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/Winos garbs.
AIcPyIERSON ac YOUNG,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, ?A
1. McMIEWSON,
,V TOILING.
WILLIAMS it ANGLE,
ATTOILVEL9 ,I7- LAIr ,
rTO WANDA. PA
ornev—Malti street, opposite Post-Offics.
I. N. WILLIAM:,
DAVIE§, '4-, HALL,
ATTOII#ISLTI3-AT-L AW
sOLTTH sirs 07.WAED.HOUSE
Ilpc 2345
SAM W.-BUCK,
ATTORIVE .1"-AT-L4W,
TO ii PEN2P4
N0r.1319
omce—At Treasurer's (Mee, In Conn House
.NIADILL. KINNEy, ,
ATTORNMYS-AT-LAW.
Otilee—Ronnas formerly occupied by Y. M. C. A.
Reading Room. •
3,18,80
U. J. MADILL
JOHN W. CODDING,
ATTORNETrAT-LAW, ToWA"DA,.PA.
, t"..hre Over Ktrby's Dritg Store
T ;F
IcTM SE. IER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, -
PF4NIN , A.
attenthet paid to buslnesi In, the Or
court and to the settleuieut of estates.
,e , ,ptenther 25, 1879.
& OVERTOP
ATTOLNEYS-AT t,aw,
TOWANDA, A. •
%. t\klll)N,
RODNEY-A MERCUR,
ATTottNEY AT-LAW,
TOW A NDA,
sonott.,r or Patents. Particular attention paid
Ant ,s in the orphans Court and to the settler
~ r eq:ites.
montanyes mock
OVERTON Sr, SANDERSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
TOWANDA, PA.
JOHN F. SANDERSON
E. (1'VE14701,7,
W . 11. JESSUP,
A"TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW,
MONTROSE. PA.
• Jessup having resumed the practiccof the
a y. • q !s•orther.n . Pennsylvania, will attend to any
1, 4 d idness intrusted to him in Bradford county.
-on. wishing to consult hint, can call on H.
Towanda, Pi., whenanappointinent
TTEN . .4Y-STR . EETER,
trnit.N.EY - A - ND COITNSELLOR-AT-LAW,
TOWANDA, PA
L. lIII4AS,
I.J.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
TOWAN DA, PA.
111111.11 E. BULL,
SURVEYOR.
'cl; F.EItING;SURVEYING AND DRAFTING.
!Ive , with G. F. Macon, over Patch & Tracy
street, Towatida, Pa. 4.15.80.
SON,
ATTORNEY L AW,
TOWAN DA, PA.
F.Lstingg
1011 N W.MIX,
r r,ItvEY•AT-LAW AND 11. - S. CompuifterOrma,
TOWANDA, PA.
~ . 'toe—North Side Public Square,
ANDREW WILT,
A TTO iiNNV-AT-LAW.
FI tc,—Nloao,• Block, Main-St., over J. L. Kent'a
rowa I k May be consulted In German.
[AprII '76.7
. .
S. WOODBURN,. Physi-
I T13:1 awl Surgeon. Onlce at residence, on
n street. first door no•tb of N. E. Church.
.ti: •a, April 1, lr•si.
‘ A -r
13. KELLY, DENTIST.—Office
• over M. E. Itm , eittleld's, Towanda, Pa.
"r”etli I,,,erted on Gold, Silver, .Rubber, and Al
runitiin base, Teeth extracted without pain.
•
Oet. 31-72.
.4 1 D. PAYNE, M. D., 7.1. PHYSICIAN AND Slip:EON.
Molitanyes` Store. prifoe hours from 10
• to I.2'a. ai„ ant from 2to 4 . r. x.
Special attention given - to
'DKr ASP'S) DISEASES
OF • and OF
Tlih EVE -ITHE EAR
MEM
. TTOR.tiE.Y-ATiA IV,
N7r , r(tt Franklin st., \Ciikes-Rarre, I'a.
, !!!riti a•tt•iitl4l given to collections In Luzetne
al. ; La kawatina c‘ittuties. References: Hon. P.
; Flrat National Bank. Towanda.
4 . S. RUSSELL'S
T. - ) •
GE'S EIIAL
I";SURANCE AGENey
TOWANDA. PA.
kv ~,-7ltf
lOWARD WILLIAMS,
PE ACTIVAL PLUMBER & ' t 745 FiTTER
Pl:ve of hosluess, a few doors noryfot Post-Office.
c, (;:is Fitting. Repairing Pumps of all
k :,;o1 Izltt4lB of Gearing promptly attended
A uanting . .work iu his line should give him
a Dec. 4. 1879.
1; 1 11t •:'r NATIONAL BANK;
TOWA.NDA, PA
A PIT PA m IN
4 1. :IPLUS FUND.
T'll. 01,,.rs unusual faillibles for the trans
avooi or a general banking busin'esa.
BETTS, Cashier
Pi SWELL, President
HENRY' TIOUSE,,.
0::NEI: MAIN & WASHINGTON STRF,ETS
FiitsT WARD, TOWA\DA, PA
.?41, aiFat all hours. Terms ee Wt. the times. Large
stable attached.
WM. ft E P ROpUraos
..-T-,411.1a, ante R, f
- M
AT MARF.ETI
C. M. M YE
located In
BZIIII.EM AN'S BLOCK, BRIDGE •STREET,
Keep on band,
FRESH AND SALT MEATS,
DRIED BEEF, FISH, POULTRY,
GABDEN VEGETABLES AND BEBRIE9 IN
THEIR SEAtiON, &c
sir 11 goodsdentercd free of charge
T ." 0 ••••N. Mfte 11 , 1"11
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' MEET
INGS..,
For the information of the public the
-Co nty C 4 ititnissioners hereby give notice
tl:.1 illey will hold a session of the Board
e% y Tuesday at 'the Commissioners'
in the Court House at Towanda,
and that they will hold. a meeting of the
Boaid at the County House, at' Burling
t n, the First and Second Monday of each
ThoSe Ewing business to bring
the Board will govern themselves
ae,;.n (tingly;
DANIEL BRADFORD,
MYRON KII.GSLEY, • Co. Coma.
N. F. limisoom,
AttesA : Wm. LEWIS, Clerk.
1 4 lARMS FOR SALE IN TIOGA
_ (t)I.I.NTY. PA.—I have farms, and wild land
, otlal4t• for fauns, for sale on resuainable terms,
stt.t.tt,l in Elk and Gaines townships, Tioga Coun
ty. and one lot in Pike township, Potter County.
't lte, tato, are productive, situated about midway
h. tweet, three large tanneries, affording the very
1—.4 market f. r farm products In the county.
T;t:ee of the farms adjoining aro peculiarly adapt
ed for italtyinz one large scale. Containing over
1:41 acre.. A very large sitting on the centre lot
t , .11,1 afford water power sufficient for churning,
an I ould I.e Imwigtit a*. trifling cost into the dairy
• i.to,c And u.eti to cool the milk. Temperature,
44 0 .
Fot 'fat tiler particulars address the editor of this
ror tii.; tottierOgued. : , D. K. MARSH.
31.u51A1e14.1,- pa., lGniarffl.f.
I Mute—Mercer Block
Park street, up stairs
16feti82 E. J. ANGLZ.
TbwAxDA,PA
I=
BENJ. M. PECK
May I,la
Feb 27, '79
(novll-75
L.ELsunas
Jan.f,1875
•125,000
75,000
C. M. MYEU
OEM=
~ F _ .?2
ME
MARSH & HlTCHCOCK,Vroprietoys.
V9LUME TM.
Ai D.. DYE.&:CO.
Pail & Winter, 1881,
ATTENTION IS INVITED to our
that-class
Heating Stoves.
They are too' well known to require any
commendation—
New Hecia,
Westminster,
-Crown Jewell.
We also Luise a line of eIIEAP BASE
BURNERS, the best of their class in the
market, and well adapted for supplying a
demand for an efficient but: inexpensive
heating stove
WOOD REATING STOVES in great
variety.
READ T~IIrS
300
Happy Thought Ranges
Sold in Towanda and vicinity by
A. D. DYE & CO.
A LARGE STOCK OF
Wood - Cook Stoves,
CARRIAGEMAKER'S' AND
BLACKSMITHS' SUPPLIES
And a general stock of
ELA.RI)TAME.
MAIN STREET, TOWANDA
Towanda, OeCoi;i4
m 1 Crockery
C a P I 'WI 011 0 8 99-TE I NT
Store.
OFFERS AT VERY LOW PRICES
A•GREAT VARIETY OF
TRUNKS
PACKING. TRUNKS 24 to 40 inches
very cheap.. BETTER TRUNKS •
IN ALL GRADES. . -
Traveling Bags and Satchels
RUBBER BAGS 10 to 22"inohes long.
Ladies' and Gents' SPLIT LEATHER,
Best Quality.
Bags and Satchels 10 to 22 inches, cheap.
Medium and best grain LEATIMI
T
SATCRELS IN Lai. Sims
Several entirely -NEW LINES, and a ,
wices that defy competition. .
CRATEOF
Decorated. Chamber Sets .
Just received. Eutbely nen patterns, and
to be sold at the LOWEST WHOLE. '
• WHOLESALE prices. 'Job lot of
Buckeye Lanterns;
Large . Size only BZie each, our former price
ILIO and sold by some at $1.2.5. .
INSURANCE
C. S. RUSSELL, Agent,
TOWANDA, PA:
EMI
BEENE
FIRE, LIFE, AND ACCIDENT
'POLICIES
Issued on the most reasonable terms
None but reliable companies represented.
Losses adjusted an ft paid here.
Towanda, Nov. 18, IBM
.._ .
Bbusiness now before tlie
public, You ran make ruturey
anything else. " uf. k . `" C us apillt u n a at
needed. We will start you. fit a day .and up.
wards made at borne by the industrious. Men.
women, toys and girls wanted everywhere to wor
for us. Now is the lime. Yon can work in spark
time only or give your whole time to the buslnee34,
You can live at home and do the work. No other.
business will pay you nearly as well. No , ono can
rail to' make enormous they by engaging at onee.
Costly Outfit and terms free. Moos y made last,
easily, -and henerably. Adtinsla I'VE A CO..
Augusta, Maine. • b" , 22fettb2.11
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121
ME
dip is done, and the darkncss
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather Is waftettdowaward
From an eagle In his Alight.
I soo the lights of the tillage
Mann 'through the sale soak the Wet,
And a toellnir ut sadneis comes o'er me
That my soul awn. realgt :
A . feeling of sadness and longing,
That Is not akin to Pain.
And resemble sorrow only
As the-mist resembles the rain.
Come, read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling,
And banleh the thoughts of day.
Not from the grand old masters,
Not.from the bards aubllme,
Whom distant footsteps echo
Through the corridors of Vine.
Per. like strains - or mullet music,
Their mighty thoughts suggest
Lifo's endless toll and endeavor ;
And tollight I long for rest.
Reid from some bumbler poet,
Whose songs gushed from bts heart,
As showers from the clouds of mimmer,
Or tears from the eyelids start ; •
Who, through long days if bihor,
And nights devoid of ease,
Still heard In hi. soul the music
of Wonderful meted lea.
Such seeks bare power to quiet
• 'The restless pulse of care,
Ar.d tome like the benediction
That follows - after prayer. •
Then read from the treasured 1 , 64m0
The poem of thy choke, "
And fend to tho rhyme of the poet
The beautt of thy Voice. '
And the night shall he tilled with music,
_ And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Aeabs,,
And as - silently stoat away. •
. .
The night Is come, but not too 'icon ;
Abd sl ;king sllentty,
All sllent;y, the little moon
-Drape down behind the eky.
U fear not In a worm like this,
And thou shalt know ore long,
}Crow how sublime a thing It la
To s.ufrer and lie strong.
—AL
The day la cold, and dark. and dreary ;
It rains, and the wind Is never weary;
The vine still cling,' to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall, '
And the day is dark and dreary.
My Ilfe ig cold, and dark, and dreary ; •
It rains, and the wind is never weary ;
My thoughts OM cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick In the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary. .
Be ettll, sad heart ! and cease repining;
Rebind the clouds Is the son still shining,
Thy tete **the common tato of all,
Into each lite some rain must'fall.'
Seine days must he dark anti dreary,
—L6ngfri.low
Under the Midnight Lamp.
I am a doctor, a busy professional
man, whose time is money; - whenever,
therefore, I can save it, I do. Many
and many a night have I passed in
the train, counting , the 'hours thus
gained.as the miner does - his gold.:
Upon this S point, unfortunately, my
little .wife 'and I do not agree; and it
is, I think, the only point upon which
we do not. Eight hours in a com
fortless railway compartment, rolled
up in your plaid like a shake in its
Wankel . ; instead of in your"comforta-
We sheets, stretched - over s comfortal
ble spring-mattress—no,.she cannot.
be made to see the propriOy, of We
exchange, nor will she believe that I
sleep quite as well, if not disturbed,
in the plaid as in the sheetii.
The train was just off as I sprang
in , and the shock of the start landed
me in my seat. Being of a slow,
placid nature, I was in no hurry to
recover from the shock; and we were
fairly off, Speeding away as only an
English express can speed, before I
looked round. I had not the carn
age to myself, as I had at first sup
posed ; a lady occupied the further
end • and at the first glance spite of
the :Bin light and the fact (if' her veil
behig down .
.I saw that her eyes, un
naturally large and intense in their'
expression,l were fixed upon me. I
at all times! prefer a carriage to
self, and if ii companion I-must have,
let it be 'a gentleman, not a lady ;
bat there was no help for it; the lady
was there, and moreover, 'she was
looking at. me. 'So she may,' I said
to myself; 'hat shall not prevent my
making myself as comfortable as cir
cumstances will allow. Slowly and
deliberately, therefore, I removed
my hat, substituting: for it a cloth
cap, which I drew well down over
my ears; then I folded my arms; and
composed myself to sleep. But in
vain : the eyes of my fellow passenger
haunted me; I saw them as distinctly
as if - my own were open. Was- she
watching' me still ? Involuntarily
I looked up and round, and my look
met hers, full, burning, intense, with
far more of meaning in it than I
could at all fathoni It was getting
decidedly, unpleasant, and I was
growing 'decidedly uncomfortable;
try as I might, I could not keep my
eyes closed ; hers were on me, and
'meet them I must.
Mil/MIN
'
_
NES
THE DAY IS •DONE.
—,Gungfellow.
THE LIGHT OF STARS.
There I,s . no Ilght In earth or .:eaven
But the cold fight of spits:
And the first wateh of night is given
To the red planet Mai!.
Is it the tender star of love?
The star of love and dream.?
Oh, no ! from that blue tent above
A hero's armor gleams.
And earnest though - la within me rlse,
When I behold afar,
Suspended In the evening skies,
The shield of that red star.-
CI star of strength lime thee stand
And smile upon my pain ;
Them beekonest with thy mailed band,
. And lam strong again.
Within tny breast there hi no light
fine the cold light of stare;
I ghre: the,flret watch of the night
To the red planet Mars..
The star of the nueengtiered will,
He rises In 'my bre:sr t, '
Serene, and yesnlnte„ and still,
And rain), and self-possessed.
And thou, too, whosoe'er thou
That realest this Inlet psalm,
A. one by one thy hopes depart, -
Be resolute and calm.
—Longfello.
THE RAINY DAY.
FOUNDED ON: FACT.
EIN
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY,' PA., A'RURBDAY MORNING, Jura.", 6, 1882.
In her at.ittule t too, as well as in
her look, there was something strange
and mysterious. Huddled up in the
corner, she seemed to be. holding
something close pressed to het', be
neith the long loose mourning cape,
bending low- over it in a crouching
posture. Once or twice, her eyes
still fixed upon mine, I saw her shiv
er; but ' for that slight convulsive
movement she sat perfectly still and
motionless.
- Was she cold ? I offered her my
plaid, glad of an opportunity to break
the 'ominous silence. If she would
but speak, make some commonplace
remark, the spell might be broken
'I am not cold.' ,
- A commonplace remark enough;
but the spell was not broken. The
mystery that lay in her , eyes lay also
,in her voice.
What should I try next ? I looked
at my watch-11:30; our train speed
ing on at a furious rate, no chance
of a stoppage for some time to come,
and the full, w q le.open gaze of my
motionless courpanion not for
. one
moment removed from my face. It
was unpleasant certainly. If I chs.ng.
,e
ed my position faced the windoW in.
'stead of her, si e must remove her
eyes from my f eat last. But there
was a sort of f seination about her
arid her look, which I preferred Meet
ing 10 shirking, knowing it was on
me Nil the time.
There was nothing for itAien, but
to give up all hope of 'sleep, and
make the best, of my position and
companion, whom 1 now observed
more closely. .That she was a lade ,
there could be little doubt; there was
that in her dress and appearance that
was unmistakable. That she was
pretty, :there could be little doubt
either.;&those great dark, intensely
dark eyes, the thick coils of warm
burnished hair, the small, pale fea
tures, seen dimly beneath the veil ;
yes, she was young, pretty, n - lady,
and in trouble. So far I got, but no
further.. how came she to be traveL
ling alone at,- that time of night, and
with that lOok on her face? Wlutt
could it be that she was holding
pressed so closely to her, and yet so
carefully kept out of sig ht ? From
the . size and uncertain outline, 1
should have guessed it to be a child;
but, then, there was not the faintest
motion, nor could she have held even
a sleeping infant long in that po l si-
Lion. I think that something of cu
mutit have• been betrayed in
dy look, for her own darkened and
eepened into a perfect agony / of
doubt and fear.
Ashamed, I_ withdrew my gaze at
once, and drawing out my noto:boOk,
was about to make a memorandum,
when, with a sudden forward move
ment, she fell at my feet, arresting
my hand by the agonized grasp of
her own. its burning contact sending
through me a painful thrill:
'Don't betray me ! Don't give ;me
up to him ! 0 don't lam so fright
ened 1'
It was but a whisper,.breathed out
rather than spoken, yet it shuddered
through rue like a cry.
cannot always hide it f I can
not always bear it about with Me ; it
breaks my heart, and—l am so tired?
And letting. the hand which still
held, pressed closely to her, the mys
terious burden that had so raised my
curiosity drop heavily to her side,
'there - lay at her feet atm mine a little
dead baby,...a tiny cieatu e evidently
not many weeks - old.
Then the womin . drew up her veil,
and, withdiawing her eyes for the
first time front-mine, clasped her
hands before her her figure thrown
slightly_ back, and looked down •upon
it. A pretty-picture the poor young
mother; with .her pale child's face
and deep}mourning• dress; the wee
baby, gleaming so white in its death
and babtrolie against the heavy
crape skit on which it lay7-a pretty
picture Certainly for sv'railway carri
age, and lighted by its dim midnight
lamp. -
'Dead was my involuntary etcla
mation.
She stretched her clasped hands
down toward pit
,with a despairing
gesture,._speaking with low, wild,
rapid utterance.
'lt was not his look that killed it,
but my love. He hated it, my baby,
my first-born; fot all the love I gave
him, he hated it.; and that his look
might ! not kill it, I bold it in my
arms, so close, so close, till it was
dead. Oh, my baby, mybaby
The outstretched hands had reach
ed it now, and raised it from the
floor to the seat, folding it around
until the enclosing arms and the
down-bent face hid it once more out
of sight.
Was ever luckless traveller more
awkwaidly placed dead child;
the prostrate woman ; the scene, a
public railway carriage; the hour,
midnight. lam of a blunt nature
Mrs. Merton often scolds me for my
blunt, straightforward speeches but
then she has such a pretty way of
beating about the bush, which it
would be as absurd for me to imitate
as it _ was for the ass to mimic the
tricks of his master's lapdog. must
go straight to the point as soon as
ever .I see it. I.did so now.
'How come you to be travelling
alone, and with a dead child ? Are
you going home ?'
The ,question seemed to rouse her
once more to , a perfect frenzy of fear.
She turned to me as before, clinging
'to my hand - with , small hot fingers,
and the old heartbroken cry :
• 'Don't betray me; don't give me.
up to him"! His look would have
killed my baby; it would kill me if I
had to meet it. She is safe, for I
killed her, and she is dead.; and he
bites me, and I have no home—no,
home 1' 1
was in a perfect maze of doubt v
Could the pretty soft young creature
at my feet be indeed a murderess ?
and could it be her husband of whom
she seemed in Such abject terror?
My blood boiled ; I felt ready to de
fend her against a dozen husbands
but how
It was midnight now ; we could
not be. far . from London ; the guard
might be popping his head in at any
moment. I jumped to a sudden con
clusion. •
'Were you going to any Men* in
London
REGARDLESS OP DENUNCIATION. FROM ANT QUARTER.
'I know nobody hi London.' •
'The poor little thing le either mad
or her husband le a brute,' was ' my
Mental exclamation.
'Then you mist come home with
me to
.my wife ; .she will see after
you.' • •
Anupward glanceor wild agonized
supplication : :
She.= won't betray me, or—take
baby from me ?' And once more the
wekdead thing was lifted up info the
arms that seetned•alurnit too frail to
hold it s and bidden away heneaththe
long mourning-cape. •
I took her home. • Mary received
her with a broad look of amaze that
made me smile i but that found no
etpreasich ii 'words. Wheb, taking
her aside, I told her all I knew, she
wrung her hinds in sheer sympathiz
ing pity.- , • -
'Murdered her own baby—her
flriiteborn ! Oh, , how sad, h ow
dreadful ! ' !- And involuntarily she
glanced toward the door that bid
from us our own little ones, safely
cradled and asleep. - Then- she went
back to our strange guest, who sat
huddled up in my own big easy chair
the: dead baby still at her bosom.
'I Must gether to bed,' said Mary,
with a quick determined nod ; and
she really did contrive to' do so by
soft, cooing -words, and solemn - as
surances of safety for herself end
baby, whom she kissed and cried
over as she might - some living object
of solicitude, much to the little
Mother's comfort.
'And you won't betray me'; and he
won't come and take her from me, or
hurt ts with hie angry. look? •h,
dear how nice it is to lie• down t I
am so tired and baby is so cold"; but
I think I can sleep now a little and—
'forget.'
. She was half saleep already; the
heavy lids had dropped together, the
small pale hum bad dropped down
ward upon the little downy head
that lay against her bosom.
L
'Her husband must be sent for,' I
said resolutely when we found our
s. Ives once more alone; nd I , glan
ced. at an envelope I hadtaken from
the strangers poclcet
• . Mas. TAEMAYNX,
- Granlley Lodge,
I
, .
1 (it araley.
Mary stared at Me . sghast.
.'Her husband who hates her, and
would' have killed her baby 1 0
John, you would not be so cruel
She seems so frightened of him, poor
little thing! You may be sure he is
some hoirid wicked tyrant. And , if
shi - really killed her baby—Oh, dear,
how sad it is! What will become of ,
her!'
'But, my dear, if she;has a hus-
band or friends we must 'reStore .her
to them. Why, she is little mote
than a child I It's very strange,
very, and sad ; but the mystery must
be cleared, and thcbaby. buried.'
Mary still pronounced me cruel
and unfeeling beyond anything she
could have conceived.
‘ol,yourse her husband is a mad
man, who will murder her as soon as
he gets her into his bands. You
know John, that, husbands are always
murdering their wives.'
'Middle tged wives, dear, .or elder
ly, whose lives are 'heavily insured.
I shall telegraph at
.once.'
''Then hei death will be at your
door, sir—mind- that!' and too in
dignant to lwaste upon me more
words, away went Mary to take a
last peep at our own sleeping babes,
at the dead baby about which there
was so much mystery, and •about the
poor young mother whom._ she had
doomei to a violent death..
She was bending over her, and
hid called me up-to the bedside to
notice the extraordinary length 'of
the lashes, and the beauty of the face
in repose when we were startled Eby
a knock at the front ioor. -
'lt's the husband.. I know it is.
O John, don't betray her, don't
give her, up;, you wouldn't be •ao
cruel.' "
'Nonsense, child ; watch by'her
till I return. If she 'awakes say
nothing about--'
'Her husband as if I should !'
Our household having long since
retired, long indeed before my return,
I myself opened , the door.
The street lamp lighted dimly two
figures; one tall, stout, and muffled.
Merton ?'
I answered-in:the affirmative.
'You have kindly given shelter to
a lady ?' -
'Just so.,
The speaker nodded to: his com
panion, who touched his hat and
vanished-
The other stranger had now en
tered the hall, and grasped'my hand.
qtr. Tremayne P I asked hesita
tingly.' - -
'Captain Tremayne. How is she.'
'Asleep, under my wife's care;
sleeping peacefully as a child'
'Thank God f So young-4t such
an hour—in such a state—L
I saw along shudder run through
the tall frame. .
'And the child ?' he added, after a
pause, in s horror-stricken whisper.
'She had it with her?'
' I hardly knew what to answer;
but he had thrown off his heavy uls
ter and traveling cap, and now stood
before me as handsome and pleasant
and honest4ooking a young fellow
as I ever saw, and my heart warmed
to him. He was no assassin, or ruf
fian, or cowardly bully, whatever
Mary might say. .The shadow of a
great-horror that lay in the blue mel
low eyes had been laid there by ter
ror, not mime.
'The child Is dead,' I said softly.
'lt died two dale ago, died sud
denly in convulsions in her arms, and
the shock turried_hor brain. She was
doing so well ; poor little thing;, but
afterward she grew delirious, , and ,in ,
her ravings she accused herself and
me. .I could do nothing ; she would
not have me near her, but beat me off
with her hands, and she couldn't bear
the sight of me. And I was so fond
of her and she of me P Here the
man broke down He walked to
the window, then turned and ask
abruptly : 'May I go to her?'
I thought of Mary and hesitated:
'She is sleeping so peacefully just .
now ; and if she awoke suddenly and
ftlIW you—'
'She shall not; see me,' he broke in
eagerly. 'I will be so quiet;.; but I
must see her. I . nursed her - through
ti long illness a year ago, and she
would have no one near her but We ;
and now—' • .
Under the heavy military mustache
1 saw his lip quiver;
he paused, then
added : 'I must go to her 1' not in
command, but yearning appeal, NO
in voice and eyes.
e'Vrill you watt here a minute
. ? I
will see whether she still sleeps.'
She still slept, the heavy peaceful
sleep of a tired child, Mary Iteeping
a stern *etch-and guard over- her. I
beckoned her out of the room.
'Well I' with fretful impatient
eagerness., 'You have seen him ?
What is he like ? Is he horrid ?'.
'Judge for you r faelf; he is -in the
dining room. He says be must see
her—he must come in.
'That he shan'ilthe cruel wreiCh;
or it shall be over my .prostrate
body 1' tragically.
- 'Well, go and tell him so.' -
'I will, !' And away, - notbing daun
ted,. went Mary.,
I smiled. 'She will no more resist
the pleading of those blue handsome
eyes than did her husband. He will
win her over with a look.' I was
right ; she- soon returned, but not
alone.
'He will be quiet, and she need
not see him. I thought it would be
better;'.all this apologetically.
He crossed the room as noiseless
ly as a woman, stooped over the bed
in silence, then sat down beside it.
Mary shaded the lamp so that the
room 'wag in twilight, and so we all
three sat down to wait.
For more than an hour we waited,
then Mary stole out. Cat Lain
ayne looked tip as the door opened
and closed then, with a quick sigh,
laid the brown curly head down on
the pillow as close as possible to that
of the poor • young wife - without
touching it, and- his hand moved lupl
toward hers where it lay upon the i
coverlet, but without touching that
either for fear of awaking or dis turb
ing her. ;
It I was not until the first gray
'streaks of daylight were struggling
in through the window, beside which
I sat, that there was a slight stir;
she was awaking at last.
'Hugh she breathed--dreamingly
at first, then urgently--'Hugh It -
'Yes, dear.'
She turned her face toward his
where it lay beside her, She, was
only partily awake as yet, her eyes
were still closed ; but the har.d on the
coverlet crept up softly toward him,
fluttered over his face, - : rested oue
moment .carelessly on the brown
curies; then with a long contented_
sigh, her arm stole round his neck.
'Husband, kiss me -
'H ie presence 'has saved her,' was
my mental comment • 'there is Roth
ing now to fear ;' and, unnoticed, I
left the room..
• Chilled and cramped with the long
sitting after the night's journey, I
was not sorry
. to fi nd the sitting room
bright with lamp and, firelight, the
kettle singing on the hob, breakfast
as comfortably laid for two as if the
hour had been nine . instead of six,
and Mrs. Merton as neat and fresh
and trim as if that midnight tragedy
had been all a dreain. Let cavilists
sneer as they may, there is nothing
for a man like a wife, if she be a gooks
one. I myself may have bad my
doubts on the subject-2wives are but
women after all, and , must Ilerefore
be
„trying,at times, even the best , of
them. But I certainly had no doubti
whatever as I Stretched 'out my feet
66 the blime, and ,resigned myself
cheerfully to being petted and waited
on. _
'Well ?' questioned Mrs. Merton,
when my creature comforts had all
been' duly attended-to, and not 'be
fore. I told her how matters stood :
she was delighted.
'And so they are fond of each oth
er,-after all ; and his_being unkind
to her and her little baby was only
a delusion. flow dreadful ! How
delightful, I mean! Poor fellow—
so young and handsome and rice!
I feltto_sorry for him'
'lle must have travelled down in
the same train as she did.' '
no-; he told me all abciut it.
He had been summoned up to town
on business, and left home yesterday
morning. In. the evening the, liable
left her, •as thought asleep, to
fetch something from the kitchen.',
'Have, a gossip there, you . ' mean.'
'John,' • solemnly, 'you don't. like
nurses, you know you don't -
'My dear, I am a married man, and
moreover an M. D. A well-balanc
ed mind must hate somebody or some
class of bodies ; and as a rule, medi
cal men- hate nurses.'
'Nonsense, 'John ! Well, Mrs.
Tremayne got away while the nurse
was down stake . , and, being traced to
the station,,wlMre she had taken
ticket to London, Captain Tremayne
Was telegraphed to, and was stopped
as he got into the train on his way
home. Someone must have seen you
leave the station.'
'As he came to look for her, here,
someone - Must have brought 'him ;
typo came to the door.'
'it will all be right now. that he is;
fond of her ;. she will get; quite well,
and he will only have to comfort her
for the load of her poor little baby.'
I wipe my pen, blot the MSS., and
rise. My story is -done, and as it is
the first, so will it probably be the
last of which I shall be guilty.
Mrs. Merton looks up from the
glove she is mending; 'The story
done !,:'Why, all you have written
is only the beginning of: the end !
You could not surely have the heart
to break off in that unsatisfactory
manner. Nona word about Captain
Tremsyne's gratitude, or the hamper
they sent us at . Christmas, or , the
birth of their little son last year, and
the-pretty- way in which she cootie&
von to be god-father, thotigh her
uncle the duke, was only waiting to
be ask.; or -how she insisted upon
our bringing bateau& ,Johnny and
Freddy, and how baby-.'
But I seized my hat and gleves-
Mary, is, as I have said f - the best of
wives,
if just a little tryineat times,
and her baby the most wonderful of
all treated babies—but I have an ap
pointment at twelve.
ME
Exciting Adventure of a Corre
spondent With the German
Army.
I arrived at a firm-horse Ina wood
where a general of brigade and his
staff bad • established themseives,
whota I happened to .know. While
chatting with them on the chances
of a skirmish before nightfall, and on
the proximity of the enemy, a young
officer in saying that' from a point
he ha lust left he could look right
down Into a - part of the French posi
tion, j This point he described to me
as occupied by half a dozen men,
who had - crept as far to the' front as
possible, and were now hiding behind
an old ruined wall and watching the
enemy unobserved. As he was go
ing back there, I offered to accompa
ny him, and we Crept through the
brushwood, and then made a quick
run across a piece of open woods to
a most picturesque fragment of ruin,
which dominated the valley some 300
or 400 feet below, in which is situat
ed. the village of Freteval, then occu
pied, as well as the heights behind,
by . the French army. Peeping
through the chinks of the ruin, 1
could see a French regiment March
ing along a road beneath us, within
very comfortable ritle-shot, apparent
ly unaware of our proximity. I re,
mained here jotting down' notes for
nearly an hour,
and then; hearing
some firing at a distance, determined
to return to the carriage in order to
see what it was. This I could either
do by keeping in the woods all the
time,..which involved a long round,
or by 'crossing an.open plowed field,
which was a saving of half the -dis
tance. As everything seemed quiet
where I was I determined on this
latte: course, and was laboring
through the soft land, ankle deep in
mud, when bang came a round shot,
apparently aimed at me, and buried
itself about twenty yards in the rear.
To say that I took to my heels is a
figure of speech ; 1 had no - heels, I
ha* two mountains of mud clinging
to my feet., which rendered running al
most impossible. However, I did
my hest; and in the agony of my ef
fort I sprawled headlong on my face
at the very moment when another
shot, better aimed, covered me with
dirt,'. For at least ten minutes more
was my solitary figure a. target - for
that miserable Fret ch battery. I
ceased to wonder that the French
lost battles when they could waste
valuable ammunition in this ridicu-
Nous way. I heard shouts of laugh,
ter procceed frorn a German regiment
_hidden in. the wood .for which. I was
making, as they saw my frantic ef
forts increase my speed
W as, each'
whistling, shrieking ball' warned me
not to daily. Once they actually ex
pended a shell upon me,but it crack
ed in the air a hundred feet above
me. At last, panting with fatigue,
.scrambled into the wood, and I must
say. Ow. I was most sympathetically
and kindly received by the Germans
as a return for the amusement I had
affOrded theth.—From Plackwood's
Magazine.
SOME OF THE WONDERS REVEALED BY
But this little instrument is still
more wonderful, for it combines with
its qualities of a trap the advantages
of a balance Which we may. suppdse
is fine enough for the most fastidi
ous fairy to weigh the nectar distill
ed in the dewdrdp, or other delica
cy of the season.
Our-ideas of weight and size are
purely relative, and that which seems
a -small or light 'object from one
point of view may become large anti
heavy by a different comparison. To
=most of us, perhaps, a " grain
weight?' suggests a little thing; we
know that the apothecary and a few
other - small dealers split up the grain
into ' halves, quarters, tenths, and
perhaps even hundredths, but then
we regard them as homeampathic
visionaries and laugh at their absurd,
little pellets ; yet, strange to say,
there is a vanishing-point in our
minds, which, if an object is small
enough to pass, it becomes larger
and more important by reason of.our
astonishment and wonder at its mi
nuteness; the most ordinary speci
meh under the microscope is an evi
dence of this, but when we realize
that the ability of the spectroscope
to reveal small particles of matter
begins. where the finest microscope
searches with its highest power in
vain ; that the grain of matter may
be divided not merely' into hun
dredths. or_thousandths, or tens of
thousandths, but into millionths and
tens of millionths, and that a single
one of these particles may be ,readily
detected by,,this little searcher and
held
,up for our inspection, our won
dersind amazement enhance our re
spect for its occult powers. The as-.
tronomer tells us that a comet often
throws out a tail longer than thedis
tance between the earth and the sun f
and. broad in proportion ; yet, the
matter forming this tail is so attenu
ated that, if properly compressed, a
gentleman's portmanteau, possibly
his snuff-box, might take it in: Yet
we have merely to point this little
tell-tale at the comet, and, presto!
we know what the matter is. Think
of it I Not merely can we grasp infi
nitesimal particles at our hand, but
we may sweep the firmament, gather
up the star-dust and tell its composi
tion. But we, have not. yet reached
the end of our excursion ; indeed, we
have only entered the , threshold of
the
,scientist's sanctum, and the won
ders of the arcanum eclipse those of
the portico. That rOsterious agen
cy or force called electricity has been
utilized, not merely for the bulls and
bears, orfor hundreds of utilitarian
purposes with which we are familiar-
ized every day, but it has been used
as a fairy finger, to probe nature's
hidden structure,, and, as it were, en
able us to feel what the spectroscope
has revealed to sight.—A. E. Outer.
bridge in Popular Science Monthly
for February.
Mn. bilduA&L Ronnurr. 77 Sargent
tweet, Caboets, N. Y. was cured of a
very severely injured itiee by St. Jacobs
Oil, says the Rochester, N. Y., Sunday
Herald,
MIM=,E
i'ill
The Spectroscope.
THE LITTLE INSTRUMENT.
MEN
111.50 per Annum In tAdvance.
. -
pifferent diodes Of • Taking An
Oath. *t
Followers of certain creeds , object*
'from conscientious scruples to the
usual verbal oath, holding that it is
impious . to take words of such awful
- sanctity upon the. lips in - connec
tion with secular matters. These—
notably the Quakers—made a simple
affirmation, none the less binding in
law. though it is said rand' one can
well believelthat no conviction of
perjury upon an affirmation has yet
been known. Jews are sworn upon
the Old Testament. Mahomedans
upon. the Koran, and we occasionally
witness a curious seen': in the law
courts when some special and creep.
tiorial form of oath is rendered neces
sary by the nationality of the witness
—as; for example, when a Chicaman
breaks a saucer, or a disciple of Zo•
roaster gives his replies with hand up
lifted , over . a torch. It may be noted
however, that in China there - are sev
eral forms of attestation in vogue,
according to , the rank or numerical
dignity of him who swears; while in
Japan, oaths are taken vicariously by
the bonzes or. priests, who arc paid
for doing so according to a . fixed tar
iff, which.' is regulated corresponding
ly to the vehemence or Importance of
vow. Mahomedans, too, swear by
other things than the Koran, all more
or less holy' in their faith—by the
Prophet and , his board, by the beards
Of their fatheri and their grandfath
erg, and by their own, and by the
horses descended from the Prophet's
favorite steeds:' The Koran itself
abounds with cautions against false
or trivial swearing, and inculcates
strongly the sa'crednesW of an' oath.
In French touts of justice the wit
ness raises his hand to heaven while
making his avowal. This seems to
be one of the earliest,V not the orig.
inal ceremony ; there is something
natural and intuitive about the action
for we praeticiit almost unconscious•
ly when making a - solemn assertion
under the influence of strong emotion.
Its'•significdnce is easily recognized.
The Apawhai and
_other. Indians on
the Isthmus of Panama bow- their
heads to the earth in Swearing ; Kaf
firs are said, by early African travel
lers, to swear by two , peeled sticks
placed cross•wise—from which it is
even inferred that they might have
some ancient tradition of the Catho-
lic religion and the remnant of
Obeah or fetich-worshippers which
still lingers in some parts of Jatimida
and a few other West India islands,
trace circles on the ground with the
finger smeared in their own blood, in
token of the ghastly Obligations im
posed upon them. There can be no
doubt that the oaths of niany secret
societies at the present day must be"
so constituted that tie perjurer would
wreak! his own destruction, since they
are in faithfully observed.
Things Money Can't Buy.
Some boys and girls have an idea
that money can do almost anything,
but this is a mistake. Money, it is
true, can do a great deal, but it can
not do everything. I could name you
a thousand things it cannot buy. It
was meant 'for good, and is a good
thing to have, but all this depends
on how it is, used. If used wrongly.
it is an injury rather than a benefit.
Beyond all doubt, however, there are
many things better than it is, and
which we •cannot purchase, no matter
how much we may lfai:e of it.
If a ma - ni has not a good education,
all his money cannot buy it for him
He can , scarcely ever make up for his
early'waste of opportunities. He may
say as I have beard of men saying,
'I would,give all I bare if I had only
bad a good education and a well
tiained 4iind.' But he will say it in
vain. His money alone can't obtain
it.
Neither will health itself give a
man or a woman good manners.
Nothing; next to good health, is of
more importance than easy, graceful,
self-possessed manners. But they
can't be had for mere money.
A man who is what is called 'shod
dy,' who has not taste and correct
manners, will never buy them, altho'
he would, no doubt, like to. They
are not to be had in the market.
They are nowhere. for sale. You
might as well try to buy sky, or
cloud, or sunbeams. .
Money can't purchase a good.con
science. 1 If a poor man, or a boy, or
a girl—any one—has a clear con
science, that gives off a tone like a
sound bell when touched by the ham
mer, then be sure he is vastly richer
than the millionaire who does, not
possess such a conscience. Good
principles are better than gold. All
the gold of- Ga t iconda couldn't buy
them for a man who hasn't ,them
already.
Fashion Notes.
NEW ulsters are loose.
MmitE is used for parasols.
SrarN jackets are very plain.
CURTAIN .sverskirts are revived:
SHIRRED tabliers are unpopular. -
COTTON satteens rival those of silk.
FICELLE, or twine lace, is a novelty.
BISHOP'S sleeves are on new wraps.
Tue. latest tiding are long and narrow.
THE ve i lvet dog-collar remains in favor.
THE coronet bonnet is already popular.
PEARL buttons are on stylish wool
dresses: .3
Idust.4 embroidery -trims cashmere
dresses. :
POLONAISES have taken a fresh lease of
favor. c
BErioaraia dresses are worn in light
mourning.
A SHIRRED puff finishes the neck of
April dresses.
Pazireits in lengthwise pleats are called
valancei;
Lima fpongees are -sold for for a
dress pattern. •
SPRIIO3 fans are in various designs.
Some are of lace and flowers, others are
hand-pain ted on satin, while others are
made-entirely of featheis.
tattier le Gelling Well.
My daughters say, -" How much better
father is since he used Hop Bitters. Re
is getting well atter his long suffering
from a disease declared incurable,and we
are so that he used your Bi tters."—
.4.Latist 01 Scharer, X. r.
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EME
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NUMBER 45
IMPORTANT NEWS:.
. . ,
Ilatrallog •f a "%eke. wink IMO K!/to-. '
Vire at Amherst. Cellego.—Nkrisar
Plithadollpkta
/Niggles Pidithisi Pliellinlame
-Eleetloss for *Us, /be. olte. .
The Cincinnati and Orleans pack
et, Golden enronte from New
Orleans to Cincinnati, burned at the
Memphis wharf, March 30th. Be
tween 30 and 50 lives were lost, prin
cipally women and children.
The Republican Convention will'
held in Harrisburg, May 10th; the
Democratic at the same place June
28; and May .6, the disaffected and
sore-headed will hotd a convention
at Philadelphia'. •
The whole interior of Walker Hall,
the finest- of the Amherst college
buildings, was burned. The estimat
ed loss is $2150,000. The. insurance
$12,000. The . Shepard cabinet of
minerals, worth $80,000"; a collection
of apparatus worth $16,000, besides
a flag collectlou of paintings and val
uable archives, were destroyed. The
building contained_ lecture raoms-1.
philosophy, history and matlieuniti2s,
the treasurer's office and - president's
room and mineralogical cabinet. The
cause of the fire is unknown.
NEW-ORLEANS, March 30.—(lover-
nor McEnery has prdered depots for
supplies for Grossetete estaolished at
Port Aller and Pliiqu'emine. All out
going steamtioats carry rations and
forage to the overflowed sections.
The demand for supplies is increas
ing daily. as the water continues to.
spread over the Grossetete, Atchafa
laya and Bayu Teche sections. Some
thirty' plantations Mont', the Bayou
Tecbe are reported to a more or less
damaged by the backwater from the
Atchafalaya River and Grand Lake:
The condition of affairs , along the ,
Atchafalaya River is daily growing
worse. Families are; living on the
levees, a narrow strip of land, with '
their cattle and poultry. Houses
have been deserted and for many
miles the country is hidden beneath
the waters, which have spread over
everything.
The Philadelphia Times which calls
its4f an independent paper, gives the
following political programme for the
Northern Tier: Judge A. G. Oltn
stead,.of Potter, who was, defeated`
for Lieutenant Governor in the storm
of 18;4, will soon • be made Second
Assistant Secretary of the TreaSury, -
in place' Of French, and that will
clear the way for Assistant Law
Judge Wilson, of Tioga, :to be re
elected without a contest` This ar
rangement will provide for Olmstead,
who is something of the Strang school
and harmonize Tioga and Potter for
the Stalwart programme._ With Strang
sent to 'Dakota, Olmstead called to
Washington and Wilson assured a
re-election to the bench, there are no
troublesome elements left in that rt.-
gion to make themselves heard againit
Cameroa in the State Convention.
Senator Davies, of Hradford, is slated
for Lieutenant governor, so that the
whole Northern - Tier of Republican
counties, will come to Harrisburg on
the 10th of May in accord with the
Stalwart programme. '
"Every State in' the -- Union and
every Organized Territory will elect
a Legislature, in whole. or in part,
this year, and twenty-three States will
elect' a Governor. . There will, of
Course, be also the usual biennial
election of members of Congress.
The' first_ State leading o ff in that of
Rhode Island, which; on the sth of
this month; elects a - Governor, State
officers and Legislature. Oregon fol- -
lows on June 5, and there is a rest
till August, when Alabama elects a
Governorand Legislature and Ken
tucky a clerk of the court ofAppeals.
Utah will elect a Legislature on Au-'
gust 7. Arkansas-elects a Legislature
and Governor September 4 Ver
mont follows suit September 5, and
Maine on September 11. • Georgia
votes on October 4, and lowa, Ohio
and' West Virginia and the
_remain
ing 06tober States and Territories
elect November 7. The Legislatur
tures chosen this year in
'twenty four .States/ elect United
States Senators. Of these, Arkansas,
Alabama,
. Delaware, Georgia,Ken
tucky,Maryland, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Textis,
now represented by Democrats, will
prObably return Senators of like faith. _
Republicans will .as certainly con
tinue to represent Colo - ado, lowa,
Kansas, Maine, Misiachusetts,
Michigan,Minnesota, Nebraska,
New' ampshire and Rhode
Rhode Island. A DeMoCrat Mr.
Gibson has already been chosen to
take the place of Mr. Kellogg, -Re
publican, from Louisans; and Mr.
Johnson, Democrat, from Virginia,
has been substituted by Mr. Riddle
berger, Readjuster. Tennessee will
probably return a Democrat to the
place now filled by Mr. Harris, but
the complications over the question
give the Republicans a chance.
inois will probably- return a straight
out Republican - in place of Dayis,
and the-chances are in favor of two
R,epublican Senators being chosen
in place of Grover, of Oregon, and
McPherson of New. Jersey.—Press.
Fun, Fact. and Facetim.
" Wflo never walks save where he sees
men's tracks makes no discoveries."—
/t - ti t 4 ring.
THERE are persons - whO do not know
hovv to waste their time alone, and hence
become the scourge of busy people.
THERE is a gift that is almost a blow,
there is a kind word - ttratis munificence ;
- so much is there in the way we:do things.
THERE is a girl in this city, so ;short,-
that when she has a pain, she caret tell
whether her headaches, or her corns hurt.
"I HAVE learned that to do -one's next
duty is to take a step towards all that is
worth possessing." 7 —Arthur Bonnieastle.
ANY one may do ,a casual act of good
nature, but a continuation of them shims
in part the temperament of thel
"LIFE is. so grand, so full ,of meaning
• * that, despite all its sorrows; I
would willingly live it over again.”—Ar
go Donate:ono.
— TN reply to the query, -" What is the
Meaning of the slang phrase 'to etch
go,' " Texas Siftings says: "That'll an
iixpression that cannot be understood an
leasjou catch on. Do you catch on 4‘ If
You do, you know what -the etPression
means, and If you don't, you don't, that's
all."
TIIE* tell of a matt out West who was
putting a blast in a well, and it dent off.
prematurely and blew hint out into an ap
ple tree about fifty fete; away. In a mo.
tient he recovered himself, and remark
ing, "The - Lord knows better than I do
after all ; I guess it is almost time :to go
pruning," took a large- pruning, knife
fiom his pocket and met tp work." 7 " : Thme
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