• 'Kit=s rviszapairuni,..
into BlAtirolla IMPOST= te 1111010118 11 OW
Tlusuldal __lnnelag by Gowan= Ai arreIICOCIEs
at One Douar per annuatebt albino%
air Advertising to all nines euelostre 4- sub
scrtption to the piper. . ,
fleeCl Alt NOT 113 Itilasertadat Tax corn ter
bat Mt inerttles. and Winans Wilma For
each subsequent insertion, bat nhaeldee Maned
for lest than arty routs.
TY. ABLY ADVICKTISEM bo
iNTlMlUlasert.
ed at reasonable rites.
Administrator's tend itzeolitae ll Nolte.% VII
A uditor's Notleea,#.so; Buscies‘Cardstate lines;
(per y0w1.% addnal 'lnstill each. •
Teeny advertisers sre entitled to quarterly
chimps. Trtnsientadvartikements mast be paid
for festivas - es.
ll resolutions of associations; einnataaloattons
of l A ivi
im i te d or teddualinterest, and listless of
m ontars or deathAeseeeding aye lisetatiliehetr
ett rzcs csxvsper line, but slaplenstleesol
rives and deathnwlll be published erltboutebargo.
"'he ItsronTita bedsit fierier clrenlatleatban
any other paper In the county, mikes It the beet
advertising medium in Northern Tennersaitia.
JOB PRINTING of every bind, In plain and
fancy colors. done With neatness - and d!gti . te2.
Handbills, Blunts. Cards, Pamphlets. St
statements. itc n oteveryvariety and styte, prtn
at the shortest notice. The IRAPOZTAI °See Is
m e n t newt s oprp npw e e t r e tythlgl *
t g hp raisnrtoinrtg
-1 Ins can be executed to 'ha most artistic manner
and at thelowest rates. TIMMS INVARIABLY
CASH.
dghtshiess fabs.
TIAVIES, CMtNOCHAN & HALL,
ATTOZNILTS•AT-LAW,
SOUTH UDR Or WARD DOUSE
blocs 33-71.
I? S. HOLLISTER; 1). D. S.,
.
DENTIsr.
(duccessor to
fl oo Dr.
H.r. kogle)..
OFF ICE:—Second
r ofD Pratt% .
Tcrwandi v ra., Jsunaiy 6, 1811. j
MADILL & KINNEY,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
;pence— of formerly peel:pled by T. M. C. A
%Reading Room.
J. 11.4.D1LL
3, 11 0 0
I•
TEACIIER•ON,' PIANO ANDDUGAN. 1
Lessons given In Thorough d s and llartoullY
Cultivation of the volee a spec y. Located a 1 T
Mullock`e,Plne St. Reference : Holmes I PEASage
Towanda, Pa., March 4, 1880.
JOHN w..zoipnici,
ATTORN6Y-kt-LAW, T9WA2DA. PA
()Moe over Slrbyi Drug Store
iraoMAs E. MYER
.A 1 , 1 S. V-AT•L
• TOW ANDA, PL.
• ,
.:3ce with ratriet and Foyle
DECK & OVERTON 1
ATTORNEYS-AT i. kW,
ViIVANDA,
BENJ. M. B
WA. OVERTON,
RODNEY A. MERCUR,
ATTAR NEY AT-LAW,
TOWA!•111A, PA.,
Bolicitorot Patints. Particular attention paid
to business In the Orphans Court and to the settle
ment of estates.
Office In Montanyes Block
OVERTON & SANDERS9N,
ATTORNtY-AT-LAW,
TOWiNDA, PA.
JONN F. 131:14DEBSON
OVERTON. JR.
W. 11 .
E.l SSUP 9
•
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW;
MONTROSE, P.k.
Judge Jeisup having resumed the practice ot the
law in Northern Pennsylvania, will attend to any
legal business intrusted to him in Bretltord county.
Permits wishing to consult him, can call 'on H.
Streeter, Esq., Towanda, Pa., r when an appointment
‘...
can-he made.
FIENRY STREETER,
ATTOILNKT IND couN9ELLOII-AT-I.AW,' •
TOWANDA, PA.
Feb 7.7,'79
E L .III.LLIS,
ATTORNEY•AT-LAR,
TOWANDA, PA.
T? F. GOFF,
r 4 •
ATTORNLY7AT - LAW,
WYALUSING, PA.
Agency for the sale and purchase of all kinds o
Secutittes and for making loans on Real Estate
All business will receive careful and romp
attention. . Pune 4, 187 p.
W• H. THO3IPSON, ATTORNEY
o ivr LAW,WYALUEIN(, rA. Will attend
to all business entrusted te his care in Bradford,
Sullivan and Wyoming Comittes. Once with Esq.
Porter. ,
HIRAM E. BULL,
SURVEYOR ,
ENGINEERING,-SrItVETINGASID DRAFTING.
with O. r, Mason, over Patch & Tracy,
Stain street. Towanda. Pa. _ 4.15.80.
ri_EO. W. KIMBERLEY,
, ILA
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
kjOWATIDA, PA
•
ottt;e—S•cond door south of 'First Nations
Bank. ~; August 12, ISSO.
ELSBREE tt: SON,
ATTORNETs-Ai-L kw,
TOWANDA, ro..
N. C. Er.sultzt
. .
JOHN W
'MIX, • •
ATTORXIX.7A2-LAVT 4051) U. S.' 60MINISSIOSZB,
TOVA. .Sll A., PA.
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Jan. 1,1875,
I.A.M. W. BUCK.;
ATTORNEY7AT-LAW,
Oftlee—South side Poplar street, opposite Ward
UMW. C N0v.13, 1879.
r ANDREW WILT,
t/-•
AiTORNET-AT-L AW. i.'
(Mee—Means' Block. ahin•et., over J.L. - Kent'a
store, Towanda. May be consulted to German,
[April 12. '76.)
WJ. YOUNO,
•
kirroßszy-AT-LAw,.
TOWANDA, -PA. •
°dice—second door south of the First Nattonal
Bank Main St., up stairs.
11IL S. M. WQODI3I3II.' --- , rhysi
_ clan and Surgeon. Office at residence. on
'tine Street, Ettet_ofidain.
Towanda, Kay I. 1872 17*
NV B. KELLY, DENTIST.—rOffICE
• over M. E. llogentleld's, Towanda, Pa.
Teeth Inserted on Gold, Sliver, Rnhber, and Al.
mutant time. Teeth extracted without pain.
Oct. 34-72.
4 . D . • PAYNE, M. D
. PHYSICIAN E BVIWEON. )•• -
Once over Montanye 6' store. Office boars from 10
to 12 a. it., and from 2 to 4 P. M.
• - Special attention givet.to_ -
I) IsEASES? DISEASES
,
OP and or
•
THE EYES . VIE EAR
GW W. R ptt. N
N... 11 •
COUNTY Se MIN TEND T.
nice day last Saturday of each mouth, over Turner
& Gordon's Drug Stdre, Towanda, ra.
Towanda, June 20, 1878. •
C S. RUSSELL'S
I N S 1311 VA NCE AGENCY
.martl67ott. TOWANDA, re.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
CAPITAL PAID 1N..:
suarLus FUND
Tills Rank otters unusual facilities for the trans•
ietlon of a general banking business.
• N. N. BETTS. Cashier.
JOS. pow Eq., President.
Aril l. 187.11
MRS. H. PEET,
TRACRIE or riAxo music,
TERMS.--410per terns.
•
(Residinee Third stree t, Ist ward.)
Torranda„ J an. i),•71)4y. -
LSI
haledt .— he T ld he sa u n ldens nry m ired h
~ouidaviioln
the patronage of the commuting. Custom Work
done Immediately and la good order. All leaka:ln
the WM have been reralred and hereafter It .111
be kept In good Order. reed. Vidir. Meal and
Bran Onstantly on hand. Cash paid for gralnatt
Masora/two. HIr.NRY W. W1T.L.1.8.
Monreeton.'inne I'l.lBBo.
NOTICE.—AII persons are forbid
cutting Timber on the Lands of the late ltd.
ward Mrkiovern. in Overton Township, without
the written onnoent of thittinderstant4. ender the
v.tally of the tar.
JOHN MCGOVERN, lrateelyg
lyytrtoa, May ad, 1680-Iyr.
TOWANDA. PA.
0. D. KINItIiY.
5ep.25,19
May 1, '79
[noyll-75
L. ELSBUIL
TAIVANDA, FE:;lf
GENERAL
TOW ANDA, PA.
11125.000
..... . 66.000
GOODRICH & HITCHCOCK. lisblishers.
VOLUME XLI.
WORK AND wArr.
hisbeaduraa who maul years
Awl plowed his aeld arollown in tears,
firew weary with hla doubts and fears.
I toll in vain I Tbese mks and sands
Will yield no luirrestiOmi bands ;-
The best seeds rot In barren lands.
" My droiging vine is withering ;
No promised grspes its blossoms bring;
No birds upon its branches sing.
ullty flock is dying on the plain.
The heavens are brass. they yield no rain ;
The earth Is trod—l toll In vain." .
Willie yet he spate a breath was stirred
His drooping rine like wing of bird,
And from its teaveks ♦oiee was beard :
: .
"The germs and fruits Obte must be
Forever bid lu mystery,,
Yet none can toll in sal for Me.
"A mightier band m=II
skilled than mine,
Musi hang die clusters &she vine
And Make the gelds wlth;:harrest shine. I
"Man can Bat work ; God can create;
But they wbb work, and watch and wait •
Have their reward, though It Connie liter
took op to heaven, behold and hear
The clouds and thundetings In thine ear
An aniwor to thy doubts and tear."
He looked, and lo 1 a Cloud draped ear,
With trailing smoke and flame afar,
Was rushing from a dtitant star
And every thirst . flock and plain
Was rising unto meet the rain
~ , k,That came to clothe the field with grain;
And on the elonds he saw again
The covenant with God and. men
Rewritten with rainbow peu;
"Seed time and harvest shall not fall,
4nd though the gates of hen amain,
My truth and prondae shall prevail. •
The Gambler's End.
Beyond the balsam. thicket the
gambler reade his stand. Carson,
the detective, was in full pursuit,
And as he buret through the balsams
he found _himself within' twenty feet
of his antagonid: Both men stood
for an instant each looking full at
the other. - Both were experts. Each
knew the other. '
"You count," said the gambler,
coolly. 1 _
"One; two," said- the detective,
"three. Fire." .
One • pistol alone sounded. The
gambler's had failed to explode I
- " You've won, you needn't deal
again " said. the gambler. And then
he dropped. The red stain on his
white shirt-front showed where he
was hit.
" There's some lint and bandage,"
said the detective, and flung a small
package into the gambler's lap. " I
hope you won't • die, Dick . Ray
mond." '
" Oh, it was all fairiCarson' " said
the other, carelessly. "I've held a
poor hand from the start—t:
He pacsed, for the detective had
rushed on, and he was aloite.
TwenWrods further on the detec
tive caught_ up-with the t4tpper, who
was calmly recharging hist - piece. On
the edge of the ledge 004., the half
breed lay dead; the lips drawn back
from his teeth, and his ugly counten
ance 'distorted with hate and rage.
A rifle, whose muzzle smoked, lay at
his side ; and the edge 'of the trap
per's left ear was bleeding.
"I've shot Dick Raymond by the
balsam thicket;" said' the detective.
"nu-afraid he's hard hit." - 4
"I'll go and see the boy," answer
ed the trapper. " You'll find Henry
farder up. There's only two run
nin'. You and. he can bring 'em
in.."... . - ' - - , :'- 4
The oil - trapper sair, as he de
scended the hill, the body reclining
onithe mosses at the edge of the bal
sam thicket. The earth gave beak
no sound' as' he advanced, an d hg
reach the gambler; and was standing
Almost at his very feet,ere_the young
man was aware of his presence ; but
as'the trapper passed between him
4trl the shinning water, he turned his
' ;gaze up to the trapper's. face, and
1
after studying the grave', lines for a
moment said :
"You've won the game, old man."
The trapper for a moment made no
reply. He looked steadfastly into
the young man's countenance, fixed
his eyes on the red stain on .the
breast, and then said : -
" Shall I lciok at the bole, boy ?"
The gambler smiled pleasantly
and nodded his hem!, saying': "It's
the naturAl thing to do in these
cases, I believe." , Lifting the hands,
he unbuttoned tke collar, and un
screwed the solitaire stud from the
white bosom. The trapper knelt by
the young man's side, and laying
bh'ck the linen from the chest, wiped
the white skin, and• carefully studied
the edges of the wound, seeking to
ascertain the direction which the. bul
let had taken as it penetrated, -the
flesh. At last . he drew his face back,
and lifted himself to his feet, not a
shade in the expression of his face
revealing the thought
"Is it my last deal, old -man ?"
asked thP gambler, carelessly.
" I have seen a good many
wounds," aswered the trapper, " and
I've noted the direction of a. good
many bullets, and I never knowed a
man to live who was hit where ye be
bit of the lead had the
_slant inward,
as the piece had that has gone into
y e. ”
For a minute the yoong Man made
no reply. No change came to his
countenance. He turned ' his eyes
from the trapper's face and looked
pleasantly of toward the water. He
even whistled , a. line or two . of. an
old love ballad, theii he paused, and
Aiiiwn perhaps -by the magnetism of
the' steady gaze which the eyes of the
trapper-fixed _upon him he looked
again into. the .old man's face and
said :
" What is it, John Norton ?"
" I be sorry for ye, boy," answered
the old man. "I be sorry for ye, for
life be sweet to the young, and :I .
wish that-yer years might be many
on the earth."
" I fancy there's .a good many who
will be glad to hear s , that I'm out of I
it,"" was the careless 'response.
" I don't doubt ye have yer faults,
boy," answered the trapper, " and I
dare say ye bate lived loosely, and
did many deeds that was' better un
slid, 'but the best •rise of life be to
learn how to liver,, and I feel sartin
ye'd have got better as ye got older,
and made the last • half of yer life
wipe out the fast, so that the Brim
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for and igin ye would havprindanc
ed in the jedgment." I
"You aren't fool enough:4,o be
lieve what, .the hypocriticaL;ehurch
members talk, are you, Min -Mir
ton? Yon don't believe thaethore is
any judgment day, do you?" .
- 16 I don't know: much about church
member," answered the trapper,," for
I've never been in the settlements;
least wise, I've - never studied the
habits of the creturs, and I dare say
they differ, bein' good'' and bad, and
I have seed more that -was sartinly
vagaboiidts. No, I don'l know much
about chwch members(but I Barthn.
ly belive; yis, I know there be a day
whekthe Lord shall judge the livin
and the dead; and the honest trap
per shall stand one side, and the
on
vagabond that 'pilfers his skins and
steals his traps shall stand on the
other. This is what the Book says
and it, sartinly seems reasonable; for
the deeds that be l id on the earth be
of two earls, and the folks that do
'em be of two kinds, arid atween the
two, the Lord, of he notes anything,
must make a dividin' line."
_"And` when do you think this
judgment is, John Norton?" asked
the gambler, as if he was actually
enjoying the crude but honest idea
of his companion. The trapper hesi
tated a I.lnoment beftire be spoke,
then he paid: •
" I conceit that the I judgMent be
always goin' on. It's a court that
never adjOurns, - find the: deserters
and thelnaves and the disobedient
in the reement be always on trial.
But I' conceit that there comes a
day to every man, good and bad,
when :the record of his deedsb6 look
ed over from the start, and -- the good
and the bad counted up; and in that
day he gits the final indgmeitoibeth
er it be for or agin him. . And now,
boy," continued the old mat sol
emnly with a , touch of infinite tender
ness in the . 'vibrations of his voice,
"ye be nigh the jedgMent day, yer
self, and the deeds ye have did, both
the good and the bad, will be passed
intteview."
"Ileckon there isn't•much'cliance
for the if your view is sound, John
Norton." And for the first tithe his
tone lost its. cheerful recklessness.
" The court be a court of Mercy;
and the jedge looks upon, 'em that
comes up for trial as if he Iwas their
'father." • •
"That ends it old man," answered
the gambler. ' My father never showed
me any mercy when I was a boy. - If
, he had, I shouldn't have been here now.
If I did a wrong deed, I got it to the
last inch of the lash," and the words
were More intensly bitter because
spoken so quietly. A ,
" The father of the 'arth be
not like the father of heaveh, for I
have seetPem correct their children
beyond reason, and without mercy.
They whipped in their rage,iand not
in their wisdom ; they whipped,
cause they were strong, not because
of their love ; they whipped, when
they aboard have forgiven, and got
what they 'amt—the hatred of their.
Children. But the father of heaven
be !different, boy. He knows that
men be weak, as well as wicked. He
knows that half of 'em- haven't had a
fair chance', and "so he overlooks
much; and.when he' can't overlook I
it, I conceit be sorter forgives in a
lump. Yin, he' abstracts all, he can
from the evil we - have did boy, and
ef that isn't, enough to satisfy his
fetlin' toward a man that might have
been different ef he'd had a fair start;
he jest wipes the whole row of figures
clean out at the askin'."
" At the asking?" tsaid, the gam
bier; " that's a mighty quiek game.'
Did you ever pray, John Norton ?" '
" Sartin, - sartin, I be a prayin'
man," said the trapper, sturdily.
" At the asking?" murmured the
gambler, softly. -
" Sart:in, boy," answered the trap
per : "that's the line the trail takes,
ye can depend on it; and it will
bring ye to the end o the great
clearin in peace."
"It's &quick deal" said thd gam
bler, speaking to himself, utterly un
conscious of the , incongruity of his
speech to thought. " It's a quick
deal, but
.'I can see that it.might end
as he says, if the feeling was right."
;For a moment nothing was said.
The trapper stood looking steadfast
ly at the young man on the moss, as
he lay with his quiet face tamed up
to the sky, ' to whose color had
already comtthe first' shade of the,
awful whiteness.
Up the mountain a rifle cracked.
Neither stirred. 'A red squirrel ran
out upon the limb, twenty feet above
the gambler's head, and shook the
silence into fragments with its chat
tering ; then sat gazing at the two
men underneath: -
• " Can you pray, old man ?" asked
ttiegambler, quietly.
Sartinly," answered the trap-
per.
"Can you pray
in words?" asked
the gambler again. •
For a moment the trapper hesitat:
ed. Then be said : "I can't say that
I can. No, I sartinly can't say that
I could undertake it with- a reason
able chance of gettin' through ; least
wise, it wouldn't be in a way to help
a man any." •
"Is there any way, old mam in
which we can go partners?." silted
the gambler, the vocabulary of whose
profession still clung to him iit the
solemn counselingfrz, •
. " I was thinkin of that," answered
the trapper . " yjs, I was thinkin', ef
We could so rter fine works, and'each
help the other by doin' his own part
himself. •Yis," continued the old
man after a monient's rellection, l
"the plan's a good un—ye pray for
yerself, and I'll pray for myself—and
ef I can get in anything that seems
likely to do ye service, ye can count
on it, Is ye can on a grooved bar
rel."
. "And now," boy," said the trapper,
,wijkl sweetly solemn enthusiasm,
sd:obas faith might-give to a suppli
ling saint l —which lightened his'
features until his countenance fairly
shone with alight which came out of
it, rather than upon it, from the sun
overhead-- , e now hpy, remember, that
tbe Lord is Lord ti:of the: woods, as
well as of-the 'cities, and that he
heareth the prayln'-of.the poor hunt
sr tinder the pines, Al! Well as the
TOWANDA; BRADFORD COUNTY, PL, THUBSDAY MOiNING, MARCH 3, 1881.
greit preachers In the pulpit, and
that when 'sins be heavy and death
be nigh; Ills ear and His bean be
both Open." _
The trapper knelt on the moss at
the feet. He clasped the
fingers of his•great hands until they
interlaced, and lifted his Wrinkled
face upward. He said not a 'word;
but the strongly chiz.eled lips seam:
ed with . age, moved ,and twitched
now and then, and as the silent pray
er went on, two_ great tears left the
protection of the closed lids and
rolled down his rugged cheek. " The
gambler also closed his eyes; then his
hands quietly - stole one intothe'
other, and, avoiding the bloody
stain, rested on his breast ; and thus,
the old man who had lived beyond
the limits ]of , man's day, and the
young one, cut down at the threshold
of mature life—the one kneeling on
the mosses,' wi th his face - li ft ed - to
Heaven, the other lying on the
mosses, with his face turned toward
the sameeky, without word or utter
ed speech—prayed to the divine
mercy which beyond the heaven and
the sky saw two men underneath the
pines, and met, we may not doubt,
with needed answer the silent upgo-
ing prayer • •
The two opened their eyes ntarly
at the same instant. They looked
for a, moment at each other,
and then.
the, gambler , feebly lifted his hand,
and put it into the broad palm of the
trapper. Not a word was said. No
word was , needed. Sometimes men
understood each other better than by
talking. Then the gambler picked
the diamond stud from the spot
where it rested, slipped, the solitaire
ring from his finger, and said, as he
handed them to the-trapper
"There's- a girl in Montreal that
will 'like these. You will find her
picture inside my. vest, when you
bury me. Her' address is inside the
picture case. You will take them to
her John Norton ?" •
•" She shall have them from my
own hand," answered the - trapper,
gravely.
. " You needn't disturb_ the picture,
Jolfn ,Norton," said the' gambler,
"it's just as well, perhaps, to let - it
lie . where it is ; its been Mere eight
years. You understand what I mean
old man ?"
" I understand," answered- the
trapper, solemnly ; " the picture
shall st ayi where it. is."
" The pistols," resumed the gam
bler, and he glanced at the one lying
on the moss, "I give to you. You'll
find them true.. You will accept
-them ?" • . '
The trapper bowed his head: It is
doubtful if he could speak. For
several minutes there was silence.
The end was evidently nigh. The
trapper took the gambler's hand, as
if it had been, the hand of his own
boy. Indeed, perhaps, the, young
man had found hie father at last; for
surely it isn't flesh that makes father
hood. Once the young man moved
as if be would rise. Had he - been
able he would have died with his
arms around the old maa's neck. As
it was, the strength was unequal to
the impulse. He his eyes' to
the old man's face lovingly. ; moved
his body as if he Would get a little
nearer, and as a child might speak a
'loving thought aloud said, " I am
glad I met you, John Norton," and
with the saying of these words he
'died.
He Knew - She\Pid.
As the morning train over, the De
troit, Lansing and Northern road
pulled up at Howell; the other day,
a nice looking old grandma of
aboard with her 'satchel and settled
down for a comfortable ride. A De-,
troiter was of some assistance to her'
in getting seated; and he presently
:
" Going on a visit ?"
" Yes I'm going down Plymouth to
see my darter," she answered.
• They've writ and writ for me to
come, but I thought I should never
get started."
"Left the old man at home, I sup
pose ?" -
" Yes, William, thought he'd bet
ter stay and see to the things' at
home." , '
" Did you have plenty of time to
get ready?" ‘,
" Oh, yes. I've been gettin' ready
for two weeks."
" Sure you didn't forget any
?" .
" I know I didn't. I packed things
up o{►e at a time / and I know they are
all here."
" And you left everythingall right
around the house ?"
" Yes." •
" Your old 'man knows where,to
find the tea and sugar and salt, does
he r
4 Yes. I took him through the but
tery the very lastthing and pinted out
to, him where everything was."
' t 4 Well, now,". continued the man,
".I'm certain you overlooked some
thing."
bigwy on me I but what do you
moan r she grasped.
" Did you bring along your spec
tacles ?" .
"Yes—here they are."
" Did you hang up a clean towel for
him?'
" Yes." .
" And rolled up his night shirt and
put it under the pillow I"
"Yes" •
" And was everything all right
about the cook.stove?" •
" Marcy ! mercy on me! Stop these
kyars this blessed minute!" she ex
claim,ed, as she -tried to reach her
feet. "1F just remember' now that I
put the knives and forks in - the oven
to dry out and shut the door an 'em !
He'll never think to look in there.,
and he'll build up a big fire and roast
every handle off, before I get to Ply
,mouth." j
Mazoonowowar.--There is a man at
Wampum who. if he is not a liar, tells
some of the most remarkable truths on
rem& He tells about the changeable
weather in Dakota, sad illustrates by say-
ing that he knew a man to go out in the
back yard to thaw out a pump and the
man was 'nostril& before he Could get
his overcoat off, and before he could be
carried into the house he froze stiff. It
is almost too sturodous to . be
Florida Sun.
REGARDLESS OP mestrseutolt PROP _ ANT qualms.,
What do Novels Teach?
lehas been claimed by one of the
chief novelists of the day—we think
Mr. Trollopewho certainly has a
right to be heard on die subject--
that novels teach people, and espe •
-
cially .young people, how to talk, and
have bad a distinct influence in shap
ing the stream—not a very • brilliant
one—of English conversation. Per
haps this is rather a strong state
ment, and it would be more true to
say that English. novels • infigince
English conversation as the Times
leads popular opinion, by dividing
and echoing it, occasionally with a
clever semblance of [6 - metalling and
orig,inatingb It is somewhat curious,
by the way, when we come , to think
of it, and by no means complimenta
ry to the novelists, that they, as we
have just said, do so little ;to guide
or help those who may have compli
eations7of life 'to go` throughvery
similar to ; -the complications which
form the subject of modern romance.
This is if question which writers- of
fiction would. do well to ponder.]
Who has been' helped through one of;
these difficulties by the example of,
the last study oflife which tun the
most potent of contemporary magi- .
cians has set- before him ? Perhaps]
the reason is that a scarcely appreci
able portion of humanity are those
who are troubled by the special prob.,
lems which the novelist prefers to in
vestigate and fathom. For example,
there artcurionsly few bigamists, in'
good society, and yet bigamy is per- 1
baps more popular, than any other
subject with some novelists. And
few of us, after all, very few, make
eccentric wills, whichtare still. more
largely. used, As for the tone grand
proolem of which all the novels are
,full,-which is how to get ofirselves
beloved and marriekthat, it is pro
verbial, is a girestion in, which nobo
py will take any advice or profit by
any example. Here human nature
'always feels its situation unique and
its circumstances unexampled. If
there ever was a silly maiden like
Lydia Languish in real life, demand
ing to be wooed fantastically and
mysteriodsly ;to be run away , with
and flattered by clandestine vows, in
imitation,of her favorite heroine, we
are sure there never was any who
learned prudence and patience from
the most exemplary of fictitious wi;).
men. No doubt it pleases the young
couple who have to wait fof each
other through a' lingering engage
ment to read of ;others in the same
'circumstance ; but we doubt if a man
Or woman ever get a hint for the
speedier termination of their embar
rassments through those of their co
temporaries in fiction. It is by no
means to le desired that novelists
should glie up this subject Which is
.cred them,-but in -which ilobody
rwill-ever be guided. by any 'experi
ence save their own; yet , it would be
well for them in other points to con
sider this deficiency. They . are the
recognized exporients of social. life;
it is their task to exhibit- men arid
women in the midst r -of all its compli
cations, and it is a reproach tik-theit
that they do nothing, to help - their
fellow-creatures who may have
simi
lar trials- to
,go through.—From
Blackstone's Magazine.
" Whydon't you langli, mother?" .
said a little threelearlAd daughter,
as her mother, with father clouded
countenance, was - dressing the little
ones. The earnest tone of the child
prprOired the wished-for laugh, and
the little heart was happy.
And, mothers,- -I "fear we do not
laugh enough. The housekeeping is
so onerous, the children so often try
ing to nerves and teinper, the ser
vants most exasperating, and even .
John,- kind, good husband that he is,
cannot understand :all our l egations
andliscouragements and so, weari
ed sail s worried, we often fed that it
is to` nitrh for the lions - 601 d to de
peneon us, in addition, to all our
cares, ;for sunshine , as well.
Yet the hou hold does, and it must.
Father may beiright.and cherry, his
laugh mirring out, but , if mother's '
laugh fails, - even the father's-cheerful
, ness seems to lose Much of its infect-
ion. In the sad, but-forcible, lines of
one of Joanna Dalllie's dramas— •
Her little child tied caught the trick of grief,
And 'lewd amid its playthings—
we may catch a glimpse of the' stern,
repressed, life ut Bothwell. Manse,
where "the repression of all emo
tions' even the gentlest, seems to
have been the constant lesson." I
remember well bearing a lady say,
" When child, I used' to wigs so
often that 'my mother would look
cheerful."
Then laugh ti mother, eveif if you do ,
feel almost too weary' to exert the
facial muscles, and you have to make ,
a pitiful effort, which comes nigh
bringing tears instead of .a laugh.
You will feel better for the eilort,
and so will the'children. The little
ones, unconselous to you and to theni
selves are catching the very phases
of-eountenance which will go far to
brighten or cloud some future home.
Then laugh, mother; parlor, nurse
ry, and kitchen all feel the ffect of
your smile or frown: The cherry
laugh of a mothei gbes down through
generations, as well as her town.
And 2tvhen the -mother • 'eyes are
closed, and lips and heeds are '
forever still, there is no - ' sweeter
epitaph which children and friends
eau give than, "She was always bright
and _cheerful at home."—Christion
Intelligences.
A LADY visited- the office of -Dr.
the oculist, to consult, him in re-
Igard to having performed an opera
tion for strabismus. Her eyes had
already been once operated upon,
and their natural defect nearly cured
So small was.the cast still visible that
Dr. D., attempted to discourage..it
second attempt, fearing least it injure
the eye-sight. . The - ease is so slight
that, it is not notieable," said.
"And on the whole, a bit of a squint
is becoming to' a pretty Woman.
Don't you think sp ?" he added
Awning to a friend who chanced to
, be present. "yes,' ,
.drawled the
friend. " It makes her look.pictur-
I pique,. It isn't so set, you know,"
Laugh More.
•
The Perils of Diphtheria.
have hack two new eases of dip
they's 'this morning," said a Well
kaown ProOklyn physician, who has
made the disease a subject of special
study, " and I was called in so late
that I have great - fears as to the
re
sult of both of them. You see, the
'great thing is to meet the disease be
fore
it has acquired strength; and I
impress upon, all my patients who
have children the necessity of send
ing for me the moment any of their
little ones exhibit such symptoms as
lassitude, sick headache, or even sore
throat, though theilatter is by no
means an early indication. -Of course,
I cannot always tell positively whetiv i
er the case is one of diphtheria or
not, but if I have the slightest doubt
on the , subject I act as-though I were
certain, and at once administer reme
dies to check the complaint. The
practice of waiting' for - developments
is, I think a fatal one; for "diptheris,
once developed, is -
A DESPERATELY' HARD THING TO
DEAL WITH. =
A f . ew winters ao ,I gave up my
1
general practice to a 'brother physi
cian, and went dow among the tene
ment houses and pOor quarters where
,diphtheria was raging to try to learn
something about the disease. I think
I succeeded. -I .believe I c a n now
check it even when it is somewhat
advanced, but it cost me far more
than I anticipated. I used. to carry
gumdrops about in my pocket to give
Ito the - .lick 'children, and one day,
after I had- changed my clothes and
1 disinfected myself, I Went home to
my family. I,had taken the gumdrops
out of the Ocket of tlie clothes I
had taken off, and I took them home,
with me and gave, one to my little
boy. Half an hour afterward I was
called out again, and when I return
ed, four hours later, my Wife told me
that the child was ill. The moment
I looked at him I saw that be had
diphtheria, and I was horrified to see
the progress the disease bad made.
But if he had een's strange child
,I
believe I could have stopped it. As
-it was, I could not bear to w e him
suffering, so I intrusted the =se to,
another physician; and within twenty
four hours from the time of his seiz
ure he : • ,
BY E. * E. BRACE.
Geologists assert that an inmense
glacier or field of ice .once' covered
eastern North' America as far south
as the 30th,' parallel. " The special
effects of the operations that went
forward in the glacial period are the
following : The transportation of' a
vast ammint or earth and stones from
the higher latitudes to the lower,
over a large part'of the breadth of 'a
continent. The material consisted
of earth, gravel, and stones, and also
in some,- , p'acert broken trunks Or
branchei of trees. Part of it was
'deposited in a pell-mell or ungrati
fied condition during the progress of
the period, and past, either stratified_
or unstratiffed;in the opening part of
the next period when the ice melted.
This transported material is called,
drift. The distance to, which the
stones were transported in North
America, as leltned by comparing
them with the rocks in places to the
north, is mostly between 10 and 40
miles, though , in some cases over 200
miles. The bed rock over which the
drift was transpoitcsl is often scratcl.-
ed in closely crowded parallel lines."
These lines or grooves were cut by
ttie stones- which the glacier contain
ed ;" and the stones were torn flora
their native beds perhaps miles back
in direction froM which the ice came.
The, ice 'must have been of great
thickness, for evidence of glacialnc
tion has been found at a. height of
5500 feet in the, White Mountains.
The " glacial scratches" have the
same direction as the great valleys
through which the ice moved, except
in the case of local -valleys of con
siderable extent and depth, which do
not have the same direction} as the
greater,valleys. It is evident that
" nothing but moving ice could have
transported the drift with its `lm,
mensc boulders. 4? Glaciers are' doing
the Buie work now in all glacial re
gions,
as shown by the researches of
Tyndall and Agassiz. ,Several theo
ries have, been advanced to account
for the change of climate necessary
to produce the glacier;` though no
one ot, 'them has, as yet, been accept
ed as correct in all particulars.
The evidence of glacial action, in
times pas) in this region, may be con
sidered' as abundant, and also as'
very interesting from a local point of
view. It will be remembered by the
students of geology, that when. the
Allegheny Mountains were made at
the close of paleozoic time, the beds
of which they are composed Were ex
tensively folded and fractured. These
folds, known as synclinals and onti
cline's formed what are known at
present as' geological valleys. The
more extensive cross-fractures, aided
by causes too numerous to, mention
here, gave rise to the course of many
of our present streams which flow at
right angles to the course of the geo
logical valleys: The glacier in this
region followed the course of the
gelogical valleys, which is S. W. W.
This may be proved by any one who
will take the pains to examine the
parallel grooVes cut in the bed-rock
in many places in' this region, and
especially in Springfield township.
Boulders of metamorphic rock be
longing to the Laurentian age, are
found scattered herb and there. The
nearest ledges of . this 'rock lie in a
direction a little north of east. Our
- valleys were undoubtedly widened ]
Bev. Granville Moody, in one of and deepened by the great abraiding
the experience meetings at the Love- powers of the ice aided' by the action
land Camp-meeting, told the. story of .of sub-glacial streams. The. direction
his ebniersicin as follows : " I was of the glacial scratches necessitates'
converted forty-nine years ago ,in the conclusion that' the glaciers Were,
% Baltimore ; the human agent was Old of sufficient thickness to have a com- ,
Aunt Violet, a , kind of stray angel. paratively uninterrupted flow over
She was a Splendid•type of ,her race, the summits of Mts. Pisgah and Ar
black as night, and Polite as royalty. mania. This conclusion is justified
She always eat in the gallery oppo- by the occurrence of drift on their
site the pulpit, and one hymn was summits.' A great part of the drift
often sung, 'Before the thione my deposited in this region, was derived
surety stands,' but Aunt Violet's from the beds of the Chemnag group,
.voice would soar up, Before the which extend over a large part of the
throne I'm Sure to stand, She often surface of this county. With the
made me read the Bible, which I was Laurentian boulders occur others bf
almost as afraid to touch as an elec- a widely different character,.
tric battery. At length I arranged belong to the lower Lew:mina forma
.
to go down home. • All things ready,- tion of the State of New YOrk. Some
I 'went to bid Aunt Violet 'good by.' of them contain fossils of great.
She followed me to the. or ..and beauty, chiefly corals and the bro.
raising her black arm like an ebony chiopod type of mollusks! Deposits
sceptre over my head, she said : of pebbles, sand, and sometimes clay,
Young mas'r you'se very bad, worse may be' found in many places,especi
than ever before, now I shall never ally in the neighborhool of Troy.
' see you again till the judgment day Such deposits, although they do not
—don't come up dar iwithont salve,. belong to the glacial period.proper„
tion for I shall be' Ibleeged to be a are composed of material_ that was
swift witness 'gainst you.; seek de — deposited during; and immediately
Lord Mas't Moody,' and I didArow — following, the final melting of the
when I get to heaven, after I render glacier,, which occurred in the Cham
praise to the God of my salvation, plain period. .As an example ramil
and greet my dear mother, I, shall .far to the the citizens of Troy, may
hunt up Aunt Violet l " • be cited deposit .near .Redington
DIED ON TIIE SOFA ,
you are sitting on now. And here let
me say, that one of the most terrible
blunders that parents of childreirare`
apt; to make is letting their little ones
go out, - or carelessly stray into
draughts after tbe,disease appears to
_be wholly eradicated. Such appear
ances, my experience has taught me,
are almost invariably deceptive. 'The
germs of the disorder , still lurk in
the system, and the slightest cold or
indisposition is pretty sure to bring
on a relapse that no skill can cure.
A little white hearse went away from
the house a few yardi up this street
this morning.lt carried to the ceme
tery the remains of a little boy- who
was stricken down with diphtheria
last week. He seemed to be quite
recovered, and the day before yester-.
day he was allowed 'to go out. He
caught a cold, and the disease return
with a malignity that defied treat
ment. ' He-died last night and under
the orders of the health board he had
to be buried immediately."—New
York Bun:
==:=3
Teach, Year' B
Teach them that-a true lady may
be found in calicb quite' as frequently
as in Nehet: -
Teach - them that a common school
education yviLl4,common sense,tis bet
terthan a college education without
it. •
Teach them that one good honest
trade, well mastered, is worth a doz
en' beggarly " professions."
Teach them that honesty • is the
best policy, that it is better not to be
rich on the profits of." crooked whis
key," apd point your Tirepept by the
examples of those who are now suf
fering the torments of-the damned.
..„,Teach them to respect their elders
and themselves.
Teach.
.
Teachiteni that, as they expect to
be men- some—day; they cannot too
soon learn to protect the weak ones.
Teach men.,by your ovn examr e
that smoking 'in moderation, though
the least of vices to which men are
heirs, is disgusting• to others and
hurtful to themselves. .
- Teach them that to wear patched
garments=is no disgrace, but to wear
a black eye is. • . .
Teach them that God is no- iespec
tor of the seii, and that when he gsve
the seventh commandment, he meant
it for thein as Well as for their sis
ters. ®.
Teach them that by indulging their
depraved appetite in the Worst form
of dissipation, they area not fitting
themselves to bee - me the husbands
of pure girls. . ,
Coniersion of Granville Moody
, '
BY mown) tumr..
.This sweet -child which bath climbed arm my
.
.This ambenhaired, fenr.suminered littie maid,
With her dneouselous beauty troubleth me,
With her low prattle malteth * me afraid:
Ah. darling t whin you inns and nestle so
You hurt me, though you do not See me cry, '
Nor hear the weakness with which I sigh,
for the dear hatiil k 111.4 so long ago. .
tremble at the touch of your catess; '
I sin not worthy of your innocent faith
who With whetted knives of worldliness
Did put my whole chlid.lieartiduess to death,
Beside whose grave I fate former more,
Like dojo:dation onkshiPwreeked shore. •
There is to little child within me now..
To sing back totheihrushos. to leap up •
When June winds kiss me; when an apple tough
LanghW-Into blossoms, ors butteicup
Plays with the sunshine, or aviolet _ •
_
Dances In the glad dew. Alas ! Waal
The tarsal°, of the dalales In the grass
I have forgotten ; and if my cheeks are wet,
It hi not with the blithenesi of the child, •
Dot with the bitter sorrow of sad years.
0. Moaning life, with irreconelled ;
0 backward looking thought,•o pain, 0 tears, .
For us there is not any sOrer sound
Of rythuile Wonders springing . from the ground.
• • .;
Wee worth the knowledge, and the bookish tore
Which makes men mummies, weighs out every .
grain
.Of that,which was miraculops before..
And sheers the heart down with the scoffing
brim; - • " • - •
Woe worthtbe peering, analytic days '
That dry the tender Juices in the breast, - •
And put the thunders of the Lord to test,
So that no marvel must be, and no praise,
• Nor any Godexcept Necesity.
.•
What can ye give my poor, Marred life in lieu- •
01 this dead cherub which I slew' for ye
Take back your doubtful wisdom, and renew
• 'My early foolish freshness of the dunce, '
Whose simple Instincts guessed the heavens at
MY SLAIN.
Local Geology.
81.00 per Annum In Advanoe.
Ave.' This deposit - has beei eaten
sively worked for sand, thereby !env
ing the stratification of the beds
open to view. The , altitude- lof this
deposit together with that of others
in the same valley, shows the extent
`of the flood which' filled the.valley
where the village uf Troy now stands.
Two Drinks That Morning. -
I '
Tom Gg.ins was what you call a
swift witneis„ When Tom was for a
felloW lie was for him all over, and
he was so friendly and confiding the
judge did not know what tondo with
him. Last court, Lawyer ,Braham
put Tom, upon the. stand to prove
that a drunken man couldn't remem
ber what be did when he was drunk.
Tom had taken two drams thnt morn
ing and was
. feeling splendid. He
swore straight out= that. he couldn't.
The judge' didn't like that. He
didn't like witnesses who were so
willing and familiar, and so ,he put a
few,queAions to Tom from the bench.
"Mr. Gains, weren't yon drunk
yesterday ?" (Sunday). •
"They say . I was, your honor."
•
"And you. don't remember it .
sorter like 'a dretim, your
honor; biit. I was awfuliyisiek last
niabt."_ • -
"How are you now, 1111.. Gains ?"
" I am tolerably well, I thank you:
judge, how do you do yoiirself?"_and
'Tom x:iwed humbly, for 'hp thought
the judge was kindly inquiring after
his health. ' - I
When the alieffr had quieted the.
geberal hilarity the judge said :
"Now Mr. Gains you were:drunk
yesterday. which was Sunday. NOw
where did ' youllnd your whisky
"In•the jug, jitdge--41g4. •in the.
. .
jug!" • ," -
"Well, sir, where was! the - jug?" -
"Under the fOdder stack, judge;
always keep it there or! in the shuck
pen ; and .if your honor ever passeS :
that way, it's a free thing to-."
"Mr. Gains, you can : retire, sir?,
I.
believe you are the same man Who
about thirty' years ago testified in.
this court „house that Jim' Wilkins
bit his own ear off."
" They 'say I did, judge, but you
know 'I was drunk, and of course' I
don't remember-. t. You was defend
in' Jack Boozer for bitin' Jim Wilk
ins' ear, and you told Me in the scrim
mage. Jack shoved Jim up.against
the sharp edge of the door and cut it
off; but you see, - judge', I got drunk
and forgot.what you told me, and-1
s'spose I did swear that Wilkins.b't
ids•ear otf'' himself; and it wasn't so
unreasonable no how, for he had the
awfullest mouth - that ever was seed—
didn't he judge ?". •
" Mr. Gains, Mold-you to sit down,
sir. - Mr. Sheriff, give me the. names
of those gentlemen who are so'hilari-
Omi. I'll see - if .1 can't stop their
merriment.' Brotl!er Braham put up
your'next witness:"
Relics' of a. Forgotten Age.
A collection of curious Peruvian
earthenware is in the possession of
W. W. Evans, of New Rochelle. Mr,
Evans 'spent ,several years in' Peru
engaged in the construction of rail
ways. One of. these 'roads among.
the Peruvian Andes is said to mach
a higher altitude than any other rail
way in the "world. \ A picture of a
section of another, the Lima
_and
°rave railway, shows a span support
ed"npon an iion pier as high as Trinl
ity steeple. It was while layifig out
the route of a railway that Mr: Evans,
discovered the thee-worn relics now
in.his 'possession. In the southern
. part of Peru lies the valley of the
Santa, near •Chimbote. Here' 'for
miles is a stretch of fine white sand.
From a' diitance its smooth surface
is said' to resemble .the unruffled sea.
But whin theiiand was disturbed in,.
the process of working upon the rail
way it was found that the remains of
a prehistoric race lay buried beneath..
Then the utmost care was taken.
Soundings were, made constantly with
long iron rods, to - determine the pies
ende of any relics. The result was
astonishing. -•'or twenty-five. miles
in the sandy yalley the workmen dug
through -‘ an. 5-immense graveyard.
TOmbs were found eleven andtwelve
feet below.the surface of the ground,
the depth indicating somewhat the
years, that had passed
_away since
they were built.' •
,These tombs whose
_quiet was dis- •
turbed 'by the advent of the locomo
tive engine were constructed of•stone.
The average size was about six feet
in length, •four in widthfand three in
height. The walls were of masonry
securely plastered, while heavy flag
stones lay across the top. When the
'flags were removed a strange sight
was presenttd within the graves. In
the corners with -grim blackened,
fleshless faces sat mummies *rapped
in cloths: Near them were:the skele
tons of dogs. There were earthen
vessels of quaint shapes and speci
mens of gold and silver work.. The
remains of *bat had been once coin,
and beans,. and peas were also foOnd.
The mummies were prepared in a
strange.' manner. The bodies -had
been doubled and the bands clasped
around the knees. " Then the whole
had been wound with a kind of
coarse cloth until only the face was
left visible. The misshapeh bundles
'were placed invariably with the faces
to the west. The cereals in the graves
are 4upposed to have been intended
forthe sustenance of thedead in the
spirit world. The utensils may also
have been designed for their. use. It
is supposed that theie eaves
antedate the reign •of the Incas
though their exact age ;cannot be
known. I,t, 'is said the pottery is , the
oldest known in the world.
There is a layge number of gieces
in Mr. Evens' collection, all showing
different designs. _ They i are called
huatas,and are receptacles for lignids.
They are composed of baked clay s
usually reddish, but in j some cases
Covered red or'black. ; They are
moulded 'to represent !rude- busts,
masks, statuette, fruit arid animals.
One remarkable circumssance is that
the potter's wheel,has not been used
Upon these, articres and; the manner
in which .they were moulded is un
known. The workmanship is rude
and the faces and figure's are exceed
ingly grotesque. One shows, appal.-
witty, a musician' clutebinl
Another shows a sr rat -•.
come with strong drink (and sinking
down sleepily over his cops. From
the beads of the figures rise long nar
row necks, often forming au arch be
low, which unite into one neck above.
The busts of the figures swell out,
forming flasks. One represents a cul
prit with , hands tied behind him,' and
another a clumsy but formidable per -
son armed with a whip. On the side
of some of the Entices are dehicted
hideous dragons, and animalsisAich
much resemble & school - boy's fiat ef- .
fort at drawing. A bird, apparently
a paroquet, forms the body of several
hum's. In some cases they /are
double, a bird" or figure being attach
', ed to, a comparatively 'plain flask. .
There are several representatioLs of
fruit,Orie giving. the forni of a kind
of melon which is said to taste ex
actly like vanilla ice cream Another
-consists of four clay globes, each
, about the, size of in orange; which
are joined together. Fiore the mid
dle of the arched and hollow handle
rises a long neck.
A- black huaca consist -of a cat
curled UP in a ball, from whose back
peers out a snake's head. The hua
eas are particularly uncouth. They
wear usually some sort of remarkable
head dress. Tusks protrude from the
corners of their months. Still, gro.
tesque as they are, there is a certain
expression of humor visable hi the
very, gliness. The most: curious of
these pieces of pottery are what are
called the " whistling hnacas." They
are.usually small and of varied
shapes: By blowing into the neck a
clear, distinct whistle is produced.
These utensils are supposed to have
had a sacred as well as practical use
They ware probably intended for
representations of household deities,
and the whistle is thought to have
intended for dm 'voice of a god. In
addition to the collection of grotesque
pottery. Mr. Evans has, some inter
esting speefinens of gold and silver
filagree.work done by - the Indians of
Peru. He . has, also some of the
cocoa leaves - and lime, on which :
, alone the natives are said,, in the
tales of- travelers, to live for a week
~at a time and travel 'lOO miles a-day.
NUMBER 40
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She Washed on a Sunday.
lie only whispered to alady friend
who
_sat beside him in'ehurch, but it
cost considerable-trouble. -
" There comes Mr, Proud'E! wife.
DO yob know she washes on Sunday
"I've, - seen her do' it," is what. be
said. . " .
"Heavens! Can it• be possible"'
said the lade. -
" Yes, but please don't, say any • •
thing about it." ,
She didn't.-
In exactly seven (lays - by the clock-' -
everybodY. in the church knew it. It,
came to.the ears of Mr: Prowl, awli,
he set about tracing* the story to its
origin. Mrs. Proud was being snub.
bed by nearly every body in the con=
gregation: Even the minister forgot
to take off his bait when be passed
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her in' the street. .
There was some talk of dropping
Mi3..Proud*s name from- the roll of
ch►trch membership.. . -
Mr. Proud - became furious.
went around town - with a- pistol in
his pocket:
lleilnally found the•lady whoyad
stai'ted the report, and asked her who
her informant was. She referred him
to the . gentleman who mentioned it to
her in church. Mr. Proud jammed
his hat over his eyes and *ought the
miscreant.
-" Did you say my wife washed on.
guild ay ?" asked. Mr. Proud with
der in his eye.
"_ Certainly;": responded : the man
without moving a muscle.
I want you to take-it hack.''
" I can't ;_ it's a fact, and lAloni •
see anything to get mad about. I
wouldn't let a wife of. mine come to
church without washing, would you?'"
Tills is the way a New ;York'Urchin
confidentially writes to his chum from.
New Port about a fox bunt "It's a
'reglar fraud. They sticka tame fox
into a bag an' let him: run out an' all
rub 'after him on horseback - . There
.aiun- any real bunt about it. It'a
twice as much fun chasing cats 'over the
back. fence up 1 , ,0
. our houie: They
try to get' away, and a feller's got to
look out or he'll break, a leg or get
licked by the police. if he runs into
the side-street, an' there's 'some fun
in it, but this is n. e. I should think
them big fellers would be tired of
it." .
Fun, Fact and Facctize.
()VT ON TIIE BPpERY PAVE
Oft on the slippery pave,
This winter time has found me.
go ashes strewn to save. ,
- And coal-hole lids around me.
The jokes, the Jeers,
That reach my ears,
That ragged urchins mutter, -
As standing there.
I tack and veer,
- And then slide in the gutter.
, Thus on the slippery pave,
This winter time has found me,
Non...hes strewn .ta save:
• And coal-bole lids around me.
.When 1 remember well
• 'The times that 1 have tumbled,
'3lld giggle, laugh and yell,
As o'er the walk 1 stumbled,
• I feel as though •
I'd like to go
With shotgun or with billy,
' To beat or shoot
The mean galoot • t
Who keeps his walk so Illy. J
Thus on the slippery pave, ,
winter time has found 131 r.
' No ashes strewn to save. .
And coal-hole lids Mound me.
—Boston TV( ns , ri pt.
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LI3iERICK : No ; the ground-hag is not
the Irish landlord.—Boston Post.
• How can you ever load a vessel without
the block aid? We invite someby to tack
le this.—New York News.
A MAN is a " perfect brick" when ho
shows lilmself all the- better for being
Lard-pressed.—Boston Transcript.
-'•'A NEWPORT girl is so jealous of her
lover, that she wants to lock him up. But
love laughs at locks, .
Saturday Night. - -
Tun Pilgrim fathers declared kissing
on Sunday to be wicked. They were
bound a man should kiss his wife at least ,
once a week.—Boston Pod.
"GRATE seize her :" was the exclama
tion of an uhkind husband on seeing his
wife's now silk dress • entangled in the
tire-place.— Yonkers Statesman.
‘A QrEER case—Mr. Khoru married a
Chicago girl named Cookie. He took the
Ofte and she had to acknowledge the
Khom.—Bloomington Eye.
LATxsT slang : "Are you going in thi4
cab?" "Yes, in this Cab?' "Are you
going fah?" "No, 'not fah?" "
ta-ta. ' "Tarta."—Bridgeton New*.
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A atzve fashion . for the lalies is • to coil
a long green snake around the waist lit
place of a belt. They seem to be a sort
of delirium trimmings.—Peek's San.
A mos in a Trenion restaurant has. it'
is said, over the bar the inscription " 3la
tutinal Ocular Aperients and o,ollinaceotts
Caudal Appendages."--;Prineetonien.
'AT the telephone—Bell rings. Dulext
voice over the wire—" Are you ninety
six ?" "No." D.Y. !gain--" What are
you?" "I'm 4aq-erre& ' Casual call
er, *r1“:0 has heard but half the converse.;
lion—" You -don't look it." Roston
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