Mi VOLUME I MDGWAY, ELK CO. PA., FRIDAY, JAN. 22 1869. NUMBER 10 fm -to. - - ' - sJ EE-ill rrwBi aww nriw nT KOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, i mid KOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC, PREPARED tr I'D. C. M. JACKSO.y, Pnunu.rii, 1'. The grtattt known rtmtJitt for Liver Complaint, , ... , DYSPEPSIA,' Nervous Debility, JAUNDICE, Diseases of the Kidneys, ERUPTIONS of the SKIN, And all Dlaeaeee arising f ram a Die rdered Liver, Stomach, or lMVVHtTr OF THE JttOOJK Jitnd tht folloioinit symptoms, ami if fan find thuU four system it affected by any of them, you winy rest assured that disease, has commenced i'f aUach on tfn roost important organs nf your b(Wy, rt.tr unlest toon checked by the use pooerful rente-Het. i isittraM f'l, fon terminating in deith, will be tin rttull. Constipation, Hatnlenoe, Inward Piles, Fulnesa ot Blood to the Hand, Aoidity of the Rtomach, Nausea, Heart burn, Diaa-iiat lor Food, Fnlnoae or Weight in the Btomaoh, Bour Eructation-, Sink ing or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Hand, Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Dits or Webn belore the Bight, Sail Pain in the Head, Uefl oicnoy of Perspiration, Yel lowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back, Cheat, Limbs, etc., 8ud den Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Const not Imaginings of Evil, and Groat Djpressijn of Spirit. AH then indicate disease of the hirer or Piytltitt, Orjant, cuinliiord villi impart blood. fijoDaub's German Dittcro Is entirely Teipetabte, nf eontnlm no lfiior It In cn.ifiiail of Flnlfl Ki trarl. Tlie Iloo(, II t Ii. and ll.trka from whlcti thr ritracta nrr mad nr gatheri-d In UerniHii All the medicinal trine are ex.fi .41 from tbtiu by a KttentlfU' v h .ssittt. Thru rxlritcta nrc then forwarded la thin country In be nil ezpre.ly for ti miitiurnclurr of lliesie tlHter. There t no aleoiiolle, tabtitniice of nuy kind Used In rniiiouillni( I lie Hitter tieuce It U the only Hitler that eau be naed In raaea wherr alcoholic slim Ulanta are not advlaahle. u rt e-itttbiUititHt C all ttr intrfih'mts of tht Jltttfri, uu'th I'l'iti .Sjn'u frut tVnirt, 'inc. f, lc. H if usttl V am 4iratr tit the Itithrm, in o v:her fun1, pjtt mU-nff'i,' ttimulut it rq-tirft. triU Wr in tMAtt tJuit thw ffm'tiift or n tire! y JilTnrnt rem AJtff othrrt adritird fr titr th dirmttt ti,it'i, th'tf L'itif tnm'ific prhtratvmt nf mr'ti- inal tfrcU, whil tht ttU'rt arm inrr iimtvnt of rum m Mf form. ThX N IC it dciitettli tm nf the wt pttotttM ami tLprrAill' r'tunlirt trtr HjT'reit to the jittbUc. It taiU it rr qui file. It it i fiU,imre In take i't while iU Uf'-ifivii'U, rxltiUtrtiting "mi medicinal .j.tjVd'f h tvr caused it to te kiiotcn it, it yreuttU qf CONSUMPTION. Thoiiaaiidn of tawt, when the pa tleut ftittuot'rf lie wmm afflicted with t lit terrible dlaeate, have been eured by the nr ef these reined let. Kxtreine ffiHHtloilMit, debllll-. and rough are tUv wkuhI alleiidnnC npon neve re re dynpepnla or dlene of the dl(e1lvc rh'iim. Kveu In ease of UcuulHff CtHauiiiillon, tliee remedlee v 111 be found of the ffrcateat henfl1f etreii(theulnK and In vlgornttiig. DEBILITY. Tjf if no medicine rtjtud to ortf-rfur fJtrman Jl.'rrt or 'Jntiiv i rates n ihtntity, ' Theft imjwtrt a t-te ttnd witor to the whl. eytttm, ttretvjihen the pttite, iuse an etijffmttit tf the J'ttmt, enable the etuma h to digett it, purify the tUls give a ffwl, $'nd keuithg ertnficxum, eradicate the u?Uta tino frm the eye, imfytrt m titn-nn t" the cheekn, and change M yMieni from hort-brtathtd, emacia'td jak. Weak and Delicate Children ar. Mind atrona; by ualiia; tlie BIHrrs r Toiilr, In tact, tliry arc Faintly Afcdlcliirs. 'I'hey call lie MilliilnlMlrrrd Mlih perfrrl aafcty to a rl.lld three mvutk iild, the ml delicate feuialr, or a man of Mlaety Thru HmdiM are th bfst J Hood l'urlller. mur fiAifa, ami vill cur. all diteattt rtiuXting from W Ud. iif fr LUd ;vrv; Icrp ynur Lirrr in onlrr ; i p gr M'yM'Mf oyns in a vitndt Itttilthy cf'Uh tl'Nt, km of thn timrdics, and no iileu aii tvr vuil y4. ldlfa ivlto wlah a fiilr akin and eu'id roitiilrxt(ll, free from a yellow Th linage anil all oilier llAKm'enieiit, alioH'd He these remedies orvnilon ally. The l,ls-er In iirrfeet order, and I lie blood pure, will result In spark ling eyes and blooming cliceka CAl'TlOKi HiAttuiTt OnmuM Kwditn ar munlnfrit'd. T tt ymuiu lnti Oir ftyfialure of jV. Jttrkmun iii Ut frun '' U fuiiuit irj;T of earh bot'lt, ntid ' tut nusw ( artii-U tduum in indi'butllr Allothart vi covnttrffit. 'rhonsands of letters have been re eels ed, testifying to the In lie of these reiaedlcs. READ THE EECOIt KEN D ATI0K3, KKOM HOM. UKO. W. WOODU'AIIO, Oliiaf Ju.lic. of llie!uiirrinsCnnrt of IViiinvlvsnls. iDcLFSit, Makch IOiIi, ISO. I M "lltoHmfi Un-.-.m Billnt" it not an inlox tailing fc-iwrtiy, InU i$ a go,..' fmu'i- vtrful in di$o tbri of V diipttir organs, on of grrat lnfd in ruf of drill, ty and Irani of H-rwui acliun in tylttvu 1'iturr truly, am. : woodwahu. Fi1U IIOX. JAMKS TIIOMl'fOX, Jud.e uf 111. Iiiieiiie Court of l,eimy1iinU. PHiLtusmiit, Aran. SStli, 180, I eous'dar " Uoofland'a Oernian lilt ters' a vtthtnnlv ninliciif In case of at tasks of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. 1 as certify this from my eiperlenc. fit. Ysuri, -lth resiiect. JAMUH THOMPSON. From RKV. J0BKP1I H. KF.NNARD, B.D, rt of the Tonth Bsptbt Church, l'liilaaelphla. Pa. Jicasoa nta fia : hart brcn fmrnentlyrw mrfnt U amutel my aams Willi r'commtni'atioM of Itfir'M kinds of mnlicuM, out mjardiny Iht practic tu out of my appmprial'. Vr, I hart in alt cam do tiiwd ; but with a cUar prvof in ruriosf inttancu, and fmiimlarly in my men family, of tht lutfulntsi of Dr. Jivojtand't German Hitters, Jdeiart fur once from my ouual eourse, to express my full conviction that foi f.liaral debility of tU nystrni, aurt eipn-mlly tir Liter oiuplsiiit, it is a safe antl vsliuhle ireMirsliou. In tvnmt cases it may fail ; Imf vsually, J doubt not, ii m1 S very tteuejlrial to those toio snjftr from use aooss jMuses. lours, very respectfully, J. II. KKXKABlt. Kightli, OeUno (hates SL Prloe or the Bitter., tl.00 per bottle ' Or, a half dosea for 95.00. Prioe of the Tonio, C1.50 per bottle Or, half dosea for 97-00. The Tonic la put up in quart butlles.. Recalled U.at it is Dr. lloojtand's German Remedies that are so uuieersally used and set hiijhty recommend ft i and do mil uUoie Uis Druggist to induct you t tuts any thing list that kt may say it just at goad. If lust lit makes a larger profit an it. Tints Ktmtdiet teiU at sent by express to any locality upon application PBISCIPAL. OFF1CK, AT THl OERMAN MKOICINI 9T0RC, io.KH4RCH ITlUttr, rtiiladeipkit, , . CHAB. M. EVANS. Proprietor. ' rornurlyaM. JACKS0H4C0. . . These Haraedlss are for sale DrHgcUta, ktorckeeuars, aad Hadl cine Atsalars atrary whara. Pm notfmyei to amntu well tht tn tuU ytu buu.it freer at get tht fHMtu. CONE BEPORfl. There' t a beautiful face la the silent air, 'Which follows me ever and near. With smiling eyes and amber hair, With Tolccloss Hps, jet with breath of prayer, That I feel but cannot bear. The dimpled bands and ringlets of gold Llo low In a marble sleep ; I stretch my arms for the clasp of old, But the empty air Is strangely cold, And my vigil alone I keep. There's a sinless brow with a radteat crown And a cross laid down In the dust ; There's a smile ahere not a shadow comes now, And tears no more from those dear eyes fl.w, So swaot In their innocent trust Ah, well I the summer Is coming again, Singing her tame old song ; But 0, It sounds like a sob of pain, As it floats in the sunshino and the rata, O'er hearts of the world's groat throng. There's a beautiful region above the skies, And I long to reach its shore, For I know I shall And my treasure there, The laughing eyes and amber hair Of tho loved ones gone Wore. aa From the Philadelphia Press. AGNES WILLAED. A NEW YEAR'S 8 TORT, CHAPTKI IV. "There is to be a wedding at the church to-day," said Mrs. Hatfield ono fine Sunday morning, about a year after A I s sudden lsMit. "A queer wedding, too, for no oue knew anything about the parties, only that they are city folk?. Almost every one in the 1 1 luge is going, so 1 think I-will, too, on can have the day to vourself, for I am going to take Nellie with me, and stop to dinner with Aunt Sally. So vmi can pick up as much us you please nft.er I am gone. Mind vou tidv up tho hoine, though, lirst. ud see about dintflJr for the men You won't 'ed more than two hours to bedeck vourself ii, I am sure. Mie elnncod contempiiousiy at thn little figure bumlv washing up the breakfast di.shes. without heeding the tre mor that shook the two litlio deft hands, or the cod. sorrowful look of the downcast eves. At thi app. tinted hour, Mrs. Hatfield, duly quipped, set out for church, ironically re marking, as a mrtina benediction, "It will be time enough for vou to attend weddings ten years bencn." I he house had been satisfactorily put to rights, as her mother termed it, and as that lady spoke Agnes stood beloro the old tush ioued kitchen glass thoughtfully unbrniding her hair, absoutly smoothing the curly nut brown mass as if her mind wero fur away. Tho quick light that came to ber eyes for an instant died out, and whatever the secret she carried in ber heart she gave it no voice ; but the lingering look remained us if she would fane unburden her soul. Sho regarded her cold, umuothcrly mother a moment wist fully, saying abruptly, " on ure going to church, and to a wedding. Kiss me once for tho bride, and sav Cod bless vou. Affnes. I said it when Al ran awnv with all my soul Kiss ma lust once on this day, mother. In ull these years you have not done it. For my father's sake, kiss me this Sabbath morn ng. Acnes drew near her astonished parent, and tearfully lifted her face for the cuvied caress. Impelled by the dim. undefined fear at her heart, that mother bent down and gently touched the offered lms of her daughter, re marking in grim tenderness . t here now, are vou satisned i beems to me vou act mighty strange to day. You are changed so much iu everything of late that 1 har. lv know vou But 1 will not scold yon to-dnv. Perhaps I may not stay to dinuer nfter all Aunt Sully is such a poke. 1 here now. iro and comb your hnir and don t both' cr me, or 1 shall tie late. I ne motners toil hardened hand dropped kindly on the soft unbound tresses, as iu spite of her scorn sho loved to feel its clossy richness. Actua. ted bv some hidden impulse, she again kissed her and hastened away. Was it the gentle nlendins of Affiles, or her brief allusion to her dead tather and lost brother that touched the mother's heart the husband of ber youth, the child of her love ? Who can tell ? Lonir years after, sho remembered that beseeching look ; the timid prayer for a mother 8 kiss and blessing. Ten minutes alter the departure or Mrs. Hatfield, a handsome carriage drove up to the rate and two ladies alighted, coming quickly along the grassy walk to the front door the ono, elegant, fair, and stately, at tired in bridal white ; tho other more plainly dresed, carried a large box. It wan .nnie St.iwart. nccompanied by her maid. bkil fl v and ranid v they arrayed the tremDliug Aues in her bridal robes. Tbe superb white aillr covered with misty lace, Moated like a cloud about her graceful form. Magically Aggie stepped from her coarse cow-hide snoes to dainty satin slippers and silken hose Tim hmwn carls danced free under the mag- nificont point veil, bound with pearls and nruim blossoms. Between them they drew on the white gloves, for Agnes was passive in their hands, and both Annie and her maid pronounced her perfect In a moment, us it were. Aenes Williard had left behind for ever the faded calico and slat bonnet with the sorrows of her old life. Happiuess, love, home, and a husband awaited her. The next hour would crown her blessed among women There she stood, with her old clothes lying in a homely heap beside ber, shimmering in lone and jewels so rare and costly that she ararcnlv knew herself, only that she was very, very happy, and in half an hour would be Unbelt Stewart's wife safe in his love, with his home and family to give her loving wel- come. Robert had wisely confined everything to bis sister ; and she, like a sensible woman as she was, gave his chosen bride sister af feet ion, volunteering to arrange the matter properly. Robert met them at tbe church, which was erowded with wondering villagers, anxious to witness the ceremony. "Be brave," he whispered to the frightened little creature on his arm. a tbey passed op tbe aisle under the fixed gaze of tbe eager eyes bent upon them. - Surprised ejaculations greeted them from all sides. "Who would have thought it V "Did yon ever T "Well, of all things!" "Xsk Willr4, m I Hve 1 Bob Stewart, too $ deary me I" wero bpard right and left in tones of whispered wonderment Mrs. HatQold trnve one bhrried irlauco at the averted face of the bride. Could she be lieve her eyes T Was it her child clad in such gorgeous attire T Tho color fadod from her stern face, giving plnce to a blue pallor, and a suppressed moan escaped ber lips. She heard nothing of the murmured surprised go ing on around ber : powerless to answer the questions asked her by the curious. But her luce hardened in an instant, becoming rigid in its forced calmness. Unable to endure the stare and observations of the gaping crowd, she took Nellie by the hand and silently loft the church, with the bride at the altar taking ber vows. Many regarded her inquiringly as she passed, and would have detained her, but she shook them off and fled to her desolate home, amazed, bewildered and heart-stricken. Agnes dared not raise her eres to her mother, fenrful even in her refuge. Flushed, excited and frightened, she desperately clung to Robert. 1 be church, the people, Annie, ber mother and the minister, all swam wildly around'ber. She only felt sure of mug so strong, so brave, so good, and she was his wife. Dizzy with unspeakable happiness, she leaned heavily upon bis arm for support, unable to realize her great joy. Little Agues Willanl, the drudge of the farm house, turned from the altar, the hon ored Mrs. Stewart, with her proud, handsome husbnud smiling down on her, as lis had done Biuce that day one year ago in tho grove.. The opal ring glitters on her finger, but mere is iiu tuur iu uiiu im ueumv now. "I wish 1 hod told mother, she whispered ty Robert when she saw ber place vaenut "I wish I bad told her. But I dare not I had not the courage, though I longed to do so this morning. May heaven forgive me if I gave her a pang or grief. 1 never found her heart She always shut me out, away from her love and confidence. I never dare tell my troublesto mother or nek her advice. She will be very angry with me, I know, nod then forget me us she bus forgotten AI." Oh, Agnes! JIov little you know of that mother's stern heart when you reason thus, or how tenderly the absent son is shrined there. Agnes often wondered how Robert enme to love her of all the world. Bat bo did, and thut blessed fact was all she asked. She did not reflect that her mother would mourn her loss. Her fillial lovo hud been perverted but nut killed ; deep iu her bosom slumbered truo and devoted uffoction for the mother that seemed to havo no genuine lovo for any of her children. Conscience whispered that she had not dealt fairly with her parent Too late she realized the truth, even while sue shrunk from confessing the wrong. On returning home, Mrs Hatfield opened the kitchen door as if a ghost were hidden in the room. Tho little glass mirrored uo braided tresses j that picture hail fled for ever. A lair, sweet bride in spotless white stiired at her from every corner, mocking her lonelnw3. "Kiss ma just once, for my fath er's sake," kept Bounding iu her ears. The plaintive voice and tender eyes hum-Mi her remorseful soul. Thank Jod, she hail kissed her on her wedding day. Now all wits plain. 1 ho happiness of mouths stood revealed. Agues bud loved and married in secret, and siiB was lolt to tlnd it out with the gaping village forgotten aud alone to return to her deserted dwelling. The kitchen hairbrush, worn and stubby, luy on the window-sill, just where Aggie hud placed it Absently tho mother picked it up ; a tew long, simcn nairs adneareit to it. Mechanically she gathered them, curetully twisting the simple threads about her fing ers. 1 endorly she placed tnein iu the little plated locket that she ulways wore in ber bosom. It coutuined a ring of tho dead John Willard's hair and a sunburnt lock of Al's. Carefullv she plucod the few brown threads beside them, murmuring as she shut the tarnished case, "these are my dead all I have left of what was once niv own." Softly slio stole up stairs to Aggie's room, pausing at the door as if atraid to enter- Mastering the weakness, she quickly passed in, shutting the door as it a corpse lay stark ly shrouded in the dreary little chamber where her child had lain, und watched the shivering limbs of the poplars moan iu tho winter blast She went up to the neatly made bed, and silently putted tho patch work quilt and soothed the solitary pillow thut the young buud was never to press again Married ! Agnes, little Agnes, married 1 Is it possible that John Willard s daughter, his ouly daughter, married and left me to day t rich, happy and careless of my sorrow -deserting the old home where ehe was born, without regret, or a parting good bye dressed in silk and pearls. 'A i.apy, John, murmured Mrs. Hatfield, as if her dead hus band was in the room Glancing at the coarse shoes and faded calico, she shook her bead sadly, and turned to the high, old fashioned chest of drawers that contained the scant po nessions of Agnes. How neatly the few little trifles were put away I I tie cheek- aprons, the well-darned Btockings and pitiful supply or linen, an careiuny ioiuea ana uenriug me impress of her tidy fingers. Agues left behind every article of her old wardrobe, for none oi it was suitable ror her new station in life, aud there was nothing pleasant connected with the familiar trap pings oi ner servituae. Mrs. Stewart weut forth in costly nttirn nothing or Agnes wniard remained, save the fuco of her girlhood. She bade adieu to the farm without apparent regret There was no kiss, no tears ; no whispered prayer for ber return followed her purtiug footsteps. Mrs, Hatfield went to an old trunk stowed away in the garret ; its conteuts were sacred to her homely sepulchre wherein she slowed tbe mementoes of her living dead. Slowly her trembling hand disentombed an old check shirt, patched in many places, and frayed at collar and wristbands, yet very dear to the mother, who bad preserved it with -tender care, together with the identical old straw bat that Al bad left behind iq bis flight. Silent she had been, but not forgetful, for she stealthily visited the barn-yard after the battle, and tbe broken straws of A Is tatter ed hat, soiled where his sun-burnt locks had lain through many a long, toiling summer day, drauk up tbe tears that fell so bitterly upon it Horn oi these snaooy articles Mrs. Hatfield carried to Aggie's deserted room, placing tbem in the drawer where her daugh ter once kept her most precious treasures, now prized no longer. Tears dropped fust on the faded garments as she folded them way. The poor, sorrowful, conscionce- smitten mother sobbed hnmbl before the i open drawer. "It Is jnst 1" sho cried in anguish. ''1 have not been a mother to them, and they have forgotten and why ahould they not T the duty or children. One by one they forsook me, without regret or remorse. Now there are two repro cliful faces to forever npbraid me two haunting voices to snv 'In all these tears von have not kmserl me.' Oh. Nellie ! I'll try to make yonr life happier than hen was. ' . a a .a - - I The tears dried on tho mother's roneh cheek 1 the hard look came back to the strong face J regaining the habitual compo- I sure of eye and voico, her meekness outward' ly was over. She opened the window, locked tbe door, and, with a firm step, went back to her active life as if no tear had dimmed ber severe eves, or no prayer of remorse had fallen from her resolute fipes. Work was her only refuge her only escapo from tbe shadows that surrounded her narrow way. True, her will was unbroken, and her arm as vigorous as formerly. But did she forget T No 1 Was not the plated locket ever resting on her heart f Was not the room of Agnes sacred t When her bnsband and son came into their late dinner, Mrs. Hatfield's face told nothing of her aching heart Mr. Hatfield delighted in wandering over his farm on Sunday; in counting the sheep; salting the cattle, and designating fine tim ber trees to bis dutiful Bon John. He gener ally wiled away the time. Agnes took advan tage of this habit, as we have seen, to prepare her bridal toilet at home. Nothing could be guessed from tho mother's impenetrable, fea tures as she sat still and uncommunicative at the head of the table, leisurally pouring tea. At last John carelessly asked "Where is Agnes?" "Gone,'' replied his mother, with a short, hard laugh. "Gone! whoie?" questioned John, paus ing in the rapid business or stowing away bread and butter. "I don't know," she returned briefly. "Are you burr she's out?" queried John, doubtfully, for bis sister being absent at meal time was something extraordinary. "Yes, and will never return," was the curt answer. "Followed Al, perhaps,'' put in Hatfield, glibly. "Uuuniu away belongs to tbe faun ly on that side. His wife looked at him witlieringly; there was an omious sparkle in her eye, and her ips trembled with pain and rage; but she made no reply. The one blighted look owcvi-r, effectually silenced ber audacious spouse, who, without venturing lurtner com' ment, humbly subsided to bis pork and bean. ' "Why, what can you mean, mother" said John, uicredaously. "Nothiug, but that Agnes is married married to-day in tbe church. It was uf.r wedding that all the town was talking anoui. was there, shortly explained bis mother. "Good heavens!'' exclaimed John in amaze ment "Aud who did she marry? "Robert Stewart; aud she has gone away with her husband; that is all," sho replied, calmly sipping ber. ten. John looked blank, and ilatheid stared at his composed better-half with his mouth full Both were utterly astounded, and remained silent John thought "I am glad that Ag gie is free;" and Mr. Hatfield mentally de cided "that Ag had done well." concluding that old Mr. Stewart must pay him due re spect as tho stepsire of his son's wife. With ull her bard, uncouth nature, me motuer alone was sorrowful. Iu the dusk of tho quiet Sabbath evening she sat on the kitchen steps, meditating on tho strange events of tbe day. Suddenly she took ud briirht eyed little Nellie, who was playing at her feet, and tenderly kissed the astonished child. "You shall profit by this day's lesson," she murmured; "you shall nev er say, like my lost AgneF did this morning, 'In all these years, you have never kissed mo.' ill try to bo a mother to you, isei- lie." The child's dimpled baud wandered caress ingly over its motor's loved facb until the wee 'fingers were wet, but not with tho night dew. From that hour she was never known to scold or fret at the wearisome child of her old age. Daily she became more silent, morose, and within herself; seldom speaking to any one, but always at work. Life went on in the old way. Occasionally tidings of Agnes came vaguely to tbe inmates of tbe old homestead ebe was ricb, nappy and beautiful, surrounded bv love and care. Mn. Stewart; iu spite of her mature reason, could not conquer the iunate fear she felt of ber mother. Inculcated in her desolate child hood, now. though a woman mingling in the fashionable sphere of cultivated life, she could not shake it off. But conscience ever whispered, 'iReturn to the mother you have undutifullv deserted, and crave her pardon She is your mother. Be reconciled, oh, child! with tbe bosom that pillowed thy in taut head. Agnes did not bead tbe warn ing, and so the years passed on, with one foot a stranger to the doorway of the dingy farm house. It was remarked that as Nellie grew older she was not pot to work as Agnes had been, but was left to run and shout about tbe yard af ter school, supremely indifferent on the sub' jects of milking aud dish-washing, with neither hard work nor hard words to sadden her youthful spirits. Little Nellie was hav- ihg a childhood. to bc contixlkd. Swearino. Mothers, ask your sons if they swear! Jow, do not hold up your bands in amazemeut at tm thought or such a thing; ask them this very night if they ever swear! And, furthermore, ask them in such a way that tbey will answer you directly and truthfully. We venture to affirm that there is not a boy of eight years or over, who has not some compauion who uses lan gnage that you would very much dislike to have your your son use. Yet if this be tbe cose, and these associations are allowed to continue, your sons will be very likely to incur tbe very habits which he himself at present condemns. Not that he intends to be bad, but the enormity of tbe evil is con stantly diminished by the freedom and fre quency with which it is practiced by those with whom be comes iu contact it is i duty which you owe to your sou to see that he does not incur habits which will in latter years exclude him from good, society. The faithfulness with which you perform this important duty will, to a great extent, be the meaBuro of your son's 6 future regard for gooa. . RAVELINOa Alaska cost as less thaii two cents an acre; ice and Indians thrown in.- A method of sewing boots and shoes with coper wire in stead of the cdntmon thread has been patent ed. A person who sa'w a steam fire engine in operation for the first time, Innocently asked if the water was boiled before it was thrown upon the fire. Wet both sides of postage stamps when affixed to letters and thus are not so apt to come off. Geranium leaves are said to he an excellent applica tion for cnts and bruises. The London Chemical News tells tea makers that water which has "about five degrees .of hardness boiled," is better than soft wafer for tea; that boiling tea is a common folly, which makes a deep-colored solution containing the worthless bitter extractive matter, which is devoid of physiological ordietetio property; that three spoonfuls of black tea should be nsed wher e two of green would bo enough. The "one dollar timekeepers" that are so ex tensively advertised now-a-days are simply in dials on card board. 1'rof. Graham, of London, has lately discovered metallio hydrogen, a form of the element long sought but never found, which is white magnetic metal, appearing to have considerable ana logy to magnesium. Prof. Joy of Colum bia College, in publicly announcing tbe fact, at New York, said that it was the greatest chemical discovery of the age. It is not strange that men sometimes lose their presence of mind i battle, nor wonder, in view of the fact that they do so often lose it, that so much powder aod lead is wasted ithout eHect ur tbe Zi.UUU small arms gathered on the field of Gettysburg, 24,000 were loaded. One half contained two loads each, and many contained ten loads, show ing that the bearers of them bad loaded them but did not fire. In some the balls were put in before the powder. Bat then, enough soldiers were mere wuq aia aoi lose ineir senses. - How to Cook a Beefsteak. A beefsteake ought always to be broiled to be tbe nicest but the following method of cooking is re commended by a lady writer on the subject, which even those who are accustomed to fry iug may be willing to try; "Tho frying pan being wiped very 'dry, place it upon the stove, and let it become hot, very hot. In the meantime mangle the stake if it chance to bo sirloin, bo much the better pepper and salt it, then lay it on the hot, dry pan, which instantly cover as tight as possible. When the raw flesh touches the heated pan, of course it seethes and adheres to it, but in a few seconds it becomes loosened aud juicy. Every half minute turn the steak; but be careful to keep it as mnch as possible tinder cover. When nearly done lay a small piece of butter npon it, rod if you want much gravy add a tablespoonful of strong good coffi'O.. In three minntes from tbe time the steak first goes into the pan it is ready for the table. This method ot coaking makes thi most delicious, delicately broiled steak, full of juice, yet retaining tbe healthy beefy flavor, that any John Bull could require. The same met hod may be applied to mutton chops, onlv they require a little longer cok mg to prevent them trom Doiug rare. An excellent gravy maybe made for them by adding a little cream, thickened with a pmcn of flour, into which, when off the fire and partly cool, stir in the yolk of an egg well beaten. m Runni.vo Out or Mektino. Lorenzo Dow is reported to have stopped persons from leaving bis meeting by requesting'all who bad boles in tho heels of stockings to oo tiie.n or stay through." A similar instance though more truthful, and in better taste, is eiven in the history of Pbinoas luce, a Methodist itinerant. While he was stationed in one of tbe New York chnrches, he found that many of the young people, of both sexes, were accustom ed to leave the church before closing the evening service. It annoyed him, and ho determined to stop it the next babbatb avening before ho commenced his sermon, he said: " Some of my bretliern have been ereatlv afflicted that so many young women leave church beloro the service is through. But 1 ttll them they ought not to feel so, for doubtless most of those that go out are young women who live at service, and their mistresses require them to do at nome at nine o'clock; and the young men have to" go out to wait upon them home; so nereaiter, when those young women leave church be fore the service is over, you will understand who tbey are. and not feel badly about if The brother who gave me this fact, said: We were no more annoyed at;er this; toey either staid away, or staid till the meeting was closed. Brick Pomeroy's New York Democrat bids fair to prove an elephaut with a very strong appetite. It is asserted by tbe know ing newspaper men of New York that it has tuken into its capacious maw tbe net pronts of the La Crosse concern, all that Brick could rake up in New York, and even now displays a weakness in tho legs greater than that exhibited by Oliver J wist wben he mus tered up tbe courage to ask lor "more." A pauper aud a newspaper, however, are two difl'ereut things; what one pleads for the other exacts. So Bricks LaLrosse estab lishment has been completely swallowed by the New i ork concern, and not a word said about it by Mrs. Tucker. If the LaCrosse readers can t get along on a weekly Issued at New York, they must go elsewhere for the Lowe, Baid in a speech made few days be mental pabulum they require. In the mean- fore the Parliamentary election: , "My wish time, the Wobld was never so prosperous. jg to carry on the progress of the country in Ibis is ono way oi saying tnat even wemoc racy cnu v nvo ou unu uuu uiaunguuruioui us a regular diet Resist the Beoinkino. The Arabs have a fubte of a milter, who was one day startled by camel's nose thrust in tbe window of a room where he was sleeping. "It is very cold, outside," said the camel; "I only want ' to get my nose in." Tho nose was let iD, then the neck, and finally tbe whole body. Presently the miller began to be extremely inconvenienced by the ungainly companion he had obtained, in a room cetainly not large enough for both. "U you are inconven ienced,' said tbe camel, "you may leave. As for myself. J shall stay where I am. The moral of tbe ruble concerns all. I When temptations occurs, we must not yield I order discharging all negro mesaongera In the I to it We must not allow as much as its! various departments! of the treasury. - His "nose to come in. ., Everything like sin to be turned away from. He who yields even the smallest degree, will soon be entiiely overcome; and tbe last state or Ibis man 1 worse than the first. - A-nnoo'a AalTUMATfC. Mr. JohmdVs head is about n well bil noe.l ori this figure 6T fitbm'atio as on the figures of apeecb. The lucidity o'f his mathematical propost lions Is only equaieq cyme clearness oi m. political riews. For instance, be navs in his message that Government "received for its bonds, in real money, tbrib on roon hundred per cent, less than tbe obligations which it issued in return." .. No man of or dinary acquaintance with the English langu age and tbe Arabic numerals would ever make suoh a ridiculous statement Take an illustration. - Here is t bond for 1,000 5iven by government What- does , Mr.t ohnson mean by saying that Government received ''three or four hundred per cent less' than the 1,000 for tbe bond?, How much is "three or four hundred per eenti less thnn fcl.OOOf Three hundred per cent of $1,000 is $3,000. ' Does the man meanr that Government .received $3,000 less thnrt 1,000 for every one thousand bond issued? If this is his meaning, then the Governmenf must have paid $2,000 bonus to every mad who accepted a $1,000 bond. But what a botch this fellow from Tenn., makes of every thing. Hartford Post in- a -taajr n tpi" ' Tim RARb! Of General or the Armies ; There are decided movements on foot look ing to tbe satisfactory adjustment of the' question as to who shall bear the four . silver stareafter they have dropped from the shoul ders ofGeneral Grant It is said that Grant has a plan to pnt into operation concerning the rank of General, and that it is most pro bahy the matter will be settled in accordance' with his views. Gen. Grant, it is stated wishes tbe grade of General to bti cootinfled and Is advising against the passage of the resolution offered in the early part of tho present session of Congress declaring that the trrade of Geneeal in the army shall ces when vacated by the present possessor. Thf General, it seems, is or opinion that this' honor should of right fall upon Lieutenant General Sherman, and the rank of Lieuten ant General, he believes, would be judicionsly bestowed on gallant Phil Sheridan. Witn this plan of rewarding merit in view he na been holding on to the command of the' army with the intention of keeping the place warm for Sherman, as by resigning imirtedi- ntely before his inauguration he secures, as1 President, the opportunity of nominations to the vacancies created to suit himself. Adddess iit Chief JisricB Chase On Sunday evening last Chief Justice Cbaso appeared in a new roi.e. Before a numerous and fashionable congregation at tbe Episco pal Chuich in Washington be deliverd aq address on the subject of "Christian Mis sions, which be stated were neetmed to effect what all the conquerors of the" World from Ninrrod to Napoleon had failed to ac complishthe subjugation of tho whole world. Though there were but 940,000,000 Christians agaiust 660,000,000 anti-Christians cm the globe, and though, compar'a tively speakiDg, but few were engaged irf disseminating the doctrine of Christianity, still he believed tbe time not far distant when the world would be subjugated by the power of Him whosuid, "Go ye' and teach all nations." He saw all the sighs of the coming religious unity. Nations were be coming fewer but larger; languages were disappearing; but the tendency to one CortH mon, universal language, understood by ail nations, was mokingHtself known; the means' of communication between countries were multiplying, and the distances being shorten ed by the agencies of steam and electricity. Christianity progressed with these unproved means of communication. The address of the Chief Justice was listened to with pro found attention. Pashusck of Job Everybody is in the habit of bragging up Job, and Job did have konsiderable bile pashunes, that's a fuc, but did be ever keep a distric skule house for 8 dollars a month, and board 'round, or keep a kuntry newspaper? Did be ever reap edged oats down bill on a hot day, and have all his gallus buttons bust opb at once? Did he ever bare the lumpin teetbacbe, and be made to tend the baby while bis wife was over to Perkinses in a tea squall? Did be get op in the morning awrai aru and turf it three times before breakfast td get a drink, and find that the man kept a temperance houBe? Did he ever undertake to milk a kiekifl liefer with a bushy tail iu fli time, out in the lot! Did be ever sot down on a litter of kittens in the old rocking cheer, with his summer pantaloons on? ' . it be cud do ail tbese things, and praze the Lord at the Bame time, all I he v got to eayiz, "Bully for Job." mp tm ' ' i A farmer who had employed a green Em' oralder, ordered bim to give the mule some corn in tbe ear. On bis coming in the farmer asked: "Well, Pat, did you give the' mule some corn?" "To be enre I did." . " "How did yon giveitf'- - "And sure, as you told me, In the ear.1' . "But how much did you give?" 'Well, ye see tbe crayter wouldo t hould still, and kept switching his ears about so. I couldn't get but about fist full id botU earsi . Thk distinimishnd V. itr.itth ftp Altai T?..Ko-a - the direction which for good or evil it baa taken. I but is the problem which I ; invite you to consider. Perhaps the best thing is to look at America, not as a warning to deter, but as an example to imitate." A few nights since a Louisville man nam "earners, while unfer influence of liquor, I anlra1 L. ! I I A & 1 1 a? . a a " "" ooy, tour, years old, to spelt a word which was impossible for the child to do. Weather! seized him by the hair and beat him with a stick until his flesh was lacer ated in many places. He , then held the child over the hot fire in the stove until its whole body was burned to 9 bjister. t-jii-j Secretary" McCullock recently issaed" an intentions was to supply their placet with ex-soldiers., The heads o( bureaus, however, waiting upon him in 9 body and and object- is ed so strongly that he was compelled U ra scind the onler.. t-. A t'f
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