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VOLUME XXX.
E. B. HAW LEY & 'Co., Proprietors.
Business Cards.
J. B. & A. M. MeCOLLBM,
•i70111(ITS 211 . Lav 001 or over the Beek, MOOtrose
Pv. Montrose, May 10, 1871. It
D. W. SEARLE,
A rTORNEY AT LAW. ofllce over the Store of W.
le the Brick Meet, lifootrcrae, Pa. leal
W. W. 5.1f17.11;
CABINET AND CH
onAIR MeNDEACTIITtERS...-Peo.
di . Mans street. Mtrose, Pa. hag. 1. ISM
..v. C. surTo.y,
electioneer, and Insurance Agent, ,
Rol MU Felaud.Tlll•. Pa.
C. S. GILBER7',
17. es. A.u.ce.t0ri.45.32..
..ci Ott Great Bend, Pa
Alf! EL Y,
' Addrese, Brooklyn, Pa
JARS GROVE'S,
F A , VII ON ABLE TAILOR, Montrose, Pa. Shop over
Chandler's Store. Allotters lined ill first-rate style.
•e‘ting done ou &tort notice. and warranted to at.
J. F. SHOEMAKER,
Attorney at Law. Montroto. Pa. Otrice next door to J
H 14W KV+ store, opposite the book.
Moutrose, Jan. 14, 1612.—n03-41.
A. 0. IV:IRRE-V,
A TTORN EY A i LAW. Bounty, Back Pay. Pension
end Exem • on Claims attended to, Office 5:
..00r belay Boyd's Store. hiontrose.Ps. [An. 1,.6.9
N. A. CROSS.VON,
Attorney st lA¢, Office at the Caart 110321., 1U the
t ornnassionee. Office. W d. CWISSIIOII.
Iluntruse, Soot. GU, 1871.-41
MCKENZIE. d Co.
le Dry Goode, Clothlug. Ladle. and Misses
fine Shoe. \leo, *gents for the great American
Tee sad Coffee Company. [Montrose, July 17, 'll.l
DR W. W. SMITH,
Dre-rwr. Reams at bte derellin!„ next door evet of the
hopubilain print log oak,. °Oleo hours from 3t a.
to 4 IP. IL Montrose, Ma). 3,
LA W OFFICE.
P [Tiff .t WATSON. Attorneys et Loa. at tlae old office
of Peuttey &Fitch. Mantriaae,
i. r VIM!. (Jan. U. ILL lc
J. S.ILITTEI:,
FASHIONABLE TAILOU. Strop ore: J. 1 DoWltt's
ABEL TURRELL
Deslsr Drsits. Mr" Paints, 01It,
stars. T. Spices, Pitney Good.. Jewelry, Per.
turnery. As., Brick Slunk, Yantis's, Pa- ristaiitished
ista. Web. 1, teal
Da W. L, RICHARDSON
riTillrlAN riunalcoN. tender• his prefessiena
or-vices to the citizens of Montrose and eicluity.=
tticc at his r“tdeacc, ()alba corner east of dayr.
Brus. Fasedrs. (Att.:. I, !ban.
CIIARLKS N. STODDARD
kesterts Boot• and Shot., UAL* and Caps. Lesotho, snot
Tioodus, Maio Street. Ist door helots Bn7d• Store.
Work mule to order. and repulriug door neatly.
Moo.trose. Jan. I. 11M.
LEivisrsoLL,
SHAVING AND HAIR narssrso.
shn,„ In the now I'onodLw' bnildine. where he will
f4a ad ready to attend dl wito luny want nuyibizg
In co line. Iloutrzoo Po. Oct. 13. 1.369.
1)R. a. W. DA-ITO.Y.
rirrstruNS StllGEON!tetiffern pet...lees to
tn. otizen• of Great Berta aed (Mrs at his
rssitt•uea. opposite Barna= florae, tit I.lcad village.
Sept. Ist. lat.M.—tf
DR 1) A. 1„iTIIROP,
♦ antnSete-• Et.syrita Tatars u. Barns, at the Foot of
Chwavat wee,. Call sad commit In all Chronic
ltitu•ee.
Montrose. Jan. 11.
C VAT:I-ET MORRIS,
TTIB TISTTI BA lIKUIt. has sticersd his shop to the
b• I or, ncsaarea by J. DeWitt. where he J. pre
pared td do all kinds of work to hi. Am. mach as coo
kie: mitekes, puffs.. ate. All wink done on short
noctce and prices low. Plans. mil and nee sae.
H BURRITT.
Dealer at Staple and Panty Ors Gonda, Crar-8.7, Hard
..tn. Bon, Stoves, Druz*. Oils. and Paits. Boot•
ani Shoe% Mita and Caps, Fors, Banlo Robes. Bro.
,ries. Provisions. Re-
Ne Iv-Millard. t a., Sas. 4 '72-tt
EXCHANGE HOTEL •
•
D.
luringitAClg orlehes to inform thepublle that
rented the Eachanne Hotel In 'Montrose. he
in no prepared to accommodate the traveling pabDc
is nrat-cleee style.
Maturate. Ann. U. 1611
BILLEMS 57710 UL.
ruts AND LIFE ris7aescis AGENT. AI:
bush:lea. attended toprempily. on fair terms. Office
drat door east of the bulk or Wm. IL Cooper A Co.
Pa.blic Avenue, Unnerve e, Pa. fAn.l.lBO.
C. Ifflt.l Stinnina Sgenotrn.
J. D. rAn,
11 rm. or aTine PUTelet aN .01D Srcarser. Hae permanently
located hlmxlf In Montrone. Pa., whom he prompt
attend to all calls to hls pearl:anion with ankh he may
he (altered_ Oface and resttleces - west of the Coon
donee, near Fitch in Walnon'a ofrice. •
Mosuzuse. IFebruar:ll.lB7l.
CIII7I2CHILL,
Jo•ttee of the Pelee: otHee offer L. IL Lenhelm's Mom
Great bend boroucti, Susquehanna County. Prltn's.
Ilu ohs set lenient of the decteocof the hoe lease
lieckhoer. der...zee& Office boon. from 91.012 o'clock
• ca... $O4 from 1 to 4 o'clock p. W.
Great Rood, Oct. td, me.
13 URNS .1 , MOHO LS.
to Strop. Modicloes, Chemicals, Dye•
st itle. Paiute. Oils, Varnish. Liquors. Spiess. Fancy
.c les. Ystent Medicines. Perfumery and Toilet Ar
ticles. tv-rresertptioas carcfully compounded.—
Uri ck Block. IllontrosO. Ps.
A. K. Rows,
Feb. 21.1372.
444 HINDS OF
JOB PRINTING, ETC.,
lel7/1:1) !kr Tux
DEMOCRAT OFFICE,
vigh twn itiian
tzhe Naafi fatur.
PUECE FT&
UT TEDO . X46 BAl' D9l . . rn, 1630.
Me Thomas Randolph who wrote the fol
lowing "precepts^ AU a wit, poet and play
wright in the early portion of the lICTerIteCIIIII
century, and a great favorite with "Ben Jon
sou." tie was a prolific, but Ls now en almost
forgotten writer. From his own history we
judge that he keenly felt the worth of the"Fre
canal .
Fist worship God; he that forgets to pray,
Bids not himself good morrow nor good day;
Let the first labor be :o purge thy . sin,
And terse Him first whence AU things did
Honor thy parents to prolong thine end;
With them, though fnr a truth, do not contend;
Whoever makes hia father's heart to bleed,
Shallhave a child tint shalt avenge the deed.
Think that b just ; 7 tts not enough to do,
Unless thy very thoughts are upright Lou,
Defend the trrth ; for that who.will not die
eoward is, and.giees hluiself the lie.
Take Well what&er shall chance, though bad
frit be.. -
Take It for good, andAsill be good to thew:
First think; and If thy thoughts approve thy
will,
Then speak, and after, that thou speakest ful
fill.
So live With men as it Geiffs curious eye
Did everywhere into thine actions pry,
For never yet was Sin so void or sense,
So fully faced with brazen impudence,
As that it durst before men's eyes commit
Their brutal lusts, lust they should witness it
How dare they offend when God shall see,
Thai must, alone both judge and jury be ?
Would'at thou lire lung the only means arc
these,
'Bove Galen's diet nr Hippocrates.;
Strive to live well; tread Lit the'npright ways,
And rather count thine actions than thy days,
Then thou has lived enouth amongst us here;
For every flay well spent I count a year.
Live veil, and then; how soon weer thou die,
Thou art of age to claim eternity ;
But, he that outlives Nestor, and appears
To have passed the date of gray Methusalem's
yews,
If he his life to alurii and sin doth give
I say he only wia—lie did not live.
Ely ffitorg Zeller.
ADALIDFLIDGE'S GOLD
Mr. Adam Flidge, of Muddy-brook, U.
S., returned from California, after an ab
sence, of-two years, bringing home with
him seven thousand dollars in gold. Th is
snug sum was considered a fortune iu
Muddybrook, autt-Muddybrook ueiord
ingly exteltded its arms to rec;;ive the
amiable Adam; although-1 ant sorry to
say—the Flit* family being poor, the
young adventurer had never been appre
ciated hyalite townspeople, until the news
that hell:al : made hts fortune in Cal.for
n la, opened their eyes to his ex t rao rd
merits.
AlLMack, and bearded, and uncouth in
his n o nereie., at Adam U . sll cnrw
Sell by the first people of Mudilybrook
people gay and proud, who had formerly
noticed Adaw no more than if lie hail
been a dog. But Adam, fresh from the
society of barbarians, and although un
accustomed to the smiles of the tender
sem was flattered, bewildered, mid' dazz'ed.
by the bright eyes which beamed loudly
on him now. Woman's smiles to him
were welcome as the breath of Spring to
the, bleak hills and' tempest rendered
trees, With a heart , hungry for love, it is
no wander that he betrayed the most am
table of human weaknesses, no wond.-r
that even beautiful Matilda Moore led
him a willing captiie; lyre eold and co. !
quettish Matilda, towboin Adam bad of-
fered himself in the days of his poverty,
and been flatly; Contemptuously rejected.
Seen through gold bound glasses, how
ever;
Adam appeared no more the worth
lass wretch Matilda formerly considered
him. As the youngest of five unmarried
daughters, in whose maiden foozeteps she
was following fast, the proud Matilda was !
!
pretty well qualified to judge of Adam's
newly discovered merits. She judged in
! deed; and when the stupid fellow, tteliec
-1 ing every woman tare, once inure offered
her his hand, she graciously accepted it.
Adam almost believed himself to be the
most fortunate fellow in the world.
Bat while Adam was so .happy, some
body was very miserable. To every laugh
of his somebody echoed a sigh. While
the balanceof his happiness was full.that
of another kicked-the beam. That other
was his fester sister—the fair_ Ruse, who
lied -hived him ever. from his youth up
ward with an unaltered affection. She
was a gentle, winning creature and it is
one'of tbe!:weindens cupid : Amt. Adam
bud never fallen in love with her. She
Was fairer than - Matilda MaorC, and it
must have Seen a ally pride which caus
ed Adam to prefer the position of the.
latter to the character of Rose.
Adam, in effect, did not apprniate
Rose. He did not understand her.—
Could be have known bow well she lov
ed him, the startling - truth might have
. broughti him table senses. But he was
once!' .Cupid's bate; he Could not see
the light." Often, after his return, he
disedivered tears in the soft eyes of Rose.
"My dear sister," he would say, "what
is the matter?" kissing het friendly, and
playfully blowing the tears off from her
lung lashes. "What is the matter ?"
Fool net-to : keel fool not to discover,
in.her evasive answer, the grief which
was breaking her heart! Blind, indeed!
he appeared to. see nothing bat the
charms of Matilda. and the glitter of his
gold, .whidh lie kept locked up in a stout
oaken chest. previously to investing it in
a farm for "self and wife."
Note! Adambadmany old friends who I
warned him.against Matilda; • and whose
- conned Was despised. His father and
elder brother begged him to make a dif
ferent- choice, endeavoring to convince,
hind thit - it was only his money that Ma
tilda loved.-
'Do think Tot ,baby?". cried
Adanc,onee, iq Itose's presence. "Can't I
read a womau's heart ?.. If Matilda didn't
laire me. do you anpeose I would be
enont not to see it. 'She'd, have me for
' a.bna if ./. hadn't a penny in the
. world." -'rr! '
- 4'She *Wain look at yott," exclaimed
tothet.;" .
tfron,.vbiobbotb. left the bogie In
ars
Aires 7scuois
"TRUTH AND RIGHT : GOD AND OUR COUNTRY?.
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1873.
different directions. Rose, trembling and
weeping, remained alone.
It is rather a singular coincidence, that
on the very next morning Adam opened
his eyes considerably wider than usual on
first getting up, at the strange, startling
sight, which made him trenNe and grow
faint. The lid of the oak eget was. lift
ed. The'gold wai gone. Add in its place
lay his bowie knife and revolver, which
he always placed under kis pillow on go
ing to bed, as security against thieves.
Speechless and pale as death, Adam
stood gazing with a look of despair and
rage at the rifled chest. It was evident
that the °robbers on entering the room
had first taken possession of his weapons
and left them in place of the gold. At
all events the gold was gone ; Adam was
penniless! The fruit of many months
of painful toil had vanquished in a night
time. The truth was too terrible to be
realized, the misfortune too great to
bear.
In a hoarse voice Adam called his fath
er, and communicated to him the fear-
fill intelligence. It,is hard ti say which
was the most angry of the two. They
discovered how the robber might have
entered and left, the house, and they
raised the alarm at once. la an hour all
Muddybrook rang with the report of the
robbery, and officers were in pursuit of
the thieves. In vain! N 1 gold was to
be recovered—no thieves were caught.
The fever of excitement into which
Adam was thrown by his misfortune
canoed him a fit of illness. For a week
he laid groaning on a bed of pain and de
spair. All this time his affianced, the
Case Matilda, never visited him. But
Rose, the faithful, devoted Use. was al
ways by . his side to soothe and console
hint, aura picture happier time.
Immediately on his recovery Adam be
took hiMself to Mr. Moore's !noise. Still
unwilling to believe Matilda faithless, he
went to pour out his sorrow in her sympa
thizing ear and to assure her of his un
changing affection. Matilda 's forbidding
aspect chilled his heart; she c garden!
hint as tf he had bet n some unfortunate
person whom she had seen siimewhere.
and of whom she retained remarkably
disagreeable recollections. Adam's eves
were opened to his folly,and he reproach
ed her bitterly.
“Not un , flier word, sir!” cried Nfatilda
haughtily. interrupting lib complaint
"If yon have been deceived in me— I have
been deceived in you. It is best fur ua
never to meet again. Good liye."
Adam staggered home. Ile threw him
self groaning upon at seat. Poor Rose—
scarcely less all! cted than himself—knelt
down I.)y his side, and b. gged taint to tell
his "sister" what had happened. Adam
pressed her hand to his bosun], and his
tears fell on her glossy tresses. while to
that one svmpatliizing heart lie oirered his
own, and laid bar... all his grief. Meaii
tim,, pour Rose Wilt, but she conld not
aleck, and witlulr.tu hag herself front his
embrace-, she hasteatal to her chamber.
:rmst 'sight Adam slept somidly. and
awoke in the morning. more nearlv mem,
cited to his lot than he bad been before. ;
Ile rubbed his eyes; he smiled, ns.
a dream he had hail, lie ;nude a reio.
Intim' to regret his gold no more, to tor- ;
get the false Matilda, and nmreover. to be
a man again. He rubb. d his ..yes. we wet•:
but as soon us he Liot them fairly open.
the smile vanished from his lips, and he
stared ut astonishment nt some object
on the lid of his chest. Eager. trembling
he sprung forward ; he seized it—he press
ed it—he laughed hvsterieallv—his won
tenance gleamed wild with joy—for his I
gold was in hi. grasp.
And pinned to the precious bag was a;
slir of paper, on whi-h, in a well known
hand, were written the following words:
"Forgive me, dear Adam—my dear '
brother! I am the cause of your sorrow—
twok the gold. I thought I was acting
solely for your good. Now it von wish to
marry Matilda, you can, for she will ac
cept you. I know I have anted unwisely
—wrongly—but forgive your poor sister,
whom you will never see again I"
Adam was t.•o much overjoyed to read
more than half the note.
•Torgive you—von darling !" he cried,
almost out of his senses. Forgive you—
'my guardian angel ! Yes. and bless you
too ..^' he muttered, rushing from the room.
'•siVhere's Rose!" he demanded of the
old housekeeper.
Rose bad not yet appeared. Burning
with' impatience, Adam sent the old It dr
to ctll•ber. In a minute she came back,
pate with consternation, declaring that
Hose was gone!" Adam, recovering from
the shock this intelligence bad occasioned
him, flew back to his room, locked np his
gold. and set out immediately in pursuit
of Rose, who he felt sure, had taken ref
uge with some friends of the fami'y in
Maplegrove. On the way, also, Adam had
plenty of time to reflect, and on arriving
at Maplegrove, his mind was fully 'nude
up with regard to what he ought to do.
Rose's friends could not deny that she
had that day arrived at their house.—
Adam demanded to, see her, amid his re
quest was not to be refused. And poor
Rose, with swollen eves, and a face that
was deathly pale,,at length made her ap
pearance, trembling with apprehension.
"Say you are not angry with me! " she
faltered, raising her eyes timidly to
Adam's face—"say you are not angry I"
"Angry, with you. my angel? No, in- ,
deed !" cried Adam, folding her in his
arms. "And yet it is my duty to make
you a prisoner—now don't tremble—a
prisoner for life, I mean I Not fur steal
ing. my gold, you rogne. but fdr stealing
your Stupid Adam's heart!"
And. Rose—poor, silly, blushing Rosa
=Yielded herself without a struggle, and
Adam took her home in triumph.
And not long after - he took her to an
other home, and prepared for the dear
est little wife in the world a happy home,
whiehjsras the envy of all Muddybrook
and: - rtii, eyesore to Miss Matilda Moors for
eveiand ever.
A gIUILER having sold a . llne•looking
but blind horse, asked the purchaser:
"Well, my friend, dost thou see any
fault in him?'
"No," was the response."
"Neiler will be see any fault iu thee,"
said old-Broadbrins.
Don 'it butts loke to meek ?
You Haven't Asked He To.
---o
It was a cloudy afternoon in July.—
The early morning had been prophetic
of a pleasant day; but, like a great many
prophecies of the present time,. had
proved utterly false. Yet a. Sunday
school had determinedly shut its eyes to
the threatening look of the sky, and gone
on a picnic thirty miles from home. But
the heavy drops of rain, which fell about
the middle of the day, ?rove them from
their original place of destination, the
famous Lon Creek Bridge gorge, and
sent them on some five miles more to
the pleasant town of Horwich.
The excellent music discoursed by the
band which accompanied the excursion
ist, as well us the inherent curiosity of
man to look upon strangers, attracted
many of the residents of Norwich "down
to the grove," where the picnickers were.
Jack Hartland was one of the many
who could not resist the temptation—
Jack and his friend Marion. Down they
went to the grove, with ono umbrella be
tween them.
Can any one hope to describe the feel
ings of a lonesome young man who wan
ders through a bevy of young girls, any
one and every one of whom ho desir:s to
know, yet none of whom he can know ?
Jack way overflowing with that inexpr2s
bible feeling. And who can blame him
or who would expect
_him to feel other
wise? He had been shut up for sir long
months, poring, over "Parscris on Con
tracts"--a book so suggestive of love
d reams—" Ken t's Commentaries," a "Law
Glossary," and "Tomlin's Law Diction
ary." till his nightly dreams presented a
ghostly troublesome phalanx of agents
and principals, of persons who could and
who would not make contracts of cesini
gas trust and non comps mantis, while
above them all towered Hugo Grotius,
conversing in stately Latin jure belli el
lithe, and of the lawn of nations. Can
any one censure Jack for feeling along
ing desire for a little humua sympathy
and linnian contact? He listlessly
leaned against a pine tree and looked
around...
Just then two young ladiescame into
the held of his vision. One Jack kuew,
the other was a stranger. and the other
was the one Jack immediately began to
admire. She was of medium height,
dre , :wii simply, vet tastefully; a white
Gan wniat—l believe Jack found
out afterward that was the name of it—
belted in by broad ribbon, a barred skirt;
o‘er which was looped another striped
black and white, and out from under
which peeped two pretty feet, incased in
thick bet neat boots, a classical head—
though Jack confessed to me, that if her
tiger, -head which formed the frontispiece
of his Iliad, and which was held out to
innocent freshmen as that of blind
-N„ld man eloquent," is classical, why, he
didn't think hers was—with a mass of
hair, rem, brown, li.ing hair, twisted in
to a grand Coil behind, but not so firmly
but that stray little curls had managed to
Cire themselves ad airing as the
fluttered around her face; audit was such
a sweet, comely race. withal, that Jack
most heartily !envied the wind; and,
crowning all, was a tasteful hit of heal.
gear, such Ili is worn now-a-days.
Jack stooj under the pine tree Bud last
his heart. But he might just us well
hate loot it the will-o'-the-wiep, a sprite,
or s ,, tne other tearful deception, for what
pu.•sibility was there of his getting ac
quainted with his suddenly set np divin
ity, much less of —well, Jack hadn't as
vet exactly defined it in his own mind.
But nature is a match-maker. A rather
broad statement, do you say, my gentle
readers ? Does nut the old. coup
let,
"There's is a divinity that 'hopes our ends,
Rough-hew them as we will,"
apply to match-making as mach as to
any other course of life? And do you
want ally better authority?
Just then it began to rain. Jock lied
his friend's umbrella. It would not do
to let her get wet, so without a word
Jack opened the umbrella, stalked over
to where she stood, and held it over her.
He did it in such an honest, earnest way
she could not take offence. She looked up
into his face and smiled. Jack smell-d.
She laughed a low, rippling laugh Jack a
hysterically short one.
"It's too bad it rains," said she, with
the accent oa the "too bad," just as girls
always speak.
"I don't know," blundered Jack, in
reply.
She looked at him curiously, and said,
"Well," in a self interrogatory way, as
though she might have said, "What sort
of au oddity are you ?'' and then laughed
again.
With that Jack also laughed, and came
to himself. Then he began to talk, and
thiiv got on gradually.
The rain not ceasing, Jack walked
home with her, for he fimnd out that she
lived in town. When they had arrived at
her door, and she had thanked him for
the use of the umbrella, Jack knew he
ought to' go; but—every young man
knows how it is—he wasn't quite ready,
"My name." stammered he, "is Jack
—Jeck Haciland."
"And mine is Clio Stanley."
"And—and I'm studying law hem in
town."
"And I am stoPpiiii here for the sum
mer with papa. I shonld:be happy to re
ceive a call from you,"
Then Jack went home: ' -
The , Itext. day :Jact thought it all over.
The one moment he celled himself a fool
the nextichnekled'Overc.the - ;adthio,,and
decide - ire/Mt all the-acninew,,of,.4'co:nP
try judge, toward whicliPositiOn•Whad
aspirations, that it was rather "onte,"and
if cute, why he., DS the perpetrater, must
be somewhat sharp. Now he was inclin
ed to feel sorry and °Awned over -it';
then, with -en appeal to the -principal
heathen deity of his.vocabulary,Jack-ex
presited "denced_glad." - li bap
penetli So,he went on irt - spirit alterna
ting up and down, like a boy on a 60,7
Saw, provided the boy could rblo both
ends or the eie:sow at once, which,l sup
pose, is an" impossibility; but when even-.
tog came be went and called on the
young lady. She invited, him .to call
, again. Jack did so. In fact, he went
several Conseentive
Three leers Weed any. lack bid
studied diligently, and now for six months
had been d practicing lawyer, with ever,
poospect of success: An this time his
devoted attentions had been paid to Clio;
vet in all that time not a word of love
had passel between them. Jack' could
not and ifOuld not ask her to love him
until he could offer her something more
tangible than possibilities. But now that
he had won his first case and hadattain
ed a settled business, he felt his time had
come ; yet how could it be done ? The
very thought distressed him. Could he
—dare he ask her? Could she know how
much her answer would mean to him?
If she said "yes," what happiness,
success; how much to live for I If she
said "no—" he didn't dare to think.—
The more he thought of it, the more he
hesitated, and 'the more he delayed the
harder it became. At last he determined
it should be done.
Clio met him as usul with a pleasant
smile. Jack tried to smile, biatit ebbed
off over his countenance, and was lost
in his "solemn expression," just as a
little wave is often lost iu a larger. Clio
flaw something was going to happen, and,
weinan like, divined intuitively what
it was. But he had kept her waiting in
suspense and uncertainty so long that
now, when it was about to come, she
determined she would not help him in
the least. At length Jack began :
"Clio, I'm having considerable busi
ness now."
"Yes," said she, very demurely, with
a quiet little nod; then relapsed into
silence without another word. Jack
fidgeted and thought, "Why don't she
say something and keep a fellow or, ?"
••I've got So now I eau support myself,
and—"
"I'm right glad to hear it," said Clio.
Jack telt that somehow she was sport
ing with him, and flashed up.
"Yon never heard that I didn't support
myself, did you ?"
"No! But then—"
"But then ? Yon know, Clio, that
ever since I was fifteen—"
"Never mind," said Clio, "for it seems
as th•mgh I have bawd a story commenc
ing like that before. Jack."
W,th that Clio smiled, and Jack's mo
mentary displeasure vanished; yet there
was left on his mind the undefined itn
pression that, after all, he had bden sold.
list the ice of reserve was broken.
“To lye plain, Chu, I Came down to tell
you that I love you.”
Here came a long pause. Jack looked
at everything in the room except Clio.—
It was getting, exceedingly embarrassing
to Jack,when there came a quiet "Well ?"
from Cho.
-And to say." went on Jack,as though
no interruption had occurred, "that I am
in a condition to get married."
"That's a very desirable situation for
any young man, lam sure," said Clio;
and then she laughed that same low, rip
pling laugh he loved so. Poor fellow?
why couldn't be have interpreted the
1.... A., him which. rounde and mellow
ed' that laugh r •Dat no; he grew des
perate, and, with the thought that she
was snorting with him, just a little
angry.
might have known how it would
end. &ily fellow is a fool to dangle round
any &I f,r three, years." And be strode
toward the door. his hand was upsu- it.
"I might have known you wouldn't have
married me."
"But Jack"-
asked me too."
"Haven't asked yon - to ?" Jack caught
the look in her eyes. The next she moment
was in his arms, and her arms was round
his neck, and—well, the fact is, Jack
never did ask the question.
After the first happy moments had
passed, and the ecstasies of the acknowl
edged mutual love had effervescut—that
wdrd seems to express the idea about as
well as any—Jack began:
"Darling, I have loved yon ever since
the first day in the grove. How long
have you cared for me ?" • •
"Since I saw you standing so lonely
and looking so downhearted under that
pine tree."
I think after that reply Jack kissed
her. I know I should had I been he.
The other day I visited Jack and his
wife. I saw a small pine tree, which they
tend with the greatest care. I asked
Jack where be found it. A smile and a
look of peculiar significance passed be
tween him and his wife, as he answered,
"In the grove."
'—ho turned—"yon haven't.
Couldn't Stgn Away His Liberty.
—o
A Missouri planter, having allowed his
swine to range in the woods, at one time
missed several or. them. Suspicion at
once rested upon a certain neighbor, and
the planter resolved to watch the actions
or his pork-loving neighbor. One tiny,
while riding through the woods,tho plan
ter came upon the man in the act of lift
ing a fine young porker to his saddle, in
order to bike it home.
"Now," said the planter, "I have caught
you at last."
"Yea, mans, you 's ketched me sure dis
time."
"Well I shall have to send you to pria•
on."
"Oh, no, mama, you ain't gwinetoseud
me to prison. Just., yon think of my
poor wife and children,"and the poor
man put in such un earnest plea for his
wile and children that the planter's heart
relen red.
'Well,' said the planter, "I'll tell you
what I'll do. Yon pay me for one half
the number of swine yon have killed
and sign a paper not to kill any more,
and I will let you go."
"No," said the lover of his neighbors
pork, "no, massa, I'll pay for all I have
stolen, but, as for signing away my-liber
ties, I can't do it."
A mums editor of a paper wrote that
white piquLoostumes are now popular,
and was gravely informed by the proof
nest morning that "white pine,collios are
not popular." On the same paper, anoth
er editor describing . a prominent member
of the city council, spoke of the. Hon.
Mr. so and so as "a noble old burgher,
proudly loving his native state." , It ap
peared in print as "a nubby' old burglar
~Srbutpi in wad dile)!
Terms ..Turvitit Ea
FUOIN DAWN TILL DARK.
•
Of morning-s when I tlraw my blind,
And 1111 the chamber with the sky ;
Through welcoming roses conies a what
rye known for many a year gone by,
"Un and away r' it seems' to say
.161 s world is full or joy .arof Wit;
And I'll attend you all the day s
TM night.'
Of evenings, when the new moon. beams
Above the garden's sycamore tree,
A bird, awakened from leafydrauna,
Begins its whispering song to me.
Notes that, like crystal bell
Beating in the airydeep,
Seems to say, "Sleep," Us wen.
Sleep—sleep. •
Such are the mnses who inspire
The happiest hours existence brings;
The wind of morning wastes-my lyre,
The blid of evening stills Its strings.
Brie! Is the hour we have to live,
Soothing our cares onliature's breast
With song, and weiting.desth to give
Us rest.
Tom Illoores Cottage.
—o—
In a recent number of your paper
one of your exchange paragraphs reads:
"A local correspondent of a Philadel
phia paper "explodes" the story told in
Appleron's Journal about a cottage on
the Schuylkill river which Tom Moore
occunied for a time. The pleasant tra
dition is proved tt, be wholly unfounded.
Moore's stay at Philadelphia was brief:
he was a society man, and n:ver a re
cluse; and the story that be hid him
self away in an old hut ou the banks of
the Schuykill was an invention of an
imaginative guidebook maker."
The correspondent only attempted to
"explode" the story of Tom Ifoore's hav
ing lived for some Years in a hip-roofed
cottage on the banks of the Schuylkill
river. The writer has seen the dwelling,
and knows from trustworthy persons,
who are thoroughly acquainted with the
history and tradition of the place (which
is midway between the city entrance to
the .New Park and Laurel Falls), that
Tom Moore did make the same hip-roof- -
ed, crooked-gabled, five-windowed , little
cottage his home fur more than three
years. It was while staying there that
be composed that beautiful poem entitled
"Thoughts by the Schuylkill," which be
gins with the line:
"As Mena by the banks of the Schuylkill I stray
ed,"
the idea of which, after being read, will
immediately suggest to the mind that he
lived like a"recluse"—at least in a very
soliloquizing mood—near the scene of his
memorable song. The . story is believed
by all who know anything. of the district,
1 and cannot be exploiled bribe moat stead
fast opposition of doubting correspon
dents. —Ex.
A Singular Cure.
—o—.
Breach of promise eases are fairly kal
edioseopic in their variety, and here is
one from the Norwich assizes, in Eng
land, which is notable for its novelty.—
A ship captain put into Yarmouth for
repairs, anu ammo juvi, iu LW. In, Ivry a.
fight.
During the progress of the fracas he
expressed an opinion as to its merits
which was echoed•by a girl at his side.
Turning to her instantly he asked if she
was engaged, and when she replied iu
the negettie he proposed at once and was
accepted. Subsequently, he called upon
the girl's mother and secured her consent,
when he started for South Shields.to pre
pare for thelvedding. There his friends
reminded him of the trifling circumstance
that he was already man ied , and would
not let him return to, execute his rash
and bigamous purpose, but instead sent
a message to the girl at Ysimprith stat
ing that lie watt ; dead. The bereaved
female thought it only proper that she
should attend the funeral, and according
ly proceeded to South Shields. Finding
him alive, sho brunght snit for her dis
appolutment, and the jury gave her a.
verdict of !WOO. Tins, suggests., among
other things, the question whe , ber a
married man can be mulcted for fail
ing to keep a promise to commit
_biga
my.
Tat White Star steamer Oceanic, which
sailed for Liverpool on Saturday after
noon had just left Sandy Hook when the
chieiengineer discovered that there was
a large break in , one of the cylinders,
which allowed the steam to escape. The
crack gradually enlarged, and the Cap
tain thought it expedient to return. At
six o'clock in , the evening, to the surprise
of those on land, the Oceanic threw out
her anchor in the North River, opposite
the wharf. The passengers were alarmed
when the vessel turned about, but the
Captain explained the difficulty, and every
fear was quieted. The Oceanic was
crowded with passengers, and among
them was Miss Emily Faithful; • who en
gaged passug,e on 'the ill-fated Atlantic
and wasobliged to, postpone her departure.
THAT is a singular View- which is tit
ken by, a Baltimore lawyer , of a *maniri
for poisoning. He thinks, that when a
man or woman poisons a huniiin being
without detection, in ninety-nine cases
out of a hundred, tho poisoners 'hecOme
- insane. His reasoning is that One suc
cessful crime,Of this sort begets such . , a
sense of power and of, ability to remove
at will.every human obstacle,. so blunt
ing, at the same time the sympathies
"that in neally . evera Me the mind be
comes wartied,andibe prisoner is ready
with the deadly dranglit to aven_ge the
most trifling disrespect or wrong. Let
tkplise who think of poisoning -anybody
fiike warning. - *
THE WOrfa is.piverned by three things
wisdom, authority and appearinces.---
Wisdom for, the thoughtful peopk, nu
thorkr`for rough people, and toe:wannest
for tho mutest mass of sopekficial peo
ple, Who ean"look only at; the ontside,and
who judge exteg nul thutters.. •
• ,•..
Ltr not 'a desire ta+be thought *r!11 of
lead yon to exhibit talents upon all
occasions ;.for ,greistness and worth are
always clothed in a modest ' exterior._ 'lt
is the Tice,of little minds to go abroad
guadily attired, like the butterfly.: '
Ir lon ars eanrting a girl stiok.to
Inatitt li6* big Vat TAWS C*1146,1
rtuo I DI zw.141
• iro,2llsUoi.
THE premed inereoee of the Capitol
grounds at Harrisburg teat $.49,700:
•
Tint financial editor of a weeern pa.
per quotes 4 4Legialators easy and in UM
demand at $lOO.
A PARTI hearing of a dog after /Amt.
waute4 to know what. he was a -
him for.
As Illinois milknian owns a itagaclonit
horse, which has learned - to turn the. we.
ter faucet with bit teeth.
SADINA the great Italian tragedian !MI
engaged with Mr. (draw to give one hun
dred performances in the. United' States '
commencing in September next.
Jos says: "Sam, I have lost My witch
overboard, it lies here in twenty feet of,
water. Is there any- -way to get it?"
"Yes," me Sam, "there aro diver'/
ways."
BlEssoxisiza, the French artist, •
brated (minter of ,bsittle scenes, recently ,
sold a new picture on which he *as en•
gaged for 860,000.1 t is teatitled ,
(Marge of the Cuirrassiere • - •
A blima.visza girl, with a morbid
crating forger-tinge, has been supplying
herself by stopping ladies in the street to
tell them that their pendants were com
ing out, and while pretending to adjuit
them, taking them oat in reality and
making oft - -
MANY ingenious devices are used by •
saloon keepers, to hint in the most. .
cate way possible, that their business is
conducted on a strictly cash basis.. The
latest,used by &saloon keeper in Washing
ton rea.ds:'"Public trust is dead ; back
pay killed him."'
. .
IT is data that a sword' belonging to , -
the late General Meade,'presenMd to hint'
by the United States for hta service in '
Mexito.was,picked op by a eonfederate.at
Charlottesville, Va.„ during the war, and -
word his 'last hien sent to ' the family of
the Lite Geneial that itlia at theirdispoa• •
al. •
,
Tan publicity given to messages Writtea'
on postal cards may be avoidedby the use ••
of invisible ink, the direction to "hold tre - i.
the fire" being written with common ink..--
This checks the inquisitiveness of post-of- ,
flee clerks. who not the time to tualte„
the application. In 'France invisible
is sold for this purpose. ' • - •
A ostru.sustr was warmly eirloging
the constancy of an absent husband, 'in'-
the presence of his - loving wife.
yes,' assented she, "he writes lettslrs fall
of the agony of affection, bat he dere/ ra.
mits me env money." "I cad conceive of ,
that" said the other, •lor I knciw tiolove
to be unremitting."• .
A STRANGER, a . young man livid" Mt
cottritry, after hevtng gazed at the ba s . T .
antis ht an eating house in ti railway' sta. , '
Lion, wanted to know "what, them - .'ard
sweet potatoes were, *nth, übd
"why --!P._
much pains were taken to .
imiitthrtsee Uxitt he was urns, when:
I the crowd laughed. • •
• c.'
Tunlsliit York Mailsays ;'" Two yOti ,
tig q
I fellows, well known in soctetY;lisgriced"
themselves by- coming to blows iwthes , '
parlors of a lady at a large zeceptiOn the
other evening. The, liosteress, with rare. ;
spirit; sentibem' a' request to leave bet'
house at once, and • has 'since • cut 'theta
b o th .° _ 4:7 • • :. . • „. :
Tns N. Y. Bail Of the 20t11;'
Bonner's mare *Pochonias on' Monday
trotted half a rude, Fleetrrood: Park,
in the extraordinary time of_ 1:04. DOG E
iktlie fastest half mile ever trotted: Deis!.
ter incl Startle litive both trotted id 1 Noll':
lint PoiMboutas has beaten• tbefitittiivby
one quarter of a' second.
plug hat is generally
goes,
too
carry with it, wherever it goes, evidences
of the presence of civilization discloses;
for ever Captain Jack is described as
wearing an old stove pipe over hil..statlp.'
In the Sandwhien Islands the plc% baths,:
used to measure potatoes, .while Semi c ,
Domingo it serves as a nest foi - setting
bens.
NATIoNAL Conu•ntiOn arthe .
rane of the Mexican War is to be held' in,`
Washington, D. C., January, 1874,' , 40.:
prepare a memorial to Congress for!
pension at the samer rate, as that allowed
the Veterans ist• 1812, and also to adapt
measures for, a general assemblage or the.,
veterans on the- Centennial anmveritarr
of the nation's birthday at Philadelphiiii:
in 1874. . ,
Our in Ohio there is a hen which • haw
subjected herself to the penalties . of, that;
civi rights bill for znalcuic"distinctioA,
on account of race, ,or previous;
conditions."' Thenther day, after heteh.
ing a brood of eight chickens; four black.
and four white, she deliberately.' went to,
work and picked of the headset the dor
keys, while she continued to msnitest of,.
all a mother's care and tenderness forthe
white ones. . - '
_ ~
MANY persons—besides echcol b ops
and college ' students—rise the , phis's*. '
"lie is a brick" without ' the' least- •ides
that it is supposed to be of classisorig,in. •
'lt is said that King Agesilas, being asked
by an embassador treat Bolus why _they
had no walls for sparta, replied, "We
havi." Pointing tolls' marshaled' army
he said, &Thera are the walls of-Sparta; '
every man you see is a brick." ~ , -r • „f
.
' As some lady Visitors werelecently gii.'
ing through a penitentiary, under the et. 'T.
cork of ; the superintendent, they came to
a sown in which three woman; were , saw?-
ing. "Dear me 1" one of the visitors 'wbis.
pered, "whet, vicious looking .creatures f
Pray, what are'they here for?" sullicansir;
they havi no other-home. This ia our
sitting room; and they are. my wife And
two daughters," blandly Answered the se.
periotendent._
hal, teem tric Pe nbeylvan lan was Atm.
ied last week in accordance with the di.
section rif his will, in. the ,centre" of ek
large Said on his farm. ' There , were ao
services held, nano clergyman i present,'
as he expressively .onjoined.. ITherel
is to be a fence around the : , greys,. but
Whet kind of: a fence is lift to the deere;
Ition of thelelatites. Being a'gentletriars
of wealth it is expected faid he well IS*