf hands, And round me, as I nearer stepped, I felt her soft arms steal and fold. While close against my heart she crept , The goy dawn invite, my love waa guue, I The 'golden dream was lemt and dead; I got me to the churchyard lone Wherein my love lay burled. round a head'itane, gray with years, I lurked me to the more mists cold, wept, and knew elle saw my tears. , Just so old; But evei while I live alone, , . . This comfort comes and muothes my eaz 4 L-H We tWo may meet, when all is done, 1 , I Far off in heaven's garden fair: ' 1 'And by the light above, beyond. _ 1 Chastened. each other's face behold. 1 SlalnlesS., more pore, lot trite and NO, I Just as of old i kcllagcong . THE ROOT BOY. By TDONAS DUNN ENtiLISII. 1 1 0 = • . / 0 I s I I ) REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATIO*FROM ANY QUARTER. "Ito* do you manage, to know 'em all?" I tried to explain to him. that the knowledge.he thought so. wonderful could be acquired - I.?j , study. "Could I learn it?" he eagerly demanded: • "Possibly, after you know more of other things. However, if you would like,to try, I can' help you. I'll be liere again, and if you will show me the other old quarries You spoke of just now I will not only i pay you for your trouble, but I'll give yQU a child's book on botany, that you can Understand if you have a little perse verance and patience." Just as of old "Will you, then? ' When 'r' you cbmin' back?" "Next Wednesday; unless , some thing happens to prevent mc." F 'Tit be on hand. That's our house Over yonder ; but, Pll, be on the tow path, lookin' out for 1 The next Wednesday I took the - ears to Norristown, the extreme limit then of railway journey in that quar ter, crossed the bridge, and walked up the river-bank to Valley Forge. 'inlet the boy, on the Watch, before I got there. lie brightened up when he 'saw me. "Rare you got it?" he asked. I nodded affirmatively, and- he led the way, with a skip and a jump, to the quarries I *anted to see. !: As I was engaged turning over the frag ment of the rocks he was busy exam ining the book Which I had mean while handed him. Presently I went to where he sat. "Well," I said, "can you • make it out!" "A little; but it's mighty hard." sat down on a howlder; and went through several pageswith him. I found he was very quick to catch the pronunciation of tile technical terms; and, taking np E a buttercup which grew near, I taught him the names of the parts and (the little book being after the Linuwan system) the modes of determining the genus aid species. , I found him very qUick, and, paying him for his:service, :dis missed him. 'lNly bag was rather to weilfilled to carry in comfort; so I went i i to the village store, to have the specimens carefully packed in a boy, to be sent Wilily address in town. While there I Made some inquiries about the boy, - William Miner, as J called him, not giving his real name, for evident - reasons. The shopkeeper told me th.it William's father, a quarryman, had been killed font- years before by the premature explosion of a blast in one of the quarries I , had visited. His wife an Irish woman, from the County Tyrone, was well liked in the neighborhood and eras an indus trious, deeent'person. The boy was well enough, - but a nuisance in ask ing questions. . He alWays wanted to know how every thing was done and where ,every thing came from; but was easily put down, and hits curiosity i3eemed to , be suspended foil a while after a sunbi /.I went home, and my box of min ,rals arrived in due season:- My min eralogical explorations'took a differ ent direction after that, and I soon _forgot all about William - Miner and the "Child's First Lesson in Botany." I-think it was fhur years after that ;that I was in a drug house in Phila delPhia, inquiririg the price of a cer tain article desired by a friend in the country, , when 'I heard the :senior partner inquire of a clerk: " Have you shipped that lot of yel low dock to Prout ?" "'No, sir," was the 'answer ;',",there isnft enough in the store. The Root Boy is to furnish i4'4iree hundred weight to-day, anti we'll close the peeking and send all in one lot. There it is now, and there he is with it. 411 be bound for said the partner. "lie always looks sharp for the cash." And in stalked a tall, srendef boy of 'sixteen or wtenteen, and without a Word handed the dealer a paper. Well, Miner," said the-old gentle man, " I needn't look at the goods. YOu're always up to sample. Here - is an Order on the cashier TOr the money." Miner took it,. glanced at me, and then recognized me. " Why ~Doctor," he said, how do yoi l c do? You don't remember me, perhaps ?" II do," said I, for ;there was no mistaking those eyes. :" You're reg ularly in the root buihtess, I see, Hqw do you make out ?" , • Very well, Doctor.., "To you live at Valley Forge now?" Oh, no ' • my business won't per mit it. I live' in town no*, and my moLther keeps house for: me." ‘ 1 So you haye a house !" Oh ! eyes. - A little one up an alley—four rooms in it;• but that's en ugh." • walked down the street with him, a 4 he told me his history. from the ti e I had first seen him. -He had m l stered the element* work I hall gi en him, and -Obtained another on th subject . ". Everybody helped tO i . shove him along," he said ; and so he becaine_quite a respectable botanist. Ho managed to Make enough by col lecting. roots and barks ! to maintain his mother and himself, and all the enterprising and ragged boys of his own former pattern whom he Could pi& up he employed as journeymen, an,il was doing a thriving bnainess in saMples. i‘ And," said he, " I have osjer a hundred and fifty dollars laid a Stay in a saving bank." ' I'm stridying, Latin and chemis t' .., Doctor; amd we7i.e. 'rented out se and-story room to a Frenchman, i: -a d I take out the rent in French le sons. I've, wanted to come and se you, big- I did'nt know whether 'you'd likei it." ; • I I" Drop in , lieneveri you cnOose, lifilliam, and Pf I have !leisure I'll be, glad to see you. - . And so we parted. .! ! -' ' .. • I saw him. occasionally after that, and found he was. getting along very : well. Trade was at times slack with 'him; but he was very industrious .and prudent; always liked far within li s slender means, and took good . c. re of .his mother. ! They removed, a length, into a larger house and • took boarders, in which .new bu€Ailles . I they succeeded very well: But' this was an 'outside matter.; He still'kept ILU I his root and herb trade, and began to. act as. broker in foreign drugs, I where,the same good fortune attend- MMMIMP ed him ; 'or rather, to state the, case with more .preeision,-hieharacter for uprightness and Onergy gained for him the gerieral conlidetice'iaf the trade. I 'went to .West Virginia shortly afterward and remained there for five years, during which time I heard nothing of Miner, and hefilipped out of my Memory. - When r'returned, in 1857, I came to New York to re side.. One day I had 'occasion to visit Philadelphia, and :vhile there I fin= quired about Miner. I learned that he.had Studied medicine / wits 'gradu ated, and had set up practice in' a [thriving Western town. And that ;was all 3. learned'then. • • lie turned up again, not in person, but through a paper in a Western medicaljournal, whidh he sent tome, a very able monograPh, and through. a colleague . ofwell-infortyed physician, who had visited the' Mast. The latter inforined me that Miner, though, fa young man,, stood in the front rank of his profession in the - town, and was very much liked by his medical .brethren. He had some peculiarities, however, one of them being a habit of prescribing, when ever poSsible, indigenous remedies, instead.. of those: imported, " Is he married ?'! " Yes, very well, and in a romantic way. ~Hp attended a rich young girl andsot her out of a dangerous attack of typhoid. ,They fell in .love with each other and married. The. girl, who was just of •age t settled. her' whole fortune on him, though lie knew nothing of it until the morning after the wedding." "A rather dangerous experiment." " lie thought, so himself, I fancy, for he turned `around at once and settled it all back on her—all the real estate, that is:'.' "Is his mother living r' ‘.‘ Yes, but quite infirm. She resided with him, and the wife is', very fond of her." . Why I came to give these points in his history is this : I received In formation of his' death the other'day, the result of sickness acquired in the too, ardent pursuit of his professional duties. The facts were .stated in a letter from the e:ectitor, who in formed me that by directions in the will of the deceased_ all the botanical workli in his library were to be culled from the rest and forwarded-to me.— hi(frpelideigt. THE DROWNING OF DR. PORTEOUS. The intima 4 ion that the Rev. Dr. Porteous Caine todilii death through foul means have dissiPated. All sto ries to such effect - Thave been relega , tell to the realms of sensationalism, as inquiry has failed to find any ba sis for the reports. The plain facts in the case are however sufficiently startling without the addition of fic titious 'circumstances, and P, form a text for temperance men, especially against; clerical tippling. It appears that on Tuesday afternoon ,the party, consisting of the late•Rev. - ,Dr. Por teous, his wife, two children. a lady -friend; Mr. R. L. Benjamin, Mr John Koop and two children of the latter, left Sea cur shortly after dinner for a sailing excursion. There was . in the yawl a quantity of liquor, of which those on board generally par took until it was exhausted, when the ladies and children were:landed. All would have been well had the excur sion stappettlere,lmt unfortunately Dr. Porteous had not satisfied his Craving for liquor, and - as there was none obtainable at Sea Cliff,•he pro posed that the gentlemen should go to Glen Cove and get a drink. This advice was put into- execution, and not'only onebut seiteral imbibations were made. The result was that when the party started on their fa tal trip for home-Mr. Benjamin. was "quiteintoxicatedi" Mr. Koop .was "not altogether sober," and the Rev. Dr. Porteous is said to have been "somewhat under the influence of ar dent spirits.," - 1 This is the explana tion of the catastrophe, and very simple; natural and sad it . is. Any theory that the doctor was murdered by his companions for his valuables, or any whispered surmise 'that the refractory clergy Man was put out of the way at the instigation of Bishop Potter 'or Bishop Littlejohn, is alto gether superfluous and quite unnecess ary. The .whole party,' clergyman included, were drunk and unable to manage their craft. It consequently capsized, and but one' of the patty was in condition to . make the shore. It will no doubt shoCk a great many people to hear of a clergyman of such evangelical views as those proposed by Dr: Porteous, being unmanned from the effects of intoxicating liq uors bilt,lat the same time, there is nothing surpOsing in it. Soon after his arrival home, it was noised through the press that on 'his pass- . age across the Atlantic he .was almost constantly' in an inebriated condition. But he took refuge-in Brooklyn, that haven of scandalized clergyman, where his foibles and weakness were soon lost sight of, and almost forgot ten only to be revived iu the memor ies of men by the manner of his tak ing off. •No doubt the circumstanc es surrounding the death of Dr. Por teous will lie the occasion and pre text for - many a theological homily and temperance discourse. But it should be remembered by those who are disposed to judge of the unfortu nate man too hastily, that those on whom the tower of Siloam fell were not inners above all that dwelt in Jeru salem. There may be more than one Porteous in our Midst. A lesson certainly is -to be learned, : but that can be 'done •withnut offering the memory of the unfortunate victim on the altar of self-righteousness.. ' A WORD TO YOUNG LADIES. " Gtrethongbt, give energy, to themes That perish not no folly's dreams." • It iEt 4, matter of sincere regret that so many young women of the present day, who are free from ev=ery care, and surrounded by that elegance and leisure,Which wealth and refinement command, neglect oppertunities for self-improvement. Finding time weigh heayily upon their hands, they too often flitter' away golden hours in a senseless round of pleasure seeking, or delight in expending their thoughts and energies upon the 'mysteries of the toilet. -.Like the scriptural Eg ;==il ,• • 1 ' ( . 11 1;t i~ 1 I - • I ; $2 per Annum In Advance. NIMIFER 19. ; . tree, there -is a i seeming vigor. and healthful grown in them, but on ! nearer approach we .perceive that there is no fruit4orily a putting forth lof leaves. We nddress that class of !young ladies wilo- 'seldom Oink of cultivating their minds, and who ;study rnthet to enhance those out ward charms which nature has be ;stowed ,upon them.. Mere physical :beauty is' indeed; vain, and will soon er or later eltide the grasp of her :fondest votaries] but she Who cher iisher the more subtile . beauty .of in telleet, possessed that which grows ;more comely with :increasing years. Intellect in wOmen;:-eombined with. goodness of heatit, will:ever:command the love and iidmiratidn of men. Mrs. Jameson slays .Petr4ch gives in n single line theivery bean . ideal of a ;female eharacteri when he tells its that Laura united tie highest intellect with _the purestl heart. "In alto in ?elk.to en iiuro yore. Let our young women then set !aside foolish, aimless 'pastimes, and seek to know some- , thing niorethan! the frvolities of life. 'They need pot fear to be called" blue stockings" !shoilld iadulgel in a little 'solid:- reading. nor . hesitate to visit the abodes! of iioverty ,'and want if the voice Of eduseience calls them thither. An highest effort to improve, ad to do! ggoil to otherS, will help Marvelously to greater*.and better deeds. The' re axe those in homes of luxury. who, .li'aving empty hands, iiigh -for sOmetbing to do. To such we would Say, do whatever best suits Vont tastes and !capacities. Do some anythingt to .make use of the talent Conlmittf d tit your 'care, and to help others in their daily round Of tasks and trials. In a. word, study to become good and Wise women and let it not !be tO:your reproach that you lii;e!" - 4s those whose hearts are like the tudightened stars of the first darknegs:-JifelesS, timeless, use less—with ; nothing but a cold night about Pieta ."-I-Ph ithelelphio lt nth.- • dine. ; 5 Away up ou the hill that overlooks itples stands the CartlniSian monas tery of San Martino. • The monks who once inhal4ted the glorious pal; ace—for it is nailing less—were men, Of noble birth iind-x-ast fortune. The church is how hne of the Most mag nificent in Agate, jasper, aritetillyst,, Egyptian gran it :_and fossil-good.. together with every Marbles of; tint, - are sol)lended in mosaics thatiline - the whole edifice :01 the carvings are so rich and graceful, that the interiors of some= of the clutfiles seem like Eden bowers transfixed !by a miracle and frozen into stone. And in this `spot lived a brotherlimid . who came from the first crcles of .4oCiet , y, and buried them sigves in this 'rOFreOIIS tomb, for it was little else.; The monks took a cow of pell)tetuil silence, lived apart, ate apart.l andimet only for the lin •• social hoUrs of prayer„ when each W l aS wrapped in hiS °Wit meditation, and no One' uttdred a syllable. Each. one of :the little cells where they slePt had a small window or closet communieriting with one of the corri- . (fors, and in this closet was - placed' the frugal ineal which was then take en into the celliand eaten in solitude. Every quarter' of an hour a bell strikes' to remind the listeners that they were so mtich nearer their death. In the gardens the railings are orna , . mented with -skulls, and the- only sounds that useil to disttirb this d splen -11 solitude were the tread of 'san ed feet; rustle of long, white robes', or ithe slang of the bell that tOld of their d,olemn. lives,. in brief Moments, and iyet might have seem ed long to ;theni. These Monks, like Most otherS in Italy ; h ave been driven froin their retreat, and all their • treasures I confiscated by , Victor manuel. • .1 FUN, FACT, AND FACETIE. • • 5 A farmer '}: elull is a gßawful place' for rats. 1 ; - • • Tim earth is dial'. ,while the oceaii 'is t f ± lly. I 1 „ . • flow to .i • .re pig boarders"—G ire. 'em 11 sh. i , • i Com •ot vr.k tux quarters twenty-live cnt pieces. 1 QUiItY--41ten they :malw lan oyster b .d, do they use, seaweed Mattress? _ Jr rocks ever pled they wiluld bleed . . q tartz. —Da oh r ril Nctr,4. t Ir you wish to!enjoy constitutional lib erty, don't wear 4 pull-back dress. • i . ! I WHEN' is a soldier's ammunition box Jibe a country road? When it is full of cart-ridges.l jFor wild pigeOns and seventy-five men ith guns passed Worth,. Saturday after= noon. —Da s!, il r.y4Ye ter. 1 .. IN A Scotch Colo a.- Witness swore to the identity of a chicken. "from the re semblance to its Mother." 1 "Furtx tsn your own kerosene," says a sign hung tO the door -of a Leavenworth Man who bas font- Marriageable (laugh ,. tess.." i St7rtrittst*“ poWer of.entluiance—a cal tlerdrover who had one ear cut off by the TOtlians got :tip mid Walked °l on the other One: 4 i . AN Alterdeen liirl supposes that the rea- r ,on she lias'n . eve4 kindled a dame in any an's heart' is bepause she is not a • good iateb. IF the rtiogniq) who 'left our .nose . in .ucli a hurry that lie for . g . ot . his Pill, will . 1 11, he can pave it; and no.questions will e asked. 1 : 1 A WIT once asked a peasant what 'part e perform4d in he great drama of life. '1 mind my ownllmsiness." was the _re ly. I . A CALIFORNIA [paper.say:4.: "The milk len of San Francisco have formed a mu- ival aid assOciatiio). cne holds the can and the otlnT pumps. 4 : I j, "LET mc . up." [ sa id the uniier. man in a tight, the other day. " 1. , wont do it," said the other': ''t it WIR S too ninch trouble 4) get you &wilt .- 1 K - • A ENTICKA - Oilitor tells another that if his head were! as red as his nose lie Would remind oi* of a bow-legged carrot t , ur m min te 0 by a; cockade. 1 THE Maishalll (Ga.) Masenger cries: " For the Lord's sake,: friend, don't keep telling an editor how to riin his paper !, Let the poor devil find it out:himself. A ST. Lik'lS iliq.f pies alicint the street: gathering igar stumps. which it carries' borne to its' master. It was a poor editor who owned this Specimen of cigareity.- IT V. stated that the Philadelphia con.:' i feetioner . who !advertised "Centennial KisSes" can't sell any. They are too old. The 16-ials are iireferred by men of taste. A WOMAN is very like a kettle, if you come to think of it. Site sings away so Ij;t leasantly then she stops—and when you least eipectlit,, she boils over !—Judlfi ...:1. NE ME = - A PALACE or M. NOE TUE inornts. . The 'Prohibition speaker and jour nals are claiming that the Republican party lids never. done anything for temperance, and „is entitled .to no more credit than the Democratic partY. If they really believe what they assert, some - of, them have been a long time in discovering the fact, for' all of them claiM to have acted with the Republican party for 'years, and most of them 'have said some very hard 'things against their allies in thelwesent eampaign—the. Dtmo eratic Orly. The following ilgure4, taken from au. source, -indi cate pretty clearly wliere .oel Gucal- Option, law got its votes, " hut they r your It einibliefin: Senate and . Governor repealjd'Aliq law." This / declaration is not•truthfitl. The few Republicans in the Senate who - voted in favor of the repeid arc cen surable. The • Dennieratie Senatot• .from — this county, where •we gave more than 2,ittni majority for Local- Option. .cotes in favor of the repeal, anq.. yet not a word of fault is found With Furthermore. 'had Mr. So desired we believe lie might have prevented the : bill from b4ng. reported teem the 'coMmittee .in the Senate. The GovernOr is only an executive officer, flail he' sgned . the hill ire compliance with the -will a ninjorily e.r. 1r r ( 1 , 5.,, , ,/ th r ow ' ', their r; T rCsenlatire..!.. These saute 'advocates of a third . par ty while ; assailing Gov. IlmtruANFT. • 'are very careful not' to inform the public that terf:-Hty-,•,/,,e of 'the fifty one counties which voted iii fa: . vor of Local-Option in,l l Bi3; elected Repre sentatives to - the -Legislature in 184 in favOr of repealin!r; the litw : • and that the third party- risst -, year defeat-, ed the Republican-State tieket. and the county tickets 'in softie of the strongest 'Republican and tocal-Op tion ccupties iii the State. In this county some 4if the leaders of the third party moyetm;nt not only voted for Maj„ but took _his money. in the face Of the:fact that he wa.: th e (16!ilers :,r1 Hall the men who: are now -seekin : , to defeat Gov. Ilmrrtt.txrr been as; active in their of to sustain the party who gave us the Local-Option they could not -now claim that their e;ppo sition is bas'ed on his act in the Fill. fot the law would not hav6 -been repali.:(l. But it is a matter of record that afte'r the Itcpublican par: ty had passed Locab•OPtion. and re- . fused by ti:J,trict party vote to repeal it.•tlese men whO falsely claim to be the••teinperance party " turned their backs'upon it, and helped to place in power the Very_men who had opposed the pas Sage of the law. • These are faets. In verification' of these state ments we present thefollowing table, . shoWinLr that in Republican counties the vote •for Local 7 Option is almost identical with the vote for MAeKEy the-game year, while the Democratic counties Which voted twainst Local- Ofition did so -by nearly,-the • same vote which was polled for the. Demo cratic candidate the same year : EC= Beaver B rad BO d Itutler C;onertni.... ' crawtord Diawary... Erie Huntingdon Indiana LaiVrenee McKean 3lereer ..... Susgnelianna... Tiog•t i* rthi Venangi , Warren lII= Adam , ' Ilerks nnek , Columbia Elk Fulton Lehigh Monroe__ ..... Mont pinery Sort hamton Northumberland Pike Schuylkill ...... Wayne Fork • .. i== NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL LESSONS. AWT(111F ; 1t 17, /..101.IN xt : xi: it; younTtt QUAL:TM:, So. i 111 The connection of verse 1 is substantial ly clear. It relates in the closest manner to the preceding chapter. But there is some discussion as to the order of events in this (xiii) chapter. Olshausen es that the institution'of the Lord's Sup per.(not.thentioned by St. John, bbciuse well knOwn and accepted) occurred at the close of it ; filling a gap between chapters xiii and xiv. " The affecting representation of the 'distribution of his lle,sh and blood had, _as it were, placed them in the: midst of his sufferings, and the first impression made upon their lov ing hearts was full of 'pain and grief. On this account the Lordzgracionsl,y consoles their, and exhorts them first to exercise faith." Others place the institution of the.: Supper, somewhat earlier in chapter ' xiii. Lange finds.it described in verse 34: " new commandment (or. ordinance) I give unto you, iii order that ye love one another: as I have lo v ed you in order that ye love one another." The italicised words aie literally translated from the original. Could we be justified in trans lating Mole (E. V. commandment) ord ;lance, as Lange does,. this view , would bo worthy of all acceptation: for _m-e know that the Lord's Supper. was' designed• to promote brotherly love, by bringing be : lieversinto a fuller realiration'sof the di vine love. Tholuck connects the Lord's Supper With v. 34, a'.4 an antecedent event. Neander and Ebrard place the institution. -after v. 32. Any way we can . see abuud- I ant cause for sorrow and deprestilan: The predieted betrayal-4the - Predicte4 della+ i•ure—the predicted denial, ,and the Is?lenr symboliSni of the Supper,.- would- ca,K , r+.; lily enough discourage and sadden Vic hearts of the . diiciples. • V. 1. The comfort conies 4 8+4 , :ittly4ti, meet the need. 1 11,0 t not rntr ileare4 troubled ! Ye bell* in God,'believe aL',o in me !" ,This give 4 :(n excellent scnik l , "ye believe in . the Father; ther4ora belie in me as the Son aini Manifestation of the Father !" ‘f:Trust me Oat; Mil' I leave yen for a tinic, all will be well :7 4 Then follows the reason for this - iixhf ) Ft4 tion. But 'Several ,other teaustations of this clause. are urged : Have' fliith iii God, and have faith:: in me !" in God and then you will have faith' in "Fe, lielievel in God. ye CM also in me V. 2. "hi my Father's house ;I'' i. .' .e.. 1 Heaven. The temple was his Father 1,. ' house on. eat"th. but there wits absO a Fit"-, 1 titer's Imuse aliorea. heavenly; temple I and dwelling. Ltedien is the bonne of Gal's childern. Where their Father man,:-. ,. : ifests his special Presence,- there 'is diet!. home. " Are . many mansions."' The i , . t 1, word meate;iperinanent habitation.* for in ( i j div ! idnals. l'i.; My Eatlier . s onse (leaven) .-; arc in'iny (I;yelling-houses, designeetV!, indivichml hi:ilia:it ion.. , Each perii4n has 1 1 - Jit 4 as Judas [Pent It below:, so every : I t ailievet• goes Wilds Inkm place !above. Christ; meant to coinfort b'4 disciples by the "though!t. • ' that in heave i there is. room fc . nl. all Of 'God's childre I, and a seParale; IM'ine fol'r . each. Evetilehild will have a mansiiiii ' - in the !Fathers,,lionSe.; And liit words' prove that Heaven is: wrt inerel . t; 'a stattl.• but - Also a place. •It isa givitt lt:iine. cotl- tainhig litany smaller tunics. 's 4 - is iteitiy of divellingidares. .kild' we hark a hilif here .of different grades of felicity it: Heaven, If the mansitnis Is adapted to the characters. then there will be air; nartjy inansimis ass individual chitracters, : inid , gonsopiently as many degrees of blessed- ' , glory. • _: c,- that neSS curdo Lange sap•ios . these, words - were spoken under 1..!.,1e. op n i • sky, to %Odell Chriiit!pointed as the spaae . of the Imany' tharisiott4; as litaty• ias the 1 1 stars of Heaven. Bat this ,seenis, to he . ; contradiewil by v. ':31.: Tliey had,=not-yet 1 left the'ipPer room. ;. •'' i -i'.. ! , If-it were not so, I would, naveJohl yt - iu." Tilts seems fu I,e' biAtilr th:in Lange's reMlering : !" lf ,it ' were :1 not s'O' - , • would I have told pith. I go to pl,:liarela . place To: , y 4.1.1 ? ' The; idea '•it* allfatlieri - s . house in 1 lleaven,waS familiar 1-,.; 1 4a T e , ...th_ . matt saints : the -idea m of any • Inianstoi:s there N'A.S r at , least' i'ltresliaiiim - 0. :.\\,. afitibt n l ot but that Pavid apprOwarlid' both ille i lis ' iiii . l's. xt-i:11. .1 . 1.,,,,'..! , 1 the IlisciOe l s .. ininilsj Ilia nyolleri ... ;.',.0 ill i ';. tion rlntila-;:inrance. !fence 01tri41 . ,; vildis 1 !,_ ("jilt tu,l re imt so. I wo,dd-have io . lll your) were a parentlit - itteal? i'rssuranec. desi•zutil 1 tobe, l _;!,l2t ontinitaldo'oatillen,;: f,,i-;ill tinit, to come. Ile :means' Ilia( the Lope 1 p1" I leavt-ii shall be ii 'l.,:srX:.l itisiiiiit ioi I !t,• them. ,i sc , loitr:llf• his , . • :••• I goto•pi•epare a plitee loi TO: 'Fin: bast erlitrotis 4 the Ney.• Te:-.la•nent imejrt "hee . ause'• lat the beL;iiming o:;• till - sOl- . tenet , . •• 'fie,•aln.e I - ! 4,..• ecc.. - Ilifsrertlrs• back to thela:; clau•s! of v. 1 . :1 ; :i.Telic'Ye. • , in un• 1-..4 2 •au5. - .! Igo to .prepare a place ilor • von.'' . ::iliis ileatli anal departure; was. fin- their tol:11 ~13- i i eto vital . ! ..o.••1. iti`ow ifiies Chi i•.; .iir.t•pare i•Ia• ,•.for Li:. ;14-,• 1 6• it-t_. Heaven . .. li.; applies Coe tion4it. of lc: n , - [• . red,•mptio to them as: their 1,10;11Prici;: • and sitbdui;s. their t.atnr••••• to ilim•44`; - as •• their hing: slut, ite .;•repa -0-: lt,,l•oni l'or 1 Heaven. wi,iiio tt ;be same t nii•!iinder ;ii.. grace , ti. .• ,-- iii-vi:1••p :tint cstaldi:-Irlpt rs••4:11 . • itnii; idualitii••••. Nr.'.iich;' deride 'v,ileit tile' r specific cliaractor of tin; ipausi••,•!• s itall lic. Christ, preliares them :iii..oviting :to Goil's ideal (find 41. p:•cpart.'s •rite P . ;••• t k le.- them); theiv•prepa re tiium , iAvesia'ccordijig t '. to their own itta4er idea or . .loiiiiiient all feeti.m (thus they prepare the Place •f*,(ii• y themselve i ). . Ilene Christ . 1..rt.,• - i.rot .• the divine and antecedent side; IhusiasSurfog : and conifoOing their distrustful•lreafts.l • (V.:' ! ;•.) •'4, And if I go and pt•eparei a , , place for sea. I come. agliu and will i l e ceive iron {unto myself,' .c..:e.'• ••this •" I - come again'" is not one act. it•is,!the cOu-n- plex of many; it is 1 - liu , ?l, (v. 17-:;) - in fiisei R.eurrectiOn; e,t)o . efl' f , ;). (v. •?.:)ii,in thi•ir ', spiritual life; Pr Illt . l . I' fi a l','lli . Yd IVjle . ll ca . . 'Cli is by death fetched away to bi;:ivitli Linn _ (pi i ii. 1: - .2:)7,..f , , , .17y - ecoirjaercilat liiii e•miii)g him glory, When they shall. ,'be , Over with hith. (1, Thcss. iv:1.7 . )." So until thi4 i i s fulfilled in the last seilA. , ," llciive: 6 willibe apart from', our '',ca'irtli; • , but Wlteh• Chiist shall - come again Heaven will Abe iicie.- And his raised and - iransforino says will tin& phiekt -prepared for them upon the' renovated'earth, as 'bef9re,ithe. liist named found thein'tittc'd up•in the distant skies. Notice that no•Milicatiot ' -4,1; V e• 1.*,•1 Air/. Op 'a 3.0 t, 2.999 :L.-IAI .3.412 213 2,147 1. 1 137 2,541 459 5.961 .903 1,880 41 , 4,746 4.f=5 3,:3, 3 3,612 _____ _ _ . ; whether this coming is near • 4,r!..ilistaiit. . `' I conic main - -that is-all. receive you to myself.'" ;lie reti2ives - )e -lievep: at ,death to his preselit abo4c: Thus is bellow building uli and perfeetiiig the New jei usaleint . tjut. when i : lte- shall set up the throne of his glory .ceixe than here, and they Shall REM BEI 2.q09 3,616 1,096 11.:T2S 2.342 2.1 A 2,484 r2g) 3.731 2.45 b :;.517 1.b72 2.367 GNI 1,179 1,911. ,893 1.410 2.199 RIM ERB ever with the Lord. : • (V. 4): " And wherd I go, yelciitAw 1 . 0 way." The way (his death, xii:f..4) is the great idea in his mind: , • The ",eylierel is . is of secondary importance. 4V:nit what this way Must be he has !repeatedly theM. Still St-Pi ter in did not know. • And herd in v. o, Thothas dries not know "" - It .seems that their - Minds were so fall of - the -Kingdom that tetey • could not receive the truth as totheicrOss. Thomas was the critical disciples LIT as an expert at raising points and Ohjeqi - o*: "Thomas (says Kurtz) wasman in • whom the power of the intelleetprefloini nated;; he could not lie.irtily relive until he had iUvestigated•.. An. opposite ten dency is seen in Peter and Jobiitthe reetimpulsc of the hearyeond4dted them to the !truth, and contrAined the un4i.- standing; to proceed hithe!pne rect (V. i While ThomaS:,insists on .um- - derstanding all about, the goal in orden,to an understanding .of 'the way, 4e - sus chit finites emphasize way as the siib jeet 44 most pressing importance.. ISO with Alen now, the first thing isto secure salvation thro'_faith in Christ; the my4e lies concerning heaven and (hod with be cleared up liereafter; , "I am the nab - " (to the Father) in my death;-:"the truth" concerning this way in my w*cls - ; •Ahe life" to tread this way in my Spirit. .And then by a stroke lie brings tog4her Way and end as indissolubly united. I,'TNo Man cometh to the Father except(by -Me." . Does not , Tlionnis understand tlie - whither and the way now he dlsputefito ther and want to understand about the Father'.! Ire shall not have au opportii nity. lie shall be taught befot asks. so Jesus at once adds: "If ye hid knOwn me, (aS the way) ye' would have known - my Father qlso' (as the end)i and from hyneefortli from his glorification: ion- . ceived of as Lpresent) ye knoivi hint, and have seen ~ .STow you • see me Only Nv as the ay ; hereafter in my glory ye shall • see the Father in me. • L. 0. 2,417 1 7.9 , 0; 9,109 9.=7' 7.190 2.5:4; 2.413‘.1 . 1„:,!9; 1,921 911; e 1,.161; 4.724 1.900!- 1,903 7.0941; 9,208 4.034! 7.'261 3,474- 3,344 497 910 7,817.10,951 734! 510 1,989 1.773 5.219' Wni7 is the letter:ii the handiest the' alphabet? - Because when .its in use 4 - ou - . alway'r find it 'before u. • "A x.Any living near Troy htis a pleeti • of soap supposed id be a .hundred y'eati old." j Guess' that Won't washt MEM =IC