THE VIONTROSE DEMOCRAT.
VOLUME XXX.
E. B. HAWLEY & Co., Pioprietors.
Business Cards.
B. te A. IL ..IteCOLLU.II;
ATTnIifTTO ST LA. Warr over the Bank. Montrose
Pa. Montrose, May 10. lan. tf
D. W. BRARLS,
ATTO/LNIZT AT LAW. office over the Store of A.
Lathrop, In the litriet. Block. Montrose. Pa. [tot 6D
W. W. SMITE;
CABDINT AND CHAIR MANIMPACTURIMtB.—Pnet
of Yen street. Montrose. Pa. hug. 1. 180.
M. C. SUTTON,
alettoneer, and Innrance Agent,
Prlendoville. Pa.
S. GILBERT,
Cr. EL, ALlzemticionoor.
otr Great Bend, Pa
A If I EL 7",
V, B. .Baomot - 14o , rvoer.
An. 1, 1069. Adtrese„ Broolzlra, Ps.
✓OLIN GROVES,
Y ASIIIONM3LE TAILOR, Montrose. Pa. Shop over
Chendlcr's Store. MI orders died to Cost-rate etyll..
Cutting done on abort notice, and warranted to St.
J. F. SHOEMAKER,
Attorser at Lew. Montrose. P. Office next door to J
A. DeM7lit's store. opposslte the bank.
Montrose. Jae. 17. 1t171.-003-Iy.
B. L. BALD iv r,v,
Ames re AT Law. Montrose, Pa Offlea wlth James
E. Ca malt. Erg.
.kugint 33, 1871. lf.
A. 0. WARREN,
• TTORNICY A: LAW. Bounty, Beek Pay. Pension
sad Stem, on Claims attended to. (Mier dr
deer below Boyd's Store. Montrose.Ms. (Au. 1.'69
W. A. CROSSMON,
Attorney at Law, ()Mee at the Court Hons., to the
Camm lonioner'• Orrice. W A. Caossnox.
Mootrome, Scot 616.1871.-4 f.
IfeKENZIE, & CO.
Dmlers In Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladies ■nd Misses
/se Shoes. tl.o, agents fur the great American
Tea and Coffee Company. [Montrose. July 17, ll.]
DR W. IV. .4.1f/TLf,
DISITTST. Rooms at hi. dwelling, next drinr .et nr the
liepublinn prin. ing ofrire. OMor hogre from 9 • N.
to 4 r. "Ann.-nee. Slay 2,
LAW OFFICE.
!ITCH & WATSON. Attorney. It Lav, at the old oftlee
or Bentley & Fitch. Mont , ... Px
L. r !ITCH. Wm 11. 1 ' !.! w. w. wrrwsx.
J. Si UTTER,
FASIZIONAIILR TAILOR. Shop over J. R. Den"ltl'o
•kore.
ABEL TURRELL,
Desist. in Dram Medicines, Ch , m1.1.. Paints. Oila,
1 , 7 c stn? , . T.-as. spices. Far.cy •oci, Jewelry. Per.
ruciery, Sc., Brick 8.0 ck.., Montr,se Pa 6•t5:..1.1.01
Ist!. (Fri,. 1, lea&
DR. W. L. RICILII:DsoN,
HYZICIAN d it:Itt:EON. tenders his protessloph
rricse to the citizens or Mons ro-e and 1. icinity.-
0 thee at his maidsuce, eh the corner cast ii ti.s•cc
grad. Fosodry. fAng. 1. litG9.
CHARLES N. STODDARD.
Hazer In Bow. and Shoe.•. Hate end Cap.. Lent-her and
Finding Ilain 'etreet, let door below ISolo'• giorr.
Work made to order. nod repairing done neatly.
outro.e. Jae. I. MO.
LEWIS KNOLL
BRAVING AND HAIR DRESSING.
Oho, In the ocw Doelorfice bliildino. where he 0111
foood mod, to attend all who may oythltag
Is ►le floe. lloutruse Oct. 13. 13/19.
DR W. DAYTON
iN t SURGEON, tender. Ms gervieee ro
tee e Us 'Os or Great Bend Jod 11 , lelty u(1.1%
relddesee. opsaidte Barnum 1i0.ae,t..% Bend village.
Sept. let. U
DR D. A. LATIIII.9I',
♦i*talatera Et.ccrr, Ter:ma, lianta. at the Poet or
Chaatent atzeeL C. 1.11 and ceose/t is all Chromic
lal
1115 BAIRBER-11a! Ha.' Ha!!
• Imley Morris Is the barber. who can ehere your face to
order; Cuts brown, bbtet and artneley heir. in hi.
officejeat op sten.. There you will find him, over
Gen , . Inure. below MeKeuzles—ju.t one dour.
Montrose. June 7.1.5:1.—tf C. YOUR'S.
H. BURRITT.
Peeler .• Staple and Fancy Dry Grlode.Proekery. rd•
Ira's. Iron, Stoves. Druz, Oils. and Paha.. Boot.
sad Shoes. Hats and cap., Furs, ISUffale Hones, Oro
series. Provisions. Sc.
Sew•Mtitord, la., Noy, 6, ":"I—tf.
EXCH39GE HOTEL
D. A. ToteCRACK.EN, whine!. to Inform tbepriblie that
hattne reined the Exchange Hotel to Atoutroee. he
le now prepared to seotaantudate the traveling public
le era -class Kyle
lloutreese. Aog. 13, Int
BILLINGS STROUD.
? IRE AND LIFE I:I97.rIANCE ACENT. Al!
bosiness attended topruram l). falr terms filet
Ir.t door east of the bank a' Wm. 11. Caaper A Ca.
anbile Arouse, Montrose, Pa. [Aar 1.1569.
I'. 1872 j BILLING, arnoup.
J. D. VAIL
eldi*LeetrTwto Pe tract efl Vitt firlittrewl. Eft. perineriently
iticeied hirrietilf h Ilantetwee. Pe where he will prompt
ft anew+ Co ell calla In his profeeeloo with which he may
frweree. Witte tort rweldence wcet of the Conn
noose, near Fltcp t Watton's ode..
Uoninow. February FL IS 1.
F. CHURCHILL
Jamie. of it. tkeaccf. <Au over L. K, Leultehri• *lore,
Gm , Bend bovon9h, Savquetotoos enuoty. PV1313 . ..
111 P 'he Set lemeot of the dockets of thr Lue lease
hrel.hore. demur& Oflire boor. from 9to 19 .14.4ack
• m awl from Ito 4 oVock p.
Grist 144.9 Oct. 4.9,
B CRAW & NICHOLS.
g* , dRY Is Drag., Medicines, Ckecoleallo. Dye.
at 41.. Puint..ol4. Varnish. Liquor.. Slsiece. Plumy
1r.c7.1.1. Patent. Mediu-Ince. Perfumery and Toilet Ar
-1..e1e.. fir Presuriptthou carotalty cosaponado&—
itrick Block. Montrose. Pa.
A. IL Brava.- Aso. lizasou.
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9a7 71.1 an.
gin - ALL KINDS 07
JOB PRINTING ETC
ATZCIITILD AP TEI.II
DEMOCRAT OFFICE,
Wan Eon or PUBLIC Amur-
the gotro (Eorncr.
THE OLD MAN lIV THE STYLISH
CEMIZCII
BY JOIIS IL YATES.
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Well, wife, I've been to church to-day—been to
stylish one—
And ;melon you rant go from hotfie, I'll tell you
what was done.
You would have been surprised to see what I
saw there to-day ;
The elate a were fixed up so tine they hardly
bo ved to pray.
I had these coarse clothes of mine—not much
the worse for wear—
But, then, they knew I wasn't one they call a
millionaire ;
Bo they led the old man to a seat way back by
the door;
'Twas booklats and uncushioned, a reacted *eat
for the poor.
Pretty soon In came a stranger with gold ring
and clothing tine;
They led him to a cushioned seat far In advance
of mine ;
I thought that wasn't exactly right to seat him
up su near,
When he was young and I was old, and very
hard to hear.
But, then there's no accountin' for what some
people do;
The finest clothing now-adays, oft gets the fi
nest pew;
But when we reach the blessed home,and unde
filed by sin,
We'll see wealth beggin' at the gate, while pov
erty goes in.
I couldn't bear the sermon I sat so far away :
So through the hours of servtce, I could only
"watch and pray;'
Watch the dukes of the Christians near me,
'mond about, -
,
Pray that God would make them pure within,
as they were pure without.
While I sat there, lookln' all around upon the
rich and meat,
I kept thinkin' of the rich man and the beggar
nt the gate ;
How, by all hut dogs forsaken,the poor beggar's
tom grew cola,
And the angels bore his spirit to the mansions
built of gold.
llotc nt tact the rich man perished, and his spir
it took its flight
From the potpie and fine linen, to the home of
endless night
There he learned, as he stood grain' at the beg
gar in the sky,
"It isn't all ol life to live, nor all of death to
I doubt not there were wealthy sires in that re
ligions fold
Who went np from from their d welling like the
Marker of old;
Then returned horn, horn their worship with a
head uplifted high,
To spurn the hungry from their door with
naught to !wkly.
Out! ! with suet] professions; they are do
ing more to-day
To stop the weary Rimier Irons the gosf;el's
shinin' way
Than all ti.e trrailc of infidels; than all that has
been tritd
Since Christ was born la Bethleham—sinee
Christ was erueitied.
How simple ate the works of God, and yet how
eL..ry grand—
The shell+ in ocean ezverns—the flowers on the
land.
He gills the clouds of erenin' with gold light
front His throne_
Not for the rich man only—not for the poor
aloud.
Then why shonld man look down on man, de
eauve of lack of gold?
Why seat him in clue poorest pew because Ws
clothes ate old ?
A heart with noble motives- -a heart that God
Las ble.a—
May be iienven's masie 'neath that fad
ed coat and vest.
I'm old-1 may be childish—bet I lose simplic
i'y
I love ti; see it shinin' on a Chri•lttan's piety ;
Jesus told us in in his bCnnon,in Judea's moun
tain wild,
lie that wants to go to !leaven must be like a
child.
Our beads are growing gray, dear wife—our
beads pre beating slow—
In a little while the Master will call us for to
go;
When we rench the pearly gateways, and look
in with joyful eyes •
We'll see no s•ylish worship in the temple of the
Zhe ffitorg Zritcr.
AUATOLIAN SPECTRE-STORY.
It was in the Mohammedan or lunar
month of Sha'aban which that year cor
responded pretty nearly aith our Decein
ber, and which. as preceding the thirty
days' yearly fast of Itamadhan, iBlll some
measures 'festive timefur the followers of
the Prophet, a sort of Carnival before
their severe Is-tit. Osmand Kaleeb-Zadeli,
' to give him his name in full, had sat up
one night till rather lam in one of the
coffee - houses—here the ordinary social
resorts of the quarter,—amusing himself
after the fashion of the country, by play
ing backgammon with a friend of his
own age and position and chatting on the
ordinary topics of the time. When the
coffee-house had to be closed,a little before
midnight, they were the last to leave it;
and More parting for the night, they
agreed to meet early by the first dawn at
the public bath close by, and afterwards
to go togetliir into town upon some busi
ness which they had arranged in coin
mon. They then separated.
Osman went home and to bed, intend
ing to be up before daybreak and join his
friend at the bath. Bat in the middle of
his sleep he was sudeenly awakened by a
sharp knocking it the door. Getting up
quickly and opening it to see what was
the mutter, he beheld standing outside
what he supposed to he his companion of
the evening before, with a lantern in his
hand. The night was still, warm and
overcast. with low, misty clouds, as nights
often are here during the winter solstice,
cold and storm rarely setting in before
mid-January. What has brought you
here so early?" he asked. "It is not yet
near morning." How so?" replied the
other! "the dawn has already broken, on
ly 'tis cloudy and dark. It wo do not
make haste we shall have ever so long to
welt for our turn. Besides, the sooner
the better; get your things ou and come."
Hearing all this, Osman supposed that lie
must have overslept himself, and was
really behind time. So he slipped quiet
ly back into the house, dressed himself
and came out. His friend was still wait.
ing for him, lantern in hand, at the door.
"TRUTH AND RIGHT : GOD AND OUR COUNTRY.",
111ONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1873.
No one else was up and stirring as they
passed along the narrow lanes, now doub
ly dark with overshadowing trees, talking
familiarly as they went, till they came
out on the little open space close by the
coffee-house where Osman had spent the
evening, where stands a noble planetree,
and oppositi, beyond, is the low, dark en
trance of the bath they were going to.
But on one side the view opens out across
the Xenos ravine to the battlemented,
walls of the castle opposite ; and beyond
these again rises high in air the tall stone
minaret or mosque, once a Byzantine
church, and now the principal place of
Mohammedan worship within the limits
of the:old fortified town.
Here they stopped to breathe the fresh
air a moment after the close,stifling lanes.
It was a murky night. Osman looked cast,
but there was no hint of dawn there; on
ly the tapering outline of the minaret
was traced faintly white against the
blackness of the sky. "ilow far off it
looks in the dusk, and how high !" he ex
claimed. "Not so very far off, nor so very
high neither," said the other,in a strange,
altered voice, that made his companion
start. "Suppose we just light it up—
shall I ?" And without waiting for an an
swer, he stretched out his arm, which
suddenly lengthened right acrosss the
valley before them, the city walls arid the
houses beyond, till it reached the minaret
and hung the lantern on the pointed
summit, where it remained suspended,
glittering like a star in the gloom.
Terrified at the sight, Osman turned
to ask—but his companion hind vanished
and he was all alone in the silent night.
Without waiting for more,he hurried buck
albest he might to his own house, ewer
eZ and threw himself, dressed as he was,
upon the bead. His wife woke tip, and
inquired what had happened to him—
where he had been, lie gave some e‘a
sive answer. and then tiny lay quiet.pre
tending to go to sleep, and wish tug fur
the morning.
Only a few minutes holi•eeer, had thus
passed, when rap it came to the door
again. Osman turned a deaf ear at first,
hilt when it aas repeated his wife awoke.
anti, not suspecting what had occurred
before, Legzeed her It us!!and to get up and
see wh t was outside. Ashamed to own
either his fears or their canses, Osmand
reluctantly left the room. and open e d t . .•
house door. There, sure enough, stood
his friend—or the semblance of his friend
—lantern in band, waiting. "Who ar e
. c. , u ?" aAing Osman. The other stark d.
-Why, do you not know me ?" said he.
-Were we not phis haekgummon to
! get her last el erni g? and did we not agree
to g together to the Lath this turning;'
Ceme along. or we snail lie ; the day
is breaking." Form, voice, inanner—all
•at re those. of his friend. Osinand felt
aga'n aslLim to hint his suspicions; , 11
: he d. termini d to put a hold a twee ~n
;old accompanied the other Into the
' street.
Before they bad gone far he himself
learnt ci d spie d his own Gars; so Thor
did the catv and rtraightfurw at d
of ti one at his side assure hini
'hat this time it ryas no tricky phantom
but a real IlAing •"nisi and he
yonuil a doubt. S.i I. he reir.niiiid fret')
ineutioning the incident o: au hour he
lore hat lie should be ti nglied at ur
dis
belie,ed.
'Chew pas,ed tho open place. the plane
tree, and reaeht d the bath. To their :tar
prise —Ostri.m . , at hest—its (.1..r
w 7 de open. and the entrance hall was fully
lighted up: v. t no one appeared I. b e
mortirr within : the head bath ket pers. ac
enstorned place was empty nor did an y
antecedents come I Ira ard to meet tht m.
lint 'he hathing-wrappers, tow els, w il l
other requkities were all ready' put
out : seine folded in their proper places:
es erything neatly arranged and lit
for use. "They mast have got the bath
order, and then (hiding that nobody
came. Lace turned in again for a nap,'
said Osman's companion. Well, till some
one awakes, we had best ehange our dress,
and make ourselves comfortable, fur the
meantime, in the heating ruum.
Osman agreed, and the two exchanged
their out-of- doors dress for the costume
ordinary in an Eastern hath, consisting
of very tep-1,1,e wrappers, and went into
the large vaulted inner room, which was
also lighted up and ready warmed. Here
they lay down or. the raised stone dias
wrainst the wall, with dome-like roof some
20 or 23 feet overhead, and the lamp
hanging down from it in the centre.
While they thus reclined at ease,waiting
till either a servant or some other bather
like tI emselves should enter. Osman, o ho
had now no doubts left in his mind as
to the real and bodily identity of hi s
c.impanion, could not resist the tempt
ation of recounting to hurt the previous
adventure of the night. So he told how
he had been awakened and beguiled out
of d oors by a phantom exactly resembling
in shape and voice the friend now beside
him, and how they had almost arrived
at the bath, when the spectre betrayed it
belt for what it really was by the porten
tous feat already described. The other
listened without interrupting the story,in
apparent astonishment, till the narrator
concluded: "So," he subjoined, "it huh
the lantern it was carrying on the top o f
the big minaret, did it ? Do you think be
could have managed this.'" and with
these words, he lifted a Isig and a f oo t ,
which suddenly lengthened out just as
the arm had done before, and with a
kick struck the very highest point of the
central vault above them, shattering to
pieces the lamp where it hung.
Osmand leapt up terrified, as well be
might he, and found hims.ilf alone in
pitch darkness, for every light in the bath
had been instantaneously extinguished._
However, as he had often been in the
building before, and was thoroughly well
acquainted with it, he managed, in spite
of his trepidation, to find his way to the
door, and rushed out, HI bathing cos
tume us he was, into the open air, leav
ing his own clothes, which he did not
venture to search after, behind him in
the entrance room. But as he crosied
the open space between the coffee house
and the bath, he looked back, and to his
horror, saw the dim and distant top of
the minaret within the fortress once more
lighted up by the spedtral lar tern hang
ing there. Chill and trembling, be at
last got beck to hie owls house. There
he found his wife fast asleep; and much
was she turprised when he awoke her to
see him so quickly returned, and in such
strange attire. He now made a clean
breast of it, telling her of all that had
happened to him that night from first to
last, and adding, that when the day was
up he would return to the bath and fetch
his clothes from where he had left them.
But hardly had he finished his narra
tion when, to the alarm or both, the same
rap that had twice been heard before was
repeated outside. Osman's wife,naturally
enough entreated her husband to pay no
attention to it.. But,like Tam o'-Shunter
in a similar case, he would not take eul
vice :
Ah, gentle dames! It goes me greet,
T. think bow manic counsels sweet;
How motile lengthened, sage adviccs,
The husband fru the wife deplsest
`But to our tale. Osman who was by no
means a coward, and whose mental was
now fairly up, swore that he would see the
matter cut to the end; besides, added he,
the dawn must now be near, and it could
hardly be a phantom again this time. So
he gut up, went, in bathing apparel as he
still was, to the house door, and opened
it. Sure enough, there shod his friend,
or what seemed his friend, waiting.
'What is the matter with you,' asked the
fignie, 'that you state so wildly at me?
and how came you to be in end) a dress?,
7 5iy own wearing clothes are at the bath,'
replied Osman ; and forthwith proceeded
to give an account of all that he had seen
that night, and how he had been twice
spectre-tricked, thinking to himself, 'lf
this time it be a phantom, too, like the
others, I may as well provoke it to show
true character at once, before we eo
further.' But his friend, on bearing all
this expressed the utmost astonishment.
'Me:' he said; 'why, I have only this
minute left my house, and I was going
quietly by myself to the bath, when it oc
cum& to me that I might as well pass by
your door and take the chance of calling
you up, in case you might not be awake
already. You must have been dreaming
somehow. Anyway, let us go at once,
and look fur your clothes, where you have
left them, test anybody else may conic, in,
the meanwhile and take a fancy to them.'
Once more Osman felt sure that the
speaker was his own live neighbor, and
nn other. So, a"ter a little more parley,
they went together, ands ion stood before
the bath. And before, the outer door was
wide oxen, and the interior of the build
ing brightly lighted up, hut. neither bath
keeper at tile entrance, nor any other liv
ing mature. Osman went to the corner
where he had first undressed, and there
found his elothes lying, untouched and
fdded, exactly as he left them. II is first
intruhe was to put them on without de
lay; but his friend suggested that as the
bath was heateh, they might as well make
ese of it; so the two entered the inner
room, there to wait till the ordinary at
tendiyits should enter on s nice.
They eat a while and talked ; no one
Came. But suddenly n ramfmied noise,
like that of a (Ton d,was heard procia-ding
from one of the de, p corners recesses of
the hall. Osman looked that way, law
saw noth ate, then turning his head back
a moment towards his seeming friend,
pr, yeti that his face was changed and
horrible, and his stature gigantic.
And now from the dark niche whence i
the sound Lad been beard, issued a long.
precession of countless figures—meth
women, children, on foot, on lowa-back.'
armed, unarmed, suld'ers,peasants,towns- ,
folk, spears, latices, swords, drums, fifes;
a mixed multitude, large, small, gro
tesque, fearful, hideous. They filled the!
entire emcee; they swarmed round Os-
man ; they pointed at him, they laughed, ,
they danced, they clamored, they sung,
they played the strangest antics, till in a
moment, as the first sharp cry that sum
mons to wakefulness and morning prayer)
sounded from the minaret gallery of the j
old mosque outside, they all vanished in
to nothing; the lights went suddenly out
and Osman, left alone in darkness, hell
fainting on the stone pavement of the !
floor.
There he remained till he was thus
found by the bath.keeper who entered at
daylight, and was carried home, still in
sensible. But before long he recovered
consciousness, and told his story ; for
some hours, even, he seemed none the
worse fur his spectral adeentnre. As
evening approached, however fever came
run and for several days he was like to
die ; when the crisis had passed, it lelt
him paralytic, hopelessly impared in mind
Ind body, a mere wreck. Such he now
continues. Ilis friend, whose semblance
the 'mocker" had thrice assumed, had
never, as they afterwards found, left his
house du! nig the fatal night, nor even
till lute the following morning.
A now Confidence Game.
_o_
A well-dressed young man stopped ut
a Vermont hotel last week, for a few days
and made acquaintances. The evening
of 'he second day of his arrival a nice
young lady came along, unattended, and
instantly attracted the attention of the
impressible youngsters, who canvassed
her charms fully as they set apart from
her at supper. The stranger youth even
went so far as to say that he would mar
ry her if she would have him ; and offered
for a substantial wager, to pop the ques
tion and have the marriage ceremony per
formed right away. The wager was ac
cepted, and also the proposal wf marriage,
made so suddenly to her. by— the young
man, and the parson called in, who soon
united the twain. The sum wagered was
paid over to the happy bridegroom, and he
and his bride net off next day on their
marriage tour. What lends romance to
the circumstance is the fact that the
young couple had already been man and
wife for over a year.
A NEW York auctioneer, who bad
beeen severely tried by the" uncertain
whims of lady customers, says: "The
presence of those who attend merely to see
the fun is etidurahle, but the lady who
bids a certain article of cloth up to nine
cents a yard, and when it is knocked
down to her decides to take one yard, I
regard as a blot on the civilization of the
nineteenth century."
Aquariums are of Chinese origin.
%Vanier Charms lo Florida.
—o—
The ancient city of St Augustine is
really having a resurrection to a new life.
Its genial winter climate yearly attracts
wealthy people from the North, and some
of them like Mr. Aspinwall and Mr. Ho
ward, two New York nabobs, are building
elegant mansions here. The Sisters of
Mercy are about two build a convent and
hospital, and the colored people are to
have an asylum erected. for their benfit.
The city fathers are also awakening from
their Rip Van Winkle sleep, and are fill
ing up the bog-holes in the streets, and
even contemplating the making of a shell
road one mile long,to be the grand boule
vard of the future.
I wish it were possible for me to describe
the loveliness of this climate, and its
healing effects upon invalids. Saying the
thermometer stands at 80°, and the soft
air is made invigorating by contact with
the ocean, does not convey au adequate
impression of its virtues. Recent litters
from friends in the south of France, who
spent the last Winter here, says the clim
ate there is not to be compared with that
of St. Augustine. The city is now quite
full of strangers, and soon every place
will be crowded. The band plays every
afternoon in the plaza, calling out the
crowd in happiest mood,and at sunset the
stages drive in from the depot, blowing
their bugles, announcing the arrivals of
northern mails as well as passengers. The
orange trees are , now budded, and will
soon be in full bloom. A few peach trees
have also opened their delicate flower
buds, hut they are a little in advance of
the season.
Sailing parties are now in fashion, and
I will describe one we recently enjoyed.
Our first land was the light house, upon
Anastasia island, where, from the out
look, we obtained a fine view of the Flor
ida coast, and could look far off upon the
ocean, beyond the breakers. ehile imagi
nation carried us back 330 years, to the
days of those early adventurers who land
ed hero when thin continent was au un
broken wilderness. Yet, this is the beau
tiful Florida, where they spent their first
Easter Sunday, and I fancied I could
trace their path on the water, and realize
their excitement as they landed. From
the lighthouse we walked to the coquina
quarries, where most of the building ma
terial of St. Augustine is obtained. The
coquina is a shell formation, which I be
lie ve, is found in no other part of the
world. It is composed of fine and broken
shells, cemented by some action of the
water here. Prof. Dana speaks of it in
his recent work on corals, but given no
geological explanation of its formation.—
It is cut in blocks, suitable fur building,
and is a little soft when first taken out,
lint hardens on exposure to the air. The
houses built of it are in the old Spanish
style, with large balconies hanging from
the second story over the narrow streets.
From the island we sailed to the north
beach„ where the dashing of the waves
has sendered the accumulation of shells
very arm. ana where we took a long walk
searching for sea-beans, that are often
washed up from distant shores. We re
turned e Ith voracious appetites to dine
off the finest of venison and wild duck,
with vegetables fresh from the garden,
and oranges just gathered from the trees.
At dinner, while we were holdtng In ani
mated discussion on the question of unit
ing all different religious denominations,
a dove flea- in through an open door,
flattered a f,:w moments over our heads,
and then took its demirture, leaving ns to
wet pt and profit by the omen if we
would. After dinner, we walked to the
cem , ,tery, near the barracks. whore long
lines of-our soldiers are sleeping under
the orange trees, and where three coquina
pyramids cover the remainsof Major Dude
and a hundred of his command who
were massacred by Oseola and his tribe
during the Seminole war. There is now
a small force stationed at the barracks,
under command of Major Corcoran, to
protect us trom all enemies, and our
beautiful flag is always floating there.—
Correspondence Springfield Repablicau.
Speak Out.
Walter Savage Landor used to relate an
anecdote of one of our judges who, being
on circuit, two old men were brought be
fore him as witnesses, and. according to
custom, he begun to chat with them ;
among other things, about their age, for
the purpose of giving a moral lesson to
the young barristers. -
"Well, my good man," (laid he to the
first witness, "how old may you be ?"
"About eighty-seven, my lord."
"1 dummy, now, you have lived a very
sober life ?"
"Yes, my lorl ; I have not been tipsy
for the last sixty years."
"There !" cried his lordship, turning to
the gentlemen of the bar, "you see what
a fine thing sobriety is. The witness rooks
113 though ho would live twenty years yet.
The barristers nodded assent. In his
turn, another witness came forward, who
looked particularly hale and robust.
"How old uro you, friend ?" inquired the
judge.
"Ninety-five, my lord," was the reply.
"Ninety-five ! I'll answer for it, you've
led a sober life—haven't you ?"
Witness hung his head and answered:
"I don't like to answer afore all these gen
tlemen."
"Never mind : speak."
"Well then, my lord, I haven't gone to
bed sober the last seventy years."
At this the judge locked rather blank,
and the bar smiled. The judge then said:
"We will proceed with the case, gentle
men.—Chamber's journal.
FEW people realize how many acres are
unoccupied in the Great West. There
are eleven Territories, two or three of
which are twice or three times as 'large
as all of New England, and it is a small
Territory that is not at least ten times as
large as Massachusetts. Colorado is thir
teen times as largo as Massachusetts,
while Dakota and Arazona are half as
large again as Colordo. The eleven Ter
ritories contain over ono billion and a
quarter acres, exceeding by nearly two
hundred thousand square miles the ag
gregate territory of all the present admit
ted States of the Union. The territory
of Alaska contains 869,529,600 acres.
Terms tr TWO DOI:LAM PER TZAR IN ADVANCE'
_V NOT PAID IN ADVANCE. LO CT& =TEA.
fit. Patrick'. Dream.
BY THOMAS D'AILCT )AOEE.
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Poor Is the pallets he dreams upon.
In the holy city, St. Martin's of Tours;
Is it a beam of the morning sun
Finches that face so pale and pure?
Is it the my of a cloister lamp?
Is it some chalice jewel bright?
No I sight and the cell are dim and damp—
Here nor earthly nor astril light I
Oh, such a dream ! From Foclut wood,
sear thesounding sea of an earlier day,
Ten thousand - voices, well understood,
Spoke! and thcolceper heard them say:
"Pear the unborn! by the hand
Of the angel Victor—swift Is he!
Oh, Patrick, far in thy Christian lend,
Erin's unborn we send to thee!"
Ar.d then he dreamt that St. Victorstood
By his pallet in that cell of Tours—
And the cries were bushed in Forint wood
But the heavenly messenger,swill and sure,
Presents the scroll that bore their prayer,
In the speech of his exile fairly wnt
And waking, the Saint beheld it there—
And these were the words he read from it:
'Come! holy one, long pre-onlain'd,
Fur thee, the SWEICIEfit Lir are singing:
Come ! from the morning, Orient stain'd.
Thy mass bell through our valley's ringing!
Man of the hooded hosts arise?
Physician, lo! our souls lie dying—
Ilear o'er the sea our piteous cries,
On thee and on our God relying I
Come powerful youth or Silemish hill
Come in the name and might of
Come with the psalm that charms
Cross-bearer! Christ-pi eparer
The sleeper mad! still doubts arose—
Till to Aurora's touches red
He held the scroll—repeating those
Wild suppliant words the - Unborn said
lie looted where late the angel pass'd,
Many the big drops on his brow ;
Ills robe he girt, his stair be grasped,
lie only said: "In God's name, Now r
PoMooing by Wholesale.
A correspondent writing from Kinzer's
station, Lancaster county, furnishes the
Express the following: It is seldom the
tranquility of our community is disturb
ed or its inhabitants startled at anything
occurring within its limits; but we have
to chronicle a case, which, from the res
pectability of the parties concerned, is
likely to create a sensation, not only in
the neighborhood in which it happened,
but throughout the whole comity. The
facts as we hear them are us fellows:
There lived in Salisbury township,
Lancaster county, a man by the name
of Henry Eaby, a miller by occupation.
and a well-to-day and highly respected
citizen. He was also a member of the
Mennonite church, of which sect there is
a predominancy in this section of the
county. About two years ago his wife
and two children were taken suddenly
sick about the same time and manner.—
Aid was at once summoned, and the phy
sicians pronounced the symptoms, in
all three cases, those of poison. flow the
poison got into the system of the victims
was a meatary yet to be solved. The phy
sicians examined the premiseV, and gave
as their opinion that it might have come
from the well, •which was adjacent to a
stagnant pool of water, known as the
dam. Mr. Eaby had the well thorough
ly cleansed and the supposed evil remov
ed. The victims, however, all soon
after taking sick. But about two months
ago Mr. Euby, after eating his supper,was
taken with sudden sickness, and remark
ed while drinking the last cup of coffee,
at the table, that it tasted so bitter and
was different from the former cup he had
drank and inquired of the others if their's
tastes so to them, they answering in the
negative.
The same physician that attended the
others who had died was dispatched for,
and upon his arrival asked him if he
(Eaby) had any enemies—te which those
who were,aroubd answered "that he had
not au enemey to their knowledge; that
every one liked him." The physician
said the man was poisoned. lie lingered
for a few days and died. It is now con
fidently believed that the whole family
were intentionally poisoned, and thou
sand tongued rumor has been indus
triously at work for some time circulating
stories of lhr most exciteing character.
But it is generally conceded in the
neighborhood that circumstances point
very strongly to the guilt of a certain
party in the vicinity. Although the
natne of the suspected party is in our
possession we do not mean to mention it
unless criminal preceedings are instituted.
We await developments.
Opium Eating InSchools.
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Much indignation has been excited by
the discovery that, venders of opium are
in the habit of surreptitiously sending
it, prepared in candy and lozengers, to
boys' and girls' schools, seminaries and
colleges. A box of the preparation is
sent to some pupil whose name bas been
ascertained, with a circular containing
directions for its use. The circular also
sets forth, in glowing terms, the advant
ages to be derived from the use of the
candy or lozengers. Among those ad
vantages
is alleged to be such a sharpen
ing of the mind as will enable the pupil
using the preparation to get his or her
lessons pith but little mental effort, and
to carry off the prizes with perfect ease.
Such a lure as that is almost sore to catch
idle young people, and ambitions pupils
also. The habit. of using the opium
once established, the victim is unable to
shake off; and the beloved son or daughter.
all unknown to the parents at home, lays
the foundation for a wrecked life and a
blighted career. Sometimes the pupils
communicate the secret to their intimate
associates, and the school becomes largely
infected with the pernicious practices.
Men who seek, by this stealthily emot
ing of an appetite in them for opium, to
ruin the minds and bodies of the young,
deserve the severest punishment. The
evil is a frightful one, and parents and
teachers cannot be too vigilant in guard
ing against it.
A GEOUGEIAN, by no means fairjlately
borrowed his grundmother'slast dollar to
pay a eartman for taking her to the poor•
house.
Preferred orediton:—Those that don't
dun.
ci NUMBER 14.
IteMous Notes.
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THE increase of the Baptists in this
country last year, it is stated, was 69,698.
Nomfxo can . make man truly great
lint being truly good,; and partaking of
God's holiness.
NEVER mind where you work; care
more how you work. Never mind who sees
if God approves.
HE who opens hie heart tor the recep
tion of Divine truth, will never walt
fur the Grace that ho seeks.
WHEN the arrow of a believer's prayer
is put into the bow of Christ's interces
sion, it pierceth the very heavens.
Goo's bible is opened to the heart by
the spirit; and Christ is the key that fits
every word, both in the book and in the
heart.
CHRISTIAN perfection in outward con
duct consists, not in doing extraordinary
wellthings,but in doing things extraordinarly
Tits fact is, when a person consecrates
himself, soul and body, to God, he no
longer donbts,but believes with the whok
heart.
IN the State of Missouri since the war
a single missionary , of the American Su
nday School Union has organized twenty
seven churches.
E who has a pure heart will never
cease to pray ;and he who will be constant
in prayer shall know what it iR to hare
pure heart.
It( all temptations be not discour
hese surges may be not to brealcrt
"T
but to heave thee off thyself on the Rook,
Christ
IT is incumbent on every Christian to
ascertain for what ho is qualified and
what service he is called to perform for
the body of which he is a member.
COLD indeed is the heart of him that
remains untouched at the thoughtof that
Providence which suffers not a sparrow to
fall to the ground without our lieavuly
Father's notice.
G RACE Church, New Yolk, contributed
the past year for charitable purpo3ee
8149,800 50, including 00,000 given by
a member for "GOte Church."
THE Methodist Episcopal parsonage at
Castle Penn, York county, Pa., was burn
ed to the ground a short time ago. The
fire was caused by a defect in the frue.Not
insured.
THERE are 5.487 churches in the State
of Ohio, 225 Roman Catholic, capable of
seating in all 2,884,386 people, or nearly
one church fur every 1,000 of tho inhabi
tants.
New York City has had ninety-one
Presbyterian churches. Tho first church
of this denomination was organized in
1706, and the first house of worship was
built in 1719.
Mors have been purchased in New
York City by the Russian Government on
which to erect a Greek church. Building
will begin as soon as orders are received
trout headquarters.
LET Tour religion be seen. Lamps da
not talk, but they do shone. A lighthouse
beats no drum, it beats no gong; end yet
far - river the water its friendly light is Been
by the mariner.
PROFAICE Swearing is abominable. Vttl.
gar !angling° is disgusting. Loud laugh
ter is impolite. Inquisitiveness is ottlin
sive. Tattling is mean. Telling • false
hood is contemptible. Ignorance is dis
graceful, and laziness is shameful.
PROFANITY never did any man the
least gObii. No man is richer,or happier,
or wiser for it. It commends no one to
society. It is disgusting to the reified
and abominable to the good.
THE t h t ictien Advocate says: "Com
mend us to that Baptist brother who, on
going into the wu''a to be baptised, re.
plied to the snggestioe that he had better
tukc his pocket-book out of his pocket
during the ordinance, 'No. I want ray
pocket-book baptised with me."
TUE Congregationalists are concentra
ting their energies. The building com l .
'Acted in Boston, is worth nearly half a
million. The Publication Society, For
eign Mission Board, Home Mission, Li
brary Association and the Congregation
alist will occupy rooms in the building.
DR. BREUER:MIDGE, in a Be rri.
speaking of the e ff orts of modern ail*
dell to throw discredit upon Christianity,.
uttered this bold language: "Why, sir;
you might as well plant your aboulder
against the burning wheel of the mid-day
sun, and try to hurl it back behind tha
horizon, into night!"
Nearly three years ago a_ noble steamer
was sinking with hundreds of people on
board. 0! ly one bout load was saved.—
As a men was leaping into the tossing
boat, a girl who could not be taken into
the boat, and who knew that she . would
soon be swallowed up in the deep, deep
sea, handed him d note, saying: "Giro
this to my mother.' The mau wes cavS
ed. The girl, with hundreds of °that
persons, was drowned. The mother had
the note. What do yon think tho little
girl had written iu it? ITere are her
words: "Dear mother, you must not
grieve for me ; I amgoing to Jeans.
Dear girl ! What faith and courage the
must have had to write that note. • She
was going to Jesus through the stormy
waves t.O the angry sec; and she WEI not
afraid.
Sui.stros Szcr.—A Michigan et.
change tells tie of a Strange Sect which
has its abiding place at Battle Creek An
that State. It is called the Setenth Day
Adventurests, and its members look for
the coming of the Saviour soon, but do
not fix any precise date—wherein the; ars
wiser than the Mi aro
wealthy as A community, emil act:l for
street integrity and the ce,upe.ous
liners of their dwellings. T:aey
in the'water cure, and their e.:l7.ll:ehmsat
at Battle Creek is the resort of invaliu
from nil parts of the country. 'They
a publishing house, tract hpute,
aroma, and.are as fond of nutbakttetle,i,
.as if they did not a - pect to ;:o ,to
forams tium ."