Vrsf I'uMifrition.
The
riilnn atf-' ;h)
.ll.TWilC U W
,-iini o
j. .! until ar-
i j:.. i.st:iia;-'crS II
liiiit to
nW rs do ii t take out their
., M UiMi f..r the suhTlpti"n.
elllovinK from OI1C VtOl lua"-
;vc us tlie name ol the former as
-nt ..lii.-c. Address
Will i
.r. 1 1
pre:
Sjxcrset Printing Company,
JOHN 1. SCCIJ.,
Husinese Manager.
Hh.s'ih: Ciriti,
:.i i i :i; . i'
i:.-i. i:in and l'eutirt. U.rlin
prom;1' alii in lou hi ail oat'!"
... Sup care.
K. V. 11.M.K lias JH-Tin inently located
j-.ii i t ( I'i x-it. e "I his proks.-ion.
'.-lie I'liiilm kllsMUrfcr'e lr.
;e -ii.
i n is ti.kt 1 1 w a i r k. a t r k x i:y
S mnT.-e:. l'a- l'r..) husl--ilv
-.h.-iti-l :i:i I puiietually atlclld-
1
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a J 1 ' l-V AT 1
AV .
Ilierct'l,
lYnna.
M 1 1 INK HAY. ATTuliXKY AT1..UV
'ir.,le-in real estate. S-luersot. l'a., will
1 n-inr.-s entrusted to I"-'' Willi
11 1
,lv. aujr. l- iy.
U.i.l A.U
II. KoMNiV.. ATTi'liXKY AT
i.T"-t. l'a.. 'iil nnc prompt atten-
i-iliu-t' .l l i i. s e.'.re in Somerset
i-.ir .un; Ollice in l'riniing
i;.-Al. sitiil'T H. l!r..lh lias
-..ii-v in law in Somerset and
,'",i.:T it Mamnii'tli Huildiuir.
i. nil.
r.i.. w u
i . i i'ii
A i Tt iliN r.Y AT L VW. Si .l-
pr-'iiiptlj hurml I" all I'U'iin"
.11 in v ii'lv.mi f.l mi eoiienio
:::i .:!i 1 itlillili-'.
v,
i; v; ::. ATroi;Ni:YS at
,-1. I'ii. ul pr.ieti. r In Sum- i
na k
All Pii.-tness i n-
. .. i .. i . ..
v il.:t' 'i.X. X V 1 1 ' N KYS AT
. , . r . t, l'a. I lit: In li:uT ;
am;, li-ly.
r iI.l.lNS. l'KXl'lNr. S-.iu Tfift.
.- in l ' ' r ltl. k. Up Ull.
,t . u t;:-i- I-mil I'i '-ir'i to S
i !i ur uliin-'. rttui.niiia. -,
i.il 1 -i-lii i I nil kimdi. ami !
.-! .!. i-.-rinl. A !1 'T.iii-nm war
j n in . 'i.i.
!Mi.i.. Airn:;.M:Y at law.
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lTlli:i;. Atiuni-y? at Law.
!i"a. Ail i'i"li'-s..iaal lill-llii'
. i Mi 'u m l!a-rV ItU'k. up
;xly
AT LAW.
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DENTISTPvT.
I,, i ;:h;i & liii:-' .-:ill e '.liMiiui- i':e l rani -eul
!:'. r : an' pp'p.iri-l I" p'Tii.ri'i an .pier.itioiie
. . I.,'-' iii.iiineraiid at a- I j.ii' i i-llo- fame
. ! I i -k'-all l iluliv alivwhi-rv i.i Mi" Stall'.
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: v..nr.ii.t-i: a:.-! I'-e'li i-xtra-.e-iwit'i-
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l.L I I I R I 'j-VIJJ.VM'I.V Mi:ii' HAMS
: ;::; ii.x;i: n..u i:, kaltimoke.
I.. , r.il i-.i-li a dvatiee? on coti'irntiicnts and
jT ini'lly Ili-Hlc.
;M.T iinrsi:.
. K'l-Ur-iifT.e i r.-i iniorn.? :lo- I'li'i-
- I, :- ir iH-l u.ii. kii-wn li "U l in the
:;i i,; S'.np r-i'i. It ii I.i- iiiieni i'-u to ki'i'p
- M-' w oi' li t.i li )'- w ili ii ' :iti-iai'tioii to
ii iv l.i. r linn with tli. ii i'11-ioin.
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;t. 1 ii :i !itw his j.r-
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lni:.' S . Ti-, oj'j.
l.e ''all Ik- e;i.-ul
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an 1 vj.:iii'v.
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TO' I in the
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ttii-hing t
THE WONDERFUL
PET CANARY EIRD!
1 IV r,: )i:t lr K-ure !.)
i .
urs :.n I " in.i.iiite.l hr buy
st and ni"' w .ii.ierliill lii
1 In- v.-i y ii.n.y ..r i i; (i.'i n.ir-
a .,i t,. a
" a ,,. i .ititu- nn'iil.
si.N" rmi sa?;i'jm: atovci
. K.itirlae
1 ir.it !., i , ,',, ,, j p,.ti..pi , ri
' i" p n ll.i mull p. any a'i ;ri ft,
' j i -lite, or Z for 41 on.
i.ri.i.'il j
n n e- lpt oi .
M.lf. liUHI Ii i S k.C..
170 Iiroiiiluav, . - rl.
i
ER COMMISSION HOUSE, I
& T. Buzby & Co.,
N(. 6 Excliango Place
i. i-
i't'Ale
a O m idvc i i.,.. i
oeof (II. VI, I." S
VOL. XXII.
Haul.
JOHNSTOWN
l'JO CLINTON STKKET.
OF
CHARTED 1 1ST 1870.
Till JKTEtlS:
I
JAMKS COOPKK,
! n.VVIDDinKJIT,
!('. P.. KLI.1,
I). .1. M OKI t ELL,
JAMES M MILLEX
JAMES MOKLEY.
LEWIS PUTT.
II. A. i;ot;;s,
CONKADSL'PPES,
;eo. T. SWANK,
W. W. WALTEKS.
.1. HAWKS.
W. HAY.
: 1.'
I
! JOHN I.oWMAN.
lt. LAI-SLY.
M. LAl iHILlN",
DAMEL J. M03RELL, President,
FRANK DIBfZRT, Treasurer,
CYRUS ELDER. Solicitor.
lK'j.'iits ul i: iOI.I.AIl an I uiiwar.l? rt -oi'iM-
l. and tntLTi-'t all-iwi-d in alt 8uni!, paratilc
t i'i- a year. Inti'rrrt if nut drawn nut. li" added
to ihepriiK'iial. tliu.-1 'O.M l'( H'XlilXa TWICE
A YKAU, witlmnt tMuld.na the di-iKinitor tocall
orevi'nt.. prci'nt hlsdeMiit U-.k. lunry can he
wi'.lilraun at any time sifter giving the hank cer
tain nuti -e hy letter.
Marrlert Women and peroonii nndrr
ae can dc'Kisit in mey in llu irown names, no that
it can Ii? drawn only hy tlnrne!ve. or on their or
der. M 'lii yscan he deposited lor children, or hy
'i('ti.'.c. 'T a? tru-i fun l. Sulij 'ci toeertain con
dition. Loans S' iii cl Iy Real I jJate.
'"pii-ii nf the Ity-Liw, ri'iNir'p, mle of dcimRlt.
an-1 fpi .i il act ! L-i;ilaturii. relative to deim-dta
if inarriivl w aui'ii mi l minor.- can he o'ltalned at
tin- II ink.
r-y'iiM
L tJ lilt
ltiiukiin- li..urs
lnilr from to 3o"cliH'k:
I on Wo'hiei'davail
Miturdav eveninii
"aprl'Ji
JOHX D R BKHT8.
iruiii 'i to 7 '. o'clm k.
JOHN IIIIVLIIT.
JOHN HIUKUT
& CO.,
BA2STKEBS,
No. 24o MAIN STREET.
JOHN S T O W X , I E X X A .
Wo Ir:iflf nif ti;iMo !n nil (tnrtsol th Vn
tol Stat? utxl i 'jiiut'Uti. niil ia F'rin countries,
ltuy f"l-l. ,uMiirt uH-i linvcnimciit lioiMs at
liijihr?! market irio?. Iymn money on ftPinveJ
set uriiy. trail k athl 'hwW' m other ban Lit eah-
Interest of thr rate of 67x per rtnt. pcr
Ami inn jinhl o Time Dtpoutt.
Kverytliinir tn the liiinklnff Une recrli'ee or
lr 'Tiipt attention.
TtiiitiktuI to our frietrlp anI cutomerri for their
inst jmipttmire, w ilieit a cuntiiiuiino of the
ri:iriii un1 invite other? who have humef)9 in our
line to if ivc u? a trial. n??urin all. that we fhall at
all time? 1o all we ran t irlve entirr rtntftiietfon.
Fvh'JITe JullX 1UBLKT & 1X.
Cambria County
BANK,
M. AV. 3CIL CO.,
. M Al KTnr.ET,
JOHNSTO-WN.PA.,
In Henry Si linalde'a llrirk Uulldliiir.
A (ieiicral ISankiiig ltniness Transacted.
liraft? and and Silrer tHiairht and Hold.
t'l lli'ction? made in all parm ot the l uited Stafa
and Canada. lntiTeHt allowed at the rate ol tlx
tM-r c-fit. lHTannuin. il lett mi months or longer. I
spcriai arramri-uicnts mime Willi ituaruiaiiif anil
iilu m In. In.U moneys in iruI.
aprii 16-73.
CARPETING.
Henry McCallum,
.5 l lt'lh A ecu lie.
i ' its nun a it, pa.
j Imports direct from Matiufaeturers.
SiitM-rior i:ng;iis, oil ( IwtliH,
i;i:rssi;i.s cakpets, iv,-.,
! ISA:. HEMP and INlJKAIN CAKI'ETS
i In every variety.
! FIFTH AVh'NPK,
Above Wood street.
i lii.il-5.
co.I5. roflrotli & Va
330 Baltimore St.,
Second D(ir Hestof Howard,
BALTIMORE, IVID.
1 K. It i.MKXf.
L. C, ftCOTT.
OWENS & SCOTT,
' 15.3 VV. Pratt St.,
BALTIMORE.
WM. BOOSE & Co.,
i FODlfflEBS & MACHINISTS,
SAUSllUHr, : : PJJXX'A.,
.Manufacturers of all kinds of
CASTINGS & MACHINERY
rders hy mall jTouiptly aUemled to.
AddrfM UM HOdSElCl!,
ali.htiry, Likilctt P. O. komci ten . l'a.
t ti l. 1.
I Garret Lumber Co.,
EARNEST & DELP,
rKJl'KIETOH,
HMHr to Karuest, Help, CaaipliCo.,
Whita Pine, Yellow Pine, Oak and
Hemlock Lumber
"Cut to a Mil" at abort notice. Send fur Trie
1st.
O arret, Somerset Co., Pa. Sept. III.
SAYINGS
BANK
rjr- n
lie
Mi.'Cfll'iiieoti.
Tin unnraleil Southern KemiMy m warmntod
not to contain a aiuule particle ol .Mercury, or any
injurious uiiui'ral suhntanee, hut is
PURELY VEGETABLE,
containing thooe Southern Koota and Herlm which
an all-wiiie l'mvidenee has plai'eil in countriua
where Liver Iliin-asefl most prevail. It will cure
alldiseasi'pcau.ied hv iM-rniienient of the Liver.
The Symptom of Liver Complaint are a hitter
or had taste In the inoulli: 1'uin In the ltaek. Sides
or JoiuiH, otien mi-laken lor Klieiiniali-m; Sour
Stomach; Iw ol ApMite: Itoweln alternately
co?live and lax: lleadaehe: Lurnot .Memory, with
a painful m unition ot liavinx lulled to do mine.
I tliinir which ouifht ti have imrn done; I'elillity,
i Low Sidrils. a thit-k veil.. apiiciiranec ol the skin
an.i I'vn, a iiry u n..i-.ae ,..r .
j umptlon. S.iliit'1 mien maiiv ol these fviiiptmnf
attend the diwaiie. at others very lew: hut the
! Liver, the laruei orv.m in the llv, i irenemlly
the neat ol the dtew. mi l II Hot reulllate.1 in
time. irreat utierini, wret-hednesn ami UKATH
w ill eu-ue.
Thi. Great Unfailing SPECIFIC will not b. found th.
Least Unpleasant.
rr KYsr-Ki'siA. consi ii'atidx. Jiiun-
lice, Hillous attacks. SICK II FAD AC1IK. Colic,
Depiesi, ..I spirits, st.l K sldMAt'li, Heart
Kurn, ic. kr.
Signs' Li?:r RE'a!or, or Mm, .
Is the eheaH'St, i'urest and lesl Kamilv Muilii lne
In the world.
MAM PArTrr.ni om.v nv
J.H. ZEIL1N & CO.,
MACON, C.A., find 1'H II. AKKl.l'H 1 A.
Price f I. Sold liy all Druggists.
Kor sale I .!! liii rd. ti Kimmcl. Somerset, l'a.
Tin: ijkst l-nir
IN THE WORLD!
THE AMEHICAN SVHMEKIJKll
lhiulde-Aclinit. Xon-Frecrlnir
The Simplest, Most 1'owerfnl. Etr-ctivc, liuia
Ide. Kelialde and Cheapest l ump in use.
It Is made all of Iron, and of a lew simple parts.
It will not Freeze, as no water remains in the
pljic w hen not in action.
It has ni: leather or arum packing, as the sucker
and valves are all ol iron.
It seldom, 11 ever, (jets out of orr.
It will fotre water Irotn 40 t
attaching a lew feet ol hose.
so f. Ji in the uir,t.y
It is irood fur wasliliiit Ituijjrles, AVindows, water
ing: Hardens, Ice.
It furnishes the purest and coldest water, liecause
I) is placed in the bottom ol the well.
Tkums: lneh l'limp. ir; pipe. 5oc. y foot.
1 " In; " Hie. "
LarKer sites In proisirtion.
WEYAXO -rLTT,
Solo Aircnts lor Somerset Omity.
Somerset, I'., Al iv is:,
JJIXKRAI, 1'OINT
PLANING MILL
A. Growall & Son.
We are now prepared to do nil kinds of I'lanlnx
and Maiiulacturiiia o! liiiildiiiK materia!.
FLOOKIXO,
MOILMXH.
WEATHKIt IIOAUMXO
SASH AND POORS
WIS' DO WA XD DOOR h 11 A JIES,
In short anything irenemlly used In house hnild-Itiit-
All orders promptly tilled. ui.-trJ6
TO THE 1'ITIZKNS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Your ttt'ti!ln is prt-rilly invitfd to the fai t
that the National lt;inki ar now pn-jtared to re
reive puhfteriiitions to the Capital Nloek ot the
Centennial liourJ of Kinanr-c. The funli realixej
from t It is pource are to he oiiiloyi In the ere'tion
of the huihliiitfu for tkc International Kxhihition.
and the eseni.es Nsnnvetei with the Prime. It if
onriiently hellevel that the Keyntonr State will
le reiniMnteii hy the name of every citizen alive
Ut (mtrMiecomifieinorntion ot the one humlredth
hirtbilay of the nathm. The Mian of tUx-k are
otlerei! lorMOeneh, nii'l FuIriU-rn will rereive a
liMmi.mey Pteel enravef Vrt itieate of St nek.
puitatile or fniiuin anJ preiH.rvatiiua a national
mtrniri:it.
Inten-iit at the rate of fix er rent er annum
wi1lteiaitl on all payment! ol VntMiiiial StKk
In m ilate of pa ment to January l. 1KT4.
SutirvrilirrH who are not near a National Hnnk
I ran remit n cheek or Hmtofhee onler to the umlcr-
FREI. FKALEY. Trea purer,
Vo4 Walnut St.,i'lii;.ielphia.
119
Iiireetlons lor arir-measore unt m application.
j I'erfect Kitting Shins of every descrijit joii, al
I sail in stock and warranted to tit.
JAM ! li. A IK KX,
! 74 Finh avenue npiH.eiir I'liollice,
j de.1'4 I'lTTSUl'Kttll, FA.
OITK ItOOJ-S.
Tbose who an- now l u'.ldiui! houses should know
that t Is eiieier ill the hniK run to put on Slate
limits than tin or shindies. Slate will last forever,
aud no repairs are required. Mate kIvcs the pur
est water lor cisterns. Slate is fire proof. Every
frioil house should iiave a slate r.iol. The under
signed is loeated In Cmnherland, where he has a
K"od supply of
Peachbottom &. Buckingham
S L A. T
E
forroofllnir thereryhest article. He will under
take to put Slate Knots on Houses. puhlie ami pri
vate, spires. Ate., either in town or country ut the
lowest prices, aud to warrant them. Call and see
him or address him at No. ili Itedford St., Cuin
hcrland. Mil. Or.li rs uiy lie letl with John A.
Walter. Aef it, Somerset. Ta.
ort8 tt'JI.ll. SHVI"T.
! GROUSE & SHIRES,
MauuHicturers ot Seed arel.HavauLa
CIGARS.
l!EI)FOKI, PA.
Orders Solicited. No au'.lioriced nsfeiiL
IMJIOXS II tX.,
x m r.iTi nKits ami ntAi.Kr.s is
VINE CMAi.S aud the lest hraudsuf
Navy and Rright Tobaccos,
40S Market Strfft, AUove Fuarlli,
HiliiADKLrHIA.
le'"0
Ursina Lime Kilns.
The undersigned areprrpart d tnlurnish
Prims Building Lime
By the Car Load.
Orders Kespcctfully Solicited.
It. J. I.ATZI.It A CO.
'I'rslna, June IS.
9"
k30 O-OfO ''''
SOMEIISET,
lO XOT.r.T TIIK RM KN.
.
Trip lltfliSty oirr tmuMr,
Trli llslitly m-r wrunit.
Wc only make (-rlct "lnulile
Ity ilwelllngoa It lull;;.
WliycUfp wne's liaml o tightly ?
Why si-li oVr blns-Kiiiu ilrad?
Why cIIiik to funns un.-ijctit lj- T
Why unt ni-k jny liilcail '.
Trip lightly over sorrnw,
Tlinuli all tin' day lie dark,
The nun may milin- tn-nnirrow.
And (rally flnij thr lark;
Fair Iioik-'ii harp nut d-artrl.
Tinmi;h mm may harr tlol:
Then ncriT lw duw o hearted.
Hut lHik Tr "T lutea.l
Trip liirhtly over fadi.--.
Stand unt tu rail at dona :
We've iivarla to rtrinx ol -ilj.lut-w"
OntlilHfl.lcllieti.inS;
Wliilt rtaraare nlithtly lilnliii;.
And the liiunn Ik nvrrliea l.
Kmoiiruni' not r" iiuiii(t.
lint Imik lor jny limicail.
JOIIX'.H ( K.
A Kit I KX l I.Y
A M K OF
111 FK.
KI.IXD MAN'S
1'ftcr .JilllSOli WHS U IVt'l t IV tlllll
-'' , .
CCClTltne XeW hllgldlnl farmer, the
-. . ,.f 1.-.'.., ,1
' " L buuiio "i Muau
atul fertile acres of available land,
' i.i i . r
i a"'1 t,iu l,r"l,J i,!,rw,,t u a I'niiaillg.
(Soil I10W near grown, U ho 111 hl8 MlfaU
ev had been tle.-iirnated bv the not
-. ,i . . i . 1 f , . f
j 't!gcthT unheard Iiailie ol
;Joln.
Xow John Janson had been
brought- up in u very careful and
prooer mitmtr, and it was there-
I fore not to lm wondered at that as he
! grew more mature, that he was re
'gardedasa very exemplary young
j limn by those who knew him inti-
mately. He was solier ami industri-
us. in his habits, cultivated and rc
: lined in his tastes, with disposition
j to get along and prosper in the
I world as his father had done before
' him.
Hut the time came wlicn lie was
I
one ana twenty. 1 Ins is a remark
able episode in the lives of most young
men, when lullv freed from paren-l
I tal restraint by the
I the law, thev think.
construction
of
they know ho
much aud subsequently learn that
they know so little. ,
Xow possibly, l'eter, the peer,
regardi'd this event in his son's life
- i - i w . i
! wiui as great concern as tuu jonn
the junior, for certain it is, that short
ly thereafter he summoned the young
man iuto his presence for a little pri
vate conversation.
"Well, John," he said, "how does
it x-rwitt 4.-a l.n unik tu'untr'"
I V ft 111 J- Mll'a a.
Seem! why I can't see as it seems
any different from anv other time.
"Can't eh? O, well you'll see quick
enough, I guess. I suppose the next
thing you'll bo thinking of will Im- of
getting married."
"O, I hadn't thought of such a
thing yet in earnest."
"Hadn't, eh? well, you'd better
be thinking; getting married is about
as important a thing as'll ever hap
pen to you."
"1 cs, 1 suppose so."
Suppose so? suppose so?
know so by and bv. Well
you II
John
! you're old enough to begic to think
i seriou.-Iy about this matter. I ain't
j going t linvc you running around
unsettled and unsteady in your nanus
and character. Xow, the cpiickcr
you pick yourselt out a wife and
settle down the better. Mind yon.
my boy, this wasting three or four
of the best yearsof your life in sowing
your wihl oats, is a very foolish prin
ciple for young men to adhere to.
Now, I didn't suppose to have you
do anything of the kind, and if you
avoid it you won't have a harvest of
briar thistles to gather in after
wards. Xow, just as soon as you
will pick yourself out a good, prudent
and industrious little wife, I've a
good farm to give you, ami enough
to set you up in rearouable style you
understand!"
"Yes, sir."
"Iiut not an acre or a vennv of
mine shall you possess until you have
complied with my wishes"
"Hut father "
"I mean what I say, exactly, and
no mire; make this matter your
first business and when you have
performed your part of the contract
I will attend to mine."
"Hut this is rather sudden."
"That makes no difference; if you
are not satisfied with my terms, the
world is wide enough for both of us,
and vou are big enough and bright
enough to earn vour own livinjr; if
you can do better by yourself than I
can do by you, why start right out
in the world, for you are of age. I
have stated my terms, and I do not
propose to alter them."
"Pint who shall I marry?"
"There's Israel Ive's five daughters
and I'm certain you can Lave your
pick out of the lot. They've all been
well brought up, and iny of them is
good enough for you, so go ahead;
and as soon as you report favorably
the farm is yours."
"Iiut which one shall I take, fath
er? '
' Which shall you take,!' repeated
Peter Jansen; " i; must be a bright
mar surely that cannot decide at
sight what woman to pick out of a
dozen, ami a singular youth you are
not to have your eye on one already.
However, make your own choice, and
you'll be happier, live longer and
prosper better in your domestic affairs
generally."
With these concluding remarks the
fond father turned away, and John
was left alone to his reflections.
Xow John Janson was not a ver
dant young man; he Lad feen consid
erable of the world for a person of
Ins age ami circumstances, but he!
-vas very n.iuiicnt ana bashful. Jt
was this quality ,i his disposition
that made bun adverse to ladies' i
society, ami had occasioned no little i
anxiety to old l'eter, who had already
began to fear that John would be a
confirmed bachelor, hence his desire
to kindly assist John's matrimonial
matters along.
For some moments after his father's
exit, John sat profoundly thinking
he believed be did have an inexpress
ible sort of tenderness for the- young
gest danghter of Israel Ives. If not
strictly beautiful, she was at least
a very sensible girl; and would make
a practiclo housekeeper. John had
but little sentiment iu bis . composi
tion; bis tastes were more matter of
fact. The more , John thought of
matrimony, the more fixed become
ESTATJIiTSIIKD, IBS'.
PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1871.
his determination of committing
self as soon as posaiMe.
Bkii-oltf SV 4 ll'A CIlt.L'n.llllIlt 4. a
Mil)
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society." His father and mother
regarded each other significant, as if
they well understood what was up
permost in John's mind, but they
gave the young man uo intimation
that they suspicioned his inten
tions. After a last lingering look nt the
looking-glass, John started . fourth
into the darkness, taking the shortest
road possible, to the residence of
Israel Ives.
lie came to the place he intended
visiting. A bright liht gleamed out
through the front windows, with
welcoming beams, and he fancied he
could see smiling faces there, yet
his heart thumped so very singularly
under his shineing satin vest that it
was several minutes before he could
make up his mind to knock at the
door; he walked up ami down the
road past the placo several times,
to ealiu himself aud to think over the
words he proposed saying when in
the presence of Miss Ives.
At last he turned in at the gate, i
and walking uoiitiv up to ttie tioori
he made his presence suddenly known
to the Ives family, by means of the
friendly assistance of the heavy brass
knocker.
Israel Ives came to the door, with
a flaring caudle in his hand; he gave
a sudden little start of surprise upon
recognizing his visitor.
"Why! John," he said, "is that
you"
"Is Miss Ives at home?" said John,
nervously, forgetting in his sudden
embarrassment to designate the par-
ticular
Miss Ives he wished to
f-ee.
"Certainly, certainly," replied
Israel, smiling mischievously, "walk
right iuto the parlor and sit down
and she will come ia presently."
Leaving his hat upon the rack in
i the hall, John did as he was bid; he
sat down upon the outer edge of the
chair aud awaited the young lady's
coming. He heard several suppress
ed giggles in the adjoining room, and
a subdued suggestion upon the part
of Israel that they had best act silly
aud Toolish. Then the door opened
and in sailed Miss Sophrony Ives,
followed by Taitence, Malviua and
Lucy Ives each simultaneously smil
ing aud trying to look as sweet and
pretty as possible. They advanced
j one by one and gave John a greeting
after which thev arranged themselves
iu a graceful group arouud him; then
begaii the livelest conversation John
hail ever listened to. He began to
grow uneasy and lose Lis self-possession.
This was rather more Aliss
Ives than he had anticipated meet
ing. At last a sudden idea occurred to
him.
"(i iris," he said, "do any of you
play Utnd nii'- buff!"
The young ladies all suddenly gig
gled. "Sometimes," said Miss Sophrony
wile a sly glance at her sisters.
"Suppose we have a game" then
said John, earnestly.
Several handkerchiefs were simul
taneously produced, and before John
was aware of il he was in midnight
darkness.
"But you must be blinded, too,
Lucy," said Miss Malvina; "it makes
it livelier to have two, you know."
So .Ls Lucy's sight was tempo
rarily obscured in the same manner
that John's had been.
Then the word "ready" wa.s given
and without a word of warning So
phrony, Patience, l'riscilla, and -Malviua
noiselessly glided from the room.
For awhile John ami Lucy groped
innocently around the room, each
failing to liud the object sought. At
last John sjwke:
"I say, where are you all?' he
said, helplessly.
Xo answer came to his
question
from those he was seeking.
"John." said Lucy. "I
believe
they're hieing."
I.... !... tt,t ft ti
j ust ai, milt luuiicav tun t''i an-'
I. III. ftlw,; 1 i
iiiuaciieu tai.ii uiuil . im 11 anils
extended, and they were eacu suj.
denly clasped iueacli other's embrace.
This was a sensation so now ...
John that it almost
articulation.
privi'd him of i
"Oh, is it you, Johu," ijU.
cv. "I do believe thev'rc f00ijno
us." She suddenly reniorcd the band
age from her eyes, aa(j th0 next ,no.
ment John felt her jcft litlie fint.rs
untying the knot itl the bandkerchiel
that was tied arouuj his head.
"Look a here, j0hn she said, in
a half-provoked SOrt of way ; "just
see what a trick they've played upon
us. 1 might have known what they
were up to. X'e.ca miud, we'll have
a pleasant visit now."
They sat doWn side by side on the
high-backed s0fa, and L ucy talked so
pleasantly and encourageingly to
John that he soon felt perfectly at
home He was almost astonished at
his selfpossesion. The minutes
lenghtened into hours, and, well, he
never could fully explain how it was,
that Lucy promised him that she
would be Mrs. Jansen whenever he
was ready to claim her as II is own,
and John went home that night very
proud and happy, aud on the follow
ing morning he informed his aston
ished father that auy time that farm
was ready he would be ready to go
to hcusckeeping.
l'eter Jansen kept his word, and
Johu was often subsequently heard
tn wa v that if it 1i!itlnr Iiimi for flint.
fnt.ntiiy p.ame of blind mail's buff he
Would ,jaray ,ftV0 known how t0
uave nia(lc a thoit.e .
A mule laden with salt and an ass
laden with wool forded a stream
together. Uy chance the mules
pack became wet, the salt
became lighter. After they had
passed, the mule told his good fortune
to the ass, who, thinking to speed as
well, allowed his pack .o get wet . at
the next water; but bis load thereon
became heavier, and he broke down
under it. That which helps one may
binder another.
. What is that which has its head
at one end, and its mouth at the ott
er ? A river.
eatrsonveion with his father, it was , ''T?. , 'ff the .rici.al of an aeatlemv, ami
noticed that he attire.I him.elf with ,h lk,aA (f l'in a I11UI1 0f o.I etlueation ami supnos
unusual care tcfow going out, as Il0 ! to the nui.anee of borrowing, keep- , ,
insisted to utteml the "debating! ,1('r ?w" C,,n:" ' !, ". U'n'! he reni.im'd a bachelor. " Then he
. How
ltirr'Vt 1
I a 1 . 1 1
I A ii i.iit I lliiiL'fiO I l if l.ir IM...II w.,
ing her own counsel, the next time
her good man went to town he had a
separate ami express order to pur
chase a pouud of the best tea, and
also a new canister to put it in. As
he knew she already had plenty of;
lea, uuu uisn u eiinisit-r, no was puz-
... ', ,
zicu 10 uciei mine wuiii me Old iaov :
i.iu v
. . ,
wanted of more tea and a new can -
ister; but his questionings and rea-
sonings elicited nothing more tlian
rejietition of the order.
"Jim, did I not tell thee to get me
a pouud of the best tea and anew
canister? Now go along, and do as
I bid thee."
And go along he did, and when he
came home at night the tea and new
canister were his companions. The
old lady took them from him vith an
amused expression on her usually
placid features, and depositing the
tea in the canister, set it on the shell
for special use. It had nothing to
wait, for a borrowing neighbor ha l
frequent use for the aroinaile heib.
The good old hidv loaned generous
ly, emptying back in the catiL-tce any
remittance T borrowed tens t
t
IliCll ,
the neighbor's conscience in
to niak". Time went on,
ne
I liT
,
and after;
somet! :,,g lesj than the fine hun
dredth time of borrow in?, the neigh
bor again appeared fur ' j'l-t an-'ther
drawing of tea," when the oft-visited;
tea canister was brought out, and
found to be einptv, and the good old
lady ami obliging neighbor was ju.-t,
one pound of tea poorer than w hen
she houglit the new canister, which '
now only remained to tell the story, j
Then she made a little characteristic'
speech, perhaps the first in her life '
She said: "Thou seest that empty
canister. I filled it for thee with a !
pound of my best tea, and have lent
it all to thee all in driblets, and put
into it all thou hast sent mo in return
and none but thyself hath taken
therefrom or added unto it, and now
thou seest it empty: therefore I will
say to thee, thou hast borrowed thy-i t li ut home life is the normal, we have
self out, and I can lend thee no ; it in the fact that the family institu
more." ition was heaven-ordained. If we
need anv proof that good homes are
.4 I.oo ;an on Shlpl.oi.r.l ,j0 n!ir:,.rit.s f llUIiia!1 virtue, we
A gun that breaks its mourinsrs In
moorings 'e -
comes suddenly some hid
cribable
,.
supernatural beast. It is a
which transforms itself into
inaciiinc
a nions-:
tcr. This mass turns upon its wheels, i
I : , " . e . , -,i- ,
ball: rolls with the
rolling, pitches
with the pitching, goes, comes pauses,
seems to meditate: resumes its course,
rushes along the ship from end to end
like an arrow, circles about springs
aside, evades, rears, kills, extermin
ates. It is a battering ram which as
sails a wall at its own caprice. More
over, the battering ram is metal, the
wall wood. It is the entrance of
matter into liberty. One might sav
hat this eternal slave avenges itself.
It seetns that if the power of evil
hidden in what we call inanimate
objects finds a vent and bursts sud
denly out. It has an air of having
lost patience, of seeking some fierce
obscure retribution, nothing more in
exorable than the rage of the inani
mate. The mad mass has the bounds
ol a panther, the weight of the ele
phant, the agility of the mouse, the
obstinacy of the ox, the unexpected
ness of the surge, the rapidity of light
ning, the deafness of the tomb. It
weighs 10,000 pounds, and it re
bounds like a child's ball. Its (light
is a wild whirl, abruptly cut at
right angles. What is to be done?
How to end this? A tempest ceases,
a cyclone passes, a wind falls, a bro
ken mast is replaced, a leak stopped
a lire dies out; but how to controll
this enormous bruit of bronze? In
what way can one attack it? you can
make a mastiff hear reason, astound
. bull fascinate a boa, fight a tiger
soften a lion , but there is no resource
with that monster a cannon, let loose.
You cannot kill it it is dead: at the
same time it lives. It lives with a
sinister life bestowed on it by Infinity.
From Jfnrjo' Xhietij-Tltrrr.
nix Ailler'x niiseiisc.
A slab above a grave in Arkansas
bears the following legend, evidently
the tribute of a devoted but discrimi-
natin l,!IS)an(i:
She washed the children,
Fe.lthe fowls.
An-I made her home
liesound with howls."
We had out private doubts respct
ing the intellectual gifts of Scnsender
fer when he insisted, in our presence,
that the Pomological Society was an
organization whose object is to en
courage the writing of poems; but
these doubts were confirmed the other
day when Sensenderfer read in the
paper the following reference to the
capital of Ohio; "Columbus has six
thousand children at school." He
came dashing np to us, and exclaim
ing, "Head that, will you! Just
read that! Impetuous Moses! this
paper wants to make rue believe that
old Columbus had six thousand chil
dren, ontl that they are going to
school now. Xnir.' mind you, when
to my certain knowledge he has been
dead about nine hundred years, anil
he was only married once ! Thun Icr
and lightning! six thousand babes
ami sucklings, and only one original
Columbus! Hon'ttell me newspapers
never lie-'' lie is calmer now, since
the matter was explained; but we
feel certain that one actually bright
idea emanating from Sensenderfer
would wrench his brain-pan hopeless
ly. He isu't used to such things.
While Turtle anil I'rog:.
The Des Moines (Iowa) lu-'jislrr
a.-ks its readers : "Did you ever see
a white mud turtle, white frogs, white
tadpoles, and other unusual am
phibious animals bleached out to
Anelo-Saxon complexion? if not,
you can sec this curiosity by taking
a walk to the paper mill. The wa
ter in which the straw is boiling runs
off into a pond connected with Coon
Ilivcr. All the animals boarding
iu this pond have had their color
changed to a perfect white. They
look as if they had been whitewashed.
This chemical change probably re
sults from the properties in the water,
although that is oi a yellowish cast,
and lighter than the straw boiled
ia it." i ; .
l.,.i . ! : e .i.ou is .i.i i-if iiuii-r power. i.ucu
lias the rapid movements of a bil hard . . ,, ,, " 1 -. ,r
-.1 . . roi'il""!! PS fl.r fi nil- nimii with llufilf
feralcl
, Short l,iiir Mm.r .
.Mr. S. Smith, ofWftnmato.sc, Wis.,
fiil in lnvo with a school-girl who
was romantic enough to encourage
him until her parents talked her out of
the idea. At this Smith cut his throat
gasli was deei) and dauirerous
... , r . i
I but not fatal.
It left a long scar, and
,, ,i , , , r i ..
I.-Liiui'i ei lull; i lllllillUl. 1 1. 1 -mi i mi.
j yoar , , , ,
.. . w vr.n(r
i This time it was a young widow, j
I who humored, teased, and linally jil-j
jtedliiin. He promptly got out his!
razor again, and slashed at his jugu- j
iiir. l no result was a sear, crossing
the old one like the ends of a saw
buck. Another year passed, and a
nir.iol. I.,. Wi..;i. r..tt ;.. 1...-.-. r ... t...
;,. 1 ; .,.,., 1 t, .. ;.. : .
111 his academy ami she realty inten -
i ." , J , ,.
ted to marry him. I ne wedding
day was appointed, and nearly'
reached, when she suddenly changed ;
her mind becau.-e soiiieixidy told her i
of Smith's tw o previous love affairs.1
She could not many a man whoj
had loved two women before her, i
, , , .. i . i
ami s eloped wit'i a lellow wlio wa
too voui.g to nave ever seriously
l..v-..,'l iim l.,,,!,. ...:, .'. ,..",
i i .i" ..'
HH'MII '.IIP lillll- I'ilSl liieiOlilllT. 111.'; ,
- ,, ,..,.,, ' M'cts into the sw
nt - ; r . t .i
rv. Hi-gruf was tire per than on
'- I
pievious ocenMon-, aip
1
I -111 V:I f ,i
gash. Smith ii dead.
Iloitic.
I he true home is one of the great -
; est needs of the age. It is a need
ti'innleil upon another great necessity
'rue manhood and true womanhood.
Wc kno.v how valuable to society is
a great, good man ; we know that
the price of a "virtuous woman is
above rubies." If we need any proof
of how highly human culture, and
humanity itself is regarded by man's
Creator, we have it in the fact that
He gave His own Son to uplift man
from the depth into which he had fal
len by sin. If we need any proof
have but to orcn our eves and look
inrnn, ,
' '. . , .,
i lo a certain extent does the mis-
' , f .1 . i , , .,
l.--.i'Il '.'1 lliu u III' Il'-lilfe 1'Ullt'S lUU'l
with ti.u mis.-iou of Christianity.
L',I. :,. .., " v "i.
1..1CII
,C ' ' ' '.. . .'
nearer the Divine Nature. If we
desire evidence that humble homes
are or may become especially favor
ed as the fostering places of human
excellence, we have this in the fact
that thence has already sprung so
large a proportion of our noblest
citizens. We may imagine something
of what may be in store for us when
the posibilities of home life shall have
become a household study, when it
shall command the general attention
of earnest men and women.
When mothers shall realize that in
their quiet way they are but walking
in the path marked out by Divine
wisdom ; when they shall feel that in
making it happy and aiding in its
mental development, or uplifting it
near to heaven, through the magne
tism of their souls, they are but fol
lowing out Christ's work ; when pa
rents shall look upon the details of
home life, not as the mere means of
gaining a subsistence or of acquiring
wealth, but as the humble steps by
which they and their families ,"may
climb the heights of virtue may
gain footing nearer the world above
us, ami by which society may be
made better then will the mother's
ami the father's work have assumed
in their own minds something of the
dignity which each really posses
ses. It would do us good .to now and
then sit down and think of these
things. The world goes hard with
some of us there is a great deal of
wear and tear. We get fretted dis
couraged perhaps and think our
life is made up too much of little
things, possibly question in our
hearts, "what u the use of all this
struggle?" If then the "still small
voice ' may speak to us, "Child, thou
art walking the only way to all that
is good, and to all that is great.
Forward in the name of humanity
and of God." it may renew our
strenght.
Io not let us, then, despise the
day of small things. Uather let us,
from the material at hand, build up a
pyramid of grandure and endurance.
Let us cherish home ideas, study
home science, and let our toil be
sweetened with the thought that our
home life will be made brighter by it,
and, this brightness will be in some
way reflected to the outer world.
Jnil lellvry.
U.montown, Pa., May 17. Four
more persons broke jail last night,
among whom were Stanp; the mur
derer of Alphons Glover, and Hazen
an ex-policeman of Pittsburgh; also
two others who were awaiting trial
for selling liquor without license.
This morning when'thc Sheriff open
ed the jail he found that four
of the prisoners had imade their es
cape during the night by going out
throuh the roof of the jail ami let
ting themselves down to the ground.
j This is the third time prisoners have
made their escape from our jail in
side of one month, making ten in
all.
j The following epitaph is on a tomlj-
stone in tue church-yard or i igtown
after a list of the deaths of different
members of the fainiiy of an inhabi
tant of that town, and is said to have
been writtcnjby the son whose memory
it celebrates :
"And his sun" John, ol honest uiuie.
In stature small, and one Ick lame ;
Content he was with portion small.
Kept shop in Wijrtown, and that's al t
"Sympathy," says John Paul, "is
scrr.etbing which I never withold
from those in trouble, whether they
happen to be friend or not ; thcr's
nothing me m about me. I find, too,
that one can go around shedding
sympathy on all sides for weeks at a
time without spending a cent or be
ing at much personal inconveui
NO. 50
Thr Tlrrlonn Hrain.
I'.Y .1. R. Ml'lNi.V M.
Our brains are seventy year
clocks. The angle of life winds them
up once for all time, ami gives the
key into the hands of the angel of
the resurrection. Tie, inn, tic, tu
go the wheels of thought. Our will
cannot stop them. Sleep cannot still
them, madness only makes them go
! faster. Death alone can stop them
nv -jreuii
by lireaking into the -ase and seizing
. , -.
the ever sw.ng.n;
I we call the heart,
pendulum which
silence at last the
clicking of the terrible escapement
we have earied so long beneath our
wrinkled forehead. If wc could only
get at them as we lie on our pillows
and count the dead ln-ats of thought
after thought, and image after image
! iaring through the over-tired organ.
I couple that pinion cut the string that
1 , , ', 1 . ,.
holds these weights, b ow up the ma
.. . , -
cniiiu wiiii gunpon uer . tt iiai
a pas
sion conies over us sometimes for si
leuee and rest that this dreadful
mechanism unwinding the endless tap
estry of time, embroidered with
spectral figures rd life and death,
could have but one brief holiday.
i , ,
i themselves
wonder that men swing
from beams in hempen
lassoes : that the
i'V jump off from para -
ift and "-urirlin" wa-
ters beneath ; that thev
. c ' , , .-
i.f I lia i.irii rwiii.I i,',,.. . n
take counsel
i but to ut-
, 'Si IUI- L. I 1111 ll'll' 1 1 U'S 1
1 . . ei
; icr nisonc peremoiory monosyiiaoic,
jaud the restless machine is shivering
, as a vase dashed upon a marble floor.
If anybody would reallv contrive'
a. I lt
; some kind of a lever that we could
thrust in among the works of this
noma automaton and check them or
alter their rate of going, what would
the world give for the discovery ?
Men are very apt to try to get at the
machine by some indirect reason or
other. They clap on the brakes by
means of opium, they change the
maddening monotony by the use of
intoxicating liquors. It is because
the brain is locked up and wc cannot
touch the movements directly that
we thrust these coarse tools in thought; ami as you can never pluck tin cour
and crevice by w hich they may reach j ao-(. to a.-k f -r one, it follows you will
the interior, alter its late of going for' never "ct one."'
a while, and at last spoil the ma-' Thi.-T set Katie to thinking, and to
"-'f- what purpose we shall .-ee.
la the Mitre.
Insist upon housemaid's work be
ing done in the morning, and her
dress changed before dinner.
Make her wear gloves to sweep,
clean grates, etc., that her hands may
be lit to serve table.
Give her a comfortable room and
bed to sleep in, and make her ob
serve perfect cleanliness in her per
son. I'av her wages regularly
everv
month.
Give her wholesome food, and plen-
tv or it.
Allow no perquisites, but let your
servants have the benefit of your
cast-off clothing.
Provide necessary working utcu
sils for them, or you cannot erpeet
your work to be done well
Advise them to lay by half their
wages in the savings-bank.
Insist upon early rising, and regu
larity in kitchen meals.
Givc your instructions clearly ami
decidedly, and if anything is to be;
taught, write down your directions. ;
Inspect bedrooms," closets, and
every room in the house daily.
" '
Paragrapha Wrlh Remembering
llenzine and
common clav
will !
clean marble.
Caster oil is an excellent thing to
soften leather.
Lemon juice and glycerine will re
move tan and freckles.
A dose of castor oil will aid you iu
removing pimples.
Lemon juice and gly:erice will
cleanse and soften the hand.
Spirits of ammonia, diluted a little,
will cleanse the hair very thoroughly.
nuuai iau.-ut muiuii, uimieu so
as not to touch the skin, will destroy jtnat country is poor whose citizens
wart3- are not noble, and that republic is
Powdered niter is good for remov-1 poor w!lIl.h is not governed bv noble
ing freckles. Apply with a rag mots- j en selected bv its citizens,
tcned with glycerine. j TLe bi?ns 0r"deeav ia the life of a
To obviate offensive perspiration ; nal;tn show themselves as soon as
wash your feet with soap and diluted 'anvwLerc else in the character of
spirits of ammonia. ni;u wj)0 are c3netl to govern it.
The juice of ripe tomatoes will re- hyhen thev seek their own ends, and
move the stain of walnuts from the! not tIie pubIic wcaj. wnea thev
hands without injury to the skin. j abandon principles, and administer
The Yellowstone Expertitiou.
Chicago, Mav 13. A special dis-
patch says that two members of the
ellowstone expidition having return
ed to Bczeman, Montana, report the
whole party returning. The coru
maud penetrated the country near
the vicinity of Tongue river from the
first to the twenty -sixth of April.
The force was harassed the entire
time by Indians. Four pitched bat
tles were fought in which one hun
dred Indians were killed. Skirmish
ing was continuous, bands of from j
one hundred to a thousand Indians i
hovering around. The whole outfit i
is in a battered and exhausted condi
tion. The party lost one man killed, j
named . ates, and two wounded.
Twenty horses also were killed.
Members of the expedition assert
that rich mines exist in Dig Iron
Mountains, but the vigilance of the
Sioux made prospectiug out of the
question.
The first instalment of Mennonite
emigration from Russia to the United ,
States was landed at l.altimore on i rltfh jd coarse. The salmon of the
Wednesday by the steamship Her- Scotch lochs afford the nearest ap
mann from Bremen. There arc one ; nroach to th. suernler.cn and tender
hundred and eighty-five of the emi
grants, and they will settle in Dakota
or Nebraska. They came from the
vicinity of Odessa, and represent that !
the twenty-rive tnousana .nennon-;
itcs in Southern Lussia are anxious
to emigrate. The llussiau govern
ment is throwing obstacles in the
way of these industrious and com
paratively wealthy people leaving the
country, but they are determined to
forsake a land wl ere they will be
compelled to do military duty.
The Herkimer Democrat asks: j
'Who is there that is not chained to ;
some rock of the past, with tno vnl-i
ture of Memory tearing at his vitals,
screnming forever in the ear of Con
science?" "It is better to be envied than to ;
be pitied." t
rnM(elnl
The illfl'iefiie (,f piI,iic ,ip:;ii.;,( j,
greater than i.-i generally imagined ,
and as it makes our reputation, it i
wi ll that v. ct.ik" .- in" th'.nt-ht ,,fil,(.
itiipi'e-.-ion-v t- ',i live, it fid .-lio'.v a de
glee of re.-p'JCt for the seiitilii, U.-auil
chtrished opiiiioii.-i of so'-iety. We
have heard im.-n Say that as long as
they acted conscientiously and did
what was right, they cared very little
what people thought of them; reason
ing highly commendable in itself, that
may bo very well for one who would
isolate Linisc-'f from society end the"
world, but it scenic founded on a
somewhat selO-h basis. "Happiness
was born a t. in,'' and to " indiJT-T-cnt
topiiblie- opinion we mu.-t ci.-t
within ourselves alone, since no one
in this world is wholly independent,
for the haiipinn.'is we receive. Many
a reputation has been undeservingly
lost, ami many undeservingly gained.
ireat genius may inoul'ler a war in
solitude, the world ignorant of its
genius .-till : while the effrontery and
iier.-isteuce of .-orse ignorant egoti.it
may carry hint before, the world as a
man of mark. An accident may
raise him to heights he is unworthy
to attain, if the tide of public opinion
but bears some first good impression
on its bosom and carries it iuto the
great ocean of society. Yet he is put
a pigmy to the eolos.ius whose own
thoughts in solitude are his sole com
panions. Public opinion is tho barometer of
the social atmosphere in which we
live. It is a signet placed by a com
munity to mark worth, and a man
through this life
without a currant of public opinion
following, than a vessel can cross the
deep without a wake. Some niay
iniagine it pre.-umptiou or conceit to
think they exert sufficient influence to
attract attention. Yet every life is
fraught with interest in the particular
sphere of its exi.-tem e and we are ia
it what we are thought to be. The
character is o'lr-elves what we
really are : to ine w
d
it is what
: reputation or nuMi.- opi.iioa
aa'1 although a man may
makes it;
be fully
coliseums o
own worth,
whether to
his own virtues and his
tl.e world alone shall say
his memory he leaves
..K t ;-r I.,' s on tile -.ir, !
or sinks i.-.t'i oblivi in.
i.
A Si:rrrHifnI Coannflrniu.
"John has never given you a rin??"'
said Katie's sister f her one day
John was Katie's lover.
"Never," said Kitie with a regret
ful shake of her head.
"And he never will until you ask
him for it," . -rsued the ?i.-ter.
"Then I fear I shall never get one, ''
was the reply.
"Of course ymi never will. John
is too stupid to think ot such thinjs;
1 hat evening tier lover called to
teher. lie was verv proud and
very happy, f..r the beautiful girl by
his side had beta for several weeks
il.'dgcd t marry with him as soon
is the business could be properly
done, and J
feilow, too,
ohliviousiics.-
hn was a grand, good
notwithstanding, his
to certain polite mat-
ters.
"Jotin, "said Katie, at length, look
ing un with an innocent smile, "Ho
I vou know what a conundrum is?"
"Why, it's a'kind of a puzzle a
ndd.e, answered John.
Do vou think vou could a-krue one
I couldn't guess?
"I dont know. I never thought of
such things. Could you ask me
one?"
"I could trv."
"Well, try" Katie."
"Then answer this : Why is the
letter (D) like a ring."
John puzzled his brain over the
problem for a long time, but was Enal-
ly forced to give it up.
"I don't know. Katie. Why is
it ?"
"liecause" replied the maiden, with
a very soft blush creeping up to her
temples, " MV cannot be u ril without
! it."
In less than a week from that date,
Katie had her engagement riDg.
tVotl' Krnt bift to Nation.
The best gift of God to nations is
i the gift of upright men especially
J upright men for magistrates, states
j men, and rulers. How bountiful
j soever the heavens may be in har
' vests: though every wind of heavens
would waft prosperity to its ports, till
the land is crowded with warehouses
st,,rf,,l to reti etion with treasure.
according to the personal interest of
cliques and parties; when they for-
sakt' righteousness, aud call upon
grcedv. insatiable selfishness for
counsel ; and when the laws and the
whole frame-workjof the government
are but so many instruments of op
pression and of wrong, then the na
tions cannot be far from decadence.
When (Sod means to do well by a
natiou that has backslidden, among
the earliest tokens of His bencfieent
intent is the restoration of men of in
tegrity and of honor men who live
for their fellows, and not for them
selves. . W. JUrcher.
The Fih of America.
The fish of the United States are
unsurpassed in flavor in the world.
Sportsmen who. with rod and line,
have whipped Kuropean waters, say
there is nothing like them there from
the Xorway fords to the Gaudalquiv-
icr. Africa and Asia are botn poor
I in this respect. Kven in China, where
fwK is an abundant article of food.
an,i js found in great variety, the
delicacy of our mountain trout and
the flaky tenderness of our salmon
trout. Then there are the white fish,
the bass, the shad, and an innumer-
able multitude of others.
i c have but one rival, ana that a
' ...K(T. l.n, cr,iT1 nno Tt w till
prolifi
French sardine when fresh. This
delicious fish, in a few years, will
cease its rivalry, however, if reports
are true from the coast of France.
At present the sardine fisheries em
ploy 20,000 men, women and children
mi turn! to nrenare the fish for market.
It. Ull flllUll " ww
Kacj, year sh0ws an advance in the
icc anU a diminution in the catch,
d in 0 timo overfishing will
j have produced its usual consequence
i a failure of the fish.
Wi-e sayings often fall to tLe
ground, but kiud words never die.
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