THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT.
VOLUME XXX.
E. B. HAWLEY & Co., Proprietors.
THE DEMOCRAT
Is Published Every Wednesday Morning,
tit Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa.,
BY E. B. HAWLEY & CO.
E 2 a year in advance, or e. 2.50 inot hi advance
RATES OF ADVERTISING
(Three fourths Inch of apace, or leas, make a mearc.)
One sminre, 3 reeks or lean, $1:00; I month
tt1.2.5; 3 months 12.50; 6 months ; I year,
118.00. quarterly, half-yearly and yearly aver
tisements inserted at a liberal reduction on the
above. rates. When sent without any lilt:rib of
time specified Inc publicAtion they will be con
tinued until ordered out and charged according-
Auditor's Notices, $2.40; Executor's and Ad.
ministrators' Notices, $3.00. All communica
tions of limited or individual interest, 10 cents
per line. Obituary Notices, It) cents pet line.—
Marriage and Death Notices free.
JOD PRINTING
executed neatly and promptly and at thir prices.
Verde, Itiortgagm Notes. Jtaaa.,', Comta
bk School and other blanks for bale.
Business Cards.
J. IL .4.4. If.. McCOLLI - If,
A iTualt[Tß ST L•w Othre over the Beek, Montrnpe
P. Mantra:, May to. Ihn. tf
D. iii KA RLF.
ArrorprET AT LAW. office over the Store , of N.
I),avauer, in thc Brick Block, ?do nt.roe.e, Pa. (nal k 9
W. W. SMITH;
A BINRT AND CHAIR MANUFACTURERS.—Yon
or Main street. Moutro.. P 4 :on. I. MY.
C. S CTTO
AUCTIONEER, nutl !Ns Accsir,
Olf F riend.oville, Pa
C I LIJKRT,
UNITED STATES AUCTION EER,
lust OKI
Great Bend, P■
4Aff ELY,
UNITED STATES AUCTIONEER.
An, I. 1 , 01. Addreso, Brooklyn, Pvi
lOILV U ROI-ES
isitveckaac rAtitnt, Montrose. Pa. Shop ove
Clsullice• Store. AP orders tilled In Ent-ristestylt
. 111 t tug done on short notice, sod dernattcd to At.
J. P. SHOEMAKER,
Au.rocru. Law. 'doyenne. Pa. Offtre next door to
R. UeWin'. store. opp.seite the
Siontnnte, Jan. I.l', I te7s.
Jl. 0. if
• TTORNET Aa' LAW. Bounty, lined Pay. Penalot
ae• on Claims attended to. Ofl' dr
.ddr below 80/Ci Store, Flaratrore.Ps. [Au. 1, `Gn
W. A. - elgiss.voy.
artamy .t lAN. Office at the Conn 110111.^. to the
Comm irshrouci• Oftlce. tl" A. Clonsf
Seat. GIL trit—ti
IteK If 371 E. d. CO.
D-slera In Dry Good., Clothing, Ladies and }Hese,
doe Shoes. Also. agents for the great American
Tea and Coffee Company. rldontrese, Jnly '72.1
DR W. W. SMITH,
Dorm, Rooms at bls ocatttoor =4 or the
Raroottflras ptiotlog °Moe. Orare tam!, from 9•. ■.
to 4 r. FL. Mootroor.. May 3. 1611-1(
LAW OFF7O.E.
PITCH & WATSON, Attelemae• at roar. at the old office
of 6 Watley & Fitch. Mammy., I.
/./[cart Llto- *71.4 w.
J SA LITTER,
FASHIONABLE FALLON. SLop over J. IL DeWitt'',
stare.
Aimloose Feb. MA I.
ABEL TUTU:ELL,
Denier la Drag, Medici:lex, Chcznicala Paints, OIIL
Dye staffs, Teas. Spices, Fancy Goods, Jt. ,- .1 , 7 P. ,
foolery, Brick Block Montzw►, Pa. Establbsbcd
[Feb. 1, 183
SCOVILL & DEB=
•rzaraaya at Law and Sanction, in Bankruptcy. Mice
No. 19 Conn threat, over City Natural Bank. Bioc
!maws. N. Y. Wa. 11. Orem ILL.
L=l2lM3
DR. W. L. RJCILARDSON,
prrrstclas a :SURGEON, tenders hi e professions
services to the citizens of Montrose and vicinity.—
Office at Iklimstdeact., on the corner canto( Sayre &
Ore.. Foundry. Diaz. I. 1669.
MARLA'S 2C STODDAIW,
)eater In Boots and Yboea, Hats and Caps, Leather and
Flodthea, Kale Btreet, Id door bolo. Boyd's Store.
'Work made to order., and repairing dope neatly.
Montrose. Jas. 1.11370.
LEWIS KNOLL.
. BRAir/MG Alai LIAM DRESSOM.
Shoo in the haw Postotlce handbag, whets b. will
•.e found ready to attead all who may want mouthing
in his line. Montrose Pa. OcL 13. 11119.
DR B. TV. DAYTON,
ViITSICIAN a WILGEOX, tenders his services to
the eittaeria of Cite:at Bend and vichilty. Oftitie at bia
reoldeuee, grpee;te &cam Hos" 01,11eug village.
'Sept. tat,
DLL D. A. LATHIgOP,
• drainlstens ELSCTRO TOLILIAL BATY., RR the Foot of
Chestaat street. Call an teasel iz an Chronic
Diseases.
Montrose, JAIL 17, '71.—n03-41.
CHARLEY MORRIS,
THE HAYTI HARDER, has moved his shop tO the
bonding occupied by:J. R. DeWitt, where he is pre.
pared to do sti kinds of work. to his line. such as tun-
Icier switches, puffs. etc. All work done on short
notice sad prices low. Please MI and see me.
H BURRITT.
Men* an Staple and Fancy Dry Goode. Crockrry,
ro•. boa.. Stores Drugs. 0111 , , and Palota, Boots
nnd Shoe% Dag. and Caps, Fan. Daalo Robes. Oro
uric., Provisions, ie.
soy, d •72—tt.
EIV.tL4HGE HOTEL
b. rt. %eet.ICIOEI. wishes to inform thepublle that
hoeing rested the Ercennue Ciotti to lion truer. be
to Goo prepoeed to azOkm raodoto the tzsrcling publ!
to erst-class olyia.
Yotortior. Aug. AA IC2.
BILLIYGS STROM
Mg AND LUTZ grsuataws AGENT. All
barium attended to promptly, on fair terms. Office
trot door east of the hook or Wm. II Cooper At Co.
ratite Areuhe, Notrtroee. Pa. [Ang.L.Lt6lO.
July IT. Mt.] BrLtairos hrsorro.
L D. VAIL,
nOWZOTA.THSC PIITSICIAM Lao Brunton. Iles permanently
located himself in Montrose. Pa, where he nill prompt ,
I, attend te all colts Wide profeeslon cith thief he may
b. tesored. Office and residence nest or the Court
Hyman near Flteb dr, Wannue• otter.
Montrose. rebel:Lary 8.1811.
F. CHURCHILL,
Justice of the Peace: *face era L. B. Lenhefte'S 'tote:
Great Bead boo:Yeah, Snsquellsons County. renn'a.
Ils. the set , leases( of the dockets of the Late hoot
Iteckhow. decease& Ogles beats from 9to 19 Vele*
S. es.. and from I to 4 o'clock p.
petit Bead. Oct. Im. WM
BURNS if NICHOLS,
i 15.41111 in Dregs. Xolleines, Cho:steals gye•
StAis,pstias.olls.Varnish. Liquo rs , Spices:Fumy
4a.cles,Parans itatteines, Pertameryand TolletAr•
dales. torpromar,iptions caroially compounded.—
wish Meek. Illptrose,
Miami. •
r0..21,1m
. •
Bing me me that song no more
My lost life I deplore,
I float along the shore
Cit the far lands of memory,
The wild and sad refrairi
Pidses with bygone pain ;
My tears fall down like rain,
My struggles are all in vain,
I heat along the shores of memory,
Thy wind-harp's wailing spell,
With tides that rose and fell,
Has borne me of Its swell
To the far lands of memory
My eyts with tears arc wet,
My heart doth Idly fret,
I vex with vain regret;
AL, might I once forget
The purple light on the shores of memory !
Fur 1 can nener land
Upon their golden strand,
Nor step upon the rand
Of the far lands of motion-,
For mists and fogs are met
And rag , „,,,sl rocks beset
Each harbor of regret,
And sails are never set
Winch find the silvery shores of memory
—June Gnin.ey.
Soft breathes the south along the buddin. wold,
The crocus lifts her slender lance of gold, '
And faint o'er you gray summits, wcired and
old,
The roseate dews unfold.
And o! the clear-eyed Goddess Spring again,
With song and bloom and sunlight in her train
With balm gale, and silver twinkling rain
On a roof and lattice pane.
Far as the sun his golden legions hurled.
When winter fled with sullen banners furled
The matchless blue of sea is curled
Around a glad new a urld
Shut in my narrow p 1 kop room I hear.
A Geld, the plough boy whistling shrill and
chair,
And know the happy Morning dratrtah near—
The sunrise of the year.
Oh, weary data. that once were such delight !
Oh. sad, sad Jars that fade in sadder niTht !
No more your shining paths my steps invite
By flowery reit and height.
Cry. Vernal Winds! through all your punt,
ring
Untimely' Autumn's hollow muttering.
Cry Winds! no more your lialtny pinions brim
Tic 'waling of the Spring!
Y. Ledger.
The Story Teller
Miss Barbara Snyder eat in her straight
baded chair before the fire, her feet on
the fender, her head drooping. to r eyes
closed—to tell the truth, although slit
won Id have indignantly denied it, Miss
Barbara Snyder was asleep. Her maid a
hard featured, middle aged woman, who
was moving about the room putting it in
order, as she did fifty times a day, at her
mistresses Command, watching her fur
tively to see that she did not fall into
the dre.
"Jane," said Miss Barbara, suddenly
waking and sitting bolt upright with
unblinking eyes, "if he comes—and lam
sure he will—don't let him it
"No, ma'am," answered Jane, submis
sively.
"Tell him he has seen me for the last
time, the hypocrite! to pretend always
to be so fond of me, and then go and
marry an empty headed dollbaby I Be
sure and send him away, Jaue."
"Yes, meatn."
A sudden commotion in the lower hall
interrupted them; a few bars of a popu
lar air, whistled in a masterly manner, a
rapid clatter of boot heels on the stairs.
and then a young gentleman, who might
have sat as a modern Hercules, rushed
in, and falling over an ottoman, upset
ting a chair,and making confusion worse
confounded in the quiet room dashed at
Miss Barbara and took her by storm.
• "Congratulate met." he cried, after
imprinting a half dozen kisses on her
withered cheek. "Aunt Barbara, she is
the dearest—"
Jcuoas Dcvr rrr
"You may go Jane," Miss Barbara had
recovered from the shock a little, and as
Jan' had retired, she folded her mitten
ed hands tightly together, and turned
upon him.
"Nephew John."
There was a comical expression of de
spair on the young fellow's face at this
unpropitions beginning,but he said noth
ing.
"Nephew John, I'm disappointed in
you! I am not angry,but I'm deeply griev
ed—,,
"Why Aunt Barby !" The blue eyes of
her listener opened wide, but she silenced
him with a stately gesture.
"Please be quiet—l wish to speak. I
have done my duty to von. John (there
was a little tremble in her voice as she
said this but she went on grimly,) and,
now you are just coming to manhood
(John was twenty-six.) and I had just be
gun to trust in you a little, and now you
desert me for a doll baby."
"She is not t doll-baby!" said the young
hnsband, indignantly. "If you only
knew her yon *Mild love her • dear—
lyn
"Nonsense :" the black eyes snapped
decidedly. "All girls are foolish now-.
a-days ; but no matter, yod have chosen
between us. My will is made, and I will
not change it, but you will never be again
to me what you were before"
There was real distress in John Barton's
heart as he rose and stood before her.
on only let me bring her here to
son.‘qe pleaded; "I am sorry you are
o 'displeased. Aunt Barbary; don't let
this part us."
"Yon have etaseur The Sphvnx
could not bate lathed Moro untrioved.--
4 .lordered theta not to admit y da—you
need not collie a,, , voin.ff
"If you *ill only heat we—"
"But I won't good afternoon." Add
so John Barton left her, *ith her fare
turned away from him and her hands
etill alas rd before her.
JUICI Num°Ls
Poetry.
ASSOCIATION
DT EIIILY E. PORT).
NO none
JOHN'S WIFE.
"TRUTH AND RIGHT : GOD AND OUR COUNTRY."
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1873
Miss Barbara Snyder was mond. Miss
Barbara Snyner was fond of her own
way. But she was still a woman, and iu
her heart of hearts she loved John Bar
ton, her handsome nephew, dearly. His .
mother, her only sister, had died when he
was a little child, and his father dying
soon after. Miss Barbara had, in a fash
ion, adopted him. She indulged bins
from the first day of his entrance into
her house; she had watched ni c e him
and made him her one object in life. lle
had been the gleans of sunshine in her
life, and to his honor be it said, he had
never been unworthy of the love and .
confidence which she gate hint. "Aunt
Barbary" was to him the only person in
the world, and although people marvell
ed at the affection of the bright faced
young man for his grim old aunt, it was
genuine and trite. He had gone through
college in a thoroughly satisfactory man
ner, and afterwards had settled diew • u into
as steady and trustworthy young business
man as there was in the eitv.and for three
years had behaved entirely according to
his aunt's wish in every respect.
One day, howeNer, the peace and tran
quility of Miss Barbara's hulls:chola were
broken by a rumor which came to her
cars. John. her,J,hn, was pity mg atten
tion to somebody! She was at first Meted
talons, but us the days went she was forc
ed to believe it; fur one night John, sit
tang at her feet, his yellow hair shining, in
due firelight, told her with much tmtit
tinti and embarrassment that "he was go
ing to he married."
Miss Barbara was a good woman, but
she was very w himswal, a little selfish,
and above all, very jealous of her own
dignity, and the knowledge that John
had tvseited his own independence. at.ti
ac'ually planned nut his tuture out
consulting her beforehand, was a hard
.hing for her to bear. She was not pa
tient nor forgiving, and the re'ult of
.lulm's confidence was a very unpleasant
4cetie. She who had never ,y..keti Iht:,h
ly to him before, overwhelmed him with
tiard, blue' worth, !vitt then.w i VII hi' was
;"Ile. wept herself to sleep over his
gratitude." as she called it.
When at last he was rea!lv mai-m(l.ller
Inger knew no hound., and hi; first .sit
liter that event endtd a. we I;3‘e sen.
The days passed slowly after .loLu,i,
oright fair, nut rn;gmg 10IC1',
• ntni,ht - d. and Rarhaca, half regret
tug l i ar l .4l l nes-. ”fit a tI•111 pled
{(.1171 for hint ag;1111 ; Lut ller oinuancY, of
- pride." as she called tt, presorted her.
and so she fretted and worried. Jam ,
vas almost driven distracted by irritabili
ty and unreasoualdeness. She was so cross.
o hard to please,and so'-awfully savage,"
as John would have said, that Jane be
came at WS worn out. and our day, when
her duties were unit-malty hard. site sur
prised her mistiess by packing up her
moveable property and departing from the
house. Then Miss Barbara was wretched.
For three days she sat in S‘lit:lrl"
and then sending for her lawyer. directed
him to insert an adyntisement in the lead
ing papers to the effect that she wanted a
"voting. neat and ladylike person for a
companion."
“No more old women PA roe," she said,
savagely, in response to her lavers look
..f surprise, "after the behavior uf Jane.
who has been with me for thirtv-nme
years," and then authorizing pins to t 'onl
ine each applicant, she sent him away and
waited.
Two days afterwards the lawyer relnrn
eil, accompanied by a tall, slender yonng
woman. who had come to see it she (Miss
Barbara) would engage her.
Miss Barbara's black eyes looked keenly
at her for a moment, aria after inquiring
sharply into her antecedents, references
and the like, Miss Alice Worthington (as
the lawyer called her) was duly installed
in the office of "companion," and a most
d.lightful companion she proved to be.
Miss Barbara was at first disposed to be
a bit critical and c tinning ; but the young
girl was so anxious to please, so sweet.
tempered and amiable, so quiet and se:f
forgetful, that Miss Barbara's severity
melted away by degrees, and at last she
began to love her attendant and to try in
various little ways to make her cheerful
and contented in her new home.
"Alice," said she, one day, as the young
girl sat opposite her before the ti:e, "how
old are you ?"
'Not quite nineteen," was the shy an
swer
"Not quite nineteen," and yet so quiet I
and dignified and womanly. It was al
most incredible. Miss Barbara looked at
her again, and, with a new approbation in
her face, saw how pure and sweet the fair
face looked, with the sky-blue eyes half
hidden by the white lids; she saw -how
smoothly and plainly the brown hair was
fastened hack, how neat and trim the
dark dress, how snowy was the cuffs and
the narrow collar, and her heart was filled
with wonder. A girl in the nineteenth
century without a ruffle. a puff, a crimp,
an overskirt, a sash, or a suspicion of a
panier about her! Truly, wonders would
never cease. As she gazed on this rera
anis her heart was filled with pity for poor
John. who had thrown himself away.
"She's just the wife for him," she
thought; "if ho bad only waited a little
he would have liked her,f am sure." And
then she dismissed the thought witit a
sigh, and turned to Alice for consolation.
As the days went by. Miss Barbara's
heart began to yearn for her nephew. She
loved Alice dearly, but even she did not
take the place of the absent one. His
handsome face haunted her day and night,
and often, as she heard a sudden noise in
the ball or at the door, she would look np
eagerly, half expecting to see him, as she
need to do.
"I am getting old," she raid to herself.
"Perhaps I was a little hard with him—
my boy. ask Alice."
And so one night she called Alice tp
her,ana she sat at her feet in the twilight,
as John had done go (Maio she told her
all about it, and now she longed to see
him again.
"Pm getting old, Alice," eke said. I
may die soon, and I want to see my boy,
Perhaps I was wrdug about hie wife. It
would do ate no bend to see them once,
Alice." •
And Alice answered gently that perhaps
it would be better for them all to do so;
but she avoided her kind friend's eyesiand
there was a scarlet flash on her face that
was u n usual.
The next day Alice, under Miss Bar
bara's directions, Wrote a little note to
John Barton. "
"Tell him to come soon," she said, and
as Alice wrote this Miss Barbara sat and
thought intently fur a time, her face rest
ing on her hands. "Tell him," she said
again, "tell him he may bring his wife if
he likes—l ran at least see her to please
him." And so the note was written and
the messenger dispatched.
After this decisive step was taken Miss
Barbara was in a flutter of nervousness
all the time. lihe donned h••r richest
dress, her most costly cap, and then sat
expectant, until she heard John's step on
the stairs, mid John himself canto 111 us of
obi. Of course Lhere were a few in flutes
during- which they both talked at once,
and tle-n, when the first excitement was
)I ivy Barbara s illdenly grew grave.
'•\\here's tour wife i she asked in her
old grim vt,ty.
John rose and lung the hell. "She's
dos n stairs. 1 told her to stay till I sent
for her." And then, as the servant made
his adpearance, "Show np my ti ife."
Al is» Parham waited ydet ly.
— You will 10‘e her a little for my
salt.r pleaded .10110, as a I.ght footstep
was Iteara at the door, and then, greatly
to Itattatra's zurpri6e, Al tee Worth-
III:11.01 CAM(' ill.
"My nephew, Mr. Bart ~n, Miss Worth
ing!oli," she sald, tl u turning to Alice
"l am ttigag.q.l now, mid ruin may b e ex
T. her surprise John coolly put his
nrm aronnd the waist of his new ae
(p.aintace and led her acres the room.
Worthington Raclin. Aunt Bar
Ica. - hr sail ; and then, with the old
mischief in his eyes: "Love her a tittle
for Inv sake. plczoe."
There are children's voices in the great
hiinse now. and Jane, who wits in the
plot and is now liaek in her old place.
and Mis pets them almost to
Meath. while John, the rogue, teases his.
aunt 'laughingly itliont the "doll-baby"
ro whom she con,idered him sacrificed.
But if there is anv one person whom Miss
liartiara loves as dearly as "her hoc," 'tis
the sweet f.iced, gentle girl whom that
h,c mane 1. her mind all feminine
, zrades unit r rtlies are possessed bi . ",lidiu's
.le.”
GUELDEWS LAST DRINK
"I have traveled this road every day of
my life, ever since it was laid, in charg
of the San Francisco, the prettiest and
hest engine on the line. It was a south
wester road, miming, as we will say
from A. to Z. At A. my mother lived,
and at Z. I had the for -Kest little wile in
the world, and a haby-, the very image of
its pa. 1 had always had a dollar or two
put by for a rainy day, and the !toys spoke
or ins as an odd kind of man - To be
shot up with an engine, watching %lith
ail your eyes and heart, and soul, don't
make a conscientious man talkative, and
I twrer,atuandereti my leisure, spinning
varns and listening to railway jokes in
the round house. Aly wife's name was
Josephine, and I called her 'Joe.'
"I never belonged to any of the-.rail
way clubs or other organizations, and
never should if it hadn't been for Gran
by. Granby was a nephew of our divis
ion superintendent, and it's a failing of
ive men of the load that we like to be
no."ieed by the fellows at headquarters, if
on ly nermitted to touch the hens of their
garments. Granby was a showy fellow
and often rode with me from A. to Z.—
Ile had a good opinion of me, and, as far
as I know, we were good friends. Once
he said to me:
"You ought to belong to the Railway
Scientific Club, Gue!den."
"Never heard of it,' &aid I.
"IVe meet once a fortnight," he replied
'and have a jolly good time. We want
practical, thinking men of your sort, and
I'll propose ycu if you like.
-I was fond of such things, and I had
ideas that I fancied might be worth
something. But the engineer don't have
many nights or days to himself; arid the
Out) would have one evening a fortnight
from Joe, I said.
'•I will ask her. If she likes it, yes."
"Ask whom ?" he said.
"Joe," said I.
"If every man had asked his wife, ev
ery man's wife would have said : 'Cant
spare you, my dear,' and we should have
had nu club at all," said Granby.
"But I made no answer. At home I
told Joe- She said:
"I shall miss you, Ned; but you do
love such things, and if Granby belongs
to it. they must be superior men."
"So I said, yes, and Granby proposed
me. Thursday fortnight I went with
him to the rooms. The real business of
the evening was the supper.
"I had always been a temperate man.—
I did not know what effect wine would
have on me, but coming to drink more
of it than I had ever before at the club
table, I fun id it put steam on. After so
many glasses I wanted to talk, and after
so many more I did.
"I seemed like somebody else,the words
were so ready. My ideas came out and
were listened to. I made sharp hits and
indulged in repartee, told stories and even
came to puns. I heard somebody say:
"Granby, by George, that's a man worth
having. I thought him dull at first."—
Yet I knew it was better to he quiet Ned
Gueldeu, with his ten words an hour,
than the wine made wit I was.
"I was sure of it when three hours af
ter I stumbled up-stairs to find Joe wait
ing for me, with her baby on her breast."
"You've been deceiving Me," said Joe;
I suspected it, but wasn't sure. A scien
tific club couldn't smell like a. 4 bar
room.'
"Which means that I do," said I.
"And look like one," said Joe, as she
locked herself and baby in the spare bed
room.
"One night I was dressed in my Bun•
day suit, ready to go to the club, when
Joe stood before me."
"Ned," said she, never had a fault
to find. with you before. You've been
kind and good and loving always; but I
should be sorry we ever met if you go on
in this way. Don't ask what I mean—
you know."
"It's only club night," I said.
"It will grow," tiaul. she.
"Then she put her arms around my
neck.
".Ned," mid she, "do you think a thing
so much like a bolted and strapped down
demon as steam is fit to put into the hands
of a drunken man ? And some day, mark
my words, not only Tbursdays night, but
all the days of the week will be the same.
I have often heard von wonder what the
feelings of an engineer who hasubout the
same as murdered a train full of people
must be..atl you'll know if you don t stop
where you are. A steady hand and a clear
head have been your blessing all these
years. Don't throw them away. Ned. if
you don't care for my love, don't ruin
von reel f."
y little Joe. She spoke from her herrt
And I km: over Rod kissed her,
`•llun't be afraid, child; I'll ney - er pain
you again.
And I meant it; but at twelve o'clock
that night I telt that I had forgotten my
promise and my resolution.
I couldn't gu home to Joe. I made up
my mad to sleep on the club sofa and
leave the place for good :he next day. Al
r•ady I felt my brain reel as it had never
done bt-fore. In au hour I was in a kind
of stnpor. It was morning. A waiter
stood ready to brush my c..at. I saw a
grin on Ir is fate. My heart seemed ready
to burst ; my hand trembled ; I looked at
my watch : I had only just live minutes to
reach the depot!
Joe's words came to my mind ; Was I
at to take charge of an engine? 1 was not
tit to answer. I ought to have asked some
sober man. As Ito was I only caught my
hat and rushed`tiway. I was just in time.
The Sari Francvsct glistened in the sun.
The cars were filling rapidly. From my
putt I could hear the people talking—bui—
ding each other good hye, and promising
to 'trite and conic agaiu. Among them
was an old gentleman 1 knew by sight—
one of the share-holders. He was bidding
two timid girls adieu.
"Glo , l bye Kittv,; good-bye Lee,"
heard him say ; "don't he nervons. The
San Franniseo is the safest engine on the
line, and Gneld.ti th^ most c a r e f u l engi
neer; I would not he afraid to trust every
mortal to their keeping. Nothing could
happen wing with the two together."
I said, "we'll get throtigh it somehow,
and Joe shall never talk to me again. Af
ter all, it was easy enough." I reeled as I
,ipOke. I heard the signal. We are off.
Five hours from L. to D ; five hours
back again. I knew now that on the last
run I should be myself again. I saw a
a 'hitter, and never knew what it was un
til we had passed the train at the wrong
place. Two minutes more and we should
have had a collision. somebody told me
and I laughed. I beard the share-holder
say, respectfully:
"Of course, Mr. Gadder), yon know
what you are about ?"
Then I was alone and wondering
whether I should go faster or slower.
did something, and the cars rushed on at
a fearful rate. The same man who had
spoken to me before was 'standing near
me. I heard the question :
"Ilow many miles au hour are we mak
ing?" I didn't know.
- Rattle, rattle, rattle! I was trying to
slacken the speed of the San Francisco.—
) could not remember what I should do—
was it this or that—faster or slower? I
was playing with the engine like a child.
Soddenly there was a horribly roar—a
crash. I was flung somewhere. It was in
the water. By a miracle I was sobered,
not hurt. I gained the shore. I stood
upon the ground between the track and
the water's edge, and there gazed at my
work.
The engine was in fragments, the cars
in splinters; dead and dying and wound
ed were strewn around—men and women
and children, old age and youth. There
were groans and shrieks of despair. The
maimed cried out in pain ; the uninjured
bewailed their dead, and a voice unheard
by any other, was in my ear, whispering
"murder
The news had gone to A. and people
came thronging down to find their lost
ones. Searching for an old man's daugh
ter, I camo to a place under the trees,and
found fivebodies lying there, all in their
rigid horror—an (Id woman, a young one,
a baby and two tiny children. Was it
fancy—was it pure fancy, born of my an
:visit—they look like—oh, heaven! they
were Illy mother, my wife, my children—
all cold and dead.
how did they come on, the train ?
What chance had brought this about? No
one could answer. I groaned, I screamed,
I clasped my hands, I tore my hair, I
gazed on the good face of her who gave
me birth, on the lovely, cold face of my
wife, or. my innocent children. I called
them by name; there was no answer.—
There never could be.—there never would
be.
A whistle! Great God! Onward up the
track thundered another train! Its red
eyes glared upon Mor, I threw myself be
fore it; I felt it crush Me to atoms!
• * • • « • •
"His head is extremely hot," said some
body.
I opened my eyes and SAW my wife.
"How do yen feel ?" said she ; "a little
better ?"
I was so rejoiced and astonished by the
sight of her that I could not speak at
first. So repeated the question.
"I must be en:wiled to pieces." said I,
"for the train went over me, but I teel no
pain."
"There he goes about the train again,"
said my wife.
Why, I tried to move—there was noth
ing the matter with me. I was in my
own room; opposite to me was a crib in
which my child was asleep. My wife and
child were safe. Was I delirious, or what
could it be ?
"Joe," I cried, "tell mo what has hap.
pened."
"It's nine o'clock," .said Joe. "Yon
came home in such a state from the club
that I couldn't wake you. You weren't
fit to manage steam and risk people's
lives. The San Francisco is half way to
A. I suppose, and you have been frighten
ing me half to death with your dreadful
talk."
TWO DOLLARA PEft 'TEAR IN ADVANCE,
Termsl IP NOT PAID IN ADVANCE. AO CTIL EXTUA.
And Joe began to cry.
It was only a dream; only an awful
dream. But 1 had lived through it us
though it were a reality.
"Is there a Bible in the house, Joe ?"
said 1.
"Are we heathens ?" asked Joe.
"Give it to me this moment, Joe."
She brought it, and I put my hand on
it and took the oath (too solemn to be re
peated here,) and what had happeneild
never should occur again. And if the
San Francisco ever comes to grief the ver
dict will not be: "The engineer was
drunk."
A Panoz,yrte on Woman
Read directly, then read flrgt and third and
second and fourth lines of each verse, and lo
the difference:
The bliss of him no tongue can tell,
Who in a woman doth confide:
Who with a woman Komi to dwell
Unnumbered evils will betide.
They make the daily path of life
A pleasant journey, strewed with flowers;
A dreary scene of painful strife
Tidy quickly change with matchlms powers.
Domestic joys will fast decay
Where female Influence is unknown;
Whereer a woman holds the sway,
A man In perfection shown.
She's never tailing to display
Truth in its native loveliness,
A heart Inclined to treachery.
A woman never did possess.
That man true dignity will find
\Yho tries the matrimonial state;
Who pours contempt un womanhood
Who mourns his foils , when too late.
How Much do I Coat
A little daughter, ten years old, lay on
her death-bed. It was hard parting with
the pet flower of the household.--
The golden hair, the loving blue
eyes, the bird-like voice, the truth
ful, alrectionate,large hearted,pions child
How Could she be given up? Between
this child and her father there had al
ways existed not a relationship merely,
but the love of the congenial natures.—
He fell on his knees by his darlings bed
side, and wept bitter tears. He strove to
say,but he could not, ''Thy will be done!"
It was a conflict between grace and na
ture, such as he had never he-fore experi
enced. His sobs disturbed the child, who
had been lying apparently unconscious.—
She opened her eyes and looked distress
ed.
"Papa, dear papa," she said at length.
"What my darling ?" answered the fa
ther, striving for composure. •
"Papa," she asked, in a faint broken
tone. "how much—tlo I cost you—every
year r,
"hush, dear, be quiet;" he replied, in
great agitation ; for he feared deleriorn
was coming on.
"But please, papa, bow much do I cost
you
To'soothe her he replied, though with
a shaking voice—
" Well, dearest, perhaps ten pounds.—
What then, darling_?"
"Because, papa, I thought may be, you
would lay it out this year in Bibles, for
poor children to remember me by."
With what delicate irstiuct had the
dying child•touchell the strings of com
fort! A beam of heavenly joy glance()
in the father's heart, the bliss of one no
ble spirit mingled with its Eke. Self was
forgotten, the sorrow of parting, the
lonely future. Naught remained but the
mission of love, and a thrill of gratitude
that in it he and his beloved were co
workers.
"I will, my precious child," he replied
kissing her brow with solemn tender
ness,
"Yes," he added, after a pause, "I will
do it every year as long as I live. And
thus my Lillian shall yet speak, and draw,
if God shall bless the menus, many after
her I o heaven.'
The,child's very soul beamed forth in a
long, loving, smiling gaze, into her fath
er's eyes, loviog,and stil gazing, she fell
asleep. Waking in a few minutes, she
speke in a loud, clear voice, and ith a
look of
papa,
"Oh papa, what a sweet sigh ! The
golden gates were opened, and owds of
children came pouring out. h, such
crowds t And they ran to me, a d began
to kiss me and call me by a new name.—
I can't remember what it was, but it
meant •Beloved for my Father's sake."
She looked npward,her eyes drenmy,her
voice died into a whisper, "Yea, yes, I
come! I come!" and the lovely form lay
there untenanted of the lovelier spirt.
John Lee rose trom his knees with a
holy um mph on his face. "Thank God,"
said he, '•I am richer by another treasure
in heaven."
"Goon morning, Mr. Smith. On the
sick-list to-day ?"
"Yes, sir ; got the. ague.'
"Do you eve: shake ?" -
"Yes; shake fearfully."
"When do you shake again ?"
"Can't say when ; shake every day.—
Why do you ask ?"
"Oh, nothing in particular; only
thought if you shook so, I'd like to stand
by and see if you couldn't shake the five
dollars out of your pocket which you
have owed me do long."
A stsouLAn epidemic broke out in a
Kansas town, the other day. Evefy wile
in the town was suddenly attacked by an
irresistable desire to present her husband
with a nice little dressing case,with shav
ing materials complete. An attractive
young woman has opened a barbar shop
in the village.
Tun latest thing in glove boxes is the
exact fac-simile of a glove in Russia leath
er. It is deep, opens on the side. and
the glove fits the box "exactly like a
glove." These unique affairs have just
been introduced here, and are made in
Vienna.
Josu BILLINGS says: Yu kart And
contentment laid down on the map, it is
an imaginary line not settled yet; and
thoto reach it soonest who throw away
their compass and go it blind. ,
NUMBER 31.
For The Ladles
A wolfs in Aferidan, Ct., was arresi •
ed lately for forcing her five year old son
to drink himself drunk.
A Mammrts belle created quite a sen
sation by appearing at church with nei
ther jewelry nor false hair..
GAuze veils are now fisbionable, and
will be until sunburnt and freckled faces
are cousideree an evidence of beauty iu
Fits generation• of one family wer ,
present at the recent wedding of ono or
its members at Columbus, Cui.
1r is said that while "beaux" are per
matted to go on in the way they are bent
"bellies," are expected to go in the Iva,
they are "told.'
MISS S ui.EY, prominent in the Society
of Friends, is going to make trends of
"society" at Satatogn, where she is build •
ing a cottage.
A PRINCETON, 111., girl actually died
of grief because her new spring hat fell
into the river and was ruined.
CARTHAGE, N. Y., comes forward wit'•
a woman who, at the age of one hundri , l
and one, jumps rope and plays at "lea.,
frog." -Next!
THERE is a young lady in Yorkshire win,
is six feet flee inches high and five feet.
six inches round. Could there be more
beautiful proportions?
IT is proposed by some gentleman to
start a regular city club at Long Branch.
The ladiesobject,saying they hate enough
of club life at home.
As old maid in Pittsburg bas mane.
factured 115 worsted cats this spring,aild
a Racine woman has killed several dog
with a revolver. Which is the more ust:
ful member of society ?
As orphan, tinder age, married his fe
male guardian in 111., the other day, ant
was compelled to get her written coned'' ,
to his marriage before the wedding could
take place.
A LONDON mendicant took occasion t. ,
poke the eyes out of a lady who reftiseit
him alms. He ought to have a new trial
or something.
Ir London, recently, a girl in order to
save her lover, who was the real cnlpri:.
went into court and swore that she stok•
a certain dininond ring.
A 3ftssornt lover called his girl 8
Ifo.duck, in response to which misunder
stood compliment the lass lifted a hand
full of hair from the top of his head—a
modified scalping operation.
Tile meanest man on record ir -a Ver
monter who refuses to pay his first wifii
the money which ho borrowed from her
to buy an Indiana divorce and cover tb.•
experso of his wedding topr with anoth•
er lady.
Chit•Clini•
—o—
ME most beantifill tortoise Shell jew
elry in the world is made to Naples.
NEW York girls are Wearing Norman=
day caps the size of ham bugs. • •
TIIE new fashions snit dumpy ladies
the best.
LIVERPOOL newspapers speak of Ane
mias Ward Beecher. •
INDIANA'S new divorce law has been
named the Hoosier Separator.
THE people who spend the most at we
tering places are the old mea with young
wives.
AMBER ießeiry is becoming very fash•
ionable'again ; 1: looks very well with,
light spring dresses.
AnujuA.l, Gale is erecting a 8200,001
cottage at Newport. The Gale must hay•
been very successful in "raising the wind."
VERY brilliant jewelry is made of th •.
heads of the Brazilian - hAlmming-birds set
in gold.
A LADIES' boat club has been organizol
in Philadelphia, and .seeine to be a great
!UCCCS&
THE Commencement season has begun.
and the voice of the graduate is heard in
the land.
A LATEtr married couple came .nsar
separating on itecount of a sgnabblo4ker
their wedding presents.
THE latest thing in married announce
menta reads thus: "No cards. No pre::
eats. No divorce."
ME most stylish young ladles in tow!:
have struck against the tyranny of 'the
milliners, antimake their own bonnets.
kr is a startling fact in natural history
that children who are "perfect littft•
lambs" usually grow up to be "mutton
heads."
SOUR very slanderous person assert , .
that the New York ladies have gone to
Paris this spring for the express purpose
of having their faces' enamelled.
At:GUST BELMWST has been elected n
member of the London Jockey CM.
distinction hitherto exclusiiely reserved .
for nativet of the British Islands.
Tun sights of four able-minded me:
playing croquet is considered by tb,
Louisville Courier-Journal to bo tb,
snblimest spectacle-tbat an impoverisbe
country ever beheld.
A Nnu* YOttx lady wears a set of
Etruscan jewelry made over. a thonsanr
years ago, which is pronounced stiperio:
in design and finish to anything mule, a.
presen t.
TALK abont the length of time it take
to aget'ready." We know a young lad!.
who was invited unexpectedly, at to:
o'clock on Friday night, to go to Enrol •
for a year and sailed at eight on Eatarda:=
morning.
THE Memphis "Avalanche" says :,"Th.:
young misses with their amorphous- !t•-•
tragalar developments trip merrily, t
school or market with the buck hair mi.'
bias; lowing- recklessly- out from undei
the biggest and , ugliest • boys'„ hats:evel
Econ.