Tzsas or PIIIILIVATIO*; . ‘
_-..-.. •
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Thursday moraine by 800Disied lirmancem,
One Dollar per annum, in advance.
dirAdvertising in all easel oscillates of tub.
seription to the paper.
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tine for drat Insertion. and FtViCrarTs parlinelor
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All resolutions of assoelattions; communications
of limited or individual interest. and nosiest' of
marriages or deaths, exceeding fire libelers clan-.
ad wire cease per line, but Simple notlceeot Mar
riages and deaths will be published without charge.
.he Buroareat having a larger circulation than
ar y-other paper In the county. makes it the best
advertising medium In Northern Petuts7hranin.
Jon rfUNTING of every kind. in plain and
fancy colors, done with nearness and dispatch.
Handbills; Blanks. Canis, Pamphlets, Binned , .
Statements, he., of every variety and style, printed
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ment of near type, mud everything in the printing
. Hue can be executed in the most artistic manner
and at the lowest rates. TERMS INVARIABLY'
C SSH. ,
•nstntss gabs.
314.D1LL 4t KINNEY,.
I,
JITTORNETS•A`D.LAW.
°M IX—Rooms formerly occupied by Y. K. C. A.
li,odlng Boom.
11. J. MADILL. 3.111,80 O. D. MIIINZT.
- AIRS. E. J. PERRIGO,
, TEACILIM OP PIANO AND ORGAN.
Le.tutns given in Thorough Hass and Harmony.
*titivation of the voice a specialty.. Located at A.
I ,M*.in St. Reference : Holmes & Passage.
owanda, Pa., March 4, IMO.
JOHN W. CODDING,
ATTOUNET-AT-LAW, TOWANDA.. PA..
-Ocoee over Kirby's Drbg Store.
THOMAS E. KVER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
TOWANDA, PA
°Mee with Patrick and Foyle. 5ep.25,79
pEcK OVERTON
ATTORNETCLT-LAWs
;TOWA.NDA. PA.
11'.x. OVERTON , - BENJ. M. REEL
I) ODNEY MERCUR,
I
EY AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA.,
t‘olleitor of Patents. l'artieniar attention paid,
to business in the Orphans Court and to the setti.
tn , nt of estates
... Rice in MonMnyea Block May I, '79,
OVERTON & SANDERSON,
A TTORN V.T.ATI.AW; • 1 .
TOWAtiDA, PA.
JOHN F:9 AN DEItAON
F. OvETITON. JR
IV H. JESSUP,
ASTD CousSELLon-IT-LAW,
MONTROSE. PA.
.indge Jessup having resumed the pact/cent the
la‘• nt Northern,Pennsylvanla, will attend to any
buslne‘Sintrnsted tcohltn In Bradford county.
Persons wishing to consult him, can call on H.
St teeter, Esq., Towanda, Pa., when an appointment
cl,t be male.
HENRY STREETER,
ATTORNEY AND COUNEELLOII-AT-LAW.
TOWANDA, PA
II L. TOWNER, M. D.,
11 , oIEOPATIIIC PHYSICIAN AND SITRGEON.
rg Re.ldener , nn4 Ogee just North of lir. Cor
-14.C6, on Nain,l:.4reot, Atbros, Pa. jun2a-Can.
1 41
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
• TOWANDA, PA. Cnovll4s
F. GOFF,
1
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
WYALLISING, PA
kgency for the sale and purchase of al/ kinds of
, Securities and for making loans on Real Rotate.
All business will receive careful and prompt
attention. Nunn 4, 1879.
Tito:0 1 80N, ATTORNEY
• .er LAW, WYALUSING, PA. Will attend
to all hugeness entrusted: to his care fn Bradford,
Sullivan and Wyoming idountles. Office with Esq.
Porter. rnovlB-74.
E. IL ANGLE, D. a S.
OPERATIVE AND MECHANICAL DENTIST
Office ouState . Street, eecoud floor of Dr. Pratt's
Chace. apt E 79.
ELSBREE & SON,
ATTriIINSTS-AT-LAW,
TOWAN IJA, PA.
MIMIMM!
T. MatiEßsON,
L
ATTAit.NEY-AT-LAW,
TO WA SDA; PA.
Diet Atry Brad. Co
, 1011,N W.
17 - ATTORNEY-AT-LAW AND U. N. COIRRISSIONER.
TOWANDA, PA.
Office—Nonh Side Public Equate.
SAM W. BUCK,
TTORNET-AT-LAW,
TO IVA ND A, PE.tiZt".4
Office—South aide ropittr street. opposite Ward
tNoT.I3, 1878.
DAVIES & CARNOCIIAN,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LARD,
SOUTH SIPE .OF WAEI) HOUSE.
Dec 23-78. TOWANDA, PA
ANDREW WILT,
0 •
ATTOIV4I4I - -AT-LAW.
ofllet•—Meann• Block, Nlaln-st., over J. L. Rent's
mt,e, Towanda. May be consulted In German.
(April 12,'7*.)
NIT.I. YOUNG,
1V • -
A.TToRNE.3:-AT-L AW, •
. • TetIVANDA, PA.
nt,e—terned door south of the First Nat!nnal
is 1 , 0: Main St... up stairs.
, M. MAXWELL,
A TTOR T•LAW
TOW A N DA, PA.
Ottre over 14.15 - ton's store
kpril )STS.
: \I ApILL CALIFF,
ATTORNICTS-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA.
•
°Mee in W - xei , s Block, first door south of the First
N sti, i 1 bank, up.stairs.
fl. .J. 4 A DILL. ("Jane-731y) .l: N. CALIF?.
S. M. WOODI3II4.ti, Physi
vr ciao and * eurecon. Once at retlctence, on
I , oe ,Itrect, Eaet of Main.
Ina .w a, May 1, 1672y1y•
'oirr B. KELLY, DENTIST.--Dice
v • over NI. E. R4hfleldas, ToWande, Pa.
Teeth luserted on Gold, Silver, Rubber, and, AI-
Emuilum base. Teeth extracted without pain.
(frt.:1442.
t 1 D. PAYE,I%I:I).; •
I J• PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Ott, e over 51outanyeb• Story. ()glee hours from 10
to 12 A. and Iron 2 to 4 P.Y.
Speciniatteutlon given to
DISEASES DISEASES
or and /or
EYEI THE EAR
MI
W. RY AN,
Comery ScesnixTionis
Mee day la.tt Saturday ()reach mouth, over Turner
& Dordon's Drug Store, Towanda, Pa.
Towanda, June 20, 1878,
(1) , S. RUSSELL'S
GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENCY
May23-70tf. TOWANDA,
FIRST NATIONAT I BANK,
- tOWANDA.,
CAPITAL PULP IN.
SURPLUS . FUND....
...... 66000
This Bank otters unusual facilities for the trans ,
action of a general banking business,
• N. N. BETTS. Cashier
408. rowri, a., President.
Ay RS. 11. PgET,
I. i
TEACIIIICH 9 1 PIAIVO MUSIC,
...._
TERMSC—IiiO per ierrn,
(Residence Third street, Ist ward .I,_
Towanda, Jan. 13,18-Iy.
G ET YOUR
.JOB PRINTING
Done at the REPORTER corner., opposite the
CoLtt House, Towanda. Colored work especially.
COODRICH & HITCHCOCK. Publlshen,
VOLUME ' XL
'gutsiness gad*
E H. DORMATIL,
325 East Water St., Elmira, N.Y.
Ist Floor TRY GOODS
1 , 1 Floor MILLINERY
31 Floor CARPETS
4th Floor CLOAKS It SHAWLS
Roper floors accessible by elevator.
far A visit of inspection is respectfully solicited
EDWARD WILLIAMS,
PRACTICAL PLUMBER A GAS FITTER;
Place of business, a few doors smith of Past-0111w.
Plumbing, Gas Witting. Repairing Pumps of all
kinds, and all kinds of Gearing promptly attended
to. All wanting work in his Ups should give him
a rail. Dec. 4.1370.
SUSQUEHANNA COLLEGIATE IN
ertivet —Spring Tenn will begin MONDAY,
APRIL STO, 1880. Expenses for board. tuition
and furnished mom. from 1172 to $l6O per year.
For Catalogue or further particulars address the
Principal,
EDWIN E. QUINLAN, A. 11.
, Towatdo. Jan. 15, 1880. 771
•
- WALTER CHUB,
(Successor to L. B. Powell, Scranton., Pa.)
DEALILR IY
•
P.IANOS. ORGANS,
AND ALL KINDS OF MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE.
If e , contlnnes the agency for the CUICRIERING
and STEINWAY PIANOS, and the MASON A
HAMLIN ORGAN'S, which he Is prepared to sell
at CLOSE FIGURES.
The trade supplied at manuraCturerst prices.
Agents wanted In all unoccupied territory. •
Scranton, Pa., March 7.5-w3.
THE CENTRA,L HOTEL, .
tIIATEP., PA.
The.. undersigned having taken possession
of the Shove hotel, respectfully solicits the patron..
age of ble old friends and the public generally.
sugia-tf. M. A. FORREST.
EAGLE HOTEL,
• (SOUTH SIDS PUBLIC SQUABS.)
This wen-known house has been thoroughly yen
norated and repaired throughout, and the proprie
tor is now prepared to offer first-lass aceommoda-
Lions to the public, on the moat reasonable terms.
E. A. JE.1...11411X118.
Towanda, Pa., 'Stay 2, 1878.
HENRY HOUSE,
Feb 27,'79
(OW SUE WILTROPLAW Ppi,llW.)
CORNER stAIN A WASHINGTON STREETS
Meals at all hours. Terms to suit the times. Large
TowOda, July S. 79-U
QEELEY'S OYSTER BAY AND
kj EUROPEAN HOUSE.-.-A few doors southof
the 'Means House. Board by the day or week on
reasonable terms. Warm meals served at all hours
Oysters at wholesale and retail. '
TABER, HOUSE,
Dec.1 4 .1-m
NEAT MARKET,
E. D. RUNDELL,
Would respectfully arnnuttee that he'ls continuing
the Market business at the old stand ,4 Whack
Rundell, and art!l at all tittles keep a full slipply of
L. ELFIDREZ
[feb.llB
Constantly on hand. Country dealers supplied at
city rates.
Jan. 1,1878
RESIT & SALT. MEATS,
.1 GARDEN VEGETABLES,
41y' All Goods delivered Free of Charge
E. D. HUNDELL
Towanda. Pa. Nov. 27. ism
MEAT MA.RKET
BEIDLEMAN'S BLOCK, BRIDGE STREET
FRESH XgD BALT 4EATSi
DRIED BEEF, FISH, POULTRY,
GARDEN VEGETABLES AND BERRIES IN
NrAll goods.tleilvered free of ebarge.
Towanda, Pa., May 28. 1479
t'
THE OLD MARBLE YARD
STILL IN OPERATION.
•
The undersigned having purchased the MAR
BLE Attt) of the late GEORGE Net AIM de
sires to inform the . Nubile that having employed
experienced Men. he Is prepared to do all kindS of
work in the line of
MONUMENTS,
HEAD STONES,
•
MANTLES and
SHELVES,
In the very best manner and at lowest rates. •
Persons dentin" anything In the Mandoline are
Invited to call and examine work, and save agents'
commission.
1 JAMES McdABZ.
Towanda, Pa., Nov. IS. 187$. 2411
LIST OF LEGAL BLANKS
•143+.000
related and kept on sale at the It !CPO arta OPTICS
Deed.
Mortgage.
Bond.
Treastirer'sDond. -
Collectors Bond.
Lease.
- -
Complaint.
Commitments.
Warrant.
Constable's RePirn.
Articles of Agreement. 2 forms,
Bond on Attachment.
Constable's Sales,
Collectors Sales.
Execution.
Subparts.
Ar11;1, 181.9
Petition for License.
Bond for Lieense.
Note Judgement:
Note Judgement Bent.
. Note Jugement 6 per cent.
Town order Book.
Behontorder Book.
i Summons.
Aoters.
TOFAQDA, PA
stable attached
WM. UXtiltY, PHOPRIZT4*.
CARTON, PENN'S
Near the Depot,
JOHN N. WOLFE, Prorn
. l Aatiets.
FRESH
OYSTERS
FRUITS, &c.
MYER & DEVOE
Located In
Keep on hand,
THEIR SEASON, 4c
& Dir.VOE
'tak 15406.
at wholesale or retail.
- -
Nosh*
THE SUGAR MAPLES.
Along the •sle and o'er the hill .
I see a bine and smoky hare:
The afternoons are warm and. stll
And presage longer, warmer days.
The blue jay at the sumach bow,
Is screaming with discordant note;
The plumbs-bird arouses.now
The longing heart with trembling thrust.
The hills are peeping through the snot!.
And buried fences greet the
On bare, brows knolls, equaw•berrles glow,
Or tiny snow•flowers Benet lb blue.,
The fresh new earth now scents the gale
rising trout ber sepurchle,
She costa aside her snowy veil .
And greets her train, who'wait for her.
Bow stands the drowsy team asleep
Before the bueltet-laden slot b
While sinks the cruel steel fel deep
To draw the crystal sap aw a y ;
The steady drip from wooden lip
Makes music In the soft spring alr,
And soon the laden buckets tip
And waste the aectar rich sad tare
Anon the pungent smoke!wesattis rise
Around the kettle's tossing Burgs;
Hale youths attend the sacrifice, ,
And high the flames with faggots urge.
A 4 Vtransmutatlce wondrous sweet'!
That steals the blood otbare brown trees,
And In the crackling finales and beat •
Has power thosolgolden to seise 2 4 2
0 ran'she4outh 0 balmy days
The odors rise o early dowers..
I see again through smoky. haze
The picture of those fleeting hours;
I hear again the wild halloo
Of boys' long silent In the tomb;
The fitful camplire brings to slew
Olad faces fronslbe,outer gloom.
They tell of an eternal spring
Forever ',tight, with springing towers,
Where morning Is an endless ring.'
Existence knows not Passing hours.
It may be that the flames of strife
. Rave stored for US some streets away;
'Or, frozen drifts of earthly Life t
May yield a brighter day.
g c i c tled (rak.
The Shadow on the Heart
I stood, with my companion on the
shore of the Niagara, down the steep
bank of which I had carefully guided
him, at his earnest request. His eyes
were fixed earnestly upon the stream,
and so intently did be continue to
gaze upon the waters which whirled
dizzily almost at' our feet, that I fore
bore to disturb him with the question
which I had often before hesitated to
ask. But my eyes were directed .as
steadfastly toward his face as were
his toward the wild scene before him;
and, in truth. be formed a striking
picture, as he stood there by my side,
leaning thoughtfully upon his staff :
his long white hair streaming back
over his shoulders, and a painful,
gloomy shadow flickering ,wearily
about his wan face. A h—threescore
years and ten had not passed him
lightly by; the feet that thus tottered
on the brink of- the grave must haVe
wandered through paths of sorrow
and distress, .or the finger of Time
alone would nver have graven that
brow so deepl y with wrinkles
The casual inspection of the old
man's face naturally suggested these
reflections; but beyond this. I recall
ed the faint retnembrance of, having
at some time heard a story 'Mating
to the long, life-sorrow of Wilson
Webber—the name of my venerable
companion—which, faint though it
was, occurred jto me almost without
effort, as I observed his emotion in
looking upon the river. And I was
thinking of some plan by which I
might draw the narrative from the
lips of the old man himself; when he
commenced to speak, in a voice hard
ly audible • not to me, certainly, for
he never changed the direction of his
gaze, and he seemed even unaware of
my presence. He was evidently so
liloquizing.
- .
" The . r iver is wide . here—very
wide,"- he said ; so wide that the
opposite bank is indistinct, and I
cannot separate the objects upon it
from each, other—and deep—how
deep! Ab, and how deceitful are
these rolling waters; -Err they run,
just aboVe, in a Mill , unbroken cur
rent, to, break and change into 'a
treacherous vortex I Over what
wealth of human victims do they
sweep ; what generous hearts have
been stilled in their fatal'embrace!"
He paused; as he observed how
intently I listened to every word
which he thus unconsciously uttered ;
and after a moment's" hesitation, be
continued
,"-Sit yonder, if
and
will," said he,
addressing me, " and I will tell you
the simple story of an old man's
heart. You noticed the cottage by
the road,as ive came down the tank?
It is tenantless now, and gone to ruin
and decay; yet time was when it
sheltered warm and noble hearts. It
was fifty years ago—fifty long, weapy
years—the home of a boatinan, whose ,
name 1 neql not repeat, and his only
child, Minnie, as she was called ; and
this-cabin was also my Home. I was
younger than you, and a mere boy in
years and experience. when was
first cast upon this wide world, and
left to its mercies. Contact with it
and its mercies soon embittered my
youthful spirit; it was an experience
too severe for my boyish heart, and,
I grew sick and weary of life itself.
It was merely a careless longing for
change,
at this period of- my . life,
which led me to this wild spot, and,
the house of the boatman. for the
first time in all my wayfarings, was
kindly and hospitably receive d ,
my heart instantly warmed to ward
the humane boatman and his little
daughter. I had related to them my
story, which needed no other confir
mation than my careworn, emaciated
face and lustreless eyes, and their
sympathies were readily enlisted for
me; and days and weeks passed in
sensibly by, and found me still be,
neath the roof of the cottage ~ It was
a home, although an humble one;
and for the time, I desired iothing
more.
" But my strange pride of spirit
would not - permit me to remain where
there Ira" a possibility that . I might,
be an intruder; and it was to test
the feelings of my new friends to
wails me that I one morning an
nounced my intention of bidding
theth) farewell. If I bad harbored a
doubt on, the stibject, it was quickly
removed; the impulsive little daugh-
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, "A n THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, ,1880.-,
ter threw her arms around my neck,
and, with tears in her eyes, declared
that I should not leave them ; while
the father said, with a smile:
" There's" little danger of your .
going, Will, while Minnie holds you
as tight as she does now. But don't
think of leaving us, my boy—at least,
not for the_present. W e have come
to like you so well we should be sor
ry to lose you.'
"So I remained, and made myself
useful to the boatman in his labors
on the river,passmg my leisure hours
with Minnie, and instructing her in
the meagre knowledge which I bad
gleaned by chance.' 1 had at first re
garded her as a warm-bearted and
somewhat handsome child, and noth
ing more ; but as I studied her more
closely, .I was not slow in discovering
in her the undeveloped germ of beau
ty, both of mind and body, which
would one day cause her to be eager
ly sought after. Simultaneously , with
the discovery, a great ambition pos
sessed me; and as I dreamed over it,
my purpose inuT strengthened and
confirmed. It was, simply, the de-
termination to go out into the world
once more, and to devote a few brief
years of toil to the acquisition of
wealth—not for myself, but for Min•
Die and her father. My heart exulted
over the idea that I might thus repay
my humble benefactor thedebt,which
my gratitude magnified a thousand
fold ; and, best of- all, make darling
little Minnie my wife. 84, would be
a -.peerless woman, at the expiration
of the period I had litnited, and I
actually surmised whether it would
not be selfish for me to take her-all
to myself. Ah you 'smile, my
young friend; but these were not the
idle dreamings of a boy. I was a
man then, in spirit and determina
tion, Knot in years; and I know that
my ambition was a good and noble
one.
"1 unfolded.my plans fully to the
boatman, revealing everything as I
had planned it. Ile-smiled. just as
you did a moment since, when I
spoke, with boyish zeal, of my at
tacbment to his child ; but he beard
me through, shook toy , band earnest
fy, and gave me a hearty godspeed.
" Good-bye, then, Will,' said he.
Perhaps you are a little wild with
these notions of yours ; but I see
you are Sincere, and I won't try- to
dissuade you. Keep your heart un
spotted from the wickedness of the
World, my boy; and whether you
some back' r not, don't forget us."
" It was a comparatively easy mat
ter to . part with the. boatman; but
as I met Minnie upon the threshold,
my courage almost failed. She placed
her hands ' upon my shoulders, and
threw an eloquent look of grief and
entreaty into my face from her great
brown eyes.
" Will, you can't go!' she faltered.
' You must stay —ll know you will
for my sake l'
" It is for your sake that I must
go,
Minnie,' I replied; and in answer
to her tante inquiry, I unfolded to
her all my hopes and lorigines. Child
though she was, she perfectly com
prehended all I meant to panvey ;
and her lashes dropped with a feeling
almost maidenly, as I spoke . of the
relations which I hoped, in future, to
bear to her.
•" • You will return, then ?' 'was-her
murmured question. ,
"'1 will—if you, Minnie, will
promise to be to me all I haire wish
ed.'
, '‘ There was the innocent warmth
'of the child, in the embrace with
which she clasped my neck, but the
devotion of the maiden, in the whis
pered words: Yes, dear Will, yes
My heart was too full for utterance ;
hastily returning her kiss, 1 strapped
my little bundle to my back, and
grasping my stick More firmly, I
strode manfully forth. Pausing at a
little distance from the cottage, I
looked back; Minnie was standing
In the clearway, looking sorrowfully
after me. Tears filled my eyes as I
- walked rapidly away ; -and in the sad
enthusiasm of .the moment, Iresolved
to move heaVen and earth, if neces
sary, to.win her!.
" Five years, almost. to a day, had
elapsed since my departure from the
cottage, when I again stood by it,
and nervously, almost fearfully,
rapped at the door. I could detect
no change in the appearance of the
old, familiar scene ; the cottage Was
'the same, unchanged in a solitary
feature—the landscape around it was
the same—and there rani the noble
river, even as -when I last viewed it ;
but—my heart sank at the thought—
what changes might not have visited
the inmates of the • cottage ? My
queries, however,. were cut _short by
the opening of the door ;• the beat•
man himself stood beforerne. peering,
with the aid of alai:rip; into the 'face
of the . bearded man before him, evi•
dently not recognizing me. He had
changed, too, as well as I'; his hair
.was almost gray, and his step had
lost its firmness ; but when beat .last
came to know me, be seized my hand
.all of his old heartiness ' and
almost dragged me inside thedoor.l
"'You have not forgotten us, Will
—I knew you would not,' were his..
eager words. No wonder I did not
know you ; but you're welcome, my
boy, And how about yoor old
dreams, Will?' be added, withan in
credulous look. illa've you come to
fulfill them ?,
" Most certainly I have ; I am
rich now—and you may rely upon it,
all . that I planned when a boy shall
now be accomtlisbed
" I wished to say more ; but the
question which I wished to ask died
upon my lips. Foolish fears, per
haps they were ; but I could not help
entertaining a suggestion that this
fair fabric of happiness which :I had
shaped for myself, might be dashed
down, even when near its completion.
These fears, however, were but mo
mentary ; the garrulous boatman
mentioned the name I most wished
him to speak.
" Minnie will be overjoyed to . see
you,'" he said. She is a tall, hand
some girl now—almost a lady-and
she speaks of you often. She 1128
never forgotten you, Will.'
."' Where is she ?' I impatiently
asked. Tell her that I have come •
you know how anxious I must be tO
! see her again.
; AN
',;: :( 1 -
V
REGARDLESB OP DENITROUTION PROM ANY QUART=
..- ~ ,
:~ .
~=
l~
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" 6 You eball see her soon, my bay,'
the lboatMan replied, with his old
smile. 'She crossed the river this
afternoon, to visit'a sick person; but
she, promised to return before dark,.
Something has detained her, she will
be here presently:.
"The load fell from my heart, and
my spirits ascended to their wonted
level. For a while longer I listened
to the talk of the boatman ; but when
he left the morn for a moment I
stepped without the door. and turned
my eyes to the river. The moon; was
at her full, and I bad no difficulty in
distinguishing a boat, just puttiog
out from.the opposite shore. There
was but one person in it, besides the
rower, and that a female fignte ; and
with my heart beating high with hope
and expectancy, I walked quickly
down to the edee of the water, and
stood where I am now standing. My
eyes were steadfastly fixed upon the
boat; I feared that some misfortune
might yet intervene between myself
and the dear one at the stern, her
hand carelessly playing in the water„l
unconcious of my presen i ce. Nearer
and nearer came the boat, until I
could distinguish the features of her
beautiful' face—and my excitement
moved me toAshness ; I called my ,
name to her over the water, calling '
her, also, by name.
" Fatal - words l I forgot that the
boat was nothing more than one of
these birch canoes which were then
used upon the waters, and which re
quired but a movement to be thrown
from their uncertain balance, and,
apparently,' she also forgot it. &c
-ognizing my voice, she sprang up,
heedless of the
_warning cry of the
man at the oats—her hand was once
waved joyously toward me—and the
next instant, while a shriek of Horror
ran screw.: the water, both were
struggling in the wild flood ! You
see that white circle of foam opposite
us ? It was there that the ' helpless
girl, wildly stretching out her arms
to me for assistance which I was
powerless to extend, was drawn down
into the treacherous depths! In an
instant all was over; death, dark
and fearful, bad mocked my fancied
happiness '
• and the corpsa of the
loved and lost Minnie was hurried
forever from my eyes." ,
The old man sighed and gloomily
bowed his head. The river sent up
its hollow murmur, the wi i nd moaned
among the trees upon the' bank, and,
as darkness settled down, every sight
and sound seemed to betraya deso
late aspect, congenial to the old
man's broken heart.
" Let us ge," be said ; and I offer
ed my arm for him 'to lean upon:
"It is try years ago to-night, and
this is the fiftieth time 1 have visited
the spot. A few more visits-=:I very
few—and my cares will be over 1"
"But what of the boatman, Min
nie's father?" I asked.
" Nothing--except that he became
insane upon that - terrible night.
Where he is now, I know not ; - be
must have died long since."
The old man's story passed from
my mind; but being lately in the
vicinity of its scene, curiosity and
reawakened interest ed me to revisit
it. I found' a new-made grave near
the door of the deserted cottage ;
and my surmises would have assur
edly indicated its occupant, even
without the assistance of the wooden
slab which some pious hand had
raised at the head of the grave and
inscribed with the word : "Wilson
Webber, mat. 73." Inquiry con
firmed my suspicions, that . the old
man had made but one visitillo the
river subsequent to that upon which
I accompanied . him'; and that lie
yielded up his life ulion the very spot
which had been the scene alil e of his
hopes and sorrows.
Chilaren's Fancies and Sayings
" VirtY is it," said little Jilin to his
mother, "you always boy canned P's but,
never OA any canned D's."—Savannah
Record. 1 1
A Lrtit,E girl went into a drug store
the other day and said to the proprietor
in a half Whisper, "If a little girl haiu't
got ad money, ' how much chewing-gum
do yolegive her for nothing?"
MARINA, (entering)—"Now, sure
you children are in mischief, you are so
genet." Ethel (in a rapturous whisper)
—" Hush, Ma Tommy's been paintin'
a spider's web on grandpa's head; while
he's asleep, to keep the flies off."—
Punch.
A LITTLE Toronto. girl said to her
mother : " I don't think the people. who
make the dolls arepious enough." When
her mother asked her why, she said :
"Because you can never make the ,dolls
kneel down. I have to lay mine on her
stomach to make her say her prayers."
A TIIIIEE-'PEAR-OLD little , was
taught to close her evening prayer, dur
ing the temporary absence of her father,
with " And please watch over my papa."
It sounded very sweet, but the mother's
amazement may be imagined when the'
Child added, "And you'd better keep an
eye on mamma, too."
"On, come on, let's have some fun,"
says ragged urchin to little knee breeches.
Can't. Mother Won't 10 me." S'pose
.iihe won't. Ask your dad." "It's no
use to bolt. They run me by the unit
ride, and 1 will catch the ferrule. if I
trryy to vote against instructions."—hew
Harcn Register.
JuvkaslLE Theology—Mother. (at tea
table): "Jack, who helped you to those.
three tarts?" Jack (aged seven): "The
Lord." Mother : "The Lord ? Why,
what do you mean, Jack?" Jack :
"Well, I helped Myself ; but father said
yesterday that.the Lord helped those who
help themselves." •
"MY boy," said a kind OW City teach
er, "if you would be President of the
United States you must be good and Btu- .
dies." " Who Wants to be President,"
yelled out a young ehap from aback seat,
'l'd rather be Buffier Bill, and shout an
Injun." And the boys all chorused,
"Them's our sentiments.. •
"
nows-ToWN school teacher said to
an unruly; boy pupil the other' day :
"John, you should know better; how old
are you?" "Thirteen, fifteen or four
teen, sir." Then the pedagogue was mad
all over, and he replied : "I'm glad I can
'solve you." Avai l he did; he only woved
the boy twice, and ; the solution was reach
ed, bnt the lad was sore.—Kingston Fret
man.
A LITTLE girl in Oil City is just mew
ering from a severe attack of scarlet fe
ver, and during her Wain the patents
have been very indulgent in pritvidinr; for
her toys and everythisg that would make
her enforced Confinement pie:ll'lmi. As
she was convalescent she said : "Mam
ma, -I believe I'll ask papa to buy me a
carriage for my doll." The brother, a
precocious little youngster, only six years
of age, spoke up at once and said : "I
would advise you to strike him for it
right away then; you won't get it when
you get well"--O8 city Perrkk. •
His Liver Out of Order.
I had such a — pi;asant companion
on my way home from Aurora. He got
on at Bristol and took dinner at the
"Cosmopolitan." Re sat with me at
dinner, and didn't seem to have much
appetite. He groaned when he took
up the bill of tare, and , sighed as he
looked across the table at my order,
and then shoot his, head doefully and
told the waiter to bring him a little
boiled trout, with 4g sauce ; shit of
boiled mutton,,with caper - sauce.
'some roast bef a trine rare, just ,a
taste of roast lamb,urkey with-cran
berry, sauce, mashe d potatoes, roast
duck, some pork and. beaus, Boston
style ; stewed
_tomatoes, con], turnips,
squash, a bit of cold tongue, some
sharil relishes and a cup of coffee.
Theh he ordered some assorted cake,
cranberry pie, Indian
. puddinvind
ice-cream, for dessert, and said he .
felt a darhed sight more like dykiv
than eating •
if he' dies just as well as he eats_
just imagiEe, just think, what a glori
ous, triumithant'death that man will,:
die. ,
Shortly atter dinner the poor man'
•
'eve into the coach and sat d6w'n
opposite we.
"ith," he said. with .a deep groan;
" I don't know What 1 wouldn't give
if .I could eat like yon." ,
"Sir!" I said with a One burst of
indignation, for feared he was going
to accuse me of - swallowino• my knife
every time 1 took a bite of pie, and
"I just made up my_mind that I would.
cut his heart out if he hinted at such
a thing. "
• '• Oh, it's a fact," he, replied. I
haven't enjoyed a meal for years." -
" Was it possible ?" I asked. In
amazement.
" Indeed, yes," he said. " I'm all
out of tlx, I've got no liver at all, to
speak of."
I didn't suppose one liver wo hl
be of any account to him. Rat er
thought that if he could get a eon le
of gangs of livers, and work them ] y
reliefs they might be able to help
him along, especially if he had them
made of. tin.. But then he was a
stranger to me, so I didn't feel justi
fied in making the suggestion.
"No;" he continued, "my liver is
of no more account than a lump of
lead, I suppose, 4 ' he said plaintively,
"it's big as four times yours."
And he looked at me with an ap
pealing glance, as though he expect;
ed- me to take my liver out and let
him examine it, as though it wer!, an
oride watch he wanted to trade for.
Now, if there's anything in the
wide, eautiful world that will make
me mad, it is to have a, man that is
ailing sit down and bore me with a
list of his diseases and detailed de
scription of his anatomical derange
ments. And the men of free America,
it seems to me, would rather talk
about their pet ishing livers than their
never-dying souls and it always
makes me mad for a man to come to
we' and burden me with complaints
about the torpidity of his liver, as
though 1 were his physician. am
proud to confess the blindest, densest
ianorancenonceming my own inner
life. I. don't know whether my liver is
round or shaped like u gun-case, and
I don't know where it is, and I don't
care a continental, although,l
had the impression that it was under
the shoulder blades. So I said to the
man with great enthusiasm :
"Oh, do tell m. all about your
liver! I should so like to know all
about it. I am so interested in such
things."
The man looked a little surpiised
at my enthusiasm, but he said there
wasn't much to tell me about it. It
was as torpid 'as- a snake in 'De
cember.
" 06, charming, charming !" I ex
claimed. " And is it tamed ? Do
you let it rnn around loose, or do you
keep it chained up?" ~
The stranger stared and looked as
though he,would like to sit a little
farther away. Ile said he didn't jiast
understand me.
" And how is your spleen ?" I ask
ed eagerly. "anti your ventricles?
And do tell me about your theoric
duct, and how do you get along with
your tonsils ? And have you raised
any new bones since I saw you last ;
and when did you bear from your
diaphragm ? _Do tell me all'about
-your viscera; make a clinic of your
self, and tell me 'the Christian names
of. all your bones. and the appurten
ances thereunto pertaining. Tell
me—".
But he got up and slowly backed
ont_of the car, and the conductor
shortly afterward told me that the
man with a liver told •him that the
man. who escaped from the asylum at
Jacksonville last week was in the
rear coach.
Tea-Tasters in New York.
There are, says Dr. Dana, probably
more than a hundred firms engaged
in tea-tasting in New York, In all
ot - their offices there are large tables
with rountt revolving tops. A circle
of teacups is placed along the edge
of these. The tea-taster sits down
before the display of crockery and
tastes one cup after another. mooring
the table top around.. In the centre
of the table is a pair of scales with a
silver half-dime in one of the 11%1-
(01c - es. One or two large kettles are
kept constantly with boding water
in them.. When a sample pf teals to
WI tasted, as much is weighed out
as Will balance the half dime. This
is put in a teacup ttnd the boiling
water poured on. Thelea-taster then
Ba/a up the leaves. lifts them on his
spoon_ and inhales the arotna. At
the same time he generally takes a
Sip of the infusion, holds it in his
mouth for a short time, and then
spits it out. Enormous brass cusps
dores, holding, two or three gallons,
receive the tea thus tasted and the
contents of the cups that have lieen
examined. On some occasions, when
a large atnounc f of tea of ti certain
kind is to be, ought, many
,samples
of this are brought-in from different
houses. The buyers and sellers sit
around the revolving table with the
samples -made into infusions in the
cups before theta. These are tasted
' all around, the " body," " fineness,"
toastineas * " etc., are learnedly dis T
; cussed, and the poorer specimens dis
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carded. Then those that are left are
tasted again and the number further
reduced. So it 'goes on' . until :tbe
article which unites the desired qual
ity and price is Olitsitted.
The skill displayed at these "draw
ings " -is quite remarkable. A tea
taster will detect not only the quality
of tea its, regards age, strength, flavor,
fineness, be., but he can tell in which
of the muinerous districts in China
the tea was grown. The facts regard;
ing the different samples are some
times put:on the bottom of the cups,
where they eannot be peen. The cups
are then milted up, and the infusions
tasted again and sorted out simply'
by their flavors.
A great deal of tea may be tasted
before these tea-drawings are finished.
It is hard to tell the amount that a
tea-taster takes during the day, for
it varies a great deal with the activity
of business. Few of the gentlemen
whom I asked could give any ides.
Sometimes, however, as many as four
or five hundred cups are tasted in
the day. It is quite the custom to
have to be tasting tea steadily for
the most of the , day,,or for hours' at
a- t'im'e,.' Probably;an average of 200
cups a 4lay throughout the year is a
low' estimate. The poorer kinds of
tea are . Often not sipped at all, but
the sense of smell is depended on.
Of the better qualities of tea, some is
swallowed and some spit out. Indeed',
whenetier the tea is taken into tiiel
mouth a little of it is swallowed. The
tea gets into the system, therefore, in
three ways: by inhal„ation,„by ab
"sorption through' Atte mucous
membrane, and by th.s . stomach.
More tea is si4lyjakenjuto the,
mouth- without swallosving than is
inhaled alone ; but all the tea is in-'
haled, even if it is tasted also. It is
only a small proportion', amounting
to not more than two or three cups a
day, that is swalloVred. A silver five=
cent. piece weighs 1.18 grins. (gr.
xviii). Estimating that. an average
of 2co cups of tea are tasted per day,
about one-half of a pound would rep
resent the whole amount used.--
llusic . al record.
The Dancing Man.
1
The dancing man is born, not
made.: Only. his compeers. may ap
proach him. He may be called frivo
lus, sneered at, Condemned, but he is
eertain.to be envied by his cotempo:
raries. The very way he arranges
his neck-tie in the dressing-loom at
a party, then, draws on his gloves,
pirouetting to the strains of the
music from below, is a deadly offence
to the non-dancing young /man, who
gazes on stolid and unmoved. The
melody of a waltz is to his ears like
the bugle-reveille to a war horse. lie
Imps to the fray,,reminded of a thou
sand happy moments, inspired by a
longing for fresh victories. Young
Seholastieus.just graduated with
high
est honors, master of Greek and suc
cessful demonstrator of abstrusest e
-orems, may reflect that thianiiserable
young jacknapes, capering in puppet
delirium to the sound of a fiddle, has
no•notion of the calculus and could
not construe a page of the simplest
classics. But for all that, when .tiehe
lasticus makes an effort cross the
room th.address the fair Belinda his
feet,- feel swollen and , erippled, his
knees. knock together, his hands and
arms l seern Ito be in his , way. Even
it he makes.out to reach her, he finds
little to say : be has no cue for re
peating the finest passages from
..Eschylus - , and she shrinks with dread
from the least mention of mathemat
ics. She has her eye on the dancing
young man: who comes to Claim a
place on her card. That is what she
wants—partners, a chance to whirl,
to'enjoy her youth ,and display her
good looks and fresh toilet. Schelas.
ticus has perhaps a soul above being.
daunted by difficulties; what man
has done man can do. He resolves
to leatn to dance. Alas the day !
He
some
find partners no doubt—.
some belated'fair one, unlured - at the
eleventh hour. lle .he will claim,
and lead her into the throng with an
infatuated notion that he is fitted by
scientific instruction; and patienti
practice to join the dancers. Why
do his knees knock heis. 0A - every
motion ?. Why does he hop, .not
glide ? Why, at intervals,does his
heavy boot come down witherushing,
weight upon :her delicate slipper ?,
Why does he 'tear, even mangle her
dress? These are _to him 'trifling' in.
cidents of the dance; he regards
them blandly, piiosophically, as mere
votive sacrifices to the deities who
preside over the w.alti. They always
happen to him, but be finds less to
ponder in, such fenomena than in the
fact•that the partner who angrudg
ingly- accepted him last evening to
night looks away when he approach
es her, pleads indisposition or en
gagetwits' yet,'afterdismissing him
with .something not unlike Scorn, is
seen joyfully whirling with that ig
norant and obnoxiousdancing young
man, who was never -known to knock
his partner's :knees, to Collide with
Other Couples, to step on a lady's
dress, still less to tread on her feet.
Scholasticus feels that he has good
reason for iteciding upon the frivolity
of the female sex ; and - not until he
meets his -affinity, ,who looks down
upon the votaries of the waltz and
prefers to sit ;'in corners and discuss
trilogies andfhigh mathematics, does
a certain bitterness die oat f - his
heart—ln LiPpincoes for . March.
A Tom% dentist v.a% introduced to 'a
fashionable beauty the other evening,
and gracefully. opened the conversation
by s.tying : " Miss,, I hope I mty consider
that sve are not entirely unacquainted. I
had the pleastire'of pulling a tooth for
your fat t er a short time ago."
" Ilow did you like the new minister?"
asked a lady of her , little girl. "Oh, be
is splendid I like him ever so much bet
ter than I did blr. Edwards." " Why, "
asked her mother. " Well," said the
child, trying to think of a good reason,
"he has a bettericomplexion."
vEIIY amusing typographicll- error
occurred in an English provincial newspa
per, recently. - It is to, be found in the
follOwingacntence : "The liberals of Ma
rylebone Mime repaired all the breeehes in
in their minks, and have buckled on the
armor of battle."
Tnant is no good in this world with
out( an accompaniment of feel!. The re
vival of business has increased the sale of
necordeons..
=I
ME
EZZIE
IM
SI.OO per, Annum In'Advance.
,NUMBER 47
SILENCE.
. • _.,...,,,,
gown through the stati7 interrahl. -.- {
Upon this weary-ladin world, . . ' --. 1
1
How`oft the soul of 'Muse falls, I - ' I A
. .
' How deep the spell wherewith she thralls, -.
,-
How wide her mantle It unfurled.'
She broods ccer the besrfldertng street
- - L. day's t rmoll and attiring diem° ;
ii
bhe folds ' In .e p
Its rushing feet; 2
On trate, i aeetag loud and fleet; .
She sets the signet of lier pm:a. •
The world l 101 l of weary noise ;
The dresuyi discOrdiorf the air;
*Their cry tha chants of life dumroys,
They) jar Me spirit triseS Its poise,
These human Tutees harsh with care.
Dear silence, weary soul and hralu, ; '
In eiery age with thee apart, i .
Rave prayed thee heal the pulse of pain,
When friends drop off; when lore lies slain—
The low, slow aching of the bears.
our loving Father's Ott?, 1
Potted wonder sr bleb, is beSt - _
Lear ibe ene, gat lifts
(114 Annts . frobs weariness and rest—
Thy 'r'esi, or allehee—teat Is. beit.
I deem a little farther on-- .
Though morn or eve T cannot tell—,
We'll halt, our long day's Journey done,
And softly murmur; It is well—
Gud'a perfect silence—this won.
- a sty t'lemmer
About the New , Cotne:t , and
Others.
A comet that - appears - to be
stranger to our astronomers was re
poitett a few nights ago- trim the
University :'Obseryatory,. at Ann
Arbor, Michigan. it is yet a mere
speck in the -. telescope', but, as it.is
mo . vingtpWarqs the sun, it will soon
become more and mare visible. Other
observations and discussions have in
dicated the appearance of a comet
visible to the unaided eye about.this
time, but whether this one helones-to
he splendid class of l eelestitil objects,,
ike the comes of- 1813" and ISSB, or
s one of less impOsiiig character, it
will take some time to determine. In
the,case of the 18511 - comet (Donati's),
two months elapsed before and• indi
cation of a tail could be seen through
the telescope, and the nucleui of the
coniet: was not visible •to the nake
eye for three months - . During •all
this tithe it gave nu indication of the
brilliancy it suhsequently displayed.
So we must all wait while the as
,tronotners ivatelt fdr the probabilities
as to the
of
importance or
otherwise of this celestial stranger.
The subject is interesting, for com
ets of great magnificence are not often
seen.. It• -t is more than • twentporick
years since the last, so that there are
Men and women who know nothing,
of them except what they have heard
from their elders or have read in books
The.distant starry regions are sup
posed to be -alive with theM, and
Kepler Went so far as to say that the
'Celestial spaces were as full . of comets
as the sea is of fish, only a verysmall
proportion of them ,coming within
the range : of our telescopes. 'About
five hundred are recorded,. Since -the
beginning - of the Christian efa to
18750is'. being visible - ,to' the naked
eye, and about two - hundred - more
have come within view 'of the 'Ude-
scope since lhe.iroiention of Oat in
strument--seven hundred in all. in
eighteen hundred and seventy-five
'years. In the old times, their !com
ing was regarded with extreme dread,
as omens of some fearful affliction or
calamity—as war, pestilence, famine,
or the de - ath of great rulers, as *hen
Co?sar was killed. Now they are
looked for with eager - anticipation as
beautiful and interesting visitors;
and, because it is known they can
have . no injurious influence on min- .
dane affairs, even though our earth
should pass tinim..th a, comet's tail, as
there is reason to believe has fre
quently been the case. • •
Of the comets that have been seen
since the'beginning, of the Christian
Era, some pass away. out of the- so
lar system never to return, and others
come back ati intervals more or less
regular, so that the time of their re
turn can - be computed with_ a near
approachitoaecurapy. ;Those -Which
do return, have an immense range-in
their periodic times, from short terms
of four, five or six years to thousands.
Thus Eneke's comet, one of the tele
scopic class,.has a .period of revoltt •
tion of' ,12011 days. lor, about' three
years and a ' half, while the great
cornet of . 1855 (Donati's), returns at
intervals.of about two thousand years.
Doubtless there are some whose pe
iiods • of. return are smaller than
Eneke's; and others that stay away
for centuries longer than Don,ati's.
The first near - approach to a correct
calculation of .the, period of a - re
markable cornet occurred with refer
ence to that. Of 16 . 2, named after the
'astronomer Willey. .He. noticed that
its. computed; orbit coincided very.
nearly with that of a comet observed
in 1G07: Tracking ,further back, he .
found a somewhat- record - for
1531; and another 'Cdr 1456. This
last mentioned `was the comet whose
aPpearance cauSed such Widespread
terroithroughont Christendoin in,the
Pontificate. of ';-Pope - Calyxtus. It
was because ofi: the prayers•for prp
tection against the Turks. and the
comet ordered by this : Pontiff that
the . popular,..but erroneous notion
arose that he issued " a bull against
the cornet." . As the dates above men
tioned showed the return of one or
more, comentary bodies at regular in
tervals of about. seventy-five years,
Halley concluded the 'several appear
ancesto relate to one and the same
body, and that it *as the one observ
ed in 165.2;
~ , and he predicted its re
turn about-1758. liy this time, bO;v
evet,. more was -known of the influ
ences of - the planetary, bodies of the
solar system, and .this knoWledge
was brought to bear On the computa
tions, and it was - calculated by Clair
aut that 'its return "would be delayed
GlB days. ' This proved to be fairly
correct, for" the comet did not pass
its perihelion until the 12th ofllarch,
1759. _Calculations *ere then made
for its next appearance, and De Pon
-tecoulant predieted its return to peri
helion November 13,1835, which was
Tight within three days. And this is
a wonderful result; when it is corteid
ered that the- comet is seen.but for a
little while, once in aboutseventy-six
years, and that . during US long ab
sence. it passes more than four thou
sand taint' away—far beyond the or
bit of the teleacopie planet-Neptune l
tie chriitie sentinel of -the solar sys
ttem.l, The periods and orbits of' many
comets-have : been quite neetirstely
determined since bailey's - day, and
some ot them - Aire nearly its well.
known as , those of the plenetet,
Of the
,remarlcable comets of re
cent days there maybe thorepitrtieu
larly mentloled—thoselB43 and 1858 i e
and Biela's—the first - two because of
their beauty _and splendor, and the
last on account' of rema r kable air&
cumstances _connected •• with its his
tory. The . comet of 1843 may be re
membered by any one.fortytflve years
old: It appearted first in. February of
that year, coming suddenly into sight
in th near neighborhood of, the sun,
.and Was in view until April - , While
it wad, of course, brilliant 'only at --
night, it was .visile in full daylight,
and it passed nearer - to the scan than •
any recorded body ever kno*n. lts .
period was calculated by - Prof. Bub- .
bard, of Washington, it five hundred
and tbirty years, and thislwakes 'it
difficult to understand bow ft can be
!suppoded that the celestial stranger :
just reported from Ann Abor is the
1 sable with the comet of 1843„as some
of the newspapers claim, on the al
leged authority of Professor Pierce.
Donati's - comet, tbat of 1858, was -
gin! most magnificent or modern
times.- A ny man or woman of tlrenty- ,
eight to thirty, and upward, may re
member it. It was first seen Jiine 2d, •
i)f that year, by,Donati t. fit Florence,
and in the same ',month, independent
ly, by several American .observers,
among whom was.slisallitchell. As
already remarked, it took three moths
to develop its splendid ch'sracter, but
it was in October, four and a half
months after its first discovery by the.
telescope, that'lt reached its highest
brilliane. Then its - tail extended
forty degrees—from near the horizcin '
one-qualter way across the sky. It
was ten degrees—or twenty times the
_diameter of the moon—in width, at
its obteeend,•and Was of a beautiful,
.
feather-like-form. Unless some- en
terprising amateur astronomer short
ens the period of this splendid meteor,
its next appearance is not likely to
be reporied in the Ledger until the
year.3BoB, for its period is computed
to be nineteen hundred and fifty .
sears.
fs.the only remakable.com.;
et we need mention in this memoritt
,da,-and.thig because! of its eventful'
history. It was first specially observ
ed in 1826 by the Austrian aitropo
mer whose name it bearn.• It was
tracked back to I=x, 12, and its period of
revolution was found to be six years
and - .eight minths. between 1826
and 1813, however, on its' two inter
vening returns, it was
,not seen be
cause of the unfavorable position of
the earth in its orbit.; -In November
and December of 18-5, however,
was. visible at the computed timeiand
and: in its
. usual farm, for different
comets vary very much in shape.
But in dinuary following, the sharp
eyed astremorners then on duty at the
Naval Observatory at Washin&ton,ob
served it had sufferedanaccideiatof a
kind never before noticed, The eorn
et,liad split into two parts,-and in a
• few weeks they were 2yo i lWO miles
apart. At the next return - in 1832,,
the comet was still divided.with an
estimated/ distance of a million and a
half of miles between its parts. In
1819 andlB6s the relative.positions
of the-earth and the-divided.come
tary boilies were such. as to prevent
'observation; but .in 1872 'all things
.were faiorabie but they could not
he seen.. where_ they ought to • be.
Seemingly they bad vanished.. Since
then - it has- been reasonably well es
tablished that they have been dis,
persed into a train of meteors many
millions of miles idlength, which, at
interVals give rise to the meteoric
- displays about the-thirteenth of No
vember. when their track is across
the orbit of the earth and our planet
passes through the trail.
Fun, Fact, and Facetim,
LIVELY. girls get square fun out of
r6und dance. • •
To make . superb)soup use the proper
soup herbs. _
TRUSTING to chants—Expecting to get
to heaven by singing. ,
ME noble red man takes' no stock in
sqoawter sovereignty:
Tue,Tatlier of twins is a botaniad curl
osity—a double "
_poppy," as it were. -
SEVE'N dollars a week witty solitude
will pan out better than ten . dollars with
twins.
A.,IISPOCIIITE iS man who tries to be.
pious_ and can't—with' a preponderanc6.-
of can't. . .
Two souls with bnt a single thought- 1
married
. couple. Each wants to boss
the other.
TUE poor ye have always
,with you,
Therefore the poor have become a- bore
to many people.
TUE man who knows his business thor
oughly as a ehemist . is necessarily an al
chemist.
"THERE.is a good substitute of iris;
dorri,", sas Jogli "but silence is ;
the best. yet discovered. - _
- REn hair can,be made black by boßing
it in coffee. But you had-better ktepthis
fact away from your cook,'
• WitsN- a couple of persces.. are - at -
Sword's points it - is perfectly natural for
them to look daggers at each other.• •
Wititx you say that a girl's hair is as
black as coal, it is just as well to specify
that You do not mean a red-hot c0a1....
A vratv-uten .whiskered
drivin : in a `'Alawg 7 iart " with his Scotch
terrier, asked' a witty lady what she. -
thought of them. " Why," said she; "'I
thought youwere beside yourself."
A YOUNG l'awier says that persons scek- •
in,4 solitude, where they can commune
undisturbed With 'theirown thoughts,
'should wend their way to- his office. It
is as 'quiet there as the grave.
Din you ever know a barber to e own up •
that he had cut you? 'De never does it;
,he simply gees for a :piece of alum • and
casually. remarks : " Well, I guess I shav
ed.the spot a trifle too close." ;-
Dim:its-of street-sprinkling machines
are firmly 'impressed with the idea• that
the gutters and curbstones are always
very dusty, and that. the flagged crossings
are in particulli need of drenching.
31.1.01STU1TE! " You are charged with
having emptied a basin of water over tho
plaintiff." Irishwoman : "Sure, yer hon
or, ye must forgive me; in the dark I
• took the gintleman for inehusband."
"PAPA, what makes some printers al.
ways drink so bard 2" - isaid wise little
Johnnie: the .other e%ening. "I thought
they alwaysdrauk easy enough," growl-,
ed the old man, as he. looked up from the
evening ifiaper.
JUST imagine Lady Washington 'with
her hair banged': Think . of, Barbara
Fritchie wavingi the - flag in Stonewall
Jackson's face, With bee hair binged!
Picture to ion - melt' Joan of Arc leading
her.troOps to victory with her hair bang
ed! • . '
,
AN intoxicated indiidual was walkin g
down a street recently, and was some.-
*hat annoyed by a crowd- of urchins fel;
lowing. Turning about and. steadying
himself, he exclaimed " What (bin) Wye
take me (hic) for, young 'utis, , a (bic)
hand organ?" -
Tel E following message was rent to the )
widow of a man who had-just been killed .
by'a railroad accident : Dear Madame—
Your husband is unavoidably detained
for 'the, present. To morrow under
taker will call upon you - with the fulipar
ticulars." -
AT dinner she had a doctor on either
hand. one of _whoM r 1 marked that .they
were well-served. 4,ince they had a duck
oetweeu them. "Yes," she broke in-.-
her wit of the sort that comes in flashes
—"md 1. am between two quacks."
Then silence fell.