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JOB PRINTING,,of every kind, In plain and
fancy colors , done with rreatness and dispatch.
handbills. Manta, Cards, Pamphlets. Billheads
Statements. hr., of every variety and style, prin
st the shortest notice. Tag Risrourrit sites is
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meat of new type, and everything In the Printing
line can be executed in the most artistic manner
and at the lowest rates.
TERMS INVARIABLY CASH.
IC4iedisictral and Dulness Coati
TAMES WOOD. : •
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
" - TOWANDA.-r.i.
mch9.7E
JOHN F. SANDERSON, 0
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
OFFICE.--!Sauna Building (mreePostelPs Store)
mcb9-76 TOWANDA, P.
CHAS_ .1 1 4 HALL,
NOTARY PUBLIC
Fire ant Lire Insurarice in. 11r1 t-clas3 companies.
(lines with Patrick & Foyits, Tiro - bay/a. Pa—rfeb22.)
W. & Wm. LITT-LE-, --- •
A TTOR l'S-A TO WA IC.DX, PA
Office over Decker'! Prterltion Store', Main Stet;
ToTranda, Pa„ April IL 1%.
G EORGE D. STROUIY,
ATTORNEY .4ND COUNSELLOR-AT-LAT.
(rice—Main-sr., (Our doors North of Ward BMW,
Praetteesin Supreme Court t
of Pennsyliauta- and 'United TOWANDA, PA
Slate's Courts.—lDec7.`76.
RSiREETER.
1 LAW OFFICE,
ang2o.
•
OVERTON MERCUR.,
• ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
TOWANDA PA.
()Mee over Montanyes Store. (maySTh.
D'A. OVEitTON. 'RODNEY A. MERCIIR.
WM. MAXWELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
OFFICE °VMS Ma - to:rib Stowe, ,T0W.14.3DA,
April
DA:TRIO - KA FOYLE, -
-ATToR e vE TS-AT-L
Towinda, Par.
Office, In Iferenes jlyl7-11
E . !. ANGLE,
ATTORNEY-AT--LA TE'
Ottire with Davies & Carnahan, Towanda, Pa.
iltil.'77
N....A F. MASON ,
•
ATTORNEY AT LAW, '
TOWANDA PA.
(Mice first door south of C. B. Patch Esp., BOO
end floor. Nor. la, TS.
•
L. lIILLIS,
• • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Tow DA. PA.
Office with Soil th h Montanye. [novll-75
A,NDREW WILT,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAW,
Office over nook Store, two doors north of
Stevens k Long Towan.la. Pa. May be consulted
n German. [April 12, 76.1
MCII I Ij.EILSOM . tt NEY,
•
~,ITTO23S.fiES-47-LA r v ,
To WA SDA. Pte. ,01fIce In Tracy k obterßlock
Towanda, Pa., Jan. io. IrG
F. GOFF,
AT T ORNE Y-AT-LAW.
Main Street (4 doors north of. Ward i10u..w.). To
wat.da. Pa. (April 12, 1377.
%%T 11. TITOMPSON, ATTORNEY
y AT LAW', IVTALUSING, PA. Win attend
to all filminess entrusted to his care' In Bradford,
and Wyoming Counties. Once aith . Esq.
fnovl4-74..
HI
ELSBREE,
sTroltsEf-AT-LAW.
TOWANDA, PA
lEEE!
C . L. LAMB,
ATTIALNEY;AT-LAW.
WILKES-PARnIt, P♦
6 , rtion• promptly attended to
( - 11 - Erro.s S ELSBREE, Arros
/ Ll' , AT LAW. ToWAVDA, PA. Haring en
ter.,l Into ro-partnersh)p, ote.r their professional
to tho public. Special attelltion given-to
bu , Tr.•••% in the. Orphan', and Registers - Courts. •
.s o,'l-11tTON, .in. (marl t-7D)F.I.:±ItIt.F.E.
MADILL OALIFF,,
• inWAND.A. PA.
In Wand's 111Wk, - lllrr.t door south of the First
3,*.i.mal bank, up-stain.
$..7. NI ADI LI.. rjan6,731:11 J. N. CALIFF.
=MUM
1T TO R.VE TS-A T-LAW,
NV. t, MACT & Soncrs BLOCS, ?teas Sionsrr,
TOWAND A, PA
ME
=
JOHN W. MIX
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
V. 9.-COMXISSIONER,
TOWANDA, PA.
(Mee—Nona Side Public Squaze.
Jan. 1, 1575,
D AVIES k CARNOCIIKN,
ATTORXITS ►t 4►W,
MERCUR BLOCK
Dce TOWANDA. PA
TiPE ET, STTORN ET-AT-LAW.
e Is prepared to.practlce all branches of hls
proT,-.lon,
mcncri: BLOCK, (entrance on south
ald'•l TOWANDA, PA. (jane-78.
D D. SMITH, DENTISt,
Towanda. Pa.
triive on Park street. north side Public Square,
next-i. rmch9-74
I ) dan S. 2
Surgeon. 0 0 0 t r a p I T T
o N I P
B h y s k
er,;(.l“.ry atom.
Towa:lda, May i; 167213r°.
rJD. I'AYNE, M. D.,
o
PIITSICIAN A.VD BURGEON
0 me, (n . i.r Ifontanves• Store. Office bourn from 10 :
to tr, A. M... and from 2 to 4 t•. M. Special attention
givro to dISCINeS Or the Eye and Ear.-0ct.19,•764f.
Bt- JOILNSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEO.V.
Once orenDr.?orter & Son's Drug Store, Towanda
janl-7Stt.
Tir D. L. DODSON, DENTIST. .
111_, On and after - Sept. 21, may he found In the
eivgant new rooms on 2nd' floor of Dr. Pratt's new
office on State Street. Business solicited.
Sept. 3440. -
NAT: s. B. K ,M E E LL R " O "Y seIti r: id E . N s :r 7 !ST.—O
aadz,p fli a.
Teeth Inserted on Gold.Stlver, 'Rubber, and Al:
amntum haul. Tet•th extracted without
On.
- C. At. STANLY, DENTIST,
jJ Having removed his Dental office into Tracy
& Moors new block, over tent .& WatronST - store,
Is now prepared to do all kinds of dental . work.
He tia‘ also path/ & new gas aparatua.
may 1375.
fl S. RUSSELL'S •
I.J.
-
i ,
- GENERAL .1
INSURANCE AGENCY;
-miria4ott. - TOWANDA, PA.
Ir 4. -1876
T oWANDA INSURANCE AGENCY
Main Street, op p• - little the Court HOUSE
NOBLE & VINCENT,
31ANAGERS
INSURANCE AGENCY..
The following
REI:JADI f E AND FIRE TRIED
- 4 , Companies represented :
uA csning,PlivrlxoN.NtiglcuAN"
if 9; As VAIL
sm I lyr
1m I tm
VOLUME XXXVIL
%OTICE.—The undersigned hay
tug clewed his business at Wyeauking. Pa,
will proceed Immediately to the settlement of his
books, which will be left at the store for the next
hirty days, In CUT of N. L. Put, who I. Sa
t • red to settle- I accounts contained therein.
It is hoped that 'all persons having unsettled se
counts wlje will accept of this levitation and
mill and and therefon avoid any unpleasant
ness that :night arias from the necessity of resort
ing to other Means for collection.- •
April 5,1877. GEORGE WITH.
BITSINESS CHANGE AT *Y
SAITKING.—Vbe Merchandise and General
Produce Business formerly carried on by George
Smith, will hereafter be continued at the same
place-by George Smith and N. L. Park, under name
of Smith it Park.
Thanking our numerous friends for past favors.
we cordially !write all to extend the tame liberal
patronage to the new firm. Cash will be paid for
all kinds of Farm Produce as heretofore, and
Goods sold as low as stanystare In Northern Penn.
sylvanla. • GEORGE 13)I1Til,
Wyaauklng, Apr. 5.4 w. N. L. PARK. I r — r ,
.s9 sa9 CAN'T BE MADE BY
every agent ever. month lathe bust
t,serre furnish, but those willing to work can eas
ily earn a dozen dollars a day right In their own
localities. Have no more room to explain here.
Btodness pleasant .and honorable. Women, boys
and girls do as weltitsi men. 'We will furnish you
a complete Outfit free. The business pays better
than anything else. Wts will bear expense of
starting you.. Particulars free. Write and see.
Farmers and mechanics, their sous and daughters,
and all classes In need of paying work at home,
should write to us and learn all about the work at
Dore. Now is the time. Don't delay. Address
Tart & Co., Augusta, Jan 2.5,17.
PE ,FARMERS' MUTUAL
INSURANCE CO., OF TUSCAROI7.4I,
Is ncrie 18:2utng perpetual pellet*. on
• FARM PROPERT"
Each member pays a fee, at the time of Insuring;
to cover charter and Incidental e xpenses of the Co..
after which no fu.ner payment Is required, except
to meet utast:os by fire among the membership.
This pia" .4 Insurance , for FARM PROPERTY,
Is ecnn!Ar rapidly Into favor.
.2iace of Rosiness, SPRING BILL, PA.
Tow AN DA, PA
The Agent wilt canvass the Townships of Tusca
rora, Pike. - . Herrick, Wyafusing, Asyintn, 'Terry
and Standing Stone, and farmers - In those Town
ships wishing insurance or information, may ad
dress,
A. B. 81731NC8.. See. and Art.,
•
Sprang Hill, Bradford Co.,Pa,
W. IL SEItTIdW AY. Pref. (c40740r
5 Vry a Week Agents. 110 Out,* Frei
to 01 1 VICKERY, Augusta, Maine
WHAT I KNOW ABOUT
H. R. kierent, Reg
DEAR Stn-4 have had considerable experience
with the Vzokrixg. For dyspepsia, general de
bility, and Impure blood,the VEGT.TINIC is superior
to anything which ,I hive ever used. 1 commenced
taking VrogrlNE about the middle of last winter,
and, kfter using a few bottles. It entirely cured me
_of ‘lfspepsia, and my blood never was In , so good
condition as at the present time. It will afford me
pleasure to give any forther particulars relative to
what I know about this good medicine to any one
who will call or address me at my residence, 386
Athens street.
SYMPTOMS.—Want of appetite, rising of food
and wind from the stomach, acidity of the stomach,
heartburn. dry - aces and whiteness of the tongue in
the morning. sense of distension in the stomach
and bowels. sotnetlm•s rumbling and pain; cos•
tiseness, which is occasionally Interrupted by dicer•
rbrea; paleness of the urine. The mouth Is clammy,
or has a soar or hitter taste. Other frequent sy.np•
toms are waterbrash. palpitation of the heart,
headache, and disorder of the senses, as seeing
dcuble, etc. There is general debility, languor and
aversion - to motion; dejection of the spirits, -- dla•
turbed sleep, and frightful dreams. ,'
GAINED 15 POUNDS OF FLESH
li. R. Sterent, Esi
DEAR Silt—l hare had dyspepsia in Its wont
form for the last ten years, and hare taken - hun
dred of dollars' worth of medicine withoit obtain
ing relief. In deptember last I commenced taking
the VEGETINIC, since which Alma my health has
steadily tn.proved. My food - digests well, and I
have gained fifteen_pounds of flesh. There are
severai others In this plaoe taking the VEGLTINZ,
and all hare obtained relief.
Yours truly.
THOVAS E. XOORF
Overseer of Card BOOM, Portsmouth qo;'s
FEEL MYSELF A NEW MAN.
NATICK, N153 ,71,. .bi111e I, 11172.
Mr. H. R- Sterena
i) nA S I n—Through the advl , e and, earnest per
sua,lon of the Rev. E. S. Best. of thts place. I have
been taking VEGitTisz for dyspepsia, of which
have sneered for years. I have used only two bot
tles, and altvady feel myself a new man.
Respectfully.
Du. J. W. CARTER.
Mr Li R Sterene:
DEAR Slit—The two bottle• of VEGETINE
ute by •our agent tine wife bar u.ep 'with
gr,st benefit. For a lung tim• has been
leith;dirttneS4 and en‘tlyet.esa; their trouble,.
are now entirely removed by the ow of the. VtGL
TINE. She Wa3 ZINO troufile•d with dyspepsia and
general debility, and Gu been g eaby benentted.
Tito.lt till,MintE,
:T3ki Wilnut Street.
July :7,1'6
Mr. /I. R. Stereas
Malt Innet cheerfully add my testi
mony teihe great number you have already re
ceived in favor of your great and good medicine.
for I do not thlok enough can be said in its' raise.
for'l was troubled over thirty years with that
dreadful dtsetuaeXatarrlt, and tad such bad cough
ing spells that it would seem as though I could
never breathe any more, And VEGETINt has cured
no- : and I do feel to thank God all the time that
there is so good a medicine as VitnETINZ, and I
also think it one of the best medicines for coughs
and weak sinking feelings at the stomach; and ad
vise errrybndy to take VlLOrrl r, fur I can assure
them it is one of the best medicines that ever was.
. MRS. L. GORE,
Corner Magazine and Walnut Streets,
Cambridge, Mass.
=
I!. R• Sterens
This leto certify that I have used your "Blood
Prcparai ( zurri L)ln my family for several
years, and thine that, for Scrofula or Cancerous
Humors or Rheumatic affections, It cannot be ex.-
eel led: and as a blood purlflcrand spring medicine,
it is the best thing 1 have ever used ; and I have
used almost everything. I can cheerfully recom
mend It to any one in heel of such a medicine.
Yours respectfully,
Mits. A. A. DINSMORE,
19 Russell Street.
VEGETINE IS SoLD BY ALL DEUGOISTS
TO THE WORKING CLASS.-
We are prepared to furnish all classes with
constant employment at home, the whole of the
time, or for their spare momets.; IBUsiness new,
light and profitable. Perssons of either sex eaally
earn loom be (rents to per evening. and a propor
tional sum by devoting their whole time to the bus
'pais. Boys and girls earn nearly as much as men.
That all who see this notice may send their ad
dress, and test the blindness, we nicks this unpar
aileied'Offer: To such as are not well satisfied we
will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writ
ing. Full particulars, samples worth several dol
lars to commence on, and a copy of Home and Fire
side, one of the largest and best Illustrated Publl
cailons, all sent free ny mail. Header, if you want
permanent, profitable work, address G ICOUG t ST IN.
soot & CO., Portland, Maine. 1ant5,17.
F IRST NA TIONA.LtBANK
OP TOWANDA.
r ,
CAPITAL • $125,000.
SUIIPLDS FUND • ' 80,000
Thhi Rank offers lINITSITAI. FAICILITIEff fo
the transaction of a. 7:
. • .
•
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS ACCORDING
TO AGREEMENT.
srscut. Caws GITTOT TO TOL COLLICTIO*OT
.NOTES AND CHLCII. -,
Parties wishing to SEND MONEY to any part of
the Milted States, England, Ireland, Scotland, or
the principal cities and towns of Europe, can here
procure drafts for that purpose.
PASSAGE TICKETS
To or from the Old Country, by the best steam or
railing fins, always on hand.
rA11111...1L51111,06311T °VIZ AT ET.DUCZO RATZSi'
highest vibe paid for U. Bonds,
Gold and Silver. T
JOS. poiVaLL. N. N. BETTS .311 t.
President. Osiater
gOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
—Beteg &beat to femora from the neighbor
/ offer my bogie Sad lot In North Toweads
Of late at a bargatti. Ttat
t liroperi to i vat 7 A&
%MI OK .R U! DI 4 tra 410 P. Minh
e , _ iiikgs 'Aping! ?
:.. it' Ars Hi in ' •
E
S. W. ALVORD, Publisher.
t•• • •
VEGETINEI
SOUTH BOSTON, May 9, 1970
Very respectfully,
MONROE PARKER,
396 Athens street.'
DYSPEPSIA.
Soulir Bzuwicx, Me., Jan. 17, ler—
GOOD EVIDENCE.
CINCINNATI. Nuv. C. II17:
RELIABLE EVIDENCE.
APPRECIATION
CHARLZISTOWN, Man., Mardi 19, 1999
IME
IMMENSE STOCK
SPRING AND SUMMER -CLOTHING
Just opened at the old stand of :1
Aveesbly wit's annoancemint,
Has 61led the store lately occupied by 80101120 a
Son with the most complete aeaortmeat of ' •
READY-MADE CLOTHING t
Of every description ever altered in this market.
My stoat comprises everything la the line of Beady.
made Clothing for
MEN'S, YOUTHS• AND CHILDREN'S WEAR.
FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS, CAPS, TRUNKS,
VALISES, UMBRDLLAS,
CANES, stto.
lIMIMEI
I desired* announce to the people of Bradford
County. that I - have permanently tecafel to 'rowan
da, and 'bill endeavor. by close attendee to Mud
oess, small profits and fair dealing. to - merlt and
mecum my share of patronage.
My stock Is NEW. having been purchased during
the past two weeks for CAISIi.
'Towanda, April 6, NV.
RENOVATED
- , RENEWED 1 . 1
REPLENJSHED 111
During the put winter I bare by close applica
tion to butanes,
My old stock of Ready-Made Clothtnt, and now
offer to my customers
AN ENTIRELY NEW ABSORTMENT,
Purchased with s special slew. to the snots of
TOWANDA AND VICINITY I
8y,103g experience In trade here. I beHerre I un
derstand what the people desire In the
CLOTHING LINE,
And teal awe that my stock, now being opened,
CANNOT TAIL TO SUIT ALL.
PRICES WERE NEWER SO LOW
IN THE LINE OF CLOTHING
At rims which defy competition.
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD!
Renumber this when in want of Clothing
Towanda, April 12, ta7t.
Xistellansass Advortisonsati.
THE CHEAPEST
HARDWARE STORE
IN TOWANDA
IS IN MERCUR BLOCK 1
SCYTHES,
FORKS, FIXTURES, ROPES,
Cheaper Than at Any Other Place !
I here always ea head Repairs for the Masa
WAisios &ad OeuurioN *awing Machines.
PERRIGOS
, SIDE HILL PLOWS,
All kinds of TINWARE on hand,
and Tin wort of all kinds done at lowest Flees.
Towanda. Jana za., Im
REDUCTION IN PIANO TUNING 1
I propose to tune PlAnos. hereafter for
12 EACH TIME, tHI $4 BY. THE YEAH.
When Jnatrumenta are outside the Borough, an
extra charge will be made for travelling fee.
ORGANS AND PIANOS
Of the best autnefsetures, as usual.
Towanda, Tab. 12, an
G REATLY -REDUCED PRICES
PLANING, MATCHING, AND NE-SAWING,
And all kinds of Planing-mill Work,
AWAY DOWN: DOWN:! DOWN 111
I have oho on hand's large stock of
Which I am selling at prices to suit thedpmes.
Made promptVo order ,
l at low Mix, for CASH
IT 'YOU *ANT y 0 GET RICH QUICK..
Call and see nerVoods and Prices.
Lumber brought bete to be milled. will be kept
wider cover and perfectly dry until taken-away.
Good that for your boron, and a dry place totted.
Towanda. Jan. 11, 1677
p to s2opeir
s litg e m . eaLpie;
ortland. Maine. taaeltt44l4,
12 gilt I:dwmtfehr tr: waned*,
bit u fit
MoUthw.
N. Z. SOLOMON & SON.
MR. J. DAVIS
1. < -
J. DAVI S ..
1513
CLEANED OUT
And I eon offer everything
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
11. JACOBS.
Tamers ran buy their
SNATHS,
GRINDSTONES,
bCy C y ac,
Best in Use.
H. T. JUNE.
I continue to eaU
4 , , Apply to of &Urea!'
- Amor. Wll.- DITTRICH, _
7; - 4' Towsads; Penn's,
The anderslgeed Is doing
Bo faryou can't we It.
SASH AND DOORS,
WINDOW-SLUMS
L. R. RODGERS
El
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, •4111, M. 1877.
jeschtd- Pali*
_. TO THB 008EN0 FLOWEB&
Awake, dear *open, from yetir wintry tombs;
"The sun has turned the point of Capricorn,
And Vas to pluck from Winters wings the
plumes
Of darkness, and to wind his sliver horn 7F
For your return. Come Co your homes. forlorn
In !herpes of your odors and your faces; .
Like Itschael weeps for you the reared morn,
As often is she views your empty places, •
brawl:die the daily scene; of her and you:embraces.
/Come. pensive snowdrop, like the earliest star
That twinkles on the brow of dusky Night ;
. Come, lite the child that peeps from door ajar,
With pallid cheek, upon a wasteful sight; -
Andrshould'st thou rise when all around Is white,
The more thou% demonstrate the power of God
To shield the *uk against the arms et might,
'To strengthen feeble shoulders for their load,
And slaking hearts ills they could not full
forebode.'
Come, crocus cup, the cup where early bees
81p the first nectar of the liberal year, •
Come and illume our green, as similes
Light up the poet's song. And oye dear •
March violets, come near, come breathing near I
You too, fair primroses, In darksome woods
Shine forth, like heaven's constellations clear;
And Come, ye daisies, throng Itt multitudes,
Andwtitten hilts and mesdaws'irith your saintly
hoodi,
Come WI th,tby lilies, May ; thy roses, Jane ;
Come with',your richer hues,. Autumnal hours ;
0 tell your mellowing sun, your regal moon,
Your dewy drops, your soft refreshing showers,
To lift their blessing hands In Flom's bowers,
Nor e'en to scorn the bindweed's flossy gold,
Nor foxglove's banner hung with pimple flowers,
Nor solitary heath that cheers the world,
Nor the last daisy shivering In November's told I
—Chamber's .Ic!urniti.
JEN AND JOE. -
Dear wife. It don't seem so long ago
Since you were Jen and I was Joe;
And as the happy thoughtigo back
To where we 'carted down Ilfe's track.
I cannotllnd along the way'
One cloud that darkened any day,
But that our lore sOcin put to flight
The hideous monster from our sight.
And so I thought, while sitting hers,
Of the old days to ns so dear ;
And how Lenesth the moon's pale glow
Your lips first dared to whisper Jqe.
All, wife, how happy was I then,.
As I replied, and tailed you Jen;
But nwu fifty years ago,
And you were Jen and I was Joe.
Yes, wife, full fifty years have gone
Since life was full of dreams and song,
Without a thought of any fears
But that we'd love through corning years,
And though love's dreams are oft untrue,
We guessed much better than some do ;
You said we'd love through all our life ;
And so we have, my preeloui wife.
But time so alters everything,
That thoughts alone can old times bring
And when I've nothing else to do,
I bring them up in sweet IVI , IOIIII,
Mid I suppose 'twill ever be
'WFWe'llfe shall cling to you and me ;
We'll not forget the long ago -
When you wero Jen and I was Joe.
.j%
=
Pluck.
" Very respectfully Olive Har
land." • -
4.
Floy Preston peeped over her fa
ther's shoulder and read aloud the
signature of the letter he held. "Who
is Olive Harland, papa ?"
Mr. Preston read :
••TO FICA KTART OF HOARD OF TRVRTZZR— ,,
Ste: Tour proposal regarding the school under
your sup.rrlsion Is accepted. I shall be ready to
commence work September first. I shall be at
Morris Station August thirty-first. Very respect
fully, OLIVZ HARLAND.
"St. Louis, Aug.
• " Good 1_ Oh 1 I am so glad 1"
Floy: executed a pirouette in the
most approved style; then seized the
letter .for another reading. ' 4 If this
wasn't a business epistle - I could
ju• Ike something a ooutlier. I'm sorry
it is formal. But she is iyoung and
I know she'll be jolly. 'I had for
gotten that you had sent for a St.
Louis girl to teach our school, papa.
Cousin Egbert, look. at her writing
and give me an opinion.. Hand
writing shows character, I have heard
you say." • • •.
Dr. Preston smiled his own inimi
table smile, and took the note from
Floy.
" Humph!" he ejaculated; then he
kloked long at the perfectly formed
o's, and abrupt t's, and the perfectly
contour of the signature.
," Miss Harland is evidently a:self
reliant person," he said, at length;
"I. am also inclined to believe her
somewhat egotistic."
" Yon are too bad, Egbert," pouted
Floy; "I don't believe you can tell
a word about persons by their writ
ing."
"' It were imbecile hewing out
roads to a wall,' " quoted he. Floy
rooked at him in a puzzled way for a
moment, then went singing from the
room, and presently Egbert saw her
out among, the verbenas, weeding
and watering, looking very pretty in
her morning dress of blue.
"By the way," said Mr. Preston,
suddenly, "this - is , the thirty-first.
Miss Harland may come on thenocin
train. Egbert, can-lou drive clown
to the station immediately 'after
lunch ?"
_ "Oh, to, sir. Or that is , I
have several patients to calf' upon
be
fore evening."
Mr. Preston smiled. He knew ,
;that, :if the truth were . told, thks .
nephew of his was extremely di a.
trustful ; so :nueh so, indeed, that
Floy sometimes accused him of bash
fulness. t
"'lt makes no difference. I shall
go down when it cools off a little. It
is hardly probable that Miss Harland
will come until a later train," and he
lazily turned a page of "Middle
march." Oh ! the selfishness of that
man !
The Prestons are all More
selfish, and the head of the household
being not at all exempt from this
family failing', thought" lounging
in his vine-covered porch far prefera
ble to driving two miles through the
broiling August sunlight to meet a
tired little schoolma'am, who, possi
bly might not be there.
Yoo-000-0000.
A pause of a' moment and the
train rushed'on again, leaving only
Olive Harland standing' beside her
thinks, hot, dusty, and not a little
disappointed that she did not see
waiting for her the cool - roomy car
riage her imagination bad pictured.
One forlorn looking wagon stood at
a little distance, and Olive inquired
of the driver:
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" Carr you tell me how far from
here he lives ?"
"No," again.
"Do you know which direction it
is?"
" No;" more stolidly than ever. '
She turned from ,him in disgust,
and entered the combination of store
room, waiting-room and telegraph
office, that the people of Morris Sta
tionlondly call " The Depot." One
busy little official was in attendance,
and of him Olive inquired whether
or not any one from 'Squire Preston's
had been at the station.
"No, ma'am," said little, Obsequi
ous. "He never I :comes down until
evenite. Was he
, E .expectin'
,you,
ma'am?"
" Yes."
".Oh! Well, never mind; he'll be
along byme-by. Sit down."
Olive hesitated.. The thought of a
long afternoen in that hot.little room
seemed unbearable.
"How far.is it to Mr. Preston's?"
"Two miles right east of here.
Big mouse; first house east."
"Take care of my trunks,,please,
I shall walk." '
Olive spread her parasol and left
Little Obsequious bowing in the
door of" The Depot." Right on into
danger walked Olive. Passed were
the store, the blacksmith shop, the
post-office, and the half dozen strag
gling houses; Passed was, the mile
long stretch of marsh road, and
Olive - was talking to him-almost be
fore she had had time to realize his
presence. Swiftly - behind tier, slowly
beside her walked the man, and , al
most instantaneously with the knowl
edge that some one was near her,came
the horrid_ belief that grew at once
into certainty, that the some one was
a human being divested of all that
Makes humanity noble that she,
was in the power of a madman. His
black hair was tangled over his
shoulders, his face was white, and
Olive shuddered as he stretched out.
his,claw-like hand toward, her.
"May I escort you ?"
"I'shall be pleased to have you,"
answeeed Olive, in a voice so calm
that she was herself surprised.
Actions she knew, would be use
less ; words alone could avail.
"Isn't it warn? --Let me carry
your tree." He took her parasol,
and Olive conned swiftly forward,
thinking only, on—on--;.on, as her
steps beat time along the dusty road.
. "Do you have many. such trees as
-this where you came from r he asked,
curiously, examining the carved han
dle of the little 'sunshade.
"Oh, yes, sir," and 011ie launched
into a long description•of an imagi
nary tree. -;!
"It grows to enormous heights
and people cut these off to shade
themselves with," she was saying,
when he interrupted her by crying
fiercely: - " You lie to me 1 Though
the father of ties, I allow not my
children to speak them.L You must
die. I love you, oh ! so dearly ; but
you must not speak lies to me."
Olive saw her mistake too late.
She had never imagined that any
thing so awful as this would ever
come into her humdrum working life,
any more than you or I now dream,
in the monotony of our lives, that we
will ever need to plan so rapidly as
Olive Harland did in that second be
fore she spoke.
'"Do you love me?" she Asked,
looking up at him, her he.lrt beating
a wild tattoo.
-More than my life! Ah, God !
Li.at ou must die !"
- -1 will never lie again and wid
love you always if you will listen
m,- plan . ; will you?"
Yes, if You say that you love me.
You are watitiful and I cannot die
without your hands to smooth my
dying pillow."
Olive thought sharply as she talk.
ed. Not half a mile away 'Squire
Preston's house - gleamed white thro'
'the shrubbery, and Olive knew that
At the furtherest they . would_. reach
the place in ten minutes at their
present gait ; but that she - must
shorten that time she knew, for her
nerves could 'not stand this terrible
strain.
" Will you race with me ? " she.
asked. "I do love you, and-the one
who reaches that big white gate first
shall name our wedding day."
" No, that will not do," he said,
suspiciously • but Olive was running
as for dear fife, and he stood alone.
Only for a moment.
,On on, ever
on went Olive, and close behind her
caine the horrid pulse of the mad
man's feet.: She reached the gate
first, but could not open. it. She
tried to climb over, but he caught her.
"You shall not thus elude me," he
cried. " See, now you shall die ! "
A knife shone out in the sunshine,
and Olive felt - herself,growing cold.
"Our wedding day P.' she panted.
Ile paused; looking at her. "'Squire
Preston will marry us, and I name
,this for our wedding day—Come!"
She held out her hand to the man,
and togethar they went up the grav
eled walk. Cousin Egbert was read
ing.' Floy was curled up in a. ham-,
mock fast asleep,- and Mr. Preston
ittas: smoking lazily. They stopped
in the shade of the porch.
" For God's sake," cried Olive,
speaking swiftly in 'German, "bind
this man! He is crazy."
"Did you mention our business to
the 'Squire, my dear ?" The mailaci
looked down at her with a horrid
smile; bat Olive sprang away from
hirn as Dr. Preston held him fast..
13y a: quick, sweeping movement
be bad pinioned his prisoner as he
spoke, and now was answer*, 'the
question.
"Yes, she spoke to the 'Squire.
Come with us."- The man appeared
dazed, and suffered the men to lead
him quietly away.?i l loy sat up rub
bing her eyes, hardly wakened yet,
so short had been'tb little scene en
acted before her.
Olive Harland did not faint. She
had never fainted in hey - life; but she
did an in - finitely work thing. She
had a long run oflever,before she
recovered from the reaction of that
`short, terrible half hour strain on
her nervous system. There were
long weeks of delirium before slle
knew even her mother, Who came at
once when Mr. Preston telegripbed,
46 OHYO hi ill."
It was ,the mond dax site? the
crisis of thelinkanit okflay watoti,
ing and pretending to crochet all at
once.
" What did. they do with Mm
she asked, with a shudder,, -
"Dey locked him up lir4e smoke
house cellar, wid de key trown down
4 the well," sang Ploy.
_," Then they
took him tan agylumbr somewhere
way off, and you are never to speak
or think of him" in all your life again ;
Cousin Doctor said so.
_I believe
handwriting does show character,
and Egbert was right when he ad
judged yon to be a self-reliant, plucky
little piece." - •
Olive was too weak to wonder at
Floy's incoherence, and only smiled
lazily, as she went to sleep.
No need for"me to tell the sequel.
Of course, during those -days and
weeks of convalesence,' Dr. Preston
learned to love the "plucky little
piece," whose self-reliance he ad-,
mire, because he lacked that desiral
ble quality. I suppoSe Olive loved
him out of sheer contrariness, be
cause he dared' to say what she
should, or shOuld not, talk_and think
eabout. No mortal had ever done so
before.
But, for my part, notw ithst a nding
Egbert's gentleness and tenderness,
and Olive's docility, during
„those
weeks before she was quite well again,
I never could quite forgive Olive for
marrying him, because he did not=go
to "the station to meet her that hot
August day.
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- The wonit i ers of American marriage
would, if th9r could be.trnlydeserih
ed, interest 'European people more
than the rude and boisterous life de
scribed by Bret Harte. It Would as
tonish a Frenchman, for example - , to
know that American fathers rear
their daughters in luxury, simile on
their marriages with penniledS.Clerks,
and make absolutely no provision of
a steadfast kind -for : the future of
'the_se daughters. ' The Frenchman
might ask in amazehlent, n It why a
poor husband is accepted, but' how
the daughter of : luxury is to be pro
vi led for, and on what resources her .
children are to lean ? • He would
probably he told that the father's
mission ended with the daughter's
marriage ; he would - see a. complacent
smile on the father's twee as his
'friends congratulated him, and would
slowly,gather that*this complacency
had two factors: • 4 I. have done nly
duty by her, and it is over at last."
For, our part, we have ceased to
pity poor girls growing up in scanty*
homes, and marrying pen nile)is young
men. These girls are trained the life
that awaits them. They must be
content With little alltheir lives; but
all their youth has` been a prepara
tion for such content. But a daugh
ter bredinlnxurious idleness, taught
none of the'econornies that belong to .
humble life, and then married with
out. dower, deserves more pity than_
men usually bestow upon her. And.
her husband, full of enterprise and
capacity, takes up a burden whose
weight love May lighten but cannot
carry..._ MuSiness failures, broken
homes, miseries and crimes lie behind
this curtain.
There is - no satire so clean, if we
had eyes to see and ears to hear, as
as that which is enacted when a fowl
father-gives the penniless youth, to
whom he also gives his daughter, a
sum of money to-be invested in busi
ness. As though any of us could
erlook for a moment the perils of
Im+kiness—the fact that, judged by
experience, failure is the rule and
-success the exception. .1-n a few
years the-business will break down,
and the young wife, with children at
her knees, will-realize a little what
it is to be poor; and the lisband,
whose business has brokeniinder the
strain of living expenses, will realize
a little what- it is to marry a portion
less child of luxTury. For she . was
really portionless. The European
system of dower would have invested
her fortune in the most secure—way,
would have kept it religiously secur
ed to her and her children, so, that
whatever vicissitudes attended the
business of her husband, her- living
would have been secure.— The. Meth
odist.
A GRAPHIC PIOTIIP.E or NAPOLEON,
The .personal. appearance Of Na'po--
Icon in the last days of his power, is
thus described by Lamartine : "The
empire had made 'had old before his
-time. Gratified ambition, satiated
pride, the delights of a palace, a lux-•
urious table, a voluptuous couch, lone.
vigils, sleepless nights, divided be
tween labor and festive pleastire„; the
habit of riding, which made him cor
pulent—all tended to deaden his
limbs and enervate' his faculties. An
early obesity 'over-loaded him with
flesh. His cheeks, formerly streaked
with riuscles and hollowed by the
working of genius, were broad; full,
and overhanging, like those of Otho
in the Roman medals of the' einpire.
An excess of bile mingling with the
blood, gave a yellow tint to the skin,
which at a. distance, looked like a
varnishof pale gold. on his counten
anee. His lips still preserved. their
Grecian outline, and steady: grace,
passing easily from a smile to a men
ace. His solid, bony chin formed an
appropriate base for his features.
His nose was but a line, thin and
transparent. The paleness of his
cheeks gave greater- brilliancy to the
blue of , his eyes., His look was
searching, unsteady as a wavering
flame—an emblem of inquietude.
His forehead seemed to 'have widen
ed, from the scantiness of.-his thin
black hair, which was falling fron?,
themoisture of continual- thought.
It might 'be said that his head,
naturally small, had increased-in size
to give ample -:scope between his
temples for the machinery and'com,
, binations bf a mind,_ every thought
of which was an einpire. The 'dap
of the; world seemed to have been en
crusted on the orb 'of that reflective.
head; But it was
. begirining le yield ;
and he inclined it often unlis breast,
while crossing kli-s ; . antis, bud Fredrick
the Great 7 —au Attitude and gesture
Which ,he appeared to affect: Un
able any longer to seduce his cour
tiers and`, , his soldicrs ..by the charm
of 'you% It was , evident ho wished
to thsoitiat4 thew ky,-09,rotigh
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self—of his Model in his latter days.
lie moulded hiMielf,, as it were, into
the statute of reflection before his
troops, who gave him the nickname
of Father Thoughtful. He assumed
the pose of destiny. Something
rough, rudeyand savage in his move+,
ments revealed his southern insular
origin. The man of the Mediterra
nean broke out constantly through
the Frenchman. " His nature, , too ,
great and too powerful for thee
he had to play, overflowed on
occasions. He bore no resemblance
to any of the men around
Superior and altooether different, hc
was an offspring of the .sun, of the .
sea, and of the battle-ffeld---out of
his element even in his own palaCe
and a stranger even in his own
empire. Such was at this period the
profile, the bust, and external physi
ognomy ot,Napoleon-"
• The most beautiful analysis which
Liebig invented is thOt of air. , The
composition of the air was made
known: at the end of the last century,
and-then it was shown to consist of
piygen and nitrogen in certain'pro
!portions, the oxygen being one-fifth
and the nitrogen about four-fifths of
the yoluutte, and nearly the Sante - pro-
OpelOn..by weight.' - But these, pro
portions were not exactly ascertain- ,
ed, because it was !necessary oi -re
move the oxygen by' eAns o_ a com
plicated process of deflagration by
mixing it with hydrogen, , which
casionedcertainimperfections. These
were entirely removed by the method
which Liebig invented. took a
qiiantity of air; inclosed it in..** of
these tube's, and then Drought in con
tact with it a solution of pyrOgallic
acid in caustic potash.. " This pyro
gallate of potash ,has, a very great
avidity for oxygen, and_in a short
time absorbs the whole of the oxy
gen contained imthe tube. In that
tube we have a quantity of air, and
my assistant has ifftrodnced a . quan
tity Of pyrogallate or potash, and,
you see how gradually the absorption
takes litace.. The gas becomes di
minished, and the gas rises-in, the .
tune accordingly, and out of the,or
iginal five parts , there remain only .
four ; at"the conclusion of the experi
ment. The whole of the oxygen is
absorbed without leaving any 'resi
due whatever, and you have oneopf
the most accurate methods of .ascer
taining the composition of ale' air..
A pplying.,.. this generally to the- most
varying circumstances,- it is found
that the air, for instance, on - Mont
Blanc, and in the deepest' mine, and
wherever else it has been investiga
ted in any part of ihe globe, has the
same composition. there is nowhere
any difference whatever. • The eery
same regularity is: observed in the
composition of sea-water wherever
you analyze it. Except in the im
mediate neighborhood of mouths of
rivers, it contains the same amount
M salt; and this regularity of compo
sition is one of the great safeguards
•forthe existence and preservation of
animal and vegetable life. Of course
there ark impurities in the air. : This
room, for instance, now contains a'
quantity-of carbonic acid ; and in
other-places there is found a quanti
ty of ammonia, and that increases
41uring the winter time, when no veg-,
station is going on, and decreases in
the summer time. These small addi
tions of gases not being oxygen or
nitrogen, are so imperceptible that it
requires very large volumes merely
to shoW their presence,. and still
larger ones in order to determine
their quantity. Therefore, in an an=
alysis like this, the presence of these
slight impurities is actually beyond,
the limits of accuracy which are im
posed upon us by our methods of re
search,. We cannot regulate the
pressure or the temperature as we
Should like, so that there should be
no difference between the pressure
inside or.out. There are these slight
irregUlarities which we always have
to alloW 'for, but they are still great
er than those produced by the ad
mixture of carbonic acid and ammo
nia. And' here again you find a
Wonderful provision of Nature=that
the diffusion of gases is so great that
they eannot4br any length of time
collect in inclosed places, except they
are specially impervious to' gases.
In open nature, in rooms, in caverns,
houses, valleys, on mountains, the
gases get diffused., so quickly that
you may stand before a burning lime
kiln and you will hardly notice it ;
in fact, in Order to perceive the pres
ence of gas, , whick.goes away iu vol
umes, you inuStActually go close to
the fire andliold your
. head over it.
• Two CITILDREWS PETITIONS.—The
Rochester Democrat tells the follow
ing of a young lady resident of that
city, now in her fourth year: " Her
father has been away from the city
on . business for, the past two weeks,
and the mother has taught the little
one to conclude her evening prayers
With "and please watch- over my
papa." It sounded very -sweet, of
course, but the'. mother's amusement
may be imagkeed when the little lady
solemnlyelapped -herhands and Said
"Please' watch °ter my papa, and'
you'd. better keep an eye on mamma,
.too!"
Another. paper havihis incident to
relate :
j ." A five-year-old daughter of one
of our residents, whii IS convalescing
from an attack of scarlet fever, was
the other day suffering greatly from
ear-ache. Something prOmpted the
little one to petition aboveforrelief,
and this wasi the way she did it . :
"Oh, Lord! Oh, good Lord cure
my earache," continuing to repeat
it over'and over. Her mother, hear
ing her murmuring, asked, "What
are you saying my dear?" ' 6 None - of
your business," .. was the reply, " I
ain't talking to-talkin to
a 0
the'Lord."
A nowt that is full of .plates .is recom
mended as being of the right kind for the
table.
TiIILT call one of the wbolesile clothiers
of Now York-" the tive-cent tailor," Im
,cause his nano is Nicholl. - .
AN OLD sailorboastingly said, ,",1 be
gan the world with halting\ and I have
held my own ever alnoe.' 7 ~:.• ' '
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FAiSillits'3l) 15 efteli rooked bi' triith,
but oho loon ootirm L . p '., , pl_ool.,
OOKPOSMON OP. Am
'f 1 ' : ,
1,69 per Annum In Advance.
NtiMPER 42.!
111171 ZEN OCISHA. DRAB•
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Maureen ,Cosha. Elm ,
Ter the purflest Lelia
Ever walked on shoe leather or dhrove a boy mad I
For your woe little feet,
And your Sanyo eo lkwePi • - •
Are too much for the WAD of a poor Irish lad. .• :
MmmeeeEerliiDhaii ,
• • Wben'l 'see, ye at Mass, • ,
Salute above i I'm itrAd that tri Pie I pray ; -
An` th•crown hst,
When I look Into th4t,
ova Ter party face there wld the dimples at iday
Maureen - Comb& Dh
Thin the mldds ye Jess,
To your fathers nate eablnlnst under the hill.
Th• dtvlt. we're toald,
Tempted Tony 9f mild
mid wontan—Sedad I ive:re the pattern WU
Maureen Cosha tihas
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(Yer th' sly little ;
Wid yer "Top °Mb' morida!," thin yell go Oa nr
way,
But yevparty eyes dance
And ye gives me a glance
That Sea, "Dinar, !gra J have ye nothln , say?"
' Maureen Coatis Dhas I . .
' • 1 , 11 not l tye pa Is
Th' next time I meet ye at `Mr or at wake ;
Me pacelye destroy •
Au' that's bard cm ft boy
That hid fight s Whole faction sad - die lonian sake:
Maureen Cos hai
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We'll sit on the grass
. 111 d me arm !Tun' yer waist and a tear lx yer eye;
And yell Datlln' Denrds I
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' Spake to Father Msennli f
Shure I'd ruttier do that s ,nosy, nor think that ye'd;
Ale I" Erniversitg Nitgaine.
FAOETLY.O)
VILLAINY, that is vigilant, will• be an
overmatchl for virtue, should the latter
slumber at her post, a reason why many
a bad cause triumphs-'fiver a good one.
rasrE is like an undertaker. It pays
but little atteutio* to, the living, but be
decks the dead, furnishes adornments for
the funeral s and followsAbem to the
grave. '
HE THAT 'has not known adversity, is
but half acquainted with others 'or him
self. Conkant success_shows us'but one
side of the world. •
TTIE two most preciona tbihgs on this•
side the grave,
are our reputation And
life. Thekmost contemptible slander may
deprive us of one, the weakest weapon of
the other. Therefore; although we„can
not protect ourselves, let us spare others.
Wu ARE never apt - to be intiie deceived
than when we think we are deceiving
others. t,k
31Awfinen are honest from policy, few
er from principle. The former are prone
to speak often of their honesty, the latter
never::
A carricts:u should be received by the
discerning, not so much to discover the
merits of the subject,. as the motives of
the critic. • •
WHEN mothers-in-law fall out, then wels.
get at the family facts.
A.worts_ut of Mind has drivew-thonsands
to suicide—;anguish of body none. We
may fairly; if not logically, infer there
fore that the health of the mind is of far
more consequence to-'our happiness and
success than the health of the body,
though both are more -deserving of at
tention than either.reiieive.
uzqutags more faith to reject Chris
tianity than to embrace, it, „The infidel,
when driven to express his views fairly
and fully, invariably show that his
absurditieS test upon an underlying faith
in the -very principles of Christianity
which he denounces. ri i
How to take life easy—Be careless With
petroleum oil.
THE difficulty with pulpit eloquence is,
that instead of giving the subject all the
dignity it fully deserves without attach
ing importance to the speaker, the matter
is too often reversed, the speaker giving
so much importance .to himself that he
has but little left for the subject.
INGITATIIUDE in a superior is frequent
ly nothing more than the refusal; of an
unreasonable request, and if the employ
er does too' little, it_ is often because the
dependent expects too much.
Tim-man who has tried it says it re
qnires a vast deal of Patience and doul.lle
the quantity of profanity, to,drive a flock
of three hundred turkeys twti
PHILADELPHIA:CS are enterprising. Any
one wlatt.,4uys fire pounds of pork sausage
of an up-town butcher, is entitled to the
photograph of the very dog as he appear
ed a felir minutes before entering the cut
ter. -
IF you want to see and appreciate the
very acme of innocent surprise, turn re
porter and call od a• railroad agent to
get the particulars of a smash-up on his
line. -
WITH a clear sky, a bright, stiO,_ and a
gentle .breeze, you . cau have friends in
plenty; but let fortune frown and—the
firmament be overcast, and their ylf
friends, will prove like the strings--of a
lute, of which you mAlllightalteu before
you will find one that wilt-bear the stretch
and keep the pitch.
A TENNESSEE grit tiding On the cars,
crossed the aisle, kicked a young man up
,against the window, and remarked " I
' was brung up never to allow a yaller-eyed
madto wink at'ine."
SHERIDAN was once asked by a gentle
man : "How is it, that your name has
hot an 0 prefixed? Your family is Irish
and no doubt illustrious." "No family,"
replied Sheridan, "has a better right to
an 0 than our family, for in truth we owe
nobody."
A PEDAGOOVE told one of his scholars,
a son of the Emerald Isle, to spell ."hos
tility."
" 11-o-r-s-e, horse;" commenced
Pat. "Not horsetility," said the teacher,
"but hostility." " ure," replied , Pat,
"anddid n't ye tell me the othef day not
to say boss? Be jabbers, it's one thing
wid ye . oue day, and another the nixt."
Ha WAS only an inquisitive boy and he
said "Ma, will all the lieatbens turn up
all , right when it comes resurrection
times?" "Yes, my son." "And; them
missionaries; those will , turn op 2 . ' ""Cer
tainlY; my sop." ," Well, Ivheit them
Cannibal heathen what's been feedin' ou
missionaries gets resurrected, and them'
missionaries, what's been eat climes
around itid;istiffits to get resurrected,
thingids going to be worse mixed up
than the PreSidential election, hey, ma ?"
"It is time you weredn bed, my,son."
A ItSlll, an boy, but. on Grand avenue,
was picked up by his mother the other
night for some misdeed, and fanned by
her slipper,- nntil be: thought be wee
standir.g right in the way. of a shoe-
Maker's-Shop caught in a cyclone. When
he got away at, last .he was : told, to sit
dowuiwd learn a verse, in .the Bible be
fore be could haie a bite of supper. And
when he was called up to recite be said-:
"The wicked'Sienued in slippery•places. -'
"BTOGRAPHYI iz delitesome reading.
We kunipaye all the virtews 'of the per
son's karaldhr with onr own, and all hiz
failings with our nabers."—Billings.
THE first stop towards making a man
ofyour son is to train him , to earn what
he spends; the nest best step ie:. to teach
himlow to save his earnings._
WATER, though well WaXiiiad„ would
quench, nevertheless, the tire that warm
ed it. 'Thus may the character of a
treacherous person be . described. —San
serif.
Wnn the'Breton mariner puts to sea,
his prayer is,' " Keep me, my God; my
boat is.so small and thy ocean '
Does not this beautiful prayer_triity ex
press the condition of each-of
Tun worship of ,God is a dity—the
hearing and reading may be useful, but
if men restioleatintand,P7aAnk, as too
many do, it is as if 'the tree. should value
ltsblf otrbehig -*stored Mut Outtictearth
tho' taint.
THE , tECkiii) ,bi'l tit GEE/LE Or
LEBUML.
This ancient dream,
perhaps, of a - Syrian .hernait—;-t - shows
that the Cedar ormbanon, the tim
ber tree of the Temple built on - Zion,
was held in the highest estimation,
and lexereiseitthe' fancy. Thejt . nry
proceeds ttkat. Seth received from the
angels threc,seeds of that tree which
he beheld still standing, upon the '
spot wheri sin had beenlirst-commit
ted, Nib standing there blast& - and
dead: carried ' the seedtrhoine
plaCed them in the mouth of the dead
Adam, and o:buried them. Their
future history is Curious. Growing
on the grave cf,Adam in. Hebron;
they were. afterwards most carefully'
protected: by • Abraham,
,Moses, and '
„David. After'their removal to Jeru
salem, the , Psalms were composed
beneath them ; and in due time, when ,
they had grown together and united
in,one giant trees they, or it.—for it
*as now one tree, a Cedar of Leba
non—was felled by Solomon for the
purpose of being preserved for over
as a beam in the Temple. But the,
design failed ; the king's carpenters
found themseWes utterly unable to
manage the mighty beam, They
raised it to its 'inten ded position, and
found ;it _top long. They sawed it,
and it then proved to short. They
spliced it, and then found: it wrong.
It was evidently intended for , an
other, prehaps s 'more- sacred office,
and they laid it aside in the Temple
to,bide its time. awaiting for
its hour, the beam was on
one occasion improperly made use of ,
by a woman named Maximella ' who
the.
took, liberty of sitting on it, and
presently found ter 'garments' on fire.,,% .
Instantly she raised a cry,' arid feel- -- ing the flames severely, she invoked
the aid of Chiiit, and *as immedi- •
ately driven from the city and stoned,
becoming in her death a Christian
martyr. In the' course of an event
fel .history the' predestined beam be
came, a bridge over Qedron, and
being then throWnrinto the Pool of
Bethesda, it proved the ,cause of its
healing virtues. Finally, it became
the Cross, was.buried in Calvary, ex
humed by the Empress Helena, chop- _
0:1 up by a corrupt Church, and
distributed. ,
HURRY AND HASTE.
"Never do anything_ in a hurry," -
is the advice given to attorneys and
solicitors by Mr. 'Warren. No -one
in a hurry can possibly have his wits
about him ; and remember that in the •
law there is ever an opponent watch
ing to find you off ydur guard. You
may; occasionally- be in haste, but •
you need never be in a hurry; take,„
care—resolve--never ,to be so: Re
member always, that Others' interests
are 'occupying your attention,
miter ,by your inadverience;:l)y that,
negligence hicli - genbrallY oeeasions. ,
!Amy. A man of first4ate business
talents, one who looks so calm and
tranquil that inaltes,one's self feel
cool on aliot SuMmer day to look at
him, once told me _that he had never
been in a hurry but once, and that
was for an. entire fortnight, at the;.
commencement of_ his career.
It nearly killed him ; spoiled
every thing he touched ; 'he
always breathless; and' harassed, aid'
miserable ; but it did him good-for
'life ;•le.resolveirtieVer again to' be in
h hurry ; And never was, no, not once, •
that- he could remember, diving
,twenty-fire years' practice I Owr i ve, ,
l speak of being hurried and fluster
ed, not of being in haste, for that is
often' inevitable ; but then is always
seen they superiority and inferiority .
ofdifflerent men. Yon may, indeed,
almost define hurry as the condition
:to which an inferior man is redteed
by ,haste.*, Lone day observed, in a
committee of the House of Commons, .
sitting on a • railivay bill, the chief ,
'secretary . ,of the company, during •
several while great interests
were in jeopardy, preserve - a truly
admirable coolness, tranquility and
temper, conferring •on him immense
advantages. — His .suggestlas to •
Qounset were masterly,.and exqusile
ly well-timed-; .and by the ; -close of
the day he had trump,hed. "How
is it that one never sees you in 'a
hurry ?", said 1,.
,as ,we were pacing
the long corridor; on our way from
the committee room. .'° Because-it's
so expensive," he replied, with a sig- _
nificant made. I shall never - forget
that observation, and . don't you.-= -
Warren on Attorneys and Solicitors.
MOON MADNESS.
THE popular belief that the moon's'
rays will cause madneas in any per- "
-son who- sleeps exposed, o theni has -,
long been felt to be absurd .and vet
it 7 .
has appeared to have its source in
undoudted facts. Some deleterious
influence is experienced by those. ho
rashly court slumber in full moon.
shine and probably' there, is no super
stition to which the well-to do pay
more attention. Windows are often
'carefully covered to . beep Mae, moon
beams from entering rooms: Xften
tleman living in Indialurnishes-" t 'Na-
Lure" with an explanation of this
phenomenon, which is at leak plausi-
tile. , He says : " 4.has often-been ob
served that when the Moon is full, or
near its full time, there are rarely
1 any clouds about,. and if there be:
clouds -before the . _ full moon rises,_
they are soon dissipated ; and there
fore a perfectly clear sky, with a bright
full moon, is frequently observed; A
heat from the surface of the earth,
and any person. eiposed to such radi
ation is sure to be chilled by rapid
loss of heat...-Theie is reason to be
lieve that, Under the circumstances,
paralysis of one side' of the face is
sometimes likely to occur from chill,
as one side,of the face is more likely
to be exposed to rapid radiation, and
consequent loss of its beat. This
chill is more likely to occur when the
k .. y is perfectly clear. I have often
slept in the open itir7inUndia on a
clear summer night, when there was uo
moon : and althotigh the first part of i
the night maybave been hot; yet 'to
ward :two or three o'clock' in the
morning, the chill has been so great
that I have. often been awakened by
an ache in-my forehead, which I as
often have counteracted by wrapping
a handkerchief round_ my head, and
drawing the blanket over my face.
As the chill is likely to be greatest
onl , a very clear night; and the clear
est nighfaarc likelyto be those on
which there is a brigh moonshine, it
is very possible that n uralgia paral
j
ysis, or other similar, ' jury, caused
by sleeping-in the o , air has been
attributed to the moon, when the prox
imate cause may really have been the
chill, and the moon only a -reraote
cause, acting by dissipating -the
clouds and bake' (if it do so), and
leaving a perfectly clear 'sky for the
„play of radiation intq opace."--
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