II
El
&IVOR') & HITCHCOCK, Publishers.
lao ri "I i ii:4o:4 Kill
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
41 The Ilusuroite REPONTEIL IS published every
Thursday morning by S. W. ALVOiIo and J. E.
IlyccucocK, at. Two Dollars,por-annum, In ad.
vaaee.
ifirAdvertlsing In all eases exclusive of sub.
scriptioi to the - paper.
e ECIA L NOTICES Inserted at TEN CENTS per
line fur first lusertion, and FIVE C ENT") Vet' nue for
I each aubsequent Insertion.
-
LOCAL NOT I C ES. FIFTEEN CENTS a line. •
A DV EitT HE NTS will be inserted according
to the following table of rates:
1 1w 1 4w 1 Itm 1 Em 1 . 6m - 1 -- lyr.
1 Inch I .170 - C!?2.50 tS.OO 147.0 I pO.OO 1115.00
2 inChua t 1:50 500 1 8.00 110.00 15.00 I 20.081
3 Inches .2.50 7.00 P 0.66 I 13.00 j 20.90 I ao.uo
14.00 1 18.25 25.00 I 25.041
4 inches
col'loll
1-0 , I 20.00 24.00 I 45.00
corms 110.00 I 21.00 I 25.00 I 35.00 51.00 I 75.00
irejrunati - F2O 00 {4 ; ).00 GO.OO I SO.OO I 100.001150.00
1 -
A Tv
Adtuildstiaters and. Executor* Notices, ett;
uditor's 14 °fires, r-50 Rumness Cards, five linea
( ! per year) 0-add clonal 1 Ines 4 eaeh.
Yearly advertisers a - re entriled to quarterly
'changes. Transient advertisements must be Paid
:for in advance.
All resolutions of aSsoclations: communications
of limited or Individual interest. and noire,' of
marriages or deaths. exceeding flee lines are charg
ed TI C.F.NTS I , er line.
Rte:Owrgit having a larger circulation than
sap, other Pare:tin the. county, makes it the best
advertising medium in Northern Pennsylvania.
.1011 PM STING of every kind. in plain and
fancy colors, done with neatness and dispatch.
Ifanabf Want Es. Canis. Pamphlets. flillheads,
"titatementf. ese.t of every variety and style. printed
at the short , sr notlee. The REPORT.ER blhee Is
vied supplied - V.lilt power presses, a gond assort
ment of new type..and ev. - ryt t httig In the printlmr
line can he executed in the 11.4 artlstie• manner
. anti at the lowes;. rates- TERMS INVARIABLY
CASH..
/, liv.e.tets
s. itussELL,s
GENERAL '
INSITRANCE AGENCY
M . !xy2S-'7lRt. TOWANDA., PA.
- ,
OHAS. M. HALL,
ATTOUNES-AT-LAW A'D JCRTICE OFF ACY
TOWANDA.,
Fin*: Issunloi('k UELIAIILL COMPANIES.
Offirf , over I)avton•s harrie-oi store.. N.Ar. 21. -7S.
INS 0" N.OE AGENCY.
YAn tot o % ing
.A_
kELIAB LE AN D . FIRE TRIED
COth 'note s
LANCSTIIME.,PSI(ENIS.II,)ME.MEiteII %NT'.
March lA, '74 If. ii. BLACK.
17 41 14. PAYNE, M. P.,
I .•
NITSICIA AND SA:RGEON
Offfee over Mbntanvcs• Stare-. (Mee boors {rem 10
to 12, .i,m.,,and from 2 to 4. 1..141. Special), truttou
—gis'en to cit , , , t oiseg of the F.y.• nod F.ttr.-410t.114.11%-t
W. 'RYAN -
k.A •
COUNTY 1"1•1:1(INTe.NLICNT.
Office day apt Sat .. , ntay orr•ach nn;ntnotver Turntr
a tit,rdoti's Dirug Sturo, Ton ailda, P.
Towanda, June '2O, I.
1; A LSIIIIEE
_Ar; SON,
ATTOttNEYS-AT-LAW
TOW:Ms:DA, PA.
N. C. EL,r.Rne.
muNTiscis
PORTRAITS AND AND9rA PE%,
Pain! ,4 toot:l,r at thy pi !re 'row *3 to *-1.00.
====
MM=l
All work done in the higle , t •trin or the Art.
JOIE ANN BENDER
Towanda!, ra.. Aptil IS, 1078
T ROUALSKI,
1. • .
Employ.. 4 wlth M. lletutelman for the past. four
Years, begs leave to announce to his friendi and
thy pupth, met - ally that its has rsmoved to the
99•t`ed: Store, one doer"- FOlltil of the First
icutionai Ituak, am! opt•ihed tl shop tor the repair
or Watehet. Cioeks..tewelry. Are, All work war•
ranted tl, gives entire Nath,facibni
AIT J. YOUNG,
V •
'ATI - 00N LT-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA. P%.
01 MT—second 41‘.0r south of the First National
Bank Main St., up
KINN EY,
•
ES=
0:11re—norl1s formerlypcoArkel by Y. M. C.
nontllng rptwal
WIL;LIANIS R AINGLE,
OFFICE.-- , Formerly occupied bs Wm. Watkin;i
Esq..
(nrt.l7. '77)
I=
McPHERSON.
II
A Tl - 01:74 EY ACV,
TII1Y7: N
Dill Ate!' Brad. Co
- .n A S ON
:HEAD,
ATTIE: N vt 5-AT-F.A w.
Towallqa, Pa. .1131 , ,, over Bartlett & Tracy. Maln-it . .
SOS:. [39'771 A titi7Vß FFE.•.I).
E. LIIIILLis,
ATTAIt EY•AT-L Sw,
ToWANDA, PA.
F. GOFF;
TTUtt N A 7,
3111 a .31rret (4.doors north of Ward [louse), To.
W:41.11:1, 1 . 3. • 1,. [ A prl! 1.2, 1877.
•
‘Yr• 11. TITO . IPS()N, ATTORNEY
V AT LAW, TVICALt'SINCL Pa. Will attend
t, all hu,11:,...4 entrustvd to hi 4 are in itradfora,
Suilhat, Wyoutlng CoutitiOt. ()files. with Es , I.
l'ortcr. tnovl9-74.
Ci L. LAMB,
lJ • •
ATionNEA - -AT-LAw,
WILKES-BARKR; PA
•Zolleetlons prompity . atteuded to.
TWIN W: Max,
AT:(llt't.Y•.lT-LAW JIM? U. S. COMMISSIONEtt,
TOW AN I) A, P.A.
Mike—Nona Sale fiquure
. ,
CARNOCITAN,
ATTODNR4S-AT-L AW,
5 , 117T , L SIPE OF WAL I) 11OCSE.
TOWANDA. PA.
Der
._,.. • .__
S. .I.* WOODBURN, Physi-
Lir k•lan and Sargeep. Office over 0. A. Black's
Croelv:ry store. .
Towmvra, May 1, 18721y0. •
- NIA DILL Sr, CALIFF,
A rrtIRNFAS , -AT-LAW,
TOW ANI)A. PA.
•
3:llre to W 0 0 , 1 .5 iiktek, first cloqr snut:i of tbo 'First
National I,Ank,
1. J. 31A (Jana-?3ly 1 J. N. CALIF?.
WIDLEY I'AYNE,
ATI , / I:NEVA-AI T 4, A W,
southside. 31.....reur Block (r,,oinA formerly occupied
by Carooelmu).
TOW AN ItA, PA
(1417)
C. C. 01:1PLKT
JAMES WOOD;
ATT Ott ET-AT•L
TO WANDA, FA.
mcl.s-76
CT STREETER,
ATTOICi EX- !LT &W,
Tow ANDA. PA.
aug2o
OVERTON k ifERCITR,
ATtOtt ri KS tz-AT•LA W,
TOW A.N
(Mee nver'Nfotaanyes ti . tore. ' 613.1)175
10. A. OVE.IITUN. RODNEY A. MERCUR
WM. MAXWELL,
.ATTOBNZT-AT•LAW.
TOWANDA. PA.
Offlte'o!er DaytoWa Store.
April 17,,18711.
PATRICK & FOYLE,
ATTOBreYS-AT-LAvr,
In:Metear O a
T* B A Iock.NDA.. PA.
ANDREW 'WILT,
ATTOJI.NEVAT44.W.
Mike corer Crow : lto°lc Store, two floors north of
Stems a Lon& Towanda, Pa. 34a7 be cossoltod
o Octtoon. CApsit LIB 714
OVERTON, & SANDERSON-,
ATTOSNZY•AT•LAW.
TOWANDA. PA.
E. ovanroir, JR. JOHN F. EIANDIRSON.
, B. KELLY ; DENTIST.—Office
V • over M. E. Rosenfield's, Towanda, Pa.
Teeth Inserted on Gold, Sliver, Rubber, and Al
umnlum base. Teeth extracted without pan.
Oct. 34-72.
DR. T. B. JOHNSON,
eIITSICIAX AND SOROION.
Office over Dr. Porter & Some Drug Store, Towanda.
1864. ,1876.
T OWANDA INSURANCE AGENtIy.
F IRST NATIONAL BANK,
CAPITAL-PAID IN
SURPLUS FUND...
Tbls Bank offers unusual facilities fortbe trans-
action of ,a general banking business
JOS. POWELL. President
MI
ViGLE HOTEL,
(SOUTH SIDE PUBLIC HQUARE.)
Thig well-known houwthzet teen thomughly ten
noyated and rrpalred throughout, nod the prop:le
:tor is now prepared to offer lirst.elaSS aceommoda
117s to the public, on the ne)q. reaponable terms.
E. A. JENNINGS.
TiTatula, Pa., May 2, 1676.
H ENRY HOUSE,
(ON TIM EtROPEA; MAN,)
CORNER MAIN & WASHINGTON STREETS
This large, 'commodious and elegantTy-frumished
!i.e.. , has just been opened to the traveling public.
The proprtrior has spared neither pains nor expense
In ',main" , his hotel first-cYass iu all its appoint
ments. and respectfully solicits % share ofpiddle
paitonage. MEALS AT ALT. HOURS. Terms
to suit the times. large :44100 attached,
WM. TIL:NRY. Puornirrpa.
Towanda. June 7, 7.•-tr.
THE CENTRAL HOTEL, •
11 ULSTER, PA.
The uuderaigned having taken twiNession
of the at.o hotel, respectfully solicits O/C-patron
sge his old friends and the public generally.
angia-t f. M. A. FOltltEnT.
•
caF.E1,1111"8 OYSTER, BAY AND
MOVIE.—A few doors ainuthof
the Means Ilmem. Ilnard by, the date or week on
remonalde tenwt. Warm meals berred at all hours
oty.tera at wholesale and retail. rebll7.
L. ELSBIZEE.
'GREAT BARGAINS !
L
11 E R ANT TAYLOR,
(Apr '.7S,
GOODS JUST ARRIVED
Fine Cheriiits.
11 7 letF
I=2
tftlo '7B
Cpovll-75
Marti 0c1.24, 1878.
, •
FACTS FOR TYE PEOPLE.
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH
July 27,76
READY-MADE • CLOTHING,
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS.
Jan. 1. 1875
BETWEEN NOW ANT) JANUARY Ist, 1879,
As I Intend to make a change In toy business. 1
there ore offer my entire stock AT COST. loins
the Lirgest and best IselectA stock In northern
Petnikylvania. .
SPECIAL BARGAINS.
Mert'S Mack ttp-top Overcoats @ #3.50 and up
en's first-class Grey Overcoats 0 0.00 and tip
.Yen's all wool Sults' 0.80 and up
Boy's Sults for 5 yrs old and up 0 13.00 and up
133E5E3
And'everything equally. as cheap. inelnding Gents
Furnishing ti. s3ds, Rats and caps, 4c.
A full hue of - . .
UNDER-WEAR •
both for men and bop. TRUNKS, VALICES,
tSIBRELLA9 &c.
The above stock must sod shall .be sold by Jan.
Ist. Ira. Every one should take advantage of the
present low prices quoted. and buy their winter
supply.
Your. truly,
M. E. ROSENFIELD.
Main erne•. Towanda, Pa.
Dated Oct. 24. 1278. • • .
MULLOCK & !LUNDELL
Beg leave to thank the people of TOWANDA, for
their very generous patronage extended to them
heretofore, and respectfully olicit a continuance
of the same. We shall at all' times keep a full sup.
ply of
. Engsu AN!) SALT MEATS,
FISH AND OYSTERS I THE SEASON
j 1 17.7 a
GARDEN VEGETABLES, FRUIT. Jce.
goods delivered free of damp.
- au:rums* avirusia.
Twist* ti., sop. 0, we. int
Bashless Cards.
Aran Shed opposteethei Coxes House
W. S. VINCENT,
MANAGER.
TOW ANDA, PA
N. N. BETTS, Cashier
Hotels.
TOWANDA, PA
Clothir g.
. D 0 Tltl C H ,
opposl te Part, TOW A S DA, PA
FANCY SUITINGS
PANTALOONS.
$2O, 0 0 0
Hats, Caps, ltc.,
TO BE SOLD AT COST,
3i. E. ROSENFIELD'S,
The following great bargains are offered:
THIS - IS NO HUMBUG.
We sleo keep a good assortmentof
..
.
•
•
. . .
• '
..... .- _ . . - • 't • •. • .- .• ." .. . • • ' - - - .
- -
' . .
. „ .. .
._ , • • - -., „ •
.. . ' . . - •
. •
: ..: :
~.- 2 : .. ~
... „ , ..: ..!..:...1.. . -.:
- : ::
. --- -,' - , ' • '.. -.. , • .' ,
- .
- •
-.- -
- -
I . .
• - .
-. _ . - - ' - • r \
. -
• i
...- _ 5 - - ' - ..
.......:
. \ .
. .::,...,_ ~...•,. . . ...,
7 _ - ,-- -...
‘
.• . • ,
~:.,
.fi t
. .. . I - -
.-‘•, ' • , - •
..
'. ' 1 • . - •
" .
•
. - . . ‘-• '
.. I . •'' • ' i ! ' .'J , .
\ -. •
- .
.71 ;
. _.
. ..
, . . .
, . .
i ... ,
•
~.„ . •.-,. ~...,..._ _-
_.,
. _ . .
. . ,
.. •
•
. .
• ~...........
_ • .
, .. •
. s
. ..•
•
• ,
•
• • ._ ..... • . ••
. • ,
. ,
••
f.. . .
. , . . .
. . . ~
. .-
. • - . '. . .
•
•-- • .
. .• •
, k
•-
. .
•
. . . ........ .
. .. .
. •
. ' -- i ' • - •
.-. • ' .., ,
. . •
...
• .
. .
-. .
~., • . . -. . . .
• . . . . - . . . .
. ,
. .
TH B COUNTRY GENTLE
MAN.
CONIBISIM P Arita —FolisT-NixTn Yritl
A. Premium. Antioal to Every Reader.
air all Nzw SliNqaers for ISTO, PagiV isi aritsic;g
;tete, WELL aLetIVL TB LY, from receipt
of remit:airs to Ammar', hi , .1879, wiiitort cniaap
Tti►. GirosTee Oaart.ca►n it fall/load Weekly oh
the following terms, when paid strictly in advance:
One copy. one )enr.• Cl W; Your copies, 410. and an
additional copy fur the year . free to the sender of the
Club; Ten copies, F.U. and additional copy for doe year
free to the sender of the Club.
For the year ti. tikes , . prices luau& a copy of the
kotatial Regigter of Rural Affairs. eoch eubscriber—
hook of 141 tuagesitud about 1111 rogntrltug*--a gift
by the Publisher.
The Country Gentleman pogiseapcs an unequaled
Curls. of ILII•rf hopandrala, n gularan vccasious I, among
the R...t. Farmers of all la is of the Country, atrron•
.tatwo; nitects thw practical tuniciirion'amtprogresa of
-the husbandry of every 4celluts of the I.TultedBtates
mud civil• 7111 world.
' The Country Gentleman Wes in ira liortieultural
pellortlllthl a continuous variety .or information arid
stino,tions, equal or ealw•rior in the aggregate to whist
is obtained in the monthly nunkbera or most magazine*
dev.ited to I.lortienitnre.
The Country Gentteman has probably done as much
ea all ettior Journals combined, to introduced and dis
aetuhtate tiVark or 'every kind through the
tountry ; and co outlands, to a greater degtee than any
Colitoruporari, the coukdence and support of breeders
tnel poreliatont.
The Country Gentleman contains unusually full and
truovrottby Market ItepteN, And devotes' special at
tentlen h, them and to th- Freeport., of the Crops, its
tht,,, , ,-;tig light upon one frrehP m o st Jm n.tbiut ul all
queotions-117,eu !obi!, owl When to Sell.
fhe Oiluntry Gentleman ensbrarea IlUtafa , US minor
departnoods of a practical character, tong, as the
bait), the :Poultry Yard, the Apiary, and so on . ; and
weekly Presents a column or too Orr the Mouses ife
and no intetroling entiet) of Fir.ahlo Hooding It
c.itaina k hell molted .ltotieve clurrent Event., and
Ita ioltortising p.m , " furnishing a directory ufali the
principal nariculthrel and litittit Omni establishments
atilt; country.
4ar" Specimen Copies of the Paper Free. Address •
LUTIIEIt TUCKER & SON, Publiehent, Y.
- 6123,000
60,000
Feb. 14., 1878
S7l NICHOLAS,
SCICIRNEICS ILLUSTRATED RIAGAZINE
An Ideal Cnildreu's Magazine
Me.wra lezorr lt+73. I,eizate ft,s• publication•
of tit. Nicholas, nal Illu.n•ntell • , I1•;:azioe nod
pop., Vi,e
11.. yr 151.re4 - 11/0 firot uonil.nr ass i 3.411.11.
sou ltc connalne Int, won %Ito blgbcat µwlliou. It
cuotankvcircnNtiou of
It 1,11.0014 ml eininitanimusly In London and New
Void., and the treismt:atitin recognition is alttmet xa
general and bratty a. tine IlLfteric4li. Al the
prOgitt.a of the 111,1g,Zine has IWO) a Mealy
It in.( remind La I tiltaer mina, of teat. hennueo her
idod : mdianaiiy outnine it, atm the magazine awiftly
L•Hous miter. - Tmday St NteliuMa atandl
ALONE IN TIIE NVOItl.;1 01' BOOKS:
The N . ; u. York Tranthe hae Mid or it: " St. Nielrotaa
Ini+t.aminenl a higher idatforni, and command. for its
atl vice v. icier re,olllCen in art and ktta to than any of
iU rrINIVe. w.ll‘ The Loudon
Laceory World trat• : " Thrte is vu !ling:taint. for One
young that e,a n lra.id to LeV/41'tbia choice productiun
scriluncen preen."
The arrnngrtnentm for lit.r.rry and nrt contribution.
for the new to i IlMe—the otxdo—ale Teml lr.. droning'
from attend) tirrulte evureto, no w,-II we Iron lonnuic.
icaroow onco. Mr. Frank U. Storktotr'• new .trial
ootory for loJy r e,
. 4 ' A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP,"
Will run Iltr..niat the twehe nu:natty purte,—lrrltin
rang 'Alai the nuoto- - N
r for Novo mine, IS, the filet 0,
hoc voltoito,—ann lit 100 illmtroted by Jainew Kit
lial..y. 3he etory . .5 vile of Ltaela end oh - tectonic in
Floorido and the bottutuar. For. the gitie,l4 continued
mi.., . . -
" 114 LF A POZLIV 110FSEK Et PERS."
II H7dharitie P Smith; ith FiedeOck
Dif..lfl tn. begin , . in the lints,. windier; and a fresh
tor,d• I s•n•liti Coolidge, riitith blight." with
I. pidy of pisturi•s, will he c:,u.n:•uc.d , rittly In the
t.lume. There a also be a confintool tairptale
tall. al. •
-" RUM PI Y DU DGET'S uW ER,"
K'tih••n by Julian Hawthorne,. Arid ill.tritted by
Alfas d Fro.le:Hoke, Ataint the, other funiliar featured of
nt.• Nichol., the editor prolierr. ir: 1111 l nod
tire, content_ perhaps, to let her tivo yuGt nits al lend)
roheertitiirc ;he'. FiXlll in 94,1101'i to.
abort pirturee, poet.. humor. luetritrllve
ski..., bop, araL_Elio. and lord of ttJark4re-the
Potiiit," the - C.ry Little F-Ilia" iliTartniont,and the
" 1.4t0r-hioc," and "
a )ear t cents n !Cumber, -
Soim.ripto.ns rrceiv...l by the l'ohlisht, of this
f.y P.,titm-ter,g. Per
sul.-etit, dirt ct eirt. th,
.tats, 10
..•r.(l u.th rt mitt tine in direk, P. ntuele
0 0-r, ur t , OKturrd tO
•
sckfirNEß 3: Co. 74: flroaNttr, Noir York
- t
3300,
FOIL 1878.
THE PRES.S
"THE BEST PAPER."
Propt ' , tor. of THE PRES 4 announce that
they have 'strolgthened Its fore. , In every depart
tte•lit In coder to uteri the dont:than of 1 , 115it;.!,...'
poiltic., and the gotten.: irarreN. IA of the coining
yea's; adding trogely to its edtt,;riat c,rp, and stair
of correkpotlent., and exh.tollog t be.range and ef
tiokory of its nosiness trat*li.to•ry. An they 13314,
done I the. past they v.lll .trashy couthom to do,
and th,y protni.e far the same rt.gtslar
grins which has marked thr cork of taTti. 142nting
on tine solid tad. of sunstantiAt return they ore in
f.si,l,dt To sYstelnaticany add to and ntrengthen In
direct ion the various 41..pri r.zents which go
to make up a great Daily Paper, and Milan do so.
FIRST IN THE FIELD.
EARLY MORNING EDITtGN,
EARLY WINNING EDITIo N.
EARLY MoItNING EDITIoN.
\ MARLY MORNING EDITION.
\EAIRLY MORNPNG EDITION.
EARLY MORNING EDITION.
Wk. bare succes.sfulis achlev,d the !sit:doge an
Early Morning Edition, which leaves this city In
+d a n of any - other 7 hiladeipnia and all New
York SI ~ tams Dailies, and givei THE l'RE*5
command . d' Pennsylvania rod the entire Shotit.
rho rzekts e control for several hours (uanettnies
a whole day) f this wide range of territory Is an
a I exentent titbit the advertisers of Philadelphia
nod the genera community barn been prompt to
roeoguizo. and ',fake use of in their own interests.
Thts,edition leaves Philadelphia before any New
York riper can ssitily get here, shot the coms
ma AlftgpOSltion tut Merl by Tlf E PREAS through
this stragetic mote I the hold of journalism Is
thus secured to it perm m.ntly, .
LEA- ING
REPUBLICANIURNAL ,
OF PENNSYL AMA.
\•
Now, as In the past, THE PR '.ll stands in tho
front f the .Republiran coio nth, ndependent In
7 ni
conduct; but Republiean in faith, it presents the
whole party, nod is the 'organ or lust Intent of tot
one faction, section er element in It„ t contends
today for honest money and good adm histration,
And will ever defend the right, as, ih the future,
new issues of party are developed with Ili- histori
cal and pulitical development of the country
77. --
. .
Daily Press . .
. e 9.75 per year, postage Meted -1,,
Tris Weekly N. 40 per year, postage incindet
Weekly *2.00 per year, postage included.
THE PRESS COMPANY (Llmittd).
SEVENTH A; CHESTNUT ST's,
THEY ALL WANT IT,
•
iliv . twe It is s ftrnlp tleWtimper of pure, seuml read
inc for old and ,vuonti and It contains a reliable and
comprehensive imam:nary of all the Ituportant
New York• Observer
THE bEST FAMILY NEWSPAPER, •
PithltAhtia both tho tpligona and Forolar n•ws that ti
dr.tred lea any rattily; addle all that la llkrly. to do
loam is idiot nut. It devotee four Pages to religions
nea s, and four to a:Tatar.
The w,. Toth tthkreer wilts tra pub I hhed In 1823
end Is believed to he the only itsvtaneln of* Religions
Nett vik,vl , l. contintiln): its eV, n count.. for Iltll-.13
ye..nt. 101133 3 change otbaxne. liontrlue j u tent„ t o lr .
pow, yr pledge from the (Late of it. birth
-•-TB E .671 h VOLUME
wit' contain alt the important noise tbat can Interatd
t,r inatruct ; au that anyone rho male It alit be then
oittlily no led.
We du not tuns bcrierolons Institution, and we do
not :ask for the support of charity. We 'winner to
mato the fleet Newavancr that Is pubitalied, and we
',expose to sell It as cheaply as It can be a?u•ted. Let
those who waist purr, mound. sensible. truthful raiding,
stibectibe for It, and let them 'lnduce <Abets to do the
seine. We aro ocw publishing - 1n the Olisereer ths
Itory of
JOAN THE MAID. -
Mrs. Cbstrice. +labor of “Cbronicirs of the Schou
, bctit-Cutt Ftltuf ly."
We send Premiums. We sly 'end sot the
NEW YORK Ot;SERVER
one year, yir*t-paiti,„G.r =315 Any one. arndlnA , with
Lia own wutmeripti , ari the. warn• of IiEW rthseribots,
that' bus erininisrirn allowed in nrovortion to the
numb... twat: Fur particulars are Irma in tin, Oir ,
server. ,
Sample maple* tree.' Addrese,
. TORS ossienvica,
11karat. 87 Zak Sow, Sew Yak, '
Prop/dims.
ria
Fur Girls and . Boys
ovEti tir.t.to CoPIES
Gik/D TIMOS FOR Isl B-9
PHIL ADELri'll 1 A
THE
TOWANDA, BRADFORD 63UNE'L,
Pelt
..,..,....".................,... -.5.,.....-......1.,,,,........;:...,...........
ALL BODED TER TEAL
• . - . —,..._.\\ . - - •
DT ELAINE GOODALL, VIA D \ AIRNSHIIIa TOT; AT
: ?METALS TZARS \ OLiD•
All round the year tho son shines bright,
The pale moon shedi her softer light;
The day a brtlil.nt beSsiy shows,
The Med In drowsy stillness cues ;
The massive links of mountain challuh';
The dimpled swells of fertile piains.
The boughs of tress, the roots of dowers.
At least are always here.
And Nature keeps her sacred pOwers
Ali round the year.
All roui4 the year the brute hearts best,.
The reday limbs are strong sod fleet;
With youth and health the token's lie .
Of glowing cheek and Mutant eye ;
chillinginnuence,need we know
In Suulper's chile or Winter's snow ;
Warm lands to clasp, warms lips tO
," • Warm friends forever dear;
Warm lite and love and happineaa
All round the year.
• All round the Year the trusting soul
May find the s ors! of promise whole; ,
The eye of Faith once firmly stayed
• No doubrcau move, no sorrow shade.;
The flight of time, unknown above,
Breaks not our father's boundless love;
_ Unbroken be the tranquil light
That folds cur. lesser spheres
As ever pure, aid cairn, and bright,
An round the year. - -
Then mourn not; friend, the cutting air,
The gelds so white, the trees so bare ;
Let no false grief employ your tongue,
Nor wish the year forever young;
The ilowet.rouit fade, the leaf must fall;
llut one great power is user all :
lf, lbw' the ceaseless iouryl of change,
One changeless Will appear,
itnmov.ect, undaunted may we range
. All round the - year.
—Sunday Afternoon. . ,
OM
litight came down o'er ail the earth,
• And tOok the tired day,'
And elaiped her tightly hi tier anus;
And bore her far away.
The niocn like soul° Tani light-house seemed,
' Far up in tilt; Milky Way
The glistening stars, like tiny barks,
At anchor round her lay.
And like &single sliver thread_
That twines In some dark curl.
The river sound through trees and brakes,
A gleaming band of pearl.
I heard the sofr, low dip of oars,
Like a Weary slow heart-throb . ;
Aild the wavelets lapped the bow of the boat
A low half broken sob.
And on that night, so long ago,
A elsdon wondrous sweet
Came to me In its fullest joy,
So perfect and complete. '
O golden dream twhy did I wake
To flod It past and gone?
The dream was like a glorious slay;
The waking, cold gray dawn.
'Twerp hettor fair that I had died
11cl:eying It-were true,
'rwere better far to sleep for aye .
Beneath the airy so blue, . •
Thfut lice, when each long weary day
Seems longer tham.betote;
When life Is but a constant pain--
A wound unhealed and sore.
The river St.:ll flutes murmuring oi;
The stars are just as bright
As when the slaion came to me
That restful summer night.
Tke same? Yes. 1 alone ale changed,
• Oh bud each weary day
I wish that I had 4leci the night
•
The wham 'passed away. ,
—Harper'. Magazine.
Zi teil zncaaa.
THE LOST DIAMONDS.
One of the jolliest fellows on the
tolerably long_ list of my aequaintan
c'es is Charles Fijliy ; and though the
wrong side of sEty as'to age, he yet
is as. genial and as lively as many
young men I wot of—livelier in
-point of tact. I was seated with- shim
after dinner a few evenin g s since, en
joying
.the fragrant- weedin, perhaps
as lovely a little retreat as the eye
could possibly wish to behold—name
ly, a Devonshire gar.leh ;. and - noting
my friend's brows, (hiring a lull in ,
our ple -sant chat, lweome suddenly
clouded,
.1' offered him the meager
sum of a penny for his thoughts.
" You shall have them free gratis,
for nothing, my boy," was the -re
joinder.. " Well, then, I was think—
ing of my lost diamonds, and, moyel
'over .what a capital present the like
would make for your 'Darling Flos
sy' on her wedding morn. Wonliln't
her bright eyes sparkle, eh ? *
Between ' yon and me, Percy (ansi
this is in strict confidence) she may,
I say she may have such a present.
in spite of my lono-ago . misfortune. -
I think that thing long -ago
no means
possible. But I. won't - say who the'
donor will be. 0, , dear, no! - Not
by. any means!" •
"You're a good fellow, Filby. Xge
hasn't robbed you of warmth of heart
and generous feelings. But what
about those loit diamonds you were
thinking off I'm all impatience to
learn the details, especially as seeing
our acquaintance has been of long
standing , and this is the first time
I've heard you.ever mention the mat
ter."
".For the best of all% reasons, Per
cy,.--tea man doesent care to be laugh
ed at for a - greenhorn. The fact is,
no Englishman likes to be outdone;
and when ' he is, prefers - keeping his
grievance to hiunelf, rather than be
laughed at for a *flat,' or get that,
04'0 of milk-and-water sympathy
vett It is as disgusting as it is insin
cere. However, I'll unbosam myself
for on o ; and if you do elect to call
me a blnek, I can't help it.
" You emember the time of the
\\
Crimea wa ? Of course you do,
though. N't 11, at that time I held a
tolerably lot. lease - of my old shop
in Barbican. -And Barbican, as you
know, used to be whatever it is now,
not the least imp° tent street in Lou
don town. I did n t, it is true, keep
much of a show in . t e window; but
my customers knew tit t I had a rare
and valuable stock in drawers in
side, and that was enou alike for
-me and them. '
"'Well, my lad. as I' ba before
said, it was the time of the rimea
k il
war. It was about, as near as can
can
remember. eleven o'clock in the
morning of a bitterly cold day In e
eember—a Tuesday ,— when either t -
slush of the piercing, biting, cold, o
the leaden, ominous sky that loomed
overhead and threatened , a snow
storm, kept people who had money
by their fireside or in bed ; indeed,
few people of any kind were abroad,
and all' things outside were as grue
some and dispiriting as they well
could be. I had drawn near my
counting-house fireoind was looking
intwthe glowing coals, my thought&
MARDI AN OS DENUNCIATION FROM ANY WJARTfat.,
BIGHT
, . .
very fitr away from iti4bician, E. 0.1_:,' '‘Vben - there ensued an aWlTard
My :imagination. wandered, to the • pause, awkward because, for th life
seat of war, where &Ohl terrible pri- of me, I could not think of anything
vation and lidood-freeziUg.lcold and 'to say ; and as for my'reverend eu
acute - suffer fig—renered' all the tomer, he-seemed to be in a brown
a
'more so by,s Peking Mismanagement; study. At any rate•he seemed by no
. .:_eticom - . our poor brave ,fel- , means in a burry to take his purchase
'sighround abOut ; and just as a deep Feud begone—appeared, indeed, to
cameftli l m my lips , my shop wish to linger awhile,: seemingly_ for
:doer opened , d there entered a fine, no earthly purpose, seeing that our
tall,. handsothe looking , gentleman, i transaction .was at-an end, and that
who, by his dress and . 'bearing, was (he seemed not to care to talk. Prets:
evidently a clergyman. - . 1 .4,t least I i ently he again took' out hisixicket,
thought so.at the.time, as Would any- I book, counted over six or seven £5
`body else for that matter. Ms at- notes. 'and' 'became absorbed in cast
tire • was of the' best material and ing np some -figures; that done, he
iniik,.:and • scrupulously* neat; ark! began fiddling with eon* leaves,
his neckband was as white as drive.n turning them over and over stud then
snow.\ Moreover; gold-rimmed spec- bock again. • - • ' :..:, a -
\
taeles an d
, heavy seals. depending "By way of turning my attention
from his watch -fob gave him not only to other matters I took up the Simpq
a highly respectable appearance,lbut but, . before spanning its pages 1
`istami, him \ as wealthy withal. chanced to. look. toward - my shop
il
That'sto sayil \ tbought so. ' door, . and saw a tall, heaiily-built
"W 11, up he marched to my coca- man peering through'the glass. .Le
ter wi ti - tolerably long 'strides, re- was somewhat curious to look upon;
i •
moved!, his hat (of the first,quality), I must' confess; for the snow that
and placed . it on my Ce \ nnter (his well had' been • threatening, was . fiercely
a - moats:l and silver hair became him and .rapidly.descending outside, and
''l
immensely), and gave a\good morn- this man was covered with the white
ing, and a smile ' which was incalca- feathery flakes from head to foot.
lably : pleasant and good to eee. Th's On seeing my gaze steadl y fixed at .
man-' is a chrikian ; goodness a d hiw,'he pushed np - on •
.the door and 1
gentleness beam on every, feat re, I entered with a firm tread. He bad
put on my very beit manner, am ilos. a kind of eagle eye, this Man--eager,'
litely asked him his pleasiire. ' ' sidelong piercing; thoughtful brows
'"‘ I . have been recommended t too; and there was huge determine,
you, sir,' mentioning a - firm with-, tion about the lower part Of his flee
which I had dealt.largely in the way ~ flaking the snow froln Off his coat,
of bar silver. 'I am given to under- st• ping his feet upon my shop car
stand that you have . a Varied and pet (which I thought a rather cool
very valuable selection of ladies' dia- prone din,g), and unfastening - the .
mond ornaments,' he continued. . lappets f his sealskin travelling cap,
"I assured him that such was re- he gave deep-drawn grunt of relic:,
-ally the case. ' E •and (metal ed ~in a bluff, boisterous
"' Well,' he proceeded, 'I am some manners; . \ln time after all 1 , My
what anxious, sir, to see and exaiiiine . bird's not fio>tv i n, by all that's palpa-
Someof your possessions. The fact ble ! Congratu rte thyself, thou man
is, my - daughter—my only daughter, of gold and 's' ver and precious
\
sir—a pure, sweet-tempered child, is stones;' and; furt ermore, c-ongratu
ou the eve or marriage, - aind- I, natu- late me on my aptit de for scenting
rally, yot. *ill say, am desirous of Slippery Dick !! The O letting fall his
giving her . a subStantial- wedding voice, he added mo e seriously :
present. Very good. Mind! I want ' You've had a narrow escape, - ,:sir.
\
nothing gnu ly, nor—pardon ni"., Mr. I've no doubt now that o r reverend
Filby—nor lo I desire any a tfuily- friend here has contrived- ei lessen
i.
contrived specimen of the • jew tiler's your stock of goods pretty c milkier
: art of deception. I want ii ow thing ably—has been a pretended mark
solid and substantialartiele- that that !) purchaser to a very ids
, look 'what they literally are ;r and I tune !" .
do 1 no t ,
t mind how' high •I g( a-s to "' If yoU mean, sir, whoever yr e
' priee.' 1 - . may be, that this gentleman has paid\
" 1 / 1 11 this was fair enc. squa t e and a good deal. of money to me,' I 0-
above board: Undoubtedly zri• pros- turned, somewhat indignantly, 'you
,pective customer,, though a clergy: are right in your conjecture. But,
'man, was moreover an excellent man mayl ask, pray; who are yoU, that
of business, and one that wouldn't you' enter my shop in this manner
brook 'trilling. I made up 'my mind. and insult myself and customer by
to aerti tesee to his every wish, and asking such—well, such' impert inent charge int as long a' price as 1 rea- questions? ** * Who are yon?'
sonabl could. 3 ) ,
- I again asked, feeling_ that I shoUld
" I paced•before him several trays be compelled to call - my shopman to
of gents of exquisite workmanship, - turn - him neck and crop ; into .the
Upon which I looked with ride.! I street. :-
expected, I must own, that my 4ius- "You'll very soon know whorel am,' -
tomer would appear surprised, to Say he returned coolly. "Suffice it at
the least, at the dazzling array. Not present - that Lam fully justified in
so owever.. And that's to put it what I ask and .do - * * .* Bear
hc
mildy ; for when I uncovered my =kindly bear with me a little. I
(roods and looked . ' up at hiM with a have a Stern duty to perform. Tile
e,
self satisfied look on my face, there man is not what he pretends to be.
was a look on his which bore a sem- He is a blackleg, a cantin g humbug,
blance kt f indifference, not to say ills- a swin:ller • in a word, asdangerous
dain. I This nettled me somewhat, and troublesome a customer as we
but on second thoughts I told myself have had to deal with ?' • -
that it was possible that he personal- ! " I looked at
.my customer. His
ly did not care for the ponips and face was terrible to look upon; -I
vanities of this world, though anx-- could scarcely believe my eyes—the
,ious to procure such commodities fo • passion concentrated in his , features
his daughter. 'was absolutely d,emoniac-in its inter
" After careful - examination lie se- sity ; the..ebullition of rage which
leculd a pair of diamond ,ear-rings held possessiOn of him shook him
(ttiti), a diamond- bracelet (.1:.:2::0), a from head to foot. .
butterfly brooch—one mass of glitter • '." The boisterous stranger litid his
and dazzle,and ,a half-hoop diaindrid hand heavily on the glerg,ymati's
ring, the two .E. 152 10s. A tolerably shoulde,r, grasped it roughly . and
i
good morni ig's' work,' you.will say. whispered something in ..his ear, at
We shall see. - which .his- passion left hint as quickly
- "Well, after I had fitted the trinli- -as a-flash of lightening. Ile became
ets to superior cases, and when I had in fact, as pde as death, and finally
packed them in as small a compass culminated ' in trembling violently,
as 1 well could; the - reverend w - hile!his face assumed a kind of brick
. entlenian felt : in his pockets dust, little.
ii
or the money -Wherewith to pay me. " did not pot this down to guilt;
le 4lrew 'forth from his breast pocket no, laid it rather to the
_inst intlig
.a goodly sized Russia leather case, nation that would be nKurally felt
and tenderly singling out sonic bank by a high-soiled minister of the gos
notes and a check proceeded to set- pel accused of such enormities.
tic! fur his purchase. . I " The rough-and-ready intruder re
.
- "'The cheek, is good ; you will giti-ded the reverend gentleman .with
perceive=lie began. unfeigned admiration—at least so
"' My dear sir!" I interrupted, it appeared to me. file folded his
The check was perfectly gennine,..l rains across his broad chest, and
was convinced, •sceing that it bore stood regarding him! for a few mo
the signature of the firm thin-had .tnents. Then he looked at me and
mentioned my name. winked knowingly.. .
"' I knew what -you Would say, "' Our Christian friend : is clever, 11
sir,. ) . he said, holding up his hand, oho! He is doing the Work of a Cer
while a look'of extreme shrewdness tain evil personage whitshall bename-
' covered his face; 'you would say less. Very - admirably, sha!' he ejacul-
that you have -implicit faith in use. ated, reverting again to his bolster-
That - is wrong—fitterly wrong. As ens manner. 'But we old birds are
a business man you should be ever not to be caught.; we are accustomed -
careful. ,It behooves
.us all to be so to this kind of thing. 0 dear, yes,
at Ones.' Clearly, you know me I—your very obedient servant, Mr.
not ;. and deception abounds. ' For Filby, belong -to theianey iron trade
instanee, I may not be a clergyman and Ido my utmost 'to ;get as much,
at all.! I may; in fine, be none other ',_of my stock.on other -people's hands
than a knave—a wolf_.: in sheep's as - I
-possibly can.' Saying which he
clothing.' Saying which he laughed unbuttoned and threw open hiS shag
a laugh, which somehow or ether gy overcoat, and laid bare to my
seemed to grae upon my ear. gaze the uniform of- an inspector of
"However , e" proceeded to pay rolive. Then, as quick as thought.
i
!me the 9.M0U13 t due, as I have said. he drew , forth and fastened on the
"Let me-See,' -he continued inns- clergyman's wrists a pair of hand
ingly ; .i it will be in all, four—four etas I . .
—three-4.w0:---ten. Good. If you
will kindly look over these, Mr. Fit
by, you will find there is three-pence
short of the required stun ;. which I
w:ll pay you in copper coin firmed,
istely. Ile removed his spretaeles
and - pushed over to me three oriel
hundred pound bank of England;
notes and the cheek spoken of, which
was for eighty-three pounds and nine
pence. Satisfied that the holes were
genuine,,l looked up at my wealthy
customer and found him fumbling*
pocket aver pocket for the 'copper
money. .
"' My dear sir P. I exclaimed 'pray
don't bother about the trifling pence.
If you arc satisfied, I am thoroughly
so.' •
"Nay,' he rejoined ; 'that will
not do. Business is busine!..s. You
are entitled to your tlemarni—aye,
and to the uttermost farthing . I
boy goods ofyou for a certain amount
1 must therefore pay you every
iota of that certain' amount or I
\shall not be easy in my mind.
really upright,man this ;•InclrY
th congregation that , bad so just
and verily balanced a mau for their
past° So ran my thought's air be
out the remaining threepence
Id them In my hand with a
'Q, as though be were glad
them, and set his mind
conntet
and plat
kind of
to get rid
at ease..
DAY MORNING, D :ER 5, 1878.
" ' This is shocking:—really! hor
rible,' I couldn't help Saying..
"No sentiment, please,' returned .
the inspector angrily. Leave . me to
.do my work, and take . Care you do .
yours.' -`
" But, my good friend,' the man of
the ' white neckcloth exclaimed- in
whininetonei,
•' you' are utterly mis
taken. I like—l. in fine have taught
but admiration for your zeal ; but I
am not th 2 - Man you suppose me to
be. * * * If you will remove
these things—they . hurt In) wrists—
I will go—,, \ • . .
0 No, you wont:
, "'I mean I will o into details of
our transaction. *. * * The notes
a
re good, genuine, sir. _
' . i
‘." Perfectly so,' I re \
ponded ; 4 I I
would stake my life on their sound-1
ness.'
'" Then, sir, permit ..a puhtie set . -
want to tell you that You will lose
your life. Kindly let me 104 at
those sound and genuine Banliof
England notes."'
:" What could I do but hand them
to .him ? - s • .
" ‘ Aha I 'as I thought ! l'he then ex
elairned_- ' Very skilful, very clew'
- yeleveE;
decidedly so. Pity your-pious frie nd
here doesn't contrive to - turn his
thoughts in another direction}- sad
that = he ,disdains t o use his -taents
niorer - thuzipiahly,.filysu::"uak 4011.
summate' cleverness, he. might have
surmounted almost anything by hon
est means. These, sir, are rascally
forgeries; splendidly worked out,
I'll admit, but forgeries for all that I'
he declared - emphatically, laying the
noes on my counter and placing his
elbow on them. ' Now I shouldn't
wonder,' he resumed, ' if our reverend
specimen of humanity here did not
persuade\you that he desired to make
his daughter - a wedding present? '
"I said that such was really the
fact. -
" Ah, just so? The old. old game;
the old story. I wonder, Dick, (Slip
pery Dick is the name by which he
is known among us and his compan
ions)—l wonder, Dick, you don't al
ter .your modus operand:--it's so stu ,
pidly stale you know.'
"'Dick' looked daggers; looked as
though he would have very much li
ked to annihilate the inspector on the
spot, and retorted in language not at .
•all befitting it clergyman : ' You're
very clever, ain't you nor.? Pah I I
conld 'do' fifty like you.. It doesn't
Matter much, though. You've got
me. You've trapped me nicely. What
more d'ye want? Look sharp, and
let us go ' . • •
"From'this kind of talk, I began
to think him none other than what
the inspector affirmed him to be—es
pecially so when the roan in office
whipped off the silvern locks from
his prisoner's head and disclosed-to
my wondering gaze a closely-cropped
lie:id of iron-grey hair beneath.
6 . 4 I should hope you don't *ant
further proof ? the inspector inter
rogated triumphantly. •
"I. - replied that I was satisfied.
That I had been singled out for a
victim I now felt certain. In.short
my dear boy, I was completely taken
aback, and fell into the whole
scheme."
The whole scheme!" I exclaim
ed. "how? I scarcely understand."
" Don't interrupt. You shall 'hear
directly ; my melancholy story is fast
drawing to a close.• Well, I 'l4Adied
from one to the other with- a perplex
ity o - . 0 my face. •
" W hat are yOu thinking of doing,
Mr. Inspector, I asked.
..-
" ' Why, take th!s predatory indi-,
vidual—this pike among gudgeons—
to the station (they'll have no mercy
on liim . this time); and you must ac-_
oinpany, us thither. I'll take care
o these bits of paper; as in •like
Ma 'tier I'll be the safe custodian of
the aitfully contrived wedding pr-s
-cut,'S\ \ dying which, he deposited the
notes,t e check , and the diamonds
in the br ast pocket of his overcoat.
" There was no help for it ; of
course I mu t go to the station. . So.l
callinc , my a ,istant from the back
room, I instrue d . him to get a cab 1
and look aftvr usiness during my ' 1
absence: Of con •se. I - did not tell
him the errand I w S bound on; and
as luck would have \ , ,he appeared,
not to notice that nything was.
wrong. It would, I must confess,
have been difficult for Thomaii, my
- then shopman, to have seen the
handcuffed wrists of the pi us-look
ing gentleman-; for, to his credit be
it said, the trapped fox 'had cont ived
to fasten the bottom buttons o his
unusually long-tailed frock-coat, a d
placing his hands beneath, had th ~.
managed to keep the iron bracelets
out of sight. Still, there was a deci
dedly awkward appearance about
him, and the heavily liimbed inspec
tor certainly did not by his attitude .
and -manner •at all resemble a man
bent on buying my wares orselling
ine his; - however, Thomas seenied
oblivious 'to what was taking place
under his very nose, and hied him for
a cab. ‘,..N.-'
4 . The cab brought , the two enter :
ed first, while I remained behind for
a few
~moments to give instructions
to my shopman.. Then I got inside
the .cab and we started for Moor
Lane - police, station, Fore street. I
hadn't been seated long before 7 r
found that the prisoner's hands
.were
free. -: .
'‘ That's all right,' the - inspector
said, noting my look of surprise.
He's promised, me to behave him
self; and between ourselves, I don't
like to iron a man if
,I can get him.to
give in quietly: Besides our design;
ing friend, with all his cunning,
knows who he's got to deal with—
I am more than a. match 'for. 'him.
Don't you fear; sir; he won't easily
slip through mr fingers!' • . •
• " Well; at length we arrived at, the
Station house. I was the first •to
alight from the cab, and was about
.to enter the station. The . inspector,
still - seatedwith his prisoner, called
to me With evident annoyance:
'There'S no light in the superintend 7
cut's room; we'll have to wait a lit
tle. However, there's no help for it.
You go into the room there, the first
(loor.on the right you'll find news
papers and records there. Amuse
yourself. cage my •birel—put
him under lock and key Wife bind,
safe find, you know), and then I'll
come to you., I'll be there iu a few'
Minutes.. If I remain
.away any
lenghth of time • ask for Inspector
_rohu
. Tricklet. Pray,-, do nor. men
tion our business to any living soul.'
"Like the fool - and unsuspecting
jackass I was, I did as 1 was bid. I
turned the handle of the door and
entered the room, a square, dreary
apartment possessed of nothing to
Speak of save a huge deal table, font•
spindle-legged chairs, a map Of Lin
don, and an almanac ;. and excepting
a life-boat, making slowl progress
-over a boiling - sea the walls -were
bare of pictures. In 7 my then state
of mind - the plaCe seemed horribly'
monotonous. However, I took up
the only newspaper:the room boasted
of and seated .myself to wait for the .
end. : - I
.." It speedily came. t hadn't been"
seated tong before I heard, thereat)
drive away. lily' I said. to myielf,
'the man in blpe's too economical -to
let 'cabby' wait;- I suppose 1 shall-be.
retained here for some time. Was
there anything so - disagreeable."
"Fifteen minutes passed. During
that. time I fidgeted about. .There is
nadisguising, the matter; I was.ter
ribly .perturbed. The most idiotic
thoughts passed through my tirain.
'vhat if, I tonna myself asking, the
•clergyttian should eventually
my destruction ? What 'a
wing his punishment, tie should
'avenge come to iny shop, and
\aiy. brains? - • init- r! But
I,
nil.
pro;
ter serr
out of
blow ou i
\\
=lli
I thought all manner of things which
I won't bother you with. Suffice it
that another fifteen minutes passed.
I rose from.- my seat, but before I
could move a yard towards the door,
it opened, and a fine looking old gen
tleman, evidently the superintendent,
stood before me. ,We Were ..soon on
good terms; I gave him my name and
explained 1 why I was cooped up in
what b Called his 'private inquiry
office." He seemed, when I bad fin
ished, to labor hard to keep down a
laugh. -
" Well,' he said, at length; 'you've
been done nicely ! But hive this con
solution, that others have been bit,
and to a pretty, tidy tune, too. You
say you are waiting for. ' Inspector.
John TrickleLLThere's.no'such party
of. that name connected with this
station. ;They've carried on a 'similar
game; varied a little, very successful- .
ly in all the large towns iu Ireland,.
Scotland and 'Wales, to say nothing
about what they have dope,. abroad.:
Triekled Al, a very apt name!
The game's been contrivedby a trick
he—they—havelet you in the
hole. • You musn't suppose me a Job's
comforter when I say • that dozens
have been swindled . by these two
clever vultures. Thecy are nothing
else; they prey on their kind as best
they may. But this'is poor talk, Mr.
Filby. Let me assure -you, to be se
rious that all that can' be done shall
be done. But what can we do 1? ,
What can Scotland Yard do?., They
can only. issue a caution to tradesmen
generally, and put the matter in the
. /acand 'Cry which probably wouldn't
amount to much. And between you
and' me, Mr: Filby, I've repeatedly
thought (and very seriously, too;)
that they've .got some of our fellows
in .their pay ; I could all but swear-to
it-; for were it not so, I am confident
they'd- have been taken long ago.'
"-Heartily disgusted, I bade him a
surly good-day, and - hied me for my
shop and Counting house` fire.. It's
genial blaze, bowever f .cheered me
not.: 4 was dispirited and chagrined
and pOssessed a deep-rooted' idea that .
my, hitherto clear brain - had got a
superabundance of mud in it. Ilelt
that I could tear my hair and beat
my breast and, yell out that 1 was
profoundly miserable: . •
But why dwell, . upon the matter:
The story is told. Suffice it, then,
for your behoof, that I never heard
,more of these two original swindlers,
and that therefore I got not the
slightest return for my loss. I have
hitherto, as I previously •told you,
kept the matter a profound secret, so
that.sympathy even his not fallen to
business. Call me a consummate
donkey, if you like, but don't let me
hear another Word about the matter.
Ah! how theltime has flown! Let us
pull• -ourselves' together, and go in
doors and join the ladies."—Chani
tkrs' Journal.
GUARDIAN ME.
• ,
The Lord Is our Shepard, our Guardian sad Glible
Whatever ire Want He Will kindirproidde ;-
His care and protection his Bock will surround ;
To them will His mercies forever abound. '
The Lord Is our Shepherd, what then Shall we
fear,.
Shall dangers- affright us when He Is near 5 ,
9n, no, when He calls utrwe'll want - thrtro the vale
The shadow of death, but our hearts 'alail not fall
Afraid of ourselves to pursue theqlark . way,
'Thy rod and Thy staff be our comfort and stay:
Nt . 7 know by Thy guidance, when once it is part,
To tie and to glory It brings us at last.
. PLEYEL'S.HYMN.
Slng,, \ my soul, ill; wouirrous love,
Who, c i runi you bright throne above,
Ever sr \chful o'er our race,
Still toextends his grace.
'
arch by flii”
eptre. -
t r
u\
. , .
Sing, ms soul. aills name;
\
Let His glory be thy heme ; .
Praise Him till lie cal 4 thee home,
Trust Ills love
--
for all to m .
l
----,...".
WORK AND PRiYER.
earth by Min were Wade,
\ptn) swared ;
at Fie , •liould show
s below
Itearn and
All Is by Ms'
WhaL are we t 1
So niucli love to
Asa and Ira were two brothers,
whose farmslay e side by side kn.a fer
tile valet When- the young dOT, the
oats and the ball - were springing up,
theweeds took advantage of the rich
'soil and .Came up with them.
" Do you see," said'Asa, "what
hold the weeds are taking! There is
danger of their choking out the crop's
entirely." .
" Well, well, we'rrnst be •reskned,"
said Ira. " Weeds as well as grain
were a part .the. Creator's plan.',' And
he lay.doA'n for . apart of his' after--
noon doze.
't I can only be resigned to what I
cannot help,".said Asa., So he went
to work, and hoed. until the fields
Were clear of weeds.
" The army worm is in the neigh
barhood,". said Asa to Ira one day.
"-It has eaten - .its way through the
neighboring meadows,- and is fast
moving toward us." a•
" exclaimed' . Ira, "it will
- surely destroy what the weeds have
not choked out. I ivill immediately
retire to pray that its course may be
stopped or turned aside." . ,
But Asa replied-; " I-pray betimes
-everyporning for strength to do the
work of the day." And he hastened.
to ding a treneli around his land-which
the army worm could not pass while
Ira returned from his prayers only
in season' to save a portion of his
crops from its
_ravages. _
"Do you see, Ira," aiid Asa another
morning.; "the river is -rising, awl
there is but a "mall chance of pre
venting our farm, - from being over.
flowed."
Alas! it tis a judgetnent—up
on us for our sins; snd what can we
do?" said
• Trai throwing - himself
down to the ground in despair.
"There are no judgements so se
vere as
.those which our own sloth
trings.upon 'us," said ,Isa. Anti he
went quickly anti hired workmen,
. with whose :help he raised an em
bankment that .withstood the : flood ;
while Ira witnessed with blank looks
the destruction of all - his wealth. -
•
"There is one., consolation," said
he. "my children are lift me:" But
while Asa's sons grew up strong-and
vigorous men, 'among Ira's theye : was
a drunkard, a gambler and a suicidg.,
• "The waYs.of the LO - al are snot
equal," • •said Ira to his brother.
" Why have . " you always prospered
while I aru sfilict.ed, and my old - age
is disgraced ?"
" I only know this," replied -Atm,
Li il_!
NUMBER 27.
." that heaven alwlys helps me to
meet my - children's faults. as I met
the weeds, the cateipillars and the
flood ; and that I never presumed to
send a petition upward. without mat
ing toil, my right hand servant, the
messenger of my prayer. • .
TREATING.
. _ .
Thousands who have at first had ".
no liking for drinks.are thus led to
take their-first glass, so pregnant
with evil; thousands are thus guided
into the road which leads straight to
ruin. Every community 'can furnish
long lists of names of those who
have fallen victims to habits of in- ..
I
temperance, engendered by this pine- -
tice. With some it is a favorite way
of cloaking over their love for . strong
drink... Many 'who drink heavily, un
der the excuse of treating;' would be,
saved froitt a drunkard's death ' it
they found that tippling - had to be
done alone. In some cities anti
treating associations have been form
ed,-•
and a good . many men who are
mot teetotalers have resolved never
to enter 6 public bar for the puipose
of taking a drink. These are both
excellent
movements, and such, as
workers in, he cause Of - temperance
Might well enleavor 'to forward. Ei
ther is a stet) in the right direction,
and the . progress made in the war
against intemperance is not so-rapid
or great that a step forviard, howev
er small can be lightly regarded. So
fully do the:sellers of intoxicating -
drinks :ippreciate the effects of "trea ,
tins,'.' that it is quite common to hear
landlords tins,'.' of country hotels invite all _
bands to "take something," the in
tention being, as the said landlord
would say, "to start the- thing." The
chief objection of , many to giving up '
drinking altogether is the place treat.'
ine holds in social life. .With very
many, if treating were put a stop to -
there would be very little difficulty
in avoiding the use of intoxicating
drink altogether, as th - ere - would
_be
so little other. temptation.
QuEsilos WELL -
,PUT.A vahra
hie friend and able farmer, about the
z,ime the temperance ` - r.eform was be
ginning to exert a healthful influence
n the country, said to his new hired
man :
• .'Jonathan, I did not think to men,
tion to you, when I hired you, that I
think_of trying -to do my work this
year without rum. How-much more
Must I gi.te you to dd without ? '
'Oh,' said •Jonothan, ~ .r don't care
much about it ; you may . give 'mg
what you please. ' . .
'Well,' said • the farmer, 'l'll give
yoti l h sheep in• the fall . , if you do
without.' ' - • . : •
'Agreed,' s
,id Jonathan. .
. The - oldest- on then said, 'Eatiier,
will you give m - a sheep if Ido with
out rum r • - -
' Yes Marshall,' you shall ha - ve - a
sheep if you do without.'
The youngest, son, a stripling,
then said, 'Father,
_will yoil give rue a .
sheep if 1 will do. without ? '
'Yes, Chandler, you :`shall have a
sheep also, if you will do without,'
Presently
.Chandler speaks again:
"Father; hadn't you better take a
sheep too ?'_
This was a poser, he Hardly
thought. that, he could give up ihe
"good creature' yet; . but the appeal
was from a sotirce not to be easily
diefegarded. The reselt was the de
mon was - henceforth baniihed from'
the-premiss, to the great joy and ulti
mate happiness of all concerned.
FUN, FACT AND FAUME.
13EoGAus are choosers wbfbn they choose
to beg.
A BLACK bass- 7 -the righiendtuan in a
colored choir. . . •
RICHEST is- he who wants least—and
owns no real estate. -
TARE away woman, and what would
follow? The men.
THE boy with the big watch said time
hung heavy on his hands.
ONE agitated swallow-tail !lees not
make a summer hop.-2i. 0. Picayune. •
DE.A.DuniimiO..reaches the climax in
Switzerland, where all , the mountains
have free passes. •
HAVE a care, girls, have a-care ! Adele
Millet, a French maiden, has been hugged
to death.
SMETTY NOSE. ISLAND ought to be
' \ ashamed.of itself, with water so near, too.
t ßoston Post.
OLTHANDS 01. ,
...
boysu would go .1 dirty a" 1
H
sun mer.if it were not wicked and danger
(vas o bathe in the river.—Picayune. -
\
TuE \ right kind of a- man • will always
have hiS life insured. It gives his wife' s
second husband a strrt. --- .1. . -
_i
A ..uAN in Detroit has recently invented
an apparattis for arresting and extinguish
inv. sparks; \ lie the girls going to stand •
this?
- RksPEH. beim told he looked seedy,
and asked 'what mminess ho was in, re
plied,, " The - hardware business;-look at
my wardrobe."
A YOUNG woman
\
. -
ho knows bow .to
paint judiciously, is suer of a husband _
than she who faints,'ut. she never so
,discreetly. - - . _
• YOUNG nieh writing to th it sweethearts
need no perfumed notepaper. Countiy
postmasters . fumigate the mail-bags.—
Picaputie.
\ .
. .
THE •beer - saloon singers o London.
scarcely turn out enough slang songs in a
year to keep bnriesque troops in Atnerica
supplied with new magic.
HE said he rather guessed he knew ow
to sail a boat ; but the gentle zephyrs tl4t
kiss the wavelets over his watery grave
mournfully whisper - "He lulled not\
wisely."
. PERIM'S it would be well; under all the
circumstances," if 31r: W. A. Wheeler,
Vice President of the United States, Would
stand up and be counted.—Albany Ex
pre s.
•
'.WE have a suspicion, Mr. Dana, that
Bob Ingersoll goes to Europe with the
purpose bf eventually beComing an erope
7or. Now, sir, would it be wise to de
crease the proportions of the . American
army 7—P t ujralo Ezprey. - •
-
(soliloquizing as he
sees two young ladies in fashionable walk
ing.iiresses)—‘.‘Etaw ...love! the Beall; have
.:reaped from the acquaritn, and am Mk
mg a stroll... Devilish gramfift 'creatures,
baw Jove.! • .
"MEMORY and hope set like stars
iilave the soul—the one. shining dimly
through the twilight of the past, the other
lighting the archway of the future." Yon
never realize this so fully as when late at
night, in a etrarge city, you forget the
•number of
iding." the house at which you are re
__
SOME people do not understand" bow
ow6papets manage - to print pictures of
murders so soon after the murder takes
place. Although it ig a secret of the ba
siness, we must begenerous to our read
ers and say that all the cuts of proprietors
of }stint medicines that come into a news
paper of m are saved, .
II
13