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• COL'SrTY PERINTENOVIT.
Office day last Saturday of each tnonth,•twer Turner
& Gordon's' Drug Store, Towanda, Pa.
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;Towanda, June 1578.
ELSBREE & SON, •
• ATTORNISIT-1.
- TOWANDA, PA.
, N. C. ELsanirm. . L. EtßiinEs.
.
PORTRAITS AND LANTISP,APES
Painted to order at any price from ea to ei00:
Oil Paintings It Ite-Touched, or changes
made as desired.
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AU work donq 1u the highest style of the Art.
JDUANN - F. BENDER.
Towanda; Pa.. April 18, 1878. '
T ROGALSKI,
- Employed with N. Ifendelman for the past four
years, begs leave to announce to his friends and
the pnplie generally. that he has rirmoved to the
Boston 99-Cedt Store. one door routh of the First
liittonal Bank, and opened a shop for the repair
or Watches. Clocks. JeWelry. he. All work war
ranted to glove entire satisfaction. (Apr4l%,
W J. YOUNG,
11 •
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• TOWANDA, PA. --
0111ce--serond door south of the First National
Dank Main St., up stairs.
n D. KINNEY,
ATTORNEX-AT-T.A1 4 7.. •
Office—Rooms formerly occupied by T.M. C. A.
eaditngleunm.
fjan.3l7B.
NVILLIAMS k ANGLE,
ATTORNEY S-AT•L AIV
OF FICE.--Former:y .x.cupled ley Wm. Witking,
V.sq. •
H. WILLT ANS. (Oet. 17. 17Y E. J. A,NGLX.
T 311cPHERSON,
A TTORN LT•AT-L A W,
TOWANDA, PA..
DIV Airy Brad. Co
MASON at, HEAD,
ATTOWNSTS-AT-LAW, ,
Towanda, Pa. Office over Bartlett & Tracy, Main-at
G. F,.3lasoN. 1n9113 ARTHUR lIKAD.
E - v • L limas
All)
TOWANDA. PA.
-.T I F. GOFF,
ATTORN ET-A T -L Air,
3laln Street (4 doers north of Ward fimme). To.
v:anda, Pa. (Aprll 12, 1877,
WH. THOMPSON, ATTORNET
e AT I;AW,WYALUBING, PA. Will attend
all business entrusted to his care in Bradford,
Sullivan and Wyoming Countios. Once wttb Esq.
Porter. [n0v1944.
fIL, LAMB,
ATTORNEV•AT-L Aw,
WILK.E.S.BAPZItE, PA
Collections promptly attended to.
July 27,`76.
tTsOHN W. lIIX
A T TORNICY.AT-L ACV AND U. S. CO3I.IIISSIONEIf,
TOWANDA. PA.
Office—Norm Side Public Skidare
DAVIES &
-Ariosxmys-AT-LAW,
soirra SIDE OF WAED
Dec 7.:1'75. TOWASDA. PA.
TAR. S. M. WOODI3TJAN, Physi
clan and Surgeon. Ogled over4o.A. Black's
trockery store, •
Towanda, Slay 1,11177.1 y..
m ADILL '&CALIFF,
• AI-Tommy S-A+4. ASP;.,
I TOW ANIIA, PA.
Office In WOOWs Block, drat door Bonn of the 'First
National bank, up4teirs.
a. J. ADILL. • tjanB-731y)
ei.ILIDLEY & 'PAYNE,
ATTOit kW,
South 4 I slde Illereur Block (rooms formerly oecuplifd
by pacts -
TOWAisi'DA, PA.
(1117)
13=33
, 3 AMES WOOD,
ArroinitT-AT.LAW,
TOWA NDA, PA;
r.,rti , }-76
C IIAS. M. FULL,
ATTOTIN ST-AT-LAW AND ti3OTAItT,
It'll' ghe erreful attention to any tolainessentrixt
ed to him. 01lice with Patrick k Foyle, (over
Journal Odice), Towanda. Pa. 01=0717.
GEORGE D.. STROUD,
ATTOUNET.AT•LAIS".• , \
Office—Mtn-st.. four doors North of 'Ward House.
Practices In Suprerae - Conrt
of Pennsylvania and United TOWANDA, PA.
States'Courts..-11)ec7:76. I - ",
IT STREETER,
ATIO,AIi AY-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA. PA.
I angn
OVEitTON k MERpitn,
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ATTOUNEYS.AT•LAW,
TOWANDA, P.
Oflke over Montanres Store.laYtall•
D'A. OVERTON. RODNEY A. MERCER.
AVM. IttAXWELL,
' 1 ATTORSZT-AT•LAW.
',TOWANDA. PA.
OfZee over Dayton's Storp.
April 12, 18741. I
PATRICK & FOYLE,
ArtoTtlitys-iTjLAw,
TOW ANDA, PA.
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02eit.; to Metcur's Block.
I - ANDREW WILT,
keioistir•ks•Lkw.
"Office over Cross , Boot 'Store, tiro doors sort], of
terens i Lonsg.:Torranda., Po. May be consulted
n German. CA pr1.1'76.3 -
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11 . S.! RUSSELL'S
GENERAL
'NEIITRANCE At ENCY
/ TOWANDA, PA.
T NSU RANCE AGENCY.
_ - The **awing
RELIABLE AND FIRE TRIED
Companies represented;
VATCSKIBB,PBCZNIX,BOWLittaeIIawra,
Notch 16, ni • O. B. BLACK.
OVERTON A; SANDERSON,
ATTOIQEY-AT-LAW,
TOWAlcriA. PA. • -
E. Ovinvrox, JOUR'F. SA.NDETION,
W: B. KELLY, DENTlsT,Office
y • over M. E. Rosenfield's, Tcrnandai
Teeth Inserted on Gold, Silver, Rubber, and
utenkun base. Teeth extracted without pain.
Oct. 3442. • - - -
E._ D. PAYNE , M . D 6l
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rIIYSICIAN .I"ND SURGEON. .
Office laver Montanyea , Store. Oface boors from 10
to 12, A. 11„ and from 2 to 1, P.M. Special attendee%
Itlren to dlrestaes of the Ego and Ear.-0ct.19:14141.
EIZZI
15:25 125.00
R. T. B. JOHNSON,
• ID .
AXD
PHYSICIAN' X SIII:0110X.
°Mee over Dr. Porter it Sotee Drug Store, TOwand a.
atamtl.
1864. 1876.
r IVANDA INSITRANCE'AGENCY.
Main til9 eet opposite the Cott Mots's*.
W. S. VINCENT, . • .
mAN.burEit.
L •
IRST NATIONAL BANK,
.I•IT \ AL, PAID IN
5t171.7 FUND
Bank oilers unwind facilities tertbe traar.
rl a general banking-business.
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'N. N.,TIETTS„Ca.sider.
roWT.LL, !resident.
\ Feb. 14;1879.
netton
EAGLE Ii ED
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(SOUTH EIDE Ptnt.tt.: SQVARE.)
N., . \
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Title welhAnown.tluse MIR Ivenllioroughly ren
nucated and repaired throiThout.,N,and'tbe proprie
tor Is now ptrpared to offer \first-elags•arrommoda
tiona to the publie, on .the rnost re'ssonable terms.
1 , 1 A. lENNINUS. ,
Towanda, Pa, May 2, IS2B
CORNER 31.11 N h WASIIINGT6N
This large, commodious and elegantly-furnished \
house has 3ust been opens:d to the traveling public.
The proprietor has sparod neither pains nor expense
In making his hotel" tlrst-class in all its appolpt
ments, and respectfully solicits a share of pnldte
pati onager. WEALS AT ALL HOURS. TernlS
In suit the times. Large stable attached;
Ili:\lt]',PaolluETOe.
Toutuela, June 7, 17-tf.
l it li t tgLL HOUSE, TOWANDA
Having leased this house. is now toady to accom
modate the travelling public. No pains nor expimse
will be spared to give satisfaction to those who may
give him a call.
'North side of Public Sqt are, east of Mercues
now block. , .
T UE CENTRAL HOTEL, '
ULSTER. PA.
The nuderstgned having taken possession
of the above hotel, respertfei ly solicits the patron
age of Ms old ffi1.1.1.13 and the public generally.
augiGtf. M. A. FOREEST.
QEETIEY'S OYSTER BAY AND
ECROPEZCS IBAYS4.—A few doors solithof
the Means Houk?. Board by the day or week on
reasooahlc terms. Warm corals served at all hours
Oysters at wholesale and retail. tebraf.
Creb.llB .
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A. IMITOR'S_I NOTICE.— Hiram
Eishree vs James F.:113 and E. W. Ent,. In
the Court of Common Plea, of Bradford Co. No.
1157. S4teinte. Term, 187 S:
The undersigned an Auditor appointed by the
Court to distz !bete the fund aching from 'he Slier-
Ira sate of defendants rent estate. Will attend to
the dotard of his appointment at T h e of
OVERTON k Mk:net:V. in the Boroogh7 of To
wanda, en 310 N DAY. the 21. st day of CieTonFte
A.. 1).. 1878, at IA7B. at 10 o'clock at., when and
where all person, !erring clalths again-r said fend
must present them, or be forever deletrre4 I rum
eptoing in on said fund. It. A. MEltCl_7,lt,
Towand.t, Sept. 17;75-sr-I. . Auditor.
[ncirll4s
IN BANKRUPTCY.-In the I)hii
. filet COnrt of the rotted State A. for the West
ern I.lstriet of P. nmylvanla In tle• matter ..1
Kugene Underhill, Chari , s t , I. Noble and Thomas
U. Smt% bald:llllqt , , in bankrnptev.
,TAKE Noll'lCE, Thai a m..-eting of the credi
tor.: of the aloNkr notnl,l bank rupts: 17111 he ,brld at
the °thee or nvez too a: Ile' ear, in the liwitorGll
Or TOW AN It A:. before the underidgm4l. a Regis
- in ilanl:rnpnly., on the 9th day Of OCTOIII.It.
A. It. 1 , 47 , , at i c.',.loci: A. M.., for - the
_potro. , of .
ronsblerittg a propo,ition for etatithred i leu of their
debts. It. A. 1%1 F.ICCI; It,
TN BANKRUPTCY. District
Cr.nr: of the. United Staten, for the 'Nesteru
Pistrlet of reangylvanla.
Jan. 1, 1873
This Is to give no' tee that on the 2d darof Sept..
A. I), 187$. a warrant' in bankriiptey was ht , it..(l
against the estate Isr E. W. I:111f. of A%:•lffin
in the county of lima f. ad and State of l'ennsylva
via, who lift 4 been adjudged a batihrup: upon Lis
oroi petition t Ihat the payment of any debts tad
the delivery of any pruporty belonging to such
I,ATlkilllit to hi to or for Id: (1,,. and the transfer of
any property by hint are forbidden by laiv: that a
newlibg of the ereilltors of iyak runt to prove
their debts. and elio,e one or more n..sig.ieeti. of
his estate. will be held at a Cori: of Rank - miter,
to be hold.ti nt tho olltoe of OVERTON' & 3IER
(It It. In the bor., of Towanda. Pa.. before It. A.
MERCER'. Eot.. Register, on the 11:11 day or (tC
TOSSER, A. I). 'SSTs. at SO A. M.
10IIN 11 ALL.
- S. Nlart-hal, Messenger.
Pittsitto g. Sept. 6, InS. ISv.2.
N BANKRUPTCY.— District
I
Court of the ITolt , ft States, for the Western
litmrlet of Pefinsy;vaut.t.
J. N. CALIFF
BEli
TM,. is to Ore 11131 on 1110 2I day of Sept..
A. U.. 187 a. a tearrant is Itankrtivtey ..V3l/1
11111111S1 tbe ciftate of .tared S. Manley. of (tauten
taw°, lit Mo./roan, V of fired ford and State of Peon-
Itylvanla, who has been roljtalgettit bankrupt npolt
his 0 91 petition: that the payment of any debts
and delivery of any propel!) . belonging to - such
bankrupt to him-or for his use. 3111.1 the transfer of
any property by him are forbidden toy law; :hat a
ruseting of thenreUltors of satitt I;l4;dtruin to prove
their debts, and choose, one or more toeognees of
his estate. will be het/tat a Court of Danktuptey,
to be holden at the office of J. N. -SIIA W. In
the bnro of Canton, Pa.. before It. A. 311 , :ilerit,
F:sq„ Iteglster, on the 10th day of OCT6IIEIt, A.D.
le7S, at 11 o'clock A. at
MEMO!
ORPITA:NS' COURT SA,LE.IIy
virtue of en order Issued out of the Orphans'
Court of 'Bradford County, the undersigned, exec.
ntor of the estate of James Fleetly, tate of 7.4 . 0rth
Towanda. deceased, will eipose to public sale on
the premises, on WEI4.IOEsitAY. the 2341 day of
ocroilEß, mu. at 10 o'clock A. X.. the followlog
described real estate In said township:
• Bouuderlon the north by lands of Elijah Gran
ger, east by lands formerly owned by the estate of
Depots 3teMahon, and TIONV owned I,y E. I'. lox,
`eouth ny the lands of Mrs. Catherine X. Brady.
West by lands of John Devine and the public high
way leading from Towanda to luster; contains
about 40 aer•s more or less, with a framed h o use, I
framed barn, and an orchard of fruit trees thereon,
TF.ILMS'Off SALE.-4200 acwa. en confir
mation, balance In two equal annual payments,
with Interest from 'cottartnation.
111=1:=1
ilyl7-71.
Sininess Cards.
TOWANDA, -PA
\ Notels.
EN RY • 11. Ci S
to TIIB EVISOCEAN PIA
TOAVAND., PA
JOIIII SULLIVAN
EMI
Itf•rzi,tri In Itankrnplcy
Towanda. Pa." Sept. 14, I$ 8. trim
JOHN H ALI..
S. Marshal, as 31r.o:qtger,
Pittsburgh, Sept. i. Ik7B.
Totran.la, Sept. 19, 1979-5 w
ORPHANS' COURT .SA
virtue of an order limed bat of the Orphans'
Court of Bradford Ciointy, the undersigned. ad
ministrator bf the'estate of George Herten, date of
Sheshequin orp, deceased. will expose to public
sale ondhe premises, on SATURDAY, the 19th day
of OCTOBER, 1870, at 1 o'clitcli, P. Y. the follow.
lug described real estate in said township:
Bounded on the north by lands of Thomas Tiar.
sey,east by lands of John Horton and;ll S Vanelse.
smith by lands of Martin Horton, west by lands of
Martin Horton and Isaac Heston ; contains 50 acres
mom or less, about 40 imp aced, With I framed
hoarse. ',fronted barn, 1 framed,sragen house,- and
an orchard of fruit trees thereon.
TERM OF BALE.--0 down, $950 on colltirtnn•
tion or ale, and Met:manes April I, leg. with ap
proved security. REUBEN YOUNG.
Shestiequin, Sept. Jit,..ins. Administrator.
liM
A INISTEATORS' NOTICE.
A
Is hereby given that all persons In.
debted to the estateof Joseph Atkins, late of Telma
rota twp., deceased, are requested to.make Imme
diate payment, end all persona having claims
against said estate mast present them duly authuti-
Heated for setttrment. •
34)13X / " 7a En ' Administrators.•
EMMA. ATKINS,
Tuscarora, Pa., Aug. a,
ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE.
—Nottee istereny given that all !imam , in
debted to the estate at Ebenezer Rogers, late of
Ulster twp., deed, are requested to make Immed
iate payment, and all persons having claims tan%t
salt* estatemust present tbesu dal autrien gai ted
tot setttement.-
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OF.OROZ B, ROCKWELL, Administrator.
Vbter, Psy Aug. It, U7ll. . . /life
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Bursting from earth la idr of early spring,„
I fotind a Illygrowlng sweet and wild ;
And plucked the blossom, snowy:fali, to bring,
Aa typo of resurrectioa, to my child; _
With It to show
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now out of death divinest life might,grow. •
I told her then what Easter meant, and wby
There seemed such gladness In the World to reign;
Why clear.voleed theirs sang so exultantly
The, joyful anthem "Christ is risen again r`.
That, dying, Ile
hied taken from the grave Its victory.
BeCanse 'He died and rose again,"" I said,
The dirk and shadowy valley none need fear;
The little brother that to you . seemed dead
Was only on Christ's hosed' heavenly - near;.
There is no tomb
Can prison or hide the soul's immortal bloom:"
O : Impotence of words: Who can explain
This wondrous mystery? Anil yet, perchance,
Thwaigh one white Mimi 0od•a alti.r xain
3ty child may grasp the towers algulticanco,
And, kneeling, say,
"A little child 'loth yield her heart to-day
—lira. L. C. Whitoni
Be ryttlet, restless heart The loug i'ght lies
In gleams or lingering sunshine on the 11111;
The mtne•bound swallow, twittering as he flies,
Makes silence seem more still.
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The shadow's deeper grow, and In the steals
The atr latent sweetness holds lu tee ;
An odor faint of yet nohlosrotued buds—
So like, dear heart, to thee I
Far distant ir the soft, cerulean deep,
Where Me l horizon hounds the nether world,
Great ohips4aecahned, like brooding birds asleep,
• Llb with white. tads lame furled'.
In Ise ,ee the day Is ended, and tips night
Falleth as dues a yell upon the sea;
Along its bosom come with svtltt , moinged ttght
The gray mists, silen'iy.
Q num!. ns heart, how. Natives/K.:lts! Tier power
flow leistirely she uses: Ilen* Intense
The Infinite pence of her most fruitful honr _
how soft her Infleenee:
Time Lath she for herathrtus to sweep the main
To rock the tree-top; Wlih her winds ot . wri r ;h;
To bring forth (regrew...l to the summer raid;
Aild time for show she Lath
L'aßEE'l'S
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aear 'for all thy, eager soul tles!res,
She keeps sweet times and svaseas, In her metal
Is Ltld for thee all passlea's subtle tires
Tn r..4gd thy womanhood
, •
Ce)i.se, then MIA dewy twilight more
ose who astia not Wilt i‘t r, caros not why ;
Thl sgy , t for all holds still the Eternal Love—
\t,ilsioendle.s by and by.
-75rtna7 Aftein non. • •
facv ylf in
Love NI ith this.' lairdadr n ed , little yourself
shop
girl'?" —
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Mr. Meredith, t tall nobleteatured
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man of fifty,look rat her sadily at
. Ne . '
his enthusiastic yonng nephew.
" Fitney, uncle? Plus is, hard y an
appropriate Word to nse. 1 .. au] quite
certain of the s '
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I suppose sou will consder melt
very bad judge of liuman\ehala s eter,f
if I tell you that I like lier little
cousin's demure fiee bust.\Relieve
me, Harry', there is more real sthrnina
in Ruth Purr than in her prettis l
cousin R a el 2 l."
" Tht.r , 2. sir," answered Harry, r %
s-
olutely, ' is where -I must beg leav6 \
'to differ from you," - .
"'Well, my boy, you must choose .
for yourself. : Rernemlier, it is no
question of a partner fur a waltz, or
a pa,ii of bright eyes whose glitter is
to amuse you for ode or two even
ings. The woman Whom you how
select for your wife must necessarily
exert a more or 104 potent influence
,over your whole life."
" I know it sir,".and Harry's mirth
ful face became ,for the moment
almost grave. • . 1 ~
"That she earns her own living be
hind the counter of a fancy .store—
that they both. do, is no drawback in
my eyes. Independ-nee and self re
liance arc to me cardinal virtues and
even though your wife will be raised
inui an atmosphere of comparative
wealth, a few les-ons - taken before
hand in the impartial school of world
ly experience will be of incalculable
use
Harry' Meredith sat long ; that
night, before the snug bright fire in
his snug little baelotto'r npartmene,
musing over his uncle's words.
He bid met the two cousins. Ra
ehel and Ruth Purr, at a quiet little
birthday gathering at the house of a•
Iriend, and had instantaneously telt
drawn toward the elder one, elder by
eighteen months. She was nbeauti
ful blonde, while the other was rather
of the brunette type. • .
During the three months which had
followed upon his first introduction;
"Harry Meredith had contrived to see
the cousins several times a week and
consequently fell dteper in love - with
the golden-haired lassie even, while
he was quite conscious -of Ruth's
deeper character and stronger Intel
,
Sometimes he was almost tempted
to waver in his allegiance toward the
elder and - then betook himself _ With
very unnecessary sterness to talk. •
Tooight, however, be passed the
whole of the last kW weeks in review
before his memory. and decided that
inaction was the `very worst policy in
the world.
.." This suspense must be put an
end to," • ejaculated our hero half
aloud, and then he smiled- •mischiev
ously to himself,•as an idea came into
his head.
"I"ll do it," be thought-biting his
"Of course it's merely for the
fnn of the thing. I have not . the
shadow of a. doubt that she is all she
seems, but,
Ile was silent for a few minutes,
and then arose to prepare, for slum-'
her. • •
"They are polite. enough to me as
the favored child of luxury. Now I
will take measures to learn whether
this courtesy is genuinely .from the
heart, or merely rn of empty form
and adulatiOn to wealth."
So our hero, laying his head on
his pillow dreamed of private mas
querade parties all night long. • •
Rachel Purr and her cousin Ruth
were . •shop-girls iu Savory & St.
Clair's great fancy store.
" Oh, dear!" sighed Rachel, one
morning as she took off , her bonnet
in- the little dressing-room at the
back-of the store antt .shook down
her- golden . shower of curler,. "how.
tired I am of. this borrid , , drudgery:
How l wieh -*ereditttl•WOuld
PEoPose bOi golngUi;
E. T. FOX.
Executor
EM
fort!.
AN NANTES POEN
BY AID BY
neord.
ANTII3G.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., TIMISDAY MOBBING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1878.
'Ruth laughed as , she smoothed
ciown her satin-brown hair, and 'tied
the bow of crimson ribbon at her
throat.
"And.what do you think of me,
Rachel? I who have no such bril
liant hopes of matrimony to light up
the monotony of My daily toil "
Rachel shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't see how you bear it so
patientlY, I should die with vexation
and 'ennui' if did not hope for
something better."
" Hush !"said Ruth," there is Mrs.
Wickes the forewoman callincus."
"How I hate the old .
.vixen!"
Rachel *levitated, slowly following
Ruth intothe store.
. .
- Really, - Miss Rachel . Durr.. you
must be a little more . punetrral," said
MrS. Wickes, pursing up her mouth,
primly. " You arc full five minutes
behind time, and it was just so,
yesterday."
Rachel pouted, and Went - to work
labeling a box . of newly-arrived rit
bons. . She and Mrs. Wickes had
never agreed veri harmonionily, nor
did she affiliate with the shop : girls.,
" A stuck . .up impertinent `. thing,"
they called her;. while - she; from the
serene. heights of 'the possibility of
one day becoming. Mrs: Harry Mere
dith, -treated , them with a disdain
which was anything in the world hut
agreeable: , - ' •
In vain were Ruth's remonstrances.
Raehel,had alwayti: been 'willful and
' inclined to Superciliousness, nor
'would she listen to her cousin's m - ild- -
ly proffered advice now. •
" It's all very well for you, Ruth,
you've mat to spend all your days •
here, but," e she said cuflingliet ,. pret
ty lips, "but I shall soon be lifted
outof t 1,14 groveling atmosphere:"
"ilt is by no means a ecroirity."
"Yes it is," laughingly, answered
Rachel blushhig like a damask rose.
And Ruth would sigh softly, and
think how brightly the future was'
unrolling its vast map before her
•
pretty little cousin. • ,
Ilathel Durr waited.rather languid.
ly upon one er.two customers that
Morning. Evidently
,her heart was
not in her work, and Mrs. ; Wickes,
from her lurking •place behind,: the
cash box. cast several . envenomed
glances toward her, premonitory to a'
coming storm.
rrescntly a new customer bobbing
iti 'bent. and crooked, and .made his
way directly to the. counter where
Rachel and Ruth were standing. A
huge cotton umbrella
.protruded in:a
warlike manner from beneath his
arms,' and •mended cotton gloves
covered his hands, while a rusty red
wig was half concealed
. by his bent
and battered hat.
"My goodness! Ruth what a fig
ure!" ejaculated Rachel,, in a very
audible voice.
" What can that old . bundle ,of
second-hand clothes want here?"
Hush !" said Ruth, almost stern
-13, "he will hear you."
" And what if he does! What dO,I
care ?"
" He is old and infirm, Rachel and
his age shAuld render him sacred in
, ypur
\Rachel tossed her head sneering-
13'.\
\\..."Buth you are too abused for any
thina . .\ I won't wait on him." .
lit the old men steered resolutely,
for ftcliel \ herself. •
" I 'want to buy. some gloves Miss,' ,
he said a \ feeble, creaking voice.
"
You ''d better go somewhere else,",
said the 3'ount:,l\ lady, supereilionsly,;
"our story dosen't keep .cheap
goods."
" Please let e see the articles."
'Rachel tosicka box 'down on the
taunter; the old\man \ bent his spec
tacled eyes down to.:\survey the
(roods. . •
"How much are the a?"
" A dollar a pair."
• " But lam a poor man Miss have
you nothing cheaper?" \
"\o!"• .snappediliachel. "I told
you to go elsewhere, I've no p tienee
with paupers:" 1 • •
• " I beg your pardon 31iss,"said
the Old map; " ram not a pauper," \
" Well," observed the girl, scorn
fully, "you look like one!"
"Appearances are often deceitful:
Did you tell me you .had cheaper
(doves ?" •
"I didn't . saYanY such thing?"
"Rachel! Rachel !" remonstrated
her cousin./"Lk me show you what
you want,Sir," she said, softly turn
ing to the old customer. Wehave
some very nice gloves at seventy-five
centa."
"Seventy-five cents is a great den'
of money to pay fora pair of gloves,'
said' the old man, looking sorrowfully
down upon . the mended fingers of
these he wore. " but the weather is
getting very frosty, and I am not so
young as I was."
" I should 'think that was quite
evident,". said Rachel with a heart- -
less titter.
Ruth bent toward the old man,
saying in a low, sweet voice,
"'fake the warm worsted, gloves
sir'. The price is seventy-five cents,
but you shill have them for fifty. .1
myself will make up the difference to
the store. You
,are an old gentleman,
and I'am young and able to work."
"But I am nothing" to you, Miss."
With folded the gloves neatly in. a
piece of paper and handed them to
him.
" For the sake of :the dear father
who died a year ago, old as can
never be nothing to me, sir. Please
don't thank ma, indeed I .deserve no
aratitude."
And Ruth drew blushingly back;
while. Rachel burst into a laugh.
" Upon
.my word, . Ruth; you are
the greatest fool I ever saw!" she
cried, - while the old gentleman hob
bled out of the 'store. "I would have.
seenthe - old beggar.in Jericho before
I would have ;given him. anything.
Why' dosen't he go to' 'the. poor
house?" . _ -
• The ,days crept on andyone day
Mr.. Harry .Meredith, astonished little'.
Ruth Durr very much by asking her
to bee - his wife. ,
It was if the gates of Paradise had
been suddenly opened to her—tbe
modest little girl, secretly worship.
ins Marry Meredith in her- heart. of
hearts, had never - dreamed of the
possibility. f such good luck being
in stwe for her.. —•
. _
That even she told ber comiki;
Rachel- listened in aihome.
~• . •
A
REGARDLESS OP DENUNCIATION PROM ANY iatIARTIOL
had•been Very near her grasp once,
but.somehow it had slipped away.
".1 think you must •be mistaken
Ruth," she said acrimoniously. I
think Mr. Meredith never would—"
She checked herself, for at that' in
sant- the door opened, and Harry
Meredith was announced.
" Well, Rachel." he said pleasant
ly, "are you ready to congratulate
tee upon the sweet little wife I have
won,?', s,
Rachel 'muttered one or two for
mal sentences but she was very pale.
Meredith observed her with a sufile.
" Ruth," he said, turning with
smile, "-I have something, to shoini'
you."
- lie put a tiny puce] in her band.
She opened it, and out fell a pair of
worsted gloves. -
She looked wistfully' into his ficP,
'and then. the_whole tide of memory
came back upon - her Wirt.
" Harry ! were you the old man ?"
" I was the old' man - my dearest?"
And eaten Rachel knew why it was.
thus ;he ship 'freighted with all her
hopea had drifted away, when it was
so near to haven.
THE ICE SUPPLY OF NEW YORK*,
The Catskill Recorder says : Trav
elers on the Hudson frequently see
tows made upiof huge white ; barges,
solidly bi t tilt 'and. inclosed, each with
a wind-mill 4' work pumping out the
hold. These fleets are-nfet,daily and,
are the. barges of the Knickerbocker
lee'CoMpany, which run with clock
work regularity, and deliver in the
Metropolis the quantity Of' ice to
meet the ever-Varying demand:. As
the wastage , : on ice is very rapid
after it is taken from the' houses, the
demand has to. be closely calculated
and, the transportation gnaged to•ex
aetlt Ineetit, and have no surplus
for I ss. This branch of the business
is quite a science in itself, and is un
der the charge of Superintendent
Conklin, a gentleman well
known here, who . fins, the general
superintendence iu winter. of the
stocking of the contany's houses
from• ltrondont nort fir. % Conk-
Tin's freighting fleet , cOmprises six
powerful propeller steamers, of which,
the Saxton and Proniethens ,are thl
largest, and seventy baraeS,,With car
rying capacity ranging from 410: to 1,-
3(:0 tons each,all in charge of first-class
men. ,Ewm 5,000 to 10,000 tons of
ice are thin daily arriving in the 'city
or on the way. The principal dis
tributing , stations are at the foot of
Twentieth street, North river, and at
-the foot of Canal street, although
Carges ape towed to Brooklyn, Jer..ey
ity, Staten Island, and other local
.stations. - We visited these .wo sta
tionsn Saturday—the • liVeliest
places itown—to witness the mode
of operations. The delivery wharf
at_Canal street - is nearly 1000 feet in
length, With 'moils, for four barges to
unload At, once if' necessary.. Hoist
ing engines and shaftino , stipply
power at any point. Hundreds of
wagons were crowding to the plat
-form and gangs 4 f men were rattling
the huge ice-eAkes out of .tlid barges
at a rapid rate. At the fos Of Twen:
tieth street is the repair shop and
stables of the Knickerbocker COm
pany, which occupies an entire block.
On Saturday nine forges were in full
blast in the shop -principally on re
pairs to steamboata, ?tools, wagons,
etc. - A large engine supplies power
for the machines in the repair shop.
tihrace Bennett is in charge of the
machine Shop, and Orrin Bennett,
vicepresident, is superintendent of
the stables and the delivery to ens
tomerst The business of the Knick
erbocker Company has rapidly grown
to mammoth proportions; it employes
a small army of men, and.is managed
.apparently with a judgment and ener
gyllof which few corporations eau,
beast. Between fojtir and' aye mil
liens of dollarsare inivesied. and the
concern is as sold as the Bank of
England °tithe , United States govern
ment, 'and bids fair to keep Its busi
llessinereAing with the rapidly grow
ilkr demands of New York and
neighboring cities. It expends many
`hundreds of thousands of dollars in
this section every winter When the
\ ...
moneyos, of great advantage to la
-
boret.t, and pays a large sum fur local
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I,XOI.
.
Just pow- here\are to . Je found in
the suburbs oiour`e c ities and at va
rious places were Water and :wood
are plenty, ramp of those curidus
tramps known sui gloms. People
visit such encampments 'to gratify
their curiosity' about `a strange and
mysterious • people, ',or t‘o have their
fortune told : by some t a hered . old
hag of the 'and, and co
i r
e \ ctiy as
l
wise as they' went. lf you .sk the
1
Men who a e engaged in :t `ding
horses, or.the women. who ;:are cook
ing pr idling . around,.they wll pre b
ablY tell you that theirkef. the
came originally froM Egypt or Ethi
opia, generally the latter ' as Egypt
seems to'have fallen into disfavor.
The t gipsies seem to - have been
driven from Indiant the time of the
invaiion'of Timm, the Tartar, and
to have journeyed to European Tur
key and Transylvania, from Whenee
porticins.of them Spread, -, during the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, to .
other palts of Europe. A fewt words
in their argon betray the route they.
took., Tiirkey . and Ifungary aitotbeir,
central abode even non: : They. are
there numbered is a distinct race,
and though thpusands 'have melted
into other races,- their nuMbers; as
I ascertained by - the most recent , een-,
!sus, amount _to
.25(4000 in Turkey
and about Iso,ooo in Hungary. They
are a 'fecund race, marrying at an
early age, and were it not for their.
habit 'of dropping off .into civilized
habits, where ;their identity is soon
lost, would haie increased enormous- i
ly.ii
If . we take those who-nre ehor
re (half - blood) into account, - .the
gi y race inthe aggregate ..counts
lia millions, d probably,Outnum - -
bets the Jews through the world, not
as mulch as it does in Turkey, where .
.it has four to one,
_bat appreciably.
The European idvent.-was by way of
Germitty. and Italy, and.in the for,
mer cow try with some. preteneion.
When they came to &Wand., and
Ireland , Is ,not pd.* aritin,. :bat. the
llelielbrta f ir*7 aidendAtt*l . ,
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~,,,-,a4gto. g s-...A,7, - -_iwr:sv-N:,;•*r.zvtkzi?lkt ;,-'
CI
onrof Bomb*. in the beginning of
fifteenth 'century, for having slain
tvalitain•of. a , •band of a wandering
Saracens,". had probably
,killed a
glpsy raja. ' But they. managed to
impose on people of. authority there
as they.dial before in Gertnany..
• In England the gipsios came later:'
Neither Henry 111. nor his unprinci
pled and cruel
.dnughters, Elizabeth
and Mary, were ever deceived by
gipsy; pretensions. They fulminated
fierce 'edicts againeti, the rovers, who
increaied . in spite of them., 'They set
the laW at defiance or evaded it, con
cealed their origin. as mitekas poSsi
and.beto.ok themselves to tinker-_
ing and Oddling earthenware, min"
gled with a little fortune-tellinrand,
a deal Of petty ticeft.
• There are communities in the
United States all of gipsy blood,and
have net men'and women in the moun
tains of Virginia whom I now believe
to be g;psies,althongh then I did not
know it. • Since I. have become ac
quainted with their patter,• I • have
,discovered thein by that several
time's... They did not always. reply,
a.slhey inight hive done had they
picked it' up like myself, but they
mostly showed that they knew what
.it meant, though they denied under-
Siandinfr it. • •
"How many gitisies are there in the.
United States ? They are estimated
variously from 500 to 50,000, but
thefe is no mode of getting a , census
Which shall approach, accuracy. Of
the tent dwellers there are' probably
I,otlo-,
,divided into twenty bands Or
moee. But. of alt who claim gipsy'
blond, including the choordes or half
breeds, I should think 20,000 would
be " an Under-estimate. "New York
city has severarthousand. The'de
sc~ndhnts or Rothrnanies ate found
everywhere—in trades and• profes
sions—notably among hoMe jockeys,
thimble-riggers; . Peter Funks, and
the confidence men ; or the bar (on
both sides of it), en the bench, at the
sick man's bedside, on the prairies of
the West, .and in the geld diggings.'
At least:one; if not two, of the Vice-
I'residents of the United 'States:have
had gipsy blood in their veins. There
are some names that suggest gipsy,
at once ' • but as these are borne by
many of Greek stock; they need
not be given. But about them ail—
Ore blood or half-blood—there is d
tendency, to the nomad life. The
race ;is wild and tameless, place it
lo7v,you
GOOD I'AIE92
There can be no doubt that,.as
each person now', living- has had• a
father and mother, graiidfathers and
grandinothers, and so on, every' one
really : comes of as old a family 24
every one else. Moreover -every living
eldestson is the heirmaleOf either the
senior or a junior branch, not only of
the family of the man wild first bore
his name, b►it of progenitors hidden
still deeper in the mists of antiquity.
We so often hear, of-families either
dy - -ing out altogether or ending in
females that we coins to think that
•such a fate is the eventual end of all
fathilies; but this is far from being
the case. Every man living; could,
if he only knew where to find, the
data, count up from soul to father;
from father to' grandfather, from
generation • to generation, until he
came to Adam himself. And this is
the great di&rence between good
families and 'families of all other
kinds •' theinetubers of a good family'
can tell who their forefathers were,
where they lived, and whoinrtlicy,
married ; while thoie who belong to
no families in particular are classed
in a body as those! who don't know
their own grandfather, or who per
haPi never had any to know.. The
goodness of a family depends much
more/bn **number of the known
gett6.atilans than on any other condi
tion. (liven two families in which
the unmbers of recorded generations
are 'equal, doubtless the family" whose
member ha •e been the more illustri
ous would . e; reckoned the bet of
the. two: but a family of Only tiWO
three generations, however, ill ustri ons
their Members might ha - ve- been,
would certainly not constitute what
is known us a good family: As- in
the case of many 'popular ideiis, there
is some little substratum or reason
in this belief. If to be educated unit
cultivated is an :object of
. amhition,
and if there is any i in the doctrine of
heredity, it may be supposed, that
the tuembeys of a ;family who,have
been of iitiportance enough to leave
their names scattered on. the -bank
of the river of .time have •.lid a bet
ter chance of being polished, and of
handing dosin their god qualities
to their Posperity than thoe. Who
were 'swept away by the tide with
out : leaving any markta. JOHN .
AMPHLETT, P9pitlar . St.'lintee fur
September.
TIIE - Goon . AND TREE MAN. _
" Blessed is the man," says David.
" who walks in -the way .of, the Lord
\
and 'in 1.1 . 6 law bath delight" There
la no excitement here, only duty.
This, we take it, is . the. portrait of
the - I.rue and good man, as distin
guislied from those w.lio are alwayS
talking\ahout religion and doing no
thing of sit.
The truelove of God is a moral
sentiment, faunded on a clear percep
tion of His m>Ectal perfections. Thus
it clearly me co with i thelOve of
\r
virtue, rectitude d. goodneia.. In
judging thestire iind decisive sons of
piety, we lay no sires onexcitements;
We esteem hilt4 - and • tip only, a -pi
ons man who practicall • conforms to
•
God's moral perfections and govern
ment ; who shows his deligh - in God's
benevolence. by
. serving an `loxlng
his'neighbor ;- his delight in God's
justice by tieing resolutely upright ;
his sense of.Goil's purity by keep 7
his
. thatights and desire: in subje -
don ; whose' thought, conversation,
bnsinesi and domestic life are swayed
by God'S presence and authority; In
all things, else, • men . may , . deceive,
theinselves. The question is, "Do
they love God's cOmmandti in which
His character is fully expressed, and
give lop to these their habits of pas
sion?"' - This 'is 'the. truo teat, and
they Who -will no . t - eonsent to be tried
.by its'a;e buv.wretebed.aelrdecnivnin
and connt.ertnitn.-:.:. . • .;
-;Jurnes - "onitais-bildpkg ne
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THE urnmsiso ORA=
fihe picked a little daisy dower -
iyith , frltige of snow and heart of gold ;
AU pure wtthout and warm within—
l'And Mood to have her fortune told.
/1
"Ile loves me," low, she musing said,
/ And plucked the border teat by Waft,
•
"A little—too much—not at ail—
With truest heart—beyond belief..
little—too mush—not at all
rang the changes o'er and o'er;
The tiny leallets notteted down,
And strewed the meadow's grassy floor.
"A, little—too much—;not it all—
With truest beast ”—oh, magic Wet:
An, hiollahtask, to measure out
Love•e.aatuo on a dalay teat
For as sho pulled the latest leaf
With "ant at ail," I heard her say,
" much you know, you silly flower,
He'll lore me till his dying day."
—]fart' Ainge.de l'ere.
IF WE WOULD
If we would but check the speaker
When lie eriligl his neighbor's fame;
It we would but help the erring
•
Ere we utter words of blame;
If sic would, how ninny might we
Trop from paths or Mu and titanic.
Ah, the wrongahat might be lighted
If we would bat ;fee the way:
All, the pains that might be lightened
Every hour and every day,
If we would but hear the pleadings
Of the hearts that go atitray. •
Let us step outside tlie sttoughold
Of our selfiblinets and pride;
Let us lift our fainting brothers,
Let 11:4 strengthen ere we chide;
Let uS, ere we hluine the fallen, '
Reid a light to cheer and guide.
Ah, how blessed—ab,.Lior blessed .
Earth would belt ae•d but try • .
Thus to ald and right the itt , aker;
Thus to:check.eaell i.rothers sigh,
Thus to talk of duty•„ pathway,
To our better life on high.
In eaelilife. however lowly, •
. There :we seeds of 'nighty good ;
Still we shrink from appealing
timid "II we rwild:—
But aOod, who I tulwe..l all tings,
.KnoWs the truth le, "11 we -Would.."
" ASHAMED OF you."
Among the siords which, by daily
use,. have almost lost their sense, T Are
those
. of common reproach, as weWas
those of portimon comfort. But there,
may be found in them; upon consid-',
eration, .a great deal' of meaning, es
pecially for instance, in the three
words at the head of this article.
. .
Motheri have theM .pat for their un
ruly children, amt the look of the
maternal countenance proves ithat
the speaker means what she says,
whether 'the young transgressors ree
•ognize the weight of the reproof or
not, And , often the vexed and wor-
ricil face renders words unnecessary
to establish the fact that the parent
is heartily and truly, ashamed of her
offspring. In the saloon of an•txeur
sion steamer, for instance, a troop of
unefirbed boys (tzirl-a- behave better)
Will . I)ounce:on the ottomans, upset
the chairs, and damage the uphols
tery generally, make a race course of
the carpet, slide down the liana-rail
of the balusters, and whoop like In.:
dians, while the company of passen
gers are annoyed beyond expression,
and •the mothers feel guilty of their
breach of the perice Nyhich they are
powerless to 'prevent. The "excur
sion " for them IS penance, and they
inwardly resolve thatit shall noV be
repeated. But it is repeated again
and again. The charitable sentence
which some bachelor essayist has.
passed upon boys, that they ought to
be hung up by the waistbands 'to
kick and grow until they reach years
of discretion, cannot—be carried. out.
And it is, moreover, too sweeping.
' There are - very many proper boys
• who are not troublesome, and there
are More who annoy nobody bd - their
own parents.
This isn thing. of -coat - se, and need
not be 'talked about. ' The sensible
dvfinitipit of children is that they are
" troublesOme comforts," and the
trouble is forgotten in the comfort.
The parental instinct. is *stronger
than the natural\ aversion to racket,
and the Sensible mart or woman finds
more to like than to dislike in the
little roq.bes, who cling•. around their
elders with tendrils somewhat rou , ' , ll
land sometimes even thorny: Bat in
operative upon children, the reproof
" I .am'asliamecl of you" ought to
have more force than it has with
young men, and even with the mid
dle-aged and the elder. _ Of course,
it will be understood that the person
who feels ashamed ,of another is in
most cases the aggrieved mother,
sister or wife. The mother is used
to it. So is the sister. • The boy:
cannot be expected to care, even if
his mother does, what Mrs. Grundy
mil say. Nor can he feel the im
portance of substantiating his sister's `
description of hiMself, given to her
schoolmate and most intimate of in—
timate- friends, Laura Matilda. Ile
will offend the properties., and all the
more
. that . he sees by. the twinkle of
Laura Matilda's eyes that she really
enjoys his sister's discomfiture. Lau
ra has an uncouth brother ofher own,
of whom she is ashamed upon state
occasions, and she is not-displeased
to find a . companion in misfortune.
-But after all,:' brothers might conde
seend to leave off the bear, when
they know that the hearts of mother
and sister are set upon their making
a good repreSentation of themselves.
-These may be matters of - small,
moment, it is true, but not so, very
small,. either. "Just as the twig is
bent," AC. The young man who dee's
not - care if his mother or sister is
- asharried of him, puts on a ranch
more pleasing deportinent when he
gravitates toward his fate in - the :per
son,of the young woman he is about
to marry'. Gradually he becomes
humanized. It will not do for her to.
be ashamed of him. In her - presence
he can even be studiedly courteous
to his sister, and his lips 'avoid Um
expressions of pitying depreciation
of which' he is not ashtured usually.
to speak of women. The soft dream
lasts till the words are spoken Which
`r.enilet - disguise on hiii part, - and on
he rS too, no longer necessary. Aud
the)k- she is ashamed - of the husband
p r 7
who \ refers low'aisociates over his
own fa' ily, who disregards the cour
tesies o i
ife when no outside specta
tors are ptent,and . WbO even proves
s iii
his friefitish' . - for intimates by
permitting - - em. to -sec him as 4 his -
.wife sees him ways: .I He feels .no
shami l 4tft she \She has ceased to.
, thifik_ j aW- - it4as . lieefizatiii, habit tif
"d4iiiik*Whiii; - ',Tt;4:,.:',.7 1it .*'..-;.]-]:1
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overdrawn ? For all except the
,worst; cases, it is. But it would de
tract nothing from the friendship
with which boys are tre4ed, and the
dignity which: manhood claims, if the
words ftem women "I am usliamed
of your were more heeded. In the
small courtesies of life—in language
deportment, dressthere are thou:
sands of good men whose women
friends tire ashamed of them. Why
'is it that the women must so often
speak of their men in a tone'of apol
ogy. and almost in words and quite
in manner beseeCh Hot to thinktliey
are as bad as they seem ? In the
wretched audience of, the police the
heart-broken wife persists - in saying
that her husband would ba the best
OT men—if he would not drink !
This, to be sure, is one of the last
points on thes down-hill read. But
are there not other g rades at which
a true man may stop to think wheth
er his wife is ashamed of him or not
—and if ,so, Ashy ? And also whether
be could - not, if the Would, make 'her
proud of him? '‘,
FACTS WORTH KNOWING.
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As . flies are said to eat , animal-:
cules in impurnair, thus removing
the seeds of disease, leanness 'lns fly
is priina facie evidence of purnair
in a house, while corpulency indicates
ford wall-paper and bad ventilation.,
_Talking of n foul and freshi'atmos
phere, - there bas-lately been adopted
in India .a novel method of giving
change of air to people who , cannot
afn,rd'fo !Cave home. Patients go up
in'a })aloon,•which asCenda to a cer
tain.'hcicht,
.and there made cap-
tive..4 seems that a few days passed
in this atmosphere,
.Which is. quite
different from that on the plains-be
neath, temporarily braces up. the
most languid of invalids. - The im
portance to health of free -perspira
tion no leSs than of fresh. air, .and .
what dangers arise from perspiration
being' suddenly checked, has been
proved by the fact that a person cov
ered completely with a ,compound,
Impervious to moisture, will not live
over six,,hours.. - On the occasion of
some *papateeremonies a poor child
was, once gilded all over with varnish
and gold-leaf to-represent the Golden
Age.. No wonder- that it died in a
few
.hours, when we consider that the
amount of liquid matter which passes
through the pores of the skin in
twenV-four hours in an adult - person
of sound. • health, is- about sixteen
fluid . minces, or ,one pint. Beside
thiS,. a large - amount of Carbonic acid
—a. gaseous body—pasSei through
the tubes; so we-cannot fail to see
the importance of keeping them in
perfect working order. by frequent
ablutions or other means.
It has ofteit been stated that, oen
lay weakness and dise4es in.various
forms appear to have been rapidly
increasing in recent times. Dr. Lor
ing, in discussing before the .New
York 'County Medical Society. the
seriOus'question, o'ls tie human eye
gradually changing its form under
the hifluenceof modern civilization?"
confirms the,opinion, so-kr at least
as
. short-sightedness is .concerned.
Constant study, now incidental to
the lives of. so many, has, he says, a
tendency to engender this derange
ment, of the.eye, and it - is often trans
mitted to descendants. In his opin
ion, near-sightedness . .is a disease of
childhood;:and rately . derelops itself
after-the fifteenth.or eighteenth year.
On e±amining the eye; of - over two
thousand scholars in the Neir York
public'ichools, Pr. Loring.found that
the . propOrtion of those in a healthy
condition We \ re eighty-seven per cent.
among children under seven years,
while betweeit \ that age and twenty
one the proportlon:of normal t eyes
was but sixty-One* rwhich shows,. he
thin.ks, that near-sightedness increas
es" directly with -the, age to' which
schoolina is extended.:• In Konigs,
berg.; Germany, • he fourid considcra- .
bly more than half the 'poPulation
were short-sighted ,• and iti,Ameriea
it is More commonly met with among
the. older 'Eastern cities than the new
ones - of-the West. Among the 'most
prominent causes of the
,disease are,
in his opinion, a c sedentary life, poor
food, 'bad ventilation, and general'
dis:reg.aril of hygienic requirements—
all: conducing, to a laxity of - tissue.
of which near-sightedness is an in
dication:
AU • unexpected friend to man, bai
been digeovered in a kind of animal
cute . engendered . by sewage, which
prevents the decomposing'' matter
from becoming a dangerous nuisance.
Mr. Angell, the public analyst for
Hampshire, having examined the
sewage-polluted fluid. in Southamp
to'n Water, has discovered 'that where
the suspended matters are thickest
there is going on a silent destruction_
of foul matters, through the agency
:of millions of the, minute creatures,
by some held to be -- ef animal, but by
Mr: Angell believed to be of vegeta ,
ble origin. - On examining the muddy
fluid. through a microscope, it was
-found ._to contain mNriads of little
brawn organisms; surrounded with a
gelatinous substance. Each, speci
men was found to be active in its
mOvernents' and of peculiar shape,
lain!? furnishedivith a belt of ,cilia
round the, centre of the body, and
watt. a long transparent and.. very
flexible hail. After death, these tiny
atoms give off an odor similar to
that of7sea:weed and . change - to a
sgreen color. During life they-evolve
bubbles of otygen.gas; which serve
to :parity the water from the effects
of the deCompoSing-maitcr on which
they themselves feed. It:- is. a pity,
however, that- man, by polluting riv
ers with sewage, should stand so
much _in need of these necessary
scavengers. .
Wiisi• we want is Work and pay° for
doing it," said the tramp. "What kind
of work?" said abyStaraler. " I,Tuload
inf.; -schooners." replied the incipient'
-Communist—"beer schooners.".
11 Vitrre boy met a colored lad the
otts'Oe day and asked him what he had such
a short nose for:? " I %wets so's it won't
poko itself into other people's business."
"PAPEn,. sir?" asked the- newsboy.
" I never readi" was the blunt an-.
Imes. " lli, boys, come here,".. called out
the gamin ; "here's a map as is practisin'
for_the jury !" • -
$2 per Annum In Advance.
NUMBER 17.
FUN, FACT AND TACCBTLY.
I REA:n my winless that confidence is
man is utter folly, rand brings sorrow to
the soul ; but I am more than ever certain
that confidence in God is always wise,
never leads to disappointment, and never
causes regret.
Tun love of glory, the fear of shame,
the design of making, a - fortune, the de.
sire Cif renderineßfe easy• and agreeable,
and the hnmor of pulling down - other pea:
ple are often the cause of that valor -so
celebrated among men.
CARRY the .radiance of your sold In
your face. • Let the world have the benefit
of it. Let your cheerfulness be felt for
good wherever you 'are, and let -your
smiles be created like sunbeams "on the
just as well as on the unjust" •
TilEltE is novowee like that of oratory.
Caesar controlled men by exciting their
fears, Cicero by - captivating their affec
tions and swaying their passions. Thie In
fluence of one perished with its-author ;
that of the other continues to this day.
Taunt is tough. It will not break like
a bubble, at a teach ; nay, you may kick
it about all day , like a foot ball, and it will
be round and full at evening. Did 'not
Mr. Bryant say that truth gets well if she
is run over by ti locombtiire, while error
dies of lockjaw, if she scratches her fin
ger? -
Tim financial wrecks of our times, the
miseries endured by so-called -"sucoeasful
men," the ups and downs of commercial
life and the general unhappiness of the
very rich, ought to teaCh the Philosophy
of contentment to those who enjoy a - in).
spectable and modest income, without
cares or harassments.
Gen before and above all things ! Such
is the command, such is the law, and our
very reason acknowledges: it. Every in
threat should be sacrificed, every obliga-,
tion cancelled; for the furtherance of this =
supreme duty. You seek Jesus, you look
r consolation and joy of the sonV; serve
.
God, pray to Him, end you will this come
face to face with Jesus ; you will find con
solation Of spiritual joy.
Gor; ever sees not only our outward ac- .
tions, but the inmost thoughts of our
hearts. And not only so, but he is . con-
stantly watehing ns with more 'than a -
father s solicitude ; net to blame, and re-'
buke, and overcome, and condemn, but to .
prompt, and help, and encourage us in ev
ery rightleeling, end every struggling ef
fort. to please him. What an incentive to
diligeneel What amotive to live so as to •
honor him
THF. Christiadmnst stand in a postale
to. receive every message whieh God shall
scud, whether it be by his Word. spoken
- through the preacher, or+ . any other. lie
must be so prepared as to be like one who
is called to,set out on a sudden journey,
and has nothing to do but to set out at a
moment's notice, or like a merchant who
has goods to.send abroad, and has" them
all packed up;and in reailiness for the first
sail.: I
THERE is no place oti earth where hu
man feet stand so burdened with fearful
responsibilities to God and to man, as the
pulpit of salvation. " Put off thy shoes
from oft thy feet," said God to Moses in
the presence of the burning bush "for the
place whereon thou standest is holy
ground." " Keep thy foot when thou p
eat to to the ffeuse of God," said Solomon.
Invisible angels stand around every pul
pit, and the Son of God is 'there looking
on, and sees and.hears".
REST.
Many:,
_a woman who cannot afford
plenty 'of help, wears hersclf out
when she need not do sod by adding
unnecessary work. I ilike pretty
things ; tucks, mines and embroidely
are great additions to garments; and
so are pies, pudding and preserves to
the table ; but if the day is full); oc
eupted in Making plain garmentsand
preparing plain meals, the hours that
are needed for rest should not be en
croached' upOrk by the useless trim
mina of the dress, and often unwhole
some extras of the repast.. Work is
good for 'every-healthy person,- but
rest is good also ; and we have minds'
as well as bodies.. We- . may make
.slaves of ourselves, and that is 'no 1 ,
more right than to make slaves ,of
others. To be clean and whole is, a'
duty ; to be wholesomely fed is, also
a duty; but I sifould like to preach
to some women I have known until
they really feel that the body is more
than raiment, that to keep strong
eyes, a straight _back and a sweet tem
per, is better for one-ilin is a mother
than to have her children clad in
elaborate earments, which it 'takes
hours and hours to ,iron and flute.
Good material, perfect Oletinliness,
and plain hems, or straight, flat biro- ,
'Dings of some kind will make any
children—look - well-dreised; and in
their season a dessert of fruit tastes
-I?etter and does more good than all
the - pies and puddings that can' be
inanufactured. Make your 'work as
eakir,us - consistent with utter cleanli
ness and tidiness, and save some
hours for walking with your children,
for readintr; talking with your has=
band, and\even for sitting utterly
idle in the 'twilight of -a summer's
*day, or before,the firelight of a win;
ter's evaling. .-
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PTEIE E IDEMIC 01' 'DRUNKENNESS.--
Drunkenness has been by many be
lieved to be on the increase, at any
rate in higher circles. It is curious
to note that , just 150 years ago an
epidemic of drunkenness seemed to
-- break out in England. The passion
for gin drinking had got hold of the
masses, and the result - was, in Lon
don at least, that increase in the pop
ulation was almost wholly checked.
Before gin became popular- the con
sumption of beer was enormous.
Almost a third of the aifible land in •
the country was devoted to barley.
in 1688 with a population of 5,000,-
000, very nearly 12,000,000 barrels -
of beer Were brewed. I.IP to this
time-our distilleries were very insig
nificant, and French brandies were
far too dear for the - masses. • But
hatred to France led to the:encour
agement of horne ; the trade
was thrown open, and in 1689 the
importation of foreign spirits was
absolutely prohibited. Then gin
drinking began, and in 1735 the
British distillers manufactured near
ly 5,000,000 gallons. Gin cellars
where men could, get ";drank for a - •
penny, lend drunk for twopence,and
have a straw for nothing,” abounded.
Hogarth's "Beer Street" 'is ' .
-bad'
enough, bnt his "Gin Lime" is so
horrible that, .but for ethiteraporary
descriptions, we slordd deem it an
exaggeration.. Legislation endeav
ored Lb check the evil, brit la rug on
a beery duty merely produced a
great deal of illicit distilling. T 1 0 .3
consumption arose to more than 1 1 ,-
000,000 gallons, and Fielding prOpk-'
eeied that, "if the drinking ot this
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