IN
?MS OT =MUM
arid rerldshag In Alleaseeezeluthre of nibeertp•
Mont to the Tr.
SPECIAL OTWlESlniested at Firma cirri's
per' line, for-the. toseetten, and VIVI =NTS
per line for eiabeoguenllnserttoes.
. LOCAL NOTlcE.S.'Atete etre al readlog =a
te, TWENTY. plisse A "ANS
ADVERTISE/CENT:4 wilt be Insetted seecadlng
t 7 the toilet/dig tatelp of testa!: "
4w Sm Sm i , Om I Iyr.
,1:601 6.00 110.00 [flat'
F -
t inches—. r -J.OO 8.00 I teo 10.00 116.00)20M
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,t 4 eolumn I 5.001 MOO ► 111.t.'0 124 0 130.00 - 145.011'
10,00-110,00j-10.60-1 ee.oo 11.5.00
s .— _
i coltiesn,7. l)o . oo 1 60.00 eO.OO I 80.00 100.
11 _ -
A liiktIIinSTIIATOR'S and E.: vitiators Notices,
3.00;
p e t notices, 03.50; II) Salons Cards, Ave
lees, (per year) 0.00. eeettlonett. Wm. 11.00 each.
vgAELY Advertisements are edtitledeo guar.
riv changes.
TRAlifirENt advertisements m eli,bepatd for
I to: novANCr...
ALL Resolutions of . Association*, Come Armies . -
tionvor limited or Individnal,,lnteree and notices
01 Marriages and Desths.exceeding L'ee lines, are
charred Trs CENTS PER VINE.
JOB( I , III.NTING,of every kind, in plain and
tansy' i colors,`Alone with. neatness' and' AN - patch.
Maudlin's, Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets. 21 tads.
kitateraors, lie" of every varlets and styl %pi inted
at the shorteet notice. Tale IMPORT/X.at lee,is
well suppriell with power presses, a good at sort-
Mint ot .newMpet..NVl everything In the Prin Mug
llnv can be executed to the mat artistic aim mee
-and at the lowest rates. •
TERM INVARJABLT CAM.
OW
Professional and Business Cards. ,
ILVAIIiB &ANGLE,
ATTORNSTS-47-LAW':
or FlCE.—ForruCrly occupied b)'yrm. Watilne,
F.,q.
11. 5. WILLIAMS. • (0C1.17, ill Z. J. ANGLE.
"AIASON 'Sr, , .
••• A,TTOR
T ,windst, pMcc, over Bartiett Tracy,
(I.II..SIAPON.
falnlj AnTIIIIR lIZSD
. .
lIILLIS,' . . • .
E 4$ ATTORNEY-41"-LA •'
TowAmiA, PA.
s u mth & Mont:4.lls'e. • . Ino4tl-75.
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-A 770111§7j Y-A'T7LAIV.I
alit Stroe:ti. (4 doors nortit 0f141 , :ar4 lipase). To
t raz,da, ra. (April 120.877.
THCiMPSON, ATrbartzT
W. AT LAW, WTALGBtN6, PA. Will attend
so all business entrusted to his care in Bradford,
"Sullivan and Wyoming Counties. Otlice With Esq.
rncrvl944.
ELSBItEI
ATIIE.Y.NT- 1 .
TOWANDA, PA,
CM
MEE
ME
ATTOIINYCY-LIT-LANN. -
• Witama.DARRE,
porni4iy.attend 63
27576. •
JOHN W: MIX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IL . , AND
U. S. COMMISSIONER.
•Tow4Nrni.hrA.
Jan. fe i*A.
Oftlee—Norte Sldo ruolic Square
N,
MERCUR. BLdCK
Dec 2 7 1-76.
HFEET, ArrortNY-AT-LAW.
Is prepared.to practice all branches of his
°th n.
ee, NIF.RelTit BLOCS, (entrance' on sontp
ONO TOWANDA, PAt - riatia-78.
'y. S. M. WOODIITIRN„Physi-i,
clan and Surgeon. 0111 be over O. A. !Hack's
t...tv4k.ery store.
-;Towanda, May 1,11,71 y ..-
" '
)I : ApILL & CALIFF, •
..ATTeRNwrs AT LAW,
• TOWANDA, PA.
0111ce in Werars Block, first deer of the First
Natlqnal bank, iip-r,:.lrs.
'MADILL. rianntyl N. CALIF?.
v
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ItIDLEI t PAYNP . ,
TTORNE T-LAW
TRACY ar. Noptes imucT, 3tpas STatiT,
TOWAN DA.
(11";7)
T.. c. a ritpLzy
TAMES Wa01),
ATTOR N A IV;
Tow A NDA. PA
Inch 946
HALL,
. 'Attorney7at.;Law ant Notary,
,
•
WM give careful attention to any linalnettientruat. ,
-:; ed to him. Office with Pittriek SE Foyle, (over,
Journal Office), Towanda, Pa. (.litne7`77,
401 IN F. SANDERSON,
, ATTORN Ey-fa-LAW.
OFFICE:- - Meaus Building ( , :ver Woven's:Mar ? )
melt 9-76 • Tcr6,-DA,I.A.
Q & Wm, LITTLE, -
AT TOR NE TS-A T-LA W, TOWANDA, PA
OlUco over Decker's Provision Store, Main Went
Towanda, PN, Aprtt 16. '76.
. . .
~
(11.1ORGE D. KT.ItuIID,
. x_lll -
• ATTORNE Y AND COUNSELMID-AT-LAW
Offieq. —NI aln'-st., four doors North of Ward foutio
Practices In Supreme Court i •
.
of Penn4ylvnla- and United TOWANDA, PA
titattts Cottrt,4.—tDerT.'76.'
STREETEI,
La. -
LAW OFFICE,
TOW,ASDA, PA
aur,Zo
.
• .
fIVEIt•TON & MtIi.CUR,
k_J Av .i ! ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
! ;• • - TOWANDA I'A'.:
Oitlre over Montanres Stare. Fmay47s
WA.. OVERTON. -- RODNEY; A. MERCER
WM:
, -'3ll AX WEL 1,,
A7TORNEVAT-LAIV
t •
014tl1 DAYTON'S ;TOILE, TOWANDA,•PA
SSE
VATRICK S FOYLE,
ATTORFEFF-:iT-L4W
Towan_da, ra.
• ,
Office, In liercurs pyl7-73
-4'
•
NI) ENV LT,
j
T.TORYN Y ,47017.175Ebt.0R-Ar-LAM
over Cross' , Rook twl, dooreeorth of
kLong, Towanda. Pa. May be consulted
n Berman. kpril IC.)
KIANNEX,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA TV,
TOWANDA, Pa.• Office In Tracy - . lt Noble's Blioh
Tiwanda, Pa, Jan. 10; 1816
.
OVERTON &,'ELSBREE, ATTOR
'.
stirs AT LAW, TOWANDA, PA.• }laving en
. I,reri into eopartnership, ()got* their professional
,c- So:vire, to tr.. 3 public. Special attention given to
• bn.in,s,in tn.° orplian't nald Itegist at's Courts.
• r'-• "V ERTO)S, , , Jrt. (aprl WM) N. C. F.l.Spity.t.
t.7.,AVIIITAKER,
BOOK 81.N.11,ER.
• Ir : i:ros4 rEn Bc tun kG, Taint) FLoon„ T.ovriomA
G
S. RUSSELL'S
GgNEUAL
.;•7'URA.NCE AGENCY
li.y2s4ntr. - TOWANDA, PA.
NSURANCE AGENCY. •.
• 7 . - •• •• The fullowipg
RELIABLE- AND FIRE TRIED
6niipanies reprisented;
)4 - SIIITt FIXti.Z - Nl*,llo3ilt,MElrtell.t NTS,
Mare!' O. 11.111.ACO:
1876.
T OWANDA 'QUSITRANC.E AGENCY.
:Ma& qtreet,pipoette the Cour House.
• -•::`
. NOBLW,*VINCENT,
DR. T. B. JOHNSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Orr, , e over,pr.Portor & Son , s Drug Store, Towanda.
anl.7st .`
- •
D. DODSON, Dicturisr. -
41.1....0n and lifter. Sept. 21, mny be found lb tbe
"ke4Ut new nwnas on 2nd door or Dr. Prett's new
offirwon State 13tte4t. Dulness toile t te&
Sept. 344tt. " -
• over Sf. F. Roeonlfeld ` s, Towanda. Pa.
Inserted on. (told, Miro*. Rubtter. and Al.
Ittanthnt base. Teeth extriteteci;WlthoutP4D.
E . D. PAYNE, M. D.,
PHTBICI4N An) BEIR96OIr.
.
biti4 °Ter Mantanyoe' Store. Office boars from 10
A. tt.. end from Y r, M Special otrootlort
eitee to 4t9easet - of the jrye And EareOet.llP,l64l.
VOLUME IT
. T HIS . W A Y - FOlt
S_ERIN(} 'BUI'S
Made to order,
. .
AND WARRANTED 4 rgO FIT !
• . •
Mc - MAHON. -
,
I.ERXII A.N I TiO R .
OPPOSITE COIIR'i uousE
EW AND COMPLETE:STOCK, OP
Mil
= • CLOTHS.
.74
DENTS" FURNISHING GOODS,
HA.* , CAPS,
‘. • &c, ttc., &c. °
He is piapared to fn
rneasnre,
SPRING AND SIIM
BEST QUALITY & LATEST S
At priest the, mkt reisonable of any estahllshme
in'TowamLs. , tallbnA examine my stock.
Towanda. Pa., April 5, 1877
- -
GRAPHIC
•
r.kiron sVivt,
;rowA:gDA..PA
H. T. • JUNE'S HARDWARE
1313123E3
IN MERCUR BLOCK;
IS' THE BEST IN USE.
0ct.1247.
irrifill..E.§T \ AWARDS! - -
N.
CETB) EXHIBITION.
~~~
TIIIRTE ' ENTIf AND FILBERT STS., rimA
WROUGHT-IRON AIR-TIGHT
With Shaking and Clinker-Grinding Grates for
burning Anthracite or Bituminous Coal. .
CENTENNIAL .
WROirGHT-IRON HEATERS
1 . %R01.1GH.T-IRON IIEATERgi
Cooking naugos, Low-Down Grates, Etc
Descriptive - circulais sr:NT r,nan any address
rhtladelphts, Aprlt 26, ,77-17.
G REATLY REDUCED PRICES !
'WANING, ZifATCHING, AND RE-SAWING
411 kinds of Planing-mill Nock,
AWAY DOWN.! DOWN!! DOWN!!!
. Which I am selling at prleei to snit thO titles.
•_ , -
ii - 27. 0 iDOW4ILINDS ' ..
Illute.prom tly to order, at it low price, for CASH.
IP- YOU W. 0 ,70 GET BICH (.16ICS, .‘
Call and we myslloods and Prices. ' 7 . ,
7 \
•. ' '
Lumber brought here to Imilled. *lll be kept
m IL\
udder cover, and perfectly d pill taken away.
Gootlsheds for your horses , an dry place to load.
L. B. DOERS. -
.
•
Towanda. Jan Ala. 1877.
NEW STOCK
OF GROCERIES! {
• . CiTice selfetionip
PINE TEAS ANI';''cWO}:YEEE3
• . Cash paid is all kinds of , „ •
OUNT Y rOtt 13 . o •
MI
!Alas just received a
PEI
=I
ash to ordor, made to
R. SUITS,
OF
J. I. MOIAIION.
Hazdvrare,
FOR SALE AT
STORE 1
EN
TOWANDA, PA.,
J.• RIkYNOLDS & q:0!4 1 .
Northwest corner
Manufacturers et patented
HEATERS,
For Bituminous Coal
KEYSTONE
EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING
?lazing, to.
The undersigned is dping
So far you can't Sec It.
IE2
1 haye abovn liana a lorio stock of
AS H. AN 11 DOOKS,.
Far isle cheap.
At the old stand of - C. 11. Patch.
W. H. DECKER, JR.
Towanda, Apse 5, 11170-
.
VEGETINE P,ITRIFIES THE
BLOOD, RENOVATES AND INVIGOR
ATES THE IXDOLE SYSTEM.
•
ITS 3fEDICINAL PROPER
TIES ARE ALTERNA
- TIVE. TONIC, SOL- -
VENT AND pICI
RETIC.
VEGETINR Is made exclosiVely from the juices
of carefully selected barks. - mots andaerbs, and so
strongly e.meentrated, that It will °natively erad
icate from the system every taint of Scrofula. Scro
fulous Humor, Tumors, Cancer, Can'eerous Kamm',
ErysipWas, Salt 'Rheum, Syphilitic Diseases, Can
ker, Faintness at the titetnach, and diseases that
arise from Impure blood.. Sclatlela, Inffamatory
and Chronteltheltmatiattl," Neuralgia, Gout and
Spinal Complaints. -can- only be effectually cared
through the blood.
' For Ulcers and - Eruptive:Diseases of the Skin,
Pnittules, illotcheir; Dolts, Totter, Scald-
Head anti Ringworm, liegetine has never failed to
effect avettuauent cure.
- For palm, In the Hack; Kidney - Complaints,
DroPslf.".eamale Weakness; Leneorrlirra, arising
from internal ulterition, win uterine diseases and
neral 4'6lllllty, Vegettue ycta directly upon the
ses of - the complaints." It Invigorates and
sire them the whole riveted . , acts upon the secre
tive • us, inflatuatiou, cures alceratlim and
regulate. the-bowels.
Por Cataph, lisspepala, 'Habitual Costiveness.
ii the Heart, Headache Pile& Ner
vousness and fiend Prostratian of Nervous
System, no reedb ue bas given such perfect sans
faction as the. Ve ethic. It purifies the billed.
cleanses of the orgindposessesa controlling
power over the nerimao vstem;
The remarkable cures e ect d by Vegetine have
Induced many physicians qad-apotecarien whom we
know to prescribe and nee bathetr own families.
Ge fact. Vegq'lne is the bittreinedy yerillocov
ered for the above dlseasea, and hi , ho only relable
11100 , 1'Purifler put before the public.
THE DENT EVIDENCE.
The folloivlng letter from Bev. 12.8. Best, Pas
[or of M. E. elmirh, NRlaticleOlass., will be read
with interest by many physletana. also, those soli
erlog from the Al MU disc:Lie as afflicted the son of
the .Re'. E. - S. ft - rat. !co person can doubt thlays
ttmony, as „there la no doubt about the curatlye
, powers of yegutlue :
7 , ZANTICK, Jap..l, 104
li. R. Srs:viNs: Dear Slr—We have good
for regarding your Vegatine a ri2edlctne of
'est vahte. We reel 3,ssureil that It has
(cans or saving our soul life. He Is now
•ei of age; for the last two'years he
lon necrosis, of hls It r, caused by
ut, 'and was so far reduced that
_ .
texso
the Orel
been the
nevenejl
has stiffrred
At rot ulottg n.frec
nearly all'that sa . him : thought his recovery Im
possible. A counell f able physicians could glee
us but the faintest boi of his eVer rallying, two of
the whither dellarlwr ft Ili he tals beyond the reach
nt
of human remedies , that oven Imputation could
nut save him, as he had not Vigor enough to endure
the operation. Just- then we tnmented giving
him VEG l and from tha fine to the pres
ent hd has been improving. 'lto ha ately resumed
his studies, throwing away his'erute sand cane,
end aatka al.out cheerfully and strong.
Though there. is Ktlll some discharge f7tit the
openiag where 'the limb was lanced, AVO ha *e the
fullest confidence that :In a little time he WI be
per'eetiy remit. . •
110 has taken:dyne three dozentiottics of VEG
TI NE, bid lately used but little, he declares he
si loo,well to "tak the; medicine.
Ite,peetfully Vous,. lIEST.
Mrs. L. C. F. BEST.
LL DISEASES OF TILE BLOOD. •
4
,if GETINE will relieve pain, cleanse, purl;
fy and r o 5401 diseases, restoring the patient to
perfect health, after trying tillTilieut physicians.
maney Cemei es. AU troi lug for years, is it not con=
elusive pioof, I eon area sufferer you ran be ettrecl.
Why Is this meth ne performing shell gt rurem?
!Iran trimly be calk I the GREAT II MOW punt-
FIER. The great sin , risti of Illsease originates In
the Mood vana.no iSleareine that does,not stet upon
it, to purify and reitovate,\ltts any just.clalm upon
inhltc attNut!on.
Rjr.C.ONMENIi IT lIIFLII4WILY.-
, SOUTH BOKTON, Feb. 70870.
Mr, Srr.vl:Ns Ilear Sir-1 have taken severa.
patties of your VEMETIN E. and am convinced It
11 a valuable remedy for Dyspepsia, Kidney Com
.dalut, and go/lend - debility of the system.
-1 eau 11.Pitrilly recommend It to all sullertug from
he complaints; Tours respectfully.
Ills. MONROE I'AIIISER,
aSt Athens Street.
Prepared by H. E. STEVENS, 'Boston, Mass
- .
VEGETINR IS SQLD,BY ALL DRUGGISTS
No* 4dvertisoments.
WAN:MD :7 I,OOO TONS PRIME
For price, Lc., call on or nddress G. S. ACKLEY.
relo.lo‘ale Amor in Baled Hay and Straw. Spring
Hill, Pa, , Sept 13:77
Fard Times,
L. B. POWELL
OFFERS - A RUMP, OF
' SEOOIID7HAND
PIANUP EVAN
VERY LOW PRICES rOlt CASH..
4-Oft. Ave Ronweeel . Melodeons 415.00
• `43-oetave Rosewcod Melcoicems...,• . 20.00
s:ocsave Zotaxoeci Mciedeoas. rtaza-C5.24 - 35:00
4.-Oetave Portatae 0cc.....a.c. • ..-...- , ' 35.00
6-0ctiv . 6,31 , 11. - e,....li's:nat, Dont:lo46e/ Orzanst 30.00
5-oesaro Ofaci.Malecat, I.tottle-Eccl Organ;, 10.00
5-Octave OwAlt:Rev:l - 0:2 - 1ra. 5, Stelie , • 15.00
6-Octave I , 3allet;ini ?Settee • 25.00
I; , Octsce R.c:cwoe . dsrle.r.cc,,,... . 40.00
. 7-Octave flcseweett • Pie.T.ca - 10.00
7-Octane 4.oaewecd Piamotkla.. - vtd Lep 150.00
ITAILRANTED'AI,L IN'GOOD ORDER.
MR• POWECL 13 THE GENERAL A 5.,:4...kf!R \ THE
CHICKERING PI-A 1 OS
Atm'
MASON & HAMLIN ORGANS,
!Mach am the m•e•t rellahlu Instromentn of 6 , 1:
nnyte, and which nrc. no F•-•1•I at prle•s that.
Iltem within Co...remit of tor A number of
leach, -Odell have been root. d, ere off,red at bar
ring. One p,„•yette..ad Ohirlie.rinf: Piano, F,Tell.
pctove, enrved and IVre, 'Pm•t. One dittn, efira
,c - , , 70). One '`,51,14.m . -llatoltn Church-
Oman, smith three pet• of r•••••• 14, Z• 100.
• pi•mors tool Organs on easy m o nthly payment& ,
lin 11 on or address
L. B. POWELL, .
115 'Wyoming Avenue. Sorantoim,Ps..
• Ne-rt to 1:e-:etbfkon
TIIE COMPOIIN-IY OXYGEN
ritEiTmENT.—This is no sysiron of medt-
Cat iOll eonffnal in Ito action to narrow limits. /ie.
tug (LXVGV.bi MAG ETIZ,ED, it is the most
wonderful V italizerof the imman hotly ever known.
Therefore it should cure a. greater 'variety of ills •
arta a larger proportion of patients than any other
agent. Eight years of experience fully confirms
the 'epectation. 'The subscribers unite their
forces to make known and avallableto the sick the
wouderfitijirtues of the Compound Oxygen. It is
the safest, surest and cheapest remedy to' the
world. Lot 'Ail Consumptives. .Dyspeptics. Para
lytics (recent).\and all even discouraged invalids,
sewd for our Itrochure of 140 pagea r orhich contains
many wonderful bat true statements, best of testi
ntonials.; and our to us for howe and (Once treat
ment. It will be mall free of chat ge.
11. t. R. I'm,
MAMA itltrir. A. M., 31. IL,
STARKEY &
lilt OirarA Street. Phila.
1123 m
PILE GREAT
N••
. tr
EDDING CARD . DEPOT.
'Tke latest styles In .
WEDDING' INVITAZIONS.
Prices Jeerer than, any House In the Country.
ORDERS BY *AIL \
PTLY ATTgIiDEi'VO.
mm
/ \I
IVA H.
STATIOiiEIt.
April 12. '1877.
TRE REPORTER OFFIO
s.
Doetibi?
BEST JOB PRINTING
0( any establiebenept NortberuPeansysials
OM
OSKINS
ESGRAXIM.
ois Arch
,
TOWANDA, BRADFORD I LINTY, Pk, THURSDAY MOH,' IG, JANUARY . 17, JB7B.
... •.•
•;.
. SMALL .MIGS•
\\‘,
- • • --
Despise not thou aural Inge:
• '. ' . Theenui thatJpage for IrlOr! `'..
To soar to some great height of sactitice. too oft
Forgets the ditty riemd, ' ' •
. Where little cares abound. - -•
And Dilates off little duties whit() she looks aloft.
God has set some below, -
Who Joust their all forego., ,
And at his bidding g)ve their loved, thole best,
- The lot cf some, like thine, • '
Is small things to resign.
Tet If thou glest that.,llttle, then thou, too, art
blest.
Then treadlt a lowly way, -
Ile.wllllng day by day '
To glee npilttle croutons att3ed's call; •
' - ~ That thou may'st rady ho '
TO yield 'nil cheerfully,
When Ile shall crwro thtdeareit and tithe art,
—Sunday et Rota
Earth le our little Island home, ‘, •
And heaven the nelghborin: continent.
Whence winds to every Inlet come, •
With balmle.tacent.N
Arltendere;t•whispers thence we hear.
oin those who latelY sailed across ; °
They love s us still ; slue° heaven le ocar,,
Death le notices,
From mountain elopes' of breaze and bats,
What melodies arreaa the car ; ' •
What nteuMrles riliph, through too calm t
well lecep near shore
• akiellaneasO f
Why ;ob
- B
This.was the , Bob used to tell
it : • l.
No man in the' tow stood.higher
in drinking circles than spur humble
servant. Leonid stand, raighter
-under more crooked Whisky than
any two men in the place: .
"Pshaw :" said 1, when Ileac
Waterman tnkled me with his ever-
oh Bilidle Signed the Pledge,
URGE CLARK
.
lasting, .pledge, " that's 'well enough
for weak-headed • chaps without
strength of mind* enough to bear a
uare drink. But liquor:never fazes
me. No man'eVer saw me •stagger,
or sol \ couldn't say 4 Constitutional
Amendment ' without tripping.' "
--The Den only shook his head
%
and Said :- :‘.' I 'll get you down. yet Pi
"Not. before get. - sours of it
down," I replied, . ughing, l and start
ing over to Pick FliWs. for another
\..
" n i p "
After all, there was a gs 'd deal of
brag in What. .1 said. But he - n i 1
knew I. could quit just When leas
eq, and That set. my mind easy. T
came into a little. money, in the
course of time, through the death'of
a distant relative, null thought I'd
take a jaunt to the city, just to cele
brate his memory.
Now, I'd never been in a big town
before ; but t'd heard considerable
about the estortionS.of - .crack hotels,
and .caring more for comfort than
show, rtook a room at a respectable.
boarding-house. A t, •
The landlady glve - me a latch-key
telling me •I could keep my own
hours. • So, I started 0ut...t0, look at
the sights. • .
First and foremost I thOught I'd
take a . sort of privel census of the
drinking shops, merely for private ‘
reference. I found it a bigger job
thari I counted on.. In the . Course of
the evening I visited more rum holes,•
and sampled more kinds ofliquor than
I wish, to remember.now, even 'if I
could.
-I persevered manfully ; but had to
yield at last. Such a .complication
of drinks, I founj, was beginning to
much& my idea and tangle up my
legFi'perceptibly. :As the best thing
to do, I got a policeman to put me
on the way home:,
"And you better be gettin' there
as.quiek as possible," he growled af
ter me, as I wended ,my unsteady
'way.'
" Whishis-th'honse?" I soliloquiz
ed interrocatiyely, as I drew near
the place. I don't think Leonid have
said Constitutional • Amendment'
very distinctly just .then.
I didn't remembeethe number, but
I had a good head for locality, so a
traveling phrenologist hid once told
ine.
" Thishisit," I answered• myself
confidently, staggering myself up-the
tep`•
man came out - trickly at the
momlit; and I took
.advantdge of the
openin of the door'to enter. I 'felt thankful \to the stranger, for I was
not quite snre, in my then condition;.
of being able manage my night.
key very success illy. • 1
••
"•Thangysir," I tammered: tut
the ma t. hurried atm) Without heed
.
Onee,up stairs, I felt cc lain as to
-which was my room. The .door stood
partly ajar, anti . I pushed it open and
reeled in. . The gas was tiirneddoivn
to a speck ;"and as I started fotward
to turn it up; I stumbled over some
object•on the floor and fell at length
As I..struogleduP, I felt my hands,
whiCh had' thrown out to break the
fall, smeared -with something moist,-
which on turning- up the gas, 'I dis
covered was blood! "
Turning quickly alma, a'sight still
more horrible met my eyes. The
object I had fallen over was Wedged
body ofa man, covered with ghistiy
wounds? I • • •
• A glance at the room and its eon
tents:proved that it was not my own,',
*hough its relative position was. the
stone. .I*ds evidently in the wrong
hottse.. •
I vc*sober enough to comps Oen&
my danger. To be Tound there with,
;alt
thlit blo9d upon me, for my cloth.'
ing, as well l!tliny_ bands , had been
stained in my sit, I knew was tO put i
my life in jeopardy., •
I heard a sound ofseme one stii-1
ring in another apartment.. 31-Vm
pulse was to flee. With hat speed
could cominand, I rushed down the'
stairs:: ' .
• " Stop thief!" I heard shout af
ter me..
Thank heaven the street door stood
open. I had neglected to close .it.
nother step, and I 'Would be. free. I
Was
in. the act of crossing the thresh
old, when a. policeman grasped my
collar. I was. dragged . back. The
Irot the murdered man was (Hs;
vreda : At whose door 'could: the
crime be laid but mine k.o.s.
-`,,yita led, ' - was .
alstance as c , and. I - drag
ged. to the ea, rest station- house :. • . •
"What's „Our name?" asked, the
sergeant in cha*e., - -- - - ' •
" Smith," I- answered, with a boot
less lie—Worse thariblotless, for my
only chance of safety - in sticking
to the truth L but my wits ere dazed.
"Which Small'!" continu the of
ficer With-an anwinning smile..
"John," .I-replied. doggedly.
\' I thought so," he answered dryl
After a few more formal questions
'and aIkSW,CI:I3, I waslocked up for the'
night; and a sorry night of it I pass
ed, what wfth the effect* of fear and
rum, and akiacienee..HOw the words
of Deacon W*rman kept ringing
in my ears:
"It'll-get you dowla yet!"
It had got me down'
Next morning.l was aigned be
fore-the jadge,,
' and fully c 7 witted
1- 1:
for trial. ' For many days.anl
- ightt .
I lay a prisoner under the shado o
\
the gallows; , for there. was pro f
enough agains me to hang 'a dozen
Men, unless the real culprit .ishould
be diricovered.' My explanatiOns and
professions of innocence .went -for
nothing. . • ' . ' - ' .
1---,had xi* given - up the hope,
when - one day the jailer made his ap-,
pearaike., His.look, I thought,. was
not quite as, grim as usual.
"Come alOng, you're wanted," he
said. '-- • • '
The .words, rialied , away the little
.hope - the spec er's look had inspired.
It was probably my 'final trial to
whieliq . wasisummoned;\and what
7
the result would be - did not - adinit of
.\
.question...
. '
"Mr. Biddle," said the -Di s trict
Attorney, to whose °Mee I. was tak-,
en, "I-am happy to inform, you of
your discharge. The real criminal
has been discovered, and the mut-
dred main' watch and -vailiabl have I
been found upon.. him. Besides, 1 he
-has already confessed his'guilt."
. Sly thanks were brief but earnest.
The next train carried -me home.
From the station I struck a bee-line
Pacon Waterman's.
P he acon," asked, "hav e you
te about you ?"
, E 5 I •
it is," -said he taking it
pocket in -which he al
—Transcript'
&\•
that 1 ~,
." Then. 't
from the si . ,
'ways carried i .
I signed it on . i
kept it faithfully e
1 _,_.,..
•
UNSPOILED 'CHILD . .
.
That the child 's father tot i
•is an aphorism often quoted am ,
most universally `Jelieved in. The
are so mitO3Lpossibilities hidden in a
young iife, so mucli constantly detel
oping itself even 'in a crude and _fee=
le manner, which afterwards be
ck es part and_lsarcel of existence,
that herels little wonder, we watch
with c. e the gradual growth of the
infant fac . ties, and often see in them
a foreshado , ing of whit will hap
pen in the fu , re when they have
fully •ripened tvn • matured. Royce
philanthropy cons. ntly recognizes
the necessity of Carin„ for the chil
dren. The little,waifs w i run about
our streets are thel objet of much
solicitude'on the part of sow refor
mers. Iforfies and asylums ave
been erected for them, retbrma y
institutions have been established,
and an education has been attempted
to be given to them which, would fit
them for taking a place in the indus
trial ,world. l'ie are All familiar with
the gOod which has thus resulted,
and with. the amount of incipient
crime whiA has thus been check6d.
And yet.the N fault has often been
that all our efforts have simply been
.directed towards a`crtain class, and ,
that the evils which wc.try to eradi-
Cate are pimply what arsupposed to
spring from poverty andignorance:
There is no doubt but that 'the chil
dren of the pr . sent day have advan
tages which their fathers and moth:
ers did not possess. The whOle wor4d'
of civilization has' been taxed to sup-,,
Ply their -wants. Systems of educa-
Lion have -been devised by which
knowledge might be more easily im- I
parted to them. Ingenious brain's
have - . invented toys Which would
amuse them, artists have painted for
them, and a literature has sprung up
exclusively for
.them and' fitted for
the range of their comprehension.
This has : naturally resulted in aniinv
creased deference being paid to chif
dren, and ri• feeling of impOrtance tak
ing possession of them which leads}
them. sometimes to forget their own
weakness and imagine that they are
. capable of acting and judging ;wall
things 'for themselves. The litera
ture which ii used for theni is devo
ted principal'y to stories of children.
Instead of pointing ;out what has
'been accomplished by , earnest and
struggling men and women, the he
roes and r 'heroines w`liese adventures
are related, are not out of their teens,
anti' yet they run theircimportant ea-.
keep, are 'geniuses, benefactor* mar
tyrs, and wronged and blighted'be
ings by turns and at. an age when
their fathers and mothers had no idca
'above the play-ground or.the nursery.
The little e
'mill wanted to be a nun's
because the world was hollow and
her doll was filled with sawdust is
not so very extravagant a conception
after all. -How - often do we find chil- . :
dren, when . every . feeling in their
young heart's ought to be. as Sweet.
and tender as a rose, and when every
fatality should gradually be unfolding
HBO!' to the light and gathering fresh
strength and beauty, become blase
and discontented!.
There is nothing sweeter than the
humility of unspoiled: - childeren.
Their imagination leads: them
. to
weave fairy_romances of what their
lives will be when they• have grown
to be men and women. But theton.-
temptation of- such things doe Snot
unfit then' from retaining their guile.-
leisness and simplicity. They have
not, discovered that they' are , Worth
thinking about, they do noy3it down.
to analyze their characiersand watch.
themaelves grow, but , go abouttheir
daily tasks and umusementa in natu
ral insignifieande.. '.They do not take
credit to theinseries for forbesiing,but
practice their 'goodness and their.
mO esty unconsciously; and indulge
only 'a - those : aspirations *which
4 .tiu
spring m childish innocence. So
-
ciety
,is m h to blame for' the ! pre
cOcity and it Urinal deyelopment no
much display by its, childrem •' It
has t taught; them`to , lookupon therw•
I
e spot, and 'MVO
s•nce.
EMI
selves. as personages invested with'
irelf-importance *hoar: wishes
,must
he consulted and whose whimsought
to be gratified. The ideal' which we
set up_to their view is a high' one.
Theyere told thatit is in the power
of the weakest•amongst them to gain
the . - most exalted position. And al
though it - is perhaps better to *grit
out such a future, yet there is a dan
ger that constant looking at and .
dwelling upon it will unfit the . mind
or the inferior , duties, of life and
ca use it to idealize its little self. ~
- Arid the same thing holds good 'of
the amlisements and pleasures-which
children r e allowed to indulge in:
It is not coedueive to the happy free
dom of childh`T place _ it ed a pe.:-
destal where i may be admirer!,
where instead of thmunrestraihed and
natural grace 'of movement which be-.
'math it, every motion and 'ken
Ana be 'regulated by a due regard' to
social proprieties. In an 'artistic
point of view the •rich exotic,
eveli without, any fragrande, may
c. " mand admiration, but the true
pee ie!ipirit can learn a better lesson
from the clambering and the sweet
seeitted ild flower. : Aed so with
hmtchildre It 'may .be pleasant to ,
note their graceful Attitudes, their
.'acquaintance wlt ' social" forms. and
their best ripening uowlege of the_
i i.
world. but when this "gainel at the
sacrifice -of that situp icity which'
ought to surround ( youth nd clidd
hood, and when little ones become
•
meriand .women before their inie,
then we may. well question if \ cmr
kindness has not been Misplace
The world with its toils and burdens,
life with its shifting' changes, its tri- I
als, its mockeries, and its deceits,
`will come soonl, enough upon them,
wit out plunging them into the vor
tex and the whirlpool' when nothing
but pe`wee and happincss ""should fill
their hearts. II our children are put
through a constant round of enjoy
ment expOsed`th, the glare and 'glit
ter of fashion, and allowed to dwell'
constantly in an artificial atmosphere,
the bloom and the buOyancy of yonth
will soon leaVe them. The fruits and
the floWers of life are easily enough
displayed by 1' the worm,The canker,
and the grief," without hastening
that , time. Let our . children - believe
that there is still some,enjoyment for
them, that it has not all absorbed like
the "juice of an orangefibut that it is
perennial and never-endieg, and they .
will 'be better able to take their true
positihns in, life and retain the fresh = .
ness of yomth, even amid'-,the hurry
of trade and \ the struggle for exist
\ •
ence.=--Ballim>.> re American., .,
man
1-
wo,
to
be I
of
but
hay
fro
and
ter
bunt,
and a stained-class - win tiw back" of
the pulpit.
Seapndiy--L,in." - re ing-telubs, let
he time for each reader be .I.imitef
re.
hi
u
te,n •
off
or cruel than . —1 aristoe....„ _• .
Inge. -New blood and new ideas
.would revivify it;.outside of the so
called ", good society " of such a place
which-has been fenced in for two - or
three 'generations, is frequently. found
the larger proportion of intelligence,
culture,
.afickbreadth-of thought. .
Fourthly--4he crest want experi
enced by cultured men and women
in, a small town iS\of books/ periodi
e4is, etc., which; individnally,. they
are not able to buy. ,There are very
few circulating librariew American
towns of a population less \than ten
thousand:. This want can be'\obvia
ted in a measure / 1)y a friendly\corn
binationi tKeen certain families oi•
individnilsk.in which .each . contri '
utes a gi. ennumber'of books .to ti.
eOurion toclt; these books are loan ,
el to.the members in turn. _ .
,A um formal ant much • better
way is th formation of a, book.club;
such as -ere common, in England
before the establishment of Mudie,
h which each member pays 'at the
beginning .a certain sum s with which
as many books are purchased as there
are niemberS,each one choosing a book;
these•pase in regular rotation from
band 'to band, remaining a fortnight
with each reader ; twenty books may
thus, be read for the cost of one.
When the books have passot around
the.circle, tlieg are sold to members
fOr the, benefit otthe club.
,Fines for
detention qbuse of books, rils6
keep up the funds. No officer is•re
, qffired in this association but a treasur-:
er. Another advantige - in the plan
is that boqki can be bought by the
quantity at lower rates than • singly.
The.same. rule applies to subscrip
tions for magaiines; newspapers, etc.
—Scribner's Monthly.
LOPRVITY . IN TRAMS - AND 'PRO.
Awns.
• Medical writers who huve given
considerable attention to the subject
of vital statistics have arrived at.the
somewhat extraordinary result that
the highe&the social grade, and • the
grreater the rueans_of personal indul
gence, the smaller are the chances of
long life. Many persons . accustom_
themselves to consider the possession
of wealth an . effectual guarantee
fora flourishing condition of body.
§uch 'persons will be surprised to
aesra that in proportion as the whole
some stimulus of work is withdrain
from any clans, in the same propor
tion the average duration of . life is
shortened. .klittle reflection, how
-1
ever, Will serve to show the
.rviscina
' bleness of Bach concliskin. Many
i 1
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- • • , ,•• s
~..
' `',,, . :--. ' L\.
r
,:. 1 ,s_. ~
~ .:...::„. , ~ :....-_:.
4
.:,. ..„.... ,
~..
, ..
a man who has passed a somewhat
aciive career (luting a prolonged pe
riod suddenly retires from business,
with the notion that he has only to
rest for the reminder of-lilslife, and
that he may now enjoy. himself. In
the generality of cases the most of
method is therebX taken to
shorten life. -
,
. .
. Having- nothing to occupy„the.
mind, and being unable to take by
any pursuit' different froth that which
has chiefly been followed,thc retired
tradesman or •manufacturer speedily
fallarinto aMental and :physical con
dition faverable to disease.- The on
ly chauo for such a person is to dis
cover. some new employment& recre
ation which shall insure activity ,of
both. mind. and ' body. There , was,
.much practical wibdo:u in the. 'stop . '
told of the . , retired talloW-charyer
°who, in diipasing of his business; is
said to have made a stipulation"' that
he should be. allowed to gO / to. the
shop•on beilmgdays." None of us
are able to bear -prolonged! fit of
idlenesi,- and, ._ feast of/ all; those
who have been in tale habit of regu= -
lar industry. It is awell known fact
that regular living, and sobriety, : and
a proper degree a, activity . for 'the
'mind as:well fl s . the body; are . essebK
tial to good health ando,to the, right
discharge of all tlie, vital •functions.
.While t on the 'ether hand, luxury,in=
dulgence and sloth drethe cankers of
life. - . , ' -- ,'/-• \\ - '
This is proved in a remarkable'def
gree 1)y a comparison of the 14,`,evi
ty of different educated . classes.\\lf .
the three learned- proressibns .b 0 tOk
~,
, n, an ordinary observer might Lon-
c i ' e that
,cif - the lawyer, the- clergy
man r the physician, the first nnin
'ed wot lbe likely to prove theiong
est lived Some Of our judges hive
attained to • extreme .old age, and,..
Bence, many persons would'conclude
that the palm of longevity • must be
awarded to laWyers: 'Such, howyei.,'
is not the_fact.- . c lergyinen, taken as
a whole, enjoy a higher standard of
health and attain to greater years
than any member of the 'community,-
e*cept some of the humblest of.their
flock. -The gentry are on a par -with
•the . clergy in this respect;. their or
dinary habits, and esp.cdiallyi their
out-door plirsnits, tending. to e*empt
,them from many diseases-.
As a class. they are peculiarly free
from consumption, The aristocracy
of the country, as a whole, are short,
er lived, by more than a year, than
tlioSe who have upon them all the
cares - and anxieties of profesSiorial
life. As Mr. Nelson remarks in his .
"Vital Statistics," it could be clear:
ly shoWn by tracing the various class
vs of society in which' there exists
sufficient rtseans. of subsistence, be
ginning with, the' most humble. and
passing on to the 'Middle and supper
classes, that a gradual. deteriotatioh
in the duration of life', takes'' place,
and that, just asOife, with:all Its
wealth,. pomp,. and i magnificence
/WINTER
would seem to become more valuable
ati%empi,,ing, so are its opportuni
ties n.l chances ofenjoYment lessen
ed. the fact is, that the, poor coun
tryman o'f thirty years of age, taking
his frugal repast under 'a, hedge, has
a chance of thirteen, years' jonger
w aj•
" Proofs " of the last named year are
Worth $lO, and good examples $5.
There .was nothing done in dollars in
1837, and
. the issues Of 1838 and
18.'9 are rare enough to raise the
vot \ 4
ion for good : specimen's to, $4O.
each. Airom that, -date . forward to
1873, Then the trade dollar came in,.
there is •no 'break - in the line of dol
lars, but •from 850 to 1856, inchisive,
they are quo cl as , " rare " or
"scarce," those . o 1851 and - 1852
being worth s3sor :;•10 each. • Pre=
vious to 1804 the valus fa " good."
specimen varies 'from $ 1 :75 'for 17.99
to $5, for rips and. $4, for I'Bol, save
that the first:date of all (1794), which
is very • rare, brings . ; . ..',•50. 'So e of
the early dates are made peculiarly'
valuable by the reason of variation
\in the number and style of, stars, etc.. - 1
Chcre being three,varieties of 1798
'an ye of 17.95; - • •
. Of silver;half dollars, those of
: 18961anA ‘\ 1797 arc the most valuable;
chol . 4e •exavples Of these dates being
worth fr0ni".1.45 to $2O; Good ones
ofpther yearsrevious to 170.6 will
bring from *s2:„ltu \ .$4. Qne of this
class of 1815 is 064%1 at $2 50;'and
r
then they are o: -lit e rarity: until
•
•1836, whena specimen with needed
_ edge and head 'of 1,837 i ' valued . at
$3 or •$4. - , The other eissn of this
year is worth $l. The next i . tes of
note are 1850, 1851 and 18.32, Va he'd
at $1 50, $2 50 and $3 respectiVet.
Store recent dateS are only yaluabi.
to collectors .when in7ferlect condi.
tion,- "prOofs 7 of. later issues only ,
'being :desired, and they range in,
worth from sl' 25 to $B., '
quarter. dollars are likewise ' a
- speculative issue and therefore favor
ites 'with dealers. particularly -the
dates 1823 and . 1827, which are 'ex
cessively rare and• command from
s4s' to $75- each'. ' The 1853 issue
without arrows its also much sought
after, fair
,_speciniens liringing,from
.$G to sB.' The only ' other diite4
worth over $1 for "boost " examp les are: . • 1824; $1.50 ; l
822, $2 ; 1319,
$1 .75 ; 1815,.. $2 ; 1806, $2 ; 1805;
$1 50; 1804, $ 4 ;. 1786,44. • '
Silver:dimes are still morasalua
ble as a class than the quarters, their
smallerpiie'andraory general eireo 7
lation having :made good speciMens
rather scarce in altthe earlier datea.•
From 4828 back to 1796 they range
in worth from $1 to $7, except in five
instances. , . The high rate's are : 1824,
$2.56; 182245 ;- 181.1,52 130 ; 4809,
$3 ;. 1807,1 $2; 1803, $3; 4802, $3;
1801, $5; 1800, $7;1708, 55i 1797,
$5; and- '1796, $3..„ An 1840 with a .
draped figure of LihMtplike 1841 is
worth $1; as is a good issue
.of , 1846.
Of: at the.. Minor, coins; however,
'ad" 1802' half .. dimeis the/elliel • in
.
111
• •
cOst, the price
.ranging from $75 to
$2OO, aebordink to quality.• good
specimen of many. other ;dates is,
nevertheless, ia handy thing tollus . ;
as will be noted : ' by the, following
quotations :1704, s4;' 1796, $4; J 797,
$2; 18C0,41 25;_,56; 1803, $4;
1804, $4; 1840 ( with - drapery),
,$l.;
1846, $1 75.- yrenr-,that date until
1873, when the coinage closed, no
unusual worth attaches to this class.
A first class . speeiMen of the -last
named date is worth.fifty cents; how
ever.- / r . - • •
For/the three-cent silver • pieceS
there/is but littletpeculative call, as
thera-perisld only ;Teaches from 1851
to/ • including -both theSe yearS.
•
y
far the
,triOst valuable of all of
'them is the 1855, a perfect 'specimen
of which is worth, $2. :From 1863. to.
1869 an - uncirculated one is worth
fifty'eents. All the other dates are
of small value.= - Boston Past.
1:014111:$416141, co(4§l4VOictiil3
Toward nod!' I met a. friend-at the
Cafe de Is Peii .and wept with him
to his voting waS' against
the law ,for any but . voters to go in ;_
but my 'friend took.* responsibility
~of seeing me thfOugh. , We walked
it to the, flue de la. Fayette and
turned into thd building's called . the
Cite There was no .sign of
a crowd 6r of excitement. Near the
door whiCh Jed to the voting room.
stood half-i-dozen men with their
hands full of tickets. They Wore no
badges or ribhons, and were innocent
of those graceful antoni with which
\ our fellow , citizens sometimes- deco ,
is e\ their' manlyforMS- r
occasuns;Ahey did not \cpme- to .
greet us,but stood in the. way \ as. , . if
r e ach to .hnti..tickets rather than so-
licitotis.: We each took a:. ticket ';of
both. square papers,.
bearing the name respectively of
E. Daguin,,the.c,oevativennd
candidate,lind of;the lute presi
dent'of the Chamber,
\ I ,T were in a7ondisse.
merit, No one questioned - us as •we
adwieell or e2ameyurriedly forward
armed with a hook and pencil, terask
our names.
_\o banners invited, votes
from us and adinirhtion from the
gamii»s of the imeighborhood.. Noe
strikers attempted the" . dlistoyal" in- -
to the,paths of them that scratchti All
Was peace and quiet and greal deco
rum. We travArsed an entry and
entered a room. Ihree or four welt-
appering men stdocl' near a .tabje at
which another Fiat.
ed.his paper—" . carte . d'electeur"—te
the sitting indiVidual, who examined
it critically 'And compared the signa
ture oil it
. with one 'which my friend .
then' wrote in the book. This done
the ticket w:is stamped, and 'we walk;
ed into the.,rooni P.nd . took our places'.
in the line.. Abolit,a dozen rrienstood
in single file, advancing slowly, paper_
in hand. Behind a long table sat three
or four individuals with books; a
huge square box. and . a =pile of cut
corpers•ot doctors' . cards iniront Af
them: The voter advanced . in - his
.turn and gave hisliame. - The book
was examined, the name and-number
found,—the. unmber written -41.4 he
ballot—the bailot . .deposited tip - the
box, a corner cut off of the elector's
ticket with a pair of scissors, and we
departed 'with a -"Bon jouri
Mes
sieurs."..
Such is themethod_of.voting: The
elieclis \ against fraud; you see, . arc
many, and I, liresnree there is no such
thing as persentitiower repeating,.-. I
was struck with the ( neatness ofthe
proceeding and-withl the:appearimee
of those who .siiperintended - it oftl2
cially . ..From (i' to-6 this sceneAvas
being -enacted all . through France,
with .quietand a dec.ormwthat was
certainly. admirable. 'Mg quite like
ly that where improper interference
ith the . ballotpbegins with ns it ends
in 'rauce. , . There the ." work" is put
in et '.ctually before the voter goes
to the 11. lam credibly informed
that it is elsewhere- otberwise.• In
timadation kelbahand is the French
,method ; • mOilati - cm - afterv.i - nrd, tbe
'American:. The 37 belle-Ve in the ounce
of prevention . ; We In. th;pound of
l erare.: They prescri e . " coipiter
irritant".before the .atteck ; WS rely
on a "mild ' ,, Alt6 . tive." afterward
The systems are -.different, but each
admirable , of 3 its , iinri t ''it is not " for
• the likes of me" to.say Which is the
Most worthy of agreat and\ ealight
tiled :nation.,[Corse:pontlilkee, of:
the Philadelphia ,Tinws.,- •
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. ROMANCE ON VIE . I.IATTaFIELD.-‘
One of the most romantic episodes
.01 the 'll.m...so,Turki.4ll War occurred
last month during One of the blOody‘
combats before
. Biela: As the Ilus=
sian troops were Ealing back. - .before
wdesperate` onslaught . of theirene-.
Mies a young officer was seen behind
One - Of the batteries boldly encourag
ing hialnen to stand, their ground.
Again and again lie rallied thetroops,
but the lire was too heavy to • be - en=
(lured. They fell on their knees an
"entreated hini.lo•lly, but it waaof no .
avail, and -at last :he stood - alone
amling - the dying andithe dead, until
'a Turkiili bidlet pierced his heart.
When the Turkish commander, struck
'b
- the "- -- youth's . extraordinary
-gal ntry, - singled ' out • the - body
for I; ior4ble initial, - it was folind
that tlM4Otilig hero ' was a woman.
What stra , age#tret -impelled her to
renounce' th)..qtacefpl pursuits of her
sex and give 4 her life in the stem
,of battle 'numb
~;untold... • • ...
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Two' Sum,:=--I,{eit\lt her that all.
questions have_twO si s ; one is the
right side,: the' -other • iOlie Wrong
side; one is the' - side of jus,tice. the
other injustice. If.you take ii n right
side, .the just side, ultimately - en,
however_nineh they may opPoseand
'revile *on, will. come to your suppor
Earth with all its lioviera, will work'
With you and - . for' you, and .heaven
is, pledged to conduct yOu.to.cOmplete
•
success, It you take the other side,
there is no power in ealth or heaven
that can lead you through successful=
. IY, hecanse , it is -appointed : •in..the
counsels of heaven that Justice and'
truth, alonecan prevail, . •
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Mucu jewelry is. vulgar.
Do not smack while eating.
Do not run after famous people.
Do not cut your nails in company
Cheese should be eaten with wfork.
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Men succeed in -their:: piifeiudons
quite SS-much by Complaisance and
kindlineyof meaner as . by talent.
,Demost eves, in < giving his well." •
knowkaiiyice to amorator—tluit
quen& consisted in thiee thing's, thi
firs,V"action," the second, "action,"
and the third "action"—is•supposed
tO have intended manner only. A
telling preacher in his open remarks
gains the good-will of his hearers,
and makes thetnfeel bOth that ho has
something to sarlind that he can say"
it--by his manner. The Successful
medical man, on enteringa sick room
inspires :in his -patients belief in .
himself, and that hope. which : Is ,
favorable to longevity-,-by his man-
nor. COnsideting that jurymen are ,
scarcely pei*lnification -of, puree
reason umnixtwith passion or pie % .
'
judice a•barris r cannot afford •to
neglect Manner if : he, would 'bring
twelve men one oft en another to his
way of thinking. Again, . has the
business man any stock in trade that
pap; him better than a good address ?
And'as regards the "survival of the
fittest"' in tournaments for elady's , ,
hand, is it not a "-natural selection"
when the old motto " Manners mak. •-
eyo man," decides the contest ? At
least Wilkes, the best mannered but
ugliest Man of his day, thought so: •
"I am," ] he said, , ," the ugliest man in
the three kingdoms; but if you give
me a quarter of an hour start, I will •
gain the love of - any 'woman before
the handiomest." If kindliness of
disposition be the essence of good
manners, cior subject is seen ,at once .
'to shed off into tho great ;one of
Christianity itself. It is the heart'
that makes both-the true gentleman- •
and the' great theologian. Tho Apos.
tie. Paul (see speech delivered on
Mars' Hill) always endeavored to
conciliate his audience when he com
menced addresiting them. And bis
letters - as well as those of his fellow
• ,1
apoStles, are full of sympathy and
consideration for 'every one's fellings"
--because he had lcained from Him
whose sympathy extended' to even
.the greatest of sinners.— Chambers'
Journal. -
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RoxY Ma candle , and set it Upon
the round center-table of cherry-wood
Which ..:stood in the middle of the •
floor, which was covered with a:bright '
new rag carpet; and then, while Whit- .
taker sat lathe red, gilt-striped, rOck
,ing arm-chair, she at upon a straight- :
back, splint-bottom rocker, swaying
herself gently to and-fro as ,she knit
ted and'-talked. A maledictioit 'on .
the' evil ; genius who invented' knit- ' •
s ting-machines I _ There ',..never was - '
any accompaniment to talk like the
click of knitting-needles. The em- -
ployment of the \ fingera gives „
from ail , nervouiness, gives excuse
'for all silence, gives
.occasion for
drooping or the eyeih'.,while it does
notin fact pre - occupythe'mind at all. •
And the'n, I will forever >maintain ,
with sweet Charles Lamb, th \ at there.
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no light like.eandle-light ;
the-mixed-light and•ishdow sd much
prized by the old painters. Indeed ,
'Rosy looked like a figure ont e of an
aneieflt
,picture, 'as she / sa,"there
with the high light bronght Out by
OM' soft illumination of the candle,
and 'with her- background of ?visible - '
ollse . nrity. !Ter's was not what you
would call a handsome face -in the
, physical sense. There.was• no - se-Usu.:
ous beauty of red lips and 'softly
, rounded cheeks. But it was indeed
a very extraordinary lace, full of - '
passionate ideality, and with entusi. -
asm shining through it. I . have'
seen an emblematic face in an illumi
nated title to the Gospel of Matthew
that was full of a quiet' heavenly joy,
'wthough, there were good tidings
ithin, ever waiting to be :told. This ,
pure gladness there was in Boxy. as -
she looked up now and then front
her knittingl It was such- a •face as •
a master would have loved to paint,
and would have worshiped after he ..'
had painted it. So it -
seemed to
-Whittaker, as he' sat on one side of' .
the table trying .to guess which it
was °fall - the saints he had: seen in.
old prints that she was like. His
eye took in the, mantel-piece and the •
'old clock in the corner, almost lost in
the shadow, arid, though he was* not
an artist, the 'picture mooved him '
'Reple.-,Scribner's for December.
My friend hand
lOU' AT HOME.
OBSERVATION AND IMAGINATION.
In_art we are apt to deceive our-
selves as to the relative 'functions of
Observation► and Imaginntion for it
much easibr to trace .one than the
other, and what we cannot trace we
are dispoied tathink performs a very
Sclordintite part. Observation gives
he suageations' on which Imagina-
tion . acts,•and 'frequeently.presents en
tire images, frill - pictures - which she.
haS merely .to - touch up vind finish.
The, former furnishes Ate. spark-4 •
sometimes the live coaliZand a por-
tion of the fuel—that kindles the lat- ,
"ter - into •:flarne. While the fire 'is
grandly glowing and _ burning, . and
we are "warm 'before its blaze, we ,
rarely recur to the origin of all the
'radiance .and,comfort we 'enjoy."- Ob-
SetVation does the prosaic, Imagiria- •
tion \ the pm:A.16;114 the first work,
this the laSt ; and in the: ,grace .• and
cornpleleness of the last we have no
ekes eor the rude beginning. ; • But if
we 'ex:incline \ carefully, if we' seek
cause from effect, we shall find the
germ and much of the growth itrthe
outward steadily \ transferrina.
to and fashioning:the inward, nein
to become the outwaid, the pexfect
form, the type of beauty - : \
Imaclination boundless as it seems
.. . . .
is greatly limited when unaide \ d. It.
needs h'elp as mUell as other faculties
de, not to soar nor sweep, but to, be = -
distinct and varied.. It has a ' wide ..
Circle, though,* left
the
itself, it is...
-prone to move on the same lines,•and N
to:return to - Abe point, whence 'it
starts. Allied to Observation, its .
'wings are-strong, its flights sustain
ed, its ° excursion infinite, regular, and
productive.-
_.Then it is -trakned, -ra—
tionalized, set to wholesome activity
and profitable work; -Whereas, undi- ._
Tected and unrestrained; it tends,. to
Vagaries; griowri morbid, wastes itself,
and gets enSisixed by an excess. of
freedoni. All healthful liberty and
substantial fruitfulness are -secured
to the Imagination by dole partner, .
ship with the Observation. The part-„ ,
nership is generally silent, and the
Mere. valuable on this account, since
the unforeseen form makes itself the - •
more.felt! The greater the-reliance:
of liiiscriniftion. on Observation, 'the
ileepet, - e popular belief In its abso "
lute inde dence.---;;Appieftmst Jour
nal. '-' "'-' ' '
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HAMM novo tomes to such as soar
not.
Toz only . e a friend is tai
bo 0110. s \ -
, 17.NnE.tomiABLE host e ii\tbodiropkroad
to error. ,
WE - all hsr) enemies and
; of friends. y"
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