S. W. AJLVORD, Publisher.
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!Suchen Cols.
Av. J. YOUNG,
4 TroRNET-A r LA W
Tow•NDA, IA. ,
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• owe —ltorms former occupied by T, M. C. A.
Beading Room.
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Towanda,-Pe: Office over Bartlett St Tracy, ljaln-et.
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E - L. lIILLIS,
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)trice with Smith & Montanye. tnorn-75
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aln Street (4 floors north of Ward !louse). To
l'anda, Pa. _
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WIL TTIOMPON, ATTORNEX,
O AT LAW, Wir Atusisd, P.A. Will attend
IO all business 'gnat - m*44l to his care in Bradford.
Minima and Wyoming Counties. (Mice with Esq.
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TOWANDA, PA
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et 11. LAMB,
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
WM/if:S./SARRE, PA,
tOUOCtiODS promptly attetittod to,
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ATTQRNEY AT LAW,
AND
U. S. COMMISSIONER,
• TOWANDA, PA.
Office—Nunn Side Public Cquare.
Jan. I, 157.5
AVIES k.."CARNOCIIAN,
•ATTORNICTS AT LAW{
iiorTll RIPE or WADI)
Dee 23-75.
TOWASD4. PA.
It .S. M. 'WOODBURN ;
N I'llysi
-I:ntami.Surgeon: °Mee over 0, A. BlAek's
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Tr.vranda, May I, 1,721 y•
ADILL &
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✓)Ctrs In We/ arm Mork. flr,t door ~.coat:lvf 111 n
National hank, tip-stalr:,
IT. •I. MADILL (iatiS-7:11y) J. N. CALIF?
( RIDLEy k PAITNE,
A TruIZNE TS-A T-/..4-11
Small :Ode Morour Block (rooms foroiceiy o ccupi e d
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ATTliltS EY-AT-LA NV
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CIIAS. M. IIALL,
Attorney-at-Law and Notary,
Will glee careful attention to any Food news entrust
e.l to him. 1)(11 , e Itlt l'atriek• Foy it'.
cornett), Towanda; Pa. '(.l urir7:77. •
QIIN. F. SANDERSON,
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OFFICE.-31eaus Building over Pon'elPs Store)
inehn-76 Tow A NO A. PA.
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'tiihre—\t alll-31... holt . door. North of Ward How" ,
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Pentotylran atol 1 • 333 lea TOW:\ SPA, pA
State. 3
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LAW OFFICE,
ToWANDA, PA
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TMVANDA PA.
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ELMIRA, N.
"vEoffiE,"
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Says a Boston physician. 'has no equal as a blond
purifier. Beating of its many wonder - NI mires.
after all other remedies have failed. I visited tilt,
Labratnry and convinced myself of Its g 11111,.
merit. It is pre wed (rout barks, roots am erbs,
each of 'which is highly effective, and th .y are
compounded In such a manlier as to produc astute,
shing results."
VEGETINE
win curt: the worm ca,e of Scrofula
VEGETIN
3 1C14331.3e3ded - physiciatts and apo th ecarle,
est
VEGETINE
las efrecteil some marvellous cure, in caws of Can
VEGETINE
Meets with wonderful ,ileue,s In Merrurlabi{seam
VEGETINA.
111 eradicate 7,..a1t Itileunt Nom the spdeal
AP.Ttirtt ITEA.D
Curt.74,the most Invet.rtatt• ca,t 7 s or Erysipelas
• VEGETINE .
Removes Plinit!es and II timorm front the fare
VEGETINE
Cures c(instiprif.6,n and tuguttites the'dnmel,
tIIIIT 1'3.7 4
EGETINE,•
Restores tRo entire systllon to a btalthy twollt lob!
.1 July 2,•76
1, Pirietil'i• 111 1,1" We:atf,"
Is the gnat reined? f.,r (.e.twi al I),•,illity
arktiowletig,4l or ',void, to bo th,
.twst and too,t.t - oll.thlt• rot rin•r In
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vEGF:TICNE is t' Al,l, I)ltUtit:lsTS
TOWA.NPA.
T IIF
STILL TAKES TILE LEAD!
carrl:ig... ('ll}:A 'lll ‘N EVE 1:. and Nat
Rag it At a f: ft: A'l' I:Efit.CrioN,
Proprietor of the Uld fart ht G•• Vangf:u•lorp, our.
Thiin alit Elirithetti •ateei , . tt.nu.l 4,11 ill, 1,1 ‘,ll
:itt,lii.sll of PA lilt mot to 11.14 large
ropiplete Lit tit ~1
OPEN AND,TOP 'BUGGIES
.ate tt 111:11111f;let PI,. 3101 Warr;lntell
i - Verv. part It ttlai to Irc. .11...1 t.. the 11i.14.4
pity work.
NOW IS YOUR TINIE TO BUY!
Look at the fhzaz. , s, atel remember that every
Vehicle In warranted :
PLATFORM
OPEN It 1761; I I>
Top itu(i Ez.,
Turvaucla: Pa. •
pyi7-73
The .priee,'nre nit el,l or manufacture
and will not In . 111:1111::1111. afo4•r k
is d ISposell ur . , m, 3011 11111 , 1 11411, 5 0 11'01..11, N.,W.
Doi Ititp....tl upon - I , y It.fet lnr it ark ant
t•tt,,r titatehalt. fait I'm!. ILI , at Not
s‘ltteli has in ‘.l.4•rtttlutt i.. 1 ta.a . tir trail a con
Inry amt Is prrlitAittaall)
I'IZyNIVTLY ATILNI)EII
mkeatl4 Nlain t,
Tou - arAta, duns 1,77. --
NEW CARRIAGE FACTOR \
ToWANDA, PA
1:1•Sperl relllyiellet;ettllci• ee elm jee,ejile that 111,7 ~re
pr,pated 0, (mild all
PIiAET 4) N % I'EATF. , RM !.1.11!NG IVA(ii,NZZ
T I: , ATTING &
Made of the best mate: ;al nod in the best style.
MI work warrattted to ktnt• i.erfeet satt4netioh.
11.1Ve 011.. fpf . II". Io I I . . lll!frt . fn the
t , ,,lotry. and (14 all ho.ll. lu thl. ht.! at the ii,We'ot
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-VEGETINE
Is the great Blood Purifier. t
EGETINE
Cures the won't raw of e:ankvr
- VEGETINE
It a valuablo f relocay for Ilewlaell
VE(i ETIN
Will cure Opv,p.qa.
VEGETINE
('fire. plia , in tilt SIdE
VEGETTNE
Itemores e or I 77.111*.1tc
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Relieve- Faitaire,, the ...(trokqk
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Cur' s pai . j . r in lb.. in.
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VEGETINE
vt.:GETINE
Wagons aria Carriage:
OLD ESTA PoLISIIMENT
1%1 BIZI-INl'
zy,CD PLATFI)IOI WA )Ns,
ltjl 1 ANA
E.I , COt I:ci.rier 'mue
Mclntyre & Spencer
FAMILY ARRIAI.LS
Tut' ANI) GtifES
PAINTING A sI'ICIALTI
MIMES
It I: l' A I It 1 !,
'TYRE t k SPENCE,:t:
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My best beloved—the Spring is fair,
The woedk are green, an.(life Is good,
Vof II yon not COlllO with ine,‘and tread
T taugh , rovered paths anil s worxi ?
The ntb•llower blanches all the:copse,
With jacinth the hedge Is I.ltti;
Atol ever weakened leaf stein. falri, „
But not, :tali as you: •
blacknit s sing on hazel twigs, s .„:
Through the Atti arches of flu; trees, N,
The cuckoo' s dista t. cry Is borne
Acrt*t the tneadom . 1 the hreve.
The littlish's song Is snleete:4 far,
Put saddens as the hours go Is .
You hear?—the nightingale's ill
not su untch as 1. .
Will you not listen to the tltrlng?
What tender voicer do y6u hear?
(lave vlttlets on speech for you P •
15 not the nighttnzate's song dear?
'Yet, somehow, though yon catch the somtd,
Ton mks the meaning of the strain ;
At, : %try not have more Joy (Ton i' tore,
With nut SO MllOl of pain.
Too little rest : too little Merit:
Too !wry boors to etow:tzitt real : — _
At last diNe.l,l , and pain '
Weak grows the never li.oseued hand:
l'itc strongest rope yarts strand by :grand
14-fleatli a ceay.l.,:s strain
T. 4 .1 Lin, It ho burn. hi.. midnight ell
/II tier Ittitely and unwhole•somc tall, '
Think Ulten - hr trims Ids 1311414,
That thus ha trinistlslife an well,
And hasten!. towards his last low cell,
Its darkness and Its damp.
Ito Is hn w”nl4l travt.l far awl 14,ng,
A itd k..e.r? stat , ly stria, ;ilia ,tr"ng
Must t..Nt ty.slth.the Way:
A vtt,lr , l;:l, , at tir.Nt !hay Wl/1,
who halts at wlysltle
At 1,1 shall Is in
Tn wvaty reel all strvains are .Ik,ep,
.1 II 1 - ":14,, are lough, an hills are etrrp,
As way-worn tray..lh.r., know.
Ul o. hour of rt,l loon
T. him w hn tolls thrdu=h I.lo:its of noon
WI h 1,3111(111 steps ;111,1 ,lour,`
yc I, ) too" - nark
1.E.• t:Ig111-full cold a•c? dark,
e, (al, I:elght of thought,
Pt ,o 1 . ,! 'lOO4l .4r. hand bat h
• WOI L. Xit,t—Wol he strng.
alirs - rellastrost;
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My
.Correspondent Ellwards.
I 11;;; 4_ flour mexchant. 'My office
and w;.rt house :ti l e in South Street,
in this city. I buy and sell flour in .
the Corn : 1 also sell it
through • Illy correspondents, kali
home and abroad. Edwards was
one or my country correspondents:
SPrintftield, Mass., was where -Ed
wards resided.
Every man has his own peculliar
business history. and 1 have mine.
Not Itnig ti!ro Edwards became sin;
~ .odary connected with 'My business
c are e r ; and since people - keep .ask
ing how it came allow.. I will tell
I lie plain I rtith about — it, because .
E i
dwards s sileni.
From Inv earliest childhood I de
cired to Lea miller. Tiwre was a
fascination. about, the rumble or the
min stones, the' endless mounting
ale olthe elevator cups, the perpet
ual sifting of the long white bulls,
and = the clatter of the coopers on
their barrels,: It was all this that
finally made ' Mk' a flour merchant
Everyone thus has his peculiar
tastes in'i)arly life, which in general
attests all that follow,'. Nly taste
was for the mill and .flour, and I
have retained it. all through life.
lint this taste for tlonr and the
_manufacture -, of it leads sometimes
to q uite unexpe - eted results. I was
cat:isnot wit-it .the working of the
little old-fashioned country mill and
ivater power 'until I made sonic
nwupy. Then I ‘vv ntol a bigger,
better mill, so that I could make
money faster. „Some said : (lo to
Ohio: - other's said.:s. Minnesota is the
best:Stith, for wheat: . but old Bruce
who had been nearly tiVerywhere.
You ' , II to Illnois and you'll
like it better than anywhvre else.'
And old Bruec was right.
I went to Illnois and liked it so
Well that I had no thotight of going'
elsewhere. 1 made money on every
barrel offlour turned tof the mill
fortff years. It was gsod luck :
but somehow the luck g...1d. or bad,
seems to come to!rether. 'About this
time I invented the ITIVIIICIILk• Bran-
Duster. and that was , the greatest
luck of all:
People outside of a flouriiT mill
11 0 11 4 , kno w munc h . a hout bran, and
loss about. the machine call e d the
bran-diister.' But the miller knows
!hut it will save hundreds of dollars
every year in a large in,"di•
(tin- fathei : , thought irt hey separa
tedllie flour from the bran hy sifting
it thron! ., ll fine ' , ilk holtity , Cloth of
nianufitelore, they lead done
.all that eould be done—flour-making
was perfe,A. It was a mistake, and
the brut-lister proved it.
My bran-duster was called, the In
vincible Bran-Duster be ca us e it ap
peared to-clean the limn wholly from
The flour. It was a great saving, and
millers knew it. I sold the machine
far 5110 per cent. _profit, and was not
wl ell} , atistiol then. But when a
little &-ro , s-eyed chit-ago malt rwith
Isis pants tucked into his boot.F4, and
ho.rrowim , fine-cut from every man
- hemet, went up stairs and down, all
over mV Mill, and asked questions
until I was tired out answerin f r.
offeri , 1 to sell him a machine at cost
0 gyet yid of hint.
But he didit,t want machini-s he
wanted toJmy.the patent and have
the thing in his own hands. I asked
that cross-eyed man filly thousand
dollar, for my patent. and latlghed
to thitik that at last he Must sec how
bork:d I was.
• my friend. just pay me fifty
thousand 110119 N. and ykht shall Itlisze
the patent and the independent for
tune it will bring. you.'
That's what I am going to du,'
teaching for another:man's fine-cut
and making very tree With it. You
fix the papers and the money is ready
for you.'
I hare had a kind feeling 'for Chi
ofl!ro. ever since. lint when that lit
crocs_eyed man -,at dmvlt nll , l 141
' a IMP: :..-I(kj'y wife
the smartest, prettie•-t, hest little
woman in the State'—l felt guilty.
and It seemed soinehow like I was
I - lobbing that nice woman. rut then
t 4 tni , to ?1 In
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Padre.
LOVE SONG IN MAY.
REST
st.th.l Lhove h it Throliz
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TOW*DOWFORD 2, - 18787 'd
she couldn't be so smart, or she never
would have niarried a fool as he
was. •
I was an old .:bachelor\ then, and
Western bachelors always despise
themselves if they think. thCy have
cheated a woman. It is all ri bt alit to
cheat a man in a trade-L,he 'must
look out. But I continued 'to liake
that guilty lecling about that croS.
eyed man's wife, and I hoped .to`
. meet her some day. Then I intend
ed to act the part of an honest man
jy her. I sent $30,000 of the money
I,aid by the cross=eyed man to Dowcy
Blossom, my New York corres.
pondents, with instruction to deposit
it sonic good bank, there to re.
main, to my credit until wanted.
Thenl. - felt less guilty toward .that
injured , Chicago lady:
A man \ ill .businessi never knows
how muclr, money he wailts ; nor.
(Ides he knOW at all times how much
he may use in his business. That
was why I put that money away in
New. Fork tbr the \ cross-eyed man's
wife.
It is true a mina \c \ rtme that the
cross-eyed mani formed a stock com
pany of capitalists, and., sold them
his-patent for $11)0.000: I \ didn't be
lieve it—who would'! If he\lid do it
he couldn't have been. such s, 101 l as
he looked. And Chicago mcll are
not so very liable to be fools either.
I had been doing busihess With
Dewey. & Blossom of New York, fo \ r,
many years, and had found them
reliable, but .of late their account
sales were not satisfactory, and,
the money n•as never ready when'
due. Sometilinw was wrong,. They
owed me a good (Val of money and
while it might not be wise to press
the immediate payment, it would be
1)11141e - tit not-to increase the debt. I
stopped further shipments to Dewey
& Blossom. Two weeks later that
firm failed.
Dewey telegraphed III"
DEMI=9
I went and saw that thin!! were
enough fol . : me. The liabilities
of Pewcv & Blossom were 90.000.
The iiriheipal creditor, in3Sielf. The
assets were vely little beyonil two
young wiees, Ivith. the li , rgest, and
best :issort.ed si that 1 ev t ir
saw. Nothing available for a bache
lor ef«litor from,lHnois. Two twen
ty thousand dollar outfits and not
one garment that would _fit me. , or
anybody belonging to me. ft was
rOm,h.
Ifewe - said I wire was a
tireat deal too costly.' Filly e e pfs a
barrel profit on hour the whole_year
throierh Nvonl.l scarcely pay - her dry
!roods bills. Anil it was true. Blos
som. said if Dowev's wire hail only
Open satisfied when she -had- set the
whole female part- or L0nr . ,..,1 3raneh
ready to drown theinselve.4 at the
sight of her costumes. they could'
have laid seventy-live cents on the
donar But when Long
Braneh was whofr inadequate, and
unhappy Unlc—t she could rent the
at Saratoga and run
the spriOs too, why the, flour Iraile
woulild'U stand it.. Anil that was
true. abiO.
The limn ofDewey ikl i ilossotti wa4
bankrupt:. The 11 . incip:11
sufferers. Mier ; all would he th o se
lifolisit %rives. They woulii now
have leant how many minutes it
re.inirs" - -to cook sort. tb)nol . and
some otl.ei• tisuful hut not showy
matters.'
The only of ally possihle
:value to the athon; . ; the assets Of my
14ankrupt, correspondent.;, was t s he
).0 0 11 will of their business. I was
then an I . llnois
_miller, 1 I,itt, it there
was money in it. why not bepinte a
New Tork flour merchant.
Dewey Illossom turned Over
their account to'' me, give Die a'de
tailed report or the commercial stand- .
'oil , of ef pu.totner and correspOn
flent. .The si , o; of Dewey A 7
Awn was taken 41oWn. and the sign uI
aolul Middleton, ,Vlonr.: went up
in its place. Then I beeline a flour
merchant.
The railure.of „that firm was the
be..innin:c of bad luck and mnum'e fol
lowed it.. Vor six months it secured
as if all the flour
,theaters in New
York had conspired together to, cheat
Inc. and they had very. gratirying
5 , 11.11 - 00 i. I told old Plumb, a nci!rh
bor. about it, and he laughed. heart
ift.
llvisquitoes are alvNys must ea
,er f o r 'fr e sh 1,1(od. These flour
lizzar4l,3 are :Llway: - look:ing'for frcsit
Sins, new firms and. fresh liloo(1."
Ohl Plumb w:t.; ri!rltt. this ad
vice those buzzards found - lorlgirj
in 1m , .114)w strlpt jail for a tint o :
:tact' widelt there was 2onerai pleaS
antAte:=s in t h e flour trade. ,
more:. the utruritg,._(a)rrt..sio Indents
of the late .fh . in or
was Ed w:ird:; of Springliehl.
cwoonereial st:trpliroz cu . Edwards
was estitnate,l thus:
" 600,1: hot a little slow. , Ton
honest arid kind • hearted fro' this
nicked world.''
There was a singular 'record to
inake'eoneerninr. the credit value of
a person. I
remeinher reading it
over the_ second tiiiii , •aud wonder
int* what Edwards had done as a
busines, malt that lie should he pro
nounced too honest for the rest_uf
t twre it was : an i the state
ment was made bv one who .ki l ew
.Edwards well or tier such singiilar
statement would la. made_
Edward ) : ',Weil the l utt fret i saitue.
I him... and that It bt had tow became
iii nv. TI ) write •El lwank . that. a
eliarriT had-taken place. was a matter
of coarse: that a tire
halance due was desirable at an early
day. Edwards responded promptly
with a draft for 'half the amount. and
an odd excuse for not - sending more.
" t;randfikther :oil she
had _rime up to Chieoi;ce to see hint.
I can't leave the store to go collect
ing till she comes hack."
It Was signal U. IV. 'Biwards.
pi•i• John."
".G. NV. - stood for (kOr ,, f,f
ington. no 41 0 1114, htit, just what 'this .
:rrandfathcr :tt Chivopeo, Itad'to do ,
Frith the Nur bill; was' -.not pla,in.
'vas Pr(l l, aiily l'itqler and
strongyr half i,l• the poor. lien -1 celied
Edwards. ,Soine in; n act their way.
nc•vcr Farr call the ir
„
Itteir o\%ll p:ot,:er l!utt •.'ty ht.
and it •r. if they were afraid. Pct . -
hap , i titGy are. for John. he (e
-scrved a spanking, for writtimr a rid.
ct•Itool-boy Icttur. I sliowea
REGARDLESS OF DEZit.TNOW#O*#OII A.ITYQI:74RTF.A.
it ,to my ambitions i office t•o,y % and
warned him of the shame he Would
brink upon himself if ,he was ever -
guilty . of a similar letter. •
The balance due from Edwards
was never paid, but Edwards urged
the shipment of large lots of medium
and lowgrade flour., The flour was
sent. After a length of time suffi
cient for Edwards to sell the flour
and remit the. proceeds, I wrote Ed
wards, suggesting that money 'was
thnext triingikorder. motley
cathe, but a prompt reply, and an ex
cuse tic singular as that first one of
John's\ ,
"The mills atiChicopee and Hol
yoke are kile now, but they will soon
start. up again. In the meantime
they must' ea t„: - although they can't
PaY."
, One thing wati\certain: Edwards
owed me too 'muelj money. There
must bell settlement; And I began .
to wonder if EdWants \ was not one
a
of those ki -hearted lintnbugs Who
'have the! nity; of making h ome body
foot the lids for their foOlishnitii.TH
• I had business at Ilarford; 'so I
telegraphed Edwards to mee c t me
there. He didn't come, although I'
waited over one, train and sent an
other message, sharp and saucy, over
the wires. -tio Edwards appeared,'
and I had to return home in bad hu
mor.- -The next day a, letter came
from Edwards: and it was el - tont'
to make:the ollest, flour merchant
\ c•ut: up rough :i
\ "-The mills Are still - idle 'and, will
be\„,until. the first of nest month.
They must, eat, whether they pay or
not. "I ‘ haven't the heart to starve
themoior should you, either, I am
sure." -•-
It then occured to me. that ilerhapS
Edwards wai-I s feeding the unemploy:
ell operative , 0C mills named with
my - flour and at my cost. There
might have been 'improper language
about in the office, but there was no
rtason wily the, porters should all at
once step round as ies„they were in
mortal fear of somebodY, and say to
tliiu:` Ti.r
" never themght the geptl e may,
could swear like that. dill you?"
Ibit'J sat doWn and wrote Edwards
a sharp letter :
". You have been dbing a strange
,thin_ with my flour. What right bad
von to sell it -in the way yon. have
done? It is la raced robbery, as I
look at it; and you can put any
otheri.and better lace 'upon it, you
had better do `.so at once. At any
rate, come down to the city at once
and bring .your accounts with you,
so that I can ,ee'what means."
Snell a kW/ ought to have brought
Edwards Or any other man at once
Imt it didn't.
was a lm , y time.. Mclntyre o
Liyerpool, Vail Swartz of Hamburg,
and ono or two alleys cabled fa
something every day. Let them wait
a lay. or two. This Edwards.
stirred tq ti depth or cOmmereiat
bitterness to Ole very bottom ; 1 11(M,
let• him answer ror it. -Sr
I ',yea to ftillof mis
chief for Ei'wards. .1 f he dian't show
good cause for outrageous doinp , s
I intended to c10; , ,e him up. sell him
out, hreak and make an end of
him as a llour luerehant.
MoSt people are hungry when they
reach Sprhu:field, and that city is
one of the ft w places in this world
where there is always _something
,good to eat ready and waiting for
yon. A good dinner . mgkes true De
mocracy. Wlicre—there are ideas at
all .it makes them more broad .and
After my dinner I went to
see )Edwards in a better humor than
before.
Standing (1 - or of the store'
to which I had been directed* was a
boy—a ycmat liable looking boy. His
pants were tm'ked into-his boots,
Was 'covered tNith flour, he was-cross=
cycd ; and if that little Chicago man
had come and Aooil beside that boy,
it would 'have liten hard to - tell which
was the orig;R:d inulewhich the copy.
" I want t i see Edwards," I said
to the boy.
" Gyne to Chicopee to see grand
father: --Ite - back at 3 o'clo . ek. Want
some Our?"
" No,. I want see Edwards."
"Come at four o'cl6ck."
At that im,ment a customer came,
and the Loy iell mo to attend to him.
wont trick to int• hotel and waitoi.
. At ten past four I started
ollt agail to ~e-I:•lwards. 'The same
'Joy was on duty at the door as be
fore, only now'" hi.; face was so be
11,,ured that he was dill more sin` u.
lay than at th
" Is Ed warls here ?" I asked.
Ile nodded. •
" Tian 1 NN % ould to sue him at
()IWO.
}lc 10%kell fairly inAhe face,
:Ind actually at the. Then,
jerking his In•all toward the rear of
the store. said :
" back in the ollice."
I went init.': into the 'office and
found only a lady there.
" I want to see Mr. Blwardi - .T. - Is
he in 1'
" Yon want to see me. then. Then
is no Mr. linsliand
lief tiuc4 year , ,; ago."
I was too" wiadrastonished to say
anything for a moment.
Is it possible that you are Ed
wads. the Ilwir merchant:"'
I tun th e p.r..40/7 . , sir."
Anil I am John 'Middleton, of
. ..Yew York. 1 inust 1 K uur par`lo.ll',
writin!r you.a verY shat jt
letter..sui•po=ed •
war writing to
a man. or it have been very
wc..,Ted. You being :lady
makes it a rudeness on -my part."
" know'' it." she sand,
." Tint. in•spite of John's re ,
monstrances (John is trig- boy) that
I was ruining my Credit with you, I
simply couldn't see former customers
starvimr,when it was possible to feed
them. You have come for your pioney,
sir. Sit down anti I will phy you
what t have herd.. I must borrow
from the hank enough .W pity the
rest. , They i , Clered to take a qiort
gage on ouriniuse, but I hoped to
get along without that. But you
must-hate `•, Tuirney, I know, even
if there is a mortgage put on the
house.
. And • h went to the sail and tOok
w hat ino'nev. there. W 3,4 tin re--,
ii6t r much ; and sat down tO write me
-a
.check for what she had in the
bank. While - slirdWas tilling the cheek
she kept looking up at me ins the
way
oddest, a Such , a pretty little wo
man She Was too. But I was so
indell'ashamed of Myself* that I sat
dumb as an oyster. here was the
little widow going to mortgage her
house,. and Ipe rhaps herself, on my
aeconnt. It was rough—the roughest
I had ever seen. Bat - I let her fill
out the cheek—two hundred and sev
en dollars and thirteen cents. It
took the last .cent on deposit, and
'she had just -given me the-last cent
in the cash drawer.
.She was'so pretty as, she sat there
gravely!writing in her check-book,
and every now and then glancing
shyly np at me. Where had I seen
that face before ? puzzled myself
'in-vain ; I couldn't
She gave - ine the check,, and now
my wandering brains came back into
a business channel as !n. I tore up .
the check. • • • •••
" Mrs. I Edwards I am heartily
ashamed Of myself : for what has just
- passed between us. You shall not
mortgage ypur prOperty'forpe. Do
ihe oho.' • I'VhE
collect -and pay me, do it. •If Vie
whole world was like 'pin it would
be a better world than it is."
She was crying, , actually crying;
and I felt:- - zno matter how 1 felt; but
,it was time tb hasten baCk •or miss
My train- l'el'haps I said so, but
this is what she said : •
"\clod bless you! •Yoir haven't
Changed oneibit since you were wboy.
And why ean7t•all the 'world be like
y i ou, John Middleton ?"
Then there was a perfect U'rrent
of tears. Ntho'in-the -world was this
little . woman 'who knew me ill My,-
bovh9bd ? \ •
4 1:lou may laugh or frown as you
please; I don't . care. It's nobody's
business if I did take, that little wo
man in my arms. and \ kiss her when .
I found that she and I had been play
mates and schoolmates., 'She *as the
.widow of that Chicago ma'i. too, and
that money had ,kept on deposit so
long Was hers.
It took so long'to say all We
ed to say, to ask about all the living
and the ifead i that the train - went .On
without its passenger.
And it is sinrular how many .teri
detireccillections returned when d . is,
cussing the scenes of youth. It was ,
not Mrs; Edwards and Mr. Middle
ton, but .it was tieorge (for her 11:1111e
.Was Icorge Was h i ngton,. oddly
enough) and Jack, precisely as if we
w t wet ve instead of forty.
Of eourse- I shall tell the whole
story, :Mil if persons laugh, why let
them. ,„
When I \ pame back to New York I
brought (leoygie with, me as Mrs.
Middleton. And that is all all there_
is about it.
)i)Enr.—DelA t—there is no' worse
demoralization of Character. The
!cad records of defaulting, embezzlin! ,
and dishonest, failitre 4 s which we meet
with so, constsutly in the . daily press
are often, indeed most 'fi*iiiientlY.,
the result- of the demnialization of
debt, and bonsequent di.;sperate ef
forts of extrication. The, financial'
Drops lute given away: The little
debt, which at first *as as Small 'as,
a grain of mustard seed, like the roll
ing snoW-ball, has
.gathered weight
and multiplied itself a thousand fold.
And still it grows, and like the fabi
lons hydra Which Hercides was Sent
to kill, ; you no soonOr strike .off one
head than two shut . up in its place.
The struggle is severe, but in the end
decisive; either confession ,is made
of a hopeless bankruptcy, which
•might liave been avoided, or integri
ty is sacrificed to the moment. Debt.
rilins as many households and tle
strOys as many tine characters as
rum.
31F:1IORY AND ITS CI:VIVRE —A
professor suggests this for the culti
vat ion of the memory: Before you
mindto bed at night implant in your
mind that you desire to re
!Umber, and reireat it r in the morning.
Mind never sleep,• but 'retires into
that , si)iritrial catliednil Which t h e
Almighty has pr6pared. yrOblems
Unsolved before retiring become
clear and intelligible lu the Morning,
alter the night has rolled away. Clas
-sify your knowledge its much aspos
siblerand lia.ve suitable pigeon holes
in your brain fora proper assortment.
-of your information:. sound logic,
clealt head and conscience, good
humor. healthy digest'on. are essen
tial in the cuAiration of good memo-
1111:11=121
AanTA6E, as.wal' as cutting of
the finger nails, has'its superstitions.
Amon!! Ow I;oznans- . 114i marriage wits
celebrated till an augu , r was consult
ed h.nd a nqt tmate time Selected.
Thel - r is an obl . rhyme..which tells us
to marri' on
Moil.l;y
for Iteoll 1.
for 1,4 T. day or all
Thor,lay, for rr,r,..e,
filiday fro* •
• '....aluitlas no look al :11t." •
Thi2;Lmakes the first -of the wee.
prowtum,,tnd the last of the Week an
unpropitious time_.to get married.
And yet, an old superstition makes
Thursday luarriag,es fortunate and
ff==
BETTER THAN A ScHol4L T KAP irit
Ames, of the Methodist
EPiscopal Church, has a remarkably
Wyel head on the value of a 11P wspn.
p u r 1 ; a public educator: In a re
lent interview he said
" 1 was au old' school teaclier, hut
my conviction is that a good newspa
per. among a family of children is
worth More than any. CIO that von
can, pay -a school teacher. It will
More" sound views of life and its
duties, so that any time that you can
lodge a religious newspaper in your
family.yon will be lodging seed that
will bring forth, fruit after you are
gone."
As prayttr • is the fool and breath
of all praelical religion, so secret
prayer in , partieular k of
_vast impor
tance : insomuch that I wily believe
tliitt if a man were Ito keep a particu
lar and accurate journal of his own
heart :hat for one month, be would
find as real and exan.t a eorrespon
kuce between the temper *of hissoul
at the, seasons of secret, devotion, an. I
inn other parts of his life, as we find
between the ehange4 of the barome
ter and the went her,—Poddrid9e.
\.i.
.. ~
• Speechless sorrow eat with me, -
I was Sighing wearily
, tamp and Are were out; the raln
Wildly beat the window pane,
In the dark we beard a knock; • •
.And n hand was on the lock
' tout In waiting spoke to me,
!laying sweetly,
"-limn - come to sup with thee,”
Then the maiden by hls_able.
To Ms wonder, thusreialled-: • •
"•Tls the lift-yon led below
Went to form my nature so;
•
• I am, therefore, what thou arty
-1 am Nliapen frtim thy heart; -• •
Where you faltered and fell back
I co mctehi,f:beanty lack,
For the sendtdaoce that I wear
" Is thy life ..eieee sod fair;
• th•f•ltl :'thy earthly (feed* agree
With all the lii.nuty born in tne„•'
Bent.n, to:Babirrin't: MI ?ably.
WHEREVER THERE'S A. BOY =RE
SHODU NEVLB, BE A BOTTLE,
- A friehd gave me lately the expe
rience Of s a
,skillful professionals man
in about the following words.: • "My
early praeiMe," said the doctor, "was
successful ; and I soon attained "an
enviable i)osition. I married a love
ly girl ; two-children were born to us,
and my domestic \ happiness was com
plete. But I was invited often to so
cial parties where. wine —was freely
circulated, and.l soon becamea slave'
to its power. Before I 'was aware of
it I beCame adrunkard- \;1Iy noble
wife never forsook me, never taunted
me with bitter words, never\cea@ed
to pray foray reformation. Webe
came wretchedly poor, so that -my=
family were pinched for daily breh.d.
"One beautiful sabbath my wife,
went to church;and left me lying on
a tonne, sleping Off.:my previous
night's debauch. I was aroused by
hearing something fall heavily on the
floor. I opened my eyes and saw my
'little boy of six years old- tumbling.
ahem, on the carpet. His older
brother said to him---'Now get up
and again. That's the way papa
does ; let's play we are drunk !"(
watched the childans he personat
my beastly movements in a way that
would have done credit to•an Eider !
I'arose;and left the house groaning
in, agony and remorse. I walked off
- miles ' into the country—thinking
over 'my abominable sin and the ex
ample I was setting bofore - my chil
dren: I solemnly resolved that with
•
Gods help I would quit my cupS,
and I did. No lecture I ever heard
from Mr. Gough moved my soul like
the spectacle of my own sweet boys
'playing drunk like papa -does.' I
never passia day 'without thanking
my GOd for givng me a praying wife,
alid bestowing grace s utlicient to
conquer my:daestable sin of the bot ,
tle. Madam !if you have a son, keep
him, if you can, frOm ever touching
a glass' of wine."
The narrator of the above touching
story may never see it in these col
flint's; but if he does, I know he will
pardon its publication. It may be a
timely warning to more 'than' one
father who is putting the wine glass
right before his Own children- It is
the ready excuse of ninny:a young lad
for taking a gla'ss of champagne. "We
alwaysihaVe it .at borne." "The de
: canter at home kindles the appetite
whir spon seeks the di inking-saloon
thoughtless or reckless parent
gives the 'fatal.oush which sends the
bov to destruCtion.
Long labor in the temperance re
form has convinced me that the most
effectual place:tti promote' it is at
home. There is the spot where the
mischief too often is done. There is
the spot to enact a pmhibition law.
Let it be written oh the walls'of eveiy
house—" Wherever there is a boy,
there shoidd never be a bottle."
. .
INDICTMENT OE KING -ALCOHOL.
The history of King Alcohol is a
history of_sharne and corruption..
He has taken the glow of health
from the chei..k„ and placed there the
reddish hue of the wine clip. , •
,Jie has taken the luster from the
eye and pear it dim and blood-shot.
taken beauty and comeli
ness from - the filee, and left it ill-shap
ed awl bloated.
He has taken firmness and elastic
ity' from the step, and made - it falter
ing and treacherous.
Ile has taken rigor from the 'arm
nil left flabbiness and weakness.
llP c has taken the vitality from the
blood, and filled it with Poison and
the seeds of disease and death.
l le has transformed the body, tiqi.r.
fully and wonderfully made, hod's
masterpieee .of mechanism, into
vile, loatlisunie shrinking mass of
humanity.
lie has entered the brain, the tem
ple of thought, dethroned reason, and
made it reel with folly.
He has taken the beam of intelli
c,ence from out the eye. and left in
i:xeliange the stupid stare
and ilullness;
lie '11:15i taken thi. impress of
mariliona from the Nee, rout
left mark of semoity anti lira-
THE GIIEET.
All my mom was dark and damp;
"Sorrow," Laid I. "trim the tamp;
Light the flie and cheer thy face ;
Set the guest chair In Ile place."
And again I heard the knock ; '
Id the dark, I :Mutt the lock.. '
Eater S I have turned the kei',
Enter, stranger:
Who art cairn, tersup with me," ,„„
Openine.wide the door he came,
Iltit I cool got speak his name ;
In the guCet chair took his
lint rould not see his face:
When my cheerful fire was beaming,
When my little.lathrewas gleaming, .
And the react was spread for three,•
Lo: my *aster
Was tbe.guest that supped with me:
t THE BEitTIPUL NAIDEIi
I=
Vicar, whose anointed eyes
Pierced the walls of Paradise,
Sawa youth of spotless grace
•rau Wtthlitthe holy place.
Wandering 'neath the blooinlng trees—
Faint with his first emit:cies- -
lieetarlous odors sweet and tare
v.
Wooed him on each vagrant air,
And silver brookletshroke In song
All his' flowery way - along.
At mice a maiden strangely fair—
Ileantlful beyond compare,—
From a near approaching height
Dawned upon his ravished sight.
" Who art thou ?" he quickly cries,
"Sweet enchantress of my eyes ?
For, never In terrestrial kir , '
none a vision half so fair.
■
/lie has taken cunning from the
hands and turned them from I deeds
of usefulness to
-become instruments
of brutality and murder.
Ile has broken_tho ties of friend
ship, and planted the seeds of emnitj%
lie has transformed the kind and
affectionate mother into a friend of
biutish incarnation..
He has made obedient:. sons "and
daughters and breakers of hearts and
the destroyers of homes.
. He has. taken, the luxuries' off the
table and : compelled• men to cry on
account of famine and to beg for
bread. . ' . • •
He hasstolen men's• palaces and
given'them hovels - in exchange.
He has- robbed lien of valuable
serail and given them not a decent
burial place , in death.:..
lle Juts filled our streets and high
ways with violence and lawlessness.
Helms cornplicated our laws and
crowded our -courts, • •
•He has filled to overflowing our
tionsp of virruptiiin and peniten
lariei: • • •
. He ha.s -peopled with, his multi
tudes our-poor house.
He has strengthened us for room
in the insane asylum.
He has taken away faith, hope,
and charity—yea, all that is lovely
and of goOd report and :given de
spair, intidelity,:enmity, and all the
deeds and emotions of wickedness.
He has banished Christ from •the
heart; and created hell within it. ' :
He has wrecked and enfeebled the
bodies, shattered,and destroyed • the
minds, imperiled' and damned the
souls of our fellow men.
He has caused olieyors - to the law
to pay the fines and costs of; those
who disobey.
He causes the laborer, the innocent,
to pay for the ease of the idler, the
These are the counts of indictment
Let the - world judge of their. truth.
" VARiETY T-lIE ScF. OF LIFE."—
This' proverb, repCated anti yet - so
little thought 'Upon' 'furnishes the
oceasioh for a few remarks upon 1004
for Children and adults: One of the
most nec'esary allowances in diet, if
we would preserve the best health, is
a change in the nature of the food we
eat. But 'not Only variation from
time to time, but variety atthe same
meat. The cost of adding a . few ek
pensive vegetables to a, meal tri
fling to the cost of thelleadachs and
: ',(Yeneral indisposition-broughht . about
by constantly eating the same article
of diet, The inethod.of eating large
ly; from the same dish, whether from
.necessity or choice,. is vicious: Noth
mg furnishes a surer road.to dyspcp•
sia and such ailments than such a
course. If ,you are feeding your
baby, changehe gruel for farina, for
cornstarch, for arrow y00t,.• and for
thelost of such articles, fromtime
to time; if it be a child add an addi
tional vegetable to its beefsteak and
potatoes ; and -if an adult seek to vary
\your meats and 'vegetables constant,
'ly \ ; and, may".l,finally • add, if it is
change your method of pre
paring food. In this Way your' chil 7
dren will never lose their appetites,
our lady \ readers will not over indulge
in sweets , , from a loathing of the
food provided for them, and the hap
piness which\eomes. from a- well-feel.
system will bfl our homes.,
•
TUE FIUOATE Binn.-=swab . see a swab
blue point' in the\heaven.' Happy i
and serene region 'Where has rested
in peace above -the Hurricane! In
that bluepoint,And'at an elevation
of 10,000'feet, royally floats a little
bird with wings.epormous•gullV?
No ; the bird is to small. Its,is,„'•the
little ocean eagle, first •and chief of •
the wingtM race, the caring navigator
who never furls his sails, the lordsof'
the tempest, the scorner of all .perik •
—the man- Of war or frigate bird:
We have 'reached the culminating
point of the Series, commenced by
the wingless bird. Here we have - a
bird which is virtually nothing•more
than the wings; scarcely any body
—barely as large as that of the do-
Mestie cock—while -his prodigious
pinions arelifeeenfeet. in span. The
- , greatTproblem of flight-is.solved and
over passed, for the power of 'flight
seems useless. Such a bird, natural
ly sustained by such support,- need
nt allow himself to be borne along.
The storm . bursts ; he„ mounts tb lof
ty heights, where hq finds tranquilli,
ty. The poetic ipettiphor, untrue
- when applied to any other bird,. is no
exaggeratibn when-applied to him ;
literally, he sleeps upon Ile storm:
When he • chooses to - soar his way
seriously, all distance vanishes ; l i e
breakfasts at the Senegal ;• he dines
in America. . . .
SOME TIME
tinte, I think, yon wilt he ;4) know
That I have kept yon altrat'w in my 131•ari, -
A ntl t hnt me heart has 0116 truer gIOWII
Lt all-the t trt virn.ha",44 apart,
Some day, Mum you hart slipped :Away faun cart.
A I/ druanilng of the 14z , t,
And Sadly think of all your life ha* , 111114,11, -
Yon will rericinher me in truth at lant, '
Or may It co 100 to ',Asa some dreary nlght,
after a flay that ha. been hard to bear, •
\V hen-yon are weary. heari:Aeli and tonora
nrne to rosatotror to taz,.—
That put will cl , tne yoile t ire.' eye , to tlry . arn
of vender falittty; ~,f t.alb, l light:
(If re,l fiat toilette,. r.rwotlklng hark cow' hair,
Awl , tveet word, rpr their lwarls ilelight
•th, then run wilhretnenlber„arld Le glad
That 1 bare ls'rpt you ever lit my hear:,
And that ...11) heart•• true hen"e will ye: lle they
Although we wautter .!tent amt :11 , 31 . 1.
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—St‘rr.
A wise ,man 'never- less alone than
when he is
• Faith is the best ells* for a heavy soul
to leau-uisin. , • '
Charity loses its benign Inihtenee when
heralded by ostentatiOn.
IflOwers are the stars of earth—stars
are the flowers of heitveli.
Danger should be. feared when dist:pit
and braved wheif present.
• It is better to plant - virtue to be, imitat
ed, than vice 'to be shunned. •
You have gently' ventmed, huy all must
do so wen w•onLj gr e a tly Win.
The first,and fast thin! , which is recital - -
141 of genious is the love of truth.
'rake ere not h' g u to the tiNnl c uf ice
l es t yo t tall 41,11'61 H; re.l.4:qt)iee.
Malik infl worship seceess. hit think too
little of the means by which it is attaincil.
Occasions of trouble. and advet sit y do
not make a nran,faih hut they :.huNs what
he is,
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$2 per Annum In Achrance.
FUN, FACT AND yAOETLIE.
jiiat'ope little dripk" hap - made all
the drpokards in the world.
lie is no true friend who has nothing
but compliments and praise for you. .
- Most people find their only happiness in
forcing themselves to be unhappy.
Sharp; intelligent rascals are more re.
_spected by the world than virtuous fools;
To borrow a 'pocket knife. and find it
will' cut is one of the pleasant sui prises of
life.
When a religions society quarrels and
splits, it stand . to 'reason that tho devil
gets one of the divisions.
It is hot difticnit to do' good, for . the
means are constantly clustering about,cv.
ery man's lip and hands.
Ile who cats mince pie in a restaurant
affords beautiful and touchingevidence of
child-like faith in his fellow man. • •
If
.you would enure the favor of an in
telligent men, cut off your story as soon
as he smiles an underistanding of its point.
The physical attributes of man arp con
stantly,at war with his mired and intel
le-ctual forces--,notably in ease of boils. •
There is CO sadder moment in a poor
man's life than , wheel he rakes together
the last.few,grains of a fi ft y -cent bag of
smoking tobacco.
Tears at a funeral are sometime& a
mere disguise for joy; just as laughter
and gayety and social'festivities may mask
a broken heart. k
" I am afraid you will come to want,"
said an old lady to an English Gentleman.
"I have come to that already," was the
reply. "I want your daughter." The
old lady opened her eyes.
A boy, who said his father was "a phi
lanthropist by profession," was asked by
another boy how he made it pay ? " Oh,"
was the reply, "he collects money fur the
poor and builds tenement hounes out of
A son of Erin onoe aceosted a reverend.
disciple of Swedenborg thus : "Mr. —,.
you say that we are to follow the same
business in heaven that we do hi this
world?" Yes!. That is in „perfect -.ae
c(irdatich With reason—for the Creator
-himself is not idle, and why should his
creatures be?" " Well, then, yerhoner,
do people•die there ?" "Certainly not!—
they are as immortal as the Creator him r
self." " Thea - I should like to knoW„ . .yer
honor, what they'll find for me do—for
I'M an undertaker in this world." •
A gentleman relates, alter leaving the
paper of which he was the editer, and re..
turning on .a visit, he wrote a' eader for.
the new editor. and he really thought it
.g,,0 4 1, better than he had written for
months. Next day ha met an old ac(ittain—,
Lance with a paper in his hand. "Ah,"
said he, "this papci" is but a miserable
thing, now—nothing like What it was when
you had it '' And pointing to the article
lie had written, he continued "hook;
for instance, at that thing _Why didn't
that fool let -you write:that article?"
The truly great are -cairn in danger,
merciful iu pro.perity, eloquent in the as
sembly, courteous in war, and anxious for
fame.
The truly great are calm in danger,
merciful in • prosperity, eloquent . in the
assembly, courteous in war, and anxious
for fame.
There is no union between the thoughts,
the words, the actions of the wicked ; but
the thoughts, words, and actions of the
good, all agree. -
. .
There never did and thew never will
exist anything, perffianently noble and ex
cellent in the character which is . a Stralt
ger to the existence of a resolute self-de
nial.
Talents gtve a man superiority far more
a , reeable than that which proceeds from
riches, birth; or 'employment, which are
external. Talents carstitute our very es
sence..
The matt who lives right and ; is right
has more power in big silence than anoth=
er who lives differently has by his words.
character. is like bells which tring out
sweet music, and which when touched
aecidentally even, resound' with sweet
music.
No one who has the charge of the young
can be too careful in preventing the daily
recurrence of, apparently,-the most insig
nificant irregularities, for, allowed to-day,
they come with a little more strength to
morrew, and after-a few 'more "to-mor
rows" become fixed characteristics fur
life.
' The goodness which struggles and bat
tles, and goes down deep and soars high,.
is the stuff of which heroism is made, by
which the world is salted and kept pure:
'lt is the seed which=beirs fruit in martyrs
and makes men nobler than their nature
_and (lend-gods and the prophets of' a
better time.
The' ,instincts of the hearts are -very
true. There are eyes that are like no
other eyes, to us when we first_meet them.
There are -VOires that, having been uncO
heat el, haunt\ our dreams. the ~ e uol
reasoning in the world is worthless when
compared to tbe, signs and tokens with
which reason has' nothing to do—which
s 4 to us; "Ile haS., come," or - "She is
here."
~ ,
' IVe cannot impede the progress of the h_ C ur of death, or of the'd.a) of judgment.
How soon these may arrive, is known
_alone to infinite wisdom. Should wu not
tremble in expectation of thesapproach of
'some mighty chieftain, 'whose CA, ))))) isissiim '
was to slay each foe he vaniptiSbed? 'PIM
is the province of the cominekor\Deatg-!
and none shall escape ! lle may not comb
to-day or to-morrow, but as sure as we.
are born, we arc In to die.. N .
.It was finely- said by Socrates that the !
sbortest and most Oireet road to poptflari
ty is,!' for a man tq be the same that he ,
~vislics to be taken for." People are ogre-!
, iously mistaken if they think they can!
ever attain to permanent popularity by;
hypocrisy, by mere outside appearanms,:
and by disguisidg riot only their language!
hut their looks. True popularity takesi
deep root, and spreads itself wide ; bnt
the false falls away like blossoms ; for!
nothing that is false can-be lasting.
FAMILIAR QIJOTATIOFS.
Believe a woman or an epitaph-.
All went merry as a marriage bell.
I stood among them - but not of them.
And there was Gounting in hot haste.
rerthe glad waters of theilark blue sea.
I have not lqed the world the world
me.• •
)tan'the pendulum betwixt a &MI&
and tear.
There is a pleasure in the pathless
wouds,
i
• Time writes no wrinkle . on my azure;
br(tw.
•
Know ye the land where thocypress
and the myrtle.
. .
"Heart on berlips, and soul within her
Sft as lier clime, and suuny.a4 her
skies.
, .
Aud both were young and one was beau
tiful.
Who track . We stops of glory .to
grave.
Christians have burned each other,
quite persuaded that all the apostles
would have done the same as they did.
A baffling cry of some strong svVimnier
in his apiny. -
Ile was the mildest mannered map that
evci scuttled ship or cut a throat. •
The mountains •look -on Marathon and .
Marathon looks ou the sea.
0 "darkly, deeply, beautifully blue."
Truili is always strange—stranger than
fiction. , •
NUMBER 48;
BITS OF WISDOM.