TWINS OF runacAlries. The BRADTORD IMPORT'S Is pabliallaHl leery Thursday morning by. GOODRICH k HITCHCOCK, at One Dollar peranunnu la adVanee. tir Advertising In all cases exclusive of intb• scr piton to the paper. Si• ECI A.L NOT IC ESlnserted at Tr." Clitlliper linetor first insertion, and l'iVR CCM WHIRe for each suesequent Insertion, but no notice Inserted Or less than fifty cents. YE &RIX ADVERTISEMENTS will belisart cd at reasonable rates._ Admlntstrator's and - Executors Notices, ; Auditor's NotAces,t2.so; B usiness live lines, (Per year) 111, additional lines et each. , Yearly advertisers are entitled to quarterly changes. T ransitnt advertisements must be paid for in adeasee. All reso l u ti o ns of aisociationst cottimunteattons of itmited or pldividual interest, and notices or marriages or deaths,exceeding five Ilnesare chug, ed sirs CEXTS per line, but simplonotlces of Mar riages and deaths will be published without charge. The RITOUTSIt haying &larger cirenlationthan any Ober paper in the county, makes it the best advertising medium In Northern Pennsylvania. . JOB PRINTING of every MO. In plain and fancy colors, done with neatness and dispatch. Handbills, Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets, 11111 heads, Statements, Sc., of every variety and style s printed at the shortest notice. The EZPOETZn office is well supplied with power presses, a good &Mort ment of now type, and everything in the printing line can be executed in the most artistic manner and at thelowest rates. TERMS INVARIABLY ASII. Ansiutss gabs.. DAVIES, & HALL, ATTORNETS-Ai'-LAW, SOUTH BIDE OF WARD PURSE. Dec :3-75 SAM W..BIICK, TTORNE T-AT-LAW, Nora:l'79. • TOWANDA, PENN'A. OMee—At Treasurer's °Mee, In Court House Av H. & - „E. A. THOMPSON,, ATTORN RYS.A.T.I.Aw. TOWANDA, P. I In Slercur Bknk. over C. T. Kirby's Drug . ...tore. All business Intrusted to their care ',Who attended to promptly. Especial attention given 10 .'si ms against the 1 7 nIted States for PENNiONS, NT I ES, PATENTS. etc; to collections and to the settlement of decedent's estates. 11. THOMPSON', EDWAIII) A. TiioursoN : \pi,T~l-SI A.: BEVERLY SMITH & CO., BOoKh'INDEI:S, • And deniers In Fret Saws aria' Ainnteurs' Suppos e-llott, RF.I.OI:TE.It Building.. rLx. 1 - 12, Towanda, Pa F. L. lIOLLISTER, D. D. S., 1) 1:-X T I S 7'. '(-nt•crs,or to Dr. E. 11. A tiglo. OFFICE-;-.Second it ,r of L).. Pratrs (nee. Towlfida, ra., .lattnary ti, 1881 AI ADILL fi KINNEY, • ATTOILNLYS-AT-LAW. O Mr\ —Rivals formerly occupied by Y. M. C. A 1:,01:1. • 11. J. :AI? _JOHN W. COPPING, ._ --;- f. - . ATToitmtr-AT-T.Aw, TOWANpA, PA. __ ____. -` 1):1;Ce. over Kirby`A Drug Store; _ MEM lEEE THOMAS E. MYER ATTO:: NET-AT-LAW, WYALUSINU, PEN \'A. 5,.1.1 , 1111.a• 25, 11+79 pEck OVERTON ATTOItNEYS—AT at,W, TOWA IC DA, r I=l 110DNE,Y A. :111N1OUR, A•mly. - NET AT-LAW, TOW ASIDA., l'at I'arthtittat 4 attention paid In the t)rphans Court and to the t.ottle mew /* • ., I.lt. M.,ntanye, Block )1 - ERTON-:AL SANDERSON, Ey.AT-LAW TYVCA.NDA:PA E. kr:KV:TON . , . 1 ti IA T' 11. JESSU-P, ATTOI:NE): A XI) COI - N:4E1.1 . ,(1P.-AT-L:LIV4 7.I()NTP*ISE. PA. .Imtv. l .lc,mp remmed the prattlee of the law in Noll:p.m I%.magylvania; will attend to any I (gal bu,iims.s itiirmste.l to him In I;radfera emmt.v. v et i...1,1eg to eon-Mt him, can call nu I. Strc-tl.r. Tuwamla, ra.ochen an appolutment ca. , : he male. - FIENILY sTREETER, ATTO,T: N FLY A COrNSELLOI:-AT-LAW, TowAsni, PA 1 I L. im,Lis, 1 , A 14011. N }:Y-AT-LAW, TOWANDA, PA.- 'IMAM E. BULL, SURVEYOR. NEI:RING, ,t'ItVEYING AND PIZAFTING. ,7 11 , 0 t (:. F. Mas , ..ri, - ever & 'Tracy. !OH.l , treu!; row;:t(la. , 1 1,SBUEE A-, SON, I TOWANDA, PA. ~ NIX, .1 01IN 'V fr,II:NEY-AT-LA.W COI.IMISSIONKU, • TOWANDA, Side Public '24-tuare ANDREW WILT, e, • • • - A Trous;nr-kr-LAW. Ntain•st. ON't r .t. L. Kent's F , r6v:t :lay he consulted in C..r.Dian. '76.] • ATT! , I;:cF.:I - 7AT-LAW, Ti , \VANDA, PA ~. i:•.—)teretir Mock', Park street, up stairs M. W00113131.1.N, Physi a I !an and Surt.v,coth °Rice at replitelice, ou llnq north E. Church. To..ni:.Ta. April 1. 1,1,1. • %yr B. KELLY, DENTIST.-ofllce T. 7 • over M. F. Rouenflehrs, Towanda, Pa. T;-eth inserted on Gold, t.3liver, Rubber. and Al n ninin I,tse. Teeth extracted without .aln. t 1et.34-72. 1 - ; D. PAYNE, M. P., Jo PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. over Montanye s• Store. (Mee hours from:10 . to I 2 A. x„ and from 2 to 4 P.m. ~' Special :Mention glen to I)! , EASES) ( DIST ASES. ~ r } and . . { L (F. 111 1. EYE ) - f nil,. AIL PERRIGO, _ Tr. ',CIS I:II .PIANO AND 01:flAti. given in Thorough 'Hass and Harmony of the voice a specialty.. Located at .1. l'. Stat.t. Street. Reference : Holmes Tonatola, Va., March 4, ISM% R : AT A N I_.fi • - ; ; COUNTY SUPET.INTENDE dagy i:sct Saturday of each month °vet Turner & Gordon 's Drug Store, Towanda, l'a. •- Towanda, J out 20. IS7B. (1 S. RUSSELL'S `l• GENERAL I NS:URA NCE •AGENCY .71)t! F ` IVAItD WILLIAMS, 1 . PS.ACTIrAt PLUM.R . & GAS FITTER Pla , P of buque!•F,a few doors north of Tost-OClce ri.111:11111g, Ca% Fitting, Repairing Plimps,nt all tio 1.., and all kinds of Gearing promptly attended to. All wautlng work fields tinestionld give tilm a .alt.Dec.4, 18;9. . , IRST NATIONAL BANK, T()WANDA, PA. CAPITAL RAIDIN FUND Tidy Cant offers 1111111 Mai facilities forth° trans action p? general banking business. lc. N: BETTS, Cashier JOS:POW ELLi President.. - 110IISE, CORN EHMAIN & WASHINGTON STREETS FlittiT WAUD, TOWASDA. PA. Meals at all hours. Terms to suit the times. Large • stable attsiehed. WM. HEMRY,PIIOPMIZTOR. Towanda. July 2. 3 704 f. A FEW COPIES OF THE ROAD LAWS can !Jo hid at this Onlca. Men don't believe tuna Devil now, as their father's used to do; They've forced the door'of the broadest creed to • lot his Majesty thypngb. • .. - There isn't a print of his-cloven 'foat, or a fiery ' dart from his bow To be found In earth or,,alr today; for the world has voted so.' But, who Is mixing t h e fatal draught that palsies - heart and brain, And loads the bier of each passing. year with ten •hundred thousand stein? ! Who blights the bloom of the land today with the fiery breath of hell, If the Devil isn't, and never was? Won't" some body rise and tell? TOWARD., ;. Who 4 dog 9 the step of the toiling saint and digs the pit for his feet? Who sows the tares In the fields or Time wherever God sows MS wheat? ' ' • Tho Anil Is voted not to be, and, of course, the • thing is true ; But who is doing the kind of work the alone should do? We are told ho &its not go about like a roaring lion now ; But Who'shall we hold responsible' for the ererlast- Mg row To be heard at home, in Church and State, follie earth's remotest bound, ) If the Devil by a unanimous vote Is nowhere to fie" --- .found'! 'March I, 1581 Won't somebody step to tho front:, forthwith and make their bow and show How the frauds and the crimes of a single day spring up ? Wo want to knee?. The Devil was falrly_vot4.l out, and, of course, the Devil's gone, Hut sitaple pecplewotilil like tri . know who carries his business on P. = 'We really must economize some where !' said Obadiah; tugging away at his whiskers. - 'Yes, indeed,' said 1,-wringing my hands, we must! But I'm sure, Oby, dear, we are neitherr'of Us extrava gant. We must eat; we must drink j and we must live !' ), - - And Obadiah and' ‘sat and looked at each other, in _ ort of mild de spair. We •had Only been 'married six months, Obadiah. and I. ' We were very yoang, bothe — Ti — ffs,'and perhaps we had begun the world too early. Our relation's told us we hadn't any business to marry_; but!as-their gra tuitous opinions were all that they had ever given us, or ever intended to "lye us, we had not paid much at tention ,to their utterances. LIKNS. M. PECK May I, '79 «'e • -had taken - a - little one-story cottage, just on -the .higli'road, which was to let cheap, because there were only:two rooms and a kitchen to it. But what did. Obadiah and I want with more than two rooms and a kitchen.? I had the 'furniture which- Grandmother :Newcomb had given me, an&a: rag carpet which my poor mother had woven the winter before she died. To be sure, --- our accommo dations.were not extensive, but we did not expect to hold fashionable receptions, In give large dinner par- . ties.. - • Obadiah had-plenty of,work intim woolen factory, down by. the depot, and I hung out my little sign, 'Dress making and Millinery,' land hoped that some one would see it, andiCOme in and give, me an order. But no one came.. I plenty of time after mY. housekeeping duties were over in the morning, and I couldn't be always beeswaxing the fUrniture, ar ranging tlie _china cupboard, or p6l - the wiados. wish I could get . Soine - dress• making to (10!' said 1, wiSttnlly ; for Obadial's earnings were ,s'nall, and I did ,-so long for-a dollar or twoof •t•• My own: Jmix F. SANDEr.sON 1 7 0)•27', '79 rnovll -75 L.ELsniltr. 'Why don't you advertise in the village paper?' sald Mr..Meggs. Obadiah. burst outipughing. - Jzn.1,1875 'Advertise P slid he. 'Why, what on earM, do_ you tape -us for, Mr. costs deal of money to adveftise.' . 'lt eostssowctTing , certainly,' said Mr. Meggs, thoughtfully stroking hiS chin; 'hut, tlfen, it calls public atten tion to the particular sort of iron that you have!in the fire.'. 'A little lok.:al payer like that ?' said Obadiah, rather contemptuously.. 'lt's local custom that * your wife wants, isn't it?' said Mr. eggs. 'An4 I never did think much of newspapers,' added Obadiah.. Splhat settled. the question ;• and afterward, when ihe foreman of the woolen factory et'lt di*n all the wages of the workmen tweniT per. cent., and coal went up, :ma the winter set in hard and cold, and' we began to con sider the question of how and where We could .economize, the local news paper was almost the first thing upon which Obadiah settled. -- at leak, is ,an unnecessary extravagance,' said he. I winced a little'. The Boggsville Herald' had been; my constant corn-; panion for morelonely _evenings_ than I cared to remember. 'lt's only alf a year, ; Obadial4 4 ,said.l • 'and. r •31IY; it's a very interesting Attie 4-fapei.' TOWANDA., PA. 9123.000 ..... . 73,000 , k ' COODRICH & HITCHCOCK. Publishers.: ' VOLUME - XT,TT, "' THE DEVIL. MISTAKEN ECONOMY. 'Just a &Her and a half:a'year too glch,' said my husband, eufly: 'The subscription is just out. 01 tell 'em we won't renew it. If, you care •so much about it, Josie;.youlean easily borrow Mrs. Alege,s' paper.' I was'sileo. I never could make Obadiah .under Stand the deep-rooted I aversion to 'boarowin' of any ores ture whatever that I bad inherited from my . • So we cut d own the weekly paper,., and left off using butter; and burned candles a penny a pound cheaper, and I sponged, and cleaned, and re-. bouiitl, and 410 w-buttoned Obadiah's greatcoat, instead of buying a new one, and lett off. going to church be cause my old cloak was .so shabby and I couldn't afford anything, better. • And oh, how I did miss the Boggs vile .ffei.ald. 'lf I could only get a little dress making to do , ' said I to Myself, would subscribe again myself. But I. cannot bear to ; ask Obadiah for cent of his hard-earned money.' I was sitting very sad,and one freezing February. day, by. the window trying to mend one of Oba. diali's waistcoats, so' that it should last a- few days longer, when a tray eling4leddler,"with a huge basket 'of china ornaments on one arm and a bundle on his .shoulder, knocked at the door. Re. nodded in nu insinn . OM acing manner at- me, as I - answered the .BIIMMOIIF. . 'Couldn't I sell you something this morning, ma'am ?' said he, with. .a liberal display of a very white - and even set of teeth. 'Any thing in the way of elegant mantel vases, statu ettes, decorated china match-boxes 'I Lave no money,' said I, spirit lessly. 'And I do not need any of your wares.' • 'Ah, but you do not know what a splendid article I have here,' -he per sisted, loosening the strap which passed across his shoulder, and low ering the precious package carefully to the floor. 'A pair of real Wedge wood faience& Oh, don't shake your head, ma'am ; I shan't charge you anything for looking at 'em, you 'know. I'm , certain you're an artist —all the ladies are born artists—and this is really something quite out of, the ordinary.' And And with a succession of nods and grins, he unwritp:ped a pair of 'really very-pretty 'blue, vases, nearly two feet higb,and ornamented witb raised aarlands in white, 'Duly six d ollars for a pair, ma'am,' said he. 'Dirt cheap. It's pdsitively giving them away at that price.' • L- 'I have nosis dollars to spare,' said said I, indifferently. -'lt's a great bargain, ma'am,' he .• • : 'I do not want them,' said I. - He wask silent for a few seconds. 'lm sorry, ma'am,' said he. •They'd be a great decoration for a house like this. But-if you-really won't buy, it Would be doing me a great favor to allow them to stand. here until to morrow. • I've a long tramp before me, and Pm not going to any place where I think tlicy'd be likely to buy anything of this sort. .I'll set 'em back by the chimney-piece, ma'am, where . ' they won't be in any one's wny.- And I'm very tired with car rying "em.' I felt sorry fcir the' -poor. jaded wretch—so 1 made - no , objection. And when he was gone the vases did make the room looks wonderfully pretty: I .could.MAbut wish that they were mine. - Ohadish perceived_ themat . once, when he came home to tea. said be, mean?' So I told him, adding i • only wish that leonld afford to buy them—they are so handsome.' Ob tdiah walked around and around them, with his hands in his ! pockets, and his brows knit thoughtfully. • 'Yes,', they're pretty,' said he. 'But they're not perfect.' 'Not perfect!' I echoed. 'Not Lby any means. Don't you see that" lengthwise crack down one ? And the_end.of the little raised rose bud is.. - chipped off on the other,: I hope ytrdidn't do it, JoSie ?' with a sudden loot: of apprehension. 7. 7 .. 'I ? . Certainly_ not I cried. 'Why, I, haven't 'so much as touched the things.!' 'Then I dare say all right,' said Obadiah. - ' - And he sat don* to supper. The next day, however, my friend, the ehina;vender, eama,.along, mill; ing and onsequiqus.as ever 4 'There are3Tmr yases,' said 1, tjnA where you left them.' But all at once he broke out into a storm of reproach and obloquy. They had been cracked and dam aged in my care. They were perfect —absolutely perfect—when he left them 'here the' day before. I bad worked the. mischief, and :I was of course• responsible for the value of the articles I Of - course I knew that the rascal. was telling - a falsehood ; but what could I do? I .was alone in the house, and fairly cowed by the feroc ity of the:man. . 'You Must pay me for them,' ••he reiterated, again tad again, 'or I will' have you arrested'at once,: i l' • I burst.into tears. 'How pay you P said I. 'The. vases were damaged when you left them here. Andibesides, I have'not five dollars-no, not one dollar—in the'bouse.' (Which, also, was true enough). While I spoke,. lie had-been : glanc lug furtively around.. -. . • 'I don't want to - behard with - you, lii"Cam,' said he. ‘Of,,course, a poor man like me has got to save himself from loss and if you'll let me have tliat set of blue and white India chi na in the dresser, in exchange, I'll leave the vases, and we'll say no more about_it.' 'lt went to my heart to part with the India ware,, which had= been a 'relic Of' my mother's houkeeping - days ' Fbuti I was so cowed and terri fied by the man's bullying manner that II believe I would have given 'inn the house from over my head if he had asked for it; and he went away, leaving- the. beautiful vases on 'the floor.- • I.lolv glad I. was to 'FCC Mrs. Meggs come cheerfully in, half an hour after= Ward I—a good, motherly old soul, with 'silver spectacles and an elderly ,Airuple still lingering on her chick. 'Why, my dear,' said-t3he, 'what's •the matter ?' And I told- her all. .'But, my dear,' said she, 'how came you to be so taken in.? . There was an article in the paper last wee. warning everybody against this very imposter. Didn't-you see it ? It. was called "The Vase Swindler."' I colored deeply, and hung down my head. • . . "We have stopped taking . the paper,' said I. 'Obadiah thought we couldn't afford--' -. . , • 'And your beautiful old china, too !' said Mrs.. Meggs. I Why, there was half a column in the ipaper, week be fore last, about the value of old china just now. And by what it 'stated, your'set of old India ware Mu St have been wortlitwenty dollars at least.' Twenty. dollars! And I bad frit. tered them sway for a pair of.wretcli ed, cracked; tawdry things, of the very sight Of 'which- I was alreiUly sick. '4y dear,' said Mrs. Meggs, 'your ideas of economy are altogether mis placed. You should read the papers.' - Obadiah went and subscribed. for the Hoggsville Herald that very eve• EINE MEI ME EOM illffl TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., TIMRBDAY 1 MORNING, SEPTEMBER: 1, 1881. does this ME.NRIMEMMOM EMS= MEM ping. And in the first number he saw an advertiseinent for hands at a new steam faetory in the neighbor hood, which c ffered steady work and a third higher wagei than he Was now receiving. And- I inserted a modest little 'Dressmaking Wanted,' and it was answered within the week, and .I am making my own snug little income now, thank besven I - And =if anyloly tells us now that WO can't afford to take a paper, we tell them; Obadiah and I, that we can't afford to do withtmt Helen Forest, Graves. The Yankee . Wore the Belt. . It was during, the Crimean war that three officers, one an . man, one a Frenahman, and the other a Y::;nkee, who-had. joined the allies; fell ,into a dispute as to which . was the 'hest swordsman. The dispute finally' greli ,•So hot as to end in a challenge . to mortal coinbat;the sur vivor to wear the laurels. As duel ing was contrary to army regulations, and the affair coming to -the ears of the commanding officer, he at once took measures to put: a stop to it, but as all the officers were anxious to I witnes atrial between these ex peas, he shit upOn a plan that would ten-- thei • skill and 'at the same time not transgress any of the'.rules.' - There were three prisoners under sentence of death, and the eommand er depided to let the belligerents act ae: efi - entieners, and the one that wouldlA!erforM the duty irith.- the greateetiskill should be declared the victor. So on the appointed day a large number of officers were present to witness the trial of skill. • The Englishman was the first one called upon, and singling out his man, drew his sword with a . flash; an& with . single stroke severed the head from the body. Great applause followed: Then' the Frenchman's tarn eame next. Ile, drawing a narrow ribbon from .his Pocket, tied it around. the neck of his victim ;lalien turning his hack upon the prieoney: his sword flew. ; from its scapboard, and he, turn ingoo his heel. at the . same time r with one troke cuts th e head from his victiin - ,splitting the ribbon thro' the centre. Tremendous applause. followed; and the universal opinion was that he would certainly be the victor. ,- Now came.the Yankee's turn. He calmly walked up to• his ' ipan, drew his sword with the rapidity of light ning; and giving it a flourish around his head, sheathed it as quickly, and turning, Saluted the ..commander.. Hisses and: groans -went up frinn the crowd, and. the _liommatalevisternly asked himf What' he - meant by such conduct. The Yankee, turning to the •-man he was to have slain, said : 'Will you please to spit, sir?' The man attempted to comply with his request, when his head rolled off, it haViak, been so quickly severed that lie. did not know it until he went to more his :head. • The Yankee wore thelbett. ; ' Why Deacon S. 'Went Behind It had been `the common talk of thel:neighbors _that Deacon S., ''ho several years ago live :I in HaMilton county, Ohio, Was going behind, but no one knew exactly the reason why. 'The fences were down on hig farm ; the place - was not only covered with weeds, bu r t . Worst of all , - with a: mort gage to o samonsiderahle amount. One day the hoe was inksing, 'and after huntlnis it for a long time, Deacon S. called to his, son'John - • 'Where is the hOe,,JOhn 'Don't know, father.' • • 1 'Thought I toKyou to always keep it in its place ?' 'Didn't know you had a place for it, father.' Is.Teict day the shovel was missing, then the axe. An hour was consumed in finding it—just at that time, too, when Mrs., S. was impatiently wait ing for Wood to get dinner with. After the axe was found, the handle was discovered to have been broken.; another hoviiWas consumed in fixing it. . • One evelling farmer A. calbe-;;in about dark to sit awhile. -Ater a little conversation, sayi Deaeon S.: 'Will you have anything to drink?' 'Well, I don't mind,' :replied farmer A.,'if it's handy.'.. 'Certainly it's handy,' says the. deacon ; although d . it- was ark, he went to the cupboard And without any trouble put his band on the bot tle. *A light was struck, and if some of.the inquisitive persons had - looked in an hour thereafter they would . have found_ a solution very readily to the question of why Deacon §. was going behind. • • Although he had taken several draughts froni, the .bottlei he was careful to p 4 it back in itis.aceus tomed place. .11c, could get up in the darkest night and put his hand on the bottle , _ baille . neVer could find the hoe. This *at; the secret of Dea con S. going behind. Any man who attends to his bottle and forgets his hoe will be likely toWbehinii.. HORRIBLE BIRTII-MARK.—AIeIICVA" Advertisci-: Once in a there comes to Geneva from • thes,.-Vicinity of" Huckleberry Swamp," a location famous for its snakes,- a woman not 'greatly advanced in years—perhaps thirty-five—who was born and has al-Ways lived there.'. Her features bear the birth-mark occasioned by fright at a snake, and _occasionally her walk is similar to the.. wriggling movement of a snake . when purauing its-path.' Her eyes are not far apart in the head, small, and instead. of be ing oval, are diagonally set. At the close ,of. a sentence, when talking, she: invariably runs her tongue. out for ari. instant. Aside from : these -terrible traits she is a handsome wo man, l'with flowing- auburn hair, plump in form, and weighs 137 lbs. She attributes her peculiarities_ to' a „hirth-mark. To strangers she is na turally sensitive about. her 'appear ance; to friend 4 she fs . quite reticent, but learning our association-with the press, told us thus much of her in ' flunkies. • - • A MAN is known by the c,onipppy be keeps ont of.—Loweil 'Cajun, IMI 4 ' •fr•. : -• • . : ,:,-::-.--1-,;:l',-::;.: OF DENUICILTION nom 'AItY -QUARTER. A United States Boundary Line. The northern boundary of this country is marked -by 'some cairns, iron pillars, - wood \ pillars, earth mounds and timber. posts. A stone cairn is seven and a half by eight feet, an earth mound r is seven by fourteen, feet, an iron, pillar eight feet, high, eightlnches leqttare at the bottom, and four inches at the', top; timber posts five feet high and eight inches square. There are three hunl, dre2l' and eighty-two of these marks between the Lake of the Woods and the base of the Rocky Mountains. That portion of the boundary which lies east and west'of the Red River 'Valley is marked by cast•iron pinata at even•mile intervals. The British placed one at every two miles and the United States one between each two BritiSh posts. Our pillars or markers were made at Detroit, Mich igan. They are hollow iron cast ings, thrce-eighths of an inch in thickness, in the form of a truncated pyramid, eight feet high, eight inch es square at the bottom and four inches at the top, as before stated. They have at the top a solid pyra midal cap, and at the bottom an oc tagonal flange one . inch in thickness. Upon the opposite facts are cast in letters two inches high the inscrip tions, " Conventions of London," and "Oct. 20, 1818." The inscrip tions begin 'about four feet six. inch es above the base, and read upward. The interior of the hollow posts are tilled with well•seasoned cedar posts sawed to flt, and securely spiked through spike•holcs cast in the pillar tor that purpose. The average weight of each pillar when completed is eightv-pve pounds. The Tillers arc set foor feet in the ground, with their inseription faces to the north and sonthond the earth is ' well set tled and stamped about them. For .the woodtn posts well-seasoned logs are seleotidiand the portion above the ground ninted red, to prevent swelling and - shrinking._ These posts do very well, but the - Indians cut them down for fuel, and nothing but on will' 'nit very long. Where the line j crosses lakes, monuments of stone have been built, the bases be ing in_ some places eighteen feet un der water and the tops projecting eight feet above the lake's surface at high-water mark. In the forests the line is marked by felling the timber a foci wide and clearing away the underbrush. The work of nutting through the •timbered Swamps was very great, but it has been well done ail the boundary distinctly inarked by the Commissioners the whole dis tance from Michigan to Alaska.. :The following ,will .doubtless be read with interest by air: The Medi cal Journal and r"Eranilter i)u,bliill- es an extract from a paper of Dr. Gizyvala, relating to the terrible dis ease, hydrophobia, in which the doc tor claims for the weed,. Xantlilum Spinosunt, antirabic properties; He has tested its efficacy in a :hundred victims bitten -by rabid animals,• of who be lost none. - Some very as tonishing instanees - of the marireloud power of this drug are, given, two of which are. appended.' Twelye per sons of one family' had been bitt&l by ajmad wolf. Six of this number were admitted into a hospital, at 01, sohanks,. Government of roadie, district of 13altak. and. were treated with this drug, and ail recovered, . All of the 'others, treated with the actual cautery and the daily use of genista - - tinctoria died with liydro, phobia in from twelve to sixty days. Thirty oxen had been bitten' brri mad wolf; five.of them died hydro, phobie. The remaining twenty-five were treated with Xanthizim Spino sum -and recovered. Of the '.dried leaves, powdered, the dose • for an adult is nine grains, thrice. daily. For 'children under that age, half that dose. For the animals above al- laded to,_the dose was three ounces daily given. in bran.' . Too warm a welcome to this new aspirant for the honors of specificity against hydro phobia cannot be extended. The trustworthiness of Dr. Gizyvala .is 'yodelled for by Professor. Guber, of Paris. Xanthium Spinosium, or Clot Weed;—the Thorny . Cockle • I3ilrr, is a native of the United States as, Well as Europe, growing in the fieldS;nd roadsides, from Massachusettal to , Pennsylvania n and Georgia. ItliS .a plant.growing about one foot. high, very - conspicuously armed with straw colored spines, and possessed of dis tincitly.sudotific properties. _ . -An' ostrich's digestion is aidiid, by stones or' pebbles, which • the bird puts 'into its stomach to grind'the food it has eaten. This - habitt.is bronght, out by. the following narra tive told in Forest and Sireani, of a visitor's eOcrience•while at an os trich farm; iii South - Africa : • -- The first familiarity one ,of them ventures to take is to make a snap your -neck. We give hire a slap and stand back. 'Ph I he's only after your breast pin,' sais the farmer . ; 4 1- forgot to tell you to keep your jewelry out of sight.' lhis is easily removed, but the in quisitive bird makes a peck at the, top button of .my coat, and when I find at last that to he does not sewn be Tery'4rong in the beak, and-1011kt this' is not his weapon of offence, 1. let him continue the operation. -If we 'ask why these birds have a passion for - buttons and studs,.and :bright things gmerallY,_ including jack - knives, the farmer replies that .they are in the habit of eating peb bles and-stones to help digestion by the irituration of their food. The harder the stone : the better, and it is probable ,they associate brightness with hardness. Tan teacher had grown eloquent in picturing, to his little pupils the beAuties of heaven and he finally asked: " What kind of little boys go-to heaven?" A little four year old boy, with kicking boots, tkinrished his fist. "Well, you may answer" said the teacher. "Dead ones," the little fellow skonted at the ex tput of his lungs. . -6 Hydrophobi Why Ostriches,Eat Stonig. EZE Cro4sed the Dark River. 'Two nights ago at midnight,' said Brother Gardner to the, Limekiln Club, saw Brudder Kyall Jones take leave ol" Mitt" to cross de dark ribber. De ole mans ,had bin ailin' fur weeks, and he was ready, to go. When_his eyes looked under de dark cloud of death an' cotched sight of de aigia of Heaven, he gathered his friends about him, an' we sot.beside him when his life went out. If der am a man in dis hall who believe wid Bob Ingersoll he ebouhi hate binder when de soul of dat poo' old black man began slippin' away from its -home of - clay., What brought de smile of joy to de old man's face ? What pit de look of blessed satisfac tion in his eye ? Why did be wel- Come de comin' of dat sleep which knows no wakin' till de blast of de trumpet turns.airthlnto Paradise_? 'Why down in de rice fields of Louisiana lies de body of his ole wife. flat smile of joy was bo'n at de thought of meethe her at de gates of Heaven. In a green lane in Geor gia lieS ae dust of his first hiSin Dat look cum to his eyes when he realized clat befo' de morrow he would fold dat boy in his arais.',ln deirars of de long ago dey took his'darter away an' he has nebber heard/ from her since. When bethought of •de blessed family reunion up dar behind le gates Of gold, his face wore sich look dat we could almot' h'ar de mu sic of.de harps. Tell me of some un believer whp has died dat way! Tell me of a scoffer who has let gt. of life wid a smile 'on his , i - facel All cle words of all de infidels' On'airth could not have shaken de faith of -the pou' ole man. He could not read, but he, coUld,pray.• He could not write, but he could hope. .Dist .befo' de bells struck midnight, we.saw 'his smile brighten, an' he pintectivid his finger into distance. Sheik! !tell you what de old man saw ?He saw bey ond de curtain which hangs between life-an' eternity. He saw legions upon I .egions an' hosts upon hosts marchin' down to do dark ribber. He 'saw beyond chit. He saw de sunlight on de odder sho'. He heard music. He saw de wife and Chill'en of odder days. an' when dey held out deir arms to him; he' whispered to us: 'Dey is callin'— dey i•J callin', and lie sunk away with out even a . ; A Monster Man's Body. , About three Miles, fiorn.Wilkes4 Barre, at a place. Called. Ashley, a Mr. McCauly has the contract iroml the Wilkes-Barre Coal and Iron Company for sinking a coal shaft. It is twenty feet square and is in tended to have two tracks for car riages tefrun in hoisting up the coal, and is said to be the largest opening _of the , kind in .the coal regions. - It is located near the base of the moun tain and has reached a depth of 475 feet. On Saturday last, when the gang or whittle known as the second shift of men, were about retiring - af 7 ter firing off a course Of holes, Tom Cassidy, theiforeman, descended_the shaft to ascertain the result of the explosion and was astonished to find an immense.Ca,vity in one of the sides ! of the shaft. T e explosion appear ed to have a ter ible effect and caus ed more damage than benefit on ac count of an mm cessary opening" on one side, but. hiS astonishment was, still greater increased on clearing away some of the dirt and refuse of rock blown by the shots to discover a solid mass of rocks in which ap pears a clearly defined' human shape of giant proportions. All the limbs, muscles and lineaments are appav ent. The rock is about sixteen feet in length, ten in breadth, and about eight in thickness. The dimensions of the human frame are' giantly,' measuring twelve feet in length and four across the chest. -, Across the breast is the impressiou of a huge Ishield about four feet in circumfer ence, while the right band clutches the broken and but end of 9, - large cutlass or sword. The rock was tak en out whole and is now in' posses sion of Mr._McCauly, of Ashley. A Strange Disease of Tomato hA mysterious disease is playing avocv with the tomato crop of New Jersey and Delaware. It has also made_ts appearance on a more limit ed scale in this State and in Diary 7 land. In New Jersey the farmers are loudly bewailing their misfor tune. Some of the largest growers find that from one-half to two-thirds of their crops arc entirely unfit for the market, and in consequence sev eral of the largest canneries ot Bur lington county have stopped making cans, in the belief that there will be a great shortage in_ the crop. It is just possible that, the second and third cuttings may be free- from the disease, but unless this hope shall lie realized, there will be a corner in the canned tomato market during the coming. winter. In the first stage a sliglit discoloration appears on the skin underneath the blossom stein. In , the next stage this is more pronounc ed, and sinking of the surface is apparent. In the third stage a gen eral decay has extended over the en-' tire blossom-stem side. From this onward the decay extends through the vegetable until it is nothinebut an unpleasant mass of rottenness. The disease is a new one, and its or= igin is a mystery. An examination through powerful glasses has failed to detect the presence ot animalculte:. Sometimes the 'vegetables are attack ed when in a green state; at other times they:are almost ready to •be gathered when it, makes its appear ance. In this seetion, the rot is very marked, and is rendering unfit:- for market at least one-third of the crop. Our market gardeners are making great complaints of the losses' they - have already sustained, and owners -of private gardens say - the disease at tacks their vines generally,. and in addition to the loss by the rot, the yield in size and quantity is also con siderable. "LET'S rest a moment between bars," is what the MUSlCialli say when they want to go,ont and get >A drink, —Keokk t t Constftettion. • ; -, ...1 ',*" ~ - - -1 " ,"' .. " ' '-. 7 .:":: •- •'''' .2':,.. : ''':-.-'''.-,.=:'-'• ' -...".....- - ',- ..."-; ••• I . . -ti p • - I. '. : :;:yy , :'•'.. \... „,:,-....• ~ .:...•, :-. . .. . - ......,.. .. - I= Vines. El . i , .: _. i- 'raking Advantage of an Accident Three men-of-war ships—Dutch, Frnnrh ald English—while archored in port, were contending with each Other for the best display of sailor ship, so that the captain of each ves sel determined to send aloft an active sailor to perform some deed of grave and daring. The Dutch-captain sent a Dutchman, the French a French man, and the English an Irishman. Dutchman stood on the top of the. mainmast with his arm extended. The Frenchman then went aloft and extended both arms. Now the Irish man tlkought if he could stand on the top of the mainmast with a leg and an arm extended he would be declared the most daring sailor. Nimbly he climbed aloft until he reached the highest point, - then he balanced himself on both feet and extended his right hand_ - with a grace ful motion. Then he .threw out his left leg until it came into a line with his right arm. In doing so he inglo riously lost his Wince and fell from the mast, crashing: through the rig ging toward the deck: The various ropes with Which be came into con tact broke his fall, and his velocity was not too great to prevent his gratiping a rope attached to the main.: yard. To this he hung for two sec onds, then, dropping :lightly to .the deck, landed safely on his feet. Fold ing his arms triumphantly, as if the fall and all were in the programe t he ,glanced. toward the rival ships and joyously exclaimed— 'There, bate that if you can.' People Who Whine .There 18 a .class of persons in this world, by no means small, whose prominent peculiarity ;is whining. They whine because they are poor, or if rich, because they have no health to enjoy their riches; they whine be cause they 'have no luck,' and - others prosperity exceeds theirs; they whine because some friends li - Ue died and they are still living ; they,,rhine be: cause'they hive aches and pains, and they have aches and pains because they whine; and they ishine, no one can" tell why. Now a word to these whining persons. First, stop whin ing—it is of no use complaining,' fretting, fault-finding arid whining; - Why, you are the most deluded set of creatures who ever lived ! DO you know that. it is a well settled princi ple of physiology and common sense that these habits are more exhausting to nervous vitality than almost any other violation otphysiological And do you know that life is pretty much as you make it ? lon can make it bright and sunshiny, or you can make it dark and shadowy. This life is meant only to discilaline us— to fit us for a higher-and purer state of beginning. Then_ atop whining and fretting, and go on your way -re joiCing. . What 20,000 Acres Is. Men - talk carelessly about acres and money. It is difficult to realize to the mind large sums of money: Commodore Vanderbilt once told Me thatile could never realize how Much $lO,OOOOOO amounted to. The same is true of large tracts of land. Men talk 61'20,000, 40,000. and 50,- 000 acres without any realization of the extent of such an acreage. I visited the other day a ranch of 20,- 000 acres. I intended to make a thorough survey of it, that is, to ride around it, and acrossit: I made my survey, but when I learned that the .fence which enclosed it was over seventy miles in length I concluded to inspect it by sections. I did con siderable riding in two days, never theless, but Ididn't ride around it. On _the ranch there were 1,500 acres all : under the plow, one bit of land nearly aslevel as a floor v a parallelo 'gram in shape, and the furrow which the plow cut in traversing from one end to the other three miles in a straight line. It is only after one has visited such an estate and devot ed days in riding.over it that he re alizes what 20,000 acres of land is. - Tni FAITFUL WlFE.—Oftentiniks I have seen a tall ship glide, by against the tide, as if drawn - by an invisible tow line with a hundred strong arms pulling , it. Her sails furled, her streamers drooping, she had neither - site-wheel• nor stern wheel ; still she moved on, stately, hi_ serene triumph, as with her own life. But Lknew that on the other aide of the ship, , hidden beneath . the great bulk that swam so majestically, there was a little toilsome steam tug, with a heart of fire and arms of iron, that: was tugging it bravelyon ; and I knew that if the little ste4in tug un twined her arms and left he ship, it Would walk) . * and roll away, l and drift hither and thither, and go with the effluent _tide 'no min knows where; and so I -have known more than one genius, high decked, full freighted, wide-sailed, gay-pennoned, but for the bare toiling arm and brave warm heart of the faithful lit tl9 wife ,that nestled close to him so that no wind or wave could . ' part them, he would have gone down the stream and been heard ofYno Holmes. - "So you're not going to marry Haskin's daughter, though you know my 'heart is set on that match," thundered Sir Marmaduke, the dairy king,.to ids son, Lem Norton, the ox tamer of Yellow Springs. "No, sir," -meekly., replied the younz "And, sir," roared the exasperated father, "may I aelt -- why you' dare thus to thwart my expressed will ?" "Yes, air," said his son, in a low, faint' voice, like a"joke before break fast, "because I asked her, and she said she'd rather marry pump log for brains than marry anybody in ,this family." " Ali!" exclaimed Sir Mar maduke, with a fading inflection, and then he turned away to the new Ayr shire cow in the corner of the lot; and said, in a, voice of a thunder cloud : "iluddup yer foot, ye fur tailed imp of a thistle patch; jor knock the stuffin' outen ye Ywitk'n neck yokel" Ana his own son knew at the proud-spirited old num 19413 - • thinking of her. =EI 81.00 per Annum in Advance, NUMBER 14 ONE• FAITH IN MANY FORMS. What Is Ills Name? What- name - wl.ll all eaves* -film.— The mighty Whole. of whom we are put part— Flo that all illtlerinitongnes may Join In a worship . Echoing In every heart? . Then ansirers one—"Etod is an endless sequence, Incapable of either break or flaw, •Which we discern but dimly and In fragments God is unchanging Lair." "Nay," said another, "La* Is but His method. Vook back, behind the setiminee to Its source; Behind all phases stud's!l ckanges seek Him Bad is the-primal force." • Yea, these are 110 t great, but God Himself Is greater ; • A living hirmony,luo dead-cold rule." Saltirone who In sweet sounds and forms , of beauty Hath found his soul's best Dellool. . • Law, force aatt .beauty are but 'vague abstnc. •ttons, . Too unconnected wlth the life of Man," • One answers: "Man hath unlit/Fr time nor powei, finch mighty thoughts t 9 scan.": " But here upon the earth We nod him living, - And though in little time he fail and pass, • .• And.all his faiths, and hopes, and 'thoughts die with him, turely, as ripened grass ; • ":Yet Man-the race—Eden uhe may be-will he, Once he has reached unto his full-grown height, Calm, wise, large-heaited and large-sourd, will triumph, In self-renouncing might.. . 'cWho will not own, even now, with sight pre piletle, Life la divluest In its human dress, • . And bend before It with a yearning reverence, And strong desire to bless?" yea! Worship chiefly Love,•but also beauty, Wisdom and force ; for they are all divine Ilut God Includes them, as some great cathedral Includes each separate shrine. " So, Brothers, howsoe'er we apprehend Him, Sorely 'lls God himself we all adore,-- 7 - • Life of ail Ilfe. Soul of ail bOUIS, tholllghest, Heart of all hearts; and more. '—Jf. A. JCIPMS in fAe Spertalw • In a lecture at.the London Zoolo gical Garden by St. George • Mivart, and publishe d in Nature, some Curi ous things are told-.of the cfianieleon. Ilis eyes move with complete inde pendence of eack other; ott, - "-may be directed upward and forward, while the other may' gaze"clownward and backward. EaCh foot is practically' a pair of pincers; and the chameleon is the most thoroughly 'arboreal ani-. mal.in existence. But its tongue is a wonderful organ, 'six...or seven inch es long; with a cup-like depression at the tip.' Its HMI) :movements life slow and deliberate ; those of,its nye:s and tongue, on.the cOntrary,lara re- - markably • The chameleon lives largely -:upon tiles, and - at first sight it would seem impossible that so apparently torpid - and' sluggish an animal should be able to-..reach and seize creatures not only active in their mavements, but Possesei-ng the power of .flight. - A t this warm season, when thebhamele on's appetite is keen, it may often be. observed when a fly has been r'intro duced into its cage to move about With comparitive celerity, attentive ly watching : the fly's movements, now with one-and now with the oth er eye. It sooner or later happens that the fly settles fora few seconds, somewhere within halt it foot's dis tanae-of the chameleon's head. Then the' chameleon's mouth may be . ob served to open and-the apex - . Of =the tongue to protrude. •In an instant it has shut again and-the. fly has dis appeared‘ In fact the chameleon has spit out,-as it were, its "enormously extensible tongue upon the insect, secured by the viscid. secretion with which the tonguels - coated, - iiid again withdracvn that organ together with the prey, but the. whole has been affected with such Amazing ra pidity that the observer's eft cannot follow the movenients'otthe reptile's tongue. •It is _projected and -with-. drawn without the slightest noise, 1 but in the twinkling.of an eye. It is this tongue which is.-as were- the centre of the chamelemi7s organization, and this, tongueLmove"-: ment isithe very essence of -its exist ence, and is whole raison &etre: Without - it - -the animal's life would be impossible, while the very slow ness and deliberations of its other movements are.a gain, since they en able the chameleon to advance upon its prey, within shooting distance without harming it. •• - may serve as monitors, by in dicating our present moral state ; but must not be relied upon as foreshadowing future events.`: Wuxi' sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to huManity. They are but trifles, to be sure,- buc scattered along life's path: way, the good they do-is inconceivable. POLITENF.SB is to a man what beauty is to a woman. It creates an instantaneous impression in his behalf, while the oppo site quality exercises as quick a prejudice against him. COII.7IITEST is the crowning grace of cul ture, the stamp of perfection upon char acter,'the badge of the perfect gentleman, the fragrance of the dower of womanhood When full blown. • WE are, ruined not by what sfe really - Want, but by what we think we do; therefor,.'; never go abroad ;in search" of your wants. If they be real wants, they will come home in search of you. • • Amuses defines good nature "as one of those blessings of a happy constitution ivhich_tire implanted in a man at his birth, and vbich must necessarily be irn pro`ed,•but cannot possibly be introdue 7 ed by the process of education." ". THERE arc ways enough of advantage- . ously helping our ;fellow men; provided we keep in view the grand lending princi ple nut to paralyze or deaden their facul ties by withdraWing the stimulus to ac tion; but to improve and develop them by every effort we make in theft . . behalf. IT is not-what we earn, .but. what we save, that makes us rich. - It-is not what weAkat, but, what we digest,.:that makes ns wise. It is , not what we_ intend, but -what we do; that makes us useful It is not a feW faint wishes, but a life-long struggle, tliat'makes us valiant. Ix many caSei,. when you are brOught face to face with a trial which you drehd ed most keenly, you find that - after all there is a way; to extricate yourself. The emergency brings into play faculties 'of the,mi9d that were dormant while fon were brooding over the impending-calam iiy. . • . . • • Tur. thoughts which bring ' forth ac; tions, the actions which, repeating them selves, become habits, the habits which' form character, the character which is built into us and becomes our real selves are the threads of whkh are wov bu the true happiness or the true woe of lifo and fro* which they can never be separated. , ' • .1 The Chameleon. Ttoughtful • Thoughts. As far as the Was WM -.Go: Many of the first settlers of Illinois were rude in speecirnud rough - In. manner. - - Mony'• *ewe with them; and servicewas paid for in- -- produce. Gov . . 11....:-*- - used in illus. - trate these incidents of frontier life by the foliciwing anecdote : • - , One' day_ih tere c iuke,tolls office a young ma n accompanied by a young woman:" - • 'Be - : you the 'squire P', "sked the manly youth. , • • 'Yes, sir) tan you tie the knot for ns right away?' • 'How mich do you charge 1' dollar is•the legal fee, ish , ) - 'Win .you take your fee in bees wax *V - - , 'Yes, if you can't pay cash) 'Well, go ahead and tie the knot, _ and I'll fetch in the war,..' - • 'No,' said the 'Squire, thinking there was a good chance - for a little fun; 'bring in the beeswax first and then I'll marry you' Reluctantly the youth went out to whim was hitched the horse, upon which; Darby and Joan fashion; they had ridden, and brought the wax in a sack. On being weighed its value *as found to be only sixty cents. &Wall,' said the- anxious groom, 'tie the knot., and-I'll fetch more wax next week.' 'No sir,.. I don't trast ; that is against the rules of this office.' Slowly th - c disappOinted youth turned to go nut, slying, 'Come, Sal, let's go.' 'I say, mister,' answered Sal, with a woman's wit, 'can't you . marry us as far as the wax will g o P' 'Yes, Ltan, add will ,' repli&f the 'squire; laughing; and'he did. 'SEtztNa the gigantic Indian around - 'the wiiist the,. brave boy lifted him into thelairlind flung him headlong down the chasm. Panting, the boy stood and watched the Indian's body fall from crag to crag until it had disappeared in the darkness below. Just at this moment—' Just at this moment the' father of the boy who was reading this trash came along, lifted the youngstet by the ear, and in the woodshed matinee that follow -ed; the boy bad no thought ofslinging the old man down `a chasm. There was Rio chasm handy.. AATWIX-VARNISIIED carriage is li able 14 - 'spot To prevent' this some wash the carriage two or three times in clean cold water, .applied with a sponge instead of using a hose. This will help haiden the surface and pre vent it, to some extent, horn being injured by the mud or water getting splashed on, the job. Never let mud dry on the surface and then wash off expecting to see no spots on the var nish. You will , certainly be disap pointed', and the only way io remedy the evil will be to have it revarnish ed. Soft water is better than hard water totthe washing of carriages. Fun, Fact and Faceti.t. "lIX . iaISIADE pants for sale." But we didn't know thatlandmaids wore pants. —Cincimtali Saturday Night. hi : Germany there are I,ooo,ooo'snrplus women. The senTlus waste seems to be fashionable in the ‘,fatherland.—Bost)a Transerii‘t. JUST as' soon as a woman gets a new dr(ss and..bonnet she has more business on the street than a curb stone broker.-- 'Mar 7thon. Independent. CINtINNATI had eight drownings in one day, and the citizens braced right up and felt that they lived-in a live- and en terprising city.—Boston Post. "SKIRTS," 'says a_ fashion exchange, "are to be made shorter." We don't just see how the burlesque actresses are to keep up with tli fashion.—Bortan Post. TV. needn't Wish your enemy to write i'boistil4. Wish that he owned a house . ,] with• brackets tinder the cornice. The '' English sparrows will do the 'rest.—De. troit.Free Press.-- , i ' OF all the It'dy's young-Jenkins has ever heard of, the one lie most envies is the harbor buoy, because it goes into the wa ter so early in_the season and stays .all summer.—Eoteell Citizen. • .HE was sitting in the parlor with her when a rooster crowed in the yard, and,. leaning over, ,ho saitk: "Chanticleer." "I wish you would ; I am sleepy as I Call - • be." ' He cleared.—Arizona Assererfor. WASN'T it _rough on Lyd, just as she was telling Peck, at dinner, how etherial her appetite was, to hive the waiter bawl out : "Say. will yer have yer pork and beans now, or.wait_till yer fellers's gone ?" " Wutett side of. the street do you live on Mrs. Nipple:"' asked a counsel, cross ex• mining a witness. "On either side sir. _ If you go one way it's on the right side - ; if you go the other way its on the left.'-' '— • . a' . The dust on the roads is becothing , dreadful, especially to the- : . man who Lthinks ho owns a trotter, and finds he is just fast enough to be dusted by every thing, except a funeral procession.—Ec t anßeilM Argus. ONE of the boys asked young Brown if his girl's father was much " put out" wren he asked him for his daughter. "Oh, no," said Brown ; "he didn't ap pear to be put out, but he put mo out in a linrry.".—Newark (N. J.) Call. 711EITE is no more hcpeless case of miti: 133 greaterdepth ot mean wretched ness pOssible, than the state of the man-, or woman - who lives on friends' kindness, and will not work to help himself or her - self. THE Michigan'Tegislature did not pass the bill to restore capital punishment, and there isn't the slightest chance that - any of the members will mount the gallows during the next two years. It is well to be safe.—Detroit-Free Press. , 1 lIUSRN nature reveals itself in the smallest concerns of life. A lad was i watching a man beating a carpet and said, " That man's bop must have good times, l' Why, that marl couldn't lick the stu ffi ng' t out of a . ten cent • doll."i—Toronto Grip.j ' A scnooi. teacher. discharged ' for us- Ing . the rod too l freely, applied for em ployment in a dressmake's establish ment. "Have you had any nonce in d * e sewing ?" asked the dressm et. ",_;No," was the reply," but I have. a thorough knowledge of basting." A. LADY, not a - thousand miles from here has just completed a bedqupt which illustrates how fine a point economy may_ be carried to. It is made from linen fac ings of paper collars, and the fancy edges I are composed entirely of the backs of po rotis plasters: THE range of friendship 'has hardly a limit. Intercourse is not _needful to its Continuance: Equality in years is not a requisite. Nor is parity of position essen tial. The finest- natures triumph over so cial inequalities, mutual trust and affec tion can bridge over the chasm between wealth and poverty. A :Si:kErEIL is one who sleeps; a sleep er is also a place where 'a sleeper can sleep ; and a sleeper is, too, a thing over which runs the sleeper in which-the sleep er sleeps ; so that the sleeper in the sleep er sleeps while the sleeper runs on as-well as sometimes leaps off the track. IF you want to get the reputation of knowing a heap, do as Professor Proctor does. He guesses what happened three or four million years ago and , predicts what is to happen 15,000,000 years hence. It is only a few years since be commedc •ed, and now he can get credit at any gro cery.—Detroit Pree Press. lam the greatest man t world bas ever seen— Rattle up a stag twigtulle. Ma a is Since the earth was Brat begun none other such beve been— • Rauld up a nog tang to tie tun a ta!- 1 preach unto-theirdng-1 care not for the dead: What'. the future' to a man when his stomach cries MISMEMMEI head— Rattle up a Hog tanT to tloant a ti! .;-Alleged of Rob. Isgersoll clb t : Marge rriite
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