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ALVORD - 4k HITCHCOCK, Publishers.
VOLUME xxm.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
The BRADFORD BA:Poi:Tat Is published every
Thursday morning by S. W. ALFORD and J.. E
litrennoCK, at Two Dollars per annum, In ad.
Vatlee.
WAdvertlslng In all cases exclusive of sub.
scrip:ion to the piper.
S e'ECIAL' NOTIC ES Inserted at TEN cir.XTe per
lino fur first liv.ertlon. and Fiva Ceara perlitte for
each sub.-Nit-at Iw:enlon.
LOCAL NOTICES, TIFTERN . C I ENTR a line:
A Q' ERTIII:3IENTS will be lueerted according
to tho following table or rates:
twl 4141 2tu I Stu 1 Or:
luck Isl.oo I $2.30 I WOO $7.00 $lO.OO 11,15.00
8.00 10.00 18.00 '20.60
2 'lactic% 1 1.511 500
7.00 I 10.00 I 13.00 I 20.00 I 30.00
t - luchel
inches - 1 3.001 - 8.50 I 11.00 116.26 1 Il t ir I 35.00
!A curmn I 5.00 12.00 I 18.0. , 20.00 I 24.00 I 45.00
col'mn I 18.00 1 20.00 125.63 I 33.00 I 50.00
1 column I '11:110 4).0) I 60.00 I 80.00 Iv,oooo 150.00
Administrator's and Executor's' Notice
Auditor's Notices, 112.5 e ; Business Cards, Ve lined.
(per year.).(ll, additional lines' $1 each.
Yearly 'advertisers ate entitled to q• erly •
changes.- Transient advertisements must be d
for in Wetinee.
All resolutions of associations; eninmunication
'of limited or Individual Interest, and no Ices of
anarrisges or deaths, exceeding live lines are charg
ed TEN CeNTS per line.
"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
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Batik. ]lido St., tit, to
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WILIA_ANIS & ANGLE,
AT*IIIN '?;-AT-LAW.
OF 1 , 1 C E..—Fornierly rcupled by Wm. Wai
Eng.
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NL, WILLIAM.;
TMEMO:
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A TToIIN
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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
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firth of Ward House). To-
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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.
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'!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!
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Ontce tr W00.V3 Bloc
i ff rs rst door sont'a of tho First
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!;:attNial bank, up-s
H. J. NINDILL. 13
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rk (r0:469 formerly oecnpled
Carnpelmn),
ANDA,I PA.
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Li• I)avle
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ATTOILN L"%-A,
\VIII give rereriti att
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noun to anyt.usinessentraPt
Ith rode); & rope, (ovet
!Ida, rsk. (June 7•77.
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• OVERTON: -3LERCUR, • •
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TOWANDA', P .
Onace over lioutan es 5t , 061. ClimY s74
P . 'A. OVY.katt.N. RODNEY A. MEICC CR
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NI. 111AXELL,
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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,
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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,
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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.
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Tewanda, June 7, '774f.
MED=
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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. . 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•
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ME
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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..• . ..
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