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TERMS rti-VARIABLY.CASIT,
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Professional and Stte.tess
CHAS.M. HALL,
Ikttorney-át-Law and Notary,
Will give eareftti attention to any lonaineatt entrust
rd to him. ()Thee with Patrick & Foyle, (over
Journal (Mee), Towanda. La. . lanne7•77.
TAMES WOOD, ,
ty• • igTONF,T-AT-LAW.
Town2spA. pa.
lIMEI
,E.ISANDERSON,•
tl ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
OFFICE.—Means Building (overron:cirsfdore)
mchs-76 • TiI*A.NDA,,I'.4.
W. t Wm. LITTLE, S.
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A TTORNA:i - SrA T-iAlr, TO WA ND.i. PA
"Oftee over Deckers Provi , lon Stoie, Vain Street,
.Tmcnnila, 1•z, ; April
,!8.
G . EOIIO E STROUD,. ' •
ArTionsnY AND COUNSELLOR-AIcLAW
0 nice —Afatri-st,. four doors• North of Ward House
Praetlers In Suprnme Court
-nf Penn%ylvanl3 apl. United
States C0nrt.—;1.11,7.•711..
STIttETER,
CI.
LAW OFFICE,
Ing2O
OVERTON Ar, MERCUR; .
. , ATTORNEYS AT LAW. i.
TOWANDA PA -f=
°Mee flyer Mehtanyes Store. • cmay67:3.
WA. itVERTOii. uonNEY - A. 14IERCUR.
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WAL MAXWELL, 6 . •
A TTOR NE f-A'r-LAII7
r-Irr !CR (10ED DAYTON'n STOW E, TOWANPA, PA
A pill Li ltiTS
pAT RICK & FOYbE,
:r •TO R E'L:A T-1, 4W.
Tliwanda, Pd.
pyl7-73,
O }i h•r, in 'Sfri curl+ illnek
E . J. ANGLE,
TroILVEI-AT-1..t
'Office with . Davie; SE Carnuchai),.Torinilari"a.
i tti4,'77
G. F. MASON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, .
. TOWANDA
O nee 'first door. south of C. 17., Poch, see
and floor. r Nor. liii.
L. LL _
E.
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~.e' TutVANDA. PA.
Office with Stralih & SfokAanye. fuort I-75.
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ATTo I: SIC rA- Cu U.V\.S . r -1, In R-A T-I, AW,
t /ne. ri . (Wt . !' Cif.,,. it". kl, Stt On`, ITO ft i3OrS north of
,t.., e ns & 1.,..i.g Towa:oht. Pd. NI y be conl,thtel
Inf, e man. (A pril l'2. '7f..7 . . • •
INICP.IIELISON & KIN f ..)",. •.
A 7' 77 , A" NE 1 - S
-A T- I; .4 11',
I
lOW t.N..1 4. Pa. Ott et
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;in Tracy & Ntit.le's ;owl.
! Tetranda. 1`3...1:0. In. Iq7n.
1 - 4 1 - F. t3OF
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A TTOILV I. A W.
Str,rt ( . 1 doors Tift*.h of, Ward It o:tsel. To..
• - 1577.
11. TIMMPSO,VATTORNEY
• A,T LAW, IV T A I.UNI NG, P5l. Will attend
pli.inasitirts t.. his rare In U radford,
atorW)olidng i'ountion. (Wirt. «ifII F. Sq.
I . llrTVr.
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I ELM*
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L. LAMM,
Ea
ill:. EV-AT-LAW,
Tow A PA
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IVii.mkts-lt•rticr_
Collections promptly attention to
(I.V1e.111'()N ELSBItEE, A I"TOR
yETS AT AN.., Tow ANDA, T • A. T. tlAvinty,
tT•T TA into ro-liartir•rAitliT: offer their prate, anal
serriers the attention given to
1.o•Izota, In tier llrpluati and itolo , ters
F.. it. (Anrit-70) N. I'. EI.SIII:Er.
.•-. . • •
NEAT/ILL& CALI FE,
ATTOIENKTS AT IL •
TOW A S IP A„P A.
to Wnotrit Mork, "first door soutra octba First
- NATlmial bank.. tap.statrs.i
ti .1. NI &DI I. • rjano-741:r] J. A L 1, 1 1 1 ,.
at PAY NE,
T TO R X E FS-.{ 2,1. A
.IC ! , . /XT . & Nol4LE's BLOC M AIN STE EET
Tot ANDA, PA
MEE
I=
1111
ATTORNEY AT LAW ;
AND
II:S. COMMISSION F.R,
TO . WA NI , A, PA
(lfte'C—Nortii Side Public Square.
DVIES A
it CA RNOCIIAN •
I ATTORNEYS AT LA*,
M R C R . fiOCK.
7iowlNll2l. PA)
MEE
•
troitNEY-AT-LA*.
_• prep . o . ,oßraet Ire all branches of hilt
Eitt:l.7l: '131,00C-K, lentranee - on
w N.D.\ „VA,
Ejan6-,t,
t. 11:• . 60 11 -LT It N
Man alld :,urgeon. Office. over 4J. /4 Mack 4
er,ikeiry - •
wa:oli, M r 4 721 Y .•
•1; P.l'4 ".
-AI. D.,
SrRGErt.V.
Story. Ofiiee hours front 10
0 4.. N. Spei-lat attention
2.104 Ear.-itet:lo,lGsti.
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hriii*O . Y.
Store, Towanda.
NTIST.
• f.0n01,111 the
•.• 'tall's new
ttlee
r IIVt•T M 4111anytIV,
f .tiol Irian
of tl/e
DR. T. B. JOlll
PI! YSI O IAS .4ND
urer lir.e'orter
!.4•114 - 70f.
• I). L. 1 - )0I)SON, I)t\
aft..r,S..pt. Ct. : maybe
11.. w fOOlll,l 011 21111 floor of pr.
•-• Street. litzAtlesV,,oliette.
WU. KELEY,'DENTIsT.--- .
• Ovor M. F. Ito,enflel.l,,,..T,,wanila.
on-Gold. sdeer, Buller, and
T,eih extt - aeletl without pain.
V;.. C. stixtx, 1/ENTIST,
.1 1. :13%ing r• - -iithve,l 1/..111al 0111 re Into,Tracv
k, !.ver gt•fif ittore,
pc.T.iort-41 to .10 all kiwis of itelltal work
pat iu a ne'vr gs apar.ktus. '
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SIT.
L. WIIITAK-ER,
BOOR BINDER
B 1 I t.DI FL,Kfit,, TOWANDA
fi S. RUSSELL'S, • •
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. Gir...!.: ERA I. ..
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I N ,:(IT RA N C - E AGEN C Y
2 o t . f. - , TO.SVAI . :DA,TA.
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h;4 l. 18 7 6.
rrIiA:ANDA INSURANCE AGENCY:
r
• . AffeaH sri,r... r popri. i:A.:4-,,urr. lan se- .
/ 1 N ()Pl': & VINCENT, . •
• .. , MAN'Atik.
INSCRA,NCE , AGENCY.
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- ItEI,IIIILE AND FIRE TRI P
• ,!.,iiipaltirs r.,pr.lsentd4 :
1., Oit . :llllKV., PtiCENT VlO7ll V: EIICHAyT
, %:trt•ll 1r Nit. - . . "..
. 0. A. 4:MACK.
ELM
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8. ALVO\RD,
VOL 3E XXXVIII.
THIS WAY
AND WAR4,A - NTgO TO Mal
MERCIIANT .TAILOR;
hENP AND COMP4PTE:SiOCK OP
. CLOTHS, '
GENTS'
.FiTRNISHING GOODS,
CAPS, • .
Ile Is prepared •to furnish to order, made to
measure,
SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS,
BEST QUALITY 47,.LATtST:STYLES,
TOWANDA, PA
, .
At prlres the most reasonable of ally establishment
In Ton anda. Call and examine my iqock. • •
• pfiwanda, Pa., Aprll.s. 1877.
THE CHEAPEST
N 'ROWANDA
scrruEs,
• GRINDSTONES,
FORKS,.
FIXTURES, ROPES,
Cheair Ihan at Any Other Place!
I have always'on hand Repairs for the liouria
W Alt It I and•C II t 0N . 310w lug Machines.
''ERRIGOS SIDEAILLi PLOWS,
c Best in, Qse. ' •
All k
and Tin wa
Towanda, Jun. 2R. I
iliunEsT
July 27;76
THIRTEENTH AND
WROUGHT AR
.lIEA
With Shalslng and CI
Local tg Anttiracil
F• IL I'ATNEJ
WROIIG II T-1
IMIE
. KO'
W 1 OITG
Aan. 1, 105
Descriptfre.elreulars s
Philadelphia,. April':
Planing, &e:
t ,
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REATI,I: REOUCED PRICES!
.. TheNindersigned is doing
LANING, 'MATCHING, AND Itt-AAWING,
WA Y 1)0 . W N.: . DOW !C•-T-!- nOWN':
11E31
~ W ltich I am selling at prlres to milt Hie tlnmt,
M •de promptly to order. 4. - a low !glee, for CASH,
IF YOU \'AST TO
- .
.Lumber brought here to he milled! wllf,be kept
tinder corer and perfectly dry mitt, taken away."
Good shed.l for your. h0r.11.9., and a dry place to load:
•
1.. Jt. itODGF,RS:
L - - -- r-'
wanda,Jarl, IS, 1577
NE
NEW .*OCK . , - •
-.. OF GRCtRI - F'''!•\,
- •
- . Choice selections of
EIN.E TEAS AND CO FEES !
F
Cash raid for all kinds of
7 Qtr NI 111 Y. .P R P.II CE!
l AA the olt.l !stair' of C. K. Pitch.
Towanlls„ , AVlT 4, 1877
'
r
M==l
SIILIN
~E
J. L. McMANON,
OPPOSItE.UOURT HOUSE SQUARE,
•
ilas Just received a-
lIATS,
&c ; Ike
Mel
J. L. Mt:MAHON.
aware
HARDWARE STORE
IS IN 31 - EBCUIt BLOCK r
*triflers can buy their
kC., &c, &c.,
ilds of - TINWARE o ban
(or all kinds done at lower prices.
E. , ....11;;CE.
/
WA
FM!!
J. REYNO
Nortlia
laitufactrtre
GEED
MEE
C'mi)cing Rangeg, I
EXAMINE BE
And all kinds of Tianlng-mtll Work
can't see iL
1 hiii"riftiiron . hangl a large Ntork of
4 8 . .041 . AND DOORS,
WINDOW-BLINDS!
Calrand see ?ry I.aoda and Prleetz-*
3r• (trier.
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For xale altar
W. H. DECKER, Jn
En
riIeCTS FOlt TIIE• PEOPLE.
It Is an undaiklalde fact that no article-10r
ever placed heford,-thOubite Irith so mach stadia
evidence ot Its great medical value; _,
MR
•••s\- 1 1 Pwite.WelIte: May I atilt the
.., tnak Vy easetpublic ?
.
to Is, while on p Oren duty in the twiny. I Was
[eke with edit, whiehlastftilail night. Was tak
en Int Camp and detis7 4 l With whisky and quinine.
After tins had jtta , :e eiy - day. and *AS hiltett t
NewbernMospltal, an there Heated ll` the attend
ing physicians. kgrett Werse.and Was sent home.
Itemained itipoor itvilth for four years, treating
with many phYsielans and tryirg many remedies.
Flintily ScroftilWinadvi.its appearance On different
rata of my body, td my head gas - so diseased as
to be frightful to lekkk / at, anti painfully beyond en
.ffurane.e.Q After trying thttnost e m inent PhLtd
elfin without Improve ent change of climate
was wivited;.*, - . ' . -
Hare been (tithe Het 8 Ings in Arkansas twice.
each time giving their treatment alhorough trjal.
Finally: s eam back to Boston , discouraged, with nn
hope of help. Life was a bur n to one in 114 sit
uation. fily disease, and the eftett of so much puw
erful mentelne. had so dainaged\iny system that
• The action of my sten:tacit watt apparent ly dentroyeti,
aunt my -head was covored•with uleer7hich had In
places eaten into the skull bone. .
The best physlcianwsald.my blood was, so full of •
isfison they mould Ms no mo:e for me.A mut this.
- time a friend who•had heel' an invalid old me
.I ,l‘
VCGETINIC had restored him to perfect heal th.
and:
thmiigh his persuasion I commenced taking Vane-
ewe. At Mistime I was-havlng.Bl, almost every
day - . I notlceitthe first good effects of Via ILTlklit
In my digeitive organs. My food sat better ands,
my stomach grew stmnger. I began , ofeel en- ,
couraged, for I could see • my •health•slowly anti,
gradually Improving. With renewed s hope i con
tinued taking theWrorrtsig., until it had-com
pletely driven disem,e - mq ',if my body, It cured
the fife, gave me good, pore blood, and restored me
,to perfect health. which I had not enjoyed before
Ivor ten years. -Hundreds of people in the city of
Bottum can vouch for the above facts,
Vet:art:QC has saved my life, and yet are ‘ at lib
erty. to make such linfq of tills statement as pleases
you 'set. and I beg of you to make It known that
other-sufferers may find relief with less trouble and
expense than I Md. :
It will °afford tite great pleasure to show the
larks of my dlsemie or give any further Informa
lon relative to my-rale to all who desire If.
I ant, air, very gratefully. JOHN PECK.
„Nu. 50 Sawyer street, lloNln, Mass.
TWENTY-SEVER YEARS ARO
•
•
ST6vEN F.:Esq.—Dear Sir; This is to CCII ,
thy that my daughter was taken sick when she
was three years old, and got so low that we were
obliged to keep heron a pillow, without inevinge to
keep the little thing together. She was attended
hS several .Pll.ysielans—the regular, attending one
being old Dr..lntin Stevens. They all pronounced
her ease Incurable. She had been sick shout-a
when hearing of the great Blood Remedy, Vex:E
rr-Is it. I commenced giving her that, and'eontiourd
if regularly till she war
perfectly
seven years old,
when she was pronounced perfectly cured. Rutin
her slekneSs three pleemeof lone were taken f
her right aria' above the elbow, one - of them is
iir
kem
rsluee
erofula
. a little
ell as the
a II she IC not
a la, Inherited
..1 , 1111 all those
s disease. If they
-V KGETIN the
not Weaken the'
tlOlll3 reeMlllllellli.
Is nottrllhing awl
i 's case will fully Ms
.. heard nra worse form
1 IA
A eet, Charlestown. Mass.
. ~- S Altall M. JoN
treet, Charlestown, Mass,
A.p4 II In, 1570.
The above state tent show,' a V.•rfect cure - of
.rofula In Its tin it form. when pronounced incur
le, of a child four years of age. twenty-three
'Aro. Th 4 lady, now twenty-seven ycarti old,.
^f et health.
y 11. It. STEVENS. Boston, Mass.
INE IS. 591.1), iky ALI; 1/11tiGGI'lf.
•
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Very long, Sewrut:small pieces were also
from her Ic_it kg. She ht now' twenty seven,
old. and is enjoying good.healtli, and tins evr'
sheovas setts years old, with no signs of
or any other Moult disease. Her, ann '
crooked, but slie.ean use it almost as
other. Her legs are of equal length. ay
In the least lame. iter ease . was ScroV
It the 1,4*(11 hill I would reeemn
. , roftita Ifmnor or any other blood/
w shin have a p•rfeet cure, to try'
re A al,:v blood remedy. which do
.) 'tem like many other prepay/
r, but, on the - contrary. i
gt afigthentrig. fly tiiitighto
Ii y this. for I never saw ii.
. Sereftila. 'Hirt
19 .Nfenument st
\ Id.
.09 S'ultlvan
SNATIIS,
, ear's no. Tin
enjoying 'peril,
Prepared
REM
TH E
STILL TAKES TRH LEAD!
Cartimvs CII E. PER 'tit A N EVER. and Plat
rotta Wagons at n'GREAT REHI.XTION.
°Mew awl Factory cor;ltlain streetr.
o AMES HRTAI 4 .;
•
JUigo! 1.1, 11477
CAIptIAGE FACTO 9
\ Mclntyre £ Spencer
liespeel folly winnow , to tho politic that - they are
provared to build all ►duds of
VIIAV.TON & ri.ATEM2M STAGOsS,
TitoTT I N G')M• LK I & SKELETON'S,
Otafle,of the hest material atid in the style
.I ‘ll wo rk warriit i teet to give prrfer.t satisfaction.
'1
A'arEeIALTY•.
. _
We parp . on, of the tie‘t Carriage Paintrirs In thy
einintiy, and 4,e, all work in this line at7the lewcst
rates., / .
' • .
• ,
P..t 'RING
neatly .nizfroruptly (1.41 e at redueed.riees,
• springi and repairing
.rk guaranteed. P'
pp.Nalclng , new\
ppqta*. All
Bsiz2
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a~
Ilig
l!MIE1
V-k_GETINR.T
it roc which Voristitleic it; te ,
~nfthioulala'of what hasitlone
.pntate at 9irte§ Mud rick one
:se that tiehrly all of tho testi
, people Sight where the
isttiplied, and; its the streets and
there can be go possible doubt
.4.
BOSTON, Dee. 11, 1572.
Wagets and Carriages
-OLD E S TABLISHMENT
En't of the Reporter (Mee
FAMILY CARRIAGES,
TOP AND ores BUGGIES.,
All kluils'of
sprint( and repairing old ones a
..rk guaranteed. Please give us a
INTYRE' & SPENCER
MEM
, 4
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it
BRADFORD COUNTir,\PA. 3 3 pIURSDAY MORNIN ; SEF,TEMB
\\': 7. ---
M
\.; • ceof tDe Rseasiss.l
- - •-1140,1, ,
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rnatTTEX PIT llllNaotgt Selt ilt_skNr--13,
Y rum than
Aronn.t. Thy
A chair that
A step ei cti'j4 .
Whose foot failisissmnste
Will river
A voice thit browitht stlnshlne,
where has (t 4 fled ?
Why mast ft thns'early .
ite huirleiriflth the dead?
•
Thereentip that tang out
At mortt•titiA at even,
The prayera:tpat went up
To "our Fattier in•heaven."'
• • . • • ,• •
ills
.cootng dove atlas Om;
how andatol, s 'ems their Right,
"Where:ls her' they alk,uN
With eyes that are bright. •
. rt.
•'Where Is he r , Oh htrdles;
Our eybi are so alai, ; ~ •
We see hut the'cluds
"Chat are heaped over IMO.
Itut Wekoosi that Ills soul
Was white as the snow ;1
And he Is walking wh'eric—
!Allies of Paradise grow.,
'Tla 'finely without therj
Oti beautiful duel
\Pray that ere may meet
• 'Whet' Ittr,''s fork led, a ,
Maar,N. ItmaartmE.
TSB . ES&
•t
e y n. :l
_e
r a r
man. \
r ll , s tiff
I
It ,
I
WI
.s God's gond girt
ess allowed we meet
fashions when we liftt
lifes waters hitter•eareet,
nit itawlib resistless power •
passion, Iheadstrtisr will:
.tn 4 like A ccc and shower,*
j flows, a r tin, and still,
With blessedness Too: the heart 4
welcomes It aright, or—hitter fate
lugs t *bosom with so tlercsa smart,
. hat hive, We cryjls crueller tbah\hate,
thin, ah me; when love has cessed , to bless
Our brhken heartacry out for teuderness,k
We long for tenderness like that which hMii!
About us, lying on nit motlwes breast; „
A selfish feeling, that no pen nor tongue \ t.
Can praise aright, since silence Sinks it best, \
love, as La removed froth : passion's beat ,
' Asfrom‘the chillness or its dying are ;
A lose to lean, on when the Tailing feet
Begin to totter and the eyes to tile, • .
o yotith'n brief heyday hottest love We seek.
Not untgleyer s y \ heart
of Ample
Wttb,love In man
First to onr II
Love routes u
• OF rurbleg
It plays an
Or c'ittr
It Com
Th
The reddest roseire grasp—hut >irrhqiit dies,
God grant that later blossoms, violets meek,'
May
. spring for us trmeath.life's Autumn Skies
God grant some luring oni?Mo near to bless
Our Weary . way with simple tenderness '
the Year Round. •
,Nityl,latteppg;.
THE BLAOK HtElll3.
INTERESTING DESCRIPTION RY THEIION.
From the Elmira Adrestimer. , '
• liw Etio N.T., Aug . . 17th, 1877.
To the Editor (!f* the„iideertiLTr: : .
Back from•the Black Mils with a
sound skin and a whole scalp 1 " Fool
hardy ° was tile last cheering word
which fell from the lips of friends on:
parting. They had, been 'reading the
sensational headlines which ornament
the Indidn tales of the, Metropolitan
newspapers , and bdieved it all. The
jOurney over land from Cheyenne to•
Deadwoodokdistance • of 280 miles
was full of fatigue, and , discomfort,
but, despite the pounding over srou'gh
-roads - for 55 consecutive hotirs'on.
-old-fashioned Concord conehes de
spite the constant.- ininiling of the
- digustin , Alkali duSt which made
'throat and nostrils raw,and Clore,.de
spite the vile rations of sour bread
and greasy bacon of the log taverns,
despite the hunger' of rgbers and
°redskins, the trip, was one 0f.11C41
revelations, ;sensations and enjoy
nieut. . No. where on the American
continent can there -be. found any - ex : ,
perience to compare with life in a
new Mining camp. Experience in
the lumber camp§ of the West. and
South is rough, but it is refined and
cultivated by 'comparison. - Societyl
is made up of the bohl, restless, reek
less spirits who for years have Nen I
chasing the demond of adventure,and
the i gni:4' fatures of
,fortune thrOugh
the mOuntal saMl gulches of Cali
fOrnia, Nev :a, Colo . rado, Montana
andall even Me. leo; men of every color
'and chine under .tfle sun, to whom
the - quietilife of civilization would . be worse thft:,.(leath ; men •reckles4f
health, life auttmoney, but whose Vll
ilvd and bitter experiences have made.
themsharp; s4rewd and unscrupn/
lons ;•men a-boll:aye seen wealth and
poverty, sometimes almost within the
same-twelve month—and men of / dreat !
courage but little - eolicience. To
say that Deadwood is wick is fee
ble talk. Rowever, it is be, ter!than
Sodom, for there are goer:l / Men:there
sufficient to save it, as the'populatiOn
If their moral'
tory, eor.
I.e Npe-rial
Ids largo,
AGONS,
tanteel In
expentilve
BUY!
that - every
100 to 010
KO .. 100
I "js'..l,;•„
,150
an l
ufacturr
.rient stork°
lons NOW.
work and
4111141rnrnt
half a ccn•
JED TO
digging6. - -- 4 *-OS'pecting theri having
thus far proved.. fruitless, many of
these ad,venturOs no. doubt m
itten. DeadsvoOd is' a city made tip
of.,tents, ItutObantics and.wOoden
shells, with no", and then a .frame
building that - „,':. can be dignified
with the appellation of house, al
though they are all sufficient prott.T
tion from sun, or rain. Pine tiatbOr
abounds in the vicinity ! . .cf a very
guod quality, and nonrthat saw mills
have sprung up all :_nromiti ; anti him
her has fallen to . the tnodeiate price
of $2O pe . r thousand, a better class of
buildings !will no doubt lie substitu
ted iii the' future. „lients- are. high.
Small shops commanding Irma $lOO
io $150• per moni t h:' The i,prineipal
MIMI
E
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIA
{lion
Song.
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N2I
T. C. PLATT
MEE
hotelot foligh4dofieit*rndttzto of
nic4etate dittietielofigi •t 1 ed ty
Chinese laundry -drain one Con Sing,
'.h.
claims to have tWo`chnrches, the one
a Congregational and . the other a
Roman Catholic,. buts; good plinth
must be of slow and drawfish growth
in a garden full 'of poisonous weeds.
Morals, and religion art at a dia.
eount'i* khis - Market. Conkidering
the . distance of overland transporta
tion, prices of food and' livirig\are
not extravagant, correspondents Of
New York journals to the . contrary
- notwithstanding. It is, true that oe
basionally there will occur a tempo
rary scarcity of some one partienhir
article of 'home consumption like
Dour or kerosene, but afi large-mule
- and ox freight trains are.constantlY
coming and going, and competition is
lively, no snob slate of affairs can
oe of long., duration. Flour now is
$l9 per batrel, and kerosene 75 cents
per gallon, Good board 'Mil he. had
for $l2 per week. For •the six'
months more than 500 teamsi and
average of six horses, mules or Oxen
to 'a-•teani, have been engaged in
transporting merchandise -and • ma
chinery into these diggiOgs. An old
freighter informed inc that his trains
had never but. once - .been disturbed
by Indians, and then only co steal
'stock..
• The. rapresaion which prevails in
the East that the Black
,Ilills; as a
?,
irol i ti prodUcing country, is a fraud
and a delusion, .1s but based upon
impartial and •reliable information.
It, •comts mainly front , drones and
dead beats who, have .gone as many
in in the' eddy days, doCalifot
nia, expecting; without money and
without'wOrk,. to realialefortunes in a
day .., to pick up gold nuggets ht eery
crac k , and crevice or the rocks 'and
because they have failed to ? realize
their expectations, pronounce the
country afailure. Such fellows Would
despise 'Heaven if they found the
'golden pavnmentfastetied down. The
fact is that' mining for the' recious
metals; like'nny othe bossiness to be
carried on success. d1y,,., requires
capital, labor and capacity, and we
venture the assertion thakthere is no
better eld for' . enterprising labor
with sin• I capital, „in 'our broad do
main, tlia the gold and silver mines*
tk ii
of. Black I ' Is: What they lack in
extreme rich ess they make up in
economy of rn • Ring and tractability
Of the quartz: T e rich veins . of ore
lay .near the surfa c and gredt ex
pense of hoistingis ereby avoided.
\
The territory as• yet, developed is
,somewhat limited yet
extent, bu
there is much wealthl ye hidden in
thedepths of these kills th kwill not
long escape - tile ° prying eyes , i 5 ; /the
prospector. - Severalmines, s .11 as
the "Alpha," the' ~‘A-t lien Treasi e,"
the" Golden Tetra'," the "Lyiwelly ,"
the "Keats," Ac., are yielding mos.
satisfactoty returnson
.tWo or three
cases 'as high .as $lll 7 OOO - per week.
The average yel& of gold Per ton; is
about - as2s, which Aonsidering the.
chaticter of te ore . , is better than a
much larger yield /in the more stub
born quartz ofiColorado-and Nevada.
Bet Ween• twenty and. thirty stamp
mills, for crushing and separating ore
are in °potation or in process•oferec
,
Lion in' these
~diggings, constructed
mainly cot doing custom work. This ,
fact alone -is a complete answer, tol
the representations of the , croakers'. '
As td the gulch minis there are not,
a liqlf dozen in the valley of the
AiadwoOd Creek but what 'are pay
ing well.. One of the best is owned
by a'. live Irishman, ,Jabk McLe;r.
who has already taken ,out 'of his
,claim over $40,000. ' We saw him
"clean up," at evening, one, day's
work. 'the result was not up to the
,- 1 '
average, being, about $575, and his
working force consists of nineteen
men'. His yield. in onB day has been
as high as $2,200. Rie, a matter of
sconrSe these sluice mines Will be 'ex
hausted in a year . Wr two 'Mt the
quartz -ve nsi show unmistakable evi
deuces of great eitenklind capacity.
We hazard'the - opinion - of $G,000,000
to $8,000 1 600 'in gold - ; will' be pro 7
duced in these hills the present year.
From reliable data we arc satisfied
.that the banking 'houses. are buying
nearly $250,000 per Month and they
d° not obtain one half• the product.
,From the nature of the ease conflicts,
of title td the mining claims are' fee,
quoit. Up to the tlith of last, Febi
nary these auriferous hills were a
Part of an Indian IleSemition but
•no stich barrier could xdstrain the
restleSs, resistless ,American gold
hunter. lie came, he saw, ) he con
quered, as usual.
.The Government,
was forced to make a new deal with
the savages and on the day last men
tioned a treaty' was made and' con
elude& by , which I Uncle Sani ,once
more became pcissessed, of these
-idly gulches," and lir 4,,0 8-.. Co.;
geld' tit Cliotturbed A* the.; They
ha e a Wholtsoiiid flat ofthe \ %Great
f'ather " at Washington grid a tipef•
stitions resit for the - eletrie hilid.
The _ robbers, "road agents," \as
they are politely, denominated, lutA,3 \
been 1'4:4 several *eelts tht terror of .
the stage routes but they have done
'violence only, in .one instance, when
theY wounded but did nut kill the
drier of a coach who refused to atop
his horses at, their command. That
.driver'has recovered and mstpnts his
box as Usual overfday. We soaped
ttiblestatii, lint- Eoaches just before
anitiust after us were overhaula in
the most approved banditti style.
When .no resistance is offered, as is
invariably the case, these gentleman
:), freelmters are \extremely polite
and considerate. .To be sure they
coMpel their ;victim, it, the muzzle of
the hot gnu, to\ step down and g ut,
to t rn his pockets inskiesout i ,to re-
mo e , his boots and stockings in
ord r to disclose anyhidden \ treasure
to p open the lining cif his gal -merits
make a.cleanH Celitery e - butliat
it profit a. man to save his jack
an postal currency And loSe
Irecions life. Here is just ‘ whcre.
rsopliy is superior to 'pluck
poverty is. •cm • unmixed
and
shal
kni
his
phil
and
'blesSinit Auer . the gentlemanly'
a „. .
agents have concluded their business,
it iStuite the fashion 'to sit down by
the read side with the passengers;
I and :.in lige in •a : short season of
social intercourse and interchange of
*lid and liquid compliments, but as
&smatter of healthy precaution they
alWays insist upon the.second,ary pull
- at the bottle albeit' victims, fearing
poison. , Their first raids Were elm ,
neatly ssucceisful ; in one instance
securinglmoty to the. amount
_s2o,.
000; but latterly travelers go diyest
ed of all vahmlies, and\,the business
has beconie so \ unprofitable - that - the
„attacks. are groWingless - and fess fre
quent..Tliey will oon entirely'cease.
An concOsion, wouhl ea) to the
AMerican pilgrim, itl\the langtiage of
the'oriental devotee, "'Sec Deadweed
and die!" You will 'surelyknosi
little of one interesting\ phase of\
Anterican, ifs until you see Dead
.wood. • I P. P.'
s.
••1 • .
„ GATORS' HIDES.
Exactly . how many alligators'
hides are received annually in 'New
• Yeek to be - tanned i!or boots . and
shoes is not known ;"but.they do not
fall far be ow 'ten, thousand skins
They are tisposed of in ,two way" :
yne or tw -firms in Massaelitise is
huy_ them to make up 'into cheap,
machine-sewed_ shoes ; while /shoe.;
makers in this city purchaaeriilniost
'exclusively for custom .work Several
. Nastv.o street firms, Ferris/ & Sons,
and others, receive much the. sup
ply; but the largest Consumers ate
Mahrenhols Bros,; in DiOadway, who
use Up oVer five thou i s'and Skins in a
year. These firms send . their work
all over the United States and: to
many parts of Et rope, especially to
Switzerland for/tice use of hunters.
The purchaser, by an ingeniopS con
trivance;-measures his own . foot and
receives the/boots by -express.. The
skins are,tistially contracted fur by
the NeW/York firms with parties in
JacksonVilic„. Fla., and : in New -Or
leans./ To these places the sking'sre
sent;,by the outlying small Wealers
vrhe buy them fro ft the Minters.
Tye ; Red river, the ; bayous along the
Ipwer ;end the •swamps
/of
usedY - AS' soon .aa - the
reptile is shot and dragged to shore
the under portion is.cut and stripped
oil', as that is the only part of. the'
hide that can be tanned. Especial ,
pains s i re taken to, preserve' the skin
on the tinder side of each claw:. It
has-the finest marking and is so soft
•nil ` -The - hide i - ed
They grow to a great age. Messrs.
Mahrenholz, who own the largest
`alligator in the Central Park collec
tion, say that it is,denbtless seventy
years old ; it has not changed in ap
pearance shine it was captured. No
two skins are alike. There seem to
be difie •cilt distinct speciei under the
commO i i generic term alligator. Tan
ning and dressing ; is n ditlicult and
tedious operation. A lirin of tanners
in . New Oriedas failed a year ago be
cause they sought by a short probess
to tirrii . out'llides in :fix weeks' that
should have been ip their' hands , for
six months. Their leather tore like
brown papo. 'The tanning is dooe
by firms in New Jersey and West
chester eoniity, who do •not makeit,
a specialitkt The currying must be
done on II bias, else the knitb eats
the skin tai' pieces. JA.takes•a whOle
O r in to malie one bunter's boot, one
nat being large enough Tvr
Shoes are. made from the ' skin tlie
clut%lA, generally thivkay ones, as the
otbrrs are two small! 'Some . skins
are founil to be too light, (Akers toO
bony, and after a manufacturer has
obtained just - Abe hide he is satisfied
With he has thrown away or;spoiled .
fire or six Ao get it. A good hide,
`'ready for the Wt., is worth "*6t), a
poor one $4O.
and'
sting
ntier
poor
the
Tuirrns,,-TO be silent about an
injury makes the doer of it more un
easy than complaints,
seal p.
raids
igger
1. red
ood.
Eyery oneis in onething.at least
original—in his manlier. of
.aneezing.
People in f low generally . resolve
first and reascri afterwards:
Men are made to be eternally sha
ken about., init women are flowers
qa`, lose their beautiful colors-in the
noise and toniult, of life:
Oar prayers and god's inerey are
like two buclotA, in.a well;
. while one
asemds the other •:iescends, .
..• 4ver reproach a man .with the
l'aults 'of his relatives.
REM
th of
the
1 is •
turn,
kind. kind.
mail
are
■
1 ,.
• , ..`, I f t‘\
t • '
C - . '
6,
oruitot iumant
Sweet quireting blossoms gutd aad wbitk;
ife these fon fit out bride aright '
ghe espies well ',oaf part ;
Her trembling form le felt& pier,.
Amaid - en whiteners In her face, •
- But totes awn gold at heart. .
reathe;
, -
4 .4 happy flowers, among the curls '
\
bat, breaking freiii d string of pestle,
Ware brightly on her brow; - .,•-,
• I.lrTpy Sowers, upon her breast,
That . utters with a swept unrest ; .
libeAneels to take a vow. ' •. '
ti , A vow tbsoones all the bands
. Of rally yon t, and at her hands
Ifetiteforf ,we tali but 'tram . .
A pett.on of the ore dnd fear, -
Obedience ready; eadatice dear; .
• Whose whole 'w used to have:
i lore forbids ,
In the lids •
•
I and bloom, '
, home; '
..• .
. .
th , reng, .
Ah well! ah well ! trni
One selftah tear should ei
• Of parent eyes to-day.
.With Mirth and mate, amtli
We cheer the parting from otu
-j‘ And ipeedliet on her way,
Yre team the gay and thoughtless Sl,
fo marl' the day itith !Ohl ittid !obi
'We need a quiet bout',
We leek—to give our sorrow vent,
To win our olden, calm Content—
. Our daughter.; Inaldeu bower.
We look within her chamber door,
We rattly pace the empty II:tor
She gnyly limed to tread 1
\ Each glies eaeh.a tender stelle,
\And bar hearta'ellehtly the *Mlle
Take coMfort from the dead,
, .
. .
Ay'e \
for the ilea! dealt gathered lu i '
\ •
No earthly lover was to win - •
. .
- Guilong lost lily vvhlt; '
\ sytw her no tree grow orange bloom,
FOr her no love-111, wedded bogie, ,
Nopassltinate delight i -
.
.
A
\
But God's deep pface fovermore, .
And fadeless blosiftnns front_ the shore /.
'Of ItirOeit i'rAdise.
-=`-
tit; si , . ~‘,
(or the
toot 12
id laid
lays, to
;heaves
i. ie field'
more thoroughly .dry. After a
:cw•da3-s it will be ready to be car-.
ried to thebarkvard, where usually
the thresher is situated, and put into
stacks, where It reinalhs until the
owner is ready to thresh it mit. In
sortie localities it is. \ o \ tily removed.
from. the 'fields daily An snfildient
quantities to supply the thresher,
which is almost° always a frame build
ing, one and .a half stories, with high
.shingle roof, tilled with the. riecessa
.ry mathinery fot seParating the \ rice
from the straw. The usual motive
poker is steam, the .boiler and ear
nace of/which should be' placed Out?,
side the•main 'building and encased
in brick, The- smoke.stack -As fret
quentik-of brick, at least- fatty feet
high,.and placed at . least fifty feet
from* the building,' with an under
ground flue running to the..furnace.
This is the best and safest construe .
tion; but sometimes it is not•practi
gable, and then att . iron - smoke-stack
is sitbstititted, and when that is the
ease the main building and boiler,
house should both lie covered with
*Metal, and the exhaiiit. steam not al
lowed to be vented into the smOke
stack, as •it causes to be throWn out
a.volume of sparks, not only endeli,
geritig buildiug,s t but also any stacks
of rice that, May be in the yard oron
fiats tiea-r by.' • Phis evil.. is supposed
to, be obviated by placing a spark ar
• rester in the. smoke-stack ; lint ; the
experience of-practical' machinists is
that they cannot be "recornmendedn's
,Aare, and therefore should •be
,avoid
ed. The speed of the different pot ,
tions of the maeltinerkis not great;
the smallest sized, beater, which is
the thresher that takes the grain
front the straw, revolved not -exceed
ing:l;o,o per Minute, and the largest
250, and of course sizes betweentAiese
at propeitionate rates. :The speed
of the fans varies froni 100 to 400
the
eer
-per minute; therefore. if ordinary, at
teution is paid to. oiling the
.;or
ery, there shou'd be nu ftiar -r fire
from-friction..
‘.As threshing should onb , -bgdone
bydaylight, and no artificial
allowed in the building atrany time,
there will be very little danger of
fire; but as the whole is Of a inflam
mable cimraeter, - • if tire once gets tin.
der way the loss will most probably
lie total. - Therefore, as iaSt as the
rice passes thi,ough . -the -thresher* it
should be removed to a storagebarn,
at a sufficient distance to, make it
comparatively. safe in-ease 'of a- fire
occurring- in the thresher, and should
be kept , there iM longer than - ne-
Cessary to accumulate a vessel lOad,
whgn it should be sent to market; to
be-Sold' at 'once as rough rice, or°
i storedin mill -until the owner de
!sires. to, have it pounded and sold as
Clean rice. The,straw, which is sep
arated from the - grain id the thresh,
- er, is by .machinery delivered outside
the rear of the building, and^ should
be removed as fast as:it accumulatess
to a safe diSt:Mee, from the threSher.
• This rice straw is a erOod forage .
• for animals, and valuable as a fertili
zer for high land crops but Where.
it 14 not wanted for such, purposes,
it is Much -used for fuel ,the !fur
nate, and in the vicinity' . of SaVan
nah, Ga., a- considerable amount is
used in a piper ttetory, as it is found
t:3 be yaltiable in the manufacture of
that article; which ins freqnently then
turned into "gentiinmllavana
ci
gars:" When. it eannot to utilized by
some of the above-- methods, it is
burnt on the plantation, and the ash
‘''es applied as a fertilizer to the land.
. 3 " Rice pounding • mills are of.: two
classes as to fire hazard. First, the
mills on plantations, which are near
ly all two story-frame, shingle roof
: buildings, and next, the mills in ci+-
which f ictre usually three and
sdnietimes • four story brick, -with
slate cm-metal roofs, but all run by
steam; with furnice and 'Milers brick
ed up outside of buildings, and con
taining the-same kind .of machinery..
_ .
The city mills generallyhave ware
houses 'adjacent to . them, as the stor
pige - eap.eity f of the mill itself - is
rarely suffi.eient for its wants. These.
a •
412 per Alumni In Advance.
•
rails- are Always located on eo:ne
natigabla s streani,.so - as to be easy,of
access to Vessels for the delivery to
thern Of the tough ;
,and. the, - _recciPt
troth tlieM.Ofthe clean rice - ,_ When
rough rice is.sent •to tifill: to he' at
once pounded, elevators are lowered
into the:hold of the. vessel; and the
rice taken out and earriell into the
Mill- by hOrizontal screws, and _at
onee - elevfited to the . highest floor, -
and run' through screws which - take
out all' rubbish, such as las.. of stick
or straw, and sand: ..It 'then., passes
slowly into large millstones, six feet
In diatheter, revolving 120 .per 'min
ute, and set so as not to -break the
grain of rice;.but to c ausethe WI to
"split off: Prom the stones it Paiscia
throtigh a tan; .which blOws. the hul:
or chaff'. : into an - apartment, from .
which it discharges 'ltself 4 a spout
to the outside of the building, and is
at once-removed. The. rice is carried
fromrthe fans - tO bins over
_the, Mor
tar& - These -mprtars 'hold
.about fotir
bushels each, uld' are Made of wood,
egg-shapetl f iatge end ,down; lined
with Russ i a iron. The 'pestles are
ieces .of thntier Sxl2 inches; ten feet
- I g, shOt with: a. heavy 'iron .boot,
an arelifted by arms front the pes
tle
tle aftin-rear, and dropped about
thin - n ches into the mortars. This
pM ndi g continues . from one to two
aebordlii a to q uality' of grain,
W
*eb redtkeitt flour a skin or coat
ing that was eft on it by the stones.
kis then, emPtied - out of the - mor
tars,'and earriedt elevators to the
tipper_part of th mill, and passed
throtqh Scresvi,' , . rich take nearly
all the flour Off. It is again elevated
to, upper 'floor to screws which sepa
rate It Into =three sualiVes-,whole,
Middling, and small-an then .pass
e&tothe bruSIMS. - T lir elms are
ci\
cylindrical wobde 5 tims; varying
4
froth two to three f. t in diaMeter,
and in length from - - ; ; Six to ten feet.
They are•placed on end, the spindles
running through an iron bar, and
long enough to pass the, floor, so - as
be efts yof -access 'fiir: oiling ; as,
`before this - -plan was adopted, the
Spindles could not- be got at while
ikii*lng i ,:finit hare been the cause of
fires.\ This
,ditim- - is _covered" length
wise with Strips of sheepskin, W sol
side in,\about six' inches wide and
eighteen 'lnches long,, backed on one
aide only to, the ' draft, each slip lap-.
pipg ahttle the one adjacent/to it.
The cylinder is then enclosed by a
wire screen firmly screwed/in posi
tion. The rice. from , the fani passes
between the wire \ screen - and the
skins. -The :brushes
,w, en working
revolt' e, the. larges t \ -300, - and the
smallest 4z''.)o per lui de.
• This -mo-
I /
tion causes the .edges of , the
skin to - fly off and rub.-'the grain
against-the wire screen,' driving any
flour on it thropgli the screen, and
polishingthe I'ICC-- Ai it is brushed
aecordiritto its grade of whole, Mid-'
cluing, or. small,- as preionslY sepa
rated by the screens,' it so. - passes by,
spouts to tierces prepared for its re
ception; standing each on, a platform
'to itself,lo arranged on a shaft un-•
derneath. as - to - give them, a - slight
jerk up, and doWn, which packs. the
.vrain \as A.falls into the tierce. •As
soon le a•\ .
.. it is full, it is removed, the
head. put \. in, branded, and rolled into
theShiphing shedizeady.; to be sent
to tuarket.,\ Thii ionipletes the pro
oess• of mit The - speed , of 'the
different pat ?:- machinery
.is,
with ' slight ti j, as •follows:
Pestle shaft titlotis per pin,
ute ; millstc ; brushes, .frorp.
300 to 400; according to 'size ;- Tana,.
from' 10.6 - . to 300, acee\ding:tO Size ;
elevators, 40. • It is therefore evident,
that there should-be noAanger frofel
friction, if . ordinary attentlOn is paid
to,lttbricatnig. • The rough \ rice, and
nothing' thaw .=comes front it lurrigi
the process of.pounding, ill, nt 11 in
flammable, but, ,on the contraryk -is -
slow of combustion;, but as these
mills work at : night, carelessness
the system ,of illuinination should be`
_avoided. , 'Alliights shouldos flir as
:practicable, be fixed, anti .no hand
lamps allowed, cxCept, lanterna fully ;
protected under. - glass;
~ and where,
'coal gas i s not used, lard or whale
oil should be. In case of a partial
loss, the greatest Aliniage . "would. be
from water, as fresh ' water softens.
the s grain % solinuch tliat,lrgred from.
- heating am! sprouting, it never re
covers its original flitnness,And is
thereforC very seriously deteriorated
.in Value; and if With.' salt, Water,. it
•smin becomes as ciffensiveas decayed
ft - 010N is 'valueless. .
— These 'milts arc,costly,- and gener
ally pay well,-'and every precaution
14 - used by those in - charge to;protect
them from, aCeidefitS - ; but still they
arc classed as extra . haiardons, and
some companies,' . particularly • the
Engliihoirite only very, small lines
on them, or decline them _altogether.
- This I can only attribute to • a want
Of knowledge of the risk. The wri
ter has been. ainiliar with the. rice
interest or South Carolina for over
thirty-five years,
.and -.can. remeaber
the burning of only three. pounding
mills, inthat tknrie; : and thereforecan
not regard th)th as extra hazardous.
- • •The part' ulars as to speed of ma
chiper -, and much - other valuale in
for ation, haVe'been kindly furnish.
41 "lie by twp.of the most experienced
practical miller& in the State. . .
arm;
D FOR
AhLts-
\rtiN,.r4oT FACETir .
. .
A .)V s issikt;ux. female has invented ,ta
seven . ounce bathing suit. It consists
simply of,a, night cap ml a pairof slip
pers. But.Avily the 'extravagance of a
I , air of slippers: .
\YAM.; a bokfalls and peels the, skin off
his iidie, the fittstliing he does is to. get
up and yol.. When a girl-tumbles and
hurts herself badly, 'thellist thing She
doos is to get up and look at,her dress. .
, . lintoori.—" Sure Idellia and me was
discushion over. What was thin things in
the pitcher over. the mantle.: Mistress=
"WhY,.' Ittidget,,, those are - ItaphaeVs
angels," B dgcti-;- . ."Ocb, thin the both
of us wuz , ing i' 'I said they wgz.tvrini
and Maria d they ; crux bats." .
- ,
. Tay. latgst Immo for a lbachelor : sir .
single. • • •
• A. rnuroorr man ' is like a
,pin. Sis
head prevents liim ) fmni going le o far:
Ix Captain Howkate can establish his
Artic colony at • Disce, it will- aidi)isenv
oily unch..
•o
•Iles_orj is siuffmtartal .be a hea k.by
bliVri - great I%l:my dye there
'tor arani or fresh, bale." •
Wnv cannot 'rwo slender. persons ever
become great friends?.Reeause they will
always. be ight acquaint:won, 7 , • ,
Effr
VBIGIIrOE TEE 11011TAEY MUTE,
.¢ correspondent of the Army .
• Ntwy, °eye* gives the followi lie
count of the origin of the military
salute , ;' " Within the fear years,
among the many changes which hive
been introduced in'the army, is that
of the . salute. Why the old-time
honored - salute seas abolished, no one
knows; btitoit is an. interesting, het,
and probably' unknown to' most of
our readers,' that the old, salute,
which consisted of the hand, being
brought into a 'horizontal position
over - the eye-brows, has a very` old
origin, dating, in fact, from the com
mencement of the history of. the Eng/ •
lish Navy. Its 'origin is foundin the
tournaments of the Middle Ages, and
,was as follows; - After the Queen of,
Beauty was enthroned, the knights
Who were to take part in the spoils - .
of the day marched past the dais on
which \ she sat, and as they - pissed
they shielded their eyes from the
rays of hei beauty. Such was' the
very interesting origin of the old
lute„and it ia.a question worthy gee s
attention orour military authorities,
why should not the old, salute. 'pos•
sessing such an origin, and assoeia 7
ted with Our army from the very ear
liest times, Ise restored P - It is difficult
to discover- for what purpose it-was.,
ever abolished. The _prlncipal part
'of the officer's salute, kissing the hilt
of the sword, dates ' also from the ,
Middle Ages. When the Crusaders
were on their march to the Holy
City, the knights were in 'the daily,
custom of planting their long two-.
handed-swords upright in the ground,
thereby forming a cross, and before
these they performed their morning,
devotions. - On all 'military occasions,
they kissed the hilts of their 'words
in token of their devotion to the'
causeof the Cross and this custom,
was perpetuated a fter the Crusaders
were numbered among the - things of
'the past, and when the religious ori
gin of thesalute was , forgotten.
=EI
I=Elia=Ml
H UMEER 14.
PRAYING IA THE NIGHT-WATOHES.
I Wits' not surprised at David
praying to God in the night-wat9hcs
at his rising from his bed l nnd ascend
ing
to the roof , of • his house, and . .
when the. mighty ' heart ..of the city
*as still, and the mountains round
about, Jerusalern *ere - sleeping in . ,
the calm brillianey. it: an Eastern
night, that be should, gaze with rap- . -
tare on the s,ky,..and pour forth such
a psalm of praisearr" When 1 consi
der the hcavene the, work ..of Thy
. 1.
fingers," etc. -
...The night is morc s snited to prayer
than the day:, =I never wake. in • the . .
middle of the night,without feeling
doced to commune with God. One -
feels brought more in contact with
,The:whole world -, found , us,
e think, is . aSleep..-..But the . , great
Shepherd of Israel slumbers not, nOr
sleeks. Ire is awake, and so are. we.,:
We feel,• In the 'solemn and; sileut.,
right alone with God.' And therkJ'
there.is everything in the ciraum- . .:
Stance .to• leid • one to pray. • !tie
imst is often . , vividly recalled. The .
veices,of-the dead • are :heard, and'
their forms crowd around you.. - No. 1 .
sleep can bind' them. The- night
seeniss the time in which they should •-
hold 'spiritual communion with man.
The future, tOo,throwS its dark ;An- ,
dow over you—Lthe night: of the grare,,
the certain death-bed, the night in
•whicliiri man can work. And their
everything makes such an impress-/ -
ion.On the mind--zdj.night, when . the. .
Drain Is. 'nervous , and susceptible.
The low sough of the wind among
the trees; the roaring, or eerie whia
of some •neighbOring stream ; the
hark.:or low howl of the dog; ..the
general impressive silence, all tend
to sober"l,and-,solemnize 'the mind,'
and ,tooree it from- the - world and
.its vanities which then seem ,a'leep
.to God, who alone
.can .uphold and .
defend It.- :' Norman itadeod. •
.
A :MODERN MUTlL—kvery pretty .
story is told in the Pittsbug Commer
cial. A young lady from - . the smith •
was wooed and won,by a young Cal- -
ifornia,- physician. Aboilt , Abe time
the wedding' was to ,come inf the
young man lost: his entire fortune..
He wrote the lady n" letter -Meaning
ber from.' her engagement. .And -
what, does the. dear girl do? '. Why,'
she takes a lamp of g 4 which het``
lover had sent her. in his prosperity ,
as a keepsake, aid, having it mane-,
faCtured into a ring forwards it AO, .
him with the following hible 1 inacrip.
tionengraved in disti nct characters
on . the outside: ". En treat me not to
cave. ',thee ;. for whither thou goest
witgri, and whither thou' lodgest,
wi lodge • thy people will :be my
pec and thy (rod' my God •;- where i
thou iliest will I die s and there Will I
be buried ; the,Lord .do so to me, nud; ; ;
more also; it angl4 but death *talc
and thee." \" We may add," concludes
: the commercial; "-that fortune soon' _
again smiled ripen the young physician -
and that he sube squently returned to .
-the south to wed \the sweet girl he 16V. 1
eJ, and wire loved hirri . with such undy
ing affection. • Reader this is all true.
Young ladies whiiread their bible as,
closely as the heroine of this incidint'
seem to have done ara\Pretty - nitre
to make' good sweetheartS\ and better
wives."
Bon INGERSOLL ON WEDLOLK.-‘---
ReferOng to women, Colooel triger
soli advised men. to go to their ho es
of an -levening. It' seemed to hitti • I
nowadays piople gave, up courting
when they' got married. The, best:\
way was to keep courting - right• . '
straight ahead. - ,Takejuat as much
Pains t 9 look.elean and.-manly, and , ,
'he full of love. Think how you Used
to-talk, and how full - of life you were
when yottWent tOsee her;' -now-you
go moping, and' you wonder why it
- is that your wife is not-.in raptufeS.
_-
It applies to 'both . sexes. It 'is-:not
necessary to be a king to be . happy,
-provideil you .are the king zof .'one
heart, j lie wanted to-see more hap 4
py homes, more kindness, more „real
affection-41 the holies of 'this
There is: no happiness in this world ‘'
unless with . the woman• You 10 . e. .,
The lecturer . pronounced 'marriage -
the grandest and highest, institution •
-among men, and that-no man iva's;'n
man whO would - not 41iVe up the mar-,
riage contract.„lle said that, so that
when he left- S an 'Francisco thCilan
der might pot be tittered that he was
in favor of free love. 'The than who -
will say it and does say 'it,. is simply -
infamous; and yet y(p, do it, and ilo
it in the name of. - religion; On the
rea4g of children - the-lecturer man-
eistrd i l the. views that they- shoe , be
dealt ;with tenderlyinever brow, ten ,
or whipped 'fOr faillta,. but 'caressed
and guided into habits of Obedience "
in all that is essential in their wel
.tare,,nfid allowed- a-fair amount; CO .
latitude-to develop individuality anti: .
Indepevidene - e.of nature.—San Fro
Cisco Poet: • . A.
The greatest truths are the aim!).
test--so are the greatest men. '