VOLUME xxx:
E. B. HAWLEY & Co., Proprietors:
Business Oatds.
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tot r. Momrorr..Moy ri. 1571-0
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THE ITATTI BAYBEII. hoe moved Ws *bop to the
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rt,a k:nthi....r trt. Eurb mq-
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to 0.-.4 rt nte
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J. D. PAIL
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I"rsted h sf =twee. Pe , where he will prowl*t.
I. tt&nft to all call, io hie profoution with which he m 37
he ravored. OICe awl retitteere west of the Cowl
110.1., or-se Fitch & Watsou'rofflcr.
Nootroper. February h, Int.
F. CHURCHILL..
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htl florottztt. Sosgnehaoon ,Cratwtr, - Th-no' n.
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• 111 aro from 110 4 o'clock p. tat
Gran L'e oil, (41. 2d,
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SUNOS OF TUE DlFFrif2.
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UT FAMED. IMAM. ,
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I walked down the Valley of Silence,
Down the dim, voiceless valley—alone
And I hear not the fall of a footstep
Around me—save God and my own I
And the hush of my heart Is as holy
As hovels where Angels have flown.
Long ago was I weary of voices,
Whose music my heart could not win ;
Long ago was I weary of noises
That fretted my soul with their din;
Long nem was I weary of places
Ithere I met but Littman and Sin.
•
I walked thro' the world with the worldly ;
crave what the world nevergave;
And I said "In the world each Lim),
That shines like it star on life's 'wove,
Is toned on the shores of the Real,
And sleeps like a dream in a grave."
And still did 1 pine fur the Perfect,
Anti still found the False with the True;
1 sought.'mid the litimm for Herren,
But ought a mere glimpse of its Laic ;
And 1 wept when the - Clends tlie :Mortal
• Veiled even the glimpse from my
And I toiled on, heart tired or the Unman
And I moatted'hnid the mans or men ;
I knelt inns ago nt the
And heard a Voice call me ; stare then
I IV Mkt n down the Valley of Silence
That lies far beyond mortal ken. .
Do vim ask what I found in the Valley
'Tis Inv trymina-nlace with the devine ;
Anti I :ell at the led of the aoly.
Ar.d about Inc a voice mid "lie mine I'
And then rosy trom the depths of my 51)i: it
An.echo: - 1!ily heart shall be Thine!"
Do von ash harrq live In the Valley?
I 'wept), and I abeam, and I Kay;
But my tears are as oNeet as the tiercAreps
'Fir.tt rill on the ruum in May;
Alld my prayer, like a perfume from censer,
Aseendeth to Clod, night and day.
In the bush of the Valley of Silence,,
I tlr,arn all the son, tnaLl sing,
And the tousle floats down the ditaNalley
'Till each finds a wor,l for a itin,e.;
That to men, like the doves or the Wince,
The ows.sav of Pine the may"
Bat far nn the deer there are billow
That never shall break on thalami,*
And 1 have heard servo in the silence
That never shall ion in the .srieveh ;
And I have had dreams in the Valley
Too lofty for lattguttge to reach.
And I hive seen thoughts in the Valley—
Ali. me! how my spirit %ea: titirrel
And they wear holy veils on their &res.—
Their footsteps can sc.treely be bran!;
They ltmc thee the Volley. lute Vir.4.iul;
no pure fur the touch of a wor 1.
Do yon nsk me the plane of the Valley,
Ye hearts that am harrowed by cam ?
It limb alar between mountains,
And God and ❑is Angels are there?
And one is the dark mount of Sorrow,
And one the bright mountain of Prayer
Zia s.tory Zr.tiler.
TAE COQUETTE OF AILILOV.
In very ancient tits the inhaltitan s of
Aron worshlimed the moon, and' the
learned muinhtitmd that the name Arian
is derived from the two words are lump
signifying "Altar of the moon." It i• ''-
perhaps fur this re:tacit that the v,aung . "I Ira not afraid. Lot You are giving
women of this ancient town t h en lan a i Inc a very queer ruilldlisSititl."
odd fancies. Aprop.,Se of this I ramose ; "Cali it limey if you wail, but 1 ran
to relate a story iv h , ela Mr. Adolphe D e . only roofi.le this to one who is very de•
champs must lone looeued to when h e ‘oteAl,for it is absolutely necessary to eau
was governor - t . Law:em' s.n rg. for it i s , veal this mystery front everybody. You
one of the traditionsof th et .-pe,-, v in„.._ : must go there exactly tat half-past nine,
All the Arlonese knew it, and 1 'write at and yon must dress yourself to personate
down for the benefit of those who have an angel of light, and carry a torch in
not been governors of provitic ,- S, and' your hand. The fearful stories of which
who aneesto „ have not worshipped the the tomb has been the subject, will be of
moon. i serytee tat von, and those who may be
It is said that about one h un d re d years 1 scheming to carry away or rob the dead,
ago there resided in Arlon a young girl ! will upon seeing you sitting atf•the foot
mimed Ger rude. She was eighteen:years 1 a the ' tomb, wi th your torch in your
i
of age, and was gay, frank and good-na- l hand, be so terrified that none will dare
approach. At midnight you may return
tared, always smiling, and happy; and
She was t h e home. Will you do it ?"
full of life and activity.
daughter of Charles Stuck, a wealthy 1 "I will," said Wenceshks, who feared to
propnetor of the little town, and general- r displease her, .. . .a..?
him from his father and grandfather,wh
ly designated as Stock Jr., to distingapsk ' "1. must he certain that you have per
formed this service; but remember, not a
o
were yet living. "They last long in- that 1 word about it to any one, and at. this
Wally." was a local espv.ssion. i price my hand is your„ ,,
Gertrude had many admirers, but none . Wenceslas retained his usual corollas
of them appeared to make an impression tiro, smotherilagas 2 best: he could those
on her heart. Tins, together with her: superstitions fears which sometimes as
fascinating manners, gave her the name sail the strongest mind. He swore that
o' the "Coquette of Adon." D., not' he would be both obedient and discreet,
take this ;appellation in its harshest setts., a and that at half past nine precisely he
fur her father anal mother allowed h er l i , would he at his post.wkere he wind(' watch i
do as site pleas d. having the utmost aeon-' the dead so carefully that not even_a bat
fidenc iin her. And it was not tntsplaeed, should approach. Ho soon took his
Among the many who soiagbt her hand leave is order to make his prepare
in marriage were four young, men of the ' lions.
townwho deserve special meotiin. Their a A few moments afterward, Lambert
names were Sigismond de Vetter, Giles . Von Moll, also faithful, appeared to ren-
Collin. Wencesleti Stroohant, .and, 1.400- der his homage to the ,young lady. He
pert Von Moll. The first tamed was so a WAS a lawyer and everybody predicted a
calm and undemonstrative the:tithe other I brilliant future for him.
three did not give themselvfs any n neaska , "If you really love," said the coquette,
ness about him. They, on the contrary, "I ate going to -prove it, Some of the
were so pressing that the -neighbors all neighbors whom von know, and who are
expected that she would certainly marry our enemies, wish to injure us, For this
one of them. ''''. , purpose they have placed it dead body in
The font fnitnrs pressed their claims, i the Boman tomb, which belongs to our
each one in his own "AY; "%qui; !fir t, family. I wish yam to make every
decide in his favor. S., one day in Sep- . Possible effort to carry off the corpse."
tember, 1,143. she devised a stratagem by i "I ?" interrupted Lamb e
rt.
which to test their courage um' affection. "Certainly. I, know that you are
' Her parents once
,mora allowed her to . brave."-
hare her - own way, for, as she never "That is true, but this is such a ridieu
--,
io
ua derttia a anything without 'cons:thing ns nn"issi"""
.'
att lem , w -mi k i: suppose 'they wereUiot the '`, rli;* hoilv will doubtless be guarded by
fluid a nd tesannol parents_ thatAisnally . mere childrjn, and in order to disperse
fall to the lot of unto:1111We, hgrohtes in them you must blacken your taco and
modern romances. k, qw : ter m 2 ,1,,„, , , , ,,, ' make yourself as ugly as yon are hand
from Arlon, in a field a.beinnt,, , lnsr to her some ; in short disguise yourself as a de
fatter, Gertrude had often _noticial an old mon. • Call it o - ridlculoits commission if
Homan tomb.,: . which - nn one dared al , I yon will ; but go to the Homan tomb pre
, cisely take up the bodand bring
proaeholn eieentint of its ghostlY:reputa
tion. All snitsof 'Strange andrateterions iit here, and you will gain my gratitude."
stories were told Omit . it. Oertrprie r 5.. .! Lainlisrt Von Moll reflected for a mo
solved to make ft ibe centre, .of ler bat- me t a, aidadeciding that it wet not too
teeles.!,' . -- a great a priee to pay for the heart of Ger
, ,Giles Wins came roinsual,and uttered trade, he' like the two others, promised
more, ardSn(and passionate -protestations I:materiality and discretion, and accord
of foie thaneierideelerinith 'ailiiiikald Ingly wi th drew to make his preparations;
willinglywalktiverbarning Coils toplease I Sigismood de Vlettn. then came to pay
her, - ~ .:, his respects to Mr. and Mrs. Stock ;he
' 4 iiiiiiiit in Mireateinible'iiito repire ; wished Gertrude goOtLerening, and con
duit of von," said she; "all things coned- ! venael i few Moments with her, while
isikl, Ido not refuse to marry you, but I , taking ajnim in the garden. Having
wish to have a pr-of of your devotion ; drawn hi m aside, who had her
slid lit: tlitaTne timaof your courage. i projects, propose 3 he should m his turn
'461 - WI," imirered fines. -4 . will mums 'a Character in her comedy. , But
.ilve you spy proof of that nu de.l Sigismond, who perceived some malicious
i .. coc a.
411, be n i? obi hi) 7 - 164 bf bit rase iones i tOld
100ailroVei, lica. i
Awls Szenots
"TRUTH AND RIGHT : GOD AND OUR COUNTRY."
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1873.
"You know," replied she, "the ancient
tomb which is situattil on a knoll, a
quarter of lea ;us from tow ?" •
"Yes," .epli 11 the pnzz ed Giles; "I
have seen it - from a d stseice; there is
uothing remarkahle about
"Well, this evening, ‘.t nine o'clock, I
want you togo without raying a ward to
any oae about it, and lie du au is the old
tomb. .
"In the witches' den? W' tat a caprice!'
'And you must rem sin perfectly Mo
tionless until midnight" •
"But, Gertrude, what are you thinking
of? what is your object?"
"You are a coward ; you are trembling
alrea ly. . Perhaps it is a cap -ice ; but I
have my project, and I wish to try you.—
If you do as I wish.;l shall know that
can trust-you; and providing you remain
themfroth nine o'clock until midnight,
my heart is yours. If you- refuse, I shall
marry some one else."
Struck by - the decided tone of the young
girl, Giles dared net offer further objec
tio}t;-;Unbjee thought of the freezing re
citals to which he had listened ; of 3*
parations fruits another world that were
seen gliding around the tomb, and of the
witches who held their nocturnal meet
ings and made it a place of depsit for
their ungUents and diabolical compounds.
In troth, ilres had sometimes been seen
hurtling near there through the night,
and SU frOlinilaiiY g roups Orsi nister or
grotesque looking faces; but they Aire
uutlou'it4itY gypsies. with which taiNem
bo-lrg srid,L i bppyg
,were at that period
f.is . .etl. -.Thst some...persons professed to
barn see,9 s upern.itoral beings, and a
theriis:ind Wonderful stories were related
about them. - For a year, however, noth
ing It id been seen there, and though
Giles was more afraid than he would have
cared to acknowledge, he was so deeply
enamore 1 of the young girl that lie no
nepted tie condition and propi=ed to du
%dirt wes required' of him without di
v &ging his intention to any one.
Shortly afti•ncardi Weifecslas St rOO
- eanw in his turn. Gertrude gave
him a eery gracious reception. lie was
liandsori.. and rich. and fully conscious
lieie ;id v.flitagiis he frit confident of
the succeii.s of fits suit_
It isnntionrfortunethat tempts me,"
,a;.l (lent-1111e to him, g , eatly nattered.
Weiler:4as M - r.r..(1. 114 if he would say,
andelltaltd ; I have 1,0 other attruc•
"1 f•el a deep infereit in you, - pursued
dm, and Would williug give you my timid
f y m would rerder me n service that
would prove your courage."
y",, have but to coat: m.l me," Bahl
the hatiaaomo young man ; ••I am entire
ly at your 6erv:ce:'
• "Wvo4 . then, von m:l4 know that one
of my rdatives 11 is been killed in a duel.
lie 14 in the wools, and we are making
every effort to secure him an honorable
In the meantime the body is to
he placed:o the ltomaa tomb at min,
o'clock this evening. As the tomb is
neither c.n•ereu or inel is4l, we greatly
far it ma b • Il..starb•d; therefor I beg
of yoa to g rat liAlfmast [lmo."
To th e n•irehe; That an ideal-
"Y - Lei arc afraid aire,idy ? itus Dieu:
how faint hearted the young mill
her that. for anything serious or import
ant she might command him; and that
small childishness was only proper for
children. The coquette, not fluting him
very complaisant., left him.
The night was very cold, arid, at nine
o'clock Giles Collin arrived at the Boman
tomb. lie bad furnished himself with a
small lantern, not being very courageous.
Ile went all around the tom 4 and caretul.
!yew:pined the bushes and every place
in which he thought any one might be
concealed, and then, not all reassured • by
the silence and solitude which surround
ed him, Its extinguished his light and en
veloped himself is a long white sheet
which he had brought, concealed under
his coat, then, extending himself at full
length in the tomb, soon became at
gloomy and motionless as the object he
personated. ,Very lugubrious were the
thoughts thaepasved through his mind
while lying there in his winding sheet. A
very lung quarter of an hour had elapsed,
when he was startled by • the cry of a
screech owl. Ile uncovered his eves and
looked arm:mit-but he could see nothing
nut some vague reflections of light in the
direction of the town. Soon. however, he
heard, through the silence of the night.
footsteps which were evidently. coming
toward him. lie raised his head ; rays of
light caught his eyes, and he saw, not far
off, a mysterious phantom, habited in. ti
long robe cloth of silver, which was
confined by a blue girdle. The head of
this apparition was crowned with stars,
made of gilt paper, while from its shoul
ders floated two large pieces of muslin,
representing wings.
Pour Gilles, who hail not ferseen such
an in c id e nt, cowered down under his
sheet, utterly unable to explain the
meaning of what he saw.
"It is an angel," said he to himself,—
Bat the angel coughed.
It is not au inhabitant of Heaven,"
thought Gilca. "It is one of the sorer
era ; I am in a very bad situation."
The angel, on his part, appeared to 'be
ill at ease. lie cast an oblique glance at
the winding sheet that covered the dead,
and did nut appear anxious to make a
el leer examination. Holding the torch
n his band. Weneesles firroobant, thus
transformed into ail.' angel. la
make great dna ta sat hinnelf nt the
toot of the tomb, and if the deal ha.! a it
been in such a state of perturbati in, lie
would have noticed that the angel was
trembling with cold or seemoliing els..
Wencesles scenic l to have contrac - ed a
very bud cold, which was manifested by
a very severe fit of afel fltiet•Z•
ing. and being unable to find his hand
kerchief, lie was obliged to use one of his.
wings to wipe moisture from his nose and
mantle.
"That is not an angle, certainly,"
thought the dead; "it must be a sorcerer.
Who knows if he be not master of c.ire•
monies? ' Ile is there with his torch to call
the others. and I shall find myself in the
midst of their revels, aeil if the devil pee
sidos over them what shall I do?'
While making these di.4lgrgrahle refrac
tions, lie was struck by the sudden agita,
lion of the angel of the torch, who up
p.eired to behold some fearful objet`. It
was the third personag,e approaching.
This latter (lambert Von was
disguised as a spectre of darkness. - As
he drew near, the light of the torch, which
gleamed npon him at intervnils, gave him
a fearful appearance. He did not appear
greatly terrtied, but probably from mo
tives of prudence he approached in a
zigzag fine, pausing now rud then us'
though he saw something ho did not ex
pect. The silvery robe of the angel
glittered in the torchlight, and Lambert
conld not account to himself for this
singelar costume.
As the angel. whose trembling limbs
refused to suppirt him, `remained ffxed
in his place, Lambert decided to make a
(lank - movement, and accordingly, he
passed around the other end of the tomb.
His disguise was frightful; he was
muffled in an ox hide, which was adorned
with the Jong horns and ears ; his face
was blackened, and the lower part of it
concealed by an immense red beard. In
h.s hand lie tarried one of those wooden
forks which are used to spread new mown
hay. Wencesies, who had not lost sight
of the demon, now signalized himself. - by
the greatest effort of commge he hail ever
made in his life. Ile suddenly advanced,
with the touch at armslength before him.
and the spectre recoiled. But the flames
touched Lombert's great beard, and in an
instant it was in a blaze. He quickly tore
it off and sprang on the angel, whose
torch fell and was extinguished.
They seized each other by the hair mu
tually as.tonished,perluips, at finding each
other palable:
The corps, who had seen all, and
had begun to question whether it was,
really a scene among the witches, now
took Wenceslas and Lambert for a good
and a bad angel who were dispnting pos
session of him, and, overcome by terrible
fears, he suddenly sprang out ot his tomb
with his windingoilieet , around him, and
took to flight acmes the.fields.
The twochampions, 'seeing the dead
rush forth, were seized with the same
terror, and letting go of each other, by
common consent, they fled' as though
trartimel by all the witches.
The three lovers,returne tuJttleir re
spective lodgings, utterly overcome by
what they; had seen and passed thrntilglia;
and the next day noneof them were able
to leave their beds. 'lo finish their ad
ventures, Gertrude sent Word to • them
that, they must have very little esteem for
her, since, instead of fulfilling their
promises, they had run awayin such o ridiculous manner. And - silo married
SigisMond,
A COICITISSION house it; attroit thn
other day hired a man to mark some
barrels of.apples, and he branded them
as "greatiins," lail-flourere," “spiue
bergs," 4 seetifnrders," and "russote
After reading off the names the senior,
parther requested the man ..to drop the
brush and he would get hint a situation
as balzool teacher. •
A Orsromanman bag invented a lit
tle article which ladies ..csn -:wear and
manipulate en as to hoist their train's clan
of the-mud in navigating gutters so l d
vet loosing%
Some of the Curiosities of limonite°
The amount of misapplied talent en
gaged on inventions teat can Defier be
used is as wonder.ul as it is p . roliflo; end
there is a ludicrous element ta. many of
the patents,. and more.of the applications
which is well worth investigation. We
extract (ruin the records of the Patent
Office au account of some of these that
show more genius than common sense,
and have produced more, laughter than
profit.
In 1870 the owner of some beehives,
irrated by the loss of his honey by the
bee moth, asked for a bee-hive. He , had
noticed that the bee moth 'travels at
night, while the busy bee works by day.
liis desire,therefore, was for a device that
should admit the worker by' day
and keep out the there by night. Thus
his ingenuity effected the errection of a
hen-roost pivoted upon a bee-hive pro
vided with gates. The bees were expect
ed to be in their hives just before dark ;
the hens, lighting on their roosts, were
then to close the gates of the hive and
keep them abut all night. The early
rising of the hens vroald automatically
open the gates again return the have—
their honey all safe—to the airs of heaven
and the fl avers on the earth. lie receiv
ed the pate .t.
Another applicant asked for a patent
right for an artificial moon that should
light each that used it without expense.
Ilis eye haS often been struck by the re
flection of the distant windows at sunset,
and how far light traveled. Ile therefore
proposed a balloon for each town suffi
ciently large to raise a huge reflector,
that
was to be hoisted every evening at dusk'
(about the time hens had shut in the
beef.) The rellectims of the sun's rays,
ca4t downward upon the village, was sure
Gl light it through all the darkness of the
night. Fortunately for. hims6lf, this in
ventor presented his application through
a patent attorney, who told him it was
doubtful if it could be obtained.
In the fall of 1872 a gentleman, proba
bly from California, applied for and re
ceived a pttent for building,. house.; on
wheels and rollers, eo that, in Cane of
earthquakes, they might roll forward or
backward, and not b.: shaken to pieces.
Another gentlem in applied for a pat
eta, for heating canals by steam, so that
boating could go on in the winter its well
33 in the summer.. The officer decided
that this invention was worthy of pro
tection and gave him his patent.
Another applied for a cumbinalion of
clock and lied, so ingeniously contrived
that when the °lock struck the bottom of
the bed dropped our. ff claimed that
this plan would probably awaken the
sleepers.
Speaking of combinations. he must
have come from Alissouai or Kansas who
asked for a patent for a combination of
cannon and plow. For this purpose he
tilled three applicutions, making the
elongated handles hollow, so as to form
two cannons. There were to be kept
loadAl till the guorrillas were after him.
The cannons were then to be tired, the
guerrillas shot down, and the farmer to
go on his way rejoicing.
Only three years have passed away
since a very ingenious gentleman from
the rural districts applied for a tutteni to
prevent caws from snitching their tails.' 1
presented two models—one shaped like
a bottle. around which the Cotes tail was
to he curled. The other was a square
block with a hole through the centre,
wherein the tail was to be pot and tied in
a knot, so that the animal could not
withdraw it. On the presentation of the
application the official examiner thought
it could not be granted because of a simi
lar device in "Don Qnixote - ," where San
cho Panza, trying to sleep in a hayloft,
was kept awake by the braving of his
donkey below. tits wakefulness gave
Sancho tinie to reflect that, when riding
the donkey, the animal always switched
his tail when he brayed. Descending has
tily from the hayloft, the esqnire tied a
block to the donkey's tail to prevent him
from braying. But as this device origina
ted with a Spairiiard, and had never been
repeated in this country, the office decid
ed to grant the patent. Our readers will
therefore remember that they cannot tie
a Cow's tail to prevent its switching with
out a payment of royalty to the owner of
this privilege.
And.he, too, must have coma from the
borders who asks for a patent combina
tion of trunk and hones. The trunk was
made with triple sides, moving up and
down. Doing duty all the day in guard
ing clothes, when 'flight comes on, and no
cabin near.tho goods. were to betaken
out, the tripple walls elevated into one.
and the benighted trAveler safely hous
ed.
Another asked for a patent for the in•
c6ntion of the generation of steam by
hearing a hole into the ground until he
reached the waters that are boiled by the
internal Gres of the earth. lie set - forth
among the advantages
,of his plant that
there would be no danger of explosion,
no expense for fuel, no necessity
. for• en
gineers all of which statements are en
doubt:city t rue.
It must have been a relative of this
last gentleman, and one equally well ac l
qnainted with the laws that govern the.
hidden heart of this planet, who applied
for a patent for purposes of, irrigation.
Ile gradually set forth tliat he made the
discovery. that quicksilver was, heavier
than the common earth. Ile therefore
proposed to start a hole; and to empty
into it a little mnrcnr3r. By the laws of
nature that mercury would be sure to
work its Way downward till it struck
water, and the wale* would be sure to
work its way upward till it. ktrnek air.
Tintort.tat 'roux° has telegraphed an
explanation or his position to the New
York treristi. lie 8293 he has resigned
certain arduous positions because he is
"now 'nearly seventv.two years old and
needs relaration." . tut he continues to
be presideist of tho clinrcli: and in' Alma
position shall still "exercise supervision"
over business, ecclesiastical and seeder;
leaving the minutia) to yonnger-,rnen.7
He ends with n' summary, of hiallabota !
among which he enumomtes _alba 'poop
lingo[. this territotr t " • ,
fr enns
I r i m r Dat o l4l4 PER VV/In IS ADVANCE} I
ADVAIIMI6 50 c7s, Limp*,
• •• •
"Blessed Dream..!'
—pee -
The sunset's smile had left trio sky •
• • The moon ruse calm and far,
Its low a little Maiden knelt
To breathe her nightly prayer,
And thus her brief petition ruse,
In BIM* words and few:
• , "Dear Lord, please send us blessed dreams,
And let -them all come truer
0, f have stood In tetimics grand, •
Where, in the rainboweel
Rose pompous prayers from priestly Ups,
Through clouds of dense pe;futne,
But never one has seerne.l to mu
SO , guileless, pure and new— -
"Dear Lord, please send us blessed dreams,
And lit them all come truer
Al,, little maiden I:fleeting 'there,
Beneath the sunset ditto,
What need. have we of other prayer
Than yours, so sweet. anti wise;
Henceforth f breathe no studied plan,
But bow and pray with you—
'Dear Lord, please send us blessed dreams,
And let them allconte truer •
A. Brave Woman.
A New Jersey paper says:
"In bLillville died, last week, a young
lady whose brief life was crowned by a
brave and noble act, for which her mem
ory should be held in high esteem and
reverence by all to whom the. knewledere
of her presence of mind in a moment of
peril, and determined devotion to the. line
of duty, may come. Lottie Dougherty
resided in 'and was educated at
the Central School. She was one of Pro
fessor Culver's most attentive and prom
ising pupils, and distinguished herself
greatly in all her studies. - Last. summer,
hafting studied telegraphing, she accepted
it situation at 'Lander, a station on the
line of the Pennsly/rarria Central R. R.,
and boarded at the Eagle Station,
a mile
or more distant. One evening, in August
last, she was on ber way to her station,
when suddenly a t2rrible thunder storm
came up. The office at the Eagle was
amok by lightning, the magnet burned
out of the instrument, and great Con
sternation prevailed. Lottie • supplied
a magnet, though it was not her office.
Going to the door, she noticed •-a large
tree uprooted and blown direct!! across
the track- She realized at once the
dangerous situation. The Western Es-
press was due in a few minutes. and local
trains followed it close. Thongb all pres
ent
opposed her resolution, the cool; de
termined girl seized the red signal lamp,
run tbroneh a fearful storm op the truck
and swung her lamp, until she heard the
engineer whistle down brakes and the
train was saved. The speed was checked
so that the train was not thrown from
the track, though it struck the tree with
force suf f icient to hurl a heavy limb against
Lollies shoulder, hurling her dodo the .
embankment intoa ditch, and inflicting
several injuries which might ultimately
result in death. Of course the passengers
on the train were loud in theirexpreesiens
of gratitude to her, and a handsome sum
of money was tendered, hut she refused
it and returned to her office and remained
on duty all night. She said she had only
done her duty and wanted no recompeuce
of a pecuniary character.
"Eleven weeks ago Lottie came home
to die. Even since that learnt! night she
had felt the effect of the blow ' upon her
shoulder; consnmpiton clainted•her as its
victim. Slowly hut surely . she faded E.Nrays ,
endiiring her sufferings in a patieht and
uncomplaining manner: She had all the
attention thaeloving hearts Could give,
but she could. not be restored to health.
On Wednesday she died, surrounded be
her family, who were plunged. into sad
ell:heti on by the early demise of their loved
one. Tho funeral took place on Saturday
morning."
Woman's night to Practice Loa-.
In the Supreme Court -of the 'United
States Justice Miller delivered an•opinion ,
which is reported in the Tribune
and which will be of much interest to the
advocates of the right of women to prac
tice biw in the courts and perform other
pnblic duties which the customs of so
ciety and the laws of states have devely
eil on the other sex. The case is that of
Myra Brodwell vs. the Stare of Illinois.
Myra made an application to the Sunreme
Court of Illinois for a license to practice
law, and accompanied 'the application
with the usual certitleate.of good charac
ter and of having been found on exam
inatiOn to possess the rsquisite.
gnaliQcit
tiogs for the practice of law. The stat
ute of Illinois enacts that 'no person shall
'be permitted to practice as an attorney or
counsellerat law in that- state wtthont
having previously obtained a license from
two of the justices of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme,Court denied the
applica
tion on the ground that she is a woman,
and she brings snit in the Supreme Court
of the United States to vindicate- her
rights. She hail obtained her certificate
in Vermont and claimed that she urns
entitled under the constitution of the
United States to any right granted to
any citizen of the former state.
TheSupreme*Court of the United States .
held that the right to admissien• to prac
tice lawiri the court of a state is not one
of the immunities and privileges- belong
ing .to citizens of the United States which
the constitution forbids a state to abridge..
The.right to control-and regulate the
panting orlieense to'Practice law in the
courts of astate-is one: of these ;povias
which are not transferred to the general
gavernment. The judgement of the
'Supreme Court of Illinois was according- ,
ly affirmed., -
Tins spring and summer is, at keel,
not to be fraught with horrible outrages
against American fishermen in Canadian
waters. Under the provision of the Treaty
of Washington,a pact which has accorded
us evenhanded justice, our eastern of • nets
must riot invade the thh.stocked seas of
the Northern coat within ; three miles of
tile Canadian shore line.and of. this regn.
lation they have been informed
by, the Seiretary. of the Tteasnry, so that
if they come into collision with the Dom.',
wino authorities, beranse of the violation
of this agreement, they cannot in Com•
mon fairness appeal fo the country fur
aid against the
.punishment • they bare
drawn upon themselves by their own de—
liberate acts. There is not a, yestage of
just ground fajUanaditu ilst ! ery,
les this jear,
. • .•
L.Y. .4 4
tiV. .
:Arch'
/• 1 Ili fai .B._:
1 .. r.c11,7,1pus 'Note!!
Am -Indiana minister delivers sort
mons'in rhyme. ;• • • - .' ;
IT is in titan' es in soils,' wherir salmi
times there is a•vela of .gold-which tits
owner knowa not of. ,
•• ,
A ! ) . Gwtsu lady wns .bared •int:Evatilt
ville, Indiana, recently, a Lutheran, mini!
liter performing tbusercniony iu
cernetry. „
THE Friends ; have,
‘ els. Itnared,:o t uy)
sixty . -iwo . houses'at worship in cttnn
try, including Orthildbeand
•
IT is said' that 150,000 pilgrims naTet
visited the birelt i pliiee of 31ohain t ried; ttt
Mecca, this year. es
THE statistreal repiirt of i theldidirMe a r
Conference of 'the •Sontherct , Wethildid,
church shon'sm totul.manberaltilism.f.23o
a net increase over c laist...year • 91s;fic
inembeis.
Thrall is ; warm competition:among
Tennessee towns, to seoure the nelq mew.
odist University."
THE rnefribera of chi*
Louis; have paid oft at a single effort,
debt of i410M0: *bleb has: been annoy
ing thew for along time.— • vi
' Tnt consolidation 'or 'the libishvill4
tiniversi . y aud the new Methodist :Oen=
trill University is now nrged,... , fto-•irtalco
one groan Vanderbilt University,l 7 `
IN Pia' afield,. N. Y., , , the :nutnber dI
conversions during the prevailing . revival(
had reached -
_to 400 a 00000 0 t h! t o 4
the wink - Was still in' kdgresi," • •
ON . the western coast or Atrial are
foned over-100 orginfidd '6liorehes;,' - itid
some 10,000 °hiked Afridaos
God every Sabbath.,..
Junon !Canard; w'native
holt/jog Ilia court at Taskeetown,ludtan
Territory, anil preachoaAvery night.dur,
ing the §essicin. ; 110 belongivto:4lle,l3sp
tts,t acnonalnation,.. -,1,3
Fine 'business men' 0637* 2431e=
gany coonly, Itich.,have itsrle4l n card
which, over their awn fsignatureOliey
request their customers nat . to
their places of business. , •
Tar. Morpons bare lit i .trtiili 161•';411.
Bees for religious .
seatiig 55,350 poisons ! \
they .t have 3; in Florklaa,, , ' Jaaho,g ;:
ininoii; 2. ; lowa , 1 Nebraska L
Ilitss Sarah Smiley, the converted'Qta=
keress,-who was baptised' in •New York
abort a year ago, now fills A pulpit to : an
up : te.wn „ Boston 'Baptist Church,. and
draws drowds to heather elegant and torsi.:
We sermons. ' '
A ItEAra4 truly Christian ifs ojtep,.geql
CYOIIB, and ever ready to make aitownwseti;
for the infirmities and weakneist:s'orp . oilr.
woe-worn humanity., ' '
Ilr,ttatox shows as the, defortnity,:ot
viCe,"the poiOn tbat .19 .mi;ell;lstrith,;.lt.
sweet intwzic:tting, draught ,or , pletunarek:
and the misery in which. all ita tearing
paths terminate. ,
TUEttlipAtTlO:ititeriTtell OTO the most
cred u labs: sinee'the3i trot believilbem•
setves3,,end uttvise meat vithSheir,ntellew
flat4Ter antl, werat enemy, ttkcirown 141.!4-
love. '' • .
You have only a day to.spend ow eartl?;,
act in'stieh'a way that pa 'UO'BO9ll4 1 %
in peace. Peace is the fruit lover for
to live in pence,,it, is mycelia , * that wa ,
put up withimany thinga.,
Goo is exceedingly earnest in. /linen
deavors to recall wen fropa sin and.follt
to heavenly wisdom. calls to theta,
arc, so rawl y , loud "aad varied, Unit none.,
cuu fail'hi hear but those whti wilfully
neglect them.
Vast:ton Items, • •
A Ltb rrT shhde of gauzy
FASTLION oracl-a attep that!!lea,r,ilafigsi
hang tint."
AfAncit osed to be the aiillinereopening 4 .
month. Now it'e April: • "
,'`
.
IfogT of 'the new niiilinerp lacks dee
•
nit° eloarneter; •
TUE only new bonnet in the-season
sort of strocreoltish. • •I‘c ••,-• •
- •
Patoiele b tiiilets''sbould bo.trpictur
esque" but siniple,' ."'•
,
A nt'Aiqr (reek •edat; : If - kept long:
enough becomes a beautifot sage greed. •
A Ptult colored poplin. -trimmed with.
turgtioilb looks patently poplin.-trimmed
.....
• ,
JENNIE sap' if • colors
speak. what - a Babel Borne bonnets world:
be. .
Tna Calsbrian bat looks• stylish "citt
girl, but n(edB long loop ear nogg. ; • ,•.•-••
A LIND Ofie the -tit.;
tructiiini at en "opening" 'held by
. 5 rash
intiiitile %Miner on Tunrediy, 1n Niw
. ,
•Wurrvelpica 'dressee; 'tiimMed
Mack bc very much wont- , this i lmin. -
mer, In Paria.whitoplparaillts3:b2coMn
one of the mein, fothionnhte cnn:crials ! :.
• • r •• • • •
.Qss of , the latest Parisian fashions is a
liana of yeltet worn- around _the
hair, irpoin'whieb are,revelligad, flies, lieei
and other insects. : -
Tim nnmber of prOmment 2;etr Yolk,"
ersvhn arelning tor Enrope Within tha
next Rix or ci,Thz weyks is amazing. The.
Cunard ,and White Star.steantem are fell,
it is said, : np, to next Jul;. .t ;
Nem foshinned eam - imts- ore 'in Jthe' ,
ediafe of tiv shield, ,from •which depands .
gold fringe. It is the cort4l, thing.; wfa
believe, to have a"motiogram engrwved on
the. shieltlia Ole most canepienons style. ".
' names of Sprim Pilksq, Peon ; ,
Pn 4 ielion dlo.,"Pirtwalkie-410. /sir
its do:, Ems Claire, E1:*343 ntip
I Lizard, Copper, New V.:na.Vert• di Gris, -4
Printemse -
,
ie to 1 41Otable f iredd . "
di n ." in May: >The pertieirnosti directly
in 'tire' 'god are s 'Freed'. Count • and.
young lady who hu,hten n reigning belle , 1
in tan City tfill4.4q4inZl4
r ilant" •