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"he IlErOßTalt haVieg a larger circulation than any other paper In the -county. makes It the best advertising medium in. Northern Pennsylvania. ' JOll PRINTING of every kind. in plain and 'fancy colors, done with neatness and dispatch. Handbills. Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets, Billbeads. Statements. &C., of every variety and style. printed at the shortest„nottce. Th.! REPOUTZEI, (ace is well stippled nRh power presses. good menet ment of new type. and ex-rything In the printing line tan be executed In the most artistic manner • and at the lowest rates TERMS INVARIABLY' IC AS 11. Be:asitt Cards. INSURANCE AGENCY. - The following RELIABLE AND FIRE 4 1 1 IfIED Companies represented; L NCSIIIRE,PIICESINMOME.METteIIAMTS, March 16,'74 0. IL BLACK. v . D. M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SCRGEON 411fice over Montanves• Store. Offlee hours (min 10 to 12, A. Ni„ and (tool 2. to 4, P. M. Special attention clven to diyeso‘es or the Eye and Ear.-0ct.19,11141'. G. :11 7 , RYAN, e. COUNTY SITERINTF.NOENT Om+ day last-Saturday of each month, over Turner ' S Gordon's Drug Store, Towanda, Pa. Towanda, June 20, IStk EL ' S EE & SON, ATTOUNEYS-AT-LAW, TOWANDA, PA. !N. C. F.LsnitEk pAINTINGs, PORTRAITS AND LANDSCAPES Painted to order at any price 'tom to IWO. Oil Paintings It.e-raltitett, W.-Touched, or changes made as do,lrt d. All work done In tli 4cle of the Art. .11)IIANN'Y. LIENDEIt Towanda; Pa.. April IN, 1878 T ROGALSKI, I Employed with M. liendelman for the pant four years. begs leave to frh;nd d the generally Ito N inn as-eedt Store, National ila!lk, and of Watehe.. Ctoeks. ranted to give entire w .1. VOL 13711 GM tt(t, Batik. ]lido St., tit, to t 1 D. KINK V. CM 01"R.T,Roonis - fon eadhig is Nnn. WILIA_ANIS & ANGLE, AT*IIIN '?;-AT-LAW. OF 1 , 1 C E..—Fornierly rcupled by Wm. Wai Eng. - NL, WILLIAM.; TMEMO: L. %DA, P.l. A TToIIN TIM A Diet Atry Srad. Co EAD, MASON.OI I L I - a-AT-La w. 1r Bartlett & Tracy. Maln-et 771 Anctivit 11r. Arrons ! 'Towanda. Pa.,l)flice.ovc 0. F. 31 ASOti. [3l) L "ULM' 1_:A• L. k. PA. ' Cuovll-75 OE F GOFF A* firth of Ward House). To- r A pril 12, 1d 7. A T7oll\l Nlato Street (I doors wands, I'a. EPSON, ATTORNEY Lr,ING. PA, Wlll attend I 10 ht care In Bradford, Wr H. THO • AT LAW, \V t r all bIIstrIPSR Su!livam and Wimlllll,l Cc, ctiea, gyilre with E4q l'or:er. • ru0v13,74. C L. LA.IIII, ATTORN WILK ES-BA 1111 E, PA ';otlections prompt ly.attended to. JOHN W. MIX, .. 1 1TTONNEY•AT,LAW AND U. S. COMMISSIOXER, •' TOW .A'Al• I) A. FA. • C_oe—Nortn Side PO!le liquare: .ARNOCRAN, DAVIES Sz !YTS-AT -LAW, 10F . WAI b HOUSE • A Yrowt : SOUT 'SIPE Dec Z 3-75 DR-. s . M. . '!ail andStirgeo Crpokcry Tow.lada, May 1, 19. Physi . ()Mee over O. A. Black's MELO MA DILL & F -AT-I. A W, NDA, PA. ME! TWA" Ontce tr W00.V3 Bloc i ff rs rst door sont'a of tho First iiB-731) - 1, J. ti. CALI FF. !;:attNial bank, up-s H. J. NINDILL. 13 G I: I DLEY L 'EYS-AT-LAW, rk (r0:469 formerly oecnpled Carnpelmn), ANDA,I PA. (WM s. R. P.VV!.; E. SE= South silo NlOrour BL Li• I)avle - , TOM. = JAMES WO El N WiNT-I. A W, ATTU! 1' MEM CITAS. M. I tiA„ -LAW AND NOTARY, ATTOILN L"%-A, \VIII give rereriti att t.ol to him. .i)111,e noun to anyt.usinessentraPt Ith rode); & rope, (ovet !Ida, rsk. (June 7•77. = 1 -I STREETEIt f • • A TT,,It N , au VO. TOWANDA. PA. •-• ' • OVERTON: -3LERCUR, • • N r.Ya-4T-I.AW, TOWANDA', P . Onace over lioutan es 5t , 061. ClimY s74 P . 'A. OVY.katt.N. RODNEY A. MEICC CR IT IV NI. 111AXELL, • A TTOIpUST.ATAW. TOTAI 4 :DA, PA. Ortice over Daytouis i tore. ;.. April i 9. 1576. - 13 ATHICK:tit FOYLE, A TIVII X EV•AT-L A IK, • TOW A NbA, PA. Otre. In Metenes 'Block. • u • ANDREN WILT, • ATTO lot AW Office over Cross' Book store, two doors north of Sevens is Long Towanda, Pa. May be consulted n German: [April 12,16.] .jf.. RUSSELL'S VID GENERAL NSURiNCE,AGENCY 4 TOWANDA, PA. OVERTON & SAND - ERSON, . . ATTORNICY-AT-LAW, • TOWANDA, I.A. E. OPRIRTOX, JR. ' Jolts F. B.3lD2Reox. Nvß. KELLY, DwrisT,Office • over M. E. Rosentleld'a;Toviande, Fa. Teeth Inserted on Gold, Silver • Bobber, and Al. etnntuni base. Teeth extraeted-idthout ;Ain. Oct. 34-73. R. T. B. JOIINSO,II, PUTBICIAN AND • StrItOICON. 01lice orer•Dr. Porter & Son's Drug Store, Towanda. Jan 1--75 U. • 75.00 1364. • 1876. rWANDA INSURANCE AGENCY. Maio Stied opposite the Cour Floret , . W. VINCENT, • - MANAGER. , - This well-known . house has beep theroughl ren -novated and repaired throughout, and the pro I, I for is now prepared to.offer aceivinnt a -1 lions to the public, on the most reasonable ternia'N E. A. JENNINGS. Towanda, Pa., May 2, 1872.. V j AGLE HOTEL, (SOCTII SIDE rtuLic , sQrAtts.) HENRY HOUSE, CORNER MAIN A WASHINGTON STREETS This large, commodious and elegantly-furnished house has Just been opened to the traveling public. The proprietor has sparod neither pains nor expense In 'making his hotel arst-c'aes In. all Its appoint ments, and respectfully solicits a share of public patronage. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Terms to suit the times. Large stable attached.• WM. III.:NET. rnorntatiatt. • Tewanda, June 7, '774f. MED= F ____._ LWELL HOUSE, TONVA;kIDA, PA., JOHN SULLIVAN. Haring leased this house, In now ready to accom modate the travelling public. No pains nor expenae will be spared to,give,nattsfactlon to those : who may give him a call. t . gar North side of Public Sqt are, east of Mercur's new block. T HE CENTRAL HOTEL, ULSTER. -PA. The undersigned haying taken possesalon Of the above hotel, respectfully solicits the patron age of his old friends and the public generally. augle.t f. M. A. FORRE:. 4 .T. SE ELEY'S OYSTER RAY AND EUROPEAN HOUSE.—A few doors soothe the Means House. hoard by the der or week on reasonable terms. Warm meals served at all hours Oysters at whnlinukle and Wall. fold`ll. GREAT BARGAINS I 3 . llppoAte Park TOWANDA, PA, IN F NO Y SUMNGS and PAN %LOONS. GOODS JUS" ARRIVED. Fine ,Cheriots, Worsteds, Wool Drago? I an ONERCOATINGS, OVERCOA 17.177) L.. 1. ANGLE [fell.l 74 - I n great variety, nr34v to °Met - , at the li7)idsor Sill Ilandkere Colored hwy. • Suspenders, Underclothing, July 27,•76 Jan. 1,1873 Xar An Insprctlon of cur stock will conviuce the stebt fast:Won:4. ' • .1. DOUTICII, -- Main Street, Towanda, Pa. Dated Oct. 7...1, 1878. 20If TOWANDA. PA FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE. PAYNE, MEM Dudness CardL L BANK, ditties fortbe trans; EMI= BETTS, Cashier g=II (ON TIM ECROFEAN PLAN) TOWANDAP• ClothitE. J. DQUTRICII, ERCHANT TAIL-OR, VERY LOWEST PRICE LACIEL MATALM.SS CLOAKING:4, GENTS FURNISIMG GOODS, M=l From 36 to 52116 size $20,000 TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH READY-MADE CLOTHING, GENTS FURNISHING GOODS. Hats, Caps, Sc., dc. TO PE SOLD AT COST, BETWEIX NOW AND JANUARY Ist, IFD, ROSENFIELD'S, AA I intend to make a change In my business. I therotore off.v my entire stunk' AT COST, b lug the largest and hest select d stock In noitherb Pennsylvania. SPECIAL BARGAINS. The following great bargains arc offered Metes Black tip-top Overcoats ® 13.50 aut up drat-class Grey Covereoata Cn {3.03 and up 211,•i's all wool Sults Boys Sults for S yra old and up (}k 113.C6 and up And essagslidng equally as ehPap, Inelading Gents Furnbhlng bloods, Hats and Caps,'lc. = UNDERWEAR both for men and boy■. TRUNKS, VALICES, UMBRELLAS, /le., &c. THIS IS NO HUMBUG. The above Mock roust and shall bOsold by Jan. Ist. 1870. Every one should take advantage of the present-low prices quoted, and buy their winter supply, Youn.t.ruly, M. E. IVAENFIELD. ' Main Strew. Towanda. Pa. Dated Oct. 24, 1878 ADIIINISTRATOR'S NOTICE —Notlee Is hereby given tbat an persons In ttebted to the.estMe ut NAM X. Bingos. late ofl Mt.turne Borough, drceased. are-requested to make immediate payment, and alt pemous- haring claim 3 sgaltist egild estste. must pre:•ent them duly authenl tlested for settlement. ALBERT 0. ERA NMEIL Mouroeton, Oct 17,784 w.• Administrator. -' . < - •,•N -,?:,.. jey-izII„•.:L1 - . ? 4 '_-...t,,,-""•1,.;_I.-,,.,;z..1•4,.-i4-7'F-. ,,-.Y..: .-:-.. .- • 7 —:CV44,T--:-,„ &- ,„i:,.; ~- ~",..,-.=..-...-, ..--, -I-I:--:. -,: ,"..•;-. :-, -,-• i - .•L - ~~, :.,: - : : . i. ;,:,,, ...V.'..r,; , : ': 5 ::::: •:', - ;: - 'g - lci: , ..-=:,7,-',--'.1...-:'-',; , - -:',-;,' I t .'", ' "I,' '',,' I - r , - - T.' -, = •,-: =•"' ,1 * • ' . " 11 . =l '.'." , : -.:-' ' I.I.I "-,' I‘s-I N ".' I - I .i." : "1: . ;•'1 . II ...; l i . ' ~. • • •: 1 '.. 1 -•-" , • II C : : , -Z"::•1 ., - " • -I' - ':l.:' - " J "' 1 c., : i :: :.,, 1, ,, ' • -t 0,in i ,_ . = , ..."`... =',.•, , -I,- . : - . ,1 : , •, - 1 ' • `.• ....' I. =- '' I ," . '_• ,. . i - , "::.,:::,' ,"...,., \": - - • ..,' . , ... I . ; ~..- 1 ..", -,, .- .".. - . I- .. -.. 7, -- -' ~ • "'"'I -I . ..„.. .. , _. -•-•- . , ...- :I " 1 7 ' V y -. ' •.. : '..- -"W I' ' ' ' ..,. i .. • 1 1 :• . • ,^... • ' • 1 , .. - E I - • . ( 1 II : 1 • ' ' 1 , \ - • . A. . " :" • . .. .. • ~."---'...., . ••••• •- • . . `N, . . . . . . • - . . . . . . - . . , . • . . . , . . - . .. - . • . • . Z=!=l II AUTUMN LONG AOO. The hills were yelled In purple spirt, The treei act as a gone of gold, And far away as eye could n•ach The still green-prattle onward rolled. The sky was blue as blue could be; The cotton fields were white as snow; On, what a trance of Joy had we • In autumns long agol Two happy children on a tail. And seeing In the sunset clouds' Ilaroun's enrhanted city loom •Mid seas all white with fairy shrouds, We gazed till all the golden depths Held Bagdad•s splendid pomp and glow; The scents of Samarcatid embalm To autumns long ago. ' We were, so earnest as we planned Sual lives as never conk' have been—. Lives like some gorgeous phantasy With words of loco dropped In between - I've had as foolish plans slice then. Yet wanting all the warn lb and glow That made life an enchanted dreaiii In autumns bang ago. -1125.000 Oh, could I see those same eyes, Or wave again the magic wand That set :Maori, the stt•.set skies,. The palaces of fairyland, We'd watt once more on scented grass. And feel the cool Gulf breezes blow, Lcri'e I half Ilfe's.glory died with thee,' One autumn long ago. : Feb. 14. 1878: O young brave llitart that trod atone The wondrous read so dim and elid How did thy small feet end their way . To that fair land with streets of gold? For, fat beyond the sunset cl - Onds, And far to3yond all iandal know, Thy sweet soul pa‘spd, and left mo harp. One autumn long ago. , Someday I shall teethed of life, And, full of rest from bead to feet. Shall fall to sleep, and wait for thee To lead me up the golden street. Oh, Then, beloved. our hopes and drqms Shall all to sweet comyeetion grow, we shall link eternal joys With autumns long ago. " FREDSW - "Pon't talk about ny in t ore,m; dear; it can't be. Yo and Fred hid best set to work to rget each oilier. God knows, lam s rry- .for your disappointment, but,.aftt. all it isn't to be wondered at that yo cun cle Elliot should have forined high vic*s for his son and heir. Take niv advice and never let him know that it s you whom Fred would have eho sen ;- he is a hard, stern man, and :it might make Vim your enemy. When child alone and almost penniless in the wide . world." . • The invalid gentleman put oilt[it delicate hand and stroked the sunny hair of his - pretty daughter, as she i knelt beside him; a long and bitter sigh broke from -his lips. "As to your marrying without his' consent, as Fred proposed the other day, - that is quite out pf the question. Fred is dependent, upon his lather, of course, and as when I die—it won't - be long, Amy, I, feel worse than ever to-day—when I die my annuity dies with me, there will 'be nothing for you., And Fred has never been taught to-do one thing that could' support himself, much less a wife and family. No, no ; if my brother-i s n-, law had -chosen I would have given you to your cousin glatily,thougli he is rather a wild fellow, I fear ; but without his consent it would be mad-1 ness—madness." Mr. Rivers sank back in his inva-' lid's chair, overcome. by the exertion of so long a speech, and Amy, seeing his condition, forbore to urge , hito further; and indeed, as she shortly afterwards remarked to Fred, what ,was there to be gained by so doing? '•Poor papa can't help us.' If lie could he would, very gladly. It woiild I ease him that I should be Your wi e. But that's hopeless,"—weep ing ilently—" since uncle has set his heart upon another daughter-in-law. You d dn't tell him it was I you loved, dig you, Fred ?" . • i "He did- 't give me a chance. He is such an rbitrary fellow, is My father! The ett fellow in' the world you icnow,' - at he rt, hut wants to have everything his wn -*ay. ' Don't talk to me of an ther woman, sir,' says . he. ' You'll fifty the .girl I I choose foi), you, or Icut you tiff with a shilling! Lea the room, -, and don't come into - • presence again until you are prepare I to obey me.' That was yesterday, • and -I haven't:troubled him - since." . " And what will you do , ow, Fred ? " • ", I'll tell you, my darling; Ilia e a plan that will put an end to all ou - troubles and my father's opposition at the same time. 4 -I can't obey him, Amy ; he has no right, to embitter-all my:life, and yotirs.ltoo, for the grati fication of his own ambition. ° We have loved each other from our child hood why didn't he forsee all this, and not throw us so much together, if nothing was to come of it ? And he is fond of you too, I firmly :be lieve that if we were once' marrikd, so that it couldn't be helped,' he'd pardon us and make the best of it. I propose that we' get married private ly at once—yes, this very day." Amy didn't answer a'word. - She looked at him with lovely, half fright ened eyes, while lie poured forth a perfectly bewildering torrent of,.rea ' sons, arguments, persuasions and en treaties. ~ , "But my father?-" she said at last when he gave her, a chance to speak'. "He would never consent to such a thing:" : "We won't ask him,,darling; we won't tell a single soul. Why worry your sick father? We know'he wish ed us to - be man and wife. As .o my father, be is a most philosophical in-, .dividual, and, will propably apply his'' favorite maxim to our case—' what, can't be 'cured must be endured.l ! You Cannot think it right. that II should obey him by making that oldi maid, Miss Staines my wife, while my whole heart is "_ . - . She Aid not think so,,nor was it inl nature that she should, poor child. . " No, it can't be right for you to do,that,Fred," she said timidly. --" Of course not. My father is rich enough ; why is' he so •avericiima? The course I have suggested will be _ _ Mu lib?, Mg 4 .8.40 and up • best for us all—father included. You I mill marry me to-day, my: darling, a Won't you " She loved him dearly. She had loved him all her life, and to think of TOWANDA, BRADFORD C'OUNTY, Pi, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1.4 1. 1878. Amite. - i him as the husband •of- another was more than she could bear. Her feio faint objections were easily overruled, and,as Fred had • come prepared to hat 4 his own way, and had made all the necessary preparations, together they repaired to a quiet country-1 place close athand, and there took., the , vows that bound them to each outer'. till death doth part.'" - • . It was evening when. Amy reached' her home, after an absence of about, eight hours—a most unusual length , of time for - her to remain away from i her sick father. 'Her • anxieties were all for , him now. • " How he will wonder what has detained me,! I shall have to tell him gall, Fred, if_ he questions me."' ' Fred wasAuite willing. • . _ "Just as you th ink best," said he,. "Only tell_ him to keep it secret ; let me be thet . one. to: tell my •father. Good .'night; prescious . little wife, since you Won't let- the come in with you." , . , i He kissed. -her and hut her out of . . the earringti and drove away, leaving her standink'nt the ' , door, looking af ter him for a tnodiont, the . happiest little woman in the world, in her own estimation4n spite of her present anxiety. - Then She turned and 'tug, the bell. The door was opened has tily. A familiar face looked out upon her, White and scared. 'lt.. wasiher landlady. ; - 0 Oh, Miss Amy,,is it you at' last? Where have you been.? We've been I sending all over for 3ou I YOur poor father—" - - 1 The woman stopped and hesitated.. ? Amy had entered and' stood looking in her faegber tisirt features blanched with sudden terror. • " Yes, yes--my father ? • What of - him ? Is he worse ?"- "lie is—dead, Miss." _ With a scream of horror the poor girl felt fainting—wedded and orph aned almost in the self-Same-h -ur. He had died in his chair, almost' Without skstruggle. An invalid this long, long time, she had been . told that he might go suddenly, but she had never realized it in the least. And now that the summons should come during . her absence, that she should 'have had no parting kiss, no 'farewell word •of .blessingoh! it . made that. sad bereavemeat - doubly -hard to hear. Her uncle Elliott was very, 'very ind. Ile 'attended in person to all tlle necessary ' arrangements, and whek theAuneral was over, took her to his . own home. " Fri. 's company will cheer 'you ; and you ta ll be a daughter to me, my brown home. he id, as she sat in the car riage besiiiitn. She-laid her head upon - his breakt and ' t- Ili, hr bltterly I _ -Re was' his him ktoot tell him so. The questioi with the heir( been' forgotten River's amide appeared to hi lions son to fa said about tls weeks. Happy wee) secretly .. wed Amy even in spite of her grief. Fred was so ardent, so devoted, and she loved him so. No one interfered with, o.r took any particular notice of their proceedings—they were coti .sins, and had been life-long fritinds and playfellows;, their mutual plea sure in each other's company Ras natural. None saw anything strange in it in the least.. . But this could not last. Ve'rys - oon. Mr. Elliot' ruiurned to the attack, demanding that his. son should . :pro pose to Miss Staines immediately. Fred refused. They were alone and angry Words ran high netween Ahern. " What you desire is impossible now," cried Fred—" imposSible! The law allows a man but one wife it a time, and I have one already." . Ik arose as he spoke those deci sive words, and looked his • father resolutely in the face. - Mi t Elliot rose' too, - pale with fury.., - "Is this a jest ?" ,he 'demanded, hoarsely. - ' • " No jest,"-answered Fred. respect fully; but t firmly, although he trem bled too; " I have been married now two months. My wife-1 hope you will not feel so bitterly, father, when you learn that my wife is-2' " Silence!" His father's voice, interrupting him, was so hoarse and strained, so changed with deep and violent emotion, that . he started at the sound. "I refuse to hear her name. I-refuse to recognize her ex lsi"tence. Never shall her - foot cross .lot- threshold-Lnever! ' I have no ffer a son. Leave this house, air!. leav _at once and fiarever !" ' - Fre walked quietly -tO the door; \ reachin it he•tur . netl and addressed his fathe : " Hear . e but a few words,sir. You have cuscill If hear my wife's' name; so: be r . .1 lee no reason to force the in mation upon you.: Some day you mc desire to learn it. ~ '1 would have obey A all your reason- able commands, ashave ever done, 4\ l but this matter invo ved the happi ness of two lives,' and have taken 1 it into my own bands. I shall -go forth into the wOrlsl ,an earn my . \ own bread, 'as a. man shoo 1. Ido not reproach you that' :you, aving reared me in 'idleness and in t ke ex pectation of : being your heir, h.ave' now turned me . adritt upon the world; but some day perhaps your own-coai science may do sl. At such a, time , you Will be glad to know that Iha e still a ' portion of my last quartet is allowanceleft; amounting to a_ butt- dred dollars. It: is. not much . to : start in life with ; latt it 'shall, de; please God. I tell you this in ,no'' spirit of defiance, but for comfort 'hereafter. Farewell, sir. Take care of uiy cousin Amy, 3nd-04 _bless you, sir." ' . And' he waS gone—gone to break the news to Amy, and to entreat her to keep their; secret yet awhile. "He has no suspicion, and I- am sure that_ to discoier now that you —Sou to whom he hisS been so kind —have • also sinned, against him; would make the blow still harder film him to bear: 11. mai n -with him, and . comfort him, and gain a- place in his heart ;'who knows but you may yet win him to forgive us. _And let me Jinoiqhat my wife i , . ea - sal wet: provided for, white I an - riving WI. - - :,,REGARDLEBB OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER. . • , to make a hon 4 for her. The thought thatyou mightlevur want would take , courage out 14 me. - - You promised me once to k p our secret until I a ie gave you leav to *Teak. Give me that promise. ew, Amy." She did so--promising never to di-, vulge the secret of her marriage nit til her husband gave her leave.- So Fred Elliot Ins • banished from his father's .hotaii, because he had married ;a wife; and left that wife, all unknown and unsuspected, to change and soften his .f.ther's heart. The first time that she ventured to speak of Fred her uncle silenced her most perempturily. ~- . . • "1 - forbid yu tcr\nanie him in my presence. Let that subject be avoid: ed between us, once-and, for all.: If'. you are dutiful. 'you shall' supply his place, as 1 will endetiVor to fill your , father's • but never speak that name." • She o beyed with 'heavy heart;' there was no choice-for her but to obey, at .pregent. Her uncle grew,, ' much attached to her,Secretly awl. , silently he grieved sorely for his only bon, and "inwardly cursed the amPi; lions pride that had led to their es- , trangement,though outwardly he ars,' geared • hard, and cold. • His hair; that had been as black as jet, turned gray, and a worn and anxious look became habitual with him. ' To,Amy he turn ed for Comfort in his heart's hidden and unspoken desolation. -. . She was his sleet and patient corn- ' paion always; reading, playing, sing ing to him—Fred's favorite airs and songs ; it was the only way in which she dared plead for him and tenderly recall him to his 'other's heart. She took* charge of his hoine comfOrts too, as they had not been cared for since his. wife died long ago. Both uncle and neice shrank from society, but in the house, and- in long, solita- ry wj alks and drives, they were al most inseparable.' Ohe day he said to her: - ,!. ii pti are a daughter to me, i is. deed. , I shall leave all my wealth to you -111 She. shrank away, and cried out at , thair,-ott her guard for a minute : • . ,1 Oh, tic), no, no 1 I could not ac cept it. Ili is—it belongs to—anoth-!, ,er !" • . And then stood, trembling,; ' with her eyes cast down. 1 :731r. Elliot frowned heavily. .1 i." It belongs to me, to do with as 1, will ; and . I choose to give it to you. not to--one who has diagraced me. She gathered courage.. With crim son race and heaving bosom aml tear ful eyes, she cried :" . `'" Oh, do not say so, uncle! red will never disgrace you; he isltoo. good, too noble." . He interrupted her. - -- f 1 - "Do you know what his goodness and nobleness has brought him to ? I know he writes to •you soinCtimes. He is—my son i--at work as, book keeper in a factory in Connecticut,. at a- salary of ttvelVe dollars 'per week. How long do you think it will be before flee-an support; his wife I • on that?" 'Then pausing suddenly, , as he marked her glowing cheeks and troubled, heaving breabt, 1-thought occurred to him. .He uttered au ex clamation of - comprehension and re. gret,tind putting his arm around her drew hil towards him. -. :7. "Amy-, my child, did you know th. t Fred was married ?" - I I. heart beat until •it nearly stifle( her. What' question would come ,n at? . "Yes, uncle," she faltered, with white,-tre ti ling lips. lie noted Iker emotion and - mistook its cause. : Ft ed with a great-regret and pity, he d w her to his breast, so that she hid her face against hi s `43houlder. 1 " My child, my 4::,n, sweet girl,- be candid with me; speak to me as you' Would to your own father. 1/14 you: love ~ 'red., w ith more than a cousin's lever - . '• , The question ' was so unexpected , so altogether different from what she had dreaded, that it took her bysur prise Ail her love for 'her young, husband, all her grief for , hiS long .3e4ce (he- had been gone six. men hs.) the ..painful thought that she 1 ad driven him from. his. hoder thest, and another keen anxiet3, that gnaled her heart in silence, over camei her now, and. found utterance in the cry that left:' her lips. • " I loved him better than.my life-, better than' my 'lite !" sue cried, and fell weeping on her'uncle's breast: He caressed and soothed tier. . " Alas !" he - cried, "if he lea - 1 only. married-you, how happy we might all have been i " .She'raised her head—a loiik of de lighted surprise upon her face. "Would you have consented to that ? " - : . ." My child, can you doubt it ? '''-' Her hand flew to her bosom ; then she paused. '• • . . "No, no, I must not—my promise, —my oath," she murmured, and mit ed her hand to-her brow with a be wildered ; "and _ yet to be. so, near happiness—and not—not seine upon it!" her voice died suddenly; the agitatiow had been• too great—she lay senseless in Mr. Elliot's arms. ' This did not mach - from Mtn ; she ;had_ Joh far from well of late, causing him much anxiety. lie laid tier on a couch and ring ing the bell , for iissiStance,.praceede r d to unfasten her dress at the neck, to give her air. A paper fell'from her bosom. He picked it - up, opened it--a marriage certificate 1 Amy's secret was ase cret no banger. • - - • - - - That afternoon a message, flashed cruse the wires to a - certain Nei E, / land town. ' /" orne home,.. Your wife is far 'from ell and wishes to - see you im .mediat ly. - So do 1.. ",Yo r father, ' JOHN ELLIOT." \ . . O ri e da • later all sorrow was at an end, and they were.happily reunited. "As for Usi money," said Mr.' El liot, patting b . daughter-in-law' s lit-. tie .white hand, "-I shall'' giVe it to neither of you. ' he baby OA be my heir, when it *rives, and you shall be trustees ant guardiars." .' •He kept his woe l , establishing Fred, at his earnest wis ,in business. They all lived together, trimly hap- py and United family, an it would probably have beep clinical for. the , old gentleman himself to ha •e. .told which loved the best--Fred, red's Isshv—whicharrived in due time- r or , WON ;little, . gentle wife.— N. \-.17.11 horier• ~, .. .. ' - . .- ME • - • ittfrage4iK•C rh:•,1.5"•,,,.!•rt •• ••• T . ,• , •?`" • HOW TO-PROPOSE. Young men contemplating mar riage have so frequently called upon us to advise them in the manner of popping the all important question that at last we have concluded to give our opinion a brief airing, once for all: YOII will find it a comparatively easy matter to Bes:ore's wife if you will exercise care as to the time and place, with some .little regard as to the manner. Never propose ick_a young lady after a hearty meal. The blood is needed to aid her. digpstibn and her imagination is chilled. . .. -. Nor should it come before a meal for.the longings of. an importunate System conduce to anxiety and irrit, ability, and the shock- may. prove hazardous. It would be better to select the . evening, and generally after you have taken her to some entertainment. Her nerves are then apt to - be - stronger ' and her mind may . haVe.already d welt, on the pos. Sibilities until she is ! perfectly pre mred for the reality. But never forget: yourself so fares o proposer on returning froth . the theater.. She;will.have the *style and air of- some actor before ,hei mental Wion and-you can't compare with the romance she throws-over him. The best way is to invite her to some entertainment which you , know she Wants to attend, and then propose to her just as she is ready to start. This will be greatly to 'your advantage. for she will easy see - -that a rejection will - upset an evening's-. amusement, and -will largely iniluence her decis ion. , . .In the spring.of the year you must rememberthatber, system is under going a change, and there must be change of , scenery . to excite 'her tor pid imagination. Never .risk a pro posal in the house. at this 'season. Take her for a drive. over the worst road available. When at a distance from home convenient -for the pur pose, tell her frankly that she Must consent or she - *ill have to walk back. .Nine times out of ten she will prefer to ride. The summer possesses claims over . other s eason if natural advantagea liciously applied. _Strolls gods - .i . re efficacious - , or losing tay in aberry patch willibring are jt the w one's nable women to terms. Never ng with a view to proposing. an't avoid smelling of bait, a c -inconsistent with..• love .—Lady's Joel-net. a reast' go fish Yo❑ perfitn, makin !TIONS UNDER OKLOROFORM SENS I b gan. to be terified to such a wondt rtul extent as I would never have guessed I made an inVolurtary effort to get out of the chair, and then—suddenly became aware that I was looking at nothing;, while taken up by., the confusion in mklpOgs the outward_ things in the room had gone, and I was "alone in the dark." I felt a force on my arm (which did not strike me as the surgeon's " hand," but merely as an external restraint) keeping me down, and this was the . last straw which made me—give in. the definite thing (smell, sound, sight or touch) I re member outside of my own body. Instantly I was a , ized. and over wheluied by the panic inside. I could Feel- every air-cell struggling spas modically against an awful presure. In their struggle they seemed to tear away from one. another . in all-direc tions, and there was universal rack ing torture, si hile meantime the com mon foe; in the shape. of this iron I pressure, kept_ settling 'down with, more and more- irresistible might into-every nook and crevice of the scene. My consciousness was now shoot this : .1 was not aware of any thing but an isolated scene of tor ture, pervaded by a hitherto unknown sense of terror. (and by what.' have since-learned is called "the unity of . consciousness ; " this never deserted the scene. even down to the -very last inaudible heart-beat)., - . :Yet, I _malt a 4 . scene," because I recoluited `some different parts of my. body, and felt that the pain in one part was not the same as-that in another.. Meanwhile along with the increased intensity of convulsion in my lungs, an element of noise had sprung up. A chaotic roaring ran through my brainOnnu-- raerable drums began to beat far in side my car, till the confusion Ares entlf came to a monstrous thudding; every thud °Nellie!' wounded me like a club falling repeatedly on the same spot—Poputar. Science AMpthly. ki:izizJlA:#3a7lldei•Ysignilksls - Time/ sweeping by on its silent wings hurries us on from cradle to. graye. A moment ushers us on life's stage, a moment !serves for our exit therefrom. • 'Yet how -few pause to consider how fast their lives are ebb ing away. We lay plans for the morrow—is it ours ? Ab it is locked in Time's embrace, 'and he may re tuse us a part 'in it. . The merchant 'whose idol. is gold; is hoarding his treasure, and laying plans for great riches; may he not hear the call, This night thy. out shall be requir- H 1 of thee ?" Haw true is it that "Time and tide wait_ for no man." 'How busy are the hands:of time,. bringing to One sorrow, to another happiness. . What changes time:: May bring forth. If it were possible. with what eagerness woulit we stop old _Father Time. in his reckless course. But his race . will end - with the great judg .uent. Then we will enter into eter nity•and time will be no more.• Then. ought we not to try to use every pre cious moment-as if it were our last ! Ought we not to consider every mo ment asso.much unalloyed gold, for we will all be called to account for every misspent minute 'in our •We know_ that everything_ on this earth is uncertain ; then, reader, look higher; look up, for HeaVen is abikve you and in Heaven your hope shall be realized and we Will ..have no fear, foi time is no more: Eternity reign eth. . . . AN irranible old gentie man who former- W held the position of Justice of the Peace, was recently 'accosted in the street in a manner that did not come to his hon or's idea of the respect dubbin]. " young man," said he, "I tine you twenty still, lings for contempt of court," " Why, Judge;" said 'the - offender, '• you are not l in scsAou." "This court,' replied the Judge, " is,alwayS in Session, and anise (inaptly always au object tit contempt." - i THE CLOUD. The cloud lay low !nide heavens, / Such a little cloud It seemed; • Just lightly touching the lea's broad breast, • Where this roie•llgbt angered across the west,• Sort and ray as In Innocent rod, While the gold athwart trkleamed. It lookid such s harmless cloudlet. Soon over the sleeping ware. Yet tho keemeyed mariner shook his head, As slowly It crept °Ter the dunks red, -" See the rocket-lines are clear," he said, And his lips stern and grave, And or ever the ere was Inhittllthl, That cloud wastorrerttighlack. Maiming the light of the slits sway, . il k. Dlnsmlnithe flash of the f us spray, ~ As the breakers crashed In t thern bay ; Winds howling on their trick. . So, In Bfe•s radiant morning, Mays tiny eare`or cross Just tenable the peaceful course of love, As If the strength of Its sway to prove, As If to whisper. lgy surface may move, But my roots can laugh at loss. It may seem such a little jarring, Only Experience sighs, For with time's sad leirnlng to sliarren tbe'glance, Ito sees the "rift In the lute" adriimn. Knows how fate may seize upon circumstance To serer thuslosest ties. Ah Wean the fiercest tempest The life•boat Its work may do; Hut what can courage or skill avail, When the tieart Iles wrecked by Passion's gale, When changt or death hare furled the wall; x. Len treason has bribed the crew? Then watch. oh hope and gladness, .; Watch for the rising cloud, San it away, frank warmth of youth, - Woe/ it away, bright breeze of truth. For oh. there le neither mercy - or ridh, !should It once your heaven enshroud —All the . reetr Round. rORTUNES IN THE CATTLE-TRADE " Go West. yfiong man ! " I went, and was very glad to get sok.- It took two years and • $15:,00 . 0 to o it. • Now I am safely in,New -7 York.am Mean to stay here, unless I should be elected to a seat in .Conbress or be 'appointed :to a foreign Consulate. Though I would nor shrink from ei ther calamity, I am not afraid that either will happen. Since my return from the West I have - fathomed the true inwardness of that pet remark of the hero Of the old white hat and Oat. --. I have heard a legend to the effect that. Greeley . had . a young friend-in, the Custom-House, ,This friend was continually b etting into some terri ble scrape, , which_ nothing could help him out of. save the cabaistic signa ture of 'M.G. The youth was also given to borrowing money. One fine day he came into Greeley's office, and slapping him on the shoulder said„: ' Well, old man, I'm another icrape." The editor turned =about and said in a very impressive man- . ber,."Go. West, young man ! " Af 'ter that,thne he was in the habit . of s+i~ icing all youths who came to him 4or assistance to ego West.' How kind it was in the old man., Ile . knew (what they didn'ty that_ 'there_ were no "soft jobs" out West; that young men who went : 04 there Ould have to " buck right to get enough to eat, to say-nothing of raiment and lodging. {knew, too, that before starting. theyiwOuld boast to their. friends cifthe Wonder ful things-they were certain of accom plishing., in the Western Eldorado, and that, afte.r.spending a iundred - dollars or more in railroad. fares to get there, living like lords while on the way, they would land Sornewhere on the prair i ii ocean, fr endless, moneyless, homeless, with the alter native of going to work, or Sending to' - their - friends for money to come home. Pride .usually prevented the -litter ourse, and after having made 'for - themselves enough' money to . re turn to the East, they generally con cluded to remain " just a little longer 'it wouldn't look 'well, yoU ,know, to go home without anYthingto show tor your western sojouin." These are solemn facts, and to-day_ there are men in the West Who_enjoy large - wealth. yet who went! there 25 years ago, or more, looking for a soft . 013 and expecting to return to their triends in the course of a few . months with a fortune. ; • - . . So_much for Greeley and his " Go west." Do you know how much :money the cattle. trade of New York repre 7 sents ? Did you ever think that 10,00 t? cat tie were received every week at the stock yards in New 'York %nit, Jersey City? These cattle are ,wm average , 3.0. each, and a million dol lars- a week changes hands at the ards, including sales of sheep and Dogs. - What easier way to mat e' a fortune than to seek the Kansas prairies'-and raise cattle for the Eastern 'markets ? After one has a few thousand head, their yearly ;increase will yield . him princely income. line. has - 'neither barns nor fences to build. All through the year his cattle may roam over the prairies_ and find sufficient food. All that la:required is a few pen to ride round on horsebayk anti ;keep them from scattering or being sto With-' this view of the matter • I . went West. I landed in DodgeVity, out in Western Kansas, 4.10 miles from Kansas City. I stayed there, three months, and I am prepared tOI assert, that at the time I was there l there was more concentrated - hell in Dodge "City than in any other place of equal size , on . the AmeriCan conti ,nent. • . • As' is usually the case, l'found the reality of cattleiraising vastly differ .ent from the pictures painted by iin pecuninus newspaper men, 'Who had been . subsidied by railroad 'compa nies haAne land to sell. - To become a successful , cattle-grower one must he wiUing to rough it, in the rough est sense of the term. : lie must be I willing to take things slowly and not 1 espect to get rich under ten years lie also runs great risk of h vino his cattle stolen or swept off by disease. Fortunes have been, made in the bu siness, but if the 'honey. lost in it could be computed, it would. be found. far in excess of toe amount made. Dozens, of men have become rich, but tinudreds have lost everything." over the' prairii:s on a fleet`; pony, feeding at the first • 4 dua-out ". Cabin that comes handy, and passing' the night oftentimes ahundred miles . I from tOwn; !was very pleasant fur a few weebs,l but it grew monotonous. \ . \ \ * ~~ \. ■ - • .. . The feed consisted of Pork and \ 'beans and camp biScuits, with sometinies a dish of stewed dried apples.. Amf:U•ig so much beef • a piece of fresh i eat, was a rarity, • The water was7nii • f the best, being charged with . alkali. j'his afforded an excellent excuse fot whis ky-drinking, Many a pleasant even ing haVe I pissed in camp,•singing,. telling stories, and indulging in Jib eral patations. from a jug which was never allowed to run dry. But I did not see a chance to get rich. ' ' • I-went .to Kansas City, the gate way through which passes most of the beef. consumed east of the Miss issippi , Ricer. Here there'• was life enough, certainly. Half-a-dozen rail roads :,br4.,nglit thousands of cattle int.o . ‘T city . every day, and . half-a doxeu more were kept busy taking them on .their way to eastern • mar kets. ' Prices in St. Louis and Chica go were from 1 to 2,.and even 3 cents more . per pound, live weight; than. in Kansas City. . , • Mere at last was a chance. 91 get rich. Buy 100,000 pounds of cattle in Kansas City for 2 cents a pound, and sellmn Chicago for 4 cents. Good enough. A bonanza for everybody. I went ;ntg it, and in a few . weeki bad made an . independent fortune. If I bad only stopped then. But I didn't.. I kept up this legitimate gambling until I had lost every dollar., Then I vent to work. and:labored at any thifig and everything before -I could save money enough to s pay. my fare - to New York. How diq you lose your money; does any one ask? • • • Lasv -enough. Buy on - a falling market, and sell $20,000 worth of-cat tle for $5,0:;0 less than they cost you, and you'll see.' Add your freight bills, feed billS, and the shrinkage of ten to fifteen pounds in'weight, which every bovine suffers on :14'orty-eight hours! / journey over a rough western , rail road. Then the small end of the _horn of a Texas steer is too large ( for you to-crawl out of. ,/ • P_SAYINO FOR LITTLE In 'praying, as in every Bing etsc i there is some danger of I(;aning hack-- Ward. • There may be persons whoT in their ever-rresent dire to cast all, their cares on Gud, Tc,ly upon -his aid so constantly that they forget their own personal d ntie. But the most cynical opponent,Of Christianity will hardly claim that,, as aTule, men pray enough to hinder their efficiency in the ordinary ,*ork of tlje work:. The Christian, on his :part, well knows that his. danget lies on the 'aide of neglect or cold ness,• rather than in any habit of running to God too fre- . fluently or too persistently. And yet many persona,. partly from their .-own convictions, anti partly from a dislike to appear superstition's practically express a belief in the tloctrine that God may be approach .ed in the, greater joys or grie.fs'of life, but not'in its little pleasures-or 'its unimpoitant tronbles. , -We- have heard of .a lively young lady -who thOught private dancing-parties were a levitimate part of the-Christian life, anewho accordingly tised to pray. . wbehevershe left home to attend such a party, that she might have a good 'time. Some of the other members of* tlM.,household rebuked her for frivolity- in so doing, ; but she made the .very proper reply that if it was right.lor her to go to the party at all 1t was not'only her . privilege, but her duty, to ask God to bless her, and to permit her ' to enjoy herSele. to the quest on ot - 'the right to pray for pniely personal enjoyment, her position, was a consistent one. Either she ought to have stayed at holne or have done what she did. This old test 'of asking, in the -case of any don6tful act; Whether one 'would be willing to pray to God ,for his layor thereupon, is a good test, even though it he a hard one •, for Gud is just a's willing to bless his servants in little things as he is in 'great. - . ' Praying for help in:the — lesser con -eerns of life is -an essential to their success. Some sentimental theolo ' gians hate emphasized the_ fact that God, - being merciful_ and - loving, is ready and 'willing to help us, whether we ask him or not. So- he is ; and lie might' have made a universe in whiCh prayer should have -had no 'part-in the exercise.of his constant mercy. But if the Bible teaches any thing, it teethes that'he who. offers a petition does have a part to perform in the system of_God'a grace to man. , `.‘ Ask, and, ye shall receive," is by = no 1 means an expression eqttivalent .to " . Besire, and 'ye shall .have." ' God conditions the gift upon the request of the given if the- reques is not ~s. made, the gift. does not folhi ~ .., y . Ought we di• be willing , then, to abandon prayers concerning. the mi nute details of life , ---itslittle joys and its, trifling- pains? Ships reeks, or inaugural . adttresses, or, pentecostal seasons, do not take up. the majority . Of most men's tim .; nor can the gen eral petition at Morning and night' hp fairly expected to cover all the un fo„rl.4e.en emergencies of the ,day., A. letter to be atisuered,'or a call to he made, may prove to be - a very lint Prtant point in life . ; but at any rate kti-s , impurtariCenifugh to be Prayed , over. Those who Miss the strength 1 snit the joy of little ten-word .-peti- Lions, or ascripi ions of praise, during jthe busy hours of the day, are likely Ito - miss, not only the rewards of the Christian life, but. also ,its pleasures: It need not • take 'any very long trial to eonvice one of' the direct advant age to be gained by these brief pray- 'era and ejaculations. - Their - betelit is twofold, for it lies both in tliti re-- lid' 'which 'comes from the putting of confidence in God, and in the joy which so often follows the swift and surprising answer.: • . . _ • 'This relief and joy 'are known only' -to' the Christian - and his God ; but he,.who prays ought so to live that even the world; to which, his habit at - pra'Yer is unknown, may see-its effect upon his daily life:—S. B.•Tiines. ===El A LARGE wooden box is plaCed promi nently in Crook Nasli s lunch room, to receive contributions for the yelloW fever intrt Mail. If every - man that f'rooks his. elbow or Nashes his teeth in tiat lunch room puts in . a - niekel, it will make a hig pile.Plaiitylelphia '--SINTv &Bars a him ! Cahill, Of New York, known as the ice millitioaire, left. h a lt a Millj.lll aolt4rs . to the poor. Ho could not take hanioneli ; with Wm, 'stud ice was out of the queatiou. • lON $2 per Annum In Advance. TICE'POLr AS A EtTORY-TELLEIL • .• - A writer in - Scribner's for Novem ber says : Ido not see that the poe ! ,try of Mr. Lohgfellow has* changed much in the last twenty yeare,except that it hai become graver in its tone and \ mare serious in its purpose. Its technical excellence has steadily in crease& He has more than held his own against all English poets, and in no waikof poetry, so positively as that of telling a story. In an age of, story-telleis, - stands - at their head, not only in \ the narrative poems I have me ntioned but in the lesser ' stories included in\his " Tales. of .ft Wayside Inn," for which he haS laid , all the literature of t 6, world under contribution. He proceefd by several' years the voluminous poet ot " The Earthly' Paradise," who hario fitting - . sense of the value of - time, and. no suspicions that they may be itsimucli / of a . good thing. I -would rittW. praise his long naratives_ in ve than read them, which is but - anothei . way of saying that I prefer sh6ft - : 'poems tolong ones. -About thepnly. piece of-criticism 'of Poe's to W,hich I can assent without qualification is ' that, long pomes are mist:‘kes. - A. • poem proper should prodnce a unitY: of impression which can/only. be oh- - , tained within a reason '...1e - tithe; it should never weary . • .reacierslitito, - .closing the book. - 'his is very de-. . qructive criticism but I am inclined . to think tbere / i / s. something' in it ; - though it is -not respectful to the memory of-Ml ton. Mr. Longfellow's stories.can z all be read at a, single sit ting, whic h insures' the unity of im pressio . hich they ought to create . :Ind w tch they do create beyond any mode a poems with. which I am ac . quarnted. Mr. Longfellow had always ' slyiwn great haste in the selection of ids subjects, and it was a foregone 'conclusion that he would delight his admirers in his " Tales of a Wayside - Inn.','" •• Every tale in that collection ~.. • was worth a new version, even "-The. Falcon of. Sir Federigo," which -the' young Barry Cornwaall sang when Mr: Longfellow wa.4"at school: , - - Mr. Longfellow's method of telling; a story will compare favorably,' I . think, with-any of the recognized masters a English narrative verse, from the days of Chaucer dOwn. His ,heroics are as easy. as those of Hunt mid Keats, whose' . mannerisms and E•ifectations he has avoided. They remind me of the heroics otno other ; , ;tiglish or American poet, and-'—un like some of Mr. Longfellow'a early poems—are without any manner of their' own. They as certainly attain - t! pure. Poetic- style as the Leese of Hawthorne 'attains a pure • prose style. ni:I4GS is on the morning of September 23 trorned an excellent opportunity for scertaMing their relative brightness. 'he Marked superiority of Venus on hat.occaSion %%is apparent to every one who witnessed the conjunction.. Writing, on the subject to the London Times, Mr. Richard A. Procter says: " It is certain that the surface of Mer cury is far inferior to. that of Venus in light reflecting power, or in:what Zollner calls whiteness. .I do not tlitlik the difference - is quite equal to that twden Jubiter , and the moon in this respect;' it more. nearly, ap-. proaChes the difference between Ju piter, and Mars. It would be fully necourited for by assuming, that Venus has an . atmosphere which is tenerally cloud-laden, while Mercury . but'a rare atmosphere and few cimids,w hence, from physical 'onsid- is very little water on the:surface of Mercury. This 'corresponds well with what - -has been_ observed in . 'transits• of the two planets. We faet t the hbservationS of Venus in transit, December, 18:;4, proved un mistakably that her atmosphere is dense, while those of Mercury in . transit last May (especially those of Professor Young, of Princeton, New Jersey) proved as convincingly. that his atmosphere. Must be very - ten uous." A LITTLE CRADLE.-In the majestic. cathedral of Westminster; London, tamed as the burial place- of kings, princes, nobles, and the great in liter :lure and war, there is a little cradle, chiseled:from marble, that has grown gray_ with time.. Peer around be ueath the canopy, and smile loVing ly at.the little chubby face, with cap .::nd frill, that presses' the pillow so quietly in . sleep. Why is the - babe so . honored as..to sleep beside the (hist of greatness? • The marble hears no name; but.the record' reads : " Princess Sophia, - daughter of James I, died 1600, aged three days." NUMBER 24. BRIGHTNESS OF VENUS AND MEBOURY• The coninetim of those two plan- rations, it would follow that there Lave , as clear evidence that Venus tas a dense atmosphere as that Mer •ury bas a very rare attaosphere; In FUN, FACT AND FACETIE evstf 6onfitlo your screts•to your rein tivesi Blood sill tell.' TnE modern ShyloAt usurer-ly takes greatiuterest in his thavingl. IT Was a corn doctor whoi.warneil the bathers to look ont for the undertoc. RENTS are coining clown—as the tramp said when helslipped on a hanana skin.' WE may joke when we please, if we are always careful to please when we joke. Was it Commodore Perry who said : " Don't gife 'uri the schooner for, three cents ?" . POPULAR song in Chicago—" Angell's never bright and fair." A yan . marriage is like- an — electric ma pliine—it-mali.es you dance, but yOu can't let go. • -. . - -- - - _ AT Dijon, France, at the late popular - -- - festival, there was upon the programme, . "a -dimtkey - race by a gentlemau.of the •, . eity.'," . •. . . , ,-741 n. BEECHEn was beaten- at croquet, . cp - in 31inuesota. We're afraid they didn't , ',live the Old man a chance. • • , A.,7llTss STF.EIZS, of Virginia, eloped r ... eently. She exhibited-great ankiety o -' 1 I e yoked to 9 mate, - ' ' (71.1Froz; W. TAvt.EuttE; the writeuie, , acteurti and autheure; is added to he list Of faileures. - . . THE great art •orconversati consists - . - in not wounding or humiliati g •anyfone, . • , __ in speaking only of things Lb t weiknow.• in Conversing with others fily on iinbjects • . whic may interest thim. / GLantiToxr, in aNo hAt crieon Re- . • •rieze article, cut:tied ' .Kin,iteyoad Sea,'? : - _ peeiliCts a glorious f Lure 'roe the ,United ' , States. Come ore , wil (am ; well nun you against Sea , 07..• . .. .. . . BM
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