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marriages or deaths, eaceeding avellisesare elms:
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Wow and deaths will be published' withouteharge.
Toe USPOSTILIC having a larger etradatioathati
any other paper in the county, Mikes it, the -beat
advertising medium in NorthernTentisylvania.
JOB STING of every kind, in pals and
f anti c o ons, done with neatens sad d=tch.
n an dbius, Blanks, Cards, Pamphlet*, 11
Statements, he., of every variety and stre,printet
at the shortest notice. The BarciaTitit once , is
welisnpplied with , power preseesoi good wort•
meat of new type; and everything in the printing
line can be executed in the moat artistic manner
and at the lowest rates. TERMS IMYAIIABLY
CASH.
Vitsittess gabs.
AVIES, CARNOCILLN HALL,
ATTOsNZU.AT-LAW'
SOUTELRIDE 07 WARD ROUSZ.
bee 2S-76.
S:4IOLLISTER, D. D. EL,
1 • isfrrzsr.
(Successor to
do Dr. E. 11. Aneet. OFFICE—Second
orPtsttts office: •
Towanda, Pa., JAl:pallet, 1881.
NEADILL & KINNEY,
Arrop.NrrivAT4.Aw.
mace—Rooms formerly occupied by Y. V. C. A.
Reading Roma. - tr
11. J. MILDILL. 3,13,80 O. D. Inerelmr.
MRS. .E. J. PERRIGO, T -
TEACMIN. OF riAwo AND OIIGAN: ' •
Lessons given In Thorough Bus and Harmony.
Cultivation of the TOICCA specialty. Located at
Matlock' s, Pine St. Reference Holmes 3 Passage.
Towanda. Pa., March 4. len.
JOHN W. CODDING,
Arrosorzy7A.T.lLiw, TOWASD:L.
(Mee over Slrbrs Dreg More;
irl-10MAS E. MYER
ArioaxEr-AT-LAW,
' Towerwe, re.
.faco with Patrick and Foyle.
pEcK. & -OVERTON
ATTOWNLT&ATJikW,
TOWANDA, VA;
.D'A. Orts
RODNEY A. MERCUR, --- •
ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA.,
Solicitor of Patents. Particnlar attention. paid
to business to the Orphans Court and to the settle
ment of estates. -. !.
Onlea In 3toutauyes Block
TIVERTON & SANDERSON,
ATTOWNET4T-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA.
E. OValt,Tort. J
.44 , JOAN P. SANDISII6OIII'
WH. JESSUP, • •
Irarcamor AND, Caus'SELLOU-AT-LAW,
BIONTIttOSE. PA. - .
Judge Jessup having resnmed the practiceof the
law In Northern Pennsylvania, will attend to any
legal business Intrusted to him to Bradford County.
Persons wishing T to consult him. can. call on 11.
Streeter, Esq., owanda, Pa., when an appointment
can be made.
ITENRY STREETER,
ATTODNEY AND COU*SICLLOD,AS•LAW,
TOWA NDtko
- _ . Feb 27, 19
E L. HILLIS,
ATTOANET-iT.L AA,
TOWANDA, PA.
F A F. GOFF,
ATTORN*IT-LAW,
IVYALAJSINCI, PA.
a A goer, - for tho sale And purchase of all klnda of
Securities and for orating loans on Real Estate.
Ail •husiness will ; receive careful and prompt
attention.
[June 4, 479. -
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AV 11. TIIOMPSON, ATTORNEY
. ♦r LAW, WY ALUSINO, PA. Will attend
to all business entrusted to Its care to Bradford,
Sullivan and Wyoming Counties. :Office with Esq.
Porter. [n0v1944.
HIRAM. E. BULL,
ENGINEEIIING, SCIIVETING AND MATTING.
°Mee with G. F. Mason, over _Patch & Tracy,
Alain street, Towanda, Pa. . 4•Ib•SO•
(1
G"- KIMBERLEY/
AfTORITEY.A.T•L kW,
TOW A:SDA, VA
Onice—S3cond door south of First Nations
Bank: _ August 12, 1880.
ELSBREE & SON,
ATTORNEYS-AT;LAW,
TOWANDA, rA.
N. C. Emus : Es
el fOlIN)F. MIX-,
ATTORNICYI.I , LAW AND U. S. CONIXISSIONV
TOWANDA. PA.
Olnee—North Bide Publte Square.
Jan .1,1875
SA.3I W. BUCK.,
ATTORNEY-A T-L 4 W,
O Mee—South stile Poplar street,• opposite W
liouse. , Nov. 13, 1879. •
JI ANDREW WILT,
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ATTpRNsi-AT-LAW.
Office.;-Means•ln.M., over .1. L. Kent's
store, Towanda. May be consulted in German.
(April 12,'7L3
J. YOUNG,,
V V •
ATTpS!tEY•AT-LAW,
TOWAOA, PA.
0 MOU—SOCOnd door luitlth of the First Nathan*'
Bank Main St.. up stelre. - ' •
I.) i ct . S
au and:
b;rgeo?t,. -
01
Once U a lt t N Pe
residence,
Soin
•lne Street, East of Main.
Tow audit, May 1,18721 e
wV r B. KELLY, BE --
irrisr.Oftlee
* Firer M. E. Rosentiebta. Tow Eds, Ps. - •
Teeth inserted on (}old, Silver, Rubber; and Al.
with= base. Teeth extracted without pain.
Oct. 3442.
V . D. PAYNE, M. D.,
eiIYSICIAN AND SURGEON:
01Dee0Ter Montanyes • Store. .0411ce hours from 10
to 12 A. 7.1„ and from 2 to 4 P. W.
Special sttenticm given to
DISEASES DISRASES
or . and ' or
Tint . TIE *KR
W. RYAN,
COUNTY SCPAIIINTILICDII
flee day last Saturday of each mouth, over Tattier
Oortlon's Drug Store; Towanda, Pa.
Towanda, June 20, Me;
S: RUSSELL'S
INSURANCE AGENCY
wayss.Tott. TowAiirm, PA.
F IRST'NATION A L BANK,
TOWANDA, l'A.
CAPITAL PAID IN 016%000
SURPLUS FUND 66,000
This Bank offers unusual facilities tor the trans
action of a general banking business.
N. N. BETTS, Cashier.
JOS. POWELL, President.
SIRS. 11. FEET,
TisAcnin or PIA7tO 'Muglc,
•
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(Residence Third stresti Ist iartl.l,
Towande.Jsa.
Mold leaned the h . e s nndere l gn ed
übuii ha
wOQM lt
tine patronage of the comma r nt7. lL bustam Wort
:done Itutneiltatety and In rood order. All leaks:ln
the Mill have been re red and hereafter Is vrlll
be kept In good order. Feed, 'roar, Meal and
!lan: constantly on band. Cash_pald for graht at
m scilumn. HENRY W. WELLS.
our.eton./ June 17,110% - • • • ;.
NOT I C E.—All persona are forbid
tett:rig Timber tm the leads of the d;
k. ti McGovern. In Overton Tolniship, Witbost
tLe. written consent of tbe:tillderstinedi a n der
•iensity of the law. ' ! • '
JOHN MaGOTERN, Ammar
ci.g. 318 y k 4, ISAil•lrre
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5ep.25,179
BENJ. M. BECK.
'May 1,19
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L. ELI3BRIZ.
TOWANDA, PENN'A
GENERAL
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COODRICH C HITCHCOCK,
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'VOLUME XLL
LOVE IN `ALL.
Name the leases on all Mistretta;
2famithe warm on all the sem.
All the timers bfrlllthattlinr,
AU the myriad tints that glow.. ' '
Winds that insider thlongh the gran—.
And Jon name tie name of 4'
• Lore there Is in 'lemma: 4 s alry.
As In light of maldines eye. - •
Liston to the einntleassorinds
In the wind that gayly hoopla
Crer the meads, where, on the wing; •
Bright bees hum and linnets sing ;
Pat of raindrop, that of sheath, -
Of their song, sweet lore's the thetas
Lore there is Wheresspbyr
• As in breath of maiden Ilps.
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In the i trest, mild evening glows, '
Angel Angers fold the rose;
Silvery dews begin to tall
.; '
Crimson shades to shadow all ;
lloly Nature veils her face ; .
Earth is lost in Ileavrmi embrace.—
Love Is Man hour like this,
As in guileless maiden's hiss.
Go where, through the voiceless night,
Trips fair Luna's sliver light ;
Rear of Nature's pulse the-beat,
Like the tread of unseen feet: •
See from out the lambent north •
Shimmering arrows shooting forth ;
Lore is in a meteors start,
. As in
throb of maiden's heart;
Love's the essence of all thinks; .
from love that beauty springs;
'Twas by love, creation first,
Into glorious twins bird; . '
Veiled In maiden's form so fair, ,
I do 'worship' flies in her, -
Spirit sweet—all else abote-,.
Love is God, since God is love l
L-Clianibera' Journal.
SWING A STOVE.
WIRT ALAND.
Old PrOgem the hardwate ratan;
oohed out of - tbe window and saw
Mrs. Beeming coming across the side
walk, towards the store. "Thomas,
he yelled, here cornea that Beemin',
woman after a stove. Come- here
and wait on her, and if you don't sell
her a stove, I'll discharge you." .
Thomas left playing with the cat
and advanced to, the front, while old
Prodgeri, added :
"Shela a dreadful pertickler wo-
man. Iltried to sell her that second
hand stove we got from Gibbses last
month, but she got mad, And said she
knew it wasn't the latest style and
didn't believe it was a new one. Look
sharp and mind you sell her g store
or I'll—"
Just then the door opened, and a
pretty . woman,
woman with a- cbiri th at be
tokened a will of her own with no
codicils, entered and made straight
for the newest cookstove. Thomas
advanced with.
" Flow do you do Mrs. •Beemin,' I
suppose you have heard :of !our new
arrivals of stoves, and you are just
in time. Only got 'em at 4 o'clock
yesterday, and sold the whole fifteen
before 9 o'clock last night. They go
dreadful fast,. ;This is the last one
left, and we'd have - to guard this with
a shot gun and a bull dog to keep it
past noon to-day." I
" What is the name, Of this?" as
the woman; pointed, to the-Marvel of
ornamentation. '
"This is the Setting Sun, said
Thomas and - when you have yOur
own sons setting around it—"
"Nobody but girls at our hoilse,
said she, but maybe a son among so ,
many girls won't be out of place."
"Oh, this stove is a triumph; ex
claimed Thomas, when you have a
good fire in it, and all your vittles
cooking, why it'll brighten._ up yer
home more'rika son-in-law." _
" It is a wood stove ?" _
• " - Good for both and will burn any
thing. Old. Bagley got some coal in
her to-day, that everybody returned
to him; saying that it was a little too
fine for building stone and not fine
enough for gravel, but our stove just
took hold of it and it burned beauti-
ful. Oh it will burn either. If you
get out of coal and short of wood,
take your neighbor's fences, old
boots, bean poles and I've known it
even to bum bricks."
"Does it use much wood, ma'am?
No its the cheapest stove about that
that you ever see. There's Tom
Grist's wife, she got all out of wood
durin' the big snow, and . She kept
that stove a -runnin- with two piano
stools, a half a dozen matches and
two broom splints. Beats all bow
easy you can run that stove with a
little wood. Vold, ma'am?
No'it don't burn much coal. Blif
kinses wife- was in here yesterday,
and said that they run their stove
from the last of October to the mid
dle of 'December, on fifteen scuttles
of coal which would be at the rate of
less than a tone year. You wouldn't
want anything cheaper than that ?."
"Oh, we put on the draft so. Jest
turn this damper in the back, turn
up this screw, open that door, wind
up that crank, pull 'this dingus and
let 'er blaze."-
" Warm ?, Oh my You remem
ber that cold snap about Thaksgiving
time. Well, Sawyer, you know Tom
Sawyer, who lives over on Divison
St? Well, Tom , bought a stove at
that time, when the thermometer bad
been down 40 degfees below zero,
ten days, and I went up tweet it up
for him. He didn't , understand it,
and pulled the draft" on too far and
about nine o'clock at night, he sent
down for hie'to come up and run the
stove: When I got there, I found
the doors and windows all open, and"
the family - siting on the porch in
linen clothes, a fanning themselves,
and the Stove was just abulgin." ,
They bad driten Sails in the outside'
of the house, and hung the twins up
on them to keep 'era' out of the 'Way
of the heat. Tom's so conceited l .,
that be wouldn't follow My direo
tiOns abolit the stove, and so they
had all that trouble. Tom'irneigh--
bor t Dr. Shaw, sued him last week
for melting ice in his ice house at ,
that time.'
" How is the stove for cookingt
"aiked,the little woman, openingthe,
oven door. •
' " - Beautiful! Why last week when'
the Synod met -here,' all.the preach
ers, and there was two - htifidrol and
' seventeen, Of two hundred sevekteen
and 'a half 'of 'em, (the
.-halt, one la
one not ordered yet,) all eat dinner
,at Rev Tobis Soper's and „voted
ought, to, have heard 'em talk. , They
OH at 110 hearty that lived 'eel were
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sick next day; and -,wlien the Synod
broke, passed a set of 'resolutions en
dorsin' the Settin', Sun, Ind
what a spiritual time,: they 'hadi at'
brother Toblaies. I lel you; you
have got to hall 3 a good stove, to do
cookin' fors preacher. There's Bill
Bradford's - wife down on Sullivan
Street, she kept boarders, and they
all left, couldn't stand her cooki,nr no
how, but she, bought one of the Set
tin' Sims, sad now ter boarders is
back again, and last week they turn
ed off fifty applicants, while all the
sewin l 4ocieties in town is tryin' to
get Bill's wife on. their .list, she's
such a beautiful cook.".
"Take long wood?" •
No difference Mrs. Beemin'."
"The box of that stove is just
15 inches nd seven sixteenths, but
you can p t in . a twenty-two inch
stick of wood as easy as can be:
Dave Brown got Some wood hauled
from the mountain... about a month
ago, and every stick of it was 25
inches long, and some of it longer,
and he has just such a stove as this,
and it burned that .wood - like fun."
• " No! I don't think there is an
other such a stove like this in your
neighborhood. Fact, I know there
aint.' Bliffkins - has a" Fearful,"
Smith bean "Keerless," Brown has a
",Blunderer," and Robinson has a
"Beelzebud." -= Then there's Judge
Breaker has gt 414 squatting Anget
Range," and ',Tee Mbllen an " Ag
meter," and - the Rev. Jeremiah
Whooper has a "Crown of Righteous
ness-Gold Medal Range." No ma'am,
there isn't one of those stoves in
your neighborhood, and when your
neighbors' wives are matins wet hens
because their 'stoves don't. boil or
bake just - righ you can sit down as
calm as an ang . , and tell Mrs. Brown
how nice your Stove bikes, and you
can send over to Mrs. Smith, a loaf
of your best bread done to a turn,
and that will : make her turn green
with envy. Or yon can send one' of
your choicest pies over to the society
at Rev. Johanith L. Pounder's, (he
has a "Harp of- Glory- Range,") .
which will set, the whole neighbor
hood crazy about your stove."
The pretty little woman drew up
her chin about half an inch, and was
evidently weakening, when Thomas,
who saw he had made a point, added :
" Micas in front and end. Awful,
,costly stuff that mica, get it out of
fishes. 3lica 'fishes live in China,
and are ao thin that it takes :-micro
scope to see 'em, but they catch and
dry 'eat for this stove." , -
'ether beauty about this stove
is, that 'it's so ,cute ; why there's
more kinks about that stove than
you can shake a stick at. If your
daughters learn to handle that stove,
and turn all these cranks and-pull
these dampers, and unstop all these
flues, and turn on
the
these dra ft s,
and open and shut slides, unwind
1
the whole " intestine of what our cir
cular calls it, 1° ma vel of human in
genuity,"—yes. th 's what the cir
cular says—they c4ai jeFt drop into
piano playing and the fifteen puzzle,
and checkers, and Won't have to go
to school more than half the time."
' 46 Speakin' about girls, there's noth
ing so handy as •to have girl who
can cook, and get up, nice things,
there hr. nothing that makess her so
popular among men as that, Course
they_ all talk about dressing and
piano playing' and drawin' and paint.'
in', but you'll notice that them girls
that can't cook, don't get married
easy. Sucli it. stove as this 'll make
anybody Cook. - Couldn't help it.
There's Ben Mercli Married the Sloe
son girl last spring. Poor thing, she
didn't know hardly what vittles was,
nor Whether they grew on trees, -- or
come item heaven in a basket, and
she had an awful time till Ben got
one of these stoves, and it was only
last week that she got an offer from a
Boston!firstrcl* , hotel, to superin
tend their cooker ."
' 4 4 Yes ma'am, those . micas are
bright, and 'II teep so. They ain't
like the micas th at Burden & Swap
ger keep. Theirn 'll fade - out in a
week, but these 'll last foreier; you
might- say. What can be prettier
than for, a good . lookin' woman,"
with an admiring glance at the pret
ty widow, than to sit down by a stove
like this, after . doin' a good bakin',
and . have the cheerful firelight a
shinin' out of these micas and a
lightin' rip her. face. No need l of
lamps unless you want to sew or .
read. I tell you them micas is the
beauty of that stove." . • -
i
"Will the , pipe go up easy ? • 0,
g acious, yes. You know Len Sprig
g ns, down on Madison street. Well,
Ihe is not much of a Christian. He's
been known to swear a blue streak
r for an hour, 'just- because he. had a
button off his ,shirt. Well, Len got
one of those stoves kit month, and I
asked his wife the other day hoW
that pipe - went' up. Oh, perfectly
splendid, sayagshe. I expected an
awful time, and Tread a'chapter in the
Bible to kinder prepare myself for
Len's swearing ;I think that Russian
pipe is awful nice. Len didn't swear
a 'word when-he put it up, and went
around the house hemmin' a hymn
tune all the while."
" Fire brick _or soap stone ?- Yriu'
can have jest which you please, the_
fire.blick will never burn out and the
soap stone will lad forever. For my
own.choice I should say soap-stone.
it will stand an awful . amount- of
Oat. I rememlier -when I worked
Own at Bellefonte, that Ike Dooley
lost his soapstone whisky jug; and
three days - afterwards we •raked it
out of the fire, at the linie kilawhere
we was hurnin', and if you'd believe
it when are broke it open it•was half
,full of frozen whisky. I tell yeti
' ,r4APISten: W il l stand an awful 'amount
o p t -heat. heat. That's the reason old Gen.
eral Simmerfelt had his coffin made
of it., Yes ma'am,; I should Prefer
Soapstone: l , . --, 1
"It's a nice, clam stove. about
'ashes - and getting dust aronnd,' said
the widovronore than.half amain - ad.
P "AWell that's a Point I wanted to
talk about," said Thomas; "there
are Some pecyle who are willing to
Ilie - aborit their stovei, but if „I can't
sell a stove Without lyin' about iti'll
quit the: business. it ' does mak t. , a
few ashes. There's been ' a'st
many men that's tried to tar gM *
doge that wei, . make al/r4ebelii
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but they hire, all of 'ern railed. r But
as for diet, our "'ltalie_ beats:kim
jones' wife sent hotae tifeather &nit
er that she got Eleven weeks ago, and'
said, since she had the *Elettin'ilime
she hadn't any more use for -such
things." •
Just , then . Thomas lOoked tint of
tbe front door and saw Atra, , Roge •
°rabbit coming and burst ':out with,
"There eomesAhat °rabbit woman,
ehe's a coming full tilt aftev. this
stove, and if she gets her eyes on it
she'll order it sent up this afternoon
and then . you'll have , to wait .two
weeks. There's been such an awful
demand far this stove that the works
is stopped and forty thousand.orders
ahead shit near worked off."
" take% ? All right I well
send it up inside of`au hour. , Yes,
and the Russia pipe, and I will Come
up myself and set it np. I tell you
what Mrs'. Beemin' you are a lucky
woman, and Mrs. Gmbbit will hive
to wait two weeks - before she can get
one like . it. That stove, Mr& Bee
min', is a liberal education, it's bet
than a, college or post, tsadetship.
There, take that chromo of th 6 stove
home to the girls. Oldest ono - named
Mary ? Pshaw, that's the name of a
cousin of mine. Well, you'll be
pleased, with. this stove. I'll' bet,,and
I'm-so * glad you
.didn't godown to
Rollup & Squeezem's,.they will lie so
aboutitheir stover Yes, you can go
right home and get your bakin' ready.
The stove will be ; there right away."
Church , Fairs, and Newspapers.
He was the manager of a church
fair, and, one morning he walked into
the newspaper office and said :
" Went an.item this morning?"
"Of course," replied' the editor.
Whereupon the visitor laid the fol
lowin note upon the table:
",The ladies of the Street
Church will give 'a festival at their
vestri hall next Friday, evening.,
Literary and musical entertainments
Will-be provided,. and a supper will
be served to all- who desire it. The '
ladies in charge of the affair have
much experience in such mattets, and
eke_ sure to provide a good-time. The
adinission will • be only fifty cents,
and it is certain that no one can
spend that amount to a better advan
tage. Be sure to go, and, and tnke
your friends."
Whin the 'editor had read it, he
said : •
" Oh, I see, an advertisement"! - . 1 "
And seeing that the editor looktml
skeptical, he continae4 -
"It will interest a great many-of
your readers and help a good cause;
besides, we balk spent so much mon
ey getting .up our entertainmentthat
we can't afford to advertise it With
out increasing the price of-theitick
ets. - In, such a matter - as 44; we
ought* to' be' willing to helreach
other.
"Well, said the editor, "if it goes
.
the locals, I. suppose you would re
ciprocate by reading a little notice in
your church next Sunday."
The visiting brother asked what
notice, and the' editor wrofe and
handed him the following • •
" The Weekly Chronicle for the
coming year will' be the best and
cheapest. family paper in Kahle. Its
prolwietor has had, much experience,
and has all the 'helps which a large
outlay ot- money can procure. His
paper has; a larger circulation than
any other published in the country;
and is to be furnished at only two
dollars: It is certain that. no one
can spend that amount to; a better
advantage: Be sure' to - take the
Chronicle, and subscribe. for your .
friends."
The manager temmed and hesitate
ed and then itald solemnly, that he
doubted whether , it - would he judi
cious to read such a notice, hut sug
gested that if it was printed, copies
of it might be distributed at the door
of the vestry on the evening of the
entertainment. •
" 'req' , said the editor,, "but it
would attract more ,
attention ' in the
Middle of a sermon. It will interest
a number of your ,congregatiOn add
help . a good cause; and besides, so
Much money is spent upon the
ChronieltAliat I don't see how the
owner can afford to print hand-bills
to advertiee it without-increasing the
subieription price. In such a matte'
as this we ought to be willing to help
each other."
The gentleman saw the situation.
'Boys and Smoking.
A timely note of warning is sound
ed-by the New York Times against
the growing evil of smoking among
boys. It states that- "careful exper
iments lately made by a physician of
reputeiprove that the practice is- in
juriond.' Of thirty-five boys, aged
from nine to fifteen, who bad been in
the habit of smoking, in twenty-seven
he found obtious hurtful. effects ;
twenty-two had disorders of the cir
culation and digestion, palpitation , of
the heart and more or lees craving
for strong drink;,and twelve had
ulcerations of the month. All were
treated for weakness and nertous
ness, bet .successful only after they
had relinquished smoking. The arti
cle concludes:
" One of the worst effects is the
provocation of an appetite for liquor,
which, indeed, is not confined to the
young, but Which grown persons are
better able tom e
enage. .Where boys
drink to excess they arkalmost inva
riably smokera; and., it is very , rare
to find a man overtond of spirits who
is not ; addictedto tobacco. Men who
want to, give tip drinking usually
hate 4 - give up lernoking at Abe same
time, for they say ,tbitA ciipir or a
pipe,generally,' excites - . a f desire for
liquor which ittery bard to` control."
,1 Tun new style Of till bonnet may be
photographed by slamming a ripe tomato
against a board fence.--Natieli Chynk
. ,
BEcAllta 0320 if a licnehig ,tide end . the
other is a flying toad. , 'The question bas
milted us- ot this liement.—Andretre
Americas Queen. ;1:, _ • _ ~ ,
A.Busutons , can . recently
president on the subject : = 'Why wails.
fl.
earns a b eau?'
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be di#let ativertoPor4 r i y st7 o4 1140-
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coijoieslosisi or a einem oest
now rsiosiseanoo roe,lest. •
The'following is a list - of:the exec=
ntive officers ,of Pennsylvania for
2 .
. _
Governor,- ,
Henry "M., Hoyt,- :R.,
LiLterne comity. '
PrlVate secretary to governor, C.
N: `'Farr, 11,13erks county. ,
Lieutenant 'governor, Charles -W.'
Stone, R.,-W,arren county.. •
SeOretary onbe • Commonwealth,
M. S. Quay, R, „Philadelphia:l
Deputy secretary of - the 'common.-
wealth, J. R., McAfee, R., Westmore
land county. , - IT - "
Chief clerk,: Thormm McCsmant,
IL, Blair county., .. - _
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• Corporation cl rig, S, ; B. Rodgers,
X., Mercer count -.
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2 ... Attorney gene l i TH.W. ralmer,
Bt. Lucerne , coupy. i
Deputy attorney general; Lyman
D. Gilbert, R.,: Dauphiir county.
Airditor general. *Win. P. Schell,
D., 'Bedford county. .
Chief clerk, 1 Edward Herrick, D.,
Bradford county. '''
Corporation clerk, Edward F. Keir,
D. Bedford county. - ..,
• Strite treasurer, Samuel Butler, it"
Chester county., , ..
Cashier, William Livsey, 8., Alle
gheny county.; 1 • - '
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:Secretary offiUtem Aaron
al affairs, Aan
KII-Dunkel, R.; Philadelphia.
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Deputy secretary of internal af
fairs, Lucius Rogers, U., McKean
;county.
Bureau of statistics, Miles Ilark ,
phreys, commissioner, R., Allegheny
county. . ' . - -
Saperintendent of public instruer ,
tion and superintendent of sokdiers'
Orphan schools, A. P. Wickersham,
R., Lancaste ; county;
DePuty superintendents of corns
mon schools, Hairy Houck, R., Leb
anon county; Will A. Lindsey, R.,
Cumberland county. - c
Chief ; clerk, James L: Paul, R.,
Westmoreland county. _
Adjutant general, James W. Latta,
R., Philadelphia. . -• "
Chief clerk,. George C. Kelly, R.,
Union county. •
Department of insurance, J, Mont
gomery Forster, R., commissioner,
,D,auphin county.,. •
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Deputy.commissioner, L. R. Bciggs,
:R., Huntinglion county. ' . _
State. reporter, J. Alfred Opter
bridge, R., Philadelphia. ~
State librarian,: C. L. Ehrenfeld,
R, Washington county.
Superintendent of publio printing,
4. - W. Jones, R., Dauphin, county.
,_. Superintendent of public buildinks
and groues, W. Ross Hartshorne,
D. Juniata county.
State printer, Lane S..Efart,
.R.,
MOntgomery county. '
Legislative Journal, S. B. Collins,
R., Philadelphia. ' '
*On the 8M -Monday In May John A. Lemon,
lb...of•Blatr county. will succeed Mr. &bell as
. auditor general:'
A plump little Celestial, his almond
eyes twinkling with delight and an
extraordinary grin lighting hp his
yellow countenance, dropped in to
witness the Ipttery drawing the other
day.
Be watched the blindfolded boys
draw the numbers from • the wheel
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The- State -Governmez4.
Fooling a Chinaman.
with appatent interest, and bore the
'okes of the crowd around with evi-
dent gnisA nature.
" Say ~john, washee that man's
shirtee ?"! asked one of the , crowd,
pointing to one of the benevolent.
looking commissioners. •
"I ws.shee.heapee plenty shirteeif
I wince plize," replied the bland
Mongolian.
" Have you got a 'ticket John ?"-
inquired the man# the crowd.
" Well, me thinkee me habee,"
ie
plied, the Chinaman, drawing one
from hii pocket:.; Tlickee win ?" he
inquired. ' '
The man in the crowd looked at
the number, and , seanning:his list,
found that it had come in for a $5OO
prize.
" Well, John," - replied the man
in the crowd innocently,- " I think
you've lost. , • -
"Chinee man losee allee time,"
said the subject of the Floivery . Em
piret;"gless tlow tickee away." -
You needn't do that,. John," said
the man , with a patroniz ing air. 4 TII
give you a dime for it." :
Dlime il lee. Glimmee a dol-
lir," said, iye Celestial.
' .`," A dollar's too much for a ticket
that can't win. We'll split the dif
ference and call half a dollar, eh ?"
said John's kind Informant.,
" Chines man glottee no luckee ;
Melicin man takes allee molonee.
Takee: the tickee and giimmee . lo'
bittee;". and John passed over his
ticket in exchange for the money.
When the Mongolifin's grinning
features had .disappeared, the many
chuckled and remarked that he had
" got her this time." . ' I
Let's see.th) ticket," said one of,
his friends. • •
The man who had made the lucky
investment banded the ticket over,
When his friend exclaimed :
[ ". Why, George, it was draWn last
June i"
"Is that so?" asked the man,
dumbfounded, the revelation that he
bad been duped dawning upon him.
"Where is that lying faecal of a beau
'then Chinee who put up this joke on
me?"—New Orkons Picayune.. -•
.
As old Vermont (armor came home
drunk the other night, and became the
victim of an irrepressible desire tgt„get : ,.
still drunker. So he thought ho *ma
bring,out his wagon and' dnve over to
Shelburne Palls for more whisky. Just
as hi was about putting. the finishing
touches on the harnessing arrangements
he said to 1(, "This horse has got
horns r' lli;brought out his lantern and
tzund hainainesised the cow to the
wagon. -He -Muttered; "I'm drunk
enough now," militated the beast and
Went into the houseto sleep it off.—Rut
/and ( R.)
AAtas t bow easily Map ip wove / :
Aldgb too smelt, or a Mesta° -
And there follow suktstatid 'ogling - mut
And fife Is never the same swan.
"I would) like to die Waled," pens a
p_oet, for once coining into sympathy with
the peoplC—Pete Hawn Regtater.
Tag lee ,is forming. ' and the golden
stairway will won be peeked with loath.
okatoriei-Poilifitomilk fitnlift#l,
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lii -a Stock Broke?! - Officl.
vole! giste seene• et natty Or
esuniesee am !poem
[The following account.of-the, manner
in widish stock speculations ire conducted
will be intere r stitx Ur our readers; who
may not be faMillar with tip
.nrodukoper
andi of this kind of gamb li ng.' The stock
broker's office - described is that of It
IN;IioRTox &, Co. Mi. Eon= was born
in Stunhequin„ and finally opened awake
New York, the buainess of which -has
grrrrn to gigantic dimensions, and, the
proprietor a his proeperitY
be has not forgotten his, Bradford county
friends, and they aro always welcome .in
the saperb rooms, No. 511 Broadway, ,
where ho mingles" the *nastier is modo
Niith the; watching of the indicator that
tells of fortnnes made and 1011‘1
Prey' the Boston Herald. -
Will street brokers say.that there
is double if not threefold moreispec
ulation than there, was three or four
years ago. Then the average num
ber of shates sold daily in the Stock
Exchange was 100,000 to t 150,000.
It is • now' counted a dull day' when
300,000 shares are not sold, and in
the excitement of the 'great upward
movement last winter, 500,000 was
the daily average s and one.: day the
number touched ,700,000. Lately it
has been over 500,000 several-times.
This increase brings with it many
changes in t i the, street., The Stock
Exchange as become too small to
accommoiate the 1,200 members, and
a new building is going up. Seats
in* the Exchange; which two years
ago were -quoted - at $5;00,, 'are, now
worth $21,000. The increased num.
ber of customers who watch the tape
frod 10 A. M. until 3 P. M. have com
pelled half the brokers in the street
to enlarge their offices. Indeed, the
offices of some of the leading firms
have come to be curiosities, because
of innovations. l'gryears thetypi
cal broker's office in Wall street was
a small room in a dingy basement,
with a - desk fox the . ,Oroprietor and
another for his assistant, who com
bined the duties'of clerk, bookkeeper,'
and boy. Quotations came at rare
intervals:over a telegraph cairn, and
were ,i 7 egistefed on a receivira. slip.
The customers were , not many; for
the craze had not taken hold of! peo
ple.- The brokei's office of to-day is
a .suite of rooms. Let - us look into
one. It occupies two full Broadway
fronts, and extends through to Ex
change court. One side is devoted
to customers and, the general office,
in which' the members of the firm
have desks. and the other, separated
by a partition' is taken up by fifteen
or twenty , bookkeepers, cashiers,
clerks, and assistants. The front
room for customers has an inlaid
oaken floor, pat - together in squares
of tasteful workmanship. The wains;
coating, whith extends half way to
the ceiling, is of cherry, and the pa
per above his` fit for a tin avenue
drawibg rot*. In one corner is a
fireplace in which hickory logs blaze
hi cold weather, and , above wich ,is
a mantel of rare desiga\and beauty.
The furniture is of cherry to
and upholstered in leather. :Bat for
the regular tick, tick, tick of the gold
and `stock indicator as it registers
prices upon the tape of white paper, I
you might think you were in a club
room. The rear room, which is also
open to customers, is carpeted with'
Brussels. The desks - are massive
cherry, and the couches and easy
chairs are of the same, with leather
upholstery. But for the business
look given by' the desk , you
,might
think you were in a d awing room:
Another indicator rattlr.: out prices,
here also. Just • fore no yn a colored
attendant mov t
.ith," consid
erable alacrik, , and, as the chimes of
Trinity Chu • far overhead ring ouf,
the full - hour, he trundles asitle the
cherry doors of the lunch room- and
discloses a well-arranged table, on
which are salads, cold meats; oysters,
and other things. Customers are ex
pected and invited to lunch there as
firm's guests, and the table remains
until 2 o'clock. ,
Thii office is visited daily by about
50 men, young and old, who are in
terested in the market. Some come
at the beginning of the day's busi
ness, and remain, until it closes. They
speculate fora livelihood, and are
content to take small profits on their
transactions. Others step in for an
hour or more, get the run of prigs
foie the day, leave an order or twb,
and are off. to their regular business.
Still bthers come - and go at intervals.
Among these 50 men are three classes
of operatora. The first buy or sell
stocks at , what is called long range.
When stocks are very low they buy,
intending 'to hold them until theyset
very high. ,This may be for two,
four, or six months, but it makes no
difference to the long range' operator
how sluggish the movements. He
has convinced himself that price*
are to be higher and he waits for the
advance as patiently as the hunter
waits for , game. ,Nevertheless, he is
compelled to _keep h close watch on
the market, for unforseea breakers
may. come rolling in upon him at any
inoinent. The,operator at long rO/330
is.content with no profit less than 10
per cent. on' par value, and usually
he intends to get 15 or 20. This„class
of operator is the. most successful of
all who 'buy or sell in Wall street.
His transactions' are few, but when
he takes,,a profit it is a big one.. In
June laSt'stocks were very. low com
pared with the previous February
priem and the long-range operators
all Invested. Those who bought
1,006 shares of St. Paul, for instance,
at' 65 ands held it until the 30th or
September, had a chance then to sell
it for 95, at an advance of '3O points
and a profit of $30,000. If they held
until Nov. 24, they might have sold
15 points higher: - .
A second class of operators trade
on the fluctuations of; a. few days.
They are Called stormy petrels, and
they comprise a great' majority of
, the street 'speculators. Experience
teaches that; _while , the tendency of
prices maybe inward or downward
to a masked degree, stocks fluctuate
slightly in their _ rise,, or fall. In' an
advancing;, Mailet, as a Ade stocks
will go up steadily two points, waver
It few hone ond then 4celioe.. ono
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p . int. point.:; In a day or two 'they will
start upward again two` oints and a
half, maybe, hesitate again l and then,
decline, say a point and a quarter.
It is after each one of these declin/s
that the itormy ' petrel, makes hrif_
Purchases.. He watches th,e tape with:
Iyak-like attention as t - lie market,
their advances, and - after be has, a.
profitbf, two per cent. or thereabouts,
he sells, and waits for ano*er dee*
before purchasing again..:; ,"
A third elass are called - ..:scalpers'
Any. profit, hoirever small, satisilei
there. 'A half or a quartet per elk
advance in their holdinge is enough
to cause them to sell and look about
for another chance. As a rule, they ,
lose money. _ - - -• . :
rndeid, it may be -said that two
thin - 18,1f not three-quartere of Wall
street 'operritors find s themselves
worse off at the en d , of the year than
I '
when it began. -At best small Opera
tors simply go it blind. It is the big
operators, the'kings. of the -street,
who able to manipulate the mark
et, Who make the money. Experi
ented brokers will tell you that not,
one -person in twelve who goes into
Wallr street takes his money with
.him when he retires. Som'e ‘ by good
fortune may make what would be
snug little fortunes - if they "would
pocket their"b and leave specula
tiont,t alone, bat e more they make
the deeper in _th y get, until some
day, along comes a crash that sweeps
away every cent. Not a broker, but
has a fund of anecdotesla illustration
of this. It is the most-fascinating of
all gambling, and, when once it takes
hold of a man, he has difficulty in
shaking it off. When a stormy pe- '
trel gets discouraged by repeated
losses, he turns to operating at long
range, and, after losing at this,tie
changes tactics and becomes a ecallc
ex'. He is constantly trying some
new plan ; the scheme of ceasing en
tirely does not seem to occur to him
until he has' lost all: _
The details of Wall street-operat
ing sten mystery to those who have
not taken, band. The person who
wants to speculate does not know
where to beginor how to take - the
first step. How 'much ,money must
'be put up as a margin? What does ,
I lis broker do,-and how much must
the broker be paid for making the
purchases? These are constantly re-: 1
curring questions. - Dozens of letters:
are sent - to New York newspapers onl
the subject, and the writers seem to
imngine that there is something very
-mysterious about the whole
. business.'
As "
.a matter of, fact, the reverse •is
the truth. Nothing is simpler than
a purchase for a rise. Selling stocks'
short is just a trifle complicated to a
novice; but is easy to understand.
The begloner usually starts his
speculative career by purchasing 100
sbardii7of stock, although a less num
ber may be bought. He seeks a trust
worthy broker,.and is told that, to
purchase 100 sares, he must deposit
eight or ten per cent. of the:par value
of the stock. Dealings in the New
York Exchange are so scaled that
ten per cent. means $l,OOO, and most
brokers require this sum from strang
ers. This deposit is called the mar
ign. The broker then opens an ac
count with him by Oohing $l,OOO to
the credit of the custenier. The neat
step is for the customer to select. a
stock which is likely to advance, and
havhig, made up his mind that Erie,
for instance, is the card, he simply
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says to the broker, " Buy me 100
shares of Erie.'" Ott goes the broker
like a shot to the Stock Exchange,
where he dives into a crowd of 1,000
other brokers.. 'The fioor of the great
room has upon' it a score - or more
of knots of men, pilling, :surging,
and yelling at the top of their lungs
One knot is the - St. Paul clique, an
other the P.eading clique, a third the
Erie crowd. Our broker rushes into
the Erie coterie, elbows men out of
the - way, holds his right hand in air,
and, knowing that the one man about
whom the crowd is surging has some
Erie stock to sell, and hearing a doz
en other men, with th,eir hands, in th e
air, yelling "391," he Jumps up_ in
the air higher than all the others,land
yells "40." Thereupon the centre
of . the group makes a rush at him
and shouts, 6501 d." All this means
that our broker has- offered - to pay
$4O ft share for 100 shares of Erie,
and the other man has sold it to him,
the other brokers having- bid 'only
$39.811 for it. The two brokers jot
down the transaction h in their memo
randumbooks, and the . broker who
sold it reports the sale. Instantly is
fiashei over the wire and into every
broker's office in the city the new
quotation of Erie of 40. The broker
who sold rolls)op 100 share certifi
cates. of Erie , and sendi them to our
broker, who .puts !them in his safe
and sends back a Check for $4,000,
the price of the stock,..
Our new•custoiner then "holds 100
Erig" He may "hold " it as long
as he pleases, so long as the price of
Erie advances. If Erie is in demand,
the price will advance. When it is
quoted at 41 it has advanced 'sl 'a
share, and our friend is. $lOO ahead
in the transactien—that is, be: would
be were it. not for the broker's com
mission, which is i per cent. for buy
ing andi for selling, a total of 1 for
both buying and selling, which to our
friend would be $25 ; hence the net
profit at 41 would be $75. At 45 it.
would be $475. If the stook is held
longer than the day of purchase,
the customer must pay interest on
the $4 000, the cost or the stock at 6
per cent. When the customer de
cides that lie has made sufficient pro
fit from', the transaction he simply
says,- "Sell my' 100 shares of .Erie,
and the broker sells it. If the sale is
at 45, the customer is credited with ,
the profit, less commission and inter
est. lie then has some $1,400 and
some odd dollars, which stands for
ma . rginiin his next transaetion; or
he may withdraw his ; money money and
"close-the account . After two or three
such operitioas his.capital 'has don
bledt and then, instead of 100 shares,
he mayinirchase 200. - /leaf a , be
ginner has increased his original cap
ital of $l,OOO - to $20400, and even
$50,000, and then,becoming less eau
tious in , his operations, has found
himself with 5;000 shares of stock on
hand when there came a crash, and
100 trill, 13441 go down 40 much
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easier. than they advance that the
profits .of a twelvemonth may be
wiped out in twelve hours.
The beginner invariably opgrates
for a rise. ,He can understand that
-paying 40 for Erie and-selling it for
45 means $5OO profit, less. commis
sions.l But - selling- stock to bny it
again at a lower figure and deliver
to the person' to - whom he,sold con--
fuses him. Nevertheless, it is a say
ing of Walt street that more 'money
is made on.the short than the long
side of the market; and shrewd oper-,
ators work the market both ways.
The fifty men "who come and pin
our broker's office represent almost
as many diffeient callings in life. .
Ten, of them, probably, are profes
sional speculators. The others are
lawyers, insurance men, clerks, sales ;
men, &e. One is it practichig physi.
clan, and there are _two or three ofii-
Cials under the city. Government and
an officer from one of the harbor mil
itary posts--,--all intent on 'making an
honest dollar outside their regular
'caution. Generally it ends in disaip
ter to them. Sorptimes ihis_disaster
tempts to peculition t and moral as
well as pecuniary rain results. Some
of them never buy more thin 100
shares of stock it-a time, and others
never less than 1,000. The great ma
jority of Wall street operators trade
in from. 200 to 400 shares. Opinions
differ as. to whether prides will ad
vance or recede, and frequently one,
will be buying a' stock for an ad
vance, while another is selling against
a' &Wine. Standing over the same
telegraph indicator may be one. man
who hopes that Erie„o ill go up and
another who hopes it will go down.
Some men are lucky, alWays making
profitable turns, and others are _ al
ways losing. All are intensely fasci
nated with the fluctuations. -
anybody will look at the,end of
his thumb, he will find that the sur•
face is ringed with little' thread-like
ranges of hills, :wound round and
round iri\tiny spirals. If he will take
a -magnifying gliss 'and examine
them closely, he will find that there
is a good-deal of individuality in the
way in which these are arranged. No.
two.thumbs in alr - tbe world are ex . -
uetly alike. The miniature moun
fain ranges are as fixed and decided
as the Alps or the Sierras, the geog- 7
raphy of the thumb as unmistakable.
Now the Chinese have 'Made use of
this fact for establishing 'a .rogues'
gallery. Whenever's. criminal is ex
amined by the law an impression is
made of his thumb.: Smeared with.
haipblack, partially wiped. and then
pressed down on a piece of white pa
per, an engraving .of the thumb is
made and kept in the police records.
It serves- just the same purpose•
whichis served by our 'photograph
ing our burglars and pickpockets.
The accused can be identified - with
great certainty Nothing short of
mutilating or burning the thumb can
obliterate its features. Sometimes a
. ghastly proof of guilt is furnished, a
murderer red-handed with his crime,
may touch his finger's end upon a
white wall, and so leaie in *the color
of his guilt a photograph on.-the ac
cusing wall. Ills 'signature is left
just as unmistakably as if he had
signed the bond of his- iniquity, and
thus great crimes have been brought
to light, and deeds of, blood made to
tell their own story.
But this individuality iti the. shin
of the tip of the thumb, strongly
marked as it is, yet admits a strong
family likeneaS. 'Brothers and sis
ters who Will' take impressions of
their thuMbs will find resemblances
among each other that they - will'not
find when comparing them- with the
thumbs of strangers. Even thus mi
nutely does that strange thing, fami
ly likeness, descend. What wonder
is it faces look alike, voices sound
alike • how cal it seem strange that
members of the same .family should
have similarities of temper, of - men
tal aptitudes and- hereditary diseaies,
when such minor peculiarities as the
texture at the-end of the thumb, slut
its ranges of hills, should also have
family resemblances in the midst of
their infinite diversities. " The hairs
of our , head are all 'numbered," and
notronly so, but if each hair, if exam
ined with a powerful magnifying
glass, shows peculiarities , as, strong
as the trees of a forest. Notwo are
exactly. alike. F.verythkg, from the
smallest to the greatest, is impressed
with a specific character and individ
uality. The - Creator's invention is
exhaustless, and Ile an more repeats
Himself in the geography of a thumb
than in the - geography of a continent.
Now, if an3ipody doubts this; let him
take a littleePack, or - analine color,
and try. Ile-will acquire an acqbain
tance with hill thumb and a respect
for it that will be qiite interesting.
—Baltimore Every Saiarday,
The Story of the ApPte.
The origin of this widely-growing
fruit is unknown,.though it has been
cultivated tithe out of mind.! As the
apple is mentioned in the Bible, it is
presumed to be a native of Palestine;
although at present in Canasn and,
the surrounding legion it is of no
value. It-is now imported into Egypt
and Palestine froth-the neighborhood
of Damascus. It was extensively
raised by the Romans, albeit- the Roy
man apple is thought by' some to
have been very different fro'm th e.
apple _described in the -scriptures.
Pliney says that histountrymen were
acquainted with twenty-two varieties
- r -Amerida produces more than v 2OO
varieties. The apple is very hardy.
It grows on all soils free from exces
sive moisture, except those of a peaty
or -very sandy character. The "tree
is noted for longevity, often bearing
fruit for 200 or 250 years—the finest
kind of apples coming from -trees .
from 5O to 80 years old The orchards
of, the republic occupy about 4500,.
000 acres, and. heir product iiiworth
some. $16,000,000, most drthe pro.
duct being apples. American apples
are, the best in the worid t and have a
great reputation abroad, command
ing large prices in Europe.:
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Nun inn pbun • it she doesn't she
never would love m ade nuitarr.—Jog
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Ifedaimy film etirr.tove MOM, Mel - yid..
If habit*
Toted Mm with s irtibpored MOM
(Meant my own mama tapesnfie);.-
To no if be myna tone mot
Timm I would hush my Wort aad mate
Moil( ashamed, that L shoo* break
Both steep, for larva ofra relish
“ Watt till the morshig.” I yeald say t
"Walt WI the slumber drifts sissy;
Tbetterrbere are 'Yes icr bright as they r
I wonder now, as, with my besot _
Doled on my hands, uncomforted,
heart, keep watt* aboire my dead,
new can I and meet the earn
Of years that stretch, a martyrdom
Of ye.ansimr, till thedawa shalt comet
'Yet Is tbitelgtlot =vine
Starts tOrth the thoogfit Ott thalami ine ea
Reside his eradie ton ego. .
•• Oh : addax, applaud ETU" I say r .
•• • Unli the day. break,• watching May,
' Until the shadows flee away. • .
"And thou shalt And that God bag kept- •
The eye:Swim. closing thow has wept,
All heaven the happier that they slept r•
—Narguret F. Presto* to Ike Indeperide,l4l_,,
Children's Fancies and Sayings.
A LIT ME . girl. sent out to bunt eggs.
came back unsuccessful, complaining that
"lots of hens were standing round'-doing
nothing." -
"Ann we bigger when we are younger;
papa?" "Why, my boy?" "Because
nude is bigger than you, and he Is much
younger." .
WILLIE, on being sheen the new baby:
"Is it a china baby, auntie?", "No, dear,
it's a real baby." "Is it it real live meat
baby, then ?"
A CHILD of six or seven, sitting on a
visitor's knee, remarked to her mother :
"I like sitting on gentlemen's knees bet
ter tha,n on ladies', don't you. Mamma?"
- " IlavE you , got the rent ready at, last?"
"No, sir ; 'mother's gone out viashinz
and forgot to put it out for , yon."" "DU
she tell you .she'd forgotten ?"
_sir." - .
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MoTirtur, reading • "Anil eve ry mim
ing and evening Elifaii, was fed by the 'ra
vens, who brought -him bread -to ear."
Lacy, aged four : "And was the bread
buttered, mother?" (Fact.) -
A CHILD who had lived all her life in
London waa one day taken into the corm.
try„,whcre she saw for the first time a
hen, at which she exclaimed : • "0. look,
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mamma, what a !tn.& canary !"
" I *hat condition was the Patriarch
Job at the end, of his life ?" asked a
Brooklyn Sunday-School teacher of a qui
et-looking boy at the foot of the class.
"Dead,' calmly replied*the qniet-loqking
boy.
GEORGIE, (four years old),at the tea-ta
ble : "Mamma, may I have some. sar
dines ?" Mamma : " Wait till I'm ready,
Georgie." 3 Georgie (surprised): "Why,
ma, 'at wants 'em !", r — Yonkers
Gazette.
TIRED grandmamma (ti) Harry, aged
four): " dear". your poor old grand
ma'•s almost worn out, Barry.' . 0 Harry
(iwinking, of parent next day); "Mam
ma, shall I have a new gran'ma when 'h,
old one's worn out?"
"LOOK, mamma,"• said a little girl, " I
have drawn an angel.' Iler mamma
looked, but failed to, discover 'the head,
so inquired Where it was. "My angel,"
said the child, ," has gone to sTeep, so her
head is under her wing.'.', '
THE elder of two sisters admiring :a
bonnet she in a . shop window, ex
pressed a wish she were able topurchase
it; whereat the younger (thirteen 'years
old) cried: " Well, send round a hat to
your friends, and - Say its for 'a new roof
to a.lunatic asyluut" -
Two little boys-were put .10 bed one
night, and being talkative, a sweet was
promised to the one first asleep. When
the•uurse returned, after a short. time,
the elder of the two jumped up and said-:
"Give me the sweet, I , was asleep first.".
(Aged four years.)
4` PAPA, I'll trouble von for the silt,"
(Papa passes it.) "the mustard, too,
please, papa." (This also given.) Papa,
looking up : "Why, man, you.haveDotb
ing ; what are the salt and mustard for?'
'Oh, papa, they are ready for the melt
mamma wilt give me presently."
Gov . s.nsEss : "Why do you not say
your prayers in • the morning, Tom?'
Toth (eight years old): •' Well, you see,
when I geito bed - I ask God to take care
of me whilit I am asleep; but, when. I'm
awake,
there's no need,. because any little
boy of-my age can take earel'of himself'
then." - - •
Jun. as a . .l3yobklyn; citizen called his
five -year-old son i o ouse4le -
other
day, a playmate gave the boy a slap' in
the face and he ran to'bis father for pro
tection." "My son," said the fond father,.
"when a boy hits you like that you must -
always strike back." ," Oh; papa, Idid.
I hit him yesterday.','—Nets York: Even
ing Post.
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Ax_amnsing instance of thdingenuous
ness of childbocatis related by - a.lady re
siding iri New Britain, whose Jocks have
become tinged slightly with gray. A lit
tle daughter, - about four years old, -the -
otherday, while sitting in her lap, ran
her fingers through her mother's hair,
and suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, mamma,
you've-got a lot of bastingth - readi in your
"
A NEW way to close a prayer—A prow.
ising youth of live rather mature sum
mers was saying his prayers. . The little
fellow had set up beyond his usual bed
hour to see a procession, with its naming
torches and loud huzzas, go by. It was
his custom to say the little prayer, "Now
I lay me down to sleep," and then to add:
"God Weis papa arid mamma," etc. On
this particular evening his ears and heart
were full of what he hadheard, but he
managed to Vet through With, -"Now I
lay me," with perfect propriety. Having
omitted the rest of the prayer, his moth.
er said, chidingly : haven't you
forgot something?" "Oh, yes, mamma,"
he replied. - Then bending his head in
reverential attitude, he cried out ::" Hur
rah forltlod I Amen !" •
Thoughtful • Thoughts.
•
Wage a man has no design but to
speak plain truth, he may say a great
deal in a very narrow compass..
to the activity of body_ 'is evidence of -
the presence of the 'spirit, so works Mani
fest the prism& of faith.
Tns noblest quality - wherewith nature
has endowed woman, for - the good of the .;
world,, is maternal love.
WmEa death, the great reconciler has
come, it is never our tendeiness that wo
repent, but our severity., - '
BEWARE of those who are tuxrieless by
choice. You haie .no hold :on a maw
whose affections have no tap.root.
Foca things that come not , back—the- •
- broken arrow, the sped afro*, tke past ,
life, and neglected opportunity:
MAST ways bappiness have been dis
eo-vered, but all agree there tie none so
pleasant as loving and being toted.
We learn to climbby keeping our oyes
not on hills that lie behind, but• on the
mountains that rise before us.
IT is the man wko determines the dig.
city of the occupation, not the occupation
which measures the dignity of f the man.
IF you win by cunninge you, also lose
by it—lose that which is of, more value
than any object gained by it-4taracter.-
liincrn should be the embroktery of the
conversation, •not the web; and wit the
ornament of the mind, not the fureltue.,
Lure is a good thing, but one cannot
always afford to waitfor it. rhick• is a
better thing, beanselt. is always ready
to begin.. • .
StNCERTTT does not in speaking
your mind on I,ll4x3casionsi but in doing
it when silence would be censurable and
inexcusable.
STAILNOTiI of resolution is, ki t itself, do•
minion and ability; and there Ii feed of
sovereignity in the barrenness of undinch.
ing determination..
of the sanetnary must_be
'triebefogs It is accepted.; and Is thrown
Into the are, not because It la of no vaine r
but *mug) it ts so-prscioss,
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