Stlje Sttmcs, New Bloomftcfo, fla. long hair back from his forehead with an impatient movement like that of a wilful child. " You are not looking well, Scars," said Mr. James, giving liim a rapid, searching glance, "have you had advice?" "Oh, I hate all sorts of advice except yours but especially doctors?" "Can Iofl'or you anything supper a glass of wine ?" " Nothing at all, thank you I dined late." " You poetical young gentlemen never do eat, now I think of it," returned his companion, with quiet raillory, which was too dignified to have the slightest approach to familiarity. " But I am not poetical " " Though you do write poetry !" " Who told you that, Mr. James ?" "As if I should not recognize your printed thoughts at once-a lawyer is not necessarily quite a mole." The youth colored again at this discovery of his carefully treasured secret there is nothing in lifo more painfully sweet than the poet's first consciousness that those about him have recognized his gift " I didn't know you ever read Magazines or light literature of any kind." " See. vou have betrayed yourself at once you will make a poor lawyer, Bir, if you are so easily thrown off your guard." " A lawyer ! Why I'd rather be a doctor, Mr. James, and begging your pardon a tinker sooner than cither.' "You would doubtless find even that a more profitable avocation than verse-mak ing, my young friend." William Scars was silent again his face took a worn, troubled look, which made him nvipear much older than before his lips grew tremulous, and his eyes gathered a misty sadness, half eager, half despond ing. Mr. James was apparently occupied iu folding and directing lcttors, but bis keen ulanco watched evert movement of Ins cucBt, and noted each change in his mobilo countenance. It was a handsonio face, though the features were delicate almost to effeminacy varying so rapidly in their expression that one seemed never to crow familiar with them ; at times there came over them tired, hopeless look, painful in one so young, but a merry word or laugh would chaso it so rapidly away that it appeared only a shadow, and the almost childish sweetness returned until it brighteued as if radiant with sunshine. "You are pre-occupicd to-night, Wil liam," Mr. James said, at length, pushing the table back and turning toward him. Bears roused himself witli a start, and the restraint which that man's very smil ing affability so frequently caused him, all came back. "How old are you now?" Mr. James asked, after a time, almost abruptly no, not that, for thoie was never any approach to abruptness in his voice or manner but more quickly than he often spoke, " how old are you?" " Seventeen." "Yes," he repeated, as if soliloquizing, " you must be that seventeen !" Ilis tone was low, like that of one recall ing a memory perhaps visions of his own lost youth were awakened by the word but do one could have told, that face would have been a mystery to the most scrutinizing observer. " It is niue years since my mother died," said, the youth, suddenly, " I should have been entirely alone in the world except for you." "You would be certain to make friends any where," returned he the tone was kind, but there was no affection to satisfy the cravings of a heart like that of the listener. "It seems so long ago, and yet but yes terday," continued Sears, impelled to un wonted utterance by the power of mem ory. " Had you known my mother long ?" It was the first time be ever asked that question. Mr. James looked at him calmly. "I knew her many years since, but wo were too far apart for tho acquaintance to be kept up." "And my father you knew my father?" - r T ,. ,. .1 . . f . ...1 i i. e. JUT. uaiues uicw irtiiuui utM;& 11 UIH the fire and shaded his eyes with his hand. "Did you know him?" persisted Wil liam. "I had seen him," be replied quietly. I cannot remember him at all if I only could," said William, sadly. "I never hoard my mother spoak of you until just before her death, then she said that a gentleman would come for me and be my friend through life, she hoped for her sake." "She honored me by the trust," here plied did that voice uever change ? itsjimooth equability grew fairly oppres sive. " And you have fulfilled it I thank you, sir I" Sears rose from his sent and grasped Mr. James' hand with affectionate warmth. " Your excitable nature runs away with you," be replied, smiling and unmoved ; " I have done what appeared right." " But I am growing up now ; I must think of the future I shall soou cease to be a boy." " You are glad doubtless the dignity of manhood is highly prized by the young," " I am in no hurry to claim it," he re- lied, almost haughtily ; " but it is not strange that I should think of all these things 1 have my way to make in the world much to do a name and position to acquire." "There is time enough for all those things let us take them in their season. At present you have not finished your studies,'.' replied Mr. James. "But I graduate so soon now." "I am happy to hear it you have done yourself infinite credit." " Not at all, I" lie was interrupted by tho entrance of a servant, who came in hurriedly. "Excuse me, sir, but Mr. Lennox's man is here and says he must soe you." Mr. James rose immediately, and walked toward the door. " Let him come up, Martin." " What brings you here so late?" Mr. James asked. "Mr. Lennox has burst a blood-vessel, sir ; and when ho camo to, ho asked for you, and I started right ofT." It looked almost like a smile that llittcd over the mouth of the listener, but it was gone too quickly for observation. " Order the carriage, Martin, I will go at once. You will excuse me, William I shall see you again, soon." " Very soon. Good night, sir." When he had left the room, Mr. James turned again to the man. "Is your mastor very ill ?" " They say ho can't live more than a day or two, and Mrs. Lennox is gone." " How very unfortunate I Have they sent for her?" "They can't lind her, sir she left in a very strange way." " Never mind !" The man left tho li brary in obedienco to his gestures. Mr. James stood for a moment and the same peculiar expression crossed his faco. " We shall see !" he said aloud, and put ting on his hat and cloak he went down tho stairs, and in a few minutes was driv ing rapidly away through the storm. To be continued. A Wonderful River. The Amazon is the most voluminous of rivers. At the narrows of Obydos, six hundred miles from tho sea, half a million cubic feet of water pass any given point every second. Born in Lake Lauricocha, among the Andes of I'eru, the main trunk runs northerly for five hundred miles in a continuous series of rapids, and then, from the fronties of Eucador, it flows easterly twonty-fivo hundred miles across tho equa torial plain of the continent. The averago currant of tho great river in its passage through Brazil is three miles an hour. At Tabotinga, two thousand miles from its mouth, the width is a mile and a half, with a depth of eleven fathoms ; at the entrance of tho Maderia, it is three miles wide, and below Santareu it is ten. The tributaries are in keeping with this colossal trunk. In fact, the Amazon is a great river. It has twelve affluents over a thousand miles long, tho largest tho Maderia equaling the Arkansas, entering the Amazon nine bun drcd miles from its mouth. ' Besides these and a host of minor tribu times there is a wonderful network of nat ural canals alongside of the main river and joining the tributaries, called igarapes, par- anat and furot. Theso by-paths are of immense advantage for intercommunica tion. There are characteristic of tho country, and are so numerous that Amazonia is tru ly a cluster of islands. Altogether, this inland or fresh water sea drains a territory of two million square miles, reaching from tho Andes to the Atlantic and throwing out its arms to the Orinoco and Paraguay. Un tire lower Amazon the annual rise reaches its maximum about the middle of June, and its minimum in Docembor, the difference of the level being about three feet. No other river runs iu so deep a channel to so great a distance. No other river can furnish over six thousand miles of contin ous navigation for large vessels. For two thousand miles from its mouth the main stream has not less than seven fathoms of water ; and not a fall interrupts navigation for twenty-fivehundred miles. The Pongo de Maneriche is the western limit to navi gation on the Amazon proper. While the current is ever east, there is a constaut trade-wind westward, so that navigation up or down has always something iu its favor. In August and September a strong breezo sweeps over tbe lower part of the main trunk, so that schooners often go from Para to Obydos in ten days, or ono third of the ordinary time. - - Capitol Dome. . As an instance of the effect of heat and cold in expanding and contracting the iion of the dome of the National Capitol the Washington Chronicle states that the statue of Freedom surmounting it inclines four and a half inches to the west in tho fore noon and the same distance to the east in the afternoon. , 1 bis fact has been ascer tained by fixing a plumb line to the statue and dropping it to the floor of the rotunda below. As the moruing sun upon the east side of the dome healed the iron and caused an expansiou on that side tbe statue was thrown westward four and a half inches In the afternoon, when the sun upon the west side heated and expanded that par of the dome, the statue inclined to the east a simiUr distance. A Mother's Lesson. "A1 BE you riot sony that father has gone away to stay over night Alice?" Baid one of Mrs. Montgomery's children to his sister. " It rains so that no one will call ; and now mother will wear that faded wrapper all day. I heard her toll Barbara she should have a good long day for sewing. She doesn't think it worth while to set even the dining-room table juKt for us." " Don't you wish sho would spill ink on that dress, Philip?" was tbe answer. " Then she wouldn't wear it any more." " No indeed, I don't want it any worse, for she wotdd wear it just the same rainy days and when papa is away." Now mamma in the next room, heard this discussion of tho children, and aroso to take a survey of horsclf in tho looking-glass. It was not a very pleasing picture that tho polished surface gave back to her view. " Now Harry Warren's mother," said Philip, " is always dressed nicely, any time of day." " She wears such pretty bows on her hair and neck," said Alice. " But sho isn't half so pleasant as our mother," she added loy ally, ."if Bhe does look prettier." The mother's eyes glistened as she looked down on tho old wrapper. " To be compared to Aunt Warren," she thought, " and by my own children, too. Who would have thought they were such sharp littlo things? They notice every tri fle" Mrs. Montgomery's spirit was quite stir red. She would not allow such a rival, sho said to herself, if she could eclipse hor. "You shall be disappointed about tho old wrapper, for once,-Mr. Philip," she added smiling, so she took a soft bright drees, just the thing to enliven a dull day. Then sho pulled her hair iu hor prettiest style, and proceedod to dress herself with unusual caro. The delicate lace collar was adorned with a bow of palest pink, and her hair was tied .back with a ribbon to match. It is wonderful how these simplo addi tions to the toilet changed her whole ap pearance. A little taste docs much for a woman's toilet, and yet how small, often is the cost. A simple knot of violet or crim son velvet will make a dull dress look bright and even elegant. As a great painter said, "trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle." Mrs. Montgomery's face wore a brighter look than usual that day, as she entered the nursery. Hor dress had actually raised her spirits ; but she was hardly prepared for tho burst of admiration that greeted her. It is not often that compliments are sincere and heart-felt as were thoso of hor little ones that day. But hor children's tones quickly changed to one of anxiety. " Are you going away anywhere, mam ma?" they asked directly. " No, dears, I am going to sow on tho machine all day; so we can have a nice time togother." Little Alice hung over her chair a min ute, admiringly, and fingered her buttons, as she said, with a smile of deep content in her eyes : " You look nice, mamma." Mrs. Montgomery smiled, as sho thread' ed tho needle of her machine, while Philip added proudly : " Sho looks nicer thau Harry's mother, even when sho hasher silk dress on." That was reward enough ; she had eclips ed hor rival. ."I'll remomber this day's lesson," said the mother, in ber own heart ; and sho did remember it. The rainy day dress was doomed, and they helped to rip it up with sincere plea sure. It made excellent linings for a new one, and is often preached its old sermon over, as it hung, wrong side out in the closet. A Quaker's Temperance lecture. A few years ago several persons were crossing the Allegheny Mountains in a stugo. Among them was a Quaker. As considerable time was on their hands, they naturally entered into conversation, which took the direction of temperance, and soon became quite animated. One of the com pany did not join with the rest. He was a large portly man, well dressed, and of gon tlemanly bearing. There were sharp thrusts at the liquor business and those en gaged in it. Indeed, the whole subject was thoroughly canvassed and handled without gloves. . Meanwhile this gentleman stowed himself away iu one corner and maintained a stoical silence. After enduring it as long as he could, with a pompous and magiste rial manner he broke silence and said: "Gentlemen, I want you to understand that I am a liquor seller. I keep a public house, but I would have you know that I have a license, and keep a decent house. I don't keep loafers and loungers about my place, and when a man has enough be can get no more at my bar. I sell to decent people, and do a respectable businoss." When be had delivered himself, be seemed to feel that he had put a quietus on tho subject, and that no answer could be given. Not so, thought our friend the Quaker, so he went fur him. Said he ; " Friend, that is tbe most damning part of thy business. If thee would ouly sell to drunkards and loafers, thee wonld help ' kill off the race, and society would-' be rid pf them. But tbee takes the' young, the pure, the inno cent, and tbe unsuspecting, arid nak drunkards and, loafers ot thorn ; and wbem their character and money are gone, tbee kicks thom out and turns them over to othor shops to bo finished off ; 'and thee ensnares others and sends them n the same road to ruin." Surely the rood Quaker had the best of the argument, for be bad facts on bis side. An Ohio (Hunt. A Cleveland paper relates a number of anecdotes illustrative of tho strength and size of Aimer Mcllrath, whom it dubs a giant. It appears that Mcllrath is sixty one years of ago, and is six feet seven and a half inches standing in his boots, fairly proportioned in form, without a pound of waste llesh. He was and is a giant in muscular strength as well, as physically. He has lifted 1,700 pounds of iron, and n blow with his massive fist and long arm was so powerful that on ono occasion, when some twelve or fifteen sailors went out to to his place to " raise a muss," he thrash ed the whole lot and threw them one by ono out of the door just as one could throw so many babies, and during that operation he dared not double his fist for fear bis blows might prove fatal to some of the rowdies. " Abe" formerly carried on the businoss of a cooper, and used to como to town with bis load of barrels. On one occasion, while at tho "Bed Tavorn," lately known as tho "Jackson House," and which is now torn down, a snob from town who was out there with bis turnout in tho shape of a livery horse and buggy, got into a difficulty with Abe, and, having insulted him in some way or another, Abe resented it by lifting tho buggy right up and straddling it across tho fence, and then got on his wagon and drove off to town, whistling as though nothing was tho mat ter, and leaving the luckless dandy to get his buggy off tho fence as best be was ablo. Followed Smitlisoii. A Massachusetts farmer says : My cat tle will follow me until I leave tho lot and on tho way up to tho barnyard stop and call for a lock of hay. Smithson says there is nothing at all rcmarkablo about that. He went into a barnyard iu the country re cently, where he had not the slightest ac quaintance with the cattle, and an old bull followed him not only until he left tho lot, but took tho gate off the hinges and raced with him to the house in tho most familiar way possible. Smithson says ho has no doubt tho old fellow would have called for something if he bad waited a little wbilo, bkt he didn't want to keep tho old folks waiting for dinner, so he hung one tail of bis coat and a piece of his pants on the bull's horns and went into the house. tWAn incident in paying off the In dians : Each one brings bis littlo bundlo of sticks, and presents it to the agont to register. Sometimes a dialogue like the following occurs : "How many have you iu your lodge ?" The Indian carefully, and with great ceromony, counts bis bundle of sticks: "Fifteen," "How many men?" "Two." Tho agent lays aside two sticks. " How many women ?" " Three" Threo more sticks are sepa rated. " How many children ?" "Eight." Eight sticks are added to the heap. "What is tho meaning of these two sticks that re main?" The culprit, whose arithmetic has not served him to carry out bis decep tion, disappears amid tho shouts and jeers of his companions, who are always wci! pleased at the detoction of roguery in which they have had no share. tW The gallant coursers of that little islo of the sea, Nantucket, are not remark able for bottom speed. One found his way into the Massachusetts cavalry during the late rebellion, being recommended as an excellent war-horse. When tbe soldier re turned he was in a towering passion because ho bad been so completely swin dled, "but how?" asked tho islander. "Why, you warranted him a good war horse, and there is not a bit of go in him." "Yes, I did ; and I repeut, he is a good war horse, for he'd sooner die than run. tW " Hans," said his grandfather one day, " take this jug, and go out and get me some beer." "All right, give me the monoy." "Oh) it is easy enough to get beor with money ; tho tiling is to get it without money." Hans goes out and Boon returns with the jug. His grandfuther,aftor trying in vain to get a drink, says : "Huns, this jug is empty." " So much the bet ter," replied the urchin, "it is easy enough to drink beer when the jug is full ; the thing is to get a diiuk when it is empty !" 13" A few days since a seedy person ap plied to a wealthy person for help, and re coived the small sum of five cents. The giver remarked as he handed him the pit tance, " Take it j you are welcome ; our ears are always open to the distressed." "That may be," replied tho recipient, " but never before in my life have I seen so small an opening for Biich large ears." tST Women are fast becoming familiar with politics. We have heard of a woman who bcliuves so thoroughly in inflation that she blows hor husband up three times a day. HEAL ESTATE At Private Sate. T undersign! will sell at private sale his val iiauls fa in situate In Juniata township, Perry co., 91 ACRES, of Red Slate land, sbont 75 Acres are cleared am DWELLING HOUSE, LARGE BANK. BARN. TENANT HOUSE, CARRIAGE HOUSE. NEW HOGPEN and WOOL) I10U8K. There Is also a Well ot good wator near the house. There are also TWO OOOl) APPLE ORCH ARDS on this farm, with a variety of other fruit trees. This proiiertv is near the village of Markle villein a good neighborhood. , Aiiy person desiring to purchase a home, should luetit l"'0iiertjr before making a final invest- Price tJVnOO ; pnymenls, 2,000 on the 1st of April, 18i4, at which time a deed will he delivered, and possession Riven . The balance to be paid In threeeou.il annual payments, with interest, to be secured by Judgment bonds. -Calfon oraddress JACOB KI.INE, Marklevllle, Perry co Pa.. OK LEWIS POTTER. 2,1 New Bloomtleld, Perry co., Pa. The Best is the Cheapest! THE SINGER SEWIXG MACHINE. SINGER SINGER SINGER SINGER SINGER SINGER SINGER SINGER SINGER SINGER SINGER MACHINE. MACHINE. MACHINE. MACHINE. MACHINE. MACHINE. . MACHINE. MACHINE. MACHINE. MACHINE. MACHINE. ri'HE SINGER REWINO MACHINE Is so well A known that it is not necessary to mention ITS MANY GOOD UUALITlESl Every one who has any knowledge of Sewing Machines knows that It will do EVERY KIND OF WORK. 111 a Superior Manner. The Machine is easily kept In order: easily on erated, and is acknowledged by all, to be the The Best Machine in the World ! Persons wanting a Sewing Machine should ex amine the Singer, before purchasing. They can be bought on the Most liiboi'iil 'fcriiis OK NEW lll.OOM FIELD, PA., (ieueral Agent for Perry County, rOv of the following Local Agents on the same terms: A. F. KEIM, Newport, Pa. J AS. P. LONG Duneannon, Pa. Professional Cards. JE. JUNIUS. Attorney-at-Law, Now Itloomtlelil, Perry Co., Pa. -Office Next door to the residence of Judge Junkiii. 4 "at AM. MAEKEL. Attorney-at-Law, New liloomlleld, Perry county, Pa. -0lllce with Clias. A. Harnett, Esq., Centre Square, adjoining Mortimer's Store, J-EWIS POTTER, ATTORNEY AT tAlV, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PEHRY CO., PA. yClaims promptly secured and collected. Writings and all legal business carefully attend ed to. 32 yl -WAMI.-Uir LTIH.IIUIV 1 ..nfllnll H. T n ... O ' ' ' NEWPORT, PA. 4f-0 fllce Market Street, near the Square. 33 6 CHARLES II. SMILEY, Attorney at Law. New liloomlleld. Perry Co. Pa. M-Ofllee with C. A. Barnctt. Esq., next door to Mortimer's store August 20, 1872 X7"M. A. HPONSLER, Attorney-at-Law, Ty Office adjoining his residence, on East Maui street, New lilooinlleld, Ferry co., Pa. 3 2 ly CIIAS. A. BAUNETT, Attorney-at-Law, New liloomlleld. Perry CO., Fa. StaOflice adjoining MurCner' Store. 32 ly J BAILY, Attorney at Law, New liloomlleld, FerryCo., Pa. Office opposite the Court House, and two doors east uf the Perry County Bank. Refers to B. Melutire, Esq, June 27, 1871. JOHN G. SIIATTO, Surgeon Dentist. New lilooinlleld, Perryco., Pa. All kinds of Mechanical and Surgical Dentistry done in the best manner, and at reasonable prices. 44-Olllce at his residence, one door East of the Robinson House, and opposite Win. A. Sponger's Lawolllce. 3 21y WM. M. HUTCH, ATTORN EY-ATLAW, New liloomlleld, Perryco., Fa. WOfflee Two doors West of F. Mortimer Store 3 7 ly CIIAS. J. T. Mt.INTIRE, Attorney-at-Law, New Hlooinlleld, Perryco., Pa. - All professional business promptly aiidfalttl fully attended to.-3 2 lv. M. N. SElBEltT, Attorney-at-Law, Now B oomue.ld. Perrv CO.. Pa. Bloomtield, 3 331v. TKWISVOTTEU, notakv runuc, New Illoom J field. Perry Co., Pa. IH-eils, Bonds, Mortgages and Leases carefully Iirepared and acknowledgements taken. All '.Inds of Pension and Bounty papers drawn and eel-tilled, will also take depositions to he read In uuv Willi in tho United States. 7 10 ly T7-M. A. MOltHINOJf, Y JUSTICE OK THE PKACHand GENERAL COLLECTOR, Nsw Gkhmistown, Perryco.. 1'a. Remittances will be made promptly for all Collections made. 7 41 tf LLIA.M M. SL'TCII, J u t Ice ol the Peace, AND GENERAL COLLECTOR, New Bloomneld, Perry County, Penn'a Special attention paid to Collections of nil kinds. Deeds, Bonds, Mortgages and Agreements eatlyu executed. 7 lot f Auctioneer. The undersigned gives notice that he will cry sales at any point In Perry or Daupln counties, orders are solicited and prompt attention will be given. ii. D. WELLS, New Buffalo, Perry co.. Pa.
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