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mr. 11. JESSUP,
ATTORNEY AND potsgst.con-At-LAw,
MONTItOSE. PA.
Judge Jessup having resumed the , practice et Pm
law In Northern reaus) - ivanta. will attend to gny
blal business intrusted to him In Eviction' county.
Persons wishing to consult him, can call on H.
Streeter, Esq., Towanda, Pa., when an appointment
can be made.
HENRY STREETER,
AironliET' AND GOVNiNLLOB•AT-LAW,
TOITANDA. PA.
Feb 77.79
TAMES WOOD,
ArrOttNEV-AT-LAW,
meh4.76 . TOWANDA, PA.
OVERTON & SANnEnsoN,
Aa
•ruwANDA. PA.
E. OVERTON, JR. , J JOUR F. RANDERSOR
. -M. PECK,
.
Office over Brartud & Ittll's meat market.
Towanda, Jau. 15. 1679.
I - 4 1 L. HILLIS,
4.-19
ATTORSET.ATrLAW,
. TOWANDA, PA.
GOFF,
ATTOR?TET-AT-LAW,
NI tin Street (4 doors. north of Ward flonse)., 7'o.
wands., Pa. (April 12, 1877.
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W.
4 11 7.
. S 1 0
,O N , ; A A . T: 1 0 11 11
1 :1!
t an business entrusted to his cam In Bradford,
Sullivan and Wyoming Counties. Once with Esq.
l'arter. Enceria-741.
IL ANGLE, D. D. S.
14.
oPERATIVE AND WECIIANICAL DENTIST
Mice on Silite Street, second floor of Dr. Pratt's
I take. apr 3 79.
AIASON & HEAD,
ATTOnNICTP,A . T.I.A7A!, • ,
Towanda, Pa. Office over Bartlett & Tracy, Mala-et.,
(1. F.MASoN. (n 9 7] t AnTIIVICHLAD.
F LSBBEE SON :
ATTORNEY AW,
TOWANDA, rA.
N. C. E r.snittx
ATTORNET4T-LAW.
Odin;—Rooms formerly ormtpled by Y. M. C. A.
, aditig Rom. [Jam3llB.
McPIIERSON,
I
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AminsEV-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA:
Phil..itry Brad. Co
JOINT W. MIX,
A rTORNSY-AT-LAW AND U. S. CUIinSSIONXIL,
TOWANDA. PA..
torece-L-Noilb Side Public Square.
Jan. 1, Ma
DAVIES CARNpCIIAN,
ATTORNICTS-AT-LAW,
SIP OF WAEII HOUSE.
Doc 23-15. TowANDa....Pa..
J
ANDREW WILT,
ATTORN%Y.AT-LAW.
iMlee over Tim k Gordon's I)rng ttore,
Towanda, l'a. May be consulted In Gt•rman.
(April I', '76.3
AV J. YOUNG,
•
ATTORNICY-ATILAW,
TONVANDA; PA
offiro—carond door south of tho First Nat'onal
Multi Bt., up stairs.
- WILLIAMS & ANGLE,
ATTORNETS-AT•L AW.
oF VIC FL—Formerly occupied by Wm. Watkins,
11. N. WILLIAMS. loci. 17. t. ANOLM
WM. , MAXWELL,
A TT.) It NET-A A Iff
TOW A N DA, I'A.
0 Mec over Daytou's Store:
April I'2, Ins
OVERTON & MERCUR,
ATTOIINMIS.AT.LAW,'
TOWANI)A,
O9ce nvey Sinntanyes Store. ( mayirTh
Iv'A. OVERTON. no N ICY N. ME RC UR
I.A.DILL
ArronNEYS-AS-LAW,
TOWANDA, 'PA
0.:1(14 In *rillell Block. first door sou* of the First
\ clonal bank, upsttatrs..
IL 4. t.iar.S.Vstyl d. Pt. C xurr.
1 )It. S. M. WOOI)BURN, Physi
elan and Surgeon. OM ee over 0. A. Black's
C ry store.
Tovr..ntla, May 1, 18721y*.
B. KELLY, DENTls.ri -. ---6 , tiice
11 •
over M. E. Rokenfleld's, Towanda. Pa.
Teeth In.erted on tiuhl, Silver. Ituhher, ond Al
• cw: . nierl have, Teeth extracted without palm.
uet. 31-72.
- 1 1 .P I'AYNE D
6,
Jo
I . IIYSICIIN AND . 81:11.6t OX.
ilre over \lnntanyes` Storr. (Mire hours from 10.
t.• 12, A. IL, and from 2 to 4; P.ll. 1 4 pecial attention
r +r.r• I•• direases et the Eye and Itis.-0ct.19.10-11.
W r . R Y AyN ,
N.. 31•
COUNTY SUCEPANTEXIMINTT
(ti.tf.-o (13y Imt Saturday ot (null month, over Turner
Gordon's Drug store, Towanda, L's.
Tewsu.tu„ June 20. .
MRS. 11. PEET,
T4ACUER or rixxi, muss;
T Elf:MS.—Co per term.
(nesldetios Third street, Ist want.)
Tt.W.3/“i3, Jan. 13,•7t.1p.
I S. 12IISSELL,'S
GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENCY
TOWANDA. PA.
MEM
I&INTIN9S.,
PORTRAITS AND LANDSCAPES
Painted . toorderiit any priro grow 15 to }SOO.
:o'.l Paintings Re-Painted, Re-Touched, or changes
wade as desired.
Asivark done In the
_blatiest style quo Art.
JOHANN T. BENDER.
T , .watida, Pa., Arr 11118; 1878.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
TO WAlep A, PA.
C %PITA!, PAID IN
SURPLUS FUND..
Tel. Rana offers.onnsual. facilities for , the,
,trans
action of a general banking bnatnalla
N. B. BETTS, CuVer.
/OS. POWELL, President.
QEELEY'S OYSTER BAY AND
iriti)PEAN lIOUBE.—A few doors eanthof
the strarm House.. Heard by the dar or week 'on
reurAishie terms. Warm meals served stall ham
to)Nkrs at wholesale and retail - MPS?.
HENRY . HOUSE,
(OS( THE SVIIOPICAIt PLAN,) •
CORNER MAIN 6 WASHINGTON STREETS
TOWANDA, rA.
•
T his large, commodious and elegaatlpturnlshed
ti.uNe has Jug been opened to the traveling public.
proprietor - has spand neither pains nor expense
r , In maktueltsis hotel 111'st-elan. Itt all it. appoint.
lo"las, and respectfully solicits a share of public
patronage., MEALS AT ALL 1101111t5. Terms
to sett the times - .Large stable attached,
WM. tivaillY., rtiOrnISTOILr'
Towanda, Jane 7, '774;
coiminscH & HITCHCOCK. Publishers;
VOLUME XXX3X.
FROST'S SONS'
FURNITURE!
We are Dow prepared (or the SPRING TRADE
with a full line of
NEW AND DESIRABLE GOODS
Or Tim
LATEST STYLES AND LOWEST
which we invite the public to earl and exandne
PARLOR SUITS - IN RAW SILK,
TERRIS, PLUSH AND
Is vory large. and oar prices as low as tlto lowest.
CHAMBER SUITS IN ASH,
• - WAINITTAND SOFT WOOD,
wo aro selling at a very low price. A. full
Ilno of
SPRING BEDS; MATTRASSES
UNDERTAKING.
In thiarlepartment w ilwaya hare the bedpan&
In the tnialtet, and are continually adding
NEW STYLES
EnoYll-76.
with all the
LATEST IMPROVEMENTS,
while our prices aro the lowest.
J. 0. FROST'S SONS'.
Towanda, A prll 9, 1879
WILBUR'S DIRECT DRAFT.
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THE EEST ; gOWrit IN . THE WOULD.
LIGHTEST DRAFT.
?HEAT CAPACITY FOE turd) wouK.
A SIX FEET SWATII cut with
less Draft than the average side-cut
mower uses in cutting four feet.
Grass cut by the Eureka cures one
third quicker, and more evenly than
after any other Mower.
Farmers cordially thyfled to .all at the Facto!,
and exatutne the Eureka, and wake their own
bargal
1 telo is
PRICES REDUCED. •
all n n i i c o r st s;i o
„gaZAGENT.
Towanda, February 13. :Irn
'IA RDWA It
tEDUCED PRICES!
Is now opening a large and general assortment o
Hardware, Cutlery, stoves. Nails. Iron. Glass
Paints, olls. Varnishes,' Tinware, Bosse Furnish
ing Goods, &c., purchased for cash and offered for
salts at Bargains to Buse who pay cash fur maxis.
1) AN° ES and Cool int*, Stoves; for
_L - 10 Cost and Wood, at low prlces, at Juxivs,
TUE Graphic and New Jewel, th
11 Most perfect and ornamental beating stotesl
the erurtd, at • JUNE'S.
rjIHE ,Gossip, the "beat low-priced•
j store for tdrlcei and chambers ever made, at
.
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• .
, 1 O It Horsq-Shoes and Horse-Shoe
, Salts. iguto - JUNE'S.'
.A.LAUDE stock of Bar, Square,
Round, Ralf-Itouud, Oral, (tail-oral. llaad,
an I Hoop Inm.'ar. JUNE'S'.
VON. Paints, Oils, and Varnishes,
to to JUNES.
ANTERNS-a great variety at
4
low price?, ac JUNE'S.
LUCKS, Latches, and Bolts. every
variety !and kind. :it JUN) S.
CAST and Toe Corks (Steel), at
JUNE'S
ILSSTON'S CelebratO at.
Sawa,
JUNE'S.
r BLE and Pocket Cutlery, at'
JuNTE-s
UTOUSE Furnishing Goods,
N At.
JUE'S
NAILS arid Spikes, all sizes, at
if JUNE'S
• _
NORWAY and Sweed's Iron at
• Jnays
it_ ECIIANICS will find
,a good w
sortment of Tools at JUNE'S.
ALARGE stock of Padelphia
hil
Can Ina and Tim !inns. J
WIRE Cloth, at
OWDE4, Shot and Caps, for sale
at JUNtit.
BLASTING Powder, at
JUN
Fl L S and Rasps, a full assort
ment, at JUNE'S.
(6 .
VAIMERY Cloth and, Paper, and
124 Sand Paper. nt JUNZ S.
BRASS Kettles and follow Ware,
atliar Ilion, at ° “niFES.
Touritida. Nov. 40.1878. •
SCREWS and Tack;, direct from
the manufacturers, for sailw at wholesale and
retell, at reduced prices, at - . JUNE'S.
6123.0 4 X1
110,000
LAMPS, Lamp Burners, Chimneys,
Shades, slid Wits or eters ritriety. at
DOPE, • Sa.l/, Cord, Twiie :and
Wick, all dies. s . • •- ' JUNE'S.
TIN'WAILE-:•:-% large and general
assormentat afw prices, at JUN Elll.
Feb. 11.
MEAT,
MULLOCF & NUNDELL
- -
Beg leave to theist the reiMle of TOWAIIIP.A..fee
their very. generous pat mune extended rto them
heretofore, and Irtstmetfully sullen a coettmlance
ot the same. We shall at all times keep stun lap ,
ply of , • . -
END AND DrITEES IN THE SEASON.
GARIMN VEGETABLES, FRtrlt. te.
goodsdelivere4 free of thine, • •
• mErt.bobica nuinimtj
.icirands. ra,, Seel 49, 387& , lea
plisatrautess.
'WHOLESALE AND DETAIL
PRICES,
Oor as4ortioer,t of
We have a fen lino of
AND PILLOWS:
EUREKA MOWER.
SEND Full CIECCLARS.
- EUREKA MOWER CO.,
Towanda, Pa.
L. Ri BEA Itl)Sl.EEkgent,
NV ari ea i/3111, Pa.
AT GREATLY
11. T. JUNE 3 AGENT,
IN - DOW GLASS, from 7x9 to
21x36. at JUNE'S.
MARKET.
TIMM AND SALT * E ATS,
also keep assort:neat of
.
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• ' O. clock of time!
ccingt I torn back thy bands
To whet'. they Indez'd at ety boyhood!. prime.
And could I gather up flies seattered sands,
-
And change the now for then. •
I would not startle at theisoleten Muse
That strikes the years three Score and ten.
. 0, clock, aim thy dial-plate
The ceaseless bands go round and round,
N otse leis as it on ibeets Of fate s
Without!' second beat or sordid—
Around and 'round torcrernurre,
Still as the inscribed Lab obllrlou's shore.
. 0, clock of Limo I '
I'm listening to thy solemn chime
On this'll,' seventieth natal day, , •
Dreaming and dreaming lb' shadowy
Var back to that primeval WAD,
When I, a frail and helpless chili, was born,
And launched on lire's tempestuous sea.. , •
With germ of mind,: and will, and soul's dread
mystery.
.i Thou dread unknown:.
Mohre whose presence myriad years hare Nairn,
Vouchsafe to mo
•
The hungering sonl'a dread myeterl.
Are these food hopes In Tato ?
May not the old be young again f
..0, child of imuiortallty, tako hope, take
hope . ;
Thou earat not alwayarrope
Thy way In darkness, when to thee
Thy father's voice fills all eternity;
Poor wandering, errinrchild, come, come to me.'"
• • • • • • •
What tr I*? Then these fond hopes aro not In
Tate.
For dcatb is Itto, and age Is youth agate.
—Stephen N. /larding.
Oh black with foul suspicion and with doubt
Of all that breathe, look thou within thy soul I
Are all thy motives mind, and clean, and whole?
Nor canst thou spy one little action out.
One thought amiss, which should be put to route.
With noise of trumpets blown from pole to pole
Magician thou; who canal transform a mole
To elephant. Alice men fear thy shout..
T.•y whispered ward. Vette spirit, bid to See
Thino evil-hinting Jealous, leering face
Is sight to make thee strungest-h acted flee,
And try', " Behind to., Ratan I" Oh, for grate
To stand full-clad in Honor's panoply
And drive the specious liar from his place
—.Varela M, Schrum fa Golden Ruff
grkrlrd rak.
DRIFTING.
Goary's Laclra Book for April. .
" Please, madam, may I come in
and warinmyself by your fire?. My
clothes are saturated and I urn very
cold."
lie did not speak like - ..a common
tramp, but he certainly looked like
'one. His coat was tattered, his pants
torn ; his old colored shirt' was be
grithed with dirt, and his boots and
hat looked as if they - bad seen much
and severe service.
, .
Mrs: Howe hesitated. Her &Ind .
heart forbade that she should turn th,e;;
man away, for his garments • were
water-soaked and he looked indeedl
"very cold." • But there was no fire
.in the house save - the one in the
li-
Ibrary, and in that room was seated
Miss DeleA bbott, a . guest from Bos
ton. She and ,Annie Howe - were
spending the rainy afternoon in select- -
ing for, and reading aloud to each
other, favorite. poems from_ the poets
they admired..
Mrs. Howe had left, the library
door ajar when she went' to answer
the bell, and the tramp's request was
bean! by the young ladies Mentioned:
Miss Abbott noticed the hesitation of
her hostess , and guessed its cause. In
another instant she was standing in
the hall saying, ettaxingly : •
'" Do let the poorrnan come in, Mrs.
Howe. The open fire in the library
will soon dry• his clothing. It must
be dreadful to be so wet and cold."
• That decided the matter, and very
son the tramp was sitting before the
glowing grate, with a perfect Cloud of
steam arising from his garments. -
A person looking attentively at
this man as he sat there with uncov7^
061 head, apparently half-dozing,
might have seen the forehead over
which fell the alinost entirely play
hair was high a-nd broad ; that the ex,-
pressiern of life face was a soft of
sorrowfully desperate one. If the
large grizzled mustache hatl not-so
completely bioiien his lips. a sensitive
and not unhandsome mouth would
have been` revealed.
Now, go on with ' Seaweed'
please," said Annie. Howe, when her
friend had returned to her scat, "that
is my favorite of favorites."
:" Where did I leave off ?" said Dell,
as she took up the 'volume she had so
hastily lain aside. "Oh, I. know,"
and in a clear. well - modulate t d voice,
.she read : •
=I
!From the stn•ng will sali tho twleavor that tot
I=l
Wrestles with the tide of rale;
Front the wreck of dopes fai , seatiered, tempest-
!shattered, .
Fiosting waste and desolate
"Kier drifting, drifting, ilcifticig, on the slatting
Currents of the restless heart
TIII at length In books recorded, they, Hiehoarded
Household words, no more depart: ,
There was a momentary silence in
the room after',Dell stopped reading;
silence which was broken by theman
by ;the fire. lie seemed speaking
rather to himself than to his compan
ions when be said, in a half bitter,
half weary tune. t_
".Ah, they strong will and the en
deavor' must t forever wrestle with
We tides of fate,' the strong over
whelming tides of relentless fate,
however useless the struggle may be.
And heaven knows it is useless
enough for some people!"
With astonishment did the three
women present gaze upon; the man
whose garbtold of a wandering, dis
solute vagabond, whose language be
spoke the gentleman. I
Bending. towards her friend, and
speaking in a . very low 'tone, Dell
Abbott said :
dUlkiE"B
"Depend upon it, Annie, this per
son has had some strange experience.
I am going to ask him to tell,:ns of
himself."
With an emphatic bow Aunie sig
nified her concurrence in the proposi
tion, and approval of Dell's inten
tions.
People seldom refuied to Dell
Abbott anything, and.this man, after
listening to her request to " tell them
something of his experience," only
hesitated a moment before be Said :.
"I wonder why yon, whose life is
apparently so happy, should care to
listen,to the Story of a poor tramp.
Nou, display, singular taste,' young
lady, but your wish 'Audi be granted.
otfqjj.
AT HEITNITT.
BLANDER.
TOWANLk , BRADFORD -, C0NTY; , ::::.244 .--THIJISDAY ',Xo.o,:•:,t.iMilli.„ - 14,'_...-1879.
Possibly the story you pre anz tms to
hear tuaisave some man from a fate
like mine, it anythingcan ehange the
order of things in this world. - No,
matter where I was; horn. It is itn
material where I spent one of the
happiest boyhixds a child wasever'
allowed to ' enjoy. -It is, enough to
for you to know that it was a / bright,
childhood, that a kindfather and
tender mother watched over-me, their
one child, giving mo the most devot
ed care. As I grew from chil dhood
to riung.manhood, I was carefully
and thoroughly educated. 3fyparents
were far from being rich,' but .they
managed to send me,lo' high school
and afterwards to college.
" In the person before you, can you
trace any likeness ,to a man who
would be likely tot:wet:pp the position
of teacber of a number of languages
in a thriving college? Does the
tramp you arelistening to, look in the
feast like a min whose company was
once sought after and highly prized
by those whose positions in life made
them welcome in the most aristocrat
ic Mad cultured society ? , 1 Nay, you
need not answer • I know what your
'reply, if a truthful one, Must be.
" My boyhood's friend; and college
chum, was Fred Allen, a whole-soul
ed, honest fellow, with whom I never
quarreled until alter it was discover
ed by each of us that the other loved
the girl he wished to make hiS wife.
We tried hard not to be jealous of
each other, Fred and I, but did not
quite succeel. I 'was the favored one,
however. With a half-guilty-feeling,
as if I had robbed ' him, I told my
friend of my engagement, His face
was white with passion as he hissed
between his closed teeth _ :
"-John Ellis, I tell you your prom
ised wife is an infamous, despicable
dirt!"
Oh, why did I not remember that
nothing but -the deepest pain , the
sharpest disappointment, would have
made him so tinjust I cannot tell.
I only know that a -tierce anger held
me in control, and seizing some ob.
ject:near me—we were iu my roomin
the college building—l struck him.
I cannot state clearly what followed.
I think I must have partially fainted
at, sight of the prostrate figure which
was before me with its. deathly look
ing face. I recollect only that my
loom was soon Bled,- with - people—
probably the body made a loud noise
in falling—and that everbodyseemed
to be' saying the same horrible Worils,
4 Dead, dead. Murdered by his friend
Ellis.'f,
" That night I slept, or rather stay
ed, for slumber scarcely visited me,
; in a prison cell. I could not reason
or., think with any clearness. My
brain seemed paralysed,-, and every
sound took .the shape of seven words,.
'Dead, dead, murdered by his friend
Ellis.' Fred Allen did not die. Alter
n long and severe illness . he recover
ed. - -Brain fever had been the . result
;of the blow I dealt him on the temple.
God knows I would rather have lost
.my own life !than endangered his._ I
had taken no thought as to the place
where the blow was to fall.
" With calmness I listened to my
sentence of five years in the State
prison, thinking' how small a part of
my spuniStiment it would be. But
with the' not over-large amount of
I
money my, parents bad been enabl 1
to lay aside during their honest ti • :.:,
together with a generous amoun eon,'
tributed by my friend, who - 'coked
upon himself . sw having been the
cause of all my mistort: fie, three
years of liberty = was' pu chased for
me. 141Y"set:tence. beta two instead
of five years' imprise x nent.
" My parents visited me as often as
possible c and Fred Allen came often
to see me. ,'The girl to whom I was
en'gaged,,Slic lynd refused to take her
y
freedom—Wi .almost a daily C.aller
in my',-(111. , . . •
" AMon them all I" was made as
cOtnioi file asone can' be made in
such arters. When I was again at
liber -, I realized 'what a wretched
thing it is to lose the confidence and
respect of one's fellows. But few
. would, give me any_ employment and
everybody distrusted me thoroughly.
"A year after :my release I was
married. Six months after my mar
riage my father died of fever. _ My
mother, worn out by anxiety for me,
and the care and bard , work which
his sickness brought, .only survive()
him a few weeks. We were alonh
but for each other, Mattie and,l, for
she like myself was an' orphan, 'and
had been an_only. child.• I sold the
old place, where my _Childhood had
been passed, and with the money it
brought sought the West, where ' in a
secluded little silage, away - from
those I had known, 1 made a home
for myself and the woman I loved.
"Truly and bitterly- had' I repent,-
ed my sin and rashness*. I asked for
giveness of God and•my friends;,and
both, I run sure granted it. As the
weeks and months formed themselves
into years, I found peace if not hap
piness. I was beginning to fold a
teat over the dark page in my history,
when the book of existence was turn
ed backward, by a band which seem
ed to ine cruelln its carelessness.
" Some ingenious brain and' clan.
ning hand had given to the world a
new patent, and agents were sent to
all parts of the country to effect its
sale. One of these agents came to
our village, and proved to be a per
son who had known me in the unhap
piest time of my life. A few careless
ly spoken words opened to the gaze
of the people among whom I had
lived so peacefullyi the 'dark chapter
in my history. The man saw and re
cogNzed me. fie did not speak to
me, but I heard him say to one of
I my neighbors :
"'You said' his name was John
Ellis; I thought so, although he has
changed considerably since I saw him.
Well, if a certain physician had been
less skilled,ke might have been look
ing through gates now. - Ile looked
very respectable for a freed State's
prison bird.' .
"I did not stay, to hear more, but
I knew that I could 'no longer hope
for peace or comfort in that place. I
was much leis sorry for myself than
for my wife my dear, true 3lattie.
Time proved that my feats were not
groundless. A maii.mbo had been in
prison was a monster in the eyeo of
those simple, honest people, and our ,
Teterboro shunned our dwelling as
, y might have done a plagne-house.
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Bravely my - wlfgrtrom urrunder this
affliction, but .1 saw how unhappy
gugd restless sbe wa,s, and one day 1
sold, toy place for not two-thirds its
- value, and soon moved away a long
distance.
IV would' make a story of which
you. may already be weary, too long,
to tell you how-we inoVed from place
to place, and,how some one always
came to, tell., my, story, and lose us
our home:
_ "Gradnally, bat surely; my prop
erty slipped away from me - until.
nothing _remained. At length the
burden of life became too heavy for
my never-strong Manic, and she
quietly laid it down.
"'Do not reproach yourself, John,'
she said, when I stood by her couch
and cried out that I_ had been her
curse ; 'you have done the best you
could, and been a. good husband to
me. I have been happy in sharing
your hard lot.
- "I was very poor, but I managed ,
to get - money enough together to
take all that remained of , my .31attie
to the place where my father and
mother are buried, and to buy a head
stone for her grave. The idol-venera
ting pagan of the East seeks not
at more regular intervals the shrine
at which he worships than I those
three grass•covered graves. It is the
thought of them that keeps my life
from being; holly bad..` I am drift
ing anywhere, everywhere, into all
sorts of company, all sorts of places
but I never steal, curse or drink.
Sometimes I fancy.! am going mad,
but it is my constant wish that I may
be kept pute enough to drift some
day.into the heavenly kingdom where
my parents and Mettle are waiting
to welcome their wanderer. I am
glad the man who spoke the words
that drove us from our homes does
not know the result of his inform*
Lion. There sire unhappy ones enough
now.,,
The story was finished. Three
pair of eyelashes were wet, three
hearts lull of one desire; to comfort
and help this waif of humanity. Per
haps he read that wish on the faces
before him, for he said as he arose:
"No one ean‘telpi me. - I should
not be content to remain in one place
long. God bless you! I venerate
all women for mothei's and Mattie's
sake. For your kindness, I thank
you."
Out into the darkness in which the
short Noyeinber afternoon was enc:
ing, he strode, and again in the wok
which has been so unkind to hi
s drifting.
ORR WESTERN LETTS,
Tor MA. Xithsas, pet 12. 1879.
'My first lettorwill exsarily be
baSedinpon..a genera knowledge of
the _country (with fe exceptions) as
taken, from the Mt . windows on my
way here. My T ure .l etters will be
from actual oh nation and statisti
cal reports o the growth and pros.
perity since y first visit to Kansas,
seven years ago. At that time Kan
sas was n'great parlor, (so to speak),
destitute of furniture; to-day it pre
sents% very ditlerent,appearanee—at
leatte what is termed Eastern Kansas:,
tli parts first; settled. .
, -We left Elmira April Bth, A. '31.,_
and' reached 'Topeka, Kansas, the
11th, A. at., being 10 orl2 hours late
in consequence_ of ' the great..throng
of people going west, compelling the
railroad companies' to . run - extra
trains to accommodate the' Mul ti tude:
loan but speak, in the highest terms
of the railroad companies who have
charge of this vast emigration—this
human tide towards the setting sun,
verifying the saying that "Westward
empire takes its. way."- ' As I .took a
new route . west this time I propose
to speak briilly of the country and
climate through which I passed. .
Ori the mooning of our departure
from Elmira it was cold and chilly as
mid winter, the hillsides being cov
ered with ksnow anitthe ground full
of frost. We found plenty of snow
and ice until we reached Western
Pennsylvania, where we saw- but lit
tle snow, anti at Daytori, Onio, the
snow'and ice had yielded to the
balmy influences of spring, and rep.
Cation began to show the warming
influences of a spring sun. By the
time we reached Cincinnati there
was a marked difference in the cli
mate, -the grass and grain looking
green and the farmers considerably
advanced in their spring work.
Spring crops , were sown and being
sown, gardens were made and leaves
'upon the trees were making their ap
pearance. Southern Ohio, agricul
turally speaking, is a rich country.
It has a tine, health climate. a rich
soil and level surface, being two or
three weeks earlier 'than Northern
Pennsylvania or New York. We
reached Cincinnati towards night
the second day and from there to St.
LoNs we pissed through' Southern .
Illinois, what is termed Egypt, near
ly all the • ifify - '3ll the night. The
southwestern part we passed over in
the morning of the third day, reach
ing St. Louis :A r il, A. 1 , 4.- distairice
from Cincinnati, 340 miles. The
country, which is very level, was
flooded from a. heavy rain which had
just visited the West. I. think it too
level to be a good farming country;
still they have a black, rich looking :
soil, undoubtedly productive in good
seasons, or seasons with milt
saQl
cient to aid in the groWth and 'matu
rity of farm crops. Wet seasons
'they must be flooded through all that
section.' There -is not the appear
ance of enterprise 'in the cultivation
of the !arras or in the farm buildings
" you will see in Ohio, New York or
Pennsylvania. The ;farm buildings
',a& generally poor, with a genets,
learelessness and neglect thiovhout
the country. - - t
We came through Missouri in the
day. time, reaching Kansas •City at
10.15 P. Missouri has very much
the'appearanee of. Southern Illinois,
;so far as the - general neglect of farm
era is concerned. I think 'Missouri,
''generally:speaking, is better, for ag
ricultural, purposes than Southern
from the fact of its being
more rolling, and less inclined - to be
lt*. flooded in 'wet seasons. With
Northerig enterprise, and - a Republi
can majority of 50;000 votes, it would
be one of the finest states in the
'Union.' ;The soil and climate is all
that caulbe desired, and with a dlr.'
'brunt', political the =pro-
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gram would be marvelous. " I met
severalgentleiaen on the earn while .
throughNisionii,whOive in
Oat •State, that; though Democrata,,
saw ,their mistake in not' trying to
stop this flood of emigration, in their
State, .by pursuing a. different
course. They have not invited this
-vast emigration . , to Kansas to -stop by
holding out a -more liberal: political
policy, and instead of ostracising
people who live with them, of differ
eat political views from the donii
nant psrty, greet them socially
and respect their political views, as
.becomes an American = citizen.
From what I saw of the, State, the
climate, soil, e. I should. be induced
to atop in' that iiiiher than go
farther west, - if there was a more lib
eral policy and a spirit of kindness
and sociability, existing with the peo
ple that they term Northern, men.
They- have a very fine soil, plenty-of
timber, coal and iron, and in fact
id of the natural resources to make
-a great State, an Empire, as it were,
if their political convictions were
a little more_ liberal. There is no
reason why farms in Missouri should
sell for $5 to $l5 per acre, except
those above mentioned. I saw some
as fine farms as the sun ever shown
upon, if properly managed, offered
for $lO and $l2 per. acre. Near the
town . of Mexico the country is splen
did,' with an undulating surface,. a
deep, rich, black soil, a salubrious
climate, good timber and water,.all
that could be desifed to make it the
great centre of. attraction to emi
grants looking for Western homes.
We left Kansas City at about 1 A.
M., reaching Topeka at 4 A. M.; dis
tance, 66 miles. Came all ,the way
in the night over the A. T. & S. F.
B. R. As to bow the country looks
at this time I can say but little.
passed over it seven years ago, and
then its general appearance corres
ponded with the balance of the State,
but has improved wonderfullyin that
time. Seven years has made a great
change in Topeka, both in buildings•
and population. All thingi are im
proved except the turbid waters of
the Kansas river. It is black as ink.
No change expected in that. lirection
while. it flows through this black soil.
Topeka is a model city, containing
12,f 00 population ; is situated upon
high ground, and- with water works
and-gas, which they do not.have yet,
It could scarcely be surpassed.
I notice in the city peach trees in
blvoni, also cheni trees, with gar
dens nearly all made ' and sonic gar
den vegetables up. The-two dapi I
have spent in the city were warm and
springlike. , I shall , remain here inf.
til Monday, the - 14th ' when I shall go
down the A. T. & 5.F.11. 11., to Wl
chits, and to Sumner Co., and spend
a few days with friends, where I shalt
write my next letter.
In my letters from Kansas I shall
aim to not overstate
.as- to its agri
cultural outlobk, or the prospects
here for persons who desire homes
in the West. My subsequent letters
will be devoted mostly to the agri.
cultural and-material interests of
Kansas and the induciments for
Eastern people who are looking to
the West .as their lionte 'for the'fu;
Lure.
was agreeably surprised to meet
Mr. and Mrs. Cornwall, who kept the
99 cent store in Towanda. They
hare a One store in this city which
looks just as tasty as ever. , They
are Navin; a good trade and say they
don't hear people - complaining of
hard times. I also found IL Stulen
and P. Phelan. Mr. Sullen has gat
business and lots br friends already.
There are some very fine stores in
tbii city, and all seem t 9 be doing a
good business.
I have called on our old friends
from Bradford, 31. B. Case and the
Thomases. They are energetic fel
lows and doitpr b well. Uncle Chester
Was elected l'o lico Judge of this city
lhet week, an office of considerable
importance and quite lucrative. Ed.
Dean is well, and is, like liMatlier,
a good fellow.. gore anon.
C. F. N.
UNEDEROROUND C URIOSITIES.-At
the 'city of Medina, in Italy, and
about four miles around it, whenever
the earthis dug, when the workmen
-arrive at .a distance of sixty-three
feet • they come to a bed of chalk,
which they bore with an auger, five
feet deep. They then withdraw from
the pit before the auger is removed;
and upon its extraction the water
bursts up through the aperture with
great violence, and quickly fills the
newly-made well, which continues
full-and is affected neither by rains
nor drought. But what is the most
remarkable in this operation is the
layers of earth as we descend. At
the depth of fourteen feet are found
the ruins. of an ancient city—paved
streets, houses, floorr, and different
pieces of mason work. Under this
is found a soft; oozy earth, made up
of vegetab'ea; at twenty-sii feet,
large trees, w ith the walnuts still
sticking to the stem, and the leaves
and branches in a perfect state of
preservation. - At twenty-eight feet
deep a soft chaliv is found, mixed
with a vast quantity of shells, and
the bed is eleven feet thick. Under
this vegetables are found again.-
A BOY,OI. Comrsalsoss.--It was
Cahn, still nigh t; a soft air played
caressingly _with the tresses of a love
ly girl, and the moon shed its gentle
ray over the radiant brow of" her
lover. Her /mud! _brother, Meanwhile,
just home for the holidays, was acci
dently wandering in • quest of a bat
in the neighborhood, when he heard
the voieis of his sister and her be
trothed. Prompted by the natural
curiosity of youth, he lingered to
listen. After a few inarticulate mar-
Murs he became conscions of the
sound of weal:aloft; and - enjoyed his
position exceedingly. Later in the
evening he met the pair at tea. "I
heard you kiss ,Fregi; be abruptly
remarked to his sister. "What do
you mean, you rude boy," cried the
sweet girl, turning scarlet. = "Oh, it's
no ^ use denying • it," - replied her
brother, "you can't gammon me. I
know , the sound, you know; it was
just like a cow pulling her , boot out
of st'unid-liole." this was an instance
Of a composition which was odious;
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eITIEETED.
would notate IA; the glen
Ol slender years my life cantatas,
The aartowlingalledged to man
The sovereign Will of God ordains,:
Could nest feel the soothing breath,::
That tolls am to my Anal *op,
And softly whispers r.aftecilealh.”,
No sorrows come--no aye Shari weep."
I would not Wish.to the the years
Or mshits, though they nay be sweet
As roses him: with deweyiests.
The fairest summer morn could greet;
Could d not feel within this hurt,
A fond bop, lingers, calm and still,
Too soft to whisper...al:lends never put
WM; lorsd to do the Masters will."
would not cue to walk this earth,
nomad which a Starry iithem drew—
So honored by her Rakers birth—
And wine* with the cherished few; • -;: 4 .7 ,
Copal not know a radiant peace,
A dream og bUu that lumens no end.
Where fear and dread their purrs release,
And friend forever iiits with friend.
I would not rare to think of heaven, '
, With every joy that hope foretells; •
Where from the oye all tears are ditiett,
And through the heart sweet rapture thrills;
Could I not feel that heavenly bliss, .
And breathe the fragrance of ita sir,
in changing to that world from this.
That I would be no stranger there.
I would not sitsb the hope Were mine, "
That when I laj llte•s burden down.
The tear drops shed at sorrow's shrine-
Would crystalise to pearls, my crown
Could .I not know, omitting me.
Some cherished soul our Lord had called.
Steed rapt In joyormeestacy, •
To open the gates of emerald. _
Then bld.my t ondesi hope die 7,
And let my dearest Idol die.
nide ! hide, oh grave, the form away;
That once wad precious to mine eye ;
Sweet, sweet Ilte•s heaviest burdens seem,
Slum at the.portals now can be, •
My lair, my joy, my hearti best theme, •
With matatfetelted arras to welcome me.
• Friendr'.rournat.
PREACHING AN) PRACTICE.
" Poor woman! What a thousand
pities it is for her ? " said Mrs.
Grimes with feeling; "I wonder how
she stands it. If my husband - were
to act so it would kill me."
"I never could stand- it in the
world," added Mrs. . Pitts. "It is a
dreadful situation for a woman to be_
placed in I Mr. Larkin used to be
one of the best of men, and took the
best possible care of his family. For
years there was not a happier woman
in town than his wife, and now it
makes one's heart ache to — look at
her. Oh, it must be one A' the most
heart-rending things in , the world to
haVe a drunken husband.".
"Well all I've got to say," spoke
up Mrs. Peters with warmth, "is,
that I don't pity her much."
"Why, Mrs. Peters How can
you talk so ? "
." Well, I don't. Any woman who
will live with a drunken husband
don't deserve pity ! Why don't she
leave hini? "
" That is . easier said than done,
Mrs. Peters."
"I should think it . a-great deal ea
sier to leave than to live with a
drunken husband, and havOlny life
tormented out of me. If my hus
band were to do so, reckon he and •
.1 would part before twenty-four
hours."
Now, Mrs. Peter's husband was a
most excellent man, and a sober man
withal, and his wife was tenderly at
tached to him. In regard of his be
coming a dr-unkard,:she had as little
fear as of his running off and. leav
ieg her. Still, when she made this
last remark, she looked toward him
(for he was present)with a stern and
significant expression on her counte
eance. This was not really meant
for him, but for the imaginary indi
vidual she had supposed as bearing
the re:Xtiortoward her of a drunken
husbabd. .
"You would, would yo . u? " Mr.
Peters replied to the warmly ex
pressed resolution uttered by his
wife.
"Yes, that I would," ball laugh
ing and half seriously retorted Mrs.
Peters.
"Yon don't know -what you're
talking about," spoke Mrs. Grimes.
"Indeed, then, I do! I consider'.
any woman a fool that would live
with a drunken husband. For my
part, I have not a spark of sympathy .
fof the wives of drunkards—l mean
those who live with the men, who
beggar and abuse them. Mere dis
gusting brutes—the very sight of
whom ought to tura a woman's stom
ach."
"You were never placed in such a
position, and therefore are not coat-
petent to decide how far a woman
who continues to live with a drunk
en husband is or is not• to blame.
For my part, 1 am inclined to think
that, in most cases, to live with a
husband under these circumstances
is the least of two evils."
This was said by Mrs. Pitts.
" I think you are right there," re
sumed Mr. Peters.. "A woman feels
towards her own husband, the father
of her children, and the,man who in
life's spring-time won her best and
purest affections, very different from
what she does towards another man.
She knows all his good qualities, and
remembers how tenderly he has loved
her, and how he would still love her
but fur the mad infatuation from
which he feels it impoSs:ble.to break
away. The hope that he will reform
never leaves her. When she looks
at her children, even though abused
and neglected, she cannot but hope
for the father, and this hope keeps
her :np."
"Any woman is a fool to feed her
self up with such fancies. There is
only one tree remedy and that is sep
aration. That's what 1,41 do, and
I every woman of sense ought o do.
Don't tell me about hope of reform
ing. It's all nonsense. You wouldn't
catch. me breaking my heart after
that. fashion, for any man. Not II "
said Mrs. Peters.
The more Mrs. Grimes, and Mrs.
Pitts, and others - present argued their
side of the question, the more Dent
naciimly did she maintain the posi
tion she had assumed, until Mr. Pe
ters could not help feeling somewhat
veied and some little hnrt. He be-
leg her husband, and the only one
who could' possibly hold the relation
toward whourall herindignation was
directed; under the imagined possi
bility of his becoming a tippler.
After a while the su4ect was drop
ped, and , at the clasp of the evening
thO Mends' *emoted, and' went to
their beam. • ." • ' .
$l.OO per Annum in
,Advance.
•-"It was, perhaps, two
_months frOM
the period at which this conversation
occurred,' that Mr. Peters left his
home early in the evening to attend
a political meeting, politics at the
time running high, and hard cider
flowing as free as water. He was in.
the- habit of attending such meet
ings, and-of partaking of MS portion
of the cider, and at times something
stronger; but as he was a sober mari,
too, of strong good sense and firm
principle, the thought of his ever
partaking too freely never crossed
the mind of his wife.
Regular in his habitio, he was rare
ly out after ten o'clock, on any occa
sion. But this time, ten came, and
eleven, but he watt still away. This
ws a cireumstanie so unusual that
his wife could not help feeling a de
gree of uneasiness. She went to the
door and listened for 'him, after•the
clock struck eleven, and stood there
for some time, expecting every ino
went to hear his'fontsteps in the dis
tance. But she waited in vain, and
at last , re-entered the house with a
-troubled feeling.
At last the clock struck twelve,
and almost at the same time she
heard her husband at the door, en
deavoring to open it with a latch key;
and thinking she might have turned
the key, Mrs. Peters 'went quietly.
and opened, the • door for -him. She
found that she bad not locked it.
As she lifted the latch, the door
was thrown suddenly .against her,
and her husband came staggering in.
As he passed her he: struck against
the wall of the passage—rebounded,
struck the other sidis k and then fell
heavily upon the floor.l
The dreadful truth instantly flash
ed. upon her. He was drunk. For a
moment her heart ceased to beat, her
head reeled, and she had then to lean
against the wall to keep from falling.
Then all the tender emqtions of her
heart rushed freely into actiyity. It
was her own husband who lay before
her overcome by the master spirit of
strong drink.
With almost superhuman strength
she raised him tip, althourrh a large
man, and supported him - with her
arm until she got -him up stairs and
laid upon the bed. By this time he
seemed perfectly stupid, and only
mumbled incoherent replies to the
freqaent and tender importunities of
his wife. .
After some time she got him un
dressed and in' bed. But he grew
more' and more stupid every moment.
" Oh.! what if be should die 1"
the poor wife moaned anxiously,
while the tears thatliad at first gush
ed out still continued to flow freely.
She also washed his face with cold
water, and tried various means
arouse him from the lethergy of
drunkenness. But all to nto purpose.
At last, despairing, of success,'she
lay down beside him, in tears, threw
her arms around his neck, and laid
her face against his. She had lain
thus for 'about five minutes, when
her husband called her -name in -a
whisper.-
Oil, how eagerly - did she listen, af
her response to his call !
"'if my husband were to, do so."
As he said this, still in a whisper,
but a very expressive one, he looked
tier steadily in the face, with a ro
guish twinkle of the eyes, and a
quivering of the lips; the muscles of
which could with difficulty restrain
from wreathing those expressive or
gans into a merry smile.
Mrs. Peters understood•the whole
scene in a moment, and boxed her
huSband's ears soundly on the spot
for very joy, while he laughed until
his sides ached as bad as his ears.
In all , after discuisious upon the
various unfortunate relations of man
and wife, Mrs. Peters was very care
ful how she declared her course of
action, were she placed under simi
lar circumstances. If in any case
she was led unthinkingly to do so,
the remark of her .Imsliand, made
with a peculiar inflection or the
voice-4 6 Oh, yes! If my husband
were to- do so "—hacl the happiest
effect -Imaginable, and instantly put
an end to the' unprofitable discus
'
1. linr ORDER.
The other day, after a strapping
young man had sold a load of corn
and potatoes on the market, and had
taken his team to a hotel barn to
"feed," it became known to the men
around the barn that he was desirous
of joining some secret society in
town. When -questioned, he admit
ted that such was the case, and the
boys. at once offCred to initiate him
into a new order, called the "The
Cavaliers of CoVeo." He was
,told it
was twice as secret as Free Masonry,
much nicer than Odd Fellowship,and
the cost was only two dollars. In
case he had the . toothache be could
draw five dollars per week from the
relief fund, and he was entitled to re
ceive ten dollars for every headache,
and twenty-five dollars for a sore
throat.
The young man thought he had
struck a big thing, and aftereatina a
hearty dinner, he was taken into ° a
store-room above the barn to be inia
tinted The boys poured cold water
down his back, put flour on his hair,
swore him to kill his mother, if com
manded, and rushed him around for
an hour without a single complaint
from hialips. When they bad finish
ed, he enquired:
,"Now I am one of the Cavaliers
of Coveo, ara I?" -
"You are," they answered. •
"Nothing more to learn, is there??'
"Nothing." -
"Well, then, I'm going to lick the
whole crowd l" continued the &mai
date ; and he went at it, and- before
be got through he had his two dol
lars initiation fee back, and three
more, to boot, and had knocked every
body down two or three times apiece.
He didn't seem greatly disturbed in
mind as he drove out of the barn.
On the contrary, his hat WWII slanted
over, he had a fresh five-cent cigar in
bitteith, and he mildly said to one
of the barn boys.: •
"Say, boy, if yon bear a any
Cavaliers asking for a Coveo about
my size, tell 'em ill be on in-the full
of the moon, to tithe the Royal Sky
zusle deborees,"
11:AVA018 01 SHE DISZABIII IN JQEOPL,
Diphtheria has always played havoc
in Great Britton; but hitherto no more •
attention has been paid to it than to
scarlet fever'or any other acute dis
ease. The death of . Princess Alice 1
has - excited general alarm_ Now that 1
a daughter of- the.,Queen Las bees
carried away by it the disease isbeing
investigated . The papers are full of
popular essays and letters on the-sub
ject, some of which are - not without
interest for American reader& itOr
example : _ ,
Diphtheria is essentially an inflam
matory action of the mucus mem
brane of the throat, back of the neck,
and windpipe, excited by a parasitic -
organism. Its most remarkable Char- ,
acteristicis an exudation from. these '
_membranes of an adhesive character, -
sothattheybecome coated with slayer -
of tenacious material resembling a
very thin shaving of,chamois leather,
whence the name ‘!diphtheria "—the
"leather disease." This membrane
blocks, up the entrance of the wind
pipe and causes suffocation—the most
immediately threatening feature of .
the malady. If however, the danger
of suffocation is escaped,- there will
supervene a specific, nervous affec
tion of a paralytic character, which ;
affects the organs of speech and the
neighboring parts, 'accompanied by
the' most ; -utter' prostration of the
general system. Theie latter char-
reteristies distinguish diphtheria
from a much more common yet less ..
dangerous dist:fuse, namely, croup.
It is,
moreover, of all ills to which
_flesh is the heir the mosVinsidious, ,
and has 'suspicious relations-, with.
scarlet fever. The question which
is often asked as regards the cause
or causes to which it can be referred
seems likely to receive an answer _
from the case of the Princess Alice.
That-august lady resided oceasienal--
ly in the old mediaeval palace of the
Grind Duke of Hesse, in the lower
part of the ,town of Darinstadt, in
preference -tO the new palace built ,
for her husband, the present Grand
Duke. This venerable structure is
honeycombed with drains and the
most common cause of dip htheria is
the influence of the air on sewage
products, whereby lacteria are gen
erated, and although the disease it
self is highly infectious, sewage may.
be said to be the johe et origo
The remedy which has been found
most efficient in England is sulphur
ens acid, a specific which - must not
be confused with sulphuric acid, r. e
oil of vitriol. If the patient inhales _
sulphuronwaeld Constantly, and ap
plies itto the membrane with a spray,
the chances of recovery are almost
certain,, and whenever this specific
has failed the result has been obtain- _
ed by a neglect of Using it with sufli
cient frequency. Tbe effort produced
is the destruction of the parasitic
germ. -
NUMBER 47
DMMIVU.
• WEATHER WISDOIC-" Let me!say,
right heap, at de for'd eand of dese
parceedins," remarked Brother Gard
per, as he rose up, at the last meet
ing of the Lime Silo Club, "datl
doan' want eny talk in dis Club
about de wedder. You can't - meet a
man dese days but what am squintin'
up at de lievins and wonderint what
time de ! nex' snow-bank will arrove.
D 4 snow, an' de rain, an' pctlar
waves, !an'-de •slush, an' de mud will
mine jest de same : an' all de anxie
ty,
an worry, an' talk, an' lookin an' .
lyin. am froan away. _ Jest
.let de
wedder alone, and -keep. yer feet un
der kiver. Let de liars go ahead an'
say dis am de hardest winter known
for a- million years.' Let dein state
how de hot-water - pipes froze up clus
to de store, - an icicles sebenteen feet)
long hung from de chimbly. Let'
item tell how de frost - olit kitchen - !
posts i n' upsot city halls, an' doan'
set in ,an' try to tell a bigger lie.
Half de populashun of dis wort' will
-be shet out of de better lan' for no
udder dan lyin' about de wedder for
eight months of de twelve, an' growl
in' at de Lawd about de balance."
Detroit Free Press. ,
APPLYING l'IlE SzamoN,The pas
tor of a church in a neighboring State
preached a sermon on the importance
of saying "No," And in the course of
it d w lt impressively
_on` the moral
coura e required to say that mony-_,
sylab e at tie right time.' After the
serm n a collection was taken for a
very deserving charity. When the
congregation was dismissed, a cer
tain man waylaid the pastor' in the
vestibule, and - seizing him by the
hand, thanked him effusively. "for
the sermon, one of the most effetive
he had beard. The pastor modestly
replied; "I'm glad you think so, but
cannot`Aee why you should."
"Why," replied the man," when I
went into church I was fully determ
ined to give Wm dollars to that
charity, but your. sermon impressed
me sp deeply that I found courage to
resist . the temptation, and let the
.plate passer go by with - an emphatic
'No "
GIVII.IO TEIE 'Guar.—Some young
Men in a town :near Batayii, N. Y.;
bang "cut up" one night to the
detriment of certain windows and
bell-pulls, were lodged' in the cala
boose, and in clue time nest morning
confronted before a police magistrate
who fined them $5 each, and no-ad
monition. • One ofthese foolishly re
marked :
"Judge, l was in hope. that you
would remember me ; I belong to the
same lodge with you!" -
The Judge, appatently surprised,
replied - with brotherly sympathy;
"Ah 1 is it so? Truly, this is
Brother ---1 I did not - recOgnize
yotil Excuse me for my dullness
Yes, we are: brother Masons, and I
shOuld 'have thbught of that. Mr.
Clerk, fine our: Brother ten dol
lars. Being a Mason he knows the
rules of propriety better than other
men. Fine - him ten dollars. You
will pay the clerk, Brother—l
Good-morning,. brother.: Call the
next case." -
WORDS OP Wisnom.—Many who
find the illy too long, find life too
'short. -
No one dare maintain that it
is better to do injustice than to. bear
Our grief may be guessed from the'
-solace and self-deception we resort
to.
He who thinks he has nothing;to
fear from temptation is most expoied
to fall.
Never does a man portray his men
character more vividly than in Ilia
manner of portraying anther's. /
As the bee collects honey and de
parts without injury to the (lower, so
let him who -is wise dwell on the
earth.
The unbeliever is he who deliber•
ately declines tospeak what he thinks
or to trust humanity with what help.
ful truth has hes 4 otrusted to hint: