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VOLUME XL.
1 . , far retimvs.d f rum meadows r,„rerni'''' •
F . iloin tranquil Sliatltt.pr
I.le in my attic., all alone,
And dream till whil,..the morning dawns
A bout my brain there Olt, like birda,
Thoughts of a Bast hue - pas,lng fair;
1 Learutd , unforaottemwords,
Ittlmully.lred footsteps Liz the stair. '
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.1 10:ww rindrean,log ;lt walta
1 nhall.dw,con , l to narrow clays
Antl iwtty care:, w litch grudge awl take
The Epent ln-other ways.
May I, 7,
My daily labor, hard awl stern.
taicesiso uoiclt ; •
Gives me such wages at , I{earti,1 { earti,
But 111114 my We.. wItIA tqch.
There',. o..thing !cit.
I:t duty cbm,• to nod consul;
Each 4:1%1111-g day wakes ti, SlMtik
Eliot life , Itoto Initial the Fool so - m i relit
happh..bt hoar, thht
. Brief anatncut of-thy morhtlig dream,
Before f Ilear!lhe unwelcome chime,
Seauding I..ir Inert, In rain nein gleam.
then 1 smell the Mlles while
W tee', tall tf a•ks swaye,l In that still place,
Half gar t, half brieht,
Where l-,'st 1 saw yen lace to face:.
I Nee you y 4,11 I hear
Your v,•ice thai 'al; mirli tint
And al: the C,, , u1,,1s far ...ft and near,
.11ak Ing a your word,'
I look beyond, a2i vsY the uorli:.
To wt ore the AIWA aid Lutl'd
Itt , giant arms, that turned and nqicd
.1% dirty motion: quickly - wLiri.d.
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—ll'.l/int Gro.jhr:/tra Vettirt Monthly
MEINEEME
I.NIO
7 The
Sektied (Tak.
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, Right Man After .All.
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' Viola has found a lover; or. at
least. John Etliworth aspired to that
lle hail known Viola
sicce she was a little girl at school,
and vas now trying .0 win the first
place in the young woman's affection , :
Two years ago. the paternal Ells
worth had given John on his twenty
third birthday a deed of a small, good
far:,, near his own. -
MIME
John set about making a home for
himself, with one of his half-dozen
sisters to manage it, and went at his
farming'in earnest. An,l all the gos
siiis of . the neighborhood went about
with chins elevated and noses wrin
kled when he was mentioned.- - And
the youn:! - er female portifm thought
him rather a desirable object to ma
niuuvre fr.
EmEnsa
T,IWAN PA. VA
r e th a p s that, was one reason why
iula. had been so gracious to him.
It WaS something to secure, without
as effort, attentions that all the other
girls schemed. for. But John Ells;
worth did not realize her ideal.. Un
der her cairn exterior, she dreamed
romances of the most vivid rose-pink.
She had heard_, hints and echoes of, a
woild :hat lay outside her own sphere
--a world of lights and mu ic. and
gay dressing ; a holiday life,, with
opera and theatre-going nights in it,
and days full of unlimited pleasure
seeking.
One June night. driviug over to
see his holy, John found her with an
unusual slush ow her fair, young face.
: 4 114.. rode with him—accepting
invitation in• a I:::itter-of-course way
that (irenflfully (Ikeotiraging.
• It, came -out-, utter little.
Nltirnington—a grcat aunt—had, sent
fur her photograph a nouith ago, not
having ma .n her since she was•a little
chic i. Two• days_ ago had come an
invitati6a fur Viola to spend a couple
of months With her=the great aunt
—in New York, and she was going
to-morrow.
• It's no use denying," the .young
fellow said, his voice growing husky.
"that Pm sorry for this. You are
nut contented [lore—you never will
be till you have had an experience
beyond it-- , perhaps not then. I am
not wise to tell rou now, I suppose,
but 1 love you. * Viola. Mind, 1 do
not adi you now for any return. I
Tall wait for what the future shall
put into your heart to say." •
It titi•a- a long speech. certainly, for
a proposal, but Viulla listened very
attentively to II er - ,lirt proposal, awl
heir blue eyeS softened,
Indeed, I do care-for you, John,
and you can't blame Inc for wanting
to go. Annt nceds me, you see, :mil
no one (los here. particularly. Ana
I'Ve never seen anything of-society."
" I know. ilear_."
" And. I shall not forget you," in
terrupting him. " I shall always
think of.„you," giving him her band.
" Fut two whole months," a • little
sadly. "Good-bye, then," -kis s in g
the hand be held. And then Viola
comet herself alone, and • then went
to finish her packing.
V °la's -nest two months were de
lightful. She was aLways prettily
dressed, and Frank Thorpe passed
his valuable time beside her.
Mrs.l3lornington.watelied the girl
narrollyond When Viola came home
the secry of Z.i.eptcriaber, it. was with
an invtltion to stay through the
wintvr.s
John Ellsworth called on her the
8123,(109
On,ooo
night afte her .return.
" Yon -look - well and happy," he
said, scanning her face.
" am," she-said ; and she told
him all about her delightful visit.
" Arid. ar& you _going to settle down
with us now ?" ;•
"Oh, no! I shall F tay here only a
few 74. Aunt is i.'onang for Inc ati
slic returns rani: a vi:sit: she is pay-
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John Ellsworth went away early
an the evening, having said no wont
of what. hied been in hi heart v.llthee
weeks.
" Poor fellow!" Viola said, as 116
went down the moonlight road. And
then I 'l'ln dreamily sad
gray eyes came up 'before her; and
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A -MORNING DREAM
she forgot John Ellsworth's sl►ady
brown ones.
Mrs. Mornington came -and took
the young lady away, and• Frank
Thorpe was once again hanging abooL
her—a most desirable matrimonial
prize. :
The Christmas holidays cane and
Went. Frank Thorpe lounged in on
Christmas day, and was paler and
More listless than ever.
• " Frank Thorpe, you are utterly
stupid ! What is the Matter r"
Mrs. Mornington.
" A general giving way of the sys
tem, I should say."
"Nonsense ! General laziness. In
day_'!
,
• " Oh, my dear %adam !" starting
up, alarmed. " Indeed, I'll reform.
I think I'm better • already. .I.Uss
Viola, I'm intensely interested in the
subjectoceupying your thoughts at
present, if you'll tell me. what it. is,"
anxiously.
" I was wondering if you were ever
in lore, and how she treated
. you,"
laughed Viola. -
'Over Thorpe's. face rushed a flood
cif seatlet. 11(. glanced up, eaeviht,
Mrs. Mornington's - sharp eyes on.
him - , and flushed again.
Mrs. Murnington gave }per first bit
of ialviee to her young charge that
night.
•is not a Ilion to
trifle with, illy dear. I think he is
in love with yuu. You could hardly
do better."
". Do better !" raising, her broad
lids for a full, steady look. "1 hadn'
thuuldit there was to be any ealeula
tion. No, Frank doe:=n't care fur me
aunt."
" if he is in love with you, so much
ftlie better. But come ; Mrs. Grove's
!Christmas ball must be attended."
And Viola 'went to that ball, and
froze Frank Thorpe, who,. uncon
scious of offense, lani , t "uidlY assumed
his usual station near her.. There was
something glacial and-tremendous in
her general style that provoked and
amused Mrs. MorninE;ton. Hut she
was beautiful, too—inure beautiful
than ever—and so Ler aunt forgave.,
her.
A tnong,l Mrs. Grovels guests that
night was a r - athei• grand-looking
luau, who certainly was no longer
yoltuo:. 10-zt one wife, he was
now 16okin: , for another. When he
was ptesented to Viola, she Wa bare
ly, civil. - Mr. Nicholson seemed to
like it..
Frank :rhorpe ua 1 eensed beiry ,
frozcii. To tell the truth, it inale
the afivances. There was l a shade
more of languor in his manner, and
his sad, gray eyes ha' an' :Laded
sliadoW ; but he songht no explana
tion.
Restored to sunshine, lie accepted
that, too, with no particular demon
stration, but he seemed to enjoy it.
To outside lookers-on the matter
seemed to lie between him and Mr
NiehOlson, .Whose attentions were
perfeCily straightforward and busi
ness-like.
One frosty, sparkling 'morning,
Viola Lad been out for a walk. On
tin., way she had met Frank Thorpe.
as she was very apt to do.
111 accoinpanied her home and en
tered .the house with her. There
Viola, feeling unusually brit ht her
self, Leg:in-lecturing him on his put
poseless life. ;
"1i I were a man---
call:‘'
Thank licaven you arc , not
However, go on."
" You put nta out. Mr. Thorpe
why don't you do , o,lnetifing , -
110 sqinelling ? Don't .Tan
your d - evoted,atlehdant threu-fourth
of ioy waking lilt. "
" Ves, .get youisvlf nix
ab:out by everybody. Not that
I care, certainly," hurriedly, to cover
her blumler: "1 shall i ehoose
friends where 1 please !" Making mat
ters worse, of course. -
11e sat up with surblen energy.
" Miss Viola, if I were a wOman
!I
A servant announced Mr. Frank
" Aunt, shall I—" and - parsed.
.::ven in her' reckless, over-excited
nom), she could not complete the
,
However. it' 1 were. I I sentellm
" Thank hi.nven, you art. not."
"
certainly, would riot 11 . i02 with that
ant.cdilluvian rclii2, Mr. Nicholson."
Mr. Thorpe, I don't." •
" Mks %Viola, I beg pardon, `•o
certainly clo."
She looked at him with an asttin
ilied ;red in her checks and light in
her eyes. Then she laughed frankly
awl good-naturedly.
". You ale," leaning forward and
laying his hand confidentially on her
aim, " I can't bear to see a clear-
hearted, honest girl, lowering hers(
to the ways or these artificial, brai
less girls, who have lievn l,reii np :
their lives to the lISITIe.,:s 01 Cat Chill !,
11(10ialld. YoU (loWt
try ambition. 'Wait till you lintl
man worth falling in love with, anal
then 'marry hill.- Wait forever, ii
you don't find
Eat woOonless with nsionish
mcnt If any dumb thing had found
voice, she woulo not have been more
antazi.d. F:ne had felt so fully
called to :“lininistur advice.
While she sat, his hand still of
her arm, and oyes still on het
face, the door opyned and John Ells
worth was ushered in.
" Why, Sohn ! John !'' as
all she could say.. -
And Flank Thorpe, being'ilisturbcel
by- this newcomer, who was eallCd
John, and received with such an out
burst of enthusiasm, gathered hirnsOf
up and lounged away.
John Ellsworth was - in town fox i;
fortnight, Mrs. Morning4on treated
him with great I , oliteness, and was
always in the way in the most natural
manner in the world,. wh e n h e came .
Viola always accepted lds invitations,
and when the time came for the ful-
fillznent, there was some unavoidable
obstaiie in-'the way. -Meanquae,. Mr.
Nicholson's attentions grewomore at
tentive, and
. Frank niorpe kept out
of the ; way.
Then Lent eatne., And-there was a
stride') - gessatiem Of gayety. • .1“101
was called away ijty his father's
nes:;,:tuil Vif,la fci6•'tle i•c
action. And she did not know tha
she would live through► it. and
really awl cater for anOther season
who/ the trine came. r.
t, way alike everywhere. In the
narrow circle out of which she had
einne there were jealousies snit .116
burni l igs, and petty selatnin'tt,—
ikter anti no Worse. than *hi, hal
TOWANDAi BRADFORD COUNTY, . PL, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1879.
come to know in the past weeks, tho'
possibly less disguised by smooth,
conventiolial polish of manner. Wait
till she met a man she loved ! She
might wait until she, was gray and
blind. There hail never appeared one
to whom she would give a second
thought, unless . it 'were—well, per
haps John Ellsworth, if the life that
would follow hiM were not too nar
row to breathe in; or. Frank Thorpe,
if he were not too lazy to speak.
And then, - brcontrast, 'there came
vision of Mr.:Nieholson and all his
wealth.
If she had shown the first. symp
totns of her moods to Mr. Nicholson.
he. would hake desisted from his at
tentiMis at once. Here was- . youth
and Beauty in a'statuesque state of
perfection.. That was what he want
ed—tile sttuthesqUeness ; and .every
body considered it a -settled affair.
I think Viola began to consider it
herself. She had just one letter from
John Ellswo - rth after his return,'and
he had said: " I - love you, Viola, and
am waiting for you."
She did not nnsWer the letter. IBut
She was,eross even with Mrs. Morn-
iugton for two days after it.
Then she was seized with a fit. of
homesickness, and but that her friend
vas taken suddenly and really ill,
nothing would have kept her there.
Mr. Nicholson came Tore frequently
than ever ; in his way,.Very kind and
. eonsider.de. Fratik 'Thorpe was in
and out, not so frequently as
.before
that morning When John Ellsworth
had come, but often enough to keep
hine,elf in her thoughts.
One night( in early springy , Frank
Thorpe came and (took Viola out for
.
a drive.
" Von lire 400 king tired. We mad•
not haVe -another night in 'l4-
month," Frank saidj,
In the half hou'• they did not speak
half a dozen sentences, and yet when
he sa', her down at her own door, and
held her hand for a infiite, as he
said, " Farewell I" , Viola felt that
they were nearer each other than ever
MI
• iOl a was onetnorning summoned
in the drawing-room to meet Mr.
NLholson. In the occupation of the
past weeks she had had ver . Mittle
opportimity to think about him or
his purposes; No' girl ever went to
mez2r, the Md. question with less
uqininatlon as to her .answer: She
knew his errand the moment she en-
t
tercti the room. rNot that he was
confused} oi• Itusita;ting, or in any way
tii:eeneertol. -
" Aly dear yotMg lady," he said,
deferenti!lly, Ilwant your permis
sion to ytni jpenional question?"
" You have it, she said,
And then; in a speech which •was
more like a set oration than
ything else Viola had ever heard,
he oll'ered her his hand and fortune.
The thought of saying no to smelt
:4ately piece of oratory - as that
fri:ditened and tlattered'her. But she
did say it, . very bwrctly and
gracefully, but ako very decidedly,
and Mr. - Nit:holson went away very
red in the face and a cued deal crest,
fallen.
She went up si.,:tirs to - Mrs. Morn
MEI
Aunt, I've (lone it! rui so
surprise(l !"
•• At what !"
•' I . refused Mr. NichoNon!"
" My dear. I always thought you
" emplia;
Did you ? You astute woman
And 1 always fancied that if he aske
me to be Sirs. Nicholson, 1. should
say yes."
"Perl 44 yon will be sorry by and
by that you lave said no."
" Perhaps I shall never be sur
prised at anything again I"
" From a worldly point of view,
you have madc a mistake, my dear."
• . " .I)on't, rack my feelings. Tkey are
sufficiently laccfated already."
" Shall youibe kinder to him than
you have been to Mr. Nicholson
" Don't ask me."
t..:0 Viola went down to see her
visitor, who was at the fail tide of
his I tufrai , l, tired indifference.-
"110 W vL.ry entertaining yon are
o-diykl Your conversational po%vers
are something to he wondered at,"
Viola said at last. impatiently.' .
" Entertaining . ?" - opening , his eyes
with mild wonder. "I suppose that
was your share of tide interview.
you like, I'll begin. You
are not lok)king bo well as usual this
mkning-?'S
" Thank von. What a very prom
isihg beginnin!, !''
" 1:Int you have infinitely the
,: .ad
antn.,:;e cif ' ,lr. Nicholson, whom
met Just 1.1 - OW. lle, seemed laboring
under the' impression that there had
hen an earthquake."
Viola hicghed, and ended with a
half :4.‘1),. .
" And 'so there has been. There.
talk ahout 'Eomething else. You
needn't be entertaining any more."
" I wonder," leatiing toward her,
a slow fire gathering in his dreamy
epts, "If I should hid an earthquake
wafting . for me if I followed Mr.
idholSons lead ?''
Missllaw.lon," the Servant an
nounccd, and-that put an end to it all.
Viola reasoned herself into a Con •
victim that she was in love with
Frank Thorpe, or if not actually in
that condition, that shemight easily
find herself there. And because pas
sive paticuc'e was not...possible just
then, she gathered up all John Ells,
wortlfs gifts and letters, and pm,
them out of her sight, as if he liad .
anything to do with it.
The crisis was not far off. Coming
in from an 'errand that night, she
found all; the dimly-lighted !masa ,
empty, and went oa from room txs
room till in the library she opened
the dour on Prank Thorpe. '
SO,VC pm were not at home,
e:one to tied for myself a vol Utile
11rs. MOll ttg.Qll had proinised me,"
exclanned„ But he elosol the
door as he gave her a chair,"aa if the
tttc a•tele were a part_ot his plan.
She lookest up at Isis pale face and
sbitling v '- es , and felt her heart sink.
And - yet this was the conclusion to
Ae . had reasuntd her6elf afew
lt r 4Ju rs agss.
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
And 'then five minutes of - talk, in
which her -part was monosyllabic,
and Frank Thorpe had , proposed and
been accepted, and she was crying
quietly, with her head on..the library
table, and he was walking the room
in an agitates. movement.
" Wo might as 'well begin with a
clean recortl,"• lie said, with a great
deal of hard earnestness in his .voice.
"You arc not my first love, Viola.
Not quite two years ago she jilted
me. 1 was in an awfully spoony con
dition—there's uo denying it, and for
a few weeks thought it would be the
death of me. — One . morning my let
ters and-trinkets came back .to me.
There was not a word of explanation,.
and - I did, not choose to ask any.
When I had tired myself. out, and
was in a condition to iie down in the
dust at her feet, the: house was shut
up and the tamily abroad. That's
the whole of it." ' .
" And the young lady's, name ?"
" Emily.Preseot.t."
".Emily- Prescott? Why, that is
the young lady I met this afternoon.
Just' home from abroad—iii, 'Paris
mourning.. Her father and mother
both died somewhere in France, in
the spring, and she came home with
the Mertons," '
"la," staring at her with eager
eyes; " I can't believe•it." dropping
into a chair. "My poor darling—"
A flash of color shot up into Viola's
face. She lient and stood by him
with her hand on his shouldi2r.
It seems to me, Flank," in her
most commonplace, practical voice
" chat the little arrangement we en
tered into ten mitutes ago might as
well be quietly annulled. Your poor
darling' is at present with the .Mer
tons: Hadn't you better go up there
at once, and rearrange ' your pro
gramme ?"
"I don't know. Viola, you will
think me a scoundrel, but I believe 1
love her yet.".
" Of, course you do Who doubts
it? Those, don't say a moman can't
be gcnefous. Think of my agony in
"releasing you, and go as soon as-pos
sible."
" Von•are gencroils, dear:"
" That depends .upon the relative
estimate of the saerafiee. ' Good
night."
After that, nothing could keep her
in-New York, and three days after
reaching home,' - driving her ohl-fash-
. .
ioned pony-chaise through the green
country road, she came upon John
Ellsworth walking, and he accepted
ht r invitation to ride.
I '.
"It is good to be here again. - I'
was thoroughly hoinesick." 7
" When are you to be marrihd ?",
" Never!"ith a burst of S•ehe
-1
menee ;" u le . ou—O J ohn .'"with
v a ,si.
a hysterical. , •
At home a telegram awaited her;
Mrs. Mornington was dead.
. Mrs. Mornington died pook She
had spent all her money. So Viola
was not an heiress, atter all.
•And the neighbors said, "After
she - .found she could not get either
of thOse city felloas, and that phl
lady diSapPointed her about her
money, she came 'back here and toOk
John Ellsworth. And he put up with
it; but then,. there's no fool like la
man when he's in love with a : girl
like that." .
betrmt Free riess.
Ten or a dozen men were enjoying
the hot weather which baked the
shingles on a' ferry dock saloon yes
to day, when a stranger stalked in
and enquired of the bartender:
"Have you any mint?"
"Yes sir," was the reply.
"And you have sugar, lemons, gin,
brandy, and so forth':"
"I have." ,
The stranger turned around to the
crowd, noted the sudden increase of
interest in each. face and kindly said:
"Gentlemen Fin going to treat
every • liar in this room. Let the
liars;—the Monstrous big liars—come
forward,"
Not a foot moved.
"Gentlemen," continued the stran
ger in a plaintive tone, "don't be
backward. Juleps wait for all. ,Every
one of you whO is"knowit as a liar
will' please stand up."
N.ot..a man stood. The strangers
face . •betrayed keen disappoint
men"., as he ordered a rousing big
"Mint" for himself and not a word
was spoken in the place while he
slowly sipped the cooling liquid
through a straw. When he had finish
ed he wiped off his mouth and said:
"Well, every truth-teller in- the ,
crowd will now stand up."
• Each man rose up with the prompt
ness of a soldier.
"And sit down again," softly said.
the man as he made for the door.
They would have sat down onhim,
but great truth-tellers are poor run
ners.
Honor the dear old mother. 'rime
has scattered the snow• flakes on het
brow;
.plowed_ deep furrows on her.
cheek, but is she not sweet and beau
tiful now? The• lips are thin and
shrunken, but those are the lips which
have kiSsedlmany a hot tear from the
childish 'cheeks, -and they are the
sweetest lips in all the world. The
eye is dim, yet it•glows with the soft
radiance of holy love'which can never
fade. All, yet, she is a dear . old moth
er. The sands of life areinearly run
out, but feeble as she is, she will go
further and reach !lown lower for you
than any other upon earth. You can
not walk into-a midnight where she
c:in not see you; you lannot enter a
prison whose bars will keep her out;
you can never mount a scaffold too
high for her to reach that she may
kiss and ,blesi you-in evidence of her
deathless love. When the world shall
despise and -forsake you, - when it
'leaves you by the wayside to die.un.
noticed, the Lilear al mother will
gather you in her feeble arms awl
carry you home and tell you of all
your virtues until you almost forget
that your soul is disfigured by vices.
Love her tenderly and cheer her de
elining years with holy devotion.
THE Norristown Herald says that Penn
sylvania has a show called `•'fhe World,"
and the Toledo. lionossreial suggests that
"The Wothl " is but a ilet , ting- slow,
and all who attend will lied themselves
to vain delusion given..
41.•-•••----
A HARD TEST.
• 41.1.10. -••••-----
THE QUEEN OF ALL
GOOD TEMPLAID3' OONYENTION•
Report of the -12th Aniu Session
of the Northern District Convention
held at. Northßome,the 27th and 2zith
of May, IN7o,.with C: E. White, P.
W. C. T., in the chair.
The Secretary reported credentials
from thirteen lodges.
• "M. E. Elliott, M. Rockfeller; and
0. J. Chuhbuck were appointed a
Com.nittee on Resolutions.
Adjdurned to meet at Pi o'clock
P. M.
Afternoon 'session called to otder
by C. E. Wince.
The Committee on Resolutions re
ported as follows:.
/tem./iced, That we urge all friends
of Temperance to carefully examine
the proposed temperance /atcadopted
at the State Temperance Convention
held at Ilarrisbur. e , , and give it their
hearty support and aid in securing
its enactment.
Reduit ed, That we continue to fight
the battles of -temperance as in the
past, openly anti• persistently outside.
the Lodge room as well as inside,
upon the principle of prohibition and
total abstinence for all Men.
Resofred, That he wllo works - for the
salvation of others works moat truly
for himself, and we urge .upon the
members of the order the .necessity
of individual action in our great
work, to talk, pray, wotk; and vote,
and God will give us the victory.
Resolved, That in the opinion- of
this convention, the. members should
lay aside party ties and vote only for
temperance men to fill public posi
tions,:believing this the only way to
make - our cause effectual, and that
we appoint a committee of three 'to
wait On the different nominees of the
different parties and . report such as
are pledged to temperance.
Resaved, That a committee be ap
pointed at this Convention to take
necessary steps in order to 'secure a
prohibitory lar~ for Bradford. County.
The following officers were elected
for ensuing year, viz: W. C. 'F..
O. J. Chubbuck; W. Cora
Smith i.Secretary, E. Chubbuck;
Treasurer, .1. M. Piatt ; Marshal, M.
E: Elliott.
Adjourned to meet at the- Church
at S o'clock
The programme for the evening
exercises rvere'as follows, viz: Speech
lu; J. Warner; Declamation E. M.
Miller, Early .11i-ing;"
Speech by B. S. ;Darn, ;. nicitation
by Miss Carrie Gleason; Speech by
William Keatley ; Declamation
by D. - L. Elliott, entitled "Two
Roads ;" Speech by James Elliott, of
North Towanda; Sung by Bartley
faylor, entitled a " Bachelor's La
ment;" also, a speech by 11. Yontz,
and singing by the choir.
Adjou,rned to meet Wednesday, 4t
'J o'clock A. , I
sT.ssioN
Called 'to order by P. G. C. T., B.
Dartt, and the following re:solu
tion was adopted :
11e5 , .1/re:/, That we as a convention
tender our thanks to the people of
North Rome for their hospitality and
kindnesslin providing for the Mem
bers of this convention, and also to
the Trus j tees of the Union Church for
opening= the satire fur 'our' use un
Tuesday ever in;.-
Pis., , alt was frZed as the
olace of holding the next meeting.
Ilernarks under good of Order In
Brothers -James Elliott,-.11. S. I)irtt,
Lareu, C. E: White, and 'A:
Adjourned to meet at Mount
the 26th and 7th Of . August
. E. E. ettuunt'eK,
District Secretary.
HORRIBLE
ucaNiNo A MAN ALIVE
The following transiateit from a
Syrian journal: A Druze farmer in
Basilan borrtiwel ei , a) piastres ($24)
of a retainer of Sheikh At
the end of the yeay lie was unable
to pay. The creditor said, "Give
me your daughter fur the debt and I
will' I lay you her do wry, ded acting the
amount of the .debt." The !farmer
consented and demanded $12.) as her
dowry. The, creditor was angry, and
day after day insulted the farmer.
entering
,the house and even insult
ing the harem ; this so incensed the
farmer that he shot the creditor. The
Sheikhs .then assembled and con
demned the farmer to death. " lip•
what death?" asked the. Sheikh.
They all cried " Burn him, burn
him." " Let him be burned, then,"
said the Sheikh. They began to
gather wood, when one s " Why
gather wood ? Let us use the A meri
eau oil." They then clothed him
with a sheepskin eont, with the wool
outside, and poured kerosie»e oil up
on him and set it, on fire. Ile leaped
and screamed, and liegged for mercy,
crying : " Woe is me! 1)o you, not
fear God ?" When • he drew near
Tenth the Sheikh said : " Stone him
With stones." They then ,stoned hits
with stones until a ~real pile of stoncs
was heaped over him. This was done
in the presence of the whole . multi
tude of the people
TIII) TnEOIAtUICAL STORIES—Here
arc two matters of a theological
nature—one from Texas, the other
from Ireland—which illustrate phases
of. belief Is' to the Ultimate destina
tion of the parties to the dialogues.
The first is of two old Tex: m ran?ers
who had just helped to bury a neigh
bor, and were, talking .about,
and one asked the other how pions he
thought it was possible for''a man to
get in this world, if he was in real
earnest. .
"Wit'al," said the other, reflective
ly, "t r ibink of a man gets so't he
can swap steers. or trade horses
without lyin'. 'at he'd better pull out
for the better land afore he has a re
lapse."
The next is of an Irish laborer,
who was lying in the ditch, 'very
muck the worse cor ?i v Nr a
encountered by the priest of his
parish. Very much shocked, his rev
erence turrttkl the drunkard over, who
muttered: "Where am 1?" ,
"On theloaq replicd ti
priest, kiternly.
"I thought will Pat, "when
heard Father Murtagh's . vpiee ou t
road, too." — -
A N'ISION
It came at night. -
This Teton of light,
It filled all space,
• - Wlth Its spirit grace,
By Its befEtty brlgltt,
And In letters of
This story told.
I was once a moral, like you tcy cldl 1,
11ta now with the undefiled; •
strw:g to z4et. what God shall rend,
liesuembe:neg all have au
Klltur DID my child, that Dott Is just,
Anil in illy trlsdorm pot your trust,
Du tut reptile, but try to bear,
The hoary burden or earthly care.
Crosses are seta to try our strevgth,
Mul thoilgh life sce:llSa weary length,
The end comes .soon, and you will we.,
That things were rendered bestfor thee
Iteutomber always, (Sod k near,
And try to lire without ono - tear,
Trost 11Int my child to guide you right.
And yield your wcalini;sa to Ills might.
And ttwu It lk 1 wls stslotr -
MO I was lefralune v.lth ulg.,t t
Itut to toy smil a ikt:we It
.1.u.1 to my Itre a Mtson taught,
Ca:MA:II4, Mart It I, 1579. 31. T. 11
WHISKY BILL.
UNIMESSiNG LITTLE NED
Detroit Free Previ
" Where is Bill! Is' 'ho
seal to drive that old white horse in
front of a twenty-five cent express
wag,on?" repeated the man in tones
surprise.
" Yes:-'
' nos, it's a.cliiions ease,'
he Fdowly'continued. ." We all thought
he'd gone to the dogs, for sure,.for
he was drinking a pint of whisky a day,
but a few months ago he braced right
ups stopped drinking, and now I hear
hc's in a I.tood business and is saving
money. It-beats all, for the last time
I saw hlm he seemed half under
ground."
When - you go home at nightand
find that all is well with yoUr own
'flesh and blood, dd. you go
.to sleep
reasoning that the rest of the world
Must care for itself? Do you ever
shut your eyes and call up the hun
dreds of races you have met during
the day, and wonder if the paleness
of death will cover any of them be
fore the morrow ? When you have
once been attracted td a face, even if
it be a stranger's, do , you let it drop
from memory With. your dreams, or
do you call it up agaku and again as
night comes down and . hope it may
lose none of its brightness in the
whirling mists of time?
So Whisky Bill . " was hunted
own. Au inquiry- here and. there
finally tract.dhim to a little brown
cottage on a by-street:lle at on the
step in tlfe tifilitt, a 'burly, broad
shouldered man of fifty, and in the
house three or four children gathered
around the lamp to look over a. pic
tore hook.
"Yes. they used to call me 'Whis
ky Bill,' down town," he. replied, a ,
he moved a !op? . and made room." but
it is weeks •since.l heard the name.
No womier they think me" dvad, lin
I've not- set cycs on the ofcrow(
or thon`lizz, and I don't want to fo
nontloi to c ome'2! •
"They tell me you hate quit drink
One could seselbat by your fat•.'
hope so ; I haven't touched :
Trop :since February. Before that.
was half-drunk day in and day ou
anti more of a brute than a man.
don't- mind saying that m' wife's .
death set me to thinking,.hut 1 didn't
stop my liquor. God forgive me,
I svas drunk •when she died ; Inzlf•
drunk -at the grave, and I tneant to
go on a. regular spree that night. I
was low down, sir; Init I was no. bet
ter than a brute those days."
" so you left, yullr motherless
children at home and went_ out and
dot drunk ?"
" I said I meant to, but I
didn't. The poor things were crying .
all day, and after coming home from
the burial I thought to get 'em tuek
ed away in bed before I went out.
Drunk or saber, I never
they
one ,
of 'em. a
.blow, anti - they never lan'
from me when I staggered home.
There's four of 'eth in there, and the
ycumgest isn't four years yet. I got
the ()Mer ones in all ri,Tht, and then
came little Ned. Ile had cried him
self to sleep; and he called fur
mother as soon as I woke him.-
that night I never had that boy on
my
. knees; to say imthing of putting
him to bed, and you can guess these
big fingers made •sloW'work with the
hooks awl buttons. Every minute
he kept saying mother 'didn't do that ••
way, and mother done this way, and
the leg children . were hiding their
heads under the quilts to drown their
sobs. When I had hi clothes off and
his night-g Own on • I was -ashamed
and- put- down, and when the oldest
saw tears in my eyes and jumped out
of bed to put her arms around my
neck, I dropped the name-Of 'Whisky
Bill ' right then aria forever." •
And little •Ned •
Mebbe I'd have weakened InitTor
• him, replied the man as he wiped his
eytp. ‘‘After , ll got the child's night
gown on, what ; did he do but kneel.
right down . beside me and wait for
me to say the Itord's Prayer to him_
Why, sir, yon might have knocked
the down with a feather! There I was
mother and father to hiM, and
couldn't sly four words of that pray
er to save my life ! '.waited and
waited and waited for me to
as his mother always had, and the
hig children were waiting, and when
I took him, in my arms and kissed
him, I called heaven to witness that
iife should'amge from that hou
And so it did, sir, and I've been tr -
ipg hard to lead a sober, honest'
God fall - dug the, no ofie shall c. I me
Whisky Bill' again.
The four children, little din
nightgoWn, came out-for a ~,00d-night,
kiss, and the boy eudt led in his
father's arms for a ruo,thent and said:
" Good bight, I' —good'Apt;
everybody in'the , Orld—good nip 4u t,,
.ma, -up in heave and don't puts out
the light-till w get-to hicep." -
- A six...a i•,•
a lilt
a lantise• o
but be e
lai;
I===l
,rett found :di I , g ,
,weived, trom the country. with
pe phot(o4raphed on the shell ;
0) , ,.v.-nit know Will're the scene was
Ciaein not" SabinfaY 1.7:7741
• LENo me your• gold watch ; itern k
FIIVL r one." •" What do j•on want to
do with it ?" "1 am going to have my
phot"graph t4l:en, aril i;.•wordd !outline°
ine to Lrivean'av, my picture With-uothing
bid a slivur watch up." . ,
g 31.00 per Annum in Advance.
A STRIKING-11101D'
In Mr. Lincoln's official lirelif're
lated by . Judge Bromwell, of Denver, -
who visited the 'White lion-se in,
March, 15:,65. Mr. Seward and sev-.
eral other gentleman were also pres
ent, and the President gradually
came to talk on decisions 'of
life and death: All- other matters
siffinimitted to him, he, declared were
nothing in comp:trim:l *to these, anti
be added : "I reckon there never was
.a tuna raised in the • country 'on a
farm, where thy are always butcher
ing cattle anti hogs and think noth
ing of it, that ever grew, up'. with
such an aversion to bloodshed as I
have; and yet I've had more flues:
tions of life and death" to. settle in
four years than all t'ic,men . who ever
sat in this chair put: together.* But
-,Pre nianagcd to get along and *do*
my, duty, as' I* bclieVe, and still save
moat of them; and
,there's: no man
knows the diStress of my mind. But
there have, been some ; of them I
couldn't save---there are- tome cases
Where. the' law must be 'executed.
There was that who
wa:i sentenced fur pitacy..and slave
trading on . the, high seas. That was
a case where 'there must be an ex
aioe, and you 'don't know how
many followed and - pressed to get
him pardoned, or hii sentence-com
muted ; .but there was no use . of talk
ing. It Lail to. be done; I couldn't
help him ;1 andAhere was that • ,
.who was caught spying and recruit
ing within' Pope's lihes i ln Missouri.
'that was another case'. They be
-sieged me day • and night, and I
couldn't dire away. We had.cotne to
a point Where something must done
that woulki put a stop to such work.
And then there was this case of
on the lakes. That was a ease
where there must be an example-
They tried me every way. They
Wouldn't give up; but I had to stand
firm on that, and I even had to turn
aW ay his pour sister when she Caine
and lit , gged. fcr his life: and - let - him
be executed, and he
. was eicuted,
And I can't get the distress out of
,my mind yet." As. the kindly mark
uttered these Words the tears ran
down his. ebeek:4, and the eyes ()rifle
neon surrounding him moistened in
symi•Way. 'chore was a• pri)found
vie :nre in Which tliey roz-e, to dupart.
hree weeks after tite President wa
kiflol. •
:lEE2SCIIAU3I
Of those n -- 1.0 ht,ittit-re in till: (4;-
111410,i cof ;t - .t• rstAlatnii pipt... few.
polnits, kno . w 11:tt .mi-t.lt-s,-Itttltin is,
or 11,1i , _ rk. it c9trik:, ftt.rn. he word
trnn-laterl.
means ••:ea f4..wan:, - -at. , l the bnlistance
whivit mitre-unts received
name from it , : ri ,, ,•:rWintwe to the
froth c , f t!;(.. Tst.ll:tutil is a
minc.rni :=lll3',:tnriecs whit , h, in (Ali : mica!
pntlant-4.. calle . :t, I:;tirutts silicate
.
t:,: i t t..ayr„ a mix
tutu vou-s7,stin::
uild water. This mineral is found in
Nloravia. in Sin awl in Asia Nlinor:',
ht-t. tonnes from thQ
flom the mines near Eskis
chehr, on the Dursack liver. These
mines:it, may he reMarked, are work
chicily,Hbv A rmludan Christians. ;
and have a •world-wide reputation itt
commerce.
• Largt: quantities of this
Asi•tn meerschaum are yearly
im
ported into Ettropr‘, to he juantifac
Lured into 1, ri . The pip:: manufac
ture is:principally carried on. in the .
city of Vienna, in Austria. .anti ir.
it Ohl, in the Duchy of 5..:4e-Coburg-
Gotha. So vast- is the quantity of
pipes manufitctured at these places
that their ethumercial value may safe
ly be estimated at :32.hti0,000 a year.
Large quantities of - thew, however.
are carved from artificial, and not
genuine material. - The artificial Ma
terial is composed of the waste from
the carvings of . the genuine article,
to which linseed of and • alum are
added. T6es. ingre licnts are boiled
toOtlier, and when the mixture ha . s
acquired the proper consistency
cohesiveness, it. is cast into molds
and earernlly dried. The blocks thus
formed are then efirved into pipes-,
just as the purC meerschaum pipes
are carved. 'The demand for meer
schaum pipes is so great, and the
manufacture fromaftificial mittctial
so profitable, that scarcely half- the
11 - umber now offered for sale are made
from genuine meerschatun.
THE, GOVEItNOII AND THE LUNATIC.
—qovernor Irwin, of California, In
spected the NapS Asylum a-few days
ago. While passing thronfrh one of
the wards he was introduce] by the
superintendent as " Uocernor Irwin."
One At* the patiept, a fat old lady, at
.orl et. took him the art,- th
sailittation How' are v
n 61.? Let us lake a walk.
.
eelleney humored her fin
then. tried to lenge her.
of it" said she you do
you tiuve kissed 'me !"
error kissed hef."
—,............----•
Is ;Windfall, lin ~ recently, a man
and his wife got i to•thai . point of Sis
at,vitelnent so „graphieally described
in " Betsy apd I 'Are Out." They.
(leeided to .(!parate,"and the assets of
tire. parts rship wire divided up un-.
'..il . the ly yii as left, when the father
i
said :/" If, „p:ou . will leave the baby
with /Me, I. will give you a- good cow,"
'll .
,mother •ennsidered a Moment,
U 1 deCiaeti that a good - cow was
'worth tn.:eta-prim, dollars, and the
baby—well, •protty • poor property:
So she took the cow.
4,, e70.►
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. MERIDEN Rio) ?der :. ThO new 5t.i,,10
spring hats are so tall that they entiteiy
obstruct the view of the sermon coi :int:-
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'SYIINCUSE Tines: Debating. clubs aro
anxiously worrying themselves over-,the
problem, which liar; the most tones, a two
dollar coact, or a fifty cent shad: . .
1 - „p; ITr rir74l-: i 3 ".iten.l
sur
u,!ibn.il:at a" Ipliwk..;
far. to hi:- 7 !It`
'bakes .• •
:tre-genent'ly iu quelo. ,t :•••,nl( , -
t him% o.,nquest muenis tosttiLthon about
as well as ;tnythuog.
tya.erves - "Whf-n a Mall buys a
bottle and move; into it, he leaves the )4i
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rental tout."
TT' n 3 . (niro: - ; 1:ply Wang :a hoino or h er
ow - a, F•lie will in , t, a nun shun::
VVl:nt,i , oted - and bearers of In 0.0.11 ita
portant iafozinAtiou—Tt-legraiik
radiantly on the tillage ream 4.
Shineth the LIR of the circus;
Dolefuily counting Ms scanty pence
I.ess than a luarter.by nineteen cents,
The stuall boy drank to the picture() fence,
And 301, "I must tete fn the circus."
Epeelltrt away with llghtsotne tact,
Hurrying down the alloy.
IMO the back lots, over tile street,
Sulking and lounging, slow alai fleet.
Pays and yet hope In conclaves - meet,
What do ti ey.se.A in the alley?
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yiped does tto man; with tho great tinpall,
(111r1Ing 1: 'hider th‘s Wood-shed)?
!Co one knows how many block's ho ran,'
rim:Mlß:gas only the th boys exit, As _ •
though he were under some awful ion,
Soule daringrritne of Mood-shed. '
NUMBER 2
What could he do with that great tin pan,
Now Lo had.gotte and g..a. it ?-
Will he untold his deelidaid run?
Never, kis secret gnu may ti , ,t e4n;
lie even lies to tit.: old junk matt,
AMI tells him, 1.411 y d -tor hd - bougiat fr. .
Sun:ol/11.e, , (Iv% Cutup;
What has the.suckeri - • •
Jerks sl.ll.ymir arms ac +e, thonr, thu!nr,
Eight fe,'t of pipe In a sing!) lamp
Gym. to floc lip, stop, har ttyg stulq,
Left; m ar ,use ltw sutker.
Tligh sclt, tho ~ .k ,)y t t the circus
Thkse thy pans and thy . kfttles: ,
Thls is tay art," they heard hita sag:
for whirl :nen pray;
This h the art or the alehealst, yea,
by .t.r..thsihutatlcn ef meta:a."
•It has'of late-ro-own to be an axiom
that the larger ' the •gun the larger
must be the' grains of powder. A
large grain of gunpowder burns slow
bee:Luse the, fire is sometime reaching
the centre, and a SlOw-biirning
pow
der is. what artillerists require for 1
rifled guns. In n smoothe•-bore weap- •
On the cannon ball. lits loosely, and
May be expelled at a bound; but in .
rifled cannon the shot, so to speak,
moves upon a sort of railway,, anil it
would never tiv to get the shot into
motion too 'suddenly. An undue •
strain would -be exerted upon the
gun,. while the velocity ofs the idiot
would not be- increased. VOr a rifled •
gun, therefore, a slow-burning charge
is absolutely .necessary, and this is
to be secured only by reducing the
surface to be. kindled. In the case
of the prismatic powder, the "o - rains,
if they may be called by- that name,
.are so closely packed that no fire can
get between theta, and hence the ac
tion of kindling is Still further rc
ducetl. Not only 14 the' shape and
density of powder grains uow attract
ing- poticular attention, but the per
centage of Moisthre contained in the
material has als4 lately—been under
study. The amount of water in gun
powder to the minute extent•existing
in ordinary. saipi4s is found to in
thienee-tombustilm in a very marked
;degree, and nothing but an exharist
- ire Series of trials can give sufficient'
'data for practical application fur so
important an clement in the Science .
4.,f explosives. I nthe meantime chein
ists are pointiJig out yet another
' sof: ree or uncertainty to the 3onflins-
Lion of .gulip;Jwder, to-2,which, not
'•with,,tanling their rcpeatat. warn
ing,•but little attention has hitherto
been .riven.' We mean th — e composi
tion ui the. elifireoal: According to .
the n:inner of preparing this, the
method adopted for Oaring and the -
material employed,so does the them- -
lea' m,mpositina of the charcoal die
. sionides r „, for instance,
prove im analysis to contain 85 per
-cent. of caring, while others have 20 •
per cent: less; it is scarely to be ex
pected that gunpimtler made: from
the two hints will -have the.same
I:firning.qualities, and yet with gun
powder manufactufers - charcoal is
chit - A..0.11,110* - twitter bow much its
conqhment parts of carbon, hydrogen
oxygen and m,11.-• may differ. It isiof
little use. therefore, paying any-par
ticular intention_to the ph . vsical qual
ities of ‘Autipowdvr as long a, its
er.mmleal clvinpo:dtion is almost ea
, titer - i ,- torN. •
THE ALCHEMIST.
GUNPOWDER.
GOOD COUNSELS:
Livurp , Jl )1:01
-Never be east -down - by If itc.
spider breaks web tWenty.time.s.
twenty times *ill lur mend it. Make
up your mind to do a thing; a nd you
will do it. Fear not if troubles conk
upon yom Keep up your spirits,
though the day may be a da...lt one,.
ll=l
FL, , larks t day %%in inns. awaS.
It'the sun is _ruing clown look up
to the ,tars; if the earth i., - tiark - keep
your eyes on lie veil. With (loci's
presence am.l promise a Man or
child may Lc cheerful. . •
No‘tr drspal r
.wlwa f..g's in I h ‘ e
A sl .: n-iliny With°u.
Mind what' you run- aftel
he content' with a bubble
burst, or a fi rt!wood • that
StliOlit! " 1111(1 liiuukll9..s: but
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von can. keep, iand which
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- , .!1,0t I , lr-,7 ••terlintr. that will fav;
Wllere g..,tt at, I ~Ill.er ,illK:Jmay.. • -
Fi4fit„ltard against i hasty temper.,
Anger will _come, la
_resist it strong
ly. . A spark may .eta house on tire.
it /
A fit - of passion iay . give von came
to,mourn all t e ttays of your life.
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Never reveiwt.: an injury.- --,
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Pe Um 11 , 1,11.4,111 VIII' A, to rt,t .• -
'11“; t ueli: in,,,tb a reareful breast; '
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If you have an . enemy act kindly
to ItinVanl make him your friend.
You*ay not win _him_ over at once,.
bu /try-..a! -, ain. Let- one: kitithteSs . he
I . low6d - by another, till you have
compassed. your unit. _ l'q little and
by 'little great things are completed.
15 at...r falllaz .lay by day. -
Wears tic I.ardeNt mit away, -
Keeping:
AO so repeated kindness will soft
en a heart of stone. Whatever-you
do, do it A boy- that is.
w•hipped at school never learns his
lessons well. A man that isliomptll
- tp . ii7ork cares not libiv badly it is
performed. • Ile who pulls oil' his
coat, .eheerfullY, strips us InS sleeves
iii earnest and singS while he - wurk.s
is the man for me. . -
A clue•'rf t ~ i rit glts un, qulek.-
A. gnrut,trr in the 1;1%14 *lli bttek
Evil thoug,hts are our worst enemies
Keep your heads and hearts full of
good -tliou!dits. tliat bad thoughts
ma) not find rooni. -
1;t1. CP. F. , un'guar.l, and stria and pray
To drive. aft vril thoughts away.
Solsm men are too fastidious. Wal
Wilkinson, cow/lett:lli of murder, - having
be. n.. under the provisions of au• old stat
ute 'of the'State of bah; condemed to - be
siPde Petitioued the Supreme Court to
grant him flip special favor of death by
hanging : but that high. tribunal, . miwßl
ing to establish so - very, inconvenient a
precedt ut, refused to halter his senteitco.
Tilt Detroit I.;ie Press man has been
'reduced to a single grievance. The punc
tuation of :the tombsttines 'doesn't suit
him. But he says that so loot; as the peo
ple that use them submit to the outrage,
there's no use, m l is bowling. ,
Tut: z.`iyraelfse. Timeld.ws Noah an Mins
:lee. It says that if ho had only adyei
in the di ilti papers the laiur of sailing in
• at k, there woult hot have - been s h it
iy thousand people left.
"I tv.us-r one of thoqi rung,' felt: hats,
ova," said a Toledo :lid to her father.
die indulgent. fatherfOrked over themO
ney, and her it ad now tills' the 1 imr•felt
NV3111. 1 — . 7 ., 71,,(0 reol,lll7Creial.
Tut: is.t are the cheapest. 'lbis is
note t.•sp•;eially so in the niaunerof wiveS,
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