lNh4 every Thursday Evtnlnf ky
jaaEIlIAIt CaOP3g, Prop'r.
'.Terms of Substrription,
"WO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, ryMe
srtibln fix, months, or $I.V If T"U
witMa tli. year. Nt paper dlecotiltnorl
wrrM till avtMeawea ar paid, anlttt el
tht option of tbepoMieber; ' J '
Eubacrlptionn'ouhuJa. of the county
" PAYABLE" IN ADVANCE. ,
tfVT Person lifllte nd ntlne; papers
addressed to others beenmt tiihseribere,
a. d liable foV ,lkt firict of tht pper
JTvvr POTTER,7 '
Slnn'or P
OTert his rirnfeiw'.nntl settlors to Ihe
public. AlHersI business entrn.le.'j In Me
.ea will reneise rrnmrt attention. (MTlce
' ... .Iiwir above ihe Kaw Lutheran Church.
i. July; 4th '
i fTp. CROXMIT.LKTt.
,'Je ATTORNEY AT T,W.
Mlddlolmr, Ph..
Offer M professional serelces l tha pub
lie. ' Colloillnns an I all other profa e.innal
btl.lne.s entente! to hit esee will rwiw
prompt attention. fJn 8, 'fl7tf
AC. SIMPSON.'
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Si'linvjrnve Pit.,
OTere hit prnftnnn1 eerelee lo tha pub
II 0. All business entrn.te 1 to hit eare
tri'.l be promptly attended In.
r inn. K, '07 1 (
JVT. KXMUT.
, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Freebttrg Pa.,
OTert Ms Professional serslee lo Ibe pub
lio. All hualne.l enlrn.led to hit eere
will b promptly attended to.
Jan U.67if
AIIOUN AT LAW,
Lowiaburg Pa.,
OTers litu prnfe.lnnnl ssrviue lo pub
lia. Cnlleetbins and all mhtr 1'ieleeaioo
t business entrusted lo bit ort ill re
ceive prompt attention.
GKO F. Ml U.K. It,
AtlOUXEV AT tAW,
Lowisburg Pa
OTere bit rrofosslnnttl sarrlee la Hit pub
lie. Culleeiions and nil othor pro'emion
II hiitine. eiiirnste I lo bi Cire will re
ceive prompt attention. J in. H. 'Uilf
M. LIN.s, A. II. DILL
(suecenors ti J. P. k J. M. I.lun,)
A TilUlNtAH .W LAW, LewiKtmr, T.
OTer their professional services to the
pub'.io. C.i'.l -in inns and nil oilier pro-feiou-il
business tn t ruat e 1 lo tlii'ir csre
will receivepronipl iltrniiiiu. f .Inn. rt, ''7ll
CIIARLKS IIOU'HR;
ATTOilXV AT LAW,
SrliiiHjjruve Tn.,
t(Tr M prnfctiiinnnl rricrt lo llit r"1'
lit. Cnllccl inn nn. I nil oilier profoinn
bii'lncin entrmlel lo bin enre will Tf
crlrn prompt intention. ORiof twoclnor
nortU of the Ketone tloiul. fJn 6, U7
AMCICL AtLKXAH.
HOHAC1 At.Lt.
S. ALLSMAIT & EON.
AT T O II iV E Y 8 AT LAW.
Nolinwg'rovo Xu.
AU pror"in!iiil bimliieii n.l colledlnp
t nlru-tril lo th'-Ir onre will b .romptl
aitrno'lto. ' Cnn be rnnritlte'i In C'igliah
or tlurmnn. Oi&ef, Mnrkt' 8.ii.-iru.
T N. MVKKS,
,J u f.TTiicNr.Y k ccrxsninR t lwv
MidJlelxir Snyder dmiiiy Pena'a
Ollioo few ilooii Lt of Iht T. O. on
Muin "I rod. Cmitnltiitiou in Knjtliuli
lid Urrinun InniiunK''- ' f op. I'll
ii. ii. Ginsnr,
Attorney & Comicellor
A t-la ;
OScoX.E. Cor Market & Water St's
Coniillfition In boib F. ijlNh nn'l f!rrmn
Ltnguigei. Vto. 10,
no v eh & nKi::i
T SHWIXO MACniXE.
Toriiont In nerJ of pnml nml durable
Sewing M icliin eon be noi-nniuioiUtivl l
re HumniMe pricr by cilling on Bam
Vlb Fauit, Agrul, Seliimgrove.
Jn. 24.-C8
R. J. Y.SinXDIUi,
SURGEON AND I'll YIf!I.Vtf.
' ' Middli'burjr Ta.,
Oilrrt hU prnfenslnnul jerrle. In Iht oil
item of MiUJlejnrg toil vlo'.iiliy.
f Mnrob 21. "07
JOHN K.lIUUlltlS, E.,
... . JUSTICE OF TUB TEACE,
Tenn Twp., Snydor Co. Tt
P. VAX 11 US KIRK,
8UH0ICAL & MECHANICAL DENTIST
Folinagrote ronn,
II WArtNIJU, lif.,
JUSrifK OP THU PEACE.
Taclcioj Townliip, SnyderCn. Ta.,
Will nttend lo ftll buninem enlrnll lo
hit strt kDil on Ibt niot rrnannnble
iermi. March H, C8lf
DU J I KANAWKL.
PUT3K IAS AND 8UR0E0M,
r .Conlrevllle, finydcr Co., Pa.
OITr bit profetilonal tertlcrt l tbr
f uhllo.
0 C8tf
n UAYCILL & Co..
JT YllllttAI.R PlAI.KRt 111
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE
' Oil Cloths Window Slindrn, llroimt, Mm.
' iWnHhr Cotton Lapt, (Jrnlu liuga, f'.y
' Itiiolcn. Twines, Wiokt, &t.
1 No.' 41 .Vurkut 8trttl, I'biladolpbia.
1 7, '07
BT. PARKS,
. . ATTOHNET AT LAW
DISTRICT ATTOIIST,
illPDLEBURO. SNYDER C0UKTT. T
v OiSflt la Court llxiit, Sept. 15, 07tf
J lJ.'BELUEIMER, ;
DEALfcB IX
! HARDWARE,
Iron, Nails,
k Steel, leather,
sV:.; : Paints, Oils,
'Stores' Tlnxyare,
. . ! p i i .1 ii a. f ii i i ' . . - i . fUntJii f fjl . ' mupp m-m iii w aa-j-a-apa
VOL.
cut'M r ori iti:iti.
Poil Offlct id Ureal.
Pm.toiiiT Juuoi lion. Jot. C. Duobtr,
Lewl.bnrK. Unla tonnif.
A.rociATt Jvnoat II b. Qn, C. Moyor,
Frerhuryr, llaa. Jaj.iU U. L. tJuiuljl, d
lin(rnt l'aiTHinTiir adp CLtnK or TtiiCouttt
Jerrmljb rrnua. Mi 1 Urburf.
lUouta Ami RiootDia Stmiitl B.
Sohiiek. Mi l llrhunr.
Hiitimrr Tl'uilel U Je ml-r, MiddUhnrf.
Col' NTT l'otU-.iiiiiai I'hilip Kinoey.
Oetterinwii, A liru J. t'i.lier. SaUo.ro.
J.ilm T. II ilTimaU. I'ran aCraek.
Ji'RT CoMMi.iioMia. Hourr Brown,
rrerlmr. t'ergt U. Uornberger, Ml.
l'lellit MilU.
Coturr 8uuTtT0B Aaron K. Gilt. Mid-
tllrbiirit.
liTtrr ArroBxtr Denjamtn T. Parkt.
Midllrhnrc.
Taunt ut a Jacob Qr., rtrarrr Sprlnj..
Ai'iiiin,; John it. Ilitn.iiuer, Mi I IU.
hnr, S vmtol A. Wriiel, llaoriowu. 1)
Liielfeiit'ich. 8 ilrm.
Com iii-io.iiiii Clerk. Audrtw Petort,
Mi I llebnrit.
MniOAnrit.t ArPAAUtn. W 1 1 i O.
llolmen, delin'uroT,.
C.iaoiKR. IVier Itirlmtn, P.'nn'. Croik
CnnxTT HrrtaiXTCXDixT. Wui.Noeilinj
nvliniiizriive.
Tr.iMK or CottT. Fourth Mon lnyt In
('bruary, Miy and September and Socond
Jlonil ly or U.'oeniner of ranh ye r.
A-' M:HTtirrtKPOT,
ivriitiiiinjif, in.
tlEOKtlM UUVKH, I'mipurTiR
Tbia h,in la in clr.e proximity lo the
depot an I bna l.iirly been rabuilt ami) re
filled. Koonia coiunindi'iiis I lie Ull wel
upplivd wiib the heal the ui irkot alor.li,
.1 trrinn modor.tir.
1uov. iiotrsi:
PAX rVVII.r.E, (nenter Station.
HENRY UKNr'riU, Proprietor.
The iiml-rli'ne,l ait nil. thl.xethi.l of Inform
Inn llio imlillo tli:it b. Ip ni,wl hotel t ihn
.iMivenmiieiiiiii.ee, on ine rnn,i rroin lllile
borir to lietvonown. ami iti.t he in urentrnl ii
rii,Ti.iu iue jiuuiia mm nr1! iin.i nottiomnoua
April a, is: I.
YaTkhu iiousk;
McClnro Cit.v In.
XICIIJLAS SIMON, I'roj.rietor,
Tbla a new home, newly furni'hrd and
i. now open lo llie Irrelinj puhlio. It i
looitr l near tlif depot. No ellorl will be
spared by tbr proprietor to mike the stay
ol mi gueeie pitHianl ami ngreeaMe.
D
wis housh,
At the Mlfllln, Centre. Snrbnrr k T.wltowa
R. K. Depot, mirner of Water and Uo'eM Su.,
Linvlsitown Iti.,
Qoorgo Flory & Son, Proprietors.
rjT"0ppn Day and Night fir the aonom
modntinn nf lraler. A firel cUn. Hea-
i.uraut it attached lo Ibt hotel, where
Me.', al all bourt can be bad. Temre
reaasnahle. ft.tl-lf
B
UMr.AUn.N'KR FIOTTSK.
(Oppodtt KcAcllDir Kallroad Depot)
A. XX. TaAZJVTS, Proprietor.
TrFrer effort neeery lo In. ore the mm
fort of irneoie will tie made. The ( Ii.. n
oewl reiltleil. (oetl4,IH7Uf
yxiox house,
Ml.l.llohori pa.
DAVID TZHViiiXliXUx, rroj'r.
ArcommodaMan good and charge, mod
rrale, Hpeelnl acconimodntione for ilror
er.. A ehure of tho puhlio patrnnae le
.olicite.l. 1). KEllSrETF.il-
April . 1R71
LLEOIIENY HOUSE.
Not. 812 l RllMitrUft 61 red,
PHI LA DELPMA.
A.. Iloclc, Iroiriotor.
Irrntx J 00 Prr Day. jii.0.
TJ. SMITH.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
!innf.KIH)H(. SNYF.IIK t'U P.
OfTer. hli Y ofeMlooal Kerelcee to the pah'to
Con.ult thine la HoKtlr'. and Qerman.
JOHN II. ARNOLD,
Attorney at Itxw,
MIDDLEItCIlO, PA.
Prnfc.lnnal bn.tneat entrusted In hit enre
;:.' be promptly attended to. Ftb 0,71
T THOMPSON 11AKKU,
it
Vttoi'no.vnt'LaAV,
Lowiahurg, Union Co., Pa.
t5y-Ciin be eon. ulied In iht Engllnh and
Orrmnn Innguag 't.Vr4
OFFICE -M irkrt Street, oppotitt Wallt
Smith & Co t tl'ore . 8 4!)y
gVMUEL H. OUWIG, "'
A-ttornoy-at-Ijaw.
OFFICE, TIT WALNUT STREET,
. rHILADIXrBIA.
JC. KHKITZKIl,
e Jl'STIOKOI'THFPFarr:,
i:liMininn luwh.tiin HnyOer Co, pa.
rnnrevanelnu. C'nlleetlDe: and all utliar liu.l.
ri entru.uO to hlio.rewlll be promptly at
t.Liluo to.
D
tt. J. W. UOUKEFELLOW,
rHYSIOIa" AND SUROUON
Offers till prnfeMlon.l perrletl to the elilnent of
Niouieiiurg auo trieinuy. .iuo.i-i
J4COU I. IIOUAK,
WITH
(J
BERROTII, DERliSTRESSER & CO.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
HSH, PROVISIONS. &c.
No. 2Utt North Wli.rre. (abotrt UaoteU.,)
l-7tf FHILAUKLPAIA.
P J.WILLIAirS, Ja. .
MAttttMOTun mr, . '
VENETIAN BUNB3,
AND .. .,
'Window Hhatlen,
For Storvs Cbamhea, PriTU Dwtjl
ln.OiQooii, 4o. (
.'"..Va 18 IT. Sltt Strut,
P".L IPVI,
11. MrDDLTinima. sti7der conir?. pa., may 29. 1373.
MtDDLEBtTilGr, SNYDER COTWrST, PA.,
1 outry.
Work tin J TtaluU.
Hananier, loni anl aail rinjiag,
Wakint eaU let all day lo.
In di lo iel iije rotinjing,
Thrifiy Ulio Irm eta.
Fro. a a Ibau.and lywheelt hounding.
From thoii.and hu nruinj lo'ieia.
Mtht anl diy tin notet art exindiog
Turjuli llie isii.r f tot'ry lio.m,
LNlen t workmen, to tbnir play
liKere't dio In ereir oiiuk
Siiti 4bey'r eiiwinx .till Ihey'r eaylng
Wuil.l yuu labor, l.aro to Ibiuk I"
i
Think wbl power tiee wllbit you.
For wh it triumph, ye are formed,
If, in ai I of b ne an I .me.
I!rtt by emuL'iio w"nl.
Mihiy Itiuiih ye woo and eberiab :
Wliat .hill hot I your epirii dn t
What ahail make your bi(li bop,, p.ri.h ?
Why .ii.ll y mm I toiiune a frowu T
Do ymt winh for profit, plea.urt T
Tliirit at l.eariilnn'a fount for drink t
Crare yo honor, f imo or Ire t.nre 7
Yt the gtruit hate work-and Ibiuk-
Think! b it not alone of living.
Like the bono, Iro o d ty lo d ly
Think ! hut not l one nf (tmin,
llealib fir pelf, or anil lor piy 1
Think ! On, he nuchin h i longer
Tuibk 1 'i will ru u yuu fre-lier, air inger
Lion you lo tae great and gi id 1
Tbouit'm et ilt. vi I li'itrn't Whir,
Tliuiifrii forliid. the .out lo eluk I
Self re-coot au I lo'e f r neifblior,
Mark lb. moil who work nul think !
Think ! and let Ibt thought new ncrrt
you
Think nf men w'ioro line before
Let.in 'lumrou' D tine, to terre you 1
Y'liire Ilii ).im tlfy'T. ploiielo erl
free Ion ti n. an I Will. I 'it courier
With tne . or I of lluo it tut pen 1
Tyrtuny c in Uu 1 no q t trier.
In llie rank, nf luiukiug men,
Think ! for Iboiuht'e a wtud uf power
Power lo miki) oppret.iua eariuk ;
Orit-p ye, thm, toe preiou. dower !
I'uiae il wield it work aud (hiuk
Hold your hand, up, toiling brothers ;
'.tlo fcst ui he tt oe'er lorgot,
Lthor t or noi.oif.'. au I oibjri,
I. from iii iii a noble I it ;
Nobler fur, and holier, higher.
Than fain lutury cm giuiin.
If hut te tl an I won Ii in.pirt.
An I true grmttuee. bt our aim.
Power to e imp'iu Ibit it given
Power inn f iriu. the nr mje.t liak
"Tis au upright nun and lleaten.
llieuoble.t po eer itae power to Ibiuk !
Koloot rV tV I O
nix uot'.vu ti a v.
"I don't care 1" solibod Julius Jit-
ictjby. 'li'ou'ro ril uioaa tw yoa
010 V
And ho throw liinnnlf down on a
pilu of disj iiutod kiu'liin wood, iu a
paroxysm ol cIiiUI.h'i ra.
''Is that tho w.ty to titlk to mer
angrily iloman lo 1 Mrs. Parli'y, b.-
stowinp; a most cordillv rivtm li)t
either sidu of tho doomo 1 voting tio
tim u uoiiil, "aivl Tail notluntr on
earth, but bound ly I 1 UVut no
p.ttionce with you and Job Liuinolf
wu'U'lii t have 1
Gontly, mothor. pontlr. W hat'u
tho mutter now T" tlmuandwl Furmur
Farley, cautiotiHly thrustini; kin sun
burnt shock of hair iu to the wood ihttd
door.
"Matter 1" ochoivl Mrs. Parlo.
"Vt hy, just lookhoro! Thorn whtulu
off the old whool-barrow hvHtit-l ui)
I) tho rull, witli tho 8oouJ uvjJ
harnc-HS voti btinrlit ii' Dcanon Silu-
bury au l tho strip? for t!ie naw r.t
cirpt't an 1 all tho wood tiuuh'ul
Jon, iliffirlody piH;ledT to tu'.ka
room for it. And tho hou'i ain't fod.
and tho cows ain t pono after aud
tlu-ro ain't nothin' done that ouht
to be 1 I toll you I ha' tit no patiouce
with las experiments and tricits. Gut
up, Juliu4, tlna miuuto, ami (rotor
tho cows ; and not a bleaited mouth
ful of supper will you get thin
nixht."
Julius Jacoby oboyed sulkily and
with down-dropping head. He was
a bright looking boy of about thir
teen, with ilarU grey cyeB and thick
brown hair, which hung over a a piaro
low forehoal; anJ as ho waIIcs-I he
clouchod his boyish hands, until tho
nails indented tho flush in erosoent
shnpod marks.
"1 won t stand it, ' muttnred Julius
to Limself. "Thoy yo no busiucss to
treat idu so.
Aud then tho wrathful mood sub
sided in somo dttgree, as he rotnera
bored the many deeds of kindnest
that he had received from both Mr.
anl Ms. Parley tho care in sick
ness, tho noatly-tnonded olothos, the
many littlo tokens of watchfulness so
new ana grateful to tue orphan boy i
aud littlo Alice, too, who trotted at
his heels when he went to gather ap
ples in tho orchard, and thought the
woodon toys his iugenius jaok-kuife
furnished the most marvelous of cre
ation.
"I tupposo I am a trial, sighed
Julius; "but she needn't hire torn
all my machinery down i and theu to
tpx my ears, too 1"
It was rather a dorpgatary process
to the boyish dignity pf thirteen. '
"You ain't in earost about bis sup
per, mothor t" "aid Parmer Parley,
as they sat down to tht) wull-spreaJ
OTonin boarX
"Yes, 1 bo, . Have soma quinoe
sasa, Alice T"
"Ramoiuber, ho's a growia' boy,"
pleaded her htisbaud.
"I cau't bolp that i he's got to
'earn to bohavo himself. There ain't
no other way of managin' him. It
was only yesterday he blowed , the
top off ray bqtt presarviu' can, to
show Alios how a steamboat worked i
and last week, I most got poisoned
with a bottla o' soma stuff Wd got
tucks4 away qn the sbalf, that I took
lor vmr. ' . ,
tie Alioo. "It w n to''
"I don't care what it was for," in-
tarrupUd tho f.triuor's wife. "Julius
cat) iKihavo well enough wlian he's a
mind to, an 1 ha s got to."
AuJ the farmor know from the wav
his ife o"mpriisiaitd hor lips tigtlh-
er, tuat sho wad an uumitigatiKl eru
ont.
Julius Jaeiby went aiipporlcstlr
t i bis room, but before he litl begun
ti undress, a soft kttixsk came t) his
door, and Aliflu's oice whispered:
"inltns ! Julia I
"What i it!"
"Ojki tli d or. It's gt a pioce
of roth pie fur von. and two rui'as,
au 1 a b,iwl of milk P " 4
"It it what will your mother aty,
Alice?"
"Shn's gine to Mrs. Dvlgsr's. and
she thinks I'm in bod, but I g it up
and diesMftd mysulf. I couldn't sloup;
luHus, thiukiug how hungry you
must bo."
An 1 site nestled A wn close at the
bouu I boy's side), as ho eagerly do
t jiiroJ the sapper, which she brought
him.
"I was hungry, Alice," svlJulius,
as ho took a long draught of milk,
"and you're a g tol httle thiu f 111
do as m ic.li f ir you soma day."
Alicu laughed.
"I d n't got into scrapei like yoa
do, Julius."
"Thai s no sign yon newr will."
Mrs. I'ailey, socreUy reluutiu r in
Hid diijitbs of li.ir iu tliurly hu trt.
.raro Julius t!u brown.Mt cs'cei aud
tho juiciest bit of moat for bruakltst,
tho nott ta iniing.
"He'll bnhave himself now, I
g lens, slin t'ajuglik ; but in this, sue
was mintikon.
Julius "Jid np" his choree, in the
shortu.it p isaiblo port id of tiutn, that
afternoon, whfn Mrs. Parley had Im
U':en hre,)!f to tho Suwin f t'irrlr)
with liule Alice, anl the firmer was
gone t ) tho ntigb ring village, and
appliel hiuiftolf with more nl than
discretion to tho farther jirrsccutiou
of the etperimcut that had ondel a
disat'.roiisiy f r tho pros erring can
"Tho the tint kttle isn't of glass,
thought Julius, "and I know 1 can
uu'io that work.''
Vain uncti m to lay thissiuli
for just as that ciiperiuient, whslovar
it h iipmol to lx, rwtched the cut
minatiii ; point, up ilaw the to a kntt!
from tho Htoro, t ort.nvd with mui'h
cahii-ic, an 1 h'ttig wont the iron lid,
right into tho droisor cupboard,
that hold Mrs. Patioy bast sat of
oliitia.
Julius stood staring aghast at the
ruins. All h rasukoepprs have thier
iloutimtic idols, and this now "inn
t niu" out was Mrs. Parley's. The
Uts-Mit lay noi-ieileeily aud dainolish
o 1 before his eyui, tliroo cups wure
broken, and tho handle was dashed
off from tho cream pitoher, whiU tho
knob wa-s chipped iio,ttIy off ol the
ooror of tho sugar bowl.
Julius only i.iuieil lor one pUnce
at the peni'rtl ruin, llirti lie lurtird
nl tie J Intiloiiouely from ibis We
ir r loo ol Lis f.'ioiitiG.) f ITort.
And tht belt day, all Biuksrtor)
knvw. flint Farmer Parley's honed
b y L.tl runtwiy, after firt deund
mhiiK all of Mis. Pa' li'y'a eliint, out
if ehut-r ri'Ti'tie, L Mu-o alie had
bored hi rare iheilay betero.
'I tlwty know that boy wiu'du't
ouine le an good," etid IVaeon Jour.
' Tii-TJ w i. a vieious lank in h e
vyt'f," ernskfd M' Lsvina Denliem,
"and I only wonder be iliJu'i set flrv
to the houe.i, or bute you all in your
bails "
Hut litt'e Alice crit l bitterly, and
trrafurel more tetideily lliao ever, a
rfrfl yeii doll, with arms out uf all
prup irtiim, and feet eeeeral dtiree.
iutg r ib.a her bntd, wiut-h was Ihn
last woojou tupluit Juiiue bti prretut
til to bur,
"I'll Dover have another bound
buy,' aijr: 1 Mrs. Parley
e e e
"Well, well," tigb'd Iht ftrraer,
"how times does tltp sway Ironi us, in
liteurtl Alirt ie ninrlren t'-'lsy,
aud it il'in'l s'tin right ebo slmul I be
swuv from us mi her btrilnlay. Su't
beta three uioutb is tkt tjiy no,
wile."
' V s," said Sirs. Prley, nnddina
ber bead tamely, "and 1 d"u't believ
alie'll nime borne sloue, B-ithi r."
"Kill" the (armor opeurd wiJt Ilia
blue eyts ; "yoa don't t'pa ahe't
eaKd 10 that Mr. Cllnt"0 f '
- You nine art to stow to put two
and two together, !J JIM. J'arlej
wip a coonuiutts sinilc, "I ve sue
piutooed it ibis lung while, aud Mr.
Cotter writ lb tt it will be a tplen
did match, and half Iht young die
in lioaiiin are r-uryiujf, our little euutttiy
irl. Only think I won't it bo ni'e
to buve our Alice a rbb lady livioi
iu a big houae lo Boston f"
Mr. Parley slsrsd stestlfatt at the
4re. '
"Who Is he, any way f" ho akerl
it) a troubled voiuo. "She's til the
I'hilJ we've tft, wile. We can't fire
hor to s into, without kuowiu' who,
and what ht Is "
"Vou needn't worry," tsid his wife
with tho super caltnuoes of one who
is posiod. "He's as stnadyexiiiii'
ss you bo yo'ireolt'-vit loasi, so Mr
Carter vrilet and he's so inventor,
jrhatrvur Ibat may bo, Anyway,
he made a great Igrtuue of a pstenl
he's tuld lo the government. Alius
won't litre in work sll bur days a
hard as I have done, aod tbtt'e out
uoinfori." '
"And when A'ios's shy , lottur.
whicli impliel fur tu ire thai it told,
intioisted that the was eomlna hoeiu
MAY 29,
ft iu-,.ou w.i duly eWi'pt and fr
nialied lor the reception (lf the hnu
ored itntst. Mr. Par ry put on her
heat "ilk, and the farmer donned Iih
buttermilk suit, wliioh sittotl lobim
tt itnruaoite at It hid hi' en 00. the
Ly he bouuhl il, twenty gooJ ytart
ago.
"I winder whioh traia iLy will
wait In,'' etiit Mr Pifley.rerl etively
"I should b tie ihi w.ust way lo h
ibat turkey spui ed."
Hit auch.a c-ita.trophe w happily
aver'el, lor tho trev-lrs rt'l juo
ss (be stormy twilight tits lo the
4I01? (f lbs srest woo l Citilnul.lv
rettuf'l. Tliero was the irunrb ti'
Wlit '14 iu the deep enow willmul, the
oie;iiitlf uf His ilo.ir, ami Hit-'n Alice
was in her mother's trim.
In the liars Hrwiii I. a tall figure
tO0 I, Slalrly id dutiia-d an l suit'
eoiiteined. wittt j't hlmk hair ami
jrnvt iolet t:r.iy eye., aud tint former
mails hie bi-et h iw as Aliee iotrnu leod
"Mr tointon," with a deep, rei flush
spun hor rbnek.
"You tnu-t like him very muoh,
fstbr, for my take," she aij, "be
cstisn, liHcanie, 1 have proiui.-md to bf
hie wife."
When the hnepitihle tntsl was
over, and Mrs. Parley cunt in li'mn
the kiti hen, pu'ilm down her
leeve. thai hud been rolled up above
her I'llinw, and tyitiif on a clfan
checked spr-ni, Alios sprang to hor
Ifil.
. "Mother." nhe sii I wiih her fici-
tit smiles au d tlttnpte, "Mr. Clinton I
ha- hriiiti'ht you down a pre-ettt, " !
" pree til '." rriod Mr. I'arley
"Ami fattier niu-u pet hammer stitl ;
ei-rew-ilrtrer and optiu it very euro-
full v, fur it's ohiua.'
China 1"
"Yes renl chins, imported from
Canton. o trunSjiirHiit tint yon can
look tlirouU it in the colors of life.
Oh, it ii to eery beautiful I'
She) ntnod by, g!irflly clappitlit
hrr hands as iIih ti insures were un-
, ... . . 1. .
pai-Keii, tin 1 eiijotiit iht iii'iinerii
delihl is iht hi'ituiilul fi acilo ilni);;a
me by one made their uppctriiiice
I10111 the oouatluis wrupp'u.gs ot'iiilvor
piier.
"II iw kind it is of you. Mr. Olin
ton I" raid Mrs Parley, louking up
with hvtunt.g cyrs. "1 slwuys did
art s'nte ly uiiina "
Nit kit.d at all," sail the ynung
tutin uuii'tiy, "it is nituply tho aettlo-
meut el a very oM debt."
A debt !" repeated llio
wifi, wiih. Jiuii'e.l eves.
fitrmer's!
"I don't!
you, Mr.j
!ii.:.. 1, T r..;. ., 1., ,1
,,l,,m & IM.I'J V !,
Ulinleu.
He tmile-l. "It is to replace the!
I"eit vriuen a enitr, irj.uvAiciiuivwia.
... .- I : . T L I ..... 1 .
twi-lre veitrs a.'ii.
Mrs Varley o tiro I, beginning to
have uni'O'iil'iirtahle doubts astlhe
emir sitiily of h'-r il iuiih'er's lover
And tlitf'i, as bn suiiied au tin. a aud
den light hrnke in upon her brain.
"Il uin't never " ehj Ix'gtn, und
ihen rt ipped short
'Yes, il is, mother I" crietl Alice,
rndis'illy. Vli't Julius our Julius I''
"Wliu.e ears you have h ixed do.
.ervudly to many tiun s," laughed the
y oust man.
"And bo I urn ins le his fortune
tnoth-r, sud be is a groat tnsu now ;
und I always knew it would be so,"
went on Alice, fjusbrdnnil raviied.
'And il all ( s ue frn n tht experiment,
he wts alwnvs irt ing."
" Well. I ui-ver " cried Mrs. Par
ley; wluls the farmer rulibod li'
apeottelfs, and U'Wlifd a low chjck
tin,; Isu.'n ,wliii'b express I his pet foot
contentment belter llisn nil ths sdjec
tivts in Webntts's Dictionary could
have dune.
And the cblll Pecembor monn
ehiuinu through the fur-ntr window,
beyond tht mhit el the fire, beamed
upon no happier household iu tli
1 he Inti'l, lb in cathercd that iiibl
louud Fanner Parley's hearth-stone."
atop und tVHult.
Ono morniu.? an enragod country
manramoiuto Mr.
M-
s store
with very angry looks.
Ho left a
team in the etreet and had
a good
stiek in his htal.
"Mr. M ," says tho angry
countryman, "I bought a paper of
nutiuogs hero in your store and when
Ptrot la int tttey wore more than
half walnuts 1 and that's the young
villain that I bought 'em of," pointing
to John.
"John," said Mr. M "did yon
sell this man walnuts for nutmegs t'
"No, sir,' was the ready reply.
"You ho, you littlo villain," said
the countryman still mora euragod
by his assuranoo.
".Now. loolt bere. saui Jotin, "11
you had taken ths trouble to weigh
your nutmegs, you would have found
that I put in the waluuts gratis,
"Oh I you gave tuom to me, uiu
you t"
. a ii t tl I
"Yes. sir. 1 turew in a nanurui
for the children tocraok,' said Johu,
laughing at tho aune time.
"Wall, now if that ain't a young
scamp, said the coo try man, he re
taxing into a grim ho saw through
tho matter.
Much hard talk and bad blood
would be saved if nootda woud stop
and woigh things before they blame
others, "Think twice before you
speak 01400 is an exoolleot motto,
Four widows ant clawing aod
yelling ortr s deceased miliiousirs't
estate ia San Prsaolsoe, but s, far t
oiroiimstaqtial f vjdetiae roes, he
die ktrie!?? f-jj fa
NO. 11
Ktwue-Kialors.
Lithoppagi, cr swallowrrs of slooo,
are among the most incrodiblo pho
nomeua of which we have any rv
count Father Paulian savs, in his
"Dictionary Physique," that in the
beginning of May, 17U0, there was
brought to Avingnon an undoubted
an undoubted stone, eater, lie not
only swallowed and digesto,! without
dilu iulty Hints of an i:ic.h and a half
Ion , a full inch broad and halfnu
iuch thick, but such common stone
ss he could roducet i powdgr mar
bles, pobl lns, Ao., whioli ho tuala iu
t) paste, declaring that be found
thstu a m st ajr.Hiahlo and wholo
s wo foo.i ' oxamin'xl this. man.''
tins wortliy Fathor tells us, "with all
tho attention poisibly cotdit J
found his gullet cnortuou.-ily Itrgo.
his teeth exceedingly strong, his su
liva very corrosive, and his stonnch
lower than ordinary, which I itnpn
to I t ) tho vast number of flints he
ha 1 swallowed, lu-ing about tweuty
live, otio day with another. Upon
interrogating his keeper, ho told me
tho f illowiHg pat ticnlarn; This stone
oator was foun I r.bout t'ireo vear
Uiforo iu a Not them inlmhitn. is-Lm-I,
by sitii'i of the crow of n l)utn!i
fi'iip, on (lood l-'iiday. Sittcs ho had
him in charge ho ma in him cat raw
flesh occasionally, with tho Rt ne-, l.u,'.
never could get him to awullow
eread. Ho would drinl! water, wine
and brandy, which last Ihpior nj
pearod to givo liina iui'iuito pleas:ir!.
I (0 slept tit least twelvo lioitfH in
Iwi.tity-foiir, f.ittiiig tin t'.io ground.
witli one knno over tho "'..hor, and
his chin resting thereon. Ho mnok
cd when not eating, tihnost all tho
linn) v.hcu not asleep. Ho could
only pronounce a very few of the
simplest words, as nm, . omi. He
had been taught to mako tho sign
of the cnn, tm I was hiMufil in the
Church of H. Come, at Paris." Tho
lather coticln 1 is his marvelous ac
count thus : "Tho r'."prx't ho fchows
to ecclesiastics, und his ready dispo
sition to . Ina io them, afforded lae
tho opportunity of satisfying myself
ns t t u!l theso pirticiihtra ; and mil
fully convinced that ho is 110 ch it'
Vmlat Joilm t I
"Not long ago." nays Poylo, in his
Hcperiaioiilil Philosophy!" "there
was litre iu Ktigland a jaivato ad
ditr very famous for digesting atones,
and a highly itxpiisitivo person as
sured me Hint ho knew him ftmili.tr-'
ly. and had tho oui'io.sity to lcoep in
his company for four und twenty
lionrn foirfitKpr f.i wofidi liito. timl
nllHi'l'Vi! 1 t.li'if. Im nt iiiifMinr lint I
stones in that time." Dr. JiuKer, in hours niter when I awoke, ami col
itis "Artirieiul Changeling,'' endorses looting my scattered senses I endca
thu above statement Ho savs he vored to thii.fc what I had been
saw tho man. nn 1 that ho wlia ntt about Sud lenly I dotootod a uoisa
Italian, and called Francisco I! it-
taglia 11 very t.ppropriato nanio for
usildifr. Ho h id linen at tho siege
of Limerick in lii'.ll, mil upon his
return to London was confined for
somo timo on suspicion of imposture,
lie was said to havo usually t-titen
about half a peek of stones iu a day.
There was uu cngruviug of him by
Hortd.
How lo t ure A i'ultl.
On.n of our citizens who had been
troubled ruith a severe cold oi tho
biugs, effected his recovery in the
f Uowing sitajilo manner, lie boil
ed a littlo bitieset und lioarhound
togother. and drank froely of tho tja
before going to bed. Tho uoxt day
he took live pills, put ouo kind of
planter ou his breast, another under
his arms, and still another on his
back. Under advico from an experi
enced old la ly. he took till thoao off
with au oyster kuife iu tha ijtornoou,
and slapped on a mustard paste in
stead. His mother put somo oniou
drafti ou his fuet, and feavo him a
lump of tar to swallow. Thou ho
put some hot bricks 1 1 his fuet and
went to bod. Next morning another
old lady came in with a bottlo of
goose-oil, and gave him 11 dose "fit
iu a quill, and an aunt arrived about
tho simo time from Bethul, with a
bundle of sweut fern, which sho made
into a te i, and gave him every half
hour uutil noon, when ho took a big
doss of s ills.
After diuuer, his wife, who had
scon a fine old la ly of great exper
ience iu doctiriug, on Franklin
Street, gave hiiu two pills of her
make, about the sizo of an English
walnut, and a similar shape, and two
tabluspooiifuls of a homo made b.tl
sain, to keep them down. Then he
took a hall pint of hot rum at tho
suggestion of an old sea captain in
tho uoxt house, and stoamel his legs
with an aluohol bath. At this crisis
two of the neighbors arrived, who
saw at ones that his blood was out of
order, aud gave him a gallon of
spermint tea and a big docs of castor-
)il. before going to bed, 110 tool
oight of a uow kind of pill wrapped
about his neck a flannel soaked in
h,ot vinogar and salt and had foatb
ere burnt on a shovel in his room-
lie is now thorougly cured, and lull
of gratitude. AVe advise our readers
to cut this out, and keep it where it
can bo readily found when danger
threatens.
I -..Liwegwe-g
At Fort Madison, Iowa, a woman
pat her finger in her ear while on
of ths members whom she disliked,
was engaged It) prayer, aod sho was
kicked oat of tho sanctuary for this
little eccentricity, bbo now aa.es
those win ejected her for U00
One eeJuiee eat yeas f oa,o
Oat-half, eoltma. oe ytstr. .0t.
une-resrts toiamn, toe ytai .. Aet
Ota en.uars (10 tinea) Irstwtresv,
Krary addilierjal InesHlos. 89.
Prtftatioeal aad Roaiwest eards ef
ol aaoee thai tee linet, pee yaae, l,00i .
Aodlltr, Eieoulor, Admiaiuralor
aid Aatlgnet NoUesea. l0.
Editorial aolioet p Hoe. ti
All iTttiiaeniesiWl for atfetrter Beettdi
tkas one year ara aayabla at lis liate
they art entered, and If 80I paid Ike
tea trderlns them will bt bail responsible
for the money,, M
A Traveler's stswry.
Otv stormy evening a party f
travelers wore seated aronn A a bla
zing Urn in a bourn having sornowhaA
the nppoamnoe of a hotel upon tha
Alloghonr mountains. Tho ooaoh
had brc-kon down, and wero detained
ant.il tlie next moming.
Wo hail just finished a enontantial'
s'tppor nii'l wero sitlrmg with our
feet on tho fender, and cigncs in our
months, ruminating upon the storm
without, and tho warm, Cozy com
fort within.
Each one told a. storr. or rslatol
au anocdote t and at In it tlio turn
catno rottn to a hollow checkodjindi-
vi. hud, who uutU tlitu, had rcnuuued
silent
"tjontlomon," said ho fixing a
piercing grey eyo ttjion ono tlio
company 11 Spnniiard who, unin
vited, had drawn his chair tip to tho
fins "somo ten years ng I wna near
beitp; mtirderod in thin very houso."
At this moment t.ho A'paniiird got
np, and was going out of the room,
when tlio uatrntor roso, and locking
tho dun, p tt Cut key iu his pt-cl'et
v' lf theu took tho Spaniard's arm,
and leaditig him up to an old pic
turu, Miri'iouuti'd by tho EtigliHli
coat of anus, ran his linger along
too tu ( to, and Kai l, at tho Rama
time displaying, tho butt cud of a re
volver "Kvd to him who evil does."
Tho Spaniard wiiilod, aud sai l he
li 1 not feel well ; but tho Straltger
MV.11-0 that no man should leavo tho
toniu 11i1t.il ho finished his utory.
KoipioHting us not to bo amiued at
hii conduct ho procer.led.
".Some j unt a ago I was traveling
ncroKS the mountains on horseback,
mid stopped at this very houao.
Tho landlord was very obsequious in
nllt'hding to my comfort ; and after
supjrf.r ho requested mo to join hint
in a bottlo of wiuo.
"Xotliing loth, I consented t and
bofore midnight four cmidy bottles
stood tqion tho table, aod ho was ac
quainted with nil my business. I hail
a very hugo nmoiuit of money in
my valise, and ho imliti ly informed
mo that ho would ta';o caro of it tin
till morning. Although somewhat
it.toxieated I did hot approvo of lov
ving it in his clr.rgo, und wishing
him good nig!it, I tool; iny vuliso ia
n.y hand and retired to bed.
"After I had undressed, put my
revolver imd'T tlio pillow, and care
fully, us I thought examined tho
ro;rn. laid mjself down, and soon
fell into tho arms of Morpheus."
"I siinnoso i must havo been too
uinler my boil.
What "was my horror when I ol-
served a pioco of carpet stretched
along.iido tho bed movo ns if somo
thing was und'T it A cold perspi
ration started from ov.ry poro 1 but
thank heaven, I had prosonoo of mind
enough to prepare fi r tho worst
"Grasping my revolver in my
hand, and hiding it under tho bed
clothes, I feigned to bonsloop. In an
ir.stuit afterwards: I saw a trap-dorr,
which had been c tncealed by tho
carpet cautiously raised up 1 and I
In bel l iny liiiillord, with a knife ia
one hand and a dark lantern in tho
other, direct inu' his (ilitterios eye t"w.
arils me. Still I moved not, but sshe
turned t,i put the lnntcrn 00 tho floor
1 fircl, ami "
a killed him, didyiu ?" shriek
ad the SpauiarJ, almost juaipiog from
his sen I.
Silence, nntil I have finished,"
snid t hp tl renecr, ai'ain topping liia
wenpm The instant I fired tbo
vdhonleli. I got up. l merely
pu'litigon mv coot snatchtd up tho
'antero he had tlropped. tod with my
vs'ia crept cautioudy dowo to tho
table. It wus a hritiht, monnliijbt
ninht and I aeon saddled my horses.
I irsllopcl shout ten miles whoo I
tu "t 11 pnrfy of wajonens, nd io their
cnn pony returned to tho house; but,
dour-he ol our rijri I soer'h,' not ovea
ns m ich g the villian's body oould
be lo ml. Hut if I can ley my hands
nroo hint, if it cint me my life, be
ball li tho death of a dot;.
As the stranger concluded he rose
and o.n;bt the Spaniard by tho throat
sod tearing open his shirt co'ltr,
howedtbe mark of a wound ca his
neck.
Three weeks afterward Joseph
(lomsi was buns: on his own conlesion
nf having murdered DO let than
Ore travelers In that stmo room.
I J--.-UI
"dot any modicino t" asked a boy,
entering a PitUburg drugstore, the
othor day.
"Yes, iota and gobs 01 it 1 what
kind do you want!' inquired the
clerk.
"Oh I it don t matter, so it ia pret
ty lively. Dad's dreadful bad
"tv hat aus mm 1 asiten ine cinric.
'Dunm but he's run down awfuL
He iust sits around the stove all day
and mops, and he hasn't wollopcd
mother since Ubnsunaa 1 guess
he is going to pass in his ohsoktM
. . J. . W. -
.Ootof tho ghastliest jokes 00
reeorJ U said to have bee made by
ram who was recently hong aiRod ,
Bluff, California. lie was rtaadiog
00 the scaffold, aod whta the sheriff
spprosobed to pai the eose wr ''
head, be toroesl' o tbe cffloiai, lth
tlssd ami!, ao4 sold."Jr-ite'h,
sj'lTee)f- x -sf