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any other paper In the county, =hos It the boat
advertising medium in Northern Pennsylvania.
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Reading Rotil...
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MRS. E. J. PERRIGO,
TEACHER OF PIANO AND OILMAN
Lessons given In Thorough Rana. and Harmony
Cultivation of the voice a specialty. Located at A
Maio St. Reference : Holmes St Passage
Toninda, Pa.. March 4, 1850.
jOIIN W. CODDING,.
ATTOIINEY.AT-IIAW, TOWANDA, PA.
Orate over Kirby's Prim Sore.
r rIIOMAS E. MIER
.ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
T.ONV AN DA, PA
TatriCk and Foyle. 5ep.254'79
p EtK & OVERTON' .
ATTOWIEYS-AT
TOWANDA, A.
OVEUTON, ' BENJ. M. BECK
ODNEY A. MERCUR, .
krronNEY AT-LAW,
TOWAND.t, PA., •
Solicitor of 'Patent.i.. Particular attention paid
to Lunlnens irithe Orphans Court and to the settle-
Went of estates,
Wilco In Montanyes Block ' May I, '79.
OVFRTON & SANDERSON,
A TTO N EY-A T-L AW,
TOWAM)A, PA.
E. OVERTON, .11R
W 11, .JESSUP, ,
ATTORNEY AND COI7NSELIMR-AT•LAW,
- :11ONTHOSE, riot.
:lodge Jeasup havlog resumed the practice of the
law to Northern l'etm4ylvanla, will attend to any
legal Intsloc,i Intrusted tolilm lo Bradford county.
Per- m% wishing to consult him. can call on If.
Streeter. Esq., "Towanda. Pa., when an appointment
can be
HENRY STWEETER„'
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA.
F .)127
r L. TOWNER, M. P.,
4.1. X•
- IIuMEOPATHIC PLIYSINAN AND STTRGEON
YrA ltelidence and Ordee just North of Dr. Cor
blo'b, on Main streut, Athens, Pa:. 10n26-inn.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
TOW.ANDA, PA. (n0v11,75
,F. GOFF, •
ATTO N EY•AT-LAW,
r' • WY ALUSI:IG, l'A.
Agency for the sale and purchase of 4 'lll kinds.°
atel.,fer waiting loans on Real Estate
All business -will receive, careful laud prong.
attention-. f•ltine 4. 1079.
W ?I T 7 w 1-1
A o v ( ATTORN EY tu.• .
nd
to all hustness'entrusted to Lis care iwitraciford,
fullivan and , Wyouling Counties. Office wttli Esq.
Porter, . rttoii4-74.
}FRAM E. BULL,
SURVEYOR,.
SURVEVIN!Ii AND I , ItAFTIND.
(Waco With G. F. 3lfacon.. direr latch & 'nary.
Main street,t.Towanda, Pa.' . 4.15.60.
LA.
11. ANGLE, D. D.
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OPERATIKE ANL MECIIANTCAL DENTIT
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u (Tice on :'ate Street, second floor of Dr. I'ratt's
(Mee. %%w9:9.
& SON,
ATTOIt 5 £l - 5 AT-LAW,'
To W N ,
C. F.1. , / 1
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A TTOR N EY-AT-LAW,
i TcoWANDA, l'A.
Li Y't A try Co.
JOHN W. MIX,
kT,ToRNXV•AT-LAW AND COMIIISSIO:`:KH
ToW ANDA, PA.
Or4ce—North.z , idu Public Square
SAM. W. BUCK,
Arr T-L A 11-,
noose.
t.td, Poplar utreet, opposite Ward
noose. . [Nov. 13, 1879.
DAVIES CA RNOCIIAN, •
ATTOD NFNS-AT-LAW.
SOUTlrtillsE \\ - An)
Dec 234/s.
TOWANDA. Pt..
ANDIZEW WILT,,
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ArTionNnY-.AT-I.Aw.
(Mee—Means' Work, 'tlaln•st., over .1. 1.. Kent's
blurO, Towanda, 11ay be . cynslille ,l In I;erman.
(Apra I'2, In.)
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Tr J. YOUNG,
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA. A
lirirn—,ecnnd door soetb of the First Nat!onal
Bank Nfain St., up stairs.
jai., MAXWELL,
AT ::STIAT-LANV
TOW A N DA" PA.
OP.lce over Dayton', Store
Aprll 12, WE.
111. S. M. WOODBURN, Physi-
F._ r nlao and Surgeon. 011563 at relddence, (II
P:li, ' , lnt.:,
Ent of :If ;Lin.
l'oxL.. An.. May 0. lb% /Y . j
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W. o ß re . r N ..- I. }: } l4 ll i f: lL L l nflelt E l N' To S w l ;tida, ° ra. Ce'
Teeth Inserte ' Al on Gold, Silver; itubber. and Al.
utunium bao,. Teeth extracted without pain.
0(4. :11-72.
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P. I'AYNE, M. D. 744. PHYSICIA N ATID s,vnGEoN.
0:111e over - Montanyes* Store. Ore hours from 10
6 .: )
to Cl. A. it,, and from 1 P. M.
siweelal attention ten to
I)I , EISES• - . . i DISF,ASES
or - and or
T 111.:. EVE
. Till , . EAR
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G W. RI AN,
9 :- rot-N-ry SrI'ICRiSTENDE
ID , e, , hylnkt Slaturday cot' each mouth, over Turner
4;.allol's Drug Shire, Towanda, ea:
T ,, wandn, lone 20, 1078.
CI . S. 11.-t SSE LL'S
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N S IT It A 21 E:NCY
14 f2. , •-70tf. TaitiANDA:PA,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
TOW ANDA, PA.
C.kPITAI. PAID IN
SURPLUS „FUND..
hank /ff Vt . % nnsua! factlltleS s for the trans
ietten Ot_fi general Lanklng buslue£l6
JOS. POWELL, President.
Artt 1. 187.9
MRS. IL PEET,
TEAc.tren OF PIANO MUSIC,
T 4: It ei per tette,
(ncqiiletice Third etrect, let ward.)
Ton ania„tun.-1:1,70.1y.
GET YOUR
.iJOB- PRINTING
Dorie m ItEPORTER OFFICE. opposite the
Cowl liciisc,T,Acrudli. Colored Work s oprlslty
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Ma
H. DORMAUL,
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325 East Water St., Elmira, N.Y:
lst Floor DRY GOODS
Itd Floor MILLINERY
ad Floor CARPETS
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4th Floor CLOAKS a SHAWLS
Upper floors aceessible by elevator.
air A slat Of lospection isrespectrully solicited
'EDWARD WILLIAMS,
0. D. KINNEY
Place of business, a few doors north of PostiOffle
Plumbing, Gas Fitting. Itepairillig Pumps of all
kinds, and ail kinds of Gearing promptly attended
to. All wanting work In bit line abould give him
A call. - . Dee. 4. Ina.
NATHAN TIDD,
Dealer In .
PITTSTON, WILKES-BARRE
AND .LOYAL SOCK COAL.
Lowest prices for cash. Office and yard foot of
Plne-strot, Towanda. *July 15, 1850.
INSURANCE!
FIRE, LIFE, AND ACCiDENT
No'ne but reliable companies represented
JOAN F. SANDEISO
HENRY 4MERCUR,
CORNER PARR AND RIVEUSTIIRRiS,TOWANDA,
CORNER WIN & BRIDGE-STS.
L. F.l.slillitit
[feb.l 78
Jan. 1,1875
TO itrif NDA; PEN.r..4
*125,000
66,000
N. N. BETTS, Cubfor
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COODRICH & HITCHCOCK. Publishers.
'justness 'garbs.
PRACTICAL PLUMBER & GAB FITTER
C. S. RUSSELL, Agent,
TOWANDA; PA.
POLICIES
ssued on the most reasonable terms
Losses adjusted and paid here
Towanda, Nov. 11, 1879
DEALEII IN
ANT EIRACITE j'AND
SULLIVAN ANTIIRACITE
C O .E~. 1.~
Cent screened, and• delivered to any parrot the
terough. ALL OHDEUS MUST Blf. ACCOMPANIED
Y THY. CA6II. H. 31ERCUlt,
Towanda, Dec. I, 1879
FT.I'VTV'MWVM
Has removed to
making it his
Headquarters
FOR CHOICE GROCERIES.
CASIP PAID FOR
BUTTER, EGGS, do
GOODS SOLD AT THE
LOWEST LIVING RATES
.IAMES,'AicCABE
TiA~cailda, April 29, 1899-y1
THE OLD MARBLE YARD ,
STILL IN OPERATION.
The underdtmed having purehiced the 111 AR
IILE YARD nf the late GEORGE McCABE,•de.
sh i es to inform the public that haring employed
experienced men, be is prepared to do all kinds of
work lu.the Hue of
MONUMENTS,
HEAD STONES;
MANTLE'S and
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In the very best manner and at Inwest rates
Pcrs ,i desiring anything In the Marble lln4 l are
Invited to call and examine work, and save agents'
commisAtm.
.1 AMES McdA BE
Towanda. Pa.. No• IS. 1878. 241 f
MARKET!
MYER & DEVOE
Located in
DEIDLEMAN'S BLOCK, BRIDGE STREET,
Keep on band,
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FRESH AND - SALT MEATS,
DRIED BEEF; FISH, POULTRY,
GARDEN VEGETABLES AND BERRIES IN
THEIDSEASON, &c.
air Au goods delivered free of charge. •
MYER k DaVOE.
Towanda, Pa, May 2.8„ 1811.
L. B. POWELL; *i
PIANOS, ORGAN'S & MIISICAIf
MERCHANDISE.
115 WYONINC-AVE., SCRANTON
CHANGE' OF NAME.
Not haylog,:rompleted the arrangement to Dell
my Mink: Botinewi to Mr. WAtxr.n Ction. It will
bemifter be conducted in my own name. F.. J.
SMITII. C. F. WiltrrENstrins. C.J..rowniL and
F. L. ilaintio will remain with me se heretofore.
L. B. POWELL.
Scranton, YL, Julyls, INIO
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e are so tired, my heart and 1, . -
Sweet Is the swell of the poet's sigh ;
Sweet is the ring of the minor chords;
Sweet ix the chid) of the measured wards;
But, oh when life is solhard and dull,
We miss gm joy of the beautiful,
And echo it back like a bitter cry—
" We are so tired, my heart and I."
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Tired of sowing the barren grains,
Tired of taking the useless pains
Of the futile faith, the unheeded word; •
And the wesry sickness of hope deferred, •
'While the counted sandstlroP fast away,
Through the feverish , night and restless day.
And the reeds we lean on break, one by one,
And the sad,.ungranted prayers go on.
The winds sweep over the cowering plain,
Through the cre, ping mist sobs the ceaseless rain
The chill and hcavlm•ss all around, -
Like a chain the aching tempting bound;
Dream, fancy. sacrifice—what is its all ?
Climbing, struggling, slip, and fall,
O'er the dull gray sea, stodps the dull gray sky;
We are so tired, my heart a..d
Break through the clouds, oh, Easter light
Wake up, brave sense of truth and right,
Lay on the shrine of our risen Lord .
The useless talent, the broken sword t
Lay there doubts, griefs, and wants, and cares,
'And the erring darlings of many prayers.
From the cross or earth, to the crown on h'gh,
Let us look together, niy heart and I.
—4ll the Tear Rene&
Mr. BOwker's Courtship.
It was Saturday afternoon, and it
was 'Summertime. There could be no
more excellent reason given than
these why Mr. Bowker should, have
engagerthiruself in the blisdful works
of idleness. Gay in a bachelor hand
kerchief, which displayed itself in a
flower-like knot of red and yellow at
his throat ; in trousers of moleskin,
the more prominent parts whereof
were patched with snow-white patch-
es; in nn unstarched shirt of some-
thing like canvas ; a billyeock hat,
utterly 'uneonservative as to form,
and a pair of huge boots, the tongues
of.which lolled with a thirsty and a
gapingilook over the dusty dryness
of the. laces, Mr. Bowker lay upon
his back on a green baidc and listened
,
to the • twittering of the birds and
smoked his pipe, and was at - ,,petice
with a 4 mankind. His coat was
rolled 7 hp and placed beneath his
head a pillow.; the cool wind
played about his face, and bore to
him the scent_ of many green and
flowering things; the brook mur
mured j opposite, and beyond the
brook tie hay meadow dozed in the
sunshine. neyond the hay meadow,
right away on the verge of the land-
sea pe, certain pit-framt , s were visible,
and - certain mounds of mine refuse
and two or three small chimneys.
They smoked so la'zily that afternoon,
and looked, so slim and delicate in
the distance, that Mr; Bowker,thi?'
he knew them well, bad visions of a
cluster of giants lying in a rough
semi-ci rele, smokina enormously long
and thin cigars. For the day was so
peaceful and so full 'of rest there,
where Mr. powker lay in shadow,
that it seemed impossible to fancy'
that anything was working. Mr.
Bowker was by nature of - a literal-S.
turn. Ile Was by roree of circum
stances a coal miner. He was w
thorough, good, whole-hearted fellow,l
too, as most, of his' tribe axe, despite
the roughness of their exterior. 'Mr.
Bowker had no love for solitude as a
rule, but that day he shunned his
fellows. He had 'a, fine palate for
beer. yet that afternoon the Rosy
Lap had opened her arms to him in
vain. The Rosy Lass .was a public
house in those parts, arid at that
hour, as Mr. Bowker knew, many of
his chums sat in solemn circle round
the kitchen,;hoilling high debates on
" whummurs " "game uns" and
other holiday utters. Mr. l3owker
himself was a keen pigeon flyer, and
his word was of authority on the
breeding Of gathe ones, yet he will
ingly Meld aloof from his companions,
and aired himself,in solitude. The
plain truth about the matter , was
that William was love.
The place was changed Sadly since
I knew it; but a score of years ago
there were few loidier spots in Eng , r
land than that in vi'hicu Mr. Bowker
lay that summer Saturday. Itg-beauk
ty was of a very gentle type, and h:iil
no dazzling surprises in it. To walk
straight out - of the circle of ashes
and smoke and fire, which men call
the Black Country, into the green
lanes and tranquil field which lay-
SHELVES
about it, was like walkirtout of the
bowling noises•of Ludgate Hill on a'
week day into the sacred quiet of St.
Paul's ; waslike going home to see
one's silver-haired, tranquil-minded
mother after a year's grind in • the
city ; was like •a quiet,dream in the
'midst of fevered fancies. It was like
none of these things to Mr. Bowker,
for he had never seen Ludgate, and
never knew his mother, and had nev- •
er bten troubled with fevered fancies.
Yet be felt the benediction and the
rest of it quite as completely, per
haps, as be would have done if he
had been able. to find a thousand
similes for its enjoyment. • '
' He was a *ell-made younc , fellow
at this time, with, a look of sturdy
manliness and rough good-nature.
l• Not love itself could quench the na
tive humor of his soul, and he grinned
behind his pipe in serio-comic deri
sion of his own forlornness.
"It's a rum tlrng—luv," said he
to himself. +‘ It's a-sort o' complaint
like;lsummat aster the measles an'
the liewidn' tilt; a sort o' thing as a
moil's got to hive some day oranoth
er. l'n got -it bad an' no mistake..'
I suppose I'n got it about as bad as.
a mon ever had it. But. Lord bless
thee, Willyyuw, it's a sickness as:
wo't kill nobody.. But it wo't do for,
me tobe a lyin' here all arternoon
a (loin , ' nothin'. I mote go whum
empty-honded. I'll tak' some flowers
wi' me."
Therewith Mr. Bowker arose, and
tying the sleeves of his coat loosely
about his neck; strayed along the
lanes and got together; in the ,course
of the next hour, a presentable nose
gay of late May early dog-roses and
white . fox-giqyes. .These, backed by
a dozen or -so prodigious ferns, ;. be
bound :about with rushes - from the
brook and then- set out for home.
Love's 'proposed offering was some
One, feet 'in length, and wide and
dense enough-to. screen the bearer
from recognition horn the side on
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which he carried it. It is the Black
Country fashion to do everything on
a large scale, and Mr. Bowker might
have passed, behind his bouquet as
;one of the supernumeraries- in the
-army which marehei , against Mac
beth from Birnam Wood. Straying
up Dead Man's lane, he climbed Ja
cob's Ladder, and passed merrily
Stevenson's Hills, encountered here
and there a friend and a friendly sa
lute. The nosegay read© it evident
'to the meanest observer that the
'bearer was " goin' a courtin'," 'and
William endured a good deal of more
or less pointed chaff as he took his
homeward - way. This was inevitable,
and he as, of course, prepared for
it, and g enerally gave a good deal
better than he got.
"Hello, Will-yum," said one, par
example, " a cove ud think as yo'
took the-second o' June for May
day."
" Why, 11°,1 did," responded Will
iam, cheerfully, "an' l'n been geth
erin' some green stuff for yo' to play
the fule in." ••
This was quite a home thrust of
wit after the manner of the district.
They who looked on at
. the, brief
tournament gu ff awed right joyfully.
"Yo' had . him theer,. Will-yum,"
quoth one youth, approvingly.
"Not me," 'returned Will-yum„
complacently. "I- wouldn't have
him nowheer, not - at a gift."
Leaving the diticomfitted foe be
hind, Mr. BOwker pursued his way,
and was encountered in the region of
Scott's Hole by a certain retail bone
dealer and merchant in scrap iron
The retail dealer had a humorous
eye and a moist, full mouth, and bore
other evidence in his quaintly-carved
countenance of the power of comic
perception.
" Afternoon, Will-yum," said the
retail -dealer.
"afternoon, Samyonwell,".retßrn
ed Mr. Bowker, with a drolr-eyed and
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" Gpin' to plant them pretty things
in the bark garden, Will-yum ?" ask.
ed the retail dealer, With a show of
friendly interest.
" No," said Mr. Bowker, placidly;
" gathered 'em to see how many rules
would ax me what I got 'em for."
• " Arternoon, Willy-yum," said the
retail dealer.
"Arternoon,Samyouwell," return
ed Mr. Bowker, and lit a fresh pipe
with feelings of strong self-approval.
• Mr. Bow ker lived in Paradise
street, and had mr.nifold opportuni
ties for conferbnce.withthe object of
his desires, who lived next door, and
was, indeed noother than the daugh
ter of the retail merchant of bone
and - iron. The genial way of wits
and words in which these two indillg;
ed made no sort of difference hi their
friendship, Unless, indeed, it 'tended
to cement it. Paradise street, in
William's day, was something of a
slum, and the fields which lay.in front
of 'his house, where the railway. sta
tion now stands, were very frowzy
and neglected, and produced no oth
er crop than one•of brickbats and
hulking ends of timber. Here and
there a broken and deserted shed.,
built for some forgotten purpose,
went its way to ruin slowly, and add
ed to the general desolation. Beyond
those frowzy fields rose the gaunt
frames and tall chiaineys of, many
coal mines, and down'the hill, on the
Oldbury road, the everlasting( fur,
naves gave /the summer evening sky
an angry glare. You could hear. their
roar and the dead thud of the steam
hammer on .any quiet night, and'
sometimes the clank of iron bars and
pigs,. as the boats beside the wharf
were loaded, as though some, great
devclilli Prometheus were ~'bound
there, breathing smoke and fire
against imprisoning .Jove, and
. shak:
ing the chains that held him.
Etiquette reigns everywhere—even
in the Black Vonnt . ry. Mr. Bowker
dressed for the presentation of his
'nosegay. First. of all lie,rolled his
shirtsleeves to his shocilders and
blacked his boots. • Then he took a
copious bath.' under the pump in the
yard, in vier-of his inamorata,' who
bade him a gracious , good-evening
from her bed-room window, and was
there plainly visible in her bodice,
in the' act of removing her 'earl
papers. His bath completed, William
laid by the scrubbing brush and the
iellowsoap; and hung the jack towel
upon the rack behind the kitchen
door—for be .was a lonely manr at
home as yet, and had in all things to'
shift completely for, himself.. Then
putting on a false front, with a pair
of wonderful collars, which fastened
with a string behind and obscured
his ears, and donning a suit of black
and a'very tall and shiny bat, be set
forth for an evening• with his love.
Armed with
. his nosegay he tapped
at the door and was admitted. In a
second all•was changed within, him;
and his hopes were chilled..
"Good night, Will-ymn, an' thank
you," said Selina, 'as she took the
flowers. I . think thee know'st
Aberahum."
Here she pointed to a young gen
tleman,-who sat uneasily-on the ex,
treme edge of a sofa clothed in very
crackly chirds. The young man sat,
balancing his hat in.hislands and
blushing to the eyes.: His -false col
lars were even higher than M. Bow.;
ken's, and his black clothes were
shinier and had more. overlapping
folds in them. Surrounding his neck
was a woollen comforter of many col
ors, the ends of which trailed on the
floor as he sat. Ills eyes - wandered
with uncertain glare about the room,
and encountering Mr. Bowker's for a
second, glided of and fixed thein
selves.upon the - ceiling. Mr. Abra
ham Gough worked_ln the same mine
with Mr. Bowker. William bad al-
Ways rather looked:down on this
young man, and had sometimes used
him as a chopping-bloeiv to try wit's
edge ; upon—and now it Was evident
that the despised one was here as a
rival.
" Be . you gooin' to tek a walk to
night, Selina?" -Mr. Bowker asked.
with such aspect of easy unconcern
as be could wear.
" Why, yis. I be, Will-yum," Selina
responded. "Mr.. Guff here's been
good , priough me to goo out wi'
him." . • •
William looked at Mr. Clough; and
Mr..43longb COIISChNI,. of the gaze,
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looked harder at the .ceiling than
ever, taking.the minutest interest in
certain, cracks which marked the
plaster. The gaze continuing, Mr.
bough's glance wandered to the brass
ornaments on the , chhpney-piece,
and, 'finding no resting-place there,
descended to the fire-irons, and, with
a growing air of discomfiture, wan
dered about the walls. Mr. Bowker's
expression grew more and more
scornful as he gazed, and at last. be
turned upon his sweetheart and'asked :
" Will you have a mon wi' you to
tek care o' your new catch, Seliner ?"
" If I could wak' sure of his hein'
a gentleman," Selina replied, "p'raps
I might."
"oh 1" said William with some
bitterness. "If thee beest after
gentlefolks I'n got nothing more to
say."
" I don't see," responded Selina,
flashing a little, "as yo need say
anythin' at all. I'll say good night,
Willy-yum.."
• "Good night, Seliner," responded
William, "and good.hy,”
" Good-1?y, Mr. Irowker, said
Selina.
"Good-by, Miss Jukes," said Mr.
Bowker.
Mr. Goug h smiled at Mr. Bowker's
dismissal. But I think it probable
that, if Mr. Gough had known the
tingling longing for his ears which
just then possessed Selina's fingers,
be would have smiled less_broadly.
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-b.-. ' i "Ilavlng known me, to decline
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CHAPTER 11. On a range of lower feelings and a narrower heart
Beforercivilization stepped in and than mine r 7
spoiled things, there were few scenes . There's the' rub! She has left me,
in the world richer in picturesque me, ine, for, that"' fellow ! - Had be
and humorous elements than that been handsomer, - or richer, or clever."
presentedby an out-of-doors Satur- er, have we not all fancied that we
day night in the Black Country. could have brne it better? But a
There were always shows and stalls. man every wk , my inferior. Sir; a
on the waste ground at the upper person with w om I would scorn to
end of the High street on Saturday compare myself, physically, mentally,
nights in my time. The market, an or spiritually—to prefer him to me—.
unroofed; squa.te space, surrounded 'Os unendurable! So, also, I li . ave
by a wall, and entered by'great gates known Miss Smith speculate as to
which were only opened on Satur- what her Wilkins could see to admire
days,
might have found a student of in* that insignificant Miss' Brown.
Midland life a thousand themes for William despised his rival, and in
observation • and discourse. Cheap • spite of that his rival' triumphed.
Jack was outside the lower gate, The young fellow tossed his stalwart
hoarse, voluble, assured. There was limbs hither and thither in the bed
the crock merchant, ,with his stock in, through the lon • sleepless night, and
trade out on straw, shaking arid jing.' his sweetheart ' cried miserably and
ling his little goods noisilyi together, quietly .all, night through, on ,the
and skillfully: dropping a plate or a other side of the wall, Within a foot
basin now and again to show how of him.
strong and unbreakable,: they were. " Her cent got as much 'cart as tul
There were fired fish stalls, and the • mak a pin's yed," mourned William
oyster stalls, with genuine natives at to himself, unconscious of her tears.
five a penny, with as much vinegar " Oh, dear Me, dear me," Selina
, and pepper -as you choose to take, lamented, " I'Ve throwed him away.
thrown in - for the money. Here were I'm a wicked, 1 bad gell. - He'll goo
mountains of rock -and other sweet out to-morrer wi' Sally Rogers. I
stuff, side by side, With alps of new-- know heiwull.'-
yi
baked rolls and seas of treacle. Here So the igra dawn rose on these
you might buy apples whereon had tivo sleepless. and unhappy people.
rained the ghastly dew of naphtha William descended to the pump in
lamps until they tasted and smelled the back yard, and 'had a wash in the
like veritable fruit of Tophet. I half-light of four o'clock, and. Selina
tasted those apples once. How well got out of bed and-took sly peeps at
I remember their dead ae.m . - . llavorl him throbgh her tears. William, his
Here was a gentleman in a cart, with ablutions over, went out forailreary
awful diagrams of the human body 'Aron, past the Hilly Piece, and over
suspended from a great framework in, Stevenson's Hills, and down "Jacob's .
the rear—a gentleman who would , Ladder, and Dead. Man's Lane, and
sell you pills for a penny, and tell on to the brook-side again. here,
you for nothing, in five minutesA on June Bridge, he stood and watched
,
variety of' things about anatomy and the eddies circle around the great'
medicine, which the whole staff of stores,and found that negative and
Bartholomew's or St. Thomas' would bewilered comfort which trouble
never dream of telling you at all, if always finds in running water. A Mean ,
you spent a lifetime with them. And time Selina had gone back to bred and
aiming all these things the-big Black had there renewed'hertears, and was
Country men, and those strapping finding some comfort in running
Black Country wiimen; "went slow, • water , also. And, at the moment
solid, , stolid, heavy—the men. ,in whea...William stood upon June
creased, sand wrinkled suits of new -Bridge, Mr.i Abraham Gough, in a
and shiny black which-fitted nowhere, suit . of flannels,
was making his way
and - - huge, many:colored Comforters to the day-shift in the Strip-and-at-it.
dangling a yard.and a half in'front Lest -you . should find yourself too
,of. them,. and very glistening hats; much disturbed by the plirass let me
'and the women in green and red -and explain that the Strip-and-at-it-was a
blue and yellow garments, with arti- coal mine, so named', by...its inmates,
ficial roses in their bonnet§ in size from the cant phrase of sine "doggy"
and hue . resembling ',Oiling cab- or ganger. " Now, lads, strip'and at
bages, cheapening here and there it." ,:
with the long,. deliberate drawl and Poor William' regretted , his .1101 i -•
stolid faces o 4the land. • These things day, and longed for the hour when.
have faded add vanished. Civiliza- work should beain again. He beginl
tion is killing 'picturesqueness in cut ed the heavy hours of the ilay;by
and color, and, the accent of Cockney the composition of woe-be-gone verses,
Brummagein is spoiling the only whereof fortune has preserved a frag-,
Saxon left us in the whole country. meat which I here embalm : •
Through and -among 'all these de- -"The snu that shines so bright above,
-lights and wonders roamed Selina Knows naught about my wrongful 1050 ;
and her cavalier. How she despised 'The birds that sing In Wlgmore Lane,
Bring nothing to my heart but rain. .
that sheepish and shame-faced youth
It Is a very dismal thing;
as she walked about with him 1, How That In nty ears the birds do slog, • '
she almost grew . to hate him for the Whlle my Selina has gone off , .
minute and quite grew to hate her- To walk with Mr. Abraham .n Cough. , .
self when she contrasted him with William'smuse was in the right.
the absent William. Not that Abra-. It is a very dismal thing to the
ham was guilty of any remissness in. wounded heart, grovin egotistic
the performance of his duty. When through its pain ; that nature should
he went into the Red Cow to_get his seem out of sympathy
. with it—that
pint he brought Selina her half-pint the sun should shine and the birds
into the street and saw her drink it, should 'sing, just as brightly and as
and carried the jug back for her in merrily as though Selina wercif till
the most gentlemanly manner. For true and 'gentle,, , • '
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-in the Black Country it is not, or it William took 'his humble meal of
was•net, etiquette for a single young bread-and cheese and his pint or:so
lady to-enter a public house... ~Mar- of beer:at a little public house in the
tied ladies could exercise their , Own aforesaid lane, and then, strolled
discretion, but a decent young fellow- Mime again, still very miserabliy t but
abroad with his sweetheart would a trifle soothed by verse-making pro
:always brings' share of his beer to cess. He was due at the mine at six
the door of the public house, and there o'clock, and two bouts before that
the good clumsy Phyllis and Damon time he was up stairs exchanging his
drank together. Nor was Abraham Sunda,i . costume for the work-day
in other matters unequal to his du- coaly flannels, when he became con ,
tie,. He and Selina went into all scions of a bustle in the street. Look
the shows- together, and if she had ing through the' I vindow, 'he beheld
demanded all the rock and all the men running hatless and coatless,.
" humbugs" in the market, she might and unbonneted, unshawled women
haVe had them: But she was sicken- scurrying along as fast as their feet.
ing for a cry all along, and she was. could take them. Everybody ran in
right glad to get away from her es- one direction, and in the crowd he
cort, and taescape all question from caught a glimpse of Selina and her
her father, and unloose the floodgate. father._ The' girl's' face was white
of her tears in her own -besilltoom. I with some
_strong excitement, and
dare say that when the young Prin.
,there was a look of the wildest im
cess has too • deeply wounded the aginable fear in her eyes. Both ban is
young Prince, her lover, she feels were pressed to her heart as ihe.ran.
something of the same remorse. I A Black Country collier's instinct in
dare say the pains of despised love, a case, like this is pretty likely to tie
were much. the same thing to the true. William - threw his window
princely melancholic Dane as they open, and cried to the- hurrying
were to Mr. Bowker. - The Dane had crowd : - .
a faculty of • elopience and a gift of ' " Wheer. is it ?" ',. •
scholarship which 'Mr. Ilowker had "At the Strip-an'-akit," some
not; but that young gentleman, glar- familiar
..voice" called out . as • the,
,ing disconsolate into his own fireless straggling crowd swept by.
grate, by, the light of one candle,
_. -" What is it?" he cried again.
with his ears still obscured by the
~ "Shaft on fire," cried another
big collars, saw there pretty much voice in answer; and ilia second the
what his 'more learned and polished 1 street was •clear. • William Bowker
fellow-4uffererlookedat undersimilar I dashed down stairs and hurried him- .
eircumstances-L4 •, miserable, 'foolishi self along the, street. .
jumble of a world, namely, in which I "Anybody down?" he gasped as
it was -surely.. worth no .sane man's be:turned the corner • and passed the
while to bear. fardels any longer. We; hindmost figure in theharryingmass.
arepretty -
,much . of ~ .the .ssete.flesh -The - monist' hue's,- bhp, --- -.
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and blood all the world.• over, and
share' toothache and- heartache and
other ills in a fairly equal manner.
There had been a little misunder
standing between the sweethearti the.
night before, - but WilliamlneW that
he had meant no quarrel, -and sup
posed Selina's ill-humor to be as
transient as his own. Selina had put
ort a few sthall airs and graces, with
a half unconscious intent to display
and test. her- power. The moment
chosen bad be rn inopportune—the
most charming- creatures are not al-.
ways wise. Therefore -these two
young people were now engaged in
breaking their own hearts, sitting
within half a dozen yards of each
other—out of sight and hearing.
"lhey'ar a queer sort, be women
folks," mused the , young man, sadly.
"But if Sliner want s to marry a
creetur as is moor like a cross be
twigst a she'p an' a bullock nor like
a mon, it
t ent no a ff air o' mine.. Tak
your own road, wench; tak your own
road!" .
Therewith ,
he took his way to bed,
and laid'down beside his love. The
heads of the two beds4ouched•the
same wall, and the heads of the occu
pants of, the beds were within a foot
of cacti. other. So near, and yet so
far away. You will observe that
William Mid the bitterest of all jeal
.ousy's draughts at his lips, which is
brewed by a lover's contempt.for his
rival. Says the - laureate :
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"For God's sake lend me thy hang,
Willy-yom," she, gasped ip ,answer.•
"My. Joe's in."
lie caught the shrivelled little fig
ure in his great arms as though the
old women had been a baby, and
dashed on again. Ay, the tale was
true I There • belched and voleyed
the rolling knoke There were hun
dreds upon hundreds of people area-.
dy crowded on the - pit mound and
about the shaft,rand from every quar
ter the men and women came stream.
ing in, white-faced and breathless.
William set his withered burden
clown and . pushed_ through to the
edge of.the shaft. There was water
in the up-east, and the engines were
at work full power. Up _came the
enormous bucket, and splashed its
two or three hundred gallons down
the burning blaft, and dropped like
a stone down the up.e.sst, and atter a
(WM:, long pause, came 'trembling
and laboring up again, and, vomited
its freight again and dropped like a
stone for more,
,"Yo' might just as well stand in a
ring an' spit at it," said Bowker,
with his face all. pale and his, eye on
fire. - " Get the stinktors up and let
a man or tew gd down."
"Will yo' mak one, Bill Bowker ?"
said a brawny, coal-smeared man be
side him.
" Yis, I wull," was the answer,
given like a bull-dog's growl.
mak another," said the man.
"An' me," " An' me," "An' me,"
cried a dozen more.
"Rig the bowk; Somebody," said
the love-lorn.vers - e-maker, taking at
once. and as by right, the 'place he
was born for: "Bili—Joe--Abel—
Darkey—come wi' me."
Tue crowd
,divided, and the five
madelor the office, and
found -there,
in a rowo number of barrel-shaped
machinus of metal, each having a
small hose and .a pumping appa
ratus attached to it. These were
a new' boon, from the gorgeous
hand of science—a French-contriv
ance, as the name affixed to each set
forth—" L'Esiincteur." Each of the
men seized one of these; and bore it to
the edge of the shaft, the crowd once
-more making way. A bucket, tech
nically called." a bowk," some two
feet deep and eighteen inches wide,
was affixed to the. wire rope which
swung above the burning shaft. The
seMappointed leader asked for flan
nel clothing. A _doien garments
were flung to him at once. 4-le-wrap
ped himself up like a mummy, and
bound a cotton handkerchief over
his face. Then, with the machine
strapPed-seenrely'acrOss
i his shoul
der, he stepped one foot n the buck
et and laid aliand upon thetrope. A
man ran forward with a. slender
chain, which . he passed . rapidly
around the volunteer's waist, and fix
ed to.the rope which supported the
bowk. Another thrust am end of
rope into.his hand and stood, by to
reeve out-the rest as he descended.
Then came the words: 4 Short, stea
dy." The engine panted, the rope
tightened, the clumsy figure, with
the machine bo,und.about it, swung
into the smc)ke,iarnt in a death-hke
stillness, Witti here and. there
mothered the man went down.
His comrade at the edge dribbled
the rope through his coal-blackened
fingers as delicately_ as though it had
been a silken thread. Then came a
sudden tug at it, and the word was'
flashed to the engine room, and the
creak of the . .wheel ceased and , the
gliding wire rope: was' - still. Then,.
fp a space of nigh a minute,, not.
was sound was beard, but every eYe,, was
An the rope, and every cheek' ,Was
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pallid with suspense, and every heart were ruaketable 'what a glitt, there ' „-- -: -
g - 7 6 i t i -1. its-oix..caer3vueit
nn
Istate, him
was with the hero, in the fiery depths would be of- it, and if
..it occupied ! tin next spring en
beloW. Then came spottier* warning space the legitimate denizens . of the I nitro-glycerine. - • - it,. 1' ''f• • L
tug at the rope, and again the word eiutli would soon be crowded out of I • " 31...e,"says Victor Hugo," was . the •
t
flashed ,to he engine room. The their sphere, the tsilsmanieworda tor' runi ;of the eighteen century
wheel spun
. round, the rope glided, arresting its Motion tieing unknown. conuud
woman is! the cenundrum of 'the .nine-1
te d erli
~e wtury., " `- A ul American &liter
quivered, stopped, the figure . swung Fortunately' however, advice is un- u n e e ss re l r itr , , but wilt no_ v-. -
up through the smoke again, was palpable and ~ dissipates itself into a cr give her up .4° n t o g ,
seized,-lowered, landed. When his nothing as soon as produced. We '" Witei's in a name?" Ah, Will' h ^m -
comrades laid hands
,upon him, the say fortunately, because like most you did ftlicnow everything, that's et. ' ;-
flannel garments', fell from, him in•• things in the world, eteessiVe - qttan- taiu. Salt can be bought for a few Cents .
, a quart, tut call it Chloride of Sodium, -
huge blackened flakes, so near to the tit is counterbalanced by poorness •a
the apothecary:will charge you Mali
flames had he been. : He cast - these of qiiality, sound; honest, sensible doll 9 fa i r onescreple.. . ---, .
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garments from him, and they fell; advice being comparatively rare, oe-
Tuz sporting season Las arrived, when
half tinder. at his feet. Then be ca.sioned as much from the lack. of tl
drew . off the 'handkerchief,' which sympathy as • from the lack torjudg- and 'e amateur shoots
larmcr'snter goes
,!inotocotwhe
under
bound his. face, and; at the god-like, ment which • dictate's
.it. , -- That the the imPression that it is a deer, and after- -
heroic pallor of his countenance, ind latter quality is:a , necessary comp-
wards pays the farmer s=_, to settle. mat.
the set - lips and gleaming eyes., wo-i nent itt• good advice none will pies , ter and itteq) it quiet. . .
wowing him up
men whispered pantingly, " gpa tion, but we - areapt to overlook ' the
~ l'"l'' enemies of t h° Cz ar °" tu t ai a will
pii i .s :, tt , e;i f u t i l A b i.R ) h it O i o , t h i
l in g u i 4 h a e i t ti l ' ; still.he will
. iive,
bless hl" and the breath of those important part' that sympathy
bold fellows was drawn hard. Then in the matter. Enabling one to place 'ti ' l l itil . s'ome ;a
he reeled, and a pair of aims. like a himself ;`for the liMe.iri the position 1 revolver that Ts'n'tiloatiecc;,B.l fooling wick
a
le hail got the •
bear's were round him in a second, of bis friend,- to appreciate-the dilli- whole top of his head blown off. _ •
In ten minutes more he was-Outside culties the latter has to encounter.eo A .seNtott. after vainly trying to eiplain.
the' croWd, and a' bottle of whisky,
,understand. the habit of mind with some sciatitic theorrto his fair inamo.
pia, said: "'fir miestion is difficult, and - ,
which
. cause from nobody knew which education or Ai:Aural disposi
where, was at his lips as he lay upon tion has stepped him. Sympathy c i oi n . er wr'' ,',v 's . umptposo'aytel o d i o mp to it Tsk w o h . i i r t .
the ground, and two or three women smoothes the path for judgment to pored the blushing damsel. .
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rah for water. And while all this folltiw,' thus modifying the cle.cisiou a' Wily, yon the door;
'd better knock
.
was doing, another man, as goad as to suit different cases. ' Very often down. What do you want?" "Och, my
he, was swinging downward in the the dictate -with which advice is re- 'flailing l dpt2flet me wake any of your..
family. I'4 - ast using your knocker to- •
'blinding smoke.. So fierce, a leap ceived is Occasioned by its iinsympa- - wake tiropeople next door; I'm locked .
the-flames made at this. hero that thetic character; we are recommend- out
d , ye see, and they've niver-a knock
they caught him fairly for a moment ed to dd what our position or circum- er." , ..„
in their arms, and . when .he Was stances renders Impossible. If.poor, 1 LITTLE Rhiele Island is sensible enoug ;- -
brought to the surface, he hung limp and struggling for the bare'means of i te pass a law agahrit pigeon thootin,. , . -;
i Neuf Orleans Picayune. H'm, yes. Th '
and senseless, with great patches of subsistence, our wealthy neighbors
smouldering fire upon his garments, preach economy. If in trouhle - or '
I
shot used fo scatter into other States
badly that Connecticut and Massachusetts
and his hands and face cracked and i sorrrow, some .advise calm su an b '
s. chickens were in danger. —Neroll •
area•
blackened. But the next was ready, i sion to our crosses, and enlarge on Register '' • -- - -
and When he, in turn; came' to the '. the blessings that remain. If matri- A Lr.cv -l irnrat was'' ' ' " -
explaming to "a little
light, he had said good-bye to,. the many be the subject we are-made un- girl how a lobster cast- his shell. when he.. ' I
light forever in this world: Not this, comfortable by allustonsto the lady's . hadoutgrown . ft. 'Said he : "What do
you do g -when you have outgrown youe- i
nor anything Vat - fear could urge,, temper; her mother's possible inter- clothes, Ton ( ca.s , therLasida, do you
could stay. the rest. Man after man 1 &mice in.the post=matrimonal house- c n l
; the littic Cillic -,.
went down. There Were five tend :hold, or her hosts. of poor.relatious, "we o let out it u e o tueL i l l ' i -•`
thirty men and boys below, and they recommended' to think well before
.. A
..... NATIVE of the Green Islso was miss- -
would have them -.op or die. ; With taking such . a hazardous step, all ed by the collector of a water company .
that gotilik pallor on their Rita and which counsel is given gratuitously, for•ayment of the water rate ;to which .
cheeks, with those wide eyes , that and not prompted by it. particle of modest-request he returned the following-
answer : "-Sure I pay
looked death in the face, and knew feeling or consideration 'for the par- for ! a a w t i t a ef e , avnadkom,apy'tin shillings a year -
s the , day its off
him, anti defied him down they ties concerned.. People - who never f
went i I.saw these thiligs, who tell did a wise action ,in ' their lives con-- - :Tne Gnaeo .'old book of God still
till
the story. • Man after Man defied stitnte themselves the censors- and stands; and - this - old earth, the More . its
that fiery bell, and faced its lurid, advisers of others much better corn- leaves are turned over and: pondered, the
smoky darkness, undismayed, until, betent to judge of the expediency of more wor d lllsustain and illustrate the Ea- .
at last, their valor won the day. their Own actions, and Shake the head d . ted .' • - • ,•
The lovel
lovelorn. William had but lit- of mournful condemnation over - the - "Is this my train.?" asked a traveller
'tie room in his heart, lor• superfluous obstinacy; or ignorance- which disre- lof theHamm Posit: depot, of i lounger.
sentiment as be laid his ,hand, upon' gards such sage admonitions.. Ex-,ohol d d onll i to l ow, • but I
'+l see
poem was ,
the wire-rope, and set his foot in .the perience proves, too, that those who name of the u railroad oom sr any it's gl ei thef
bowli again. Yet' ust a hope was most pertinaciously, interfere in the and I expect it belongs to them. Have
there—that Selina should not grieve concerns of their' neighbors, rarely . you lost a train anywhere • - . *:'
too:greatly it this- second venture or neVer•test'the accuracy 'of ,their Winn they had finished the lunch they . ',.-
failed,- and he should meethis death. views by .the teuchstone of - Practice; ... i ' e t ed . the n „ prace-- -.The man In nnend a tten- :
fr e piece of pie, fiftY cents; °nee.:
He was not, as
.a rule, devotionally - but advise altogether upon theory, ...1; . 1 ."
inclined : but he whispered inwardly, and consequently' pour the treasures Jive of
each." twenty-titre
the
I. cents — seventy
party gnfr.;
" Goa be good to her.". And there, of their eloquence into skeptical ears. bled a little about the prite., -whereupon
at .that second, he, saw her face be-1 However, lack Of - honesty :is some- the old man behind the: counter straight,..
fore hitn = so setand fixed that, in , times the fault on both- sides ; those ened himself ° PP folded his anns ' in °
rafted manner, aid said i "Stranger; :
: its' agony of fear and prayer, it, look- I.who solicit advice often 'refusing to at me ;do you au ' I am 'staying'''. out
ed like marble. '. :The rope`grew , taut follow it Ind sa it,;tallywith. h •
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he passed the handkerchief about his
face again, and with the memory, of
her eyes upon him, dropped out of
ftht., The man at the side of the
shag paid out the slender line again,
And old 'hands watched it closely.
'Yard after yard ran out. The great
coil at his feet snaked itself, ring by
ling, through his coaly fingers. Still
no warning message came from be-'
low. The engine stopped at last,
and thejknew that the foot of the
shaft was reached. Had the explor
er fainted by the • way ? He might,
for all they knew above, be roasting
down beliiw that minute: Even then
his soul, newly released, might be
above them. •
Through the dead silenee of the
crowd the word flashed to the engine
room. The wheel went round, and
,the wire rive glided and quivered. up'
again over it. There was not a man
or woman there who did • not augur
the same thing fiom the tenser quiver
of the rope, and when, at last,,thro
the thinner coils of smoke about the
top of the 'shaft the reamer's figure
swung with the , first of the rescued
in <his arms, there was heard one
sound of infinite 'pathos-.--a sigh of
relief from twenty thousand breasts
—and dead silence fell' again: - ,
" Alive?" asked one, laying a hand
on Bowker's arm. Bill nodded and
pushed him by, and made his way
toward that marble face, nursing his
burden st:11. , . •
" &liner," he said, quietly, "litre's
your sweetheart." .
" No, - no, no, Pill," she a - nsWered.
"There's: on'y .One man i'-'the world
for me, Bill, -if ever - 414 forgives me
an{ my Wicked ways."'
Cheer err-cheer_of triumph .rag in
their ears'. The women fought: ftir
Bill, Bdwker, and \ kissed him, .and
cried over him. Men shook hands
With him and with each other. Strang
ers Mingled their tears. The steel
rope was , gliding up, and down "at a
rare rate now, and the half shfrocated
prisoners of the fire were being par
ried- up in batches. Selina and her
lover:stood side by side and Watched
the' last skipful to the'surface.
" That's theta," yelled one. coal=
smeared giant as the skip swuna.up.
Out broke the cheers
..again, peal on
peal. William stood silent, with -the
tears in those brave pyes. The pen
itent stole a hand in his.
"Oh, Bill," else whispered ;
didn't think wanted• him?"
" What else did you thinki fetched
him out for ?" queried William, a
smile of comedy gleaming through
the Manly moisture of his eyes. •
She dropped her head upon_ his
breast and put both arms around
him,jand neither she nor he thought
of the erol,l an that blissful - monient
when Mr. liowker's courtship ended,
and soul was assured of S.ouL tr —All,
the Year .1 I (nuid:
. •
Advice.
"- ' • ~ :, •• -,
• pia aqs one ever exist who thought .
hithself liTompetent to. impart ..good
athice"?' is one of those -things
Wiiiith,each thinks he `can - do ,better
thauliis n ighbor, and of. which eve
ry one is piodigal, Money, sympathy,
friendship May „be denied, but advice
never. it is a never failing fountain
whose waters are always ready to
gush forthjand supply. those willing,
yes, and unwilling, tor,:be. supplied
it does not wait :or , applicants, pour
ing it,sell out to thoSe who perhaps
fain woillds'eacape the oveitlOw-c
i yet
strange as it, may seem, what- every
,one is
\ so eager to give, few are. desir
ous to:take, and fewer still to avAil
`.heinselV'es of. If, the commodity
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own preconceived ideas. Has not
this been the experience of_ those.
who hive been inveisled into joining_'
a feminine shopping;expedition:
On the understanding that Ills or.
her individual opinion , in .reference
to . the', projected purchaU-' was .
indispensable. The ..poor dupe
who perhaps is not, given to 'regard
his opinion as otmuck importance is
at first sustained by vanity during
the.d- long drawn-ont torture of lialf
-
hour- detentions in over-heated or
overcrowded stores, listening pa
tiently to torrents of eloquence on the
subject o '
modes or colors, but when
in his pea tion of adviser he Ventures .
some so cations, he is . immediately
snubbed, r silenced with, "Do you
really thi k sot what an odd taste"' e
or, "O no, that would never suit;"
then be learns the discretion of BP,
lence, until released by the purchase
of some alicle or female . equipment
with the s leetion of which he has
had nothing to do. • '.
It is a fact; however, that, mixed
with the chaff of wordy counsel so
lavishly scattered, good ground grain
does exist, which if sifted and sown
will . flourish to the , satisfaction of
•thosC who have been at the pains to
peek it. Rut we question "if the
lay is worth the candle," and are
half inclined to think that it Would,
be well if !with other= inconvenient.:
things advice might be considered
obsolete and left to gather the dust
otthe past.—A,.S. if, in Bome Jour.
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1,,0vE it auisA.—The contrast be
tween love among• the Chinese and.
among Western nations is described
in the London Salmrday Redid, as .
follows : "With Chinamen it is a de
lirium, a rapture, ithed on no regard
. _
for the moral qualities,,of the objects --
of their admiration , . but purely', .:
simply on aileSire to plssess them. -
They do not understand the idea. of
friendShlP in i love, and the - notion Of -
an acquaintanceship ripening into 4( 7 ,
fection is , ao4.gether foreigri to them.
If s . young' 'hinaman falls, in love, - ....
it must .neec sbe after - the manner of r
'Wang, who lis:so enraptured witirthe -
beauty' of a young-iadylhe casually
meets on i the read that he goes home -
and takes to his bed; and is:restored_ -
to health only by an:,introduation to
the fair one,r.whom j at his first inter-
view he addresses in langua g e which' :
is quite untranslatable into English. •
Of course ) we do not mean- to say -,
that it: never - happens - that - young".,",
people in the poorer ranks of life'.
,_
(for it is only among such _that pm- .
- nuptial aequainianceships arc gener- - -
ally permitted) - entertain- a genuine:,
afiection 'for cackother; but, - speak- -
ing broadly. lov • among suitors is -
unknown in'China, and the;constitu
don of society makes it impoSsible .•
that it shoUld be otherwise." ..
THE THIN PARTITION DETWEEN
LIFE AND DExtn.—When we walk
near powerful - machinery • we — know •
that one single' misstep and - those
mighty .engines would tear us to rib
bons with their flying Wheels, or -
grind us to powder in their ponder-
oils jaWs.. So, when !we are thunder; •
ing across the land in ik rail .car, and
there is nothing. but half--an-inch.'
of iron flange to hold us upon the
track. So, when: we are at Sea in a
ship, and there is Rothing .hut the.
thickness
thiCkness of a plaikk between us andli.
eternity. We imagine then that we ,
see how close we Aire to the edge oil -
the precipice. ' Bu do` not Sec
Whether on the sea or on the land
the partition that divides us from
eternity is something thinner than,
the oak plaid{ or half-an-inch of iron ,
flange. • The machinery of life and::
death are within,u4'yhp tissues that .
hold these . beating., Po*erS in Abeir
place are often not thicker than a
piece of paper, and, if - that thh) ipar 7.
tition. were pierced or - ruptured, it
would be just he Same with us-as if
a cannon-hall had struck us. Death:
is inseparably bouni up with life-in
the-. very - "structure of our bodies.'
Struggle- as We. will to 'widen the
. ••
spate, no
,matt cad at any time go.
'further froin`death than the thickness . '
of a sh - eet of ',paper.
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" you
Fun, Fa c t and Fatetim.
NA Intim) man bought a spring chick
en in the market the other morning:- and
now he thinks the reason it • was called
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