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VOLUME U I, N(U7.
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JEUEMLVI1 LY(LS
Mlfflintown,
Juniata County; Pa., Office
on V.
street houtb of
Bridge street.
S. O. PilKSSLK'J,
J'ir.tue of the V trr, urrrior mot Con
ry.;ifvr, S'"'y" 'titititti Ttitcnthip,
"IT'lLI. attend promptly to all business en-
V trusted o his --arc Deeds and other
' I LI- attend promptly to all business en
trusted o his "-arc Deeds and other
fcrivening done on t'jc shortcut notice and on
(he most reasonable t mis.' 1'arlicuUr atten
tion paid to l .n d surveying. may 1. (1m.
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MIFFUNTOWN, JUNIATA COt NTV, I'A. I Hickory Spokes, in order to make durable
CFrLKS his professional services to tl.e j heels And will warrant our work for any
pi:blic. rrompt attention jriveu to the reasonable lime,
prnscculiou of claims against the Oovernmeiit. t'!vi,r':s and I'uggics re-pain(cd with neat
eollections : nd ail o:!ht business cntiusied to ! uess and dispatch. All other repairing heavy
hi car- Otiiot iu the Sheriff's oSice, in the . or liht ill receive strict attention. Come
0- ei House. and examine our stock and work before pur
rt House,
at. io, IS-
V "ENDUE
ATTrrnovEKH.
CIUE JT l
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The undersijnei otters his services to the
p.iM:i kg V. nUua fryer and Auctioneer. II.
has had very large experience, ami feeli
eciifidcnt that he csn give satisfaction tc all
v.y employ him. lie may be addressed
t. Mirllintown. or found at his home in F--r-I
'nagh township. Orders may also be left
at Mr. Will's Hotel.
Jan. 2 1HGJ. WILLIAM GIVEN.
iuILITAEY CLAIMS.
IHE undersigned will protpptly attend io
J- te colleeliou of claims a;;iiiist either the
i-t.i! or Katiotml (!o. 'eminent, IV-iisioiis, H. ck
l'ay, liouu'y. Extra Pay, and all other claimv
ri:ng out of the present or any other war,
CollCCc i.
JEUE.MIAH LiONf.
Attorney -at-l.i w.
Wiffintown, Juninfi Co., Pa. lebl
JOSEl'H S. DELL,
C L 0 T H I E II
i" :z north Tiinii' stxekt, riiiL.vii a
Clothing supoiior to any otli.r esublis
rieiii in tl: City snd at lower priecs. M.r
.' nts will fin.l it to their advantage to call.
All goods warranted.. Presented by J. K.
fcaayer. nov. 7-ly.
7EW TOBACCO STollF.. Just received
J. ni Jiarnes' Cigar aud Tobacco Store, a
fi esh supply of ure Vara Cigars and Tobaccos.
Pest Navy $1,00 per lb
'nd '.'He. ' '
Sri " Vc. ' "
Odes Gold Bar 1.40 ' "
Dranoke 1,10 " "
Thi best brands Fine Cut loose and in foil,
and all kiti'ls of Bright Tobacco at reditc
el prices.
The lovers of good chewing and
(uK.k.ng tobacco are respectfully invited
to
c and cxamiue my stock.
J me 20-:f. A. T BARNES.
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE
i'A TT 1211 H OX, l'A.
Opposite Mifflia Siatioa. flu Pfnn'a. Railroad j
The undcrstcned would respectfully inform
bis fi .tods f.nd the public generally, that he
has taken charge of the above rained house.
The bouse is large and commodious, and
well veutilaled, und is fitted up in single
root;!" aud rooms for families, and is open dny
an..1 night. Persons wakened for any train.
The best attendance given terms as reason
able m the times B ill admit.
F. M. MICKEY,
jan. 50-jtf. Owner and Proprietor.
BEJTTISTMTI
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DR. S. G.
Vi Atimj ' '
w k.nujit.iU
"VFFLRS his professional services to :Uc
citizeus of Juui.ua and adjoining coun
ties. Being iu posession of all late iinpove
nients he Hatters h in self that he can give en
tire satisfaction to those who may need his
services. Having had twe'.ve years experi
ence, he is prepared to do all work in his pro
fession, either in gold, silver or vulcanite. T'uis Hotel is pleasantly situated on the
The best of references given. Charges mod- South side i f Market Street, a few doorsabove
crate to suit the limes. Office in rooms for- J Sixth sireet, its central locality makes it par
merly occupied by T. R. M.tt'lellan as a jew- ticulaily desirable to persons visiting the city
eliy oiore, "Jain Street,. Mi;!!'.at ,v.u. j n !?usir.css cr Pleasure.
jtnwJ2. kw;-it. J t. i:. u s ixnnn.i, rvo'?
OF SC1EXCE.
Teeth inserted upon an entirely new style
,,a,p. l'eti is a combination of Gold and
Knjtli-di Bubbcr .(vulcanite .) Also American
;,,,ber, (vulcanite.) which for beautv. dura-
miuy, cleanliness, and the rcstoratiou of the
natural color of the face, cannot be surpass
ed. Kit her of the above basis
Spcciil attention will be made to diseased
Rums, and a cure warranted or no charge
mad-. Tttth filled to last for life.
td$ Triumph in dentistry!
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN
by a new process, without the use of ether,
chloroform or nitrous oxide, and no danger.
Having been in business for upwards of
ten years, five of which has been spent in
Mitlliutown, and being in possession of the
latest improved Instrument! and Machinery I
warrant entire satisfaction, or the money will
i.e rciiiuoeti. utnce on bridge Street,
positc the Court House S.iu.ire.
op-
G. L. ItERR,
nov. 29. 'Gi-ly. Resident Dentist.
COACH WAGON MAXUFAC
i L tory. We the undersigned beg leave to
"fori" our custoineis and fi lends in this and
adjoining counties, that we have enlarged our
ehop, and by the addition of Hieatn Power,
aie prepared to do work at the shortest possi
ble nut ice.
Wc are constantly manufacturing and make
It: order, every description of Coaches. Car-
ringes, Dug-?ies, Sulkies, Wagons, Sic, aUo
Family and Yoak cutter sleighs. We are -ilso
prepared to manufacture Koad Wagons from
one to four horse.
Having been working at the business for a
nun.ber of years ourselves, and employing
none but tl.e best of workmen. We flatter
ourselves that our work cauuot be surpassed
tor neat nets and durability j in this or ad
joining counties.
e aiways Keep on band from twenty to
tllirlv Set. of hi-sl iKian,l , I. 1
chasing elsewhere. Don't forget the name,
II Cl r r LI-.rl.Mil.lt s. t HISH EI.l.
Corner of the l'ikc 4 Cedar Spring road.
June JT-tf.
O ADULS AND HARNESS M AN U FACTOR V
O in i'eirvsville! The undersigned having
located periuanently in the Durougb of Per
ry6ville. two ioors above iluck's Store, takes
th; i method of informing the public, t lint, he
is prepared to manufacture all kinds of Sad
dles, Harness, Rridies, Collars, &c. &e., on
!-l-.or; notice, and on the- most reasonable
terms. Fancy Single and Double Harness,
W iiips. Fly-nets, und everything iu his line
of business, always on haud and for sale al
!owe-l prices.
I'.epairiug neatly executed, and all Work
warranted !
Having had several years experience in the
bit siuess he fl-itters himself that he eau give
gt li. ral satisfaction. Call and examine lor
yourselves b.-fore going elsewhere.
June '0, t;7-if. V. M. I.EP.C,
JACOU JiEIDLEIt,
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, &'c,
W'V-1'" resPectfllI'y inform the citizens of
V ?;it!lintowa and surrounding country
l.ut he has just received from the east a large
i; i well selected assortment of Q)rnir, jtC.A
i:ircc, C'i cmiiJ.1!, Ware T.'incs aiiiiijoorr,
lor medical purposes only, and a general as
sortment ot everything pertaining to his bu
siness. faSTPhysicinns orders promptly filled at a
small advau.e of eastern wholesale prices.
ts5r" Prescriptions carefully coin pounded at
his Store, at Kollmau Iirothers' old stand,
Main street, two doors west of Ilelford's store,
JliSIintowu, Pa. jan 23, i8U7-ly.
CtOAL AND LUMBER YARD. The under
' silined begs leave to inform lao public
that he keeps constantly on hand a large Stock
of Coal and Lumber. His stock embraces iu
part, Stove Coal, Smith Coal aud Lime-bur.
lcis Coal, at the lowest cash rates.
Lumber of all kinds aud quality, such as
White Pine Piank, two inches, do 1 White
Piue Boards, 1 inch, dooue-half inch, White
Pine worked Flooring, Hemlock Boards,
Scantling, Joice, Rooting Lath, Plastering
Lath, Shingles, Striping, Sash and Doors.
Coal and Lumber delivered at short notice.
Persons on the East side cf the River can be
furnished with Limeburners Coal, &C, lrom
ths coal yard at Tysons Lock,
aug 10-ly GEORGE GOSnEN.
"VTEW DRUG STORE, Patterson, Pa. Dr.
1 P. C. KUNDIO wishes to iufoi m the pub
lie that he has just received an assortment of
Fresh Drugs and Jlcdioines. of all kinds,
which he oilers for sale at the Patterson Post
Office. He also keeps on hand Perfumery of
all kinds, and Hair Dye and Exlra Black Ink,
of his own manufacture. Persons in need of
anything in his lire will hud it to their ad
vantage to give him a call.
N. It lnvnli.lti fun writ Dlolamanf mF
tneir symptoms or disease and receive tuedi-
c'nc jirectious for their use. All com-
muricaiiuns strictly confidential.
march 27. 18u7-if.
nHE OLD STAND The undersigned takes
J- this method of informing farmers and
others in ueed of anything iu his line that he
at ill continues the Saddle and Harness .Man
ufctoO' 0D Water street at the old stand for
Kfrlj occiimed bv William
Keuny. Every-
tiiiog sold at reduced prices. lUf airing uoc
to oruer. tTarriage aud Buggy trimmiug neat
ly executed.
may 2'., lSG7-tf. JOHN DIEHL.
S"
TATES UNION UOTEI, Puhaofu-hia.-
ADVANCE
TH COHiTITOTlOa TUB CIO
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTS PENxN'A., OCTOBER 9, 1867.
I'VE BEEN THINKING.
I've been thinking, I've been thinking,
What a glorious world were this,
Did folks mind their business more.
And mind their neighbor's less.
For instance, you and I, my friend,
Are sadly prone to talk
Of matters that concern us not,
And others' follies mock.
I've been thinking, I've been thinking.
To mend our own affairs
That positively our neighbors might
Contrive to manage theirs.
We've laults'enoitgh at home to mend
It may be so with others ;
It would seem strange, if it were not,
Since all mankind were brothers.
Oh ! would that we had charity,
For every man and woman,
Forgiveness is the maik of those
Who know "to err is human."
Then let us bauish jealousy
Let's lift our fallen brother.
And as we journey down life's road,
"Do good to one another."
Sttsccllancous
TIIZ RENOUNCED LNHLU1IANCE.
BY CLARA AUGUSTA.
"Magdalene lions, are you iu jour right
mioJ r"
"I tLink so, Aunt Harriet. I fuel co
premutation of insanity."
Mrs. Harriet Hereford, of Hereford
Hall, luaued back in her velvet cushioned
ami-chair, aud applied her viiiiagrette to
her nose. It w;ia inoro than the could
comprehend this unheard of couduct iu
her niece. The fashionable woman of the
wjrld could have uo understanding of it.
''It is incredible, Magdalene ' I always
thought you were a girl of good sense.'
"Thank you, auutic. I claim to be.'
"Dut you have no right to the claim !
Such an absurd thing I l!ut you will not
persist in doing it, will you, Maggie, dear?"
coaxingly.
Magdalene lifted Yt handsome head
with au air of iiuiet pride. Her cheeks
glowed, and her hazel eyed shone with
calm aud steady liirht. There was deter
mination like iron iu the curve of her red
lips.
"I shall do it. It is my duty! God
he'jiiug uie, I will never bhriuk from that.
And I should be doubly a coward if I re
fused to walk in the path of justice, now
that it lies so plainly and clearly before
me. Should I do otherwise thau I pro
pose to do, I should despise myself for
ever :
"How foolish ! How jidiculous ! The
property is yours! o person in the
world would doubt the fact lor a moment.
John Grteuou"h was of sound mind and
in full possession of his faculties when he
made the will which gives you everything
of which he died possessed."
"Orjuted. 1 do not dispute that. But
wheu the will was made he was under the
influence of au angry passion, and no man
can be perfectly satie when passion sways
him utterly. You know the circumstan
ces as well as I do. He had set his heart
on his son's marriage with Miss Vane a
lady of wealth and social position and
that son refused to obey him, choosing
rather to follow ihe dictates of his own
inclination. He married a poor farmer's
daughter ; his father never saw his face
again. He disowned him nay, more, he
cursed him cursed him and his incoccnt
children, aud when Charles Greenough
died his own father turned from his door
the messenger who came to bring the mel
ancholy tidings. You know how it has
been siuce. Th6 widow of his son has
supported her two children by her cwn
industry, and brought them up rightly ;
a son and daughter, so I have been told,
that any mother might be proud of. The
property of John Greenough belongs not
to me, but tu those children."
"Magdalene, you are over conscientious.
Mr. Greenough give it to you of his own
free will. You saved his life, and he loved
you better than he loved any other per
son." "I wa fortunate enough to do him a
service."
"A service ? You speak lightly. The
dog would have killed him but for you '"
"Aunt Harriet, no credit is due to me.
Hero knew me, and desisted from his at
tack on the helpless old man because I
called him. There was no sacrifice on my
part. But for this Mr. Greenough felt
grateful, and daring till tiite that I taught
AlID IHm.OtOEMT OF TBI LAWS.
scboolyvar- bis house I frequently went
in to rM to him, or tell him the news of
the day. I never dreamed of being re
warded for it. He was hard, stem old
man but I enjoyed his society, and I have
beet happiest always while doing right."
'And you are resolved V
'Yes, I am resolved, Aunt Harriet."
K bitter smile wreathed the handsome,
ans'oeratic face of Mrs. Hereford.
'Very well, Magdalene. I hope you
wil j not repent your decision. I have
trid hard to do by you as I should, dur
ing the few months you have been with
uicj You know that I do not approve of
voantary poverty. I was greatly opposed
to four mother's marriage with Arthur
Hits. Not that I have anything; to bring
agiiust your fathet's character but he
w:b poor. Well, he is dead, aud so is
Heleu I will let them rest. But I hoped
to lave made their child understand what
was for her cwn good, I have failed, it
seems. 1 hepe you know that you can
have no expectations from me '!"
, Majdaleoe's check flushed a scornful
blaze iu ler dark eyec. "I havo taken
care of myself for the past three years.
I thiuk )'ju need he under do apprehen
sions." Then, her face softening a little,
she added : "No expectations, save fur
your love. You are my only living rela
tion, and you surely will not deny inc
that ?"
"1 shall remember that you are n;y
niece. But what of Ilalph Howard '!
Have you thought of his wiehes iu the
matter '("
Magdalene's eyes dropped a soft flush
stole up to her forehead.
"He will desire me to do what is right,
I thiuk. If not, then we shall be much
better apart."
"Well you have chosen, and you w;ll
see. Hate you spoken to him about your
absurd decision V
"1 bavii written him."
."Will you let me sec the reply ?"
"lfrou wish it. But, of courso, a
right-mindeu man could have but one
opiaion on the matter."
'You thiuk so? Well, as I said, we
slall see." And gathering up the mass
ot her silken drapery from contact with
the costly carpet, Mrs. Hereford left the
room.
From the conversation wc have given
the reuder will understand the character
of Mrs. Hereford and her niece, and there
is no need of further explanation.
Kalph Howard's note to Magdalene cut
the heart of the noble girl like a kuife,
but after the first pang was over she felt
very thankful that her life had not been
bound with that of this sordid man. She
gave him back the freedom she knew he
desired, and thec their paths separated.
The property left her by Mr. Greenough
was legally transferred to the children of
Charles Greenough Kdward and Alice,
both of whom resided iu a distant city.
The business was all transacted by J udgc
Dana Magdalene's lawyer and although
Edward Greenough strongly opposed the
transfer, he was forced to acquiesce. He
urged her through her counsel, to retain
at least the old mansion where his grand
father had lived and died, but this she re
fused to do ; and likewise did she decline
the yearly annuity he wished so much to
settle upon her.
And casting off all ties. Magdalene
went into a neighboring btate as precep
tress in a flourishing academy. Here for
two years she lived on without lovo. Aud
what is harder than that for a woman ?
She may be poor, and humble, and un-
cnown, but if there is one true heart that
lives her, then life is a glory aud a bless-
iig. At the end of these two years of
toil, Magdalene found her strength fail
ing. The puysician prescribed sea air;
and one sultry July day she beheld, for
the first time, the great ocean.
Ilalsey beach was a quiet resort for
quiet people, who, disliking the noise and
fashion of Newport and Long Branch,
preferred seclusiou and the substantial ta
ble of the Rock View House.
The second eveniug after her arrival
Magdalene walked down on the beach.
How tjuict acd still was everything ! No
sound but the ceaseless break of the surf
on the beafih a souud old as creation it-
elf. The sun was down a breath of
south wind swayed laiily the flag of red,
white and blue at the top of the flag-staff
on Beacon Cliff, and before her, at her
very feet, lay stretched out the illimitable
ocean
J The long retch of white, glittering
and tempted Magdalene to prolong tier
I walk and loitering along she reached
the extremity of the beach. Just beyond
across the rocks, there was a patch of
sand even whiter and more beautiful than
that she had just crossed, and with a liht
step she bounded over the rocks, and set
foot upon the treacherous waste. At the
first few steps her liht weight hardly
made an impression on the saud, but as
she went onward she sunk ankle deep,
aud with a slow borrow stealing over her
she found that it required all her strength
to extricate her feet from the power which
held them. A voice from the rocks,
ringing clear through the distance, cried
out
"Not another step forward. Kcmain
just where you arc You arc in the Ilal
sey quieksauds !"
She turned toward the voice, and saw
dimly lieCned through the gloom a tall
ui.iu hurrying toward her. A boat wreck
ed aud bleached by the storms was strand
ed at a little distance he tore out a piece
of plunk, aud made a bridge for himself.
It brought him within a few yards of
where she stood, slowly sinking the cold
treacherous sand was up to her waist now
He stepped feurles.-ly upon it, and succeed
ed iu drawing her out aud in safety to
the plunk. He did not speak uutil they
were standing togc'.hcr on the shore.
Then he said, looking down at her grave
face
"You are not acquainted with Ilalsey
Beach, I conclude ?"
For the first time she looked at him
fairly. He had a stroDs, reliable face
not a handsome one. The forehead was
broad aud full, the features giod, the hair
chestnut and inclined to curl, and the
eyes gray, deep, and of that kind which
keeps the owner's secrets.
"No," she said, iu reply to his question ;
I have never seen the sea uutil yester
day." 'Do not condemn it for threatening to
swallow you," he said, gaily. "I certainly
shall not it it gives uie the pleasure of
your acquaintance. But I must hurry
you to the house. You will take cold ;
the air is getting chilly." He gave her
his arm. How very delightful to this
lonely woman was the sense of protection
this man's presence gave her.
At the door she paused. "You have
done :ne a great service, sir ; may I not
knuw your name ?"
"Aliston. And yours?"
"Magdalene Boss "
A suiden flash went over his face ; and
he stooped over her and took her hand.
"Magdalene Boss ?' he said. "I shall re
member. Take care of yourself, aud good
night." After that Miss Boss and Mr. Aliston
met constantly. They walked, and drove,
and watched the sunsets together, and
perhaps before either was aware they had
drifted into lovo. Magdalene realized
how deeply her heart was stirred when he
spoke of leaving HaUcy Beach on the
morrow. Something he saw iu her face
led hiui to speak.
"Magdalene, one word from you would
keep me through all time ! Will you say
it?"
She looked at Kim, but dimly compre
hending his meaning.
"I will make myself clearer. I love
you ; I want your love in return. What
answer have you
She put her hands into his. "I love
you, Mr. Aliston."
"And you are not afraid to trust me,
utter stranger as I am, of whom you know
nothing?"
"No, I am not afraid. I feel some as
surance within that I shall never repent
my coufidence in you."
"Maggie, put your face here on my
shoulder, close to mine. I have a con
fession to make to you. I am not what I '
seem. I am not Mr Aliston. My name
is Edward Aliston Greenough, No, I
will not let you go. Y'ou must hear me
through. When you renounced your in
heritance to my sister and myself, I ap
preciated so perfectly the noble spirit
which prompted you that I made a vow
to seek you out, and, if possible, win your
love. I loved you before I saw you.
My sister is dead I am all alone in the
world, and so are you. I followed you
here from Decatur, where you have been
teaching, and arrived just in season to
save your life. I claim it now ; shall I
have it?"
EDITOR AD Pl'DLlSIIElt
WHOLE NUMBER 1067
She lifted her luminous eyes to his face. .
and he read bis answer there.
So Magdalene became the m it tress of
the grand old house where John Greerx
ongh lived and died ; and shared the in
heritance she had once renounced.'-
EVIL EFFECTS OF DRAM DRINKING-'
In a familiar epistle from Lute A. Tay
lor, of Wisconsin, to Joe Elwell, publish
ed in the La Crosse JicjmLliran, we find
a touching and powerful exposition of tho
result of an intemperate use of ardent
spirits, and the danger of ac.iuiriu:: a
morbid taste for liquor :
My pen is arrested, Joe, and my thought
icvoluutarily turns to another theme. A
friend of other days, Lut for whom friend
ship is now shorn of respect, and has only
pity left, just came to me aud a.-ked for a
small sum to buy strong drink. "Oh ! it
was pitiful." With a heart naturally
noble, a niiad active and strong, a gen
tleman, a ready writer, a pleasant friend,
he has gone to disgrace with fearful rapid
ity ; and wrecked, broken, desolate, and
dimned, he pleae for a pittance with
which to buy another draught of forget
fulncss, delirium and death. I read too,
to-day, of the miserable death of ex-Senator
McDougal the quenching of that
splcudid intellect in which his life was
strong enough to strike through the fog
giest fumes of alcohol, and the brilliancy
of whose Iuitre put the abstemious schol
ars tj blush. O, the fatal mastery ofhab
it ! It steals upon its victim with noiseless
feet and binds him with chains softer than,
silk and stronger than stesl. Ouce iu the
charmed circle of its invidious influence,
and the strong man is like Sampson in the
lap of Delilah. He sleeps in fancied se
curity in the lap of Indulgence, until hab
it has stolen resolution from his soul, and
then awakes to a terrible consciousness of
his degradation, but powerless to retrieve
his lost estate. No position or attaiunicntrf
are a safeguard against the wiles of habit,
and intellect of a lofty order seems rather
to invite thau to repel its destructive nias
tery. If there is a sight on earth, sad'
der and more terrible than all ckc, it i
to see a liquor-charred remnant of a once
great niau, groping in delirium a.t death'
dark doors, with hell-born horrois people
iug the brain where once dwelt pure af
fectious and regal thoughts.
' leaknimiTa trade!
Stephen Girard had a favorite clerk,
and he always said he ''intended to do
well by Ben Lippencott." So when Ben
got to be twenty-one, he expected !t hear
the Governor say something of his future
prospects, and perhaps leud a helping
hand in starting him in the world. But
the old fox carefully avoided the subject.
Ben mustered courage. I suppose I aui
now free, sir," said he, "and I thought I
would say something to you as to my
coutse. What do you think I had better
do?" "Yes, yes, I know you are," said
the nii'i'iiniooare ; "and my advice is that
you go and leal the cooper's trade."
This application of ice nearly froze
Ben out ; but, recovering his eqiiiiibrum,
he said, if Mr. Girard w;s in earnest, ho
would do it. "I am in earnest and Ben
forthwith sought the best cooper iu Spring
Garden, became an apprentice, aud iu duo
time could make as good a barrel as tho
best. He announced to old Stephen that
he had graduated, and was ready to set
up in business. The old man seemed
gratified, and immediately ordered three
o' the best barrels he could .urn out. Ik a
did his pretties, and wheeled them up to
his counting room. Mr. Girard pro
nounced them first-rate, and demanded
the price. "Oue dollar, "said Ben, "is as
low as I can live by." "Cheap enough !
Make out your bill."
The bill was made out, aud old Stephen
settled it with a check for $50,000 which
he accompanied with this little moral to
the story : There, take that, and invest
it iu the best possible manner; and if you
are unfortunate and lose it, you have a
giod trade to fall back upon, whieh will
afford you a good living."
.
A lady arked her gardener why
the weeds always outgrew and covered up
the flowers. " Madam," answered be,
"the soil is mother of the weeds, but only
step-mother of the floweis."
t&" "Are you not afraid your wife will
get married again when you die?" "I
hope she may, as there will be one man in
the world who will know how ii pity me."