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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.:
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Troit,4 w, Tow ANDA, PA
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1 1 :1oNIAS - E. MYER,
A TTOiLE ET-AT-LAW,
TOWA.NI)A,
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r e ltL Patrick - anti Foyle;
ECK k OVERTON L
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TOWANDA, 'lit.
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)01)NEY A. MFRC-CR,
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ANDA, PA.,
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- .i.•lti.r or l'atetttg.. Particular aiteniton paid
...'.....inr - ... in the Orifhans Court and pa the settle
“.l.-e-lti Niontauyes Block -•
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VERTON SIANDERSO7g 'r• •A
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ISItItNTROSF., PA.
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.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.
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ITENRY S'rREETER, •.: r' ...--,
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WYALISSIN(;,.PA
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.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.,
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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.
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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.)
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VOLUME 'XIJ.
Evans &Hid
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WRICII FOR MAGNITUDE, - STYLE;
• QUALITY AND CAEAPNESS,
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Surpasses any of their former - offerings, and .wil
at all times - keep their stkek supplied with the
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Black Henrietta Cloths, Mick Twinge
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'Black •
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Jamestown Serge?, Jamestown- Alpacas;
Trimming bilks, Trimming Satins,
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-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
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Black
Black Cashinci.e.s,
C.)lored India Oislmeres,
Colored Flannel Suitings,
Colored Novelty Suitings,
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.Cassirneresfor Men's '&
Youths' wear,
Flannels. and Blankets, I •
Prints and Gin , hams,
tqleetings and. Shkrtings
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1 losa y !Ina Wu% es,
'Lag's and EnJoroidei ies,
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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
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,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
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"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..—
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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 .-
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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
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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
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.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... : • . -.•
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'Fun. Fat ind'Facetia‘.
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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." • ~. '.•
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. 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.,'
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••• 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.
, -. ,
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- :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. - .• -
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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 .
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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 - - • . ----,---
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