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• Attorney-at-Law and Notary,
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rd to Mtn. Offirr .with ratrlek & Foyle, Cover
lonrnnl Oilier), Towanda. l'a. ,
JAMES WOOD, ,•
ATTO It N EV-AT-LAW, •
nieby:fi • • • TOWANDA. PA.
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jolls F. SANDERSON,,
ATTORNEi%A.T.I.AW,
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TOWANDA, PA.
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t.-1 . .41,, wrer tit it profo,ooona
st.zto, Tott.tif:. op.•••Ial .attrotion Oro,' to
1 ,1 , ••• , ••• , t o nlho , 41.}13n , tool Itego.torp. courts.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,.
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T,WANLA, PA
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kk-k k k of Dr. l'rnlt's new
rut t. I ; w;iritt•4
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Y • orf.r M. P:.l:4”.elitt,tws, i'r;walilln,
t!I on I;o1,1. Inltdk;•r, and Al
-1,01 1.1.... Te,tkicitnaeted vtiYliout pain.
C. Ai. STANLY,
il.z'r-titov.l his Dental °Mee Into Tracy
Ct-ere'. Welt,. over Keat stere.,
;.refired to. thi all kiwis tif Licata] work.
Ti- , Al , . put la a new gas'apayatus.
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TOW.% VIIA, PA.
.1876
AGENCY,
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ALVORD, Publisher,
VOLUME XXXYI I.
Si\ Iderchant TA?.
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SPRING SIIITS
Made to order • . •
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WARL. NTED TO. FIT!
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J. L. McM HON.
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13,T . P . 11,A N AIL 0 ,
•otrosiTrf. COURT 110iTS > §QUAIIE, '
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Has justrcelTed
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NEN AND COMPLETEISTOC. OP - '
: • CLOTHS,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOOl5,
HATS, - CAPS,
Arc , &c., &c: •
Fie la prepared to tarnish to order, made - to
measnre,
SPRING AND SUMMER: §uyps,
BEST QEALITY.& LATEST STYLES,
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'TOWANTDA, PA
At prices the most reasonablo of any establishment
In_ Towanda. Call and examine my stock.
WM
Towanda Pa., A prll 5, 1577
THE CHEAPEST
lIARDWARE STORE
IN
,TIOWANI)A
IS lIVIERCIIii, 13LOCK1
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SC - 3M*, if SNATtIS;
GRIPSTONES,
FORKS,• - FIXTUR.I;S; ROPES,
Cheaper Than at Any_ Other Place!
I 1.3 m aiwnyY on - hand Repairs for the - TOlL:rya
NV A It Rion Ind Cii.ellriox Mowing Machines..
PERRIGOS SIDE HILL PLOWS,
All kinds of TINWARE on hand,
and Tin work of all k Inas Alltle at lowest prices.
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°amia, .Ilane 28, t8;11.
• • • Beaterp,
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HI (.k. I EsT AWARDS !
EXHIRITION. •
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J. REYNOLDS S. SON,
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Nrd - thwe eorn..r
THIRTEENTH A!.D -FILBERT STS., PULA:,
Idanufactrers of patented
WROUG:IIT.-IR\)N
. HEA'.I.I4:ItS;
With 'Sliaking and Clinkri',llrindlng •r rates for
.I.tartqug Authracite or Bituminous Coal.
ENNI A\l.
WROUOIIT-IRON IT 4TER , S.
• - ler Bituminous Coal. _
KEY!STONE
,WROUGHT-IRON HEATNIS,,
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lan. I, 1875
De , eriptive eir,ulars SENT FREE to any address
Philadelphia, April 2fl,
G REATLY REDUCED PRIES !
PLANING; MATCHING, AND HE-SAWNG,
`,AWAY DOWN " : DOW-N!! DOWN-:::
Which .1 alit . selllng at prices tp salt thelltncs
Al.ole promptly' tii ‘ order. at a)ow Prier, fur CASH.
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IF YOU WA NT Tit GET RICH' QVICE, -'
N .., Call and see ni s 4 GoodA and Prices.
Lumber brought her e to lie milled, will be kept
tinder cover and perf•tly dry until taken away.
Good sheds fopyour hotel!, ands dry place to load.
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Towanda. Jan. 18,4877
N EW STOCK \
-• OF aliOCEitiES!
Cholce,Relectionx \
FINE TEAS ANI)I4`OFFEESSI
11 Cash pal I for all kinds or
‘6 .
C RY PRO 1). CE !
TcnranJa, April 5:1E77.
J
UM
• J. L. •NIc3IA HON.
Hardware
Farmerscin buy their
&c.;
Mi
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Best in Use.
11. T. JUNE
CNAlug Ranges, I:ow-Down Grates, Etc.
EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING
Placing, 2c.
'The undersigned Is doing
And Sil kinds of Planing-mill. WOrk,
So far you can't seuAL
I leave atm onband a large stock of
SASH 'AND DOORS
iw:Dow-13Lins
\.1 ) .. R. RODGERS
Groceries.
For sale cheap
At the old Mat eta- C. P. Patch
""... W. DECKER, di
F IRST DOSE
ON A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER.
• . Roston, Nor. la, lan.
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IL 11. &maw.: S • Dear gle In .
the spring of lara
I was strickim doe* with fever, which had A lung
and almost hopeless run. - The best medical advice
being In attendance, I was taken through the fe
ver; bet It left the terribly reduced and weak, with
excmclating.pains in my side, back and hips. I
was completely prostrated with Kidney Complaint,
and no tnediiine seemed to reach my case.
In this conaltion I was persuaded •to try Vitas-
Tiaa by a friend whom it .cured of the same dis
ease, and It seemed'as though ',could feel the ef
fect of the first dose through my whole system: and
from that moment I began to 'mend. gradually
growing better from day to day; and I followed on
with the VitiZTlNCuntfl it completely restored ,
me to health, since which time I have 'been able to
perform my duties as apolice °Meer , enjoying good
health ; and there is no donbt about the great vain°
of VBOZTINIS in Kidney Complaint and similar
diseases. I am. sir, respectfully.
LAPATETTE FORD, Sat Broadway.
ALL DISEASES OF THE BLOOD.
•It VEGETINE will relieve pan, cleanse , pu rity
npd cure such 'diseases. restoring the patient to
.perfect healp after trying different physicians,
many remedies, suffering fur years, Ap It not con
elusive proof, If you sue' a sufferer, Oh can be ear
ed?. Whyls the medicine performing such great
cures?. It works in the birssi, In the circulating
fluid. It can truly be called the GREAT. BLOOD
PURIFIER. The great source of disease origi
nates in the blood; and no medicine that.does not
art directly upon it, to 'purify and renovate, .has
any Just claim upon public attention.
EVENTYzONE YEARS OF AGE.
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31 .
tie., C 1
years n.I
was i t,
•it is the t
I ever u. .
eltuiplaint, .t
the Vxcallv i,
the whole oy, i
taken it, and ,
complaints for 1
Yours truly,
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WOULD GI 'EA DOLLAR FOR.
\ - DOSE.
, .- BOSTON, May 30, 1671 :
11 , . It, StErters, Esq., Bear fffr: I have been.
badly: afflicted\ with lo dney Complaint for ten
years; have staiffeyed grea .pain In my back, hips
athrolde, with great diM ulty in passing urine,
which was often said in Ter small quantities, frei:
qnently accompanied with hi and excruciating
pain.• I have faithfidly tried est of the popular
remedies recommended for 111 complaint ;- I have
been under the treatniont of so eof the most stn. ,
ful physicians in Boston, all of lions pronounced
my ease incurable. This was my ondltion when I .
was advised by a friend tO try the torn NI, and'
I could see the good effeets from t the first dose I
took, and from that moment I kept n improving
nuill I was entirely cured; taking In 11, 1 should
'think, about sir bottles. •
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It is indeed a valuable medicine, and I should
be afflicted again in the 'tame Way I w d give a
dollar-for a dose, if I could ;not get It with t.
.. Respectfully, \J. M. LE,
• . 261 Third.;'fionth B rt.
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LIFE A BURDEIic. ..
1108 tow, N7:2, 1873.
11. It. strxxxs, ,ESQ.--Denr flfr: From a poor,
emaciated sulterer,`the Vtuaktlst r has trite/red me
to perfect health. .
I have •for years been a terrible 'sufferer from
Canker and Dyspepsia, at times rendering life a 4
most a burden to me. lam now fifteen (16) !rends
heavier than when I commenced the use of VT . .E.
TINE. .
I will make mention that I was also a great auf
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EAST MARSIIFIELD, Aug. !2, 11170.
Svffvzffs—Llear Sir : 'Pam seventy-one
,f.age Piave suffered many years with Kid.'
- plaint, weaknes hi my back and stomach.
duci3d to try your Vaorytwa, and I think
TO medicine for weakness of the kidneys
I. 1 have tried many remedies for this
' , iind never found sotnuch relief A from
Ng.. It ' strengthens and invigorates
tem. Many of my acquaintances have
' believe It to be good - tot' all the
vlitch it la recommended.
,JOSIAII H. SHERMAN.
fercr from Kidney Complaint. causing q. eacruclai
ting pain through the small of the back nearly all'
of the time. This,
too. VtGETIN s..has cured, and
I am now a perfect picture of health, and I will
add. happiness—all caused from the use of • few
bottle :i of VEO KTINX,
Respectfully, . II. G. IltiallES.
I Claim/place, Boston, Mass.
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VE(3 ETIN is • composed of Roots, Barks' and
ter,t.s. It Is very 'pleasant to take; every child.
ikes it.
Prepared by If. R. STR PENS, Boston, 3I gas
VEG ETINE IS. WIZ) BY ALL DBUGGiSTS
Wags= and Carriages
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STILL TAKES THE 'LEAD!'
Carriages CHEAPER THAN EVER, autfrlat
form . Waglnts at a GREAT REDUCTION.
1
Proprietor cif Out Old Carriage Manufactory, ear.
Malik and Elizabeth streetti, would ,call the special
attention of FAH-NIERS and others. to his largo
and coiliphyle •nt of
OPEN AND TOP BUDGIES
AND PLATFORM WAGONS,
Jur of hie. own.rn anufardnre, and warranted In
every particular. to be equal to the most eipenalye
city works
X ' 0W ., 16 i' l olll . TIME TO BUY!
at the Ilgurev; and remember that every
Is - warranted:
pT.ATF6RM'WAGOICS
OVER BUGGISS
TOr BUGGIES
he prices arr far below the cost of manutuctnre
and n-11 not be maintained after the present stock
Is disposed of. so you mast make selections NOW.
jton't be Imposed upon by Interior work ipd
1..0r matetiaL4, but mu - chafe at the establishment
Bich ha. hero In operation for nearly halt a ceu
tury and,ls permanently located.
sE . pmftiNG pRoMPTLY' ATTENDED; TO
Office and Factoiy cor. Main hod Elizabctlistreto.
Toiratd a, dune .21..1877
NEW CARRJAGE FACTORY
Vast of the Reporter Office
Mclntyre & Spencer
Respectfully announce to the pnblle.that they are
prepafed to bulk' all kind& of,.
TOP AND .OPEN BUGGIES,
PHAETON k PLATFORM SPRING WAGOxF,
TROTTING :SULKIES h SKELETONS,
Made of the beat material and in best atyle
All Istria )rairanted to give ix.rfect satisfaction.
' . "=PAINTING A SPEOALTT. •
We bair one of the Aest Carthage Painters In the
country, and di all work In thla Ilne atAbe lowest
rates,.
All kinds of
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• Neatly ani yr:11101y done al:minced prices.
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taking new springs and repairing Old' ones a
sT4.clialt3\ Ail work guaranteed. Please give us a
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Veggtine.
OLD ESTABLISHMENT
JAMES BRYANT,
#lOO to #llO
so •• 100
125 ~ 150
JAMES BUTANT
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FAMILY CARRIAGES,
RF.PAIRING
TOWANDA, BRADFORD 'COUNTY, P 4, TRURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13,1877,
'~✓•r.N0w. 1 tiJ.,.•are.••,.ti,...ni.,n....nr~....nr•r.
THE UNCLEiIiGIIIOI
Friends I love may Ale or leave MN
Friends I trust May tteleitTrotts potty;
But limo n'eVer IWO deecite me, .
Olt my rhytoor: in.thy lore. '
Change can weer this union:lsomer, .
Deith its Ilnks may imrh Oar', -
Testentsi, today. , for ever:i -
, Thou the same Redeemer arti
Ort tee trots tore tnado Thee bearer, •
Of trausgreasions not Thine own,
And that sore still makes Therrsharer
14 our sorrows °nth° throne. '
From Thy glory thou art bending
Still on earth a pitying eye
And 'mid angel• longs ascending,
.Nearest merry mourners cry. .
In the days of worldly gladness
•
Cold and proud our heard May be,.
But to whom in feat or sadness
Can we go but unto Thee?
From that depth of glapfh and sorrow s •
W Here Thy lime to man was shown,
Every bleeding heart may borroW • . ' •
Hope and strength to bear Its own.
Though the cup I . drink be bitter, ,
s Yet attics Thou Mat made it snide,
till's Thy Sore will make it sweeter
:.`Than the world's best mingled wine.
barker dsys may yet betide me, -
- Sharper sorrows I,,may prove;
But the .worst will neer divide me,
Oh my'Sarlour front thy lore! •
Sweet baby eyes,
That look around with nutria grarisurprise,
'What do you see!
A strange new world, where'slniplesi things
Engender wild imagninri 7
And fancies free f
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IA resting place that Is not home,
;A paradise wherein to roam
Tor years maybe/
.
0 placid, wondering baby eyes,
'rho mystery that In you lies
Oft puzales,me.
Clear, boyish oyes,
'Whose fearless glance uncelisciously defies
Trouble and care.
When babyhood le past antgone
:What le It that you gaze upon?
A land most fair.
A sunny shore with Orman rife,
And that great, glorious gift of life
• •'Tls bits to share.
0 happy, trustful, beitsta eyes.
Let sages envy, tools despise
The faith you wear.
lb° anxious eyes —'
Of mantiood% slowlyadereitig eaftb's disguise,
Discover—what?
That life at beat la quickly done,
That hopes !unfilled and wishes won
- Are . dearly got . ;
The shadows chased in'heMilong haste,.
nd golden fruit he stroveTtO taste;
Delight him net.
0 -anew, doubting, troubled eyes,
To l• ru in sorrow to bs win!, •
is manhoisDS lot. •
Dim, aged eyes,
'azing ac s the wreck of broken ties,
'What do they see ?
Ilehlud--de leaves that -withered fall,
A•iialng wit mess where - all •
1 vanity ;
lieforeto glad .n weary sight,
A glimpse; a ppnilac t of the bright
O dim and tenth
It walnut till th
Who have their
Imagine the glorl
Picture the pearl
F i in brightest ♦ts
Of that celestlal
No! pure and bo .
We can but pray
Ou
iftellattrost,
Over-Reaching.
It, was a grand.ava stately-looking
mrinsion, surrounded: by extensive \
grounds: SoNmuch
But
be seen in
the moonlight.\ But the entire front
of the house was dark. At the back,
only two *indoors in the sipper part,
beside the basement showed a light.
The room was large and.luxurious.
An ample grate at 9pe ;Side held a
bed of gliiiting coals,'`und upon • a
ldor couch "pearit an old?rnan . lay.
By the gray palor of still hand
,some face, his sunken eyes, his still
ness, he was very ill, Whaps dying.
A womin was the aly occupant
of4he room, and she whs young and
very beautiful. A
She was in frill evening dress, a
violet velvet, made low' and richly
trimmed, and on her white neck and
arms r vere jewels.
The eyes of the sick man watched
her as, she slowly paced the room,
her velvet dress trailing the carpet, a
look-in her face that he - could not
read.
• It was astrange'sigh't—the woman
in her gala attire, brilliant with
beauty; glittering with gems; the
man with his• pinched and sunken
face, on which .death's dray shadow
seemed already set, watching her.
She never looked at him,-and; in
spite of heryouth and loveliness, there
was something. harsh and 'forbidding
in her countenance. -
The sick man moved uneasily on
his couch. _ • . •
"Jt . is very strange Virainia, that
Jsmes doe not return," he said, "I
am sure he has Been long enough to
go to town and back twice."' ; -
" 1.. should, think so,"
. 1 the
woman said still without looking at
him; "but prehaps he did not find
either of the • lawyers at his '.office;
and he may ' be_ waiting to see. Mr.
Judd."
In a moment more some one knock
ed softly upon the door of the sick
T 00111: • .
" If it's James I want toime him,"
said the man on the coach.
:Unica came in, a low brewed, sul
lenloekin,g 'renew, and stood crump
ling his hat In his hand - .
"Did you.-find Mr. Judd?" his
master asked. -
" sir; but I left ward."
"Why clidn't you go for Mr. Leeds?
"1 ,did ; but he. wasn't' at borne
neither. Mr; - .,'Judd M. be • back to
night. They was expecting him every
minute. Uteld 'em' to. send him as
soon as he came, 'Cause you. didn't
know as yori'd live tit morning."
Virginia Aubeiy glided forward.
"Yon didn't send any such word
as that, 4141 you, Robert?" she said
to her husband. "I. think you are
better tonight. I am sure you will
live weeks yet. L begin to hope you
may gets well again, you, are so much
better." '
The sick man shook his bead. •
"-I shall never see , the morning
liiffl
REGARDLEM!i OF DENtrITCIATION FROM ANY' QUARTER.
~~rt~.
—Stitaday at 'mom,
MI
again, ilear s - I ant 'only keeping uli on
stimulants now. I ?Can't hold - Out
Much longet."
"Do let, me send for the doctor to
,come back, Rnbert. l '
"Doctors can do me no.good, yon
know that. it Is not a doctor that 4
Want, but a lawyer, It is very - strauge
they 'should beawity, - 11ave.you told
ine the truth, James?" he asked the
man suddenly.
"The truth, sir?" questioned the
man in a stammermg voice, while he
stole a furtive glance at his mistress.
Virginia Aubery put her hands be
hind her tol showed him a roll' of
notes. '
. "Why don't you inawer;,4ames?"
she 'said, .Impatiently.. " gave • you ,
told your master the truth or not ?"
" The .truth, of course, Why would
I tell him anything else, and him
a-dying?" . •
4 . 4 You can go," said Mr. Aubrey,
" Scud Ruins here."
As'James departed the sick wuui,
turned to,his wife.
" I don't know why he should ;,but
;lames looked mi if he was lying. It
can't be that any one here wants to
keep me, from seeing a lawyer ?"
A : strange whiteness crossed Vir
ginia Aubrey's beautiful face.
"I should hope not, dear. What
object could tbey have?"
The sick man was silent.,
Fifteen minutes passed.
Suddenly Mr. Aubrey spokesagain—
" Virgihia, why doesn't Rufus
come ?'
will see," said his wife, calmly,
and rang the bell. , •
It was James who answered it.
Where'
- is Auras ?" she asked him.
"I dunno. It's' like he forgot. I
told him." '
" GO at once and tell him ikain."
James departed, and 'returned in
about ten,ininutes.
"Rufus," he said," has been rink
ing—saYs come *. when he gets
Yeady., not afore."
Theldck Man groaned.
" Go and send-Martha here,3amCs,"
said - Mrs. Aubrey.
" Shp won't come either," moaned
her huSband, in a failing voice. "Nd-,
body comes. They have all deserted
me—even my; daughter Blanche. I
_knew she never liked my: marriage,
' idn't think . she would refuse
to come and . see me whoril am dying.
Virginia, why are yon 'diessed so?
To. see me die ?"--' •
—Virginia Aubrey turned aside her
tread a moment.. Her eyes gleanied
evilly. Then she : came and kneltlby
his couch, twining
. her - lovely arms
about him.
• " You asked me to put on this dm*,
...Don't you _ilsmember, dear?" she
said. " lout told me to dress just
the same as -1f you were .well. You
did not want to be reminded of your
sickness by my attirei, you said, and
you told me to puton this very dress."
" Yeti, yes . 1. remember now.
You're a dear,, gooll girl,
• always - humoting my whim's. You've
been a good wife to the old man—
unselfish and &Voted. You never
married . me.fot my money, as Blanche
said, lam satisfied of that now."
“How coUld'you•ever doubt me ?”
murmered, the lovely kneeler.
"I don't know - but I did. And - -
and, Virginia. darliig, I've something
to confess. Ton know that I made
my will soon after lore were married,
and gave you most of my property ?"
" . dear . ; you . told . me. I
thought it was Lot right then. I had
much rather yo'.l had given it all to
Blanche. Ther she could not think
such dreadful things of me:"
" You are an angell but listen to,
me, my sweet. was dreadful jealous:
t;pf you afterward. I Was jealous of
you and Harry GakiCs."
\Virginia started slightly.
" \ You never had any reason," she
" You loved. him .once „
" N6ver !" cried Virginia.
darling,\do.you. believe Mr.
Judd will Come tO- \ night ? Someone
•
Must go for hinv,or Leeds again ;
my strength is failiOg. I .sure
shall not last till mortiing.t'
The face. of_ the voting wife white
ned again.•
•" Robert," she said, " what do you
want with n lawy .r ? Do you want
to l e ave your _property...:* your
daughter Blanche, instead of me ?"
" Oh, -no , no," he groaned...
• "What then n' Is it any thing
yoti want Altered in it ? I will obey
your Wishes, dear, as implicitly as if
you had a .aw,yer .write them out for
you."
"Angel 1
• "Blanch
Ito her justi
said.
atigel !"
e never liked me but I will
ice, the same," Virginia
" Send forilifr. Leeds. I know Odd
is not coming,', said the hustoand.
Virginia shuddered.
" You do• yant to make a new will
then ?"Ishe said , bitterly. 1 •
I'did make one. was jealous of
on and' Gaines.. I thought you - had
made it up between you to wait until
I was dead, and then marry and en
joy nly. money ; so I made a new will
secretly, - • and gave.. everything to
Blanche. - I wish I hadn't. I want
to 'alter it now. Send for The, law
yers again. , -Virginia, do send
But Virginia had - already flown to
the, bell-at the first intimation 'of this
terrible truth which she had • never
guessed .
.
The ready James, her own tdol,
made hiaappertuieednee more.
Mrs. Aut)re s. stepped out and put
hek hands upon him.
..
",Take the fastest.horse in the sta
bles .and ride for:yotir life. after the
firselawyet you can find. -:- If yOu get
him liere,4l time yoti shall have a
hundred pounds your s elf." -.- • .
James istared - at her! .! • •
"DO you mean it this tiMel" '
• "I mean it. I have made an. aw
ful mistak. I shalrbo a. beggar i*
the lawyer doesn't:get here in• time
tomake 4401. Fly!" • .
"I will. I'll have him here in for
ty ,
t minutes by. the clock. 'The old
man 'won't die, that soon,"• James.
said, as he dashed away. 1
Virginia Aubrey masked •her. de,
ceitful face in .sweetness again, and
went back to her dying husband.'
'•lle . seemed sleeping; •
...She glided into the.neiVroom and
swiftly moving her velvet dress,.
- put on a
,oft,' unrustling wrapper of
merino. 1- • ,
.
•
`Fit w ald.never do to .be seen iA
MICI
lIIE
ii,dress like thatit such a time," she
muttered. •.
Then she went and sat down where
.shd'ould watch the sick, man's livid
faceand the clock alternately.
An hour went by, and no lawyer.
Why did not James come-back
James Was lying by ,the roadside,
about a mileawpy , with a broken leg.
Ile had taken.the fiercest horse in
the stable, and not being much of a
rider; had been ihroWn.
Virginia Aubrey etole out 'of the
room at last—she could ,endureses
pense no longer--and sent .anther
man after Lawyer J udd. .
It was nearly nuirning then,, and
day was breaking 'as: the lawyer at
last rode up to the door. of Aubrey
House.
But he was too late.
Virginia, going back to her hus
band after she had dispatched a sec
ond messenger for Mr. Judd, was
struck by the_ singular stillness of
room-that awful stilbre.ss which
we who have ever been in a room
with the dead know is. like no other.
She went straight to the 'bedside
and-touched the quiet face on .the
pillow with her hand. -
Ile was dead. , '
The woman shut her teeth hard to
keep' back a scream, and went to
searehing the,hotise for that second
will of which he had told her. , •
Bn' t she could not find it. " •
w j
1 ' S e was still searching when the
la :Fr atrived.
he day of the funeral came. ,
Robert Aubrey was buried with
due pomp and ceremony.
his young and lovely widow—
lovelier than ever in her T deepnwurn
ingsat in.the library After bit' was
over. • - '
The first will, which gave her eve
rything, was in her possession.'
She sat prepared to produce it if
no later will appeared.
Blanche Aubrey came in. weeping,
and recoiled at sight of her.
"She never sent me word when
poor papa lay dying, and she knew
it deo before; and papa died think
ingimwa cruel, wicked girl," Blanche
said to Mr. Judd, who was , beside
her:
• The lawy r , conducted Blanche to
a seat, and wed to the others
the mom.
Then he roteeded to open a paper
he 'held in is hand.
Virginia turned cold,
It ttas the second will. •
It gave. , everything to Blanche.
In thwarting her 'husband at first
in his wish te . make a will Virginia
Aubrey had overreached herself.
THE IfTI3TERIOUN BENEFACTOR:
The Rochester Demociat and
Chronick'says :—Lewis BroOks was;
one of the most remarkable men this
city ever contained, timan who had
amassed an immense property and
had even secretly nearly $200,000
to worthy and 'needy objects. Not
long ago it was announced that a lib.
eral gentleman of Rochestlrhad be
stowed $120,000 upon the University
of Virginia, at Monticello, and, had
erected new buildings, endoWed ,the
University with a large fund, and
provided it with a. museum selected
by Prof. Ward in a European tour.
That liberal gentleman was Lewis
Brooks. It will also be remembered
that $lO,OOO was given last year t.,
the Rochester City Hospital.. The'
doncir was Lewis 13rooki. St. Ma
ry's Hospital also received $lO,OOO
Tronya friend, whose name was not'
made public. The donor was Lewis
Brooks. The Industrial School and
'the Rochester Female Charitable So
ciety were each presented_with•ss,ooo
in a similar manner. The donor was
Lewis Brooks, who died last evening
at the age of 84 years..
Lewis Brooks was a peculiar man,
and one of his peculiarities was Lis
unwillingnesslo,say anything about
himself.. He was exceedingly modest
and retiring in his disposition, and
rarely confided anything .to any one.
lie had no family and no relatives
in this city, and hence very little re
garding his -life can -be 'given. He
came to. Rochester in 1822, when he
was, it is though, about twenty-nine
years of.age. He was fire engaged
here in the manufacture of woolen
cloth, and Afterwards entered the
mercantile business in a store. About
forty years ago, however, he retired
from business, and from that time
was engarl merely', in investing his
money and caring fur the - real estate
he owned. Wise, prudent and eco
nomical, heamassett, a very large
property, and having no children
with whom to leave it, he very na
'tunny sought to do good with it,
giving a part of it to Charitable and
educational purposes. He never mar
ried, but lived all his life ,alone, and
during the past sixteen years board
ed in the Osborn Honse.'
The total amounts given by Mr.
Brooks..to the University of Vir
ginia aggregate about $120,000. He
was impelled to this enterprise by 'a
desire to commemorate the home of
Jefferson, who was a firm fagnily
friend, and the new building which
was erected was so placed as to, corn:
mfinda fine view of Monticello.
Large as have been to pub
lic instructions, they arc by no means
all In private gifts those belong
ing to his own blood and to those in
whom he lad - no iersontil interest
'save the interest of sympathy, he was
Munificient. To the needy and
suffeiing his liberality- was open
handed and almost unstinted, and
no worthy object of assistance was
ever - allowed to leave his' presence
unaided.
A WELIeDRESSED Negmapplied to the
judge of probate of Mobile for a marriage
licease. -Ile wan aslrd how old his in!
tended was, and answered, with great
animation : "Just sixteen, nudge—sweet
ti s
sixteen and de handsomest girl in wn:"
The judge said be could net do it % the
law forbade him to issue lidense • any
one
,under eighteen. ," Well, hold on,
Judge," exclaimed the'man. I know dat
dem Oda am deceitful and lie about deir
age. She is nineteen if a day." "Will
you swear to it?" asked the judge. "Yes
sail," he replied,. and did. "And how
old am you ?" said - the judge. The chap
looked suspicious, and replied, cautiously,
"Thirty-five," and added : "If dat won't
do, nedge, I've got more back."
A Toms° man-woke up the other night
and Ravi a ghost in his room. ' Seizing his
six-shooter,,he approachei- it, and found
it was his collar, which happened to be
standing on the. l tloor.
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Mktg AS A BACIBEN,
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Imagine Adani-in•lis l o nel ines s- - -
the only human being in this wide,
'wide world -•-a full grown man at his
birth, with no. 'olio to grant 101 a
certificate thereof, nor'to furnish him
with evidence that be *as ever bOrri
at all I He' never experienced :sany•
of the perils of infancy and childhood
—such as the cutting of teeth, "meo
w% and chicken-pox-mithotit which
no young man's education is Com
,plete. Adam was the only young
man whO never had a grandmother
to mend his pants, to knit his mit
tens, and to stand •between him and
all harm, Ite nerer plared the great
andnibtattiting game of base ball,
and he never submitted to theindig
nity-of having a chip knocked , oft his
shoulder by another boy. No ! he
bad none of the essentials that go to
ward making. up the average boy of
the present day.- lie found himself
born somehow—a full-grown man; a
joachelori r --With no-chum in the whole .
universeiwith whom toeonierie Up.
on the interminable topic, the vreatli
er; no one to love • none to caress.;
no one to sew butt ons -on, his shirt;
no one - to lend him a -helping hand,
There he ;Nos.-the keeper of a large
zoological garden, with no doorkeep
er to take the tickete, and no one to
come to the show. Like all bachel
ors, he,beemed. to be a mistake • and
this quality of mistake has been so
severely ..transmitted through the
long aoa-- that have intervened,-with
out let 6" hindrance, that it has be
come a- xed fact, as' unalterable 'as
Persian aw. He becomes fidgety,
queer, - nettionali and out of order gen
erally. Adam hid, in all probabili
ty, liegun to manifest some off , those
peculiar ;characteristics, and was him
self ecinvniced that there was some
thing more necessary to his happi
ness; but he had ;not the brains to
invent, nor the "ingenuity ,
\to • devise
anything himselti Adam evidently
was not !happy in - his estate ‘sof sin-.
gle blessedness; and'the -Divine Be:
log, ever anxious for the welfare of
his creatures, saw that it wai not
good for him to lie alone, and gate
him, what every' flill-grown', min
needs; via :, some one to talk to, te
argue with, to love and cherish, and
if everything don't go right general
upon. ~ •' • f- ;
general
ly,. "go for," to lay part of the blame
.
Did you ever contemplate the pov 7
erty of AdaM when he took Eve for
better or for, Worse ? , Only think of
it! He hadn't a hat to his head, a
coat to his back, a. pair of shoes 10,
his feet, nor " nary red cent" in his'
trousers I pocket. ' -Eve brought uo
dowry.. *he hid nothing to best ow,
save love and affection ; and as he
_was - the only , :youn,g man around, it
was him or' nobody. Equally as poor
as her husband, she came .
; to - hi M
wit:heat a bonnet or - a shawl, ; a calico
gown, or even' a pair of slippers. ;Mo
ses forgot, in his reminiscences, to
.1
give an account of theiy wedding
trip; but from what:, we can gather
in regard to the wardrobe's of that
day, their baggage ~would have iirov
ed no incumbrance--i yery limited
amount 'Sufficed, 'and ' dressing Ito
please everybody was of norapeoubt,
for there was none but themselves: to
please. Doubtless their where outfit
'of• traveling dresses, - Water -,roofs,
dusters, lunch baskets,' and ; , - All, he
he could have cariied in the'poc,kets
of his trousers. They Must have
started housekeeping, also, upon as
small a capital as could well be ini
nine& They , hadn't as far as - call
be gleaned from history, a hairbrush,
a fine tooth-comb, a towel, nor soap,
no:bitters; soothing syrupg, elothes
wringers?, nor , smoothing irons--ne
nothing: Adam wasn't afraid to in
iite his wife to 'go -on - an excursion
with him for 'fear, of having -to go
'down-deep-into hia trousers -pocket
for the wherewith to buy a suitable
outfit--Libilhe reason,that heslad no
trousers ; nor did he Swear at bag
g,age-samshers, nor brook the inso
leuee of railroad officialS: There ,was
no good and sufficient reason why
they shouldn't have 'been an s ainiab:e
:couple, and have had . a good . - time
-generally. They washed theiri'Othes
71 -doubtless, by a dive into the ,sEu
phrates •'
and, there being no clothes
linea,,i,heir clothes were allowed to
cry upon their- backs. And 'Adam
didn't care,a rush whether his shirt
bosom was smooth or. not and 'why
shOuld Eve bother her head ab int, it
so long as he was suited ?
BLOODTHIRSTINESS OFtliE CRAB:-
By observation made at the New
York Aquarium, it has been discov
ered that the hermit • crab possesses
more intelligence titan it has gener
allybeen given credit for. ' The fol-,
lowing incident not only illustrates
this, - but dhows that the crab is an
.animal of prey: , •
•
One day a good-sized Lafayette
'fish was seen with one of these crabs
clinging to its gills. • The fish •gasp
ed, struggled violently; and shook
itself of its tenacious enemy. The
crab Would riot let go. The fish grew
gradually weaker until its struggles
ceased, and it aank to the bottom ,of
the tank. The crab then n to
feed upon its victim. Uptitami
nation it was found that the • crab
had actualtypinned the gills of the
fish to its sides, preventing its ,breath
ing.
HUI FINANCIAL THEORY.-11% Ile . a
long line of' laborers were yesterday
packing.the earth pack in the' exca
vation at the upper end of Woodward'
avenue ono of them suddenly inquir-s
ed
"Mike, what is all, this f ss the
tiewspapeFs --are making sibont the
dollar et'our fatheis?"-
"That bates me,"• replied. Mike,.
" I knew my- father like a honk, and
if he ever had dollar at all I'm will
ing to be hung."
"'Mgt! now, will ye!" called. a
third, " Don't let the-dollar of your
fathers worry ye a bit. What's need
ed in this erowd is the dollars of the
'Water Beard, and the more we have
of them. the sooner we can create a
sinking fund and call in the landlord
for his rent. Kape right on working
wul- them pounders and don't lose
twenty shillings worth of breath in
talking about the eight shilling pieces
lugged around, by Abed' as didn't
know a hydrant from the coot of St.
Patrick:' • - '
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per'Annum In Advance.
INFER 15.
UEIOTLT OF DEOTROTING.FORESTS.
° Prince de Ligne, countryman and
contemOontry, of Maria Thereha;
wrote annssay "_On the Locations of
the Earthly ;Paradise,'Y and t after ,
some reflections on the hygienie in
fluenw of the _Wile:tent climates, calif;
attention to the.fact that efriitatlise
traditions, in loCating the garden of
'Eden, differ. only 'in regard to longi
-1
tude, but not in latitude. he:latitilde
kcepsa I ways near the silo -boundary,
aline just . south of the re ions - where
snow-may fall, biit will ot - stay On
tbeg round . It passes. th cough Till
bet, Cashmere, Northem . 'ersia and
Asia Minor, and reaches he • mersid
lan of Europe near the ce ter .of the'
Mediteiraneint."' Thd ii tiolis that
"celebrated life as a fee Oval" have
lii-ed along
_this line, and we may
doubt if little most favored, regions
of the New World, .huniai industry,
with all the aids of mod rn science
will ever reunite the opportunities of
happiness which Nature once lavish
ed on - lands that now entail only
misery on thdt. cultivators. All
over Spain and Portugal: Southern
Italy, Gfeece, Turkey; Ara Minor,
Persia and -Western A ghanistan,
and throughout North em Africa,
from Morocco to the w p ff of the
4:..5e;
Nile, the aridity Of the
,oil makes' e
the struggle for existen - so:hard
that to the east majority of the in
habitants life from a bl . ing'intS
been' converted into a' our i =. 1
Southern Spain, from ibraltar to
die head waters of the T gus " main
thin now.,only about one- nth of its
former population, Gre ee about
one-twentieth. As late a A. D. -- 670
a good white after the. ise ..of the .
Mohammedan power, . the country
now knctvrn as Tripoli, and distinct'
from the Sahara only. through kthe
i t
eh,vathim of its meuntai ,s , was the
seat oreightplive Christi n - bishops
anil bad a populations -o 6,900,000,
of which numlber three uarters of
one pet ,Cent. are now , left ! The
climate which, aceordin to auth-j
,pritic description, ,must nee :have.
I
resembled that of Sip Ahern AlleJ
gheanies is now so neaily intolemblT
that' even the inhumanity of an Afn
can despot. forbeirealto e -net open
'air labor from . 9 .A.: M.: o 5 r. M.
Steamboats that pass nea . the Tri
pelitan coast in Summer, 'on their
way from Genoa to Oak , have to
keep iip,a continual show r of arti-
Mal rain to 'save their leek-hands
from being- overcomil by b e furnace
air that breathes from he barren
hills of the opposite I
rivers Of some of thesec ou
shrunk, to the size of t
tributaries, and from G
S;9arcand the annual rl
di eased 'till ''filure of
become a chronic comply'
And nll•this change is
insane destruction of fo
:great Caucasian sylvania
adorned the birth-land Of
rice from : the - Western
the foot hills of•the .Hin
disappeared.; of the fore ;
Italy and Spain, in the dl
elder Pliny, about two
hundred are left; it • Gre
one. But even the mike
'most sterile tracts it
Europe is exceeded,
desolation of the Ottoma
—Popular Sci;vtre• Monttl
DANIEL WpSTKEt,'S
MEETING TILE .lIESBANTI
SISTER-A VISIT PASSED
death. of the Hop Peter \ Mr-.
vey, Webster's. - - most in imate \and
coufidential,friend, rec: , ll conver
sation held with him- by ; the writer
some time Since, relatingf to the char
acter of the gryat statesnmn,.‘where-.
inmany of .Ika 'excellent 'qualities
were mentioned, npitd ammg . therest
his deep religious Meling, which, rn4-
withstanding.. the numerous claim's \
Upon him—many diverting bisatten-.
Lion from .gerinus reflections . - ' never
*holly lost
. its hold, , though_ dulled
perhaps, for a season, : • lie ivits edu
cated in the old Presbyterian faith,
strengthened by his training at Dart
mouth .College,and the religio4sen
timent held a prominent place- in .
his mind. 31r:- Ilarvey dwelt with'
especial interest on 'this trait in the
character ofhis distinguished friend,.
'and ',gale as an illustration what he
.considered to . be -one of the grandest
ineidents of-his career. •
Vebstei leil, his _borne early for
busylife, and returned there only on
poricKiteaL, oceasiOns. There - were
sisters 'who grew up after he left,
and one of these was • married to ,
Man whom he (lid not knOw.-4 write
nom memory—named- - -John Colby,
and removed.to,his home in another
part of New:Hainpabire, lot -in yei
!vont; and he neter saw !ler . again.
Her husband 'was a Violent-and pro
fane' man,. but her gentleness SulKlued
him; beesitie a Christian, and
when she died he was left in the
deepest. grief:_
On a visit with Mr. Harvey to the
old homestead,.at a , late.period.of his
life, an old man then,' but . vigOrous
in bpdy and intellect, he proposed to
his friend that they should go itr• pur
snit of John Colby, whom he - never
had seen, and; the description of this
journey.As given by Mr. Harvey; was
charming_to listen to. As theY . rode
along, every Scencluul its history or
,tradition, Reminiseenee r crowded
upon - reminiscence * and' NVebster's
memory seemed exhaustless, as Scene
followed scene in the panoramic dis
play. • A. nawhere the s memorywas not
called into action the grandest reflec
tions were introduced, which made
- ery step of the way replete . with the
sublimest interest:. - -Here was a - spot
wherebe had played as a boy; there a
-pond in which he .1m5.1 swam' or shot
Water•Towl;;• there . a withered tree
which had served as a to bet for the
. young , sportsmin4 and there a noun-
tain whose lofty 'peak had drawn his
aspirations • heavOnward in his early
•days. All were is fresh .in is feel
kngs as things
. of yesterday. and_ _be
was a boy again, with nit the abat.i
don of the boy—a delightful 4ompan
ion and his friend a delighted listener:
Thus - they went on in' the ,fUll en-
joytnent of everything until - they
came to their desthitution.. This was
a neat; white house upon a gentle ele
vation, with a _veranda about• the
strheture,lnpOn which, in the shadow,
commanding a beautiful view of, the
landscape,* sat: an white.haired
1111M2. reading. Ile looked up from
his Ixxik as they entered the yard
leading to the hotuse, and came to
the yard to meet them. Mr. Webster
abruptly accosted him :
Are.you 'John Colby?"
"I am," was the reply. •
"Then," said his Interlocutor, with
a " trembling voice, ram Daniel'.
Webster." - - •
k
=EMI
=SI
The greeting that followed was'
one of the • most hearty description;
both Mrept as they embraced Spain'
and , again. -
- "And are you," said Colby, hold.
ing the statesman, at arm's length;
'the-Daniel Webster whose name his
been so long and so conspicuously
before the public-- - Of Whose fame I
'have been so proud ? Oh, that your
'sister bad lived to see this day!
:Brother Daniel," crAtinned the old
man, "ore you a Christian?"
"I trust I iun," l , was the eniphatie
reply. - •
" Then let us pray.",; •
They ail three kneeled in the open
air, the Bible! open between then;
and Webster prayed. "And such a
prayer," said Mr. Harvey, with tears
in hiiyes, as he recalled the scene,
80 Imleiitteiivard, "I never listened.
bras;:came from his lips. Such pow
er, Such fervency, such revererm,
suc*tenderness seemed never before
blended with such intellevtuar glace
and beauty. All were melted by the
• effort, as with kl4sped hands and
bowed beads the WeiM•ierspoureiiont,
their souls in praise" - and supplies
lions." •
- Then they. arose, and in that sweet
Fffinalimion of spirit talked of ' the
past and the-future, the light of hea
yen resting upo - u them . as they walk
ed arm. iii arm across the veranda,
and oftener ;by .expressive silence
saying more than words _could con
vey. Their lidrting was- veryleader.
They it was a final parting, and
a (Jeep solemnity relted upon the.
ceremony., -f - But thelarewell was at . 1
last, said,:and as they lOOked back_
the ha-ndk.of the old man sere raised
in benedietion. .
~
Too Taus. —DeWitt•Talmagesays:
" One of the greatest triuls of the
newspaper profession is that its '
Members are. compelled to see more ' .
of, the shams of the world than any ,
other profession. Through every' / / .. 2
newspaper office,: day after day go all./
the weakness is of the world; all ihe'
it - males that - want to be- puffed, .all
the revenges that want to be reaped; -
;all the mistakes that waist to be/cor- ~
ratted ; all the dull speakers. who
want - to be thought eloquent;all the'
meaness that wants to vret / i / ts wares
noticed gratis in the 'editorial col
umns, in order to save the ink of the
advertising columns, aWthe men who
want to be set; right ,who were never
rieht ; all the cracked brained Ishii: '
cisoiihers with`storie's as long as their '
',Mir, and as glo9m - Y as their finger- ,
nails in mournsn*, because bereft of -
soap, all the bores who come in 'to
/
stay five mi n s • but talk five hours. -
Through the editorial , and repotorisd
rooms all the follies and the _shanis
of world ale seen
. day 'after l day."
THOUGHTS POE - SATIIHDAY HIGHT
At.j. philosophy. lies in two woTds--:
"sugtain " and '" abstain." . • '
HE who finds pleasure in rice, and.paiti .
in viture, is a novice in both.
3Vms• give 'nothing away so iibeialliais
their advice. - ' .
ONE ungrate(ul man does -an injurtto
all Who are wretched.
.
•
RbCREFDUCAULD say we .have more in
dolence in the mind than in the body. '
, sa.
SENACA yS that Malignity generally.
drinks the greater part of its own poison.
A Goon word .is an easy obligation, but
not to speak ill requires only oursiknce,
which costs nothing.
JUDGE thyself,with a judgement of sin-.
ccrity and thou wilt judge others with
judgement of charity.
FaiILNDSTIIP is like those ancient altars •
where the unhappy, and even the guilty, •
found a sure asylum. '
TnErtE are falsehoods that represent
truth s.) well that it would be judging ill
not to pe . ( i leceived by them...
DEcEiv and, falsehood, whatever con
veniences
they may for a
,time promise or
produce, are, in the= surd of life, obstacles
to_happiness.
. MEN. love better books which please
them than those which instruct. Since ,
their' ennui troubles them more than their
ignorance they perler being 'amused to
being instructed. -
yon have talents industry will •
prove. them ; if you have moderate abili=
ties industry will - supply the deficiencies.
NOthing is denied to well directed labor ';
nothing is ever obtained Without it.
Ax intelligAi class can scarce over be,
es a . class, vicious ;never, as a• class, in- •
`dolent.' The excited mental activity ope-
Mtes as a, counterpoise to the stimulus of •
sense and appetite. - • •
A Dimx. man is so near a dead mail that
he is hardly to be ranked in the listof the
living ; \and as he is not 'to be buried
whilst he is_half alive, so he ip as little to
Ge employe d Whilst he is half dead.. '
WII EN we, have practiced good actions
awhile they -become., efts' y, and when they
become easy We begin .to take a &aware
in them, and when they please. us we dn._
them frequently:., , Form, then, the habit
of-doing good. \ . . •
II AN:
"Ir HIS DEAD
N DRAYER,,
JOHNNY to this knife . ; Afteisearehing
in (me corner and another,, until . he had
been through all, - Withont success,,
claimed : "0 dear LI wish I had,anntber- -
pocket.
.It might be in that." \
Ilow is it that you haver neveri kindled- -
a Ilame itiTanyman's . heart?" askisi a richlady of her portionless . . niece. ,‘ I„- anti- -
pose, Aunt, it's because I am_ not a good
match," meekly replied the poor niece, • ;
A 4..4110CER being Solicited tiro contribute .
to the building of a :hutch; promptly\
subscribed his name to the paper in the
following .manner :. "John Jones, (the
only place in town where you can get
eleven pounds of sugar fora dollar) twin-
Ay-five cents. . •
It. YoeNGsTF.n who had boon stung-by
a bee told .his father ho had kicked a bug
th.tt had a splinter in his tail. '
_
PRESS fringes are now colored "with
."madder." This makes a soft of delirium? .
tremens of thsto, you know. "
"A' east4ren grand Mother;" is not an
opprobrious epithet. It is simply- the
trade-name far the new macaw for knit;.
ting stockings..
AN English review has an. able article.
on "Water, as a Beverage." Whereupon
an Albany paper suety " The idea ap
pears to be feasible."
call to-borrow,'' said tholll.= with
a cold in his head, its - .•he Went out of a
doctor's office. "No,you need n' ; t," was
the reply; I never lend." . •
. .
A itomE thrust. -Doctor ::"Now tell
nu, Colonel, how:do yon feel whoriyou've
killed ' a man V.: cotenet:: " Oh: very
hell, thank you, Doctor. - How do 7, ou
I soar me down in Chi:ought profound;
this maxim wise I ,drew: It's 'easier for
,37ii to lore a gay hair make .a gal !eve
your . .
."Flow you lag bohind, Cissy !"
mummy ! toe is so bad !"
•• Which, toe is ft ? " 31y. eldest, 'Mini
-my !", •
. .
." A t.t.Tri.E•girl asked the follu*ing cu
nundrum " iiury many. letters are there"
in a ionstmatt's bag?' She - " aid there
mere "three : b-a-g. • •
RUSTIC "Good-bye, Betty. • "Me bees
going for good !" Betty: %Then mind
tem don't miss - the way. It is the forst
tithe thee's ever )wen that mad, Tin
thinkin' I". • _ - . , •
FIIN, - FACT AND rAcTinr,