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VOLUME XXX•
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ed essns per line.
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any other paper In the county. makes It the best
advertising medium In Northern Pennsylvania.
JOMPIHNTINtii of every kind. in plain and
fancy colors, done with neatness and dispatch.
Handbills. Blanks. Cards, pamphlets, BUltmads,
Statements, kc., of every variety and style, printed
at the shortest notice. Thu ILF..cowran office is
well supplied with power presses, a good assort
ment of new type. and everything In the printing
line can be executed In the most artistic manner
aud at the lowest rates. 'TERMS INVARIABLY
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Business Cards.
T 1 S. RUSSELL'S
GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENCY
ti,yvl-7ott. • TOWANDA, PA.
C II AS._..M.,IIALL,
.iiTTOTLICEP-AT-fIAW AND JeRTICE OP PLACE
TOWANDA. PA.,
. iVr. I NSPRANCE 1 i REI.I,III;LE COI4PAN MS.
‘Ollee ever..llsytosrs harness store. Nov. 21, '7B.
'URANCE AGENCY.
The following
RELIABLE AND' FIRE TRIED
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" q 7 Companies represented;
L'A NCSTIIRE,PIRENIK.,HOME, MERCBLACK .H ANTS
'3tarch 16, 14 0. IL
1 1 , D._ PAYNE, M. D.,
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PIITSICIAI . 7 AND St (EON
°thee over Moutanyes' Store. Offt're hours from 10
to 12, and from 2 to 4, P. 11: 4pe'tal, attention
itiveuto direases of the Eye and F.ar.-0ct.19.'764f.
RYAN,
G. k_A •
COUNTY SITEItINTENDENT.
OSITCO dnyinnt Sat tl rd ay of each month. over Turner
tiordou's Drug Store, Towapla, Pa.
TR% - anda, June '2O, 1,79.
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TI A LSBREE & SON,
ATTORN r.YS-AT-LAW,
• TOWANDA, PA.
C. F.LfiIIP.F.E.
IjAINTINGS
PORTRAITS AND T.ANDCAPF.S
Painted to order at acy prier from gi to 000.
011.P..intings Do-ratikfe.l. Ite-Touched, or changes
made as ric,lrett.
All work dons the 1110..4 style ofstho Art.
-- • ANN F. BENDER.
'" — Towanda: Pa.. April Is, 1.,787
T .lIO€SLSKI,
Employed with M. ll”ndelman for tho past tour
bt•us leave to tutnottnre to his frilmols anti \
the tolidte ge!wrally That he has ' , alloyed to the
'Poston 99-Eedt Stt4o. ono cl-oorouth of tho. Vlrst
Sat lona% Bank. and opened a 41011 for the repair
of Watehe.. Cloeks..ler.etry. &e. Alt work war
ranted to give oil Ire satibfaction. (AprE7S;
VT J. YOUNG, ,
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ATTolt s N EY-AT-LAW,
. . To W AN.DA. PA.
Ottice—srennti ii,,or biir of tliu First Nailoua
hank Main St., up stairs.
UP. KINNEY,'
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ATT.ILNEY-AT-LAW.
0111ce—lioutii toriiierly occupied by Y. 1.., r. A
Le:piing Room . . • • .
111.11'; y.
W ILLIAMS & ANGLE,
ATTOTiNhYS-AT-LAW
FFIC F..—Fornacrly occupied by Win. Watkins,
E.'.
N. WILLIAMS. (ntt.l7, '77) . E. J. ANGLE.
.
T McPHERSON,
1.
ATTOICEIC-AT - LAW,
TOWANDA, PA:
lib et MIT Erad. Co
- MASON dt, HEAD, 4
ATTORNETS-AT - LAW.
Towanda, Pa. Office over Bartlett St Tracy, Maln-at.
G. F..51)0 1 0N. (09 . 77) ARTIWIL HEAD.
E. L. HILLIS,
ATTORYET-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA.
F. GOFF;
ATionN ET-AT-Law,
NI %In Street (1 &ars,. north : of lirard House), To.
wands, Pa. (April 12, 1877.
RT• 11. TIIOMI'SON, ATTORNEY
AT LAW, WYAIXSING, I r A. WllLatteild
all busizies3 vntra,ted to his cart. initradford,
F.ll'!ivau COuntles. Vince with Esq.
[novl2-74.
L. LANIB, ,
NJ • 1•
V-Tonti ET-A?-LAW,
ES-BARR E, PA
•:ollee nous p4mptly attended to.
3 011 N- w. MIX,
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.\i r , uNEY-AT-LAW.,..1 3 r. S. CO3I3II6SIONXI I ,
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TOWANDA. I'A. • -
Or2ce—lS7ortn Side Public Square.
Jan. 1, - , 1875
DIVIES &.CARNQCHAN,
A TTORN STS-AT-LAW,
surTil sus': OF WAbI) HOUSE
OEM
I S. M. WOODBURN,
1 clan and Surgeon. tyke over U. A. lack's
.tk , •ry.ctore.
T”tvatpla, May 1, 1E721y.
MADILL & CALIFF,
ATT , O:NETS-AT-LAW,
TO A NDA, PA.
0714.- 1n Wrinet's first door bout:i of tbo First.
up-fAm!rs.'
MAD( L. 1.. 'llaiti-731y) J. N. CALIFF.
CPAYN
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ATTORNEYF—AT - LAW,
•ath aI,IO Mt rrur Itl.lk (mms formerly occupied
by Davi', & cuptioelum),
ToWANDA. PA.;; -
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JAMES WOOD,
AlrottNFT-AT-LAW4
TOWANILN, I'A:
mei %.7i
ET gtI3,EETF,){,,
ATToRN AW,
TOW A NDA. rA.
ig7.o
OVtRTON & SIERCII-R,
ATTORNET 4 ;-AT-LAW,
, TOWANDA, t'
OXEN, nTer Montanycs Sure. • tma7 675
D • k OY ERTON. • RODNEY A. StERCUR
AV 9
M. MAXWELL
• ATTO111 4 :1:1"-AT.LANy
,-' TOWANDA, PA.
0111ce over Dayton's Store.
April 12, 1876.
pATRICK. & FOYLE,,
ATTOSNETS-AT•LAW,
TOWANDA, PA.
Office, in Mereur•s Block.
Jll - ANDREW )ATILT,
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ATTORNST-AT-LAW
Bake over Cruces• Book Store, two doors Borth of
Starers & Long, Tow,anda, Pa. Ray no. consulted
u German. (April 12, la.) -
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- ATTOZNET-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA. PA.
E. OVERTON, JR.
WIL KELLY, DENTIST.—
op over M. E. lioscadold , a, Towanda,
Teeth Inserted on avid, Silver Rubber,
umnium baio. Tooth extracted ;without
Oct. 34-71.. i
D R. T. B..JOHNSON,
AND BRIlGlON•
Once over Dv. rorter h Son'iDrag Store, T
laril-751f.
20.00 24.00 I 45.00
PR' NATIONAL BAN
C APITALIP/4D
SURPLUS, FUND....
This Batik offers nun . mai facilities forth
chars
action of i r general banking business.
JOS. POWELL, President.
Feb•.
EAGLE 110TkL5
Thls well-known house has been thoroug
novated and repaired throughout, and the
for Is now, prepared to o ff er Arsbetass
tlons to the public, on the moat masonabl
E. A. JENS
Towanda, Pa, May 2, 187$.
TEENRY HOUSE,
eOHNEH MAIN & WASHINGTON 8'
Thla large, commodloua and elegantly-f
house haslust, been opened to the travelln
The proprietor has sparod neither palnano
r
In making his hotel first-class In all Its
ments, and respectfully sollefts a share o
patronagti. MEALS AT ALL HOURS
to suit tho times.. Large stable attached,
WM. HENRY, Pnoru
Towanda, Juno 7, '774f.
UndersignedT"HCENTßAL HOTEL,
ULSTER, PA.
The having taken ,
of the above hotel, respectfully solicits t r
age of hiS old friends and the public gene
angle.tiv. . 111. A. FOF
QEEt, EY'S OYSTER BAY AND
EUI:OPEAN lIBUSE.—A few doe soutbak
the Meaths [louse. Board by the day or 'week on
reasonable terms. Warm meals served at All houia
Oysters at wholesale and retail. - ebll7.
GREAT BARGAINS
I=
.TAY
Gyherivds,
11 7 901 - Diago l nals,
and Plaids,
ONEILOATINciS,
fo groat variety, made - toOrtier, at tbo
PERT LOWEST PRICE.
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Vi»dsor Scarfs,
Silk Handkerchiefs,
Colored Hose,
Suspenders„
Utiderclothinvi
From 36 to 52 In Oro/
(fell.llB
,
fa-Aninzpectiou of our stock wilt convince the
most fastidious.
J. DOUTRICII,
Main Street, Towanda, Pa.
Dated Oct. 24, 1878. Witt
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE
[noel]-7S
TWENTY TIMUSAND DOLLARS WOBTII
OP
GENTS FUR'NISEEING GOODS
ISM
\ BETWERN NOW AND JANUARY lat, 1871
TOWANDA. PA
MEMili3
MEE
jlyl7 -72.
MI
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JOIIN F. SAND
TOWANDA, PA.
EC
N. N. BETTS, C
(SOCTII * SIDX. PUBLIC .equaus,)
(ON TUN EUROPEAN pLArio
TOWANIS.I., PA
Clothing.
J. DOITTRIciI
coi.pailto Park, TOWANDA, V
VANCY SIIITINGS
L- . and
PANTALOONS
GOODS JUST A Rill
07.RCOATINGS
LACIEL MATALASSE ,CLOAKINGS,
•• • GOODS,
at reduced 'nicest.,
[GENTS FURNISGIN
$20,009
READY=MADE 40THiNG
Caps, 45;., Are.
TO BE•SOLD 4 COST,
AT 1
U ° . E. ItOSENWELD'S,
As I Intend to make n' change in my business. 1
therefore, L.-MT my entire sMek AT COST, h•tng
the largest And best select,d l stock in northern
rennsylsanla.
SPECIAL .BARGAINS
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The following great balgllns are offered :
Men's Black tiptop Overckas el la 40 and up
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Men's first-class Grey Overcoats -0) 414.00 and up
® (1.8.80 and up
Boy's Suits fnr S yrauld and npo rfrpo 13.00 and up
And everything equally as chap, Including Gents
Furnishing Goods, Ilatt and Caps, Sic.
A full line of
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EA R\
Moth for men and bop. .71kUMO, VALICES,
U - SIBRELLA,S, &c &c. I
3lea'a all woo).Sulta
THIS IS NO IUMBUG.
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4 She above ftroCk must and shall be-sold by Jan.
lat. 1879. Every one should fl ake advantage of tho
present low. prices quoted, and buy their. winter
supply. 1
Yours trul ,
31a1u
Datal Oct. 24, 1878.
MEAT MA
MIILLOCK RIINDELL
Beg leave to thank the e of TOWANDA, for
their very generous pa n) age extended to them
I eretofore, and respectfulit solicit a continuance
Of the same. We shill at Itimes keep a full sup
ply of _
FRESD ANDLT MEATS,
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1 FIST! AND OYSTERS MTRE SEASON.
Weals° keep a good assortment of
GARDEN VEGETAtiLES, FRUIT, fte„
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/fir Ail goods delivered free °Carew. /
MULLICIOR i RUNDIILL.
Tomo" pa., 800.19, lOU. • 1911' -
godly.
• PAPA'S LETTER.
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waa situ In my study,'
Writing let re, when I heard.
Please,. dear amnia, Mary teld me
Mamma muse be Isturbod. •
t fatty,
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Ix to do.
a6kruma?
1t ;1 4 ,7
P •
N.6.*Mty ;
I would paint my darling's portralL .
As his sweet oyes searched my face
Unit* of gold and eyes of ;sure,
Form of childish, witching grace.
!MI
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4.. "But Pse tired of ib \
• Want, some over am
• 'Wrlfirig letters, Is %s
Taal I Write a Totter,
Not now, &sling, mamma'
Run and play with kitty now,
Noi-no, mamma, ma wrlto tette)
Tan `on just choir mo how."
E
Bat the eager face was deeded,
As I slowly shook my bead,
TIII I said, „ I'll make a letter
Of you darling boy. instead."
So I parted back the tresses,
From his forehead high and white,
And a stamp Ingf po
~, rt I pasted
'Mid Its wavis of golden light.
Then I said... , Now, little letter.
Go.sway and bear good news,"
And I smiled as down She staircase
Clatter lead the little shoos.
Leartrig ma, the darling hurried
Down tailor) , In tils glee, .
•' Mamma's writing lots of letters ;
I'so a letter, Mary—ace I"
ly ren
roprle-
mods-
. terms.
N 1313.
No one heard the little prattler.
As once wore he climbed the stair,
notched his little cap and tippet,
Standing on the entry stair.' ;
No one heard the (tont•door open,
No one saw theigolden hair,
As It floated o'er hls shoulders
In the crisp Octobb alr.
=1
, eniabed
public.
;expense
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ppolnt.
_public
TOMS
Down the street the batty hastened,
Till he reached the once door,
"I'se a letter, Mr. Postman, •
Is there room for any more!
"'Cause this letters Adis , to papa ;
Papa lives with God, 'ou know,
Mamma sent me for a letter,.
Does 'on link 'at 1 tart go ?" •
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But the clerk la wonder answered,
!` Not to-day, My little man."
"Den I'll dud auezzer I.lllce,
'Cause 1 must go If I tan."
salon
patron-
Ily.
IMMO
Fain the Clerk would have detained him,
But the pleading ease was gone,
And the little feet were laastenlug—
Ity the liitsy erewillwept ou.
Suddenly the crowd was parted, •
People fled to left and 'right,
As a pair of maddened horses
At the moment dashed in sight
No tine saw tho golden ileac—
No one saw the golden hair,
Till a voice of frightened sweetness
Rang out on the autumn hir„
On
'Teas too late—a moment only
Sitxxl the Manteous vislou there,
Then the little face lay lifeless,
- CurOred o'er with golden hair.
Reverently they rained my darling,
Brushed away the curls of gold,
Faye the stamp upon the forehead,
limiting now ro icy cold.
Not a mark La face diAgured.
Showing where u hoof had trod ;
But the little life was ended—
" rapa's letter " was with God.
ED.
aikellaneo4.
A BATS BETROTHAL.
: " Well, Jennie, it will be hard to
part on the morrow."
Jennie answered not a word, but
turned away her head, looking out to
sea with a sorrowful,. wistful glance.
:The next moment: my arm was about
,her waist. She did not repulse me.
" Jennie,' I !cried, " why need we
part at all ? Ii you take me for a
skipper We'll sail .through life to-
gether."
We were on the barque Petrel,'of
Greenock, bound eventually for Lon-.
don with a miscellaneous cargo for
he Mediterranean and we are now
nchored in the roa 1 ste , . o : avre
alittle to the north and west of the
tier head. Jennie is the -skipper's
d tighter, and I am only a
gritpassen
e \ .
t was that I came to be a
passed er on board the Petrel, and
ranking love to, our Jennie, I may
here . brt fly explain : An o ffi cial
recognition \ had set meat liberty
with a moderate pensrion ; in the
prime of life, w ith all the world \ \ be
fore me, and e e\l made my start I
determined , i to \ ave my "wonder
year." So- after aving wandered
over half of Euro4. found myself
standing qa,,the qua at Naples, one
tranquil evening, watc mg the ship
ping, jingling the few evereigns I
\
`had left in my pocket, w ndering if
they would hold out till ai 6quarter
3 \
day, when I was suddenly ceosted
by name, with friendly ace nts, in
my native tongue. It was som4stime
before I recognized my interloc Or,
or could bring to mind under what
circumstances I had previously mak
with Captain Macfarlane, of the Pe
trel, for such he gave himself out to
be. All of a sudden I got the clue.
Up to the last - eighteen months I had
been employed in the transport and
victualing office at. Whitehall. The
Petrel had been chartered as a trans
port; and to Macfarlane, much both
ered with official forms and circum
locutions, I had been of some little
service, putting him in the way of
getting his accounts passed and so
on. He had said at the time that if
he ever had it in his power to do me
a good tarn, he would. And now he
had an opportunity. /
"And why not take passage with
me to old England ? " urged the hos
pitable Scot, as we sat smoking' and
discussing a bottle of wine / at a
neighboring cafe. "Come, it shan't
cost you a bawbee. Come !/the blue
peter's flying. We weigh anchor to
hight. Go and fetch your traps, and
kll come aboard with Me."
The offer was too ,t/mpting to be
refused.d Time was no object to me,
while money was./ Before I well
knew what I was about, I found my
self and\ my portmanteau stowed
away in the captain's gig, which was
cleaving tire / tranquil waters of the
bay. Next. I was swinging myself
up a e Petrel, and then I
saw a g at brown soft eyes
look' 1 u n me, and almost
lost 'ng y the start they
gave . .
"Moot! it's just\ our Jennie,"
cried Macfarlane, in answer to my
look of inquiry directed\toward our
am passenger. "Jennie, this is Mas
ter Willie Thornley, to whom- I am
under great obligations, and I. hope
we'll make him comfortable among
us." ' ,
ROSENFIELD,
treat, Towanda, Fa.
SET.
Well,it was too late to recede now,
REGARDLESS OF DENIMIATION PROM ANY QUARTER.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD - COUNTY, - PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23,1879.
,
and a ft er all, it would not be king.,
'And if it hadn't been for th ose
baffling wihds,'we should have been'
safe enough. We did not get to be
right down friends, Jennie and I, for
a whole fornight, by which time we
ought to hive been in sight of the
white Cliffs of old England, and the
sorbing influences connected -, with
them. But we had three weeks more
of it—a happy, halcyon time that
culminated in the scene with which I
began this narrative. .
We -were called at Havre to dis
pose of part of our • Cargo, and the
captain and mate having gone ashore
to settle a dispute; with some of his
crew who had unwarrantably desert
ed the ship, left Jennie 'and me on
.Board hi charge.
\We were practically alone on
botTl : The steward , was asleep
som where_ forward—in the sun—the
ship *as riding easily at her anchor
with an\almost imperceptible motion.
The town \ was shimmering pleasantly
in the :sunshine and .the white villas
on the wobded heights aboVe shone
like so many eases of ivory. It was
low tide, and aatrip of wet,,glisteri
ing sand *as visible along the shores
of the bay;; bathers \ were splashing
about; amateur shimpers were push
ing their nets before them in the
shallow water, . Beyon the bold
headland of the Cape nerve,'
crowned by its two white light-hous
es, assumes the appearance- of some
lazy pacific beast crouching inc the - '
sands. Time and place , were alike
propitious. I turned to Jennie aad
spoke to her of our approlching amp \
aration'; then I made the final plunge.
Oh, those baffling winds l -How much
they had to answer for.
What Jennie'sleelings might have
been after that decisive moment, I
cannot tell. Mine approached .stu
pefaction. All ' the difficulties and
disadvantages attaehed to the step i
had taken, now showed themselves
to my mind's eyes, in the strongest
colors, and a life of straitened means
and perpetual sell-denial, tinctured
with the idea of a life, of miserable
respectability, presented themselves
in ghastly array. , • '
there is an advantage, hoivever, in
seeing the worst at once. Having
suffered my moment of agony=, I be
gan to recover. Jennie poor child,
had not noticed the sudden chill that
came over me; she was too - much
agitated and occupied with her_ own .
feelings; and as her head rested on
my shoulder ' and her eyes looked
into mine with trusting confidence, I
began to realize the truth, that Thad,
succeeded in -winning for myself a
charming, affectionate, companion;
that my life woad no longer be him-,
ly and self-contained.
The tide had turned ; the flood
had begun to make. The ship was
swinging slowly
_around, presenting .
to us,the opposite side of the hori
zon. A loud warning crash from the
awning above made us both •look up.
Never shall 1 forget the, -shock of the
altered sconce !that met Our eyes.
The sun was still shining :-brightly
overhead, but to seaward a vast livid
wall of vapor shut out everything 1
from view. A shrill blast of wind.
trumpeted loudly in the rigging,
which began to: flap and creak with
the strain. The , sea -was rising rap
idly ; the waves came rushing in,
crested with driven foam; then the
sun was obscured, visible only as n
faint and watering blotch ; the hills
crowned with sunshine, the blushing,
happy town, were all blotted - out ; we
were alone, amid a sudden storm and
fierce,' rising sea.
Jennie spring to her-Act, and,
with admirable calmness, began to
lower the awning; 'but in a moment
the wind was upon us in. full force ;
the canvass flapped wildly, then tore
from its fastenings and flew away to
leeward, visible for a moment in the
sky, like a white bird, and then was
lost in the gloom.
" Won't father be angry ? " said
Jennie clasping her hands, 'so many
yards of good canvass 1 "
"Are we not in fearful danger
here ? " I asked.' "Why, I wonder,
has your father not returned ? "
Jennie shook -her head. "One ,
can't fersee everything. Perhaps he
is now on his -way." ,
,
She took up the binocular /and
peered anxiously through the / mist.
But no boat was to be seen. The
sea seemed. of a sudden deserted, ex
cept one or two fishing stuacks to
the southward, that
,with /one or two
sails half lowered were scudding
rapidly dor the harbor! But for us,
1 in the teeth of this , southwesterly 1
gale, the harbor mouth was as inac
cessible as the moon.
\Jennie left the' poop and ran for
\lt'd to the forepart of the vessel. I
llbwed her as well OA I could, bold
ing* by this and that, for the ship
waspkhing heavily upon the swell.
I fours 'Viler by the bowsprit, watch
ing the ise and fall of the ship with
anxious; s. - The great blach chain
that, as th .v essel fell, would be in
visible
visible in lie s waves, as she arose
stretched itielt tight as a bow-string,
with a clank anda groan that made
one shudder. OCr lives hung upon
/ that chain, that the waves seemed to
sport with as a tqy, As we stood
there, a wave larger. than the. others,
rose upqn us withou warning, and
swept the deck with itairresistable
force, bearing everything, %movable
with it. I clung desper. tely to a
belaying pin, and - Jennie 'lung to
\
me, and, after awhile the 1"e el rose
gallantly from the shock, the w ater
1 streaming from her Bides. fire lied
and cowed by the violence of he
shock, we made our_whack to t
I poop., , • I
As we reached the cabin door the
steward Was reeling across the sloppy
deck, carrying a steaming dish of po
tatoes. It was 3 o'clock, the hour
for dinner. -Sink or swim, he worild
have the dinner on the table on time,
then his-cares were over for the day,
and-be devoted himself to rum and
tobacco. . . _.
"You surely can't eat, Jennie?"
I cried, as, after she had changed her
dripping . garments for dry ones, she
sat' down at : the table with what
seemed to me almost fiendish indif
ference. . .
• "Eat I You must cat I " she cried.
" Who knows what an hOur may
bring forth ? If you have to swim
for your life will you have any chance
if you start exhausted 1" .
I saw she was right, and ivelook
a hasty meal together as best we
\ could. Justus I had finished a quiff
er ran through the ship; the motion"
changed ; -ebe,began to pitch heavily.
Thsofa on ,which we were sitting
brokaway froie its fastenings, and
we we* thrown violently from. one
side of the cabin to the other, n the
midst.of an aralanch of all the mov
ables that were unfastened o 1 had
broken away. \ . -I
As soon as we‘regained our feet We
made for the deek. I thought that
the last moment had come, and de
sired-only to see daylight once more.
We ,had parted from our anchor, and
were drifting rapidly away toward
the dark, bristling cliffs to leeward.
The sight seemed to- restore confi
dence and courage to Jennie "
forward ! " she screamed -in nix ear,
"go forward, you and the . steWard,
and get - tlie lower sail on the, fere
mast ; black Jem and I will steer the,
ship.".
Je'nnie's voice inspired ; the
prospect of doing something to avert
our fate gave me new strength. I
stumbled forward, holding on to any
thing
that came to hand. The stew
ard stood at the door of his cabooSe,
having jammed himself into a secure
position, a pipe in his mouth and a
black bottle in his hand. He looked
at me with lack-lustre eves.
" Come along, mari,"l shouted In
his ea ; "come and help me to get up
sail l "
"What's the odds? " he-replied•in
a sullen . voice, -." what's the. odds?
Let's be. happy while we may."
The man was drunk. I easka ekst
Pairing glance „behind ine,,wh en'pe.
raising high in theiair by some
toiiiering wave, seemed - almost I;to
touch`the '\ sky. Jennid was . at the
wheel, Shading her eyes with her
hand, loOking anxiously lorward.- - -
O
A what ould I do among all this
bewildering x iiss of cordage and rig
ging, all shaki ag and rattling in the.
wind—l who IMrdly knew one rope
from another? But the sight of Jen
nie at the wheel lOoking out for ine,•'
nerved me to do something. I inSde
my way to the foremant and elamber I
ed up the rigging, looknig down 'at a!
precipice of waters be heath :me.—
Loose ropes and flying bliks threat
ened me with destruction `at' every
moment, but I held on to the ropes
like grim death, and, inispire . with
the courage of despair, I essay ed that
which at another time I would not
have dreamed Of: -L. crawled out Oi\
the yard,-with my knife"in my teeth,
'and 'cut, on'e by one,.the lashings that
bound • the sail to it.
The sail outr4With tremen
dous report, threatehing eyerym,mo-.
went to tear itself' to tatters, but
seizing a rope I Slid down to the
deck with a rapidity that took. every
inorsal of skin off ,my amides, and
petting holA of the 'rope that I saw
controlled the movements of. the sail
I:hauled-it in bit by bitond succeed
ed- in making fast one side of the sail..
The other.side Offered less ditliculty.
Jennie_ waved ler hand triumph
antly from' the poop. The ship be
gan to move through the water, no'
longer to drift helpless and forloni.
We should clear the headland that
now loOked so ominously upon/ us,
crouched there like some hungry ani
mal waiting its prey. /j •
I 'crawled back to the poop, and
- Jennie rewanled me with an eneour
aginif grasp 'of the hind : r" You did
that she cried. '"Now,
if the gale moderates,/ap I think it
will,. anti doSen't veer'around more
to the Westxrard—",/':
As she.spoke we hot past the head
land, and gained # clear view of the
'coast beyond. •
lAs the sun ;Venttwin, it cube on
tolblow harder and more front the
Westward, jThe.line of cliffs to lee
.ward loomed nearer and nearer. The
sail cea.s - ed.tollap with a loud noise.
Shefrill go no nearer to the wind,
f willie," said Jennie, knitting her
browil• ' "and we dri ft continously to
leeward. You must haul the ' sheet
tighter, Willie it's our only chance."
-7 I.was running forward --to do my
/work - , when a block detached frc,im
the rigging by the force of the wind,
struck . me on the bead, and I fell to
the deck insensible. When I came
to myself my head was aching vio
lently, although it.seemed to be sup
ported with a soft pillo;v. It 'was
quite dark and the air seemed full of
hideous noises; the scream of the
wind the loud roar of the surf, filled
the air with a tumult indescribable.
• "Where am IV , I said, feebly
stretching out my arms into the dark
ness.
I felt arms about - mine, a soft
- kiss imprinted upon my forehead.
"We shall be ashore, dears in five
Minutes." said' a voice in my ear,
and all our troubles over.
I raisd myself up with agroan, and
_tried to gain my feet, but fell back
exhausted. The scene about: me filled
me with horror; the thought of
drowning helpless in this gulf of rag
ing waters. had an ineffable bitterness
:for me.
" Willie," said Jeanie, one more
in my ear,."' if you get safe ashore,
will you give my love to father ?"
Then I found that I was lying be
neaththe shelter of the poop-deek; .
projecting a-little by that from the
seas that were breaking over us and
that a life belt was fastened under
my arms. Jennie was 'crouching be
'side me, holding my head itil i her lap,
chafing my temples and hams.
The few ininnlei - that.. 'el4sed be
fore we 'stru4k seemed an age. The
wind beneath 'the cliff was p not so
violent, and 'the back current of the
Waves ,kept moment iiiy ay from
'the reeks which we almoSt touched.
lEtut the respite was not otg, we
,grounded upon an outrun ing split
Of reek, and instantly the Sea'swept
clean Over us, carrying away masts,
spars rigging—everything •I went by
the board I bad seized Jennie at
the moment of striking, and we were
hurried away together in a hideous
trough of the,sea with cordage and
timber. Dashed violently 'against a
mass of slipper chalk, which afford
ed. no purchase for hand OT foot, I
lay : there fairly exte ted. 'expecting
every moment then the wave.
that•Trould•sweep
when I thought I an' peering
anxiously'' over the' It was
delusion, one of the Miens of
approaching`de.stb. Sent we
were covered with th, surge,
and a great green wave Swept over ns,
driving_us pell-mell before ityith in
conceivable (my. I lost my senses
for awhile, to find myself jammed In
between two fragment of rocks. Jen
nie was gone.. I had lost my hold
on her, and she had been carried
into - the boiling gulf.
I had- nothing to expect myself
but instant death. The next -wave
would wash me out Of my hole; a mere
crevice in the precipice. I•had hard
ly strength to breath, and could fight
no longer against my fate. •
• Time passed on, I hardly -knew
how; till the moon rose red and men
acing. iThe tide was down now,,hut
the sort reached,to tke_ very base of,
the Cliffs. - The flood' would come
presently, like a lion -A& his half de
voured: victim, and I shall perish. I
Then I . heard voices below me, and
saw by the moonlight some men
draped in short smocks or blouses,
grooping about among the rocks be
peath him. They were countrymen',
evidently; who had been attracted by
the wreck, and who had found their
way"down the clink by some conceal
ed footpath. I shoutedthey heard
me, and clambered to my retreat.
,
They were full of, compassion and
kindness. \They arried me along
the base of \the cliffs by a footpath
among the debris, till they reached a
small gap in the wall of chalk by
which they ascended. I was present
ly carried to a house, stripped, and
put in a warm bed. \I recollect just
this much, and then Memory fails me.
I had a long sickness, Lam told, and
was near death's door, but recovered
at last, and found myself the guest
of a• worthy Norman farmer, who oc
cupied a charming little homestead
on the heights above the sea.
As soon as could go about, I
went down to •Havre to inquire about
Petrel at our Consulate. She was
, .
lost, I was told, on such 'and such a
night, with all hands on board at the
time. The captain bad returned home
two months ago. I determined to
go home at. once, , and leave a - place
so fraught to me with sad memories.
Now, that Jennie was lost to - me
forever, I realized how much she had
been to me. Her 'kindness, her cour
age, her devotion, her charming
gaiety and animation recalled'them
selvesito me, and I told myself that
I shot ld never see her like again. , I
inquired as to her -last resting place.
Only two of the bodie's had been
found, it seemed—those of the took
and black cabinboy.
, Well, -it remained only for me
to' return to England, - a saddened,
melancholy man. I left my watch to
the\good farther whb had taken care
Of 'Me, as some recompense . for the
\
troubl and expense to which he had
been pt. The captain of te
John Bul ave me credit for my pas-.
sage mon y, and I landed at St.
Catherine's Wad, without clothes but
those I 'wore, eadly stained with sea
water, and wittonly a few shillings
in my pocket. Bit there was money
due to me for my pension, a couple
of quarters now, an 1 took a cab to
the Payreaster Genera's office to
get it.. • \ z_
" William Thornly," sad the clerk
looking at his list.," WhY4 lie's dead
struck off the list two months ago.
You're the man you say. Well, Pria
sorry to say that only a treasury
order will bringiyou to life again."
The personel of the °fried. \ •vas
almost entirely changed since I was
last in England. ' The old clerk.whd,
used to pay me had been pensioned
off, and there was no one who reeog,
nized me. The information came I
was informed, from my old office,
and there I went with much chagrin.
There could be no difficiilty iii event,
ually g etting the matter put in rights
but in the meantime I wanted money
and didn't know where to get it.
;I tent to the old office. The plate
once so familiar to me now knew me
no more; One of my old chums was
Still there, and him ' I found. He
looked at me, started and burst into
laughter.
"-What! you're not drowned,then?"
he cried. . . .
" Drowned ? No, but precious near'
it. Who stopped my pension, pray?"
" Oh, some friends of yours came
here ; a seafaring party, and a pretty
girl," said my friend,: pausing, and
beginning to bite the stump of 'his
pen.. , " Well, they gave - me an ac
count of your loss Oh board the Pe
trel. Why he came to me was, that
he remembered my name as a fellow' !
who knew you, don't you see ? Of
course I was very sorry to bear it,
and all that; and then the old cap
tain asked me who your relations
were, and couldn't tell him ; but I
said I'd make inquiries; 'and as they
were 4 going to Scotland; they said
theyLwould call and see me again 'on
their return. And by Jove, here they
arc," said my friend, rising as the
room door ivas thrown open, and the
messenger announced IL gentleman
and lady to see Mr. ,by appoint
ment. ,t'
I was - sitting with niy back to the
door, and 'turned my head towards
it. A young woman in black ran
forward with a scream. I sprang_to
my feet and clasped Jennie in my
arms— r Jennie, safe and sound, but
pale and worn, suffering' for Inc.
Iler father, it turned out, had been
On the cliff, and had followed the Pe
trel along the shore all that eventful
night; he had offered $5OO in vain
for a tug to put out to the rescue ;
and 'the life boat, although she had
tried to get out, -had been beaten
back. Ile had seen the ship -coming
ashore, and had lighted a blue light,
which I now faintly remember to
have seen, that revealed our position.
Just above on the s cliff it happily
chanced.that there vas a crane, used
for raising blocks of chalk from a
lquarry half way down, which was
provided, with a chain and bucket,
and aided by some donaniers he had
descended by this means the lace of
the precipice, and had caught hold
of his daughter as she was -swept
away. from me in the lass mad rush
of waters. He _was an eye-witness,
as he tlfought, of my loss in the abyss'
and had never dreamed that I could
Possibly have escaped.'
"I wish you'd have stayed drown
ed," said my friend, between his
teeth, but for all that he stood best
man at my wedding, and my rough
day's betrothal has been' followed,
thank God, by a anion of , constantly
increasing happineso •
MOT the Biroasitsl.
THE ORPHAN 0/11,11DREN.
DT rpon,A E. CHILDS.
Seven ehltdreni tett alone. • • •
- Ilotberiess. through this bard life
!blared and tearful baby faces -
Frightened at their father's ;riot..
O t sad and pitiful were their thoughts, •
When the? ware called-to herside ono by one,
To give their mother ono parting kiss ,
Before they were left alone.
a a •
'Ber long andiingering_sickness,
Sumo eft months or more—
But there seemed to be no cure for her
Until the angels knocked at the door.
They called Wer away from her home below;
Prom all sorrow, sin and care;
And the ()Thin children are left to know
Otsorrow, for the world has Its share.
io mother to look or care for thorn?
How lonely It mud be
To think of her u in the tomb,
And the death we all shall see.
The children will be separated now,
From their calm sad quiet home . ;
No more to see each other's face,
As they,used to in thine days that are gone,
Ms mother they call ;
. Nut no snorter they hear—
For she has gone to the Oeholess shore,
Never to sorrow or sigh - any more.
1 . 01101 1 7P1 831 L
When on a fragrant sandal treo
The woodman's are descends, '." • .
And she who bloomed so beauteoisly
Beneath the weapon bends,
Even on the edge that wrought her death,
Dying, she breathes her sweetest breaih,
As if to token to her fall
Peace to her foes, and lore to all.
Haw hardly man this lesson learns,
To smile and bleakhe band that spurns.
To see her blow and feel tke
And render only lore soh; t -
One bad It, but he came from Heaven,
Berthed, rejected and betrayed ; -
No curse he breathed, no plaint he made;
Bat when In death's dark pang.he sighed,
Prayed for his murderers and died I
THE PROBLEM OF THE GROG-SHOP
His not the temperance move
ment in this country been too exclu
sively amoral appeal ? Has it not
forgotten‘ s too much the , nature and
the circumstances of the evil ? Tem
perance' addresses arc largely des
criptions of the effeds of drunken
ness. They are tragi-comedies, iu
which the speaker seeks to make his
audience laugh at , the antics of the
Arunkard, and cry over the broken,
heart and ruined home of his wife'
i
and family. This strain s varied
with thundering denunciations of
"the - moderate drinker," compared
with whose insidious infamy the im
moderate drinker who totally im
brues himself is an object of pity
rather than of reprobation, and with
these arc mingled chemical and sani
tary statistics. The appeal, howev
er,-is•moral, and the remedy usually
' proposed is absolute prohibition.
The friends of "license," however
stringently regulated, are regarded
as mere Laodiceans, or worse. But
this mere moral appeal to renounce
drunkenness because' it produces
crime - and unhappiness and disease
is too arid. It forgets the persoli to
whom it is addressed; and the colidi
tions' of 'their life. Consequently
there are the excitement and fury of
a revival, vast temporary enthusiasm
and swift backsliding. -
For what is jdrunkenness ? It is
in its origin the perversion of a natu ,
ral taste tfor social enjoyment, and it
is most prevalent among those; - who
have the least - opportunity for such
enjoyment. When it has fixed itself
upon its_victim, it is largely depend
ent upon - physical. conditions. The
usual temperance appeal to hitri s is by
the mere main strength of his moral
will to- break up the habit. His hothe
is bare and desolate, and the preach
er urges him to prefer it to the cozy
and warm and social "saloon." His
system, enfeebled by excess, craves
the stimulant, and the exhortation is
simply not tO take' it He needs es
pecially every kind of support and
assistance and diversion, and ,he is
told to help himself. This is a
relief which forgets the nature
of the disease. That of itself
suggests the, remedy. The drunkard
seekw.social enjoyment illicitly. Sup
ply it to him lawfully, show him that
he can gratify.his natural tastes with
out shame to himself or harm to his
family or society. Give to the weak
system which craves a "little some
thing," a little something that will
cheer_and not enebriate. The drunk
ard knows the misery that .drunken
ness produces, for he is its victim.
He does not wish to hear of that.
The incipient drunkard knows it also.
What they want is something to take
thd' place of drunkenness, something
that will help them to help them=
selves. If all the money that is
yearly given to support talking upon
the subject were devoted to doing
something in the way suggested, the
"liquor interest" would be confron
ted with something that it would
tear. " Holly-Tree " inns upon a
'great and general scale, "public cof
- fee-houses " like those in Liverpool,
neighborhood clubs which would de
velop and illustrate the neighborly
sympathy which is now not suspect
ed, and the _supposed absence of
which is most mischevious—all theSe
and similar enterprises would aid the
moral appeal and the sanitary argu
ment with those social sympathies
'and supports which are indispensa
ble to the prosperity of the work,r-
Harper's Magazine.
TEE SOCIAL CLUBS Or NEW YORK
Talmage's eight sermon, on " Life
in. New York Clubs " was delivered
on a recent Sunday morning. Ile
made no statement not hitherto
known to all observers of life. He
described in his usual graphic man
ner the habitue of a club entering'the
rooms, nicely dressed and having
every appearence of a. perfect gentle- ,
man. After being in the club room
'a few hours he is seen intoxicated,
his fine hat jammed down over his
eyes and having the general appear-.
ance of a loafer. ' The clubs are of
different kinds: The litetary clubs,
the art clubs, and others of a similar
nature, were not criticised by Mil.-
Talthaffe. Only the social club and
the like commented upon. The Rev.
speaker claimed that married men, in
many instances, when they join a club
become so wedded to it as to neglect
entirely their wives and families.
Thehe men are cheerful in the club.
house and cold at home.. He wished
to draw men away from these moral
breakers, and in order to dos° he
said: I am going to take some den
tate threads and weave them together
to make a stout rope. I win take a
thread of memory from your wedding
day, a thread of laughter,' 'a thread
of - music, a thread of - banqueting, a
thread of congratulation. These I
will bind together in one strand !
Then I will take a thread of the hair
of yo ur
, first born child, a thread of
the beautiful scarf the little child
used to wear when she went to greet
you, a thread of the beautiful dress
lie
which you laid her away, and I
will twist these into another* strand. .
Then I will Istake a thread from the
robe of Christ the Saviour, a thread
from the, white raiment • that. _
your loved oe wore before they laid
her in the grave, a string from the
harp of the seraph, and I will twist
them together in another stmnd.
Now I will take the three strands, and
twist them together and, make a rope
and one end I will fastemaround the
cross of a pardoning and sympathiz
ing-Christ ; the other will throw to
you! Pull for heaven ! -
`THE BRITISH POST OFFIOE•
In 1870 all the telegraph lines in
he kingdom,.ezpect strictly private
wires; were transferred to the State,
and the sending of telegrams is now
as completely a monoply of the Gov
ernment carrying of the mails. The
result was in 'every way beneficial.
Previous to the transfer, rates were
higher than in the United State t e ;
now the case is reversed. Since 1870
the ;lumber of messages has increased
by `ore than ;100 per cent. The net
revenue'of the telegriph service to
the Gevernment for the past seven
years. hafi averaged $849,030 yearly
and there\ls a liteadly increase from
year •to year. More than one-third of
the whole number of telegrams are sent
from London. 'pie charge for telegram
to all parts of tt Rim except the
Scilly Islands, 7orm, being - 25
'cents for the twenty ..'words
(names and ac, i 'not charged
-for); and &cents for reich additional
five words or part thereof. Press tele
grams have special rate's. Between
6 P. M. and 9 A. M. the \harge for
these is 25 cents for each 100 words
or part of 100 words, and 25.09 ts for
seventY-five fiords during the rest of
the day. Stamps are used in payment
of charges on telegiims. If the office
to which the telegrarals sent is-a_head
office, the delivery is free within the
limits of the town delivery i if not a
head office, then the delivery is free
within a mile of the receiving office
The telegraph messengers foi.. ordi
nary service are alimys boys undei
16 years of age. Their pay is accord
ing to the number of messengers de
livered put does not average 'above
'52.25 per week, uniform included.
They likewise expect "Christmas
boxes" from the long-suffering pub
lic, and these rarely amount to less
than $25. Their wages arc much too
tow, however. - •
A. Money order for 'any sum less
than $2.50 costs only 4 cents; if more
than that, and less than $lO, the
charge is 6 cents; and $5O may be
sent for 25 cents. It is admitted-that
there is a loss on the smaller orders,
and a scheme is on foot to introduce
a "postal note" for - certain fixed
sums of small amount, which would
much diminish the cost of the trans
action. The money order business
increases: every year, and in the fi scal
year endi`ng -.March 31,1877, over 17-
800,000 Orders were sent, represent
ing the sum of $137,583,490.; - •
The British Post Office has been a
people's savings bank for some eigh
teen years, and seems to be steadily
eiro;sing in popularity. At the be
ginning of IB77—the Postmaster
General has given us no later figures
on that subject—there were 1,702,364
depositors remaining on the books,
and • the total depositors , were
$l-34,982,759 being an nversge
of a little over - $.79 to each - depos
itor. The Post Office is intend
ed to, be a bank ter the people,
and a number of strict- rovisions are
made to preve , 7. e use of it as a
general bank Of cl posits. The
,54de
positors must sig a declaration in
presence of '. nesses that he is not
interested in the funds of-any simi
larlbstitution. Deposits of less than
25 cents are not received, and no
one may deposit more than. $l5O in
any one current year. When the de
posits have reached $750 no further
deposits can be . made, and when
principle and interest amount to $l,-
000,interest ceases, The rate of inter
est is only a little more than one , per
cent. The savings are invested in con
sols, on which the interest is three
per cent ; hence, there is-a saving of
nearly two per cent. , So the Postal
Savings Bank is really a considerable
source of revenue to the Government.
The business of annuities and life
insurance was =added in 1865, and
there is here also a steady increase
of- business. Thls also is tended for
the masses, and not for the ,rich';
hence the amount insured and the
annuities granted are not large. The
lives of persons of either sex between
tho ages of 1G and . GO 'may be insur
ed for any amount from $lOO to $5OO.
For example, a man or woman- aged
.19 - may be insured for $5OO by a sin
gle payment of $215.00 'by a yearly
payment throu)gli - life of $11.65 or
even by a fortnightly payment of 54
Celts. It may also be -effected by
quarterly or monthly payments.
OUR ONLY REFUGE. ,
The Lord is our refuge in the
of affliction. In prosperity we have
many refuges; but when adVersity
comes we at, once to the throne of
the heavenly grace.- If we never
yearned for a quiet hour before we
. must have it now. 'The more intense
the trial, the closer .the soul shuts it
self up with God. There - are times_
when the soul's .grief is so over
whelming. that we cannot: Peak to
any but God. It would 'be sacri
ligious to break the silepee to any
one else. Dien to Him th€ heart can
utter no form of words . ; the best it
can do is the involuntary sigh, the
solemn, impressive silence, or the
groanings which cannot be-Uttered:
Ofice theie was lip' service without
the heart ; now the . heart moves
heavenward without the lip.q. When
3
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$1.50 per Annum In Advance.
the arm iof man fails, oh, how we
lean upon God ! The truest philoso
phy of prayer is learned,* the deep
est distress. - It is then God is
.to us
everything—the helper of the help
less.
A celebrated traveler speiks- of
being in Alpine regions,
so high that
be`saw the bursting clouds beneath
his feet. Trials lift us so high , abtrve
the world, that we can see the thun
der clouds - of earthly care- bursting
beneath our feet, while we mat sweet
ly and securely in God.
" Like some tall cliff which lifts itiawfal form;
B:uliea !vitt Um - Tait) and midway tellies tht stonn;
!l'ho , yround its lase the rolling Clouds are spread,
Eternal sianshlne settles on its head."
• BE or. Goon CIIEEL-A man who
acquires a habit of giving way to de=
pressien is on the road to ruin.
When troubles come upon him, in
of rousing his faculties, ho
grows dull and his judgment be
comes obscured, and he sinks in the
slough of despair; -- and, if anybody
pulls him out by main force, and
places him safe on solid ground, he
stands dejected and discouraged, and
is pretty mire to waste "the means of
help which , have been given him.
How different it is with the man On
_takes a cheery view of likeven at
its worst, and faces• every ill with
unyielding pluck!, He may be swept
away by an'overwfielming, tide of
misfortune, but , he bravely-strug
gles for the shore. and is ever ready
to make- the most of the help that
may be given him. A cheerful,
hopeful, courageous disposition is an
invaluable trait of character,- and
should be assiduously cultivated.
GOD - Measures men by what they are,
not by what they seem to be.
Do right for the love of right and not
for the love of gain or applause.
Tun silent applause of an approving
conscience is worth infinitely more than
the hosannahs or a multitude.
WnoEvEn is in a hurry shows that the
thing he 6 about is too big for him.
Haste and hurry are two different things.
Ctitroannx•often fare the better for.the
piety of their ancestors in this world, even
though they may by themselves 'degener
ate. -
. Tam; art scriptures..and, laws, planets
and suns, the formed and the formless.
Those who posSess knowledge, and whose
minds are pure, . o-the Whole World as
the form of thy isdom. '- - • .
Josu Bir.m..Nos ays : "I wouldn't give
ten cents a yard_ f r' all the -pedigrees in
the world ; if a man has .a level head on
his shoulders, and an honest heart in his.
body, he has got all.the pedigree Lam in
search of." . d •
.SCiENCE says that -it took milliOns
or
years to esolye.Man from the oyster ;rtob
servation shows -that it takes less, thn a
m i nute to transfer, the oyster to thelman.
WILEN an - artist climbs over a fence to
get a-nearer view of a handsome bulldog,
he must take the chances of his sketching
the dog or the dogs ketching him.
we read that "General Szapar
ilz is fighting at lluboj," we feel liko
calling on a merciful .heaven to stop*this
cruel war, while there is any of the alpha
bet left.
NUMBER 34.
Christian . Union
Fl 5, TAUT ABD FAUTLS
Wnrcii the wrappings are taken oft
many a soul that to tea's blinded and
prejudiced. vision seemed fair and good,-
will stand forth polluted and - vile, and
covered With uncleanness.
THE man whose lame prevents
. _
him from splitting a stick of wood or
building a lire, is the one who leads the
attack on- a pile of ten cords of. Wood to
uncover and kill a frightened kabbit. -
"ALLOW nie tcpbe your bean," said a
gentleman, . placing his umbrella over a
lady in a shower. "Thank you, I've
plenty of fair weather beaux, so I sup
pose I must call you my rain beau," sho
replied.. • . . •
"I jcs tole yer, Miss Anduson, dis ep
pumbimmy waz hard onide culled folk . .
Dere wuz mo' fussin', and mo' nussin'
an' mo' cussin', an' dis yet. place was jos
a secon' Sockem 'and Tomorrer. ldu
-
I,leah me!"
TEM soul may . bo compared to a field of
battle, where the armies. are ready at ev
ery moment to encounter. Not a single
vice but has amore powerful , opponent,
and not one virtue but may-be overborne
by a coinbination of vices. - -
A ItEILUIXABLE book has appeared in
Germany entitled "Of the Rare Art of
Prolonging Life till 115 Years." Great
efforts are being made to keep this book .
out of the hands of George Francis Train
and Sergeant Bates.. - -
3IQHAMMED never shaved, so he never -
knew the ecstasy of cutting off -the top - of
a pimple - that
-had a main artery running
through it, seven minutes before church
time and not a bit of .court-plaster nearer
than the fartherest drug store. _
- "Well, farmer, you told ns Your wood
was a good place for hunting ; new we've
tramped through it for three hours, and
found no- game." "Just -so. Well, I .
suppose, as a general thing; the less game
there is, the pore-hunting you have 1" _
i. • - "
"A NEW YORK farmer has invented a t
felt horse-shoe." The invention .is not
new.- Years -and years ago a man dis
covered a "felt' horse-shoe by fooling
around the - animal's hind feet. Ho felt it
too much. Such shoes are more frequent
ly found on mules'than on horses.
.
" W i nv• is- this - alled Jacob's Ladder?
asked a charming woman, as she and ho
were going pp the steepest part of the -
Mount NYashington Railway. ,"Because," -
lie replied 'with a look that emphasizd
his words, "there are angels ascending
and descending - occasionally." Ho
squeezed her hand. - -,
As American machineist visited China
a year ago and one day during his ram
bles lie heard a familiar noise issuing
from a squatty building on a corner.
Supposing the_ sounds proceeded from a,
boiler shop, he entered - to solicit a job and
found nothing but a slant-eyed heathen
playing "Home, Sweet Houle," on a Chi
nese fiddle,
- THE fear of God is one thing, and god
ly fear quite another. The_one is the dis
may of terror—the other, the filial rever
ence of love. The one: trembles for the
safety of self ; the other is solicitous for
the honor of Jehovah. The one cries out,
"I am afraid of God •, whither can I flee
from His sight ?" . The other says, in
those grand, sweet words of St. Augus
tus, "I am afraid of God, therefore will
I run to His arms."
PEort,x-have 'different notions of time.
A landlord, who is his own rent collector,
recently called on an old tenant, who,
with pale, trembling lips, faltered, "l'm
very sorry, but times are. so hard, and
and—l am not quite ready. If you could
only give me a little time." " Well, well,
you have. 'always been_ a good payer,"
said the landlord. "A little tirne,eh
,Certainly. lam going up-stairs, and—l
will look in as I come down."
, "Tut pen," remarked the Cardi
nal Jliahelieu, "like Summer cheese, is
mitier than the sword." "Excuse me,
your eminence," replied . a reporter, who
had just dropped in to pickup, a few stray
items and an invitation to lunch, "excuse
me, bid I served in the cavalry, and I
know the sword is smitier than the pen."
It was an Unfortunate remark, because
the world has been plunged in. doubt ever
since on this important ques,tion.
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