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AND GENERAL JOB PRINTERS,
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Ahoy to the mew Postattice building. where he 'en)
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to to line. lloatrose PA. Oct. 13, 1063.
DRS TV. DAYTON,
,'ErtilcuPoz A SURGEON, leaders his services to
the ettieens at Great Bend and rirlalty. Gillet,: tits
reeldehee. oppugn° itarnamilentac, O't Bend village.
Sept. Ist,lBl7l.—ti
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Iseases.
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TIIE HAYTI 11.VIABER. hae moved his shop to the
building Deco led by J. R. DeWitt, where he Is pre
pared to do at! kinds of work In Ale line, much a. ma
king as/tette*, puffs. etc. All work done on Shaft
notice ad prices low. .Please call and see me.
IL BURRITT.
Dealer in Staple and Fancy Der Goods, Crockery. Mad
era,. Iron, Stoves. Drage. 01Iv. and Paha& Boots
and Shoe.. Mt-Sand Gape, Fare. Buffalo Hones. Gro
ceries. Provisions, 4tc.
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Is now prepared to accommodate the trarrelang pobl:e
In erst•clees style
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LI ?MKS BLAKESLEE
ATTCEVETS AT LAW. have xmored to their • him
Oita. opposite the Tarbell Howe.
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Montrose.Oct. 15,181. E. L. 81.4”.,
BILLIYOSSTROVD.
NINE AND LIFE LII37,IANCE ACENT. AV
basil:ten attended co promptly, on fair tonne. Office
drat door coat of the bank 0 , Wm. a- Cooper & Ca.
Pohl' e Avenue, liontrove, Pa. [Aug. 1. 1664.
Jnly 11.113:2.] Buasxas Sraocn.
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at lovra4t cash prices. Also, Blanket., Broomod Blan
ket.. Whips and everything pertaining line,
chewer [ban the cheapest Repairing done prompt
ly and to good ityle.
8i0nt....e,Pa.. Oct. 1873.
TEE PEOPLE'S ILISKET.
Plia.UP limns. Proprietor.
Fre.b and Salted ?deer. HUM Pork. Bologna Pon
tine. sic., of ate best quality, constantly an band. at
pm., to nat.
liontr.rte, Pa.. Jan. IL ISASA.
VALLEY !EDGE,
Gazer Beau, PL. Situated near the Erie Railway De
pot. 1.4 a law and comaoeliatle beam. has IndcrgOne
• thurotmla replir. Netely ftraiened routno and sleep aatrtutent. , ..elendid cablea.undall Minae entaprlte
lag a Mat eln.o hoteL WORT ACKERT,
Sept. IlErniera,-T1 Proprietor.
F. CHTTECIULL,
festle• of the Peace: ()flee out r.. e. Let:hetet etore
Great bead borouch. St...mahatma County. P. 104..
Ilas the set lemma of the dockets of the Tate Isaac
Reel:how. deceased. Othee boarsfrian 9to 11 o'clock
a. m and from Ito 4 o'clue.C.P.• =-
Great Bend. Oct. U. 1812.
DR W. W. SMITE,
Derararr. Rooms at hle drains:. next doornortbof Dr
Barer's. on Old Foundry street, where he would he
happy to see all More fa rant or Dental IA oar. fie
leele confident that he can platen ari.. both to quidityof
-work and in price. 019ce hours from a.. is. to 4F.
Nontrook Feb. 11, IS:4—t!
EDO AB 4. MIZELL,
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No. ITO Broadway. New York City
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Enkted Suite.
Feb A. 1874-ty.
BURNS rt NICHOLS,
age. :JCS la Drage, Medicine*. Chemical* Dye
: .ae. ratuts.olle, 'Varnish. Wipers. lipleee.Faney
ciep. Patest eledletnes. Perfumery end Toilet Air
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VOLUME 31.
. ]BADGE 3111LLEIL
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IMAllTtlrllft, POB3l, WITII A ItORAL.
--0—
,Iltiadge Miller on a Summer day,
• Walked as usual her pleasant way.
Her dress was tidy, her apron white;
Her face was sweet as the morning light.
She was a country village maid,
Learning a country milliner's trade,
Her bands were soft, her dress was clean,
And little she knew what care might mean.
She said, "I'll work at my pretty trade,
And live a happy free old tuald."
"Lovers may come and lovers may go.
I'll have none or them , no, no, no r'
But la Suitor came with a tall silk bat;
He told her a story worth two of that.
The same old story by lovers told
Since first the earth out of chaos rolled.
(Let us kindle hope, who are old and wise,
He did nut kilow he-WU telling lies)
"Marry me my darling, and you shall be
The happiest woman on land or sea!
"No longer then wilt you have to go
To your daily labor through heat and snow.
'lt shall be my pleasure, my law, my life,
To make you a blest and happy wife.
"Marry me and you shall never know
A sorrow or hardship, a care or woe f'
She heard the story of promised bliss,-
She waited, wavered, and answered, "Yes."
Bright and big was the honeymoon,
.And clouded by worldly care too soon ;
For house-work led her its weary round—
Her feet were tethered, her hands were
bound.
And children came with their small de
mands
Fettering closer her burdened hands.
In her husband's house she came to be
A servant in all but salary.
And half her nights—as up and down
She walked the floor in a dressing gown,
Hushing an ailing infant's screams,
. Lest it should break its father's streams;
And wash the dishes and rub the knives—
The lofty mission of duteous wives ;
Or coaxed and doctored a sobbing child
By the pangs of ear-ache driven wild—
Were seasons of wakeful, nervous dread.
So if at last o'er her aching head,
The angel of slumber chanced to stoop,
lie brought her visions of mumps or croup •
And she rose unrested, and went once more
Through the dun routine of the day before.
Weeic by week did she drudge and toil
And stew and pickle, and roast and boil,
And scrub and iron, and sweep and cook,
Her only reading, a recipe book;
And bathe the children sad brush their
lacks, '
Button their aprons and pin their frocks.
And patch old garments, and darn and
mend
0 weary worry that has no end!
She lost her airy sad eportite ways,
.Is,rwowia,
For how can a playful fancy rove
When once tied up to a cooking stove?
Her lace was old are she had reached her
prime—
Faded and careworn before its time.
Sometimes would her well-kept husband
look
'Up from the page of his paper or book,
Ard note how the bloom bad felt her face,
And a pallid thinness won its place—
How gray had mixed with her locks of
brown
And forehead gained a growing frown,
And say, "She is ugly, I declare;
'5 wonder that I ever thought her fair ."'
Season by season, year by year,
Did she tenor , the round of "womanly
sphere"—
Not vexing her husband's days or nights
By any mention of woman's rights.
Till she died at last—too severely tried—
Her life's one 'selfish deed—she died,
Proud and happy and quite content
With the slavish way her days were spent!
Feeling, of coarse, that her life was lost
Nobly in saving a servant's cost t
Ah ! of all sad thoughts of women or men,
ite saddest is this needn't have been I"
—"Braver of Fashion."
Jraors Lrwlx
MISCELLANEOUS READING
TUE GOLD CROSS.
—o—
" Yon can hardly call it a gift, Maggie,
because I shall split it in two, and keep
half for myself."
• George Wayland looked straight into
Maggie Carroll's brown eyes as he sp"ke,
and saw the sudden glow of lore in them,
as they met Mi a second bi 4 ardent gaze,
and trien bid under their blue veiled'eil•
ken fringed lids.
"I shall prize it highly, George, and
the more from the fact that you wear one
half while I wear the other."
"But will you wear it always, un4er all
eireumitanues?"
"A I wAys, under all circumstances."she
repeated merrily.
He neatly severed the narrow, thin
cross, and fastened one Potion to hie
watch chain and the other to the piece of
narrow velvet Maggie had brought, and
that' he tied for her around her white
throat.
"I like it better than a ring. George."
she said shyly; 'because every body
knows who is engaged, by just looking at
their left. hand."
"As if I .wotirdn t like every- soul in
Meadowside to know that I bad won you,
my shy, brown-eyed darling. lam only
too proud and too harpy."
Maggie interrupted him playfully—
" Despite the jealousy of
_a certain lady
who considers me a boltriCal r
"Despite even Cora Adrin's foolish
jealousy; while I feel several inches taller
than poor Ned Morrison, whom I did cut
out utimereifully,didn't I V" •
' A little shadow passed over Maggie's
faee, and instinctively she clung to her
lover's arm.
"Oh George 1
.I am actually afraid of
Ned. lately. Only last night he said I'd
be sorry yet that Prefused him. Re is co
morose and sollen.ainae—since—"
She blinhedit little, and George mag
nanimously helped her through.
"Since I asked and WAS not refused by
those sweet line. . Never mind Ned Mag
gie. Naturally . be feels pilaus. I would
myself. tinder 'reversedcircumstances.
But all this has nothing to - do with our
premise to wear the little gold emu while
we are seperated for these .tbree. moiktbs
that are so dole 0_1049 But, Wait,
POETRY.
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1874.
my little girl, if ever the time should come
mind, I have no idea that if if
it should come, that you want to be re
leased from me, all you've to do is to send
your half of the cross to me. It will be
the mote token of my misery."
But Maggie smiled up in his face
cheerfully.
"If,all the misery you ever anticipate
cornea by means of this little measure,"
and she laid her hand lightly on the glic
terintrinket, "rest assured you'll have
little of it. But, sir Knight, suppose
you weary of my colors—what then ?"
He.folded her tightly in his arms and
kissed her.
"As if I ever could change ?"
So the two, in that blissful, painful
parting, that seemed ages to them,renew
ed their vows. The old, old story, yet
ever new,
The cheerful rays of the astral lamp
on the ronnd.crimson covered tuble,beam.
ed over Maggie Carroll's white fingers,
and flashed like a spark of liquid silver
or. her tiny thimble and polished needle,
as her fingers flew gracefully over her
work.
She had cleared away the tea dishes,
and her parents had gone to a friends.
Little Bessie lay sleeping on the lounge
with the light shaded from her eyes, and
Maggie, with a garment she was making
for one of the bridal outfits, had settled
happily, cosily down to her evenings work,
thinking with every stitch she set of
George Wayland, by this time way out in
Omaha, where .he would gain a gooid
many hundred dollars in putting the ma
chinery in a new mill—money that would
start them nicely at housekeeping.
slng,,gre's pleasant reverie was disturbed
by an impatient `rap on the sitting room
door, followed, before she could unfasten
her work from her knee, and go to the
door and open it,hy Ned Morrison.
"Don't get up, Maggie, I can find a
chair fnr myself. I've been here often
enough to make myself•at home, haven't
I ? for all f don't appear to be particular
ly wen te d."
Mit ,, gie's cheek *flamed at the insinna•
ted want of hospitalay, but she very pleas
antly arose and placed a chair near the
fire.
"Oh, no. Ned ; you only imagine we
don't want to se ya,2. Sit down. An't
you cold ? Mother anileuther arc gone—"
"I doa't care where they are gone. I
came to Bee you, and none but yon."
.`!Well, Ned, here I am for ion to Fee."
He drew hie chair awav from the fire,
and near the table where 'Maggie Eat.
S'e was determined not to lot her an
noyances escape her, so - she assumed from
the first a friendly, cheery tone. And it
molitied Ned as she intended it would.
-I was a little rough on the old folks,
Ilagie; Lint the truth is. since—since--
you an d that Waymmt
such frienJs, I see precious little of you
anvww."
doggie couNl have bitten her tongue to
prevent the blush she felt surging over
her tune.
"I would naturally see more of my be
trothed hnsband than merely a friend.—
Ned. pleese hand me the scissors,"
She did not lift her eyes,but cliped her
thread silently, and went on sewing while
Ned toyed with the scissors moodily. Ft-
D aly, almost abruptly, be spoke :
"TO get oat and leave von in peace,
Maggie, if yon'll give me one of your
curls to remember you by."
Maggie smiled indulgently, secretly
thankful at such a cheap release.
—You may have any curl you want,
Ned, in welcome. Only you must not
take it as a pledge of banishment, Ned."
Am.) now Maggie laid down her sewing.
and looked into his moody, half scorned
face, "I wish for your sake it had been as
you so desire. But as it is not, as lam
so content, let it all be forgotten. Which
curl will you have ?" She leaned her
head toward him coquettishly ; and he
awkwardly. tremblingly, cut one off close
to her neck ; so close, the cold steel made
her start.
The moment he had severed it he drew
due n the scissors, thrust the curl in his
pocket ii a wad, ar.d arose from his chair.
"I said I'd go. Good by. Maggie."
Almost before Maggie could recover
from her surprise at his wild. abrupt way
he was off. his footsteps ringing loud on
the frozen ground.
His eyes were brighter than nsnal, and
his face fairly worh,ed with exultation as
he drew the •tangled black curl from his
pocket. and with it a band of black vel
vet, to which a tiny, plain gold cross was
attached.
Little did my lady know I cut the vel
pet with the curl, and only begged the
hair that I might secure the cross. Little
did the lovers—coree 'em—know I over
heard their sugar candy romance about
the token of the cross. But if George
Wayland don't get this back before I'm
a week older, it be strange. Trust
either of them for an explanation ; they're
too plagney proud.
And Maggie went on sewing for anoth
er hour in bhsafnll unconsciousness of
the loss of her treasure. Afterward she
and Bessie had a game of romps befor e
Bessie finally went to bed; and still later
at half-past nine, she and her brother
Ben went down to the last mail to see if
there was a letter from George.
It was not until she hat. retired to her
own room, and stood before herdress'ng
glass to arrange her hair for the night.
that she missed it, and then she missed
it at the very Brat glance in the glass.
It was dawn stairs, of course, on the
floor, where it had fallen when she and
Bessie had their game of Mu; or, 01 sup
pose she had lost it on the street on the
way to the post-office I It was very prob
able, very. and when site had crept softly
downstairs, lamp in hand, and thorough.
ly searched the sitting.scan in vain, she
knew it was really lost in the street.—
What would. George say of her careless
bests? How could the velvet have come
untied ? and with little fit of crying,
over her loss, Maggie went to bed and
dreamed of watEng ankle , deep through
gold crosses.
George Wayland, on his way borne'
from a hard, day's work. stopped in the
post.office In the far of Western pity for
! the long delayed letter from Maggie Cann'
It had been s fortnight naw s aince be. bad
received the lit, wed* worried sort of
Devoted to the Interests of our Town "and County.
feeling took possession of him at the de
lay.
Was Maggie ill ? away from home—or
—George hated himself for the ugly
thought that more than once flitted un-_
bidden across his mind—Morrison's heir
ship to a lonx,disputed estate, that Mag
ginould hafechanged her mind ? Yea,
it was barely possible, and that was all,
George decided; an when the mail was
at last opened, and the rush at the boxes
were lessened somewhat, and George ac.'
tually saw there was ono for him, he felt
it was very impossible.
But he shook with surprise and sick
with fear to see Ned Morrison's hand
writing. What was the news in the seal
ed envelope ?
He toreit rudely open, and, wrapped in
a tissue paper, dropped in his trembling
bands—Maggie'a gold cross !
Not a word; only this mate sign—the
very token he had suggested! How con
temptuous the blank piece of paper seem
ed to him, and how unutterably mocking
did his name, in Ned Morrison's hand
writing appear.
So, net only possilje or probable that
Maggie nuld throw him over, but actual
ly undeniably the fact, that she had done
so: And he away out West, with but one
friend—his companion in labor. Mag
gio's cousin Jim—and stinting to save
money for Maggie, and working day and
night for ber sake.
0 T. was it any wonder he gnashed his
teeth in a rage of grief ? He crushed
his letter into hie pocket and drew his
cap down over his eyes and strode on,
dumb from the blow never seeing, never
hearing Jim Carrot, who had got a letter
from home, and having read it . was wait
ing to deliver messages to George.
.What can ail this man ?" thought
Jim, with wonder, and s arted after, nod
stepped on some little, hard object as he
put his foot down. He stopped and pick
ed up the little golden cross.
"George has lost it off his watch chain
I suppose."
He nut it in his pocket and went on,
intending to overtake Wayland and give
him his lost trinket. But, by dint of
fast walking, maybe, George was on of
sight. And on the morrow one of the
hands gave him a pencil note from Way
land.
"I've u Itttle business to attena to for.
th.r down for a week or so. Keep things
going on. Back soon as I can. G. W."
Then, when Jim started off on his day's
work, it suddenly occurred to him that,
as George would be'away probably more
than a week. he would send his cross
home to Maggie for cafe keeping. He
knocked around so among the machinery
that it might get broken or lost, and he
knew George prig. tt highly.. So—the
fates willed that he had an 5 b
cr..40 a_uto -heETII - UStlt into an envel
ope lying on George's desk, already (Wm
ted to 31 , 10g,ie, and sent it on •ita
ill
nmened message all unconscious of the
misch'ef he was brewing by the act.
•
•s ' •
The long winter had passed away—some
bow or other, but Maggie Carroll hardly
knew now. It was enough tor ber that
she had been very wretched and unutter
ably miserable since a day months past,
when, wituout a word of warning, she
had received from George Wayland the
cross he had solemnly sworn to always
wear for her sake.
Ned Morrison, too, had seemed so de
lighted when he learned—how such piti
ful facts do leak out—that it was all over
with Maggie and George, and full of
pomposity and self importance over his
inheritance, had tormented Maggie half
crazy to accept him. -
And now, when even his dull head had
been made to know it was impossible, and
lie had transferred his attentions and af
fections to Amy Harrow, he was to be
married, and George Wayland and Jim
Carroll were coming home on the same
n'ght.
Now it was sundown, and - in an hour
they would meet, for George was obliged
to see Maggie's father on business nt the
earliest moment. And eo she dressed in
the self-same suit she had worn that night
George had tied the velvet around her
neck, a dark, scarlet-silk dress, and in a
painful memory of that dear past, fasten
ed the cross in its old place. George
Wayland should see she had kept her
word if he had not. She would let him
know that though carelessness lost her's
still she would be true to him no matter
how false he was to her. And so, when
her father called her down from her
room, she went with slow, listless foot
steps, and wildly throbing 'heart that
would not be still, to meet the man she
loved so- dearly, the man who had o T ased
to regard her almost us soon as tie was
out of her presence.
She had heard his voice so round, and
full, and so sweet to her hungry ears, be
fore the door stood ajar. "Ned Morrison
to be married to.nightto little Amy Har
rows! Why 1 thought—" and that very
moment Maggie walked quietly in, her
face pule as death, her blue eyes burning
like stars.
"George, I'm glad to see you. How do
you do ?"
• She extended her hand and looked him
frankly in the fan , . And why .shoutd
she not ? Maggie had naturally supposed
that he would have been perfectly cave.
less, utterly indifferent, and here he was
actually trembling like a man with the
ague.
Had he been conscious smitten at sight
of her loyalty flaunted so openly in the
very face of his treachery? "•Yes Mag.
gie was deciding. , tit was the cross that
made—"and then GOorgie's voice. this.
time low, intense, - addressed her : .
"Maggie can you explain away this
sickening mystery ? I find to my titter
demonstration, that Ned is to be married,
and not to vou. And yet the cross, came
to me in hiihand_writing."
All over Hag,gie's face flamed the red
surges. Her lost treasnre found by Ned
Morrison. and sent—oh,so. malicious!—
to Geneve Wayland. And. then a giddy,
blinding rush * of happiness almost ohok
ed her.
"0, George I I lest it somehow:sorne•
where. ..I never knew. Do you think
really,' could. have been. so—so—"
Her tears,: walling - thick and feats al
most choked her
"But this cross, Maggie, that you have
on ?"
"It came in a blank letter one day, two
or three weeks afterl lost mine, and 1
sui posed you wanted to get rid of me,
you know what you said." ' -
Wayland looked thunder struck.
"I have mine this moment. I have
been true as steel. See r
He threw back his over coat ; there
was the tiny cross attached to his watch
chain,
"Oh George r'
"Maggie my owl darling r ,
It was utterly i comprehensible to them
but they loved each other, and what did
they care ?
The evening, when all the family, with
the -two guests, were sitting around the
tire,Jim Carrot asked Maggie it she ever
received the little gold cross he sent her,
and then it was plain as sunshine,
al
though none of them never knew of Ned
Morrison's theft, nor in their new bliasfni
happiness did they care.
A California Story.
—o--
In the early days in California there
stood at the foot of the hill, not many
miles from Nevada, one of those rough
built gambling houses so common
throughout the mining sections of the,
territory. A description of this structure
and its surroundings will convey to the
reader a better idea of the incident I am
about to relate. The building contained
but one room, the entrance to which was
situated at one end, with a large adobe
fi.e to the entrance. On the large stone
hearth burned a wood fire, giving to the
room a cheerfull appearance. On the
front, at the tight of the entrance, was a
well filled bar, around which wascongre
gated representitives of different nations
some speculating on the success of verb . -
ons mining speculations, while others
were discussing the general topics-of the
day. Along the rear side of the room ex
tended a row of tables around each of
which was seated a company of miners
playing poker and taking large sums of
gold with as much coolness and apparegt
unconcern as they were partaking, of their
evening meal. A rude seat occupied the
space around the fire•place, and.in the
front portion of the room beyond the bar
The cabins of the settlers extended some
distance to the front of the spot, while
the unsettled portion of the country lay
in the rear.
The bill before mentioned rising ab
ruptly from this,thickly interspersed with
sage bush and thick -bushes, affording a
temporary hiding place for fugitives. As
the evening wore on, the patrons of the
saloon became more numerous, while the
chilliness of 'the atmosphere caused those
most interested in the games at the table
to gather round the ere. The conversa
tion, whim' ••• .h. tylift was becoming an
imated, was suddenly interupted by, the
eta, once of a tall, raw-boned Yankee
bearingin his hand a rifle, around his
watst• he wore a belt, from which was
suspended a powder flask and bullet
pouch.
Advancing to the fire-place, he depos
ited his in the corner, and after ac
cepting the seat courteously offered him
by the fire, resting one elbow on his knee,
and dropping his chin into his hand, he
sat gloomily watching the fire as if some
mighty grief was preying npoa him. He
mumbled incoherently at times' and sat
without changing his position. The atten
tion of the company was called to the
stranger, and all occasional glances from
those at the table were directed to where
he sat. -He at length broke oat into such
lamentation as these:
"I am tired of life. My claim has
failed, and I am without friends or
money. I have been out all day hunting
and hare killed nothing:"
He addressed no one personally. And
no one seemed to sympathize with him
in his disturhecl condition. He eat In si
lence a few minutes, then raising his
head ho exclaimed :
"A man may as well be dead as out of
luck. I will take me own life.'
Then taking from his side the flask, he•l
unscrewed the cap from the top, and
pour , d from it into his hand some appal
ent ly fine Hazard powder, then pouring
it earefully back iie replaced the cap, and
screwed it firmly on, yelled—
" Yes I will die myself, and all around
me shall die also."
He then flung the flask upon the burn
ing coals. The tumult that followed was
indescribable. The rush for the door was
almost simultaneous with the rash act of
the stranger. The Yankee satja calm
spectator till the last occupant of the room
had made his last exist, then with the
rapidity of lightning he sprang to the ta
bles and scraping from them the shining
piles of gold which had been kit by the
gamblers and deposited them in his hat,
escaping through one of the rear windows '
With desperate strides he ascended to the
hill, jumping noon a fallen tree, turning
to survey the multitude below'. All were
waiting hreathlesaly, watching the buil
ding, expecting every moment that the
contents of the heated flask would blow it
to atr me, when the shrill voice of our ha
ro rang out on the clear night air—,
"Dint be afraid, gentlemen. There is
nothing bat black eand in the can,"
Then springing from his perch,. he die
appered among the chaparral, completely
eluaing the persuit of the gambleri who
ret ;toed to the saloon to find the tables
all cleared of the last 'vestige of their
treasure.
A- lazy dyspeptic was bewailing his own
misfortune, and congratulating his friend
on his healthy appearance. "What do
you do to make yourself so strong and
hearty ?" inquired the dyspeptic. • .
"Live on fruit-alone,' answered the
friend. - -
4 1 Whatitind of fruit ?"
"The fruit of industry, and I am never
troubled with indigestion,"
"Farewell, Susan. 7 you have driven ma
to the grave," .wrote ,rohn 'Arch. of, Ala
bama, four years ago, and left the note.
on the river bank. He was arrested , the
other day in Cincinnati, Living Witt; au•
other womat, -
FIFTY CTS. EXTRA- IF NOT ADV.ACE.
GOY'S - WAY. IS BEST.
This blessed truth I long have knowN, •
So soothing Belts hopeful tone,
What'er our trials, cares and - woes; • '
Oniyather's mercy freely Bows,— •••••
,That on Ills bosom we may rest,. ..
For God is good, "Ills way best."'
Trouble withopt and grief within
• Are the sine heritage of sin - • '
And e'en affection's voice may die, ,
• In tle last quivering, grasping sig h: '
But what though death our souls distrhss,"
'Twero better thus, "God's way ; ls.beste' •
Misfortune's dark and bitter blight
.May fall open us like the !light,
Our souls with anguish may be - '
Witen - we are called o'er frielais . to mown'?
But what assurance doubly blest,
To feel,that all "God's Ray s ate best." '
Yes glorious thought, in yonder sky '
Are joys silpreme that never die; ' ".,
'That when our 'earthly murals
We'll live in regions of the anti,
And there upon the Saviour's breast:" '
We'll sing for aye, "God's way fa best'
•
TIRED - MOTHERS. - 1 • • •
A little elbow leans upon your knee,
Ydbr tired knee, that has so much to *et'
' • A child'i dear eyes are !malting - lovingly.
From underneath a thatch of tangledbitt,
Perhaps you do not heed the velvet tout - ;
Of warm. moist fingers folding, /pp s:I,
tight; 4
You do nut prize thls blessing oveitilitit,
-You almost are too tired to prey str,Sitghtei
But it Is blessedness A year ago
I did not sea It as ,I do today ; •
Vre are so dull and thankless; and too ale*
To catch the sunshine till - it sllpi
'And now It seems surpassingstrange4g
That, while I wore the bandage-al mother
.- hood, -,1;
Idid not kiss More oft and tenderly, I s
Tho little child who brought me onlYigood.
'And if, some night whoa you sit down p? rrprt,
You miss this elbow tram you tired' knee
This restless, tired bead from off yourlireast: ,
Tills lisping tongue that chatters constdritly_l
• If from your own the dimpled bands Mad
slipped, - I.",•"t'
And ne'er would nestle in you palm Smartt
If the white feet into their grave had•tripped,
I could not blame you for youthittriehe
then?'
„
I wonder so that mothers ever fret 1. , ' 7
At little children clinging to their'
Or that the footprints, vben tbe days are wet,
Are ever black enough to make them frowri.
It I Could and a little muddy foot,.
Or cap, or jacket,—on my cliereber 4 .f(oor ;
It I could kiss a rosy, restless foot,
And hear its patter in my home once marat
If I conlet mend a broken cart to-day,
. r. To-morrow make a kite to reach the sk,Yr—..
There Ism) woinfin In God's world ccadd- triir
She was more blissfully content thatali
t ab I the dainty-pillow next spy
Ia never rumpled by a shining: head;
lily singing bridling from its nest is flowiti;
The little boy I used to kiss is deadl
SCENES AT LYNCTO3VIZO
Returning from the bridge toward the teem I
Came to a wide street stretching strati" 4'74
hill. On either side were stone pavements; I
‘iewded with negraes ; colored childremgami
tooled on the flags; colored mammas sropXyd
pipes in the doorways .of shops, where 1:019 / .0
fathers sold apples, beer and whiskri boIFP4
damselst, with baskets of clean linthr itt''tlielr'
stout arms, joked with colored boatmaOlaivial
the canal ; colored draymen cursed stud pounded
their mules as they hurried down ttie,bills; and
colored laborers on the streets enveloped 'mein
cloud of suffocating dust as he haatened'hy. To
wards the water sloped oilier tamers tllleil with
roomy tobacco warehouses, and - witirrevis 7 atiini:
painted dwellings, half way up the bill b•breaid
and well , built business avenue .crostied dr-righl
angles, and there, at last, ODIMIW 7411 p, midet
and the ordinary sights of a city.. The p.l
live sound of a horn - was heard above Kiliti
tie of traffic; it was in the hands of It iti.iiin;"
1
summoning tobacco buyers to an Stied .litti4
luring the warehouse, one . saw hogs eadasiot
popular herb opened and inspretek 400; '
the familhar,largon of the auctioneer.„ i „ , 7 .,. 7 ;
Turning once more towards. they t M . 1 1 .4 •
7 13111, I came into an open-air market,:schleisfoi ,
picturesqueness, vied with any In'ltali4rtilitur
on the curbingof the sidewalk, 'slid 'Waal' Ms:
the stones in the middle of the squart.,ltoteint
of negro women were seated—befOte bitOilliti
containing vegetables, or vatioustignoliil 7 olll• 4 ! l 7
vial description. One venerable ma1yp11.,.7,004
Mg, perhaps, tivo hundred potui r ili; • lssdt her Pt=
flu t e chignon overtopped by a dilapliitteel Beni
ver, and was smoking a clay pip& 440y-we:mit
-woman were cleanly and nicelyAttlstid. 6p4
'had folded back the huge naps irsf,theistarched
sun-bonnets, so that they seemod PIN iSt‘to,}lll
• head-dresses of the Italian malderi, at . ,ftor:rento k:
and hosts of colored buyers, riviiite . t-trabielajo
hand, hovered loom one seller toiindtitit: tllltz.
ing in high-pitched vitees,and ins dialem :Which
i l 'Northern ears found difficult .to tluile,rsland•ir
Leaving the market, and yet asemsslOg„Learne
to another broad'street, lined ..stiltb s colityortable.
dwellings, and, looking up. saw! "still pi' iitiiie
Me. the "Court-house" - pereliA "tin the vniti.:
moat point.—Sehlnter's Monthly. I- s
,1.1!-:-,..—;,
411pL.. 01
HOME AXE' Moi7rEit
• • • -1 a,. La. •
A Wanderer far away in :foriiiit 'leads 7elll
(Medan,* of tlui borne of his childhood. end
In the hilliness of the night, as bd tircadoe
home; there ; will fall unconsciously , lkoni
his lips the sweetest and dearest,-Word :in the:
language,the word 'Mother ;' and when pcuPled
with "Boma" there fa nothing:so - Mader end,
vine, Which makes it almost
What other nam e
, than Mothei*ctin bag 'ld
weary hiart or hearts bowed dowtt, dbalm
sacred; so like divine. Of all 'earthly- timid&
there lenone likes Mother.. •:14,mother's #mgs
is always welcome, and to some, all that mem!
ory can recalls her gentle toying, now
ionelyend sad i i the life, of' a toittig a:did whit
Is left Motherless. A child 'will go to , her in
perfect Confidence and laith, and who is there
whckcan guide and direct in the right paths bet.
ter than a Mother. ll9ly offeft, we hear one
'say "Oh! if I only had a mother ends Wale:
or. I could gall her back again I'd love her bet.
'ter than before," Cliew little are appreciate a
Mother ; s real Worth; and: we do. not Miss her
'gentle voice and 'IPA ectuneirlifilly,tltl4toO
late. ,• • • -• ' :
Pro Portion 'Our giving to' your Income, Or
God WUI proportion your. Income to.yourgiv.
. .
It Wan unseemly-thing to put on the tilt ,
snit of proteislort, to de , the foul' work of cot-
• %lie* for little kipiortunittes 'erring. or
pleastLig; and put ULU& aanoyanc . 4 90, of tlrn
TILE MONTROSE D.E3IOCRA:r
- -'"it*Bitaiii;tvrirrsscsar nio=cra.
!Captains all lb ei I,otatan d Getara I Nero, eta
flea: Anicaotta;')ll.?o,antona Readivar,Costespaud•-
enca;aad a ratable cluis of al - yen rg CIMOU tik
. . _
,Advcirtisitaa Itateer.
'One square. O.; ofran Inch tleve.), week v. orlnc. fl
I Month. 51..1N: Y months. Se 40: 6 rnor;b.. 6t :A; II
year. &I*. A , lN;re.rdl•ciaint. tin odeerti , ementa of So
grtater, lopgltt. Rutin is•r Loral, 10 rt.. • Ihs• fur Ana
lifratiOn, 09476 of:ft Ifilertnell..litrequrnt Interttoth—..
Marflagn 4, 13 a deOliOtri4 obtittriel.o Cif. a true. '
NUMBER 15;
For thts.apiirtmeal.:,,cip'ccially to winter; the)
sueolet4;roej:MiteAiree,should be selected
All9rejs . ,lllfe xtedhOpling t ,tn,the';)Jhe rny,srem
**1191313:7 4, kit' of the ray, Is)
'" Itc) . kel •hi s t tly, on entering m
rrOin the' tronlhiiii aver directly tails,.
achill atelAn tsixsen-e-:somet Ling essential'
to vim tlbserratlen shotrai
thn!rn i ttlxst)iteht 'pore psficnii iio iri shady
then in the sunny wOrs. end Jn cities disease)
'tioxi)Xtlitill On the shady`. 51;t: of the Street thaw
,
'on its opposite.' • ' •
tceifirt Iniptirinime to sunshine in the sier .
, kaioi is 1 / 4 - exit-II: Mom , If well: people , need fiesta
. air * much •more do they t hat, are . sick., A free)
clroulalhm of niretnst perldel withdut en
.4ltiegering,at„ aitthe Eithty:or the patient: Ini
cool 11:C*3 , 0)er:tin' ;il;wit'stove of possible a soap
stone stn weSirftli The is perhaps as of
filetive-anN'plansiiet itc) method e. nr.y.other of
immuring triter,:
-
e 'rliasPbef - bt fhW'r4na :should, ba Invi ting
and Pleasant. 'i:,lf•the twilit are naked, bring
theplettippiiteirt thatshdt l np room, the parlor
ur.,,lie•gmtlapl;cr,pd bang them where the'
patient coq Injoy them' Sei a mse or a icrant
uniV?l; 11"Plaitis were unhealthy,.
th'itili'citgFeedhOuses "would be different trot r
the o'dtit't_ntr,nibleh Is not;: the :ease For thou
sate obihenntsek:tve,wouldhave the sick room
-9P, thplitpt flpsr,-Ao inconvenieeee an'
fatigue er contimunet Twilling . ..tip and down stairs;, foi: the sake of the 'pa tient we wouht
have It iiii the g&brid floor, which fa usually
' 'thrininghly, warmed thaw
:thcfitsb! • - ,11.- it Is on the second floor, lot every
copmuipee tut pmvided tir.t can save steps-a-
P.F5t9f1 4 4 1 P9 1 40 , D4sr , iongs, nil, ineans
gartb . closq, and 6yet7thing' else that Is likely
try iximoln tro fit•nnekt'reqUisition—so that every
ttiftenecessary. M.be dole can be attended to
.witideie 'Utmost: foollil-3- J‘latito want of llt
rtle thittvenders nursing
• • friXOr fOlOiless?",fitigUing.
illbeintmcistlellnyr ) , sond cleanliness should be
sieved In the, sick, morn. I :The:spines' of the
,patient. relitieled aciiib by diocese, make dis
til-4er, bad . (Hit' - ten-toletbore trying their
thetiire Evers soiled dish. or cloth:
should be, Lit once removed from the room, and
no ricetpuulAl tons ral" rnriy,thlp . g dingreeahieper
mltted
Vfo beard a .young gentleman of ro
ftnspent add Culfrire gay, once that he- should
line inafried'ine'ft'SYdungliily it' her-brother's
Whieh She ' was nurse r bad not
tired to nutidp. `l , int...boar'eticr, from interested
'noting, shohld (Ito nurse abhor untidiness, hut.
hemtris.p it Is In : iiseliabhurni o nt, "Cleanliness is
tiexi
)';'ell.itiirctl,,ilthling.l3.l"S'eallal to the comfort
O ( the Patlent,, Iv!3 can' be secured' with e
ilitfe'inaha'geitiebt. The patient may be ie
`sneVed easy' chair or a lounge, -and tie
'bedding bstlarpneghly shaken out of -doors, if
ithe '.weather .fair, or In ,a room with the
.windoistropenod„.lf-the vreatiMr; is foul; then.
mtirmed by thy . ftre - and put upon the bed.—r
fully nitre to the blessed..
-'flow much tit disease Is
ofilloihe'ellidrina In one forth or another of the
natural mitletki .itf the body!
cdnifo,if Of. the tyitlerit In many Cases is
,greolv ineretsedby bathing. : Aclottwtring .
kr,om,,,trplillsalettis,
or soda Water May be pass
ed ovei , the" hi; y 'tiedeli k thes, and, it
'followed by a dry towel, 'Hides 13 little danger
that - thenitibtitVlTl tithe cola.,
If tli , Crelnust be ii;ht In the room aft night,
.briliste.soinse taperg. hex of these, cos
.tirig.tosteents, my be Vpyght it,t:thenixilbecary'p,
alltL 1111 , 143? , . 9,0451,41 any. peeks.. Each trot
I cop,tains Stiiy . Sti , cketfriiirele of tinwith three
.Sharp mints; eabir.ltolding, a bit of cork ; Inter
ftdegii4etsels 'intent-m(4ld a quarter of an
inehibridistneter,.witValiole, in the middle, In
whichits'insurted a bitof waxed wicking. The
‘ wholeafthlr,,nsit larger, in, nimanderence than a
pets on the surface tit a cup or tuni
;blq." Soft' oi i tar,Y - oi4 It giv'es a very soft and
Vlbasaiit'ftglit, arid is'perfectlY safe. ' Kerosene
inuttor bc. tertned..down without tilling
. room-with nitconsumed..products of coin.
tup . ting, which nre,itry-tiewholoietne ; candles
and 0 . 11.1:4145 apt to smoke. The liner is
economical, pleassnt and safe:' We have been
elfeuiristantilliri deieribing this little con
'lrlenitte that nt iv distance. from drug
stores CAlCl•makeit for themselves. In the nor
leg -1031,Invalisitde, An outlay of 83 cents
keep,n lightin, the sick rem for months.
the Oise' In; "vigilant, prompt. firm,
Obetilent;telbnoisissekl, 'her' pnsenee a balm,
her ntcp snft, live 'eti•e'' . .liket May - morning, her
With thcso' qualification%
tout -roatwt lift•we have hUggeetli; it would
Ala ulpdt apIe.TAF! tube copfurtably sick.
, • .
is i .wlicrithe -;
Gespet is' applied to thein
illi,iduaTlSCAliS•tbat. it saves. ' Thus , where new
ptiaylii,c'and - prenelling places' are. opened, there
gtrO OIWaYASPIDiPtiiST) 9 , When success is felt
tja depend orlon
_earnest personal' service, and
Aksispe‘ . hicking, but Men are addressed in
dadd l
FarocstlY; theio - sin, always ac
cessidintlo Oh clittich. :it =would boa happy
eveitt' ft 'ilia iv hold . ritembership of :the church
amid hb itidu&d , to' eater upon , soch posilivo
'and ponfinued evangelical 'work outside of the
regularserelces„, As the next' course to be ta
woshopht: mention the continued estrtb
-1 ifsinn'ent ofnew mission Mow:tie:its, and the
:detailing 'olsPeelel laborers to carry forward
these ag•;Tesslce measiires. :At those poluts or
dircet contact with the worhi the, church will
grow. 'fere her, modes, or
: operation are fresh
sad impressive. The persons addressed have
dot becoine so (=tiler with the solemn truths
'M l rgms as -. to hear, them with comparative
- unconcern, aide the' regular attendants Ivor;
our long established churches.—ZWitlferalet,
• It !siirn!sytke to expect to receive AveTeem*
hospitelity, words of cheer, and help over rug.
geti tie 4 tildlcult paths hi life, In return for cold
ielllshrtess, Mutt enter for nothing in tho.worhl
huG 110#. •
-nic MX, noor.
piatuttgr _
Ilopcg encl. disappotntments are the lot and
entertainment of htmain life: the ono serves to
keep us trim prexatuptien; the utkor hlinl ties
- ,
No *vaunt that a - thing t-.ku be done is one
.hall so conclesire as the th:lng
There is more force in one ounce or affirms.
lion am a pound of dcninl
Yon rt no fnori out of vont Wo than
lon Pat into it.
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