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JAMES OOD,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW;
- TOWANDA, , PA,
- mch9-76
TOR.N F. SANDERSON,
AITORNEY-AT-LAW,
OFFlCE.—Sienna Building (cerir Powell's Store).
nieb946
DD. SMITH; DENTIST,
- Tovranda. Pa.
Office on Part street, north side Public Miura,
next to Elwell House. . trach*-74
S. W. & LITTLE,
S
A T TOR NE FS-AT-LAW, TOWANDA, PA
Office in Patten's Block, cor. Main and Bridge-Sts
Towanda, ra.. tlprtl IS-.76.
GadRGE D. STROUD,
ATTOANEY AND COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW
t: ~ ~ ..
Practices In Supreme Cnnit )
of Penn.ylraula Awl United ) TOWANDA, PA
States Cpurts.—qDec7.76. )
ICE STREETER.
la,
LAW OFFICE,
TOWANDA, PA.
_ .
VERTON.A ..MERCITR,
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TOWANDA PA.
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°faro over Montanves Store. Z.. • rinkreTs.'
, ErA. OVERTON. EODNEX.A.ITERCUR.
A vrm. I.I.AXWELL,
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4TTORYET-AT-LAW.
, - ,„11.
OFFICE OVER DAYTOIV3 STORE, TOWANDA,, , PA,
April 12, 181'4.
pATRICK S FOYLE,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Towanda, Pa.
pyl7-73.
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E. NG LE ,
fOR NE T-L 31r
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VA •
ATTORNRY AT LAW,
To WANDA PA.
()Ince first door south of C. B. Patch EN)., sec-
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ATIoIINTEY-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA.
Otter with Smith & _Montano. -
T. ANDREW WILT,
cr •
ATTOENEt AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAW,
over Cros.• Itookr;;ori, - two &ors north of
s !evens & Long n da. Pal May be ceusuited
[April 1`.%
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rePHEiISOM Ard KINNEY,
AT TO RNET S- T-1 yr,
,TOWILVDA, I.'.t. OMCe. in Tracy & Nobtes Block
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T.,1% anda. Pa_ Jan. 10. IRV:
ANT TII()MPSON,.ATT9RNEy
T. • AT LAST, AVYALCSING. PA. Will attend
to al. bu , inoss entru , ted to his care in Bradford,
Suldvau and 11'3'0111111g Counties. Office with Esq.
fio.vl9-74.
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EIABREE,
LTTOIIN EY-AT-LAW,
TOWA - NDA, PA
MOM
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ieutlections proroptly attentlA to
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-.I3REE, ...iTTOR
NEYA.z.AT LAW. TOWANDA. PA. flawing etks
tered inch ro-partn..r,hip.-0,1,r :heir proreA,ional
itorvlve.to lb.: pulAir. ~4 p reial attention given to
1ru , 11., :t. ill tile 01Th4:1 . 5 ltild 1:egl-ters ronEts,
B. (IV - EI:TON. JR.. (a . prlt-7 , ) , N. C„ELSIMEE.
- NrADILL & CALIFF, .
.01 . -ATTOIINETS AT LAW,
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°lnt , in VrtA..(l'4 11104.1:. first door tooth of the First
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G RIDLEY
A Tn4RNE LAII.
1, TllACYla.ifs I . : LOCK, MAIN STREET,
TOW AN DA, PA
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ATTORNEY ..T LAW, -
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ToWANDA, PA
Offfci—Nort a Side Pul.s!lc Sticare,
D YIES tkf. CArSOCIIAN;
ATTOIINEYS , AT LAU',
MERCUI.•BLOCK
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PELT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
• Is pr_ paredpractice all hiatiches of his
31FRCI - 11. (entrance on south
SI.t..) . ToAvA - NDA. l'A. (jang-76.
.
T)R. S. M. WOODBURN, Physi
cian and surgeon. (Mee ov'er O. A. Black's
CI '''•k• - . - ry
Towanda. May 1. li-,72.1y..
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D IZ. T. Ji. JOHNSON;
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(I , vcr S(.:i'sll:l4s:rim,Tom-ancla
TI, D. L. DOI)SON, DENTIST.
aft , r S•pl. 21. I.u2r for r,,und in the
on :LI floor of Dr. Pratt's nr.w
13u,luess sellettett.
ES
IT B. KELLY. e
r E. Towanda. ra.
;n•-•rtel 41,:n Gu:d. Ilubt , er, and Al
tnniLn Tee:h extracted withQut ,yaln.
)R. C. M:-STANLY, DENTIST,
rt•mqvAl his Dental ofrr into Tracy
& r ,.., r.v.r Watrous' Core,
is ikis% pl cp,ircZ L 4, So 411 kinds of del..."' %cork.
He :las j vt 18 a G.• is gas arkaratlls.
Tr.nrl37s.
'TILES PATTO.S, Agents for
NECTICUT I‘ft•TrAT. LIFE INSURANCE
et rAti".ANY.•
0n...• No. 3 Griftth & l'atior.'s Mock, Bridge Sts.
- March 25-7 i.
(1 S..II.I:SSELL'S
GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENCY,
:11a72R-700
1864. - 1876.
T OWANDA INSURANCE AGENCY.
mat* .Stmt!, opposilt the Court haute.
NOBLE A. VINCENT,
MANAGERS'.
.
r 0. A1001)y- ; BLAcEs,fiTii.
iNi. • Doe's all kinds of work In big line.
Illit:IE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY.
fflcensew Piet mated. . 3 tazintibet4res the eel*
.trateil
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. CALIFORNIA rtes.
Slinp on Plank Road, near old Agrlcult. Works.
To t aanda., Pa— Jan. G., "76-tr.
TN6IMA SCE AGENCY.
The (catmint ,
RELIABLE AND FIRE TRIED
Conn:genies represented
LANCSIIIRE,
- • PIICENIX,
ROME.
XVICHANTI3..
0. A. BLABS.
Ilatcb lf-7411,
S. W. ALVQRD, Publisher.
VOLUME X XXVII.
TO THE WORKING CLASS.-
A. We are prepared to furnish all classes with
constant employment at home, the whole of the
tithe, or for their spare momets. Business new:
light and profitable. Per/sans of either sex easily
earn foom SO cents to 15 per evening. and Jlproper
ticmal sum by devoting their whole time to the-bus
iness. Boys and girls earn nearly as much as men.
That all who see this notice may , send their ad
dress, and test the business, we make this Unpar
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will send one dollar to pay for the troubles of writ
ing. Full particulars, samples worth several dol
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side, one of the largest and best Illustrated Publi
cations all sent free by mail. Reader, if you want
permanent, profitable work, address GEORGE Sint
soN k.Co.. Portland, Maine. janT3,l7.
pAR3I AT PRIVATE SALE.-
I_ . . A Farm of 100,acres within tt.S; miles of To
wanda Borough. on 'a good level road leading from
Towanda to Monroeton, with plenty of good Fruit
—apples. pears. peaches, plumbs, cherries, grapes,
&C.-7 apple and 1 peach orchard. A good frame
dwelling hono, with 11 rooms and 4 cellars, with
water in the house brought from a valuable spring,
through pump logs, also running water In the
barn yard the - year round supplied from the same
spring. :One good underground Mons basement
stable. for horses or cattle, also '2 horse barns—one
good corn house—poultry yard and 'underground
el:deter( and other out bnlidings. 75 acres im
proved the balance in woods.. The land is well wa
tered, and lies to the east, and under a good state
of cultivation. and, within 70 minutes ride of the.
village. It is owned by a gentleman residing In
Towanda, who on account of advanced Tears, de-
Ares to go out of the farming business. It can .17,C
bought any time between this and April next fOr
Oa per acre. Possession given April Ist 1677. Ad
dres J. Andrew Wilt, Attorney-at-Law, Towanda,
Pa. Janii.
TOWA:.CDA. PA.
FOR SALE—A Farm 0f 34 acres,
on Holton 11111. In Monroe twp„ all Improved.
good House and Barn, and nice young -orchard
thereon. Welt fenced with stone and stumps.
For particulars, euiptlre of Peter. Vangorder. on
the premises.
PAM! FOR SALE.-The Flirm
u lately corned by 'Matilda Vangorder, of .Atiy-
Cum twp. is offered at private sale. The farm Con
tains 3.4 acr,s, all improved, well watered and fenc
ed ; , five miles from Towanda, and convenient to
school and church. For terms. &r., inquire of PE
TER VANGORDER, Liberty Corners. E. 11. DE
LONG, nearthe premises, or G. L. BELL. Mon
roe ton, Oct. it, '76—IL
FOR SALE.—A farm of 100 acres;
80 improved. routh-west part of Smithfield
township, Ilradfurd . CO., Pa. Two orchards, mostly
grafted fruit. house of 11 rooms, arranged for one
or two families, two barns. For particulars, en
quire on said premises, or of -
ang2 . FRANCIS F_RENVIT
OR SALE AT A
A good farm. containing tcr, acres. in Orwell
township. Excellent fruit, a good house, &el
Well rdapted to either grain. or dairy purposes.
Vnns to suit purchasers. Enquire of
, JOilti BLACK.
LoCa, sville, net. 30. 1676.
I ha :0 also a large farm, on which I now lire,
which I "ill sell cheap. .
T 0 W RENTS TO CORRESPOND
WITIC:THE HARD TIMES.—A nurnt.er of
slralde divelllnz houses for runt. located on Main
treat, near the business centre of .the Sciroogh.
's or. I S.
srveral dwellings suitable for mechanics
and 1:11:orers. .
I'rke4 regtured tocorrespnnd with the hard, t Imes.
Apply -to .1. ANDREW WILT. Orrice otter
Cro,teltook Store, Pittou's Block.. (JaalB.
•
$
(1() 9 CAN'ill BE MADE BY
tie every agent gover. month in the NO
, we furnish. but those willing to work ran eas
ily earn a ‘l6l-eit dollars a I day right in their own
liave no more room to explain herr.
Du-lness pleasant and honorable. Women, 1.30 y
and girls do as well ns men. We, will furnish you
a complete Outfit free. Tile business pays better
than anything else. We will bear expense of
starting you. Particuixap free. Write and see.
Fat morn and mechanics, their sons and daughters,
and all classes it treed of paying work at home,
should write and learn all about the work at
'race. Now ds the time. Don't delay. Address
Tht - r. Augusta, Afatne: Jan2A,"77.
C 077 a Week to agontat! PO Outfit Free
tO 4,7 . I r. 0. VIf'KERS", tAugnsta. Matne
QEF',LEY'S OYSTER BAY AND
I.j EUROPEAN lIOUSE.—A few doors south of
the 31eanc House. Board by the day or week on
reasonable terms. Warm meals served at all bourn.
oysters at wholesale and trial!. febll7.
SOMETIINW.NEW!
F. H. LEWIS, V. S.,
Has opened a Hospital for 'tck and Diseased Horses
at Towanda, Pa. Horses recdsed for treatment
for the following diseases: yell evil fistula. all
pipe and cancerous sores. warts and tumors of all
descriptions, diseased eyes, wind pugs, spavins of
all kinds. ring bones; lsmcness cured (bunch not
removed): scratches or greese heel shoulder
strains or founder; contracted feet. and all diseases
ear. pt contagions; cutting at bishoping old horses
teeth—an °pert:lon that deserves the attention and
approbation of all horsemen—an operation which
improves the age and condition, adding yearri'io
their lives; docking, pricking and straighteningiof
tai!-: castration of all horses and colts (none ex
c.-plod). For a stable of this kind be has all the
ronvenienc,.s. Thero will be on exhibition at 'his
ogee the only complete anatomy of the horse in
America (containing all of the 247 times), and
many rare specimens of surgery performed by him.
July '-'7.:76
Having; second the services of J. S. Limis..V. S.,
and by gentlemanly deportment and strietltten
tien to buAne,s, I hope to merit the esteem and
a pprobatt,,n of the public, and solicit a liberal share
of their patronage,
J. N. CALIF?
Bin
special attention given to diseases of IlornCattle.
• IYr. I.twis l'lSit patients at any dl‘tanee for
- . onalde pay. l Exanitnatains and consultations
Office at KINGABL7ItT'S_LITEIIT STABLE.
Y. 11. LEWIS.N. S.
. To canna, Dee. it. 1876.
FARMERS' . MUTUAL
INSURANCE CO., OF .TUSCAROTIA.,
=E!
FARM PROPERTI" ONLY.Earh mrrniu.r pays a fee, at the time of Inswing;
to cover charter and I , _eidentalexpenses or the Co..
after which Ito fu.:iter payment is required, except
U. sne,t actua by fire among the menther,lalp.
This ph, ..f insurance for FARM PROPERTY,
Is cur !'..g rapidly Into favor.
Tl:lce of Busine.ss, SPRING RILL, PA.
Jan. 1, 1575,
ToWAN'A• PA.,
The Agent ,111 canva , s . the Townships of Tusca
rora. Pike. 'Herrick, Wyaltv+lng, Asylum, Terry
and Standing Stone, and fanners in threw Town.
1•1111 , S wishing ln•uranen or Information, may ad
drebs,
, A. B. SUMNER. Sec. and A gt.,
Spring fin, Bradford Co.,Pa, -
W, 'M. STIrIfWAY. Pre& 1 , - fen374ln
BRYANT'S Ir'OPELAR---
.
HISTORY OF TItE-VSITED SDAIE.
Frnm the discovery preceded by u sketch
ut the pre-ulsturic period and age of the mound
buiblers, by
CrI.I.EN BRYANT AND SIDNEY
Falls 'illustrated with Original designs. to be coin-
Vole in for vo:untes, large .n tato, lop pageseaeb.
Aruodreng & Co., publieberb, k7{s,
liroadw:.y. New York.
• F r inf,rmation
II &TIE:L.ON & Jild,on, General Agents,
1707 Che,:nut St.. Philadelphia.
S. cos VF.I;S: Agent fur Nort twin Penn
jlNatila. 311 William St., Elmira. N. Y.
Junitf.
pOOK 13 INDERY.—Tlic public is
. .1) Respectfully informed that the Book Bindery
ha, , been reneeted to the Ittr.ron22ll Building
tLird awry, where will be done
•
BOOK-BINDING
In all Its various branches, on terms as reasonable
as the —hard times" will allow. The Bindery will
he under the charge of
11. C. WITITAKER
..-
An experienced Binder, and Mt work will be
promp:;y done in a style and manner which canhot
be excelled. dtagaslbes, Newspapers, Old
bound in every ty]e. Particular atten
tio4 will be paid to the Ruling and Binding ot
BLANK BOOKS,
to any desired pattern, which in quality and dun.
Wily will be warranted.
An work w_9l be ready for delivery then
promised.
The patronage, qt the ptiblle le seWctt A. eel Per
fret !tattsrwtleiri etiaratirowl.
F IRSTNATIONAL .BANK
131=11
CAPITAL $125,000.
SIMPLE'S FUND 80,000
This Bank offers uNusuAi. rAcninrii fo
the transaction of a
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS ACCORDING
SPECIAL CARL OWLS TO TEM 'COLLECTION OF
NOTES AND CHECKS.
rartles ertching to SEND MONEY to any pert of
the United States, England, Ireland, Scotland, or
the principal cities and towns of Eturope v can here
procure drafts for that purpose.
To or from the Old Ooontry, by the best steam or
Billing Ilna, always on hand.
FAMILIZA 11110VOUT OTIS AT 11.1:DTC&D awns;
highest -vice paid for 11. S., Bonds,
JOS. PO WELL, N . 8 . Ern., is.
Preßltient s CaShie;
.7011 N 111,:ACS
Is now !ratting perpetual pollcl• on
HOWARD GAY
OF TOWANDA.
TO AGREEMENT
PASSAGE TICKETS
Gold and Silver::
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fltekd Noehz.
Thou deft seelcis star with.thy swelling crest,
O ware, that lesvest thy mothers breast ?
Dost thou leap froth the prisoned depths below
In scorn of their calm and constant flow ?
Or art thou seeking some distant land,
To dlo in murmurs upon the strand I. .
Bast thou tales to tell of the pearl-ilt - deep,
Where the wave -wifeless* mariner rocks In sleep,
Canst thou speak of navies that sank In pride
Ere the roil of their thnndei In echo died?
What trophies, what banners, are licedini free
In the shadowy depths of that silent sea?
If we were rain think, as Mon rollest afar,
Of harmer or mariner, ship or star;
It were rain to seek in thy stormy fare
Some tale of the sorrowful past to Mee.
Thou are swelling high, thou are flashing free—
Ifow rain are theNuestion's we ask of thee.
I, too, am a wave on the stormy ssa ;
I, too, am a wanderer, driven like thee;
I, too, am seeking a 41stant land.
To bo lost and gone ere I reach the strandL.
For the land I seek Is a waveless shore,
and those who once 'Tack It shall wander no more
—H. D. Baker.
TWO NEN I KNOW:
I know a duke; Necti—lot him pass--
I may. not call his grace an ass ;
Though if I did I'd do no strong,
Save to the asses and my song.
Thp duke is neither wise nor good;
lie gambles, drinks, scorns Womanhood,
And at the age of twenty-four
Was worn and battered as three-score.
I know a waiter in Pall kW,
Who works and waits and reasons well ;
Is gentle!, courteous and refined,
And has gmagnet In his mind.
What It Is makes his graceless grace
So like a Jockey out of place
What makes the wafter—tell who eat—
So very like a gentleman?
Perhaps:thelr 'Rothe's! God 1a great!
Perhaps II accident—or fate
Perhaps because—hold not my pen
We can break horses, but not men 1
--;Ertg/tai. Newspaper
agrellatteozo.
•
One Farthing Damages.
CHAPTER I.
In a dark chamber, dark with the
awful shadovi still more than with
the lack'of material light, four per
sons were gathered around a bed, on
which lay a.man bearing in his face
the unmistakable sig,iis of the sum
mons which none can refuse. to an
swer. A weeping girl knelt by the
bedside, her head bent over the nerve
less hand which lay upon the coVer
let, and which-she held as - though by
that convulsive clasp she could hold
her father still to hie. The doctor
and nurse stood quietly aside, as
having done their part, and• waiting
for the inevitable end. A shaded
lamp east a ring of bright white
light amid the surrounding gloom,
and with its gleaming circle, at a ta
ble covered with papers and writing
materials, sat the dying man's solici
tor, engaged in the preparation of
hiS will. The instructions were short
and simple. Bernard Hope'had but
one near relative, his daughter Mary,
now kneeling by his bedside, and' to
her, as was* natural, he desired- to
leave his fe* possessions.
Alter an interval of silence, broken
only.by.suppressed sobs of the weep
ing girl, and the monotonous scratch
ing of the - attorney's pen upon the
paper, he paused and inquired in' a
harsh, unpleasant voice:
" What name shall insert as
trustee? You should have two at
least."
The dying man paused ere he re
plied•with an- effort:
"-Geoffrey !Toward, Major One
Hundred and Eleventh, now in India.
1 have no other friend."
"In that case I. may venture to
offer inyl hombre services, subject to
the usual proviso. I should. be de
lighted ko be useful to Miss hope,
and if your friend is abroad there
may be ilifilculties."
'• True, Slythrope, I thank you.
Make yourself trustee, then, with
Major: Howard. Legacy, 1:200 for
your trouble."
" Nay,. my dear sir; quite unneces
sary. I really—" . •
_But again the ready pen traveled
over the paper; and a quarter of an
hour later Mr. Slythrope announced
that thOlocuraent was ready for ex
ecution, and in a low mechanical
monotone' read over its provisions.
The sick man seemed more than once
to lose consciqusness • during the
reading, but at the close he appeared
to nerve funself fora supreme effort.
" Yes, that *ill do. Give me a
pen," he said and with a shaking
hand affixed his signature, and with
"eager eyes watched the doctor and
nurse as they added their own as
witnesses, after which - he sank back
exhausted on his pillow. Thank
God, that's safe !" he gasped. "Mary,
my child, you and Geoffrey—you and
Geoffrey ! What was I saying ? God
bless you, my darling! God bless—"
These were the last words Bernatd
Hope ever spoke. For a little while
he lay with" half-closed eyes, still
breathing, but past all consciousness
of earthly things. The doctor stepped
noiseles-ly to the bedside'and laid a
finger on the fluttering pulse, now
beating with unnatural quickness.
now failing altogether Another
quarter of an hour passed—a quarter
of , an hour which seemed an age to
the anxious watchers—and then the
doctor laid down the thin white hand
and tenderly touching the head of
the orphaned girl, said:
"My dear, the Lord gave, and the
Lord has taken away. Your father
has passed to a better world." _
CHAPTER H.
A year had passed away since
Bernard Hope's death, and Mary still
remained an inmate of the house of
MA; Murgatroyd, the good woman
whom we have seen in attendance at
her father's last illness and who, to
her-occasional occupation as nurse,
added the more permanent one of
letting lodgings. Mary's sweet face
and gentle manner had quite on the
heart of her good-natured landlady,
who was unceasing in herendeavors
to soothe her grief awl minister to
her comforts. Mary still showed in
face and figure the firey trials thro"_
which' she had passed. Her slight
form looked slighter still in tier soft
black :drapery, and the . shadow of
au nnforgotten sorrow rested on her
delicate reguni, Mary Hope; hitd
MI
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY' MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1877.
been her father's constant compan
ion; and she sorely missed the happy
hours in which his powerful intellect
and varied experience had been un
folded for her benefit. But she had,
too, another trouble—none the 'less
hard to bear that it was in which she
could have -but few confidants. Major
Howard, of whom mention has al
ready been' made, was not only her
father's most trained friend, but had
insensibly grown very dear to herself;
and when, six months before Bernard
Hope's deaths; he was summoned
with his regiment to India, he- left
her his promised bride. Twice' he
had written within the first few weeks
of his departure, since, which time
there had been a terrible silence ;
and in the same week which left Ma
ry fatherless, a second blow - fell upon
her. The One Hundred and' Elev
enth had been engaged in a smart
skirmish, the number of dead and
wounded being considerable. Major
Geoffrey Howard was , reported among
the fallen ; and Mary had to mourn
at once her lover and her father.
The death of Major Howard jeft
Mr. Slythrope sole trustee of Mr.
Hope's will. This to Mary was a
matter of the' most perfect indiffer
ence. Suspecting evil of no one, she
was as Willing that her little fortune,
amounting to some five or six thou
sand pounds, should rest in Mr. Sly
thrope's handa- as in those of any
other person. But of late the attor
ney had begun to persecute her with
attentions which under existing cir
cumstances would have been distaste=
ful from anyone, but were doubly so
from a pqrson whom she could - not
help regarding with an instinctive
dislike: And in truth Mr..Slythrope
was not precisely the permn i .to win
a fair lady's fancy. -Under-sized,
high-shouldered, with blinking, lasit
less eyes, and a general angularity,
not to say knolibiness of feature, he
might have:beeni expected to rise su
perior to weakness as to personal ap
pearance ; but such was by no means
the case. In Mr. Samuel Slythrope's
own opinion, Mr. Samuel Slythrope
was a gentleman of considerable per
sonal advantages. His constant en
deavor was to make the best of them.
He was obtrusively, we Might almost
say offensively, clean. His shirt-'
front, collar, and wrispands were all.
of the most liberal dimensions, and
of intense whiteness and starchiness,
giving the appearance of being, so to
speak,." all shirt ; " while his hands,
which were naturally coarse and red,
were still made coarser and redder
by perpetual washing. He was al
ways scented, and his short scrubby
hair was tortured by the. ,combined
use of the bruSh and the pomatiim
pot into the semblance of the split
almonds wherewith tipsy cakes ate
wont to be decorated. His hats and
coats were always intensely new, and
he perpetually creaked as he moved
hia patent leather boots, maintaining .
a•friendlY rivalry in, this particular
with his well starched shirt front. In
his habitual gorgeous array—indeed,
if possible, looking even cleaner and
usual—Mr.newer. than Usual Mr. Slythrope this
morning knocked at Mrs: Murga
troyd's door. That, good lady was
at the moment engaged in dusting
Miss Hope's room,.andeatching Sight
of his approach, exclaimed "There's
that nasty worrying lawyer again, I
do declare. Slythrope, indeed I I'd
Slythrope him !"
' It would be hopeless to endeavor
to express on paper the intensity of
Leaning. Mrs. Murgatroyd threw into
her newly coined verb; - but it was
evident that " Slythroping," in her
mind, included all the tortures of
the Middle Ages, with a supplement
of horsepond' and other modern in
ventions. Mary smiled•at the good
lady's vehemence. . •
"My dear Mrs...Murgatroyd, you
shouldn't be so severe. , Mr. Sly
thrope is a little peculiar, but I have
no doubt lie means kindly,
W and yok
know he is the: trustee of poor pa",,.
pa's
" I know he is, my - dear, and I wish-.
he wasn't: I. know he shouldn't be
trusted to a tom cat of mine, drat
him !"
" Now, - really, Mrs. Murgatroyd,
you are too bad," killing in, spite of
herself. "I am sure poor 'Mr. Sly- .
thrope isn't So dreadful as you make
out."-
At this point the conversation was
interrupted by the entrance of the
gentleman in question, and Mrs. Mur
gatroydo'passing. him with a final
sniff of abhorrence quitted the apart
ment.
Mr. Slythrope, for once in his life,
appeared ill at ease. lie was got up
with his accustomed care, and - the
suggestion of scented soap which
accompanied him was even- stronger
than usual; but his usual self-satis
fied air was wanting. He evidently
had something on his mind—some
piece of rascality, a physiognomist
would have! conjectured, which - he
either had recently - perpetrated, or
was about to perpetrate. Let us holm
that the physiognondist would have
been wrong.
"My dear Miss Hope," he began,
after the first greetings had
- been ex
changed, " I grieve to be the bearer
of very unpleasant intelligence."
Mary looked up with quiet indif
ference, scarcely believing that, after
all , that she had gone through,"fany
news, good or bad, could have for her
more than the passing interest. Sly
thrope continued;
"I am sure you will believe I did
it for the best; but misfortunes will
happen,you know, even with the ut
most care and caution. lam sure I
thought the investment was as safe
as the bank; but there's no trusting
anything nowadays."
"What is the misfortune, Mr. Sly
thrope, for you havn't told me? \'o
thing xer3- - serions, I hope.". -
" Only too serious, my dear,Ma—"
he tried to say "Mary," but couldn't
get it cult, 'and substituted "Miss
Hope "—"nothing less than the loss,
I fear, of the whole of your little ibr
tune."
31nry turned very pale, but gave
no other sign of emotion. "How did
it happen P".-she said with an effort.
"Your money was, as you know,
in three per cents., where it produced
a_ miserable £l6O a year. In the
hope of doing better for you, I sold
out and invested it in a new mining
company, the Wheal Marina, which
promised to pay' s minimum dividend
of ten per cent., and so would have
IMEZIAZI
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
just trebled your income: Aid this
morning I am grieved to find from
the Times that the company is an
utter smash. The directors have bolt
ed, and the shareholders will lose ev
ry penny of their investments." •
4 ,1 s all gone? Nothing left?"
"Not a sixpence, and you remain
liable for calls to the amount of
about as much more."
Poor Mary's fortitude quite gate
away.. ".oh, dear; what shall I do?
khavn't a friend in the world."
"No, no, don't say that, Miss Ma
ry," said Slythrope, in a gently pat
ronizing manner; "it isn't as bad as
that comes too. I havn't diSguised
my own feelings toward you ; and
though you've lost your, money, that
needn't make any difference between
you and me. My affection
,ain't of
the mercenary sort; in fact, as I got
you into the mess (though with the
best intentions, mind you), it's only
fair I should get you out of it."
Miry had hidden her face, in her
hands,. but she became aware from
the increased intensity of the all
pervaded:scented - soap aroma that
Slythrope was drawing 'nearer to her,
and-in another moment his arm .was
round her waist. She drew_ herself
up
"Sir, I am willing to believe you
mean kindly; but your offer under
such -circumstances is an insult. Be',
good enough to leive me."
Slythrope would have parleyed,
but with the air of an outraged queen
Mary Hope rang the bell, and obedi
ent to the summons, Mrs. 3.lurga
troyed appeared.
" Open the door for Mr. Slythrope,
if you please.w.
" You'll be sorry for this, you'll
find, Miss. Hope," said Slythrope ;
but Mary vouchsafed no answer, and
the rittorneyi retired .discomfitted,
Mrs. Murgatioyd holding the door
with an expression of thorough en
'oyment. As soontis it closed upon
him, she .bounced back td Mary's
room and flung open the windows.
" Let's have a breath of fresh air,
for,goodness' sake, after that nasty, ,
slimy, scented serpent. I always feel
as if the house wanted disin—what
d'ye call it ?—with Cond's Sea Salt,
or Tidman's Restorer, or some of
them delodolizers, whenever he's
been in it. Why, my dearAamb,
whatever is the matter ?"
Poor Mary's overwrought nerves
had at last given away, and she fell
upon ,the sofa in a fit of, violent hys
terics.6Mrs. Murgatroyd, with moth
erly instinct, let her emotion - have its
way, and Mary was soon so .fai re
covered as to be -able with,' many
tears to tell the story of tiffs new
misfortune, finally crying herself to
sleep on the good old woman's sym
pathizing bosom.
It was two days after the scene re
corded in our last chapter, and Mary
Hope, with the Times before her,
was answering advertisements for a
governess. Mary was not one to sit
still 'under the pressure of 'calamity;
however heavy, and having'got over
the first shock of misfortune, at once
-4et about bravely to earn her own
livelihood. With this view she was
seeking to procure a situation, either
as goVerness or companion, entering
upon her task with n brave heart,.
though she well knew the trials which
such a position would piotably ex
pose her. She had answered' three
advertisements, and had folded and
sealed her letters, and now, with her
open desk before her, was counting
her little store Of ready money, cal
culating how-long she could at any
rate subsist before she found employ
ment. In replacing her purse her
hand fell upon a portrait, which she
took out rnd gazed at fondly. "Dear
old Geoffrey, if you had lived, how
different my future would; have been !
I suppose I ought to say ., God's' will
be done, but oh, it's very, very hard !"
A fewimotnents'she continued gazing
: through her tears at the portrait,
when a sharp knock at the outer door
startled her, and she replaced it in
the desk. She heard Mrs. Murga
troyd in conversation with some one,
and then' a quick, well-remembered
voice said, " Where ! This room ? "
And in another moment the door
, was flung open 'and Mary Hope was,
sobbing in her lost lover's arms.
After the blissful excitement' of
the first meeting had subsided, a sea
son of mutual explanations followed.
Geoffrey Howard had been danger
ously wounded, and had been a pri
soner the greater part of a -year in.
an Indian dungeon, where for many
weeks his life had hung on a thread
by reason of an attack of malignant
fever. His worn and sallow featUres,'
his skin bronzed to Oriental swarthi
ness, and the scar of a deep sabre
cut across his cheek,searcc hidden by
a ratlicr ragged beard, bore eloquent
witness .to the perils he had passed
through. He had landed in England
but twahours previously, and, hart
lost not a moment hi* seeking the
presence of his darling and her fa-:
ther, for he was, of course, ignorant
of Bernard Hope's , death. Mary;
too, had much to tell, and nestling
by Geoffrey's side,• her little white
fingers hidden in the rugged brown
hands of her lover, which : held them
as though theywould never again let
them go, she, told him 'all she had .
gone through—thiloss of her father,'
the history of the will, and lastly,
the toss of her little fortune.
" "don't understand it," said Geof
frey. "The man has been playing
Some very deep game."
" Perhaps he really wished ,-to get
me more—what do you call it ?
interest for my money. I dale say
it was meant kindly enough, tho Ugh
it has .happened so unfortunately."' .
"I don't believe it, darling. 'lf be
had really had your interest at heart ;
he would have regarded safety before
all things. I strongly suspect if all
had gone,well you would simply, have
received your three per cent., and
Mr. Slythrope would have pocketed
the difference:"
" 0, Geoffrey, Geoffreyl l'm
afraidyou have come home very.un
charitable. Besides; ',what 'does. it
:matter about a lot of stupid money,
.now I have got you backpgain ? Un
less, 'indeed, you would have liked
me better for having the money."
There was only 'one possible an
swerto such an accusation, and-Ma
jor . Howard niadelt r 4hatis to say,
i4O collod Mary:A
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CHAPTER 111.
kissed her, and dropped - the subject,
having taken care, however,, to as
certain the address of Mr. Slythrope
and the name of . the company lin
which Mary's money had been lost.
On leaving her ho took a handsome•
cab and drove to the office or the
liquidator of the company, when, on
his stating that he desired 'to make
some inquiries on behalf of . one •45i'
their shareholders, Mr. Slythrope,
ho was informed, to his astonishment;
that there way not, and never }gad
been, any shareholder of that name
on the books .of the company. He
next inquired whether, perchance,
the shares were standing in Miss.
Hope's own name, and again waseii
swered. in the negative. Utterly be
wildered, he drove to Mr: Slythrope's
office. Mr..Slythrolia was at home,
and he speedily found.-himself in the
attorney's presence. Mr. Slythrope
was a little nervous. He was always
a - little nervous with strangeis till he
knew their ;business; and Major
Howard's announcement that lie had
called on behalf of Miss. Hope did
not tend to increase his confidence.
He was, however, far from suspecting
Major Howard's identity, but jumped
to the- conclusion that he was a hos
tile solicitor employed by Miss Hope
to call him to account. Major HZ•w=
ard's next remark tended to confirm
that impression.
" You stated - to ' , Miss Hope, I
think, a few days ago, that the prop
erty bequeathed to her by her father's
will had been invested in the Wheal
Marina Company, which has just
come to grief. Yon are of course
aware that an investment .ution such
a rotten security was a gross bredeh
of trust, for which you are liable."'
" Not at all ; the power of invest
ment is unlimited. Indeed, shares
of companies are specially ineltuled4!
"You are certain . of that ?" -
" Quite so. I drew the 'will my
self."
" Very good. The shares stood, I
suppose, in your own-name ?"..
" Ye—es; in my name, of r aburse,
as sole trustee."
" Then pray how is it, Mr. -SlY
thrope, that 1 1 doq't. find your name
among the list of 'shareholders of the
company ?"
Mr. Lilythrope's countenance tell.
" Because—bee.' use-,—l may as well
make a clean, ,breath of it—to tell
you the truth, the money , was never
in that company. It - was a Ellie
alarnb.sir, a false alarm." •
" Then, where on earth is
money, sir? Arid what do you mean
by a thlse alarni ?" -
" 1'11,14l you,
if you'll have a little
patience. As a brotbersolicitor I'm
sure yoU won't press harder on me'
than you're obli•ted. Miss Hope's
money is in the Wheal Mary Ann,
one of the most nourishing companies
going, and her shares are worth just
double what I gave for them."
" Then what o; - 1 earth induced
‘," y!
" I tel i you. Between ourselves,
I've taken au uncommon fancy to
Miss Hope, and I had made up my
mind to make her Mrs. S.; but some
h she didn't take'to me quite as
kindly as I could have wished. Now
the Other morning when I took up
the Times, almost the first thing I
caught sight of was the smash of the
Wheal Ma ri tut, 'a i nd the, similarity of
name gaVe me quite a turn, for just
at that moment I thought it was ; the
Wheal Mary Ann. And tiien the
thought struck me, "If it had.only
been, my lady, you'd have been glad
enough to say.' Yes' to Samuel ,Sly
thrope." Aiid then I thought I'd
try it. Icwas merely a. little inno
cent practical joke—a roose d'amour,
sir; a mere roose &amour." And
Mr. Slytlirope
' " lou atrocious scoundrel!"
There was a
MR.,
MOW, a heavy
crash,_ and MR., Samuel Sly'hrope
measured his length on the floor.
The clerk outside hearing the down
fall popped his head into the room,
but seeing the state of things dis-i
erectly retired again, remarking:
"Beg pardon; thought you rang,
sir."
.
Meanwhile Maj. 'Howard, having
knocked Slythrope down, proceeded
to knock him up again ; and with his
own dandy cane, which stood by the
side of the fireplace, gaiib him one bf
the most tremendous thra.ShingseVer
recorded in. the pages of history.
And the clerk in the outer office, who
owed Slythrope many a grudge for
acts of petty tyranny, listened at the
door, smiling pleasantly at each
" swish " of the descending cane, and
finally indulging,in a war dance, ex-.
pressive of his triumph,and exulta
tion,
round the'bflice stoostool:. .
A fortnight later Major ilowartl,
looking wonderfully better in health
and sirength, stood before the altar
of a quiet city church with a grace
ful little figure by his side. And
with no pomp or ceremony; no break
fast, no speeches, uo wedding guests,
with only good Mrs. Murgatroydlor
bridesmaid, the two true lovers were
made one. And six - months after
wards, in the Court of Queen's Beach,
the great assault case Slythrope vs.
Howard Was tried. And when the
lawyers on bah sides had had their
say, the presiding judge said: "Gen
tlemen of the jury, it is not disputed
that a very violent assault was cc.
mitted ;on the plaintiff, and he s
therefore 'entitled to 'your verd* 4.
But, in assessing- the damages, en
tle:uen, you will consider the ge era'
merits of the case and give the 'n
tiff only such . .cbmpensation as you
think he fairly deserves." . And ' the
jury, in awardinA one farthing by
way of damages, expressed their
I unanimous regret that there wasn't a
smaller coin.—London Society.-'
IN the churchyard of SedletcOmbe,
near Misting:4i two epitaphs arc
found. One, half-obliterated by age,
is worth noticing , as an example of
What, an epitaph should be. The oth
er is of modern date, and equally
illustrates what an,,cPitiaph shmild
not be:
I. "Itow"!tringely fonll of 1y..3 poor mortals be t
Who that than aee this bed would change with me?
Rut,, gentle wader, toll me which Is beet,
The tollsotne Journey. or the traveler's rost,f"
2.. 't•The pate consuelption.gare the fatal blow,
Thistroke was sodden, but the effects ;mu slow
PETER OPIE, of Madison, Wisconsin,
recently ate fifteen mince pies on a wager,
and would have died under the Opie ra
tion hot for.thOtiOlvistnitiblaf 1440 Pie"
-ate.
•
tr.t.
Actions which have no . public char
acter should be shored from public
curiosity. It is not that a man
should not be responsible even for
his private actions, but'that he should
be responsible to .the right tribunaL
My own family have, an interest in
some of my actions; my friends in
others, and my colleagues orqubor
dinates in a third class. Id each
case it is most desirable that I should
be in contact with the opinions of
those whO are both concerned in my
behavior and have the-means of judg
ing. In each case, interference by
the 'unqualified and unconcerned is
generally mischievous. Na wise
friend ever meddles between man
and w;fe, or between father and dhil
dren. The reason is not only that
the Meddlinc , will be resented, but
that in sucCd'elicateouestions none
but the immediate partiefi to the dis-.
pate are really qualified to }gave any
opinion,. When that incoheient mass
of hasty and half-informed judg,ment,
culled public opinion is brought to
bear upon such matters, the effect is
far more demoralizing. The man's
actions are determined not"by his in
stincts and affectut.=by
once to the question, " What will
people say?" He aims at_ respecta
bility instead of virtue. He loses
that fine sense of self-respect, which
is the most essential safeguard of all
lofty Motive. , Ile . conforms to the
vulgar standaid set up by imperti-
nent intruders, and acquires, in plaCe
of a Conscience, a little store of pop
ular platitudes. If he is a public of
ficial, he will thriv6 in proportion us
he can flatter the public• taste. A
gentleman (as we,are told in the pa
pers) has lately been winning popu
larity in America because he dressed
himself in coarse clothes and chewed
tobacco. 'Mere vulgarity passes it
self
. off 'for honesty ;. for: people
forget that the easiest kind of hypoc
risy is a superficial brutality of man
ners. The person -in question w 8. 3-
christened " Blqe Jeans,"' as Hosea
Biglow's hero . hoped to be' called
"Old Timbertoes."° That, in 'the
words of the best American- humor,
ist, is what the people likes— .
Suthin. contl , Mln' morril truths with phrases such
as strikes
When such a practice is common;
the charlatan has.a start in the race
for honor. The public.learna to .re
sent as an insult to itself the- honor
able reserve which refuses,. to invite
the ignorant and
,uncultivated to sit
in judgment upon matters :beyond
their ken. PUblic life . under such
conditions becomes 'OffenSive to. men
of delicate, sensitive natures; arid
the independence of spirit' which is
the greatest '
of political virtues 'he
conies a disadvantage or is supplant
ed by a course affectation of brutali
ty. True greatness of Public char
acter is rooted in the purity and ten-
dermas of domest , c life. But the di
rect tendency of impertinent intru
sion is do give an advantage to the
charlatans and hypocrites—always
too abundant in the world = Who are
ready to lay bare for public inspec
tion 'their most I:rivatealEirs, and to
advertise their domestic virtues. The
spurious article in such a case is, a
more paying commodity than the
genuine, and a . willingness to suinnit
to degradation becomes a direct qual
ification for success. The evil—gnat
in its bearing upon public men—is
certainly not less in its influence up
on those teachers of mankind who
are most sensitive,most easily spoil
ed by self-consciousness, and often
the subjgcts of the most impertinent
intrusion. For one m;riter who is
now hurt by abuse, a dozen are ruin
ed by injudicious flattery ; if the flat
tery begins to affect their private
life, it will become more poisonous
than ever. The late biographer of
an eminent writer told how. his hero
had once risen at night to practice
some dancing steps for the amuse
ment ,of - his children: The story,
pretty enough in itself, was uncon
sciously spoiled by the addition that
the said writer turned to his. friend,
and remarked that the'. story. would
look well in his biography. • If even
the expectation of.posthumous adu
lation could produce an act -so.,pain
fully jarring because - indicative ,of
such morbid, self-consciousness, what
is likely to be the influence.. of con
temper:lr)- port rait-painting ?—Corn
hill Magazine.
A • WORD TO MOTHERS. = Each
mother is a- historian. She writes
not the history of empires or of na
tions on paper, but she writes 'her
own history on the iniperiihable
mind of her child. That .tablet and
history will remain. indelible when,
time shall be no more. That history
each mother shall meet again and
read with eternal joy, or unutterable
grief, in the coming ages of eternity.
This thought' should weigh •On the
mind of every mother, and, render
her deeply circumspect, prayerful ;
and faithful, in her solemn work of .
training up her children for heaven
and immortality.
The minds of children, are . very
susceptible, and easily impressed. A
word, a look, a frown, may engrave
an impression on the mind of a child,
which no lapse of time can efface or
'wash out. You walk along the sea
shore when the tide is out, ind you.
fo:m charactere, or write words or
names in thesinooth sand which is
spread out so clear and beauqul at
your feet, a-mob:lino. youi'lancy
may dictate; but the returning tide
shall, in a few hours, wash. out and
efface all you have written.. , Not so
the lines and characters of truth and
error which your conduct, imprints
on the mind of your child: ,, There
you write impressions for the ever
. lasting ' good or ill of your child;
which neither the floods nor the slow
moving ages of eternity can -obliter
ate.
„How careful should each moth : .
er be in her treatment of her :Child
How prayerful, and how serious, and
how earnest to write the - eternal
truths which shall be his guide and
teacher when her voice shalibe silent
in death, and her lips no longer move
in prayer in his behalf, in commend
ing her dear child to her :covenant
God!
PASHA MALIOMET OTI;ANAOAN (late of
the Turkish Centennial . Bazar)
. will"bo
glad.te see his friends at the new gin-nalll
he has pat opened, up in 4veuue p,
Ilaiii) (iiiiii: OrzivicA
$2 per Annum in Advance.
ii:I4IPI44x.'I:PfAMFICI:I
Old Mrs. Robertson, who had been
to the Centennial, struck in on Pet
tingill last week with a talk about
that exhibition of national prosperi
ty. She told him all about what she
had seen, and then what each one ?f
her party had seen. A fter asking
abon(the butter Woman and a hun
dred wonderful things that Pettingill
had to say he didn't see, the old lady
asked wi th much interest:
" Well, what cad you-see ?"
"I Saw," said Mr. Pettingill, look
,ing at- her intently, "an ice cream
horse, life size, galloping around the
track,"
" Oh, Mr. Pettingill," said the old
lady.
".Yes, madam, you may well say,
'oh.' It was wonderful' that you
didn't see it, but then they took-it
back to freeze it hard every five min
utes, so you may have missed it."
" Oh, Mr. Pettingill."
"Yes, madam, I saw the la ea
gle of which you have spoken, and
heard it scream—a wild scream of
agony like•a - bird that had been talk
ed to death about the Centenniall
As I left the grounds, Friday eve
ning, it 4343. aged up „and flew off to
Cincinnati.",
" Oh, Mr. Pettingill."
"Yes, madam,.and I saw the, car
riage , George Washington rode in,
and three queens and a jack that he
shoved under the seat when he sat
outside of the church playing draw
poker, and Mrs. W. lighted in od
him earlier than he had expected
from a short permon;. and I saw a
handful of his hair that Mrs. W. took
out on that identical Sabbath morn- ,
ing."
",Oh-h-h, Mr. Pettingill."
"'Yes,madam, and I saw the quilt
worked Queen Victoria and the
Princess Beatrice, and all the, other
Princesses, and counted the nine
teen billion four hundred,' and sixty
five stitches in_it while I was stand-'ing there."
" Oh, Mr: Pettingill
" Yes, madam, -and I . saw the silk
making machine, where you put in a
silk worm at one end and it comes
out the-other a full-blown silk dress
ready-made, with a 'live humming
bird in the back." ,•1
"Oh, Mr. Pettingill, wait till
.I go
and call Emily to come in and hear
all about it," and the old lady hurried
out.
"I won't be here when she comes
back," said Mr. Pettingill, taking up
his hat in a hurry, " and so she may
not hear all about it, .I am determin
ed when I am talking about this Cen
tennial business to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing out the
truth, so help me Bob."
licimmistramegioni
What a simple, beautiful, powerful
institution it is. The nursery and
preparatory schools of the affections
and moral sentiments of our nature
—what an incalculable: . influence it
brings to bear upon the development
of our best caplibilities ! Take, foi
example, the relation of , children to
parents; Submission . to right author
ity ; trust in a higher wisdom and a
stronger, powet than • their own—love
answering td love, meeting it some-
times as a monitor, s4metimei as a
playmate, and unconsciously becom
ing assimilated to it, is it possible to
conceive an atmosphere more exquis
itely adapted to quicken, in young
souls the innate germs of that moral
and spiritual life which is destined
to find its highest object in disclos
ures to it of the fatherhood of God ?
• We often speak of the sanctities of
home. Literally, as well as figura
tively, our eharaJterization of it is
true, for it is there that those affec
tions are first elicited, exercised and
expanded, which in due time, and
unless perverted by evil, will be fill
ed:by the fullness that flows from the
uncreated source, and that will con
stitute bur sublimed life when the
present initiatory one has passed
away. The family circle is a scenic
representation-to young hearts of the
higher world of relationship wherein
humanity is to reach its perfection ;
and the unquestioning obedience we
yield to our earthly parents, our im
plicit trust in them, are, in their first
exercise, just those susceptibilities
of our nature which in their ;ast• will
unite us forever with the " Parent
Divine."
Our training for immortality be
gins with our first recognition of
the right to command which the
tones of a father's voie express, with
the first appreciation of the love
which plays in a mother's' smile.
True, we may frustrate but too ef
fectually these simplest preparations
for what we should be hereafter; but
it is not the less true that we ac
quire those primary sentiments which
constitu, - e the very substratum of
subjqptive religion.
THE followin? lauo'hable incident
is told by a 'well known Government
office-holder, who has nothing else to
do but ride on the cars, and as lie
riles free has numerous tales to tell
of his observations l and experience
"There were ,two seats in the car
turned so as to face, each other. One
was occupied by a lady and the other
by a Chinaman. Evidently the lady
did not relish , the presence of the
Chinaman. She explained to him
that she wanted to take the cushions
and their frames • and place, them
length-wise across from seat to seat.
John said, All rightee,' and got out
in the aisle while she proceeded to
lie down on the bed thus impro
vised, with her head resting on her
valise. She supposed that the China
man would take the ,hint 'that the
lady wanted to rest in the space usu
ally occupied by four persons. But
John at once proceeded to crawl In
and stretch himself by her side, with
his head on a little bundle of his
own. The Chinese are an imitative,
race, and like to as others do, you
know. The lady, as soon as she dis
covered that 'she had a bed-fellow,
got up a little wildly and started for
the next car; to the infinite amuse
ment of , the passengers, who had
been watchingthe., little scene with
some.interest. lohn took-no,notic•
- of the fun he had .created; .but went
to sleep with the whole bed W
him
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NUMBER 33.
To-day wil / 1 be yesterday tadaerrow.
CAR a good plain cook be also a pretty.,
one? , • ,
WHAT grows bigger as you - 0012traet it?
Debt.
SWEETS int. adversity : a sugar-house
failure. `‘ '
You can always find a sheet"of water on
he bed of the &van.
A penniless Chicago girl has 'opened a
barber shop as a last razor-t.
A fellow who is troubled bya slim pock
et should buy a pocket gymnasima.
A little boy's first pair of trowsers al
ways fit, if the pockets are deep enough.
%SIMKINS says—Make your home hap
py, even_ if you have to stay away from it.
MKS. PARTINGTOa says that few pfi c ,
sons suffer from suggestions of the,hrain
. now-a.days. . ?
WIIAT is that which, wheihrought to
the table, is cut, but never eaten? A
pick of cards.
How does man differ from the brute
creation? He stands upright; . ,bnt he
doesn't act so.
AN infallible sign of hard_ times : the
large increase in the sale of chopping
bowls and knives. •
SUNDAY is the strongest day, because
all the rest are week days. Yet why is it
so often broken:? • -
A man with a night-key may be said to
be-a stylish fellow, for he is generally the
•' latest thing ont."
MUST hive Veen rather cramped , for
room—The man who got up a dramatic
performance on a small scale.-
EVERT woman who lately irked her
self as • a candidate for election to the
London School Board was returned. ,-
"I live by my pen," said a poet, wish- f
ing to impress a• young lady. "You look
as if you lived in it," was the reply.
LAST New Year's a man,' in his twenty
fifth ealVspoke with some haste and ner
vousness of Crossirigton washing the
Delaware.
A phrenologist says - the principal bump
on George Washington's head is adhesi
veness. lie alludes to George's head on
a postage stamp. ;'
',Ayr old veteran says his experience at
school reminds hims:.of a one-horse rail
road. It was all switches, with an oc
casional " turn-out."
"Insults," says a modern philosopher;
"are- like counterfeit money. We can
not hinder their being offered ; but we
are not compelled to take them."
AN Illinois newspaper has this adver
tisement : "Found.--:-.A. buckskin mitten.
If the owner - will leave the other at this
office he will greatly Obi* the finder." ,
A harassed husband thinks if the dress
maker, would trim his wife's dresses less,
and the butcher , would trim his meat
more, he could
, : meet his obligations bet
ter.
AN Irish major recently declared - in a
Dublin debiting society that "he was'no
mere political tyro, but came to the bar
of public opinion armed with experience
acquired, in three hemispheres." '
THE fashioiA of bracelets for men re
cently introduced'ameng the English no
bility by the Prince of Wales, has always
been in vogue. at full-dress reception's in
the Tombs and other iolice courts.
AN lowa paper tells of a smarp wife
that helped h6r husband, to raise seventy
acres of wheat. The
.way she helped'him
was to stand in the door and shake a
broom at him when he sat down to rest.
"An I. Jemmy," said a sympathizing,'
friend to a man who was just too late for
tle train, -"ion did not run fast enough."
"Yes, I did," said Jemmy "I ran fast
enough; but . I did not start s soon enough."
A Frencli'• invitation , to a wedding:
"Madanie X—has the honor of asking
you to..be present at the .marriage of her
only d'Unghter, Celina — 7 -, with M. do
Saint &c. And underneath:
"Pray for her." . .
•
WILT, .Ichabod,, I thought ion got t ,
married 'more'n a year ago." 'Well,
Aunt derush, it was talked 'of ; but
found the girl and all her folki were op
posed to lit; and so I just gave 'em all the
mitten and let the thing drcp."
lr is told for a fact that a littb; flaxen
haired boy of if years, who had passed the
afternoon at Boston Art Museum,
looking up in Tile mother's face, said: "If
all the Mammas, when they die, turn into
mummies, do all the, papas turn into pup
pies?"
THE Boston Tranieript's Brightayes,.
on being told that her heart was like , a
garden, where dowers grew when she was
good and weeds when she was naughty,
rendered it, to the servant, " When I am
naughty , I have a weed in my stomach."
•
Lrin.E Miss—Papa, I can eat a piece
more currant tart, please? Papa—No, my
child ; I have already said that you have
have had sufficient. Little Miss—Well,
Papa, then why do we so often sing that
favorite hymn of yours, where it says,
, 4 Feed me till I want no more"? She
had the tart.
ERAB3,US, who was of a sickly consti
tution, and bad, therefore, obtained a dis
penaatiou for the eating of flesh in times
of abstinence being reproached by the
Pope• for not observing Lent, replied,
" I assureiYour Holiness that my heart is
a Catholic one, but I confess I have a
Lutheran stomach."
An old woman, on being examined i be
fore a magistrat; as to her place of legal
settlement, was asked what reason• she ,
had for supposing her husband had a
legal settlement in that town. The old
lady said: "lle was born and, married
there, and .they buried him there, and if
that isn't settling Were, what is?"
31-unu.—" What is the baby crying
for, '3laggie Maggiot--" I don't know."
Mamma—" And what are' you looking so
indignant about ?" Maggie—,‘ That
nasty dog's been and took and eaten my
'punge cake." Mamma—" Why, I iiaw
you eating a sponge cake a minute ago."
-Maggie—"O, that was baby's 1"
THE young lad whose father makes '
him clean the back yard and front pave
ment of snow was heard to remark the
other day: •"I don't bellivei that this
hero earth goes around every diy, for if
it did; .when America's at the bottord.the
snow would tumble off our pavement, and
by jimin,y it don't l' - '—(Philadelphia But
, lain. \
'A boanier, the other, after vainly en
deavoring to masticate a piece of fowl,
laid down his knife and fork, saying:
"All the - trainings, traditions and teach-
ings of my youtli, my sense-bf propriety,
and the commands of_ Itolyllfrity•compel
me to respect old age ; but I'll be bloomed
if I can bring ,rgyself to stomach, it roast
ed or boiled." -
A gentleman ~ travelling in Ohio some
years ago tarried in at a country tavern
for dinner. The bar-room was garnished
with a dirty wash-basin; piece of soap
the size or a lozettgct and alsquare yard'of
crash, dimly visible through epidermic
deposits. Havinei slightly washed, the
traveller eyed the :rag doubtfully, and
then asked the proprietor, "Haven't you
sir, about the premises, a this .year's
towel?" '
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• A North Hill man who only measures
ay.) feet three inches when he stretches so
that biejoints crack, has a son who weighs
five feet sOven when he is feeling slouchy.
And it would .make any woman's heart
ache with sympathy to see that boy's
mother sit by ; the hour, with the scissors
in one band mad a pair of her hUsband's
•trousers in the other, trying to make,
them over - for her son.-- j [Buriington
Hatekeye. -41
IT was a genuine Ave-year-old young
politician rebuking his sister of three:•
-"Can't you pray.better than that, Kittle?
'lt's mean of you to prayjnst.- for yonr re.
lations an'd nobody: else: Now bold up
and let me sh3w you : 'God bless Papa
and 3lamma and Aunt Fanny and me
too, and the whisky ring and _Sammy W.
demon' give, the whokf 'em new hearts,
so . that evitrytifing'll- straiett and no.
body get mad and n othing cit**to iliexoth
For,ileoue tOti ttißtiV
fro: the ExposTs.u.3
HADITED.
To my dreams"' her eveS,—t ,
. A silent 0341011:74:ternit •
. • brine my *lei willebe depart:
But with mingled pier god glabm"
J.Ute mutes tartb O madness,
Wesns &spell armed my beast.
Wit-Chink gm Mai htipsto woo me,
Rosy ilpa seek to Unita me,
With their Woes tittret4treet
But I swear no earthly beauty
Shah estrange my torluiduty
To 037 spirit's bests ideal, so templets.
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Towarrioe„ PA. •
FUN, rAOT AND 110E17/1.