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' Insular'Fe AR , nt. 11 , 61.tay,v:ne..Pa. 1! , I arch li-i:. (-IIF l EO. V. `PIER. C. E.. COUNTY _ srnE vrf,::.—partteular atteiali , a glreu to 1. - - a: tAtt .1 'sp.: , .1 -.11P5.” (.. , 11,.t. over Po,: 0:11've. i. y.1.13-7.7. t Towmt,la Pa. 1 . 11 - 1. S. M.' WOODBURN, Physi- L 7 . elan a!l'i 5.117. , ca. uuishetl with the ut law, and all his . MAjef !ty enjoined to be ac he detection thereof; , Was issued at the re ,•n,•,2 to p;event the fa tt follows that 'ese extracts -to show ie 11311142. Before this finished,- we believe earlier origin of the discussion in live years ago, may TOWAN . DA, BRADFORD ley.t' The corresrondent alio Stated that the Italians on the iheadWaters of the (Iroquois undoubtedly) say tbat Sus- quehanna.signifiedf"erooked river." The Rothan co . rrespoutlent then follows by prOnting as autl+ity, for his statement ;the" of. Laterite Co., by Stewart `Pearce," and clahning that broad, 'dial= low; "was a general 'characteristic of the river, but, that ‘maddy,*riley' was guile e#eptiointl; and therefore not likely to have given - a .nand to the ri'ver." "C," the next writer, gi.es au item to the ef feetjhat he had had an opportunity of looking over Helkwelder's mannseript list 'of Indian names, and that Samna:an na" was, not among them. lie (C.)be lieves it to be an liquois word. It may be added that th Rome cory .ipondent gave' frOm 3torgau'r "Lea6rutcof the Iro-. quoii,",,a name in the OuSndaga dialect,- Ga-tia-no-lect-na G i l-hunlia,or "Greet Is land:RiVeoi" the suffix, Gthun-da, mean ing.river. The interchange fir opinion among the correspondents, didi not settle anything as to the occult "meaning of Susquehanna. That in penes "muddy, riley," is not reasonable; even suiqmsing that ifeckwel- Ater did :Sap so. . ',Broad, 'shallow," has' no other proof than khe statement of Stew art Fear& For "ffooked. river," " the Indians on the head waterssay," is scarce ly a reliablii ‘ l,roof.-1 But two facts icsult ed from thedisciassibn; one that the name was not to be founii in Heckwchler; the other-that the Oramdages, .(1 branch of the Iroquois,) gave !their part of the river a name as quotcd, Ga-wa-no, etc. The sipiiiieation of which, "Great Island Riv er," we can place some confidence in, from the fact that what i. called "Big Island," about 'four miles above Owego, was in theirteriltory. A %-ielv of the ishnid is to be seen on the atlas map of Bradford Co. Currier & tveS have also publisheita largo lithograph of it, as "A view on the S n quell a Ma. ' EIII If the name was of Iroquois origin; as "C" lieliev(4, it is then likely that Heck well in. was nOt :mgt/:tinted with its signf lication, as his special branch of knowl edgel. in Indjan diale .ts was in the Lennio.: Lenajle, orL I)elawar . tongue. But we clOubt- the theory that it is of Ir&piois origin. 11 1 Lewis H. Morgan's work referred to byl one of the. correspou dents, there is a closely printed list often octavo pages, givingl an immense number of geugraphie names, with their mean ing, in the various iroquois dialects. In 'all the long list theri is but ono reference to the Susquehnuna,as stated above, un der its Onondaa ty me. As we • cannot i find it better. alithdrity. on Iroquois geo graphic names than Alorgan, it is perfect =ly.l- sale to say that Sn.squehanna is not of Iroquois origin. A writer (I.'?. W Binger) in one of the West Branch journals, asserts on what he suppOses Ileekwel&r'S authority. that Susquenanna• means! long, crooked river. The iklaware Indiaiis style it Soh, long, rwmiZt, CrOtiked, 'Whet or hanair, river. By: this it air r wai-s that we can cite Heelvelder "1,.:1tg .:.rooked," OM Ireck-: welder "muddy. ril'ey - ."• As Ileckweld er's Writings, so Itii as : known, are silent on the subject; we! can `reasonably say that his suppoSed .t: l ithority is both mud dy MO crooked: I Thitt the Delawarti Indians had a name (' naMes for this rivr; is untinestionahle, but that the name Wits I"Susquehanna," N . .. WON c - :'itr.alietar • meanings is moil: I ban Ulm In jl'd. - In l\ - tn. C. Reicheys printed catalqgne of RO:. John I feckwkilder's "names of the DelaV,•,:re Indians fcP• Rivers' streams and 10c.:116e5," occur theLse words: •• (i , ar ~ ;, - /:,'t ,rict,l,:i—This name was rived by the Dalawares to the Long Reach in the West Itrane:i!of the'Susquehanna in Lyetneing county; Bence they called the :West Branch iQuenischaehachgek haunc, which turd ;Isis beep corrupted into liasquehanua.', I I.);› , e-11. Ti t- the word, ma • • lean 'long crooy-- ed,"J - w anything" i e., we will not ques tion,; but .we are'•;skeptiele about the :tl - I ... g ..... "ecn•rtrption• nd think the reader will agr'ee with us act .1- a unite. • • - C'Jnrad W4iser tubed the river Li:tat:ll -1 and Su:vv.:lt:ulna. niniss, in his "Otzin tne West Branch," ignitication of the at, band?) . . Otzia:ihson, (( C Hi:gory ot i givethe the wotrk ii 11(` We hare, therefo I ting at neither the si,guitleation nor tht origin of the name S l usquolianna, but part of th'o result of reseitreli so far, is piuling iio loks than four naives fur the river: Sui:quebtinna Ga-wa-no-wa, etc. Zinuchson or Otzi (Muftis, etc. \\ - ben we reflect that the Susquehanna river is over iisti miles in length, that in aboriginal days it 4)110 through the ter ritories and tribal limits of scores of In dian nations— through the various brandi es of the Iroquois (at least one branch on its head waters), tln, tribes of the Dela ware's lower clown t u both branches, and the '3laryland and ( r:,Tirginia Indians . near its 'entrance into :hesapeake Bay, fre quently visited i; it .does not appear rea sonable that such alvariety of races, diff ering widely and radically i in dialects, in constant ivarfare, itdoes not seem reason able, we repeat, hitt all these differing nations should unit in giving a common 'name, be its signitit l Ation, what it may, to this long, beautifully meandering- river. It is entirely foreign to all Indian cus toms. We quote Horgan again: "The same milt! queMly arose in re rivers, where they diodes or more. ti Mohmik river was of mimes. This m ' nehtlythe ettge trith We have taken the liberty to italicise the conclusion of the gnotation, , and in connection therewith will ask, how does it happen that this noble river from its insignificant...source. to, its broad; bay-like entrance into the p4tals of the sea; in all its titmillings and turnings, on both North and West branches, bear a common name? We cannot find thisluaine among the rul ing, tribes of the irokuois; there is, as yet, no ptisitive proof fiat it comes from the pclawares; its universal application. to the Whole river, in,direct contradiction to • all aboriginal custom, would argue that it has been bestowed by the supplanting white race, • haie. very st rig reasons for doubt ing, not that Susqu Inuma is •an Indian name, but that it • an Indian geograhic name. In that case the signification; be it wl4at it *ill, - would, y in all probability, have no reference iviatever to the river or its characteristics. An extract from nEGARDL • : 'OF D succeeded in ge tachson. • f plieity of names" fre qation to the principal atfseci through the ter !au One nation. The npsvr under a variety ott hate &en preenti. : the Suz?g,tehaltna. cIA.TION.FRON. ANY. QUARTER. Aof TURSDAY -MORNiNG, JANUARY 20. 1876. COUNTY, . . ISchoolcmft's ndian - Tribes of North 'America, Will, we think, give us the' ori . Igin of - the name, at least so far as white men's history in America is concerned: stt.qtimit.ittiNOCKs. "When in 1 8, Captain Smith made a voyav to the mad of Chesapeake Bay, 'and entered t e- magnificent river which debouches int it; ho fourathat the Sits quehannoeks, lwho were located ou its western shore -comprised - 000 warriors, which ; would d:tuote az population of 3000 souls;;and ho • lis struck with admiration of their splend'd 01461 proportions and manly voices. I - 1 At that ime(23•yeara had elapsed from the (late of the first voyage to Virginia. Whether a chhngo had taken place in their location, Or the Virginia band had {been but an outlying branch, cannot now be determined, but it is more than probable that the Susquehanna never was (their original iesideuce. At the', era of ;the settlement Ofjamestown, the S. usquo ihaunockH . claireed. the country lying-he- Awcen the Potornire and Susquehanna riv ens, tan area comprising the entire west , cru . margin of Slarylaud. This was their .huntimr 's ground ' and Marked the bounds - .r a y linebetweentheirjiirisdiction and that of the Powhittanic forth kingdom. What ever was the oval names of the bands occupying the Ranks of the several inter !mediate rivers,they were merely subordi nate to the reif wing tribe on the shores of. he Susqueh. una. , Subsequently ; they - transferred their 'council tires d ,wn the- western shore to Patuxent. in a position less open to the incessant inroat s of. the Iroqueis. Jealous .if their - tribal sovereignty, the Susque liannocks addet by intestine wars, to the natural deaths reduced by decay and in temperance, a d when, like the other tribes, they be an to assert their rights, they lacked the ability to maintain, their v round. They were outwitted in diplo timey by a civ lined nation, and if they did not disappear before the • steady progress of ante,' industry and genius ninon , * the colonists, they were over reaelred during peace, and conquered iu war. • ' it hi proved dam] at the tre fitted sin t 714, th:l I'anastogas, an I ay, Colden frorn data prO pay of Lancaster, negoti t they formed part of the. kiginal Oneida tribe and' nally cpuveyed to the ' fi t nation, in Western New tlgrt tlicy. . were( territory of O' 'ork." tik that the, name of this is the only memorial in lust tribe. Perhaps 'not ;lyphic of an arrow head, ltmuul, or column,. or mum , calm, or household uten 'weapon—nothing, abSo -cmains to rescue them • on, but this single name, full of beautiful euplio rgiven to the beautiful LtAtt"; ER. It is sad to toll' beautiful. river existence of a etch the liierog, emains . . No in, !.1' meta, or lone Ml= utely nothing,. rum utter obliv ;ius.lueltaona, iv, so Sitting , FACES nloiig the street they in an endless palm ire -all made by the y all have the inipress upon, them, and yet different. As we walk,. lss before tu ama.. They ame hand th l ortheir maker they are all 4u', There's'the i)usiness inhn. rea,zes. Thee life's battles f face of the successful all full of lines mint e are traces upon it of tight and won, of knot :Avec], of days of pa sleepless. nights of, are little dots and face wliieh tell of sue wor4ing failures, ke s , responsibilities ne, and diOculties iered. There' a eon power in iValso, as ler• were not afraid to life's conflicts. We ttcli a face; it inspires of rest and safety; t,.y problems 's ;tient labor, an !anxiety. The. crinkles - on hi cessful ventur rect i tied mist, milinQhingly I net and eungil ,scionsness or though the ow ioTapple with I Ilike to look at Itts with a fedi' i close behin scholarly face, with the light these follows the ..elined and cultured, of intellect beaming this iitee We readily [dace. and bowing our pass on: Now and otherly face beams out -the incessant crowd 1. o the very hearts core, , harp, knowing, dirty; rr, • half repulsive face -1 / 4 ,' passes like a flash. seanty drifts slowly by ie ofpicontrolled paSs sely'j'after. The face • „. )es ..:I)nd lofty aspira ,l with firm carriage; t'grirri despair stalks Then follows a long, C gluttonous and the march side by side; i inkled faces with fresh !iltes nestled close up to 10, and one after anoth varying. throng We see the humble ace, the hopeless face, the glad, tr sad,.wistful_one, the ig one. The innocent ity ape, the reckless, sensubus, the sehem- •oin it. rant the first kntas meekly. len a kind, ni upon us from and yarms tra :Ind next the :i t ! half interestinu of the newbol, The flee. of a 1 1 , and the evil fad ion follows el full of firm lmo tions moves w nil the face o along beldn:l. long train ; th' :inrying lace old, brown, Nrl our_. sweet them ,t in li er in the ever the proud fact meek faee,thel joyous face, th mad, despairu face, the guil , the vuirrar. th 0 • MEM (faces were all young, mom') t. Behind them angel which we call Aire and sweet then, itself to love's fond idred witching smiles In some of these faces, angel glances out in 'Once these and fair, and there slept a soul ; it was awl revealell eyes in a lul and dimples. even now, tll miles and loving acts in some it has been util only occasionally ; aftavery often there its a cold, dead face, he angel has foreyer little tender. of 4itulness; crowded out I , it, shows itsel is borne• pas from Which flown. Ever• and a which the an: ion we 'meet a' fa6e in !el, with fettered wings and sore, is forever be seA and felt.: 'We tk fake, and we sigh all wonwled strung inglo call this a we when we see i we meet the 11 ing missionar, ich makes see the angel ful and entire And so t moves ever of :alike, no two ,from each we . But once in a while cc of some self deny , or patient mother, is glad. for there we 'out hofibi quiet, peace possession. ie endless procesAiop and on ; no two are ire to-tally unlike, and may f if we will, leain a m, warning or pati- lesson'ofl.wis EEMI TILE SURE '1 usually by of the esteem of lint the real t lfeeling of tho.l no put. If a iii him,—if al anti in his bu of thought an ,for brethren, !perceive the *e land draw nea ;ter,' "honor an !more, we may has the nob ;whose influen to us forever. Esr.:—We aie judged r.public successes, by distinguished persons. .st of character is the e before whom we play an 's condition confide he employs at home ineSs fed that he is full ,I sympathy for them as I if those who meet him . liana of his . urbanity, er and know him het -1 love hiin more and Ibe very sure that he lest human qualities, e will be a possession IG. jir. Curtis. - THE DULLS OF TEE BLESSED THIN' ITY." i We Copy by imtubtsion (frota the advanced theote of Soo ustucti MONTHLY tor IFebrustry) the tul Pkwlrtgrtteitlngluchleht lu Itiet parrs Serial sto• ry,'•tluhtlel Conroy. 7 , • . The absOlute freedoM Of illimitable space,: the, exhilaration of the spark lingsunlight, and the excitement of the opposing wind, which was strong_ enough to oblige Arthhi to exert a eertaiii, degree of physical strength to overcome it, so wrought upon Lim that in a few! moments he had thrown off the mysterious spell which the Rancho of the Blessed Trinity ap peared•to have cast Oyer his spiriAs, and had placed a' material distance between himself and it's gloomy tow- The landscape, which had hith erto seemed monotonous and unin spiring, now became liggestive; in the low, dome-shaped hills beyond, thatyere huddled together like half-, blown i earth btibbles yaised by the firey breath of some king-dead volca no, lie fancied lie saw the origin of the Mission architecture. In the long sweep the level plain, he recog nized; the calm, uneventful life that: had left its expression iin the patient , gravity of the people. In the fierce,. restless- wind - that blew over it—a wind's() persistent and 'perpetual that all umbrage, 'except a narrow fringe Of dWarfed willows defining toe line of an extinct . water-poiirse, was hid den:in sheltered canons and the lee ward slopes of the hills—he recog nized something of own restless race,:and no. Ibnger wondered at the barrenness of the life that was turned toward the invader. dare say," he muttered to himself,l , ''somewhere in theleeward of these peopleXna tures may exist_ luXiirious gfoivtli that We shall never know.. I wonder if tho• Donna has not "4 -but here he stopped, angry; and,' if the truth must he told, a little 'frightened at the persistency with which . Donna Dolores obtruded herself into his ab stract philosophy and sentiment. POSsibly something! else caused himXor the moment . to dismiss her from this mind. During ,his rapid . walk be had-noticed, aS an acciden tal, and by no meank an essential feature of the. bleak landscape, the vast 'herds of crawling, purposele4s cattle Au entirely nefy and distinct, impreSsitin was now forming itself in his consciousness—naniel2, - ,llat they no longer were purposeless, vagrant, and Wandering,, but were actually obeying a certain dellnitolaw of at tractibriond were moving deliberate - - ly toWard all equally definite object. And that object was himself! LoOk'where he would; before, be.: hind,'.l.'on either aide,'-north, east, south; west,—on the. bleak hill-toits, on. the slope of the fabya, across the driedinp arroyo, there ;were the same converging lines of, slowly moving objecti4 toward a single focus—him self! Although walking briskly, and With a certain definiteness of pin pOse, i he was apparmitly the only unelninging, fixed, turd limited point in the now active landscape. Every thingithat rose above the dead„ bar ren leyel was now moving slowly, irresi;tibly, but unmis, takablY, toward one common centre —hitli.self! Alone and unsuppoi ted; he wns the helpless, unconscious nu, eleus'of a slowly gathering foree; al mostdmmeasurabie in its immensity and newer! At: first the idea was amusing and "groteSque. Then it became pictur esque, Then it became something fill' Practical consideration. And then-i--but no!—with- the quick and unerring instincts of a powerful will, he choked down the next considera tion before it hail time to fasten. upon or paralyze his stren g th. lie stopped and :turned. The ,Rancho of the Blessed Trinity ' was gone! . Had it suddenly sunk in the earth, or had he diverged from his path.? Neither; he had simply walked over the little elevation in the plain beside the terelio and corral, and had; already eft the. Rancho two miles behind im. IC was not ,the only surprise that came,npon litin suddenly. like a blow between the eyes. The same myste rions!attraction had been operating in his rear, and when he turned to retrace his steps toward the Mission, he faced the staring, eyes of a hun dredbulli not fifty yards away. As he faced them, the scares turned, the next rank followed theirWample, the next the; same, and the next, un til in dManee he could sec the movement repeated with military pre cision and sequence. With a sense of relief, that he put aside as quickly, as he had the sense of fear, he quickened his Pace, utitil the nearest bull ahead broke into a gentle trot ':which was communicated line by line to the cat 7 tie beyond, until the whole herd be, fore him-undulated like a vast Inc. notonotts sea. Ile continued on across the arroyo and past the corral malt the blinding and penetrating cloud of dust, raised by the plunging hoofs of the moving mass before Lila, caused him to stop. A dull reverter, ation . of the plain—a sound that at first Might haVe been attributed to a passilng'earthquake—now became so distinct that he turned. Not twenty yard behind him rose the advance wall of another vast, tututittuotts sea of toSsinghotus and undulating backs that :had been slowly following his retreat !• , lle had forgotten that he was surrounded. • The vearest were now so close up on hint that he. could 'observe - them separately. They were neither large, powarft d , vindictive, nor ferocious, On the contrary, they were thin, waited, haggard, anxious beastS, economically equippedand gotten up, the ;better to - wrestle with a six months', draught, occasional , famine, and 'the incessant buffeting of the winti.4=wild and tintatimble,but their staring eyes . and nervous limbs ex'- ires4cd ;only wonder:'airl curiosity=. And iwhen . .he ran toward them with a silent, they turned, as had the oth; erS,. file.,by tile and rank by 'tank, and in a''moment were, like the Oth ers, In full yetreat. Bather, let me Say, retreated as the others had, for, when be faced about again to retrace. his Steps toward the Mission, :he fronted the bossy bucklers and Wei tricable horns of those he had driven Only - Ea few moments ago befoie , hira. They had availed thernaelves of WS diversion with the rear guard to re tarn,7, •:: ;• • - `L With the rapidity of a quiek leet and sugft perceptions, 4rthur saw at once" the resistless logic 4nd utter liopelessnes3 ; of his situation. The inevitable culmination of. alt this was only a question .of time—and a very brief p'i!riod. Would it be suf ficient to enable him' to reach ,he case ? 'NO !i Could he again regiin the corral? Perhaps. Between] it and himself nireadY were a thousand cattle. Would they continue to !re treat , hel advanced ? Possibly. But Would. he be overtaken nie4ll - by thoSe in his rear ? • He answered, the question hirrigelf by drawing from hiswaisteoat•pocl'et, his only Aveao'on, a." Derringer," a' taking aim at the foremost ball. ' shot took eif4et in the animal's sho der, and he fell upon knees. . Arthur. had. expected, his near comrades stopped and Knitted at till . , helpless companion., But, as Arti had not expected, the eager cro pressing behind overbore them a their wounded brother, and in ano 6' 4 ' instant the uul'grtnnate ani was. prp,trate and his life beaten (I by the] trampling hoofs of the resit less, blind, and eager crowd that ti lo*ed. With it terrible intuition tli it was a fortishadowing of his 0 , fate, Arthur turned 'in the direeti of the,carro4and ran for his : vei fe ; • As lie kan' lie was conscious ti le act precipitated the inesita = nothing better. As Ire ran, he ti from the shaking of the earth bOe l . his feet, that the act WO' Concc inc put the whole herd in equally acti ()Lion behihd hitn noticed that:.the cattle , -behind 41 retreated with something of his o precipitation.' But as he .ran, thought of nothing but the awful f: that was fotloWing hiM, awl tl thought' spurred hlin to. :m almt, frantic effort: I have 'tried to ma the reader uaderstand that Arth. was quitb intMeossiblt to any of tiro, weaknesses which mankind regarn.. Ihysiettl cow4.dice. In the dere' .of what- he believed .to -be an jilt * icetual truth, the interests of pride or his or -in a mome of passion, he 'Would have faced dea with unbrokeh fortande •and eah! rtess. But to he the vietiui of au e . ident ; to be the lamentable segt el of a lii, , ,!ical 'succession* of eluinek.s,-.' without motive or Ipurpose ; to , be' sacrificed - foe. Uothingwithout prov ing or disprOving anything; to . Je trampled 'to death by idiotic beas:s, who had ifcA even .the -instincts of pission or reVenge to justify theii;" to die the death of an igrwant tran p, or any if eglirent cloWnleatht.ltt had; a. ghasttl •.ludicrousnes , .f. in its methyd, a death that 'would It I body. a shapeless, indistinguiShab 'e, uhreuoifnizable clod„ - which allecticiii could not idealize nor friendship reAV.: crellcei — a ll ibis brought a horrk with it,'so Lee)", so exqnisite, ; r so T 7 eruciatimz, that the faStiehouS; proud intellectual being, 'fleeing, from fit mi!Tht. have ben the veriest ilastaFe that ever turned his back on dangt_r Awl silver:idled tO•it was a siipers i Lions thoiw.hCt.hat fbr its very hor ror, perhaps it wat'i a r!Arilintion . I,lw something th:it he dared nut contem plate 1 . ' And it waS then that his 'strew= stublenly lla:rged. His s6.uses 1)4 1 to reel. lik 'l)reatlii, which 114)1, lie 3 pace with 00 quick benting . of li : heart, interrijitled,', hesitated ---w.): lost! AblveAlle adi - aneinfz thulyll• of hoofs behirld him, he thOught l hea'rd a woMati's Voice. lie kneor no he was . Ding crazy ; he shouttld and fell, he rose again and staggerid forward a fe'r.• steps awl fell agail, i . It was over il . )Jw! ~ A sudden- scn. e of some stinncre l - subtle pet Tum , ~i , beating up through the acrid: smay - tug dust of th plait). that choked It s mouth and - Winded his - eyes, can e swooning ()Or him. And then - ti e essed interposition (ifun.conseipu uess and petMe.' stru:rgled back to life atrain with the word in hisear - , throbl.inlf brow, and the sensation of an rtlurt tO do something that 1 . 6 i -wired of . him. • Of all his experk epee of the ,last few Moments may the perfume remained. Ile was lyin4 alone in the e:iry bed of:the - arrdyij i ; on 4,h k e ban a horse was standiu l .r, and aboye hitn bent the dark face an 1 darkin• eyes Of Donna Dolores. A SCENE IN THE SHERIFF'S OHIO The newl'-elected Sheriff was:'sii ting in his alliee, .sad-faced and ha: gard. Ile held in his hand a sta4 of manuscript representing the appll eations of eil_tht hundred and sevent3 - nine candidates for positions of del - uty sheriff, eak!ll of whom said he linil worked for Mm at the polls, and ifacl gabled him all the . way, up from tw hundred to otle thousand votes froi their persomil friends who did mit vote the part'y ticket. A. man attired in a blue shirt, it a paper ; eollar and a red: ttbse, e l ite ed the ottiee,!and, grasphig the haul of the tired - greeted him co •- dially: "Al 4 Mr. Sheriff. but glad I am to i-;ee you looking so !wit; - ty ; don't yot,i remember me r' , :.I don't think rentarked the.offleial, 'talthough.there is somtl thing in yonr fake which .k O tut." . . ' ." Alt, Mr. Sherir,4 thought yon'e know me. lAworOd ,for . you all da' election, and42;ot von ono thonsam i i votes, and I come iot that place." , " Well, I am sorry to say . that. have Promisid.all the places at An • disposal." i - • " Oh, give ine a place ; I don't car what it. is." 1 s ,. . "Oh,.by the by," . said the Sherit, with a ntaliCious.'riqw in his cyc "thertris.a place, but it's not wort much, and T don't think you'd.tak it." • " Ah, Mr.; Sheriff. . I'll take anti thing; I dot care what kind of plaCe ,it is, .!lid jtunp•at it wits my coat off ,7. . I " All right," .said 'the SheritTl " there is a ;Vhinaman going to hi hanged at tile jail next month, , an he. wants soniebody to take hiS lithink it will snit on " The illaTl With the red nose cease to smile, and( asking the Sheriff f r quarter to, pay for lodging th night, he lefti the. office and mimic with the thiplig of, would-he . deput sheriffs on the outside.—Ex. - I $2 - per Annum In Advance. lAN: OLD-FASHIONED GHOST STORY, i. BY-MART; N. ROCKWELL. It-Wag told niediran old-fashioned .. • narrator„ -Her dreassof quaint plaid flannel, such as was in. vogue among fanners' wives t,hirty years ago, was neat, and fitted tire wea - 7,oedform with a trimness . Which was . 'not _to be dispised. =Het hair, made:in :beaurean. knob %behind, and wound on_ two pinS (not, hair pip4 in front; 6, clean white IProp with big bandana- handkerchief Spread over it, on which rested hon est 4fashioned knitting work ;none •of yonr modern fid-dals, but a woolen stocking, evidently intended !,for a wearer who possessed , a .foot and ihi.tsideS ; with its .vo luiniribus. folds.gatuered into a - Square yoke.: 1 had hung reilerently,behind the . : kitchen door. The bonnet' of sttipelidous size, and "fir trfillly and wonclii.rfully" .made over • a timber work.* bamboo, so overcame me,' that, Hein; in rather a Cilia e , l slate of mind,!Lstarted. with it fur the:china ant. ended by depoSiting it in the,starcit pan, which providentially was empty. ." think lie was a UniiywaleiT, ur soine.sueh; leastwise he•didn't be.;, lies•e in noddle, Elkinor didn't the Bible nor nothin' else. Why, i,,noW l there ,Was Uncle Daniel Cluilk4tontl hith that. lived out to dmeonut,lbfa kilOw'd the story ,to b d e true knowi John Beam and the old man and lan. of 'enl';- and my (:!ousin was Onti, of the'wimen that ;seel• John Peam on' hid horse ; appeared to hci ino:st likely. he;was dead he:. lure h'e fell. . The ghost story? 011, yes; I for : got. Lhadn't told it., •'! Well, yon sc;e, the old tavern and the new one stood side' and Side `; the. old one • was so hannted that they eouli_ln't . livein! it and When the Minister came 'along the landlord 'said; "Ile - house i! 1 •3 CO; and I..ean't keep you unless .you sleep in the old tavern; and,nohodyeando that.', '.7Why not ?'says the minister: • Because it's haunted, .and nObod . l,• can tth. what ailS . • I'll find out,' saws the Minister. ' As he ran. -" Thdre vi - as fi bed and some furni. lure . in one of the. rooms ..? wood a 4: t;iken!.ovex, and a 'tire made in dhe fire place" . (how' I should have en= joyed: that ghastly Bickering' fire) " and itt ;light, and- made him eomfor:. table.* Tim- rhinNer laid.dowa; •and went to'sl.4)" (the sleep of the JuSt).. .. it y rind by he ipolie up. Trarnp_—= tramptramp ! 'through 'the empty lmlls 7 i : 'doWn the Li.ehoing stairs, and , 1 —Lramp —,tramp tramp ! straight for the Minister's door i .aid , tlior entered:three li ,, nres: two in solemn ' blaeltand one—the middle ore' of the tlireein shirt sleeves and-brnwn trOus. 'ih the mine of God,' (was . the minister's solclihn exorcism) • wha(do y.on want r ..'ind like . a putt of szi l blie . ,,,,ity vanishe'd the two iii black', Fuid leaving the lone in butter,- nut. ditl a • t;,-.le unfold' of . iuitl- •nkittLniu-,1e , . &Feting in - proof' his :Oil his money (what reasonf i)kt" Lit4:-,on could' ask - more !) (ton coal:?; behind a certain stone , ill thi' wall 4 the cellar: And wlien ,tht niinj4dr and s landlord made seate:i. they : ,f(itni., a skull and Sortie other and a box enntaininHHntre 111111th:ea ' h other take fiinioney "(the price of tliluud j, but;'lkft3er , vainlV'tryin! , to. linty the ri , :htftd.owner Ibr a year or two. they dividial it between timan:' I:0 any one di,appeared ? . • YeS the old story of a peddlar seen :t.j) go in' the old tavern—but neVer:.,ti) come out attain. . • man know whiit beeanic of him—told you how John f e n (y 0 his home, dead.; but Eilibuir ArtatOa't bidieve a word of -it, nor cke." It Is. not very dillienit fmt a .pers(4l to be sunny-tempered,, when every- thing, is going prosperonsly with biro. When 'a man has made two or three 1 liumtred dollars a day,' and all 'the sigri,are favoralk for his Making the' Sanie =omit to-morrow; Vow (rood-natured-he can . be ! When the hour: : comes to c!ose : the store,' lie, take!: his hat from the peg.. bifttons up hi' overcoat, draws on his gloves, and . ,ii:tarts• for his home with the feel ings 'of a king. :Ile feels kindly, to everyhody, lle ~buys a 'paper ,of tliernewshoy, snaps him a ten-C!ent kind hurries along withod wait ing fOrd the•rc turn, change, chucklipg tuiriiLiielf as if Le, had perkftratQ'd firstLelassjoke. -When he cones to his. house :he!' smiles. at the sorvanti• 10. - seis his wife—or ou!it-to,--Imtui •ces the baby, :and fills the :entire hour Bold with a sense of MS own qat i ti ti Ah. MO! (!aS:V it is.t,o lac good-natured undeP , such 1- circumstahees ! What saints ice all ~„ arc when - we' have;all we want. • 41-4 fillies change. The . busineSs sky ranks ,darker and beeoines ‘i;ith;Oininoin? clouds. Under our feet rnn ruinblitigs and - the prenionitory steadiness W,hich always precede financial earthquake. The c•ominer ial is motionless, and oil pro.4e t! veryhody senses : \dan[rer. Buyers are timid ; sellers are ,snspi eions,,. The current o 1 trade snrinks. Goods . remainnus'old; paper on'whieh. you joil: relied goes to protest liimsehohl expenses begin to crowd : , mall bills accumulate; duns! groW iinpeatiye.: Alt, now is the time, friend; when good nature in von is :a virtue"-, yea., a !r race. and a grace so sviiiti!: _that it shall be seen in the highest • heaven, and noted there. I Noisyis the :time to show what,,Stiiil'' you are really made of'. Now, is the time; if -you are a gentleman to sprotie it. 'lf you love your wife, now is the tithel to show it; if you have faith in something nobler, higher, sweeter than" this. world its 'poss(SsionS, let" Oattliith manifest in your eon .everywhere. l)on't take gloomy face, and a• surly i - oice, and a sour-temper to your household. That household. has its own cares, trotibles and clouds 'enotighiin its own sky: Tell youriwife your dill etilth,S.;- but' in -such a ibrave,;gentle and ..ilovink - way as, instead .of Op presSing her spirits, will cause them, railit.r: to. 'rise buoyantly. 'at the thought that she is cuffs trusted by yotTiand 'may be able to, help you. anther's one ather's burdens,' and -so WWI: the Law of Christ.P .NUMPtiI-'3i. ,I.EEP CHEERFUL,,, ..aseki,'l,,i.,_ ~ - -4, 1 ". ',• • ' - liiirtrlir 4174 : ,'''''rA''' ' '''''" .`'' 1 Six. ss:a.cre.alettpss TAFFsi*4iii4 - :' 2. V:': t • : 1 .;: Pine? Qvania. ,ins 1 04L'' 4 .' : ', ' '-' ;fl . 7 • : ' :;': • ;''' . :4'•'l: .-- Our lastlessonatTbavid imnng 7 sktc., :.1 - :: cessfully , with `the , Phihstinele- i•so. c' . .. , ...;-. Saul's schemes to get . rid Of bliris:Sigr7:y.i, --, ;4- - -,- nally failed.' - and 4:0 ' the .KidleaChagriaii-:4 all Israel and - Judah:held hint, " in: fertent :':1:-::! I. :1 . admiration and kW - e; Bat - 'eivills , lee* ',l' If hanstible inllefie4 and Saula neer' , V - plan to ma:Luella/into destrne "::•ria.;: :,. - 1 by marriage with' daughter riabi :.., r , q hi e i But tho' David was yaliant in righting th . ‘; I ..-, Lords battles, InOttill lived ;I' and , itrhetV 1 , ":.,i I the time eame tor: the marriage' rialk "if'i' l . , . was giveiv . .to Adriel instead 4114 1 . ~ e I , ' , i_ , e. ' - d .-* -.1- I mainly, perhaps, ~..aukshe idnot love;:. i, - -.-: David.. But Mieliather sister, , love .t . --, him with all her heart; and Sa r ni, distertw '.l;- - , - ing this, saw a new'deor:ef, h (v. 211),- - 7 ri i and said casually tOiDavidz , Zalsecond.- . 1,- ,way- shalt :thou- beComel:MY seal-hWaw.",: 1- - • , 4 Then-die' sent his:Servant to confer with :- I. David privately as: though they, they were - Idoing it behind the. King's. bask.. and to (Upland as a condition of the'marriage In:: '1 , 1 , hundred foneskina 4 the - Philistines. Da- • - 1 vid, taking the. Eing at his wont - went t . I out and secured trio hundred,' and Said •'... was obliged to fillfill his pro/idle. But his I enmity became.the more pertrianent and . '.• - deadly ; while at the same time David's • ' ' I 'I : - - .• reputation rose higher with the peole. , . So', Saul tried at:tether. scheme.. Be had . i l . . - tried to kill David Mid had failed- he had • • 1 put him eiitancea where.hisop- • . . enemies. Would Itasca his enemies. kill him, and this plan had failed;' and now he suggests to 'Jonathan' and kit; courtiers that they should try their hand. This su l eceeded no •-, better. The' resultiwas that Jonathan in- • • . g (breed his father tosWear : "As the Lord , .. be liveth; he shall not slain." -David was safe 'for awhile afterwards. I Again he, ' distinguished himself in wail with the .' Philistines, but tuithing, thethe could de c.)uid conciliate the King. On the' oth4 ' ' • i hand, he soon ana4 a second: attack on ' 1 1 .. , David's life; as this skilful nui iciatiPlay i., ed before him while the demon once more •I: plagued hiM. "tick discourage) by 're- . : I: • . prated failUre, .he :sent mes6ng,ers.to . watch David's houle;alI that night and tn slay him in the morning, but 3fichal let 1 • 'him down through a, window, and. by art • , adroit artifice kept tlie murderers- at bay -• ' ,' • until DaVid Was out Of their reach. ! The 1 LIN. Palm', was 'written in memory of I this crisis, and shows that Saul was sur rounded I by a number of cowardly cour- ' : tiers who stirred tip his enmity agaiifst ,- J David, and.', were trying in every way - to -- 1 i put this dreaded riai - out of the way.- It .shows:nlso that MS tly Comfort and hope I was in faith and prayer to Jehovah.: Driv- l' en oat of Gibeah, David .sought refuge •I and counsel with Sabine' at Raruali., l ;Near ' , by this city vas tlieschopl of the prepheta -: 1 —:1 number :of dwellings, perhaps; con- limed by a wall. ,and called in ;our-lesson :1 :Iu Nitigth..: Three i titnes Saul sent Ines- sengers—hard, bloody men—te, take his - I life, but each time they were seized. with . 1, t , ae spirit of pro'pheeYing as they listened, - ' to the utterances _of the prophets,' and quite forgot their Wendy errand. Then Sau 1 . determined to go to Ranedi hiMself and seize David. On the between the pi • S( , cliti and Eamah, :the Spirit .. r Jehovah • -. fa upon him also,. and' lie went :ilelrg praelieeying until heleame to the Naloth ; then taking off his upper garment, as was muql with the prophets in this ecstatic candition, lie lay on the earth all day and nielit.. In the ease Of ; the prophets and the servants the external uneonionsness did not continue so long. Evidently this miraculous seizure was designed to, teach •-•• San] and hiS hardened minions; that their :-, nut Ede rous raging against Daviwasi fight- 'I in, ai.ain,-t Jehovah' and his Spirit. It was . • tin refore ''a merciful visitation. And it was more intense hi :Sash's case, because' • . lie had most obstinately - resisted the lead- - iiigF ! of divine grace; and' also, in order that. if it Were possible, his bard : heart might behrolz:ettandsulaltied by the pow er of this grace.. • , , After this David returned to Gibeah. Ile probably wished to see Jonathan once mire and confer with him as to the step, h e :wa-; about to take. .A • long -..conversa t i. el ensued—the longest reported in 'Scrip- . j t iire,—in.t lie courseof which the plan was I a il $ ved' which We Mid carried out in our lesSon. The design: Was to satisfy Jona. than of ' the real teethe; of his father to- wavl David. So noble-mindedwas,LJona- I t bait that lit' could not believethat his fa-'. OA after Swearing:to him that he ;would „, siu;i-e Dave?, would: CeSiberattl.-,a-nd per- sisiently seek his life. The feast 'f Abe . new Moon was sected for the trial (See ' Numb. x; 10; xx.yili: 11-15. The Saul m ' . r l i was aeenstoed to. entartain then i. ndees ' Of his court; and David, as his sonar-lass and a distinguished General,' woUld or," - eeluse be expeeted;. to be, presentL -Mel tirst, day Saul said nothing about Ts al). m- see, hot the second day he hum red of. Jonathan as to David's reasons for not at *. tending the feast..: Jonathan replied that • David had asked and•obtained pen fission ._ to attend a, family Celebration at Betide- . hem. This, threw the Bing into a parox-, :' .ysni pf anger.. ' Ile abused JOhathaaftet , _- the 4yle of a fishmonger. Belli tisified • the insult•to his-son'by publicly in -nide; tl i hishnother. "Then son of a perve se wo:7- ! matt of rebellion,", - ;No wondorlo _Allan ' : I rose up in fierce anger. Then Saul. yarned h innt bat so long as: DavidliVed, h . could'._' 1 not , secure the succession to the Itrone. • This showS that Saul hy'this time ainder slood that God had given the Kingdom: t 0,.! David;• and .Tonathan's conduct indieat • es. • that he, too. was aware of it.. It is s p'inof -• of his great love fer David that he shon's no sign of irritation oe envy: Well there- fore. did Davidsing over him, " Thy love to me was wonderful ; passing the love of woman. When Jonathan venture(' to ex postulate With hiS father,: the Later he-- - came so enraged and insane that he hurled his spear 4;_-, hiin ;. thus seeking to stroy his own sue, bet Ween whom and =self there had formerly existed the to derest •.' mutual affction and regard. . • ~: in fierce anger Jonathan rose f m the table and went out, leaving- his f xl tin tasted. All, night' be grieved ,for _David because of Saul's morning . treat ent of him. The next morning he went ut into' the field (or open epuntry), near to ,'the • stone "Ezel" (stone of departure Or' sop- . aration), a well-known stone nearGibeah (v. 19). The inune4s here used by antic-' ipation, 'as it is plain that the stone was. so named from thiStnemoriable separation of Jonathan and David. There-was:, most likely, a cave in the:shine. Jonathan, took • a boy with hint, according to agreeMent. Bidding the boy run and find the :arrows, he, sent one-whistling Piist hin; and as ho . was coming to the,place where the arrow lay. he.shot another, crying as if in sport, "Is not the arrrow beyond, hee ?" 'And as the boy rati after the ,second-arrOw, he discharged . a third still - farther off, : Silent ing. "Quickly, haste, do not stand still." Thus. while seeming to be amusing him with his page, heril•as really warning -Al- -- viii of the urgent necessity forjmrnediate flight. ' When the boy returned with the three arrows, he gave him his bbw and . I quiver and arrows, and bade 'hint , _carry. them into the city. -: - . • : : •Aa soon as the b a ;boy NN ot ) sight.' ' - i Od ' t ' David emereed frOm his lathing-place, fell zr, to the ground and 'bowed three times out of respect to Jonathan's superior station, • • I Then the two friends kissed each other, •- - and wept i for one-another "until' David- Iwept strongly," ,i: e. 'to such a Ideg,ree i . 1-that David wept Very loud, • Thep they, I solemnly renewed their covenant of &lead- : • - 10; David Pledging himself :titi . show - hnidness to Jonathan and to his descend— ' :tuts through all the generatiOns Of their. se.d. , And so they parted, David setting.' oukon his i journey,and Jonathan retatrn- • 1 ing to Gibeah. ',I 1 ••• I - Jonathan, - the 'gift O God, : is an :im age and Projection of Christ as the friend. of sinners. Ile was a disinterested, faith ful friend;i sticking closet - to David than any -of his brothers. He always sought and rejoiced in Davitrs prothoth trawl prosperityeyen Mills own expense. l 'There are few characters in the OlitTestainent history which - for genuineness; chivalry, self-sacrifice and constancy, t 4 OE4 to his father anti his friend, can be put in com parison - With Jonathan." But as a friend: he is infinitely below Jesus..., :While - we' were yet enemies 'he died for:us. Noth ing can alienate hia.lai. , He ItivetAn. the end. And his loge secitres to us all, that we need. - i "Allthings arelotirs:fln I.Co