s. ALVORD, Publisher. VOLUME XXXVIII. Business Cards. 0 , A KINNEY, T toR T-L • ofTice—Rooml tormeny iie6npted by T. M. C. A. IZezt•ling Room. • 1tan.31176. WILLIAMS at ANGLE, ATTORNEYB-AZI.AW. OF FLA:E.—Formerly occupied by Win,lans. E,41. (0Ct..17,17) . Z. .7. 11r574./i. 1V14.1.1A3111. MoPHERSON, I. ATTORIVEV AND COUNSI6.IOII7AT-LA:I4", TOWA - NDA, PA ithefAtrijErcut. Co MASON & A r rca• Ys-147-LAW Towanda, Pa. Office orerllartlett & Tracy, Malntt. MEE G. F.MASON ti L. HILLIS, uj. . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW' TowAzirug, PA. . °Mee witlifizeltb & Montanye. ino6ll-73 .F. GUFF, ArtIORNEY-i4T-LAW. oln Street pi duos north of Ward norm), To (Aprll 12, 1877. WIL THO3IPSON, ATTORNEY . AT LAW.WYALUSING' PA. Will attend so all business entrusted to his• care In !Inntreed, Sullivan and Wyoming Counties Office with Esq. eater. f n0v19:14. I ELSBREE, • • &TTORNET-AT-LAW, t.),41.4-764 - TOWANDA, PA ci L. LAMB, `J. ATTORNEY-AT-IL AR'. WILKICS-BARRE, PA . Collections promptly attended to. JOHN -ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND , ..., U. S. COMMISSIONER, Tow AN DA, PA Offico=lioetti Side Public Square DA.vits & CAIVtiOCIIAN, . . ATTOUNESH AT LAW,. • SilirPll SIDE Oil' WARD 1.101,5 E. Dee 23-78. TOWANDA, PA HPEET, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. .Is prepared to practice all branches of his pr(qesslon. Office; SIERCUIt BLOCK, (entranee on south SW) TOWANDA. PA. R. - S. M. WOODI3UR.N, Physi . Asp au it surgeon. Otteo over 0. A. 111ack'i Cn , ekery store. Towanda, May 1, 18721y'. 111 - A.I),ILL & CALIPF, 11 ATTORNETiAT LAW, OWANDA, PA. Oaten In Wool's Block, first dporlsoura of the Firs National bank, up-stairi. A. .1. MADILL. riang-73t57) J. N. CAI.iFF - Cl - 111.1.11L - EY & PAYNE, TTOR NE TS-.4 T-t. 4 IV. 1 4 :1) . . 1, TRACY & NORLE'S . IILOCK,_3I Al iiTREF.T tTOWANDA, rA (14774 = -- - . JAMES Wool), . ATTO It N EY-XT-LAW, 1. iuch4-76 . - To wA Z.:DA. il, CITA& M. liAlAk ' • • • Attorney -at-Law and Notary, Will give em - efitt attention to any tualneas entrust ml to him. t Mire with l'atrick & (nvet Jourlya Ottlee), Towanda, Pa. Ptuter73. JOILN F., SANDERSON, • ATTOICsrEY-AT-LAW, Building (over Powe11:11 Store:) inet39-76 _TOWANDA, PA. W. LITTLE; S. A T TORNE TS-AT:LAW, TOWANDA, PA Omen over Decker's Provision Store, Main Street, Towanda, Pa„ April 18, '76. GEORGE D. STROUD, ATTORNEY AND COU NSELL6R-A ATV. Omen —Maln-st., four doors North of 'Ward House .Practices In Supreme Court) of Pt•tiosylvalit, and United L TOWANDA, PA 8 tatt.s Courfs.—cDee7.'7A:., • lOU STIEETER, • Es LAW orricE. Tow.orDA. PA. aug2t), OVERTON Iz,:%ERCITR, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ! • T')WANDA PA. Office TiTtr Kontanyets•l3toie, (ina.TG75. OyERTON. RODNEY A. MERCpIi., '\\TM; MAXWELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 4"" OFFICE OVAL, DAICTOSTOItE, TOWAIIDAi \ C-\ Aprlll2, 1117 . s. . _ PATRICK & FOYLE ; Ar.roßsaistA 2.-LA fl. Offire, In Meicur's Blont„ e'ANDREW WILT, • • • ATrORSKY d COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW 41thee over Croto4' Book Store, two &lora north of gtevens At Long, Towanda. l'a. May be consulted it I;ertnan. [April 13,'76.] tered into cO-partnership, ()E'er their professional services to the puhitc. Special attention given to listnei, in tito Orphan's and Regtoter . * ('anrts. itVERTON, Jit. -fhprlS-70) N . . C. ELSItitEE. TT . C. WHITAKER, 11. • Bons BIN AL' . I:Ei•ont Btli Mit v(1, Tit titD E" I.oon, ToW TIA S. RUSSELL'S _ GENERAL :NSUTiANCE;XtI-ENCY TOirANI)A, PA. V arlg-70tf. I.NSURANCE- AGENCY. . • The folio-wing RELIABLE AND FIRE TRIED Compatil es represented; - A Neifili;f:,eilicEsiX,ltome.,llfEßCHANTS, March In, II 0. H, Bt. ACC. OM trW AN DA INSURANCE- AGENCY. *tin Street opposite the Cou4 hoots. W. S. VINCENT, A!CAGEIt • - • D R. T. B. JOIINSCIN, PIITSICIAN A.V.D SCR.GEOS. ()Mee over Dr. Porter di Son*, Drug Store, Towanda. I anl-75tt; ~ls on and attar tYcpt. D . ENVST 4 . II2 th e 'tont heirlooms on 2nd 11 1 oCIC3Tr. 14:tt'a new e ogler on 9tate,4treot. Businesa Sept, 3:74t7. • ' . . W' B. KELLY, DENTIST.--OffiCe Teeth • Im owne ted C o E n . G o d e : n S li i e lv hra : T g c a a b a b n e d r nPda .A l (lthiUn 143 e, Teeth extracted witbont pain. Oct.. dw-n. E. D. PAIY.NE, M. D., ,PIITSICIAN AND SURGEON (Mee over Montrinyes• Store. Ottlee baaia from 10 to 12, A. 11,, and Thou 2 to 1, P. X. Sgrelatiattentlon given to direase. , of the Eye and Ear.-431ct.19.`70.tf. TTAIGII BROADLEY, 1111 listintattarers , of Woolen,Good4; Tints, &e CARDING it DRESSING, , ' , Done to order Cash paid for Wool, also cloths ex ed for woo ,LIRPSY LE, r 4. , juublB-3m lIENRY HO/38E, ccinwEn,BlAliki & WASRINOTON STREETS . This la aminsedlons and elegantly-tarnished house has rg; just been opened to*. smelled Public. The proprietor has spared neither pains nor expense lu making his hotel hat-class In ad Its appoint manta, and respectfully solicits* share of pebtle patronage: .14EALS AT ALL 110erNef. Terms to salt the ;Wes. , Large slahle attached. IV IL 11 s.:I7RT• . , Paeritivriati. Towanda, June 7, 17-tf. MEANS , . HOUSE, TOWANDA e CARS= MAIN •Erl BUIDGZ i 1111111211211. • The Horses, Harness, &e s of all guests of tads bosuse, lusure4 Aphis% loss by Fire, without any extra charge. A superior quality of Old English Bass Me, last recelvetk T. R. JORDAN,. Towatigla, Jan. 24,14. Proprietor. tfeb.ilB THE CENTRAL HOTEL, . rLSTER, 'PA. .. . The, undersigned having taken ~ possession of the above hotel, tvspertfutiy solicits the patent, sge.pf Os old friends and the public generally. inagin4f. . Bt. A. YOnRLST. . /1. Itt HU It HEAD • QEELEY?S OYSTER :BAY AND EITROPtAN TIOTISE.—A few doors soother the Means House. Board by the day or. weak on reasonable. terms. Warm meals serval at all bases Oysters at wholesale and retail. 16 - tehrt7.• E AGLE HOTEL, At the corner of Court and Meer -4e, [Meetly In the rletnity and south of the Court House._ JOAN BURKE, Pitornizion. The above house . : has been re•fnrnished and• n fitted,- and hi no* open to the traveling public, Thcr Bar will at till times be supplied with the best of liquors. Good stabling attached to the premises. Boarders IT the day or week accommodated. ;.May 10, 1876.) _, .• JOHN BURR'S. ELWELL HOUSE, .TOVANDA, r.k.„ ' JOIIST BULLIVAN. ilavingleased this house, is now readyle accom modate tho travelling public. ?So pains norexpense Will be spared to give satisfaction to those who may give him a call. Sir:ilorth side of; Public Sq: are, tasted Mercer's new block. • July 27,16 Jan. 1, 1875 CIIO' STRAW BERRIES,PEACHES,&c Plants of the neweet and finest Improved sorts, carefully packed and prepaid by Mall. My collec tion of Strdwberries took the first premium for the host Collection, at the'great ahoiS of the Massachu setts 'Horticultural SectetY.rn - Boston, I 'grow over ton varieties. the most complete collection in the country. Includlogall the now, large American and imported kinds.; Prlcecl• descriptive Catalogues, gratis, Icy Mall. ' Also, Bulbs. Fruit Trees. Thome, ,F.:.Yergreens. Choice Flower. Garden, Tree, Flom green, Berl,. or Fruit Seeds, 1i Rackets of either for d 1.00, by mall. c. C. The True Cape Cod Cranberry, best sort C. berry, beet sort for Upland,. Lowland, or Garden, by mail, prepaid., $1.90 per IN), .5.00 per Leon. , Wholesale Catalogue to the Trade. Agents wanted. B. M. WATSON, Oid.colony Nurseries mid 4ccd•Warctocuse, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Es .3!)l Isbed. " 1014. FHtsT NATIONA',I, BANK, It. VA TNE CAPITAL. PAID IN SURPLUS Thls Bank offers unusual facilities torthe trans• 'action of :t een cral banking business JOS. POWELL, President. ' NVATCIIES AND JEWELRY it 'F. PA ftr.ll.-151 r. F. Moulliesseanx„lbe ref - 41rer of Watehe.4 and Jewelry:Who was formerly employed with M. ticudrlman, up to the lime of the recent sale, has rented the same window Ul the old stand where he formertyworked and where he will be pleased to serve those want lug anything In his line. All work entrusted to hum will Iw well and promptly executed. Towanda, Pa, Eel). 7 . 3 w5• " ATTENTION FARMERS! HAY, GRAIN, BUTTER & PRODUCE generally for itLADY CAfill, at the highest - taarke rifts call at SMITH St PARK'S WYSAUKI:NG, PA, where yon will also ilnd a 'Well selected stock 0 goods. selling at bottom prices, Wysauking, Sept. 20. WT. ....--,.. .r. n ;-i CAN'T BE MADE BY SV99 every agent every month to the bust ooss we fornish,-but those willing to work cats eas lly.earn a dozen dollars a day right' In [their -own ' localities. Have no more room to explain here. liminess pleasant anti lienorable. Women. boys and, girls do as well as men. We will furnish you a 1:01111 , 1.M.' Outfit free. The business pays better. titan anything else. We will bear expense of starting you. Particulars rim. Write and see. Farmers and mechanics, their Sons and daughters, paying work at home, \ \ o a i i c il e a . ll;l t a ,s s , sc i s s it t i h n e ee t t i l . f . at . • 1. 811::::: : 4 7 , 7 .. to x u u gi s L a: : a, (l learn lain e s . 1 sit ateant the work I s. Don't . delay. Address. jan2S,XY. . . Wr 11. DODGE,. „.- . I v S. - 'll AT FIRS- NATIONAL BANN, TOWAI'iDN, PA. lIEPRESENTEI GAR AIRD '1 RE INSURANCE CO., of Pldiala • A ND t„ PIHENIX :Ssk'TUAL LIFE INSUILANCP. ' CO of Hartford. - Towanda, Pa. 11y17.73 Oyer 4 1 130." K) Insurance on lives In Bradford Co Towanda, Pa., Pelf. I, 1877, TIIF\FARMERS' MUTUAL 4 •I ;Chi, LANCE CO., OF TUSCAROr.A, \ . vr\ \ lvtio &suing perpetual petiole on \ • FARM rROPERV: ONLY. Each member pays a tee, at the-time of Insuring; to cover charter midi ecidental expenSes of the Co.. atter whleh no fn.ther payment Is required. except to meet tietna lloss I.y fire among the .membership. This plati of-Insurance for FARM PROPERTY; • Is c0m......g,Ap1d1y Into favor. rtlee of Rtiviness, SPRUNG if f LI., PA. The Agent hill eanTamt the Townships of Tusca rora. Pike, Herrick; Wyaltmlag. Asylum, Terry avid Staudlng Stone. and farnters In those 'Venn shlps wishing Insuranee or Information, may ad• dross, At \ ' Spring /101, Bradford CO..rn, 31. Sli UMWA Y. I'l l 4 (CLU74IO SUBSCIUBER TAKES 1 . Pleasure In ealll ng the \ attent Inn of his rnner o,u4 'litter's and the public &wally, to the fact that he still continues • 1376 GENERAL MARKET I3,USINESS At the OLD STAND of MYER & ItIONDELL, In Carrells Mixt, nearly opposite the Means Hotaie, and that hi is prepared to ft:rids . VEGETABLES 11ND BERRIES Of the very bestquallty, it as low mesas any whip. eitablistmeut. ' • . , WOOL CARDING.—The En& V' scriber will cant roils the present onion st his old eststillsbment In eatirptows, I. Prom his long experience the putile 11111 be sure of hey lug their work done . in the best possible msnne and with dirpatch. as be will give his personal en, close attentton to the business,* Price diets per pound. Wool taken in payment when &tired; Csinptown, June 5, urn. It. B. J H. CAREY, TAILOR. bient's clothes cut and mate to order In the new est fashions. Cutting and repairing dune on short none(' at reasonable rates, and itstistattlerrptstan teed. F.l.uve give us a call. Toyvanda, Oct. 4, '77.. JAMES H. CARET. • 1' • • (ON TIM 'swam; PLAN,) I . TOWARD*, 1,46 TOWANDA, PA, New Advertisements. LOWER AND GARDEN SEEDS. NEW SORTS BY MAIL TOMTAN DA, PA. I.l3FlTTS,Sashier. It you wish to soft your SUAINER, Sec : iuld Aft., rreS. , ~-- ~. SALT AND FRESH MEATS, PREp POULTRY; C. M. MIER. June I, 187btt Silo? ovEn sr*ccil i Loco'ssToßs. . . . , , . __-......- ; •.- . _ r .., . ..., , , i . . '''. ' • ---- N \ '' = ~ T, li\ ~, 1 I. I,' ~, \ :-. .. . . 1 . ‘ ~.. ... . .. lt . . - . . • . • . . . . , . . . . . . ... , . • . . . . . . . . . 1. 0 HIGHEST AWARDS! J. REYNOLDS O SON. 'THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT 811.; 1:11LA., • "suutactarera of Wanted WROUGHT-IRON AIR-TIGHT HEATERS, • Wltli Shaking andiCllnker.Otindleg Gistea_for J trartilog lath:acne or B ituminous Coal. :WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS. • KEITTONE 'WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, Cooking Hauges, Loiv-Kowa Chutes, Etc. Deaciptlao circulars SENT Puna to any address EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING Philadelphia. April VI, 1747. Tim GREAT • WEDDING' CARD, DEPOT. The latest styles In ' • WEDDING. INVITAITIONS. Prices toner than' any' House hi the Country. PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. HOSKINB STATIONER AND ENGRAVER, Aprlll2, 1877 Sayi'a nestrin physic - Nu, . has no equal as a blond partner. Hearing of Ha many wonderful cures, after all other remedies tmd•falicd, I visited the I,aboratory and convinced myself of its genuine ntbrit. It is prepared from barks, roots and herbs, each'of which Is highly effective., and they are etompounded in such a wanner as to produce salon. ' , Ming results... . VEGETINE • la the great Blood rurlfte'r, _ VEGtTINE Wlll enre the irorstrzsoof VEGETINE, Is recommended by physicians and apothccarbn VEGETINE . . Has drat ted some marvellous cures In cues of Can cer, . A 8125,000 $O,OOO ' 'VEGRTINE Cures iti!e' worst cases or Canker. VEGETIE moots with womb:4 succesi lu 3torcutlal diseases Feb. 14, 1818 4 . VEGETINE Will eradicate Salt Rheum from the system TEGETINR Cures thp most Inroterato casoi of Drysipelas. VEGETINE Removet Pimples and tiumorm from the face. Cures Coustlptleu and regulates the bowels VEGETINE Is a valuable remedy for 11;eadache • K. VEGETINE • Restores the enttre system to a healthy conaitkin VEGETINE lteincrees the cause of dizziness, VEOETINE Itelle*es Faintness at the Stomach. - • VEGE,TINE . Effectually cures Kidney Complaint. VEGE . TINE Is effective. hi Os curent Female Weakness. VEGETINE • Istrie great remedy for General Debility. VEGETINE Is acknowledged by all elaew.a of people to be the best and most reliable bleod purifier In the world. VEGETINT IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS GREATLY , REDUCED PRICES PLANING; MATCHING, AND B£ SAWING And ill kinds of Planing-mill Work, AWAY' DOWN: - DOWN!! DOWN I `Which I Am selling at prim to snit the times. Halo mut tly to order, at a low price, for CASH IT TOI.I WANT TO 6 T BICH QUICK, Call sad Bee toy Gorda and Prices. Lumber brought lien, to be milled, will be kept under corer and ireteetly dry until taken away. Good sheds for your horses, and a.d t y. place to laid. \ \ L. LB. GODGERI3, • • TTnuotlB. Jan. 18, 1877. \ REPOATER, : OFFICE • BE JOB PRINTING Of any uts‘ mint 7n.FortherpPezu Msit4suleoas. CZTENNIAL- EXHIBITION. liorthereat corner CENTENNIAL for Blttuulaolus Coal. ORDERS BY MAIT. 913 Arch Street, Philadelphia. YEGETINE," VEGETIN E VEGETINE will cure llyrpcpsla. NrEGETINE Cures pallis lit the side VEGETINE Cures Pains In the Met. a, The underslgned Is dolag So far you can't see It. I hay* also on hand a large stock of SASH AND DOORS WINDOW-BLINDS TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY,. PA., THUTISDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1878. ' godly. AntivrgE TUBUAI& [The following . tocrehing lines copied from the Murchtnan. will touch a responsive chord In the heart of more than ono mother who reads the litn , PORT* and who hare recently been bereft of children]: How can I pass this night of loneliness, • Of Sorrow, awl of rest that Is not rest? How can I teach my restiees anus to know • There Is no child to slumber on my breast? How can I, with the willing cradle near, Teach my poor heart that baby Is not here ? Oh lln the world there are this very night , Mot.nera whose arms are full of happiness 'And dainty cribs, whose pillows white as snow 'Maui a little golden heed doll press. And there are lullabies, sweet lullabies, To woo soft shimber Into baby eyes. And A—lt.was not very long ago— • Ah; me 7 not long ego since, also iv Could take my little child within toy arms, And sing with happy heart a lullaby; While near by my side the cradle-pillow white Waited Kit tiny butden fur the night. Last night. Oh a 4 last night t the little one • Was still with roe, bit not upon my breast. only knelt beMtle the little crib And wept, bemuse my darling In her teat Wart whlteilhan the snow, and still, and cold The baby whom.' never inure should hold. 704-lay theyl4,l4 her •neat 4 the daated ground Oh, 40,14 to think that ahe to elecping there, Beyond the reach of loving mother :mina! Beyond the reach of mother's aritchtill care Back to my arms their loving litin!cr . hrt i t , Once morn my lips tin* slumber slumber song w shli Who calls r Eduardo! husband, is it yoUll Oh ! you do well to crone, for ray poirr brain 'Was near forgetting the one comfort spitted—. The comfort of ifortr tender touch aril% am not quite bereft, I know.lt dear, 3Vbile baby's father Speaks, and I may hear ! A lady friend who deeply . I , yntimthlzea with be reared mothers, semis these 't•lected lines, breath log consolation In every woad: Open the gates, bright Ange ls Another stands and malts To swell your heavenly thorit ia . Bright spirits open the.gates. From earth to t'llist's own bosom ' The pure, young wad has flown. To shine a star In glory Beside the golden throne, Forever and forever, . From grief and care and groan— The first of all to nieet you, . The very first to greet you.. When front Pea th's dismal nortals Is rolled away the atone. Dismal? It is not dismal,: The Saviour's head has lain ' In meet t*PpOSO withrn it,. Atter the CM,SPipain ; After the cruel scourgingc; Afteritho Rohe of Scorn; After thematis and piercing; Atter the CrotimMt Thorn. ' And if the Sinless blessed it After his, head had pressed it, should not deenclt gloomy, Nor tied, nor dark, nor lobe. `fate heart 0, wceplngmother Tate heart: AO, father sad I In bright and spotless garments Your baby tmw Is clad. • - We know that you shall RC him. It IS not all to die. We merely change our garment'', In that sweet bye-and-bye. God takes tbe treasure to Him. - To bring our hearts alswo; ' To teach us that distressing 4 . c elltneoal . The 'Black Decoy OR A RIDE FOR LIFE " I guess I rever . told' you. about that horse, did I ?" asked Major ,Max well, an old veteran of the American war, as he pointed out a large black horse that was: quietly feeding in the pasture just across the road. ." That lathe famous Black Decoy ; and he cost me r.n even thousand dollars, to say nothing of the vexation and the peril attending his purchase. " I bought him out in the moun tains'. It was_before tha war. I had , two goo,d arms then,'and this leg 'wasn't a stick. I was on escort duty. Something had happened 4 to some of the wagons, and the train lay in camp a day_ for repairs. Nearly all the boys went out after buffaloeS,but My horse was lame, so I remained in camp. "There Was only one companion able person left with me, and that was old Jacob StoCkton. He was going out to Montana, to meet his daughter. He had been in Montana for years, leaving his Child with friends in the East, and early in the spring he went to ; visit her. He fonnd, however, that she had gone to visit him, so he hurried back, and by chance joined the train I was escort- " We 64 become very good - friends, and at every opportunity. , I sought _his company, and was always well repaid. " On that day I found him stretch ed at full length under a tree, pulling . away at hiS old black pipe: I follow ed his example, excepting the pipe, and was soon an interested listener to the old gentleman's tales of travel and adventure. ‘i-In the midst of one of his most exciting narrations, he started unex pectedly to his feet, exclaiming : " The Black Decoy, as sure as I live ! I wonder what ill-luck is coming to us now ?" "I quickly changed my recumbent position for one better suited for ob servation, and saw, coming towards' camp, a stranger riding• one horse and leading another. "There' was nothing remarkable about the stranger, nor the animal he rode - ; but the led horse was the most perfect thing in'the way of horse flesh I ever saw. I was smitten at once. My poor hay, though he had served me faithfully for a year or , more, looked like a cart horse by the side of this splendid blank; and 1 decided at once that if, tliis animal could be bought for money, I would buy him. "Don't-de it,. major,' said o'd Jacob, although I lied :not spokeit a word. " I had rather see n _you astride a Bengal tiger, than that horse, with all its beauty." - ' 4 ' Beauty!" I exclaimel. "Why, . 11ir. ~. Stockton, that word does not half express it He is absolutely in comparable! I will give a round thousand for Just - that black horse, and consider it cheap, too!" "Don'kthink of it, major!" cried the old man, graaping my arm as I rose to my feett.' "I wouldn't ride nor own that horse for the:l4'l°le of REGARDLESS OF DENITNCIATION FROM ANY WARFEL Montane—no, 'not if every stone "A mile or two ahead of us was a Were pure gold!" .- .. • ' belt of timber. I hnd no recollection " Pooh 9 9 my friend you are, iwild i of passing it in the morning; -but if we \ - P 1 1 ride him, and buy, him, too, i I can."' , bad lost our way, we could not turn ? ' ' back. If we could only reach the "The old than shooktis head." sheltei'of those trees, it would be "Major,if you know when you better than - remaining on the open are well off,yon'll,not go nigh him." 'plain, a target for half a . score- el' "Your reasons ,". said I, half vexed rifles. But could we reach it ? I hnd ! at superstitions." ' not the shadow of a an idea that we . "I have but one," he replied sol- could, for the horse was nearly spent. emnly. - "If, you mount that horse, Yet I urged him on. Ile strained you are no better thin it dead man." every muscle to the utmost, but those "I-laughed outright:" ' • sinews of steel gave way'at last. He "You have forgotten -the text, staggered and fell, and I was lust in Jacob; Death comeo on a pale horse." time to save myself anti my corapan " Black or white, you will, find it ion from being crushed beneath him. as I say major." ' . \ . '", The timber was yet a hundred "By this time the new comer was yards away, and the rains scarcely within speaking , distance. I halted fifty behind. Why they didn't fire him and event out to *hem he store upon us I never knew, but Lthifik ped. It was no'hard matter to trade they wished to spare my companion's with him; andin less than ten min- lif e. ' . elks I was leading the horse away, s 99 1 grasped the small white hand and the seller was riding off with a oemy companion in peril, and to thousand dollars added to his pocket -4 gether we resumed the flight. But money. ' half the distance was corered, when "Anxious to try my new purchase, one I saddled and bridled. him, and of the robbers galloped up to my side and drew his saber on me. mounted. • '." Take that----" - " Major! major) don't do it 1" "I had forgotten old Jacob ; but • `They were the last words he ever spoke. Puffs of white smoke appear there he stood t holding the horse by ed suddenly'among the trees and of the bridle. . the ten outlaws hat three escaped. "Major you will certainly ride to, "Well, there is but little more to your death" tell. The timber which I had tried " I waso much excited in pay so hard to reach was\our -camping any attention U..; his words; . and, ground, and -it was the \ rides of my touching the horse lightly with my sharp Mexican spurs, I left the old own men that sent death‘and defeat into the robber ranks. `, . man still talking, to me. " Mr; Stockton stared_ at-, me as "31y.beautiful black went charm ingly. I- never had an easier seat; - though I were - a vertible gitoq„; but when I led foricard the beautifulzirl, ' and I never'saw a horse that could it was my-turn to be amazed. get over the ground with less exer- e mi nn i , , my darling I" cried the. tion.. Twice• one thousand dollars old man." would hot 'have taken him from me. " At‘the start I gave the horse free rein, and .he took a northerly course towards - the mountains.' In this way I rode several miles; but - -the near ness of the sun to the zenith, and the admonitions of my inner man re rabid? me that it was time to return. I acedingly drew - rein ;'but, instead of wheeling about, the horse broke into a gailop i nearly unseating me. " I. had hitherto prided myself on ny command over anything of the boric. kind ; but that magnificent black took the conceit out of me. All that I could do or say made no iinpression on him; and I was forced at last to give, up. and admit that I had found my match. .It was very humiliating, I assure you.; and there Was Jacob Stockton's warning to think about.. I was not alarmed however ; but I did wonder whether the old Man had not some good rea sons for his belief. And I was vex -ed, too.' I could . ride vs L tar as the horse could carry me; but I felt that I had the right to choose the direc tion. There was my dinner, too---a nice juicy buffalo steak. Take it all in -all, I was decidedly uncomfortable ; and had it •not been for a weary tramp back to our camping-ground, I shoul i have shot the animal dead • in his tracks. \ "The way grew rougher as I drew nearer the mountains; but the horse did not abate- -his speed in the least. He plunged into,a ravine— , the- dry bed-of some mountairfstream—like one accustomed to the way: On he dashed, and upi the path growing narrower and the rocky sides steep er. "Higher and higher were the walls, as. We .advanced, until- they tlosed over our heads ; shutting us into the gloOm. Ten minutes of.this dark, !less; and . the horse emerged into an open space, lighted by the noonday suri. There he stopped as suddenly as he had started, and neighed loud= Y " Before Ireceverd from my stir prise a quick, sharp, well-known sound.struck upon my ear; and look ing direction from whence it appeared to come, I saw two men staring-, down at me—tiro as rough, villainous-looking creatures as ever encumbered the earth. my friend I knew' my peril t then, and my thoughts went through my, brain with wonderful rapidity. t had not a second to lose. Already two rifles were pointed at me. What ever, I did - must be done instantly. There was but One chance—to stake a dumb brute's life against my own. " I drew my . revolver and placed the cold muzzle to the ear of nay. treacherous captor. • "'My release Or the Black Inip's death t shouted. "So soon 'as they ccitnprehended my intentions, they • disappear 'd ; but 'I knew it was only to gain a more advantageous position: I dared not leave the horse, however, for on him depended my safety ; so I sat there still holding my revolver ready for any emergency, and watching all points. Vigilant us I wa,s ; however,, I wiis surprised. Without any warn ing, a light form . ' leaped upon . the saddle behind me, and a human voice uttered some strange -word— some magical word it seemed; for the horse, so motionless 'before, - .wheeled on the instant, and wait dashing back through the path we had come. • "Then there was 'a. ride for life. The rocks seemed swarming with web; bullets flew about Uslike hail, and the clatter of hoofs over the hard stones came distinctly to our ears. I spared neither whip nor spur, and by strange.good fortune we escaped the bullets and reached the open plain. .Then,,for the .first time, I ventured t,o'look behind, and saw a woman's face. 1 cannot des6ibe my feelings surprise, my gratitudeony-ad miration, my love. For-once I for . got that there was such a man as . Major Guy Maxwell. * Neither know. ing or caring who this stranger was whether rich or -poor, of high or low degre-1 then and there ',gave her the noblest, truest, best love man ever gave to a woman; nor thought perhaps it would ever be returned. My life . was then nothing, only so far as it was necessary for her safe. The yelling demi:omit' pursuit were welcome to it, if, b this means, she . could be saved.. But there. was no surety of_ that. ,Both.wOuld be or NI lst - "0 r pnrsners were gaining or ! , Ever and anon a leaden mess' ploughed up the !land behind Bening our dope as they fd and nearer. But *ld could ou' the. poor, tired ' for deliverance. "And I knew then who had shared . my ride from the robbers' stronghold. • " She bad been taken prisoner only the day ~ before.• Failing to find her father,ihe was on her return, and the, coach fell into the hands of robbers. ; 'By chance she saw me, and coneeiv- I ed the bold plan for escape ; but what' magic word she used to induce the horse to turn back with us I never knew, and she cannot tell. 'lit came to me and • went again when I had no :further use for it," is her reply, when I ask her about it; so I ant contented with the benefits, received, and ask no questions, "We resumed our why next.morn ing,'Mintie accompanying .us. -The horse, too, I took with ; me, although it seemed utterly worthless. Ile grew better, however; and there be. is now, pretty well advanced in years, it is true, but still the cheapest.horSe . ever bOght. Smile away, if you like. rdo not allude to the original investment—l paid enough f 9 i ,a share in ':,tli,e concern—but to th divi dend received!. Only one h: (s been declared ; yikl. should not sell it for ten thousaW`dollars. „ L,e(me show you. Mimic! 'Minnie! p, here you are. My 'wife, Min s nie Stockton Max."- well—My dividend:' •\ „, .WHAT TAKING CARE OE 'A THEY READ. • • We recently tboki occasion to ex amine some of the " juvenile " publi cations with which book-shops and news-stands are now,a-days so-pienti- fully stocked. Among the periodicals of this class We folind some so gross in tone that it would not be difficult "to forecast the future of a ,boy who took delight in reading them. Others, not quite so coarsely bad, were never theless very ns - afe reading for boys and girls.. Many of the books, also, while on the whole rather higher in tone than the papers, were of such -a character that - no juoicions parent would knowingly permit his children to read them. They were. chiefly dc voted to the-impossible adventures of impossillle boys. whose wild careers were painted - with a - coarse realisin welt : calculated to fascinate theyouth ful mind, and to lead, if not to-actual attemPts at imitatlim, to a morbid , discontent with the everyday- duties of life. exceedingly detrimental t the growth\ of" theshild in solid at tainments. , .Of course there are juvenile . peri odicals and books.of mite :t different sort, as wholesothe. in ; tone as 'these are pernicious. Ilut all experience shows that the natural tendency of the unregulated boy ikrather toward the bad than the good\ literature, if both „are within retch. Ile prefer! the excitement—and, if the truth 1) told, the wickedness—of the more intense and highly strung stories ol adventure. Let his brain one gel on fire.with the unhealthy stimulus and the tamer narrative, howeve. finely told, will have .its 'chart]) for him. If, then, boys are left to choosy their own reading, they may- be- eti pected to betake themselves to.thr which - their unregulated tastes fin most agreeable. And it is much th same with girls. But why shoal they be left to choose foi - themselves Have parents, Christian parents, n responsibility with respect to a mental food of their children? Thee can; of course, be but one - answer this question. Yet few _parents •a - as conscientious in .the discharge this d'ut.' tilt dimht to b- ed is the literature be provides for them. He will read the books - and 'papers himself, talk:about them to the children, and occasionally read 'from them aloud in the family circle. There are not many children -who do not enjoy being read to. - There are few whose interest in their books IN, les. nearer Inly urge , and - pray will not be largely increased, if they find it shared by theiz:elders. 'Those who cannot purchase many ~ b ooks, and are obliged -to depend mainly upon the „public libraries. oi their supply of literatere, should . exercise .4 similar oversight with regard to the books brought into the hOuse; for ,experience .proves thb.t even_ bool‘ from the Sunday school and ChriAti# Assacialion Libraries are not always the best: in the world. for children's reading: _ If parents will take the trouble to look into this matter with the care its importance demands, they will soon diScover how necessary it is to watch the reading of their ,childreh: Satan wields no mightier' weapon' than 'Mich of ,the juvenile literature which ie so easily , accessible to the young.—Zrehange. IT WASN'T THE TOOTHAME,—In the ladies' waiting room at the Cen tral depot the other day were a new ly-married couple from Grass Lake. They had been visiting in •the city two or three days, and were • then. ready to go home. They sat side bye side, of course, his arm around her Waist and sheLaning on his should er. A long-waisted stranger from the East, having • sore eyes and a big heart., walked in, saw them thus seat ed, and in -about a minute he asked of the husband : -,, got " Has that woman' there the . ~. toothache?" The husband looked up in supPrb_ r th. And you will generally suffer , fer wishing to appear other than you are/whether it be more 1 richer or time 1" ed. -• The - mask soon becomes an ins ment of torture. . 'Rats have fewe friends and more end ir miei than . anyt mg of the four-legged persuasion on e face Of the earth; and z yet are as pl ty now as in the palmiest days of th Roman-Empire, _ An Ap eist is but ' a madtridiculous de rider • piety ; • but a hypocrite makes a sob: jest of God and religion ; he finds it i e -ier to be upon his knees than to rise to good action. • ; "Surely . you must .be tired, aunty.- I , eantt - think bow it is yeti are able to work so long." ." Lawka bless Yon, my dear, when I onst sit down to it,like, I'm just too'lazy to• leave or." • tight varied :those of ,doltish the • " What'A the difference," tusked the teacher in arithmetic, " betweet. one yard and two yards: " ' " fende !" said Tom my Denies.. Then Tomniy !,,it on the ruler fourteen times. ..•" fie entrancing nothing" other Jr of some: grand rtto leaves, egg . . curiosity in children is tint an appetite _ after knowledge.: I. doubt. not that ono great reason why children abandon them-, selves wholly to silly pursuits, and trifle away all their time insipidly,l'is because they ffud' their eiviositi ladked and their • inquiries neglected. . "-Redifeed to $7," remarked Jones, as 'he passed a fashionable tailor's store and read'. the above statement prominently displayed on an overcoat. " That's. no. tbirig; 'T am reduced NS a much smaller amount thn that myself." , "Mick" s aid a brick layer . at work "if sou meet Patrick, tell him to make-: haste, as we are waiting for him,"""Sure , an' I ; !tout what will I tell'him if I don't meet hirh • .!‘ TITERE i 6 no rule 'without an'excep tion, My son: "Oh, isn't there, ps? A man must always be present while-he's being shared,. inusn't 617 " My dear," said pa to ma, hadn't you bettor send this child to bed P' - • St. Louit is to have a ten foot high statue of Shakespere. The city fathers merely aslced . the sculptor if the deceased Shakespeare was a. Chicago Mary and when he said "no" they replied, AU right,'sculp the old Stitt?" -^.'i •x 4, ', i., .:, l- ~'.i.„i t' , :•,•`• • '‘ ■ NUM 40. Mr, , ?AM 'AID I'EFETIZ. Tnt intention of the old dencon was good, but the way in which he worded his notice was . infelicitous: He said : " Any members of this congregation who have left off wearing apParel will please oribrite the same to the poor." When a man leaves onr.side and goes to the other side he is a traitor, and. we always feel that there is .a subtle some thing wrong :lout him. But when.* man leaves the other side and comes over to us, then he is n man of great moral cour age,'aud we always' feel that be has ster ling stuff in him. • Hal had stayed the clock hands hung together at, eleven, and that valu able recorder of time was just then Me nacing a strike. She had yawned till her mouth felt large enough for a , home col lar, and yet -the 'young man evinced, nu symptons of speedy departure. "I have been working,.;on a motto to-day," alio finally said, as she held hey. eyes. open with her fingers ; "don't pan want to-see; it?" He,said b.e did; She * brought out: the article and passed it to him for spection. He held it up tothe light and' read the cheerful sentence : There's no place like home." The:young man guess ed he'd be going, . 'We it's