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n-.t Printing Company,
JOHN' I. SCULL,
I'osinefs Manager.
rail. B. OA1THKZ. j
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All t.r .lt-i-i"il biiMii---s
V f i -e m -latnnio.h Hiock." j
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tt'uit krisrtnj-'Vs Siurj.
i- v I I- win continue tn practice :
i.cp-'.eT In irotoslon:J scrvl
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. a I W UT l-BPl
nuv. h.
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jan. ;
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L. TTOuNEY ATLAW.S
'' r .ir,!i-.l attend tuaU
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en ajvan-T'i n roiiwiion
rr fi .i . on Mam ursrt.
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i.n.m. " ensnined to tit care with
acp. l-iy.
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ATTORNEYS AT
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'm-! t -uni pp-pared t-id,
"a i, f-luis. r- cuUrias. -
- tr".li "I all kin :. aud of:
.T-rc-i. Al- " r.:i"t. war-;
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ntn-nd ti nil baiiufc en-i
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-.if-LL ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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, ; v !,.. ATlOiiNEY Al LAW.,
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1. i iii iu:euo. w koej i
h waieive a.i:itaotiuo to
, ;i ::U tin ir e-t'.'m. ;
John lnx. i
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i iin an-1 IienttM. Berlin. ,
r ni:.t a'.'.i-nli-m to all :
A.
MILLER, after twolvcj
? i.w.l.T' In Sbankrvil'.e. l.5 ;
--iiiei at S.mier-t ( the yr,
urao.
u-1 ton.W-rs hi irof-r'k'na
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r.:j:--ii 4 Son:'rn-l and iii-iuKy.
t ::r. t-ii-ijM'Cmtiy oei-upi-u r . a
tT- lie c-in lie eolihUiieij ai v..
.-i i: i 1 y ,-ncTijfed.
i.:.y r.-wpiiy auwerc-L
ia": -f.
PiiSTLETHWAlTE. ATT iliN EY !
Sotai mt. I'a. hr i-ii.ai t-uM-
: liilie . nd jutK-.uaiiy aM-n 1-1
ATTORNEY ATLAW.
S-lw rs l. 2nua.
,;vUi:T PLANlNCi-MII.
C0OD &. JONES,
In all klndf of ianin? an I
,i::s maicrialf.
;LT;n:!i-:i"Ar.DiNO.
AS!1 ANIi I Of IKS,
VINIU'W fc. IKKiR FRAMES.
VENETIAN SHUTTERS,
i:ilACKETS,'a.e.
kr-. :i - cTally nw-d In ht-ne l uild
i w r d tie Ut orJer.
T- t.i J.
GiXiD a. JONES.
i
I
1A1I0KD HOTEL,
S;aucl Custer, Proprictcr.
'.rz W; ftv.u with a larre hare of t-
j
r- tte .. .'k ! a e.iDiinaan 4 the
Htf Ltn'-ati'-w are nrrt rlaw. the
il; !tiTT,i.lied at all llinf i:h tlie tl
E-.-fc'-. it:--r. fiuf:? n lac-''cinie'lat-
tt ;iat- w:'.h pcl bfan;iac and on rranoii
'k. liif It' an- Uit.a nomy it aiwayt
i r-;t: ti3r jar:ir: alVi r-iod an-1
.11. i-T tLir L'1 '! l'm-.
SAMt'EL CVSTER.
' T a. Tt-. I K-cni.fr 4: h. I'Ti.
iiLVNoLItS.
STEEN i CO.,
;;;. St. Ctarlt. 1!-4L)
lV- m rT. rirrstt r.h, Pa..
!..rtT. -f Queen n are and Manufac
turers of (.Lav-ware.
HN" WILSON & SON,
holi:sali: ;i:oci:i:k.
pittsbtjbgh.
ARK.
' .b-V. if ; r ; :-! to tuarnlarture all
T:n AXi SHEET IRON WARE.
-V ' kj: aro;,f.ivir r. j.r and t ru
ni aU k.uut of
Hne I nrnUking G'oodx
-r. .j u, 5la, 8bop d,r of
k-- ,. . "'''r'. -:Ji .rt. S .tnTrU I'a.
v " ' NOAH CASLilEEE.
OMimsirr, pa.
j a
(j'-AT I NIi I" CEMENTS,
t- . . .
."ij.V"1 t:-'''aa Fruit Treef, Vicel
HARXEItSVILLE.
e meract Omoty, Ta.
'. Lim at k,wer rat- than ol
Feb. 2k-"72.
1 i
T
'- N'tVV FLOUR MILL.
' ' r.our Mill built the rtte of the
"LD
the mrectkau are tuiiv onservea.
'DEWmnV f Tt T i mmmfhorkmnataf irwa ta recatee..' ONE being
T. " ' ! aU tluu U necescary for a family, as it raa be kejit
Z."' 'n!- S-meou-t Is earn j "tljF bot wbiie ia use, and only ref airing
VbVi'o?'-. Cue Can Wart- of teal fir c Iraiti.
IfiwjcM If. all kiiKls of grain, i -I would ant be without this Iron fi 3H. If I eould
,7 - VALENTINE HAY. I not get aoothcr." i the extlaaiatkia of tlaoae who
Lf-fi " ! ua
'CoffrotliAro.
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"0I-tSALE LEA LEES IX
i,r
111 EISMS.!
TV Ann
-W Hetf Ha ward,
ORE, MD.
mil
I lie
VOL. XXI.
Hardware.
HARDWARE.
John F. Blymyer
liar rr-npcnC'I bio Hart
Few Doors Above the Old Stand, ;
!
t
. ,.,,,
And oner n h mjtonifr and IrlmOf a full Hoe
ol pr od at t vrry kmtM prlcea,
i
Hardware cf Everv Ddfecription. I
in ox.
KAILS
.LV) GLASS,
Voodcn Ware or All Kind,
CO A L OIL LAMPS,
COAL OIL,
CHIMNEYS
And evert" l.ing hel'3i;r ing to the Lamp trade.
WHITE LEAD.
LINSEED OIL.
VAKN1SH15,
RKt'SHES, I
TAINTS IN OIL AND I'KT. AND
PAINTERS' GOODS IN GENERAL !
A lanre . k ol
Table Knive anil I'crks,
rot'KET KNIVES.
SI lNS.
SHEA IIS
AND SCISSORS.
Iti;iv. - LL.1X LINED KETTLES.
TozetbT itta n-.auv afiirUn tio nnnirn n? to ta'-n-
tl in an a-iv.-rtiMinvnt. He it ;rteniiinH to;
nt tn- very iwk.tI prn-rf. tiitf iiuiaii. j
juneij-.-
i JAMES PUG II.
I MAIN SWEET, SOMERSET, PA.
i
' lr now jirr;ared to manufacture all kino of
. WAGONS, SLEIGHS, Ac.
j He will ulKi I'TMnptly altend to
None but the BEST MATERIAL will b nood.
ALL WOItK WARRANTED
Ai t"oe in the latent anJ 13-t ;'proTed
tyKi. tne
LOWEST POSSIBLE PlilCES.
Somerset, March 6;h.
INSURE YOUR LITE IN THE
L3
Old rtmtiiisl; J attl Eeliatle
iimm LITE KETJEAKCE KYFA5T
OF rillLADELTUIA.
The attcntim of 4he eliiirn cf S neret and
a;i m-.r.ir ermniien in retieettullT invited to the
clumf
daimf whii h the American Liie Invarant
Inwiranee Xn-
piny of I'liiladclplita j-reai-nn lor t
ud ja'.nitiaec. It l (K-niiarly a
the:reifidenre
I'f cn.Tl"aiila
(Xnsnanv I to me Vioiiianv and liaa alwjya en-
Jvel the eonndc-nee ot the peiple of the entire
.siate. It rankii amonjrstlhe tddl CXunpanic in
the I ui'.ed States, and har maintained an onward
' rirreF throupt nearly a quarter of a eentury.
I Frudenee aao ewnomy. eoure icTe-.roeot. and
j pron-ijit ivtnent of all i'.n olliratK"M havcebar
' aieried thi ei.mpany fr im lit &rt orzaniiation.
' With a lanre paid In raeh eapitaL nearly four mii-
li,tii of dollar ol aerumuiaten arvi. nnoer mi
manatremi-nt of arenilrmen of undoubted intcpri
tv. and wi ll known throughout 1'coiifj ivania. the
A no-rie.-in Lite lnurant. o. rju'tr-iil to none
in the L nited Stat'-e.
ornctttiL
0irjre W.Kill. Preident,ertire Nuzent. Vice
rreliJ-nt. John S. Wllom. Seeretary and Treaa
urer. Ale x W hillden. Chairman ln. on Finance..
soaCDor Tct eTn.
Hon. Jaraen Follw t, is. Oct. of Ta.. n'w di
reeti ol L . S. Mint. J. Fr1rar Thomin. lrel-d-nt
Pennvlvanla R. R. Cotni-any. AU-rt V..
Robert, tirorer. Eleventh and ine St. I'hila.,
1'lilllpll. Minjrle, MerrhanU No. 1 Market u.
I"hila Hon. Alex. . t 'liauell. V. S. S-nat4.r.
men bant, 27 Wau-r Su, I'hila.. laaae Hatlehursl,
Attorney al Law. No. H Walnut Ktet. Fhila
John Wanamakcr. Not. eU an-l (O0 heeuint Si.
and eornerol ili an Market Sx.. Phila Henry
K. iletmett. Merrhant, I'hila.. Jatne L. flag
btrrn. rre.ent muicn ll Nat. litnk. 1'bila..
L. M. Whillden, Aierchant, Ni.3Jaud iSon'.b
Fnt St. I'hila.
Foliele. Imnl a all the BKt apitrored plane
For lurther iuiormatioo apply to
XOAH CASEIJEEK,
Arewt for the Cofnpany mi Kanarraet.
Oer4
JCONOMY IS WEALTH.
To (he Ladieti.
TRY ONE OF
13 less it Drake's
Improved Patent Self Heatii.g
Smoothing Irons,
Which is Sart becoming aunlveml favnriU thngh
cut the country.
This Iron eontritintce its full share towards econ
omy tn domestic life, aad is well worth the alien
tl of every housekeeper. It Is heated simply by
nre nviac u n wui"j , .ic -t
riuerent siaes, weigmng irum live v ciant pouipjk.
It save one-third the lime an ironing is done with
muck leaf fatigue no dantrer of mautBg the
elotr.et, and when inmde they bar. a much better
bnish.
It lends to the Imoer great degree of comfort,
(inee. I v the use of It. bot motr.l are avoid e4. and
the perm U aot subjected to tne alsaost tnauflcra
ble beat of a stove or furnace In warm weather.
A sufficient proof of the aalirfarticB which It
i give, ana im ia.ui wim which h mm i " - -r
J alreav large and still increasing demana it.
! and wnk-h tells bow faM It Is coming Into general
use throughout tne country.
Not only are the virtue, of the troa anpreclalcd
at borne, but the true worth of It is tccinin;so ap
irwit every here, that thousands of them are now
ing sold to vark'ns foreign countriea.
ISarb is the ennlldrnce of the manuracturcrs In
the exceliencr of this Iron, that they say It only
noeds a trial to prove Itself valnable to every bousc-
i keeper, and we warranltbea to give aatisfaction if j
the litele wuoder.
TRT IT! TBT IT!
j-ra tirtcitOKl nul.tr. fa r iron.
Fur tale by
FRANK H. Sl'FALL,
w Somerset. Pa.
HW. DENNISON.
HarneJavllle. Svtneraet CMtnty, Pa.
August Saih,
s
! 21 ; roR a rich paneled solid
iVlm.0 WALNl'T CASE OKOaN. with 'a
1 1 tojn, perfectly new. Factorv price. 1T . Also
aumber of ieoBd-han4 jae'lodeona aud enratit
ranging la price from a and upward a. or for rent
at moderate Kioaa. Call aad axamlae at the ma
aieiuotaf of
CHARLOTTE PLCME.
No. I Sixth Aveaae. Pluaharg Pa.
isuie Agent fur Priatw a. Oo.'t Orgaaa.
HitccUaneom.
j JOB DIBKXT.
JOOX D KOBEBT4.
CO.,
JOHN PIBERT A
NO. 240 MAIN STREET.
JOHNSTOWN, P E N N A.
We prll Draft nf rtiaM In all part of the Vn
trd SUtn and Canada, and la Forrliro cnantrica.
Bo .KU. Ooupuna and UOTernmcat Bund at
bixhm markrt ho. Ltmn manry un apprured
trcurit r. lira ft ami Clm-ki oa oibrr lnk cach
ed. M. OCT received ondrnuaUnarableoB demand
i ...
lnterei at Oicrnteof Six prr wif. prr
Annum paid on Time Depotite.
Everrtl.icir In U Dauklts Line reoeirei oor
prompt aiirntiun.
Tlianklul to our rrirnd and nnT tor their
pan alnioaire, e (olicit a euntinaanr of the
ume. and India athvra he hare buinei in oar
w "n "" tn hu "
Feb 21 ;
JOHN 11BEKT
. tx.
U. M. BEACnLY'S,
CELEBRATED
BLOOD PURGE!
Thl Rrmriy haf hera In nn orer Irmly yrcri.
and ha cure! thuurandii of naaee ensidered i
mm.
ratde I'y the profeiwiun. it bar not failed in a fin-
i gle cane to pre relief if nut entirely cure.
i It i partimlarlr renmnmended In the fullnwing
I aumpuinu;
!
SICK UEADACnE. rA T.PITA TIOX
j OF THE HEART, LI YER
I
t
i COMPLAINT. EIIEUJIATItV.
i
SKIX DISEA SES, LA XG VID
CIRCULATIOX, le..
1 In any derancTment of the Blood. In ail diwaM-i
! roiiar to lexnalcf it Is a sure and Sovereign Hrm-
J In fhnrt. ll being a Rrmrif artlnjt thMUith the
Circulalto of Ike Blooi no all tlie imj'TUint ur
rant ami emuo--tiiri- of the body. It will rare sl-
j must any euratde dlwaw.
rurialelr MEYERS k. ANAWALT. Iiriin.
: Pa., and by dealer! in Family Aledkluea ever'
i a hi re.
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GfOODB,
NOTIONS,
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sGROCERIES
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CO
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FLOUIi &c.
I
l! rare to call an l nen. ar. J be cwivIdC'
d. a lliere are to many artk-lf kept fjf
ri enumeration.
d ,
2 ' C'I'ltrSITE
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i sojiiirset iioisi
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Scxeuct, ra.
July i; A. W. KNEI'PEB. j
4
'OL U1IL,
WITH
A. H. Franciscus & Co.,
lxromm ajin nuttu :
COTTON YARNS, BATTS, WICK,
Twine and Ropes,
LOOKISG CLASSES, CLOCKS, FASCT BASKETS
Wooden and Willow Ware, &c,
AsrrrACTrcEKf at jobbecs or
CARPETING,
OIL CLOTHS, MATTING, RUGS, it,
413 Market Street and ilO Commerce Street,
Philadelphia.
June 10-tt
WE BOOSE & Co.,
FOUNDERS & MACHIfflSTS,
SALISBURY, : : PEXX'A.,
ManuCacturers of all kind? of
CASTINGS & 3IACIIIXERY
Orders t y mail promptly aticmlod to.
Addreef WM. IXRISE k CO.,
Salisbury, Elkliek P. O. Somerset eo Pa.
tict. 14.
HOLTZMAN & WEiDEBHOLD,
MxnBtactorcrs of an-1 Dealrra in
BEIDIDIIsra-
AND
CURTAIN GOODS,
Furniture Veclcrs Supplied al Loxc-
tl Yhvloale Ralf.
No. 100 Third Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Opposite 3.
rooma.
W.
Wowlwell's Furniture Ware
bot. 3d.
QARRETT
Lumber ompany,
OARRETT, SOMERSET CO PA.
Earnest, Delp L Camp,
PKOPHIETOUS,
WHITE TINE,
YELLOW PINE,
OAK,
HEJ1LOCE.
AND CHESTNUT LUMBER.
SAWED AND SUA V ED SHINGLES,
ANDPLASTEKLNQLATU. t
Building Lumber
v "Oat to a bill" at f Lert aoiioe.
Or-!ers from lumber deal erf promptly filled at
wboleaal pneea. ' aug. , TI-tC
III M ON s a CO.,
WBOLtfALX IiKaLXKf :a
Tobacco aud Ncgati,
40S Market Street, Above Faarlk,
PHILADELPHIA.
-. IL Mart hall, a geat, Soaneratt, r.
KIPPERS
omer
SOMERSET, PA.,
After the
Aee Mlent t
Shaft.
Month of the
Br BSKT BAKTK.
What I want It my bualwnd, fir,
And if yau're a man, fir,
You'U irire mc aa acawer,
Where if my Joe ?
Pinrhyn, air Joe
Caemovanshlre,
Six raon hi ago
Since we came heri
Eh? Ah, yon know :
Well. I m quiet
And Mill.
Bat I moat ttand here.
And will!
ra I'll be ttrong
If you'll jurt let ma wait
Infide, o' the gat)
Till the newt comet along.
'Negligence"
That wa the eauae ;
Butihery!
Are there no lawa
Laws to protect inch as we ?
WelLthen'
I won't raiae my voice.
Three men !
I won't make no nalae.
Only yon juut let me be.
Four, only f .nr did be !ay
Saved ! and the other ones r Eh ?
Why do they call ?
Why are they all
L'Kikinn and coming thU way !
What'l that? a menage?
I ll take It.
I kcow his wife, sir.
HI break It.
'-Foreman
Ay, y !
Out by an! by"
"Just atred his life."
Say to his wife
Soon he'll be free,"
Will I Ood bleu yon.
Iff far t
Scribnert for January.
The Table TaraacL
'Girls, I am just dying for some fun,'
cried Gra Thatcher, as she entered
the boudoir of iriend Lily Athcrton,
and found several of her acquaint
ances already there.
"I've been to balls and theatres, and
sleigh rides without nunilnT, and I'm
tired to death with them all. Do
6omebodv find me-something else to
do."
"Certainly," responded Lily, "here
is this seam for you to sew up, hand
ing her, as she Fpoke, a garment of
course unbleached cotton. "We are
all busy working for the Mission,
and I am very glad you came just in
time to help us."
"Help ! I help ! What, to sew that
coarse thing? Lily, are you crazy ?
I never touched such a thing in my
life !' and the petted beauty drew
back as if really afraid of the harm
less cloth.
"Then it's high time you did," per
sisted Lily. "Here arc needles and
thread, and a thimble, in this basket;
so be a good girl, and go to work."
"Well, if I must, I must." sighed
Grace, who, on glancing about, per
ceived that all the others bad similar
work. "But do yon really think it
charitT to give snch awful stuff to
anvbody?'' she inquired, very seri
ously, after a few moments' silence,
during which she had selected and
threated her needle. "It seems to
me it would be a perfect torment to
wear such garments. Somethinglike
the hair shirts the monks wear as n
penance."
' Ah, Gracie,n said Lily, "you have
not seen the poor creatures to whom
these articles are given, or you would
realize that warm, serviceable clothes
are what they need. Won't you go
with mc some day to visit them ?"
"Go, indeed !" cried her friend.with
a shudder. "I'll give you some mon
ey for them, if you like, but I always
dislike so much to see poor people."
"I shall be very glad of your dona
tion, Gracie, but I really wish you
would go with me. You would be
interested, I am sure, and have such
abundant means to do good."
"Well, I'll sec about it, if it will
oblige you," answered Grace care
less! v, and there was a short pause,
during which the needles flew brisk
ly. It was broken by Gracie, the ir
repressible, who hastily sprang up,
overturning work and the basket, ei-
claiming, "I ve found, girls :
"What, your needle asked one.
"I should think you might have lost
twenty with such a spring as that'.'
"No, not the needle, but the plan
for some fun."
"What is it ? Tell," cried several
voices ; and the work was suddenly
abandoned by all but Lily, as they
crowded around Grace.
"In the first place," she began sul
tmnlj, but with dancing eyes, "you
know it is Leap Year."
"Yes, yes," in a chorus from the
rest
"And in that Leap Year wc dam
sels have certain rights and privileges
denied us at other times. Now, I
propose that we each select some gen
tleman of our acquaintance, and write
him a note, making a formal offer of
our heart and hand, but wc will not
siffn it."
V. . rw I
men
liow bhall we get an an
swer?" inquired one.
Wc will appoint some place of
mectinsr, if they leel inclined to ac
cept ; and then wc will watch to see
what they will do."
"Surely, Gracie," said Liiv grave
ly, "you would not do such an un-
maidenly thing.
Why would I not do it ? and whv
is it unmaidenly ?' demanded Grace.
Of course I would not sign my
name to such a document but, merelv
to write it, and have the fun of see
ing the gentlemen go poking off to
keep their appointments, and no one
there to meet them, ts no harm. Do
veu think it is, girls ?" she added,
turning to the grouo.
Thev, however, though not quite
so decided in their opinions rs Lily,
preferred not to join in the sport ;
"they wcre afraid, might be found
out," etc., etc. all but Belle Mortou,
a gay, fun loving girl, who had been
with Grace in all her shool-girl
scrapes.
I'm ready, Grace," she said, "I
never will desert Mr. Micawber; in
other words, I'll help you, as usual.
in that or anvtbing else, for the sake
of a frolic."
Come Lone with me, then," cried
Grace, "end we will work out the
details of the plot alone, so as not to
6bock this Puritanical company.
Good-bye, girls, she continued, gaily.
Good-bye, Lily of the ralley. I'll
come and sew again when 1 want
another inspiration." And 6b c de
parted with Belle, unmindful of Lily's
entreaties not to carry out ber pro
ject i
Seated in Grace's library, the friends
mi
ESTABLISHED, 182
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2(5. 1873.
wrote and re-wrotc epistles to.variou.
peutlt'iiif n of their acquaintance, hut
were r-till disatif-Ged with the ro.sult
At length (Jrnce (king aside her
pen, exc!airuinr : 'Listen to this,
Btlle ; it U niiu-h lH-ter than the oth
er plan." And she fead a follows :
"To Henry Archer, Tfeq. :
'Pear Friend : Thave lonir lcen
aware of your real feelinrs toward
me, and trusted that time would ena
ble ymi to overcome yonr difiideuce,
and allow you to tell rue of your lo ve,
and thus make u both happy, but as
I see no prospect of this, I venture to
take advantage of the privilege of
Leap Year, and tell you that I moet
einccrely love and esteem you. Please
d ' not write an answer to this, but if
inclined to forjrivc my forwardness,
aud accept my proposal, meet me to -
morrow night at 11 oVlock, in Mrs
Gray's conservatory. ;
Very truly yours,
Lilt Athertos."
"Why, Grace Thatcher! what do
you mean? You will surely never
send that to Harry Archer," exclaim
ed Belle, utterly aghast at the bare
! idea.
"Indeed I will, Belle; and Lily
ought to be much obliged to me for
doing so. Anybody , can see that
Harry Archer worships the ground
she treads on ; but she; is so quiet and
reserved that he haa do encourage
ment to propose. When they once get
together in Mrs. Gray's conservatory
with that letter, they must come to
an understanding I know Lily is to
le at Mrs. Gray's party, and of course
Mr. Archer will, as he i Mrs. Gray's
nephew." .
ii now mere is otn; utiuuic, tiic
continued. "Mr. Archer knows my
writing, for one day he and I helped
Mrs. Gray write some invitations,
Can't you copy it for me, Belle?"'
. t . .1 : . . i i . i
'l es," said Belle, rattier thought-
fully fur her, bat are you sure you
had better send it. I shouldn't quite
like such a trick played on me, would
vou :
"I shouldn't care! not one bit !" de-i
clared Grace, emphatically shaking
back her long ringlets. "If any one
served me so, I could get out of it
well enough. Because, you see," she
added, "I don't care anything about
any one ; so I should be perfectly
cool and self-possessed."
"Even if it were Edward Fairfax?"
queried Belle, archly. j
"0:" course. Why not he as well j
as an ither ?" returned Grace. But ;
Belle noted the suddec flush on her
cheek,
"Well, I'll copy it," she said. "But
how arc you going to witness the ten
der meeting, Grace, for I suppose you
mean to?"
"Certainly," replied Grace. "I
would not miss that for anything. I'll
hide in the conservatory, and no one
will be the wiser. But now copy j
this," tossing the note to Belle, who
obeyed. '
"J must go now, Grace," she said,
as she finished. "I promised to be
home early. I shall seejrou to-morrow
evening at Mrs. "Gray's." " And
the friends parted.
As Belle hurried along the street,
she could scarcely maintain a becom
ing gravity, and when sue enterca
her own room she burst into a merry
laugh.
"I'll do it 1 I certainly will I" she
exclaimed "If Grace is so perfectly
willing that any one should play her
such a trick, I'll just make another
copy of her note for Edward Fairfax.
How neatly I smuggled ber rough
draft of it and a sheet of note paper,
with her monogram into my pocket.
I am sure Edward Fairfax ought to
thank me, for he is as proud as Luci
fer, and as poor as a church mouse I
and be would not offer himself to the
beautiful heiress, Grace Thatcher, for
any earthly consideration ; and to see
the way be stands and gazes at her
in a party where they chance to meet,
is enough to give one the blues ! No,
nol I'll settle yonr business, sir."
And snatching up a pen, a very fen
moments sufficed to make another
copy of Grace's note, the only altera
tion being that Grace's and Mr. Fair
fax's names wcre substituted for those
of Lily and Harry Archer. This
missive being duly posted, she impa
tiently awaited the next evening.
Before accompanying her to Mrs.
Gray's however, let us take one more
look at Lily Athcrton. Her friends
had remained sewing until nearly
dark, aud on their departure she had
accompanied to the tea table. Soon
after that meal was over, Mr. Archer
was announced, and from bis welcome
bv both ladies, it was evident that he
was a frequent and welcome guest
The truth was that he had been for
some months Lily's accepted suitor;
but, owing to her having been in deep
mourning for her father, the engage
ment had been kept strictly private.
Now, that Lily had begun once more
to mingle in society, further conceal
ment was not cared for, and the mar
riage was soon to take place.
Mr. Archer seemed rather more se
date than usual, and in the pause of
conversation idly turned the leaves in
Lily's photograph album, buddenly
bis face lighted up, and drawing a
note from bis pocket, he eagerly com
pared th writing it contained with
the autographs.
"What interests you so much. Har
ry," asked Lily, coming to his side,
"May I see ?"
"Yes, you may now, though had I
not discovered the author, you shfttild
not," said Archer handing her the
note, which my readers will divine
was the one copied for Grace by Belle.
Lily's face flushed indignantly, as
she read.
"O, how could they do such a thing?"
she exclaimed. "Surely, Harry, yon
did not hink I knew anything about
it ?"
"No,i ndecd, dearest I know you
too well for that : and besides, it is
evidently written by one who knew
nothing of our engagement Bat I
confess it annoyed me to think that
any one else should thus meddle with
our private affairs; and I was vainly
trying to think who it could be, when
I saw Belle Morton's autograph here
and recognized the very peculiar
writing."
Lily explained Grace's plan of the
afternoon, and expressed her belief
that she had also some share in this
letter.
"They will watch us close to-morrow
evening, Lily," said Harry.
"Suppose we stroll into the cooserra-
7.
torv about eleven o'clock.
8nd COn-
front the conspirators."
To this Lily agreed.
Mrs. Gray's party was a most bril
liant affair, and the crowd of puests
so great that Grace and Belle did not
meet until just before eleven o'clock
"Arc you bound for the conserva
tory, Grace ?' whispered her friend,
with a mischeivouA look in her eyes.
' Yes," replied Grace, "they are
both here, ami it U almost time, so
a rtror." And she moved hastily
away.
"That' all ri'ht." soliloquized
Belle, f.ir Edward Fairfax has been
there for ten minutes past. When I
peeped in he was reading over the
note, and unless I'm much mistaken,
pressing it to bis lips. But I must
1 get where I can see them
Grace, in the meantime bad passed
swiftly through the conservatory, un
til she came to a beautiful fountain,
near which was a seat so surrounded
by tall orange trees and oleanders,
that she thought 6he should be effec
tually screened from observation. To
her surprise however, the seat was al
ready occupied by Edward Fairfrx.
Hastily springingto her side,he ex
claimed, in low, impassionate tones :
"Dearest Grace, how can I ever
thank you. for your generous avowal
of love ? ' Had our positions been
different had I been rich and influ
ential, instead of a poor artist, I should
not have liten pleased to have the of
fer from jou, but as it is, I can onlv
strive by a life-long devosion, to re
pay the sacrifice that this confession
must have been to vou." And as he
concluded, he drew her fondly to him,
l . .
aim sioopeu to imprint a Kiss upon
j her lips; but Grace was too quick fr
i him. and starting back, cried :
j "I do not understand you, Mr.
Fairfax. Of what avowal do vou
speak:''
"Of this." replied her lover, draw
ing forth Belle's note and extending
it to her.
urace gave one glance at its con-
tents, aad realizinz the whole. exclaim-
jed:
j "O, Belle ! Belle ! bow could you ?"
And sinking on the seat, covered her
. face with her bands,
j Mr. Fairfax stood astonished and
irresolute. He could not fathom the
( mystery. At length some light broke
Ion his mind, and he asked, gentlv:
"Did you not write this note. Miss
Grace ?"
"Never." sobbed Grace.
"Then I must ask your pardon. and
bid you farewell," said Fairfax sadly.
Grace made no reply.
ii TTt1 . . I ! w
"vtui vou not snac nanus, as a
token that you forgive my innocent
share in this- wretched trick?" be
asked.
Grace slowly raised her head, and
extended her hand. A a she did so.
she caught a glimpse of his sad face,
and the love she had so long hidden,
asserted itself, and shone in her eyes.
'It is I who should ask forgiveness.
she said timidly. 'You do not under
stand how wicked I have been, but
indeed, 1 did not realize it until now.'
'Fairfax caught her rapturously in
his arms.
'Say that you did not realize until
now that you loved me.' he whispered.
'and 1 care tor nothing more.'
'And say that you forgive me, for
I'm ashamed of myself,' burst in
Belie, who suddenly appeared before
them. "That is I'm half ashamed
and half glad,' she added, as she
glanced from one to the other.
'I'll both forgive and thank you.'
said Fairfax, at once comprehending
that Belle had written the offending
note.
And so will I.' added Grace, nest
ling her hand into that of her lover,
'though I must tell my share of it,
Belle. I hope my note has done no
more mischief than yours.J
'Not at all, said a pleasant voice
behind them, and turning suddenly,
the trio beheld Archer and Lily
standing near.
Many thanks for your kind efforts
in my behalf ladies,' said Archer,!
laughing. 'Had Lily and I not been
engaged six months ago, they would
doubtless have been crowned with as
complete success as I see they have
been in another direction.'
'Allow us to offer our most sincere
congratulations, Grace, dear,' said
Lily kindly, and Archer, accompanied
by Belle, moved considerately away.
Walk Ing- aad Walker.
Ihe way in which people come
down stairs affords a field for much
observation and comment An awk
ward man never looks so awkward
as when he is descending a staircase;
while many who cut a pretty good
figure on the 6treet, show to but very
poor advantage while passingtbrough
the trying ordeal of getting down
stairs. A careful observer will find
this quite a branch in itself, and a
source of much amusement
But really, it is lamentable, when
wc consider it ' how much needless
effort and fatigue are imposed upon
poor humanity, how much unneces
sary wear and tear of human mech
anism, and how much injury is receiv
ed, directly or indirectly, through this
erroneous habit of walking. Order
is most truly heaven's first law, for it
makes crooked places straight, aud diffi
cult things easy. Walking, which is
one of the easiest and gentlest meth
ods of physical exercise when it is en
gaged in in a proper manner, may be
made the most toilsome and exhausting
through ignorance or disregard of the
rules that should govern it Regu
larity is one of the first of these rules.
The route-step, or, as it is sometimes
called, the fatiguc-step.is rightly nam
ed, being a most fatiguing step indeed;
and it is only resorted to when the
character of the ground makes it im
possible for troops to keep together in
any order, and the toiling soldiers
soon droop and lag under it But
when, upon nearing a turn, or strik
ing upon a good road, the music
strikes up the inspiring march with
the rhythmical accompaniment of the
drums, the tired men spring forward
with renewed energy, and falling into
step, places em rapport with the great
universal spirit of order, and proceed
on their way with scarce a thought
of fatigue. If any one is disposed to
attribute to the effect of music entire
ly, let him, if he can, time his steps to
the imaginary beating of a drum, and
see bow far he will be able to go, and
with bow little fatigue. Science of
Health.
OrlalfjI Qorer Old Way a, ., af
IMwaeer Steamship Com puny.
BY MARK TWAIN.
It is
a curious, self
lf possessed old
fashioned companr. the Cunard.
(Scotchmen thev are.) It was born i graduating spree at tbe College; bu.KJ
before the dare' of stcamshii.s : it in-1 in? TcrJ respectable old gentlemati,
augurated oecan bteauicr lines, it i
i . . a
der, and their head engineer, and all
the captains in the service, and they
go off and cogitate about a vear ;
then if the new wrinkle is approved
it is adopted and put into the rcgula -
tions. Ia the old davs: near f..rt v
vearsago, when this was an ocean
l;nc or sailing vessels, corpus were
not permiuea uy tne company to
take passage, or go as freight, either
sailor superstition, you know.
Yery well ; to this day they won't
carry corpses. Forty years ago they
always had stewed prunes aud rice
for d; iiner on "duff"' days ; well, 0
this present time, whenever duff day
comes around, you will always have
your regular stewed prunes and rice
in a Cunarder. If you don't get any -
thing else, you can always depend on
that and depend on it with your
money up, too, if yen. are that kind
or a person.
it ibkps inem aooiu ten rr rmeen
years to manufacture a captain; but
when they get him manufactured to
suit at last, they have full confidence
in him. The onlv order thev give the
captain is this, brief and to the point :
j.x- i-
i our snip is loaaeu, take her; speed
is nothing; follow your own road,
deliver her safe, bring her back safe
safety is all that is required."
The noted Cunard companv is com-
posed simply of two or three grand -
children, who have stepped into the
never nas lost more man one vessel : i " "" -
it has never lost a passenger's life at 1ast three-score years, walked up
all ; its ships are never insured ; great I Stockton street toward the beach.
mercantile firms do not insure their wife. nice. motherly-looking
goods sent over in Cunard ships ; it is ! Person, whose face fairly beamed in
rather safer to be in their vessels i tle moonlight with the milk of human
than on shore. Old-fashioned U the ! kindness, leaned affectionately upon
word. . venerable gentleman's arm. It
When a thing is established bv the ; ab!3Ul 11 o'clock, and the aged
Cunarders, it is there for good and all, j twa:n wcre bonding their way home
almost. Before adopting a new thing jwanI. from lhc'r customary piaycr
the chiefs cogitate and cogitate ; then i mcpting.
they lay it bcfjre their head survevor, ! As the couple approached the grim
their head merchant, their head-bnil-i looking nursery of science, their at-
shoes of two or three children, who ing figures in black ru.-hed from the
stepped into the shoes of a couple cf front dor.r of the building, armed
oid Scotch fathers; for Burns and with stout clubs. With fierce curses'
Maclvor were the CunarJ company : and violent gesticulations, they gath-
when it was born ; it was Burns and : ered around the lift-less form and i
Maclvor when the originators had; began to beat him most horribly. j
passed away ; it is Burns and Maclvor j They crushed his skull, broke" his i
still in the third generation never! limbs, and pounded aad hammered :
has been out of the two families. (until many of them were out of
Burns was a Glasgow merchant, breath. j
Maclvor was an old sea doe, who: The old centleman and his a?ed !
sailed a ship for him in early
turns.
mat vessel s earnings were cast into
a stoking fund ; with the money they
built another ship, and then another,
and thns the old original packet line
from Glasgow to Halifax was estab
lished. At that time the mails were slowly
and extensively carried in English
government vessels. Burns &
Mclvor and Jnd?e Haliburton ("Sam
Slick") fell to considering a scheme of
getting the job of carrying these
mails in private bottoms. In order to
manage the thing they need to be
quiet about it, and also they needed
faster vessels. Haliburton had a re
lative who was not a shining success
in practical life, but had an inventive
head: name Sam Cunard; he took his
old jack-knife and a shingle and sat
down and whittled out this enormous
Royal Mail Line of vessels that wc
call the Cunarders a great navy it
is doing business in every ocean ;
owning forty-five steamships of
vast cost ; conducting its affairs with
the rigid method and system of a
national navy ; promotint? bv merit.
priority in routine, and for conspicu
ous service; using a company uniform,
retiring superannuated and" disabled
men and officers on permanent pen
sions, and numbering its servants bv
t wl -aa
nunareas anu thousands. In its own
private establishment in Liverpool it
keeps 4,000 meu under pay. That is
wnat :?am Lunard whittled out.
That is to sav, he whittled out a
little model for a fast vessel ; it was
satisfactory ; he was instructed to go
and get the mail contract, simply
under his own name ; he did it. and
the company became commonly
known as the Cunard Company ; then
the company tried steam and made it
work; thep prospered, and bought
out Haliburton, and also Cunard's
little interest ; they removed Cunard
to England and made him their Lon
don agent ; he grew very rich and un
speakably respectable, and when he
died he died not as a poor, dreaming
provincial whittler of experimental
models,' but as the great Sir Samuel
Canard, K. C. B., or G. W. X., or
something like that for the sovereign
had knighted him.
Well, the Canard Company is a
great institction, and has got more
money than you and I put together ;
and yet none of the family ever write
editorials or deliver lectures. The
company have built school houses
and they educate the children of their
employees ; they are going to build
dwellings for their shoremen that shall
be cheap and clean and comfortable ;
when one of their men dies, a sub
scription list goes about his ship or in
whatever arm of the service his name l
is booked, and whatever sum is raised
the Cunard Company add jnst a sim
ilar sum. and it all goes to the man's
heirs. Their system of pensions
But I have never been offered a
cent for all this ; I am not even ac
quainted with a member of the
Cunard company. I think I will
wait awhile before I go on it cramps
my hand to write so much on a
stretch. But it is all right any way.
So many thousands of Americans
have traveled in those steamers that
tbey will like to read about that com-
A Boston manufacturer advertises
a patent shoe that will prevent hors
es from "balling." Spicer says this
is not a new idea, as Mrs. S. has used
a shoe often to stop the voung Spi-
cers bawling.
Brandy and alcohol are now manu
factured from lichen and mosses in
St Petersburg, and in the northern
provinces of Russia generally this
branch of industry has become quite
extensi ve.
A proud, unhumbled spirit is a
constant source of unhappiness and
perplexity.
NO. 37.
r allege f aa.
The San Francisco Co-(.ii7rays:
i On a glorious moonlight and warm
- : eren'D? ,ast week wbtn the students
im Elands College were Daving their
with
a line, wcevoicnt lace, ana a
hnml a-i-t-trwl f It f hft tiifaatiT fit 1 ff !
! tention was attracted to the bacchan-
alian orgies within. Before thev had
time to express their pious horror, a
wild shriek of anguish, apparently
! from ,Iie upper stories of the buildiDg,
! Ie" "i llt"-r ears. 1 he old gc.tle-
! nian topped and stood transfixed with :
: '"'rr ol 'ne "u- '
" V'w ----'"""
:r,irf1,,"i ''-r a :?ht whici met hi :
gze. At a window in the third i
story of the building there suddenly
j appeared half a dozen dark figure's-
! stru-liiig violently with another '
1 dark Ggure whose form .-hook with j
j terror, and whose struggles seemed i
: to grow weaker and weaker. !
All at once the half dozen dark !
. figures, with many frightful oaths and:
' demoniac veils, lifted the half-faintin ,
! figure to the lintel of the window, and
! then, after a feeble struggle on the '
; part or the victim, thev poired him
: tor an instant tn me outer eo:r, onl
; then sent him crashing through the
air to the pavement below. A9 the
' poor victim began his decent, a wild
veil of exultation broke from the
fiends alwve, and with fierce gestures
. ...
, anu iouu, angry tones, they hastily
left the window.
' The poor victim Ml to the sidewalk
a mass of inanimate flesh, aad lay
there apparentlv lifeless. He had no
; sooner touched the stones, however,
i before a dozen or more wicked - look -
i
' companion
could stand it no Ion:
er.
u ith a
horrified exclamation, he
started for
the scene. "What is all
this?" he shrieked.
"Stop, I say !
"Come old man," said a brutal
voice, "get out of this or we'll serve
you the same way ; git !" and with
this the man with the brutal voice
raised his club. The old man van
ished, hastily took his wife to the
shelter of a piazza around the corner,
and then rushed off to Meigs' Wharf
for the police. In fifteen minutes he
returned with three policemen and
two watchmen. See ine them ap
proach the dark fiends who bad been !
the authors of the old man's anguish
fled incontinently from the scene. !
With hasty steps and agitated
manner the old gentleman led the
rrim-visaged officers to the scene of
horror. In the pale moonliirht lav
the mangled victim, crushed, beaten
out of all semblance of human shape, j had buried in the sand on the lake
One of the officers approached and shore. He had been there twenty
stooped and laid his hand upon the J four hours ; at one time was obliged to
shapeless mass. Then raised himself;
quickly and gave the old gentleman a
curious look of surprise.
"Look here, old man," he said." I
guess the fellow ain't hurt much."
"Why, not hurt ?"
"Xo, he is only a dummy.'"
At this instant a suppressed snicker
was heard inside the building, and
after satisfaing himself that the officer
was right the old gentleman walked
demurely off in search of his wife.
It was even so. Those students
had been watching and waitinjr all
the evening for the appearance of that
very same respectable old eentleman.
i and when he came thev cruellv sold
him.
Help Tan mar If.
Fight your own battles. Hoe
your own row. Ask nofavor.s of any
one, and you'll succeed five thousand
times better than one who is always
beseeching some orte's patronage.
No one will ever help you as you
help youself, because no one will be
so heartily interested in your affairs.
The first step will not be such a
long one, perhaps; but carving your
own way up the mountain, you make
each ene lead to another, and stand
firm in that while you chop still
another, out Men who have made
fortunes are not those who had $5,000
given them to start fair with a well
earned dollar or two. Men who
have, by their own exertions acquired
fame, have not been thrust into popu-
lanty by puffs begged or paid for, or experiment Two powerful electrical -given
in a friendly spirit Tbey have ! currents were used, one at the feet
outstretched their hands and touched
the public heart Men who win love
, i . .1 . .
ao tneir own wooinir. ana 1 never
knew one to fail so sienallv as ono
who had induced his affectionate j
grandmama to- speak a good word for
him. vt hether you work for fame.
for love, for money, or for annhing
else, work
and brain.
with your hands, heart
Say "I will !" and some
day you will conquer,
any man have it to sav,
Never let
I have ;
dragged yoa np." Too many friends
hurt a man more than none it all.
Grace Greenwood.
A venerable relic has disappeared
in London the bouse in which the
poet Tope was born, and in front of
which his father, it will be remember
ed, kept a haberdasher's shop. This
building was in Flow-court Lombard
street, and it has been pulled down.
There has been a haberdashery in it
ever since the time of Pope, until re
cently, when it was occupied by a
chemist In Germany, such an inter
esting structure would have been re
ligiously preserved, but the English
and, we are sorry to say, the Ameri
can people have no such reverence,
especially when money is to be made
by not having it.
ftrarlag a f sake.
The following story is told brh
Boston Commercial Bulletin:
'Say! You! Mister! Look here!
said a specimen of the genu Ameri
can Yankee the other day to slightly
built citizen who was harrying pat
Lini nt the southern part of the city.
"Well, w hat ii it ? Bo quick ; I'm in
a Lnrry,"' replied the ciitacn.
"Wall, I s'isr vou kin sf'p'n'
firn-f r a en il question, can t : '
. "Ccrtaiuly. What is it?""
, ' Is there much sma'l-pox a'oout
j naow ?''
i "I think there is. You had betfr
avoid crowded places, and '
"Yaa's I know ; that's what our
i doctor told mc ; so I got aout at the
! Roxberry depo' intid of ridin inio
i the Boston one, where there's a cru wd.
I'm peky 'feared cn it, au I'm
wa'kin' daoun because "
"But, sir, I've answered yonrqufs
tioD, and you must excuse me from
stopping any longer."
' Mia'n' d. no such thing," said
Jonathan. 'What in the thunder's
the use of your gettin' huffy about it ?''
."-ir, you are evidently from the
country, and don't consider "
"Consider be darned ! It's yoa city
people that conaider yourselves so
confounded stuck up you caa"t speak
to common folks."
"I was about to say," remarked
the citizen, "that you don't consider
the risk yoa run in stopping a
strnnger "
"Resk ?"
said the man forgetting
his small-pox scare, aad misinterpre
ting the caution. "Resk ? why,
there's a fist (doubling one that look
ed like a flitch of bacon,) that womld
knock you inter the middle of next
week."
"No doubt of ii," replied the other,
drawing back as it flourished in dan-
I gerous proximity to his nose.
"laas, niv little feller," contmnea
: Restious. laving both hands upon the
Iappels of the man's coat, and draw-
,-n? him close toward him. "I could
throw you clean over my head if I
had a mind tew."
"Take vour hands off me sir. You
don't know what you arc doing!
You don't know who I am."
"Don't knew who tou be ? Wall,
who are ve ? Governor, or the State
Constable ?
"No; I'm one of the nurses frora
the small-pox hospital over vonder.
and I'm going to get some medicines
at the doctor's office, and vou are
stopping me and running s-imethin
of a risk in doing so."
TLe Yankee evidently wa of the
ame opinion, for he let go the Iappels
(jf the other's coat-collar as if they
had been red hot. and stepped aside.
I a if he had seen a locomotive comin
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j for him at a mile-a-minute speed,
Then, castina- a hurried c-Ianee at
the "hosnital over vonder " he left in
j the opposite direction, and was last
oen in a chemi.-t's shon ncotiatirii?
i for a pound of chloride of lime and a
: quart bottle of disinfectin- fluid.
A Heb
The terrible fire which desolated
Chicago is still fresh in your minds,
Many incidents which occurred while
the flames were devouring cherished
and happy homes are worthy of
record. We will now give one as an
erample of honest faithfulness.
It is said that a wealthy widow on
the North side of the citr was struz-
cling alone that ccver-;o-oe-:orgotten
: Mondav evening to save some of her
personal goods, when a small and un-
known boy came to her and said :
"I have been sent by your friend
to a fk if I can do anything to help you."
The lady gave him a box. and told
him the best be could do for her was
to take care of that as it was very
valuable. He disappeared with it
and she carried trunk after trunk to a
place of supposed safety, saw them
all burned, and. fib ally, barely escaped
with her own life.
All night and the following Tues
day passed, and nothing was heard
from the boy or box. ner diamonds,
worth thousands of dollars, jewelry,
choice silver, and some rare relics,
were in it, and she was more troubled
for its loss than that of ber bouse and
furniture.
But Tuesday night the-boy was
found sittincr on the box. which he
half bury himself to escape the de-
vouring fire. The poor boy was hun
gry and very tired, but he never once
thought of deserting his charge.
Don't you think, dear readers, that
such faithfulness is beyond praise ?
How many of you could have resis
ted going to see after the fire, or to
obtain food, and, in thus deserting
your post perhaps have forgotten ex
actly where the treasure was buried,
or returned to find it stolen ? Bat the
faithful boy, though the flames were
almost scorching him, and he was
half starved and wearied oat, never
wavered in doing righL-
Now shall wc give you a little inci
dent of generous self-denial ?
After the fire a little newsboy was
sell in 7 papers, ne saw much of
suffering and misery about him, and
it touched his heart He thought he
was able to earn something, while
others were perfectly helpless, so he
took his pennies, went to the relief
committee and said:
"Here's fifteen cents it is all I
ha vr-got ; may be it'll do a little good."
Could he do more than give his all?
And was not this unselfish gift from
the poor little newsboy equal in the
sight of our Heavenly Father to
thousands from the rich ? School-day-
Yititor.
John Barclay was lately hung in
the city of Columbus for the crime of
murder. Thirty-seven minutes after
death the doctors had the bodv in an
anatomical room for the purpose of
and one drawn along the breast and
arms and face. The effect was won
derful ; the eves opened, the face drew
up as if in pain, the mouth jerked to
one side, the arm raised as if to strike,
and the fist clenched. The limbs also
raised, and the toes and fingers
worked, and once the body almost
turned to one side. At intervals the
batteries were again applied, but
each time with feeble effect and five
hours and thirtv-five minutes after
death the strongest current that could
be applied failed o move a muscle.
What a strange emblem have we
here of the doings of a dead church I
Though deprived of the spirit of God,
it can yet be forced for a while into a
kind of activity ; external applications,
music, eloquence, fairs and concerts,
pic-nics and exhibitions can for some
time keep np considerable of an agi
tation. The unthinking may even
sav "there's a live church !"
But it's a poor life that does not
come from the center and source of
life. The society may even grow
controversial, it may clench its fists
and raise its arm to strike, bot wit li
the spirit gone, care for doctrines will
soon go too, and ere long it will settle
down into cold and motionless torpid
ity, a mere inert, useless, formal mass,
having a nam to live, but dead.
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