ra. B. HAWLEY, Proprietor. 33*a.saLlasasts cards• J. B. & A. H. ffeCOLLU.V; Ilsrrentscas sr Los OM. over the Meek, Montrose Pa. Montrose. May 10, 10 - 0. U 1). 1I SEARLE, TTOTINET AT LAW. nfttee over the Store of A. Lathrop, to the Brick Block. Moutro l`o. iv. Tr. SAITTIT, CABINETAND CHAIR DIANOFACITRERB.—TooI nr Main stmt. Ilontruic. Pa. Isug. I. MID. N. C. SUTTON. Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent, sat 69C1 Frlend•Vllle, Pa. C. E. GILBERT, U. O. .49,..maticrzioor. surf Mr Groat. Bond, Pa AMY EL T, 8. .A.asc,ticazteor. AIM. 1, 10,39. Address, Brooklyn, M. JOAN GRO 17E, tmtMoNABLETAitotg, 7dontrose, M. Shop over cnantner Store. AP orders filled In drat-rate styli.. Caning done on short notlco. and warranted to tit. .1 F 8110 &MAKER, itteroer at Low. Montrose. Pa. 011tre next door to J R.. DeWitt 's mon. oppovite the hank. Montroee. Jan. 17, tai_.—no.l-I.y. B. L BALD WIN, Arroastr aT L. dioutrone, Pa Office with Jame. R Carrsalt. Esq. lalentror, August 38, 1871. lf. 4. 0. IVARRES. A TTORNEY A f LAW. Bounty, Bask Puy. Pension And glen, on Claims attended to. below Moyd'e Store,' Montrore.t . n. [An. 1,'69 W. A. CROSSI/ON. Attorney at Law, Mike at the Conn House, In the Ceastolosioner'o Onice. W A. Cnoaamon. Xel iMet, tlmt. Bth.lBll.—tf. IfeKEA7IE. ct CO. Dialers In Dr Goods, Clothing, Ladle. and'afleace I.e Nine•. kW, agents for the great American Tea and Coffee Company. (Montroee, Jely 17, '7t,l DR W. W. SMITH, Deana. Rooms hie dwelling. next door eon of the Republican printing office. 01Ilre hoary from 9A. ty ts 4 P. X. Monte.., Map 3, 111.--tt LAW OFFICE. W kr.4)V. Attorney, At L. t the old °Mee of Ratak?' & Fitch. Mo o N. L r rrrul [Jan. 11. w. @. RAV.°,. mr. ;v. L,lurilAßnso.‘ ariSICTAN a Sr IMF:ON. tender. hi• profee.inee ...reit.. to the cittzone of Men, rt., and id nay.- 00Iet Rtbior,tdersce, no the corner raßt of SaTfr lee.. PoundrT. I Ang. I. 1069. Mt I:LER N. STODDARD )es.:erltt Boot It and Short.. fist. nett Caret. Leather end nudism Nate Street, lot door helot,' Boyer, Store Work nude to 0r.1,. nod repatrlng done neatly. Imam.. Jan. I. 1670. Li: wt... KsoL L. PPIAN - 1 , 7(1 ANTI 11A111 PRESSING. Skop In the new Pootoltice buildinc, where he will 1 , (nand ready to attend all who may want anythloz la his hoe. Idontrope re. Oct. 13. Ma. na S. Ir. DA Yro.A fIiTAICIAN t Arlin EON. tenders his rerrlcee fp the eitisen• of Great Bend end vicinity. Mee of his npy+•ite !lama= liosite, trt nend valag.e. Sept.lst, ISO. tf S 111191.43" & CANE, &WAN% ilarnes...i Trek maker, !Qip In C Roger Moro Brtinkl!, Pa. Oak Itnrneeaer, henry 11,10, ilirooklyri, April & DR. D. A. LATHROP, 14Ittnister. env•t.11.7... at the Foot of Ctorrtent street. Call and commit Is all (brook Disease, nrE RARBER--Ha ! Ha! Ira!! Caarley Morrie I. the barber, who can there your face to erase; Cats tonere, black and gricaley hair, In his •mreja.t ay *tales. There yon will end bbn;, over nets'• store. below McKenzlc.—jet•t one door. lento:we. Jme :.1S I.—tr C. MORRIS. if B URPJTT. Dealer a Stand. and Fancy thy Gonda. Crockery. nor':t ms. atovcs, Druds. OW, and P41.1.4a, Boots . 44 414 44.. Flats and Caps, Furs, Buffalo Robes, Gro ccrie, Yrnriolora, Le. Mesvillibord, I a.. Sw. 6. EXCHANGE HOTEL D A MeettACHRS, wishes to Inform thepubtle that h•inp rested the Exchange lintel to Montrose, ho I. aro. prepared to accommodate the trarcling pahl:c is erst.thas Montrose. An. lA. ITI2. BILLINGS .577Z0 V7l FIRS AND Lips 1:1871ANC8 ACZNT. Alr engine,. attended to prompt 17. nn fair terms. Office Ina door ..t of the bank or Wm. 11. Cooper &Ca Public Avenue, Kent/Oise, Pa. • Jail 17. IS Bll.l.laus nrstocrn. J. D. V<LTL 11 m0PATIC PTITSICIAN AND marm. Mrs permanently heated himself to Montrose. F. where be will prompt• i, attend to an <AM ID his profession with which be may w hewed. Office and residence west of the Court name, near Fitch & Watson's office. Montrose. February 8,1611. BURNS if: 217C1101,8, e•iil3S In Drugs, Medicines, Chemlees, Dye. Paints, Olin, Varninh, Liquor', Spices. Fancy trc.cle., Patent Medicines, Perfumer - J.l'nd Toilet Ar. L~Preeer,ptions earohdly compounded.— honk Block. Montrose,Pn. •. H. Brass lksh 71 . 151 ABEL TUREELL, I ESLER is Dram Patent Medicines, Chemicals LliLeore, Palate;Ciiie,,Dye State. Varnisher, Win nta.s. Graaartaa ate.. tree., Wall and Window Pa. p or. Una...rasa, Lampe, Vs concur, 3fitenisc,, ?reuse, Gnu, liantanStion. Knives. Spectaelee "menet. Pines Peons. Joarretry. Perfnalery, vs.e wet,. melt samorasn. C. and unianctos• ef Gambia Parscleananna Co:— inccentleted fa 1141. [Montrose. Pa. OAT ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING, ETC., 'MUTED AT THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT OFFICE, Wm Sum OP PUBLIC AVENUE. lotto a n PRAIrED AND POTATOES. —a— [Of this poem—a fragment of a chairity ser mon, preached in Dorchester, Mass., Rome 12 or 14 years ago—John G. Whittier wrote; "It is more valuable than some epics. lam not sure but it is more to the Master's purpose than any theological poem which has been published since it was written."] An old lade Rat In her old arm chair, With wrinkled Visage and dishevelled hair, Any hunger-worn features: For days and for weeks her only fare, As she sat there In her old arm chair, Had been potatoes. Bat now they , wet , : one of bad or good Not one was lett for the lady's food Of these potatoes; And she sighed and said, "What shall I do? Where shall I send, and to whom-shall I go For more potatoes 7"' And she thought of the deacon over the way, The deacon so ready to worship and pray, Whoie cellar was full of potatoes. And she said "I will send for the deacon to come, He'll not nijnd much to glee me some Of such a store of potatoes.' Ent the deacon's religion didn't He that way ; Be was more accustomed to preach and to pray Than to give of his hoarded potatoes; So, not hearing of course what the old lady said, He rose to pray, with nneevered head, But she only thought of potatoes. lie prayed for patience, and wisdom and grace, But when he prayed "Lord give her peace," She audibly said, "Give potatoes At the end of each prayer which he said, Ile heard, or thought that he heard in its stead The same request for potatoes. The deacon was troubled—knew not for what; 'Twas very embarrassing to have her net so About 'carnal potatoes' So, ending his prayer, he started for home, But, as the door closed behind him, he heard a deep groan, " 0, give to the hungry potatoes !" And that groan followed him all the way home; In the midst of the night it haunted his room— " 0 give to the hungry potatoes'" lie could bear it no longer; :trose and dressed, From hls well tilled cellar taking in haste A bag of his best potatoes, Again be went to the widow's Irmo hut ; Iler sleeplm , eyes she had not yet slant ; But there she sat in that old arm chair, NVith the inane wan features, the same sad ntr And entering in, he poured on the tinor A bushel or more of his goodly store Of choicest potatoes, The widow's heart leaped up for joy, Her fare was haggared and wan no more. "Now." said the deacon, "4,411 we pray'" - Ye,.," said the widow. "now you TWIV," And he kneeled down on the S3lldeli Where he had pouted his goodly store, And such a prayer the deacon prayed As never before his lips essayed; No longer embarrassed, but free and full, He poured out the 'rake of a liberal soul, And the widow shouted aloud "Amen:" But said no more of potatoes. And would you who hear this simple tale Pray for me wmir; inn praying, prevail r Then preface your prayers with alms and goal deeds; Search out the poor.their wantA and their needs, Pray for peace, find grace, and spiritual food, F.r Tr's lon and guidance, for all these are good; But don't forget the potatoes. pioceliancons. TILE %V ISaING ICING -o A farmer, whose farming did not pros per particularly well, was sitting resting on his plough for a moment as he wiped his brow, when an old witch crept up to him and said, "why do you toil so hard, and all for nothing? Walk straight be fore you for two days, and you will come to a large fir tree. which stands alone, towering over all the others trees of the forest If you can but fell it, your for tune is made." The farmer did not wait to be - fold twice, but, taking his axe on his shoulder started On his way. Alter walking two days, he came tp the fir tree, and immedi ately set to work to fell it. Soon it top pled and crashed to the earth, when from the top branches dropped a nest contain• ing two eggs. The eggs rolled on the ground and broke; as they broke,, forth came a young eaglet from one, and a small golden ring from the other. The eaglet grew 'visibly, till it reached half the height of a man, shook its wings as if to try them, raised itself from the ground, and then cried : you have releas ed me! as a token of ingratitude,take the ring the other egg contained—it is a wish ing ring. Turn it on your finger. speak your wish aloud, and it will irnmec'iately be granted. But the ring has only one with : velien that is accomplished, it will loose all power, and become no more than any other ring. Therefore, reflect well on what you wish for, so that you may not have to repent afterwards." Having so spoken the eaglet rose high into the air, swept, for some time, in wide circles over the farmer's bead, and then like an arrow -from a bow, shot swiftly towarde•the east. The farmer took the ring, put it on' his finger and started homeward. Toward evening lie reached a town. At the door of his shr.p a gold smith stood who had many valuable rings for sale. The farmer showed him his ring and asked him what was about the value of it. metromm "Mere trumpery," answerPd the gold smith. The farmer laughed heartily, tel ling the man it was a wishing-ring, and of more value than all the rings In his 6,41 put together. Now the gold-smith ins a 12 ,15 e, designing man, so he invited the farmer it; stay all night at his house, saying; - .lt mac. bring one good luck to entertain a man who ie the possessor of such a precious jewel, so praj remain with me." He accordingly entertaimsil him well with plenty of wine and civil wortle. but when he rent to sleep at night, lie drew his ring stealthily from his finger, and put on it instead a common ring quite like it, in appearance. The neat morning the - goldsmith could hardly wait with any degree of intience,till the farm• er had taken his departure. lie awoke him in the early dawn, saying : "You have so far to go, you had better shirt early." As soon as the farmer was safe on his journey, the goldsmith went into his room, and having shut the shutters 12Q Oue might me, he bolted himself MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 32, 1873. hi, and standing in the middle of the room, and turning the ring on his finger, exclaimed : "1 wish to have a hundred thousand sil ver crowns immediately r Hardly were the words spoken, when bright five-shilling pieces began to rain down from the ceiling ; shining silver crowns poured down so fast and hard that at last they began to beat him unmerci fully about the head, shoulders, end arms. Calling loudly for help, lie tried to rush to the door, bnt before he could reach it and unbolt it, ho fell bleeding to the ground. Still the rain of silver crowns did not cease, and soon, under die weight of it, the flooring gave way, and the un fortunate goldsmith and his money fell down into a deep cellar. And still it rained on, till the hundred thousand sil ver crowns Wers,.COMOPtii, and then the goldsmith lar.l in his cellar, with the mass of money upon him. Attracted at last by the noise, the neighbors-rushed to the spot, and, on finding the goldsmith dead tinder his money, exclaimed, "It really is a o'reat fortune, when blessings rain down like cudgels." Then the heirs came and divided the spoils. Meanwhile, the farmer went happi ly borne, and showed the ring to his wife. "We shall now neyer wa it for any thing, dear wife," he sikid, "our fortune is made. But we must consider well what we must wish for:' The wife had a bright, idea ready at hand. "Let us wish ourselves some more land," said ehe ; "we have so little. There is just a nice strip which stretches into our field. Let us wish for that." "That would never he worth while," re plied the husband ; "we have only to work well a year, and have a moderate share of good luck, and we can buy it for ourselves." Mid the man and his wife worked hard a whole year, and the harvest had neNer born so plentiful as that autumn, so they were not only alde to buy the strip of laud, but had money to spare. "You see," said the husband, "the land is ours and the wish too."' Then the good woman thought it would be a capital thing to wish themselves a cow and a horse. 'Wife, - answered the hnshand, again clinking the surplus money in his pock et; -it would be folly to sacrifice our wish for such a trumpery thing. We can get the cow and the horse without that." And, sure enough, in another year's time, the horse and the cow had been well earned. Si the man rubbed his bandS cheerfully. and slid: Another year had passed, and still the wish is ours, and yet we have all we want; what good lock we barer The wife, however, began to be very iinpatient, and tried seriously to induce her husband to wish for something. - You arc not like your cid self," she nod 0 rucay "formerly you were al wars grumbling and complaining, and wishing for all sorts of things; and now, when von might have whatever you want. you toil and work like a slave, are pleased with everything, and let your best years slip by. You might be king, emperor, duke, a great rich farmer with loads of money, but no—you can't make up your mind what to choose." "Pray do cease continually worrying and teasing me," cried the farmer; "we are both of us young, and life is long.— The ring contains but one wish, and that must not be squandered. Who knows what may happen to us, when we might need the ring! Do we want for anything now? Since the ring has been ours,hate we not so risen in the world that all men marvel at us? So do be sensible, and amuse yourself, if yon like, by thinking what we shall wish fur." And so the matter was allowed to rest for the present. It really seemed as if the ring brought blessings on the house, for barns and granaries grew fuller and fuller from year to year: and, in the course of time, the poor farmer, became a rich and prosperous one. He worked all day with his men as if the whole world depended upon it; but in the evening, when the vesper bell sounded, he always to be seen sitting. contented and well-to-do, at his threshhold. to be wished "Good evening" by the passers-by. Now and then, when they were quite alone and no one near to Imir,the woman still reminded him of the ring, and made all sorts of propositions to him. He always answered there was time enongh to think aboui. it, and tint the best ideas always occurred to one last. So she gradually fell into the way of men tioning it less often, and at last it rarely happened that the ring was ever alluded to at all. The farmer, it is true, turned the ring on his linger twenty times a day and examined it closely, but he took good care not to express the slightest wish tt the time. And so thirty and forty years went by. and the farmer and hi. wtfe grew old and their hair snow-white, and still the wish remained unbroken. At least it pleased God to show them a great mercy, and Ile took them to Himself both in one night. Children and grandchildren stood weep ing around the coffins, and, as one of them tried to withdraw the rang from the dead man's finger, his eldest son said•: "Let our father take his ring to ~the grave. There was some mystery about it. Probably it was some love token, for our mother often looked at the ring too; per haps she gave it to him when they both were young." So the old farmer was buried with the ring which should have been a wishing ring,but was not one,and yet had brought as much good hick to the house as a man could desire. For it is strange, as regards the true and the false, but a bad thing can be turned to better account in good bands, than a pod thing in bad.—Good Things. AN Obit, editor was rendered insane, whsle going hone the other night, to hear the following words 'come from a dark porch, on a shads street: "Oh ! John, I yonder if that moustache feels as gorid on your lips as it did on mine ?" John's an swer he did not await to hear. MEMBERS of Congress want ten chou sand a year, and will of course vote it.— Hitherto, salary has been no object. Tdo Origin of Philopcena. —o-- There was once a beautiful princess who had a great fonddess for almonds,and ate them constantly, but nothing would induce her to marry, and in order to rid herself of her suitors, of whom there Were a great number, she invented the follow ing deface: To every prince who sought her hand, alio presented half of -a double almond, while she ate the other half, and said: " If your lordship can succeed in getting me to take anything from your hand be fore I say the words remember,' then I urn ready to become your bride. But if, on the contrary, you receive anything from me without thinking to speak these words, then you must agree to have your hair shaven entirely MT your head and leave the kingdom.' This, however,warkan artful stratagem, for, according to the court custom,no ono ourett w 14... d. au j thimg airectly to to the princess, but first to the court lady, who then offered it to her. But if on th'eoth er hand, the princess should desire to give or to take anything—who could re ruse her? So it was useless for her suitors to make the trial, for when they seemed likely to be successful, and had diverted the princess so that she was about to take something from them, the court lady al ways stepped •between, and spoiled the hest-laid plan. When the princess wished to dispose of one of them, she would appear so charm ing and encouraging to him, that he would be entirely fascinated, and when he sat at her feet, overcome with joy, then she would seize upon anything near her, as though by occident: "Take this as a remembrance of me," and when he had it in his hands, before he could think or speak the necessary words, these world spring out at him a frog, or a hornet, or a bat, and so startle him, that he would for get the words. Then, upon the spot. he was shaven, and away with him. This went on fur sonic years, and in all the palaces of the kingdoms the princes wore wigs. Thus it came to be the custom from that time. Finally it happened that a foreign prince came upon some peculiar business, and by accident saw the almond princess. lie thought her very beautiful, and at once perceived the stratagem. A friendly , little gray man had given him an apple that once a year be was privileged to smell, and then there came in .his mind a very wise idea, and he had become ni t on account of his deep wisd ' Now, it was exactly time for him to mak use of: his apple. So, with the scent from it came this warning: "If thou wouldst win in the. game of giving and taking, under no circum s:anczs must thou either give or take any So he hail his hands hound in his belt,, and went aide his marshal to the palace, and asked to be allowed to eat his almond. Ti., ~..:...,,—.,,,.. e....,nrin symni. nit.ga,,,,t with him, and immediately handed him m almond, it hick his marshal took and plaeed in iris mouth., The princess in quired what this meant, and moreover, why he constantly carried his hands in a girdle. lie replied, that at his court the cus tom was even more strongly enforcad than at hers, and he dared not give or take anything with Ins hands, at the most, only with his head and feet. Then the princess laughed and said: "In this ease we will never 1':o . able to have our little game together." He sighed and answered: "Not unless you will be pleased to take something from my boots." " That can never happen l" exclaimed the whole court. "Why have you come hither?" asked the princess, angrily, "when you have such stupid customs ?" “13ecause you are so beautiful," replied the prince. -And if I cannot win you, I may at least have the pleasure of seeing von.', "On the other hand, I have no similar gratification," said she. So the prince remained at the palace, and he pleased her more and more, but when the t Alunior seized her she tried in every uranner to persuade him to take his hands from his girdle, and receive some thing from her. She also entertained him charmingly, and frequently offered him flowers; bonbons, and trinkets, and finally a bracelet, but not once did he forget and stretch out his hand to take them, fur the pressure of the girdle re minded him in time. So he would nod to his marshal, and he received them, say ; in". "We remember." Then the princess would become im patient, and would exclaim: "My han kerchief has fallen ! Can you lordship pick it up for me ?" Whereupon the prince would fasten his spur into it, and wave it carelessly, while sue princess wontd have to bend and re move it from-his foot, angrily saying :"I remember." Thus a year passed away, and the prin cess said to herself:— "This cannot remain so. It must be settled in one way or the other." She said to the prince:— "I have ono of the finest gardens in the world. I will show your lordship over it, to-day." The prince smelt of his apple, and as they entered the garden, he said : "It is very beautiful here, and in order that we may walk near each other in peace, and not be disturbed by the desire to try our game, I beg you, my lady, that for this one hour, will take upon you the custom of my court, and let your hand also be fastened. Then wo will be safe from each other's art, and there will be nothing to annoy us." The princess did not feel very safe about this arrangement,but he begged so strong ly that she could not :efuse him this email favor So they went on alone together, with their hands fastened in their gir dles. The birds sang, the sun shone warmly, and from the trees the red cher ries hung so low that they brushed their cheeks as they passed. The princess saw them and exclaimed . "What a pity that your lordship is not able to pick a fow for me:" "Necessity knows no lava, said the princer and he broke one of the dairies with his teeth from a branch, and offered it to the princess from his mouth. The princess could not do otherwise than receite it from his moutilcand so her face was brought close to his. So when she had the cherry between her lips, and a kiss from him besides, she was not able to say that instant "I remember." Then he cried, joyfully, "Good morn ing, mush loved one," and drew his hands from his girdle•and embraced her. And they spent•the rest of their lives together in perfect peace and quietness.—From the German of Guslao Prcylag. Something About Woman. _o_ The parson says that woman is always most restless under the most favorable conditions, and that there is uo state in which she is really happy except that of change. I suppose this is the truth taught in what has been called the "Myth of the Garden." Woman is perpetual revolution find is that element In the world which continually destroys and recreates. She Is the experimenter and suggester of new combinations. She has no belief in any law of eternal fitness of „things. She is never ever content with any arrangement of her own house. The only reason the mistress could give, when she arranged her apartment, for hanging a picture in what seemed the most inapprapriate place, was that it had never been before. Wo man has no respect for tradition, and be cause a thing is as it is, is sufliciene rea son for changing it. When she gets into law, as she has come into literature, we shall gain something in the destruction of all-onr vast and musty libraries of precedents, which now fetter over ad ministration of individual justice. It is Mandeville's opinion that woman are not so sentimental as men, and are not so easily touched with the nnspoaen poet ry of nature; being less poetical and hav ing less imagination, they are more fit ted for practical afrairs,anci won td make less failures in business. f have noticed the almost selfish passion for their flowers which old gardeners have, and their re luctance to part with a leaf or a blossom from their family. They lore the flowers for themselves. A woman raises flowers' for their us,. She wants the flowers for her lover, for the sick, for the poor, for the TAwd on Easter day, for the Orna mentation of her house. She delight , in the costly pleasure of sacrificing them.— She never sees a flower but she 'ha an in tenst ) but probably sinless desire to pick Thunder and Love. They tell about a beautiful young wid ow in 'Derby, who used to live next door to Mr. Smith, who was a widower and a timid man, whose mild eyes beamed I,landlv through his spectacles. The wid• ow had a kindnlss for Smith, and he re ciprocated it; but he had hardly enough courage to carry on the campaign. So at afraid of thunder and lightning, and whenever she saw a gust coming 'up she used to smooth her hair and rush into Mr. Smith's house. Then, when she heard a peal of thunder she would scream and rush hp and throw her arms around the neck of the mild eyed Smith and implore him to protect her, and Smith always said he would. Then she would faint and Smith would be half glad and half sorry. About six thunder storms settled the business, and now she is Mrs. Smith ;aria Smith —he is ouli sorry that her appre hensions of the lightning were not real ized. He says ii there ever was a woman who ought to have been torn into pieces by electricity it is that widow. She has thunder storms every day now in Smith's house, and it is lively and vigorous for Smith around there. LOTO of the Beautiful —o— Place a young girl tinder the care of a kind-hearted graceful woman, and she un consciously to herself grows into &grace ful lady. Place a boy in the establishment of a thorough-going straight-forward business man, and he becomes a self-reli ant business than. Children are suscepta hle creatures, and circumstances, and scenes, and actions always impress them, not by arbitrary rule nor by stern exam ple alone but in a thousand other ways that speak through beautiful forms, pret ty pictures, etc., so they will grow. Teach your children, then, to love the beautiful. Give them a corner in the garden for flowers; encourage them to put it in the shape of hanging baskets; allow them to have their favorite trees; teach them to wander to the prettiest woodlete; show them where they can beet view the sun set; rouse them in the morning, not with stern "rime to work'!" but with enthusi astic "See the beautiful sunrise 1" buy for them pretty pictures, and encourage them to decorate their rooms in his or her child ish way. Give them an inch and they will go a mile. Allow them a privilege, and they will make your home beantitul.— Wisnomin Ed. Journal. " Hurrah for Women." —o_ We love womeg—old or young—simply because they are women. Our mothers spank us; our sweethearts spoil our joys by flirting with our rivals; our wives read us a genuine or moderate Candle lecture which we usually deserve. Woman has laughed at our woes when indulging in the tender passion, riddled our hearts with Ernsian arrows, depleted our pocket book, disturbed our slumbers, spoiled our coffee,rumpled our starched linen bosoms, 'hung to our arm with her whole precious weight when our corns hurt us most, danced us into perspiration, and caused us to buy lozenges fur a cold; but in spite of' all these things. we love her. We set her up as an idol, and prostrate our selves before her as before some divinity. We don't care a-copper what dry goods corl, so site looks sweet. We will fight for her like a Prussian soldier. Let Mr. Holland say what lie will to derogate from the set, we shall "hang our banner on the outer wall" and,cry, "Hurrah for woman." THE Prince of Wales reads the New York papers regularly, and has them filed away for reference, The Skeleton. Fifty years ago the London Morning Cironi de published a poem entitled "Lines on a Skele ton," which excited much attention. Every ef fort, even to the offering of a reward of ilfly guineas,was vainly made to discover the author. All that ever transpired was, that the: poent,ip a fair clerkly hand, near it skeleton of remarkable beauty of form and color in the Museum of the Royal Collegtionf Surgeons,Lin cola's Inn, London, and that the Curator of it e Museum had sent them to Mr. Perty,editor and proprietor of the Chronicle. Behold. this ruin 'Twas a skull, Once of ethcrial spirit felt; This narrow cell was life's retreat, This apiece was thought's mysterious seat, What beauteous vision nped this spot ! What dreams of pleasure long forgot ! Nor hope, nor Joy, nor love r nor fear, Have left one trace of record here. Beneath this mouldering canopy Once shone the bright and busy eye I Bet start not at.theillarnal void— If social love that eve employed; It with.= Isturima Afro it gift:med. • But through the dew of kindness beamed, That eye shall he forever bright. When stars and suns are sunk in night, .Within this hallow cavern hung The ready, swift, and tuneful tongue. • If falsehood's honey it disdained, And where it could not praise was cLaired If bold in virtue's cause it spoke, Yet gentle concord never broke, This silent tongue shall plead for then When time unveils eternity. Say, did these fingers delve the mine ? Or with its envied rubies shine? To hew the rock, or wear the gem, Can llUlepow avail to them, But If the page of trullmhey Or comfort to the mourner brought The hands a richer meed shall claim Then all that wait on wealth or fame. Aran:. it whether bare or shod These feet the paffls of duty trod ? If from the halls of ease they fled, To seek affliction's bumble shed ; If grandeur's guilty bribe they spurned, And home to virtue's cot returned, These feet with angel's wings shall rie, And treAti the palace of the sky. About Locomotive& _o_ The Chicago Tribune contaips some interesting facts regarding locomotive en pines, from which we extract the follow ip fliere is no important machine, upon the improvements in which there hare been so few patents, as the locomotive. Hence the best improvements are found in all engines, no mutter where they were built. This prevents, in a great measure, the engine of one maker from acquiring a character of its own. Said a distin guished master-mechanic to the writer the other day. "Remove the builder's plate from an engine, and, if tncre were do exterior adornments, familiar to me as peculiar to any maker's engine, 1 doubt not I would be unable to tell you where it was built." To be sure engineers have their favor ite engines, but not one in twenty can Tlrefeience. f lip Baldwin engine is pre ferred by some roads, because all engines of a class, manufactured by these works, are duplicates, so that an engine is easily repaired. The Rogers engines are pre ferred by others. because there is little cast-iron used in their construction. Engines are generally built upon order, and the purchaser generally orders the engine to be made after his own ideas. But all roads agree that locomotives of their own construction are superior to those made by regular builders. The reason assigned are that they are more careful in .selecting material, and that in stead of the various parts being manu factured by men skilled only to make one piece of the engine, as is the ease in large locomotive works, they are made and fit ted by experienced machinist,• skilled to manufacture all parts of an engine. And this leads us to the question: Will the various roads ultimately manufacture their own engines? In this there is much. difference of opinion. Some roads say they can build engines cheaper than they can buy them; others say they cannot. The general conclusion seems to be that where a road is compelled to have large repair shops and employ a large number of experienced machinists, it eau build its own engines cheaper than they can be bought; but otherwise not,since the labor in the regular locomotive works is done mainly by apprentices, •whose wages are comparatively small. The average cost of the "iron horse" is $12,000. There are engines, and many of them too, valued at $35,000: and there are others veined at $5,00/. The prices of inffines have been"increasing, rather than decreasing, with the improvements that have been added to them. Perhaps this is the case with all valuable inven tions. The average weight of tho iron horse C 0,00.0 pounds. This ao.ii not di minish or increase as he retains, like most horses, the same weight from year' to year. The average life of an engine is twenty-five years; Abet ~.is to say, that the machinery proper will, by annual rer pairs, last that length of time, although the frame will last an indefinite period.— . The boiler generally lasts tor about four teen years, while the valve has to be re newed every year. The "iron horse" will travel, on an average, 30,080 miles a year, or 750,000 miles in a lifetime. The "iron horse" costs the owner, for food and care, about twenty cents per mile ran, and for repairs about eight cents. No engine on any well regulated road travels longer than EY year without being taken apart and given a general house-cleansing, as it were; just e.g a tail or rips up au old garment, and examines every seam and stitch, so the iron-horse is torn asunder, his legs are removekhis ribs oxposed, and his stomach thoroughly cleansed, his outside clothing is repblish ed, his cheeks repainted, and he is brought out as new and perfect as when he first rode the track. Philadelphia is now trying to solve the street railroad problem. It isexneriment inz with a car driven by steam which is manufactured at one end of the route and stored in the car. It is stated that the Federal Govern ment will soon sue the Erie Railway for over one hundred thousand dollars in taxes on dividends and coupons Which that company baa not paid. VOLUME XXX, NIIMBER "Dr. there a letter for Mary Flanighan ?" said a boxam Irish lass to the lady clerk at the "general delivery," the other day. "Has she a middle name 1" inquired the clerk as she rapidly shuffled over a land , ful-of Fe. "Faith, no, she's a eingle Aft 4 ,. man I' was the genuine Irish reply. t • • TIM latest verdict retro/tied —erne Upon a gentleman who expired in a fit of Int bration. The jury returned, "Death by hanging—round a rum shop.'' Tbir•waa a wage, and devoid of regard for - tbe gen. tleman's family. In a sitttilar case in Csdi fornia the verdict was more graiefallj and considerately put: "Accidental death while unpacking glass." ' ' A MAY with several marriagetWO daughters, all under twenty-three years of age, having bought a house in a iamb ionable. quarter, writes to be informed concerning the best way of gaining enr trance into the best families in the neigh borhood. The easiest and most direct way would seem to be by the front door. but he might tunnel under the sidewalk and come o up through The cellar. - A LATE traveler In England says "English plows are indeed a curiosity:— Wemeasured the length of a plow in, no in a field, and it was more than ten, feet long,end would weigh probably three times as much as the plows we use in soils of a similar character. Thera were at' tached to the end of the beam, next to the horses, two stout wheels of sufficient, diameter to be used upon a market-wagon. It would be interesting to see an Ameri• can farmer following such a huge ma-. chine upon his own farm. Ho would be mobbed, and perhaps lynched.". AN editor announces the titarriageof friend timely : "He has read himself out of the jolly brotherhood of bachelors,sold his single-breasted lounge, packed his baggage and checked it for Glory, walked the gang-plank of courtship to the Tessa of matrirriony;and is now stennaingdown the stream of bliss by the light of tho horeymoon." Tug (inlet progress of a wedding in a Connecticut i nig° church, recently,. interrupted by an amusing incident. In_ repeating the words, " If you know of an just cause," etc., the minister looked straight nt a nervous young man directly in front of him. The fellow sprang up with much haste and trepidation and blurted out : "Oh, no, bless me! not the slightest objection, sir." A HANDSOME young Yankee pedalo' . made love to a buxom widow of PenntyP c vania, but accompanied his declaration with au allusion to two impediments to their union. "Name them 'said the mid ow. "The want of means! to set tip ares tail store is one of them," he replied. They partet!, and the widow sent the ped dler ample means. When they met again the peddler had hired and stocked his .'› k*,..% aridl gini;l4lo . -CIAT a to now the oer impediment. nave' wife, already," cried the peddler. • THE latest feminine justification for homicide is from New Orleans, where Mrs. and Miss Graham are excused for shooting at one John Kaiser in the open sheet, ou the ~, ,r ound that he had con. mated a breach of etiquette. TIIE woman of the Attakapas parishes and St. Lzindry, Louisiana, hare sent to market yearly since the war not less than; $1,000,000 worth of chickens and, eggs, besides supplying home demands and the villagers and those who do not raise chickens in those parishes. . , Tar. bridesmaid at a recent wedding in Georgia are thus described by a local pa per: "It is not idle compliment to say that they are like three graces, their faces mirroring back the pnrity and softness.of the skies, their eyes floating in a light of dewy tenderness, or throwing, radiant flashes from the inner shrines of thought like jewel tinted sparkles caught fsons' broken rainbows." °minus. Ist there went into 'opera tion, in Illinois, a law which provides that, it shall-he unlawful for the owners of atiy domestic animals of the species of horse,'• mule, ass, cattle, sheep, goat, or hog, to permit them to run at large after the Ist day IA October, 1872. For the ,violatioa of this law a penalty of not less than' $3 nor more than $lO shall be imposed, the money to be paid to the school fund of the township. IP any farmer should chance to have a cow fall into an ice hole in. the river, ho may learn how to get her out from this story of the way it was done at Bethel, 'Pt. A man caught the unfortunate itnimelby the horns, and held her head above water while a rope could be procured ;then other put the rope around her neck with • a slip-not and tightened it around her throat, causing he: to suddenly bleat with air and rise to the top of the water, When • with her struggling and a little assistance she came out ou the ice surely.. . \Twins do not open once a day and let out their little prayer ,of perfume. They exhale all the time; at some times more than others,but always more or less, Prayer is a thing that Should all the time be going on. One should live continually' in a prayerfull state. . Tun London Milt Journal says': . England the system of aneeate darieris steadily gaing ground ! and butter fackr. les on this principle are being ()pear& The quality also of the butter is steadily_ improving, and bide fair to rival that pro. deiced in Holstien and Mecklenburg ! . which now stand ' s first in that market .l. THE Boston hay dealers 'aro pnrolufr, ing . large (manacles of hay in -Idaine,'_ paying from 813 to 815 per ton delkered at railroad stations. They press it int% bundles of proper dimensions for the cars, so compact that from nine to eleven tone can be loaded upon a car. They chopping the' hay before pressing it, as most of the Boston stable keepers now feed chopped hap, and they arc setting up hap outtiwg machines in sererel-places. Chairnutiof the Relief Committee in Persia eats that the assistance tender* ed by Sl# Montatlore, the rich Tendon Jew sand a thousand Vtuletles ...."0-...
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