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, . .
VTAS . . lt\' HALL; • -
. .
N....e.
- Attorney-at-Law and • Notary.
Will give earefni attention to any businesa entrust
el to. him. (Mice with Patrick & Foyle, (over
.r,,ucnal OlticeY Towanda., Pu. - (JuneriT.
3 - AM.ES.WOOD,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
metto.76 TOWANDA.. PA
JOAN F. SANDERSON. •
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°Mee—Mat t it., foot. doori Norkh of Ward House.
PracticeAltt Supremit Court '
t,f l'ennsyltanla awl United 'I'OWANDA,
Srats Cacirctn.--tilec7,l6. 50
§TREETER,
LAW OFFICE,
ISM
OVER:TbN & MERCUR,
ATTOENEYS AT LAW . ,
I ^ TOWANDA PA.
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D.A. OVERTON. RODNEY A. MERCUE.
W3l. MAXWELL,
A TTORIVE Y-AT-LAW
' C l l4 ICS, °VEIL DITTO7VS ST9II
April 12, 1876.
piTitjt K&FOTLII,
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1 ilyi7-73.
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A TTORNEY-A 7-4 1 .4 IP.
Office Run Dairies & Carnoebar, Towanda, Pa.
Jan4,l7
G v..mAsoN,
ATTOIRNIT AT L •
TOWANDA PA,
Orh, first door south or C. It. Petrti. F.sq., S,C
-011t1 floor. . Nov. 18.,
L ) - .IIILLIS7. • •
ATTO.IO.;EY-AT-TJA W. •
TOWANDA, PA
°ince with Smith & Muntanye
ANDREW WILT,
Itl •
A TrOILVJV Y h COq.VSELLOR-AT-LAW,
°glee over Cioss' inxle : Stere, two doors north of
dery ins & Lnng Towanda- l's. May be consulted
German. kiwi! 12, •76.1 "
McPLIERSON" & KINNEY,
At't 0 R IV TS -4 T--LAW,
TOWANDA, F•. Office la Tracy & tiOble'a Block
Towanda, Pa, .tau. 10. Is7p.
Mlin
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Main Str e et (4 doors north of Ward Ronser). To.
(April IYt n 177.
A I T L L T W I I
A I L I :S S IPIG N AA 2 . " I% T I O II R at N te g n Y d
t. all foulness entrnstMl -to hls care In Bradford,.
S.lliyan and Wyoming Counties. Office
Porter. • Cnov.l9-71,
L.
0.'114-75.
ELSBREE,
ATTOILN ET-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA. ;
LAMB,
•
ATTIRNEY-AT-LAW,
Collectlon!‘ promptly, attended to
• • .
11V,ERTON R. ELSBREE, ATTOR:
y !QEYS AT LAW, TOWANDA, PA.. natiDloll
- Into co-partnership. offer their pretensions!
sury Icon to
_the public. Special attention given to
ii,111.,s In the Orphan's and Register's Courts..
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IMATTORNEY
ADILL & C ALI P?\:LAw,
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TOWANDA, PA
(14.11)
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ATTORNEY AYRAW,
(tt . llce—Mono Side
CM
AtERCUR ILLOOK
Tt?WA:IDA. PA,.
1:1 PEET, AT.T6RNEY4T-LAW. I
• Is prepared•to practice all branches of tits
siEnrun - nr.ocg, (entrance on south
P , it') TOWANDA. I'A. f1an6.78;
31:• IVOODBIMN, Phyla-
J../
clan and Surgeon. Oglce over Q. A. Black's
Cro , ltery store.
Towas.la. May 1. 1672/s*._
1.; I►. PAYNE, M. D.,
. .
SIIRGEOY.
!IVO ovrr Sfontanyrs.' Stn Office hours from" 10
mol iron 24.14 r. x Sprrlal attention
gi 6 :o of Om s k! . - var.•-0ct.19,•76-tf,
•_
1 . )11. T. B. JO'
PHYSICIAN
(OVl,lc vier Dr. l'orter
!&41-7.51r.
4.ATD. L., DODSON, D
A;
I_ • .0 n and after tkept. 2h may lati
');Ant rOOlllll 0112111 d" fkOr, of Lr,,
1,I , .••• It u ti!nte Straeh Ikualness soltclted:
•
,'\V KEL . I.I ", DENTIST.-1 I
7 • over:M. E. !tor:rode Toaranda,
I. ""th ted op Gold, Robber, and
atractod without pain.
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1)1t. C. M. STANLV,'DENTIST,
Haring 1T . 1110V1.11 his Dental office into Tracy
tit u• ht t . r k, over Kent & Bliss' store,
pn•parrd to do- all kinds of dental work.
' t , t , :lls4, gilt inn new• gas aparatus.
noiyia7S. .
C.-WHITAKER,
BOOK BIXDRR.
I*.,IIIISTI BUILDING, TOIRO FLOOR; TowmtvA
S:ILITSSELL'S
GENERAL
S It, A NbE AGENCY
Tir*ANDA, PA.%
~ar2s 70tf
I !14. 1876.
1 1 1 ) WANDA. INSURANCE AGENOI%
• Alqin Street oppnatte the Court House. ,
NOBLE &
3itas ricik . , ,
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INSIJRANCE AGENCY.
The 11.116 whig •
it ELIABJARrAND: FIRE . TRIED
Cbm pan les represented :
LN(;3IIIRE PIUESIX,IIO]i4 „Ekon:Alas
s "r , is tIU . , O. A. PEACH. .
S. IN.. ALVORDp=
VOLUME XXXVIII. *
THIS WAY FOR
•
AND WARRANTED TO FIT !
J:
McNIANON, .
MERCIIAVNT
:CL E bTHS,
GENTS' FURNISHING .GOODS,.
CAPS,
&a , ac., Sm. ,
lie Is prepared to furnish to order, 11111116 to
mtasnre,
SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS,
BEST QUALITY & LATEST EITYLES,
TOWANDA, rA.
At forices tho moot mountable of any establishment
In Tintatoln. Call and•esamine my stock. • -
Towanda, Pa., bptil 5, 1877.
-!I'(:"NVA.NDA, PA
T HE-c,tEAptsT
IN TOWAigfht ;
1 ,7'1S IN MERCUIVIII,OCKI
seY'i
FORK
MIME
Cheaper
I have
WABIll•
PERR
All kinds of TINWARE on hand,
j aati Tin work of all kinds done ' at lowest prima,
Towanda, June 28, 1878.
WILX6S-BAnns, PA.
TEIGIIES'r AWARDS.! "'\ 4
CETENNIAL
July 27,'74
. ~ ... . • .
THIRTEENTH AND SILBERT NIL, PHLA.,
WROUGHT-IRON AIR-TIGLIT
With Shaking and Clinker-Grinding Grates for
bunting Anthr4ito or Bituminous Coal. •
P. U. !XL'S..
)24E1t,-
ANTAA,
KF,YSTONE
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
Jan. 1; 1873
AN, .
ME
Descriptive circulars SECT Fitts to any address
GREATLYIIf;
PLAIIING, MAT
re, Towanda.
STIST.
'citind In the
'tett% now
Made promptly to order, aka low price, for cwilf
Lumber brought bore to he milled. will be kept
under coyer and perfectly dry until taken away.
Goud sheds for yourchorsea, and a dry place to load.
N EW
FINE T
CO,UN
(. At
IN
'Xachaat Tailor.
SP-R,ING SIII,TE3
Xtle to order.
SEE
OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
tie's just received,
NEW AND COMPLETE-68TOCK Or
J. , L..McMA 11.0 N.
ICardwari.
HARDWARE STORE
I
Farman can tiny their
Best in Use.
H. T. JUNE.
Heaters, ‘,tt..
J. REYNOLDS & SQN,
Northwest comer .
Manufacturers of Oatetitod
'HEATERS,
CENTENNIAL'
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS.
For BituniittOcul Coat.
Cooking Ranges, Low-Down Grates, Rte.
EXAMINE BEidltE SELECTING.
rhiladelphlis, ;April 26, 977-17.
713
U
'CUED PRICES!
- Tho un
, Ans . l all kln
I'S DOWN SSS
So far you mil set lt.•
\ •
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I hayi3 also cm hand a large stoe of,
. SASII AND DOORS, ' •
Which Lank selUng at prices to dolt the tl
: ; I
WINDOW 111.INDS
- •
•
AWAY ,now
IP YOU WANT TO GET RICH'QUICK,
Call and see my Goods and Prices.
;I=;M=l
Ovaries.
Towanda, .4811 5. 1877.
L. KENT
GLOVES, HOSIERY, L4CEI3,
AND EMBROIDERIES IX
SILK tE WORSTED FRINGES
TABLI LINEN, NAPcKINS,
CLOTHS . AND: CASIIMEREEI
,
IS riIiEQU,ALED,
AND HA VINt
BARRIS TEE ,T 411,01?,
WE ARE PREPARED-
CLOTHE ALL WHO MAY
I'AVOR•• US WITH, THEIR
PATRONAGE.
•
TeTanita, Jape 2t,'lrrr.
NEW
WE ARE NOW READY WITH
A FULL. STOCK OF FURNI
TITRE AT TRICES TO SUIT
THE ) TIMES, OF OUR OWN
MANUFACTURE, WHICH . WE
INVITE :YOU TO CALL AND
EXAMINE.
doing
'ND RE-SAylirING,
g-mlll Work,
f
WE KEEP 'THE- LARGEST
STOCK OF UNDERTAKING
GOODS:OF ANY ONE IN THIS
PART OF TEE STATE; AND
OUR PRICES ARE AS LOW AS
THE LOWEST.
L. B. RODGERS
• WHEN IN WANT OF ANY,
TH/iNG IN OUR LINE, DIVE US
A CALL. REMEMBER, THE
PLACE, AT THE OLD STAND
OF MAIN STREET.
TTraials, Pa, April s, ifit
J. Li bat.
GREAT VARIETY.
A LARGE STOCK OF
JUST BEUggED.
/BARGAINS IN
TOWELING, &c., icc.
OUR STOCS OF
SERVICES OF
J. L. *ENT.
1,, O. Froit,'! Scam
Mil
J.`o. FROST'S SONS:
MI
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2 :• : :::::::''..,:',0**4•,.•)3RAPT014). COUNTY, Pi,,-PURSDAY • MORNING, :AUGUST fT, 1877:':
PM
Aran WITH a outman
I eat aloes arilth toj oasseloaea,
Ifs pbsee where thae had erased,
And we tallied of my rainierilving
In, the land where the yisMititerease4.
Ana I felt I should hare ttransw•t4
The queittOn It put to me,
And to fake the garter and question
' Throurout an eternity,. •: 7
The ghosts of forgotten actions- ' •
Came *sting before my sight,
And things list I thought were dead thirsty
, ,Were Ore with teriitdo
And tie italon of all eni feet life
. wasan awful Mimi to ice- •
.eqoue with my eonsetentie sitting
„Idthat solemnly silent place.
And I thought of a far-awriy warning,
0! a sorrow that was to'he mine,
!it's !Mid that then was the future,
. But now is the piesent time. -
And I thought of my for Mer thinking,
Of judgment dAy
ant silting stone Xt W my conscience
lipinsed judgment for
ante
And so I hare learnt &lesson .
Which 1 ought to hare known b4hre.
* And which, though I learnt It In dreg
11 hope to forget no more.
Sol sit alone with my conscience •
In the place whcaoilie years Increase,
And I try to ninuntiber the future.
the land where limo will cease:
Apd I know of the future Judguient,
Ilotadreadfulroe'ei! It be,
That to alt, alone wilkiliyeenselence
Will be Judgment enough for me.
i gilkuwL!n ( .
Husk.
Tom...Parcey,' yet a,young roan,
had'd - grown to be a very bad .one. At
heart he might have been all right, if
his bead and ' his Rill had only. been
all right; but these being wrong, the
*hole machine was going to the.bad.
very' . fast, thOngh there were times.
when the heart felt something of its
old, truthful
„yearnings. Toni had
lost. his place as foreman in. the great
machine shop, and what-money he
had now earned came froM„odd jobs
of . tinkering which he wasable to do,
here, and there, at 'private houses ;•
for Tom was a genius as . ,well: as a
mechanic, and when his head was
steady enough, lie could mend a
clock, 'or clean a' Watch,-as well as he
could set up and - regulate a steam
engine—and this latter he could do
better than any 'other. man ever em
ployed by the Scott Falls .Mannfa&
taring Company. •
One day. Tom had a job to mend a
broken mowing machine and reaper,
for which he received five dollars,' .
and on the following morning - hei l
started ..out for his old haunt-:-the
village taverii.. He kneW his /Wife
sadly needed theoney, and that his
,two little childi' . were in" absolute.
ia
suffering from wa t of clothing, and
that morning he held a debate with
the' etter part of luimself; but' the
better part had
.beeonic very weak
and shaky, and the
,demn . of appe,
• tite carried theday. 1-.
.80.away"to the tavern Tom !vent,
where,r fOr twe'or three hours, he felt
the exhilarating effects of tho :ale();
"holic .draught, land . fancied . himself
6. - Ppy, as he could sing andilaugh ;
bukas usual, stupefaction followed,
and- I tlie man- died 'out.= lie • drank
while he could stand, and then lay
down in\a . corner, where, his compan
ionit left HIM.
It was !site at night, • almost mid
ight, when tike landlord's wife came
in i. the bar r oom to see what kept
her usband up,`"and she quickl y- 'saw
Tom. ! • \
" Pe Pi•r," said slie•not in a . pleasant
mood; i why. don't .yon send that
'miserable "um barmy I nine ? . lie's,
been . lidne. g I •round . here long
enough" .
.
• Tom's stupe Lion ,was not Sound
sleep. *The . deaf, coma bad left the
brain, and the . 6a ing„ of his name
stung his senses to -ten attention.
He liacl an insane lov - for rum; b*
did not love thd landlo . 'in other'
years, Peter Tindar and t imself had
loved and wooed the sweet eaiden—
,Ellen Goss—and he won her, eayinl
Peter to. take. up 'with the vii gary
spinster who had bought hi m the
tavern E and,he .knew that lately h: \
-tapster had gloated over the miser •
:of,the.woman who had once discard
' ed him.'" ,
TO
' \
Why don't:yen send him home ?"
demanded Mrs. Tinder,' with an lin
patient stamp of the foot.
"Bush, Betsil He's get money.
Let him ne, and he'll be sure to
spend it before he goes home. J'll
have-the kernel of the 'nut, and his
wife•mayf have the huSk
With a . sniff and a _snap Betsy
turned 'away, and shortly. afteisvard
Tom 'Barmy • lifted •hiinself upon his,
elbow. •
," All, Tom, are you awake ?"
4 Yes."
" Tlieu rouse up anir have a warm
giass.7l
I Tons got upon , his feet anclateacli
efl- himself. . •
i" . No, Peter, I *oat- drink any
more to-night."- •
" It won't hurt you, Tom justa
little."
"I knoW it won't," said Tom but
toning up his coat by the . only soli
tary button left. "I know it• won't."
Anewith this he went out into the
chill air of the night. When he got
away from the shadow of the tavern,
he stopped and looked up at -the
stars, and theii looked dowii upon
the earth. . .
he muttered, grinding his
heel in the gravel, "Peter Tindar is
taking the kernel and leaving poor
Ellen the husk, and, I am helping
hint Co do-it, am robbing 'my wife of
joy, robbing my children of h,onor
and comfort, robbing myself of
and life—just that Peter Tindar may
ha.ve the kernel and Ellen the husk!
We'll - see 1" -
rt. was a revelation lo the 'man.
The ta%ern keeper's - :brief speech,
meant not for his ears, had come
upon hit Senses as fell. the voice of
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER
:~at•
~- .~
=0
by,
past Ilfe
anilug;
1
the Risen One)upou Saul . or Tarsus.
" We'll' see," he replledo3etting his
foot firmly upon the ground ; and
then be wended his way hqmeward.
'On-the folldwing morning he said
tolls wife t
" Elleu, have you any coffee in
the house ?" _ - .
" Yes, Tom.", Slie did not,tell him
that her sister had gLven it , to. her.
She was glad to hear him Rai for Cof
fee instead of the old, old cider.
" I wish yoU would make a cup,
. .
'good and strong."'
There was really music in Tom's
voice, and the .wife set about the
work with . a strange flutter in' her
heart. -
Tom drank two cups of the strong,
fragrant. coffee, and then went Out--
went out with a resolute step, and
straight to the great manu
factory, where he found Mr. Scott in
the office. • , r
"Mr. Scott;
.1 want to: learn my
trade over again:"--
"Eh, Toth! What i do_you mean?"'
i i\t,
. "I ine iaL that WS' Toth
.Darcey,
come b , .Ic. It) Abe oI A place, asking
forgiven ' 'for the past, and hoping
\
to do bettk ; in the future.'.
'" Tom!" ried the -manufacturer , .
starting fo rty d and graisping his
hand; "are you `.in earnest? Is it
v\ ii
really the old . To ?" v . • •
. "11.'s 'what's .left of him, sir, and
we'll have hiti whole ' d strong very
,soon il you'll only set Om
.at work."
\
" Work 1 Aye, Tom, an bleSs you,
too! There is an engine to bp set up
\
and tested to-da5...., Come w h me."
Tom's• hand ' s were weak ad . un
steadY; but his brain was.clear, nd
tinder ihis'skillful supervision the • -
hie was set up. anti tested, but it wa
Ito perfect -.Y Vieth were mistakes
Whi the had Ito correct, and it was
late i the- evening when the. work
was co lete. •
" How it now, Tom ?" asked Mr.
Scott, as e came into the teSting
house:and'fo d the workman ready
to depart. .
" She's all,si
give your warrant A
. "God b'les ' s you, t
know how like %wee ..
voice sounds. Will yo '
pace again ?" ,
"Wait till Monday, morning sir.
If you will offer it to triB then, I Will
take it." • '
t, sly. You may
Irith,out fear."
At the little cottage Ellen Darcey's
fluttering heart- - was sinkir.g. That
morning, afterlom had gone, she
had found' a two-dollar bill in her
coffee cup.
.She 'knew that he left it
for her. She . had been out and Bought
tea and sug at and flour and butter , .
and a bit o tender steak : ; and all
day long a ray of light had been
dancing and Skitn.tning before-her—a
ray from the blessed light of other,
da3T. With prayer and hope She set
out the tea-table and waited, but the
-sun went down and no Tom came.
Fight o'clock—and almost nine. Oh,
was it buti'd false glimmer after all
I.larld The old • step l--strong
eager tor howl. Yes, it 'was Tom,
with the old grime upon his hands,
,and the odor of oil upon hia gal%
"I have kept. waiting; N:ellie."
"'Torn!"• /-
"I didn't mean to, but the work
.hung
Toni, Tom. You have been to
he old! shop." _
• " Yeki; _and ' I'm to e have the - old
and—"
Oh i ; Tom!" /
And; sIM threw her arms around
his ne6k and 'covered his face with
kisses.' '
" Ntlle, darling, wait a little, and
you shall: haye the old Tom back
again. • .
" 014 Tom ! I've got hiM now—
bless him, bless himl• My own Tom l
huisband, my. darling !"
AO then Tom Darcey realized the
full power and blessing .of woman's
love.
.1
It lms a banquet of the gods, was
tiplt . sUpper—of the household gods
all restored—with the bright angels;
of . peace and loie and joy spreading
their Wiilgs over the board:
On the following Monday_morning,
Tom . Parcey assumed his Place at
the head. of the great machine shop;
awl those who thoroughly knew him
had mi fear Of his going back in the
81°4;4 and joylessness..
" A ;fe* days later Tom met Peter
`Tindal -on the street. ,f'
''..‘ Eli, 'Tom, old boy, ti hat's pp ? 7i
1 "\I On tip—right. side ;up."
1 " Yes—l •see. . Rut 1- hope you
hav'a i forsaken us, Tom ?" • .
~
•-" I liave forsaken only the evil
you haveln store, Peter. The fact
is, 1_ concluded my wife and little
liad fed\na husks low). enough,
aiiif there wasa..kernel . left in my
\t
heal c
pr 'in my mailhood4 they should.
have , -." - \ • .
" Ali; -ou beard - What - I• said to my
Wife - that fight?" , \ •
_I
-"les, P ter; and I sikall be gate=
Aid tol you ritas to as 1 live.
31y„reinembrl*e of you Will AlWays
be relieved by t tat tinge ofwarm.tb
and. brightness." ,
1 {
.
• GOOD -STQM—D kring the seige
of; Warsaw. Prince Paskiovitch 'or
dered a certain Polish battery. to be
silenco by his own artillery..andEbe
came.kierfectly wild with rage eif Ob
serving that the artillery fire, produc
ed noj, appreciable effect. Galloping.
to the battery he asked : "What
idiot is in charge here?" "J sir,"
ansiered an • °peer.. -" Then down
Sou ge tolhe ranks this very- day,"
said4.paskievitch •, "you don't begin
to knew your trade; your shells do
not, enplode." " I know they don't,"
answered the Captain ~ "for the . best
of.alli reasons, that they. can't en
plods.'.'-', "Thu 's lie," said the
Prince,'" Is it? 'See • for. Ourself,
then,' replied the 'Officer, coolly
picking _up a shell from the pile and
lighting the fuse '
and holding it up
between himself and, tho' ldarphat.
The Marshall tranquilly crossed his
: arms and watched till the fuse spift;.
tered and went out. "There, Pir,",
said t e. artilleryman, triumphantly;.
as he threW the
. shell . on the ground.
"rou were right, alter all," growled
.the garshal, and-rode away to :an
other ipoint-of . the line. • But at night
the Captain received at his tent the
Crosti Of St. Vladiliti, for bravery in
..
the fle'lli. - ~ -.-- - ..
HISTORY • MID THE ÜBE OF • MTH
POWDHEV -"
• , ,• --,...._.....-.-., . . ..
• - Who invented gtinpowder 1' •
.No one knows. All
_agree_ that its
and properties weroun'-.
defstood in remote antiquity. - Au
thentic histery extends' but , a short
way into the past, and it is always
diffictilt 'WI draw the line separating
the authentic from the fabulous. Lik
some other, things, gunpowder, As
ages rolled on, may have been invent-,
ed, forgOtten,, and re-invented. Cer- - .
tainly in some form it was known
- and usel tor fire-works.and incendia
ry, material "long before Atuif,one
dreamed of a..guti,, or of using it to
do more than create terror in war
fare. And' yet it is said thatisome
-of the ancients had means of-using it
tO throw destructive Missiles among
their enemies—probably a species of
rocket.or bomb. Nor does.lt seem
inits Infancy, to
,haye been applied
to industrial purposes, such as blast -` ;
ing and quarrying rock, for;th,e're is
evidence that the 'people who used it'
fl,r fire-wOrks.at their Yeasts; quarried
immense blocks of stone by splitting
them out of the quarries with ham
mers and wedges.
'lts first uses probably were.con
.nected- with the I religionsremonies
of the pagan ancients. An
~ Id 'tra
dition taught that those w re the'
ce \,:
•most powerful gods who 'answered
their iirorfthippers with
.fire. The
priests, therefore, who :practiced up
on, the credulity of the, people, exer- ,
cised their Ingenuity in inventing
ways of producing spontaneous fire,.!
which•they told the people was'sent
by the gods from heaven lin answer
to .their prayers. -- The acc ounts - of
old writers still pieservcd iiiii'dating
ack to three huridred years before
lOst, describe, a " siilpliurous and
inthtmable substance," utistakably.
like \r .gunpowder.• Th re was .a
certiti4lace called "Ora cle of
pa
phi," on ' . e, visited. by Alexander the
Great, wii re this kind .9f fire was
produced, b ',the priests, 'and .it is
slid -that)th • Druids, the, ancient
Iprlests o f Brit. in, also used &Ole
thing of ibis so \in-their prietiees,.
for' they not only reduced sudden
fire; •but 'they also i 'h ated thunder
.and lightning, to ter fy the 'people
wit their power.. Thi rnuat. have
ben more than two tho and years
ag It is known that the Chinese,;
on
on :he other side of the wo (1, had
gut powder'nbout the Same ti ei x but
they used it chiefly for fire-wdrkt.,
which then, as now, formed. the in in
feature of all 'their festivals and ce
emOn•tes. In India it was earlyUSed
in riar ' for a writer who lived about
A:P.244 says: " When the towns of
India are attacked their enemies
.
'orp ! You don't
music ithe old
take your'
.
the pebple not . rush into battle,
but put them- to flight by thunder
and lightning." It, 'said, too, that
one, of the Roman - emperors, who
liccd just after the crucifixion df
Phrist; "had' Machine's Which imitat
ed thunder and lightning; and at the
same time emitted stones." Then,
about A. D. 220, there was written a
recipe "for au ingenious composition
to be thrown on an enemy," which
very nearly -corresponds ' to our. gun
powder.
.During the many hundred
years that follow, little-is recorded
until about the ninth century, when
there appears in an old bovic,"now in
a Parig" library, an exact recipe:, for
'gunpowder, and a. degeription of a
rocket. It fs.said:that in 1099 the
Saracens. in • defendincr '''
Jerusalem,
"threw abundance of pots of , .lire
and shot fire-darts,"—no'doubt some
kind of bombs and war-rockets. llis
tory affords accounts of other wars
about, this time,-in which gunpowder
was undoubtedly used . in some form.-
But in 1216 a .monk, Friar Roger
Bacon, made gunpowder; and it is
asserted 'be discovred it independ
ently, knowing nothing of its ez . i
fence elsewhere.. It, is not unreason
able to believc - this,for.in those days
.people kept their inventions. to them
selves-if_ they could, and news trav
eled slowly:, Some authors .say a
German named Schwartz discovereil.
it in 1320, and Iperhaps he did, too,
and as honestly:and independently.
as did Friar Bacon. or the East In
dians, or,the Chinese. .Others insist
that it was indented originally in In
dia, and brought by tihe• -Saracens
from Africa to the Europeans, who
Unproved it. At any. rate, an En--
glish gentleman who has made a
translation of- some -of the laws 'of
India, supposed to have been estab
lished 1,500 years before the Chris
tian era,' or over 3,300 years 'ago,
makes one, of them read thus: - "The
magistrate shall not make war with
any.deceitful machine, or with poi-
soiled weapons, or with cannon and
guns, or any kind -of jEre-arnts.--St.
Nicholas..
The Hartford Piaci publishes tt,
suggestive' letter, headed ""Distin
guished!.e. Drunkards,' from its Wash
ington correspondent, f" Mae," who
Obtained the material for it during a
ramble through - the Washington poor
House.. One of the first men he ma
there had been. af one, time Attorney
aen . enil'of Virginia; In his office
a number of now' distinguished. law
yers 'were students, and they
.owe
much to his
. advice. His father had
been .Attorney General of the United
.States,-and left his-son wealth: , But .
he-drank- amt_ sacrificed distinction,
fortune,- and everything for -his love
for ' drink. Another distinguished .
pauper was an ex-. Judge of the Su
preme Court of California,. and had
,been estOmed one of the ropst. elo
quent men of his time. He came to
AWashington to g et an office . , - was dis..
appointed, took .to drink, and drank
himsclf . 7:cmt of pocket mind,. and
friends, into the poor house. In his
company the correspondent fonnd.a ,
once wealthy newspaper editor and
Prowietor of New: York—a man of
great ability 'and political influence.
this man also sunk all he- possessed
in.whiskey and has -been for' three
years in the almshouse. Sometimes
his friendst-take him out_ but,Tsays
the correspondent, "he . drinks so
mtieh that he lies about the streets
And is returned by the police. A
fourth pauper bad
b een only - a -few
years ago a political power, special,
- agent of the Post .01ilee,D,cp!trtment,
'And owner of ' much
. property ..in
,Washington and - Arkansail. At one
tithe be - w:sti,a United States detect
DISITNGUISH.f,D DIWAKARDS.
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t
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'N, :-.1 t r. -
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ME
ive, but `while drunk he " gave away"'
the detailc a case that would have
resulted. in \ the -capture of or
three hundred, thousand dollars in
counterfeit thkiey, presses, %plates,
&v. For this hii\was retired. When
sober he was capde of doing re.
murkable Work. In tact, fortune and ,
fame were his if he had not allowed
the taste for liquor to grow on him..
In another 'branch of the\institutron
the correspondent -found an ex• A
ttorney General of North ertrolina.
.He made many friends, drank\mucb
whiskey, neglected his bitsinessand
everything else, drifted to the prior
house. Says - the correspondent:,
" The prinelpal reason for his being
put where he now is , that he store
a friend's vest and sold it for whisky.
To such depths. of degradation will
whisky' bring the strongest and,
ablest of us. A man who was Ste:
phen A. Douglass's intimate friend,
and who used .to speak° from the
same plhtform with him, is a Wash
ington pauper. When fortune smiled
on hid,' ihe used liquor 10 a relish,
and 'when hqr.: smilesi turned to
frowns,lre took it as an! antidote for
sorrow. it :ought him teMporary
relief, but permanent ruin. Coming
into the dbrishouse in the "Black)
Maria," as the correspondent left it;
was_an old, white-haired man, '" whd
was at one time one of the leading
men ..of. the Michigan bar. He is th
man irho backed Zach Chandler, and
pude lum politically speaking, what
he is to-day." And this man of
great legal ability, p iliticaLintluence
sufficient to make and nnrakkemen,
and-much wealth, is now a pauper.
Why ? Because he allowed whisky.to
obtain the mastery over him, as did
all the other herein referred to? Do
not you, young man, find this record
very suggestive ?
Tali AGENT AND THE DITTCHMAN
It is.a smart agent's business to kuOw.
(and be able to give very glibly) all
the reasons why a • customer should
buy ; but the smartest agent some. ,
times meet hard heads, who can an-
swer as fast as be can argue-:
A 'young than, whose hrisiness it
was .to sell railroad guides to any
one who would buy them,- found . a
Jefferson Ayenue clothing dealer sit
ting in an arm chair 'in front of his
door, and after a kindly salUte the
agent handed out one of his, guides
and said—• .
"There is the handiest little book
in , the World ; • it . contains the name;
timeltablemnd route of every-rail
02d this ,country." '
1 -
neifer \puys no shell kind of
-- lplied, the dealer, :as lie'
•ough‘it... ..
want' the book, my dear
'eller can get along with- .
leie . guides."
.are to guide no railroad,"-
.., er, shakina his head'and
',\
.... , , , \ , 0
turning awa \ - ~-. 2*
" Hold -ori.ne \ —just look through
it once. SuppoS ,)r instal:fee, that
you. want .to. go -to . 'ew Orleano" - :
" I shall neller go there so long - as
lam born." • ,
" Well, suppose yen alit -to 'go to,
()Mahn ?" ,
,
41 Den I dorqt go."q i \ -
• " What do you do ell (oil *ant
to go to Chicago ?" as - ed the ` ersii
, ‘.
tent agent. ,\ •
"I shtays at home."
" Well, suppose you had to. - ,-g, • :;,
wouldn't. you have to look at'ajtail
road time-table- then ?" ' _
"No, sir.- should go down by
der depot, get. on der train, puy some
appleamtf der poy, and ',should step
off in Cliieago, •and minds my own
business. 7
The agent had, no further, argu
meta to advance.—D. (roil Free Press.
• A BEAUTIFUL SENTlMENT.—Sllort
ly.before his-'departure fOr India, the
lamented ileber preached a serinOn,•
which contained this beantiftil senti-.
meat: . . ,
"Life bearS.tis on like the stream .
of a. mighty — Aver. Our -bbaVgibles,
down the narrow channel—through
the playful .murmuring - of 'the_ -little .
brook, and the winding of-lts grassy
borders. The trees shed !their blos,
sours over our young heads, the flow- i
ers•nn the brink seem to offer,them-
selves to our young hands; we are I
happy in hope, and grasp,' eagerly at
the' ' beauties , around .us-brit the.
streamhurried 'on, and ourhanda , are •
'empty. Our course in ybuth' and:
manhood is
_along%
.a- wilder flood,
'amid objects more striking and mag
nificent. We are animated . S. the .
moving pictures 'of. enjayment.and
industry passing us, -we . are excited.
t i t
. s Me short-
The Cream us on, and our jOYs
and' riefs are alike left behind us.
.We' ay
,be ship-wrecked we cannot
be delayed ; whether lough , or',
,smooth, the river hastens ~ t o its'
home,•till the roar of the; ocean'is:in
Our ears, and the tossing Of___ ; the
Waves is beneath our. feet, and , the
land lessens from our eyes, and'illc
floods are lifted around us, and-twe
take our leave of the earth and its
-inhabitants, until of our further voy
age them is no witness, save the lii
finite -and Eternal." . .
~ . .
.STARTING 'THE Wout.-3fany
an unwise, parent labors hard 'and
lives sparingly all his, life'.for the
purpose of leaving enough cio ' give
his children a.start in the world, as
it is called. Setting a young man
afloat with money
..eh hin by hii
relatives 'is like tying bladders tinder
the arms 'of one who cannot swim ;
ten chances to one he ;will lose his
bladders and go -to the bottom.
Teach , him to swim and he will never
need ,bladders. Give your' child a
sound education-and you ,have done
enough for him. See to it that his mor.
als are pute, his mind cultivated, and
his whole nature made subservient,
to lawS which_ govern man and you'
have given what will:be of more val
ue than thie wealth ,of the Indies--
.411ktr.ruli.
Iv Noraay drunkards are compell
ed to sw - eep the streets. When a
motion ,wan.)made in Chicago com
mon council to adopt the Norwegian
practice, seventeen red-nosed alder
men arose, simultaneously, and want-
Id to know if this glorious republic
was - going to be dictated to by. , the
efrcte despotisms of Europe.
11111
`Ol2 periAnnum In Advance.
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"PDT 401/118E14` 11 HI; PLAOE."
• , • ~.......- , I
• ' .' s , 'n! irucran gassy.,
_,
0, men who are good, who am !mitered and bolt;
lie kin ds• yntirhtothers of Jowly Mali t; •-•: -4 .- , ---; • "
If ,masters \ thon be not in.taiking sereret , " .
If rulers, then rule Men In love and not fear;
And If ye be father*, wise, learned; and strong;
Lead the little ones tenderly; alcrs4 along; - -
Em you sneer at itT humble, or punish the base, • •
Pause and think :for. awhile, "Tat yourselves:in
r their place V
;: • - , , . - .
\ rect
Fair lady, so haughty , so haste, and so cold,
Kept safely from birm In re 's sheltering told .
Em you turn from : your f drying sister with
scorn, -
ri t \
Think how rho was temptoo t ho she was born;
Her ruin may-date from a smile orskind word; . •
Tho first that her poor huy heart \ 7er hoard;
Then pause, era you taunt her with stn and dia
_
• . grace— '
fro if you had buil tried! , " Put yourself In her
\, • .
\place :" . ' ' - \
"Put yOnrselfin,thei ,i r place !" Fe4hate Moreton
• .
all, .'- . - • . - ,-"
Who through love or through hate, good or eill,
shall 111411 ' - •. . . -
Who knows in bo lightof a, pidgin's's!. Milne.
W 41 6 . 4 ,0411 shall be whitest; the - sinner's or
Fear to judgcl, lest you stand at the. heavenly door,
To sea harlots and publicans go Inillefore; :-, . _
_
Whpo you cover with etOty contusion ypit,
And cry; when todLste.:to, be put In their pike
114:14:1 • 4z(044:84 ,113411
. •
One day, three or four:weeks ago,
a gamin, who , Seemed •tn\have. no
friends jn the world, wa.s..imiover by
a vehicle on Gatriot avenue and fa
tally injured. And after he had en
in the: hospital for a week a bey
about . own age and size, and look
ing as friendless and forlorn, ended\
to ask about him and leave an orange.-
He' - seemed very much embarrassed,
and, would answer no questions. Af
-ter that he came daily, always bring:
ing something, if no more than nn
apple. Last, week, when the 'nurse
told him that Billy had no chance to
get well, the. strange' boy Waited,
around longer thatt•lisuakand finally.
asked if he couldz go *in. He, had
been invited litany times. before, ' but' .
had always refused. • Billy, pale And
weak - and emaciated, opened his eyes
in wonder at sight of the boy, and
before' he realized whO it was,
,the
stranger, bent Close to the face and
sobbed:' is •
"Billy, can ye' forgive a Yeller?
We - was allui fighting and I was
lug toAnuch for-ye, but I'm
,sopy
l'Ore ye die won't ye tell me '
hate'nt any grucll,Te agin me?"
1' he •young lad, then in the Shadow
iof •death, reached up his thin white
arms, clasped them around the other's
neck, and replied: - • •
' 64 Don't^ cry, Bob-don't feel bail!
I:, was ugly and? Mean,' and T WWI
:heaving a stone at ye when thevagon
hit tee. If ye'll forgive me• I'll• for.
giTe you, and I'll pray for both of us !"
.Bob was half an hour late: the
morningegilly died. When the
took him to the shrouded corpse he
kiised the pale face tenderly, and
-- "D-41id he say.,ajtythng
,about:—
about'me?"
"Re spoke of you just 'before - he
died—asked-if you Were- - here," - re
plied the nurse. - '
"And may. -1 - go to the inwcal ? 7
"Yon may." . y
And. he .did. lie. vas' the -only
Mourner: Ms :heart wag the only
one„that _ached: No tears were shedl
by Others, and they left him' sitting
by tbeyew-made grave with heart so
big that - he could not speak.
If,. under the crust of and ig
,norance, there are : such springs - of
imie feeling and - true nobility, who
614 _grow. .weary of. doiiig!good,--
Det~ it Free
• •
~TX 2 AT.NIGHT..
. . . .
'..-." His faqker don't - allow hith to-be
in - the stre‘ at night:" sail, Will
Carson in a ocking tone,;- . "hette.r
tie,the baby
,tole bedpost \ with his
'mother's apron,Stigi." - -. ':‘,
. Jolth Mellen'.s fik.Olughed at..these
taunts. No boy litre Ito be ridiculed,
esPecially when a erotd of hiS play
fellows are standing by \ \, •. •
~.;\,
" Be a man and •come\ \along with'
uS "- said - Harry' Jones. :," \ You are
\
old enough to 'think and a for your.:
self.".
" Come,- John, come with us,,said
another.. "'We shall. have. a - gla.nd
time. It Won't hurt you, just for (mice
to have a little fun." ' ... , \ 1
• .t' N,ti," • said' -John, ".-I
.shall mind
my father. :, The Bible . says, "Honor
thy-father and thy mother," . .and . r
shall (lo' it." , .' 7 . ' • .:'
" Corun,ou, : beys-," said Will, start
ing off; . " don't. .stand listening to his
preaching." ,
John went home, and in ,preparing
his lesionafei the-next day and join
ing in the home pleasure he _had for.;
gottekall about the hoys. The next
morning on his way •to schoOl; he
heard that - the boys had •been,arrest-:
ed and-dent to jail for being, drunk
and disorderly.' Think hew ansioiia
their parents. 'must have been all
;through the• night;, and. then to be
tOld-that•they were in jail! how. it .
_.must have surprised and:pained them,
• Pont be wandering in the streets
at night, boys. It is a bad habit,
and nothing but harM can come of it,
Hundreds of boys are ruined thrOngit
being in the streets at . night. • •
John Mellen' made a happy, :and
prosperotis.min: And so will every
boy Who thais G . Od; stauds up for the
right, and• honors lihOfather and
mother. 4 . .
• •
=I
AREMARSABLETA, IN ENGLAND.
--RecentlY, Mr. CharlesEdwardsof
Hugmore Farm, near. •Wrexham,
commenced to sink a well within a
couple of yards of his house. ..After
:inking through the surface still he
got into a solid bed of clay, through
,which he sank over ten yards; and
while the man was still at • workthe
water burst in abont four yards aliove"
his had, and- he had to escape as
rapidly as possible. ~The well filled
in a verYsshort space- of time, and
then ran over -in A ;regular
_stream,
bringing with it a 'large quantity of
quicksand. "Every .etfort. has Win
made to stop iii„but hitherto without
avail. The removal of thynuid has
caused a, subsiden of the ground,
on which the house and part of the
outbuildings stand; rendering them'
uninhabitable, and they \will .have to
be•rebuilt. A large staff of men have
been engaged in filling thwell with
large stones embedded in hydraulic
cement, but this proved of no, avail
.and the torrent still makes on.
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NUNEZ 0:
'
WWIIII% . IO%rfIG,
• A Sharp bey on Twenty-fifth street:
received, hot-Tuesday morning; thei -
intimation:Abet he would have to!
easy it het& from, school to assist in :
the inoving with a resignation plat.
seemed suanicimis to Ids parentkbeiC
he worked-hard aliday and at nightr
ldit•llithertare him a•nickel and said -
he, would - let him off that licking for
fringing 'the eat, from the ears to the
tail witlo:-Titent 'clothes:pins, while.
- hie metheir said, " Charley, when I am ,
old; you fill workbardforyonr pees
mother Niiiyou did today, ` won't -
ru?”.and. he said he would. And
yet he had' that 'day : played the part. •
of a -heartless and, superfluous midt. -
dlemarf. ' He by proclamation bad as- = .
sembled a mob of his- playmate,
round, he nearest 'corner and *lien.-
ever one Of his parents Intrusted , t&_
his care some new article 'to be cart
lied over to the new house,. he 9.110.-
tioned off the privilege of carrying it
to the mob. There was an almost. N
frenzied competition
,for the right of
carrying a looking-glass that Ton.
could cast a flash with that would.
•
make a man six blocks oft think .
was struck by lightning or had heart
bad news , from home, and it was final
ly knocked down for tin undivided
half -interest in a sick woodchuck:
A kitchen clock, the hinds of which.
could be moved around at will, pro.
yoked lively bidding, and finally went.
for twenty-seien pins, a• sewing-mip
chine needle, and the frame of a ran
Irv. Indeed, 'one boy (whose par , -
had owned the house he had lived ins
for nineteen years) became so infatu
•ated that after spendifiglhe contents•
of his pockets, and running-'in debt.
'for most of the playthings he bad at' .
Nitric consented to drew the
lainart boy and a basket of tools over
to : the 'new house, and allow the _
smart boy to hit him On , the leg*
when he didn't go fast enough, for -
tlie d eheer privilege of assisting iu
mting. Ti at boy will live to be in
dicted after failing for a million or '-
two,andeome.Regiater'of the futurep
will about Chicago Trihune?
, . WIIAT CAUSED of . 0111‘
dry good clerks called ;rotnd Ito see
his girt the Other evening. She 4)b-, •
4e\ryed that he appeared very restless, -
and* he had been paying her pretty
iihirp attention, she sniffed a propo
sal. She determined to assist _ the
yopng man. ;
George, dear," she said, in a
sweet vowe, "what's the matter with
you this evening ?" ,
.."There ain't. , nothing the matter;"
replied George, twisting-uneasily in
his chair.
I „think there fs," she said, - with
great interest.
" - Oh, no, ,there ain't," returned
George ; "what makea you think so V!
- " You' appear so restless," she ex
plained ; "you act• as if there was
something on ycluemind.
"It ain't on. my mind," observed
George, and then he sir&
denly caught himself and stopped.
" What it it-:-where-is ? ".
entreated the young miss; "won't :
You tell your darling ?','
" It's - oniny. back," blurted Geote,
with an. effort... •
"On your back'?" repeated the
yonng miss in astonishment.
4 Yes," said' George, desperatelf,
"it's a porting plaster, •and it itches
so I can't keep still." .
The young lady faiffied.—.Roek
land Courier.
JUDGE WHO SENTENCED HIS OWN
Soar.—Lit hasn't often hattpened sines
theslays of BrutnS,,that::a rather has
sat injudgment and passed sentence
ou ont Of his sons, Thee mention of
an old . Canadian Judge's - name in a:
newspaper now mealls to me this
cident,iii his life. The son , was ad- •
dieteri e *to liquor, and for drunkenness T. F . .
-was sent home froni Upper Canada
College. At home he continued his.. "
career- of worthlesiness, and. one
night, out of sheer drunken folly,
picked. a friend's_ pocket of hiS hand
kerchief, ana thought - it,, Would be a
,nrre piece of fun 'to .also take , 1116
watch. Accordingly he knocked him
down, tied his hands arid, deprived ,
him of his watch. The 'f riend' had
theh:umorist; 'arrested... for highway..
robbery . , and-in-tine course the young -
fellow . came• before his own father, '
who sent him to the penitentidry,for
five years and cut his namu, oqt of
the family Bible. I would like to b.•
able to say tha t the young man re- ,
formed..' • Historical accuracy,
"ever, compels me to declare that; he.
married, was suspected of a railroait,
robhery,:ando started a livery stabl4
awl drank himself to death.----Chida
go Times. : •
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Hg_, WANTED PIE.—A great 'big
burty \ fellow, who from all - outward
appearancea--was certainly able to
work, rang the bell a a residence of •
East. Baltimore the other day, send
41emanded of the lady who came to •
the door, something to eat. He was -
ftirnished some bread and butter, a •
piece lof meat\ arid chaese,' and, a
pickle, nicely wrapped in a piece of.
paper. He wanted, to. know if_they -
had any pie in the \house, and • was
told there was Certainly none for him
if there was any,. whereupon this beg
. gar Ihrew the luncheon in the street,
and in language, more fOrcible and . '
coarse than gentle ears shoUld Haters
to, turned away. He rang he bell
at the next door, but a ladY.had r
overheard him at her neighboris
honie, and looking out the window
bade him be gone. - Then the tramp ;
took up one end of a string of abuse\
and in the idlest language spoke his \
feelings. A courageous little boy \\,_
. overheard him,' and' - Said he would
-call the police. Then the tramp ran
away.--
•
I: "A CURIOUS sCALCULATION.—It is /
asserted .by scientific writers; says
an Dish newspaper, tli s at theliumber
of persons who have existed on our
globe since: the beginning of time
amounts to 65,237,074,255. These
figures divided .by 3.095,000 the
number •of square leagues en the
globe—leaves 11,320,989,732 square
miles of land which being divided as
before - gives .1,424,626,015 persons to
each square • mile., if we reduce
these square miles to rods,the number
will be 1;853 1 184,600,000, Which di..
vided in like menet, will give 1,373
inhabitants to each square rood, and.
_these being reduced' teten feet .wilt
give about five persons to each square
Nit of terra firma. It will .thus. be_
perceived that our earth is a vasfr
cemetery. On each rood of it 1,283 ,
human beings' lie buried, , each mit
being barely4fficient for ten graves
with each grave containing 128 ,peri.-
8Q11.9. The whole surface ofont glebe,
therefore, hiss., been dug over 128•
limes to - bury its, dead.
A. BADIC it; a Western town • em
ploys' detectives to See who of the..
townsmen are in the habit of lamb-•
ling.'-It guides its t.Yommodations
by their repott.3; The policy is wise
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