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S. Tlontls, -• ')G(likl and Savo., vowLE.L, N. N. /JETT...tn. • rt.:sq.:l4;a, C S. W. ALVORD, Publisher. VOLUME XXXI/. • En= &leretla.. D 0 W N. • We ha,r this day " Marked Down" Our lag() via .complvtt: t4tock Gt ;-DRY 000..D8; • In order to reduco stock as much as possibly. before - removing. f. & lIILDRETu. TOWANDA r.t. M .I.`,R KED DOWN. ireba.c.':.'.ti Down,7' B &RLAWLS & SKIRTS, :i!• • CLOTH:S:AS:. CASSIMER ES, 1-14.N . .:F.1,;,.&•1.;NDEP.WEAR, M. .1 it I; E 9, DOWN EMBROIDERIES &C. &C. &C. , liargains I 1:1 tbt. (.4t faVOrtte brattki 1 LS I .1 t 17. . 111'.A( r '‘St! . , to 2 T.% Wi i'T.‘ Ei4M • Lb. l - l;}:1'I. 4c_ C. T"' 1 CLACK GOODS STOCK, %.i4 ••T. Of all Silk and Worsted Fringt Laccs, Ural,is, &e. 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" .I.;ut thi'' • , -0 , • - •0 inaC.r 1tu , 01 , ..1-.!: of you. been,usi. it was ,o diirort..ut from other rosct IV!int is it l'linnv,“).lsays? Soinc i t 'f.tiliti!J!Ftneint's77:c' wio's fitiiti& 'epee; ..:.:•.4..• of the 10-a,0.:1 grailcii of usixls 'el IThi not g•up , i .1t,0::101ing poetry,, yoi %, , ,o v. i: very tili:s2 titcie is a iiel'!. '10:.:.z..•._ - ,tn :, ou nti-t •think that I au ~ .;,..7.1.0kin:•. - of- y , ,11 , . - ; , 7 - . I — i .T/..c1i..111 . rout thoughts of In, - Ng bq rt-i. kv;«,•el, 'r,: - •:: tlie4. MosSoin . , a?, i' ell: - a-1•;:- . 1 1 ,1, lioi(ling one ngitins: iior pink, ellt:t.J.-. . You osr. : ilvoys lieliove•that," h • - answered. iiroldog of one creau4 ; lw:l. ar4J finleni::• , - it in her haiii. 1 ;MKT 4 leonie Itipci.7 ft (11. n over t!!eisca. I !: no •:•::_rl.. :1,1•;• is r. rose I ,liiii:l tr: w to •, , ,:o. ;;;; ud.:•,-,i';' I sail ' s lim.• en tr.:\ r.r t :ere t:, hot- it it. ii.l4 - I- Oh. Oh.; jolt': :'• h• soi,i. eirnestl3 l , 1 "tins 11)::::: yi,nwont kvonlii I,r your'i i • rt.r the ask. : .;. i:'•t!a• • reye could havi• I o wn iFoy in tin mott-r. If fothel (-wild only mil ti - :^t wealtli isn't wha t ' ~., wr.nte:i to r Arlie us ii:ippy„ perhaps ilc woli1:.1 giq , up hi:; opposition ti, l : . oor marrnige.l 1 ' It is: no :lie to press, the matter. with Milli further." John' earthol, answered. : " 1 am going away to try. . and get the wealth I must have bei fore Lean win you. .It, will he a long' wai•-ifig. 'for "bah of us, perhaps, ann. to me it will lie .a weary. • lonesoini• ono : since 1 may not write to you ip :i'll - that Croc•.• , 1 - I simll he as true to yon as if I t tyt ro,botunl by a thousand promises". I o•• v, - rol•• ev.,••i day." she .;ahl. I an! I '''".: l 1 ';17::, 6 •• -t t - •rit• - :t.it i . .,1 ,:cat. 'f•: : tf loin 't - ;;:•yi:- .het,•' I:o.'ou:flit • einiiv:t4 • .:,.: t .;i : .• ::;-.1.:,-,1,,1 1 , : : : _yr' :-iii.e 1 .1•.: I ~ 0.,1 c• 1 ilr.pei:l 1; i - or -, he - tir. , ..• 1 a con - o 1 1-i.e.:lir n , 1,- ~,,,,!-; 1.::,....,, t:,,h0.6 !:, I as :d-; 0••,•.: t .' :•:':,•: h::ord f:•or: it.. I now and then t hewas alwayswor4 ;*,; i••• - •. :on: .•=1:r.;11.• ls• wo A ‘,"1.11;(111... lint i .:, I ~. V;.. 3s ''t ', - ;''i 7011 . ;.', to ilL'r. I t ' I .!12. .. ;• ! W Th': 1..H.a yea:: brongiii. 1 t , ;. :',:: it',',,: , 11. 1 il' , l,!t'', One ',l:Vc ill • ? !:I ,t.'l' ... ••11:! a' .i 44 , it cii;' Pd. ; t.i': ''',.'.. 0. .:c' Lc' ''.',:a: ;„•:-,•". ; Ind she l wa4: .1 . ••:;.; -..e i : ,iie ~.- ) :i -. '. • 1 ~,: ..; Ile:. 1., , :1!, ;A o filet collie to i 1:•.;1 - .i.„ .: t,•:.: •h :•,:v had dreantol' I t *i'ile ol:': m..: - :iid -,,:enloted heavily i, his esti - At. w-, Hlion;,:vopt. l• • 1 So. at '.ite' - 'l. l -ziniiinu: of the fourth tor, Dora (...;!*;% le Went Out into t!it I world with only her hands to dept!int I upon. nut sde had a stout heart'. 1 •nnd she i:TielY .. .R)l,ln wpuld come tiarelt i when he'leardlwhat had hapened. ,i -'She took alroom. in t 1 poor litthi teuem;•nt-hour"; and almost the ohlit tl.ing she bro+ht from her ohl.houL.• 1 vats the rose her lover It ad 71N -en hell 1 Thot si,e• Irooldta::e, with her, 40 - i said, wiier;:tcr :Aar wept. Everythind• t•lse she was silting to give up t voy he father's, debts. But that !Wa 1 , hers. and uuthi4l-• could buy it front he had tho ght that she had man :i frionds I;tf ,- ire'-lei: father's death, bit i she found out, now that those wit had been glad to visit her in the elet y•o • $ nt home sile hod lost, quite. forgq , i'•,' that the.; ,- 1,514 the. lonely - girl who, 4 .4 - .: . ,1ir(4,71 tip two pair oi - ' stair 4; hilt poor i • -",-,, Eq.!, v il,citiF4; °n i p, very- plain, unfash 7 1 ion:dile `street: 1 ! 1 - She ws.itid .IA watched, and thit tfh- -- •-• • • into •-•-'- • and the Sleeks -is ...,1,.., , ..to I,t.ea.s, - i illto LiOnt,llS, and the months to ye:ili ! c'1"1" 1. . "..1"1.: a liter father died,,„ si.lt 4.' ..... ~,,,,, re 4 . l . 1::, rs elf L'eu front any - of l ugiition he ha I unposed. and 1i.N.1 1 wriLt...n to Join Ci.rth,:w, telling hini of what ha,; token place. l•.:_•h•.thoq i •iii he would conie to her. But lie -did tr:i . • P,.. nlito and was silent: Maybe he Iva. • do-ad. " .11i>: dirt riot once think 'Oa , he might have forgotten her. It was New star's Eve, and slt. was unutterably lonely. Suddenl3 1 she remembere I thnt she had heart' i that a child w s ill in a tenemen t !nitionOr 0.11 ! TOIVI‘ND.A, BRA.K011‘;1); - ,COVNII-; - .:P - , .TIIVIPAY: f MONIN,G,.: : -,,J4.4107:'- 6, 1 ;':•1.F:;:' ,!_..',: house clown ithe street, and that itel • E • s Mother was :}lone, and wanted aOIIIC one to conic hand sit 'with 'her. i She T put on her bonnet and shawl; and , went out. 411 at once she thOught of her rose.l A new blossom 't• had opened that morning; a royally beau- g tiful flower; and she said to .herself h she would carry it to the poor'isiek t' • . boy. . .: ' d' 1 ' ' 0 1 ' ' • She return . 'd to li . i.!i' room, there- . 1 : fort:;., and - bro -e off the blossom,; and One half opei ed - bud growing beside it. A tear . O . • two fell into the rose's n golden heart,las shed, did this. She I. had learnedl to think that rose her her ' 1 friend. Every time it ha&blossonied 1> she, had told herself that her lover was thinkingla sweet thought alter.. t When she reached the room where 0 the thlld;was',lshe t foginl that death a had crossed the threshold.before her, hml was standing :at the cradle: by: ' Which the weti l ag.thother knelt. " lie is al ost . t 'gone!". the poor. .srpman sobbed.. " Poor Bennie! r What will ,mOther Ato ?" • . a • - Dora put tte rose in the child's ' hate'. ' Ile of opened his eyes, and . a - smile came aer his poor little f ct r " Pretty po y," he whispered, and held it again.)lis cheek, lovingly. t And holding t there. fell asleep for. evr.. . Dora dressed the child for ' its r burial, 'and i t lid the rose upon' its. breast, between the little .: folded' t . hands. And lan night leng she 'sat, there, with the dead baby and its' mother, while I outside. the snow fell, -;oft and white, making the world b_ea,utKuVor the New Y. : r • 'some - Tr'tein 3 came' at Ariybreak, 1 . to -, ,lny in her place; and Dora went h0i, , ,, , . iShe looked at the de:ui child h,..C,,r, -, -.1.e i , •Vt. _.ell :!'w's.:l,i, :.11.,..t what . h.. ~.:1 a ',TI ye,terda %-, il--1 o - pcn- ..!! h:, : ., a I.a a1tir0.).,,,,,i.1,11-:1,:1:::,1 '. , :osc ~ .0-,- 1 ,% , , -. It Lly there on Gad , 1 , ,,1.C, br.':! .. . , T, Frt.' rt'7. ' b..: :•souv. out .. oi dool•••., th , .4•11,11v that inade t:ne, , .v,:j.l •,.... a; iii e a I_,iikie i.i whlte t.. - .:nr- • men' ;.. . 1 !' - ;l'. : ' • •v,.nt , dusky in tile ~trk:ct‘s , .1 '. ew 1,:• 3'3 :111Cril0011" when .11c , i 1,..:• 1 -,w:t: . : u , •::ti;:ut. tize,... on 1. , :e 1 t.iy- . 1f , c 1 : , ; f ; tb. , :c.: ...s. -iiii_! ii :.,":,- ,',:,,,-.•; -t., 11y. 'The .:., :41.:- . ; t.' \ 1 : •--U ' :'•,"' 1 iv:•:•)"'t. Jlwl ijocn;, "..1 . - :re via:, i '' C-J111'.3 ii:. :,iie said, b;:eathing {:,.. 'i*:m door pelted, and a man, en tering, stood t sere in the shadows: . "d)Ora.'7 he .z.i,iii, lic ? p,...i'ully, sof OA ii; , ,,.Ationingly,l " Have I f._ and my 'A.se at• 1:;st. - • . - oi.. .1(:101, ktol: n ! "..iie eri;- 1 ; and 'hill I : el.,alul rl : r)iiil3t: :l c:e ; io,lcil.jlititi, 1:••a••t, of :ie 41:pi ske li..id been wait al". - Lot SO 10110. ' ill -. : r:`: a In,' tie told hoe 'ds story. Ile 11:vi reeeir •ti-her Leticr. a ukVsta yie i i : ilt.: Once co • I;cnne, luiugin i g the H .uOn•"'',= 1k hadvarned in the years 'of •':hip :,:.y were first nSed in Chiba, where tthe Entie- Tsang, hiving; heard the cry of a pheasant, slippostrl l , it to be ill 'auspicious 'sign - cirdered , a fan to iii: made, shaped die the - tbif, of that . According Co the anther, that article had more than one - singular: .use; on it the rich deposited thee, :dins which they glee to. ;(Ite•poor tit:are:it ree*cd ou it the delica.- "cl - C,4 offered them: - It was loWered to sUPerioys as a mark of deference ; the.nobles carried it to court and it served to cool them - from the heat of the day, and to 'amuse them while *4tina in-the ante,chamber. A fan plaCee‘on - a plate - of a particular fOrm announced to the erintipal of ,n'Oble family his sentence, and it was theinoment in which he held' out his hands to receive the fatal present that-the•,executioner was-'to' accom- Ash his Work. V I= 1 - ,rce.; . tz!::iva.ll -- ,.!, -e 7.1.1: . 1-13-744QLDi.N T F.T. I ' JT he rt.' , - 1.: of Gtxl was -110 / ftir,LiNiesi 11.1:.;dr.'17.(kIttcrl: 11,1 Israel, until .11ii; . . ^Witi(?ll occurred -10)4N1. -I,..Nl:lit i ars later. lits: .. retained his popula::. -- With the people lvlio - wete ignor,:ut of Uoc 's purpose eon , ' e , ..fnm , ,..;•11itn, and his power continued. ,t.,) inereasc. 13nt the "evil .si it from ;le -I..,!ivith '` ~ ..tradtrtily overrnrit , irOn all the elements Of goodnes, - .: anct n. - liter,es.i - in hi; • sOitl, anti so s . ...irreti op th l ,t.feclings; itleaf., linni;!nati•lns'anil: thoughts of his tloree - , irtlnborilinal7e inn.id that he dwelt in ',lle , \'e Cy atinosphere of mad,i,,,, and at. times • 1. w4.s' stricken 'by its" 'baleful 'fires. Ths very- rnan who a'illr ., :t ran . away: from the. regal power, noykran after it vithia heart p... . lcitting innaltrA and.hands ready to shed. 1 th ',food not only vr- Davicl, but even of L.1.3'1n - ave son, J , :nat'. - lan.. , •. - .. NUSitER 2. NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL LESSOP:S. J.VNT A. r:1: q. h 57. FlttsT .O. IS 1.3a .. r.ine1e., - idelitly it .Lilac inaa, - theaifu ci_iiiili..;ll...4 to. ;-epro - ,e the lzitij. - I,te. tikiii..autfil fur S.l - .17:. - ;.A.nit . he man:'ned f , , n,- 1,4i1..1. , .:;TZ fi.':';:t a lest 5a.a..3 i.r.s,;,,,fli thi,:,:c ~....4a ~..-.,:, 6 Lf:T.ll .. .I:31:11AI 1:ir:11: . ; , et . `:lte 1 a illt. aitil rum u, , e11 the nation. Grief hi. BLteh li OW VY:tti not Sinful, tixtept • in bo far as *it 'iiic'is eicesSive. .Anti Samuel's . sorrow : rfi,, , ‘iorlis 'to have I.t;:en. inordinate.. It - iin- Oat a want of , illimis.;-don to Cod's ways, and. a want of faith in God's wisdom and- I I ii , ;:iter. Hence Gotriii•cbuice, v. I'. Scott ' hilly says : " - Our - 111(N5t ieasonabla and diSinterestcd Forrow . may be so eseessim , aii to imply rebellion against the righteous ! will of God. Ana lie will theii ribulco us i•r . , .. ~ • • as•wel as ellen:ill:ye . its reader our. dis= i i iii - i if:es." But had thew been' nothing • • andiiS about Samuel's sorrow, the time to • mourn WWI ended. God had 'Work for 1 - iitn to do. " rill thine horn With oil and' -".: o l r•O. . - . It was .and is still the custom in'' ter ',VAAL: S' , ") Pin) a ,n,) 11. til•anslatipe; "lit then Ito: :mll suppose , . that -.yid::: and Uav d . untleis:l.Ood ; the Inea'..ning of the corclool . y, .the ether-s *lid not. bat iniaginel that Salnuel vas con.l.4iing hint 4i 4 pnpil,of the pre'ell i ets. Si • Fnullatiopitsly •‘vith the Futointing . the '.-Ipit!it of the, LOrti came ttpon ' tr.ts :sp,coill • inllnakket: by • prhict: 11 . e N)• - as illuthae( 1.1 ct:ltv ll i: age and cxecuifre bility f4r tiositio r it ;• to whieli lu had been set al:art.! I,lls e,it. l pericneC : of 1,;4•1's• provident fitteilll.l:in admirably for tla i ::,thikiiie it wt - i reached,illavt l. d bly understood the honor itO - 4videl.l. !ii had been chosen, yet he continued quit:4 keeping his father's *heel l lettviug the certher'develojtnient of the flatter to . the Lord in', childlic.snbinissie l . aslttred that be woultyprepa're and shosvi Vint the way to the throne in hii own go Id time. ' ' • rITN, FAOT, AND - , - A not able Phrasc—'il. can't„!? • , Street meet= -two fond itiveni in a first embrace. English tutrist to his Celtic , ratietit..-- 1 , "Conics back to . 1 ,11triu 1 ; I It is impolite to Say man has 'cheek; l l say 'faCiel area.' I I tirions that WO empli)7 Irish ,friezei to preWut American freeze, isn't it? • l 'ito ' , earliest art students matle arrow! heads, Some of the latest =lt sbatlent4 unct.:e eltuckleheads. le is!noef reported that Guibord trill decline any looger to particirao in rcligl lous disturbances, on atcouet of his he,a),tb.; A. litu• JOEY female institute tams thirty-four red-headed girls, arid 'thO prineigal dispenses Isith gas aril alt othe I, • - .