8. W. ALVOItD, Pialleher. VOLUME XXXii. = 81181118,8 COL DA.IN TINOS., . • . • _... . • PORTRAITF ANP LANDSCAPES Painted to orde• at an price from ;is to We. , Oil Paintings Re. , ainted. Re-Touched, or changed .nade as desired. iLll work done In the highest stele of, She Art.:' JOHANN F. BENDER. ' Towanda; P. April 18, 1878. . f T ROGALSKI, I Empio•ed With 3f. Ifendettnan for the past four sears; legs leave to announce to his friends and the pudic generally that be has rut:nosed to the Rosto• li9-Cedt Store, ono door south of the First Isatiosal Bank, and opened a shop for the repair of Watches. - Clocks. Jewelry. Am. All work war ranted to give entire satisfaction. (Apr4iB,.*. W J. YOUNG, S . A T TOR ,VE LASS; TOWANDA,.PA Nike—second }door month of tbairirst National Sank t alain St., tip atalrs. O CI D. KINNEY, ATTORNEY-A T-LAW Oltlee—Rooms formerly occupied by Y. M. C. A Reading ROOM. , F"LI B. SWISHER, • S 2'78 °Mee over 'Mrs. Mingo , store. Traftej" . & Noble's Mock; Treatment of diseased Meth a xpecialty. Gas and ether administered when desired.-mch.2B. ANTILLIAIig & ANGLE, ATTORNEYS-AT-L.4W: OFFICE ormerly occupied by Wm. Watkins, H. N. WILLIAMS. twt.l7. '77) E.. 1. ANdLE T 11kPITERSON, a.. ArronNES AND COI: 5,E1.1.01t-AT-LAW, TOW ANnA',' l'A- Diet Atry Er ad, c,J MASON & HEAD 4 7 TORNE IR-4 r -LA iv Towanda, Pa. On ce over Bartlett & Tracy, Main-st., (a9'773 Anrisrr. iIzAD. G.F:MAsox • EL. rk. Office with %reit& & Mentanye. [noril-75 F. GOFF, _ I VI AT ZORN E IAT-1, A W. ain Street (4 doors north of Ward House), To- Sands, Pa. At,ril 12, 1877. • , . W A. TITOMPSON 4 ATTORNEY -T y •AT LAW, NV ALUM NG, PA. Will attend So all business entrusted to his care lu Bradford, Sullivan and Wyoming Counties. Office with Esq. sorter, iruovl944. T ELSBREE, Eli ATTOR.N EY-AT-LAW, , thal4-75. TOWAN-DA, PA (1 L. LAMB, - - ATTORNEy , AT-LAW, txs.s:Bannz, Sanctions promptly attended to, 01IN'W. * ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND • , U. S.,CONIMISSIONER, - _ TOWANDA, r. Omce -Norio Side Public square. Jan. 1, ins DAVIESA CARNOCHAN, ATTORNEYS AT, L4vr, SOUTH SITE OF' WARD HOUSE. Dec 2345 W. S. M. WOODBURN, Physi cian and Sdrgeon. Office over O. A. Blacrs le — rockery store. Towanda, May 1,18721 y•. . YADILL & CALIFF ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 31:1 TOWANPA, PA. Office in Trandis Block, first doer sontit of the First ;rational bank, up-stairs. H. J. ?ff MULL. • rJans-731y) J. N. CALI FF. GRIDLEY k PAY-NE, 4TTORXEYs-AT-LAW, South side slcreur Block (rooms formerly occupied by Davies a Carnochan), TOWANDA, PA • (J 1 77) E=SI TAM 4S WOOD, ' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW; Taw A DA. PA Cl= CHAS. 31. I ALL, Attorney-at-Law and Notary, . . II) give owe MI attention to any Invilitesti en truto. ed to him. I Mire with Patrick & Fttyle. over Journal Vince), Towanda, L'a, ' (.1 unu7ll. T 011: KSANDERSON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Building (over Powell's Store). meb9-7,6 EORGE D. STROUD, ATTORNEY A.YD carI.V.S'ELLOR-A T-14 N. four doors North of Ward House Prartires in Supreme (*fort of Pron,yfrarda and United ,TOWANDA, PA, States (Zparts.—cliet.7.7fi. , ) El STREETER, LAW OFFICE, - TOWANDA, PA aug2o OVE4TON MERCITR, ATTORNEYS. AT.T.AM% TOWANDA PA.: `Office over Montanyes Store. [mayGlS WA.. OVERTON.; RODNEY A. MERCUR IMENIIII A T R E, I*-A T-L A W °rm.s OVKII DAYTON'S STORK, TOWANDA, PA A pm, 12, 187 C. , pit:TRICK k FOY,LE; • 4rroßivEr.s-4 T-11 ATV OfPre, In Mercur's flock J ANDREW WILT, ATTORBEY k 00 U.VSEL LOR-A T-LA W •T tee. Over Cross` Book Store, two doors north of g nyttivt h Long„Towinila, Pa. Maybe consulted n German. (April 12, '711.1 f A r T ° l, N .,,,f " T F o j j ' a B ri ß ti k il l' E n El liav T it T ig ° e Vi n - - tereei into ‘cojgirtnership, offer their professional services 10 tits public. Special attention given to Ini-hiessin Ma Orphap'. allli Register's Courts. E. OVERTOST- , ,,.11t.. - (aprl 140) N. C. k: ft • S. RUSSELL'S \crENERAL ;NS'URAN\CE AGENCY TOWANDA, PA. May2s4otf N syRANCE AGENCY. The folloing RELIABLE AND }IRE TRIED • Companies representedi A NTSBIIMPIi(ENIX4IIO3tE,.\3IrERCHANTS, March le, '74 ' O H. BLACK. - - 1876. T AVANDA:INSLTRANCE Al ENO.. -_'.Hain Street opliostte the Cour Ilou e. W . S. VINCENT, _ MANAGER. DR. T. B. JOHNSON, PHYSIChiS AND st*Gßos. • Oftleo over Dr. Porter K Son•a Drug Store, Towanda. jant-75tt. • 11V-.8. KELLY, v . over M. E. Itosentletts,iTowanda.; Pa. G Teeth Inserted on old, Sit and Al a =tam base. Teeth estraetedrer)thout pain. Oct. 44-72. • D • I'AY.NE, M. D., • piIYSICI:IX ASD SURGEOXI • Offtrebeer Mootanyes' Store. Ocoee houtProm 10 to 12, aud from 2 to 4, P. M. Speeial-atteutlon Cron to dtreases of the Eye end Fir.-0et.19,:164f. FAME. --In every community there are some men who become famous In some particular branch et trade: The history of THE syEADING ,\ND POPUiAR CLOTHIER! las entonelt his name on the toil of successful EI , TTERPRISING -MERCHANTS. With his UMW excelleat • taste. , and judgment Mr. Rosenfield has Just opened an \ Immense stock 'of • SPRING,AND SUMMER GOODS. selected xith the greatest care, and . eiery article guaranteed at pikes placing them. in the reach of Dont buy anything In the clothing line:until sum ,have examined' ROSENFIELDS STOCK If you du you will regret it (frh.l7B April, lAtb, 11+78 JACOB'S Spring tV Summer CLOTHING! BEEN EQUALLED BEFORE IN July 27,76. Quality or Low Prices, PLEASE CALL & EXAMINE BEFORE PURCHASING. TOWANDA, PA TowFula, Pa.,March 18 THE STILL TAKES THE LEAD! Carriages CHEATER THAN EVER. And Plat form Wagoua at a (i 11.1.:A.T.REDUCTION. I= Proprietor of the Ohl Oarriage Manufactory, cor. 'Slain anti Elizabeth streets, would call the special attention of FARMERS and others to 1115 large and COIIIOOIO assortat •nt of • OPEN AND TOP BUGGIES . AND PLATFORM WAGONS, All of •Lis own manufacture, alb' warranted In etery particular to be equal to the most expensive city work. TOW.AIIDA, PA NOW IS - YOUR TIME TO BUY ! Look at the Itgares, .and remember that every vehicle Is warranted : PI, ATFOR3f WAGONS ortis 1117GG I ES TOP' IieGGIES • The prices are - farbrims-the cost of manufacture and will not Ike maintained after•ilie present stock Is IlispOsed of, so you mus,t. make SeleetiOns NOW. Monet be imposed upon by Inferior work and poor materials, but p4arebase at the establishment whieh has been In operation for nearly half a u rn. Lary and, la permanently located. REVAIRINU I'ROMI'TLY ATTENDED TO °thee and Factory cor% Main and Elizabeth streets Towanda. Pa. ilyl7-73 Towanda, June 21, 1877 NEW CARRIAGE FACTORY, Respectfully announce to the public that they are prepared to build all kinds of PHAETON & PLATFORM' SPRING WAGO:4I3, TROTTING :SELKIES it SKELETONS, Made nt the beFt material and In the beet ,xtyle AU work warranted to give perteet-satistactiOn. We have one of the best r; arriage Painters in the country, and deal] work In Ibis line at the Joweat raps. • . All kinds of . REPAIRING , I \ -1 Neat and promptly done at minced prices. Making n yr springs and repairing old 'ones a specialty. A l work guaranteed. Please give ua a call. IIicINTYIW, t 84"ENCER. • Towanda, Aprit*lterT. in MMth 6• M. E. ROSENFIELD. He Is soliing elegant A\ SPRING OVERCOATS Is now recelrlug Ms STOCK OF WHICH HAS NEVER THIS MARKET, :I • Either tor Every Article First-Class, Patton's Block., Main-St Wage= and Carriages. OLD ESTABLISHMENT JAMES BICYANT JAMES BRYANT East of the Reporter (Mee Mclntyre & Spencer FAMILY CARRIAGES, TOP ANIi; k OPEN BUGGIES, PAINTING A SPECIALTY. _ ~ • . . • . . ~ . - \ , . . -- , • • . ' - \ . - • ' . ' '"' \ _- ' • - ;--- ----:._' _. ~ - ... .' .". , " . ,r • . . _. -=',.:-: s . . - - i - ' — " , A........ . , . ~ , ~ .. -........2.. '. lik -------::-.- .- - -\' ij 6 —II) r ' ... ... r , , • .i ... '• - H' '''.. 1 \ . • • •- . '--\.... \ I H A:M. ~. _ i'. :- •VP . i : I t ',., • - it L . II 1 1 '-‘. .c: . r 1 ':: ' \\,'\ ''- , . , . ._ :: 1 1 ' 1 .: ~ ..\ '...L.A:- :05...- \\- I ..,..,.. , •4,,,t, 17 -------; ' , 1 • '.l -. - \ \ , i • 1- II \ • •. . _ , • . . • .\-, '' '..• '1 • ' •.-_- ..- .\ -----'` . • - • ' --• ' . . - . . , . . • • . _ • ~ .. 1 • - . .• . . .., . • , • . - •, . • - • . . . . , . , . , . . , . . .. , , . • _ __ . , liiseelltneoni. 'MEDICAL. ELECTRICITY MRS. W. ti. CRIVERDALE; In her Practice In this boreal/1k during the past yeat, has effected many wonderful cures. • Her In creased knowledge makes her fully competent to treat nearly all diseases Incident to our race. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO PURE. LY FEMALE COMPLAINTS. • All Muds °Draft:iv, Appoplery, Inflammation of the Eyes. Quinsy, Croup, Pneumonia, Pleurisy. In firminatlon cf the Liver, Inflammatory Rhenina 11am, Amarosis, Deafness, Aphonla,' Dvspepula. Diabetes, Dropsy. Chronic Rheumatism; St. Vitus Dance, Epilepsy, Gaiter, Neuralgia, Fever Sore, Cancer, Catarrh. Curvature of the Spine. Asthma, Bright•s Disease of the Kidneys, and other diseases too numerous to mention. charges moderate. Terms Cash. Residence on Poplar.st., west of Venturi Avenue, where she may be found at all boom. • may:. Srte a week In yoneown town, VI Outtlt free. IR/ No risk. Reader, Jr you want a business at which persons of either se: can make great pay all the time they work, write for particulars to H. 11S1,Lsrr . /k Co., Portland, 'Milne. may3o.ly.. HIE FOR THE WEST ! . , MI And the best thing In the West Is A. HOME IN THE ARKANSAS VALLEY, —Thiotigh which runs the Atchison, Topeka & Santa ro It. It. 3500,000 ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE ON ELEVEN YEARS CREDIT WITH 7 PER CENT. INTEREST • The aitundatsce of excellent Water in Sprinks and running Streams, combined with Cheap Land of Superior Quality and the Finest Climate in the World. make, it the moat desirable in the West. Before locating elsewhere, apply for Cirular Maps, Lc." to \ E. E. DuANE, AgCnt Wilson Topeka k Santa Fe It. Canton, Pentrbt: Canton, Pa., Sla y \ 2.i 1878. OUR COMBINED CATALOGUE . `k•oz,c 18784 EVERYTHING FOR\ THE GARDEN Numbering 175 pages, isdilw, Colored Plate, SENT FREE • • To our customers of past years. sad \to all Purchas ers:, et our txteks; either GARDENING. FOR PROEM PItarTICAL FLORIOTTL'PRE. or GARDENING FOR PLEASURE \ e 1.50 each, prepaid, by mail.) To others, ei ceeipt.' of 25e. Plain Plant or Seed Catalogs \n , ithout Plate, free to alt. PETER HENDERSON & SEEDSM EN, MARKET GARF,NEitS AN,' fl.ollthS,. • 3.S Cortland Street, New York, \ March 7, 1878, If • THE SUBSCRIBER TARES, Pleasure ,In calling the attention his numer ous patrons and the public generally, to the fact that he still continues a GENERAL MARKET BUSINESS At the+ MD STA7,ila of MYEIt & ItLINDELL, in earrill's {Mock, neaily opposite the Means Mouse, and that he la prepared to furnish I SALT AND FRESH MEATS, FRESH POULTRY, VEGETABLES AND BERRIES Of the very best rivallty, at as low rates as any other establishment. 'Nile 1, 1876-tt • G REATLY REDUCED 'PRICES , . The untlerAgned lr deing PLANING, MATCHING, AND RE-SAWING, And all kinds of Planing-mill Work, AWAY DO WN DOWN DO W N So far yoti set, H I have also on band a large stock of SASH AND DooltS Which I am selling at prices ti) suit the times WINDOW-NUN:DS Made promptly to order, at a low price, for CASH IF YOU WANT TO GET ItICI! QUICK, Call and see my Gwals and Prices Lumber bronght here to he milled, will be 'kept under corer and perfectly dry until taken away. Good sheds for your horses, and a dry place to load. Towanda. Jan. 18, 1877 NEW R ! GOO DST! MISSEFr SNELL St FAUNIIAM Take pleasure In Inviting llit4 friends to call at A few. door's north of 3ferenr 'Mock, And examine their stock of NEW MILLINEIY GOOD, Un•vg Making el,,ne Straw W , lrk.atit , Bleach Ifig 5 S jwcial t y Ti antra. Pa., April 11. 1878 TROY WOOLEN MILLS J. C._Loveland & Son, WO 10 tllO . AO . 100 . IIS •' 150 WOOLEN GOODS, CARPETS, YARNS, &C elohss. Flannels and Yitrns !it:mut:whir e.l Isy the y4sti on shares, or Wool taken Lt ex change for goods. Yarn taken in the skein Of emit , •rs, lobe (Pled ott-eottun Warps for litankets, Sheeting or Men's wear. We are alwavA prepared Ind° Roll carding, Fancy Dyeing tali colors), and Carpet Weaving.. .1. C. LoVELANDI/k SON . Troy, I'a.. May '2. Ina-ant. . - FIRST NATIONAL BANK, CAPITAL PAID IN SUICPIX'S FUND.. TM.% Bank offers nnumnal facilities forthe trans. action of a general banking loislitcs JOS. POW ELL, President PASSAGE TICKETS To and l lrom Europe by INMAN AND NATIONAL ST • - ' Also, • FOREIGN DRAFTS IN ANY AMOUNT For !ale by :LIVINC ENT, MalnStieet, - - Towanda. I'a. SUSQ,U,EHA.I.:NNA • • _ COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. Spring Term commences MONDAY, APRIL S. For catalogue, or other particulars - aidress the Principal, E. E. QUINLAN, .11.11. Towiu.da, Jan, 17, 1875. r 0 THE POORI-DADEVILLE r uas for sale ("4 mile from the town centre) at the low price of Twenty-five Dollars per lot (r-5). Location healthy ; two miles from the lead mines, and work plenty : digging in the mines, cutting rails,. wood, &c., or farming; provisions cheap. Ono-quarter of an acre In each lot. Terms, one-halt down, balance In sin months. Editor of this paper agent; for further *Oculars address 31ItS. C. A. MILLER, Dadetrille I'. 0.„ - Jan.2l7S. ' Dade Co., no. WESTERN TICKETS. Per. sena prcpurtnit . to Go West" can: pur chase tickets to alt points South and WeaL at as low rates as st sos other Mike. and have baggage checked, by calling on meat the Wyahmlng Depot. W. 11. KINTNER. • Wialualeg, March :1, . . - • - C.N. MI ER. L. B. RODGF.ItS I== Prices to sett the times. )18nufacturers of TOWANDA, PA. , ei25,000 AO,OOO N. BETTS, Cartier Feb. lA. 1878 TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., *ITESDAY MOOING, JUNE •6, 1878. tio4. E=l2 [For the ttryouTsit.l LINES SUGGESTED ON THE DEATH OP ULYSSES SWEET. There's a shadow o'er the household, There's a hush In the summer air, . There's a satluesit In the foot-fill. There's a chill In the sunshine fair. There'S a place at the table that's vacant, voice that's hushed forever; - Can oro forget thy andllng face? Can we forgetibee I.—never I knew thut he was going. ANTI watched his fleeting breath, Until his form so lovely ' Was'eold and still In death. But my trust Is hi•tho Saviour. Who ;Meth all things well ; Ana lie will rake my loved,one s Vu high with Him to dwell. • Loved one, I long to . ineet thee, \there parting Lino more ; Aod I would happy greet thee, ' Heaven's peaceful shore. S. Monrocton, May 20th. [For the REPORTER.] `A ROBE. . . I gave to my 10v,,a rose. At dawn, when he sky was red; A rose Impearled In'the- dew.. -and every petal was Wed. To a tender thought of film Who had done my beartlesplte, To whom my soul had turned As roses turn to the Light. lie kept 14 rose till ere, Till the sky was clutiwnd gray, Then Iwcwken,-Iwniseil, and grieved, Ile Lewd iuy rose away. . Well, 'was only a flowr, • What right had I to complain? It pleased fry love for an hour,— Uuhused let it remain. .Troy, ra. C. BALLARD. . THE BUTTE ° FLY. t ' 4 I saw a butterfly today; . .V though the spring Is new, bheseculed a 9 swect and fresh and gay, A. later comers do. The l as:Ay-willow gave delight, And with the honey bees ahe escorted, WI the shades of night \ Brought weary wlnglet.s. es e. • wonderl will she come again, a . 'When morrow's sun Is red, dnd i ' tD loveliness obtain A beart by beauty led? Troy. Pa. `\ MINNIE C. 1.1A7..z.aur. `\ rs~rll~rrrcau . ~~.\ Widoii\Cobb. The fire crackled Cheerfully on the broad hearth of the 'old \ farm-houSe kitchen, a eat and threekittens bask ed in the warmth, and \a\deserepit yellow dog lying full in the reflection of the blaze, wrinkled his lila& nose approvingly, and turned his hind feet where his fore feet had been. ,\, Over the l chimney hung several fine hams and pieces of dried beef. Apples were festooned along•the cell= lug, and crooked-neck squashes vied with red peppers and slips of dried pumpkins in garnishing each window frame. There were plants, too, on the window ledges—horse-shoe gera niums, and dew plants, and- a month ly rose just budding, to say nothing of pots of violets that perfumed the whole place whenever they took it into their purple heads!to bloom. -The floor was carefully swept the chairs had not a speck of dust upon leg'or round ; the long settee near the fireplace shone as if it had been varnished r and the eight,_day clock in the corner had had its white face newly war.hed - , and seemed .to tick the lotider for it. Two arm chairs were drawn up at a cozy dis tance from the hearth and each other ; a candle,_ newspaper, a pair of spec- Lieles,, a dish of red-checked apples and a pitcher of cider, filled a little table between them. • In one of these chairs sat a com fortable-looking woman of about 45, with cheeks as red as the apples, and eyes as dark and bright as they had ever been, resting her elbow on the table, *1 looking very thoughtfully into the tire. This was Widow Cobb of Deacon Levi 'Cobb, who hail been mouldering into dust in the 133itown churchyard' for more 'than si l ven . thinking years. She was of her dead husband. possibly be cause--all her work being done, and the servant gone to bed—the sight of his-empty chair at the ahem side of the table and tide sPence of the room, made ;ter a little lonely. ' Seven years;" so the «vit.tow's rev erie ran. It seems as if it were inure than fifty—and yet I don't look .so very old, either. Perhaps it's not having children to 'bother my life. out, as other people have. They may say what they like— children are more plague than. profit—that's my opinion, Look at my sister Jerusha with - her six' boys. She's worn to a shadow, 'and I am side they haVe dOne it, though -she will never own it." - The widow took an apple from the dish and began to peel IL ." How dreadful fond Mr.• Cobb used to be of these grafts. He never will eat any more of them, poor fel-. low, for I don't suppose they have apples where he has gone to. Ileigho I remember very well . how I used to throw -apple-parings .over my head when I was a girl to see who I was going to marry." Mrs. Cobb stopped short and blushed. For in those days she did not know Mr. Cobb, and was'idways looking eagerly to see if the peel bad formed a capital "S." Her -medita tions took, a new turn. 'How handsome Sam Payson:wail and how ml►cl► I used to care about him. I wonder what has becOme of him • Jerusha says he went away from our village just after I did, and no one tas ever heard•of him since. And what a 'silly thing that quarrel was.! If it had not beentor that—" Here came a long pause, daring which the wido* looked very stead fastly at the empty gm-chair of Levi Cobb,. deceased. Her fingers played carelessly with the apple, paring ;.she drew it safely toward her, and looked around the room. my word it is very Tidieu lons, and don't know . what the neighbors would say if they saw me." Still the plump fingers drew the red peel nearer. - , "But . then they can't see tvg, that's a comfort, and the cat . and old Bowse MICIARDLEBB OF DRtitiNCIATI FROM ANY QUARTER. never will know wh •t it means. Of course I don't believ anything about it.". • - The paring hung very gracefully from her hand. " But still I should like . to try it,; it would seem like old : times and—" Over her head it went and curled upygry quietly on the floor at a - little distance., Old Boise f Who always slept with one nye Open, saw it fall and marched deliberately up to smell of it. " Bowse—Boirsc--don't touch it l" cried his , mistress, and bending over it with a beating heart, she turned as red as fire. This was as handsome a capital 44 8 " as any one could wish to see. A great knock came suddenly at the door. Bowse ; growled, and the widow screamed and snatched up the apple paring. " It's Mr. Cobb—it'shis spirit I come back again, because tried that silly trick," she thought fearfully, to herself. Another knock—louder, 'than the first, and a man's voice e xclaimed : " Hillo the house'!" " Who is it?" j asked. the widow, -somewhat relieved to find that the departed Levi was • still safe in his grave upon the hillside. ~ "A stringer," !said the voice. "What do you want ?" "To get a lodging for the night." The-widow- deliberated. " Can't you go On ?—there's" a house half a mile further, if you keep . to the right-hand side of the road and .turn to your-left after you get by—" "-It's •raining!-cats and dugs, and I'm very delicate," said the stranger, coughing. " Pin wet to • the skin— don't you think you can accommo date 'me? mind sleeping on. the floor." • " Raining, is iit ? I did n't know that ;" and 'the kind-hearted little* woman unl.arred the door very quick-, ly. " Come in, whoever you may bc. I only •aSked you to go on becau s e I am a lone Woman .with only one servant' in the bOuse," The stranger entered = shaking himself like a Newfoundland dog up on the step, and scattering a little shower of drops over the hostess and her nicely.swept floor. . " Oh—that looks-comfortable atter a man has been out for hours in a storm," he said, as he caught sight of the fire, and striding along toward the hearth s ' followed by Bowse,' who sniffed suspicitihsly at his heels, he stationed himself in the arm-chair—, _Mr. - Cobb's arm-chair, which had been kept sacred to his memory fOr seven years. The widow was horri fied, but - her . gueat, looked so Weary 'and worn-out that she could not ask' him to move, but busied herself in stirring up the . blaze, that *he might the sooner dry his dripping clothes. A new.thought struck her: Mr. Cobb -had wdrn comfortable dressing \gown during his illness, which still hung in the closet at the right. She weld not let this poor man catch his \ death by sitting in that wet coat; if he'vras in. , Mr. Cobb's chair, why shoulit he not be in Mr. Cobb's wrap per ? 'She went nimbly to the closed,_ took it down„ fished out a pair of slippers frOM a-boot-rack below, and brought them to him " I think':, you had better take off your coat and boots; you'will have .the rheumatic fever or something like it if yo? dOn't. Here are some things for you _to 'wear while they are drying. And,yOu must 'be hun gry, too; I will go into the pantry and get y ou something to eat." "She bustled away, On hospita ble thoughts intent," and' the stran ger made the exchange.i Ire Was. a well-formed man, with a bold e, sun mrnet am heavily bearded, and looking any thing but "delicate," though hislibie eyes glanced out from under a fore head white as snow. He looked' around the kitchen and stretched .out his feet before him, decorated With the deacon's slippers. Then he leaned forward and stroked the cat and her brood and patted old Browse upon the head. The widow, bringing in sundry good things, looked pleas ed .at, his attentions to her dumb friends. " It's a wonder Bowse does not growl ; he generally does if strangers touch him. Pear me I stubid." The last remark was , neither 'ad dressed :to the stranger nor the i dog, but to herself... She had torgOtten that, the little stand was not empty - r = and there was nQ room on it for the things' she held.' " Oh, I'll manage it,'" said the guest, gathering up paper, csndle, apples and spectacles—(it was not without a little Pang that s'he saw them in his hand, for they had been the deacon's %nd were placed each night, like the arm-chair, beside her) —and• deposited them on the settee. " Give me the table-cloth, ma'am ; I can spread it as well as any wo man ; I've learnt that along with scores of other things in my wander ings. Now . let me relieve you of those dishes; they are far too heavy Tor' those little hands ." (the widow blushed); •' now please sit ddwn with me. or I cannot eat a morsel." ' " I had supper long ago, but really I think I Can take something more," said Mrs. Cobb, gently drawing her chair nearer to the little table. "Of course you can, my dear lady —in this cold autumn'weather People ought to eat twice as much as they do in warm. Let me . give you a piece of the ham—your own curing, I dare say." " Yes, my poor husband was very fond of it. He used to - say that no one understood curing ham and.dry ing beef better than - t IP' " lie.*as a most sensible man, I am sure. I drink your health, madam, in this cider." lie took a long 'draught and set down_his glass. " It is like nectar." The widow was feeding Bowse and the cat (who thought they were enti tled to a share of every meal eaten in the house),,and did not quite hear what he said. I fancy she would hardlykave known what " nectar " iwas—so it was quite as well. "Fine dog, ma'am—and a N; e r y pretty eat." I 1 "They were my Husband's fayor ites," and a sigh followed the.inswer. " .ith I _your husband must ! been 'a very happy man." , The blue eyes looked at her sip long that she grew flurried. "Is there anything more . Ica get for you, sir ?" she askeil at last. " Nothing more, thank you kindly. I-have finished." • She rose to clear the things away: He-assisted her, and' somehow their hands had a queer neck-of touching . as they carried the dishes to the pan try shelves. i . Coming back Ito .the kitchen, she put the apples add, cider back in their old places, and _brought out a clean pipe and a 30X of. tobac-. co from an arched recess near the chimney.. • , "M. husband always said he could of sleep after eating supper late.un -ss• he smoked," she said. " Perhaps yogi would like to try it, air?" "\rot if it is to drive you .away," heattswered, for she had her•candle in! her 'land. . . • k' Oh. hp—l do not object to.smoke at . • all." 'She put the candle down—. some faint\Suggestion about " pro. priety " troubled her, but she &need at, the clock and felt reassured. it was only half-past 9. The stranger \pushed the stand hack after - the pipe\Was lit, and drew her easy-chair a littl nearer the fire —and his own. "Come, sit down," b . ingly. " It's not late—l man has been knocking ab ifornia and all sorts of pla t berth like this—and to have , natured, pretty woman to spe i. once again." "California,? Have you been , California !" she exclaimed, ' droj ping into the chair-at once. Unconsciously, she had long cher ished the idea that gam Payson—the lover of her youth—with whom, she had so foolishly quafteled, had ,Pitch., ed his tent, after many wanderings in that, far-off land. Iler - heart warmed to one who,.with soniethina, of gam's looks and ways about him had always, been sojourning in that country— and who very possibly had met him —perhap's had known him intimate ly ! At that thought her heart beat quick, and she looked very gracious ly at the bearded stranser wlio, wrap ped - in Mr. Cobb's• dressing-gown, wearing Mr. Cobb's . slippers, and sitting la Mr. Cobb's chair . besides Mr. Cobb's wife, smoked Mr 4 Cobb's pipe, with such an air of feeling most thoroughly and comfortably at home " Yes, ma'am—l've been in Cali fornia for the last sir. years. And before that I went quite round' the world—in a whaling ship." Good gracious I" The ktranger sent a , puff of 'Smoke curling gracefully overbislead. , " It's very strange, my dear lady, how often you• see one thing as you go wandering about the world after that fashion " "And what is that ?" Mien, without house ,or Koine above their heads, roving here and there, and turning up in all sorts of odd places, caring very little.for life as a general thing, and niaking for-. 'tunes just to fling them away again —and all for one reason. You'don't 'ask me what it is! No doubt you know already very/well." ° • " rthink not, sir." - " - Because a women has jilted' theni Mere was a long pause, and Mr. Cobb's pipe emitted short puffs with rapidity. A guilty conscience needs no accuser, and. the widow's cheek was dyed with bluShes as she thought of the absent Sam.` "I wonder ho* women manage when they get served in the same way," said the stranger, musingly. " Yon never meet them roaming up and down in that Style." • "\•o," said Mrs. • Cobb,' with some spir=it; "If a women is in trouble she must stay at home and bear it in the-best way she - eau. - And there's more women . bearing , such things than we know of, I dare say." • '" Like enough. We never knew Whose hands get pinched in a trap unless they scream: And women are too shy, or too sensible, which you choose, for that." " Did you ever in all your Wonder ings, meet any one by the name of Samuel Payson?"' asked the widow, unconcernedly. The stranger, looked towards her —she was rummaging her drawer for the knitting work and did not notice hith.: When it Waal found and the needles in motion;„ he answered her. " Payson ? Sam Payson? What! lie was niy most intimate friend ! -Do you know him ?"- A‘ A little—that is, I used to when I was a girl. Where did, you meet _ . him ?" went with me on the whaling rqyage I told you of, and afterwards hoWalifornia. We had a tent togeth er, an& some other fellows with" us, and we dug in the, same claim for more than six months." "I—suppose he was quite well?" - - " Strong as an off, my dear lady." " And—happy said the widow, bending close over, her knitting. "hum—the leSs about that the better— perhaps. /.13tft he seemed to enjoy life after a fashion of hisiawn: And he got rich out there, or rather I will say—very Swell oft" U • Mrs. Cobb did 1 6t pay mall at-s tention to ' that part of the story. Evidently she had not finishea ask ing questions. put she was puzzled about her nest one.' At last she brought it out beautiful..'. " Was his wife with 'him in Cali fornia ?" The sttanger loaed at lieL.with a twinkling eye. "His wife, ma'am I Why, bless you i te-basn't got one !" " Oh, I thoUght--.1 niean 'heard " —here the little widow . i.emeinbered the fate •-of Aninias and Sappbira, and stopped befoic she told such a tremendous fib. "Whatever you heard of his mar rying was all nonsense, I can assure you. I know him well; and he had no thought of the kind about him. Some of thel)oys.used to tease .Lim about„it—ba he : very soon made theth stop." ' " How.?" Ile just told them frankly that the only . woinan he had ever loved had jilted him years before, and ,mar ried another map. After that no one ever - mentioned the subject to him again except me.'-! Mrs. Cobb laid her knitting aside and looked 'thoughtfully , into the fire. Wive " He was another speeiman of the class or men I was speaking of. -I have seen him face death a score of times as quitely as I face the fire. 'lt matters very little what tikes - me off,' he used to say ; ' I've nothing to live-firaff, and there's no one to shed a tear for me when lam gone.? It's a sad thought for a man to have, isn't it ?" Mrs. Gob,b sighed 'as she said she thought it was. " But did he ever tell you the name of the lady who jilted him?" " I know the first name." ' . " What was it." "Maria." The plump little widow alniost started out of her chair.the name was spoken so exactly as Sam would have said it. ‘3 " Did - you know her?" he asked, ooking keenly at her.' y es. ), •• • " Intimately ?" "Yes." "And where is she now? Still happy with her husband,l suppose, and never giving a thought 'to the .poor fellow who she drove out of the world." - said, plead- NI when a Int in Cal ls, fpr a to " No," said Mrs. Cobb, shading her face with her hand, and speaking un steady: "Na, ler husband is dead." " Ah. But still she never thinks or Sam." There was dead silence. • • " Does she ?" "how can I tell ?" - " Are you sill friends • 41 y es. 77 - " Then you Ought to know, and do .11 me.": . ‘. I am. Sure I don't .know why I shoud. But if I do, you must promse me, o your honor, never to tell him if you e •er meet with him again." " Mad kn, what you say tome never shall be re l ated to any mortal man, upon my ho or." "Well,. the , she does remember him !" " But how ?" • "As kindly, I t ink, as he could wish." . " I am glad to ear it .fiir his sake. You and I are, the friendi of both parties ; we can rejoice with' each other." Ile drew his chair neare \ hers and took lief hand. One moment she re sisted, tilit it was a magic toUch ; the rosly palm lay very quietly la bis, and the-dark beard went so low that it nearly touched her shoulder. \lt did not matter much. Was lie n'bt Samuel Payson's dear friend ? If h was not the rose, had lie not dwelt very. near it for a long, long time ? ":It was a very foolish quarrel that parted theui l ". said the strtinger soft ly. " Did he tell you about it ?" " Yes, on board the whaler." " Did he blame ,h silnuch ?" . . " Not so much Ss: himself. He said that his jealousy and ill-temper drove her to break off the -match ; but he thought sometimes il"he had only gone back .and spoken kindly to her, she would have married 'him after all." " I am sure she would," said the widow, piteously. "She has owned it to me more than a thousand times." " She was _not happy then with another." _" Mr. that is tofsay, her hus band—was. very good and kind," said the little .woman, thinking of the lonely grave on the hillside rath er penitently, " and they lived very pleasantly together, There never was a Ars!) word between them." "Still—might she not' have been happier with Sam ? Be honest and sat• just what you think." " Bravo ! That is what I wanted to come at. And now I have a se, era to tell you, and you mint break it to her." Mrs.'Cobb look rater seared: What is it?" rwant you to gx, and see her, wherever she may be, and say l to her —Maria! What makes you L .stare s'o?" "Nothing—only you speak so like some one I user —to know, once in a . • " DO I ?"—well, take the, react of the message. Tell her that Sam. loy ed her through the Whole; that when he heard she. w's free he began to work• hard at making a fortune ; has got it, and, is coming to share it with her, if she Will let him. you tell her this? • The widow did not answer. She had freed her hand from his, and covered her face with it. By and by site looked up again. lie was waiting patiently. ' " ?" " r will tell her." He rose from his feet, and walked. up and down the room. Then he came back, and, leaning on the'man , tat-piece, stroked - the yellow hide of Howse with his slipper. ~ M ake her quite understand that he wants her for his wife. We may. lii.eWhere she likes, and how she likes,'Ajuly it must "be with him." " I will tell her." "Say he has grown old, but not cold ; that he loves. her now perhaps better than„lie did twenty years ago; that he has been faithful to her all through his life, and that he will he althful till - he ; • The Californian broke.otT sudden ly. The Widow answered still— ,. " I will tell her.", ' " And•what do yOn think she will say ?" he asked, in an altered tone. 4 What can 'she say but COME " Hurrah !" . • The strangerscaught her; out of her chair as if she had been a 'child, and kissed her. " Don't,---oh, don't !" - slie cried out, " I ain Sam's Maria., " Well—l aniMarta's Sam !" Off went the dark Wig and 'the black whiskera—there. • smiled • the dear face she had never forgotten. I care you to imagine 'the tableau— . even the cat got .up to look. Bowse sat on his stump of a tail, and won dered whether he was on his heels or his head. The little widoW gave - one scream, and then said— • But stop ! Quiet people . like you and. me, dear reader, who ' have ,got over all these . follies, and • can do nothing but .tarn up Our noses: at them, have no, business here. I will only add that two heartswere very happy.; that Dowse concluded-after a while that all was right, and so laid down 'again';`and that not a great • while afterward there was a wedding at-the house that made the neighboring farmers stare. • WidoW Cobb had married ,her -first love! STRANGE' PEOPLE People who like hagpips. • People who dislike Oysters. People at this•period of our com mercial prosperity, - when writing paper costs next to nothing, will per sist in writing across their letters. People who say ) leeaure, interest ing and inhospitable and People who have no.relations. People who dye their hair. People Who like getting up early in the morning. People who have more money than they know what to do with: , People who - posSess a stock of old mrt. . People , with have never' been abroad.'. - People who give 'donations to street beggers and organ grAtder4. • People who take long walks before breakfast: People who spend their income for loicers.for . the buttonhole. People who light and leai.e Off fires on certain days. . People who • like paying ineOme tat. Penple'who buy early and - costly asparagus—nine - inches-sf white stalk to one , of green head: People whO have no. sense of -114 mor. People who give ldite particsio small-rooths. People 'who:lavish their inoneron the heathen abroad and leave the heathen 'at 4torne to take care of themselves. • People Nilo trill keep all their old letters: ; . • ,/ People - without , prejudices,'weak nesses, antipathies,-hobbies, crochets, or favorite theories. ' People 'who have( nothing the mat ter with their indigestion andcan eat anything. • People who cad eat snuff. People who never turn back. • 111Ales'AGE.—Few . men,die of age. Almost all die of disappointment, passion, mental or'bodily toil; or ac cident: The passions kill men Some. ; . times, even. rtudderdy, The common expression, choked with passion, baS little significance in it,; for even_ tho' not suddenly fatal; strong 'passions, \shorten life. Streng-.bodied men of-". ten die young 7 :--weak men-live longer: than - the strong,; for the-strong use their strength and the' Weak have none to use. , The latter take care of themselves, the former do not. As it is with the body, so it' is with mind and temper. The • strong are apt. to break,, or; like the candle, to ;.-thelt*lt to-burn out,. ,The in ferior animaKwhich live, in general; regular and tiampe.rate lives; have 'generally their prescribed -.term pf years. The horse lives , twenty-five years ; the ox fifteen or twenty ; the lion aboutftwenty ; the dog -ten or twelve ; tile rabbit ; eight ; the guinea pig six-er?seven ye t ars. -These nurn-* bersall bear a similar proportion to .the time the animal takes to grow to its full size. But man, of the .anh. .Mils, is one that .Seldom conies up ,to this - average. lie ought to, live a 'hundred years,. according - to this physiological law, for five times- twen ty are one hundred';.: but instead of ,that be scarcely reaches, on.an aver; a,ge,tour times his , growing period ; the Cat' six times; and the rabbit even' eight., times the standard of measurement. The reason is obvious -man is not only' irregular, and the most intemperate, but the most,labo rious and hard-worked'of all animals; and there is reason to believe, though we cannot tell what an animal secret- v, feels, that more -than 'any other :animal man cherishes_ wrath to keep it warm, and , consumes - .liimSelf with the fire of his own.secret reflections. HOW: 'TO DETECT MARRIED PEOPLE. If you see a lady . and gentiman disagree upon trifling occasions, or correcting, each - other in company, you may be.sure they. have tied the matrimonial 'noose. If you see a sit , entpair in a cab or railway carriage lolling carelessly,. one at each ' win dow, without seeming to know they have a companion,. the sign is infall ible.- *lf- you see a• lady • &Op her glove, and a gentleman .by her - side kindly tells her. to pick it up, ,you 'need not. hesitate in forming, . your opinion ; or,- You .see a lady whose beauty and accomplishments attract; the attention of every gentleman hi the room but one ; you _,have no chili dulty in determining their relation ship to each other,--the .one 'is her husband. If you see a gentleman particulary courteous, obliging and good4;tatured,: relaxing into smiles, _saying sharp things, and toying with. every pretty, woman in the room, ex cept one, to whom he appears partic ularly cold and formal, and is on: `reasonablycross,wbo that is nobody Can be at a . loss discoter.. The rules above. quoted are bud down as infallible in just,interPretation ; they may be resorted to with perfet 'con fidence ;. they are founded upon. un erring. principles,, and deduced from every day expeeience. • AN ExcusE.—thie of the. teachers in the 12th Ward Public .5c1.401 re ceived, the other day an excuse ivrit- . ten in. behalf a delinquent pipit. by the , father. • It' runs , in this wise: . "Miss ,Teacher:-LPot poy of mine vos absent de oder day ven he . stliaid out. He got von big colt in his neck rot makes much trouble all de vile. Please don't give him some blinishment yen he vos late in de morning. He:would got there shust in time every day,' but-he - is not him self to blame; he is got ne motbar. Slie,vos dead ten .years. --ago.• *I am this poy's parent by his mother be fore she vos dead." THE trimming of the vain.would clothe the naked. " ‘,V.,orxtivarrir.ind responsible insanity" is Gerritt Smith's analysikof drunken . near; per Annum •tn Advance. NUMBER. L UPON THE tiEll AT 81:111817. With - h - arn 'boys sad heaven below, And Summer's languid sirs around, Our tiny bOat is drifting Through summer evenings hush profound, Where the hot sun awhile ago Within the opal Waves was drowned. We salt toliards yon enchanted Of clond that rises In the West, Iteneellng days lest lorellest smile; ' • \ And silent on our oars •e rest, And let that visioned shore beguile . • Our bark along the water's breast. Ilow.aereetly /testi across thebay; Fronisflow'ry gardens on the - shone, • Delielou s sodors that the day" • I For the young night bath kept-In store How soft the \ llght wind's tender sway: rpon the sea, so calm before tiiirrbrn the pal ' e,East, blushing red, Itut ever higher and more fair, What time the stare steal overhead And brighten In the purple air, You moon, her beams with twilight wed, Ascends, Night's advent to prepare. , The distant lighthouse fla ming eels— Ithus, glows again. 0 bleitselease, • When Llte's dark chain of cities and woes • Sonia angel from far heaven deft% ease, 7.> And' hearts, toil -wearied, may repose Within an Infinite of Peace 800 NEB OR LATER. N Sooner di7 later the storms shall twat Over my` slumbers from heatLte feet Sooner Orlater the winds shall rave In o:laying grass above my grave. I stialiriot heed . them where li 11e. NOthink their stun:A*3lml! signify Nothing the headstone's fret of rain; Nothitrz to me the dirk day's palm S.ooner'or later the inn shall thine With tender warmth on that mound ormine; Sooner or later the summer Cloveinnd violet blossoin-there:. r • I shall not feel In that deei.reit The sheeting light fall.over my breast, .Nor even note In those hidden holm; The wind•biown breath of the homing Solvers. Sooner or later the stainless snows - Shall add their bush to MY mute repose: Sooner or later shall taint and ahlft • And heap my bed with their da;zllng drift. Chill though that frozen pall shall seem. Its touch no colder can make the dream That reckanot the sweet and sacred dread Shrouding the city of the dead. iSooper or later the boo shall come • . -And4lll the noon with its golden bum ; Sooner - or later on half-potssa wing The Line bird's warble about me ring. Ring and chirrup and wtitstiC with glee ; Nothing his music mws to, me ; None of these beautiful thinipt_shall know Row !soundly:thelf loser sieepshelow. Sooner or later tar out to the night I. rtieztara shall over me wing tbejr flight; loner. or later my dankling dews the white sparks in their silent ogee V a raj shall part the gloom • T ..t wraps me round' in the kindly tomb; Peace shall beiberteer for lip and brow— Sooner ot l lator--oh, why not now • (For the btrowria.] A HOPELESS 0011IINDETIN. • BY MARY I:. ROCKWELL. A thundering rap at the door, and you are confronted by a piratical looking indi vidual ;film firmly demands ."old clothes and a piece !" - . - ) Meekly informing him that your con stituentsnre abliged4 wear all the old clothes themselves, you bring the requir ed "piece " and think yourself kicky it the jolly beggar . departs without "sass:" Another with a magnificent bow, (one,' heel thrown high in, dui_ air behind hinr,) says, "There are three of us, mum; we're a travellin', mum ; we 'are: sailors, mum; we were alt blown up on Lake Erie, mum," (you are now saying, 'what a pit) you ever came down,'')—"and, we want a little help on our way.". But the•sailor has powder blown in his face, and thai peculiar com plexion which shows that the only blow-up it which ,he ever assisted (as our French cousins say), must have occurred in a coal Mine ; it is with relief that you see his stalwart back tusned =but Mollie Diaguires and Latham. combined; here we have one With a face_ so villainous ; that big doggie, sell;camsti tatted guardian angel of "little missus," plants himself:unbidden between her and _ the visitor ; (oh ! faithful, loving dog . how could the cruel railroad train so sb-' ruptly end the Mil of _thy life?) , _ • This, with much circumvention, ert. plains that he has a broken jaw'; and that ' something appropriate must be prepared for him ; 'but when once he is seated "spoon victuals " in hand, you' discover • that the jaw _in question is quite-As good as new, judging from the manner in which it wags both.in its legitimate use ; and While he telli. with great condesension •,. of his plaits - for the winter : Namely, to stay up in• the' country with some .old farmer, and work for his 'grub . .'." • • The grub doubtless', ho will get, _but_ • whether he will'work?-it: a *different don,. • This other, rubber-liooted t?. the knee, and yibratini, in said boomfrom too great devotion, is King Alcohol. Hath grevious need of a Agstage stamp to send a letter to his wife,- We are told that -there's "never a Jack Without a 4ill;" ; but *hitt sort of a JiJl can belong to this specimen of the great unwashed. And so they come in endless variety, these strange Bohemi. atm ; some distinguished for their cool im pudence; others civil and, quiet; some again savage and hideous enough to Veri fy those whq are—not particularly, brave •• Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marehlug; Whence do they go? and whit l r do they go? 3lrrin-not much who is with thee, or who is against: tiiee ; but take care that God may be with thee, in everything thou doest GENTlLirv"bonsists notlitt birth, wealth, manners; or faihion, but in a high ainsa of tin or, a determination never. to take undue advantage of another. the grace of God corneth unto a in - an, then he is•naade able for all things. And when it goeth away, then be is poor • and weak, and as it were, left only for the lash and scourge. TIIELVE 'cannot be a secret Christian. Grace is like ointment hid- in the hand. it betrayeth . itself. If you only , Teel the; sweetness of the cross o" Christ, you will he constrained to confess Christ before mon. Tun cultivation of a genial, charitable, benevolent spirit will not injure any of as; : and will certainly benefit the commnnity in which we live, and add constantly to the number of our friends. 'THE past is disclosed, the fu uro ems, mated in doubt. And yet human nature is heedless of the past, and fearful of the future—regarding not the science and ex perience that past ages have unveiled. Imruerr submission in a lean to hic wife is ever disgracefuljo both ; but im plicit submission-in a wife to the ..tt ilker her husband is what she promised at the altar, and what the good will revere her for. I