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AI.VORD & HITCHCOCK, Publisher
VOLUME XXXTX.
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CASII. . _
Business Cards.
G • W. RYAN,
COUNTY SUPEISINTENDICNT.
Office day last sat und ay or each month, over 'Kutner
St, Gordon's DrueStore, Towanda, Pa.
Towanda, June 20, 1878.
ELSBREE & SON,
TVOlt NEYS-AT.I. JON,
• TOWANDA, PA.
N.C. ELSIITLEE
PAINTINGS. • •
'POItTRAITS AND LANDSCAPF.I3
Painted to order at any price *rein Fi to Q5OO.
OH Paintings Ile-Painted, He-Touched, or changes
. made as desired.
All work done In the htelaNd sty% of the Art.
JOHANN F. RENDER..
Towanda; Pa.. April 18, 1678.
T . : ROGALST;I 4;
Employed with M. Hendetman for the past four
years. beg . s . leave - to announce to his friends and
the puplic generally that he has remoired n to the
Boston .Store, one door south of the First
National Batik, and opened a shop for the repair
of Watchesi - Clocks. Jewelry. he. Alt work war
ranted to give-entire satisfaction. (AprV7B,
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T J. YOUNG,
A TTUIT W.Y.AT-L ANy,
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TOWANDA, PA. .
Onlre—socond door south of the Fi rst Nations
Mank Main St., up stairs.
0 . D. KINNEY,
ArTmINEv-AT.LAw.
()Mee-10(mm formerly oecuyled by T. M. C. 4
ICeiuling lanorn.
WLLLIA . MS . 4; ANGLE,
ATTORNEY '-JIT-LAW
OFFlCE.—i'ornterly occupied by Win. Watkins,
FL N. WILLI AMQ. (0et.17,17) J. ANGLE.
T 31cPTIERSON,
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ATTOu\FI-AT-i.AW,
I WANDA, PA.
Diet .I try Erryt. Cn
- ApsoN & HEAD,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Towanda, Pa. OlTifc aver Bartlett & Tracy, lialn-a
G. F.3lasoN. • TE9 - 777 Attila - a HEAD.
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ArionS:r.V\-AT-tAw,
TOWAN, PA.
ATTOTtNEY-AT-1.:1
31.0 , 1 Street (4 de,Tra north of W
wands; Pa.•.
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k T w li m o .y . NlP ts r s,, N l l , l \‘‘
TT ,l O n n a lE n T 4
t all business entrusted to his care Inltradforil,
Sullivan and Wyoming Counties. Office 'kith Esq.
Porter. foot 944.
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C L. LAMB'',
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- V4 -F. GOFF,
ATTOUNIA - •AT-LAW,
WILKKE-BAURn, PA
ciollectlons promptly at tentledto.
TOIIN W. Mlkh
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW AYR U. COMETSSIONER,
TOWA UA, I'A.
.11 ce.L.N.
Ort Sltle Public Square.
1 - 1 IVIES & CARNOCHAN,
ATTO.RNSY"§-AT-LAW,
SOrTq SIPE OF {VAFD IDit7F,E
Dec V-11,
PR, S. M.-WOODBURN,Thysi
chn and Surgeon. 0111ce over 0. A. Black's
Crockery store. ,
Towanda, May 1,1.9721 y•..
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& CALIFF, •
ATTSIRNF.VS-AT-LAW,
TOWANI)A, PA.
lare in Wnod's Bleck, first door mats of the First
Nain.nal bank, .
14.3. 'SI AD.T.1.1.. Onn4-7315) J. N. CALIFF.
GRIDLEY & PAY NE,
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A TTORN EY 4 -A L
S., , uth side Merrmr Rlock (MOMS formerly Oecupted
1,1; Davi , mh Carnoehati),
TOWANDA, PA
04-77).
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J MMES WOOD;
A TTORN ZY-AT-1 , ;VW,
ToWAN DA, PA.
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CHAS. M. HALL,
ATTonNET-AT-T.AW AND NOTApT.
Wi give r:refut atunitinn to any Lusinkiis entrust
*4 to hint. Odii . e with Patrick k •FZiyle. •(over
J. ,, iriit Oruro, Towanda. Pa. [June777.
GEOROE D. 5T.1.017D,
A ITO it 7.; LY-AT-T..%
Odi , e =Main-st.„. four doors North of Ward House.
Practices in Supreme Court
of renn.ylrattia and Unitedy TOWANDA, PA.
States Courte.—f Dec7.'7‘.
[1 - STREETER,
TOW ANDA. CA.
zu g2O
ovERTON &. MERCIIR,
ATTOnNEV;;- . AT•LA Mr,
• TOWANDA, I' . . ..
Office nTel ' l4.ntanyes Store. rmay67s.
IrA. OVF.IITON. ituDNEY A. mil:neon.
AVAL MAXWELL,
ATTOTMLY-AT•LAW
TOW ANDA, PA.
03tce o'er Day tou's Store. •
April 12, 1Q74.
PATRICK it FOYLE,
ATTOHNETS•AT-LAW,
0 TOWANDA, PA.
Mee, in lleicurs 'Block..
ANDREW WILT,
ATTORNST-AT-LAW
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Alarr over Cross* Book s•tore, two doors north of
Ries ..ns & Long, Towanda, Pa. May be coeselted
German.- ( a.dll 1^ It.)
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S. RUSSELL'S -
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GENERAL
f 'SSURANCEAGE-NCY
MN) - 7. 1 3.700. TOWANDA, PA.
INSTIONCE AGENCY.
The ffdlowlng
RELIABLE AND FIRE TRIED
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commits rrpresented;
A NCSiIIitE,PII4ENIX,HOME,MERCHANTS,
March 16, 74 ' O. IL BLACK.
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TOWANDA, PA. •
E. Onuffiiii, an.' Jour V. Aximusox.
WB. KELLY, Dramsr.Office
• ewer M. E. Rosenfield's, Towanda, ra.-
Teeth Inserted on Gold, Sliver, Rubber, our Al.
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Oct. udum base. Teeth extracted withiser rAin.
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ED. PAYNE, N. D., • -
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PHYSICIAN AND SCILGZON.
Office prerafontanyes• Store. Office boon from 10
to 12, A. 11,, and from 2 to 4, r. at. Special attention
Otranto direases of the Ile and Far.-0ct.19.'7114f.
18.:5 I 25.00 I 15.00
D R. T. B. JOHNSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SUMMON.
Office over Dr. Porter k Sonl Deng Store, Towanda.
janl-tatt.
1864. ' 1876.
rA. WAND INSURANCE AGENCY.
Main Shed opposite the Cour
W. S. 'VINCENT,
MANAGER.
FIRST,NATIONAL BANK,
. TOWANDA. PA.
CAPITAL PAID
SURPLUS FUND:.
This Bank offers unusual facilities fertile trans-
action of a general banking business.
JOS. POW ELL; Pres Meet. \ • •
- Feb. 11.1878
EAGLE HOTEL, '• .
(SOUTH aptt PCIILIC SQUATIE.) •
This well-Itnown house ha's been thoroughly rete
novated and repaired throughout, and the proprie,
for is note prepared to offer first-class aceotuntode
t loos to the pubffe, on the niostsessonable terms;
• . ' E. A. JENIONGS.
Toicanda, Pa., May 2, 1878,
ELSDREE
11E.NRy HOUSE,
CORNER' MAIN. & NASIIINGTON'STREETS
This large, commodious and elegantly-furnished'
house has Just been opericd to the traveling public.
The proprietor has spartsi neither pains nor expense
In making his hotel first-ciara In all Its appoint
ments, and respectfully solicits a share of public
patronage. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Terms
to suit the times. Large stable attacbed.
W 34. HENRY.; PROPRIETOR.
Towanda, June 7, 'S7-tf.
ELWELL HOUSE,,TOWANDA,
PA-, ,
JOHNOULLIVAN
Having leased this hope, is now teady to accom
modate the travelling public. -• No pains nor expense
will be spared to give satisfaction to those who may .
give him a•call.
y -North side of Public Sgt are, east of Mervin
new-block.
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T HE CENTRAL HOTEL,
ULSTER, PA.
The undersigned having taken possession
of the above hotel, respectfully solicits the patron.
age of his obi friends and the public generally.
augl6-tf. M. A. FORREST.
QBELEY'S OYSTER 13 . AY AND
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EUROPEAN HOUSE . —A few...dcOis tututhof
the Sleatis House. Board .by the day or week ou
reasonable terms. .Warm meals served at all hours
Oysters at w; holesals and retail. febll7.
( feb.l '7B.
(novll-75
SUMMER
rtl flonsP). To
sprll I. 1877.
July 27,16
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TOWANDA. PA
S. Ic. r* xr.
White Goods,
--k \ l ' ,
Buntings, cf.e.
31717-73.
IN GREAT VARIETY AT
REDUCED PRICES.
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Bns~a~~t ~arB~
80,d00
N. N.,8ETT.9,-Cashler
Hotels. \
ON ill/ zunorsAx PLAN,)
TOR.IN DA, PA
- J. L 'Bent.
GOO DS !
White Goocl6,
Buntings, (£c.
Fans and P arasOls
J. L. Kt:NT.
Terwauls, Pa., June 6, 1878.
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zai7s SEASONS.
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8T CILL D. I. ANDON.
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'Twas a beautiful spring morning
. In the early part of May.
Near Weottege, by the river. • • •
Sat a child engaged in play.
There beside he.V
the ha gathered
All the flower; that round h 4 rew, ,
Then, one by one, in thoughtless Pleasure,
Upon the river's bosom threw, \
it her store ; and Watched the ware
car them fast and faraway. ,
And she sild,—c! river, tell me
you bring them beck some day?
But the \ loyous stream-ran onward,
Bearing them far from the shore;
And she thought she beard It murmur,.
"You will`7 your goweia 'no more. , •
Then she sigherL and vilshed she had them
' B .ck there at her feet again:
But swiftly cut of eight they foiled,
Leaving her to wish—in vain.
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The gladsome voice of the river deep
fad sunk to rest; awl a\olet sleep
Seemed to have fallen upan he earth,
- _And hushed far awhile her noisy mirth.
Yet, as lovely were-her robes tolday,
As were those she wore In Merryilay ;
Her dreamy rest, as she slumberedhere, .
Seemed to have made her farm
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, Twai a summer noon, 'swath the leafy Ivees
That were scarcely stirred by the gentle breeze.
A maiden stood,—en the same bright shore
Where she watched her flowers, years befo .
She did net ask, as she stood there then,
It the stream T ould bring them bark again,
She knew they were wirdered long ago,
Butidie was enntent to have it eo.,
For lu her hind were brighter flowers
Than those she culled from childhood's bole&
And as she turned, with careless grace,
And thanked the giver, her happy face
And the earnest look of his dark eyes
ieltl you why she the gltt would prize.
•• Keep than, - he sald, as they tamed away,
In memory of our walk te-day.,
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Slimmer was gone with itn dust and heat
Day' was . ..lone. With lingering feet,
Evening watt:spreading her somber
With a loin touch, over 11111 and dale.
Ai the weary farmer; down the road,
Dore !tom:Want his final haivest iced,
Wllh a happy heart,atal joyllus'trcad ;
Itipon lug that nest uds just ahead.
Near the open. doer, by lire's glow,
t•at a matron singing soft and low ; • •
Thinking h,r work vas nattear:Y done,
And that rest, sweettest,'woold soon be won
In thought, she in:tied to the hill-slde near
To the graves,—wheni she 'laid her treasures
dear. I
The autumn leaves fos many yers
Had drlllett where, with blinding tears
Her harvest alwaves were gathered home,
VilerOolin and sorrow never come.
Sim thOught of thelline when the swelling tide
Of the river, as she stoolby Its Mile,
Dore- far away to the other t•horo'
The laia dear face she could sze no more
llut autumn stories were over now,-
lid fairlazitl calm was the water's brow
The gioittog light of life's - long day
Was fading peacefully away.
She had hailed with joy the sett ng sun,
Glad that the time for teak was done.
Without, the di lvlng wintry storm
11as - spent Itself ;and still and wane,
Like a soft white mantle Iles the snow
In pare deep drifts 'o'er the Arid I Clow
The restle;:s feet of the river are stilled ;
Its voice is hushed ; Its life ;
The Icy fetters with which It Is hound
Are faslened deep In the earth around.
Come with me within, to the bed•sgde there,
And ;ay If you know the :greyer fah',
That bcautl'ill suttle,—lt lingers yet,
Though the 1 , t0w . w141 death's fallen dews Is
wet:
Your thoughts-wander bark to days of yore,
To the face orthe child that played on the
CM!
Though dimmed the eye, and slivered the hair,
You know It Is she that slue hers there.
"She Is inane at last t" a neighbor sail, .
As with careful hands they rohetlihe dead,
"And It Is well: fcr long her prayer
Has been for rent with the hived ones there."
“Long years ago her weary fest*,
Won!tl fain hare trod the gold.Vstreet
Patience and trust now Lava reward
In the beautiful mantlon of the Lord.
With tearful eyes they laid her to rest
Sear th? spo,t that In life she loved the best.
Of the t.oft a h!te snow they made hor a pillow,
:And left her steep %leant the drooping willow,.
That :::lently, tenderly, bent above her
if to s,q,—•• I could but love her." -
The tom Ong sun shine clear and hrightt .
hut ant for her was ear:hly sight.
She opcntql her eyes lu a falter
Where, as househo:d b 2114
Prom, round 4o hid her ` - welcome honie,”
..She kuows tl:at grief cun nycer conic.
Thus It I.', [hue's rs,p!,l river
Bears our chlItl:n•otl fast rtway;--
!tears se. ap Ilfe's gohl-ut honr*--
Itear, aiv,:y our sweetok thiv,rs,
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Leal,*lug us to long and pray
To have thew hack ; th, y evme not-,never.
Thus It Is In after yetirs,
As o'er tougher paths we tread,
We lay the friends we lovy the best
'Heath Shade to rest,
And Irmdlng tlcrtt above the dead
kWe rain nrwtt them hitter tears,
uA, when tiro's - au:num nays aro o'er,
~1 1 , al %rev:, watt:tied the scull g sun,
l`(, through the-darknes4 of tlia night,
T 1 lamps of fa:III aml-trust !urn bright,
Sweet . w 11 1 .1,0 the weteetue won •
To rmt.ot a ha pp f •Ir v linty. .
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\ PERNICIOUS *4.APINO.—The bad
influence of pernicious books, cape
, cially upon the ye ing, is set, orth in
these anecdotes :
TI boy David Hi rne was a believ
er in the Scriptures until he ransack
ed the W9rks- of infidel. to prepare
for a debate in which he Was to take
part. -
It is said of Voltaire t at when
only five years of age, he co matted
teuremory,an infidel poem, add was
never able after that to undo it 'r-.
nicious influences upon his tniud. ,
.Thomas Chambers, an officer f
the British Government, says that al \
the boys brOught befOre the criminal
courts can ascribe their downfall to
impure reading. -- \ -
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Wilderforce, speaking ofsthe works
of Lindsey upon his own mid -thus
wrote : , \ r
"It was a foolish curiosity, \and I
was obliged. to stop when. I had \pre;
seeded a little way in the - second
volume ; for I thought I was genii,
ble of the sophistry and effrontery of
many of his arguments and object
ions,lyet, somehow, my mind was en
tangled and -hurt, and after I . had
put the book away, it was two or
three days before I .was composed
again."
Robert Hall tells us," in one- of his
sermons, that after .the reading of a
certain work, "he could scarcely go
. through the usual devotional exerci
ses of the sanctuary."" •
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PL, , THURSDAY MOBBING, AUGUST 29, 1878.
It. was surely a &cowling knot of
workmen who stood around the door
of Mr. Planes office on the Saturday
night in question.
1 i I tell you the boss will come to
have to when he finds we
Won't budge an inch nor take a cent
Mil
." There's those contract jobs to be
omUleted by July or forfeit bonds."
"And lots of more work pressing
=and busy season too."
" Oh, he, can't do otherwise than
to come to,-our terms if we stand
Thsre were the sentences that could
be beard as the men crowded togeth
er\ and talked in low tones, with de
tellined 'looks and nervous, eager
ges ures,
" gre you, with us, Ton ?" asked ,
one of\rem of a fresh arrival—a slim
slight m n, with a fair and pleasing
countenanee.
"With ybu, how?"
"'Why, on\the strike—you know
well enough."' '
" Oh, yes, I h ve ;heard," said the
newcomer, in an ' easy way, shi ft ing
his position and m ying away, as. if
easy
fte was not anxious mingle in the .
proceedings.
" You'd better be.. We'll make it
hot for the rats," said anather.
"I tell you we've got he bops
`where the hair is short. You see,
10 got, these *contracts that WS
workin' us so all fired hard on, to
before the fifteenth of July. e may
as well have seventy-five cents a day
as not---a\ nnits worth it, our labor is
—and I,lbr one, 'am in for it," said
another of"the group, stepping up and
buttonholing \ the man whom his com
rades addressed as Tom. i
"Very true---it is worth it. But'ilo
not , see thatNMr. Plaine will fill
places with others,' if ' we desert
lat this time." \
"They can never gt into the Car
penter's Union," sneer 1 the other.
" Mr. Plaine, as you sa, will loose
a large sum of money if hi contracts
are not completed. • But he is not the
man to be balked by anything;r to
be bullied. Don't you think it ould
be better to lay our case before him,
and ask an increase of wages, milker
than to try to - force him into paying
it? Ile is a trying man to work.for;
pat he pays promptly and I think he
has a kind heart."
you
our
him
" Pooh, milesetise As if he would
cart for us. unless we made it neeees-
nary for him to do so ! He represents
capital ;we represent labor. Capital
and labor are eternally at war, the
way things are now-a-days,. If cap
ital has got the grip, labor must show:
the grit."
"1 don't see it in that. light. Cap
ital and labor must harmonize=--,
I I
"Corns boys ! Four dollars a 4 it
half ii`, day ! Follow me ! I'll pen
the ball. Every man of you , sist
till our ' terms are complied with,'
cried the voice of a sturdy mechanic
•g as he brandished a hand-saw above
his head, and s • the led way across the
•ard into the little Mike. .
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- Come, you'll regret it if you don't
strike; and is isn'C'healthy 'to be un
popular. in these \ :eases," shouted
'Tom'i 'interloentor,\ as he sprang,
across the yard and\ followed his
mates., •
Tom stood irresolute for a momen t .took a step toward the Office, then
turned and walked quickly Out Of the,
yard into the street—home. ;\
‘bi couldn't do it just then, Mary.
I wanted to talk it over with
you know," said Toot Strongs to 'his
little wife as they sat at supper, after
the matter had received due titten=-
tion.
Well, Tom, I presume you know
howl fell about it." - • • '
" How ?" • •
"Just-as you do of•course. I never
knew you to go`far out of the , way in
your opinion yet, on any. matter,,
right or wrong." .
" Thank you ; I appreciate the com
pliment from you, wifey. But tell
me—What can I do ?"
"ho? Why, do your duty. Keep
at weft. By- so doing you will' do
your - duty to . your employer and
yourself at the same. time."'
" But the union—,
"Ooh, these troublesome nnions ?"
said Maly. -
._" They ought not to be a so u rce - of
tfouble, but of harmony. The union
- smelt to be between master and men,
instead - of binding only to the then."
" What can the union do to you ?"
•. " I don't think they - will do me any
real harm.' • They may . make it very
unpleasant for me for a time: But
with your strong heart and . help, to
cheer me, and the sweet faCe of little
Bessie - there to encourage_ine, I can
face them, please God, and do my
duty, as you say, like a man."
• " It is your duty to yourself. There
is this - snug little house,Tom, that
you've been finishing o the odd
hdurs—the notes for the lot and lum
ber come duels' August. I've been
calculating, and if your present wa
ges come in regularly we can meet
them all right; if not we shall have
to lose all." . * '
"That 'would be a bitter thing,
Mary,-•tar worse than facing the un
ion. Then, too, outside of Mr Plaine's
force the - relent be no jobs to get in
Bo:thorough all this season, if. these
fellows strike. and -:stick to it—and
you and Bessie must have'bread." . •
Strong in .heart and resolution,
Tom- went to work the next Monday
morning. Ile . was the only one of
Mr. Plaine's force that aP - peared on
duty. -' - ' . '
One of the idle carpenteri passed
that way and saw him alone at work
on the interior of a building
". 0! Leave off there. Don't you
kno westrnek: on Saturday night.
You'll be cashiered by the union,"
cried ttr workman. , . .
' - "Perb . ps so." . • .
"Ain't yr going to quit!"
44.N 0. ,,
"Then I'll\
. eport You to th secre•
Sary., • The . Ixo will make it Uncom
fortable for you.' •
He made no re., but worked, on.
" You'd better - qui " said the man.
" Old \ Plaine swore h 'd see us roast
ed before he'd submit\l l our imposi
tion. as \he called it. 03; gone to
Gatham \ to engage a.fk lot . of
hands ;.- bat we telegrap he d to -the
union there\how matters stir& with
us, and hell lied we have.blocked his
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ItEGANDLNINI OF DINUNOLiTION FROM ANY QUART=
A TEST.
little gime. / '1 will you come
down and quit wok 1"
Still Tom made no reply, but kept
steadily on. . The man went away'
muttering curses. - -
At noon, when. Tom was at dinner
a stealthy foot stole into the 'm i nutia).
ed building and s deft noiselo# hand
cut two slanting slip? In the props
which upheld the stagtng where Tom
bad been at work.
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".Oh, sir, father's hurt t , he sent me
to say that he can't work ttt-morrow."
" Wiutt's . that 1" Whose' little girl
are you ?" asked the quick; eager
tones of Mr Plain's incisive voice.
"Tow Strong's eir. My name is
Bessie. n-
"Ah, .he's hurt, is he? Perhap's
that's a dodge. Where do yon live?
I'll'go and see him. All my men
have left me. When did it happen,
little girl ?"
" To-day. - He fell from the stag
ing." ' •
"Ah In the 'Groirener square
buildin g T" . ' ) -
"Yes; slr."
Let's 'walk around that way."
• Bessie took the contractor's hand
and they went together to the scene
of the accident.
." Some of their infernal rascality.
They ought to. be made to suffer for
IV—and they shall. Not a man of
them - shall ever work for me again ?"
was Mr. Plaines ejaculation, as he
inspected the cause of the falling
staging. • ' .
"See here, little the villians
sawed the post two•thirds of and left
;t, as they did the other one, so that
the least sway of the caging under a
man's tread would throw it over from
the wall and let your father down."
" Who do . you suppose did it sir ?"
-1 " Lord bless you, that's more than
we can find out, but 111 1 punish him,
whoever it was." •
Thus talking they camp to the
hpuse where Bessie lived. '
Well, Tom, how are you ?" cried
the contractor, as they entered the
neat room and saw the workman
bolstered upon a lounge,his wife hold
ing his hand;
" only a broken arm . and - a sprain •
ed side, with a few bruises," said Tom
cheerfully. .
"Take a chair, sir. You are very
kin&to come n d see my husband,"
said Mary.
i
\ "I'd !be a il,' g if I didn't," growled
the contractor. "So that's all that
ails \ yon; is it? I should think it was
enough l You didn't come for your
wages last Saturday night ?" . ; '
" No, sir. The men were striking."
"I understand. Here they are.
Now when can you be out of doors—
I don't mean work, but keep on, your
feet ?"
" By three days, I ho t 4 though the
doctor said longer." ? '
" Lie stli until next Mprnlar morn
ing. Then come to my:office. I have
-engaged a full ga g .of fresh men in
the place of those miscreants that left
me in the lurch and have caused your
accident, and I am going to make you
my foreman. You are not to work,
remember; only oversee the-jobs and
hurry them along. Your saliry will
be just double your present; wages,
and will date from to-day. Not a word
—there-- I -don't thank me ! I bare
found a tnan I can rely on for Vaal
ness, and it is' a Godsend for 'me.
Get strong as soon as possibe. Good
night."
Tom Strong owns a handsome cot-
tage now. It is all paid for, and Torn
has stock in the bank besides. Mfr.
-Plaine made him his partner nett
year and. Tom has learned to reliie
the advantage of doing his duty to
his employer and , himself.
A COSTUME OF EDEN.
"Wonders will never cease" must
be a_frequent. explanation at the
Paris Exposition,lbut one cannot help
fancying \that the exclamation' could
never have been more heartily, utter
ed than when, standing before the ex
hibit of the art of Parisian cf;rselii 4 re,
the flesh euriasse, a perfect fac simile
of the human form from the neck and
half way to the knees was discovered
in all its audacious glory. One of
these marvellous affairs has found its
was here, atid has been s by the
initiated. i
Its p9cliaier has rmitted its ex
amination,nd, though that was en
tirely unne essary, explained its il i pur
pose. It is purely and simply a third
of a female form, in an indescribably
velvety, pliable material, which no
body-can understand,'and which Must
be seen to be conceived, and which
simulates a bosom, a waist and half
of the hips. Those at the Exposition
give the entire hips. This false form,
which must, of coarse, be made ex
pressly for the person wearing lit, is
so soft that it can bel squeersd up in
the band, yet immediately 'resumes
its shape. It deceives the touch, be
ing worn under thin raw silk. , Over
a thin figure:—and it is meant solely
to give rounded outline to the atten
fisted 'or naturally thin shape—it pre
sents a bustiind hips of fine contour.
The eteirasse or "princ,ess waist over
this carries ont to perfection a decep
tion which it is utterly impossible to
detect. ,
r It is worn, it is needless to say,
without a corset, being in Reel(' a cor
set, but without tt,single bone or
spring. How its position—set as it
is under the arms, and extending as
it does ,half=way to/the knees—is
tnaintrined is a perfect puzzle. The
corietiere whose invention it is spent
years upon per t , and it is
used by dansenies, actreisei, and la
dies • belonging to , foreign society;
and, after all, the deception is'no
greater than that of a padded corset.
Over the/high corset it has for those
ifg in public this advantage—
that it is possible to apptar decolktle
with it. A, skillful adjustment of
lace abont the bust alone necessary.
"It is flu sh -colored, and graduated in
such a way. that it sets , .elose to both
busttand waist. . -
The glass case Containing this
startling . " feature" of the . Exhibition
kayo crowds around them at; all times.•
Fancy a hitherto thoroughly uninitia ,
ted person of either sex before those
cases. and tell us, is it not true that
we 81411 soon begin to be' afraid that
nobody is real
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WHAT kind oc lights did they use in the
ancient. synagogues ? Israelites.
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It Is not often that we know, or re
member, if we do know, the origin of
names with which we pre most famil
iar. Their signifieance is frequently
lost by altered •eircuinstinces'or by
want of information on our part.. It
is not generally known that the Hud
son was called North River in coil
tradistinction to the South River, as
the Delaware was formerly styled.
Masmichtisetta was so dubbed because
in the aboriginal tongue it meant
"about the great hills," i. e. the Blue
- Hills. Boston, named afteethe Eng
lish city, was originally St..: Bar
dolph's Town, of which Boston, lip)
abbieviated corruption.- Albany was
so christened in honor of the Duke
of York' and Albany (afterwald -
James II.,) at the time it came into
possession of. the English (1664.)
Catskill is Dutch for panther or lynx,
which once infested those mountains.
Cattaraugus was so designated„ by
the I'ndians because they had, • for
some mysterious reasons, associated
It with. unpleasant odors. It means
ill-' welling Shore. This is not quite
so bad as Chicago, an Indian word
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si Vrt
ying a fouma, which, judging
from the oinplaints in Chicago pa
pers of th city's peculiar fragrance,
would see ,to have been properly
named. hemung means big horn,
from a fossil tusk found in the river.
Crown Point is said to kaa 4 e been so
called because scalping parties were
sent thence by.the • French Indians.
Erie signifies "wildcat," - (the• Erie
Railway has certainly been a "'wild
cat" road, as the expression isnuder
stood in the West,) and was' borne
by a fierce tribe of savages extermi
nated by the Iroquois. Manhattan
is eminently fitting for the
its import being town on the
island. Mohawk was applied by the
New England tribes to the Iroquois,
from their habit of eating live food.
Niagara means neck of water; Onei
da, people of the bescon stone; On
ondaga, place of the hills; Saratoga,
.place of the miraculous waters in a
rock ; Ontario, a village on nmoun-,
tain—the chief seat of the Ononda
gas •, Schenectady, ' river valley be
yond the pine trees ; Seneca (not
classic, as many have supposed,) is a
corrupt Indian pronunciation of the
Dutch word cinnabar—vermillion.
Jersey is a corruption of Ciesarea,
the old Latin name of the tirgest of
the Channel islands. and very unlike
our sister State, which got its title,
perhaps, by contrast.—N. y. Times.
A " LEOHEROI7B BONDHOLDEL"
A lecherottS bondholder, one of the
kind whom Kearney denounces so
vigorously, lives 'in is vicinity.
Ilow Ithe adjective applies we do not
perceive r as She is a widow of about
eighty, a mother, grandmother and
great-grandmother, and neither her
husband; who married . her young,
nor an of her relatives, could 'ever
imagi e such a word in connection
with a lady of her character.- Still,
E r
in deference to Kearney we must con
sider that she is " a lecherous bond
holder;" the amount of bonds furnish
ing her an income yearly about equal
to wiptt one of the horney';handed
sons of toil, who shovel coal from
the colliery, earns in a month. On
this she manages to supply , ; herself
with food and clothing, -refusing as
sistance from her children and grand
children, Who live abroad in various
parts, and are all doing well.
This same old lady has the right
of dower in half a small house, and
she is a tloated, capitalist, but her
income is so small that the assessors
are ashamed to lay any tax thereon,
and there is scarcely more room in
the house than she needs, so that she
has nothing from rent. Moreover
this old lady, whe seems to be in
straitened ,circumstances, enfeebled
' by age, and as harmless as could well
be conceived, is one of the grinding
oppressors of labor, one of the em
ploying class. She owns five shares
of stock in a manufacturing corpora
tion which fifteen years ago used to
pay' from twelve to twenty per cent
um, but 'since her husband's death it
has paid but one dividend one year
of two per centum, and that they say
was hired Money. The - lady could
hardly 6911 it for any sum, although
at one time it brought an enormous
premium.. . -
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'Dennis Kearney ought in consis
tency to come down here and head a
mob to hang 'this " lecheioos bond
holdeV' to the nearest ltimpost.
Yet we fear that even the horny-fisted
sons of toil would object to violence
toward a lady so gentle, so inoffen
sive and so poor.—[Netthurypinl
Herald. ,
\ BE 'SOMETHING.
It is the duty of every one to take,
some active part as actor on the stage
Of life. Sonie seem to think that
they can vegetate, as it were, without
being anythinn— t' n particular. Man
was not made to rust out his life. It
is expected that he s should "act well
his park"- He must \be isomethirl.
He has a work to perfornywhich it is
his high duty to 'attend to. We are
not placed here to grow up, pass
through the various stages of life,
and then die, without having done
anything for the benefit of the human
race. It is a principle in the creed of
the Mahometans that every
.`one
shonld bare a trade._ No Christian
doctrine could be better than that.
Is a man to be brought up in idle
ness ? Is he to live upon the wealth
which his ancestors have acquired by
frugal industry ? Is he placed here
to pass through life an automaton ?
Has he nothing to perform as a -citi
ien of the world ? A man whO does
nothing is useless,. to his country as
an inhabitant. A man whO does
nothing is a mere cypher. He does
not fulfill the obligations for which
he was sent into the world, and when
he dies he has not finished the work
that was given him to do. He is a
mere blank in creation. Some are
born with riches• and honors upon
their heads. But does it follow that
they have nothing to do in their ca
reer through life P There arc certain
duties for every one to perform.. Be
someiliiig. Don't live like a hermit
and die.unregretted.
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EON&
A successful 'carrier pigeon race
took place on Sunday from Tobylian
na, Penn., to New York and Will
iamsburg, a distance of 122 miles•by
railroad, .and about eighty-seven
miles in a direct line, the time being
one hour. and rfllty minutes. Twenty
six pigeons were entered, of which
eight belonged to John Mumpleton,
of No. 200 South First-st., Williams
burg; seven of John Van Opstal, of
No. 4 Lewis-st., New York; ten to
Oscar Donner,of No. 93 South Ninth
at., Williamsburg and one to Oswald .
Rothmaler, of the same place. What
made the race .remarkable was that
all the carriers wore young birds one
being hatched in April last, and
another, belonging to Mr. Mumpleton
came out of its egg as latt as June 11.
They _were sent by express to an
dgent in Toliyhanna - with directions
not to - start _them before 9 a. in.
yesterday. Sunday was selected for
their flight for no other reason than
to insure the safety of the birds
against spoitsmen.
Mr. Mumpleton yesterday was wait
ing for the return of his birds in com
pany with a friend, and making-guess
es now -how many of them would re
tfirn safe, when, looking- up, he saw
the carriers sweep around the steeple
of a church in. the neighborhood and
then dart down tolheir cote at exact
ly 1 hour and 51 minutes after their
start, having, flown at the rate , of
nearly forty-four miles an hour. Not
one was missing, and they were all in
excellent condition. After refresh.
ing themselves with dfink and food
they rejoined their companions on
the street. Mr. Mumpelton Showed ,
his best carrier: It was of a gray
color, with' an elongated head, high
at the top, with clear, bright eyes.
:M.. Donner's and Mr. Rothmaler's
carriers arrived together in 1 hour
and fifty minutes beating Mr. Mum
pleton's by 1 minute. Mr. Van Op
stal's carriers accompanied to-their
homes and then recrossed the East
River, arriving at their cote a minute
later. On Wednesday next the same
birds will fly from Scranton, Penn.,
149 miles, and on Sunday, August
, they will fly another race form
Towanda, Penn:, a distance of 267
miles from this city. Next year the
distance will be extended to Buffalo,
*hen several hundred birds will be
entered.
CHANGES OF LIFE,
Change . is the common feature of
society—of all lire. •
The world is like a magic lantern,
or the shifting scenes of a panorama.
Ten years convert the population of
schools into men and women, . the
young into fathers and-- matrons,
Make and mar fortunes; and bury
the last generation but one.
Twenty years convert infants into
lovers, decide men's fortunes and .
distinctions, convert active men and
women into craiwing drivelers, and
bury all the preceding generations.
Thirty years raise an active gener
ation from nonentity, change fascina
ting beauties into old women, convert
lovers into grandfathers, and bury.
the active- • generation,. or reduce
. .
them to decreptitude and imbecility.
Forty years, alas! change the,, face
of all society. Infants are grown
old, the bloom of youth. and oeauty
has passed away, two active genera
tions have been swept from the stage
of life, names once .cherished are for
gotten, - unsuspecta candidates • for
-fame have started ~from tlie.exhaust
less womb of nature.
'-And fn fifty years—matnre,.ripe
fifty Years...—a half i century—what.
tremendous' changei occur! • -How
time • writes her - sublime. wrinkles.
everywhere, in rock, river: forest,
cities, hamlets, villages, in the nature.
of men, and the destinies and aspects.
of Civilized society !
Let us.pass on to eighty years—
and what do- we desire- and see td
comfort us in the world ? Our parents
are gone; our. children have passed
away from us into all parts' of the
world to fight the grim and desperate
battle of life. '•
Our friends—where
are' they? -We behold a world Ofl
which we .know nothing,
and . to
which - we are unknown .. We weep
for the generations long - gone by—
for lovers, for parents, - for children,
for friends - in the grave. We see
everything turned upside down by
the tickle-hand of fortune and the
absolute, despotism of time. In -a
word, We behold .the vanity of life,
and are quite - ready to lay down 'the.
• poor burden and be gone. ' •
kEL_llmilAu . l2itL±l
few days since. I 'met a gentle
roan—the, owner of large paper-mills.
Ire - took me through the mills, and
showed the . - great. vats of pulp, and
great piles of paper ready for the
market; and a world of things which
did not comprehend. After seeing'
all - the machinery,. and hearing his
praises of his men, and how they
sent. for United States stocks, fifty
and a hundred dollars at a time,
every time he went to the City, I said
" Will you please, sir, tell me the
secret of our
. great suct'es ? For
you
you tell me you began life with noth
ing." -
" I don't know as there is any se
cret about it. :When sixteen years
old I went to S. to work: 1 was to
receive forty dollars a year and my
food, no _ more and no less. .1.41 y
clothing and all my expenseS must
come out of the forty dollars. I then
solemnly promised the . Lord - That I.
would give him one-tenth of my wa- -
ges, and also that I would, save an'.
other tenth for my future capital.
Thii resolution I carried out, and af
ter laying aside one-tenth. for the
Lord, I' had at the end of the year
much more-than a • tenth for myself.'
Ithen promised the Lord whether he
gave me more or less, I would never
give /ess.than One-tenth to him. .To
this vow I hare conscientiously ad
hered froM that-, day to this ; and if
there be any Keret to my-success, I
attribute it to this .\ I feel sure I am
far richer on my nine-tenths (though
thope that I don't `now limit my
charities to, one-tenth) \than if I kept
the whole." - . -
" Hoar do you account for it
In two --ways: First, 'I believe
°Alias Messed me, and made my
MI
Me
business to prosper; and secondly, I
have so learned to be careful and
economical that my nine-tenths go
.far beyond "what the, whole would.
And I believe that any man who will
I. make the trial will find it so." "
DESERTED
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Au through the summer day;
A.beech-tree old,..tchoso brioches Meg
Long shadows o'er tha way:
A nest, built up in the rustling bone',
Lined soft with moss, so green,
A tiny dwellings woodland Loose.
leiges for s Aisle - Aug screen.
Three dcllcate•eggs, that pearl-like lie
..Beneath two brooding wings
A mac that hovers all watchful by,
Or ells beside, and sings.
A careless boy, with s pitiless heart;
That cares not.for lovely things;
A bird, that rises with timid start,
On scared and fluttering wings.
A sorrorwful netts of.plalnt and Woe
Sings out on tlie quite
And the pet-al-like eggs lle crushed below, '
On 1110)inch-roots, old and bare.
and still, In the bthighs of the old beeeh.tree,
'gild Its rustling sprays of green, • •
The deserted neat. you still may see_
Peep out Irotn - lts Terdent screen.
But the bird ou Its gray and gladsome wing -
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Returns to the neat no more ; -
And the mate tttat would s i t on the boughs and sing ,
Itlx Summer song 'ire o'er.
And hi:ight eanbrlng from the happy Past
When light and love have fled '
(Though the walls of the deer old borne may last,)
lint thernorbSs of the...dead.' - '
THE. HUM or MOSQUITOES•
Place Where -They Bite to Some 'Parime
Interview with Caphein Ilargein St. Lout. Gtohe
• lierwrat. , •
". Young man, you don't know what
a 'mosquito is: You have, maybe,
been 'worried by a single mosquito,
and thought of doing awful
.things.
maybe you boarded where they were
too economical to put Up-bets, or
maybe you have beenfishing in some
of these -Illinois - lakes ;. but without
you.have been in the, •trOpies, pr" np
the Iklissouri river,,ypn are. a baby
when it conies down •to mosquitoes.
Up there you get,them in every style i
and Shape. Some of them are
and :some. of them ugly ; some are
big and some little, but all the same
—big, - .little,: black, brown, red or
,green—they have. agreed upon one
thing—.they all bite, and they bite
hard 7 'lt is always considered neces
sary up there to wear a net over the.
face and. to glove the hands. That is
no protection this summer: A new
band of. Mosquitoes—the boys ° call.
them '.sketterg'—was introduced thig
summer by' Providence.. They are so
sinall that they penetrate - the meshes.
Of the finest net: - .The bigger one
will bite through your clotheyes,
thrOugh.. yoikr boots and buckskin .
'gloves. There is. no. getting away'
from them: When they kill cattle it
is pretty' tough, -
"Onthe cattle Yes." - -
" Well, sir ; we sa poor cattle rush
down into the water' and wade in un
til everything was covered but their
heads, and'then the pests would light
on their heads in swamis, and bite
their noses andtvery placethey could
settle on, until the poor things bel
lowed in their agony and closed their
eyes and tossed their beads. Icthey
were human they - woUld commit\sui
cide. As it is they are .driven rad:"
Poor things, : they are nothing.- but/
skin and bones ; mere skeletons, cloth;"
ed in swollen and ulcerated
Some of the boys killed a fen , Of
them, but they - were not tit to bring;,
on board: Same way with all. - the
animals. Antelope and deer were re
'duced to nothing 'but skeletons by
vampires. - It you held yciur - hand
out for aquarter of a minute, it would
be covered so thick with. mosquitoes
that it would look like you .had a
glove on. The Sufferings of the men
were awful. It' is supposed that the,
natural ; oil on the negroes' skin is of
fensive to the Bests. This, is not
They took to the Diggers like a babe
to its milk. I'll tell you how we
Were able to. get through. I took
down my stove. pipes and kept smoky
tires burning all the time.• L had to
have two small hand:Stirnaees making
smoke inthe.pilot-house allthe time;
'so thatthe pilots could work. The
-men were all broke up. Every limb
was swelled up, and ..you. could . not
have recognized the features of your
own brother. The smoke as the
only protection, and it was pretty
near as hail as the Mosquitoes. •The
eyes of ail the men were bloodshot.
Life was misery.
‘ 4 The'. mosquito latitude begins
about .seventyfive miles • below His
mark, and, is good for seventy-five
above that point. There never was .
a season like this one before. For
the first:time in many years they-had
Pp there what you would call an open.
winter. There was . no ice or snow:
At Fort Benton_ and just look at
.3:oar -thap,and you will find itabout,
fortyseVen • degrees latitude, and
"that's pretty far north; they didn't
'put upp. a ton • of ice.: About . the Ist
of-iflich the rainy season set in.
There has. not been twelve good days
'since. Levin venture to say, and
mind yoti 1 know all about that court - -
try. more rain has fallen-in that. lati
tude- this year than in the fifteen
years previous. 'Vegetation is rank
and tropical in its luxuriance. Weeds
of unusually ordinary ,growth are
hkher s than . a man's 'head, and from'
the Water .inoquitoes are bred by the
million.
.1f you publish what Ibave
been telling you about the pests, some
people will laugh and call it exagger
ation. Young Man; LcOuldn't begin
to &dye you an idea of their ntnbers:
They, fly in _clouds. They obstruct
the light of the sun. They are raven
ous.. They are as bad in the day as.
in the night. 'Talk about the locusts
of Egypt or the grasshoppers of Kan
s 's, they are 'nothing. They-drive.a
a'nfati almost crazy.' Just' think of
preferring to sit in a blinding, and
stifling smbkerather than ventilate
outside -where the mosquito 'would
cret at then]. Rather would I prom-.
enade. twenty hours a' day through
the yellow fever district of New Or
leans than 'through the experience
with mosquitoesthat I had this sum
mer.: It'was awful. 'I can - give you
no idea of the nuisance, the torture."
And the Captain aimed a 'vicious
blow at a sleepy fly that_was buzzing
around, and then got up and walked
vigorausly around to shakeoff the
memory of this Upix.; Missouri mos
quito misery. •
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- $2 perAnnuni In:Advance.
ruN, rAur AND rAcmz.
, T.t,stn stt.s.heavily when it badly em. ploed— • • - -
Wif EN a. tooth begins to AA as if them
was a chicken scratching at the rook, it's
time to.pullet. .
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Tins is 'the last rose of 'summer, as the
man said - when ho got out of bed on the;
morning of August 31st.- _
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Wan married men complain of being
inlet water at`-Lome, it turns out hilt
the time that We kohl, . •
TnEituls lobrov pholksl in this world
.whose only importance koriaists in their
beiu exklusive.--Josh Billing*..
IF
IF it cost anything to go TO church,.peo
pte wjio never go now would run around
like wild - rnen'for free passes. -
- TEE man xvlio painted Us linen duster
black last Fall for use as a, light overcoat
now fruitlessly wishes that he hadn't done
it.
THERE is this comfort in the great art
of-giving up-smoking. One knows , when, L .
lid begins again
.he needen't necessarily
get sick. • '
WE SEW a young man with two beads
on his shoulder the other day, but didn't
consider it much of a curiosity. One be•
longed to his girl. * •
IT is a great responsibility to preach
the Gospel ; but be assumesia . greater one
who refuses to preach* 'when God calli
him to the work.
Is it just to forget all the kindness done
us by those. with whom we.live for a little
pain, which, after all, may have been giv
en unintentionally?
To the disgrace of men it is seen that
there are women both more wise to judge
what evil is expected and adore constant to
bear it when it happens. "
"JENNY, what makewyou- such a bad
girl ?" " Well, mamma,. God sent you
the best children ho coUldfind, and if they
don't suit you, I can't help it. ,
LAST winter an old lady remarked, in
dignantly : "If the bills before Congress
are not counterfeit, why should there be
snob a fuss in passing them?"
A SUNDAY school boy was asked by the
Superintendentlf his father was a Chris
tian. " Yes,: siri" ho replied, "lit he' is
not working at_it much.
"AT -what age were you married?"
asked she,
" inquisitively. But the lady
was equal to the emergency, and quietly
responded : "-At the parsonage."
A Six FRANCISCO woman having .no
faith in banks carried around twenty-four
hundred dollars in her bustle. :Thus her
income was alviays in arrears."
". How much did you pay for that hat?" ;
asked an old colored per s on of his-fellow;
tramp. "Well, I don't know, for when
I bought it there wasn't anybody in the
SLOP." - .
WHEN a man_readies the top of a stair
way and attempts to make one. more step
higher; the sensation is as perplexing as
if ,he had - attempted to kick a dog that
wasn't there. •
."
THERE are people who live behind
the bill," is 'an old German ' proverb,
which means that there aro-other folks in
the -world beside yourself, - although 'you
may not see therm
WHAT are the wild waves saying? "You
are slinging on a heap of style 'round
here for a "wan that never has been
'through bankruptcy.';" That's what the_
wild waves are saying.
TUE character of a wise • man consists
- in three - things—to do himself what he
tells others to do, to act on no occasion
contrary to justice, and to bear with the
Weaknesses of,those about him. ,
WANTED—Athin man, who has been
used to collecting, to crasil thrOugh the
key-holes and find debtors who are never
at home. - Salary, nothing the first year
and doubled each year afterwards. -
-
IF you have talents- industry wilt im
prove-them ; if you have ..moderate
abili
ities industry will supply the deficiencies.
Nothing is denied to-well-directed labor;
: ) nothing is aver obtained without it.
A..enrcAc.o paper says : "'Within five
minutes after the alarm of, fire was given
our -reporter was on the ground." . A. ri.tal
\paperobserves : "We .have little doubt
of it, if he gave the slightest provocation
to\the foreman of the engine company."
"Tr's all very well to • talk about how
the t er
I\ f.
mometer,stauds in the shade," re
marke a gentleman with aboiled lobster
colored
_ace who dropped in the. other .
morning " What I want to know is how
it stands irk,the sun. ° That's the way I
have to take \ it."
l a -.
The other ay, as two .new y- rrived°
Irishmen were walking up Kearney street,- l
a pavement traplionv opened and a Chi-,
nese store-porter emerged. "Be gorra!"--+ ,
said.one of them, "if the haythens haven't
got a tunnel clone thro' from Chinee, bad
uck to thins.'."
ASIT-kT is a junction, nurse?" asked a
seven-year-old girl of anelderly lady who
stood at her side on a railway platform.
"A junction, my dear," answered the la
dy, with the air of a very superior person,
indeed, "why, it's a place \where two
roads separates."
XOTITING_ is mom fatal-to happiness or
virtue than the confidence; which flatters
us with an opinion of our . .?Own strength,
and by assuring us of the powe rof retreat,
prccinitates us intohazard.., every
man there is a point fixed, Lbeybnd which,
if fie passes he will not easily return. \
PEOPLE make a great _iniatake about \\-
heaven. 'They think it begins up yonder,
but it really . begins down' here .i If - yea
can be happy in the basement story,, you
are fitted to enjoy the happiness in, the
upper stories. : But if you, whine or Moan
here, jicayen itself cannot change your
an odd. "
A f cr.nnx in a Philidelphia looli store,
thinking to annoy a Qualier customer who
looked as though he"-was fresh from the
country, handed him.a volume, saying:
"Here .is an excellent essay on tho. rear ! .
ing of calves." "-Thee had better pre
sent. that to
...thy mother, young man;''.
was the. spontaneous reply of the-Quaker.
1 THE girCat worries of life are the' so"..
&galled . "little* things;' which are from day
to day left, unadju,ted, till they fasten
their victims like a net.. The. men: -who.
die of "overwork" are not .so 'much de
stroyed by their great useful labors as by
the greatvexatious trifles--which accumu
late till they produce a chronic -fever and
unrest.
Tstis motives of the.best actions will not
bear too strict an inquiry. It is allowed
that the cause of most actions, good or -
bad, may be resolved into the loVe of our
selves ; but the self-love of some men 'in—
clines them to please others, and the self
love is employed in pleasing ourselves.
This makes-the great distinction between
virtue and vice.
Ws; assert the true principle to be, -
" :Alike war upon all sin, of every - shade
or tler , ree " God's sight no .sins are
small. What seems to us somathues small
sins may be freighted, nevertheless, ..with _
most awful consequences to - individuals •
and communities: And in any work of
reform oin great him should be td quick.
en, not to deaden conscience. : •
" RICHARD," she remarked, to her diet. .
ter half, who had . come home late the
night before, after exhausting labors at
his ancient lxfoks, 4 ' Who is Bill Yard?
You mentioned his, name several times in
your sleep.".___ . And the husband answered, -
as - he brushed tlieene chalk from his coat,
"-Why,- eh? yes ! Bill ~1 4 ard—exactly_owes
_owes me-an account. Let's have break
fast, Lydia." • _
2dtritic-at Home.-L-At an evening party
near Waverly, a lady was-called upon for
a song, and began "I'll strike again 'my"
tuneful lyre.' Her husband was observ
-ell to dodge suddenly and start hurriedly
from the room, remarkibg :-."Not if I - -
know myself she won't. She beats blue
blaua out of me at hoine, and !Stand it like
a man,- but when she threataus to hit me in
a strange house, and calls me a liar before •
a whole crowd, I'll:rip-as long as I have•
. a spark of manhood left. -
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