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Poetry
Invocation to Rain In Sumrmr.
William Cox Uijxrtt.
Of antic, gantls miDir rtln,
Lai not lb tilrar lit pin,
Tkt drooping liljr pins in vain
To fel th t Joy IjuoI of tlilna
To drink tar fraibion oma agiOi,
0 fonils, gautla su nmor rain
la htsi lha Unjuoip quivering lies
Tha oatlla pnt bonislti tho troa ;
Through parohing air anJ purple nicies
Tha earth look up. 1 1 tin fir ihi ;
For thaa for Iboo, It look In vain,
U gentle, gentle suinmor rain.
Cams theu, an 'I bring lha meadow stream,
Aai sofiea all tha hlllo with inljt,
0 falling daw from burning clroama
Bf Ibea sball herb and flowurs te kisecd,
And Earth tball bl thee yot again,
U gentle, gentle aummer ram.
H e 1 c t T ti 1
TURNED FROM THE DOOR.
"No tramps bero,' sai l I, aud I
abut the door in Lis face, 1 did. The
wiud blew so I could hardly do it,
and the uleut was beating upon the
panes, aud tuo baro trees were
groaning and tuoaniug at if they suf
fared ia the storm. 'No trumps bore ;
I'm a loue woaiuu, aud I'm afraid of
era.'
Then tha tnaa I hadn't soea yot,
tot the dark, wont aivay from tho
door. Champ, champ, obauip, camo
tho man buck agaiu, uud knocked at
Uio door knocked not half so loud
as be did before and I opened it,
hot aad augry. This timo 1 saw bin
face a palo ghost of a face with
yellow-brown hair, cropped close,
aad great, staring bluo eyes, aud be
put bis baud aguiust tho door and
bold it opea.
"ilow near is tbe next houso, ma'
am f ' said bo.
"Three miles or more,' said I ; 'no
drinks to bo got there ; it is fliss
Mitten's, and she's as set again
tramps as 1 am,'
"1 clou t want duuk, said tbo man.
'though 1 do want food. Vou needn't
be afraid to let mu iu, uia'aui- I've
teen wounded, uud am not able to
walk far, aud my clothes are thin,
and it's bitter cold. I've beeu tryiuy
to get to my pareutslut Oreeobauk,
whore can rest til I'm bottor ; all
tuy tuouey was stolen from me three
days ago. You needn't bo afraid ;
let me lie just before the fire, and
only give me a crust, the stalest
crust to keep me from starving, uud
the Lord will bless you for it-'
Aua Mien be looked at me with bn-
mild blue eyes in a way that would
Lavs made me do it if it hadn't boon
I'd seen ao much of these impostors
Tbe war was just over, and every
beggar that camo along said ho wun
soldier and traveling homo, an I
bad boen woundod and robbed. Out
that I bad beeu foolish cuo.igh to
help limped away out of sight, as hi
thought, uud thou for I was at tho
guiret w i a d o w shouldered his
ctutchos uud trumped with the
strongest.
"No doubt voar noukots are full
of aiouey,' said 1,'and you only waul
a chance to rob and murder tuo, (Jot
away with you.'
urusiiiu, that s my nioco, was buk
icg cakes iu tho kitcbou. Just thou
she came to tbe door aud motiouod
with ber mouth to me, 'do lot bim
Uy, auntie,' and if I badu't bad good
tense I might, but 1 know butter
than a chick of sixteen
"Go away with you !' says I, load
er than before, "I wou't bavo this
any longer,
And he cave a kind of groan, nnd
took bis baud from tbo latch, nnd
weut champ, champ, through tho
irozon snow again t ana l thought
bim gone, wbeu there bo was once
more, hardly wi',h a knock at all
faint touch, like a child's now
And when 1 opened again bo camo
quite in, and Blood loaning ou his
cane, palo as a uhout, bis eyes big
ger than ever.
"Well, of all Impudence I said 1.
He looked at me and said t " Jad-
ara, I have a mother at Greeubauk.
1 want to like to sea ber. I sball
not if I try to go any f urtbor to
night' 'They all want to boo thoir moth-
era,' and just then it cume to my
mind I hoped that my son Charlie,
wuo bad beeu a real soldier, an of
ficer ho had come to be, mind you,
wanted to seo bis and would soon.
1 have been wounded, as vou
oo," said ho.
"Don't co showing- mo vour hurts.
aid 1 1 Hhoy buy 'em, so thoy told
me, to go a begging with now. I
read the papers, 1 toll ye, and I'm
priooiplcd, and so is our clergyman,
gin civiuir anvthioir nolens it's
turoUL'h soma wall nriranlznd anciatv.
Tramps are my abomination, And
M to keeping all night, you can't ex
pect that of decent folks go 1'
Brasilia came to tha door and
I JJd 'Let him stay, aantio,' with bor
-P again, bat I took no notice.
So he wont, and this time he did
pot coma' beok, and I sat down by
ore, smelt tha baking cakes and
applet stewing, and the tea
drawing on the kitchen stovo, and I
ought to bavo boon very comfortable,
but I araau'L Hnmallilnr anAinAit
cWtrW a ny heart all the time.
I I Uveal fire a poke, and lit on
Jtbee candle tm ebeer mytelf op, and
I Motto the work-basket to get a
kad been i knitting fcr my
. V . i to eel it i
VOL IT. MIDDLEBUltG, SNYDER COUNTY, PA., AUGUS'L' T,
picked it up.
Jl was an old tobacco
noncii, evorsoinuou into tho one I
gave Chaiiio with tho fringe around
it, nnd written on it in ink, 'From C.
r. to K. II. i and oh tbo inside was
a bit of tobacco, and an old pipo, and
a letter, n rurnpluJ old letter i and
wnon spread it out I saw on tbe
top, 'My dear sou.'
1 knew tho boggar must bavo
Jropped it, and my heart travo ono
light thump, as though it bad boon
turned iuto a bannnor.
Perhaps tbe utory was truo and be
had a mother. 1 shivered all over.
and tbo lire and candios aud tho
nice comforlablo sinolU tniirht hh well
not have been at all I was cold uud
wrotehod.
And over nnd over n'M I bad to
say to mysolf what I heard our pas
tor say often . vaevfriMvo anytluui:
to chance be,r.'iUii, mv dear ft iuuda ;
always bostow your aim on w nlhy,
persous, thioui;ii wo!2-or 'aui.jd sj-
cietics,' before 1 could got a bit of
comfort. And what an old fool I wn
to cry, I thought, when 1 fo.iu I my
cheeks wet,
Dut I did not ry lornr. for as
sat thero, dash and c rash and jingle
came a sloWi over tl.o road, mid it
stopped at our gate, iiinl I hord my !
l .11111 M VH ll i v nf it I. ml l-l
or I" And I went tolhod ior, un.l
had him iu my at cus my great, tall,
handsome bro.vii boii. And there
bo was in hia uniform, with hin pret
ty shoulder straps and as baud
some us if he h.ul never been through
any luirdsl.ipa. lio had to leave me
to put the bono up, ail thou I had
by tho lira my own son. And Dm-
hilla, who bad been up flairs an I
had beeu crying wbv, I wondrr f
camo down all in a lint tc-r fur tiiey
were like btotUor and siitiu' aud he
kissed her uud she kissed him, and
then sho went to sot tho table and
how nice tbe thius smoked on a
eloth white as snow t and how Char
lie enjoyed them I Dot ouoo in the
(uidal of all I felt u fAghteuod feel
ing conio over mo, and I knew 1
turned plef for Druilla said : 'What
is tho m titer, Auut Fairfax !"
I said nothing ; but it was this :
Kind o' like the ghost of a step go
ing champ, champ over tho frozou
snow ; kind o' like the g':iot of a
voice saying s "Let tuo lie on the
door before your fire, aud give iue
any kind of a crust j' kind o' like
noma our that bad a mother dowu
on the wintry read, ficcinr aud
Htarvint; to death there. Tuia ia
what it was. 15 at I put it away, a id
only thought of Charlie.
Wo drew up together by tbo fire
vlion tea was done, and bo told uh
... i igs ubout the war I never beard
before bow the soildois siill'urod,
aud what woary marched and hu jU
rations tbey sometiiuos had. Aad
I hen be told mo hi lifo had beou iu
Janger j bow bo bud boen m)t upon
by tho foe and been lu Uy wounded ;
m l bow, ut tho risk of hi.) uwn life,
a fellow had saved him, aud carried
bim away, lighting bis way Duck to
camp.
"1 would nover havo sooa you but
for bim,' says Charlio 'And if
there's a man on eirth I lovo, it's
Itob Hadaway tho dearest best fo!-
low ! Wo'vo shatud each other's
rations nnd drank from tho aaiue
aim toon many and many a time ; aud
if I bad a brother 1 could uot thi;ik
moro of Lim.'
"Why didu't you bring him Lome
to see your mother, Charles V Baid
I. "Why, I'd lovo him, too, end
anything I could do for bim, for tho
man vbu saved my boy's life, could
not bo uoough. tiend for biui
CLarlio.'
But Charlie shook bis Load and
covered bis face with his bauds.
"Motbor,' said lie, 'I dou't know
whethor Hob Hadaway is alive or
dead to-day. While 1 was litili iu
the ruuks bo was taken priaonor.
And tbo military prisons aro poor
places to live iu, mother. Al ivo
my right band to bo ablo to do him
any good I but can Uud uo tracos
of'bini. And ho has a mother, too,
and she is so foud of bim 1 Uho lives
at Greenbauk poor old lady. My
dear, good, uoble KJ'o, tho preserver
of ray lifo 1'
And I saw Charley was nearly
oryiog.
Not to let us soo tbo toars ho got
up and weut to the uiautal piece.
I did not look around until 1 heard
a cry i
Great heft vou 1 what is it f'
Aud I turned, and CLarlio had tho
tobacco pouch tbo man bad drop
pod iu bis baud.
"Where did this oatno from T I
feel as though I had seeu a ghost. J
gave this to Itob Uadaway tho day
bo saved mo. Wo soldiers bad not
much to give, you know, aud be
vowed never to part with it while be
lived. Ilow did it couio here moth
erf And I fell back in my chair, whito
and cold. Suid 1 1
"A wandering tramp left it here.
Never yonr Hob, my dear, never
your Hob. Ho in net havo beon an
impostor, I wouldn't turn away a
person really in want Ob, no, no t
it't another poach, child, or be stole
it. A tall follow with blue eyes and
yellow brown Lair woundod, be
said, and going to bit mothor at
-. ' i. yj-L ... n..u
ureeuoaun. jut uuc
And Ubariey stood staring. b ""U
with olonched bauds i and said he :
"It was my dear old Kob, wound
ed and starving 1 my dear Bob wbv
saved my lifo, and yoa bate driven
him oat ia tuob a night aa this,
mother. My mother (o use Bob ao 1 '
; "Condemn . me, Charlie,' a&i4 1$
I oudeiuu me if vou like mn nVmi.!
uod
win. i blue limes lio catno
back i three times bo asked for only
a crutit itud a placo to lio, and I drove
bim away I, I aud bo s lyiug in
tho road now. OU if I bad only
known 1'
And Charlio caught up his hat.
"I'll liud him it he's ulivo,' suid
ho. "Oh, Kob, uiy dear friend,'
Ami theu I never saw tho girl in
sued takiug. Dowu wont iiuiiiila
on her knees, ru if sho was sayiug
bur players uud says :
"1 hank Uud, I dard to do it 1'
And Bays uho to tno :
'Oh, until, I bavo boon trembling
with fright, not knowing what you ii
say to mo. 1 took hiui iu tho kitoli
eu way, I couldn't Hcohim go faiiit
and hungry, uud wounded, aud I put
him in tho iai o chamber oVel tin
p.illjr, uud have bujii uj UiLitout,
all tho wli.to.'
"I ho l.oid bloc j you, L'i iloi.l:,'
said t'uarlio.
"Amen,' sai 1 I.
And hIio, uelliug bolder, wont on
"All.l 1 ttxA' liiiri Miinifi lint Hlnil't
.uakes un.l tti nn.l t.n' M.ivM,iUU,'aut l lJ'i''J bo
:Lo, 'and look hiui a ciu.tlo audu!'uau io "i,lS ,'lr(,i don't v.m
I Iil l.m-l; r.n- l,w f. . i. ..',) I inl.t t.im i '"uo- Neit the lull from tho ine,
t j eat and to bud iu tho Lu.-t
cb-unber. Auut l aiifa.;, with tho.'l'-'' u '.- ",u 01 l'u'
hito ootinUrpano and all, aud i ihuro aro t"lt'" I'jars nii-d, and iio.v
lo. ked him in and put tho key iu mylto ""),,'t theno bill a I l-j to their
pocket, uud 1 told him that ho should ; u,ro:uV Ijurdctied hearts. U ti.ere
havoouo ni-'ht u real, uud that uo
ouo nliould turn him out unless thoy l" 1 , , .. . f
wulkrd over mv dead body.' .should bi cheenl.y buried is ri;Ml
UrnsilliH iid it like uu uciross iu u'aiid liropor t but auy super l!:o,is
tnvredv, and wont oil' iuto bysUiic.M.'l,TKv , not only wroug inat-n ,,.r ,!,,,. j., ri;.,.
tbe'iouieut the words were out 0f P'nil '-onHO but. to us setma u it.ia.l.v VI, n you bavo t.ee.t: i .i niter
her month. Sl.o'd be. u txpi-clmg hl!lfliL Jj"' 11,1 ,,v " a't"" ':.. ,a , . L..U-, 1, t y ,.tr v.-ord.t 1m roft
to bo half murder.; 1, you kuow t:iu i w.u-ro m outaidew have anvttm.g to, ami your ut-Uiiu-tiN I: " I.
girl. ho was m.-.Iojii, always belore '' w'th ll ' ";' ' "," Wo ou;,!,'. ,,. I . j i1 'h
no.,,!,,,! mn if I wnw her uiotuci-1 'U'W.l.i.ate yuu.ty .cud tbj f ut! imnicic by their .iiu'.iii.MtloM. I ut td
Nover was any old sinuor so bap-
Iy us
1 was that want, o luauKiiu
ivu,
to tlu irood Lord i uud it Would
have done vour heart good if youi
had rroiin tn'nnn Mm to moot IU the
uioruiug Charlio aud bis friend
Itob. And Charlie who got well,
aud a mother, who was uot so poor
ither. ImliiA I Hob into business
And bo got well over hia wouudu at
at last and grew as handuomo us u
picture au 1 to day week bo is goiug
to marry Drunilla.
"i d give you anything I have,'
said I, 'and 1 won't refu ,o you even
Dnnilla,' when bo asked mo, telling
ine that bo loved ber over siuco she
was so kind to bim on the uight I've
tol l you of.
And Chaiiio is to stand up with
bim, and 1 am to pivo Prusilla away,
aud Kob's sister from Greenbauk it.
to bo bridesmaid, and 1 bavo a guess
that sumo day Charlio will bring ber
home to bo iu Drusilla's place,
1 don't driwi beggars from the
,!'or now us I used, utid no doubt
I 'm imposed upon ; but, thin is uli-it
say ; "Uetler be imposed Upon al
ways than to bo cruel to otto who
realiv need.1 help ' And I've read
tiy iiiblo better ot late, aud I know
whos'iys, "Kveii ua you havo done it
unto tho least of these ye havo done
it uuto me
Quick Wit Wins
Years ago, into a wholesale grocery
store in !ohtou, wulkn.l a tall, muscular-looking
man, evidently n fresh
comer f.oni some backwoods town iu
Maiuo or New liauipshiro. Accost-
in:' the lust, person ho niol, wiio Uup-
pciied to bo the luoi'chaut himself,
ho asked :
"Yon don't want to biro n man iu
your f toro, do you f
"Well, said the rarvol'.ant, '1 don t
know i what can you do T
'Mo? sai l tho man i "1 rather
guess I cau turn my baud to utmost
anything what do yon waut done f
"Well if 1 was lo hire a man, it
would bo one that could lift well, a
stroug.wiry fellow ; one for instance
that could shoulder a eacic of coiiuo
like that youudor, aud carry it ac
cross tho lloor and nover lay it
down,'
"Thoro, now Cant in, said the
countryman, 'that's juat mo. I citu
lift anything I bitch to i you cen t
suit mo bolter. What will you give
a man liiat will suit you V
"I'll tell vou,' Baid tho rnorobant,
"If you will hhoulder that Back of
oolYoo nnd carry it ucross tho storo
twice and uovcr lav it down, I will
biro you a year at 103 per month.'
'Done, said tho Btmnor, and by
this time evory clerk in tho storo bad
gathered nrouud and waltod to joia
in tho 1-uigh against tho man, who
walkiug up to tho sack, threw it a
cross bis shoulder with perfect easo,
though estroiuuly boavy.und walking
with it twice across tbo Btoto wont
quietly to a largo book which was
fasteuod to tho wall, and banging it
up turned to tho merchant and said:
"There, now, it may hang thoro
till doomsday; I shall never lay it
down. What shall I go about, mis
ter 1 Just give me plenty to do aud
$10(1 per month, and it's all right'
Tbe clerks broke into a laugh, and
the morchant, discomfited yet satis,
fled, kapt his agreement, and to-day
tbe green countryman is tbe sonior
partner in the firm, and is woith a
million dollars.
Ha Mint has realiv felt tho bitter
ill fear to ' commit it t
bo that has felt tbe sweetness oi
mercy will foar to offend it
He who is false to present duty
.ta . ihrAad in the loom, ana will
Aatantm when the weaving of a
lifetime ia unrolled.
Weeds Ol Wot-.
When tho heart is heavy, and all
earthly thing look dreary to
munruers, who would caro very
tlo how thoy appeared to the'
side world if left to thotuuel
fashion steps iu and dictates I
tho departed is to bo shroud
what Liud of n coflln innnt bo
liiiro 1 : !io they are nil to bo d.-i
eJ t rnl bow niauy carrinoii an
bo hired, tto. '1'hn often linpp
whoti tho htihiban I and father
died, and when Ibo widow and
phans aro buwod down wilU gr
so ne not to look beyond tho pros
aunowi, lot Eomo busy-biMly v.
takes upon liimaclf to Hue ovurytoi
douo uueorditig to Las own uoli
Hoou after, when tho beivuvod fa
ily uro locnvercd from tho bio v t!
I::n fil!i,i: i:) )i: tlicm, n.i 1. 1 'j 'vj't
make ri!ulatiit:H how tliey mc
ptotidj Ijt tho fvlture, u-l t!.ey n;
bo iu tiiuiloriilii eiiou!Hol i!nri's a
their main bt.iy g ine. in the mi.
of tl.ia, ono C'loi. 'i iu itu a bill 1
Collin, ticrhapa It reo tinu j t
till! liv.
! (,ll'u t for lh'i'
It, BlU'h Mfl l..u.;
, " -"J ' ";' '
" hu m cxtiavagai ees.
i - , -
, .,l i, -II
:"'' " "'. uii.i
1 """! toW the tmuds uf
t0 M 1 01 .luu
uimo luiiu n.u uuuj w iij.uiuiiiiiu
clay lying iu tho other room, I
have seeu those thi.igs-havo b'-ei,
in tbo midst of it, and felt grieicdi
.....,; I .. ...... I. ...
of the family who were bereaved.
At lilicli times the lu..s display the
bettor. Let all things bo clutio do
cc-ntly aud in order ; but for merry's
sake, don t makes a show of pa
geantry, when laying t io body of a
lolalive in his last
resting place.
a Ji,'',
It is Bcltar.
ltotlor to wear acalii'o di-ess with
out triiuiiiiug, if it is paid lor, than lo
owe the shopkeeper for the m.i.-t ele
guut silk, cut and tiiuime I iu tlu
uiost bewitching manner.
P.et!,-! l.illl'n ill .l In r f.-iltin nil
vour own than u Mil kL .i.e
inatiHtoii bel. .naing to s jui-bod y el..
I'.et'.-r wr.li: forever tl.au run in
debt, lira lijr.i-j and rariiigo.
I'.eU.'r sit by tim plain white l.iM.
tcr wbteny.ai p:ud tlnvo c i ! i.ir -
Koine ve na n-'O than to send Inline n
uew estetn-iio'ii Mack wulu.tt to,), uii.i
promise to pay for it best week
,. , . . ,i i , . ,
nciu-f u U-..H.HU oi.i fane-seaion
chi'irs, and fad. id Iwo ply carpet.
I hall tremble lit the blil t sent home
fiom the iipbotsteror's for tbo most
elegant ect over made.
I:rttcr to meet your business uo
qua'ntancos with a free "don't owe
you a ci'ct' smile, tbnu to .lodge a
round thocoiuor to escape ti dun.
Hetti'i to pay the ei root oran
griuder two ceiita for Music, il you
must, havo it, than owo for a grau l
piano.
Hotter to ga.-n on biro walls than
picHrcs uupiii.l for.
Hut tor to eat thin Boupfrom earth
on w.iro, if vou owo your uulehtr
nothing, than to diuo o.T lamb uud
roust beef nnd kuow that il does not
belong to you.
Hotter let your wife bavo a lit of
hysterics limn to run iu debt for
bice now fui tiituro, clothes, jewelry
or anything that woni'm wish for. A
lit of hysterics, properly lnutiagod,
is often of move real bnuuiit to a wo
man than anything you can buy.
Undcrgrund Curiosities.
At tho City of Modiua, in Italy,
aud ubout four miles around it,
wherever tho earth is dug, whenever
tho woikmeu crrivoatu distaucu cf
(1 feet Ibev come to a bed of chalk,
which thoy boro with un angt-rf live
feet deep. Tbey then withdraw from
the pit beforo tho auger is removed
aud upou its es'iaolion tbo water
bursts up through tho aperture with
great violonoo, and quickly tills the
newly unulo well, which continues
full aud is uffeotod by neither rain
nor drought. i!ut what is most ru
markablo iu this operation is the
layers of earth as wo doscoud. At
the depth of 11 feet aro found tho
ruius ol an nucieut city, puvea
sfroefi1, bouses, lloois and cllieront
pieces of mason work. Under this
is found a soft oozy earth, uiude up
of vegetables, aud at 20 feet, large
I roes tiutire, such as waluut trees,
with the walnuts still stioking to tbe
stem, aud loaves and branches in a
perfect slate of preservation, At 23
feet deep a soft chalk is found mix
od with a vast quantity of shells, and
tbe bed is eleven feet thick. Under
ibis, vogetubles are found again,
BaaataaaaBaBBBBa)
A tiny spider dropped from the
ceiling into a sleeping church mem
ber'a mouth; recently. It weut
down into the mammoth cavern and
pulled ita web ia after it - Another
warning agajujt sleeping la church.
Words of Wiartom.
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1 pi'odu"' any l'n ni v lv.::).
I Jjil'e appe.il ? to be too fllmrt to be
tsDi'iiL i.i u Hit-i i ' : ;n. jfi Lio-. ci i'j
i.;!uii;g v,r,.n;.i.
A man in the :in I !.:iil
. i , ,ftcu A HUi:U,-r f.Ilow t'.
of .)!li'S
i.ui anolli
tbe Uso thev luike of tueni.
All other lovo is (.uiuguisiicd bv
!HC11-10V0 ; lietu.ucn ee.
jn.ice, plulot-opliy. hiuk
buuiar.ity,
nndur it.
lie is Impiiy wIiohc. circumstances
null Ills it-mper 1 lull lie n hiui o ex-
!.;..,llont who can suit bin tuuipor to
aUy cureun.n.-es.
It is hud to li-mori'lo nud act n
ii .. ... . : .. 4.:..l
it convotiioi.t to aeotii good,
bo rio iu-lue !.
let hiiu
What the Citis Li!tc.
To piya couiplinieut is to tell
the truth," uiiil to tell it as lhou;;h
you mean it. An 1 the oidv v.-ty to
do t'u it in t i in.-iiu it lfaKiiliM
pretty or accomplished ; if she
plays well, or bins well, or dati.'nH
well, or talks well i if, in a word
plcarcH. why in tho naiuo of cjr.imon
setiso shuiildu't she be told of it 't
Don't blurt it out Ik fore ev ylio ly.
'I'l. at will o.n.v
coinfoi t iblo an
ma!;.) In r
uu-
'u.inoi i com no i .u..;.u ; o., r
I 'i' lictilotw. .' 'V'.tMy nu.i op -
I porluin'.y -rs, i.ui my k Ht...ngi.y.
IConveV the i .i-.t i,i..t;lie'.l.v itu-l liltlv.
so tint, thero tu iy bo no inndake
j '
M.V
nt it. I.ui do not nay it Mliu i ll
l-'oriiia!itv iiaiiouli the Col 1 j.,t
K1''")' I:n"w"
Jlolll lliatl 0110 tni:l-l-
en IceJ recti ma.to nappy- say ior
Ii .If mi I in n i iv il in iu s I l v , : ' ' the
." ; . ' , . . ..,
h,,iiliii i mva i-i" -i- l .1 :.T -r;i: ,,
1 1 mil iln 1 i u iv a li'i-M i-L'il tl:it
t,,;i..t. I, li:;(-d.uil ni-iiiv rf f..-:!.U..i..i; .nr.... tin I i". not slaw to tell ,
ions follies havo been given up byM' - ow -fploiis in that way. As
:..ii ..i,.,n il,,,!? .,.,i-,-,..l a dwcrr...t;. vit!. i.i-M lura wh prido tucm.
silence cotiieniing them ou tho part
of their eiillomea Uceudii. A oe-
u i I it n tt 1 if tl.. I.lnelf ..v.id ln'antv
cbieg iittlo black eyed beauty " lu
ce Kiid to a "..iitleninii, 'd li':o tui "'o o
ouco
havo ymi nay sweet lhin;;u to mo, it
Heetiis to come so on. and balur.il.
hi "or.er.d ienm. it e.uy !.e sf.id.
at it is a'.-.v.cvs betk
to i:-;y
a;;rcablo thiug than u disagi oc.
oun bi.tter for till panics, 1 he i
gallant who, when a young la ly
slopped on Iris f.ot wbilo tlaneiiig
..,.1 ...,l .t 1,1, CM.l ''I ).,.,'( II.,,,..
lion it : a dniulv little foot like that
w.ml.ln t. Iim-L ic.hii '.v '' notoi.lv toi l
tho tnuh, but doul;tlci;a
...... ...... t. I
feit niorol
eomfoi table than tbo boor
WHO
IO
when bin foot iva-i slipped upon,
roared out, "That's rir',Lt ; cliwb ail
over too vi t!i yeur gmtl elueny
hoofs."
Sliarpcr !lx A Lawyer.
A wag of a lawyi-r was hitting in
bis ol'ice tho ctlicr day, cb'eply oo
ga'.:ed iu tniuvi-hti tomo knetty
.let-lion, whoa u yeutl.niau entcrt-J
uud iii'i'iired :
'Is Ihil Mr. s ?"
'J'hii liMi-lent of l'llackfti'iip, ruiir-. .
hie even from lha Icjal book before
him replied :
'Jl i on owe tuo anything r have
anytMng in my lino, then 'A. h my
miiio. If yoa l.avo a claim to pro
sent I ma uot the man. If you call
od hiniply for n suciil chat, you can
oall mo uuy iimuc,"
"I prospuse to present you with
soni- huaiuc-s In your lino. I liuvo
a lluto of iii'i, uiiil want yen to eul
loct it ".
Aud bandinir tbe lawyor a note,
deji'irtod lo call tho next day.
At sion as he was zoue tbo lawvor
asocr'aiued tliut it was ouo of bis
own promises to pay.
The oext day hi cheat appoarcd
aad ioiiulrod :
. "Woll, what sncoosa ?"
"All riieht I have collected tbo
muiiey. Uore it Is, less my fee," and
he banded bim fittc-eu dollars.
"Qood,''talJ tbe client, I have
made two dollars aud a ball' by tuU
operation.'' ...
."Ilow so f" asked the lawyer;
'Well,"' replied tbe client, "I
tried all ovtr tbe oity to ll , your
not for twelve dollara and a kail but
fonia sot aa it."
187!).
NO. 8
Sor.ia Curious Ways.
Some women bavo ctirinus wars
.cf hiding their in nny. Tim Cm
einuali Cownu.rr'nl says : "Mrs.
Ill in.uin put lifty dllani in tlie ovi'ti
I of lier Ktovo oun night In I.ii-p i(
jsafo. No.xl t'loniiu.. nttev b'val.fail
1 tho national debt had lie :ii di'oiu
I inliC.1 exactly that niueli A sludeut
of tho euri'in-t oi:M lind il inleu :-d
I in to ii.il.: tho pi. ;u v'ii..!i v.'i
nii'ii liido 1 lie r ni'iiluy. Ono tv. !
lont and frng tl d. nun iiko I to tu K
imr li!(!o ri iu; uwav m;t f r e )i--ncr
of u r a pot. T'io tin,. i- .K vl
irroe'ibaekM ;'row f.!.!ul nnd f.slli-r
in the com mi of u yi iu' or ! wlicn.
Ih'i c! iv if.-r il, co:mI .1 f : ',..
Imif.o
tool:
Il
1 to
I i.
I ,.'iinn l, tin I :r
tin l!io tin'
1 l.val.
ional !
!o rol!
!"i i e .
v :i.i-i : i ;..(! r.
: it ..'. hdv t
., i,;.i, i. ,.
..l.i
VII, ti I ,vo Ic-a-ciip'- i
)'i .ar V t.o'ii.'.t (
li-
la
t iill I
; 1:1 th . .vl!
i'. II .: in. I .in
f 'f t'.-i 1 h it
i' r I 1 r f.ii- ! it
trin
.In
r
K lit
i' i' t i
l. 1
i"'.v. !r,' ul.-if. l!io only tr.
siie 1, i 1 k i ti;:i :V h
.rl.'o
:dni:r l
- ,i .!!,. f,. l Wl, . ...... ,.
i ii, Ii ,' i. e.'i j.ts '. ii:i .;.. J an-t a'loul
ci I l.a. ii fi.Mi'.l.i t West' I 1 re
ii- .-i I 'm :i ro!-!..-!. -.u I t!.. 1; ..t:!e
w..uid b.i tu.-tied ii;-i ! ) out, m.d i-.11
i'l :
C.i'
i In-
-.n::,l h i,.u-.d
r.t th.. f.,1 1 : of 1
. .... ii-.-..
I)lll'.ll:. 1
-;..i!i i cm
c 'id i
i vt
-r
"O I'l I 1
il ti.e h'Wi r
,1
-i'tv.j t.l
I tho
A Ii jrs-i "i i ,".!'. in C.i'o a lj.
An 1 1 o i ; i. h t iniiu-r sat in a coiiiotn
I'la'ive luuo.l I'eluro tie) do T ol a sa
I. urn in ii.io ol the crowded llmriiiil.
1'aru.i ot' Puiiur. I to b id 'lak-. n
Kll fr,p ill liiu'li' ui-vcrill tirn.w fitl l ii,. ...
L.J, a wi, ,,', ,0.,k .,, iutor..aU t...
lv.,r,js
f. ' , i.,-
un l-r.-Kl ecte 1 regions l it tin-
tellantiiii K'lul, ivv tint 'the pl.eei-
.,. .....j ,,i., ..i.' i...k.
!-." " i" V '""J
duwu the street eauie a solitary hur
line, ill mounted, po rly rial invtig
erly opiiped, uud stopped ill IVotit
of ibe iiitler.
"yirjnger," said l.e, 'I want '-o
sell yi r n liot'.-e."
.S: ranker, was the reply, 'I Joa't
a:it hiui."
".Strancor," r'-jnino I tiic wayfarer,
ycr ready must buy him. Yon uev
or see u bcttur horo lor tho price."
What is tho price, sttang-.'r .'
asked the contemplative man.
"A hundred and fifty dollars,, and
dirt cheap at that,"
The inquirer meditated for a few
l.ioii'.oi''". and tl.'-;i LI inn',' . etj.i.'ui. 1,
:; ;;:vo ycr live.'
i The . t.i
triasi ...
t:-l.. . :.k
a Inn!
:. iu !') .
S 1 :;i 1 1
: ami I
et.',Vi e:i
TLo Lj
, i;, , Wf.h
cvoifc a'!
i;Vl, !!,.;:
rty
vott t.i i la,,. I
.,n,j me au 1 a trade.
r.-io i t
! n '''
r-, is wi-w1
How lltay Kan.
t-, ; ; , ,i rfu-,f
. . . i . . i .. ,. . . ........ .w .... .. . .....
-eKo.cn a war record
Sn'inioi ul
" ,v"lfl 1
i i... -..in oi n'-i i t r -is
'o Ins own
n my. l-'a vn tdliiig
! Ms gi-aiiduin'iSrcj l jcuiilly ot a
lamo'is I) ittlo iu v!iic!i he w..a en-jj-iji."l.
His cloi rijiiiim if t'io I y-
n.; I'Oj i.;ng ...
.t:.in '.i' ti.e i o I,.- -..:-i
t'io :; i:o i.-.., i.m
''e 'l,g iiilei' -t.
Slvina.-r tiipp' d to till !
liltlo buy Miid :
"And did tho i-m-tny r-m
'Did I lie enemy run V t
"1 llu ""VV. '''.
'!'''. . 111 ' 1 J"-
il.. I ... ,1 1'.. 11.,..
- 'y ,l'"r '" U1'; ,A" '
' I .. ,1 II. I ,.,l
lO'.l J i ti. V M u lull nneu iiii-VJ v .,..)
mil ol' I l.eir way
thrown eer nans
il.u O.el' lis .'liw,
"'Vhaii ml ae.
hud wuli the iv ,1
-wi ra tint L i
an' ii w.i li t !'i I
away, they'd have
jv li.ivo you
c-iJ, who has
was 1'i.vji' o
;Mil, or any other (.am, l"f
for K ''' "Wed. 1 bavo ale,
and t)m.i!;d wii'u b in ; 1
f.oi.'lit with I :!!, Tit J. 11!.
I. i in, aid slept wi'h linn ; I havo rob-b:-d
Leu-reo-.' , pi :;-c-rics and v. a.
tfi-iinilon piitehe w'lh bim ; nud le.e.
than mi wc-Bks ui'ii I o iwliuei .mn
Im- kis-iug my wile, ru-i'd l.:.Uor
hoi l'vo I'.'cn intiiniito with lilm!"
prjtfM-ii MJmXWi". )
Vocal liuj-a-Soi'ji.s.
"The Bweetcst voico I ever bctird,1'
said tho bishop, "win n woiuau d.
it was musical, nnd soft, ntul low,
but penetrating ; puis. cat. out
inetiHi'.rod iu its accents, but not
... . . .. .. i
pieeiHU. Vt o wero ou a Bicamur, nuu
she murmured sotno couituonpluce
remark about tbo scouory, I do not
reiuombor what sho said, but 1 can
uever forget tho oxquwitoly tender
musical voico.
"Tho sweetest voico 1 ever hoard,
repliod tho professor, "waB a man's I
had been out fishing nearly all tbo
day, and pot back to tho liotol at
three o clock, i no man camo out
on tho front stoop, opened his mouth
like a soa cavern, ana roaroa,; "vis
NUU 1 1" till it sonrod the milk io
tho collar. I have bear other voicos
niirna then, but never" .
Uat tbe bishop, with a look of in
... . . . a. a a
tense disgust all over uia lace, nan
already wajked away ont of bearing,
and was lighting a fresh Cigar by
Ibimsolf;
inn i'i, -in i
; .,w v, i I
, I -..ill. i.i- :
la t, ;'. i: '
is I'inc, th.: I
...
j u I
ir-vcua : . V
tOrHT.
rnldUhed every Thurndav Eventnn
JBREMIAQ CROUSES, Prop'f
Terms of Rulwnption,
TWO POLKA!! PKIt ANNUM. Pay.
al'U viilon ni tii'intliH. or t.-V)ifitt
paid within thtfyoar. No paper dia
eoiitiiuird nr.til nil iirrenniKes ro
J..H.I null ,3 ut the option of the pub
lisher.
f;ili.tcTip!iininit(fiito of tln conntj
I'AVAilLK IN ADVANCK.
f"4TTerio!iN lif;ini! nml using pnpert
ad.lrcd i ol!i m lieeunin HiiimerilierS
rtnd lift' li:'l.le f.irthe ,ri:e oftlie iniper
J JKNUY A. WOLl'LEY,
Saddler
and Harness
JjiaKcr
Ccntrevllo, Snyder County, Penna.
K. fp..'i ,n n i, . . ,rni(nii t0 oMnf all klnild
.1 ll.irn...., sl,l-, llrl.llo., Whi, (lulnre
All Wri H II im fl! fiwil li.r I... mm m
IM.'V nl,i( I, ill it IrUI Co l.rota that l.a
uirl'
r '"! I i li-lni..
Irt t IM ll'IIHA.. IV..M IU I. A
V, II, J2IS2CA,
T
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r
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Sii't,r t'i I'u.
, ty ff, i,i I,- wi inwij Jmu'tion.)
t
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'I V II . K , UlSLTIKII,
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C.l
t i. in;:.
iir.,u.'
' nn l l V.
an I oiliet
I'll 111 M.'Urr Still, B
KM. a '7.11.
Mc;:oL3,i'.s:r?,niD&co.i
I . - r t I - -r. , u, ll loll.
oft:r.;';.M. and only clnuine
"VJ 3?- 1J ATOU"
T::!;rs!':::t; Kf.cKiREny.
ry :v 't ii. i-'
'.i-li i. Tiii-;iit!i,a,
, ,i ,, tt- h.,.
' I' . . . I , tfrfl I.Abli,
rr:.
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&- V
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"I liri-.liir fni'InM,
. I, I ftl'.fcU, lluiroti
C4W
ITHil I VI I i:l Tli"lilnip ipnM n.l often
a v i , i t r . it l ivlt I f tL.
i tint Mil mil 1n f li mcr
T I-. i . . j.i
nlll Onl V.ll Ki.i.rlnr fir W liraf , tint",
'' I.' II - '! '
fl 1 1 ..... r I-, . ... I ,, . :, i. .1,1 u,
h l. I ,'. i., " ,..l. 1,'l.il.U ' fal n tJI!'t.l.4 ' M
r- f , .. ........ I --I .1..
17 Thrriiiiith i.iiVTiin'Mp. Hrn Flnt-li,
. i.,.i . i -i -f r." . ,, - . i , ,...i m.m, am.,
vur ".tiui.B ' Tl.,. lttl ii. I, .l.if.
TvrtnvKi.ers r,r :,im,n,iij or i-.n., u.ina-
I . lh- . -I, .- .11 I-. a- . ,' II. .1, ;,, ilUtf
l i.li, Ar., .iu, !,, ..ii-.ru ur .1-..
17101 H strm nf V,mlr Mulr, lUnrtn
. friini.ii i.r..ht llwm u,, .u4 tHuii.lv, u( Ji-.tfb
.J Hoi r...r. Ui .
roll r,.rtlr.iliiri., t'ftll .in our Iii-alm or
vrit. tv 4 Ivl ll...irt.U C'U .'umj, -UKb u Uhit 19,
JAMKS WEISEIl, Agont,
Muliontou.i, Sny lor Co., 1'.'
r.v'ION I'.iAMNU Mll.l,
i-M.IN.iUUOVK.SNYl'EK UU.,PA
Kl;!y Wairncr
ami m :;i i Arn ni it uy
!.ir. Hear il ia's. Vi lnilens, Shutters'
v in.liiH tit'V-, lilnuls, Kr!i, hlalp
Hln::-. Il.i'iil i..;ilic-.-s, llr.u k
cl:t. Mn.il.ill.L'., r leeriliL',
Mll.l-I i.i-Alw.'.'IM. f.t '1 1 It NINO
bUia ;.o , Ijillll, 4iO., &c.
Or -L-i-i .iiii itc- l in. 1 flli- l with promjif
rtHHiel .ic-l.iil Jii. 1 lutiMi cil! Hint exuiu-ui-o'ii-
ut i.-lc lixi'iir-i nirohiiHtii:f clsowhcr
II-.3 Phcr.K ?ccloral.
).r.,cl it'ii'l' in l,o .oe'Ul.ir"v ml Mle I to
1 1 ,iii.-
i' I' ',1-Jl 'l 111. I.-H1 ii irjii. ib
II. It -.,.' .1 i-.iimli. I. IIIIKOX-
... ii i:.-,:.-..-i 1.,?, int rni... tiKtvM
ir - ,'-i, it I ... J ii:i. I. I..I- in ... I o nu.ro
. :i'-... ii. i . -.1 ic.ll.'i ru. Tims nii-li "I
i .-i i, - , i 'i'i-ii I '..iny ! v;i n 1 1 li cvo
ii i a i,,r ).'Hi-H ..ii K''.iiiy nino roll. I
tn-rl. 01..! -lir.j mi, -.-I. . I.
I'lut, -u foi.CK "f ' ii'.llln I." l .
!V-:;ii ,. 1....I il-'li ll,.U.'jr. M. Ii. flll-l
, i i i.... ,v. Mo it.-, iil-1-llo'..ir-i, an. I Sim-.
u,l-.ii r. I-in ... ', l ulHl-uiflUu,
.;ll If I '.
1 s,
la li Inrri-at nr.-l TWVf.I.AB
It..' I.- r . t-i r. it.w
Ii, tin, .j.t'.ti j .
i ... u e . .pn -. ih
, , . i ,, o li.llv tii.ti any
, :. t y b t ,, ll I Aniiim'
. I - m utf,,i..MI'.. H'f
. i , f Cm- .- I) '.i.
.... ,y i't i..i 1 mi I' ll.
I, . t ,1 ii.l u.
... n).. ,i lulu. liteiM
i 1 1 .... i .j. . ut '4tt
I1..-11 i ,-lil,.l
., , w i.i .'..111. ,.u..,l It'-ii,.:.!.-,
,. i. i..."tir C" ... i,ic rii-cl
,.l, r in : -...ill.'; MI..I It Hi.'
- .ill. .a j.i. ri.iio., l-til al-
1. i. "t fill.- 1 r.Oli.lllu ClN.i.-ll. 1
li i. I.i .'lt"C .liul r t-uu- ;
lrm Irtl ii" io iiw . . i -I'l-" .. "l '
I., .. W'lii l:i. ,it,r ri',.1 i ' uui" ..iu lulor.t
lu lu -I. x.j l,i olaii-M, w.-l '' ' I -l.f- CO i
li..iitr.. loM.,'1' cm - Hum; a i i
ImV. vluilt-l.rt NlV. '. t .HIIWSI I
iu .. Im ; r l-ci ' ':.. ""' U
Ik .i..'i u.0.1. . . In!., i.,' l L u l.-iuil. 1
lU'ii'ta uf in'-c-l" J ".ri,li-iil.
VVi- uivn nu rJiniin.M, liand-looka.
or ,iliniio'4 ..in or.w, i.u.iw -..'.
Hie iiiw.,l.--i li'n '.in- i t r'"' lo
milk, a niLMCCfrt WWW !...
I1-.M liuiiu.j cli.inui..' wlii.-ri .iili II iu..
v.ui l . ml in lli" bvtl.T umr of lip .
HWC tU :H-r, '.'l l."".l" Hi" cl'i'.'JO
I' ..inu., u. ny it..'.. '.w
nil"!, it iir,.irly Irnloii
W., I,..w.. i, lull-' KH'iiOUM ilto OHM
BPtlu work do... tiVili wi'U.
a.ij Clou Iij.iiII, iu w.tl bn- "T "
.lu... I.. ..ui lUi ur iira.im In
4urUBnl. to Mfubt-k' alu' :
uu i-l'i..i"U. Alj..ia..' oi.lill ftu ol !..
Oct U) ft K'i cl.,1. C.r III.
irtciuuN touts imi ei mier.oe.
XHK STAR,
aaa walnut v, tasctaNATi. .
A 'ta o p1. oa ' oo 1 1 wi.
JJ2 on hivul till Linda of
" blank such as Note,
montea. Warrant, Zcastt, Sutyotf
na,d:o, do.
: f ANOV CRD wlthaawa, UK.. lfat
IT JLt k co., i
, i.ui otjrii . a.ai'a uavutova
,'Uaawa.N. i;
!
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have 4'..-rt"
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