TEL OF PVBLICATIPIT.
KrA a rertlslng In all oases excluslvp of subserip
tl•ms to the ll.Wer.
SPFCIALVVOTICKSInserttidat-ittrrszet 'CZNTS
~,o• line, ror the first insertion, and I'IVIC CIINTS
perllne for subsequent Iliac:ltem-
LOCAL NOTICES, sametyle as reading insp.
t , r. TWENTY CET * • .LINIL. • . (.. .
All r ER:TISIOIENTS will Inserted aecordlng
7 uesl
to tne following table of rates:: , -
~.
TIToe
1W 1 4w . 1 2tu 1 3m 1 em 1 . 172.
141.50 1 3.00 1 5.00 1 6.00 10.00 I 15:00.
•*:. I 1.00 5.00 'B.OO t te.oo vs.oo 70.00
3 i,,cht5....z 7 . I -.501 7.00 10.00 1 moo 1 7.0.00 (30.00
4 I:lckeS... : I 2.00 8.50
. 14;00 116.2§ I ts.oo j &mg)
5 - .001 12.00 18.001 22.00 I 311.100/ 45.00
..01fium.. 20,00 W.00+40.00 I 35.(X) 15:6 - o.
1,70.00 (56.(16 60.00 I 80,00
.160:-
TEM
IZEIM
s VIIMINF•TRA.TOR'S and Executor's
.7„.e0 ; And Itors notices, t?..750 ; Enslttess Cards. 'five
river cear).1.5.00. attlittonaLtines. $l.OO each.
YEARLY Advertiseinents iieb entitled to gnat.
eriv change's.
TRANSIENT advertisements tenet be Add for
c ‘I)37A.NCE.
ALL
i i Reitobitlefis of Associations , Ccimmactlea
t limited or Indllitinal Interest, and notices
.r Marriages and Deatit. exceeding five Hives, are
'Jarred TEN CENTS PER LINE.
Vitt .PRINTING..nt every kind, In plain and
rl l l, l , colors, done with neatness and dispatch.
Handbills. jtianks. Cards. Painphlets. 11111hetuts,
statements. itc.„ of, every variety and style, printed
r..t the shortest' notice.. Tux llRronvv.n'nffice la
with, power presses, a good ass,dl,.
new type. and everything In the Printing
line ran be exec:Meet In thp most artistic
_manner
And at the lewe,t rates.
TERMS I NYARIARL - Y CASH. •
rrefessi'stal and B•asitert Cards.
- AINGLI;;
A I T /t.VE _Or
of qccuplyd by Win. Ons,
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OWL 17...77) E. J, AN:GLE
WILLI 1M,4,
TASON & , lIEAD,
111.
A TT On NV, TS-A T• 11.4
Tya•aoda, Pa. : 0411e:: over Bartlett ti Traey, 31:1111.ret
G. F.MAsc.*.f. 1%19'773
1 ' .
C. it,iLLl,t, .
ir t
~ ATTORN, EY-XT-T: A*.
. Otiteef•with Smith & Niont%ity I . e7 w-ts" (larr:l . l-75,
-,i _
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.1. 4 1 I'. GOFF, •
a /6 - :
A TTORNE Y-A T.L AW.
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I hin Str.m . (1 Boars north of Ward Ilorm.). \To..
NV-11Di a. P.a. - (April 12. 1577. , ,
-1 AT 11. TIIOIIPSON, ATT*Et
V - • AT LAW. Will ttOntl
1.3.1 ' t•ntr4t4.4 his ear , . in BrAdtotd,
..!:tvan and Wyoming - Counties._ .11.111e0 with t*.q.
Port.. r. rnorl9-74.
EISBREE,
ATTORNEY—..\W.
\
Tf oW PA.
IA
MEE/
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NI)
ATTOR N EX-A A W.
WILK Es-lIA Rnr.,
promptl}• 4iteniled to,
ti` TOII.V-W.
'ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND '
U. S. COMSII 4 SIONTAI,
TOWANDA, PA
Off!ce—tort n PLie rutille Square
DAVIES:t
. i - I‘IERCI7II 13LOCK
=HSI
,
iPEEP,A TT6I.O; EV-AT-LAW.
rrellarlA to lO . :trtitl . . i'/ I.l.l.df • heS of his.
M F7.1101_113 BLOCK, (enVranee on smith
Tou'AND fjan6-7,
,r) R. S. M. •WOODBUP. N,Plissii-
E. f i ritot and Surgeon. it tirtee orer (I. A. 11110.1 es
C , , ,, •'.i.rt store. i .
iFda. Thu, - 1, Is7?lst.„
AI X DILL & C Al,ll O I.', . .
...0.1._ 1•:; ATToti s ET , AT LAW,
• Tilt , : \ \ TIA,PA..
, .
:-/ :' , O IN WrotlAreeli. rim! deer•• • :.•.1: : of the First
", ::ti•er.felir.v•l:.' tip-stairs.
I. -I. 0...A.11.1 . 1,1.. V : j:iti , -;:tly;
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1 1/1 ) 1.E - PA YN I.„
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Ti:.l( Y & NMILE'S 1:L.01 K. N 5t11.17.E.T
TOWANDA. PA
(1177).
I:ittl , LEY
.tMES WOOD.
wrrucs W. •
. • 119 .74 T, , V; D.Ve, PA
CHAS. - M. IL
• ' Attorney-at-taw and Notary,
t,tat t,i,l any bit Qiitt•titt entrust
t rii olt•it with i',itt F,vle.
j ofri ••). .
- 1 (MN F. SA NDEI:SOX,
tf TTI )1:N Ev-AT-I„kw,
IN.wet!':•Stort9
v:!-7,-;
'W. WM, 1.,1T11,J,..,
4TTi4RNEYS-.4 T-LAW, To WA
% NCtim-Street
Torsvll:ch. PA.:April 1,,
t. E E I). ST ilbua) . , -
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iTTORNEr Sp
_ 11 •,r, wt,,4
`4•lpr.l:l4‘
•-• :1•1•I Putted • T ,, WANDA. PA.
=1
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irk
L A NV OF 1 , 1 r E.
D A. P A
EIEMIR
O VERTON S. A 31E n
w.
ANDA PA.
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PODS EY 5.\1 Eitt I" IC
. \\TM. M-A X 1 El, L,
4 T 1: NE 1"-A T-1, A 11
klc., - 1,• iVP:I4 £, sue, PA
12,1,74.
E.& FOYLE,
A I ILYEY S-. 1 L H
\Zn!!ori Moot-
EINEM
!6: V 011". VS El, I." T-b.t
nt..kLore. tic , . ll , oor, utbtlti or
. 1 • Z r , I. , 114 3l.ty !q• vomulted
pt tt is/. .
1:-MIERSON' -& KINNEY, •
A. •
.4 TP,XNEYS-A T.:L.4114
k NI , A. PA. 0ff.....e in Tracy 'Noblee Block
=II
tlvEnTox ELSBIIEE, ATTO!
•F. AT LAW, ToWANI , A..f's. llacing en
I .4 .part:wr-11.1p. ofror pr0f.,20,21:al
:o lth;le. trialou Klyttu to
t)lphan'> 21,1 Ilf.egi.l.:%•o‘ CO.O
r.. N. .1 n, (Arrll-7i , ) N. I .
=ME
1' But ru,7toit. TOWANDA
4 . 1 . s. 1: ItSSI.:I.L'S
MEM
FRANC-I: AGENCY
,'.:I'IIANCE AGENCV
A '
Cl.l A BLE AND FJ,RE TRIED
',•4l,pitilt., rcpr..,•4l•••• l :'
,4, 4 •,• , •••••••1114:11.1.1141:NIN.11441111.1.141r , .11e - H %\T:±
tri. '74 • 11. 141. A4'4,..
OM
T r 'WAND.k INSITUANCE AGENiI-
//oni.
NOBLE eqNCENT,
11 k!S;Alif
DR. B. JOHNSON,
P FS ic7.l:: AND SIFR e:EO.‘
=I
r Dr. L.l.rter Son'3 Drag store, Towatkaa
77.er.
Ar D. 1.,.' DOI/SON, - DENTIST.
.1 Lg iM and aft m- t'pt. '21,. may tk. fonml In the
11 , `W rt.iflllti on 2mt 11;ior of Dr. Pratt's new
'‘7l ~a te t , tree.. fmlid.ted•
'pt. S-74: f.'
-
IVB. K. ELLY,,
.D EN TI ST.—Office
ovor V. E.. Tow:lnda, Pa.
:fleth In•ert‘: , l Ittibbtr. and Al.
Lil,l:;.:in hale. T..•etti eil Meted Wit la?ut pain.
•
BEIEMBI
Pll YS . Ii:7 A k A ND . SURGEON
0 1111, .a v er .M. ,, ut an yes' more. Ofhril hours trnin 10
to A. 11, ut.,l front 2t04.P. M. Special attention
ti.veu to , Ift:ea,e4 of the Eye'and Ear.-0ct.19,'764t.
•
8. W. ALVORD ; Publisher.
VOLUME
THIS WAY FOR
AND WARRANTED, TO FIT!
.
11:ERCRANT TAiLORL
OPPOSITE COURT 110USE:SQUARE,
.\iirtic'igile.~n
CLOTHS.
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS, ti. LAPS,
s Is , prepared to• furnish to- - order, made
'measure, .
SPRING tIN,I) SUMMER SVITS,
BEST QUALITY S LATEST STYI!ES,
It prices .
In Itnt anth
it ren.onl,llle of any establishment
II aka ci alnu my stock.
• I
.1. . 11104110. N.
Towanda. Pa., Aprll \ S, Ih7;.
•
Zar,i4are.—
- •
riE CHEAPEST \ •
•.
July 27;76
IMMO
IN TOWANDA
ToW.k!ct:A. PA
SCYTHES,
FORKS, FIXTURES, •ROPES,
&c., &G., &c.,
Chcapei• Than of Aory Other Place!
N. (' A' T. F 11,"
I have always on hand Repairs for the Yntlxq
NV Altltlo It and c i p A ?di' Rowing Machlaes.
=I
'ERRIGOS; SIDE HILL PLOWS,
All kinds of TINWARE on haul,
and Tin work of all kiwis Some at lowert pukes.
TOW.% %. PA
Towanula, June . 2R. I's 76
'WIEST AW-A - RDS!
- '
C ETEN NW; EX 111 BITION
Northwest corner
rtilirrrENTll ANTI FILI)ETtT STS:. PIMA,
Mannfaetnren4 of patented
WR G yq-.1134)N - TIG
; • •
, ILEA'TEns,-
.111.11 Shaking' and f•lfnkrr-NrinPng ❑rates. for
tithriteitiAtr 111(11.1'111011s eta!:
WROUGHT-It:UV IIEATERS.
WROUGHT-LEON IIEATERS,
Tl.W.Lncla, Pa.
l'ooklng I,,.w.Tforu f+ . t... 5. Etc.
Deverlialve • I;•,T- s Xu EV,4u'a uy p.(l.lres..s
11:11a61 itia, April 2e...77-13-
Gr ItEATLY ItEDt:CED Pitlc.!E§!
The ilTlers , gned 15 doing
PLANING: MATCIj.ING,
SASH ASD DOolt.."`'
- WWII ' ram selling at priresio snit nip time
ToWAN.DA, PA
51%41e promptly to eriler,:at a low price. for CASIi
Lumber brought here to I, milled. will i.e kept
ttn;lor cover and le-rfeetly- dry until taken aWay.
Good, sheds for your hones, and a dry pace to load.
EIII
NEW STOCK •
, .GROCERIES!
•
ChOi(P.,!• , !leCtlni!S of
FINE TEAS COFFEES!
Cash paid for all kinds o. \
0013.NTsRY PROD
•
•. „ _
Merchant Tailor.,
,‘>\
SPRING SUITS
MaAe Co *der,
J. L. MOVIAMON,
Bias Just rpCelred a 1 ,
NEW AND COMPLF. - TE:iTOCK OF
&c, &c., itc
lIARDWARE STORE
IS. IN MERCUR BLOCK!
Farmer:: can buy their
GRINDSTONES,
Best in Use
T. JUNE
Ecalol.z,
\ J. REYNOLDS &. SON,
=I
For 11It'll-ikons Coal
EYsToN
EXAMINE •ItErloßE sEtAxIING
- Pla_.n3, c.
And all kind::
AWAY Dow::: DOR•\ ::'.a
1. 4 ,0 far yoi cau'i\see It: I .
•
\ 4
•
\at.
I have also ini . hatot a large sloe
W I N L IN US
IF YOUIVANT To GET HICII QUICK,
CalPaml see my 60.414 and Prices
I=IIMIZIMEE
For sale etrear
E
At the old stand of C. B. Patch.
4' •
W. 11. PECKEII,"Jit.)\
niwanda, April 5; 1877
OF THE PUBLIC!
\ . •
-, ...
\. . .
'During the past five yesr.sthe public have care
fully `observed the wonderful cures accomplished
[coin UM use of V EC: ETIN E. From lie use many
an antlered sittlere.r has be 'n restored to e perfert
health. after , having esomided a ihnall fortune in
procuring medical advice and obtaining poisonous
mineral inedicines
Its medical s prop.rt les are All`erative Tonic; Sol
vent and Dlttretke. There is no disease of the hit
mairsystenvfor which the VEGETINE natinotke
used with perfect of y, as It does hot contain any
?octane. or p , d.Nimons compound. It is couiposed
eschnively of barks,\r...ts nod herbs; It Is very
pleasant to take • every child likes it: It is safe
and reliable, as the full sing evidence will.show :
- VALItAIiILE .E\-7IDENCE.
•
The ((Mowing tinsiiiiriteil testis' Mtnial fromit„.•v.
0.1. I)., fiirimrty pAct , o^of, Bowlloin
Square <Aim elt. Ib iton, a n d at m}•.mt settled in
Pr.oilklenee, It: 1.. must te. detnie4 as\reli3iite mt
&me. No one slid fall to olis,rve ti
te t - t this tee
linl:lM is the ram t two years' expeijettee with
the Use of ViET Ela the- they.s
Mr. Walker'
fafatuity,' G
WM) now prenottucys H invainahic : •
PIEGVIIkENCE, R. L. 164 TRANSIT 5T11L: 7 .2.
STE.r.g.z, - s - , Esp.:
•
I feel Lound to express with lily signature the
high vatue I Om, upon your VEG tr-T E. My
family hays R-ed It tor• the lad two yenrg. In nur
vt.us del - 4M ylt tA.inva:uahle, and I 11:e0111.2 tided t
to a:I Vt may need an lic%igorallog. renovating
tohle. ' Lt. T. W
Formerly Pastor of EGlvde.in t 4 .plare Church.
A WALKINki- MIRACLE
MH. ti. R. ST N
l)ear ',qr.—Thom:lt a stranifer. I want to Inform
you Mott VEt NEM,' done for'ne,_
I,:vt SOVorllla it appearance In
my .p - .l.on—l.r;:s• runotng ulcers a pfottring on me.
as follows: On, oft . it.11.1..a tiny nrine,ono ott tine
thiqh. v. Welt oi.tendoci to tboNeat, one on my head,
which eat Iwo the t4tull Intno, ono CII tiny left leg,
o.lllnm had, pitysirla,t; came to
amputate the :hilt, , though niont consultation con
c!ntlod not to . do "7, :Is my tyttoie'lanly 3rtitt so foil
of tt‘ertitula..; they tlyeatiet: tint
, ore. hit In Iterotti tlesettlptlon. and
there was a quart of InAttrr nun front IN. , ono sore,
The aii tiat.r 11l up to die, MA Said
11.oy oollitt do Ito More for 1:1O. I:otti of my
iiti•re 41 taut. up to toy teat, and It 'sits thought it I
did girt np ag.lllt . l orii,lfit 1 . 4. r lite.
‘% boll too F. ad
•vtril 'l5l, wad vii .
ninu•tieed • tat Itfi.Nt In .11.treli,
follim. II on 551111 It Until I
and tlii•• rim going AS plough earn, a Well
.Ail ray .It 15 a Mit:tele to Solt
l.siud Wadj:l,t , and ttiirh n,g.•
I I wit; rtidm Ing
%orb great sn'teri:,g. from that tit - radii/1
rondo. I prated 11l the 1. .1 . 41 atrktrit to taktt
otti a, V Eli ET I N-F: tins rfist ure t t . to
.111. the ti.too.fitg, filth eCI I T
:Ire, that Or F.ll, ,tviNitot, 10 zuy fel
low-men, awl 1 ktiuw of Ito bettor may to Mt! sta.
e•tillt: 40111:10 :y, than to ItiOise y.,11
ut tnr 1181. •. with au earnest hope !frit !Toll 0111 pal:-
11.1. it, aiid it still afford Inc pleit,ure to reply tuany
rotnmuuleal ion v. - II It-I, I Itt.ty err. Is'' th.t.Lefrotti.
17111, V r,•.,p4, f tiny,
WILLIAM PAY'S.
Avery, n , July It, 1+72. •
SNATIIS,
, -
RELIADLE EVIDENCE.
R. STI.i" :
I).,ar Nt add my testl
ut.:ny to ttlu s gt . ,.;tt TpittC,er you havi, alren,ly
. ._
r civerl ite fat or of soar gt , at amtg •,t1 tat.ineint.,
C Et; rri s r., ror I do hot tlt!nk ttuough - eati he
sal,Elp It.". prah'', 1 . 4. r 1 r.t...tpettstra ..t ,r ti . czar:
with that ill ea !fel .It...ta .e. f'atarrh, a:1111,4.110i
r..,d.•..u„iirg •pttAk that It tr. Wit Fi , •til ; 1 . thoughl
~111il lit•Vels 1.1,M11, 3,iy ht , r.., and Vh`.6l,Tl \E
ha- . , i , 4 ia , ; atAl - liie, feet to thaul: God at! ;her
t Intr. that (her , it :n g,trAt A .t.a-a;.1., a:, V Eft 1 :-
TII tt:,:1,1 :Co.. 1 Link i; . l , lir I , f :bk .- i ,•.: ;nv t il t •ll,,s
,thr ettaghs an.l weal: tialting ftAtlirg , at the • fota
t 1...
trittlt. 3,1N1 .0 CVOI2OItHIS to taky the \ - GET!". E.
fu - r I ran akt.ttre thrtirt• it it, ea , of the Lett uthtli
eitt,t tha trt r tea:.
Propar..,l by 11. IL NT F. V N on, Mass
VEOETI4L SoLD BY ALL 111:-U‘IGR,T+:
•
.OXYGEN
T KATII EN Will
t .ifiiii•ii IP I'S St, to hill lOW iltritl4.
I;.g. FN 3f ‘ 4 .,;N 1:1 . :7,1,1). It is thr most
V 11•01,, rAir t.ver
or his
4114 a any:,,tlwr
Eizto: of 4 ~• :01tin,
v
pocta h
ti... - Tl,• vt.ite their
f. r 4••• t!4, cnaii ,, S . i plow II and 'n^"111 ,- In Ili , ' 'iek the
vii Ov . k gen, Is
El
YON: :IL': N-M , 'I y the
v. ”r4l. 1.-t4.1 -,p.-1.11. rant
)).l:t t I 4.,11411.- - coinag.dllivalj , k,
tik! oin t ,f 11
mar.a ;nault - r is t.iit. loo“ It•NIi
tilO1.11,, :01,1 "Or tr tO , for !IWO , :tr.,' nliire
11,10, It Will 6r That lyd fn ‘•
• (i. E. I.A lcc..
. I:. , •"I'.lltli IN. it.
1•2.7;c0. . I
p.
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A (;ENTS IVAN T ET) F,4:")i) TO
rf.it lick:Tit n 0 w', rorct34e
ITN I V SAL II olt Y
ts, c•nrUr.st icvt - tocl.. elccsln:.T
tc 3 c., h. 1.77. Tlcco.• % , •1 , 111.-- Of ,Iht• V.'-id'.
cc; c,acc! 11:sr. 3111cco.c: Atm,.
Mccovc: 3:0•;t; ,cc, ra eco jai
F.rhi'•iri .4. 1 ,, • .le
andtotok 911:11111g
•••t •Litti tom :111)
1:••:1 , 1 i rflt,..llltt,t, 11 1.7
,r, •14.1 r. •1.
I.l' C'iu.'lusa!l,/:.:.l'!J
-rag I ILCSt. '-‘•!•$. • 1,;y19-1:.t.)
(1(1(-1 , C A,N 'T 1;E .11 A 1)F. BY_
• ,•ty 1,5t,1-
Itui ! , ', l t/ ! ,”• 't
A• ,'!i!ing , to v. - ork
•,1 a Ite,,::11, a Oa!: right tu tt,lr
, rpf.lll 10 Wain qii•re.
n,,,1 ?Jr:. :IWO:. \`::• aill f,11111 , 11 y,
,1,1111.trv,.. Tilt!
;‘ , :y:1,11:g e 1.,. \\ . c . will 1,,•:r
y 1'.,r1.1,11;ay,. , 01,
It •011. awl
ill
writ , tom 31“ 1 won": nt
119• I , lal`. ii , t,'L
(',1,.; A Itg,:.!:t.
GET xli.E -4;Ez,VI
Why do you c.ontinne to jx►y
BEADY - MADE CLOTHING
Ind buy at Prices that will astonish
who have been in the habit of buy
ing: or other Aalers. •
MY STOCK IS ENTIRELY NEW
OVERCOATS!
' OVERCOATS! • I _,
' OVERC:pATS!
L. B. RODGERS'
Cheaper tlin you ever saw them!
SUNDAY SUITS!
• WORK SUITS! .
BOY'S SUITS!
And in fact everything in the line of
REA"DY-MADE CLOTHING
GENTS' * FURNISHING. GOODS
AEMEMBER! that having just Com
menced business. 1 . have no old-fash
ioned, moth-eaten, shoddy gobds. '
1. - "'Call and , see for . yonrselves
owands '25,_077
Vegotine.
MIZ.S. 1
Corner and NV::lnut - Streets,
i....ttrutn . l,lg:l, Mash
ILO !I,OOK HERE!
HIGH PRICES
114ien you can go to
J. DAVIS'
(S. are formerly •,I by 1.404cm,b)
And consists of
EALL AND WINTER
ECM
J. DAVIS.
TOWANpA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAy NORNING, NOYEMBI,MIS, 1877.
FALLT:NG LEISTA. •
• \
They aro falling. elowly
Thick . upon the terest
Severed (rota the noble brtnehes
'Where they waved In beautemisrprlde
4`7.—,They'artl failing In ttio valleys_
Wtirimf Ito early violets spring,
tite birds In.sunnyspringlitne
First their dulcet music ring.
They are, falling, sadly
Mae Leckie our cottage
Pale and faded, Ilke the loved unes
That hare gone forever more. - -
They are faillu,7, and the minbeants
Shine In beatt,ty - soft around ;
Yet the faded leaves are falling
-3 - Failing...on the gra,....): wound.
They arnifilllng on the streatnlet
Where the silvery waters ay.:, •
And upon Its placid bosom
Onward wall the tiers go.
They are - tatlliig I . 46.pite ehnrehyard
Where our Izinar.,l swoct ly sleep--
Where the Idle winds of summer
Softly tier the loved ones SiVl.4.p.
They are fallhig,evt-r
1V he l n,the breeze*,,lgh—,
Whe:rthe stare lu Reality 0,4. m •
Bright tipnu -the inittnight
They are taltim:ltttett tMt tempest
)Itians ° lll:e I rci - ar—
Nr 11 , 2 ti the time:es., wilid.i and hilhnra
t S.tdly sigh fi!rever
:ire they art fallihg,
While cur satl•lehed thorghts SUP to
t st,ittr.y. days of 1111.1h6 v .t,
In Om dreamy ago. •
And tiwir faded lot , s
Of the hlight.o.l 11 , 1,...t and tireataF—
Fa led like the tal:l,g •:,
Cast upon th • 1.-y
~jcell~rrrr~rrs.
ORIGIN AND PRCC-R2SE OF TEE RUE
SO-TURKISH WAR.
The immediate eaus , s. that have
lea to many 'of the bloOdiest wars
that have enrsea humanity have.of
ten .been of a trivial nature; bltt l in
such cases there has generally been,
betwe'en the hellb , e'rents. either a
prior fetqing . of hostility or a clash
ing; of interests which iljspocael one
or both,oftl4..in to exaggerat , J trifles
into justifiable pretexts for gratifying.
their passions or •ambition inflict-
ing on the world the calamity of war.
Between the Muscovite and !Furl:
there has been, for
,generations, a
tierce spirit of aninviiity, imbittere
h farratie religions differences, fy.row
ing opposition of interests, and Vie
revcngeful runiembronce of many
fvriner conilicts. Since the combined
forces of linglann• and, Frqice, and
Sardinia aided the Turks Co defeat
the Russians in the Crimean war, it
,s '1),(11 an' open secret that the
Colossi's of thni North btu,: been wait
only-for the union of a favorable
opportunity' and plausible pretestto
avenge that IMmiliatiom and prose
cute the, projoets of ambition and ak
grandisement - then-:•thwarted.
,The
friendseip of Germany, the compul-
sory inactivity 'of France.. and the
peaceful.policy to. which England has
lately become tamely
. wialded, at
leng,th—furitished the former, while
the, hitter-was supplied by some pet
ty disputes which occurred after'the
harvest of 1574 between some Chris
tian peasantry of Herzeg,ovina and
thy tithe:farmers commissioned by
the ,Ottoman governMent. es
cape froth exaction and imprison
ment. the peasants fled. in the follow
ina January, to Moirenero., but on
the subsequent olrer of amnesty, re
.thrned home , wherC,rle4pite.the
pro
mise.s made to them, they were
treap!wrously and savagely beaten,
their houses burned, and one of them
killed. This brutality led to an insr
tm-diate revolt, and the Insurgents
appiiiiled to the European-Powers to
• protect them from the tyranny, . cur.
ruption and injustice to which the
Christians in the Turkkh pro.-iuces
hail for :ires been . subjected by their
semi-barbarous rulers. Their forci
ble representations obtained for then
much sympathy everywhere, but espe
cially among their
alts members of the Greek Church in
iltHsia. The Porte made them ninny
~fair promises of 'reform, but, as re
: peatot experiences had taught them
the untrustworthy 7- nature of these,
they refused • to accept i them, and
secretly aided by Servia and Mon
tenegro, both
.o.f which provinces
were ambitious of, freed nn from Ot
[
toucan rule. contilmed time unequal
couflict:
Akanwhile, Russia, Lbad cons4,itttt
ed herself the champion .of the op-.
pi-essed, anti urged the row-4;l's to
take action in 'their . behalf, and on
the .Ird of January, 1876, the famous
A rid rassy Note, drawn up by Austria,
Germany and Russia,.and consented
to by England was presented to the
- Pot;te; demanding certain specified
reforms in the treatment of its Chris
tian subjects. and requiring heavy,
guarantees that thesit should be faith
fully carried out. While negotia
tions on this basis were still ,in pro
gress, a fanatical crowd of Moslems
attacked and murdered the French
.7
and German consuls at Solonica; and,
fio great became • the• excitement
througlu mt'the country that a general
massacre of the Christians was for
some Weeks seriously apprehended.
Fo r llowing quickly. upon this ex
citement caine the dethronement and
of ISolt:in - Ibilul-Azeiz, who
was iueceelletl by his nephew, Murad,
whose, reign only lasted a couple. of
months, when he in turn was ,depos
ed, on the ground of hopeless mental
incapacity, anti succeeded ,by his
brother Abdul Hamid 11, the pres
ent - Sultan..
During' tbese domestic troubles,
negotiations were necessarily inter
rupted. and those prOvince bi which
the Christians greatly predominated,
thought it a fevorable moment to
shake off *the 3lahommedan yoke.
Accordingly, in .trail, 1S 7c), a rebel
lion broke out in Bulgaria, and dm...
ingdts suppressjon, Christian villages
u:ere_ burned, old and young.massa-
cred, and fiendish Outrages ii-rpetrat-
ed. An account of-these atrocities
first published by Mr. Schuyler, an
American, Was alterwardS confirmed
by official rejjnrts from the foreign
consuls, and drew 'fOrth indignant
.protests,from all she European Pow
ers, while Serria and Nlontenegro at
Once declared war against the Turks.
In the struggle that fidiowed, such
large reinforcements .of men and of
ficers were poured into Servia from
Russia that, although the latter had
not dpelared war, she was do all in-
itEdARDLEBB OF DENUNCIATION FROM' ANY QUAETEE.
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tents engaged in it Despite this as
sistance, however, the Turkish,' sue-
Cesses forced: both the revolted pro:
itrs , to conclude peace, but on yery
advtnitageous terms. • • • •
Ille:mwhile, chiefly at the Czar's
a conference bt diploma
knstria, England, France,
Laly and Russia., met at
topic to 'decide; the nature
ins \ which Turkey was to
to inaugurate; and the
\ she \ should give for'
their faithful>execntion., As.the don
here'4,greed upon would have
virtually delfrit the,Ottaman "goy,
im imebt of dontr over its Christian
Trovibees. they wee pereniptorily
.rejected by the Port 44 which exprbss
-0(1 itself resolute eaablish, of its
own accord nearly all. the proposed
measures, bat declined to be intimi
dated by foreign gOikrnments in the
internal Management of its own
country. 'The reply ended by saying,
that strong in -the justice of her cause . ,
Turkey Was determined . to
what had been decided without her \
and against her. hitherto Russia
had - apparently sought to I bring
about a joint interference by the
other Powirs,.but as these declined to
take fietiOu, the Czar, resolved to - act
independently, and having complet
ed the 'military preparations, which
had been forlfienths . .in active pro
'gress on' the 24th of last April, he
issued a dechtratiOn of war.
The 'Russian pla4 of operations
embraced two' distinct movements—
one-against the Ottoman voyinces in
Asia, for which-an airily, under the
Grand Duice Michael and Oeneral'
Melillott, had been collected
,on ,the
emit,of the Black &Ili . and the other
,
against those in Europe by . an army
concentrated on the fiont,iers tf Ron
mania. lmufeilittiely.'on the 'leelara
tion of war, both these armies. ad
vanced rapidly,. and / within, a fort
night, that ,in. Europei hati taken pos
session of the chief strategical points
in Rotimania,that,government having
at once formed au alliance With Rus
sia, and soon' afterwards placed .an
auxiliary army-;in 'the field. • Here,
(thrill , : the first two or three weeks
the Military operations were confined
to-the march forward of the Mus
covites towards the Danube, which
separates Bulgaria froM Roumania.
The Rus,siah Asiatic 'army, number
ing 130,000 troops atid 300 guns first
met the Tinics at Alexanderpol, on
the' con fines'4 Georgia, and although'
they suffered a loss of 800 men,
theY
forced the enemy - to retreat and /on
the lfth of May achieved a deciiied
success by the capture of the striping:ly
fortified town of A Mahan. which
opened the way to them to "ars and
Erzeroum further • to the A est.. At
the outset they carried -,erything
fo
bere them, as the f roes under
Monklitar Pasha, tile 7 urkish com
munder; . ivere ' far ikf ior in num
bers. While .one d' -ision of their
.
army laid vigorou: siege to Kars,.
another advanced gainstßatoum on
the- lllakk Sea, a d a third pushed'
fdirwarti toward :rzerumn, gradually
Schein , * back : ouklitar Pasha, and
defeating hit on. his attempting to
w:ithstuiti t em in the Soghatili Pass.
l'iltese mo emeuts necessitated that:
their farces should be spread over. so
Izi.re - e an extent of territory that the
ditterent sections were..;hot, within
sttipOrting dit nc oficach. other.'
'f is gave the 'l'prks akoppartunity
4concentrating their forces against
each division and on the 23d of June
liervisch Pasha completely routed
the right wing. in the neietboritood
of 11.1tonm. On the 21st of the same
month Monklaar ' Pasha, having re
ceival considerable reinforcements,
began a i forward mai-eine:lt from
Erzerouin, mid afterobtaining several
sttecesses, inflicted upon Gen. Meli
kinf a decisive defeat at Zewin on the
25th of June. -' Advancing still fur
ther to the east, he opened communi
cation with Kars, into which he
tiirew 4,000 men,- and thi-lly forced
the Russians to raise the siege and
retreat intd, their own territory. There they were- heavily reinforced'
and the subsequent moveiuents of
1 both armies, ending in. the recent
overwhelming defeat of Mouklitar
Pasha, and the reinvestment-of Kars,
have been daily recorded in our con
densed telegrams. .
In Europe, the Russians having
occupied Roumania, began prepar.t
tions for crossing the Danub,.., mean
while increasing their forces by fresh
levies and reinforcements drawn
from all. -parts 'of their vast empire.
It wasrtht until the night of the 10th
of .1 one that they at last tiegan to
cross the river by-a bridge„whielt the
Turks had, by gross negligence, al
lowed them to constitict unopposed .
at Galatz. Their passage 'then and
-during the next two days was' but
feebly resisted by a Turkish force in
the neighborhood. On the 2:th
another division crossed -in boats at
- Sininitza, whereupon- the,Tnrks has
tily retreated fron' the neighboring
town of Sistova, which was inimedi
ately seizeil upon by the Russians
Therat once constructed aeross the
-river a' Woollen byitige; over which
nearly all their enormous reinforce
montsimve since crossed into Bul
mai
So feeble rat the roistanee offer
ed them by the Turkish ommander-
Ard.. % el-Kerim, that they •
soon-took possession of-Tirnovtf, the
capital of the province, of Bella—
another town capable of strong (le..'
liaise :but which was. thandoned
without a b10w.,-and of •
which offered only -a brief resistance:
Here they captured 6,000 men and
40 grins, and Secured an. excellent
position for another' bridge across.
the Danube.' The* Sultan, alarmed
by the Musuoyite success and the un
accountable inactivity, of . his own
forces, transferred. the chief com
mand, early in August, from Abil , el-
Cerlin to Meheraent Ali Pasha.
At the same time Suleiman Pasha,
who had lieen successfully operating
against, the MomenegriA, once more
in rehellion, was sent to oppose a
Russian division which had crossed
the Balkans under command of'the
dashing Gen. Gourka. • The tide of
fortune now turned decidedly in fav
or of tho Turks, who beat the iota-
tiers back from nearly every advanc
ed position they had attained. ThO.
RuSsians were speedily forced to re
treat to the Bdkaus,iind there only
Asana..,cred :to hold the now, fatuous
shipka Pass. Their numerous -de--
MEI
feats - at Plevnn, on the Lom and else
where, lfave they not been 'duly
chronicled for the benefit of our ren
ders, as *ell an the successes which
they.. have (Awe •
,more he ,, un• . - 63
•
achieve ?
The Uncertainties- of war are.pto
verbial,'but even among these un- - ;
certainties, it is difficult:to imagine g'
final triumph for the 'Ttirkish arnis.
'Tis an old; though somewhat in.&
verent saying. that the God of ar
mies is, in Modern times, rattiest:in
variably'', on the side of the greatest
numbers; and while the population
of Turkey and her available depen
dencies only numbers about forty
five millionE4 oul§, , that Of the Rus
sian empire -tanounts -to about eighty
eour millions. More Over, the power
,of the Muscovite has for . generations
been steadily increasing, while that
of the Ottoman 'has beenpersistently
waning; and since -for the last cen
tury the latter has been unable, sin- -
gle,handed, to cope with the former,
even the frantic energy of despair is
hardly likely, at the pre'sent day, to
\rol'erse the issue of former strug
- - -al New rorker.
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1118 OF PROGRESS.
At poet of to-dad is
dish his 9WII books.
publisher will con-
_ lielves, even with his
name. It matters little how, many
dreams Tennyson, may write in these
latter flays, or hoW,muclx he .may at:
tempt to. give •thent‘tie ancient form
andlavOr—they will always lack one
element—that of in4licacy. He
leaves coarseness, indkqicy, the
dciubb; e!ptendre t forever belit l kht. They
belonged- to.winother age, \and all.
these shoW• that we have made a
great advanee. • .•
Owing mainly to the wretehed\lks
smuptions of dogniatic'theOlogy•
the: assumptions of priestly . poker,',
the literary men and women of for
mer
.days • were , seeders—open, ag
gressive, defiant enemies of christi
aility. Nok, although there .is la
mentation on every side that our,
greatest-literary producers are want
liig in. faith—that, they withhold
their affectionate and . truStful, alle
giance to the Christian religion:and
~.
regard the church as a conservator
u ; a great mass of superstitions, the
c6ffers are few. We do not believe
there was ever a time when the great
majority of literary men and women
held so kindly an attitude- toward
the Christian faith as they hold to
day: They are recognizing the fact
thr there is something in 4,—a very
powerful something in it, somewhere
—and something in it. for them, if
they could but clear ' it of its husks,
and findthe divine
.naeat and mean
ing Of it: They Teel their lack of
faith tube a misfortune. Nowi the
difference between • this attitude anti
that' of sucl! a man, say, as Voltaire,
or Thomas Paine, marks a great ad
ranee. We still pace BradlaughS, it
is true, but, theugh,'wetolerate , them,
and listen to them, they have-a very
shabby following.,
• The changes that have occurred
in the church itself are very remark.
able evidences of progress. For the
last three hundred Years the world
has carped on au organized - rebellion
a g ainst • priesteraft, and has teen
slOady but _ surely releasing itself
from Slayery. The superstition of
witchcraft has departed frOm it. It
is true that we still try men fbr
heresy, and tie their legs..with creed's,
hut the followers of Calvin do ffot• -
burn the -desnentlents of 7t.zervetus.
They "suspend" them "from the min
istry,"—a mullic of hanging which is
not only quite harmless, but, rather
honorable than otherwise: The pre
judices between sects have notably
been broken 'down ..within the last,
fifty
„years, a result Which inevitably
followed the decline of !belief in the
'oveti-shadowing anti all-subordinat
ing importance of -theological DI.
mune. Men are trying to get at the
center and tessence of Christianity as
Viey never were . tryint! before; and
they find that the more closely they
approach the centre, the more closely
they
~g et together.' ;
In the world's polities,' we still
have war, but how moditi&l is even
this awful retie of barbarism.' how
jealous of it has the Christian world
become. 116 w it questions it. llow
it. strives in a thousand ways to miti
gate its. horrors and inhumanities.
What a shout it sends up when two
neat nations meet and calmly set
tle by arbitration a question which
in any previous age would have been.
a cause of war. - The'duel too, is in
disgrace. Slavery. is abolished near
ly everywhere on the face of the
,globe. . Prisons have been reformed..
The insane, formerly forsaken of
man, and supposed, to be forsaken of
God, are tenderly cared for by every
Christian state. - A thousand chari
ties reach outtheir helpful bawls to
the unfortunate on every side: The
Rations are brought every day-near
er to one another, in the interchanges
of commerce, and-in the knowledge
of, and respect for; one another.
Popular education- is augmenting its
triumphs and enlarging its area every
day. And this record of improve
ment's sealed by. vital 'statistics'
which s ow the avertige "duration - of
human li e has been slowly: but indis
putablyincreasing from decade to
decade.
The r.orld • imProves, but it
im
proves as thb tree grows, "without J
observation."'• The Work of one
man's life is small when applied to
twelve hundred millions of people,
but it tells in 'the grand result. We,
discover a !Treat Rest.. of corruption
in our government, and are tempted
to despair, but we Break it , up. There
are so many vicious men. around 'us
that we feel as
,if the world were
ping to the dogs, yet the recoil and
outerrand protest we mate show
that we are inore sensitive to the ap
prehension of what is bad than we
were formerly. The world itnprove , :,j
and the man who .cannot see it; and
will not see it, has n very - pod- rea
`son for suspecting that there is soMe
j thinemorally at fault in himself.-L-J.
G. Holland: Sc-riiO• for Nov. • j •
"ITO. many children have you?" asked
oud friend of an old actinaintance. • "Well,
I had 'five, but they were eating cimum
berawhen I left and they may have doub- -
led Alp since." ,
Aix born to command isn't much
different from one made to order,. ,
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Pisoicrinamp,
Or Whati Know About Fish and Fishing.'
• „
• I !lb:ye been, from early boyhood,
a devoted ' disciple of; Walton, and
even now in the ninetieth Year of my
age, I can make fishing a real reerea
. .
'Fish — has been my !favorite food
from my early recollection, and is so
still, f heartily endOrse Agazzi's
setiment, that 'fish is not only
luxur:y. but a - necessity; fof they not
only excite the brain th activity, but
being'easy of digestion they build up
the waste. tissue and lgive strength
and elasticity to the
the
frame....
`llly.first. worlCon the
.Susquelianna
River was. fishing for shad =in the
Spring of 18(4, 1 when every family
had to halt down bad enotigh.in the
season of fishing to last the whole
year, or they would halt to eat their
johnny-cake by itself, for Coin was
then the chief article fn this ;section
—now Bradford. CoPntyin - that
early.day. Now, whilst writing about
shad, I am reminded ,bout what our
lish commissioner said - in his' report
on this subject, that considerable
sums of money had , been spent in
constructing, ii,sh ladders or other
contrivances, to eiiiable shad to get
over the dams:in the river, and that
it: had as yet been.nearly a failure. 1
thinlk-oti tll whole, George Lau- -
dun'isuggetion would have been the
Ile proposed to consult the
sir.(l first and see,..if they would •try
to come uLi before goitp&to ails other
expense.• -
Shad are a Very fitst swimming
fish, but a very tender' fish ; they will
bear butzvery little bruising, and this
tierhaps makes them shy of every ob-:
struction -that,, may Come their
way; they can' be- turned froni one
channel of the river to another by
anchoring a few white shingles across
the channel, and; this was frequently
qQIIC bylishermen to bring them to
tibest ground for drawingthe seine.
But notwithstanding all these difil,
eultles, shad tai t be ecintinuallY bred
in sue 4 nunibel and in the river
\
at any pnint year aft4r year, .(ther
would fink their way to the bay), .so
that the Clitsapeake acid that part
of the river lkow• theleolumbia data
might grow shad enotigh to: supply
Pennsylvania and - Mapland for all
time, and all: the 4ense• would be
breeding aqd catching. And if some
such plarf is not adt:l4d , they will
everitual/v become extit, in the bay,
for it is their 'nature - to itseerrd the'
river to spawn, and the yonng fry.
disc. nds'in.the'fall, and do mit make,
their appearance 'again until they are
grown—and this they 'do iii\the
:spring of the year for purpose Qt'
,breeding in flesh pat', r. •
:&ow, in ,regard ted breeding and
transferring fish froin one water to
another: Of the breeding of. fish I
have but little experience ' although
it has become an established science.
I have transferred'theui With various
• successes. I have taken the common
catfish from the river and put them.
in a mill pond ;- they bred and soon
became very •plenty,l'btit never at
tained half the size cif •the originals.
I have 'taken, pickerel. from the
river to a large pond, ainfknoWn them
to increase and beconq plenty,* and
attain a much iargesize than.. the
same kind in the riVerf 1 took perch
at the same time; tlMy'-'s(!ibia became.
numerous, but 'nevergrew to half the
sizes of th 6 river perch, and were of
a different shale; they were longer
according to their size, and irnder,
but they have since IsVindled;,,down
to a very diminutive 'size so as to be
worthless.. • -
The . wall-y(A bass,] or pike as they •
are called:at the the lakes, are, said
'to have been taken from one ot,,the
northern lakes and put into; the Sus
quehanna.river at anjearly day; in
deed, I reeotlect ! When• they were!
scarce, but theyXbvt'ine plenty and a
.very important, tis , Mid grew to dou
ble the siie of the j'originals. But
since the construction of the dams ii
the river they have x itecOme very
scaree 4 , so with all the tiAive Ash—
they have alsy grown scare , .
• Leaving the whole river \S
introductionOf the black bass,
by being bred'and pin in all the y
per, branches, by anthorii.y of
State of New York, and at the sami\.
time in the Main ri+ by Pennsylva
nia, and.being,a lake tish,• they are
now found in all the deep .water
along the streams, and' if .the. breed-'
ing and supplies aril . continued with .
proper.protection ó law, they !ut - i
doubtedly will became a complete
success.
! ' i .
..
. There' is no better 'flesh water fish j
than the black bass, j and 'they *grow
to a large size, say five or six poundil, I
and might be made Plenty in all-our I
ponds, and if the estimation of the I
• men who arc skilled! in raising fish is!
correct, " That each surface acre of !
all the ponds can - bentade as protita- !
hie foe the production of human food 1
ras,so many acres ofjthe best farming
hunt, then it in the' duty. of the Leg- 1
iSlators to make an • appropriation
sufficient. to 'enable { our 'Fish Com
inissioners to stock. r ill our 'ponds at
once, and in doing, So they would be
s considered renli benefactors , ,.t,o the
race. especially - 1p the loversof fish.
i. Other fish
~ c an be !bred as well as
Cs h!
I u and bass • .the common brook
1
' , trout, when st.)• managed; grow very
fast- and become '.ery large; they
lose some of their tine flavor for . eat
ing, that is '- not in con Sequence o
their size, but froml the food Upon
'which they are, ed ;I, such establiSo
ments require a great dial of fixtures
and a large quantity of water, so they.
Cannot be expected !to become COM-
mon. ,
azlini n fhuuno iotf.md .c.i.ma loft
spring.ean constru4..a sniall pond
and p:.'oenye the stiiitll fry as they
are called, and raisekheir own trout_
if not for profit orl for amusement,
:for they become vely tame and afford
igreat- pleasure 'to lehildrea to feed
them and . see them ;swim.
.-:.•
. Ponds and streani4 cannot he stOck
ed.with eels ohly h capturinglheir
young, for how thee; propagate . " T their
species is yet a my4ery.to all , Unto
ralists. And yet their progedy,lS in
.numerable; common-observatinh can
d isting uishno Seim:4 di 'Terence *tong
them. ;Thenost of them go'down
'the streams to tidewater in the i fall
- of the year, and a !certain xrade. of
the small ones burrow together mi..
! der whatever loOk ri
imateal theycan
And, and are often (speared in .such
' /
MEI
or tLe
hiell,
up
$2 Anny
In -Advance:
. .
places, in great quantities . ome.time
in June their young Ones' : end the
fresh water streains inquanti.'es in
numerable— I have seen them
. .ore
thanithicty miles from tide orate in .
such quantities that they. could - . te
estimated better by imeasure than by
count; at such places they might be
caught and made profitable for stock
ing ponds, and even small streams:
JAMES ELLIOTT.
WHAT I'B FAITH. t'
It was •a dark night; a high' wind
was blowing without ; while' the lam
illy of Mr. li. were tying
,quietly in
their bedS, breathing calmly iu L he
soundest slumbers. •
,All at once was roused by
the terrible cry
.of fire. He was not
suilltientlY waked at first, to under
stand• the cause,; Soon many weie
gathered under his windows.." Fire:
fire! your house is :on fire!' they
shouted, as they pounded heavily
upon the. doors: - • Throwing a • few
clothes around. him - Mr. H. -rushed
to the .door, and.: what Was his sur
prise and fear
,to discover that his
own dwelling was in flatnesrile has
tily" returned, called up histerriiied
wife, and takin , r..pe.'bitbe and tie
nest eder child, they quickly sought
a shelter.in an adjoining house: His
eldest. son, about ten years of age,
slept, in--a.chamber in another part of
the house, near-the room of the ser
vant-maid' Who lived in the family..
• Immediately the tlither hastened
to rescue him,, feeling but little anx
iety for his'property, if his TanailY
only might all be•saved. On his
way he met the .-maid. " Whege ; is
Charles P.' said Mr. li., surprised to
see her alone. •,
" Crying in his yoom," answered .
the frightened. "I have but
just escaped,, and the stairs are now
411' in tlames."• •
The fire had broken_ out in that
part of ~the house, and the flames
were now spreading with fearful ra
pidity.. Almost :distracted Mr.
.rushed - out, and hastened to fthe part
of the house beneath the window of
his son's sleeping °room. '
The window Was thrown tip. • The
terrified boy was standing -there, cry
ing ont in agony,,"Tather fathee
how• shall geL sot r
Ile could: be seen by the glare of
the fire in- . the rodtn • but he could
gee no one, beneath was so
dark—althougli he, - hjard many
voices. ,
" Here I am, my son," cried,ont the
deeply moved father. " Here'; lam ;
fear not. Lay hold of the sill Of,the
window, and drop yourself—down: I
will certainly catch you." • *
Charles crept Out of the window, !
`11(1 clinging with the g.rasp of a
'drowning person, he hung, trembling,
a! ' - t to.let go.
ro, my son," •cricd•the father.
't see you; father.". . • •
am here, my: son."
‘‘ I'm afraid, father, . that I. shall'
- •
" Let go; , you • need not fear,"
again shouted the 'father. • .
The flames began to approach the
`window—the easement grew liot—if
he stayed there he A' otaTt be Nailed::
He recollected that his , father was
strong; that • he .lOved lim, and
would not. tell him to do.' 14 -thing
that would injure him. _drew
in his breath, unclasped hiSlingers,
and in a
,mometit waS in his, father's
arms,,overirovieVed, and weeping for
joy at his wonderfufeseape.
• Now• 'notice, .little friend, that
Charles first felt his hopeless situa
tion. He yould not escape any tither .
Way save by the window. He could
not see his•father, but heard his voice.
In the second place, he thought with
his Mind that his
_father was 'strong,
and able to catch, him.' And, third •
ly, he believed, or trusted, with his
heart, that his father would save him.
and-then. dropped treMbling, into his
•
arms.
So when we: feel that we. are Sin
4ers, there is only one vav to escape
the punishment.
.Nre cannot, save
ourselves. ' We do net see
..lesuSS, but
we hear His voice in the Bible; and
know He is here. !We believe Ills
word : we.-fear no longer"; .lesu3 will
not •deeeive us and we fall: intoll.is
antis.—The tra . y to
FUN, FACT. AND TAUTLY.,
TII never need.bu in a •hurry, Lut•a
keep all the time on the jump
Lohn tires itself out, and ends in
Titi \
I „lie tit;
Hazy lip %
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confusion.
L. CHILDREN I
Obey know at ~,
mote remaikable .
they don't know.
THE higbestrpoin
bring its to is the 1
.mind, with which no es z.
without which all estates .
able.. - . - '
THE blessing of a house is piety. The
honor of a house is hospitality ' The or:
1 namept of a house is cie,thbn 'S. - The
happiness of a bouse is contentment.: .
IT I was .an - American who said:- '•«'e
, .
use two stones to gt-iud the dour of libellY.
The lowec is the. schoo upperh el, the o
is the' Bible." ' - ' . . .
hat are reiliarkable for wbat
\ lye old are generally
at twenty-Jive . for what
Mokr persons are particularly spiteful
against,those foibleS in others which they
theinseives have. They remind •us of a
monkey scratching, and. grinning at the
mimic monkey in the glass.
NE*Elt seek to he entrusted . ' With your
friend's'secret; foi 'no Matter how• faith
fully you may.keep it, you may be habit . -
in a thousand contingencies to the stasPi.
cion of having bittrayed it.
"FaTnEn, did - i - on ever have another
wife beSikles mother?" •" No, my brig ;
what possesseillou to ask - such a ones.
"Because 1 saw in the ohl.fami
ly Bible where you married . Anny Dinni
iny, in 1835, and, that. isn't another, for
her name was Sally Salida:" - .
• WnEs all is over, and our feet will rims
no more, and-Our hands are helpless, and.
we have scarcely. strength to fliurrinu
last prayer, then.,we shall see that, instead
of needing a largertield, wetave left un
filled many corners of our acre, and-that
hone of it is lit for the
,Igaster's eye were
it not for the _softening shadows of the
•
'•
A:v'American engineer who examined
the defense of Plevoaa says they ate sim
-
inlar in desi:r . ik but . weaker. than :the
works which surrounded Rfchmoud 'or
Washington duriikg . the rebellion. •
..
A FAlimra heing4poorly proVided with
materials of susanance for his men, fed
taem with pork cooked with the rind tip
on it. ' A young man of the company, not
liking that outer portion of the foodTiwas
observed by the host to be carefully .re
riioviniz the outside covering, whereupon
the latter said, !'Young, man. we eat the
rind and all here." 4 To h the youth
replied; " All right, I'm cutting it off for
,your
At last . the toll;enffstribeted dva are vier,
And :are otneon:ira mellow as the morn;
The blooms arebrowu upon . the seedlK Meter,
And brown, the silks that - 'plume the ilpantug
corn. • • • • .•
. .
A ll . 8411:161111 Bre pnitted of reaping and of. ranking;
. Tha winds are low,; too watera'lle uncitrlc4;
'Nor t4fatlgalowh nor posit:nor fa flowing..
sotpira 1n languid indoiento'the world.
And ilneyards iwldeand tams along the vain*,
Are MUM aml4 the vintage'and the sheaves,
Sive rpstol the Liras the nobe of rout and ialiy
Among the teem:it Masons of the eaves..
. .
. .
Afar tlle , neland' , glades are flNAnd.lts avp:e4
By pocks nf iambs o-gmulbol Irian , the fold ; ' ,
And orchard" nond-hen, ath thoir trefglit of apples,
And groreaare bright, In searfrt and Inge',,.
ABER 24.
hark ! I !war toe
tOng, ,
The.inrtle's murmur front a distant
A ilrowq bee la many taliglt,t hum ininz i ; •
•
ThO far, faint, tinkling t-tcor of - a twit:
And lolly from.yond .. ..,r bee. , ll-triink thter Itnrl:*'
The ral,lat tliO'yellow bill.Chu
tharp siscratO harking of .tbe. squirrel,
4r.pping onG anii :al again t, stftt.
—,&.'re,,nerfor • •
A DGET OF HOME:MADE.-OHRIST
- - . • .11A5:GIFtS. • • •
Who
..:
vents the I
pretty thiuw
was-trees, anu .
stoekin•as ?
wise 41 watch's
capacities .of .little
lastes-of bigger one : ~
eac t, planning for tin -,
almost - nothing in. then
for fat wallets stuffed with .
1.
an:l suggesting-something -t
he ina(.le,accepted and -euji
ve„ ybody, large and small, l a I
wide world over . ? Who' On ..
that possesSes this ineshausiible • .r .
tility of invention and kindness o".
heart? No ordinary Inuinindieiiig,:
you may be sure. Not Father Santa.,
Claus ! lie has enough to do• With' f- '.i
distriLuting the prescnts after they.
are made; besides, fancy-work is n0t..., . :..
in a man's line,:--not even a.saintts! '.
But what o. likely as that he should ,
have a - matt - , and that: is 'to her we -;
are indebted for all this? - - What an .'
immense W ork ,li 4 ..* e t'Mothd Saiita
Claus's Must be! " What .a !dancing
thimble and swiftneedle and Elrod! 1
__,
Can't you imagine her t i•oiV:fig
aside her 4ciss'ori: and sp - oul hr. to \
help the dear saint "tackle- u - )4' and
load the sledge ? And who knows
but 'she sits behind as he:driv s over
the roofs of the universe ontl e Wess, •'---
ed,eve, -nid holds the reit.,'while _
Santa! .Claus digpenses to- favored -
chimneys the innum6i4tble Ipretr,y -
things .which he and she:haVecJbuckl- . • -.
ed over together niathSritild'nonths • .
before the rest of ifs knew anything
about them ? • .
. This .is not a 'fact. It Can't be
ploved hi any way, for none of
knows anything abelut the Santa
Clauses o r their alkidbi • Then.; is no
telegraphing, or writing Cu I be select,
men of their town 7 tkillltitiirC About
theta ; they even a ..post , - - i
office: address: But admitting it_to
be-;. a fiction, it
_. - 15 surely. 'a pleasant •
one ; SO, as 'the ehildielPsfiy,
play_ that it is true," : and proceed - to • .
what- Mother Santa 0;1114' has iii
her 'basket fur us this year. We will
tirst - - pull out' Siolne easy thinus •for• .
the bentsa I•ttle beginners who
.are not yet up to all the triers Of the •
needle; then some a little,harilei for -•
more advane6•l class; and, at
bottont ,of all, big girls MA : afraid
to dive will timid f)kiity of elaborate
designs- suited to their taste and
powers.
This is 'something which : quite.a
little boy , could . make. • ent out three
pieces of thin. wood, a foot long by
six inches wide ;: -smooth and 6:10-
paper . two of them, bore hole in
each corner and in the middle of one
side, and. fasten them toether
tine wire / cord . ; ribbon or the
brass pitnk which are, u,- , etl for:hohl
ine.:nmnusi:ripts: The pi.:ees should
be held a little apart. •Cut one end
the,third. piece into - some orna—i
mental shape, glue it firmly to the j
baelt 'Of one of - the others, anti sus-1
pend it-from the wall by a hole bOreV
.in the top. It will be found d:ust-fullr.
thing to hold letter's or. painphlefs.
A clever boy: could make this-much.
handsomer by enttin:r a pattern over
the -front, or'ari initial; or monogram;
or.naine in the middle. The uutl
should be oiled or--shellacked.
These cases are Mani for 1::ke tlu
the pliie - e,of paper 'when shoe , are to
lic wrapped up to 'go in a trunk.
They are Iliade i); brown- crash.. i ;wind
' with red -wo rstet I braid. thie end is
pointed so as to- turn over aud button
down; or The top has Aringes over
Ithe bri-iid to tit: the„rrupitli up. Tinu.e
should he thrt,. , e or four niade 'at a
time; as each' holds- but ot 11 :. lair of
I , hoes;s and you trill lindaiiat
luanione
or your unmarried - auks will ldc.e
them very Hutch. - •
smy KIND OF CyISTMAS-11,Y.
I N l othing:iqn be iL Iler than to,
bang 1.11) Stiwkill•!S o ai:(l nothin: ,
p.ratiet or More full of
Christmas-tree.. But for . -ome•pf
you who may like to. make a novelt'v
in these; time-hOnored ways, we will
..jiist mention that it is good : fun. to
make a •• • Christnis-pie " in an eifor-..
mous tin dish•lmn, with a Ina-lie-be
.lieve crust of yellow cartridge- piper,
ornamented with twirls and ilain ish
es of the same,-held - down with phis,
and . ,have it served •on Christ-Inas
Eve, full Of4pr6tty tlengs and - sugar
• pltinj+s and jolly•little rhymes
Tastenedlc4he parcels. The (giant: ,
shOubl be done befurehand;idul hid=
den by the twirls of paper;' hat the
carver can pretend. to use his kilife
mid fork, anti spoonin: , ont the paCk
agestwill insure a merry tritru- for all
at Gable. Anil one more slig,,estion.:
- Lit* - articles wrapped' in White
`paper can. be put inside eakes. baked
---- •
and iced, and thus furnish. another
'amusing surprise for -thtT" . , pie" or
the Christunts tree.—A,St. Sicht)fim
NAT
outward things can
\-czntebtment of the
t ate can he poor,
\will be miser-
TILE following story is told of the Rev:
BackuS, who was the first ple , filen
Hamilton. College, Clinton..N.l", It
apycars that while he was preaching in.a
country-village before he became -presi
dent, his salary was" '..`00 and his tir;!-
w00d,17 Inn 'during one cold. period his
wood run out, - and Le bought: a: cord of a
neiglibinie- Who recommended; his ,tuel .
highly. "'File Ductur made up a fire and
nut ow the : new . wood to- find thataffer
.
the tilt.k
aad spitttereit . Inriouslyt ; o l d
inickly 'burned out,-1 be nth w6 - I,d,
but? hu more than so much iron.y 31 c
hastened to Lis tleighbor and "
want twenty cords more of that w00d.",--
Tw6dy coals, doelor can cull
110 'With ti 4) ." Smother the thrioes.
of hell ; that's alt it's good I'4 !"
AccrsTo.mp•)nrself to think vigorously;
Mental capital;.) like pecuniary, to bd
7 worth anythmg, must b.: well itiveste4l—.
must, he rightly adjustetl autl appiteci. and
to this clad careful, dee? anti ink t.O
thought is. neeeSisary 'if great results at-)
looked for. Thine is rui such thing as
'standing still iu this wvltL • Change is
the eternal law of onturele-7 •
THE path of -duty is:etinies thorny;
yet many a thorn do we escape . liy walk-,
INDIAN SUMNER.
s it ;that_ eery"yeat•••-in
t,housand-and one new :n . O
• which hang on Christ-.
the - toes oCCiirist
io is it' that has 89
an , eye for the
• polite, and the
uirnvidieg, for
`v purses with
as
hich can
ved :by
' the
be
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