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f.:
4'7;1: a.; eseltai4l, c;
1 , 41`1.V. ::OTICY.S Insert ed at ri.P•ztnlll CENTS
•,e1 t.„,t, tot :Ise .flrtt tticertion, 5u4 rivs:.Czueri
1 %,-; tot. for subiirluent Insertlvns.
• •CA.T., NOTICES, Wuet le U readteg
Torr.:TT vENTS Lilqi.
t'VENT!cE`.EE Ts will be Intoned teeording
to tho foLloyring table Of tutee: •
....1w .1 4W I 201 13m that .17r.
'lnch-.__ 1 $l.l O 5.00,1 6. 0 001 10.00'1 104)
2 . llWiles .... 27001ft00 11.00 I 10.00 ts.ooja.oo
inches--'
fit ;2.50 1 7.06110.00 13.00 20.00 130.0`0
4 1nche5......._ •i.OOl .71.1.00 . 1 18.25 I :5.00135.00
'NA .5.00 1 12.00 118.00 I 22.00 - 1 t.,0.00 1 45.00
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column.. 10.0,'.1 =O.OO 1 30.00 1 40.00 i 55.00175.00,
I:colainn.. - . - 1 20 - .00 1 50.00 1 50.00 180:o;Cii06. 11ti0.
A 11)11 N TTi.A.tOR 'St and Elec. n tor`a 'Notices,
ece; : Auditor's notices. ,t 2.51; Business Cards, five
(per rear) 41. m. additional line*. *l.OO each.
Y Tti.,Y Advertisements are entthed t 0 gnat , :
tl• r r eh n
'IRA:Ns! ENT advertisements innst be raid for
IN•A DVANeE.
Elf .B,sahelaticins, Communleae
tte.,,, of limited or Individual interest. and , notices
;,!:trrlat.res and Drettlet. exceeding five lines, are
TF":`: ('F.NTS PElt LINF.. •
of every kind, In plain and
color', donc with 'neatness and dispatch.
1,1-yelltills, Mantis. Cards, Pamphlets. Tilllheads.
st,lement.t."Sic„. of ,every variety and style, printed.
at VW 41.7t05t !indef.:, Tilt RE:POUT:FM office Is
well supplied with poicer presses. a good assort
-1,1,21 of now type. and rtVerythinte in the rtfnting
!tr.' ca't lte executed in; the most artistic manner
tete; :IT tlce .In . sre , t rates.
t cohlinn
TF;infti INV AIiTAIWY CAST.I
Frcfassfcz:.! 4ta Baetess Cars.
ALES WOOD;
ty ATTQRNtY-AT-LAW.
TOWANDA, PA.
(i II \ STNPEPSON,
AT' El -.114
,A NV,
( , Fr 111111 , 11ng (“yri - rdwell's'Strq - c)
TcywANDA, PA.
I ' .
kr.tITAS.. M. EM,L,
."1 T. 4 T: rrDLlr•'
at , rll.l°.. - .111 'first- 1-PR ~.nljtatiitv. k .
rar.rt. ,%; Ft•yle..ToW37l 1.3.41.0,22.1
W. 47 WNr.
A Tic , R 1"s-.4 T-L ToW A spA, Pd
•rc Stop , . ainScreet,
pill 1,4. '7l ' , ".
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FQ STRQtrP,
Trf , TlX.r. ; l - 3 yr) T-L. Tr
`ll , , four N . ;,r;TI of IV4rxl
t!l.-0, !'o, It
1 - 11110,1 'II3WANI)A, PA
STBEETEII.
LAV: OFFICT.,
n.
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(.)VERTON "METIC , C,R,
ATToltNEvs AT T. AM",
Tt)WA'S DA PA
May67s,
itt +SI.N . F.Y . A.
! , 1 2 €4:M , an y s
I.IIVFIfT ,I N:
AVAL MAXWELL,
ITTrtILVET-AT-LAW
71, v rt.l ir A Y-TON': , ,i•TtliiE, TO ..C1:ll„.1., r7l.
=NEM
DATRICK FOYLE;
- _;TToRNF: rS-A T- ASC.
Tt.wamix.
11y17;7a,
Morrqrs
7 - 3. AN(ILE,
1111
I T .-,,,, 222,"1:-Y-...17*-I,AW
Ith P - .w:'sr.Li, Pa.
.ti I.':S
MASON,
1 1'
ATIMINtY AT LAW,
TitwAsi)A PA.
riNt..1....r "f C. U. r,ivh. sec-
Nor. 15,•74.
MEM
P• .
L.
ArrottNrY-AT-t. A 11",
Tow.+N DA, 'PA.
4).7.1riV1V1111 SllllOl Sr Sibritanye. litucll-75
ANDREW WILT,
t, •
A T N ,t Co rNSEL L R-A T-L AW.
i) - 14u, IT,ootc Sion., two doors north of
I'a. M.ty t.c consulted
1•2:
_ •
tt teI'IIERSON & KINNEY,
.1,1
lATToracE TS-AT-LAIV,
TOWAxJ t. I'.&. 4Jrl,e ha Tracy Noble's Block
Jar.. In, ]S;6
1 F. .'GOFF,
AT . TORNEY-AT-LA
11a!:;141r,ot (4 doors north of Ward lionso). Tw
v. - 41;;14, P..Alt.rll-12, )877.
•
We:IL L TItOmrsCrs„I.AT - roitNEY
T tro,.lll,sl epTra,ted to GI, cal; I I
l l l i i i r l aVO e r n d d .
Sl7l l l-van and Wymriing CUtllllo2lk. OelCt3 with Esq.
rort,r. • [norl9-74.
ELS'I3IIEg,
IN
A'CCORNEY-AT-LAW,
_ TOWANDA. PA.
111M31/
LAMB, !
ki
•
ATTCIaNtf-AT-LAW,
.1 CollPrtlons promptly atteildNl to
VEIZTON & F,'LSI3REE, A17011,-
, ziE.l- , AT I.A V:, To WANO A. PA: flaying en
ter,} Bilk, e,.pariner,nif,, olior 111;:-Ir I,rotesstonal
tervto.;.s to tho ptthlte. .-.lwrial attention girpn to
- 1 / 1 1q , :a... , in tl:r orotair7t an , / negt:4itr's Courts. .
E. t'..`!~' F.lt'iON; .(n. (m 111440) N..C. ELSIIREE.
3I ADILL 4,-, A C Ti A i L . 1,...PF, , c ,,,,,,
TOWANDA; PA. ,
orae ~ In Yr exurp Mock. first d"or south of the First
Nallonla bank, urri•,Talrs.
ii..). NS ALM. L. ,1' jazlS-731V, J. N. cAttEr.
,
G lUYNE,
, A TroRNETS-A.T-L.4IV,
1 4 :0. I, TR.AvT SC NOICI.E.A.I lif.ocic, MAIN STREET
r.►.
INIE
=I
JOHN N. MIX,
ATTORNEY AT LA',
ANT)
11. S.
• , ' • TpWANDA, P.
Oface--Nortn Side Put.lls,Square
TA AZ MS CARNOCHAN,
.ATTOTINZYS.AT LAW,
MERCUR BLOCK
li'•c . TOWANDA. PA.
lIPEET, A TTORN,E'i-AT-LAW.
• Is psepared to practice all branches of his
42::.r . c, Efif,' IlLocx„ (entrance on south
x.7ip'(s. PA. nanll-7n:
•
D DP.NTIST, •
Towanda. Pa.
on Park street. north side Public Sgriare
next tt. 0.“•11 llOuse, tn3ch9-7.4
nit. 8. M.,,WOODBURS,
`i•lam and t3uizedti. Chace aver 0. A. Black's
'1 .manda. May. 1 , Is72ly*.
1 / 1 _.P.D.,.
•
..IND SURGEON.
ftlll • • over Moittntlyete Store. °Mee' hones from IC
:"lo 12. A. mot from 2 lo 4. P. M. Speel3l attention
gtt• - it t.t ,11,:ea..e,:of%ttie Eye anti Eur.-0rt.19;•76-tf.
11111. T. B, JOHNSON,
YS I ota 5.4 D S URGRO.V.
Oihre ovvr I)r.rorter & 30:1 4 :41 - yrng Store, Towanda.
Ar D. L.. DODSON, DENTIST.
I.T.E • (ia alld after Sept. 7.1, may be bland In the
• new ow2tvi floor at Dr.. Pratt's new
ob State Street. liuslneis boll cited. •
S-pt. 3441. r.
A tr . , R
.
Y.,- DENTIST.-0 (Tice
-, ' 1 V a :, - vs r lk -1"
I. : lli j .ot , entield's, Towanda, Ps. .
' . 'Perth InuettA en Geld, Sliver, ltnnher, and Al
crootaln l,a.c. Teeth extracted withontmtn.
, 1 •t • IA-7 . 2.. - - - 1
...
.
1 - 11. t. C. M. ST.A.NLY DItNTIST,
-
r 4 II athig removed bra Dental of4ee Into Tracy
NuoreN 11. w Murk, over Kent .50 Bliss' store,
oow prepared to di all kinds of dental work.
lii togs also put to a nvw . gas aparatus.
utayl;rs. •
S, ItiTSSELL'S
•
GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENCY
TOW ANDA. PA.
]I ay2.5-70 tf
I s -f;4. 1876,
TowA:NDA. AGENCY
Main Streefoppositithe Court House.
NOBLE
ctANAGERS
INSURANCE . AGENCY.
- The following '
iir,Li ABLE AND . FIRE TRIED
.' Companies represented: . 1
.`
L A NeSlllltE, PIRESIX,UOMEMZEGRANT*.
'Much WT4I4 ' O. iftliLACIG'-
S. V. ALVORD, Publisher.
VettlThiE
IMMENSE STOCK
SPRING AND SLTiii3IER CLOTIII:NCI
n v , filled the store lately occupied b4Soloinosa &
Suct with the Iost complete assortment of
fit every tlescriptic n ever- Offered in this market.
My stock comprises everything In the'lluutif Heady
nnule Clothing lot
MEN'S, YOUTHS' A-ND CIIII e DnEWS V'EMI
lIk_TS,
desire to announee to the people of Bradford
County. that I have Ir•rmanently to eateil in Tntvan
eiotrovor. Ie (-lose attention to bust
ik•ss, small protit, and fair dealing, to • merit and
serrate my bhttre 4,f patronage.
My stock NE W. haviiig twee purchased during
the p l ut
two tteet for CASII„ . . .
TOWAN!)A,I " A
Towanda. April 5;1577
J)ENOVATEDI
RENEWED 11
the past winter I 'have by close appllca
on,to hutdrtess,
My old stock of Ifeady-Madetlothing,, and now
offer to toy customers
r
AN ENTIRELY NEW ASSORTMENT,
TOWANDA AND VICINITY,!
fly long exporlence In trade hete, I believe I un
derstand what the people desire In the ' .
And feel sure that my stock, niek being apened,
TUE LINE OF CLPTUING
PE
.WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD!
T O"iVANDA 31t7SIC EMPORIUM !
WI I. KES-BAIT E, PS
July 21,16
I=
Invite the public to an examination of OW- este.
ltshment.
Jan. 1
MB
Continues 'to be tho favorite with Vrialchitia. and
Well sustains the high reputatiow earned. It Isnot
necessary to go into any extended description of
the instrument, as Its merits apparent to all
on ezarninatioul
•f
Clothing
' - or
• •
Jost opened . old &tarn! of.
ht. E. soLo3swili'soN'.
Agitseably ivtth announcpment,
MR. J. DAVit
READY, MADE CLOISINGI
FURNlsrirs-G GOODS,
TRUNKS;
•
CAPS,
L'.III.I3RELL4S,
VALISES,
CASES, &a
REPLENISIIED !
CLEANED OUT
Pure!)Led with a spacial vlew,to the wants of
C.LOTIIING JANE,
CAtiNCiT FAIL TO SUIT ALL
PRICES WERE NEVER SO LOW
And I can offer everything
And
GENTS' FURNISDING' GOODS
At priceB which defy competition
Remember this when in want of Clothing
-- • ,
H. JACOBS.
Towanda, Aprlll2, Int,
,Holmes & Passage.
Cor. Main and Pine-stsj
1101:34S & PASSAGE,
Wholeaale ano Meinll dealers In all k\ln
MUSICAT, INSTRUMENTS
AND
SHEET MUSIC,
The veJobrated
, MATIEUSHEK PIANO
ENE
We also have the agency for
GEORGE WOODS C0..1
PARLOR & VESTRY ORGANS
These Inatrurnenta aro celebrated tbe-world over
for their remarkably pure and brilliant
•
QUALITY OF TONE I
Which is owing to their famous Comidnatlon 8010
Stops: Aeollne; Vox Hymana, Plano, -all of which
are separate and additional sets of Heeds and Bars,
se arranged sato admit*f an almost endless variety
of orchestral effects and beantrful combinations;
TUEIR EXTRAVORDINARYPOWER,
ELEGANCE Or, \STYLE,
AND TDORO' CDNST#DCT
Among Abe many - Patents ow
above Out, are
SEPARATZ.BOI;O BETS,
WOODS' OCTAVE CORLEIC
imirtovED
PATENT CASES,
PIANO ATTACHMENT?
.1N e offer ail our instiamentS at the lowest Iligturea,
and guarantee them just at represented. Mali be
decetved by traveling agents. but come directly to
head/marten, where you are sore of getting just
what yon bargain for.
HOLIEZIS k PLVSAOZ.
-Tomo* Itareb 8, tam
==n
E , SCROFULA. i
- i 1
71107'..
m the, systein every '
'I 4i 'Humor. it has
N °sten ang vletal- ,
' utteiNrs. .
. • ,
Cancer, Canoorous 54t or. _ '
The ntarrtlfotin effect of VzakTIN I E n caul of 1
%
Caol•er and Cancerous Humor rhalleort.2, the most:
PriqOund.atten t lon of ill . medical faeolty, any of
.'
whom aru prescribing Vr.4; ETI.V.E to their lents.
. .
. 1 Canker..
~ • I
• crar.TINE tin.; lit-vve ralitAl to cure ruo nips
inficaible case 0f cativer.
, ••.,
\
Scrofulous .
*cirrEsrz will erndlcnte fr.
tat (t. of Scrofula and Scrofuln
pettnanently cured tnolnands In
ty 'ho had been lung and painful
Mereur rat- Diseases.
The vEGET N 11 WonderfulsUceesf hi
the ehre.,of this Oak/ of 41 , ease's. • •
In .:tllls CrilUplaint the Y EGETJ,IB 111 •the great
reliiNty, as It removes front the system the produc
ing' cfauu.
T r iter, Salt:Rheum, Scald,lfead„ &c-, 'eer
tafifly yield to the great . aJtertiative effects of 'V ZG
_
Etysipotas.
1, - rAETINE, hag ucr.•r fattk.l.. to cure the most
fine Bate case of Ei-,yslpvia.:.
•
'Pimples and , Fluincrs on tte Face.
ihould• leaen IN 11,31. a Ittotchti, rough or
144)44 . 1 skin tio..pends upoo Internal
c•1,1t5.., and nitOutsiard application Can ever taro
tAerklurett..,* , •
Tumors, Ulcers or Old Soros.
ean3ed IT an ficiputq stata" of the blood.
Clea 4 the blood ^Alai VEG ETI NE, and
these COMplailitb will cth...ppear.,
. •
Catarrh.
e •
fror this complaint the only
substantial benefit
ca4l Ito-obtained ihmuglt the nlood. VEGETINE is
gr.._ Lineal purifier, • .
$ 4 . Coast]
eior.s nt art WA a CaShllelle SO
ShTe they. bOWeatt, bYlt i'leatiNeri all the organs, coati.;
I,llng each tuper.rorpi the Itinetleus devolving upon
I itrnri ' "'
J. DAVIS
•
`• Piles.
.•
v•EGETII.rE has n;wered thnnv.tuds to heatlh Who
have been long and pa,lnful .offerers.,,' •
It-VCCIZTINE .1s taketr rugillarly..accorellng to
illrecttuus, - al certain anX .qnii.tlyturo will follow
its use. • t
, --- 7
•
Faintness at the mach.St •
vEGETINE ii n.q.,• a stimulating tAtters Flitch
creates a lictltlntc: aj petite. but a Optic Jcille.
whielLasalsta Itatur u to restore Use . btoluacia , to a,
!it:lathy oction., •
. . . - -7. • t ...,'.--,.. 'i,. - ,. •
. .
Female Weaknesa;-
vy.r.r..Tis.r.:,fts, dtrcctly gimp the causes (4 t*s(l
complaints. It Inc igorateM. and stfetiglliciis tho
whole, system, :•t s ,, upon the secretive organs ant
- allays lull:..aimatlou. - \
',....)11 I
Ceneral Debility.
In this coraplaint the vad etfects of the 'lrsoz-
TIN t are realized tatute‘llately after cotninenclug
10 take It: as deirility•,denoto tletteleany cif the
blotl, mid VEGril NE ;las xllreetly upunthe.hlood.
VEpETINE IS SOLI) BY ALL DRUGGISTS
THIS WAY FO-11Z
AND _WARRANTED' TO FIT !
ai.ERCIIANT A ILOR.
OPPOSITE COVRT lIOVSE SQUARE,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
lie Is prepared tos s funalskto order,. made to
measure,
• .
SPRING AND Se:WIER SUITS,
•
BE:, QI.TALqY it LATEST STYLES,
.
Af prlres ho moat reasonable.of any establlabmot
to Tosyand Call and exaaila•my stock.
Tcrwanfljt, Pa., April S.
HIGHEST AWARDI
CETE*NIAL EXHIOION.
THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS, DHLA.,
Manufacturers of patented • -
WROUGHT-IRON AIR-TIGHT
With Shaking and Clinkertirinding Grates for
burning Anthracite or Bituminous Coat.
CENTENNUL
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS.
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
Cooking Ranges, Loyr•Dow! &Mos,' tic.
Descriptive ciroslarisitter Title: to loy MOM
EX4SIXNE lIEFORE SELECTING.
Philadelphia. 4rll ZS, ?7-ly.
D PISISD
THE GREAT '
WEDDIN,G CARD DEPOT
4 by the
nicest foyer than' any House In the Country
AND BELLOWS
IMO
ORDELS BY MAIL •
PRIOMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
Aprtl 14 at%
Es=
Eil
Pain in tho Bones.
Salt7Rhoum . ,
/Dyspepsia.
IM=RE
t
SPRING SUITS
Made to order,"
J. 1.. qIpM,AHON,
Efasjust received a .
ZiEW AND' COMPLETE STOCK OF
cioTris,
CAPS,
HA TS,
..I
B:a,'Ste, &d.
J. L. 31c3JAHOIC.
Heaters,
J. REYNOLDS & SON,
Northwest corner
HEATERS,
tor Bituminous Coal.
KEYSTONE
The lstest si7lee 7 bs
WEDDING 'INVITAUIONS.
ivm. E HOB SINS,
BTATION'ZR ANI.I
'
913 Ara Shea, PbUidelplas.'
I
TOWkNDA - , BRADFORD VOLT'
flukd
HOW TO CATCH A BEAU
Little fatly, de!ycli asti r t!its
Ifow to eatc h ),eau ?
•
Surely you, a witt4Gato lags!e—
re!y. you ..qintald thow.
Lot ine ien possink.
Thal there are nanny avaye,'.
But only melanin to you
Tlaaie that tvirt litlli S pral4o.
W-hon your frlcial drOps In to see you,
Groot with happy rave, , •
Lao•di and s'n.' an 4 =parkle.t)elghtly
1. -With Shur rarest grave;
r 1 , it WATT your plr.tsaut hutnor,
Though you wear flue
Seer forget your niothe'r's labors.
•Aud her ca re froir ti faee,
Learn t'Oltd,or--,-Itelp your mother
n.•th, housotiot,l eart•i;
\ \ t < :ll to bake, to e.•' d
i.. 10
N: .man dot,: Lot deserve you •
make you Skrce
•.tt that mem.' tho'
VII who eat/
• N
•
1.
•
Oh 1 %Thar . Shall 'v. g(/ Wen Ile great day ,
Wl,l (1,. uv do trumplts au` 'du JAI. In' ZS"
d‘: drunk.; ?
To waNy p4' stpherl 'll cotchcd cut late,
IS tol
Itut torn
\
1.11‘1! 7,5 I ;11
Learn to be a
:k1 a4l e r avers
That to IWILV2 Ml4\
C;11.
Sch:1.11“01r 111;:a
Learq Lt hat you she 4\
Atli; gran soli ucer t;ml,
11..4 to catell'a bisatl
ttnod, trno woman
-t
thnsC yoit turcbest
jcart
k cum - .
use
thc• queFtlon:—.
..-44110.10- • ,
trripLr, RV:1175'3 REVIVAP
Att. UHe wi latch to do
NO usetet-to wait 'swell to-toorrei?
\ it
.1 t.a" .11C
. Si ez a - harabi,/
\ Oh, L ,r4l `, retch t4t., tho'ticrs up blgher:
W"en dt's uft.,l*.du. tr: de vac(' Is a sr:Li:la:oaq aroul4
,Wlto's ' ''kNsillu to ellowtelt ter ter war 'de Glott
efolti] 'f
ti tt's nigwl d(z tt , r for 4tatl• sttlf.luteetl au' bor.
Are t pi•tiatu. at de canili . to de roll
"A You het 6.mr. :ow I , T y.tu
• Ole -titan is louse :tit's a
• • TO 14erht uv de.truesimn Is a hutrimlti`
Oh, Cona'aligig slidter, et yuu,ccaulni.
De Song ny salvation is a mighty sweet song,
Ati• di , ['Arad's° Nyin'bio' fur au' Mu' strung ;
Au' hurtiaat's Is sat an' It'd "wide,
Au' ilat'S k MArc '
It,iar a slnuar t ? Eter 1100.
I , :o_u_Se , ter 6e stigg,lli' au' 3 lookire,
Er pni feel wl,l you'll g took In
on ,L c....l'gean' Kit slick In,
you keep oil a' noppitx! au u
ria time Is r!zlit now an' dls Place+ -
Lit4e 531r:0140i -mttl sftitwsqn . ariii yo' face.
biitriks ur do Lord, tight soup au! flea
poa
- 317•!rs line a latch on goldit• gate.
ter wait 'swell toduorrer—
\ r De Alin /1113.33/1 sat nn y o' sorrg T.
. ;
- :
. \\
,o 6
•
Come hear what 1 ie Writ •.n the hlekerl*.sings:
7
'Nialorse ne‘it 11 , 3 , 1 I ' A4ACII la but a fortnight ago;
In a new one as soft ;:he Is fulling her wings,'
And a now ono sits po Chem en the brancbei b§„.o
low: . l.
. ,
Come hear what sho shags to the heart of the poor.
NrilOSC temples hare fallen In wind and In raid;
Come hear how she''ngita now song that Is sure,
To thd glurb l vis °id earid of Try it .Agafti I .
ii
What has been hadiptilime cannot perish too soon .
What, lia t i been rightly ilonio will not perish'at all, ,
One trort: ; ' teireys at nee, and ono 'totters at-noon,
Arid we klii?..yuot their worth till they, triumph
: or fall.
ei. sharp et a bamboo brier—
x du Lord fer to retell you up higher.
Con.4.ftuttori.
I know It Is hard to be - tolling 50 long: "
I know it Is painful to struggle In vain, •
To be hroken by sorrow and bark>4l by wrong",
,Itut tbeiluty of Weis to Try It. Again I
Sl'ot a han4 .tu} ,arch but has Itttior.and task,
Not a heart on carat bat has duty to do,
Su.lce le: in, su , rlr. whatever we abk,
Xtid rear net hut God will bo.tenticr and Rite.,
And still •
l'l,l - ..!n'we tatter and fall In the race,
Oettu.: wrfclt i lst out popes scatters over theplatn,
,Bettlett.l.er to'lcbd; with kpityttig face
:\ \ , 2ln the Work Olyour brother, and Try it Apia 1
LORELET
I + canotimagine what daunts me,
•
And\tualani me feel eerie and IoW
A legend It troubles, It haunts me,
.IA legend \ of long ago.
. •
The l air day is declining,.
sinoothlithine's waters run,
Andlhe ntibui mountains are shittin
.Aloft In the seta i 1, sun..
'A Mahlon of wondron seeming,
'Moat beautiful slts, seb tlMre I
lief jewels in gold are•ghiaming, _ 7
She combs out her golden\bair.
• With a comb of red gold, she y\ti it,
' And still as:she combs It, she sings ;
As the melody,falls on our hearts, s lt
. -With pewer as of magic stings. \
With 2. spasm the boatman bears
- • Out there In tile little skiff ' , \
• Ile seotnot the reef, as be nears It,
lie ottly.lcsdcs up to the cliff.," . •
The waters will sweep. I am thinking,:
O'er skiff, aye, and boatman ore long;
\ And this is ‘ „Whon daylight . is sinking,
\ What Loreley did „with her song.
—,Blackw;)iid's( ilapartiu.
licellatteoo.‘
Ree,ay Money.
•
"So you are crOing to be married,
Kate? Well, I r 'hoiie you. have made
a wise choice."
"0 yes, uncle," uncle," I replied lightly ; -1 1
"I know I have. Henry, is to make
me perfectlylsappy." \ ; •
• " What has got?" was the ne*t
pleasant observation that fell\from
Uncle Jocelyn's lips. \
"Got? Uncle! Id \ on't know what
you mean," tanswered;growing rosy,
red at the.unexpected uuluiry.
" What are hid meins?
does he intend to settle upo)kyoU?"
." He has his business," prOmptly
interrupted my mother.
"Ite le so clever, he is sure to get
on," I added,.-in my.eagerness tAt.
Assure Uncle Jocelyn it was all right
as, regarded my fUture.
"That will depend a great deal
upon you Kate," he replied gravely.
"The wife has more to do in making,
or marring her husband than is
generally suspected.. A careless, ex
.travagant, bad wife is the greatest
cikie a matt can have; a gocsd one is
the reateist blessing" •' '
" I s, Uncle ; 0 yes," I assented,
gyincin toward my-mother, who was
smilingtu
s ewhat scornfully, I fan
cied, at hi s_ pinions.
-
"Take care, of his pence and- his
pounds will tak • care of themselves."
continued Um! : " and • beware ,ot
ever getting into., • bt, Kate; it's the ,
easiest thing-to get ' to, the hardest;
thing to get out of. ke ray advite;
live, well within' your means .and
always pay ready money.
" Yes, Uncle; 0 yes, . tided.
"I am sure you are right; .and
Elenry is so prudent, he is certainly
to Wive the mane ideas."
REGARDLESS OF D
"WO, keep item before your,
mind. ADon't despse an 'old man's
counsel ~ my uothiig that you can't
afford, and !ways lay ready linone}.':
. I rememb .r till, conversation so
well 'with- T3'n \ le 4.ieelyn, some few
weeks before My : marriage; at the
time it 'did riot sbOie me so forcibly
as after arils, for '4 mind was too
filled with other aid to me 'nor - e - in
teresting. Matters. .
Uncle Jocelyn +lli a . old man.
ami the amonalt of his foqune. had
always been wrappd in son *e °fisca
-1
rity ; but lie lived comfortabtr„ nd
possesed a- small irOperty in \lie -k
-s4tire, upon which lie had buil a
pretty and substauial house, whei A
hint cillien,, spent nany haPpy 'daps;
ife : had always ,:horn a- special
affection for wie, ni doubt owing to
the fart of my bc. , it.T, the only dangli:
ter Of his only broiler, who had died
When 1.-,Nya , .ii quite .n infant, leavin! ,
use to the Sole .g,tirdianship of my
totter. ITn fortmately for m e , t l k .r,
had never been an . love lost, between
the, latter and Übe Jocelyn ; the
roOlness: Thad ratlr inereased,than
diminisiiei ti;•;, yets went by, pl
whe4i invitat;qus we sent, for a to
visit, coinvgtoii, 'vr.-icli ii'as the name
I ,r my uncle's vim"; any - mother inva
riably refused for herself, and only
With f4feat piThs - nas,u permitted 'me
Y. r.
'DM
to ir,o
Ilow I cpjoyed finse visits ! How
sWeet; were, the ha-fields and: CIOV-tr
:,l•("2lti'd nuC 11.)Wi I low' 1...0(ol and
fresh the ntarl4o dairv, \VI th
itti 10 WS Or Ori 01111112: hafiitis Or
f,roldQll crea fragrant was
• old-fasidolivil gardep, with
IT , Si' aSSy .. wall; and. r dewy,
ri)m!'s,Vand Lite t "14 r-tme.sql,liady,
under whielt trtio .Jocelyn would
it;of'an afternou sanoiOn, li4ten-•
tug alparently satistied sit •
eon'vkitin The sun
alwllys Seemed toad shining in timise
days. 1 can rectl n•O gloom_ then,
and all things wo a charm,' which I
did not IttiQu! laythiefly in the fact
uf toy',own;youtland htter ignorl
...ttlee of lite :sad cßivs...
t)iykver, not. to igeess, I had not
seen sb much of tide Jocelyn since
I had grown up,partly because of
the existence of. new interest in
life. I hail met lenry.'..4.rden. .lle
was six and twety, five years my
senior. His posinu in life was a
fairly good one, .2 having a Small
interest in' a •liistlass , eit) business
-which gave him vet. ,
,t;:ion a. year;
his ; character .w; 'irreproachable: l
and when. I. sayhe was a general:
favorite tvliereveric• Went, it may ho
surmised 'that in :y opinion be was,
ifnot quite perfes very closely Ain
lo it. For trzysel I i was passable\--
07liaps 'a little arc than tliat.---blit
los penniless ti, , il-tuother died ; so
WM - -is nvery astoisliing tltiug to me
how s s odesirable .iettrti li tiii fallen. to
my lot \ \ lk was - I...a:tint - b . get: 0n....-
.the senion„partne had bec-,,. known
to say to thcznsel's: - Con*equenfly
our - start in life Pulsed 'to be a fair
.one.. And toe Her, we were mar
died. Our lione.y.ooh: was of com
paratively short dratian, (nut it *as
king enough to ok,Ntlenry, as 1
Afterivards.:learne, something like
40 pounds, which as a ansilerable.
ctit out Of ..f.:.;00 : '
year ••'for it . had
nOt, occured to bu to, lay by any
dare cash for. tise unavedeled ex
penses. I, had ' felra.thery .tine. sv at
'the expenditure, ..11, it was to arty,
days to venturenpon any remon
strance, had 'I, but so, inclined ; we
,were setre to 11%1 - very:quietly when
We once settleildown aril& eofild.'
easily thou makep• for Any L litttees.,
tray:to-a:nee of well at the . outset
we had been suit. We were to live
'in London, and;.'were fully agreed
op one point; ligings were not to
bethought of; t must have a house
of our own. Tharospect - of possess
ing one-jointly kit Henry was very,
pleasant -to melt pictured -an end
less fund of' antement tiad oectipa
tion to l ti,•in furShing and adorning
it ;\l3 - ut, the maton had kill to be
selebted; sci‘ontrst busirresv.as to
find find -1; e to Sit's, the: next, to get
into it a. _soonlposkible.
We mu t hal Spent
.a small for,
tune in cab-hi ' before Wfi ' finally
found just win we 'ranted ; even I
then, though Osituatitin ,was good
and the. dornie.; desirable, the rent i
frightened us ;.was eigl leas
a. year , imfurnied ; but u the I
comfortable irti. The i ; of:
rt size, and Was extremely small, 1
was rather atilvantage than other-
wise, 'as it *id require so little,
furniture; andwo maids would be
amPly - `sufficie. for our establish
ment; whichicue' h a place Would be.
• ,
a most et edipte menage.
We wet clhted with the house,.
'the baleon3 .he - drawing-room,`
being, as . we . busiastieally filreeo
\
Almost worth ,'e etkt itself; and we
made no resin/cc When the house
\
agent, who .st ve . had- some
ainusenient or our I &teem* and
\ el
ineiperience,ted
P us- ri\ a
.seven -
years'
_lease, itresenting- us that
our advantagevere almost mequal
ed, ha ing noreminin to pay ; \ffe
cons ted-4insideraticin of s hTlfe
enu crated ifiti,teof our bargst \ ; \
..:,to make anepair4 that . were ne
esiaiy ; and tact - *ere, in such de
'tight. witty tilirhole affair that the
agreement, *night: have been ex
pected, was Vy, easily arrived at.-
We knew nhing about furnishing;
never dreamtt the dangers of green
wood Ortheliitable resultorcheap
investment,', ourselves very
limit° \ t* get ld of two furnishing
liSts to eornpi prices vbeside. which
we itat it(4lv Ile paper and pencil to
ealeut to esaiy how much we. must
spend ; rid remembering Uncle
Jocelyn's . 44,, ventured to say we
should resell Mot to 'go beyond it.
We came :ahe tomtits/on that
\
4:t y
;tau . al necesktk might be ; bought,
tatting the.ps f m . the' hooka for
£150; so 11 dee -NI on borrow
ing,.o.6o, wi hiehd; felt sure the
\
Imuse could , really n ely done;
and this suit was to 'pa • Interest
l iirti
i
forjuntil.‘th incipal was Id'off.
Nothing c4l have:surpass I Our
prudence-LA re *0 : set out.' 1, en
We got into - alnapwe had select
as the one - tottronize we found tha
the things had thought - of were
very inferio o our imaginings ; a
trifle , more e mid: i trifle. 'more
there could e no . gmat difference
n - the* sum . 1. and • . be- - .everything
to Ili hi the eeness 'Of our house;
besides *hi a :estitnate 'of 'meets.
•
NUNPIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
Y, PA.; THURSDAY
ORNING, MA 10.1877.
saries proved a very inadequate one
when' inumerable etceteras were de
dared absolutely indespensible- by ,
the attendant - shopkeeper. 'We made
apparently endless purchases, which
tie could hardly Tetnember until they .
were deposited in Amberley Villa,
'where,. with my . newly-engaged 110-
n4estic, I awaited with inimense de
tight. •
.I.ltit vast; as the importation ap
peared, I had yet to learn of the. le
gion (if:- anis •undreautt of by us.
Searcelfy dnv passed without some
new denunni being mole; which ap
,parentlY' was perfectly impossible
;,to do withont. ;But at lasl 1 was
',-,thorom - rhlY 4,ifiShed with oK posses-.
sions,.anti the servant seemed .to
have come to the end of.theiirequi re
ments so the only thing that - we had
Cu think of *as the bill which Inid
not yet been 'sent into us. I was
friqhtetred to think about hut
i 1 cnry was •ti vile prepared boy its be
coiishlerable ', over the .42209.
.liidge - of our dismay when we did re-.
ceive it to find it.. more than .twice
that sum, -15 old There were
fri!dit entric fur "time," which in'
therdsulves rep4senti24l d'serionsitera
and ii n 'whieW we had neverwaieti.
fated ; and 'our sundries,• which
we had hardly taken at all .into
ne
_(s cause 'Co so.netting quite
•• . •
llnt i the. first shock over, the of
it.ll,ling• d‘ieunient wa - ;. thrtuit aside'-,
would, lie 11:1141 ail Irl !• - .)od time;
and for th„ , pr•,„alt !both r - A.soiNted
to di:jiniss . it, from our minds. Friends
wei'e rapidly gatlicituzi-.rotunl
we must receive and pay' visits; A.
it was not ,very ditlic•ult, to, banish
flisiigre'ealo..s, and to cam . witlftbe
~ g reatest cOjoymeirt. 'into the iie;v life
whieh b,Vore tiR. I had 'fancied
our !wipe was 'very - comphAe and
perfect until 1 saw •soine of the
drawing-rooms helonging to'rny
'new acquaintances; rate: that, many
deficiencies were plainly visible ;aird
in ordXto supply them We went to
ditfereutthops,making N ; firixts pur
cha,e.s., 'Which., as [uSual, Put
down to oirts \ . aceount... • Then came
o,tir first Atertaiintrrent, with .it at
tendant ex,petiss. which was
lately -i-mpossilil(Nto avoid ; for In
t[eltry - "s po!,ition it w as 1 thought,
most _necessary for us 'to maintain
good appearance; and, as his wife, it
was incumbent upon, -rue to dress as
Kell and fashionably as I,could.
;• :So 'things went. on : and 1,, 2 f0re we
had been inavried two 'years I peed
hardly say we were hopelessly - and
hurl ifliv in dat. To retrench seem
ed I . ,itterly imPossitle. I hardly knew
-• 11.6;e eNt,raragolce hut the fact
renfaintjd.•we y.-ere living fvr beyond
our- incoine enr:. Iriil were never
ending and every ..d'ay We'll-eft! sin,k
ing-gleklper and aceper into . the mire -
To a.41(1 to our dttti_u'ulties a nurser
had been ,estaliliAlte . d, and,- plough
ini ; 7htlipagineiso strialt an addition,
was not 3 se'yidtts clnl, it cogt, ni no
trifling som r I i!otilii . --n&t, have •eq4-
, .
lured to son ray' baby;badly dressed
dotdd 1 lave seen e , it go onte*;
:Kcf,t in Vie'swtest ,and freshest /of
garment's? So istwas duly adorned
in'the /whitest and prettieSt, things,.
which insured a most 'satisfctory
atootint of pattonage. for our laun-
dreSs anti must appallingAills. for
pie. lio-evet•; we' iminaged to keep
: aflodi in some wOfidei•fulnainne.r,; but
:
henry : was 'begirinintr: / , to have a_
stiangel • careworn Dolt. c to whichd I.
1 _
_.
I
could not blind myself:4le was wor
:ricti and liorrWil. Ills business was
all 'right ;tilt there were bills to meet,
difficulties to be disposed: ,of which
•
he could not quite seethe eMI,of.
' To ()inward app e!.earanc hoirever
..-) l.
we. seemed a very prosperous pair.
Our house ..was now as elegant hs,
our neighbor's. I' had 'a 'thousand ,
costly little.tritles lying abotit_in the
:drawing-room:, got from time to time,
and as usual not paid. for, some. of
which the storekeepers themselves
had -pressed me into purchasing,
Sometimes a short pang shotthrough•
me when I thought over our position,
anti I wished • when we first. set up
that I had sufficient sense. to per
', shade Henry' to do more in accord
' ance With - Our income than we -had
: .done; but it was too late now; we
! must, trust, 'to
_some good fortune
!turning tip.
: Henry had holies that
his partners meant, to Promote him...
and if they Were realized:we should
be much better oft, This 'ideti-lwas
huclying us both ip, and we were
feeling partiediarlY sanguine when
Mi. Trevor,- the .senior.- p*rtner, a
`peculiar man, who almost never left
hnk oWn . house in ,Bedford: Square,
xCept: for :the off ° 'e, announced his
intention' 'of com 'to Amberley
Villa - iodine,. if : :uld have him.,
ln'our anxiety. to itiq es 4 him favOr
ably -we launched . out into , farther
expenses, Be-. iiiiist' be handsomely
entertained, Ab mach might .depend
upon his visit. , Accordingly I arrang
led a most rehercke little dinner, :and
had the tablej laid Out 4 la Rue to,
my entire Satisfaction;- when &cry- I
1 . ! •
thing was completed, surveying tie
-'preparations with the utmost 'conlN
deuce in Mr. Trevor's verdict. But
'alag! for . IlenrY's hopes and for my
dinner. Mr. Trevor came, partook
-ver \ y Sparingly and silently of our.
spftAlity, and - departed _ without',
ha mg dropped one syllable on the i
eubj.ewhieli we were so hoping he-'
woulik e uss.. . , . .4 .
. ofite days afterwards, the( ad- , 1
.vanee in tlke business was' bestowed
in - xiii one of nry'S juniors -who had
never dreamt i \gettincr it.. We were.
terribly disapp Med, it.. count-.
MI so surely<upo tin addition, to our
means; and when*wrathful feel,
ins Werqat their he' lit, who should
suddenly*
t walk in but la Jocelyn !
lie bad never been in Ou)*use'since
rf.
we were married. It was,infact l a great
event for, him to leave eagton,
but
.the freak. had seized lii . \lle
wanted:- to see his- Old favorite and
hiS nerd grand niece; so he had Co &,
He only nie.4nt to stay. fOr the' Oa) ~
in the evening he:intended -to return
home. l- triy,.,inmostAleart I was
is 'fond of hiin. as . ever ; hilt, his -.visit
was. ill -timed. 1 could net realiken7.
! joy it from- my_ disappointment: for
`Henry, and our cares were now as.
- " --- serious an aspect to be
side. - :
ive• a beautifai little houie,
said. i" I had' no:notion
such a..riok man."
....,- • .
you; !tipple ?"' I said, try
ingto liuglx - utlOonettatA4S. j
.. ir, \ ..,..)
...p..
(
i , .L_
' I am truly pleased to see yon so
coinfortahle,r continued. Uncle Joce
lyn, " Thin room must liavc
cost you a pretty. penny, Kate ; . .and,
dare say you have a nest-egg.soine
wheie as
" Oh, it isn't very mueli,",lan
wered, really referrinn to the'roons,
but as he thought to the nest-egg;
and. magining that I meant the:ilat:
pr., though of small:proportions, did:
exist, he re:;ponded most cordially:
Does'nt matterhow : layge, Kate;
there's plenty of time to makedt
•
It was no use uudeceiving him,
though at that veils- moment an oniin7
Otis envelope was delivered to tne
with the announcement that the pct=
son who brought w,_as:lfaitinc7 for
an answer; to. which I faurned the
usual formula,. that Ardeitycas .
out,'brit eallin a day or
I tried to look asAinditferent as pos
ssible, but I felt rtrele .Tovelyn';
eyes were Upon me, and my face cob.
ored painfully, nor did myiionfdsion
e , eapc the .erutitiy. I felt thoroughly
convinced UM lie-had drawn his oWn.
conelusions. :7loon
,afterwards
lva . !.; announced, antd Nye deSceudkid to
the dinitig-room, where Sophy, uiy
parlor maid; had, to ‘ my horror, ar
ranged sollle of our best china on
the table,. with the best - intentions I
knew, neaning to. impress
_my 'Vi - iiitor•
with Our grandeur, hilt little imayrin 2
ins , the real.- eifeet•suell superfluities
wOuhl have upon my Miele: Ile . no
ticed iLttirectly, and admiredi6 -cry
-
muh, •
" on rct that'figare ?"
a;:kell; hidicating n 10rt.:1:1 . ,7 china CCll^
terpic ce
r I :1111- not. (itiit,e certain,"
; we iiare hid it.
for sine time."
It'?us• rli \-err ex we ?" ptirsucii
n (1! I e Jocelyn.
.
••Oh no. no ryt ve • atleast•l don't
think so - ,"•.1. answeredr, .reeolleeting.
with a paittfe\throb that it eertaitify
had not, oust us\inuch as yetveonsid.- .
edit ! ? we had notxpaitl for it: ‘. l'
I . need nor give., all the details of
Unele,loe.elynss visit Stitliee it to
say , thaf'it was one lofig/ martyrdom
that afternoon to. nte./:\nd it was r
positive - relief when .h krid old fact
N . :int:sllot and -1 fomid m`' elf alone
once:more. lle.'. ha:y . l gone, liwtly no
doubt thinking outlines were Cr:at In'
vary pleasant - platies l feeling ass --
not only of our prosperity but
happiness. -- Poor :fleceivid
locetyn ! He' 1 i ale knew that_ . I- wash
just longing to throw myself into bis i
arms and Ma
ake..elean breast of • all '
our • el:traVagance : anti_ consequent
troubles,,. / - . HoW. I enviedltitu going
back • to/ c i idet, peaceful Covington`. -
lit AV .1 Wished' and . -I were just
. Henry.
one-half as happy..as lie west. '',...-
: However, our struggle thenlT . Us
ju.i.tilii_ , g'inning, for we sankdeeper
and dt:eper. it wa liltC a quicksand'
—the . more NI"; .S tr Ig,[._ , , led the deeper,
roe - got. •We 'tier , I not openly re
trette+we lacked he moral courage, -
and. our private titteraph - > were but
the tut fist drops in'the oceariof.that
mightyi,sea into ivitieli,We had drift
ed, sing ply and solely Itee,ause-we had
at the ontsgt.ignortd the 'golden rule . ;
so impt . eased i ppon Me by ITnele ..ft)ce
lyti, to live within .our meads. • . d to
pay reo.dy-thonny. , And w -,
.• ad all
r
ou extravagance done 'fo • Us ?\ We
-, -..,--
had ,a tarp Visiting list, - tind.. I per - 1. , -
Odically paid a host of visit -5, alway
IMping to find friends from liont,
We lia,ti..a. pretty housn and Wern abre.?
to entertain as elegant as our neigh
bors. i I: had heaps 'of, fashionable
dresses and useless, finer;. and Hen
ry:7,S 'aa perfeet as ever in niyeyes-i•
:but ive were' both ..Miserable;' debt
stared us in the face whicheYer way'
we turned; and howl longwe•coula
keep our creditors at' bay was begin
'fling .to be . a source' of considerable
anxiety to us. 1: . ' ~• " • - -.
Ileftrfs. position in this. business
depended solely. upon the . pleasure of
the senior partners.
.There were'cii
rious. conditions in their ; agreement
with him ; and if• - they heard. of hia
embarrassments,no doubt it Would
injure him greaty, and might make
them consider themselves jnatiffied in
.perhaps -something tar more/serious
'thin a remonstrance. 0 the twe had
acted differently! that'the past could,
belisqd over again wttyour present
experigrace ! - ,,• ,,• : • '
. Once or twice I thought of confitl-.
big our woes to my mother,', but iI
dared not; Intnitively,l knew'that'
although in-his prosperity Henry was'
a great faVorite with her,. -she would.
'regard him . very differently lf.rats. - -
fortunes-cuing; and- I ,felt I could
I bear •Unything "rather than hear him
blamed, especially' as iii my inmost
heart . I knew I was 'equally if not
, actually- more to blaine than •he was;
1 for:now I see clearly ho* - true it was
' whit Uncle SoCelYn said, thata Wife
Can make or niar her husband. TO
bad quietly set to work at the:outset
and advised. hini aright, all would-,
have, been well; but now everyday
'rought
.some hateful dun.or threat
en
ing „letter. A
to
at the bell
would cause me to start; and the
:ounikof a rnan'a voice in the /had
• -./
parleying-with ring- was enough. to
make me\tremble all over; • 7
. "rhe - crash could not be' staved
off long; a Crlsis must shortly come,'?
So
. said llen ry , on e\ I ovely.,'J tine .eVe-'
ningorlien . 'we were sitting disconSo;
_latelydismissingall•matiner• of,,wild :
:itnposaible seliemes\ I,t was 'an ex;
quiaite night: the heat •of the: day
Was' . over; not a breath of . wind
:stirred the delicate blosstnns of the'
plan tit •wh i cli adorned Ziiirbale i ony,.
and the moon waa :rising - in\all her,
liquid.: loveliness,, casting, a. lear
cool light over the -scene.. Every,
.thing loqked , 'ealtri and qniet and.
peaceful -,...the pulses of the great 'city,
were hushed; theire was.:nothing tet
break the si lence,eiccept poor Ken ry's
"hopeless tones lipeating,• ." 4 crisis
can't be,-far otf,'-Kate. - 'What'we are
to do I know . .notl". • •
Welhncied the .. naazement Of :our
\ inds---the nine days' wonder 'our
nlsprtunes would cauSeilittle dream-,
mg \ tluit our ending had long,. been
confidently predicted by them, "and
that onT.lTipiehlity had been roundly
emit'red , and condemned by the very
partakers Of\ IC - , Still , less did . 'we
\
imaginetimOkr. Trevor, so far froni
being fagots impressed with". our.
surroundings, )i^ . ; 4 ' -- '7 -fully
aware as he :Wasdriount
of lienry's
sor . ry to eels tit
;ed and
len ha 4
.
per :Annum In Athq.ince.-.
married. a, wife .with so little . 13ense
and ju'lgme t;- and lib-se:eon - aglance
from his. keel • eyes. ryas Wanting to
Prove to. him' haw. terribly beyond it
we were living.. ills obsepitions
had satisfied him v at seriouSeinhar,
•rassinentS - ynust.e . nsi e,. consequently,
ite and his ~partners had ; hestOtved
the
.desired post amtik rea'sed,..einol
nments UpOn OZiC who,•• i : he needed
it. less than we slid, .e.ertaiVy under
stood: its value, better. \
• So to onv except my mother and
Uncle Joyeelyn Would he surprii;e;),
though We .iniag s ,ined - differeritl ;
as we sat on and:On in Our preLy
drawing-rooiri talkirig:over•the weary
sut tjeet and.l)onderintr, what we. - eOuld
possibly do.' •Weshould have tA)
Ott everything. ; - leave Alp Jerley
Villa, nntl to- begin life . f.ivo.
Henry's Drogrio:tss, of tour ,
odiously damaged; and we
never hope to- thoroughly rega;
position our own. folly had .depl
u.. 5 of: . It• - was not pleasant to - think
of, but • there • eould4x , ..no s 1 linb
.out of, the question now ; it inust_be
• met and' ansvercd'
What were we to (hi? Not Ping very
definite. could bt:arrived at; but one
Ailing-. Was quite clear-4le change'
eould .
• I • c'an never de.sCrihe the'anilety
.
Of 'the . : dayitlat folloWed, _ -tf;li
the agony it colt — me to .write .and
tol,my InOthcr that,," We . were„ hope
161S1yo1i4crately inVolve(l,-and that
oiir (liflicidtles. ! were.go. great
impossible for ••us -ever to surmount .
the* What-would she say? What
everybody: Say ? Wt rst of all,
What would 'Jocelyn \say ?
61: the worst , had come-to tlie.worsV
: 7 amour house, was Ashir own fio Longer ;
( .a.nian-strarige and to me most ter
rible—was- comfottably Making .him
sel fat home in our kitchen-,-in other
words had taken posse Vision.! ll6w
-could ' Henry show his ace,,at the of
!. How could I ever nture out
I:4lin !
: I -,shall never.: forget the two days'
flat followed aftr I Wroteeand told
m
~
y mother ; 011' the. third; when 'I
was. alrnostrsinpifled with the magni-
Tilde - f3f* •ou r. mi sforturtes,. and during
'lle.:nry's!..(podrllenry had the -nard
.est-jiart-to near, fin he could not stay'
ri aietly at: home) . absence , had . shut
niyielf up in my 'room, some one
linoeked at -the door, and inanswer
to my .very Subdued ".Come in," it
was - gently 9penoi, and ,not Sophy,
-as I :had anticipated, appeared. bu
-- the fainiliar friendly' face of ' tricle
`,Toverlyn. • -. ! ' - '
\-4 `oly poor child'-"' he exclaimed-,
rn` . ). little Kate 1".--and....,he folded
-me in. his -arms with all the tender
ness .of\a father.- ", T. Only heard. of,
it all thii morning." he said, " and I
started otNnimediately.` Cheer up,
Katie ; .-dOnik - 'grieve your old uncle
by tears. Things-ean'tbe.past mend
ing, and I wonldn!t .be here if --I
'uldn't come to he. p . you." ' • • -
' And how he helPed - us! Without
' of
„angeror\reproadr , be lig. ,
.o Henry's and \ my story ; , we
'faithfully. not, Sparing or at
.. ing to . justify ourselvi for out'
tulpablexconduct ; a nd when all was'
ennfessed\he , simply wrote \ a,..ebeek:
for the lull arnonnt of our-liabilities.
!The -total was
‘ a.serions one, liuts,,we
Were saved , nbt- only from thedis--
,grace, but fronis, - Henry's _disuiliSal,
from. a paitn ershi P \ wli let erwards
( < "st
*as the means of - our p ses 'rig- a
fortune far beyond what we ad ever
!in our,,roSiest imaginings dreamed Ot
. . liy Uncle Jacelyn's.advi \ ce, we sub- ,
let Amberley :Villa ...arid. retiredlo a 1
more roomy house in a leis lashicina-
ble locality;.. we sold all our\ uper
tlifities_, Which - had ,become act ally
hateful •t&\tne, atid.AVe started o ce•
more with a, sm ell brit certaininco4c.
. 'How much\hi t ppler we- were, ..and,
hoir
.grateful .14 Uncle 'Jocelyn, it.
would, require a\far .more; eloquent
- Pen tlfan mine to &Scribe. He ofteii
came to . see !us, 1:M and`never 'cause
to -r&ret the ~ T etteronikelp be bait 0
readily' extended to us tn . -oUr great
need, for he saw ho'w-thOrbughly re
pentant:we were: ! My, motifer joined
in', the - general rejoicing overour re
gained.happiness;; and out of \grati
tude her old prejudice against Uncle
3iieel3rn• faded and faded away. .
!;. She often goes to Covington now,,
Where ive all,meet, a; merry party, of
Which ' the crenerous old man- is the
Well-heloVed;enter. He -eras giving
-me .some gentle hints . as to the train
ingnf my sons the other day. "For
it's mother's influence that tells'upon
the man, Kate ; - it's the lesson she
teaches in childhoOd that he remem
tiers best."' . .. • ,
.
" Tea, Uncle Jocelyn ; " I answer* .
' rkn,ow you are-right:- I hope among'
the many things . I desire, to., teach
them
.oile,especially inayn't he for
gotten—yen know what that is?"
:J‘ To -tear- 0tx1,".. replied . 'Uncle
406elyn;:yeverently.- • - !"I -
.. ..
/ I •"" The first. of all," r replied; but
'I meant something - else." '• - .- ~ .
"Never to - ' buy 'what - they . 1 . can't
afford; and
.`alwaYs to Pay ready
money.'?.-:.Cliantl)erlsEdinbiV Tour
.. . '. . . -
PUN, 110 T AND ,PACIETIg
• A . MiteMlST:says .of the man who came
in and borrowed his mortar, and forgot
to - rettirn iti,that "he's a- pestle-lent fel-
A Guoccu had aixoundofsugarreturn
ed, with a note, saying : "Too much sand
for table. use, and not -enough for building
purpose-
ALAnOra editor winds up an edi
tOrild on the corn -crop with. the remark :
f°We have on eahibition in our . sanctum
a pair of miguidicient ears."'
Iftits is a Yankee blaAle in Bangor
'Fla . ; is so'sharp that he often uses himself
to shave people. i NON thou he gets
lathered himselfibut nev shaved.
A rEngps who was sent to prison for
s tnarryink two wives excused himself by
saying that when he had one she fought,
hint he had two, they fotight
ear
to be a polished 'gentle-,
said an-old lady,- gazing
poke, at' the shining bald
head Of her ion, just returned after a long
absence. , -
"RE3IEMBAR Whom -you are talking to,
sir," Said an indignant 13arent to - a refrac.
tory boy. "I am your father." "Nell,
who's to blame for that?" said the young
impertinence ; "'taint me." /
•
"I sme,`boy, - is there anything to shoot
aremid i bere?" Inquired a sportsman of a
(boy he!' met. "No, nothing just about
bete,P ; replied the boy; "but our school•
master•is just over :there, cutting. .birch
*kis—. Tea might walk pp and .'pop him
Dyer.. • r ' • -
ElEl
.
Bishop Stevens, at the-recent Ora- I
nation - of Mr. H. W. Syle,..Ta deaf . -.
mute, gaire the folloWing*:secOhnt of --, i .'
the candidate: - • ' . ' r
When Bishop Mcllvaine was in
'England,
n in, 1835, - pleading for , the
College and Seminary in his-flit:l , 4Se
of Ohio, he - soughti to - : secure forrtt. -
not only means but, men; riteney,..io- .‘
erect buildings andendOw Profe*r- ' .
ship, and students to go therpoilid , •- .-
on the spot ; prepare 'theirielves .for . - .
what 'VMS. then frontier missionary. •
-ivork.' In the ' _parish .Of 'the Bev.' -
Thomas. Mortim - t!r,i en eminent der- •--
gyman of the .Churchot England, in ' - .
• Pentonville„ near London '
• were four ,
young men." who offered
. theniselyes' ' •
- willingly tothe Lord'-' for this liforli - .•:.
..
'Circumstances . prevented
,- three - of ..
them f6orregoing, bill one, the young- f. •
est of these,: whom -Mr. Mortimer • :
called "choice yoting- men," erossed ; ,
- lantic,followed Bishop MCII-
;i5 Gambier;- and entered . Ken-- . . .
ollege, in - order to. fit, himself. •
i r
inistry of' the Church; thin
in h e Fall of . ”35. -- The young :
nglis nian_pursued his ,stuili, sat-'j ,
I?. , fae.tor ly, and in due tinalwas ad- . •
mitteeto Holy' Orders. Ile soon • .
caugh -. the missionary, spirit.. and 1 .
sought viork - in - the Missionary field
in c hina, and is now the. Bey s .• Ed- -
wgrd William Syle, D. D., Professor
of History:and Sattiral Philosophy '• :
f in'the Imperial U.niyersity of Japan._ . '
• The- candidate before ,you IS. -the.
son of thisielergyman, raid was horn , -,.
in China nearly' 3.0 lyea:rsan..q., He -
hail the useof the-organs of hearing -
until., at 6:years of-age,-.disease 'dc=
',rived hip3F-of :hearing; and the loss ,
of voice gradually fellowed.- Ife, : -;ret '
I - eciiied. a thbrough education; ias far.'
RS it .7could be given, • in-. the :futility '
school of - Mr. "D: F. . Bartlett; •at ‘'.'
1. Poughkeepsie, N. Y, and' he remain- -
ad inProf Bartlett's family after - lee' • -
removal of- tile Prcifesser to •'llart- •
ford. : • Mr, Syle was under ,-the ape- . •
,Cial instruction Of Airs'..•:'.llartittt, - ,a. L\...
lady of singular -, talent: and scholar-_ ',
I ship, as well as of most lOvely' than,
Hieter, and' by = , whom , young Syle..ivas
I prepared for College: - .11 - et name de-.1- .-
serves to he*.recorded 'as - roue who: ,- '
r guided theippening mindoind direct-
ed the prelirainaastudies .of the- i • -
Hfirst .deaf mute clergyman in the
.—.„
world. . . ,
, . .. . .. _ .
. ,
I TlOlev:„Win. W.• 'u,riter,' Ph. - 1):', \--",,
1 who was Principle tlie. American
Asylum at llarttord - when 'young ),
, Syle was "ut school :and 011ege in. -
' that city, w'rites me : " Our :reeollee
tions of Mr. Syle are-all very. pleas-
..
ent; -and fav4able as. to his fitness . .
for the:saeredk offkee he is abotit "to • . -
assume. 1 have n`odolibt , - as .to ,his, - •
tiaelity and tisefulne4=S-in the duties'',
fesulting:fromilt." • . :. , • 1
But
:this amount-of i ztruetion - did - '
"not satisfy Mr. Syle. :in warivicPt . o7 _
acquire a full eollegiate. education,' •-.-
ante .accordingly he entered . the
Freshman class of Trinity 'College, -, • _
Hartford': in - 186. - ..• • \
• „
•In June, 18G4, - ,he passed the Att. •
nun} Examinations With sneli. high
mark as-to bd' admitted - to the, fur
thcr eiaMination for. 'honors., and \
,passedthe
.letter "dint . hoizo i!,e 'i .in - \
Latin anti-" English: la Deceinhor Of • .
that year, ecntiti*edinflatiimationot •
the . eyes made his, _physician' declare . :' , ,
it necessary he -should ,Suspend . i .•- ,
study . for •a Jong. time ;,anti : he •let';,
Trinity Colli.i.ge with an. honorable •
dismiss:lV fro nt the - President, ;now, .-
Bishop Kerfoot-of Pittsburgh. .. -. '
Undaimted -by this aflliction, i 'we
find-him in July,lBV, in Cambridge '
England; and in October of that yea;.
he entered St. John's College iii that
.. ,
old University. At the .Annual BX., ,
amination in-J - nne,.lB - 68,1M , i.assi . xtli,' -.
in the first class - of nearly-a hundred, -,
-.
although in poor health; - and. was nl- •
,sci awarded one of the ` . F.xliiiiittottS,"
'founded by Sit'. Ralph Hare.. , •Inthe . '
Michaelmas Tenn of that ;year, ill-- '
ness, celniinating -in congestion of ..
the hraiq, made it unsafe to continue -..-•
reading for honors in . mathematic's .-
as lie was then .doing, under the tui. :- -
tion 'Of the- Rey. Percival:Frost, one '
of the most eminent mathematicians ......
'in the University; and in.Fehruary,.-
189 . , he returned to° the United'
States, being offered a Profeasoiship •
in: New YOrklnstitutioii, for the-
Deaf
and .Dimib. • While occupying, • : '''
this position, with'-returnin.p.e - health, . ,
he immediately m ade a bold and, -' •
orous effort for A - degree; and. finding
that the course of study at Yale, Col
lege.corresponded Most nearly with - • 'l' .
,what
,had been his line of reading; he ,
applied to -President -Woolsey, and -t,
- Was-admitted by the Faculty 'to ex.,
amination for a degree.. He wasiie: • .
.cordingly examined in June and Ju-'.
ly„ 1.869; in the studies of each - of the
fbur daises, viz : the Fresinnait, Se.' -,-. •
yhomore, Junior, And Setipir, - atten& ' '
ing the' regular annual examinations.
• in most subjects, and beingespecial
- ,
ly -examined ,in Latin • ;by '
,Prof. :- • '
;Thatcher • in. Greek, - by -Prof:. Had- -
ley ;in - Political Science, by Presi-. .
dent Woolsey ; And in Moral And In-
._, -
' tellectual Phiosophy,Joy• Dr.
,(now_;. --,
-President) Potter, - Snek - was - his"`` .
marked pro fi ciency that the .. . Faculty
unanimously' admitted himto the de- .
. .gree Of - Bachelor of._ *its irith,• the • -•
graduating class of 1869i.and tie pro; .
ciired, M. A. in course 'in 187'2 ;. while ' .
Trinity
"admitted : him 0 M.. A.;,- . dd
et:indent, in 1875.-
_ite,ivai for. s.ovori ,
years Professor •of Cheiniatry'• and: ..
Physies.in the Nev York .Institution '
for the Deaf and Dumb ;'and, nOw, - iit . ,
consequence of his familiar-, knowl..; - '
'edge orthe - French, German,•.. and '
Italian languages, is the Foreign Ed
itor of the 0 The Deaf Mutes . , JOur- ..
nal," .giving translations' fro m ..fOr- = .
eign. papers, pnbithed for .the. read: . '
ing of the deaf.'- and 'dumb, or . 'Pro-
feSsionallydiscussingtheir education: ..
• What an heroic effort was 'this _to' .
'Secure the priie Of a high. eduCation I -
what. perseverance! - what energy. F. 7
what self-sacrificel what - Singleness of • .
-eye did- he manifest in all these years.- •- •
of trial and discipline I , When you coii ,
' skier the obstacles in his way,the lacks:
ofspeech and hearing, and the adfle4 , .--
difficulties arising froM 'delicate and
frequently .declining healtl4 and theri,,
mark what he
,has, "succeeded in ac- `. ,
- complishing, hafe.'we -not. 'a guaran-'• -
tee of a 'high - and noble Character, -
and of great and useful • facultie4. of
' .mind and heart? , i -, " ' ''. .--- . .:' -
\
q.
NOTEEJI 45.
, .
But.. better. than'; all, this, he is. a .
trim , and humble, betierer in,dtir Lord
and Saviour Jesu4Christ.:.llo - Wait
eontirthed by' Bislinv. Horatio - Potter
in 1858; at the sgekt,of .eleven' years,
; .and - .sinee . then has, vonsi4ere4
himself eon seeratelt to Christ's; Ser
vice.: His heart ha - 4 long, &sired to
be - useful to his feilo.w - tnutei, arid he
has striveu - in Bi
ble Class teaelg.q.''.igiitl Lecturer,' .61
instract . .them iii 'll):: , 7fT , riutriples and -
practices of otn:,.!i
Tnost who co4TO : y:•.1; . .1,11E about
Lottiers are the g 1 1.9; 4 otbers to
talk aboutou, -
A JERSEY eit , 1,.1.1:k I ^ AT -a
=king a
high-Rosen spot , 31;37, telling •
about angels' -t; ufflows and
tombstones, wt. r 4 5 i 4:7 - 111-4 x v , Cou-„
Otm yeurtxlf is the tiethightv!. ,
A Pr'r/4.7KAIILE lanoar.
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