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THE LATEST NEWS!
KENT a. BLISS
flare Just opened anothe, large stock of
DRY GOODS
AND. NOTIONS / !
Consisting of
FANCY GOODS
FOR THE HOLIDAYE!
READY-MADE SACQUES,
FULL LINE , OF FURS,
SEAWLS,
SKIRTS,
I . IOSIERY,
GLOVES,
CORSETS,
ZEPHYRS,
CARD-BOARD MOTTOES,
CANVASS,
V.,
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EVERY DEPARTMENT IS EULL !
Call and be qmirineed that we Sell as
Cheap as the Cheapest.'
KENT A; BLISS
.Towanda, Nov. 23, 1576
.Scots and Shoat—Crockery.
1877. 1877. 1877. , 1877
FALL TRADE.
I am 'now receiving; tho
LARGEST AND, MOST COMPLETE, STOCK
or
BOOTS AND SHOES
TRUNKS, TRAVELING BAGS,
&c., &c., &c.,
Ever offered In this town. and at prices that cannot
f.til - to pleas• tlu• cloo-tod buyer. 1 bat e many bar
gains In alt lin e s gets th.st 1,11111.4 be obtained
..k where. Please call and examine goods and
prices.
REMEMBER THE PLACE — Humphreys
Old Stand, opposite Court House.
Towanda, Aug. 10, IS7
BLACK :S
, C4OCKERY STORE
AT COST!
FULL STOCK-GOOD GOODS-
MtiST BE SOLD !
CROCKERY,
CHINA,
GLASSWARE,
BAIT WAGONS,
LAMPS,
&c.;
At the old stand of
Ivirsadst; Awed 1, 1Y7&
mothers., children are sleeping.
Thank 11. , .1 by hilt pillows to-night;
And pray for the'. to,thtr, now weeping
(rer pillow , too ••Inouth and toot% Idle; '
taire bright h..ads oft il:tve lain,
A - 411 soft little eh?eks hat e bran preSsA;
mother.. who know not UAL;
T.,kt• rout - ago to !war as tho te,t :
For the soml , re-si Inged angel Is going
With pulley Illght o'er the land,
Anil we wake lu tlu morn, never know - lng
What be. cro night. may it:4mnd.
Yes, t..fhlght mile our 4i3:llDlrs are sleeping,
math}' ' There's at a
' s ,, IL
Whose pillow is 11101,R:1 02d Willi Nvetpltl:,
For the or 'Ale (I str
Thnr Mre hearts o.; innermost alt .r
There'll nothing but t.shes todlight,
There• are yolees whosa-tonos sadly falter.'
And dlu:.•crs that shrink from the light
0 mothers, whose children arc sleeping,
As ye bend to caress the fair heads,
Pray, pray. Car the [withers now weepi:
ow pitiful. smooth little beds !
There is, perhaps,' not in all En
gland a prettier little' town:than Wil
ton. Since the days of railway trav
eling commenced it has almost been
forgotten, lying as it does far out .of
the route of any 'oft the lines width
now, like a net-work, cross and re
cross England.
But in the days of stage coaches,
when the -II i - rhllyer" or,the."Rapid"
rattled along its : street, the passen
gers beheld with delight the neat vil
las. the clean, comtortabledooking
houses, awl rosy--checked Children
that shouted merrily as the coach
went by. There was a dark side to
this brightness. The great northern
road led through the town, and it
was consequently the halting* place
of beggars and tramps of all kinds.
The lodging houseS.that gave accom
modation to these wayfarers were
situated in dark. dirty alleys, unseen
by the passing traveler. Who • could.
have little , uspected, as he gazed on
the ne and jasmined-trelliSed porch
es. and the trim front gardens of the
main street—the High street—that
behind a scene so fair lurked so much
foulness and misery.
Chi Christmas Eve,. . John
Tlinr_ood stot . 4l at the door of his
shop, which wa3 rarely seen open at
so late all houri; but a number of
country people.inany fin a i st:inee,
had been making their purchases for
the holiday season. and John hail
been unusually busy. He had put
up the sl4itters, and was taking ti
last look at ,the snow, which was
Whirling in big flakes down the High
street.
"Well, thankful that this day's
work'is done," he said to himsuif,
and'goih! , in, closed the
lie had just turned the key awl
shot the bi_th,s, when he heard a low,
timid tap at the door..
Now there was not a shoP-keeper
in Wilton who, had he heard that, tap
at that time, but would have growled
sulkily. "(4) along . with you, whoever
VOL are. A pretty time o' night to be
coming. :moving people."
But John had a kindly
heart. Some folks who could not
understand or appreciate him said he
was led more by his heart than his
head.' And perhaps he was, and bet
ter it was for the poor and distressed
011 . Wilton that such was the case.
rector excepted, no man was
looked up to with more respect by
the townspeople.. Often would many
of his poorer customers get into his
del',,; but if hes found•that their ina
bility to p.iy arose neither from idle
ness nor dissipation, he never pressed
them for his : money. Like his Divine
Master, whose exarnple he tried to
follow -as closely as frail humanity
can. he Went about doingl:4ood, awl
his deeds of . chaeity were done in
secret, To feed this hungry, to com
fort the afflicted, to smooth the bed
of death. s his purse was as ready as
his ,prayers. .Many of his brother
shopkeepers . enVied his prosperity in
business, but they had not a word to
say to his discrOit. The highest ac
cusation they could have brought
against him 'was his 'overflowing
goodness. •
That low, timid rap did not /all a
second time•on the door, for it was
instantly opened by John. Before
him, with upturned eyes, in which
there was a strange look of appeal
mingled with terror, ,tool a decently
dressiid boy of about eleven years of
age.
my little lad, what brings
you Here at so late an hour?" said
JOH!: F, comsEß
"Please, sir," whispered the boy,
"is it too late to hfive a penny loaf?"
"Why have you not comelooner,
my buy?" he asked, for, he saw some
thing was amiss, awl he put the ques
tion in a somewhat legal form. •
"Mothk. and I, sir, have just come
to the town ; we have been walking
in the snow all day, and
. she is very
unwell ; and she thinks, sir, if she
had something to met she would get
Letter:"'.
0. A. BLACK.
c g c leri v i
ONE- BY ONE•
UP ADELAIDE PROCTOR.
one by one the sande are Solving,
One by one the moments fait;
Some are romintr, vome are going.
Do nor strive to gravp them ail: s
One by one thy duties watt thee,
Let thy wholc strength got to each;
Let no (entre dreams elate thee,
Learn thou first what these can teach.
One by one (bright gifts from heaven),
Joys are sent thee here below;
Take them readily when given,
Beady, to., to let the m go. L•
One by one thy gr'efs nhall m et thee,
Do not fear an armed Land: •
One will fade as others greet thee. •
Shadows pas: 11,g throvgli the land.
Do not look at lire's long sorrCAr,
Set Low small each mornela's pain;
Godnill help ilu•e for to-tnorrow,
Sorach day brglo
Every hour that fleets Se I slowly,
His Its task to du or
Luminous the crown and holy,
if thou set earh gem with care,
Do not Iltir.2r with regretting,'
Pr ror paksirg hours desp
Ntr, the daily toll fort:citing,
Look too eagerly lwyoutl..
Mors go'nlun tints, token,
Iloarblog heavon; bat one by one
'rake them, lest Ow cha t ln be broken
Ere the 01p - image be ,tone.
SYMPATHY
41i_jJ•riMtitron.
The Last Customer.
HE
TOWANDA, BRA i FORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4. 1877.
"And where is your mbtherjust
now ?"
"She is in a house in Poplar Lane.
I think the woman told Me Poplar
Lane."
John's eyes were growin g , watery ;
he knew the house well. was one
of the lowest haunts in Wilton.
"There's the loaf, my i.b4r. Hurry
home. I'll not be lung in following
you."
'The form of the boy disappeared
in the darkness. John went to the
back,shop,Where hung his great-coat,
which. he flung over his Shoulders;
then calling up 'Stairs, ",Margery,
come down and bolt the shop door,
lass; I won't be away long," he
snatched a parcel of tea ; and another
of sugar from the shelves, and away
he ran.
Yes, the staid, sober John Thur
irood, aged sixty-seven, ran down . the
r.
street, bounding over the snow-heaps
and half-frozen puddles like a school
boy!
Why did not Margery ask her hus
band whither he was going, at so late
an hour ? Ah ! but these sudden
departures of his were net untommen.
She knew well that mercy called him
away, and she - loved him the more, if
such a thing were possilne, the often
er he obeyed her summons;
John was soon at the hOtise of the
doctor, his, fellow-worker in many a
good deed, and in a feW minutes
afterward both stood at the bedside
—if a bundle of straw may b 4 called
a bed—of the dying woman. She
was unconscious of their presence.
In her hand was a piece, of bread ;
which her son had broken off the loaf
and placed there; but the arm was
too feeble to raise it to the quivering
lip. The doctor stooped t.o feel her
pulse. 'As• he gently touched the un
,resisting arm, he looked ,s. Idly for an
.lnst•nt at• the bOy, who stood bewil
dered in a corner of the r( om,-which
was dimly lighted by the sputtering
oil-lamp, and, whispered 'o himself,
'•
,Poor
.101111 knOv the meaning • of the
look and th'e words. The end was
Come ! Steliping over to lie boy, he
took him gently by the bawl and
knelt known:: The boy iteltantly did
the sallle
h:v - feeling shot through
J.. . appy . _ _
John's heart, for the quick inovement
of the boy told him that sonic one,
perhaps hiS mother, whose'tide of life
was almost at its ebb, had taught
him 'to pray. .
. ,
Yes—kind, good John; although
i
unknown to - you at that tune, the dy
ing woman had been a t nit mother
to the trembling_boy'th: t knelt be
side him, and, in the, mi lst of, her
?
many troubles and_ antic tions,' had
ever turned his youthful t iourhts to
that all-loving Saviour, who blestied
the little children, and promised that
they should he partake 6 of His
heavenly glory. Short and fervent
was the prayer of the good-man, and.
when he arose he saw the doctor lay
ing across tlw throbless bosom of
the woman the arm which he had
been holding. Then he knew that
the•boy was motherless. and he led
hip away, unresisting, from the pres
ence of death, and giving the keeper
of the lodging house some money in
order that the body might not be
disturbed, the three, the motherless
boy. the doctor, and John, passed
out into the lane. •
When theyireached the High street
the bclis in the church tower an
nounced with a joyous peel, that
Christmas had conic.
'cue snow storm had passed, and
the stars were twinkling brightly In
the unclouded sky L--the same stars
that shine on the shepherds of Beth
lehem when the angels proclaimed
the birth of Him who came to call
earths weary wanderers to His Fa
ther's eternal peace and rest; who is
a Father to the fatherless; who has
said that tho. - ie who seek Him early
shall furl Himati , l - that none who
come to Him ;hall b 2 cast out ; who
has promised blessing and comfort
to those that mourn, and whose prom
ises abide forever.
"I have brought a little stranger
to-night, , Xfargery," !iaid John, cheer
ily, as his wile opened the' door ;
"he's not very big, so I dare say you
will be able to tind,raom for him."
The boy looked timid! in Mar
gery's ttee,a - s if fearful of her answer.
Margery give an unkind reply ?; She
couldn't a' she had tried.
"Room, John ! ay, plenty of room,
and,weleome!" and Margery kissed
the. boy, who burst into tears ; where
upon John blew his nose most vio-.
lentlY. and hurried - his wife and the
boy 1-(whose name was harry Field
ing) upstaiN to supper.
Harry ate little, and when he spoke
it was only,to say, "Ves” and "No."
The kind couple saw that his heart
was full, and did .not trouble- him
with giptestions. ' After supper, lie
Was shown into a snug little bedrooM,
Which looked as if it had been spe
dally designed for a little fellow like
him. And so it had been.
John and Harry sat long over the .
parlor tire,. talking about Harry, and
proliOunding many sehemes,eoileern
ing «li t sli,,Juldr be done regarding
him. John listene&nithout Object
ing to any'of the proposals Marfrer'y
made, although he had settled it in
his mind that, if the thing Was possi
ble, the boy shUuld remain in the
house.
"Margery," said John, after a 'Ong
pause of silence, "don't , you
the lioy„is our %Valk, whom
it plerksed God to take from us so
long ago,?" • •
-Why. John; that very though)
Massed through my mind when I
kissed him, as ,he stood, timid an(
trvmlAing, at your side."
i r After another long pause, 116 said
Margery lass, a strange idea has
tak - en_possession of. me to -night. I
somehow that heaven has sent
this boy to me as a Christmas gift."
"A very strange thought, John,"
said Marger3.
"And yet not so"strange, lass, after
all. - ,Where do -all our gifts come
from but from -Heaven ? and all are
intended for our' good.. But then
rises the - solemn thought,. dear wife,
that we must all give at account of
how We have usM these gifts. Let us
consider this boy . God's OhriStmas
gift to IF, and let us bring him up in
such a manner that, when the time
comes, we shall not be ashamed to
render an account, of.
_our steward-
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
"It shall be as you say, dear John.—
Yet if a day should come on which his
friends or relations claim him !
I know you too well not to guess
what a • heart,break his departure
would be !"
!,
"It would a bitter parting for
me ; still, for all that, let us'tlo all
the good for him we can, until ' that
day comes, if it must come, Margery,
dear."'
Harry Fleming followed the
mains of, his mother to the grave.
She was., decently interred, ; in the
churchytitd of Wilton, the expense
being shared by the rector, the doc
tor and John, who often banded to
gether to do good.
According to the story which Har
ry told to his kind protectors, while
sitting on his stool between them at
the fireside, one evening, it appeared
that his father had:become; shortly
after marriage, a drunkard and a
gambler- He used 'to AenV himself
from home, fr_quently fOir many d ays,
and would, when he 'returned, beat
his wife and otherwise treat - her cru
elly. At last his prOperty was seized
by his'creditors, and he fled, no one
knew whither, 'leaving his wife and
child to the mercy of the world.
The poor deserted wife had neither
friends nor relations. She thought if
she could lmt,make.. her way to Lon
don she might find some employment:
She started on foot, along with her
son, to the great city, selling her
watch and , chain in a town on the
road to is,r . e.t money with which to pay
for food and lodgings; "s=and," said
Harry, as he ! concluded the melan
choly We i " I brought the last penny
sit' the money to your shop, g oUd,
kind M l
r 'hurgood, and ,good, kind
Mrs. Thurgood;" and saying this he
laid his; head •in Margery's lap and
wept.
In the laps) of years llarry,rose
rom errand-boy to chief assistant in
he shop of the kindly OM grocer.
lis highest pleasure was, when the
tours of business were at an and for
he (lay, to sit tYt3ide his kind protee
ors, by the fireside in the winter, or
n summer in the little arbor, and
•cad the Bible • to them or talk about
►c events of the days gone b 3
While old John - listened to tke voice
he loved so well, a pang of fear
would sometimes for an instant touch
his heart. It was the. dread that "his
la)y'!--tihough Harry, was enteang
uptm manhood, he Ivas'still "his boy"
—would be torn from -his side. Oh,
that he could only have looked into
the future and been that his fears
were groundless!'
* ' * * t ; * . * • * *
Ten years have passed away, and
again is Christmas Eve. In order to
wish his customers the compliments
of the season, .John has—a rare thing
now—taken his, place behind the .
eounter. He has enough .to 'do.
Everybody ici/i, shake hands with
the silver-haired old man, and',every;
holy will wish hint many happy re
turns of the seasom A man enters
the shop who holds not forth his
hand, and speaks no words of joyous
greeting, lie is about midille
* *6. acre,
and has the appearance of a shabby
genteel beggar ; Harry asks him how
he can be served.
" I am clerk out of employment,"
whines , the man, " and I have -not
,tasted food since morning. LoOli ;
sir, at these documents, and they will
tell you that I speak the truth."
Had It been any other time, Harry
would' haVe given the beggar a cop
per or two, and' troubled himself no.
more about him, but being the eve of
Christmas; he, busy as he was, took
the packet. lie ran his eye 'Over.one
of the papers. It wItA sufficient. •
The man who stood before him
was his father.. Harry wrote on a
piece of paper which he,gave to him,
saying: .
" Take that to the coffee room as
addressed,.where you will be ProVid
ed with food. and remain there tilt I
come." .
The man, with a stare of astonish
ment, took the note and left the
shop '; ..
As soon as the shop was closed,
Harry tom John of his discovery.
" 1)o not bring him hero," said
John, " lest? I might say unkind 1
things to him; do not, upbraid ,him,
for it is . it dreadful thing for a son to
speak like a„ condemning judge to a
father. Speak to him' gently.. Tell
him that God is long suffering ; that
Jesus died , fin sinners, no matter
how deep sunk in iniquity ; tell him
that while there is life there is hope.
4 f i l:ij shows any signs of tree repent
ance; tell him in i,o no', that I will
introduce him to a friend of mine, a
Merchant in London, into whose
oillee he will be received as a clerk,
and in which he Will be retained as
lon,!r as he conducts himself well.
Who shall attempt to describo the
meeting between father and son !
While the joyous bells were ringing
forth. a welcome , to the Christmas
morn, RO V . bert,,and Harry Fleming
stood by" the mother grave,
and
when the tear 4 of the prodigal bus
b.ind fell on,the snow-covered mound,
there was joy in the presence of the
angels of God over one sinner that
had repented.
Robert Fleming may beiScen any
day behind his desk in Leadenhall
street: Ile has been in the situation
twelve years, and enjoys the esteem
and confidence of his employers.
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FUN, FACT AND FACETIE.
ANSWERING the question whether she
ever had any experience with amateur
histironies, a New Jersey woman said
'she had ; but they always yielded to a
smelling bottle without the help of a doc
tor.
'• AN Illinois minister announced on his
Sunday night bulletin, The funeral of
Judas Iscari d.." To which an obliging fel
low added, "The friends of the deceased
are cordially invited to attend."
As emigrant hearing the sunset' gun at
New Yor...,asked a sailor: "What's that?"
•• Why, that's sunset !" was the reply.
."Sunset?" said Pat. " And does the sun
go down in this country with such a bang
as that ?"
"Dora," said the teacher, holding up
her right forefinger to make the set,olars
attentive, "what is Indian meal composed
of?" And a littlo boy in the back seat,
who wore patched trousers, got up and
said, "Please, ma'am, roast missionaries."
• Titm .following• was 'the reply to the
question; " Which of two Indian preach
ers th) you 'like best?" naming them.
" I like to hear Mr. preach best, be
cause I don't like any preaching, and he
Comes nearest .to- nothing of any I.,,evar
BOYS, BEWARE OF THE BORER.
One of the handsomest trees on
our groundsis a'mountain ash. It is,
our pet tree.' Its lithe and graceful
branches ; its spray of wavy leaves ;
its clusters of white June blossoms,
like a young bride ; its rich coronet
of red berries in harvest time ; its . ,
airy foliage, letting through the blue
sky, yet:. dropping cool shadows . on
the grass. Year by year we watched
its growth—from theparlor window,
which lit shaded from the hot breath
of summer afternoons; from the
kitchen Window, where it stood in
full, sight on the green, sporting with
the breezy air and slant sunshine ;
from the chamber window, from the
time it first tipped our upstairs' view.
Our mountain ash was the family.pet.
This year, gradually, day by; day,
week by 'reek, we came to feel it, did
not jook sowell as usual. It leaved
out fully ?. yes, oh .yes. Branches
dead ?—no. Not bent,br toppling.
or winter-killed, or lightning-struck?
—no, it bore no marks of injury. It
was as green and as graceful i it had
as much of heaven and earth as even
the year before. And yet. it did not
look right. We examined the bark
and the . branches, and found nothing.
" You are suspicions; . , you borrow
trouble ; your tree is 'ell, enough."
"Something is the matter with that
tree," we- . said, " sure something is
working death in . it." People looked
at it, and took hold of it, and said,
" Pshaw! it is growing as finely us
ever; it is all in your own eye." But
we sometimes get impressions, and
correct impressions, of persons differ
ent from what they at. first appear,
and ytit we cannot tell how we bet
them. There is a sort of influence
iey let otf, which tells the Until of
iem wigiont their knowing iL *This
sometiines called unconscious in-
iluence. It WaS pretty much so with
our tree . . It kept up U. good Appc!ar
but there was a blight on it,
Und We felt it—very faint to be sure,
ut still a blight.
One day, stooping down, some lit
e particles of saw dust round the
)ots of the•••nsh caught in . y . eye ;
grains of saw dust here and 'grains
of 8:11V dust there. - Taking out my
knife, and getting down on my hands
and knees, I closely examined the
lower part of the trunk, dOwn by the
roots, and soon I spied a little hole
here and a little hole` there—two,
three. four, five ! Ah, there was tb:
secret ! The' boners were in our tree,
slowly but surely Working its destruc
tion. You have seen them. The
borer is a small fat white worm, with
a black head, which gnaws into the
heart of a tree and makes a hole to
lay its cgs in. Their teeth must be
but pin-points, yet it is amazing what
mischief tliey can do.. They are
death to a tree, for all the use it will
ever be.
Well, boys, this made me think of
the infoll bore, that sometimes
worm their way into •character ;
bosom sin, a bad habit, a secreOlis
honesty. A youth may appear as fair
as• ever, his reputation may be as
spotless, the world at large may sus
pect nothing wrong; but if the borerS
are ; at' work, he can't hide it long.
The don't-care` swagger, the careless.
irreverent tone, the restless eye, the
reckless spirit, that i i como-irms
in
/iiu'm•e which goes out of a person
Whether he will: or no, will certainly
disclose it, awl we 'say with sorrow.
"I'he ; borers, the borers are at work."
There . is 'a young man of my.r.e
quaintauce. the joy - of his parents
fine
mind,
the idol of friends, with a
mind, fine education, fine prospects,
a line fellow every way, beginning
life under every advantage. •After
while, his inure discerning friends
noticed a change in him ; pr'eeisely
what it was they could not tell, but
tliere was a change, and a change col;
the worse. What borer was gnawing
at his life-blood ? How hard to be
lieve there was one;
. and yet there
was. It soon came out. It was in
temperance, and it is working his
GM
Beware, boys, of the borers. Secret
sins cannot rilnain secret. You soon
show , the harm they are making with
b - ou. Their teeth are small, but they
are sharper than a two-edged sword,
and slowly but surely they will work
•onr ruin—your present and you
ternal ruin.—hea rt and hand.
A WORKINGMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETY.
The concentration of-population
in the manuracturing districts of
England is past tielief till one has
seen some such a centre as Leeds..
here the liri - ish worktpan may b o
seen at his best and at his worst.
His liberal patronage of the gin
shop, and his love for the gentle bull;
pup, have been a fertile : theme for'
official pens. It is More agreeable'
to report what he has done to help,
himself, to organize his idle shillings'
into a federal union of dividends;
and to teach himself and children
sobriety and thrift.
Here is a tangible expression of
Yorkshire common sense, --a hand
some :our story block of stores,
splendid in plate-glass, carved stone
work, and architectural display,--
the I;:iores of the, " Leeds .Industrial:
Co-Operative Society, Limited," Al
lion , street, Leeds. It may be Satur
day afternoon,L—a half : holiday in the
mills,—and the streets swarm with
work-peopfe of every age and condi- -,
' Lion. Albion street is none to wide
for the tratlie that pours along
sidewalks and road-way, and gathers
about the open doors of the "Leeds ,
Industrial," actually struggling in
and put, and pressing thickly up to
the counters. One door leads to a
grocery store, the next to a drapery,
store, another door leads upstairs to
the house-furnishing warerooms, the
Outfitting department, and the boot
and,shoe store. Tilere is no display
in the windows (after the co-opeea
tire manner), and we may follow the
_multitude inside to watch the active
trade. Plain, hard-working people,
perhaps grimy from their toil, they'
press up to the. counters, cash in
hand; ready to buy. The salesmen
have evidently prepared fora good
demand, and the staple goods,already
put up in coni•enient packages, are
piled in enormous heaps on. the
counters. They deal
. oukthe bundles
with .Wonderful speed, take` the
.: Inc4eyi - make.l A ni*Anit sales-boOil
tear off the voucher (Or half-leaf),.
and give it with the change to the
customer.- Each one takes his or
her goods, and
_moves away as quick
ly as possible to make room 'for .
others. Near the door; in a tiny
)flice,.such as is sometimes 'used for
i 'the Cashier in American stores, sits a
young gil. Each one presents the
y-leaf to tier, and receives a tin ;Or
.rass token representing the amount
f the purchase. This
. is the evi
• cnce of trade at the society's Stores,
ad will be a guide in eskimating the
!location of profits next dividend
lay. Fpr every bag of • flOur the
nember may buy he Will receive
ack a bonus or dividend of two shil,
inns and sixpence. On all other
roods, the bonus will be two shillings
nd twopence in every • pound these
okens represent." This is the key to
his, active trade; this explains this
Eagerness to, buy; this is the " ex
ituse for being" that the society can
:how:.
, The shops seem to be, equal to the
)e4 of their clasi in London or New
York. The stock is very large, of
pparently the - best quality; and is
dmirably put up, ready for imme
diate sale. - Going upstairs, we find
he building blockaded with people
ntent on trade.. A woman comings
own-stairs, her three boys making
uch clatter with their new wooden
- hoes, brushes past a man with a
.icker baby-carriage - under one arm
and a mop broom under the other.
There, is plenty of roughn'ess, broad
York Shire dialect, toil-stained cloth
iing, and good English push and
cramble; every man' for himself ;
mt, with all, there is a feeling for
rder and honest good nature.
Above-stairs, there are halls and'cOr
ridors (packed from floor to ceiling
with hoots and shoes, brushes, kitch
en-ware, household goods, and ready
made clothing. The - people' swarm
into every nook , and corner, besiege
the salesmen, and drive a lively
trade. These busY shoppers and
anxious buyers are the members of
the Leeds Industrial.—a few'of the
sixteen thou:3 l :lnd share-holders, the
legal owners of this building, the
thirty branch stores, the shoe manu
factory, . and the great flour-Mill at .
Marshall• street in the Tiolbeck dis
trict. Every man and Woman of this
company has five or more shares in.
the society, or has paid down good
shillings to let them earn the shares.
Each one of these people participat
ed in that handsome dividend of
1 f).506 17s. Bd. that was paid last
(iiiarter . day. That is more than two
pounds a year apiece, or two shil
lings and a trifle over in every two'
hundred and forty pennies they spent
at the stores, besides the interest at
, tiYe per cent. a year on their united
share capital of .1.:12.2,3.3 17s. 11:cd.
—Cltarle Barnard, - Scribner foil
,
december. ~
A CLOCK IN THE SKY AT NIGHT
There are some old churches in
Eng7Mo which have clocks shown
the time with only one hand—the
hour hand. I dare say that it will
seem very strange to active and busy
minds in America that such clocks
as these, should still continue in exist
ence. A slumberoUS place it must
be, truly, where men are content to
'know time by the hour, and to take
no note of minutes. Or„ if that is
not really the way of it, still it must
be a strangely backward world,where
such clocks, once sufficient for, their
purpose,. have not yet been replaced
by time-measures better suited to ae
tive, business-like folks. When gueli
clocks were more common, and house
clocks and watches less used (and
prolqbly very seldom in order), it
would have been useful to know what
I am now going to tell you ! about a
clock in the sky, though at" present
the knoWledge will kip rather to
teach young folks the stars, than to
show them how to learn the time
from the stars; for the clock I have
to describe has only one hand, and
not only so, but that hand goes the
wrong way round, and only • once
•
round in a day.
The first step toward a knowhidge
of the stars should be the recognition
of the pole-star, becau , e the pole of
the heavens being
,the point round
which - all the stars are seemingly ear
tied. Leo soon as we know the, stars
around the pole, we havea center, so
to speak, from which we can pass'to
other groups until we knOw them all.
Once known, the pole-star can always
be found by i the learner;zsupposing
he observes the heavens alWays from
he same station ; for it lies always
in the same Position Or so-nearly so
that the change can scarcely be notic
ed). If, for example . , you have pace
been shown, or have found out for
yourself, that.froma certain - spot - id
your garden, or front a certain win
dowin your house, the pole-star can
be seen just above a certain chimney
or true, ther: at any night when the
sky is clear, if you betake yourself to
that.spot, or look through that win‘
you will see the pole-star over its ac
eustoined chimney or, tree. It is
there, indeed; all the time, whether
th'e sky be clear or cloudy, whether
it be day or night. Not. only does a
knowledge of the pole=star give you
a known central-point whence to pro
ceed to Others; but" it giNes you the
Means of knowing Where lie the car
dinal points round the horizon ; :for,
of course, when you face the pole
star, the, north lies before you, the
Atilt(' behind you, the east on your
right, the west on your
But to find the pole-star, it is well
to begin with the Alipinx.
=irked gi:oup includes two stars
which 'are called the " pointers," be-.
cause they point to the pole-star.
The dipper is so conspicuous and
well-marked a group that it is easily
learned and cannot - easily be - fcr
gotteb. Although not very near.the
pule, it is Set not so far from it as to
range very widely over the heavens ;-
and if yOu look toward the north at
any, hour of any clear night you will
seldom require many seconds to find
the familiar set of seven bright stars;
though at one time it is high above,
the pole, at another close to the hor
izon, now to the right of the pole,and
anon to the left. In England the
dipper never , sets ; in America - it
partly sets, but stilt can be reeogniz
d (except at . stations in the most
southern State 3) even when partly
bel9w4helhorizeiSt. Nicholas..
$2 per Annum In Advance.
NLThPER
[Fos the REPORTED.)
WORDS. • - •
If Words could satisfy the heart,
The heart might find less care,
But words-like summer birds depart,
And leave but empty air.
The heart, a pilgrim on the earth,
FlndSoften what It needs,
That words are oft as MU° worth
As ju,t 80 many weeds.
A little said, and truly said,
Can deeper Joy impart ,
Than hosts of wordS.which roach the head,
lint never touch the heart.
The yoke that Win; Its sunny way . •
A; lonely home to cheer,
Ifathoft. the fewest words to say,
But oh 1 those words how dear.
•ASIATIO SUPERSTITIONS- .
.
A correspondent' of the Times
communicates-some curious facts by
way oflparrallel to the absurd belief
which ihafi lately seized on the na
tives of Dinapore, Patna, and the
neighbOrhood, to the effect that "the
British soldiers have orders to de
capitate all .natives found abroad
after sunset or- found in: secluded
places,khe heads being - deposited in.
the Masonic lodges, so. that by their
means intelligence may be_gainedl of
political intrigues."
In illustration of the common ten
dency Of all 'Asiatic people to these
childish superstitions, the writer re
lates that when gas was introduced
some years ago'' into.the eitk of Ba
tavia, the natives - got an -idea into
their heads that under- each gasome
ter two barrels full of children's eyes
were to be put, a sort of ghost called
a " choelik" going abroad at night
and scOOping them out of the child
ren's - beads ; and the imPression was
so 'general that,-like the natives of
Patna and. Dinapore, the MalayS of
Batavia would not leave their hoMes
after dark. The Dutch authorities•
at last lost their patience with this
:folly,- Which " really
. seized the im
mense ,native population (if Batavia
like a Mania, and severely punished
one oritwo of the natives who might
to have known' better, and possibly
did, and after this the nuisance ahat
ed.'_' The writer-adds that the uni
versal name for the Masonic 'lodges
among the Malays is C° floema-e
-tan," or houses."
Both these incidents are curiously
illustrative of the unexpected difficul
ties' which may spring up in the gov
ernment of icrnorant. Asiatic popula
tions byt Europeans rulers; and it
would be worth while to apply the'
rationalist method carefully re) all
Such superstitions, with the view, if
possible, of discovering their origin.
The gasometer myth, indeed, seems
to defY explanation by 'this method;
but Wc are not sure that the Patna
superStition has -not arisen out of
our unguarded English habit of self
' depreciation. May not the natives,
perhaps, have overheard some dis
contented Anglo-Indiad declaring_
that hwe want heads in Our intelli
ience:departMent," and have in their
isimplieity 'Th
r' iyett this hideous inter-
pretation to the complaint—Pall
Halt Oazeite.
GOLDELADVICE.
LoNi.er's otiarrels . arise' from differ
ent causes: Sometimes from mere in
tensity of affection making undue
exactions. and at others : from causes
which properly understood and ap
preciated, would warn the parties of
the iniposibilitY of their ever living
happily • together.
Fotiinstance, a young man who is
engaged finds his affianced very jeal
ous. .11Thenever they meet other
ladies!in society, she 'treats hiM with
great 'coolness. This chills his ardor,
and Makes .him discontented, so
mucltl'So that:* is in. doubt about
marrying, her at all. He has in fact
come to the coitelkision that if he be
,lieved she would treat him after mar
riage in the same way that she does
now, fie would never marry her.
As h general proposition, it may,
be laid down that persons . will not
Aange essentially after marriage. A
belief that they Would, has been the
cause •of many an unhappy marriage.
They wiil be just. about the same
after as before, and, - if. anything,
little , ,'more likely to give way- to
strong naturnal proclivities, or twen-
Jiati*s of temper.
Many and: many a girl has male
ship-wreck of happines:S for life by'
marrying a young man in the `oal
dence•that after marriage she would
wield!suchnn influence over him as
to reform las habits. She finds her
influence diminish rather than in
crease, after marriage, and disap-.
.pointnient; disagreement and misery
folloW. • •
Marry no one with whom, without
any uhange,of character, you are not
satisfied.
1=2:1
.Neverl deceive for the sake of a
foolish jest; or to excite the laughter
of a few coiripanions at the expense
of a friend. Be anxious, when you
relate. anything, to tell it just as it
occured. Never vary: in the least
degree. The reason why our ears
are so often saluted by false reports
is because people, in telling real
things, add a little to them_, and as
they pass through'a dozen triouths.•
the original stories are turned into
something entirely different. SO
wheniyou attempt to tell anything
that 'you have seen your own
eyes, relate it correctly in every par
ticular, and as you grow older you
will reap _:the advantages( of this
course' '
=
Man's love to his God is like' the
changing sand'; His is like the solid
roik:, Man's love is like the passing
meteor with its Ulla gleam ;-His is
like the fixed stars, shining far
Above, clear and serene, from age to
age in their own changeless firm
ament.—Rec. J. 41'Duir.
Nature always wears the color of
the Spirit. :To a man laboring under.
calamity the heatof his own tire has
sadness inat.. Then there is a kimt
oteontempt of the landSope by him
who has just lost, by death,) a dear
friend., The sky is less grand as it
shuts down over leSs worth in the
population.
~~
Light of ti,ie world, sun of the soul,
brighter far than that which cheers
the bodily sense; by Thee all things
are,Jseen, yet art Thou 'Thyself un
hecao,;:,Ftirieton.. -
BT arr• T•
On the chief thoronghfarif of
city I often pass a :stately hisivingi
Bank, built of freestOnS, and I see-'' . „;2'
groups of working people going -In:
to 'deposit their hard earned money.
Some are mechanics ; some are Irish
domestics; some are poor widows')
laying by, a few dollars for their far .
children. --
-But on the same-street the Tempter
has opened more-thari one bank for_
" Losings." .In some parts of the .
city there is one on nearly, every
corner. In almost every rural ham! ,
let, too, there is a similar institution.
New York City contains six thou- ",
sand of them.
Id
In each of these Banks for Losing,s
is.a counter, on which old men and
young, and even some wretched•wo-,
men, lay down their deposits either
in paper or coin. The only Interest:
that.is paid 6 on the deposits is in red-.
ness I d eyes, and foulness of breath,
and remorse of conscience. Every
one who makes a deposit gains a
loss. One man goes into the Bank
with a' full , pocket, -and comes out
empty. Another man goes in with a
good sharacter, and comes out with
the word " drunk " written on his•.'
bloated countenance. I have even
seen-a- mechanic enter in a bran-new
coat, and coming away again as if
the mice had been nibbling at his
elbows.
S. G. GOVLD
I have known a young clerk to
leave his " situation" behind him in
one of the Devil's Banks onosinks.
Several Prosperous tradesmen have
lost all their business there, Church-
members have been known to, reel
out from these seductive haunts—
trying to, walk straight but back-.
sliding
sliding at , every step. What is worst
of all, thousands of people go in
there and lose their immortal souls.
's•lf the cashiers of these institutions
*ere honest, they would post on'
the door some such notice as this:
"Bank Or Losings. Open at - all
hours. Nothing taken in but good
money-. Nothing paid Out but dis
grace and disease, and degradation
and death. An extra dividend Of
delirium tremens will be given to old
depositors. Alree pass to Perdition
given to'those Who : pay well at he
counter; also' tickets to GreenwoodO
and other cemeteries, entitling the
holder to a Drunkard's Gravel ;All
the children of depositors sent with
-_
out charge to the' orphan asyln - uf or
the alms-house." .
Young men! 'beware of the Bank
for Losings. Some bait their depos
itors with champagne ; some with
ale or Bourbon; some-with a i latil of
-cards; and others with abilliard
.If you wish to keep character
—keep out ! .
Young ladies ! never tench . the
hand that touches the wine glass..
Never wear the 'name of a man who
is enrolled on the •thposit-list of the
devil'4:bank, Never - lean on the "arm
that leans on the bar-room counter,
It will be a rotten support.'
. The - beet savings-bank for a young
man's money is a total abstinence
pledge.. The best savings-bank for
his-time is honest industry and a
good bbok. The hest; savings-bank
for his affections is` a! true woman's
heart. The best'sayinas-bank for his
soul is - a! faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ.
But if you do not want your green-.,
backs turned into black eyes and red
noses; if you don't want, our pocket
emptied, and your character worm
eaten, and
. your soul drugged with,
the poisons of the pit,thCrk:kcep
outside of the' "National , Brandy
Bank for Losinks."
Many employes Who -wish to • in
crease their income take a very short
sighted way of doing ; so. Considcr
ing themselves fairly .entitled toll
the compensation the:, can get, they
demand more than employers are
able or 4illino• to` pay. 'To such an, . . .
:extent does their acquisitiveness in.
many eases go, that four:or five men,
if leftio themselvag,Vould often ap
propriate Alie just pay of ten; and
the most difficult tall: of an employer
or superintendent frequently is to
deejde what portion: of employe's de•
mantis to concede.
Pay is commonly a eoinpromise
'between the amount of work desired
and the amount of remuneration
claimed ; and with a free market the
suin given will closely approximate
to just wages. The true question of
an employe is, not how:much he can
get forthwith, but how much he can
keep steadily employed.
The men get rich are not usu
ally the strikers who' refuse to work
for particular wages. : ,
ThosC who increase their income
are the men who accustom . • them-
- -
selves to regular industry, who keep
steadily at work for such compensa
tion as the ,can get, live within their
means; and in'est it. Thus they.
keep up a good income and increase
it from year to year ; quite as fast,
in both cases; as they become able to
manage it with; judgment. '
: The employe .who takes the most
pains`k - to find out exactly what service
his employer Wafits; to render that
service carefully and generously, and
who, having .mastered the details of
his work, does not leave it to. go. into
some other employment when a larg
er but uncertain compensation is
promised, is the Man who is certain
to rise. -
When hard •times= come, or when _
his employer is unfortunate and coin.
pulled to retrench, he is the man who
Will not be dismissed, and who 7 -
not lose time in seeking _work, when
he Would .of necessity be eating .up
his savings till he found it. When
vacancieS4occnr• in the establishment, :r
he-is; the one who will be' intrusted )
with ithe most valuable work, which.
commands' the highest pay. When; •
his emplOYer wants a partner', he is
the !man likely to be chosen. ' •
•AN7hen others arc discharged for •
incompetency, he will be retained,
'for WS 3- 14.nowledgetof the work and
his known reliability make for him a -•
good position, in - iwhicli - he' is sure to'
be able to do well.: True, this way of •
life is not always easy; it requires
, self-contfol, conscience, and stead-
Jast-ness; - but it is the way to self- - „ .
resiieet, liOnorable standing, legiti
mate' wealth and happiness.
though it lie often hard, it is after
the easiest way:- It offers _the great,
prize:4' of life, and they are surely *..
worth the striving required to obtain
them. ' .
A POLICEMAN gently but firmly laid his _
band on a tramp ho saw backing out of
a kitchen Window. They searched him,
and found in his ragged satchel nine
spoons,. a silver mug, four pocket knives,
three razors, a photograph album, a dark
lantern, five breastpins; two watch chains, -
eleven handkerchiefs and some small '
coins. "Unhand me," be exclaimed tki
the policemen, "servile tools of
.a corrutt'- ;
administration.... What we 7
form." thiiy past him ihtilrgiaspisi,:,
_ - •
STIOK TO YOB JOB.