TEBIIII iii.rvaLlo4lllo3l. rii BnADI'9uD-HsrOaTSll a published every iariday. morning by Go°Batten HITCHCOCK, tt ta Dollar per annum, In adiranCie.. ~ afr:V.V•yrttsing.ln all cases oxelusHro 'Of sub ., rio:Ion to the paler. t:ct tA L N tiTyI:•ES Inserted at 'Taw caNTS per •• first itt,eftiln, anti FtVges.NTSperntte tor lusartion„. but -no notice inserted .:thatt fifty cents. . : , •• It 1,1" ERTISEMEN'TS will be Insert ‘., oo i.tritor's *l4 Etoeutor'S Nbileeii . 1112; icos, 4:.59 ;:itastness cards, avenues. tad atonal lines 41 each. • " ..•rt toe rs are entitled 'to :iirteirly 7i• r .t: t advertisements mus t/be pild •01,1..? • ‘,11 , 4 or awriatio•us; communleat Ons tutilvlitual interest, and WINS : of ir ,leaths,excectling five lines are ittirig. I .v,z, Es - rt. per line, but sl titple notices of mar a,„l de sthsa 111 ue puldtshed without charge. Ero Writ,ltring a larger efreulaitinn than , county...mates It the best etediom In Northern Pennsylvania. • - :Pat till NG et every kind, In plain and 1 , 1 0 • • • ,lone with neatness and - dispatch. • • • ,ni:::r.lanks, ea nig. Pamphlets, 'Rhoads, : S.e.. of erery variety altd printed sh,rtest nottee,. The' RSPOttTEuI office is power presses, a goOdp assort. , typo, and everything in the printing • An tie execikted in the most artistic manner the I,4eo4ales. TERMS INVARIABLY El El 1 4usiness §arbs. Mil LE ‘ ,V -KAN:Vgl'i IcyrotiNF.vg-AT-LAW.': ....ifooms formerly occupied by V. M. C. alk 3,18.60 DEEM it• E: J. PERRIiO, Ulr PIANO AND Olt:OAN. hi Thorough Bass and Harmony.• t, i.tu !lo• voice a specialty. Located at A. ttt Ntt.lit St. Itrtrrruce.; Holmes 4t. Passage. Va.; !Birch 4,:040.: I . IIN Troit,4 w, Tow ANDA, PA •,rrr Klrb.Vs Drti:,•-•tore 1 1 :1oNIAS - E. MYER, A TTOiLE ET-AT-LAW, TOWA.NI)A, - . r e ltL Patrick - anti Foyle; ECK k OVERTON L ArrouNFvs;-AT TOWANDA, 'lit. =EEO )01)NEY A. MFRC-CR, Arrclivi ANDA, PA., . . , - .i.•lti.r or l'atetttg.. Particular aiteniton paid ...'.....inr - ... in the Orifhans Court and pa the settle “.l.-e-lti Niontauyes Block -• . . _-__.! . . VERTON SIANDERSO7g 'r• •A • . ATTOttN Er-AT-I;Aw, TOWANDA, PA.•, tv.EitTON, dl -11. JESSITP 4 -3 • • • , TTO 7`: EY AN QU :•iI'Ar..I,LOII.AT-LAW; , ISItItNTROSF., PA. . _ i .1 1.2.4 r :1r,,5,up haring resumed the practice d the .1, ,•." Northern Pentotylvanta, nits afte . ntl- to up .;ot -,l:itte , . intru.ted to him in Bratlforkteout ty. , wi-,11114: to constilt Wm. call call :on H. .:I, - -r. E.-4.. 'rowantla.-PO.,4lFuanappOittnent .. . ITENRY S'rREETER, •.: r' ...--, I 1 7;_flollN EY COUNSELLOI:•AT-LAW, .tt OA* A IC 1) A, PA. Fell; - „ ;s. L. lIILLIS, J• TOW B:,N DA, I F. GOFF, • ' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, WYALISSIN(;,.PA . . .. • . . . .1: - .;.•u y tortlnk - ,•ale and purchase of alf•klinlrk kit r•.•. :1:41t.-.. and for inal;:log loans •i.n Heat:Estate. A:1 i .;i:ter..i will reeok - e:. careful . and- prorupt .r.fune A. 1679., • TITO:\IPSON, ATTORNEY . .;T: AW; LI:NG,.P A. : at telld to :t1 _eti.tru,tenl to tits care'ln Bradford, 311 and Wlvoluing 02ice With Esq. • -[novPi-74. • - E; StRVEYOIR. SUIIVEYI r .t.!:11 . . 4 ini4 e nit.ll IL F. ?[item.-over Patch S Tracy .(reel, ' - . C EQ. , W. liIIM.l3Ellt,F,'l, ATTOVNIEY-AT-LAW, SP cond door Fit'st August 12. IMO., I 4 1.613RFF ' • :SON ..CTTORN ENS-AT-LAW, ,=.-- ProwANDA; rA. • N„e, AIePHERSON; Ation.N Er -AT-LA V.W.NNIM., Pict .Itry 8ra.1,17, M IRE ,1.517, j 1A NCE 11.ty1og a , - , ttitred the agency of the I. '..Nt - m-1111:1 , . 1!.....-l'itANcE t't.illl'ANY, - (Assetts coer 513,000,0,00 00.1. I ~,,, ! ,-, 1 ,,,,,.d 1., ‘vi -i;,, ptttit t ie. at eyreent 'rite.. - - t M. D. - SwAtcrit-Agent. ,-. (t:ltt•tt e 191 W to. -. Vitt, ot.. Tpwat,4l.l.; Va. lyr, --- 1' 1 I (ll'S* IV. '1 IX 1 ..--- --. __ , _ 1 - : - . .. • Alkl - toltNEy—.\T—LAW r. COMMISSIO_NEIts 11ler—North ....id., S.i:aare Frllrill /: tl L. .4 1r: II'A'NDA, r)::.VA".4 —Soutb •41e - P.plar Ward 1:z. • -111, 1D .IVIES 3OUTI •SI NV ALik HOUSE. 1)e4 , 23-75, . • • 11` . .0N% AN lAA ' ANDREW . ty • • • AvromvEy-AT-LAw.: . oy. er .1; !i.'rnt•s • ill 4: tii..•01.12.1t11.4 , 1 - Ceruou,„ \p:.l! 12. "7:>.: W. .1. YOtiNtLi" T. WAN r 70(04rtal \ 1 .. \ -r NX \V EL L,. I TIM 1 1 :Z.• i`A• ,' .fl,t :A t t . i'l,. 11.74, : E ' S. .1:,- IN - ( t)i)ltUriN, Plivsi • . L' r '.'1.1 . ..1.1 sttrinton: I witvi. at ret.t.lt.tict. on • •,• :- - 1,...t..1- v.: .tf Nt,l'it. , '•;' '' '-•''"• ":-'-'' 11 ' 7. = 1 , • ' \-- • ' ' r •B. KELLY, DENYlsr.—ollice • ever M. TwAroida, 'a.. Sthee, n,:1,1 Al . • , Tee'.l*. extracted althout :4111. II • -1 D. - PAY - NP„ NE - D., as ', PHYSICIAN ASH S.,CIH: EON. • . .., 1. , ....., , ,5v, , t• .Thrtti.vh yes.' - '4:0r.;.. 9 !ilex , hours from pto to 12 A. SI, and frrnt 22" A I% H. .' ~ , "q• ecla-1 at trot lon g tyv nto 0 ..*1, , .'5...• : :.- ' , i DISIEM7VES '..ind . -• ~T , T 1 ir. E \F. 1 - : - . i )tia: EAR (4. v--. It I.A SUPEIIINTE.NDEf •!.tT itt escb ov %r Turner 4 ;.'rrtli s lI'S ruKS tore.. Tow .r - USSEL ' GENERAL 1 \;SVR.A 'CCE V. .1 , •:•.: 7;zf.--- - 1, 1 11.15 T NATIONAL BANK, --- TO\V ANDA, PAP FUNI).; otters atttiSpl.f . .iellitles for th'etranro zoneri&i. batikine business PfIWELL President pEET, L.AC 11 Eit i , e•PIAxo . S.I IC, T FAIN! s.—eio per term. street { Ist. ward.) .- fl ET - 1:01±R‘ -- .;:l _.T .: JOB .P . R 'STING n+• at tbeirt:PORTER OFFICE; OPP°l'rte.,..t.b.! Coirtitio3a6, Tuwauda. Colurid work a oPre.."4 VOLUME 'XIJ. Evans &Hid I= *ate -coo** WRICII FOR MAGNITUDE, - STYLE; • QUALITY AND CAEAPNESS, ej 25, 79 E Surpasses any of their former - offerings, and .wil at all times - keep their stkek supplied with the 111:1;J: M. BECK May: t, JOil xr,:sl..:Dfutsox ' • - re . SS l e 00 d s Black Henrietta Cloths, Mick Twinge Cloth, Black sun's Cloth, 'Black • •Crepe Cloth, Black Morrie Cloth, • [novll.7 CO140111;11 . ..CA SIDI ERES; Jamestown Serge?, Jamestown- Alpacas; Trimming bilks, Trimming Satins, 7.T . E . ' l' , L.EismmE [feb.r7i. ann.1,1575 ;,1 f T h ant:fill .for Ow very litter?) pat rottago best° t,t rdl ..'n iv. 1,4' tI, 1.1.: ten y. :tit , . .b.l 11.!•itkt.;.: by itt?titl" 1 .v.tt;htb b io our .:11.1.1:11;: ', walitx ;I:1,1 trtiatfuliy . i rcpt .—t-otlnr g0t.41, to in •rlt a runttituattex 414 tti :; `alt.', r . . _ . -.i • ; . ,• . • vaig . i i p • o . . i ti. T 451 - 1 : A APA -91_23.000 66,000 N. N. BETTS.; Cashier AT. -"if Is 7-79 Wan Abunlisemento. -TOWANDA, PA., Take iilea.sure In offeilui to bet; era of 711111 R TENTH ANNUAL PALL SUPPLY, Latest Styles As they appear. in market. They , Invite Attention tileir New . , Black Black Cashinci.e.s, C.)lored India Oislmeres, Colored Flannel Suitings, Colored Novelty Suitings, -AND In Black And Colors.' ---: -(latile's and. Maur .Cassirneresfor Men's '& Youths' wear, Flannels. and Blankets, I • Prints and Gin , hams, tqleetings and. Shkrtings ; • • i -T — • • Ladiest nud7Gentlernen'.4 Underwear, 1 losa y !Ina Wu% es, 'Lag's and EnJoroidei ies, Sc.,- . c. • 11.0. a complete line o& Caxpots, 011 Cloths, t.. Mats arid atting. 13 - / i "Sir "l'-:,`,''',....,'5n",`,".,.„'"1,r.e„t!',1,7,'!:.'-'::, -1....., w. , rl: for a, thitiat anyttrii:g ~ I ,t•. (''.4.lltal not rt , 01i . ...i. y. , m1;11 z.iaj! )..0. 112 a Jay ah,l opoat.l.. twoir Milo.* hl' OA titio.tilous , )2, IL: o , •tro 13. !...‘ , •ar,l.r.rl , oaOt,rl evrry m litre to ..., 1 ,:t,,, 'l ,, N,.,,v-i., tt.,. time. You, ran devote oor'o!o.:, I.nly o• :111f . '4l k•ri4. or ~41:Y yoor 'VIT. , homi,•:ll , -.. N ,, :0tt0.-r - ho.ito:4, wilt 'pal: you wear 1p A , ortt. N. , ro.‘ 0t:.1..g :0 4 1 , 7 - ork catel'all to tnako rtit. z Moil. pal' Jr . EllgAgit,g r trIICY.,.. Costly outfit Ar,,l u,-,roo. tt.T. .. great of.,l,..rtunity for making '' .. / , 'Y ' 3...1 'y and lionoral.l.l. .klitlmus , TßUE.k. Cr , — .Aut. , ,u...ta. Maine., . ' . • 4tt1y050.. , WELLES' MILLS; manufa tune. of 11 ‘ .01 - I:,•FEED AND MEAL, wYALCSING, ea , h pall for grain ivy ILLS.—The undersigned having tea.:-v1 the old' Sanishury 1.111 , ; -WORM Fairit the patronage of the centinunity. Ctistoth Work donejunne•Uatcly and in geod.ei der. AU leaks in the litAe twee rep:Art.l and-hereafter It will bo kept in- good order; Fey!: Flour. Meal and Bran constantly on haul. Va-41 pa - 171 for gratn at I.lla•oritown„ - • • LIENItY ivELL:k. , I: El h(lrnTtlw, IM.PORTANT E 1;0 AGENTS! '.CEN. JAMES •A.‘ CARFIELp, 85 hts nertoltal friend,' MAJOR BUN - I,IS, Editor. y,..l.futf. Is the' only . edlttort' to which Gin. arft.•l,l has given personal . attentnut .er, facts,' Bestirtinny Innstrated. printed anti lit nett. “Tbe bpst. F. Cononfrefra The, neatest."—X. Y. J!. raid. —The mast ntlrts stble and t.4t Mactury."--N. Y. Tribune, Fut length steel ptrtratt by Hall, - from a picture taken 'expressly for thin work. Active Agents Wanted. Liberal terms. Send $l.OO tit once for complele buttlr. A. S. BARNES & CO. - . -111 li 113 William St, NewAyrk. •', Sept. 9-wtt.. e ofetri. EAGLE HOTEL, (SOUTH SIDL PUBLIC .SQUABIL). This weli-knoirn house has been thoroughly rem" orated and repaired throug.hout, and, the proprie tor Is now prepared to bast first-Oats aerommodaL lions to the pubile, on the most ratsonable.tertns. , • . Towanda, Ps... -- May 2,18 78 i • HENRY HOUSE, •• CORNER MAIN a. WASHItiGTON STREET S .liitsy WARD, TOw/osuk, ' Urals at all hours. Terms to suit the thate. Large • stable attached; • lifiNity, rapPßirrOa. , _ ' Towanda, Jaly a 19-tf. - 1w IE MY LITTLE WOMAN. A homely Cottage, quaint and old, Its ti • ich grown thick wiiii : greeti and gold, And wind-sworn grasses; • nehange z d It stands In sun andialn And seldom through the qiihtt 111110 A footstep pasies. . /Yet beim my little woman dwelt; Ant saw the abroad of Winter melt From meadaind tallow.; 'And beard the yelliw-hammer slug' :A tiny welcome to th ' u Siring .Frotti huddingaallowa. • • • She saw the early ,morning sky Blush WI tk a 4. ndlir wlld,rose dyo ...:• • ~ . Above the laregis; And watched the crime.... sunset burn Deblud tI Summer plumes Of fern : : 11; . woodlaild arches. My little woman, gone aoiay To that tar lao which ktMwe, they eV.' suu-settln4 •- I wonder lt,tuir gentle snl, - Securely resting at the goal% - Hastearnt !orgettlng My, heart wakes up, and cries In vain She gat, me lose, I gave her pain- While sho Was ; I kiiew‘not wheri her tipirit pad, int:those who stood beside 'her, said My dove has found a better-rest, .• And yet L joie the•empty nest •She left neglected ; ttead the very patkahe trod, ..•: And ahk=ill her new home with 4:I1d Awl expected ? 'lf it Were but the Father' ill To let me know sh e'still This achln orrow . . Would win to hope, and Lewin] say,.. Perchance she whlspera,dnyhy day, 1 linter In the silent lake,' And high above the croVeeplairt • ' ' • The clouds are riven ; ' I • .Arros the fields she used to:know ••• • •The . ,.11g14 breaks, and . tho wil‘d sighOow, Trying the Experim9nt. . '-_,"A gil! My dear Carrie, .what ..t ace ,you Atilnncr ki of?" , .-. 0 • --- ,--7 -. Peter Caever pushed:his rUptly•back from the table, and stir7i . veyed the - Saded little lace. on• opposite side of Alie`tea tray with . a, gaze. of innocent :astonishment: • 'Faded pnough now, ..though she was bare twenty-seven; you would hardly . - have believed - hoW fresh 't.aad pretty. Carrie. Carver had' been) -on her,k,..wedding,day,,with .cheeka like . newly;Opened quince blosSoms, and lips.like !the first strawberry on :the uptarel : AneadoW,.. Seven,,.yeara ;of: niairlmOny had dimmed;the pink and Scarlet; and stolen the - light elasticity of. the steP; her husband saw The ; . change; 'but soinehOw he. supposed 411 Women faded: just. " They were; frail things s'at .but . not much -betterthan . a .Citece of . washed .o " ut . caiieo. And so Mr. Carver dis missed,the 'subject from his poWyeiful Mind. ' , 7;".lllere Is so much to do, l'etet, al4..tfie Children deniand so much Of "attention,"; Meade(' the, meek winking back Asio bright, drops' that .began to sparkle ominously un ',der-the eyelids - • " I tell you Carver, if I were ` filanaz,er thiS household; things Won't& happen very- different:. ' I have no dotibtio - P it," said Car-. rie,q. • '• Ttiere . 's no earthly- meanitlg,". Wont -;611'..4r. Carver. Tnoting the sarcastic tneaning of her tone, !‘ why! the wotk shoUldn't • be done!, and - you' dressed and enjoyine ; yourself, culti vating your. tnind or something, at . eleven o'clock every morning` - that .you live:- :Washing up a few dishes —sweeping a room - or two--brushing the.eltildren's bair—whit dOes .it all atnotnit- to.? Why, my dear, don% you see.-the lolly of asking for ser-. want to help you cloAtothingat•-all?" - c . 'Carrie 'rose to her feet,., as near be - - ing-in , a passion as her gentle - nature came--a state : that; reminded you :of a white dove with its feathers \ indignatAly rustled up. :• •• l i etetyyOu have no right to speak so,When yoititave no practical knowl edge of the subject. (~.. ._ i "- Any Mali -.. knows what house , :keiping amounts to,',!" returned Peter, drawing Up the 'string's. of Ills Purse v4li a jerk. •-•," There's not : ,a bit, of Sifienet..,ln it#a nitre knack:" .. . ••( l ). Carrie' stood Watching her btisband s he brushed his hat; buttoned. up ~hi.s:..o%'eico4,- -a nd sloWly sauntered out of 4.lte,' room. - .3lie didAl4;ti- slam the breakfast dies nor bite her lips - nor clench her Teeth, as some women - .wOithl- have !done , Under - Similar cir 7 efirnstances ;-_ she .nierelY. sat .Idoin and. bowed hei -held.on the' table,' crushed and weary and sick at heart, feeling as some poor Eastern devotee: mtiy. be stippoSed to feel .after the wheel of . JuggernaUt has rolldd over it, whelniing sense and reason, and volition itself under the iron' weight. I'oor ,Carrie, bow Many wives • have fallen• Under Juggernautbesides you!: r/s " ThiS will never dohe said at lengih,.r6Tng lowly. ‘. Slow death— . slavety worse tl.no that ..boundlwith chains—l M1,4 - find some . escape froni this bondao, before. -it: micler mines life and healtlL7ind leaves my: little ones motheitheless !", •- • - The : morning.stnshine crept.down (i. It, wEt.i.Es,. the pale green, syrinkling drops of golds on the few little gera niin plants that lieter Called_ : 0 a waste. Of tine," aro {lay in noon spl'•ndgr ran Lhe zarpet; and still' Car• rie Garver . StOod th4e thinking— thinking. - • • ' Carrie ! Wife! Aren't you go ing to 'get it - pthis morning? It ,i . s half-past seven, and the—" *” I cannot. Reter," groaned Carrie; turning her fale away from the light; ,'.`,l, am suffering such dreadful pains f in the foot I ' praieed lastnight. I wish you wou d reach rule the cam phor bottle an some fresh bandages." •I am sor l r, y, Carrie-4 - hope it isn't very, painful," said Peter, mak ing a, dive, at. the - pomatum pot in stead 'of camphor. " But what the deuce is a fellow to do for his break fast-r-and Toinmyand' PO are sailing theie shbes in the . .wash basin, and the'firis are all out. =Sulipose I send over for Widoiv Simmons to come 4. , and help round a bit?", 4 . Mrs. Simmons has . gone' to visit her daughter" answered faintly. died lottiving "He:comes to•morrow." Loved, atidfolgtveli.", - .IVi,rds TOWANDA,r BRADFORD COUNTY, TiIIMSDAT MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1880. " What shall I do?" --‘‘ You must take charge of the houst.keeping . yourselg . l'eter,"! said Carrie, hidiLg'a smile in thefoids of her. pillow.- ", It's Only for day .or two,, and I don't know of any . help you can obtain . It won't he, much, you know, with your ideas of tsys tem " • '"That's true," said • Peter, Some % hat encouraged. " Anybody, could get a breakfast,coildn't ?" "Oh, certainly. i But; Peter—' " Yes, my dear.l, - " :Please darken the roots and kee _the children away, and don't 'spec • to . me if you can help it. I have sue' aracking headache, and : the least ex citement almost drives me wild." Peter shut the door with .distrac ing caution and went down stairs 0 , creaking tiptoe. As he , p4ased' the nursery a cruet of voiceS:esme shrill on his ears: " Papa 1 papa! we' are not dressed.' • " Dress yourselves then, can't you ?" said Mr., Carver, pau- g. • , " Pet is too little to ess herself," said Tommy', lo ".and mamma always - drez • me."'. :. I 111,. know . ," said Tommy, with 'is finger in his mouth. ' "I know," said Pet, tiptlY, reveng ing herself for the lit at he r . diminu tive prop,ortions--" Tommy dropped them out of the window." . " Toriiiny. is a bad boy," said the vexed pater .famiiia, crawling 'under the • bed for stir Iry little stockings that had: been to own: there appar ently . as. balls. kk Where :are. the clotheS?"----• -• • • " rik :the bureau," answered - the Child.' - . • t . " But where • . • don'toknow.".... - " Crash went a_ fancy -bottle'f col ogne off the -table, as . Sammy:groped for Ids castle,' garters. Bane fell M.rs.Carver'S rosewood .writirretdeSk . to the. : flOor, hoisting .off the •frsil • hinges . andenvelopes pens,envelopesand postage stamps. tar _and : wide. Pet _pounced 'upon theruins _like a viilture "battle Yield, 'whng ommy.biirst Into's. loud Mr; Peter vier. was an affectiOt ate father :n a. general way, but • h -- man natu nuld•not hay endured till' this. & He gave 'n his :adhesion.ro King Solomon's wr§doni hy adMiniStering brisk personal chais :tisement. : 1 Tointuy, roared, and Pet joined with u.° treble scretni of sympathy. • • • "I, never ta,W.such, - children in-my life,"/ said the chagrined' parent. "It would ] take:,one,person's whole time to keep 'emnut-of mischief.",: • . • ,still, he . bundled the tWo - _little. creatures miscellaneously into what. ever articles came uppertnost, rend ing off strings•and fracturing button holes in frantic desperation. There! now see •,ife,you can be 'have yourselVes_while .1: get ' the breakfast.". - • " Papa," - snivelled ,TOmmY, have buttoned my . :' frock in front in stead :of,' behind, and Pet has not Lad her face washed." • - .• "-I can't:attend ,to.you now," said Oarver, banging tlinnursery to "Children are a great trial.; . never rcalize.d it before. • • -• •- ;- - The rangeJooked black - and cheer- less enough as he 'stood, stnrina help : . lessly at it. ~. • . " I.don't know much about making:- a tire, but I suppose a newspaper and a lot of .kindling are about, the. right thing. with shovel full of coal ,OU top.:,:Bless me! there's nothing-you cannot reduce to theOry.". . -• " But - the fire Obstinately'refused .to . l)ilrik,'Settina e theoretical perfection utterly at ;deflanee, although • Mr. Carver' opened' thC oven doors alter nately;' and' drew out all tile dampers The could:spy. ." Confound:. the fire!" Mr. ..C'tirver,: wiping his wet foreliead'with the stove ckith ; •" At' won't . go,. • have a blaze of kindling and - try the, -breakfast on that." • Ile 'Oozed oit'an oleagingit had, and carved seveenl thick:slices which he transferred deftly' to a gridiron, and' then elated with : his '...sucCess, broke several eg g s over the brim: ' , "'Bless me, how t•tey run !",- he ejaculated, raper puzzled: _•_," But know I ain right ; because.; ;if the eggs don't cook on ham;tiow the deuce do they o[nel:here ?- I wonder why tliii coffee don't boil I'll' stick in a fevil more . kindligs—that's . the idea. The are the Children'erying •upstairs h. itigiy, I Sttppo's,e. I de, believe- they do ; nothing but:eat arid cry. : Here Pete, Tommy, -.cotne ,here, and gil.•.'yott a little *ad and molasses.":„ - ' ' Anil while the little creatures were gradually becoming - hopete'ssly'sticky. and begrimuied on the kitchen floor, ,Mr. Carver rushed to attend" to man. - pereniptoiy summons of the milli man. .much *, Itron't —a quart,,, I suppose. '„Fine . morn. big; Mrs. Gi,ey,"' bg to a-ladY-iiho was tripping down thel -street, and adding sotto voiCe.; , 64 but I don't see anything td laugh - at ine, the' remark. someWomen-nre alWayS giggling," ••• . • '" Papa," said Pet, innocently look- Ana up, your - nose is all bhick with j'charcoal." "Ndu 'look so funny, papa,"-said Totntuy, ".witlithat big:towel ark:lod' you."' • -• ,• • • - Mr. -Carver. -turned searlet;i ; this Was the mystery of Mrs. (Trey's nn controllable amusement. _ :" A man -can't 'cOok.and keep hiin-, 'self clean," said he, pettishly. ,And *then he remembered -- with ; a; remorseful pang hOw'white Carrie'S cuffs and . collars always were;' and how spotless and .pure her Morning - wralapers'irivariablylooked. ,!,,kricl then" he nat down, tired ind• spliritless, to a . repast "or- halt-cooked meat and liquid tputl,4 ~1, ) ,y courtesy Aermed . 1 - . • • " Stuff!" he ejaculated, throwing i the - bevetfige spitefully into 'the sink. ":1, wonder how Carrie did 4sure it :seemed -ertay enough... Now L !suppose 'l've got to-:wash thesndish , ette.. : • el ' • lie looked despairingly around. at the Chaos that reigned In the-kitchen.: " .Sine• o'clock as.l live — and. nosh ing-done.. .Well; -7. 1 see very'Plainly there's no officefor me to - -,day. Now, then, 'artist is wanting r! _ _-- " The clothes for - Abe:wash, please, sir,'-', said '_a little girl, curtesying hum bly at the door. _ Up stairs and down stairs,. and in; my lady's chamber, went Peter Car= , er',"raying hands on what he consid ered proper prey. for the wash tub. rummaging-bureau drawers, upbetty idg.tbe contents of trunks; and turn ing wardrobes inside out,beford be liod" , comigeted the - requisite search. The kitcheo-wits empty when he returned. "Where a the children?" was his first-,alarmed hought,4ex pressing hirriself , c neon() , usly' 'in words. - " I saw them gd out of the d o or, please ' sir," said the little girl: \ "Was it long ago ?" _ _ "No,eir—not very ; it might ten minutes," . ' 'Peter rent off the towel wherewith he had' girdled himself, and set off in hot:basteofter the missing ones: The July sun was beginning' to glow. in tensely-, in the heavens—the pave ments reflected the ardent shine With ten-fold heat,\.arid, poor Peter Carver was nearly melted into nothingness, ere he spied in the train of a hand organ and monkey bis hopeful son and, heir,: With Pet . following, both nearly unrecognizable. . from iust, perspiration andlnolasses., # ""Come hoine this instant,lbu tie wretches ! 1 ' ejaculated Peter, quite forgetting in his-rage the emcillieiit piecepts inculcated in the ;parent's guide, and lavishing a shOwer of not 'very i;aressing words on his offspring, tobk. them in.charge. . .:Sl r either of them would w;ik—in fact, the tittle Wanderer 4 were - far tooweary." SeMr. Carver.monnted +one• on each, ,arm and carried them and unresiating through the , , streets. • ! •, • "Good day; Mr.' Carver," eaid Judge . Mason, ',with-rather a surprised look; - ,‘.liave. , ..yottlieen for a walk?" 1 - "citer thatiglitpf his -dripping faCe,- and- fiatless head,-and-looked at tlie dirty scions'•oi his -race; ere - he an swered; sheepishly epough: . • . Ve-S-that ia,; I have .taken a little exercise." - • -.• • A little ! •• • .• • • • It seemed that every acqUaintanee he musterek on his.bowing,list made a pc itii of 'Meeting: him on that par 7 ticular morning ;of all - others, and his_ confusion and niorttllcation were acute the extredie, ere he -reached home, tired,- panting and breathless; as -the Clock -struck eleven • " I'll a- nurse for :you, my young friends,. befOre -the world is day older; " lie said ; gritting his teeth' with impotent wrath, as he-deposited Tommy and' Pet - on'• the floor,. and went--wearily to hiS household dutipi, "How. arc you now, Carrie ?.,": he . said.:7about -an hour • afterwards / throwing himself', into Alm' Chair by lie bedside, and fanning • himself . with the newspaperhehadjaid there that' morning. - • 1 ., , _About - Ahe same, dear._ llciw`does housekeeping get along? " ''.... It don't get along at al." Is dinner ready ?",..,,, , -'- . " Dinner?" echoed Peter in. a sort of dismayed tonewhy- I haven't got - tlarough.,with breakfast yet!'.' ..: "But it is 12 o'clock.". • . " .• " I don't care if.'it is twenty-five' o'Clock—a man Can-% do forty-things at -once." :,- ... .. - : ' ~ '. -.: .. • -: ." Yet,'? r 1 arked Carrie, 'quietly, er "'- s you would scarcely have ton:larked the force of . hat remark, as coming' from Me if any meals were not- punc . 7 . not-punc tual ,t'e'a minnte." .4 -' ' '' • - -•- , IkEr. Carver began to ; -whistle. - . i '• " Where 'arc the children?". asked hiscwife. i . .-. ' ! • - -:... . , '''lti,bed, 'l'lley• were too much:for' mci so :I"1 undressed them and 'put 'them to,bekto . .(Yet them out of the .;r: • -[. , ! i ii'a' '-'' : .. • " Poor things " said ,Carrie. - ' - " Poor . Me, f.stiuld think," said Carver, • irately.,..‘.‘l.bad quite enough taxis!) without theni,- I have broken the plates and scalded my ',legs with a kettle of boiling, water, and 'melted to thenose'of-the "teapot * ,and . lost my diamond ringin the aSh,' barrel, and cut My:fingers with 'the "carving ' knife . ,already. . Isn't' that.enongh ?" • , " I. Should think sti,"- . Spilled : Car rie. ',"llave -you looked: . after : the pickles find baked-fresh pies?"' ; H 44-N o p, ... ,_ ..,, . -. : . " Nor. blackened .the range,: nor cleaned the knives, Por -.,scrubbed 'up the kitchen floor ?" 1., ; -t• . ' '‘ .- ' , • ,No p 7. . . " Ndr made' the 4eds, nor .swept the chamber, norklus . ted:the parlor, nor polished the windows, nor heard the children's lessons; nor taken..care of the canary birds;•-nor--" :'..;--''!::' ."_Blom=-for mercy's , sake,;' stop!". ejamilated 31r, Peter , Catver,'tearing wildly,.. at his hair.: t' You'-don't mean: to say that yoniin all these • things . eVery day !" .•• . i--, , • , -',." 1' ilcr,:niost Lee rtainlv ,1t(1 long before - twelve .o'clock. ',And i - yet Tou wonder that - I ank,noe dreOed. and cnitivating ' my mind beforeveto .. "I'M a donkey," saiil , Peter Car ver, rith charming Candor. i - • ' • t.And.tyoU say," persisted the met ,ciless Carrie; -: 4 that a child of ten years could do the work of this fain ; ilY'; you declare -that ivere yen man -riger things' would be',Altogeiher dlt: ferent." - .- : • ': . .• ' . ----, the • 41, "So they would," admitted Peter,. " but I don't know that theditferenee would be an. improvement." . "Do, you wonder now. that ;Lora weary .and worn, out, and that I feet the necessity to`scime help?" My,, dear Carrie,?' said ....Peter, penitent) ".1 hare , been ..a . I'll have a pcok . , and a nurse, and' n ehamberninid here, just as socin. as I can' possibly . Obtain theni—you shall be a drudge.no.loriger." Carrie's eyes filled with tears as he? husband bent to press a kiss on her lips before he wenOcown stairs to resume his dtimestic avocatons. A' few minutes 'afterward the Un skided.clok was scorchiqhis whis kem over a ' griddle 'covered with hissing mutton . ' chops, which alarmed him by suddenly blazingUp into his face, without the feast : premonitory. sy-raptciiri, when' alight-step crossed the kitchen floor, and 'a ' little hand took the handle of the gridiron:from his grasp. " Carrie!" - "I release you . ..from -duty; sir," lEEE =I Mil Mil ma awned the Rife:." My ankle is better now." say, Carrie." WelV "Tell the ;truth now, wasn't, that ankle business 'a little exaggerated, 'just to give,me a lesson?". • Don't: you ~think the lesson was needed ?" He put back the brown hair with a loving touch—and she knew -that her days et. triallnd troubles:were ,over. _ H Worse off than the Prolligali 'ln an alley o ff Hastings str et, just back of -a tumbledown 'rookery, a member of: the Satitt.ry police squad found a man lying under a wagon and inquired if he: was ill. ' l )lman pointed W...\the old house, .) cau 'oiled the o ffi cer to speak low_and replied: "I'm he husband of the woman you see', anging out clothes over \there." -' 1 4 "And . why re you 'hiding here ?" I " love been on ca spree for a , whole" week." • . I. ~ "Ah 1 I see. It is he rein n of the prodigal." ' .- " WusS than that, sir. he prodigal had no wife and he didn't-steal the• rent money to.get ("trunk' 4, Oh, I'l,l catch it,- sir, if you don't l'n • rcede fora me." " But what can I-do?" ~ \ , - " You slip - around to MA front .f the house' andThay yoa have news for I her. t Watch het' face and see how she takes it. Thentell her it's about me:Wateltand, seeif she gets•white. around the-mouth. Tell her that you haVe.nowsthat r.was drowned at the ferry-doek. "Watch' her teirsattkis Tell. her I called her' nanieas' I went down for thelast time. Watch, Pnd, see if qiint melts her.:, I can' 'gether. - till broken dovvriarid over come l'll. hum. in-• on her a , d get her fergiv,enesl3 hefore . she pets over wiping her eke% and pulling he nose. Go, now, anal Pll . 4we' you a. debt of „gratitude all my life. thinitlllitr3" `will melt tinder your sqft . The 'oflicer slipped around ark told. 'the wife thpt„her !disband Was Hiding in the alley,,and then tooka position where he could witness what follow-. ed. „Ile had! hardly secured it when the man came down, the-.'alley op a gallop,'followed, at, a short'distance bv• the wife, armed with 'a hoe-handie. - There were t no words, spoken, but the elan siiiiply• threw nri blonds. of dust 'with his heels ,as he put.on and as he pasSed the olliceehe'tiome; what etirtlyOliserVed • ''‘ A h ! but ye ain't worth shucks at the melting-business!" . ••- • . • . TUE 410thpr night, soon after a ward meeting had Opened, one of the 'elec tors present began edging towards the door as if he meant to leave the , ylaee.: the was soon stopped by a friend; who said.: '• ••••.• . `'.11611 1 , : t leive us nbwl want _you totear whattlie tpeaker' is :saying:. il'ear that !• He 'says we' ,Must tri: umph or. -the is dostkmed."' YeS, I keow, but I've got to edge •.to3var4: home," Was the reply., " •• " IliMie? great 114PN:rens; how can you talk of goinghome,mitil he. has finished that speech. 'There Ike ' . goes' again ! -He asks,-if you . wint• to' see grass gra* ori.til,e . strecits .of our, .cities—our fertile films returned-.t6 'wilderness—our • familtes] crowding the poOr • houses until t ere lie .no ronger rodin for another !' '. -- •:. "No, IdoW.t,•know as I'•, .ould`,•but" I- guess PA Sort o' wOr toy: way out: : , • z ." Wait , fifteen - fire—five Hvirait until - he-finishes.. There it, is again I lie asks whether are 4 ! freeman pr-.ii slave? - Merl *ants to know if you have forgotten the patr i i,-; °tie principles, defended bAlieblOod: of Yotfr grandsiresir yOO . 11 av e I I foi.-1 gotten the-sound of the lifierty heft?" "I don't know as 'I lave,-, but. 'I Must go—;really I•ninat."l, -• . " Iliar that r -ilear' . that He 'says your country will bless yTh.".. ` " I.can"t, say as -to thailt," replied the man as he -crowded aong;•." 'but, . I am sure that old womaik, will if A don't git home 'in time to iint i this = (-Oilfish. to soak' for . brealOnst•!" 1., . • . "Great - gnns t but 'do ri y oil - p;refer codfish to liberty ?" ,exOlaimed -,the other, ; •.' . • ' .'S ..• I- t •• • • • t!I -don't know•aS I: dJ I but • I git, more' l of it."' •• .- • cl' "And you will see thi: country ru- Ined—see • her go to destction ?" t • - . "I'd be kincletsorry Oa see het go do t ivn - hill," slowlrobseeked the '.de-' liffquent ;as he reach*the , do - Or, • 1 "but if : you had a wife i ho could be gin jawing , at ; ten ; Wel, ck and not lose a minnte • until ..4ylight, ,and then end up with a: gratid - smash',of crockery and a• fit orhyiterics, you'd. 'kinder -stand off as .I do,iand 'let this. glorious old, - • - Repubffc squeeze ,t h h o r i u . g ,) Il :: i; some . mighty fine li , not - ~ •,• ;! - • : .i.' , • : ~ 1 • -4-----.....4--p-L , " - : lIE .MIDNI6IIT- SUN.7f i rhe ' weds c . .of the P,im - .shining i at midnight• attracts many foreignera to Swedish Lapland during the month' of - ..June For six week - s'there, is iimareelY any • night in north of Sweden 'the I sun never,sets,andthe sbil,coustant, Iv. heated, - -prOduneS,,in:a month and 'Li . half,. barley and other crops.. At. that tide of the year the L.aplanders ,pen UP ; their: reitideers , ,,and move' their huts'toWardthennltivated fields. - Being* very' hoSpitiable. they greet `with jor the- arrival otAlae:, touri sts, l .wha generally me t t at nodnt Gana -- ware, 148: kilometres ;froth Lulea. From that hill, whichk 4io metres ii,igiv. the beautiful ipeetacte of 'the: :" midnight, sun'' can, be admired in. better conditions than from any Oth-, et - place,: The 24th otiJune,. Is the_ _day- seleeted forloeaseension::; it is -.longest day in. the year, the sun. 'being twenty-two hours above the TiOrizon. ; This yearthetith of June was not favored ;by flue. ; eather, and, o*ingta the cloudy sky; the sun was not Visible at piidnight,lbut• the fob; -lowing day, travelers were well 're *exiled ,for their trOuble, -the sun shining brightly at, midis ight. - t --- - . • • - i --. ' - , -,4:- • ' . -;`,. •:. = .'TIFIE latest book - out. is' ; entitled ' `° Sly Ship at Sea." It.' wilt - evtently have a .large ?ale.—Ezehange.: ., 13 t not without - a, full.canvass.—Xorrisfot4 Herald. . ' , . EZM WE'RE GROWING OLD TOGETHER; Yo r e's* growing old together, wife:77: - The hoar frost In my holly" - • " The furrows In your cheeks,- dear Wtrr, ' • ;Shior age to Stealing there, And palotlag,with tits subtle toucr, The !wrinkled traces bold' Thai tell, alai, bow time doth pasF, ' . • - ' • dim sooit'we all grow • We've seen the world together, wife, Gen. Grant's - Speech at Warren. —1 . , In view of: the . known ,character And ability of 'the speaker'whoiis to LAddress you to-day, 4.nd : 1'1i:3.164g; pub career.• and , Ussociation with. the leading. statesmen Of this country for the past twenty years, it wOuld—mit *.• becoming in -me to, detain .you many remarks of: my pwn. But it - - .;o you Sidi ftti T._ _ - ties - in - some other States where : Re! pdblicanStave . not this privilege. .Thisjs one reason why I am a: . Re ptiblican. But 1- . .amia Republican for panybtlier reasons. The, Republi can party asSnres. protection to Life and ,property,ithe. credit acid the 'payment cif the debts of the Grov .. erninent t State, -county;' or municip ality so far al ‘ s it eat - control. ,The Democratic party not itromise this ; ,if - it does - . it. has broke,u its promises to the extent,.Of `'•hilndreds of millions as finanyiNorthern Demo crats can testify' to. their sorrow. I am Republican,. as between the exist ing parties,. because - . it fosters. the production of field and farm and of manufactories, and *encourages the gerferal education, of-the. poor as well as the rich.. The Democratic party 'diseOnrages'all .of these when in ab .sOlnte, power.] The Republican piny 'is 'a patty of progress, and liberality .toward its opponents. - It encourages; the .poor tti strive to better their jiihild,ren, to enable them to compete successfully With - their more for tunate assOcittics, and, in \ finc4 it se scures.an entire equality before the lam of every citizen, no 'natter What' his race, nationality or previous ton ditiort.. • It_ tolerates . no priVileged class .. Every one has the opportu; .pity to make all he is capable of. • -4.- . ...Ladies - and -gentlemen, do yow be lieve- this; - Can,he truthfully said in • the greater part of fourteen of the States of , this , . Union to-day which the:. Democratic party control' al- salutely ? - The Republican party is 'a party - of • principles', the, same prin ciples prevailing wherever it bas a foothold. titrit,ed 'in but one thing, and that is ih -gettina•contrel of theAloverument ..• inall itsbranches: ..It is for internal improvement at the . expense, of the GoVernmerit hi - one section -and -, against this . * anbtlier. •It.,favors re- . r".• pudiation or solemn. - obligations in , one section.-and., honest.paythent of • its . 4036 .lu. 'another, where public . oPinion .will not tolerate any other view. - It lavas. flat • money in one place and. good- 'money in :another. finally, it favors - . the poolii4, of all issues not -favored •by the Repnbli tThms, to. the end tliat.it may secure- the one principle .upon - which ~the party is a most harmonibui unit, namely, getting control of .tejj.Qov , erriiner.t in its: branches. : ,' . I 'have been in some part•hf every . State -lately in rebellion . within the last year. I was.rnost hospitably re-. iveil at-every - place , Where I stop ed...' MY recie:ptions weiOto.t,by the 'hiOn elasi,alone, but. liyAill Musses,. ithotit .distificqoh; I i ; liact: a free talk with many who „were against me in thhWar. ansl-whohave been against the ..`Republican party eVer. .sitice. They. were in all instances reasonable_ miff,' judged." by what they said. .1_ believed thew - and - believe now that • they,. sincerely giant .a break-up in this . ‘,.. Solid South " politiCal 'Mandl tion: They see that it is' to their in-. .terest - as it,rell;'• as Ito - their .happinesS Htbat there should be hartriony • and confidencdbetween 'all sections: 'They want topreak away froin the slavery which binds them= : to. n party name. they want a pretext that enough of them can unite. upon to make 'it re-: speetable. Onee. started,. the 'Solid. i, South ill g 6 as ka-KluXisin did be- • fore,' a dis, so admirably. told by, 'Judge Tourgee, in ':his . "Fool's Fool's When :the • 'Teak .comea those . who 'start it will be astonished to fina how : .many :Of •theit friends hale been inlayer of . it for a long time; and hake only been waiting to see some One,take the lead. This de: sirable solution can only be attained by the-defeat and continued decent of the. Democratic_ party as now:h.:insti tuted. '.: i '': -.. . • ', / WIFE. And open to our view ' s, 1 .. ! ' HISTo been it. jeyi and ill:wares, wife ; Aye, of its sorrowr, too. 1- - But sorrows , love, have chastened you, • And strengthened you to wear, Wll6 patience and humility; • ' The cross So hardktO bear. Nir!;*;#3 growing old loge Tbere•s noneare you and me. No , prattling; lisping little child . 'llas clambered on your knee • " And called you mamma—no tiny hand Has smothered your' hushandN faces Nor brushed away %lie web of earo That'there found resting place. • We're growing Old.together, 01:it'd/mini of youth are done ; The eaStles hope's embitten built ileve'varieshed one , by•ooe,.. But !tithe!? stead has risen . faith, Se brave, so atroog, so bold, That we'will not the past regret, I I Nor care for growling . , .. . .- A PE.ICNSYLVANI'A politic' , n !w,ho 'had . udditily become. very .w Ithr.recently attended. a 'dinner party at which .there fa ) was the usual: fillet ' oybeef with ' mush rooms.' While etn 3 7.ged . upon , the beef he Whispered. to,lits ' ighbor, "Da you 'eat . witki.the cloths pin heads; too ?- 7 -Neic TorkilerlV s , • ': '. i ... , -..\ 1 , . - 1 • 1111 MN .• 1 ' , t .2 : -2: MEE= 0 ,h orrowftil Man tom - Columbus. • ' f. , c! t the Union depotijhe 'other Morning, 6 eer Buttoncibserved - a till, long-leg: • stranger, who seeta;- ed to• be eluth•d mostly in a linen duster, wipe his •es . and blow his nose like one .uffering men*. distress, and.he approied and silk _ ed the. cause. Oh lots of thingi," 7lied „ the man, as he shook out his andker chief; ' Is there a eamp-meeti g any where around here ?”, "Not that I - know of." " And they don't have Any prayer meetings around her 6 in the day time?" - •• "There isn't apybody around the depot who miik or - 'a. speciality' of singink-Gospel hymns, is there?" .-" Don't knoW anybody. Hai your 'wife run away ?". . • ••-•••• • "No; .never bad one." • • •- ,"LostLyOur wallet ?". . "Nor I never.carry a wallet." " 'Anybody abused .you ?" • • "'No; : everybody is kind to me." "Ilea why - these tears?. Strong mckdo not weep :without -a strong cause." . ; .• • -.* • . , ", I weep-1 weep •because the world is—cold=becaiise it As wicked —because human nature has becomes suspicio'bs..: I weep because 'anottien sun has:risen on the evil passions of Men." . - ' 4:4 "A re yoit naturally sorrowful " I am. 1 sometimes wish, •I wasn't that,way. How long.befOie-the. Lake More train gOes?" '".About twelve -akinutes.". "Then-I- T will spend eleyen Minutes in. further weeping.. Hive you a pre vate room - in which I van. -sit and ?” • n*.n;what's'your jay?". asked the' officer,_ looking"itiM over. eorrowfdl man from Coftimims." ~.`, ` Tlipt's too thirf: — Thiat's thei*- ticitlar racket this morning?" 4 WWI spa give mP ayvay.?" ask ed the man.; after .a his • , "No.:' . . • I'm 'dead broke; and wapt . to got to Tokdo. ,:.-The:konductor litho goes, out on this- train,- :stands; over there., arid'. !'m weeping - for: his. benefit. He . as al ready re in ark I int grief, and. t!i.w.otriers what;: l ails met When he asfis fOr .my . be a inissiunary who weeps_oV,er, the- riveor . ilrOad . co rPo rat iiins and ap peal to charity. or a cOuntry par 'soieWlio.lOst g his._ mOnt'y Oa the con= folenee ame. 1 - \ow N' me wt(4) . Ile m ept • some inin eti and then sari: " the best lay in the world. Its; a 11'1441 . 0 times ahead of cheek .or ' , wing on tile sptings, and it cost me riatly . I cried itself friim COiambus to Indianapo li,z..wept frOm there' to Chic:lz°. &nil then sobbed myself al Ong to Detroit. I.now weep that t May..s.i:e Toledo, And bhall'defiemi „non . emotion to seitot me through to Columbus in gOod - Ntyle.' r 1 will s .now edge along toward the conductor and give_away 'to an other ..burst of- mingled grief and tontrition." . ••Ta ta, old blue-coat aWay a man who couldn't raist , :a niekle if 'his. eyes should give out- to-rn or tow.7-;—,Det -Free Tress. Facts Condensed. A.eubit:istWo feet. A pace is three feet:. A fathom is "Mi feet.:• '!, A span is 103 -. inches. .i. . A .palm is three inches. : A great•cubtlis 11 feet. .-. A league is three miles: •• i .- • There are" 2,750 languages: • - - 1 Oats, :•t5 pounds per•bushel. ' I - Bran, .35 pounds per bushel. .i. .Barley, 'il- pounds : pe r bushel.' !: • , .A dayikjourner i .. 33,1 miles.• i . . Two personS die every seeond..— 1 Soun -moves . 7,43. Miles per-hour. . A:silo re mile eontlins 6 . 40 miles. Storn s•bloW 36 miles-per bour:: Coars salt, 85 pounds .per bushel., •' A' Mile is 5480 rector 1 ; 670 yards. The averrge human lifels. 31 years. A barrel of rice - weighs 500 pounds. Ari - acre contains 840 square yards. .I.A barrel of . flour weighs 19A . lbs. .. A• barrel of pork weighs . 200 lbs. LSlow rivers rain five miles'per hour; Tiniothyseed, 45 poundiper bush, A stone; . English weight,•is 14 lbs. A ; hurricane moves SO 'miles per hour. • A 1)6 . nd.:._,(horse measure) is four ineheS, ball ittoves:l,6oo miles per hour. •Rapid risers 119 . w seven miles per houi. ° • - r Electricity modes. 285,000 .miles per hour. , • ' • • • \Thc:first lucifer match wia,made in 1829. Gold was dispovered in. California in 1848. - , The first horse railroad was built in 182G-7' . I The. first steamboat plied the Hu4l!. son in 1807.4 - , • ' 1 1 A moderate wind blows seven miles 'per hotir; - r . Wheat, beans; arid elovq seed 60 pounds per bushel; - / The first use ''of a locomotiv in this country . was: in 1826. The first almanac was pr_ ted by George Von Purbach * in 100. ',The tiri3t steam engine/6n_ this eoti tinent was_brought fr 6:1 England - in rm . , Until. 1776 to 4 ' - performed by . : *lied. - .. A REN . , gentle - has .- co t ARKABLE, BERRY BUSIL - ---A' an reading in this city who , 'great admiration for life' in the itry, and avails himself of '.every portualty. to' take -a' stroll in the woods, was out west of the city bne day this summer when red raspber-. ties were ripe, and as he constantly , has his, eyes .open for anything curl% ons, or interesting, and, is' a thorough botanist, he frequently makes discov-, cries in the vegetable world that are, of interest. _On the dsy in question he found a novelty that may be of more than common value. It was a red raspberry bush that bore an ex:- traordinary crop of the best berries / NM V 4 7 u 4M"'ER 191 lel .on . spinning - ,=;waa he hanil_spierling ourlifend ever, 80, authe bash had .no- thorns. , 8o numerous were the fruit that the buHh wautorne to the groino by their weight, andlheir flavor- was i delleious4 11.0 pinked the ,„ fruit and disrked the locality, is the bush was in a piece of -woodswhere •kt, might:be bist.' . 'Lately he went out d dug np the idois and intends to Plant thenratut see if the bush ean-.1. not be propagated - 7 ;Rocheittei! Union.' A • svrnza tniaciated,old corky whO drives.a dray for a irealtlii-Olal veston firm, bad a business meeting , with -his.employers- a - few days•--no.- " kook heap, boss - , I. 7 .want Yon tis, in my. celery. I'don't get enough to 'eat. l'se • fallin' ebery day." . "'That's just-what weyratie,, 'said the' proprietor, rirbbing . ids handy in high glee; . ",wohave no use for a fat dri-, yet: That's the reason we don't.give.' high wages. Youlvould get' to be fat and heavy, and that - would be so • much extra weight for the poor mule `to pull." migbCy afeared I'sc •irwine to starve to deff." " Yon , _ , mustret talk - that way, Uncle 3toSe. 'You must, riot• di) that for the Podr inule's.,sake Just hold out; and at the next meeting of---our society for &hQ•prevnticipL ;of. , cruelty to animals r I will see thlit . you are tendered- a complimentary vote , of thanks for your :heroism the load • • .or-fhe'smule." . DYEING EYES.—LA learned Gesnian - doctor_, has discovered . a means ori dyeing - the eyeaTof and of men in _partictlar any color he pleases. : , 110 companied on his travels of f propagation by a dog with a rose-eolqred eye, .a cat with , an orange-red eye and a monkey with' a chrome-yellow 'eye.' But the most curious specimens of his , art' are a negro withpne black eye and the other blue, ati(l neg,ress with. one ,gold-colored.cye a - nd the other silver ' white. The doctor says the process 'of ocular ,transformation, ,- ; far from injuring the sight, strengthens it. C.i.;ll7frus* filer : an painter, Michael Zichy, has finish- ed.a curious picture. The. canvass ". represents a graveyard, where the dead 'arefisingifrom their tombs and - looking fOi:eatb otlfJ.r. ! The hour is , supposed lei; midnight;,-end moon shines brightly, bringing the_ thrures into. ghastly, , praMinenee. §onie of the scenes _ 4pi5.:441 are very. • . touching: .. - fiusbands and wives are - ' -rennited. and-Mothers-find orme.thore their children.* *But ;he reCognitions . are. not always : pleasant, .and the wrath orenernies-who meet again,. is . powerfullv sketched. - A TQS,Sl.7 , l4,—There .was not much • • doubt, in , the minds of the. mob at intonc/Dzikota; tTst Den' Day ought • . to be [fanged. i Ho . . had committedc ' crimq.of *Ong a horse, idit - he ttrged'persistently that he had okly. meant to-.borrow the beast; and - •finally.said.:.; "If was 'guilty I'd want to be hanged, .and, anyhow, •'; isn't 'Worth while to „make much . ci:-s about it. Just toss up a (Bale; :inil if '_ll,--gries agin me, then I.won't s9y. a word-; but' if ! I win you're I o,t, .ipt. me ,o." The primosition was cvvt42.(1114.1 Day, w0n... : • . -.• . , 'Fun. Fat ind'Facetia‘. • . .- - . . . . WHAT this conntrywants is ----- 3 --- poles li t :,... and more pun e.. -- . EI ntirti Etc 6 Preo.l. -: ' :. ••• . . , . F. - . t _ .._. this , . I . _.. . at•ILDF.I;•; sei.s.pi are all contract . intr. 'n.itwitlist;andinz the business lk)otn. - —Ci4tiriiiati Timei-....z1iti." • ~. '.• ... . No- one : ever kriew. an • .tmerican . sil mran that he wouldiijt second the motion., i. , * matter what it . 'wa , ; , ..—ficiiiTir --.- -Freei . /J. eaA. . The indigestible character. of youtigi bet f is soilposed to have. suggested the )agave,.. come , - i WfVl/. 1 , cone wee. -.2leta 11,:re71 Ilfr,..iAti it.",, . . No one knows bow much comfort a 11-rsOn - can take Sinoking in 'bed until they ,hare triedit azd.called out tliC fire bint.css should_ be the happiest bus bands.in the worl. They have so many' ledges that they can conscientiously stay out all night.. •.. deedS _often create 'the least sensation . A. Penny dropped on a collection : plate : will Make _ more 'noise than ii:ft‘e dollar bill.. . . ' • • tr is fi Similar fact that the vessel wach _ survives a collision .14 in variably the 4 uo Viiiich has been into.—Sew York TuEni: is - no barrel of clams hovrever , watched•and tended, but .one liad clam is.-- there. Therels iSo tub• of butter how' $6. • ever eonipotinded but has its lock of hair.' A ' A FELLOW, writes from the Colorado zu;auntaiiisto say - that lie got as' ravenous :is a'raveu . nmong :the .gavineS, and i* ' , down inone of the giirgeous :gorges and %b. gorgediinse:lf, . • . • A. - SWIiIMER . becomes 'strong to ste m the fide 'only by4reqUeritly brea - sting the big Waves. If you practice alWays in shalliiw' - water, your :heart wilt 'assuredly fail in , the of high tliuxl.,' . , . . . ••• Gon Walks with the simple ; lip reveals Himself to the, biwly ; Alegives ;under- , •.. standing - ttir the little ones • Ile discloses . His Meaning to - pure minds, and bides His grace from the curious ani.proud. .. . - BEN 'BUTLER couldn't make a politicaL speech onf',Suriday, on account of "the '-,. sacredness of the day,", but he could tra- . vel all that.sacred day in order:to-make a .„ : politiCal, speech' on Monday:Symeuxe .19orrtat. , -. , . - :ruE dratitatic critic Di bdo wrote a ievicw of anew. Piece, without remarking that ." the dialogue should be pruned,' would he regarded awa green band' at the busi ness, and be cut.dead , by his brother c • - ics.—Boston Post. - .• - .1 , TIIOSE who despise fame seldOm de- • servait. • We are apt - W ---- undery lire the turebase,we cannot reach, to - c al our* , poverty the better, It is a ark which kindles tipon.the best fuel, nd burns the , - brightest in the bravest art. . >, run Pittsburgh Co nercial thinks It . / would-be -perfectly Ic elyif most of the actors ' Who call t emselvesistars would ,change their titl to cornets. ,Or in the . case'of Mary A derson_and such, to heay., . only bodies. 'eitt, rerA; ;Commercial- Ad- _ Tertiser. . --; . . . ---.: her a ge, ..,. A LA • being asked her age, said : -' Wh • I was, married -I was eighteen and ~ y.buirbatid was thirty._' His age has sin !doubled, 'and so-of course, has mine. That makes me thirtY4is." - And .she 'scats astonished at ;her own , frankness.— ..Many-Journal.' ':- :-, . - . .; . -. A.• SIEDDLFSOME ; oId womawas sneer-. ingi at a, young mother's.-a kwardnesi --with-her, infant, and said : " declare, a. 11, ~wernan,neier ought,tO hayed' abY unless ,gbi-knows bow to; hold 'it." "Nor' a- :_ tongue, either," was the (Filet njoinder..- - ; -...l7ozikers,gozetle. - • • . ' VHF, British.aristocracy are rapidly fall irig intothe ranks of trade, and , the_ day is',not far distant:when a sign -in Cheap, 44de Will - read; ;'Wales, Lorne & t....mith, Ilaberdishent to 4e Queen. Smith will be the moneyed elan ',;of the firin . .--.Neus :York Cotnnireicsi i Adriertiser.• . . i' Orr of deferenee. to the : Presidential election;-the Adventists have kindly post= .poised the end of the World ,this."year to the 22i1 - , - ;orNovembei . .• It: would be •:a blessing tir„all,of us, however,- if 'we were going to. hive the same kind; of a time over it as we bad last.year, to hurry the 'Hang up and : bare it- over some -time in. Oatober.l--Burlington liirerkille. . • A qENTPENL:iN saw his .little daughter - dipping ber doll's dress into a tin cup, and inquired: - "What are you doing my, daughter?" "-I'm ;Ooloring, my doll's dress red." - "What with?" "With beer." " What put such a foolish notion into your head, child ?-• You can't •Oolor 'red wit-ti beer. ''.i t "es, I can, pa ; because , ma said it was .tbeer that colored, your nose !..,2 rot:" ." i - - • . ----,--- IN NM
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