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VOLUME XL.
The course 'ef the weariest river
Ends In the great gray sea;
The acorn, for ever and ever,
Strives upward to the tree;
The rainbow, the sky adorning,
Shines &melee through the storm ;
The glimmer of coming morning
Through midnight gloom will form
By '4lOlO all knots are
COMpler though they be.
.A.apeace will at last be given,
Pear, both to yoti and me.
~,, , ThenShough the path.may be dreary,
Look onward to the goal;
Though the heart and the head be weary,
Let faith Inspire the soul. , 4 4;
Seek the right, though the wrong berp4 [Mg
ail
Speak tr at any cost;
Vain Is all weak exempting ,
When once the gem Is lost.
Sop 25,'"3
DEN). M. BECK
Let strong hand and keen eye be ready
Fur plata and ambushed foes;
Though earnest and fancy. steady'
Bear De'st unto the close.
The heavyelouils may be raining, .
But with evening comes the light
Through the dark are low winds cornpl!ilnlng,
Yet the sunrise gilds the height;
And love has his hidden treasure
For the patient and the pure;
And cline glees his full measure .•
To the workers Whuendure ;
And the Word that Ito law has shaken
Has the future pledge supplied
For we know that when we waken
We shall he satisfied.
rktled talc.
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11:iy i, '79
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The scene is a 'prettily furnished
sitting room in Bloomsbury Square,
London, and the tilue nine
a bright spring moiMing. TwO - oung
people—husband aid wife evidently
—arc seated.-at breakfast;but the
meal is so far advanced tiatt they
-have both turned to their newspa
pers,-I or rather to the one paper,
which they have divided between
them. She, strange to say, is im
mersed in the city article of the
Morning Cfipper. Ile is -fuming to
himself Over a critique on the. new
comedy produced last night at the
-Variety Thotre. She is a handsome
blonde of two-and-twenty. He is a
tall, thin,- ratjier melancholy-looking ,
young man, who has . just, seen his
four-and twentieth hirthday,v, ,
" Veronicas down ,again one
eighth," muttled Mrs. Rivers.
," They have been sinking every day
for the last fortnight. They used to
lie a favori',e --stock with papa. .I
hope he has rich dipped_ .deep in them
of late."
=BEM
r, 'lnv 1 1 -Ifs
"And they dignify this rubbish
with the name of criticism!" cries
Gerald in disgust, as he flings away
his paper and turns to his cold cof
fee. " A 'more unfair and one-sided
attack Was never penned. But if
Babcombe were to write like an an
gel the Clipper would stab him all
L, ELSBIIRE
he same;_lind if. he were to write as
ally as—as I do, the Pharos would
be sure to treacle him ; so . 4hat one
always knows - what toexpeeti",4.•
Presently'. the postman's knock
was heard, and a minute latFr a slat
ternly maid-cif-all•work lrought tip a'
letter for Mrs. Rivers and a sealed
packet for Gerald.
"A, 'letter from papa! I .should
'know his queer, cramped hand any
where," cried Alice. "Good news or
bad, eh, Gerald'?" -
rfel,r7B
"My story back from the "Picca
dilly."' groaned poor Gerald, With a
visible lengthening of his• already
Icing face: " Was ever such luck as
!nine ? I shall begin to.think soon
that I anronlv fit to - break stones by
the roadside ."
But his wife did not hear him. She
was lost in her letter. Her fact paled
a little as she'read. and presently the
tears sprang to her eyes. "Just-like
papal" she cried. I might have
known what his answer would M. , . I
felt sure at the time 'that my letters
wont i lie of no avail.blit I could not
rest till I land,written. Even though
he refuse tOSee me himself. he'might"
at least let' Carry and Grace see.mc
once, now and then." She • got utk
suddoly, and pushing :the letter
across the table to her husband, she
hurried out , throtigh the folding doors
.hat opened into-the bed room. Ger
;aid Rivers tools up his wife's letter
I;and read asunder :
TOWANDA, PA
MY DY.3i?. At t I found your two letters
awaiting not on my return front 3lontone. As they
L•nih ref , to 1111,S:111W .1111• rl, orie answer will do
.for the rut, iu itoth of them yOu ask me astapfore
le the v nrd u.. e d by your lli forgive you. To this I
reply. that I idly.• nothing to forgive. .YQtr are of
I.ffe, eons...mem - 1y yt it ate the misttess of Aga ono
act lobs. tool I lifiVe to CM(' rid over you 417 way.
But mile', you a.k niti fo see you, or, Lt I Witt not do
that. to allow y:tu to visit your sisters, you put the
case Oil an affoi . ether different footing. .'ro both
2.11 r reqiu-sts my answer Is an eta p hat I c No. In
toted 11111 ,, ,Za11t step of your life you have C1:0-
Sell to act ni direct opposition In my frequently
.•spres,t-t1 nishes, mid, as a matter of course; you
ntui.t put up with the conscquences of your folly.
- lime of those consequences is the severance of all
tie. that Imond you to me as u cherished member
- of my family. You discarded your family of ytiur
flee-will, and your - family now discard you.
such It-mg the state of affairs between Ups 1 need
baldly tell you that any letters you uray send in
time to come teseept fit a case of urgent. Illness,
and aceonifettitod by a medical certificate to that
effect) will remain unanswered. Your father,
I!NE=6I
Si.=sklnee writing the above a fresh thought
has struck me. yoi know that.lt was my Intention
rto have given you six thousand pontidsagia wedding
portion hod you mat - raid In aceto dance with my
ishei. Now., I promise you that i .111 overlook
the past, and give you the six thousand pounds Into
the isp gel n, on the day Thar you or your hushind
ran come forward mut prOduce anotherjrx thou
sand to put to li. That chance I give you , . A bar
gain's a bargain. •
" The old boy might as well tisk
nic to jump over the moon as to find
six thousand Pounds, or six thousand
pence either," ,said Gerald, with a
sigh, as he aid the letter on the Li- .
ble. " Alice always said that he was
full of eccentric whims and notions,
and this proposition of his proves
that she was right."
Presently Mrs. River's came back
into the room, , and placing her hands
nn her hu'sband's shoulders, stooped
fiver and kissed him. She had been
ervinct t and .ber eyes were'still red ;
•,.
Irving,
but there was a - smile on her lips.
"Just phpa; ,{fear," she" said.
"So inflexible, so self-willed. Noth
ing Can move him•when once he has
made up his mind." .
" Tliereis One consolation," said
Gerald . " weiare - no worse off than
we were before."
'‘Not - a bit."
TOW,ANIiA, PA
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66.000
" You see what you bare brought
yourself to through marrying a pau
per."
. "Through marrying the dearest
and.bestlellow in the world." This
with another kiss,
N. N. BETTS, ClAler
" Our futu're en hardly be said to
be rouleur de nwe2!
foehtn.
TEE END.
Her Father's Daughter.
IN FOUR CHAPTERS
CHAPTER 'I
EDWAND CUEWDSON
" Suppose we form ourselves into
a committee of ways and , means."
"Agreed. I vote that you take
the
. chair." So'Alice.went and sat
down in the big easy-chair - opposite
her husband.
" Three months ago to-day wp
were married," said Alice. " On that
day our joint. capital consisted of
three hundred pounds. Yesterday,l
looked at our bank book and found
that we had just one hundrediand
ninety-nine pounds six and sixpence.
standing to our credit." -
"So that we have - spentn hundred
pounds in thirteen. weeks ?"
": - Precisely so. But you must re,
member that out of that hundred
pounds. were paid - the expenses of
our wedding trip."
' - " If we, go on living at the same
rate for six months longer we shall
be bankrupt."
tßsimething not far from IL"
. " Then the sooner I look out for a
situation of some kind, the better for
both ,of us."
" But long before the six months
are at 'kr' end your novel may be
brought out, or your comedy accept:-
ed; or— i "
" My dear Alice," interrupted Ger
ald, " where is . the use o_c_our deceiv
ing ourselves any longer? Three
months ago we became than and wife:
You brought, as yotir (lOwry three'
hundred pounds in hard, cash—the
little fortune left you by your grand . -
mother. I brought-- What? A
bundle of wretched manuscripts, that
were fit only for the bntterman."
" Oh, Gerald, donft. say that !"
" A bundle of wretched mann
scripts;" reiterated 'Gerald,. bitterly,
" comprising, among other useless
{natter, a novel and a comedy. I was
going to do grand things—to set up
life as a man of letters ; to make a
name for myFell; to earn an easy
and luerative'lliving with my pep.
Icarus has come down with a crash.
No publisher will corei.ene a penny
for my novel ; no manager will read -
a line of my corned?. I have the
consolation of knowing that I hav
mistaken my vocation; that I am tint
nearly such welever fellbw as in my
folly I fancied myself to be, and that
I have been living all this time on
my wife's moßey for lack of any of
tely own."
r " 0, Gerald • •
• " In three months I have earned
twelve guineas—twelve miserable
guineas. During, the nest three
niontlissA may earn as much More,
or, peilaps, nothing at all."
You must not lose heart in this
•way, dear. What are three months?
A very little time,. indeed. Itemen:
ber • how 'Jane Eyre' was hawked
about from one publisher to another •
before anyone, could be found to ac
cept it."
Gerald shook his head. " lity dear
Alice, your luisband is not a man of
genius, and rotone knows that better
than yourself: I made - the mistake,
common enough, 1 dare say, among
young men who have .an itch for
seri of believing that the world
would appraise my literary wares at
the same value that I set• on them
Myself. Three months iii London,
three months among to Publishers and
manaaers, have sufficed to undeceive
me once a:nd forever.Thelestion has
been t shlrp one; 'but I, hope I am
man !enoirgh to 019 that 1 think it
has done me good." .
" Ilow bitterly 'you speak, dear_ !
What can I say to comfort you ?"
Gerald - rose from' i hitri ,- eliair, and,
crossing to wherebis .tfrife. was seat
ed, he took her hand and pressed it
'to bfi§ lips. " You are my comroA,
now and ever," he, said: Then, with
his Shoulders resting against the i
chimney-piece, he went back to vrqat'
he had been talking about. " Anoth
er fact-my lesson has taught me," he
said, " and that is
_that there is no
present prospect—and whether there
is one in the future Seems highly
problematical—of my being able to
keep you and myself by the proceeds
of my pen in anything more than the
'most abject pauperism. Such being
the state of affairs, you cannot- fail
to agree with me as to the absolute
necessity that exists for 'my at once
setting about some other mode of
earning a living. The only question .
is: What is that mode to be.? In:
Other words; what am I fit fo0"
"What are you fit for, indeed I'
Why, anything and everything. With'
your abilities"
'" My abilities, forsooth! Where
arethey ? In what do they . consist ?
Would the'exercise of . them in any
direction bring. me in a hundred'a'
year? 1 eally,Alr. Chairman, really;
you are most unpractical this morn' :
and wanting in your usual sa
gacity."
" Yon don't know what you can
do till kou try „dear. Your abilities
have never been properly put to the
test."
There's the mischief of it. If my
uncle, iivistblisf of bringing me.up to
a life of idleness, and luring me on
with the hope of one day being liis
heir, had insisted on inN being taught
some decent trade or, profession, I
should not-be in the predicament in
which I find myself now. • Seriously,.
Para vile, what sin I fit for? I know
nothing,.have been , taught nothing,
and have no special aptitude—unless
it be for a little fpOlish scribbling—
by means of which, ns already-proved,
I might, perhaps, earn enough to find
you in gloves and myself in cigars.
But where is the bread and cheese to
come from ?;"
" We hate several. months before
us yet, dear, during which we can
look out and consider what it will be
best for us to do."
"And 'in the meantime youi,money
—yours, Alice-..-which ought to have
been put away untouched, , is melting
day by day. And there's a sting in
knowing that."' •
"You foolish Gerald 'As if both
my moneYlpthi were not your own,
to. do' as 04331ike with How.would
it be if we went into less expensive
lodgings? . These• rooms are very
dear."
"What are these rooms in compar
ison with the home You gave .up for
my'sake ?" Helm; his arms sudden
ly round his wife's neck and kissed
her. "Something must be done, Anti
at once; but what that something
must be I knoW no more :than the
man in the moon. You, with your
clear head, must try to think for me.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD 003INTY, 2 PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1879.
I will leave you now, I 'fun' gotng to
the Museum' get up my teferencei
fbr an article : 1 'intend "writing for-
Makfair." .
Left alone, Mri: Rivers had anoth
er little cry all to herself. .• 'Then she
bathed her face, 'and 'after that she'
took up her father's letter and''read
it -through, slowly and carefully.
" Six; thousand pounds," she mur4
mured to herself. If. I couldsbut
take him that,.he would*: forgive me,
and put another six thousand. to. it s :
Row he must have laughed to tint
self as be wrote those words, know-i
ing how utterly unlikely it was' that
such a miracle should ever happen !"
Ordinarily one of the most active
of young housewives— Mrs.
. RiVers
this morning' never stirred out of her
easy chair till Gerald came home to
luncheon. She. put airaylier father's
letter :IS her - husband 'opened the
door. " Gerald, den; do' you :know
anything about • the electric' tele-.
graph ?" was her first question:- • .
." Theoretically I know - sodiething
of it from books; practically, I know
nothing." ,
"Then you could not send a mes
sage by it, say faint one ;station to
another?" '
"'Certainly not; not if my life de
pended on it."
"But you could learn ?" • •
" I suppose so, should the DeCeSSI
-ty for my doing so ei•er arise."
" I wish you would learn."
With. all my heart, if you partic
ularly wish.me to do so. Though I
certainly fail to. sce in %dial, way such
kreAledge could be Of use to ,um."
" It may be of use to you—of very
great use; and .1 want you to begin
to take lessons.to-morrow. I see by
the newspapers that there are one or
two places where , telegraphy is
taught as.a 'branchi or knowledge, so
that it need not take you long to
learn."
"Good. But may I ask—" '
Yothing at present. Like a good
little boy : you must shut your eyes
and open your mouth, and see what
your will will give you."
One afternoon, some tWo -months
later, Gerald •llivers put into the
hands of his wife a eirtilieate a pro
ficieni.y from the,!sehool of • telegra
phy, at which ho had been taking
lessons for seveial weeks past.N Al
ice's eyes sparkled as she_ read it.
"To-morrow morning, dear," she
said. '•I shall 'go' an see my god
father, Sir Charles Stopfurd.".
CHAPTER Ii
"Why, now 1 What, what! Just
say that over again, will you?".
The speaker was Sir Charles Stop,
.lord,,and the person woken to was
.his goddaughter, Mrs. Rivers. Sir
Charles was a city magnate, who had
been knighted during his mayorality
some years previously. fle had heen
very fond of AliCe, in a godfathbrly
sort of. a way, and been greatly
shocked by the news of her ruesalli
ance. •This was the first time they
had met since that dePlurable Omit.
"Just say that over 'again, will
you ?" repeated Sir Charles.
" You areCliairinau of the Easter
ham Junction Railway, and in that
capacitY you can, doubtless, do what,
you Bite on the line." '
" Quite a mistake, my qear--quite
a mistake. There ard three or four
members of the board—l. won't Men
tion names,i—who are no better than
stupid assc4."
"But the favor I want' you to
,do
for me is a very trifling one, and such
as there can be no' difficulty about.
It is simply to asklof you that my
husband may. be appointed station
master at Leaswood Station."
" What, what! Station master at
LenswoodLyour husband ? Why,
now that's the statim: for Brookfield,.
ppnr father's place.''
" Precistqy so. That is
. the very
rC.asonits proximity . to Ili!ookfield
why I want you to give mrhusband
the npoOintment."
"-Ay, ay !• I see now.; I see. Let
ters having, proved of no avail, you
think that it-you and your husband
are down at Leasw.ood; you will haie
an opportimity of waylaying papa as
he steps out of the train, and of go
ing down on your knees and begging
his forgivsineSs there and then.. A
pretty pidture, and one that 1-should
like to "see!" ' • -
"HoW absurdly you talk, godpa!
I' shalt - not appear' in the matter at
all. Everybody k.driws ,pie at Leas
wood, and that would never do. The:,
last thitiv-in the world that t I should'
want papa to know would `be that
Gerald was station masts there."
. "But the name, • Ind petite, the .
name, why_ now, your flltiter would
be - sure to suspect something troth
that." • • •
"Gerald. 14s three names. ,11$s .
fa name is Gerald Htinstone Rivers.
He would go doWn to Leaswood
simply ag Mr. Hunstone:=
"There's a scheming little, brain
for you! I always said it was a pity
you were nut -born a ,boy ; so
_bright
and sharp-and all that. You're plan
ning something now—a surprise :or
something. Well, well,. Mr. Him-
stone, eh ? But there are other diffi
culties in the ways of which 1 have
not yet spoken."
" What - sdifliculties, god pa ?"
" Why,-in the first place, the. man
whom we 'have nowogot at Leaswood
is a eery -good fellqw, and we -are
quite satisfied with him, and under
such circumstances RC don't care to
remove a man."
Promote him. ..Give him more
money and send him elsewhere."
now. That's your idea.
Not so so bad, No, .no I But even
granting that we found or made a
vacancy for husband, he knows noth
it4of railway Work, and we dare not
appoint a man who is ignorant of his;
duties to the important post of sta
tion master. •In case of iii'a;Oeident,
hoW•eould Nre justify ourselves?"
My husband has an excellent
knowledge of telegraphy, so that one
great difficulty is obviated. And as
for the Mechanical routine Of railway
work, why not ptit him for a month
under the tuition of the man who is
at present at Leaswood ;' and if at
the end of that time Gerald hasn't
acquired : a competent knowledge of
his duties, ill never. call him hus
baruul of mine again."
• ''Why, now. Listen tir her. Just
like ..her . father. No-difficulties sl
lo.wed to stand in her way.. But re-
,
\\ J L
NpaAR.bI:ESS - Of DENtiNcLATION FROM ANY QyARTER..
-
ally now, don't know ;hat to say."
There's no occasion, godpa, for
you to say another word. I look
upon the'matter as finally settled. I
Gerald yeti to-mor
row; morning, and you will Send him
down to get him initiated into his
new, duties as soot{ as possible." -She
went over and kissed him, and then
sat down on his knee; as she had
done:tuany a time when a girl..
!Pon my word, there's no putting
you off," he said.. " But what a sad
foolish thing thaViarriage of yours
wat'„,, I never w:i s smoreastonished
in MY life thaw-when I heard of it."
"'A sad, foolish thing w.ai it, god.
.pa?" asked Alice -quietly. ' "That
depends altogether on the point of
view from Which you lOok at it. To
Me, now, it seemed the 'wisest and
most sensible thing that 1 could do.;
to - marry the one person' in the world
whom I felt I could love, and who, I
felt I was convinced, - loved me in re.,
turn.. How much more sad and fool=
ish it would have been had 1 not
made sure- of .my happinesss when it
lay there ready to my hand ?"
" - Ah, well, well. You view every
thing - through Love's ruse-colored
spectacles. But it's a color that soon
fades:--won't stand the wear and tear
of every-day life. So papa won't for.
give ypu, eh ? I cannot Wonder at
it."
"He will forgive me when I go to
him with six thousand pounds in one
hand and my husband in the other:"
"So, so. .116's-fixed his price, has
he? Just like hidn. But there's not
much chance of-yoVilipsband saving
six thousand pounds While he's s!a-
Con master at 1. - Aswood, eh, now?
" No; I supposriot." said Mice,
as she arose to - go: "But I don't
forget a certain favorite proverh•of
yours.: "There are more ways of
killing a dog than _hanging
And I don't despair."
(coNci.unco NEXT XEEK.)
A REMARKABLE SNAKE CIRCUS.
Mr. John D. Merton, a well-known
traveling salesman, had occasion to
drive from Conneautrille, Pa., to
Ashtabula,Ohio, via Jefferson. While
driving leisurely along throng!' East
or Southeast Denmark, Mr. Merton
heard a strange sound is - suing from a.
dense undergrowth at the side of the
road. The gentleman got oat of the
buggy to investigate the cause of the
noise, being of a curious turn of
mind. - Hitching his 'horse he can
tionslTparted the bushes and stealth
ily made his way into the thicket for
perhaps th diStance of:
. one hundred
feet. Het was a spot of ground
About twenty feet in . diameter, which
`Was such a place as one would imag
ine for a fairy's ball-rbom. The Sticks
and- brush were all cleared away in
the space, doubtless by the \ burning
of a brush-heap. Notwithstanding
the gentleman had made his way, into.
the brush so quietly, all sounds were
hushed at his approach, save the
chirping of a melancholy cricket or
the drowsy singing of a distant har
vest fly. Mr. Merton, not to be non
plussed, sat down upon a log in full
view of this arena and awaited devel
opments. He had but a short time
to wait, for not more than a minute'
had passed ere a small striped snake
darted out of a bunch of grass at' the
side of the arena and commenced
running around the space in a circle.
Another snake a little larger soon
followed, and then ,a rattlesnake
about two ,feet in length joined in
whate seemed to be a sort of snake
jubilee; every one after that seemed
to bring a new-comer of some kind.
ft was a noticeable fact that striped
snakes, milk- snakes, rattlesnakes,
black snakes and water snakes all
joined the throng in ,the greatest
harniony. When perhaps seventy
five 'or eighty snake S -had entered the
space a curious combination of pur
ring,--rattling, sounds arose at one
side_of the circle,. A glance in Ot..
direction disclosed five large snake
—two rattlesnakes, a striped snake
and two black siiakes—lying stretch
ed upon a log. The rattlesnakes were,
shaking their rattles violently,...and.
each of the three remaining' reptiles
had a frog in-its mouth which it was
torturing into
,croaking.and making
noises frog fashion, apparently for
the amusement of the snakes in the
ring i beloii% The, rattles and the
,croaking frOgs made rude music;
which -.furnished vgy fair marching
time t'o the squirming mass of ser
pents, and our intiiimant says they
time kept very fair ti& . with the music,
'their heads 411 swaying' in unison '
.from - one .side to the cith - er. -The,gen :
tlerrian was thunderstruck at the
wonderful sight, and could . scarcely
believe it was not. ft dream. Ile said
to us: "Of 'course you will think it
an improbable., ridiculous story, as I
would myself , if any one told the
same to me; but my own-eyesight is
the only eviden - ce' I want." After
watching this. scene for perhaps, a
quarter of an hour, -Mr. Merton
thought it would be a much 'safer
place nut On the road; and.startcd to
move in that direction.. No sooner
had he' made a stir than the music
Ceased, and every serpent disappeared
as if r by magic. WaS 'scene Mr.
Merton will probably remember to
his dying day, and such a one as no
other man ever witnessed. In telling
.us the story, Mr. Merton would in
voluntarily shudder - every few min
utes, as though - the mass of reptiles
was, before • him.—.Verson (Ohio)
Gazette. .
. MR. ROnERT COELTER'S las ser
mon in. his Chicago church on Sun
day was heard in silence and tears by
.his congregation, " You have never
held me," he said, "as one set-aboVe
you who could• not. laugh and . enjoy
short and a Wholetiome_play ; a man
. ; who - might stay to supper, but sure
'to go out before the supper began, or
'who must eat only lentils and creases,
like the old Dnchorites, and never
tell a story not liaged on holy writ:,
Noneof these things; for it has been
my pride to be onOvith you ; to the
peril, perhaps, of ministerial dignity.
I don!t, caren cent for that; I have
always thought that the nearer a
minister gets to his people the better,
and I say, -with humility, that the
record of our church during all these
years has justified just this view."
TBE most Chased mimic is that t played
in the streets by bands which small boys
follow.—Picayttne.
AN "ITEM."
fi Want an item ?"
't What is it ?" we asked.
I've got the dundest item you
ever kern tell of. I struck an ile
well on my - lease Monday. an' she
flowed a stream of ile 100 feet high
straight up for half an hour. Then
she kinder died down. One of my.
drillers was standing over the hole
when she suddenly Aiiirted again,
an' blast my eyes if it didn't take
that driller right up with it. The
04esin..was.a:powerful one, you see,
an' he went Op 100, feet. You've seen
those little balls as dance about- on
top of those little spurting fountains ,
`such is they have in the cities ? Yes ;
wall, that!s the Way this thing acted,
and there's that air driller right up
on top of that loft flit column of
erwleile,antl he's dancing about like
chaff in a. fanning mill. What do.yo - U
think tif that un ?"
" IkW long has he been 'up there ?"
" About four days and. four night s."
" Ile must be very hungry by this
time. Doesn't he come down to get
something to eat ?"•
Why, we just put • a plate of
ash it% this stream of ile and it takes
it up to him, you see. And it's migh
ty handy, as he _finds his victuals
already greased, an' he doesn't need
any butter."
" But he, must have frozen:to death
by this time:"
" Why, man, we've sent him up on
the same stream bed and clothing, a
small stove an wood, an' we're goin'
to build him a small house, and th'4.n
he can live there as comfortable aS
rinee."
Ills face was as innocent of deceit
as a piece -of 'tanned leather, and
when he a:,kell to have his name put
down as a deadhead subscriber for
information he hail given. we dolutf
have the !Ivan to hurt his feelings.
Dorrif-k.
PREDICTIONS ABOUT 1880 AND 1887
In, a pamphlet recently. published,
the author, - Professor Grimmer, as
serts: "Froth 18s0 to 1887 will be
one universal carnival of death."
Asia will .be depopulated, Europe
nearly so, America will lose fifteen
million people. ilesides plagues we
are to have storms and tidal war - es,
monntains ar•: to " Joss their 'heads
through the choicest valleys," navi
gators will be lost by . thousamis ow
ing to " the capricious .dellexures of
the magnetic needle," and islands
will appear and disappear in •mul
ocean. All the beasts, birds and. ishes
will diseased, famine and civil
strife '.*ill destroy most of the human
beings left 'alive by '-iplague;and,
natty, "two years of fire "—from
1885. to ragb with fury in
eilery:part of the globe. , In .11.4 - : . 'the
" Star of Ilethrehem" will " reappear
in Ca.;siopia's Cliair," , the immediate
result being universal war and por
tentious floods 'and shipwrecks.
North, America is again to be in
volved in a civil war, unless a "Na
poleon arises to quell . it ; but during
these terrible days the Pacific states
will be a veritable Paradise of peace
compared to the hellish strife that
will be waging throughput the
world." The few pc(lple that may
manage to survive till 1887 will have
reason* be thankful.
Cl.OlllO DAYS.—These, the poet
as said, are "the melancholy' days,
the saVest of the,year,"-
,but to our
unpoetaeal mind they are the bright
est and most-enjoyable, as any lover
of nature can attest who has taken a
jaunt through the rural districts.
The air' that comes wafted from the
northern zone stirs the. blood and
vigorates the muscles, nerves and
brain. 'The senses are thoroughly
roused as the charm:s of the scenery
and loveliness. of the landscape un
fold like a vast panorama before him.
The orchard bending with its clus
tering fruit, the vine laden with its
luscioU_SAnid,The-liarvester gathering
the ripened corn ; 'the ploughman
'upturning the mold, all pass in re
view, while beyond, in the dim dis
tance4he atmosphere takes on the
azure hue, as the sight catches a view
of the far-off hills aml mountains ;
but all this delightful prospect will
sbon fade and pass away, to be suc
ceeded by-leaden skies and Novem
ber blasts, and anon grim, sterile
.winter.. Typical of human life; it,
too,_ has ifs- spring, summer autumn
—the last the most. beau .sous period
of man's 'mental strength,. when the
tiod-like mind asserts its - majesty.
But, like the waning :lftman of the
seasons, man must als6 pass into
the sllre and yellow leaf of age,"
and encounter decrepitude and
.da
cay, until finally closeS the winter of
his lifd bY-death and the ,rave.
A CURIOUS INDUSTRY-H-Tile : prin
cipal industry of the town of West
Falmouth,' Mass., is tying business
tagsf,with bits of strings, by which
the tags may be attached' to articles
which-require to be labeled:- A cor
respondent writing from that vlll t q,ri. !
says : " These tags are cut elsewhere
and sent in bulk to West Falmouth.
The string is•also sent in skeins. The
business here is to cut the string in
suitable lengths, tie one into each.
tag; and return it to the manufacturer
in BoSton. This sounds simple
enough, and small enough, and ,yet it
furnishes occupation to between three
and four hundred persons, and in
volves an elabbrate system of book
keeping. • The business has beep car
ried on by a woman for the last twen . -
ty years. The , orders which were
once filled id; a bushel basket now
require largd freight • boxes, and
amount to an aggregate of forty
lions of tagsin a year.. The little
pink strings are realed off and cut
into given lengths, each bunch haVing
101 strings. The strings are given
out by the 1010, together with the
corresponding number Of tags; to
people coming to the office for them,
atd are paid for at the rate of twelve
to seventeen cents a thousand.
Young children tic with tkeir Moth
ers, and even old men, and it is a
great source of On money to the
community.
THERP.- i no legal rate of interest in
China. When a Chinaman wants to hor
row eighteen' cents to buy his pmvisions
for the winter he goes out and steals it,
and says nothing:Of interest, high or low.
—Free PreAt!:
rit:Ltr
r.
On the old school book,,ln its dusty nook, .
With a tearful eye I gaze ;
Conic 'WWI; old frieltd, ;Or an hour we'll spend
In talking of bygone days.
I gam once more, as la days of yore,
On the talk that vexed my Main
The lesson done ani victory 4on,
And feel a child again:
And I seem to stand with the youthful band,
In the old house tit the green, •
Lhear the fun ere the school begun,
And hJutn in the gladsome scene.
I take my place with a sober face,
O'er the roll-carved desk I bend,
And hourly pore o'er tee antique lore •
Of thy wonderful page, old friend.
Then our cares wore few, and our frionds*were
true,
And our griefs seem rare and light
The world *as hought (so we fondly thought)
But a region of pure delight.
But time has sped,And our path has led
Through the dark and tearful scene;
And passed away are the good and gay—
Me the old house on the green.
Hut We'lFstng no more. of the days of yore,
I , or the tear-drug dlths the eye;
Steel, on, old book, In the dusty nook,
As In years that have glided by ;
No guilt we trace In thy honest face,
But aMine of gold within
Enriched the youth, as they.sought for truth,
In the old house on the green.
Nineteen jears ago I bought in
Madras a peculiar kind of horse. He
had to bc?•wound tip to make him go.
It was not a machine, but a veritable
live •horse.
Whqn breaking him to go IP the
earriiLi,e he had been-Injured: An
accidallt occurred in starting him the
first 'time, at.d he was thrown and
hurt and frightened. It -made lath
timid; afraid to start. After he had
once .Started he would never balk
untiqaken out -of the carriage. Ile
would start and atop ands go on as
manv, times as you pleased, but it
was . ierkditlicidt to get him started
at first, eagi tithe he was harnessed
to the carriage.?'
He . was all right, under the saddle,
an excellent riding horse, and would
carry me long distances in my dis
trict work, so that i 1 did not wlsh to
dispose of him; but as I courd not
afford to keep tvo, whatever I. had
must in carriage as well as ride,
and I 'determined that I would eon-
flow I worked over Oa', horse !
At tiest it sometimes took me anr
hour to !„ , et him started from my
door. At • last. after trying every-,
thing. I had ever heard of, I LA upOn
an expedient-that worked.
I took a strong bamboo stick two
feet long and over an inch thick. •. A
stout cord loop,"was 'Passed through
a hole two inchCs from its end. "-This
loop we would slip, over his left eaf
downko thO roots and turn the stick
arrotind and around and twist it up.
It is said that a horse can retain
but one idea at a time in its small
brain. Soon the twisting would be
(*in to tint. II is attention would be
abstracted to the -pain in his ear.
11e would forget all about a carriage
being hitched to him, bend down / his
head and walk off as - quiet as a .
lamb. When he had gond a rod the
horse boy would begin to untwist,
soon off would come the cord, and
the horse would be all right for the
(lA% The remedy never failed.
After having it on two or three
times lie objected to the-operation,
and Would spring about and leaf and
twitch awl back ; anything but start
ahead-, to keep it from. being applied.
We wouldliave. two'.ol us, to betin
to pat and rub his neck - and head.
Ile mink' not know. which had the
key. All at once it would be on his
ear and winding sup. -"The
.moment
it began to tightest e would be
Stand,iind bear it' as he could,
and then off her would go. It never
took , thirty seconds to get him Qtr.,
with • the: key: ft would take .an
hour without. • After a little he .
ceased objecting to have it . put on:
He seemed :tb say to himself,
," I
have got to f_dveln, and may as well,
do it At, once," but he would slit
start without key. .-In a few
months lie got so that as soon as. we
gut into the carriage, he Would bend
down his head to have the. key pit;
on, and one or two turns\of the key
would be enough. ;. .
Then the key became unnecessary:
He would bend down his heail,
tili
"ping Eris left ear e ,,ton the, horse boy,
who would take„A it 'in his hand and
.twist it, and off he would go.
'My native neighbors said, " That
horse must he wol'ind up 'or he can
not run." And it did- seem to me
When lie got so that the i "
op was nothing hut a form; I tried
to break him of that, but. could not
succeed. I would pat him And talk
to him and give him a little salt-or
sugar or bread, anti then step quietly
-into the carriage and tell lan to-go.
" No..' Coax - him. " No." •V hip
him. - No." Legs braced, every
muscle tense. for reSistance. A
7ennine balk Stop : and keep:quiet
tier an instant and he would -hold
down his head, bend over his ear and
look around for the horse-boy ay.
pealingly, saying - very very enestly
by his actions, "Do please hind me
up. - I can't go without, but I'll go
gladly it you will." The moment
his ear was touched . an'd one twist
given. off he would go as happy and
cOntentedas ever horse could be.
Many hearty laughs have we and
our friends had over the winding up
of that 'horse.. if I were Out on a.
tour for a month :or two, and- he
were not hitched to the carriage, or
if he stood in the stable with no
work for .a week or two 'during the
monsoon, a real Winding up had to,
take - place-the lirst time he waa . put
in. We kept him six ytitri.4 The
last weak I owned him I had to wind
him up. I sold ; the patent to' the
man that, bought the horse;' and
learned from him that lie had to ttse
it as-long as the horse lived.
• •
At the last lunar eclipse, Italto - Sabib..a
pious Ilifidoo, weighed himself, and gave
his weight in silver coins to the poor. Go
thou nimbi!) likewise.—Neir,York Work,:
ItumAx hair has gone up 75 cents a
Found, and the best quality of lifittr has
gone down td 30. Boarding-houses will
now be comlielled to furnish the essence
of cow unk-moellished.
CAN any one tell why it is a man blows
the foam off a glass of beer bcfOre drirdt
lug it ?—nrereport Timis.. Give it up.
Never saw a man drinking foam that had
been blown from a beer glass.—Piraiune:
THE OLD SCHOOL BOOK
—N. Y. drapltte
WINDING UP A HORSE
4.
191.00 per Annum In . Advance.
SHERIDAN ON DEMOCRACY
While Gen. George A. Sheridan,
of Louisiana, was speaking Monday
night Oh the West Side, Chicakct he
was interrupted by anadcipted citi
zen with this question " WhaVhs
the , matter-with the Democratic par- I
ty any wax.?" • guiele as lightning -
Sheridan turned froni the line of his
argument and gave, an answer to his - •
interrupter which" all who heard it
will
,remember as' long.as they live.
.It was as - follows,: •"' What is the
:,natter - with the Democratic party,'
eh?. I, will tell -yon ; my friend.
•'" The Democratic party was born
under planets that were in opposi
tion. it lives in - the objective case'.
Like a mule, 'it has no
_pride-of an
cestry ;:- - „hope of - posterity.! ,It
never'originates anything.',lt shines
with borrowed light.. It has never
been joined in honest wedlockT,to a
grin` iple, but lived ;par years in-open
adultery with a harldt caked slavery;
livetrwitli.her till she;died of corrun
tion,.and was buried amid the sobs
and groats of her- paramour. Tile
atmosphere that surrounds :-Dernoc
racy is full of noxious vapors that
breed. moral pestilence and death.
The Sun never shines through it; vice
seeks its 'shadow, and • corruption
grows lusty - under Ats nnholy influ
ence.
.Springs of purity are -never
foun4,in Deniocracy. Its waters are
lifeless--- , covered with filth
and scum, with which stagtilint pool 4
'and moveles4 waters always offend
the eyes of men. The soil which De
mocracy_has cultivated has failed to ,
yield harvests of valhe to the- nation,
but has given ergps of worthless
weeds and briars. Democracy. has
no love of country ;- believes - in -states
instead of Nation ; : driv,,es - - loyalty
from its doors and - Welcomes treason
in its habitations-; - holds the deeds,
of our soldiers and sailors - as naught;
hrives to 'blacken the names of our
eroes; . weeps •over the lost cause;
hates the blue,rind loves the gray
slabs loyalty in - the back ; - binds, up
the wounds of treason and s-Peaks,
words of Hope and cornfortljo
devotees; applauds when tielplesS
blacks' are stricken down in' the
South, and caresses the hands: reel
with their innocent blood ; denies the
riglikof American citizens to iniike
homes for*themselves fn the South ;
justifies the `men who shot them
down or drive them out. Democracy
is-aidurse to the , land, the source of
our 'hiherest woes; the haven *here
viceiqinds friends - and -crime its
and defenders. I)einderacy is
origitmCsin -let ~pose, td rend -and de
stroy -,,M*411e. spirit Of evil filling
the swine onlie nation.; the incar
nation of unhOlinessll -the child of
the its lidme should be in that
outer darkness- where: there is weep - -
injz, wailing and - g nashing of teeth.
Such,-faintly pictinied, my friend, is
• what Is the matter with the Demo
cratic party.'" .
." AN AMUSING ANECDOTE.
Here is" a story' far funnier than
most of the : anecdotes one finds under.
tthe caption of pimrglls a la, main in
`the ,Tair»al .4 masa& or the FiOro..
,It is a story of .George . Honey, the
'distinguished - actor, who, . many
years. ago, while on a 'tour ifi the
provinces, had taken lodgings in an
huuible house, somewhat. the worse
for Wear. Soon after retiring. he
was, awakened by a fluttering noise
as' of a bird around. the curtain of his
bed. He 'sprang, struck a light, and
s'aw a dark little-creature With wings
bFundering about the room. Not
being well acquainted with natural
history he did 'riot. recognize it as a
bat, but determineeto 'patch it—if
possible—and examine; it carefully in
tho• morning.. Taking Up. a felt hat,
he began to hunt and:capture the in
truder, for a long time in. vain but;
last he pounced upon it, took.it from
the shat, shut up in a drawer o
listening to its.straggles to - escape•H
wanting ,to be sure ttlo. - t" he had
"really -caught , it,• and went •to bed
dreaming -Ofilly in -, • - dragons: But lie
was not destinrd to - sleep long.
,hardly had :hi! dozed off. when( a
further , flutter aWakened him, -And
lighting .another match, he found
anotherzbai.'. After this. bne he had.
another limit, caught it, putOt in the,
drawer. brother, and again.
went to bed. , Again, hOwever; he
was awakened in a similar manner,
bats came not in single spies, but-if
the expression he - .pardonublU—in
battalions:" Inin,ted
dil gently, making. quite - a collet Hon.
of specimens, and. put them all with
great care in the drawer. Heated
with the -chase, he' thin opened the
window, and \ tired. out, at last en
joyed a feW mitlites' sleep. Waking
with the mornNg Hight he jumpedk
Out of bed and openeil, the drawer
very 'cautiously to look for his bats
but lo, b and behold ! There were no
bats there. He, Op - ened, the
_drawer
wide,'Uud then discovered. that it had
no hack' to it: ;He had, in fact, been
passin all' • his night catching Hh
ie
same bat, which had tloWit-out at the
- back of the, drawef as soon as he had
put him hi' , at the. front,• and when the
window was . opened finally es-
caped
" Ilsvwally of the idiots asked, What
did the:pipe-stem f?!• "—New.- York Herald.
you're thelirst mie.—Puok. -
Tun manager of a country theatre,
-whose audience consisted one night of but
two men, both drunk, declared tbat he
had L!'_full house?" •_ • .
TiM man who carelessly investigated
some excavations that were flanked with
a red flag was called a blasted idiot "
.by. the unfeeling ccironer'sJury. , --Xeir-
York Netts. • '
" WHAT is the USiial definition of con
science ?" asked ktuan of his pastor. '
man's! iule for his'ileighboes conduct is
alxiiit the way it comes oat practically,'"
was the reply.
A MAI: who •still earths in his body a
bullet which entered it at Antietam' calls
it lead astray. • i
"Ou, vleN ; I have' made faces m)
study. Do you paint, Miss Brown;"'
"Sir?" "I niZuu, do you paint pictufes?"
A .COUNTRY paper says : " A child - , was
rhwover by a wagon threoyears old, and
cross-eyed, with pantaleti on."
IT is Over sit weeks since George Wash-
ington'sbody-servant ;,vas last beard from.
If this should meet, Ids eye, will he com
municate with an anxious public without
•
delay ?
• G EXTRA'. - GARFIELD' says : " What , *l3
want isa dollar that will keep over night."
'Unless • it weighs several tons he- can't
keep it over night in askew-York iugs
bank„--___,Yerristown 'Herald.
' .
J.— Alter some days of unconscious=
tiees, FienatoiTnonuAs recovered enough
last week to ask what it was that struck
' •
.. Billiard playing by minors, in 'the
public rooms of Wilkes-Barre, has been
prohibited by an order from, Mayor Loo
ms.- •
• ....We - send : missionaries all over - the
world when, according to the. Newport
Ledger, there is not a Stinday
. school in
Howe township, Perry county.
A. man jumped from a New York
Fe 4 tral train at Lyons -the other. day
That did not kill him, but he rolled into
a mill race and was drowned. . .
X.' Bn.i.pws, Of Gaines,-Tio
ga County, died suddenly at hia home on
Sunday evening, .octoher 12th', Mr. H..
was ; called the wealthiest nian in Tioga
NUMBER 22
: telephone along the Pittsburg
Southern-Milroad is now used by the
porteri; of the press, and 'conversation
held between WaShington wind Pittsburg
whenever the occasion dernands i it.
Curivoro, the captive Zulu King,
IS said to be as rather handsome man; and
"wears a two dollar tablecloth of the or=
dinar); red and green pattern." We.judg,e
his newspaper portraits don't flatter him."
" .....Every cell in the Lycorniiii (4 jail
at William Sport, that's in condition to be
used; has,two prisoners in it. i4oming's
usbal Democratic majority is about 1200.
It will be ithout eiglityle;s tills year.
..,..Chester County has at last temn4d
a female taX' collector. The County Treas
rarer has appointed Mrs. Jsmis
ar Atglen, tax collector of Ithe d inquent
taxes of that borough . for, the . yeai
the fiist' fine in- nearly six
years: every furnace stack in Allentown
is in operation, the • last idle. one, Stack
No. 2Pof the Allentown Iron - Company,-
laving been blown in a few days ago.
There are nine in - blast. - 5
• •.,... A. Williamsport man, fiZdting fithu
a boat, was taken by surprise when
-large black bass flopped out of ale water •
and landed.in his ark. Ile didt(l:u.; how
ever, tak mndh.stock in that as
- the satisfaction that he saved` his bait.
r'&juir6s a half 4 column of since
in a Demecratie, newspaper. t.o r .;•give the
returns of!the.lateelectioti in Newark, N.
J.,. while' two lines in the i sante Rapers •
seem to be ample room in which to give
the returns from the Statesiof Ohio' and 3 ,
,lowa.
DRIFTWOOD.
GATHERED FROM THE STREAK Or
401UNALI8M,
Bucks County Courts have be
fore them a lawsuit caused by a squirrel.
The incautious little squirrel, ran up a
tree skhich the hunters set on fire. Now
one of them has been sued by the fanner
who awned the tree. - _
' •
A dress ii by \count fiii• a New
York lady has eight bultons of sO.l gold,
each enameled by - a celebtated artist from
his'Owirde:signs: The dress-is..ot ruby
velvet, its sole -trimmings :donsiSting, of
buttons and a cascade of Alencin "point
worth
lere is the way they learn to spell
in Colioe:;. Ney i : ) 7 6tIc : When a girl iiriss
es a, word in the 2.C1100114 the - bflY who. cur
rktS herds sternly directed by the school
ma'am to kis's her on the Spot. 'piere aro
some balspeller's among the girls of Co-
Imes. llot 11 ., .,ne among the
....An eiChange •tell.:t the followirig -•
sad stow : "A eert4n man in town. wq.)
has never adverti-.ed, ; was ieceutly fottrld ..
dead under his counter, wile:o. he had
..
been lying for two. (lays. 'He - was acci- '
dentally discove'red by. a ;mail bOy vo - -
went in to get a - nicitle changed. AN': he
had never advertised people bud forgot
ten.
where his store was; ,and hence -No
body happened to discover the cprpse un
til decomp . osition set it. - ' .' - '
......Judge Cpmmis made it lively -fOr
offenders of the law in Lycoming County
at the last term of. Court. Liquor_tlealers
-,iti thatcOunty, who - sell witifolit .license..., 7
who sell to minors, and on Sunday, will
take knowledge l cif the recent decisions; 'F:,, ,
and govern themselves accordingly.- Filies •.
of frcini $lOO to , ' $500 . ; impri;onment, -
from. three to .twelve mouths until the
'sentence is complied with, with costs of;
prosecution,' is Ia 'heavy percentage
,on
'such receipts. .. - . '•,.
' ......Three fishers—from Cumberland,
Maryland—were catching •bass in 'the .
south branch of the - J'otanac, in West
Virginia.. A string of fish were fastened .
-in the water at the edge of the. river. ,-..
When'tlie fisherm9i came tote the fish.
they found that a line-bass liad:,been ad&
ed to'''t-he string. On examination they,
found ilia the big bass had -'Swallowed
'one of the smaller ones on the string and -
then - could not get away: , ;.- -- .- •
nev. EVERETT Hit
thinks that as-the American tinitarian
Association has been devoting itself to
publishing some fourteen varieties of
hymn-books, it would be well fur it to
now turn its attention to . theLpublication•
'of aT.l3ible, which•should contain the. best'
•
selections
,of the Bible, • leayillg 'out the
mythical and perplexing portions, and Le
advoCat es thense of such a Bible. • •
Frankfort, the - capital .of'06•1illarl-.
oils' Commonwealth or Kentucky, has .
been wondering for t year past: where it
grot so nitich counterfeit coin, and it was
finally traced to' the State penitentiary,
where, in a convict's cell, was-found a lot
of-tools. metal, and plaster of Paris-_
moulds, besides - a quantity of the qucer.,
Niihether the convicts. implicated Were
pardoned by floyertaril . ...BLACKlll:RN x- •
cause he struck' a- bad quarter,'- is _ not
Stated. " • 2 ' l . '• •
A. Massachusetts pewspaper says :
"BEN D i rt' ALDRICH, of
....Montgordery,
was bitten by 'rattlesnake some three
weeks 'ago, - when full of liquor. SinCe
that time he has drank a gallon of liquor
a day, and he says be has experienced th),
unpleasant el Bets fromthe bite,•except a
severe the . bottom of his foot.'.'
Quite likely. A man whodrinits galloii
.
ofkWhisky eiery . day, for. three weeks is
hardly.going to 11 - ndAt out,' even if there
are unpleasant 'effelts.. - Snakes in tho
boots versus snakes in the :piss, .consti
tdo a - variation- of homeopathy '-'which
probably did-not occur to the founders of
that school. "
nineteen years
with hair as black as night, Was one, of
seven packers who left ,Port Lincoln in
1875 to ride with Gener:il C4'STER along
the Little -Wherr,his party
was three miles distant from the scene of
action, the Sioux attacked them. 1 ' Every
man for himself," was the ruling princi-
le i and LaEt4ltlt sprang on horseback
to ride off. lie saw his six' companions
go down one after the other.' One bullet.
out-of the hundred that followed him tore
through his neck, another. cut a deep'
rime* across hiii cheek, 'a third imbed
dettittielfin his thigh, and a foiirtli - kill:
ed his . The desperate biy shot at
au approaching Indian
~and ran fora belt
of timber a half niile distant', Barefoot
ed, ivealcand Taint - from loss of blood, he
outran his .pusuers and reached the
woods, where he hid fol. three daYs.pe
was at last found by three friendly Cow
Indians and taken by them to Fort Lin.
coin, 'where he found out that 4;6: hair;
had turraid'as white as snow.-