Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, March 06, 1879, Image 1
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"'lie Biennian haring a larger circulation than any other paper in the' county, makes It the best advertising medium In Northern Pennsylvania. • JOBTRUNTINO of every kind, In plain and fincY colors. done with neatness and dispatch. Baru:AMA. Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets, Billheads. Statements, &c.; of every variety and style, printed at the shortest notice., The RirOninit 'billets Is well saltplied pith power presses, a good weal ment of new type. and everything in the printing line can be executed in the most artistic manner and at the lowest ratci. TERMS 'INVARIABLY -CASH. Mtsiness eatbs. JAMES WOOD, ATTOIVirY.AT-LAW, Tii'.ANDA, PA. .---in ch%-7,1 O'.ILTON SANDERSON, ATTOhNEY-AT-LAW, TOWANDA. PA. duns P. S IC DEILSON, I:, OV ERTON, JR R u. PECK, ATTOItNEV-AT-LAW, Office over Branco' & nieat market, Towanda, Jan. t,, 1579. LAHLLIS, ill ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, j , TOWANDA, PA. [noTll-75 E F. GOFF, ATTORNET.AT-LAW, .111.41 n Stro . ot duors north of Ward (loose), To y:an:l2, Pa. j -1 (Aptil 12, 1 8 77 , ----- PATRICK & FOYLE, ATA•oRNE7s-AT-LAW.; . TDWANDA, I'A. O:Cce, Id Mescut's Block j.A.Tteatrzi , •• AT I,AW, WY ALUSING. VA. Will attend t entro , tot To lit: care in Bradford, Su)livau s aild Copia:es. t..Atlice with Esq. r o [nvlS-74. . • INIASOIC & lINAD, 'ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Ta6van4a. 1,19 c:. over . Dartlett & Tracy, Maln4t. G. F.MAsoN. , ra9"773 VLSBREE kr SON, A TTORNEN g-AT-LAW, TOW AN DA, P.S. N. C. IF:LsimEs. O D. KINNEY, ATT; , IINEY:AT.Y.Aw Of:lee—Rooms formerly occupied by Y. M. C. A Reading Room. t•Jan.3l'7s. McPHERSON, A TionxEY -AT-L , • PA. I..):;CFAtt'y - . JOHN, W. MIX, r r,,,r,- E ti. A T.LAw AND L. S. COMMISSIO;":1:11., TOW A 'SPA, PA. Offico—Naria Side Public square.. D AVIES ic CARNOCHAN, ATTOG\LYS-AT•LAW, SIPKOF wAEI) itoust: ANDREW WILT, - El ATTORNEY-AT-LAW :Mice over Cross` Book Store. two doors north of Stevens & Lone. Towanda. Pa. May he consulted to German. E April n, '7c.) TV J.. YOUNG, ' ATTu)tNLY•AT-LAS TOWANDA, PA othro—seronol , iloor south of tbq First NaZ'anal Uri: Main St.. up stairs. WILLIAIS ATTCM . NEY , -AT-LAW4 o PF 1 CE.—Fortpery orctmied by Wen. 'Watkins, 11. N. WILLIAMS. (0(.1.17, '77) F.. J. ANCLg. WM. MAXWELL, 1 • A rron SEV-A T-LAW TIFW.A.ti DA, PA. Mire over Daytotes Store April 12. 157 C. L. LAMB, .‘l - 1' 4 It 7: EY -A 7-L A w, WI LIR ES-B AL RE, PA , .fiectloti's pronely attended to. OV,ERTON -ct ,MERCUR, ATTOItNEY , -AT-I,AW, TOIVAVDA, 9ein over Itiontanyes Stnrr. ; avf:7s D' A.. OVERTON. ROW; EY A. MEI2(SUR 3 1 1ADILL & CALIFF, ATT,IRNET.-AT-LAW, ToW ANDA, .1* A. paler In WooAN Mock', first door south of the First Natinna! bank, uis , trsirs. • 3•: J. MADILL. lions-731y] . J. N. CALIFF. CITAS. M. HALL, ATTOIZNET-AT-LAW •NI) .11:gTICF. OF PEACE TOWANDA, PA. ri,itti IN.-FRANCE COILPANIES. ,Orodt- Over I)nyirpn's hartie.s SI Ord. Nov. 21, •7S. .rIR. S. M. - WOODBURN, Physi clan and Surgeon. urine over 0. A. Black's iCrwlr.cry 'l.,wanda, May 1. 15721 y. ,lAT B. KELLY, Dp.rrisT.—Office nvrr M. E. Towanda; I'a. in..cc:4;d en, tiol,l,'Sllryr, Buliber, and Al uplimn nn, ' . T..ctiletructed :.aln. oct. 1, 1 D. PAYNE, I\l. D., PITY.SICIAN-AND Sri:GEO:4 OIL 'e over Monfanves• Store. Onlee hours from 10 to V.I. 4. Id.. and from '2 to 4, P. Special attention Cisen to diseases of the Rye and Ear.-410.19,'76.tf. - - :•, - -- : ( 1 W; RYA N\ .. x_lr• \ (701. - NVT Surnnt sITENIt NT. , 1 12,ei. ilft• last Saturday of each tnont , over Tykrner SE - Gordon'n Drug Store, Tuvrau Pa. , • ' „ • Towanda, June 24 1 . ISl'si. a' r • • AIRS. IL I'EET, ... . Tl:Aclt E It Or PIA S, Must, --- .• TElnts.—flo per term. (Residence Third street, let ward:l Tov.aiola, Jan. 1a.'79-I,y. I ' S. VINCENT, • . • INSURSNUE AG EN 2", Towanda; Pa Ft‘;,. '7l,tf S.RIISSELL'S GENERAL iXi.URANCE AGENCY V rza,-70 tf pS . IIR t kNCE AGENCY. - TCe following IzE.LIABLE AND FIRE TRIEDi MMI L NI:I4Th 16.'74 MEiVI PORTRAITS A1 4 :11 LANDSCAPES ~ Painted to order at arty price 'torn ES to MO. , l'Alatlngs Ite-Touched.'9rthanges ma , le:ia degree!. All work done In the ,highest styleot the Art. JOHANN F.IIFi)WEIL Towanda; Pa. April 18, 1878.. 11. JES'II.I), ATTOUNtIy AND COUNSILLT-OIt,AT-LAW, ASONTROSE, PA. .Tudgp Jessup haring resumed the practiceof the law in Northern l'enueylrania, will attend to any 1 , 1:31 intrusted whim in Bradford county. Perms iil , lo.ng to conbalt. Ulm, can call en H. Esq.,. To Pa., when an appointment tan he 11121.1 C. • HENRY STREETER, ATTORNEY AND CorNIEI44IpAT-LAW, TOWANDA, PA. • TIOG ,A COUNTY. Agitator, February 16th. COODRICH di \ HITCHCOCK. Publishers. VOLUME YTXIM. p q ferred ,rot:4 EDITOR REIVIITEB. :-. 7 The'lively appear ance of our town.for the last few days can doubtless easily be traced to the splendid sleighing which we at enjoying—may it btay as long as its ancient enemy, the sun, Will allow, and ,we hope ho will be a "generous foe." Mr., Rev. B. DAVISON returned home to-day after an absence of a few weeks in the Weft. Be says that be has traveled since leaving' Troy, a distance of over 4,000—a distance that his grandfather would probably have considered an un dertaking for "an age." One.ofthe.niost enjoyable events for a long time was the Presbyterian sociable held laSt evening at the Troy House. The "Judge" is noted far and wide for his, winner of entertaining ltis guests from abroad, and witit,his friends at home he is always .a pleasant host. - A very pleas ant entertainment was provided for the evening, consisting of "The Son s ;s of the Seven," and ago some recitations. Mr. F. H. IloFtwo; and . S. NEWMAN have. .been appointed Administrators; of the estate °Mt ta.r.tu Monosx, deceased, 'and hav already finished invoice of the business. No better selection could_ have been'made, for both are excellent and tried business men, and will no doubt do their duty to those who are interested in the afllfirs of Mr. Morgan. A new firm under the name of BAL. LARD Gtxvrir will soon open a store on Canton street, in • the place .formerly occupied by Axitt.'s drug store. Miss llA'rrfr.; Hfft.ANo, from Towanda, is visiting her friend,. Miss PECK,' in this place pyl7-73. AILTIIVIt lISAD L. ELSBIttE. Eorrott 11f:royale:It :—Our borough ad ministration for next year, as decided at the late election, will be as follows : Juilge of Election—A. S. Ni:wmas. • /n.qpeloes—A. :C. FANNING and . Wip -1.1.1M F. DEWITT: Cfc',.l73: 83 - wa Aire firs—(lle-elected) lt F 11FDISCTOS and'TllOllAS MCCABE. , . Burgess-11. SPALEIMG. Constable—O. P. ApAm< Overseers of Poor-A. 31. WoosTEnar.d CHARLES Gitons. Jan. 1,1875 .Assessor—R. C. KICD.kLI. M=M Auditor—Al.l ~ 11T MORGAN CoURCiI—GEOI GE L PECK, B. 13 MITCRELL, SIMON GREEN, 13. A. LONG E, 11. DEWEY and ISAAC CLEAVER. If you think it extravagant to fill al the offices with good men, please remem 4r that. e have no other kind here. The Presbyterian' Sociable at the Troy House last Thursday eveniug,. : was .a very pleasant and entertaining one. JEAN IN GELOW'S "Songs at Seven" was recited, by the following young ladies representing the different parts : JOSJE MITCHELL, , DICKSON, GRACE SAYLES, HATTIE DELANO, ADDLE MOESE, HATTIE ASPIN WALL and FANNY PECK. Each recitation was accompanied by an approliriate tab leau, and the whole 'affair was beautiful ly at ranged and well carried out. BENtu- Errs DAVISON, a young lady of three summers rrecited nicely, .and was , encored several times. After refreshments, the collection, amounting, to a good sum was taken, Miss FANNIE. PECK and Mrs. itlooiu entertained the company with some Jine music. On tiserneTilly,, Mr. JAMES WHITAKER, in coming out of his store, slipped and fell, • striking the baok'of his bekd on the stone steps, making a severe wound. Dr. PAINE was called, and pronounced the• wound ,•not serious, but he affixed his seal in the form of large strips of sticking plaster, which will be worn by the patient for some days. Rev. S. L. CONDE, JOHN E. DOBBINS and DE:J. MiTcnEhr., went to Mansfield Saturday to a meeting of , the Young 1 Men's Christian Association. July 27,'76 The Presbyterian pulpit was occupied last Sunday by a gentleman from Elmifa. Captain 13. IL 143TcitF.Lt: has been quite ill for two or three days from erysipelas, but will soon be - able to attend to his bus iness again. The winter term of the Troy Graded School disc February 28th, and the spring term will begin .3larch 3d. • The attendance , during the year thus fat' has been large. The Tcachers4 Institute, which meets at the school building every two weeks is well attended, and much good practical work is done ; but the weather was so bad Saturday that;only a few were pi esent. Troy is famous for its literary charac ter, and is non making a specialty of jour nalism. No less than six regular newspaper ear— respondents resido here, and in. case of sickness or death; of one, there are many more ready to till the place. *** Tug following:: which we find in Rev . GEoßox J'Ecti's 1 " Early History of Meth ism," has sufficient local interest to be. reproductiOn. Mmty COLE was a siste of Rev: ELISILt COL; well known in Bra ford County as "Father Cots," and liv 1 near Towanda. She became semi:insane because of domestic troubles, was a " gre t enthuaiast," and exceeding ly sharp and itty. Dr. Peck sa)s : She lived in cabin a few rods from her brother's dw 'ling, - dressed fantasti cally, planned and cultivated her garden according to no model on earth, sang hymns and quoted Scripture almost with out bounds, and with her wit and drollery would convulse an old Connectibutdeacon with laughter. When " the elder" came "Aunt Molly " was : always on hand." Sometimes oho bad to be told that the el der was tired and the mint "go home." This always displeased her, and called ' forth a storm of crazy eloquence of which " Elisha ". was most naturally the butt. On ono such occasion she screamed out, "The devil rules and reign's here. I tell _ you, elder, you had better flee as LOT did out of Sodom. ,In one of her rambles Judge GoitE, to frighten her. threatened to put her in jail. She returned home in a peat ~ rage, and proceeded to'. over haul all her garments and rip but 'all the yore. She ever after maintained that the gores were all from the devil, and she wound haire none of them aboht-her. TOWANDA, PA. 0. A. BLACK Feb 27, 19 —A branch of the 'Young Men's Chris tian Association is abOut to boj organized at Mansfield. Local Correspondence. • t l\ I TROT TOPIO3' • •• - • • Troy, Februarylith,\ O . IIBEIIV.EIt ADDITIONAL TOPICS Troy. E.bruary 24, 1679 poet. LOVE'S SUNSET. The summer twilight through the shades Of kingly maples slowly fades, Where in the cottage doorwiy sit Two lavert changing here and wit: - And in etch other's eyes With long fond looks of sweet content ' , They gaze, as !leach heart so went ' In sympathetic pulse, 'Mould break \Were not the other there, to take \ itv secret and Its prise. Gray is hhi venerable head ' And o'er.his wrinkled cheeks have fled The Itcpeful hours of graciohs youth.. The years of manhood's strife and ruth, The lingering months of age. • Only are her reiernd heirs, aid thin, ' 'And'over brow* lip and chin . Tithes stern three-score and ten have wit The untnistakini does that fit The earthly pilgrimage. And yet they love ; band clasped In band • They sit and look out on the land, • And breathe the Incenseht their morn As theirs were paraion nevi} burn; Iler eyes of gentlan-olue \ • Inquire of his in perfect faith ; \ And bit of hazel, free from scathe Of memories that 'wonder wild, \ I * Sadie back at her, like child to chi And love that's tried' and true. \ Now both the quavering voices lift \ Aloft to God their veiper *hitt ; The notes of sturdy "Atear " arise, And '• Bangor " floats up to the skies, . Or "China's" walling cry. 'What matter If the times are sad They know that all their hearts am glad 1• They know their Father bears above The feeble sound, the key-note, Love, That lift their hearts on high I . —Springfield Reptitateon s . • Tag SNOWBIRD. The trees are barren, cold and brown, - . The snow Is white ou rale and hill, The gentian, aster, too, are gone, h there.no hlostotn with Un still? O looi upon ihe hazel !quilt The flowers that are bright as gold. Tho*.all Is cold and wintry non. Their little petals still unfold. The apples red have fallen down, And silent Isillse Joca~s rill, The robin and the thrush .Lave flown, Is tLere no bird to glad us still' Hark I don't you hear a gladsome song 2t. merry chirp from tiny throat? • The snowbird all the winter long Will chef•r us wltitistas happy note. —Dorn GoosOte., Selected Tale. THE SEVERED HAND. A llosnanee of Real life. , About the end of January,.More than twenty years since, Doetor . LiS7 franc, &)velebrated surgeon of Paris,' r as returning to his house at eleven o'clock at night. He had reached his.door, and had raised the knocker to give warning to the maid in atten dance of his arrival, when a vigorous arm stopped• his own half way, and at the. same time three masked figures surrounded. the astonished doctor. The street was deserted, the doctor . had . no -arms . by him, and, wisely judging resistance would prove una4 veiling, he sought to escape from - the hands of the banditti by the sacrifice of his purse, when the man who held his 'arm addressed hint very politely; saying: " I 'believe you are, Doctor Lis franc ?" " You seem to be acquainted with my person,"• replied the doctor., " Take, then, my purse and watch— trouble •me no longer, but get 'you gone to more honest work." " sir," said-the Man haughtily, "• we are no thieves, but only, come to ask from you a favor." " You have chosen a strange way and an unusual hour for such purpose," said the doctor mistrust fully. " Every hour is good for so clever a surgeon as yourself to perform an operation." " Eli ? " said the doctor,. who, a lit tle reassured, stood examinin g his three clients more closely, and per ceived that they were "dressed more like gentlemen going to.a ball than like highway robbers.. • " We' request, doctor, that you fol low us _immediately." " Permit me, at least, to warn my lady of my absence." " No—there is no need for it. You have your instruments with . you ; that will do.. You must submit,: however, to having your eyes band aged." " But, sir—" " come, come, by George," said one of the men,- " if you have so inany words' about it, we shall never proceed." fie then sounded a shrill whistle, and a carriage" coining from a narrow street in the neighborhood made its appearance. The three men led the doctor to it, helped him up, and then gut in after him. The horses galropped away, at a rapid pace. Doctor Lisfranc did not even think of offering resistance. which must prove useless, but submitted with a good grace to the mysterious vio lence exercised upon his person. _ For two hours time not a word was exchanged between him and his traveling companions, who spoke among themselves in 'a language he could not understand. • At length' the carriage rolled be-, a portico—the noise of an opening gate was heard, - creaking on • its hin ges—the carriage stopped. The door was opened and the steps let down. " Well ? " inquired an anxious voice. " Be is here," replied - one ,of the men in the carriage, and taking' the doctor by the hand assisted him to alight. rfhey then caused him to as cend, several steps. By the cold air : that' struck upon his face the doctor perceived. that. he was on the steps of an outer portion. A door was opened, and the doctor fancied they made him cross a large hall; he was then led through a suite -of apartments, covered with soft carpeting. At last the doctor's guide paused and said : ":fie have reached our destination, doctor—iemove your bandage." The doctor, whose terror had changed i to an uneasy curiosity and a vague apprehension, obeyed = the stranger's voice, and found - himself in a small room, Insurioindy furnish ed, and but half lit by an alabaster lamp which hung in the middle of the room.. The window curtains were. TOWOD4i i .:'. BRATROAD.:".: COUNTY; ',:PA., - ''.wEsp..47 : i wimpik , mlul,c4: ‘.6,:,..1.879, closely shut, as: well ' as Allose.of the alcove. which_ occupied the farther end of tlie apartment. In this Tooth the doctor found himself alone with one of the three Individuals who , had made him an unwilling - captive. ' The stranger was tall and of am= poking, mien. He was dressed with a truly aristocratic precision • hii black',eyes glittered through the. half mask that covered his upper featsres, while a nervous twitch agitated his uncovered lips and the thick beard that surrounded the -lower part of his face. - - ' "Doctor," said the Ftmnger in a dry and broke,' voice, "prepare your implements--,you have to perform an amputation." " Where'is the patientt" inquired Lisframe. Saying which he turned toward the , alcove, and moved a step forward. The curtains waved gently .and a stifled sigh was heard coining from that, direction. 4 ' Prepare• for the operation, sir," repeated the stranger, convulsively. "13nt," said- the doctor," it is im portant that .1 - should see the !pi.- tient." "You can see only the .hand which you are to cut off." The doctor then crossed his firths, \ind, looking earnestly at his interlo cutor. replied : .Sir-, there has been violence used in brintting me here; if it be true, hoWer, that some . one stands in need. o 4 my services,.without look ing into \yotir secrets--unmindful of the way rhave been brought here..,- I shall willigly do my duty 'as a' surgeon. But if you !lave meditated j cr; me„..you may have obliged me to. follow you, but \you cannot force me to be your aceenn4)lice." "Be easy, sir," replied - the stran- . ger, bitterly ; '" there is no crime in all this." . And takiu,, the doctor by the arm he walked up the alcove; then pointing to. a hand that came from behind the curtains , he said,. '\ l '• That is the band you a - to cut off." , . . ~. The doctor took -within•bi own the extended hand ; he felt its eli- catc fingers shudder at the conta t. It Was a woman's . hand. smelt anil \ heauLifully shaped, on which a ruby -ring made . its whiteness appear still more remarkable. ... "Nothing . here," exclaimed the doctor ; " no, nothing demands an amputation." "And I tell you." cried the stran ger, with a thundering voice, " that, if the surgeon refuses, I shall fulfill his office myself," and-seizing an axe s that lay at the foot of thp bed, tie laid the hand on the night table and prepared to sever it. the_doctor held him baek.- " Then do it yourself," - said ,the man. " Butsthis is an_ atrocious deed!" cried poor Lisfranc. "That is \ nothing to you. It must he done; it so. The lady wishes it likewise; if 'she must ask it of you herself, she will do . _ it. Come, Madame, \request the doctor to do you the favar." Poor Lisfranc, pale and trembling, felt ready to faint the floor. A feeble Voice came . fretr. the alcove, and said in a tone . of- unutterable despair and resignation : " Since you are a surgeon:l—yes I entreat youlet it be ,yourself—and 'do not let—oh, you—tor mer Cy's sake ! " \ Come, doctor," said the unknown, "either you or I." So fierce and terrible was the as pect of the stranger, and so implaca ble and relentless his determina tion—the prayer of 'the poor lady so poignant and deSPairing, that the doctor felt impelled by humanity it self to obey the command. He took his implements, implored with a last look the heartless' stran ger; who Mei ely replied by pointing significantly to the axe. With a bro ken spirit, and and -a cold perspira tion bathing his noble brow, the doe-' tor- recalled all his energy and' pres ence of mind. Twice his armArem bled, and he paused. At length the blood spouted forth—a shriek hurts .from the alcove, and to that cry of agony succeeded 'a dead silence.. The stranger stood by, apparently unmoved. Nothing was beard but the noise of the horrible work. Soon the hand andthe instrument fell to gether . doctOr, ljvid and ex hausted, gazed upon the stranger with haggard eyes. The , latter stooped, picked up, the severed band,. 'and, drawing the ruby ring from' off one of the fingers, presented it to the doctor. . • . "Take it, doctor," said he; "it is a souvenir;; no one will claim it from you." He then added, in a low voice, " It is aver! ' Immediately the other two masked men came in, and, bandging his eyes, again led him away. The same car riage that bad ,brought him there set him - down again at his . own door. Doctor Lisfranc • snatched the band nge from his.eyes in time to see the carriage rolling away and 'disappear ing in the darkness. It was live o'clock in the morning. • - It was in vain that day after day the doctor exhausted every Means he. could imagine - for . penetrating the mystery.' of this terrible advezture. Had it not been for the ring (indis putable proof of the reality of his reeollections),he.would have thought himself ; a prey to an hallucination. Hoping, however- that.- the ruby ring would, sooner or 'later, lead to some. revelation of this -mysterious affair, he Was in, the habit of wearing it suspended to his watch chain. - About two months niter the events just recorded,' Dr: Lisfranc received an invitation, for a bnil l giten oy the Conntess de P—, in her magnifi cent mansion in the Bee de Taren. ries, reds. . • , He accordingly . . went - fashionable elite 'of the Prenth nobility; as well :011ie Most illustrious personages - of German-di plomacy, thronged the saloons, which were radiant- with light and beauty. A young man, with a paleface and. melancholly • eye; had been,. during -the evening, the object of particular remark. by many of the guests... He walked, from time to time, through. the suite of apartments, with an anx ious look, and then, with a 'sorrowful demeanor, - separated from the crowd: It so happened that this - young than REGARDLESS OF DFST [ TN L4TION t**-ANY ilummm retina', himself, for an, instant; owe.: site to .Doctor Lisfra,tic. His eyes mechanically falling 'upon the doetor,, Coon- assumed all earnest stare, then, glittered with a feaifut,exPressP*'• on the, ritig,,that shone on .his chain. "Witlka sudden and rapid mOvernenh: the young :man • passed _through, - n group that . separated _.him from the doctor ' and walking directly, ,up to him, elbowed bitnl rudely and inten tionally. The _doctor_' politely re monstrated,' but instead of answer ing,, the young man struck him re peateily in the face. ' - It may easily be conceived what , excitement and consternation - this scene pnxinceil.•, • - The next day was appointed for a meeting, and the company soon after dispersed in confusion. • The young Matilda do— (the names are too illustrious, and too, Well known, for us to point them out, even by initials), the young Matilda do was the daughter of-one of the most illustrious soldiers of the, Empire Her-father had acquired au elevated rank, great glory and a high station in the army; but he, was one of the few generals whom the Empe ror had ,not enriched. Matilda de — . had, therefore,•no fo4une to bestow upon the one who should call her his. Napoleon de'— was the grand son of the noble Duchess de ----. The Duchess had a great name, an empty title, but no fortune. Notwithstanding this, the Duchess and the General, long bound toc,creth ei by the tics of friendship, had ac tually agreed to unite their two chil dren in marriage. Of this determination, however; they soon repented. While Matilda and Napoleon gave themselves Lip to the sweet charm of mutual affection, the-Duchess and the general, alarmed for the safety of their children,-and a little also, for Weir . own, played a scene of high comedy. " If my daughter," said the Gen eral, " marrles that poor devil, Na poleon, adieu to luxury and pleas ure." "If my son,". soliloquized. the Duchess, "should Red a girl and'not a fortune, hoir .could =we restore the lustre of the noble house' ofe:-..--? ' The , General, therefore sought to ' wean Matilda from-her lover, and the Duchess exerted herself to'divert Na. tio:dean from thinking of Matild4. But neither. could succeed. Napole, on and 'Matilda loved too sincerely, too 'devotedly, to fall an . easy prey to. the srires spread out to entrap their youth and ; inexperience. . Linable to disunite them, the Gen-; eral and the Duchess insisted upon the departure otcliapoleini, and on his absenting himsell' for a while from Paris. - They•toid him that the small ness of- their fortune i.cquired it. It was'indispensable for h' to acquire a position in , the world. The Mini stry - had just offered to provide him, with a place, as secretary o some ' foreign embassy. Should h refuse \ \ to go be would shut outtimsel from a brilliant career. He must ac m-. plish this sacrifice, were 'it but for Matilda's sake, as her future welfaii, depended' upon it; and he was to be come responsible for her happiness. Napoleon at length unwillingly.con sented. . He saw M'atildA for a bit time; . he told her of his departure. 'A cry - of agony . burst from the young girl's bosom. In vain did Napoleon ac quaint her ,with his projects ; in vain did he endeavor to comfort by point-, hill' out, a speedy- return, a •whole,l lire of love, happiness and wealth! Matilda still remained inconsolable.. Ji 'dark - foreboding prevented her froth\ believing the false promises of an uncertain futurity. What could she gain, in. exchange for hapPiness which, at, present, was theirs, and which-they,were about. to sacrifice to their duty ? \Sliefelt that her golden dri.Ani was over.-that it was fading away from her Sight. Napoleon took her hand in his, covering it with `tears and kisses. " Remember," said\he," remembe r . that thou art.my betr othed, and that this hand is mine,' forever. mine." . Saying which he puts, ruby ring On her finger. " It is my mother's," murmured he. Matilda could only answer hypress ing the ring to her lips, then \ fell fainting and desolate upon aco h. Napoleon departed. His absence facilitated 'the projects of the par ents. The General then made an appeal to. Matilda's devoted heart ; he exag gerated his poverty- - he invented a tale about debts and ennagements which he would not be able to meet ; he pointer] out to her the horrors which would surround his miserable old age, beggared and dishonored; he: even hinted to her that it would be better to cut short his troubled life. She alone had power to save him—she must forget Napoleon and wed the Count,de —, whose hand some and manly face, whose- noble soul she well must know how to ap preciate. A little selfishness and Matilda would have been fiaved but it is the weakness of, elevated minds not to shrink from sacrifices. Matilda, in despair. threw herself in her father's arms and promiso all. He blessed and thanked her for her devotion. He was yet speaking when Matil da had_left the room, unable longer to control her overcharged feelings. Pale, exhausted with the. struggle, she hastened to her apartment, and, sinking on a seat, gave way to a flood of silent but bitter team. ' Plow, flow .cruel , tears! Weep, thou noble creature upon thy dreams so bright, so short-lived! Happiness, alas! was never made for Fsouls like thine! • _ The banns were published, and on the lOth' of January, the church of St. Thomas d'Aquinus, Matilda was wedded to the Count de —. The General's face was radi ant with satisfaction. AL the moment of the nuptial , bles sing, when the bridegroom -plit on the finger of the bride the ring...sym bolic link of .the. chain that unites them—instead of giving ber left, hand, as is the custom, Matilda sud denly passed to the Count's :right 'and gave him, her;right band. , The Count was about to make an obser. vation and take, herband, bit Matil da dreir it back again and' eitended to' him her' right band, lowering her eyes; but with that air of- firmness and determination which is not to be , mistaken. - The Count saw it . at once .ati& fearing ; n scene did. not. insist, but put- the ring- on the right hand which, Matilda still held out to him. The tinintWei of a jealous nature, as jealous as' Othello.A fatal Susi: pielon. bad ,- taken:.pdAaession of his mind . .. The ring which Matilda L o . n her len band gave him : much easiness.. He • told Matilda that he 'looked - ' aversion begged' of her to 'Wear it no Matilda replied: that she 'would. never be separated : from , it, giving , her an swer with _much sweetness, but with the same •determined air which she had shown at her wedding.' " From - that: Lillie; that which --hal prevlonsly - Oviii been a. sipipioo6 in the= Count's` mind; became' a certain... ty.: He .determined: upon being re-, , venged; but . d issemtdedl , bie feelings and pnrposee..'. 'A system, of surveil lance was organized around. Matilda. Scion there came 'a letter froin Napo-, ieon.i The peer ycinth, ignerant of Matilda's sacrifice and the ruin of his dearest hopes,epoke of, his love, of his future happiness, of their speedy marriage. _lie reminded. Matilda that her hand belonged to, him, and requested her. to look often upon the ruby. of his mother's ring whilst thinking of him. He concluded by announcing a happy tiding. •He was charged-by - his Ambassador to be the dearer of important dispatches to Paris. Before a month was over he would again,see his beloved Matilda, This letter was put into the Count 's hands. He saw through all. He. went to Matilda's apartment with the : .open, letter in his hand, and handing it to her, said coolly : "I can imagine your scruples, but why did you. not explain yourself sooner? You have sworn that.your hand will belong only to. Very well,! As soon as he: arrives I shall take it . upon myself to make your promise good," added he, with n fright ful smile. . Matilila did not even shudder-L. she seemed to have nothing- more to ear upon'earth.• In 'a short time Napoleon re, .0 Paris; but he was very in eh al. tered. Prier and despair had preyed upon his heart-, fur he had. heard of s misfortune. The day after his arrival a smi ebony hex was preSente.l to him, which had been.brought by a setvant, in, livery. He opened it. His hor ror and his anguish might more easi ly be imagined than described. Tlpt casket contained a bloody haled—the hand of a woman—MATILDA/8 HA ND ! On sa paper stained with blood, he read these words: -" So does : the. Countess de keep her . word:" Roaring with- rage and. indignation, lie took his pistols and ' flew to the Count's house. Thc Count and Matilda had disap peared during the night, a few•hours after the bloody' deed, and no one knew whence they had gone. -• On the night Napoleon had recog nized' his mother's ring '.on the doctor's - chain; be had ,gone to that ball because a secret I presentiment I had urged him thither. . The next day Dr. Lisfrane 4nd his atitagnist met in the wood Of Vin cennes. The doctor reeeifed a severe . wound elow the, armpit. He lay \\ long in danger, but; hopes were enter tained for 7very. Before, leaving his adversar3 the .doctor reated to him the incident's ,of . that cruel night on which lie ha been compelled to commit a crime ft 1 the . sake of hu manity. - " However,", addeck he " Matilda could not have sufferemuch, a sub lime exultation sustain d .her. cour age, and I am'suie she w ,a happy in her - Suffering, in - the thon ,, lit that' her hand, at least, would. be , turned to you. and. when it, was ver . I' heard a.gentle voice murmuring rom behind. the curtain that hid her f om my' sight: ' Tell him, I beseech 37,01., - that my heart wilt - -go toward him\ even as my hand.' had it not been for the ring, I could not havefulfilled, ; her wish." . PUN, I'AOT AND FAIJETI.t. FOR the band of a young. lady you may ecome a sniior, if you suit 'er.- A wtsE man will never lift a lid off the stove with his fingers more than once.— Ilackensitek Republican. ONE of the saddest-and most vexatious trialsri that comes t..) a girl when' she mar ., ilea is that she has to discharge her moth er mid dePcnd upon a hired &I.—Hawk ey. \ , ,_ .. GnAIT is Lome-Sick.—Ex. 2 You're a nice newspaper, you are. Grant hasn't been hornel'or nearly two years. and hasn't been sick in \ ever Co long.- Homo-sick ! Danbury .Yelh. A coc:vrnv negro recently sent a reply to an invitation, 'in which he •' regretted that circumstance's \ repugnant to the ac quiescence would prevent his acceptance of the invite." . A MAN who - was tiric ug-1.10 a day su perintending a Nevada \ gold-mine has given np his position and \come to New York, where ho is trying toet appointed janitor of a bank.—Graphie. g Bolin dentista assert that e ight children out of tin inherit the father's teeth, not the mother's. But since dentists rim my-, er invited in to hear the Will _read, \why should they know 'anything about t?— t Albany Keening Journal'. . A WAN° solo, not - so lend as to be disc-, greeable, afforda.an audience an opportu nity to talk at a concert., Managers gen erally put three or 'four of them on a pro gramme.—New Orieant Pfeayurie, TUE canvass cost Ben Butler $2OO ,000. That Man would have - purchased live or six hundred pianos for the poor, laboring men whom ho said had just as much right. to pianos as rich mem--FITS Press. GENERAL Ilitioxga says he never saw .a pretty; girl , in Europe who *as not an American; and now we are willing to ad rift that there was a battle on Lookout Mountain, and a tthmend,onslibig battle, too..—Briffale Baprers. k, , . Ws:notice a poem:in the Hudson Regis ter' entitled, " What , Art Thou Doing With Thy Lite?" The question is"evi "dent one of policy. The Ming passion : One of the mem bers of our Albany base-ball nine has joio ed a singing class, so as to learn to pitch his voiee.:.--eithaay.Ereniap Jaurnai. "Yri," said a lawyer who was lagdefend a a murderer. "the prisoner, at the bar" -will prove an : alibi: Gentlemen, we shall prove that :Id. Murdered man, wasn't :.there."—Bench and Bar. , "WHAT aro these lxiils . geol. for, doc tor? ',can't understand. What blessing they represent,P" "Alx; my'dear fellow, they are but taxes upon some one of your * J uly - sins." " Well, I'd • rather study syntax from some other teacher."— Yea kers Gazelle. - ' - • ... WINTER NIGHT LIILLABT. Bleep, my babe, my darling, Bleep and rat; Warmly folded tc} my breast. Though - theilicht. - wind blows, : - Atal, the. still. White snows • . Pill the robin's empty nest, Sleep, my babe, my darling, sleep and rest: Genito,altimber parts thy dewy_ month ; Far away to bloomy South I.lttle robin red Trllle and turns his head But thy soars al sweet. little dewy mouth, Warm thy nest as robin's in. the South. MiDER THE LILIET. This ciaket with Choice Men spread, Coutalus is Mortal . doubly dead— , He died lu the esteem of men, And yestentny he died again. , 0. lightly holy thy gold and gem , Some one at last will are for them ; But keep thy fame In thine own trust, And with thy deeds perfume thy dust Ffeleher Bates fa CourWpaftostaltst. iojit:iirjeltiiiiiirlWs 6;0 Oil There are. very many men of the present generation who learn to leave home and the cares of active business life to spend",a few weeks as .a vaca tion, upon the banks of some trout, stream in a wilderness, or beside some inland lake, or at some popular watering place. The camping party that I am about to write about num bored six men and a small boy, about eight years of age, and a dog. One of the party was a Catholic priest, one a lawyer, one a bOok-keeper; one a _gentleman of ease - and three clerks.. The lawyer - was - a -good singer, the priest u good story-teller, the .book keeper the best man the state of Pennsylvania to build and care for a camp. - The gentleman of ease was of very slight build, with dark eyes and hair, and to look, at him one would judge him incapable of muck endur ance. T_ he} party left Bradford county in the middle of August, 187 . 6; , for the Wilds of Sullivan county. When they. -arrived at the coal mines near 'LaPorte they tried to hire a mule team to' carrt them and their baggage to Dryfoose near Long Pond ; being unable to. do so, they took their traps upon their backs and upon a stretcher,_ and marched forward. They bad about . seventy pounds burden to each man. The prieit and the gentleman . of ease car ried the-.bedding and a bushel or more of potatoes upon two - poles arranged so; they walked .between them after the style of carrying the wounded or dead off a battle field.. `urned On they plodded over fallen trees,; rotten logs and innumerable sand-( stones and rocks higher than a man's. head in many :places; their jianrttey was a - hard one, much more so as they left the road and went.through the wilderness for the purpose of shortening the distance. To add to their troubles, perplexity and_hard , - ship, they came upon a laural swamp. They attempted to gO around it at . _ first, but found, it so far they ;con- eludedto go through at all hathrds. The sun . was getting low . and they were all muqh wearied, but the book keeper. was s A powerful man and on the lead . , inviting his companions to follow, telling them it was not far to the trout stream after they had once passed the.syrainr. "That may be true," replied the, lawyer, "but-these laurels are mighty thick and the: water- and treacherous bogs .miglity insecure footing; 1 have my doubts about getting thro4h at. M9l " Comb on, come on," . the leader called out, and in they went. .They, had not gone fifty rods before every man's feet were soaking. wet, and all obliged to halt and rest. The bushes were thorny, crooked and so infer •nally thick that progress was almost impossible two.rods hi any other di rection. They labored,* sweat and swore, and sipped at their spiritual canteen, for two hours or more and . finally with numerous scratches and tattered, garments the ' leader- cried out: " hank fortune,Ve are thrbagh at last." • . A vote was taken:and it.yras unan iaions that a fire should be built and campOrranged for the night. A h arty lunch was dispose of and ;while. a cheerful fire was still blazing all feasleep. \ The - priest4alked in. l. his sh_ pof his flock who • were in comfortable beds achome. The law yer had th .nightnitire and came near ilying,beca se be could not open his \ mouth before jury in aOimportint niuriler case. be book-keeper had - SO much troubwitha column ,of figures that. be wo e up a.dozen times inside of two hen . to find-Afimself only afflicted with a\dream, Caused by the presence in histomaat• - of a, bologna •sausage. At.idnight the m xi dog came into camp with very hair bristling, his, eyes shining ike fire• bails - , trying to bark with hid.' teeth grinding together. Ms grolikand antics, awakened the restless sluniber ers.s •• , -"Something is up you can bet,'i the bOok-keeper said : " that:dog. is not early frightened, and, when _he - is 4.-6 exorcise d -that he can't open, his mouth to bark; and his'. hair stand's forward like a porcuPine g s quills, he has surely seen something largerand' ,more- terrible than a polecat. The fire was'poked up andefforts made to get the canine to . go - out around - and hunt :up •the . object that ,had causgsi him so much nervousness. Nothing could induce the dog to leave the camp, however and -none of the party thought it advisable to go- far \ from the fire - .fearing.a bear, catamount or wildcat might pounce upon tik.na in the . darkness. The watchful '`cur continued . to be - very restless, find\o6 coaxing or petting seemed t 6 relieve him. : -The hair On' his back stuck "up like bristles. .The patty listened add finally concluded to lop down and tIT . to sleep, again. • A drizzling; rain no* set in and the chunks OflOga that were giving some light began to sputter . and 'sing, - tiU 1 - finally, it became.' quite- dark.. The campers' were nearly all soundly em .braced iff. the 'arms of . *in.pheus 'when they were suddenly- brotight to, their feet by, onebf the most piercing cries often heard. The' ,book-keeper caught up his rifle and placed him- Self in the :attitude - of defense, the other members Of " the ,Parfy, who had. weapons : prepared tAgell their lives dearly. Nothing - could ,• be Seen though the fire : bid beep_ rekindled. They. waited to hear the scream - ref Peated., It was not long before there . . . 81.50 per Annum In Advance. came•a cry the same as the first but a 'little further away. . : The priest gare• it as his opinion "that' there was a woman lost ii;nd thit she was crying for helix" 'The lawyer advised that the book-keeper •should fire his 'gun to let the lady know. , that' her scream was heard and ,that • friends were. near. The woods rung - with the crack of the heavy loaded army rifle. and in a moment there came again a similar piercing cry, like that of a women, still further away: Several times the pieee Was discharged, always replied to by the startling- scream. It` was .proposed to go in search of the lady when day light came. A new fire was built of pine knOts andseasoned maple limbs and for the third time the party lay down foi.rest and sleep. When.they awoke the sun was up and_ the ; storm clouds had passed away. . _ ' While breakfait was being prepar ed by the book-keeper-and the lawyer the gentleman of - ease thought he woeld look about the camp and try and ascertain, if possible their where abouts.'• - With compass in hand and one eye upon the sun he walked up a little rise of ground and planted_his feet upon a rock - , and arrived at a conclusion that the compass must be 'Wrong and the sun was rising in the west. He was reported at head quarters. A hearty laugh was had at the gentleman's conclusibri,during breakfast hour. The company pack ed up acid were about to start for the final camping greund; when the book keeper made the disagreeable dis covery that they were not fcirtfrods from where they entered the swamp the day before. At first sotne of the 'sportsmen swore a little, then laugh ed' faintly, but finally had a jelly time over the funny turn things had taken generally. "What is to be done 'about the lost woman," - the priest enquired. "I think we should try and find ourselves," added the gentleman o ease. "How does the sun rise now my hearty ?" continued the hook-keeper. "In - the west, be 'ad, and the point of the compass Js, ,turned to the south, ' that'si whays the -matter with Hannah," he replied. "I think roar head is more turned than anything else," the book-keeper retorted. •L• "None of your nonsense, boys; but proceed ; maybe we will find the lost - woman on our way," said the priest. By looking about a little while a cow path was found ; . they took this in Indian file and went oh their way singing and chatting. In four or five hours they reached a fine stream that looked as if it might be a good place for angling. A nice cabin was built' and arrangements made for a few days' halt. .' .. _ The lawyer was the best fly fisher man in the party ; he and the book keeper's boy went down the creek for about a mile • and found the re-' mains of an old saw milk The water, ran under some old timbers and fell some eight feet;whirling.and boiling, causing the surface of the stream, to look like sea foam. ' "If -there is a trout in this world, there is one here," the angler re marked. As he finished the sentence, a hand was laid upon his shoulder, and he looked around and beheld a curious looking back-woodsman. with a rifle on' his shoulder ) , who said: " We-el ne-ow, stranger, you' are bout rite onter your konklusion, there are trout-enter this erer'stream'as is trout. - You better cackerlate onter a strike that will snap that air whip stalk of a fishin' rod o' vourn in two, quicker nor a streak o; lightnin% I have seed fish poles, morn four times as large as yourn broke into smithe reens - by one of them air • speckled beauties, more times than you hay fingers nor toes, - I hey." " Your remarks pleaSe me very *much, as I came into: the woods for a fcYr days' sport, and though I have seen - but little fun so far, I hope to -more than - realize my expectations along this stream." " . You can bet onter fun if that old pole4orakin' sinner ever grabs your bait Wall, straugei, what is that ar fly ,lookin'l thing onter your line? You don't . eackerlate tu ketch fish with that air, do you?" " Oh, yes, this is a gay deceiver; it is made , to resemble a fly, and when ' it is cast upon the water and skipped along, the trout rise and take-it. I have several kinds you see in this book, when the fish rause one I try another." - . • : " Jes so, jes so, I rather think I'll stay a minute and see how you man; age your new fangled notions." The lawyer walked cautiously down to the stream and waded in a short distance and cast his fly a few Limes to wet the line. While he wag doing _so a terrible splashing was heard in the--riff just below him:,' I h" There the kuss is now, stranger, e'll weigh more nor four' pouns, jes drop your' machine down there and see - he'll take hold on it." . Th line ran out and the flys struck the riff e, but no noise. Again the line was'east and quick as . • ',_lit the click t.,el fairly buzzed. f- . ..- . • .- , . "I gad, "you've got him, he' -a a spinner to be sartin ;. you standa tut as much show of holdin' on him as I would an eliphan by - thcstail.". The angler was oo much excited to speak ; he held the- line taught, and down the stream \ the monster swank The .fish-now' took a sudden ' run up stream and ,p within two feet of the fisherman's legs. The line could not be' reeled up fast el ough to take up the slack and the hnnte cried lout: . "There 'egad you hey lost him.' In an instant the trout jumped out s of the deep hole just below the old' ' mill; down he went 'again and tried hard to get under' the timbers; he was prevented by careful manage ment and after twenty minutes' hard fighting he began Lo tire and was reeled up to the 'angler - and safely landed. The backwoodsman was much aston ished at such a style of - fishing and inquired who made "sich a rod as that air," and wished to know who made 'em. 'He .was informed that Dr. Fowler of. Ithaca; .New -York, manufactured_ tlic - tud, reel and flies, and the silk line could be purchased of the same gentleman. • 'S Now I du declare,l wouldn't hay believed it that fish- has been Make_ ed , order' ,byf.a.doun differsit(*) In Sullivan county and his'lewd must be most night cut in pieces, azulyou I came here with a .whip stalk and beat 'cm all. When I get ham - 'tell my..nahers what ..11ntve seen and r - cackerlati before another Bahia' Sea son-a-died I'll &iv !Urn air ids a`ntt taClain l ; - what mitiight they cost, stranger?" - " About 'thirty - dollars' all. com plete," be wakinformed. I "Thunder and blazes, ain't so sure m i yiettint one after. al l, I wk. erlate won't hardly pay. • When the bo9k-keeper and boy re turned to . camp they. astonished all with the nice string of speckled beau ties-. The large one weighed two - pounds' and fourteen ounces. At about midnight the party was awaken ecl again by the terrible scream heard the night before. The rifle was tired and the- cry answered each discharge. The dog seemed as ranch excited as • on the previous occasion, and could not be .persuadedlo leave the camp fire. The backwoodsman, who stayed over night, said "he thought the thing was a painter (panther).: Yon know," he continued, " them anamils cry sum times jis like a woman in distress ; I hey heard them screech lots o' times, and . hey tried to find , them; bat they allns keeps jis so, fur . off all the time." NVMI3E'R 40. In tin* days the priest. and We' gentleman of ease were taken with honie-sickness. They took the dog and- started for Tong Pond where they expected to remain all night at Dryfoose's Hotel, and from there take a mule conveyance to the coal Mines and thence go by rail to To wanda. Two days after they &part ed the dog returned to camp almost starved to death. The animal acted so strangely, the campers became much alarm - ed for their friends safe ty. The book-keeper- made up his mind to go hi search of them. In five hours'_ hard marchinc , he reached Dryfoose's learned' that the two- men reached there in safety but had a terrible hard time of it. They bac). lost their way and the priest had laid down to die of despair and fatigue. His companion being of a jolly turn of mind began to sing a comical song, which attracted the attention of a man with _a mule and cart near by; into - this, the weary men tumbled and were. landed more dead than alive at the celebrated hummer resort in the wilds of Sulliv,an county. In due time all returned to their hoines satisfied that camping out in a wilderness is more work than fun. From my own experience in the. woods I. have arrived at "some con clusions that I deem wholesome and sensible. A man who never does any kind of • work, And- has no kind of - business that produces wear and tear upon his - nervous system, might be benefited - by - going into a wilder ness and tramp and live on odds and ends for a week or two each -year (as - -a punishment). No man who, wishes rest and pleas= • will be fool enough to go, however. A nice water ing-place, with all the modern hotel ae commodations, is the place tospend one's vacation. If a man loves ang- Hug, let him take -the cars and ,go to some stream or lake and keep within the pale of civilization and near enough to a first-clam hotel where he can eat, drink and sleep as a Chris"- tian ought. , M. B. THE NEW FASHION IN OOWS. Among all the beasts of the field none is so greatly demoralized as_ the cow. The mute is willfully obstinate, the street car horse viciously refuses to grow fat, and the chimpanzes per sistently and maliciously dies of con- sumption: But the cow, most inti mately- linked with all that is pasto ral and r lovely, degenerates into a consumer of swill and 'a distiller of lacteal poison. , Children of former Jays sang song 4 about the sweetness and purity of the cow's breath. The breath of a distillery-fed cow of to day is enough to knock a child down. The old nursery ditty said, "All parts of the cow are good for butter, for leathei, for tallow, for food." ' But ncibody_ wants beef from the distillery cow, and as for butter her milk will not make an article that is fit to' eat. Without energy enough to kick over a milk pail the poor cow stands pa liently in the mire of her dimly-light ed stable, imbibing her regular repast of swill and humbly waiting the hand of the milker. The lonely stump of her abbreviated tail is at once a re minder of better days and an indica tion-that those days will never more return. As. to the cows which supply our city, cleanest of all the cities on this continent, with pure milk, every body knows that they are models of health and -cleanliness. But - our sis ter cities groan over the demoraliza tion of their cow sopply, and it is from the suburb of one. of them that we are dosed with the" latest stories of the horrors -of th "milky way. This suburb, singularly enough,. is called ‘_‘ Blissville," as if in deris ion of the state of its cows. To pass hastily over a disagreeable subject, it is well to come right to the - leading fact in the case, which is that the whole party of cows at- Blissville are now in a sort of a cow-quarantine and that their milk is adjudged so had that- people Must not be fed on it. From the sorrows of Blissville we turn with delight to the mountain slopes of Venezuela. Yankee ingenii- - 0 generally provides , s us with what 7 .l we want, but South America is this time ahead of the Yankees. -Venezu .ela has a milk tree, - a sort - of a sea-. tionary cow, which will neither kick, eat swill, nor lose teeth, eyes or - tail. Humboldt saw these trees and drank their milk. Modern South Americani milk the trees_ as regularly as if each tree were a cow, and far better result bhemical analysis shows the fluid yielded by these vegetable cows to contain fatty- matters, caseine and phosphates- ' in a wqrsl -to be much such a fluid as milk ought v 'to be. • A FELLOW by . the name of Ephraim . Hazletine wrote to a down-town book-sel ler as fcillows : "Dere sur : "if yew hey gut a book called 'Daniel Webster' on a bridge, please send me a copy by- Pyser's express c. o. d.—i want to git it termorrer if i kin, cans my spelin techer says i oughtet hey IL" AN appreciative mind can throw a world of pathos into a very ordinary state 'ment. " Yes," said she, leaning over the fence, 'in communion with a 'neighbor, "she is dead." She died just as she got torn up to clean house. It is terrible." Tun Nation thinks - that apart of "the Ilk , drill Orrery girl's school oag to be the reception, by a wife in an - old n, to a dinner otoorned beef and cab 'of an unlooked-for, gue s t ; thoughtlessly brought home by a reeldess husband. • - "TALE aboet \ tt crtiitade," said the old salt. "bat when `a yessera bound for Da vy Jones' locker, ands fore-an'-aftergoes to her relief and tows the old bulk safely into port, that's the twit of a crow's aid. I'm shoutin' for." \ - , Our in Nebraska, whelk two good m'n want the same, the cauctta,decides in fa vor of the one who_ has' a door•plate on his front door. —Detroit Fro Press.