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Particular attention paid to business in tho Orphans Court and to the settle ment of estates. Office In Montanyes flock GVERTON & SANDERSON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW TOWANDA, PA. JOVEN F. SAN REASON E. OVERTON, Jit VET 'IL JESSUP, • , ATTORNEY AND COUNBELLOR•ATtiLAW, MONTROSE. PA. Ju4ge Jessup haling resumed the practiceof the law In Northern Pennsylvania, will attend to any I e:zal business Intrusted to - him In Bradford county. Persons wishing to consult him, can call on H. Streeter, Esq., rowanda, Pa., whenanappointtnent can be made. • lIERY STREETER, ATTORNEY AND COCNEELLOH=AT-LARD TOWANDA, PA. Feb 27, •79 4• L HILLIS, 1 ATTOICNEY-AT•LAIII, TOWANDA, PA. E. BULL, 11 SVRVETOIII. ENGINEERING, SURVEYING AND DRAFTING. °Mee with G. F. Ita•sou, aver Patch.& Tracy , Alain street. Towanda, Pa. 4.15.a0. ELSBREE SON; A TTO1: N EYs-AT-L AR, TOWANDA, PA. N. C. ELsnitEE OHS W. MIX, Arr)RNET-AT-LAW ANp 15. 8. C031!lilE6IONZ8, TOWANDA, PA. a Oillce—Nunh Side Public Square. 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R , COIT ' KTY SUPERINTENDI. 0:I re day last SaturdaY,of each mouth, over Turner & ilordon•s Drug Store, Towanda, Pa: - Towanda, June 20. 1578: ri S. RUSSELL'S GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY TOWAI4.DA,PA. if ar2t4Ott EDWARD WILLIAMS, PRACTICAL PLUMBER & GAS FITTER Plare of buntings, a fcw doors north of.Post-Office Plumbing, Gas Fitting,-Rehiring Pumps of all kinds, and all kinds of Gearing promptly attended tf , . All wanting work in his line shoutd give him c Dec.l, 1879. FIRST NATIONAL RAMC -4 TOWANDA, PA. CAPITAL PAID IN. SURPLUS FL7ND.... Thls Bank offers unnsnal racntrier for the trans action of a general banking business. N. N. BETTS, Cashier JOS. POW ELL. President. • lIENRY HOUSE, - 3 1 CoItNER MAIN *ASIIINGTOX STREETS ..7- FtIIST WARD, TOWANDA, PA. Heats at all hours. Terms to suit the times. Large stable attached. WM. HENRY, Psi:mamma. Tenira.nAss. Jolly 2.•70.tf. • NATHAN TIDD, Dealer la I'ITTSTON, WILKES-BARRE A.ND LOYAL SOCK COAL. Oster• one l id Plug Wilt GOODRICH & _HITCHCOCK. Publishers. VOLUME XIJI. A. D. DYE & CO. TOWANDA. PA. Fail & Winter, 1881. ATTENTION IS INVITED to our first-class Heathy Stoves. -They are too well known to require any commendation— New Heida, Westminster, We also have a line of CHEAP BASE BURNERS, the best of their class iu the market, and well adapted for supplyiug a demand for an efficient but inexpensive heating stove. WOOD HEATING STOVES in great variety. BENJ. M. Pzcii READ THIS: 300 4"t:Zal Happy Tholight .Ranges Slay 1, '79 , - Sold in Towanda and vicinity by A. D. DYE &-001 kLARGE STOCK OF 1 Wood_ Cook Stoves, CARRIAGEMAKERS' AND BLACKSMITHS' SUPPLIES, Ctio,ll -75 EAR MAIN STREET, TOWANDA. ,1 Towanda, October _1481.. L.ELsßnies SELLING OUT AT. COST! mat xnpritutz, NAILS-NAILS, STOVES, lITAGONMAKERS' MIMI= BLACKSMITHS' SUPPLIES. itatt. The Entire Stock of the late firm ....$123.000 .... :73,000 of Mclntyre Brothers must be closed out at Cost within Thirty Days,_ by the purcha-, ser. Goods recently bought at Sheriff's sale. Van 4bvectiscamtis. EMMiI Crown Jewell. And a general stock of DE I IR, 0 , TINWARE EOM JAS. S. KUHN. hadah hly 1561.01. - • THE. SAFEGUARD. A baby crept to his father's knee, • And was lifted up andlulled to rest, Till the blue eyes closed, so tired watt he, And his little bead fell peacefully— - At ease on the ready shoulder there, - • - While the baby hand, so soft and fair, • • Lay likes shield on his father's breast. Of old •twas said that when men drew neltr To fierce temptation or deadly'strlfe, And lost their way In a maze of fear, Or periled their souls for worldly gear, - I ; By a wag unknown an angel band Would lead them out of the' dangerous land, Into the light of a - nobler life. • 1 The story is true for the world to•dsy We see ,no lhlte-robed angels mild ; But out of the.dark and - pail Ous way Where men and women forget to pray, Into the peace of a purer land - They are led by a gentle, shielding hand,; The hand of a little helpless child. ' —Elisabeth W. Dentrow in Sunday Afternoon THE STORY OF A. VISIT. PART I. • What old roundabout Nays Cupid chooses ! What queer little messen gers' he dispatches on his errands : W hat "innocent conspirators they are li Little Jenny. Joners did not , know what she was about as she ' tripped along the field way to Porley Grange that fine Sune morning, between the Many colored long meadow grasses weighted with dewdrops, yet the three-cornered note in her hand was the match that was to set a-going a long train of . events and be the be ginning of the end be delights in. Jenny made her v:ay to the back door, and, into the low, old kitchen, and presently old Susan -put her head in at the door of the breakfast room. which in the mornings wa,s • school-room, too, and said : 'Miss Ellice, here's a letter for you' from Miss Furnival. When Ellice had read it she got up from her chair of office at the end of thd -table. 'Now,Children, get on with your there's dears. Jack, get that sum finished before I come back ; and Sybil, sit up, and hold your pen right ; I shan't be I , llg away J' And then she flitted out, into the hall and through the tide open door into the - garden, where the rose trees Were holding up : their bonny red heads. and the warm! air was full of the humming of bees and the scent of woodbine. Down the long walk to the left she went,, where, among the red currant bushes, a large-straw' bat was to be seen bobbing up and down. 'Mother,:dear,' cried Ellice.l'here's a note from cousin Mary, and she wants us, 'girls 'to go and help her this afternoon with a lot of library books. I'll say, "yes," suppose ? There's no reason why we shouldn't (7o • Mrs:Holt thought a'moment, and. then said : 'No, certainly, go by all means.' Why don't' Grace and Belle come and help'you gather those currants?' 'They are coming very soon,. my dear.' - 'l'd like to help,' said Ellice ; 'but I must not, I Suppose,' and then she went back through-the sunshine . - - The mother,. bending down to the ripe, red clusters, had still the picture in her eye of the lithe, straight, wt bite robed figure, with the dark-haired head so daintily poised, standing against the background of 'the old, red wall on which the apricots were ripening. ! . `How petty the ,child gets I ) .' she said . to herself, and .her mouth and her eyes smiled, and . softened into the expression that old .mothers' faces' . wear. A few hours afterward, amid the cheerful cla•ter of dinner,,the after noon arrangements were discussed, as all other family details were, in full conclave. Mrs. Holt, sift' with her back to the open windowogainst which the blind flapped gently. in the warns breeze, her husband opposite ; Ellice on one.side,, with lack and Sybil on either hand, and Grace and - Belle on the other. Belle was next in order to Ellice, and just back from school 'for good,' a. bonny, healthy, 17-year-old lassie. Grace was the orphan niece of Mr. Holt—tall,‘fair-haired', graceful, still in deep mourning garment for toie loss of her mother. • , • 'Fifteen` loads.-my dear!' said Mr. Holt, in answer to his wife. 'We couldn't begin carrying till 10 o'clock —the dew was so heavy. - I don't think vie shall get into the long meadow to-day. However, the grin is very high and .I think we are in for a long spell of fine weather. • I don't remember a finer' haytime and I nev er had a better lot of men than this -year.' 'Father,' said Jack, 'may ToM and Harold Friee come tomorrow after noon and work in the hayfield?' ' 'Yes, my lad, though I guess, its more mischief than work that you'll -do • 'May Beside come, too P pleaded , Sybil. 'You might call at the Vicarage, girls,' 'said the mother, 'and -ask for the children to, come and spend! a long afternoon ,_ and perhaps ,you could- manage •to take a basket of currants. • There' are a good many th.ngs for . you to do on yOir way. You must take a-bundle of rags to old Betty Freer and call and see how that poor little Harry Caswell • . • 'And there is. the Fortnightly to leave at Mrs. Barrow's,' said Grace ; 'you have done with it, uncle, haven't' you?' 'No use keeping it for me,' said Mr. Ugh. And so the programme "was made out, and when dinner was over the girls went up-stairs to change their 'dresses and make ready for their walk. • It was always a pleasure to them to go to 'Cousin Mary's.' Belle had long ago announced that she meant never . to be married, but to be 'just like Cousin Mary.' 'As it you could be,' bad sneered her big, schoolboy brother Tom: Miss Furnival was it - tall. graceful woman, with a tend6r face , framed in hair which had early lost its , color and turned gray. She lived in 'The ChuVoh House,' where she had been borne, 'POW matt utothvri biota TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MOPING, DECEMBER 1, 1881. and sisters, had departed and she was alone; and yet were its 'ambling passages its quaint parlors, its old fashioned garden, bright and pleasant places, shone upon by the mistress' serene eyes and made merry by the voices of the children and young folks she delighted to beim about her. Mr. Holt of Dorley Grange was her cousin, and to his children 'Cousin Mary' was the 'fountain of all good things. She was to them the grand designer of Christmas games and charades, thogiver of charming press ents. the organizer of picnics in the pleasant Summer time, the best'of all nurses, the kindest of all comfolters. She it was who drove Ellice into Middleham every week for singing. lessoON she it was who was keeping Tom at school for another year. There was no end to Cousin Mary's kindness. So the girls were as merry as larks, and as happy -as queens (if - that old expression yet means anything); that sunny June. afternoon as they bovered the .• village library books, and told Miss Furnival all 'the home news. Grace and Belle were doubling 'and fitting the covers, - and Ellice, with a big apron over her pretty pink dress, was 'pasting.' They had been hard at work • fur tro• hours, and -the piles of clean, tidy .books - were . almost complete, when handmaid Jenny opened the door. .'.A. gentleman, please, ma'am, wants to see you. in the library he is, please,. 'm,' and she handed Miss Furnival a card. The mistress loolied at it wonderingly, and then left 'the room and crossed the - ball, holding it in her hand. Who could John, Cohn Canter n, M. D.,' be ?, • . A tall you ig mad standing by the window turn 41 as she entered -and' : boWed,and slid with a smile, as he gave - her a lesi4on—. • .• • - • . 'This will exp'ain my intrusion,. , - madam.' ' bliss Furnival read— My hear Old Friend Mary Famiial: 1 hear by a side wind that you are still living at „Polley: . Long years Have passed sint'm we met - but it is to me an impossible thing, to _think that my school sweetheart, Mary can have cast out an old affection. In this faith I have desired my ;pod son-to ca'l upon you. -I want:to - hear about you. and I want you to know him. You ; will like him for his own, worth, 1 well know ; but. at first!he kind to him for the sake of Your old friend, !. 'MARGARET. BLAKE CAMERON.' Miss - Furnival put out het band with cordial earnestness: - Is - a pleasure tome, Dr. cam eron 1 Pray come into the other room, and have tea ivitl s rme, and tell me the history of all 'these • silent. years. _lt is so long since heard of your- mother that I really did not recognize your name, I am sorry to say.' So the young man stooped : his tall head through the two low dOorways and followed his hostess into a long quaint room, ,smelling all of roses. Well it might,_ tOr there were roses on the mantle-piece, roses looking in e;t the open windows, roses in the middle of the tea-table, which stood there ready, covered with dainty white damask and delicate old china and shining . silver, and heaped-bp ripe red strawberries. When the ceremony of intrixinc tion bad been was performed, and the Doctor was talking to Miss Fur ! nival, he glaneed_AxiwzAnd then .at the three pretty girls whose acquaint *nce he had so suddenly made. One was in white, , another in black, and Another all pink, like the roses I Poor Ellice!' it was embarrass ing to be in this .trim, covered • tip with one of Susan's great, kitchen aprons Hostess and ; guests were all. sorry when 'the next hour was passed. Colin Cameron had been so entirely thrown into the society of men, only, since his settlerneilt• Middleham, that this daintily•apliointed board and thiti.group Of fair women seemed to •him like getting a glimpse into the 'House lfeuutiful' in Bunyan's allegory, while to his fellow-gu. sts the impromptu addit'on to their par- • ty of this intelligent, world-experi eagsff man gave a pectiliar interest and 4iquancy to .Cousin Mary's al ways pleasant entertainment. When tea was over Dr. Cameron rose, and, with a courteous expression of regret at leaving such good company.; said be must go on 'see to Dr. Main, the village doctor, who had asked him to come over and Consult with him. on a difficult case. Sai he was initiated in the easy ' geography of Darley and went his way. Soon afterward Grace and Belle set off homeward, having a Call to make on the way. while Ellice Stayed t% help Miss Furnival number the books,,' ; ' le correspondence with the catalogue. She would go home by the fields, she said, later. Colin Cameron was . walking home to Middleham in the dusk by the field, way from Dortey to SHIM, which is on. the highroad.- The moon, nearly at the full, wits ;rising clear and golden ; the air Nval full of fragrance from a blossoming bean field ; a nightingale was singing . in the larch spinhey. Colin leaned on a gate, listening, enjoying the loveliness of the time As he. stood, drinking in the sweet influences about him, his mind turned to the case he had been talking over with Pr. Main, and to an operation that was fixed to take place to-mor " d row, an With these thoughts mingled a vision of a dark-haired girl with kind i-eyes and little brown clever hand a. Ellice, they called her—a prat:). name. She was about the_age Mary would have been if she had lived; and then the young man sent a tender thought toward his &ugh. terless widowed mother in her tiny frugal home in the North Country. ;The bird music ceased, and Colin strode cal But he suddenly stopped, startled, as, on the other side of . a high stile. he saw a figure seated on the grass 'ls anything the mattet ? • Can I help you ?' and then, as he recognized the white face in the twilight.. in quite another tone he said, ',What, is tille ImamDtir 8011 /- REGARDLESS OP DENITNOLL TION:PROR ANY QUARTER: Poor little Ellice • had been very brave till then but the sudden friend ly yoke and: helpful presence over came her, and she bunt into tears, and said brokenly— 'Bow stupid.; am! but I thought nobody would ever come, and my foot hurts so badly.' Before the words were said the doctor was down on his I nees beside her. feel'ng what was amiss. 'Will you please go and tell them at home, Dr. Cameron, that some one may come and help me.? Opr house is only a few` fleldit down there to the right.' 'I had better help you myself, I think,' said Colin. 'Can you manage to walk ?' He helped her to rise, and they went a few steps, but be felt the quiv er Of pain that went through 'her-as the hurt foot touched the ground, and sopped. - '‘You must let me carry you. please. You won't mind'? can, quite eusi- There was as much command as request in' his words, and - in a mo ment Ellice was lifted in - his , strong arms. Through two fields they_ went. Then through the dim silence the gate ahead swung to with oa bang and Ellice said quickly : 'Oh, please set me down, rfr. Cam eron. That.' is my father, I expect. come to look for me,.andhe will be so frightened.' So Colin placed her quietly down, and in a minute up came Mr. lielt's stalwart figure. . Ellice had been afraid of her lather being alarmed, but 1 can't say his alarm was removed when he saw his Ellice "'standing in the field ahead. with a young Mellow beside her le did not know from Adam. She cries]. out as he' apppiehed— , • 'Do be frightened, papa; I have or Iy turt 'my foot, and Dr. Cameron has been so good as to bring me home.' - --• , 4t. , nd who the deuce is Dr. Carver- on . was Mr. Holt's first thought; and it was with some stiffness that he made hiis acknowledgments, and remarked that he would now relieve him of his charge. " fear Miss Holt's foot - is rather badly damaged, sir, and ought to have immediate attention: said _Col in's honest, kindly voice. •I am a doctor, and shall be glad to give my assistance, if you will allow me? So there was nothing for it but to say 'yes,' and between her two help ers Ellice at last got home. The foot was found to be badly sprained; the doctor band t sged it carefully, and then strode off to. Middlebam. He had thought about Ellice Holt at the beginning of his evening walk, and now, after this small adventure, what wonder that be thought more ? His profession made , him • keen in readirg character, and this little glimpse of the girl had.sbown him much. 'Courageous she must be, and thoughtful for others. and what .a good sort of a . home she seemed to . have! When the young man got back to his lodgings and found every bod.t. gone to bed, and his prim ugly room darkness. the place looked very..,dreary •in contrast with that flower-scented lamp-lit parlor at Dor ley 41 -range and its gentle hOme pres‘ ences. He would certaifily - respond to the , bidding Mrs. Holt had given him, and go again. How gratefully Ellice had said •Thank you,' as she bade him 'Good-night,' and how pret ty she looked as she said it ! After this, though Dr. Main look ed after the sprained foot, Colin walked over to the Grange not un frequently. He playtt lawn-tennis with Grace and Bell v,nd cricket with the school-boy brothers, while Jack and Sybil were especially de voted to him. Gne afternoon, while Ellice was still obliged to lie- on -the sofa, the children were hanging about him, Sybil on his knee and Jack examin ing a wonilerful knife with all sorts of tools combined with it, when Sybil said suddenly : 'Ellie can't, walk a bit. How I did she get - home that- night she 'was hurt?' Colin laughed its he looked across to Ellice and said, 'I carried her.' •Was she heavy ?' inquired Sybil. 'Did you like carrying her?' said, Jack. There was a little pause, and then the Doeteirsaid in a quiet tone : : 'Yes. Jack: When he glanced toward the sofa next there was a rosy glow on thC face lying. there, more rosy than could be accounted for by-the sunset light that was streaming in through the low window. - Thire came a sick- time that au tumn in Middleham, and Dr. Cam eron was very busy for weeks and weeks fighting disease among the , children down in the, squalid, sum mer-heated streets and- back-yards; and when, at, last, the worst was over and he could feels few evening hours his own for a- walk over to Dorley, he found the place empty of the pres ence th et bad made it dear to him. Quite casually, as if it were news of no importance, he was told that 'My daughter and ms neice are gone to . Paris with .111iss Furnival. They will probably stay, till the spring.' That. was the beginning of: an ill-time for . poor Colin. He was overworked and that helped to make him anxious an•l disturbed at the thought of his En glish rosebud among the fascinations of Paris. From time to time he beard of her; how they had been to Ver sailles "and Fontainebleau, and to balls and theatres and what a de lightTul place Paris was. - But a worse time was' to come. , One dreary December afternoon be was walking up to his rooms to dine, when he was joined by one of, his friends, Llewellyn Cobbe by name, a mercy, loquacious rattlepate. 'Oh, I say, Cameron ,!,You re member Archibald Brailel 'Yes,' said Dr. Cameron ; 'he came to 'Clny's' just before I. left. But I never knew him well. • • 'Well, Fortuna is ruining favors on him in tbe most shamefully , partial fashion. He has`got a good appoint nteittin lad* bas bun larking about PART 11. the Continent for a month or two, 'and now, in Paris, he has picked up a wife—and aMiddleham lady ! Think of that! 'You may read his letter if you like. It is fun to hear the superlatives- these- engaged fel. lows indulge in ! We are not collie to that pass, eh, Cameron ?' But as the young man rattled on, his companion's heart stood still. This was the letter : DEAR COMM : Thanks for yotir congratulations on my luck. But you must send me another batch, for 1 do not go •to India.slone. The dearest, sweetest, and prittiest of wives will accompany me. ' - 'll,O she hails from the neighborhood - of Mid dleham, you may know, her name—,- Miss bolt. My graceful, gracious 'Ellice'-gives herself to me in a fort night, and we sail by P. and 0. on the 12th of next month. On some swiftly devised pretext Colin parted from hisevil-news-bring er, and 'strode along,.not knowing, not 'taring, whither he went, with a bitter paid clinging about his heart, and silent; bitter outcries against the cruelty of fate. And Ellice—oh El lice'!—did .she not know, had she not been sholttn by him, that she was . his queen among women ? Oh heaven how. different, after all,- their feelings must - have teen'! .He, left mourning; and' she, willing, straightway to lis ten to the love-vows of another man I It was with a gray, haggard face that the young man at last returned in the late evening to his - lodgings, to his over-cooked, tasteless dinner, and to disturbed, restless sleep. Being a brave soul, he tried to throw himself more than ever into his work, and so to overcome his troubles • but it was very hard work. and as Christmas approached he got a friend to look after his patients, and then started. fur Scotland. _The weather was severe, and as he neared his Pertlishire home ea tremendous snowstorm came on and blocked his way, and when at last he reached El gowan, the illness he had been strug gling against for weeks seized him and utterly prostrated: him. Help less as a baby, racked with pain, gasping for breath, he lay, while his little sad-eyed, steadfast, gray haired mother flitted about his room and waited on' him, hand and foocand prayed to Heaven to help her boy to live. When the crisis had'-remne and passed,, and he was beginning to mend, he asked her wlint.was the day of,,,the month ? The 19th, of January she a id it was. and Colin turned his face to the will' with a sigh.' They would be in the Red Sea by this time, alas! He was pot so well after this for a day or two, and the new born light in his mother's face faded; but again strength returned' and con valeicence, and the late days of Feb ruary he was haek in Aliddleham, and at work again; The town was placarded in all di rections with announcements, in foot long letters, of the coming of a lead ing Cabinet Minister to speak on the burning Question of the day; and ; on -the evening of this event, Dr. Cameron was one in the crowd of ex cited people who waited for the -open ing 'of the oloors of the great town hall. His head was well above most people's, and, as he was looking round, he saw, a few feet from him, a, tall, elderly genteleman of his ac quaintance, who nooded, and said - 'Hallo, Cameron I Glad to see you back. Better, eh ? Can you get to me ?' And—as the people between gave the young Doctor pa_ssagq-room, he continued-4 have foolishly yield ed to the entreaties of. two political ly minded young Ladies who wanted to-hear the great man, and, upon my word, I don't like" my job I wish you would take care of one of them. You know Miss Holt, I think ?' Colin's heart gave a great throb, for theie, indeed, was Billed - Holt standintr '' by a pillar. As,slie saw him a glad, shy light came into her face. He made his way to the -, -standing ground beside- her, and : bent 7-down anti said to her'in a low voice 'lt Will delight me to take care of Miss Holt if she will let me." Waiting in an ever-thickening crowd for a quarter of an hour is not under ordinary eircumstafices, pleasant experience, but little did Colin Cameron mind his foot being trod on or his back being dug into; these things even added to his happi ness. 'for was he not screening his 'rosebud' from annoyance, and, in deed, giving her, if the truth must be told, a quite unfair share of air and standirig-roam ? At last the doors opened, and the rush inward took place, and after a time the great ora tor' was speaking, and- the vast audi ence responding with enthusiastic. plaudits. But little did Colin hear. The revulsion from a sense of hope less loss to hope unbounded almost dazed him. The hall, was hot, and. Ellice took off her gloves, and he saw her little dear left hand bare of all rings—no fatal plain circlet there! When 'the proceedinks were over, and they were waitingfor a chance tO.get away, he said to her : 'lt is a curious question, but will .you please tell me your cousin's fu'l name ?—that cousin I knew at your house ?' 'S,he Mrs. Braila now,' Ellice said, with 'a wondering jpok. 'Yes, I know,' said poor Colin, with a great rush of thankfulness, •but what is , her Christian name?' 'Gratis Ellice, ' ` she answered. 'Every one calls h er 'Ellice,' except us. It was my name, too, you see, and i vie had to make a difference, so we called her Grace.' 'Thank you,' said Colin. PART 111. No grass should. grow under Ilia feet now, he said, as he walked home under the stars. By 3 o'clock the nexV - day be was Standing in the parlor of Dorley Grange, waiting with. agitation for the entrance of Mrs. Holt. When she came, the young man spoke earn estly, with the eloquence of love, and the mother gave, with tears and smiles, the permission he craved. Ellice would, soon be in from the vii lage; she said. . Then he would go and.meet her. Ellion.heM had, Wm fhasterin , i L.1 , T ..... :,.-:. *, : ' ll . ~..7. ~.,. ~, .. .w.! with a happy unrest all the day and she had tone into the village to'quiet it by seeing some of the poor old people who looked for her coming as their best sunshine. But all the quiet fled, as, turning a bend in the road, she. met Dr. Cam eron face to face. She tried to re cover her maidenly composure, and made some vague remark about the weather. He made ncos answer, but took her hand, and said gently, earn estly, looking into her sweet, down cast face : 'You know what I have come for. May I have it. She stood: a moment quite silent and still. Then she lifted her eyes to his, and in them he read the happy answer. • You maybe . sure Mrs. Holt was at the'door waiting for them, and with her was her husband, who, catching Ellice into the embrace of one arm, shook hands with the Doctor, and told him he had stolen a march upon him and that his permission was yet to be got. • There-they had tea altogether, and afterward played at some childish game for Jack and Sybil's benefit, and then Dr. Cameron rose and said be must be going. 'MOther' hx)ked across the glowing fire-lit hearth at 'father' with a ten der, comical half-smk of remem brance, and the)two kej-t their places, while, after a moment's pause, Ellice slowly rose, 'celestial Tosy red,' and went out itito the hall with her lover. He caught up - a shawl from the wall and wrapped it about her, and then opening . the, door, led her out into the stilt:, darkness. There with his strong, tender arms about her, under the shining stars, pure heart to pure heart, pure lips to pure lips, they , gave their betrothal kiss.—Household Words (the Reissue). Charles Frost. Williams began to be particular as soon as locked up. He wanted a looking-glass an a spring bed in his cell ; refused to drink from the dipper in common use, and stood up for three hours rather than sit down on the well woi n bench. When.his turn came. to appear in court be wanted a clean collar, a_ tooth-brush and some per fume for his handkerchief, and he seemed greatly put out as he was left facing the desk. 'Can't this case be adjourned until can get on my Sunday clothes?' he softly asked. 'Can't be done.' 'Can't I-be tried in a private room, then'?' 'Not a bit of it. You'll have to stand trial right here, You were drunk on the street.' 'I might hal& been slightly over. come by the weather. I am very susceptible to changes.' 'Yes, but the weather doesn't make a man sit in the stairway and sing through his, nose, nor strike at an officer who offers to put him on a street•car.' might have partaken of a little sweet wine, but' really, sir—really, I do protest against the statement that I was drunk. Loafers get drunk, sir.': 'Well, yours was a flat, silly drunk. I happened in here just as they brought you in, and your tongue was too thick to say sugar.' 'I cawn't believe it—really cawn't. 'Tisn't &bit like me.' - 'Your fine ill ,be five dollars, all the same.' 'Beastly-beastly, but I will pay. Het4, sir, is the fithy lucre. It is most; annoying, sir—really most an poying to me. Good morning, sir.' Wolfe's vote will be about 50,000, slightly more than was conceded to him - by the Republican Committee, and much less than he himself claim ed. Under ordinary ci'rcumatances this vote would be suprisingly large, and even as it is, many politicians are puzzled to discover where the votes came from. Mr. Wolfe's vanity will flatter him into the belief that it was personal popularity; that his incessant talk in the Legislature, which only disgusted his fellow mem. hers, made him famous with; and be. loved of, the people. A cursory . ex amination of the unofficial returns shows that. Wolfe's vote pine about two-thirds from the Republicans and one-third from the Democrats. Mr. Wolfe in a published interview says his vote: was a popular protest against politiciansand political methods'. We .believe the vote east by the•following elements to be found in every com munity: • 1. By those Republicans who have failed to have . themselves or their friends advanced to prominent of fices. 2. By those Republicans who find fault with everything that is /done within the party lines. 3. By those Republicans who are insane enough tot think that certain Republican lead Era were accomplices in the assassination of Garfield. 4. By Democrats who were con vinced by the arguments of their own leaders and organs that it would be a good thing to vote for Wolfe. 5.. By those Democrats who thought they could advaneet heir own party's interest by increasing Wolfe's - vote in . - certain 'counties where the ac knowledged leaders of the Republi can party_ reside. These are the elements which com bined and threw away their suffrages on Mr. Wolfe. The result is not gratifying to any one of hem. Their lack of success destroys all the. vir tue they arrogated to themselves as independent voters. —. Harrisburg Telegraph.' - Wrruout-' earnestness no man- is ever great, or does really great things. Be may be the cleverest of men ;he m-y be brilliant, entertaining, popular; but, he will want weight. No soul-moving pic ture was ever painted that had not in it the depth of a shadow. THE good things which belong to pros perity are to be wished, but the good things which belong to adversity ate to lie admired. The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity 'forti `M tude, which in morale, is the more heroic OS. A " Too Utter" Man. WOLFE•S VOTE. -•-•~ $l.OO per Annum In Advance. THE MAID AND THE LEAF; A dead leaf drifted along the siow— A poor brown leaf with edges tors; . Now here, row there, blown high and low, • An outeaat and a thing of scorn: Alas! Alas So life drifts on to hearts forlorn. Once In a bewer, fresh and bright, d , Kissed by the sun-rays and the dew, A maid, to flee the hot sno's might, . Prone on the growl]. her fair Ilmbathrew, ,To sleep, to Shep, And dreaM of some one that she knew. She slept and dreamed horrid thlag— , That he she loved from. her would stray; And starting up, deep sorrowing, . Itemised to seek him out that day. - Alas i Alas I 'Twas all too true—he'd fled away. Her last love token—just a leaf . Of eyeamore—rlore's emblem btight. She threw away, then hayed that grief Might beer her off from mortal eight. Alas Abut: - While the dead leaf drifted through the night . —ill the Pear Round. Who Kindled that Fire? The Ancient Israelite before burn ing over his stubble fields was re quired by a wri4n statute to take every precaution that the flames should not injure the property of his neighbor. Before lighting the dry grass he was required to see that the wind •was in the right quarter, and use all possible precaution, so that the swift-footed flames should not rush through vineyards and over ol ive yards, consuming the stack of barley. But if any farmer neglected to take these precautionary steps. and the fire-fiend went flashing and crashing through his neighbor's plan tation, he - was required toe pay • for the damage done by his own careless !less. - We now apply the principle under lying this ancient statute to our own times and customs. Take one of the so-called social virtues, and none is more' popular than of hospitality. An excellent virtue it is, but how of ten abused. Who is prepared to be come responsible for the long list of evils and injuries inflicted upon soci ety from rich dinners, late suppers, high wines, intoxicating liquors, and the blue ruin generally. There is fire in that spark li ng wine cup! Look at that street loafer, this ale-, bloat! that whiskey-sot! - Who kin dled that fire? We charge home these fearful con sequences upon all those who have pandered to a falsncustom, and un intentionally, though it be, caused all this havoc and wretchedness., We charge home the results of idleness and vagrancy upon silly parents, who let their children grow -up'with out work, from a . false notion that la bor is dishonorable! We charge home upon_the saloons, and the dice tables, all the fearful consequences that follow in their wake. There is fire in all these.- And if the Jewish farmer who set lire to his neighbors shock's of corn was required to make restitution. al thsaugh he may not have intended to burn bim out, so should society hold these pest houses responsib'e for-the damages done to its- members. We must suffer for our carelessness as well as for our malice ; for our thoughtlessness as, well as for our hate., The preaching of such a gos pel. at this time will have a good ef fect toward healing the _wounds and bruises of society. - In- the Express Office A stranger passing by the Race street entrance to the United States ExprOs Office, the other day, "saw the good-natured Munson, sitting in Mis sentry-box, smoking an after din ner cigar, and he rushed up to him and hastily said : 6 Be you an ex presser?' Munson expressed himself to the effect that he was there fur that pur, pose. Welf,' said the stranger, -!I want to express—' Certainly,' said Munson, ' you've struck the right place. 11. S.—unit• ed we stand—right over the door.' - ' I say I've callel to express___, 'That's right,' said Munson, ' what have to express? Where is it going?' - . . What I mean to exprees-,' Well, if you mean to •:xpress, why don't you go ahead and do it? The entire- express service of the "united StateS Company is waiting on you,' said Munson. But will yOu allow me to express,r Certainly,' said Munson, express all you want to, from a pin .to Cleo patra's needle, and from a June bug to an elephant." ' Well, then,' • said the stranger. preparing to take a walk. 'I want to express my satisfaction over the agreeable change in the weather,' and he•dodged out just in t time to escape a call•book that Munson flung at his head.—Cincinnail Saturday Night. WHERE EVERYBODY GAMBLES-A -Tuscon (Arizona) letter says : ‘. The great attraction of the evening is the gambling pavilion,, which occupies almost one entire side of, the plaza. All around , the building is a promen ade and along this walk are the gam bling• tables. • Faro, roulette, monte, chusets, chuck•a-luck and a dozen other games that only the sporting fraternity have names for are repre sented. At times the whole building is crowded and it is with difficulty that one can get - close enough to some of the tables to make a bet or even see what the game is At the monte games a five cent -pi. ce may be seen waiting its turn for better or worse 'alongside of a _hundred dollar• bet made by some one who is flush and who is tapping the bank. The rou lette tables seem to be the favorites. One evening I counted sflve in full blast. • There were eager, excited crowds around each game. It is a mistake to suppose that only gamb lers the tower classes indulge in gamblii4. Everybody here does it, from the most prominent official and merchant down to. the poorest laborers." TbeTittsbarq Sunday Loader quotes Mr—Martin Karg, Silver "Creek, Minn., eared a badly wound l horse with Sc. JMU;Oih NUMBER:27 Drips. . The brewer belong. to am ancient rsee—Hebrewe. They that walks on oliomirgarino is not the butterily. A poet's bspiration is most he. quently an editor's perspiration. Short retirement urges .sweet re. turn.. }lesiva trims our lamps while wa steep. - What men ealleth accident's God's own part. Manslaughter,— Man's laughter. Curious language, one's. Smiles are smiles only when the heart pulls the wire. Our sweetest songs are those which tell saddest thought. Men who swing the scythe are generally swarthy fellows. Maud S is merely another illustra tion of the fact that time is•money. Lore is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by Imagina tion. Still waters run deep, but not in the modern hollow bottomed bottle. Farmers Confidently assert that cows are the best corn extractors after ail. t • —The faculty of reasoning seldom or never deceives those who trust to it. A POET'S DIFFIDENCE.—ThOge who suffer from bashfulness may take courage from the following conversa tion of William Cullen Bryant with a friend : Once we, talked of diffident per sons. Bryant thought that 41'.ffideam might be classed with the trials of life,' and said that with him this feel ing am anted to bashfulnesi. - Often he had gone to a church and would feel so diffident before be entered that h could not -get up courage enoughito do it, and would come away" And sometimes as he was led to a seat there, would find himself in such ar;ii - gitation that drops of pert piratio would fall from his face. 'This is strange,' I said, 'for you who have been welcomed all over the world, met so many persons, been so honored. soloved ;- how is it possible?' Ile replied : 'lt is temperament. I shall always feel just this - sort of boyish timidity. - Small - events in public often: bring on this distress. -- glow about your writings.?' -, 'Well, with them I write and re write and cast aside so much, and have such a sense of their lack of ex cellence.' • Thoughtful ThoUghts. To ascribe a man's good qualities to his tutor is about as wise as to ascribe the fragrance of a flower to the soil that ma tured it. REASON is called the eye, of the -mind, and should be equal in temperature as the eye which neither perspires with heat nor freezes with'cold. - SOME persons make a great accountof standing upon their own right& ; a better ru!e is to account it a privilege to surren der a right for another's good. ONE never knows a man till he has re fused him something, and studied the ef: fects of the refusal ; _one never knoys himself till he hass - denifid himself. IT is very difficult to be learned ; it seems as if people were worn out on the way to great thought* and can never en jty them because they are too tired: , .TISE, real worth of , a life ahould be measured, not only by the times one has nut stumbled, but by the times he has succeeded notwithstanding his stumbling. IF, after there has been an alienation, youo feel the impulse to make the first ad vande toward peace, do it at once. Such impulses are from the source of all good. FAITH, like light, should ever be sim ple and unbending ; while love, like - warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of out breth ren. lITPOCRTSY is the greatest social evil of the age. Sham, falsity, vanity and out ward appearance for show only, charac terize every stage of our present society. Pitc;FANITY-never did any man the least , good: No man is richer, happier, or wis er for it. It commends no one to so c iety ; it _is dilmusting to relined people, and alcsiminable to the: good: No two minds, are ever the same ; and • therefore; soy - man who will give us, fair ly- and frankly, the results of his own im pressions, unifluenced by tue servilities of imitation; will be original. THE temptations of poverty are greater than those of wealth, because want's de mands are Leet , ities, .not. luxuries.- A poor man who is honest Et! greater than an honest man who is rich.j. Vna erornal ante is s:.id to he " the 'price of liberty, and to-day great success in commercial as in every other sphere of life can be bought only with , the gape coin. Put plenty of it in your cargo, if you would make your voyage a succebs DIFFICULTY is The nurse - of great- . ness, -a harsh- nurse, who roughly rocks her foster children into strengthand athletic proportions. The mind grap pling with great aims and wrestling , with mighty impediments, grows by a certian necessity to their stature. HtiMANITY is the- source of all true greatness; pride is ever impatient; ready to be offended. Ile who thinks nothing is due to him, never thinks himself ill treated. True meekness is not mere tem perament, for this is only Softnessor week netts. WE gain more esteem by what we bear than by what we say. Perhaps the higb est.art in conversation is to make others talk. The man who bears you may be heard ; -the man who talks to you ne‘er is. Ile may- be. dissafigle4 with your views; he is sure to be satisfied with his own. IF you wish to see yourself as others see Sou, listen to the hitter and scathing sarcssms that leap to the lips of one whom you aheady haie bitterly angered. And when your indignation and senseof injdstice are gone, yonr 'wounded vanity ought to admit than what gave point to your enemy's gibe was the truth though exagge ted in his 'slander. - Fact and Facetisz. THE spiritual. It applies not to the outward conduct only, but to the thoughts and intents of the heart. A MAN should never blush-in confessing his-errors, forehe proves by his avowal that he is wiser to-clay_than yestenliy. "Gums I can find a little something to scratch off,"-replied the weary genius. running his fingers through his pair. He wondered why the staff smiled so boiati r ously. . ONE of the Indian chiefs. hen in Wash ington winked at tb, drug clerk when calling fur soda water the_otb_er day. Such little Evidences as this should con. vince the most skeptical that our mission ary work among the red men is not with. OUL some results. 'Native instinct never taught the chieftain this civilized trick. AFTER a strict cross-examination, it was found that the old bachelor did not call-the thin female "a fl-tt, termagant woman," but he.gave her the retort cour— teous in these words : "You flitter - me, jaunt Yeoman." The Court cautioned him, however, - to speak more slowly and distinctly in th - e future. " Wily don't you dress as well u your clerks ?" was, asked the other Jay of a Wall street man. ii_can't," was the an swer; "they can get trusted." A CALIFORNIAN went on a $2,000 spree to see if it was any different froth a sev enty-five cent one. Much to his disgust ho found it just the same, gutter, mud, arrest and all. . • Ca SINCE it bas been said that • r y could not spell better than 'a store clerk, several young clerks have been to write a bit.tiiry of the French revolution. TIME is a man in California who has a snake in his stonuch and It obliged to drink large qpantities of whisky to keep the reptile stupefied, as It cansea bleg great pain when it is - lively. He is the wry of all bits sittibtatt /2