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VOL. IV. NO. 1.
TI0NESTA, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1871.
S2 PER ANNUM.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TIOMKSTALODGE.NO. 477.
X. O. Gk T.
lfft eTery Wednesday evening, at 8
111 u' clock.
W. n. DUNK, W. C. T.
M. VT. TATE, W. S.
. iiwtoii rKTTia. nail w. tatk.
PKTTIS & TATK,
IA.TTOHNEYS AT LAW,
A fc Wrier, . " TTONKSTA , PA .
Isaac Ash,
A TTOTtNF.Y AT T.AW. Oil City. Ta.
Forest County. All business entrusted to
all para will receive prompt attenlkn.
10 It
W. K. Lath,y,
ATTOUNF.Y AT T,AV AND SOMCT
TOIt IN UANKHTPTCY, TiunmU,
, Forest Co., Pa., will practice in Clarion,
Vcnsniro and Warren Counties. Olllce on
Kim Street, two doors above Lawrence'
jrrecory store. tf.
W. W. Mason.
TTOHXEY AT I.AW. Office on F.lm
L. Htrrnl, aljovo Walnut, Tlonestii, Pa.
C W. Giinilan,
TTOKJEY. AT LAW, Franklin, Ve
L nango Co., Pa. tf.
.... N. B. Smlloy,
ATTORNEY T LAW, rotrnlenm Cen
tre, Pa. Will practice in Hie several
Courts of ForcMt County, H5-ly
... Holmes House,
lnONKSTA, PA., opposite the Depot
r A C. I). Mnble. Proprietor. Uood iSta-
Ming connected with the house.
tf.
Jos. Y. Saul,
PRACTICAL Harness Maker and Sad
dler. Three doom north of Holmes
House, Tlonesta; Pa. All work ia war
ranted, tf.
v Syracuse House,
T1DIOUTK, Pa., J. A D Maokk, Prople
torx. The house lias been thoroughly
rentted and Is now In the tirt-class order,
with the bent of accommodation. Any
nformatlon concerning Oil Territory at
this point will be cueerniuy rnrnishen.
-ly - - J. AD. MAO EB,
Exchange Hotel,
TOWF.n TIDIOUTE, Pa., D. 8. Ham
j Tkwwt. A AnR I'rnil'i. Thin houne havilnr
been rert ted Is now the moet desirable stop-
inpr place-in I KIiouie. a jwra uunru
Room attached. 4 1 V
- . . National Hotel.
TRVINKTON, PA. W. A. Hallenback,
Proprietor. Thia hotel ta Nkw, and is
3w open s a first elans house, situate at
Junction of the Oil Creek 4 Allegheny
rliv'orancl Philadelphia Erie Railroad,
pposile the Depot. Parties having to lay
ver trains will find thia the most conven
eut hotel in town, with 11 rut-class accom-
IbUmlon and returnable hs.rire. tf.
TitTt Sons A Co.'s
NEW ENGINES. The undersigned have
lorsaleand will r'eive orders, for the
slmve Kntrino. Messrs. 'Pi lit Hone A Co.
are now Keiidini; to thia market their 12
llorse rVwer Knjrine with 14-Horse Power
KiiSUr t.oi.'tit ii.r! v a:ur.?.l tn rlnJMi Wills.
Okkmks at Diincan it CliaHnnl's, dealers
In Well fixtures. Hardware, iVc, MainSt,
asxt d.ior to Clinse Hons", I'leii-iautvillu,
and at ilmisioti House, 'I'ituHville.
Jolir K. Hallock,
ATTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor or
Patcnts.No. 5tlri French strcetfopposite
Iteod House) F.rie: l'a. Will practice In
thesrtveral State Courts and the United
Htatta Courts, hpei-ial attention piven to
aolicltlr; putntM for Inve'ntor; infrinjio
ments, re-lsne and extension of patents
t-vefullv attended to. Kcl'crences: Hon.
'James Campbell, Clarion; Hon. John K
VcCaimont. Franklin; H. L. A. H.
ltichmoud, Meavli)9i W. E. Lathy. Ti
oiieiUa. . I J
Dr. J. L.-Acom,b,
ntlYSICTAN AND RlTRf! EON, who has
I had fifteen rears' experience in a large
and auecessfuf practice, will attend all
Professional Calls, dltlce in his I)ru and
t.rocery Store, located in 'lidioute, near
Tidioute House.
IN JUS STORE WILL HE FOUND
.A full aasbrtment of Medicines, Liquors
Tobacco, Cicars, Stationery, (laM, Painw,
Oil, Cutlery, and tine (Jroeeriee, all of the
best quality, auii will be aold atroasouable
rates.
, II. R. BURGESS, an experienced Drujr
etHtfroin New York, baa charge of the
llore. AllpreHcriutionsputupacuurately.
tf.. . - '
- ' W. P. Mercilllott,
A 1 1 o r M cy at Law.
ESTATE ACilSXT.
T I 0 N EST A, PA.
T7-U
JOHN A. CALI, eSCIT.
'mna. esoPt,ict eRtrr. a. h.tiele, cashs,
SAVINGS BANK,
Tioneata, Forest Co., Pa..
Thia Rank transacts a Oeneral nankinj;,
('nllertinir and F.xchan.e iiUHiuesH.
Dratts on the Principal Cities of the
United Kliitv and Eurojie boupht and sulil.
tiold and Silver Coin aitd (jovcrnuutnt
Securities bought and sohl. 7-;,o Kuiids
eonverled on tlie most favorable teriua.
Iuluiest allow ed on time depoeils.
Mar. 4, tf.
DR. J. X. llf)LARD, of Tidioute, has
returnsd to hid pruclico alter an uh
Nonce of four moiitlis, spent in llio Ho. pi
lalsofNew York, where will utlniid
calls in his prolession.
ttlice in Eureka Druj; Store, 3d door
tbove the bank, Tidioute, Pa. 4'.tf
S10
MAUE FROM
Kt I IS.
S imothlnpt urgently necde.l by cvci jbody
Call and examine, or enn.ptes bent postutro
paid lor ;"u cts that retail easily lor IU. It.
V:- m atihrm rVf.,. Y.
GREAT EXCI TFMENT !
at the Store of
D. 3. KNOX, &c CO.,
Elm St., ioDesta Ta.
Wa are in daily receipt oi tli argMtand
MOST COMPLETE stock
CJOt F!tIi:S . ;
and' J
ritovisioxs,
EVER BROUG HT TO TH IS M A IK ET
E00T3 & SHOES !
FOR Till? !
MILLIONS!
which we are determined to sell regardless
of prices,
AND
House Furnishing Goods, Iron, Kails,
Machine tools, Agricultural Implements,
Ac, Ae,, Ac., which we olTer at greatly re
duced prices.
FURNITURE ! FURNITURE ! I
of all kinds,
PARLOR SUITS,
CHAMBER SETS,
LOUNGES,
WHATNOTS,
8PRINO BEDS,
MATRE8SES,
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F.3, t:c., Ac, Ac,
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7-tt
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this will be the book most loved and the
mcst friHuentiy referred to in the family.
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eye of the 'reat p t,
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MASON & HAMLIN CABINET
ORGANS.
Important Luprcvemon s.
Tntent Juno 21st and August 2.M. 1870.
REDUCTION OFPRICES.
The Mason A Hamlin Orcan Co., have
the pleaeure of announcing important im
provements In their Cabinet Orirans, for
which Patents were rrrantod them in June
and Autrust last. These are not merely
meretricious attm-hiucntH, but enhance the
substantial excellence of the iustruments.
They are also enabled bv increased facil
ities a' lartre new manufactory, they hope
hereafter t' supply all orders promptly.
The Cabinet Organs made by this Com
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onlv throughout America, but also in Eu
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Thev now offer I 'our Octave Cabinet Or
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The same, Doub e Ree.', I5. Five Oc
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strument, to any one scniliii!? li is address
to MASON A UAMI.IN IIKliAN CO., 151
Treinont Street, lljston, os i'Jti Broadway,
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tlailv.
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Agents wanted everywhere, inalu or fe
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libherH, No. 74U tsauiin ait., Philadelphia.
A Wi Id Ctt Story of Western Ha.ig
Ing. Several ycnis ngn, wlicn tlie West
was a comparativtily new country, nn
individual presented himself at the
door of a log grocery, in tlie settlement
of which we write, and asked if there
wan a judge in the place. Upon he'lhg
informed that the store-keeper himself
was a judge, the stranger proceeded :
"Well. Judfo. vou see the facts of
the enso is tins : I was trayelin' alon
with a nanlnor down here a piece, an'
j ho showed me a eilver dollar which he
i had. Wcll.T wiitiU'.d the money, anil
' . ..... f r II- I
no wasn I lookin l poppe" nun under
the enr with my pistol. Theu I look!
his silver and tolmeker and cum along
alone ; hut I got to thinkin' ihe matter
over, and I don't think I did just the
riht thi..g by my pardner. My con
shuns has been trotiblin' me, an I
think I ought to be hung. Now ,Judf'e,
if it wouldn't be too much trouble I'd
like to have you try -me pretty goon
and have me hung. If you doubt the
facts in the cine, there's the dollar I
took from my pardner, and you'll find
his remains down the road n piece, un
der a log. I'll feci obliged to you,
Judge, if you will have me hung.".
The judge told the stranger Jo mnke
hitiMclf comfortable nt the hotel until
he could send some men down the road
to investigate the matter, and if they
found the body he would call n jury
itnd try the stranger, as woe desired.
Tho dead man being found, the judge
summoned a jury and sent word to
the stranger at the hotel, that if he
would step over to thefitore they would
give him a trial. '
Tho stranger nppenred ininiedeately,
shook hands with the judge and jury,
invited the court fo take a drink, and
appeared grateful and satisfied with
the proceedings.
The trial proceeded socially, and the
tenderhearted jury brought in a ver
dict of guilty of manslaughter in the
first degree. A look of anxiety, which
the stranger had worn up to this time,
faded irom his face as he stood up to
receive his sentence. "You have ncen
found guilty," said the judge, "of the
crime of manslaughter, foi which you
are undoubtedly penitent." Here the
stranger again began to get anxious
and uneasy.
"And it," proceeded the judge, "it
meets with your approbation, we will
try to haitg you next Sunday morning,
at 11 o'clock a. in. In the .meantime
try to make y ousel f as comfortable at
the hotel us possible."
The stranger looked a little sa1,and
the Judge asked -hitn if he wasn't sat
isfied ? If there was anything ho could
do fur him ?
"Judge, I hnto to be particular and
fussy," said tho stranger, "but haviu'
the ar-r an' fever, the chills come on
at 10 o'clock in the inornin, an' if you
could have me swing off before that I
sliouhl fval obliged."
"Of course," sai.l the Judge, "we
always respect a party's feel'tigs. No
trouble at all. Coino round at 9
o'clock, ami may be we'll get through
before church time."
.Sunday morning at 9 o'clock the
stranger cume out of the hotel and
proceeded to the grocery. There he
met a deputation of citizens, one of
whom threw a lariat over the limb nt
a tree, and, hs soon a the stranger had
taken a chew of tobacco unit shaken
hands all round, they hauled him up.
A certain professor was noted for
having a certain set illmtrations, from
which he could not well deviutu with
out running the risk of a blunder. In
illuetratin;? tho powerful eflects of
prus?i(! acid, he wus wont to inform
the cIuks that a drop placed on n dog's
tongue was suflicieut to kill him. On
one occasion, when lecturing to his
claes, he said :
"Mr. Smith," addressing a young
man wheso chance of pasting was very
slender, "wast can vnt say of prussic
acid? It it powerful or otherwise?'
"It is rather powerful," said the stu
dent, dubiously.
.. "Kather powerful 1" said tho profes
sor, indignantly. "Put a drop ou your
tongue and it will kill a dog."
The shout of laughter which follow
ed, and Smith's confusion, revealed to
tho professor that his illustration hr.d
served a double purpose.
There is a story in the Des Moines
Register about uu Ohio girl who came
to Mucatino in the ppring of 1801,
.Mid in tho fall enlisted in the 24th
In ;va Iniantry, in which regiment he
sery. 'd till the close of the war. Then
she wei.'t back to her father's house,
where the WM received with open arms,
but never a.:l anything about her war
history; she in vested several hundred
of her savings in Northern Iowa land,
and hecamo rich; H member of her
own regiment fell in love with her,
never dreaming that she hud fought
at his side, so cli.-nifced was her appear
ance; hut she t. l.l hitn her history und
they were married. Then hc told her
father about her military career, ami
he didn't believe her ; but he visited
Pes Moines, consulted Gen. liaker and
tho records, und found that h V.n!, ovrn
Why do we admire tho pretty feet
of a maiden? Became all's, well that
ends well.
Kiti My Wife or Fight.
There are a few married men who !
are not averse to seeing their wives
ki.wrt, hut a correspondent relates the
pitriiculars of a case in which a newly
wedded Benedict felt himself insult
ed because his wife was not kissed.
The bridegroom was a stalwart young
rustic, who was known as a formidable
operator in a "freo fight." His bride
was a beautiful anil blooming country
girl, only sixteen years of age, and the
twain wore at a party where a number
of younjr folks of both sexes were en
joying theihelves in the good old-fash
ioned style. J-,vcry K"'l in . the room
was called out and k.sscd, except It.,
the beautiful young bride aforesaid;
und, although there was not a young
ster who was not dying to tasto her'
lips, they were restrained bV the pre
sence of her herculean husband, who
stootl regarding tho P'irly with a look
of sullen dissatisfaction. They, how
ever, mistook tlie cause, for suddenly
he expressed himself:
Hulling Up his sleeve?, ho stepped
into the middle of the room, and in a
tone of voice, that tit once secured
marked attention, said :
"Gentlemen, I have been noticing
how things have been working here
for some time, and I ain't eatisfied. I
don't wan't to raiao a fuss, but '
"What is tho matter, John ?" inquir
ed half a dozen voices. "Have we
done anything' to offend you?"
"Yes, you have; all of you have
hurt my lieelingf, and I havo got just
this to say about it. Here's every giri
in the room has been kissed nigh a
dozen times apiece, and there's my
wife, who I consider us likely hs nny
of 'em, has not had a single one to
night; and I just tell you now, if sho-
don't get ns maay kisses the rest of
the night as any other girl in the room,
the man that slights her has got me to
lick that's all. Now g., ahead with
your plays."
Seeing is Believing.
A notorious scamp was once brought
before an Onondaga justice of the
peace. He was accused of having
"come the strap game" over a native.
The portly justice, wishing to decide
understanilingly, asUlu e sample
of his skill, "Tho party" instantly
produced a leather strap, gave it a
scientific whisk across the table and
remarked :
"You sec, judge, the quarter under
the strap?"
"What!" interrupted the dignified
functionary 'do you mean to say there
is a quarter under there?"
"Sarlin!" was the reply.
"No such thing," said the justice.
"I'll go you n dollttron it," exclaim
ed tho prisoner.
"Agtecd !" said the justice.
With accustomed adroitness ' the
strap was withdrawn, when !o! there
was the quarter.
"Well," saiil the astonished Shallow,
"1 should not havo believed it if I hail
not Been it with my own eyes. Here
is your dollar, and you are fined rive
dollars for gaiuldhig, contrary to the
statuto in such case made and provid
ed. '
Tho elongated countenance of the
gambler required no additional evi
dence to testily his appreciation of
"the sell."
It is no mark of a gentleman to
swear. The most worthless and vile,
the rcfiso of mankind, tl.e drunkard
and prostitute swear, us well as the
best dressed and educated gentlemen.
No particular eud iwineuts are requis
ite to cive n finish to tho art of c urs
ine. The haset-t and meanest of man-
kind sweur with as much tact und skill , beyond seas to tree the stale from these
as the most refined ; and he who wish- . cleaving mischiefs. Thompson laid
es to degrade himself to tho lowest his plans so wisely and took his pre
level of pollution and shame, should ' cautions so prudently, that the miracle
learn to bo a co nnioo s-earer. Anv was accomplished in one day. On the
man lias talents enough to learn to
curse (Jod, and imprecate perdition ou
themselves and their fellow men. Pro
fane swear'tig never did any man any
good. No Man is the richer, or wiser,
or hannier for it It helps no man's
'education or milliners; recommends
no one t uiiy society. It is disgust
ing to the refined ; abominable, to the
good; insulting to those with whom
we associate; degrading to the mind;
t nprulhalile, ncudlets, and injuriius
to society; ami wantonly to pro fa no
His iianie.to call His vengeance down,
to curs j Hun, ami to invoke His ven
geance, is, perhaps, of all olli-tisi s. the
most awful in the sight of God. Luuih.
The following letter, addressed to a
gentleman of llurrisburg speaks for
itself:
Si'MNrit Crrv, Kansas,
March 7, 1871.
DriArt Sin: We have just organized
Stunner county. We have 50l) inhab
itants in Sunnier county. There, uro
5"0 bachelors iu Sumner coiintv.
Could there he that number of good,
industrious .single Indies of your State
induced to come to Sumner county,
Katfas? If so, I think tlu-y can find
good. hoiieM. hurd woikiit" husbands.
Your, Au. "
Tli
10 ex.J.nnieror uii..l,..n shvs
that his return to Franco is only a
question of liuir- ,in,J ,!.. s.,.lic.r or
k Ji.liCf
Legislating on Ho6ps.
In the Canadian House of Af?eni
bly, some time since, they had quite a ;
spirited debate on tlie bill to prohibit
crinoline, introduced by Mr. Aikens.
We publish a few of the most brilliant
! passages.
I Mr. Drtimmond was nn ardent ad
mirer of hoops from childhood, lie
was born with a love of hoops. When
he was a child of tender growth he
used to trundle his hoop, ull uncoil,
scious of the fate that was in store for
him. Later in life he swallowed a ring
which resulted in a whooping cough,
and even now llio eight of an empty
hogshead bought tears to his eyes.
i Mr. Brown complained that it was
impossible now to choose a wife, since
her defects were so hidden by hoops
anil enveloped iu crinol.ne that the
Order.
Mr. Drown Sir. Speaker.
Speaker The honorable gentleman
is out of order.
Mr. Brown But, Mr. Speaker, the
naked
Speaker Hold your tonge, Bir.
Mr. Brown Tlie naked
Speaker Upon my soul, Brown, si
lence, or I'll have you arrested.
Mr. Driwn Permit me to explain,
Mr. Speaker. When I said thu naked
Speaker (yelling )-Jlear the gal le.ics
of ladies, Mr. Sergeant.
Mr. Brown In tho name of the
seventeen gracei and fifteen muses, Mr.
Speaker, let me apologize. I only
meant to say that hoops and crinoline
had reached to such u rotundity that
it was impoRsble to arrive at the naked-Speaker
(frantically) Death and
blue devils! Stop, or I'll brain you
with tho mace. Consider the im pro
pi iety of
Brown (wildly) Truth! truth!
truth! Naked truth wns what he wns
going to say.
Mr. Dunbar Itos3 understood Ids
honorable friend to say that the peo
ple friend to say that the people could
not pass along the streets without i ic
ing nssaulted by highwaymon. Now,
surely, the honorable member Lake
Ontario could not but be aware that
the character of every member of the
House was ati'ccted by such dam .
Mr. Talbot objected to such unpar
liamentary language.
Mr. Uoss protested against interrup
tion. He was going to say dam
Mr. Cameron The h mumble mem
ber should not swear iu that dreadful
manner.
Mr. lloss Wasn't doing anything
of kind, but would ho tempted to do
so if not allowed to finish his sentence
but such a dam order, order !J a
dam contusion he would repeat it
hv such dam tremendous uproar.
Mr. Wright stood up, and moved,
ntnid the wildest confusion, that Mr.
liosa be expelled from the House for
such awful language.
Mr Uoss (black iu the face) exclaim
ed that damaging statements was all
that he meant to say when ho wus in
terrupted by a fool
Mr. Talbot Who's a fool?
Mr. Uoss Fool ish ass
Mr. Cameron Who's an ass?
Mr. Uoss Foolie-h assertions of pro
fa uiiy.
g i
How Coltit Rt mford Freed Bavaria
of Beggars.
BV KDML'ND QUIXCY.
Bavaria was eaten up by pauperism
ami bcL'L'iirv, in town and country.
This had long been the despair of her
minister of state and religion. It
1 was reserved for an adventurer
from
morning of the 1st of January, 171HJ,
tho hosts of beggary went forth in
their strength to spoil tho land. Be
forj iiight they were ull under arrest
and thu next morning humanely pro
vided tor. Tho helpless ami impotent
were more comfortable than they had
ever been before, while the sturdy and
able-bodied were set to work anil made
useful members of society. Ami this
was done with o much discretion and
wise h'jm.uiil V. that no vesica interest
or even prejudice was disturbed, while
the whole population breathed fiver at
bein-r released fr m this odious burden
Kven tho undent guitl o? beggars Was
so tenderly dealt with, that th y bless
ed the change which hud uholishcd it;
and on one occasion when their bene-
fact ir wus ill, they went in procession
to tho cathedral to o!U-r up prayers for
liis recovery ; and on another, they
set apart, an hour every day tor the
same service in his behalf. Aliintic.
MuiHUIij, for April.
"LoiKciig igctnt n.'"4-" riu' ay01'1"-?
lti.lv, "arn going out " hwh""'.
young men being at last con'eed ot
the stupidiiv of making matriino-'"aI
engagement's until they am in a posi
tion to fulfill ihc'ir promUd at once.
..nriib-ct.what has became of the
' iJ my boots with this
tallow 1 gmi-d my ,)iK.kwlleilt
Hakes in' it." I tViJ 'U
I had wafted it."
Sixteen Reasons.
A writer in one of our exchanges
gives the following plain and fon-ibl i
reasons for abstinence from the use of
intoxicating liquors ns a beverage. Il
is a view panel i nod both by religion
and common 8enei
1. Berauso ale, porter, gin, rum,
brandy, etc., all contain a epirit which
is calculated to derange the human
system. .
2. Bocnuse none, of these drinks, ns
an habitual beverage, are ever useful,
but always injurious to persons in
health, and many professing Christian,
both young and old, have been ruined
by them.
3. Because drunkenness is a beset
ting sin, and leads to idleness, quar
relling, swearing, fighting, stealing,
adultery, murder, and almost every
other sin, and filially to eternal misery-
4. Because drinking produces pover
ty, bankruptcy, destruction of pro
perty, loss of reason, disease and pre
mnture death.
5. Because a great deal of valuable
time, labor and capital, are worse than'
wasted upon making, vending and us
ing these drinks.
0. Bucanse over seventy millions of
money, being more than the whole rev
enue, arc annually expended upon them
ill the United Kingdom, which ought
to be laid nut iu food and manufac
tures.
7. Because nearly six millions of
bushels of good grain are annually
destroyed in this Christian land to
make those liquors, while the markets
are high and many of the poor arc
starving.
8. Because in tempera nee obstructs
the progress of civilization, education,
the religion tf Jesus, and every use
ful reform.
9. Because abstinence is sure and
safe, but drinking moderately is dan
gerous, and has lead to all the drunk
enness in the world.
10. Because I find I cannot effect
ually warn the drunkard, or set him
example, unless I nru myself an en
tire abstainer.
11. Because I liko to join those who
are exerting themselves to promote the
temporal and spirital reformation and
happiness.)!' man.
12. Because it is important to set a
safe example of perfect sobriety to our
children, triends and associates.
13. Because it is our Christian duty
to deny ourselves even of lawful things
to promote the happiness of others.
14. Because, while millions in timo
and eternity have repented of drink
ing, not one has ever repantcd of ab
staining. lo. .because, while no blessinsr is
tiron. unced upon drinking, God's ap
proval is frequently recorded in favor
ot abstinence. (!M-e.Jer. xxxv;L.ukc
i, 15; Bom. xiv, 21 ; Prov. xx, 1.)
16. Because 1 should be adiamod to
touch, taste, haudlu, or keep in niy
house, ihe article which is filling the
laud with dissipation, vice, poverty,
misery, lamentation and woe.
Too Poo-.
Moore.nf the Rural New-Yorker.was
sitting iu his ottice, one afternoon,
tome years ago, when a farmer friend
cume in ami said : "Mr. Moore, I like
your paper, but times are so hard I
cannot pny for it."
"Is that so, friend Jones? I'm very
sjrry to Iu ar that you are so poor;
if you are so hard run I will give you
my paper."
"Oh, no! I can't take it as a gift."
"Well, then, let's, see how wo can
fix it. You raise chickens, I believe."
"Yes, a few, but they don't bring
anything, hardly."
"Don't they? Neither docs my paper
cost anything, hardly. . I will continue
your paper, und when your gr homo
you may select from your lot one
chicken and call her mine. Take
goo.l care of her ami bring nie the pro
ceeds, whether in egts or chickens,
and we will call it square."
"All right, brother Moore;" and
the ol.l fellow chuckled at what he
thought a capital bargan. He kept
the contract strictly, and at the end
of the year foiuxl that ho had pi; id
about four prices for Ilia paper. He
often tells the joke on himself, and
sny he never hud the face to say he
was too poor to take a paper since that
day."
o
The follow 'ng is told of a young soci
ety centlciiiaii, who graduated from
Harvard: at tho examination of phy
sics ho wus asked: "Mr. . What
litanets were known to llio ancieni.-?"
he respoded, ' There were Venus
and Jupiter, and," after a pause,
"I think tho llarth, but 1 urn nul quite
certain."
An Arkansas man, senb'ticed to be
hanired. is in a bad wttv. Tho neigh
boring carpenter refused to build the
gullos, Ulid tho ShoriH' doi.'t know
how. 1 lie prisoner isa carpenter uim
Hclf, and the Sheriff has tried sev
eral times to havo him build it, but
ho says"li'H he hanged if ho will."
Almost any young lady bus public
spirit enough to he willing to have
her futherV Loub usud for a court-boos
in every way, and carried little relig
ious enrds iii their pockets with suita
ble niottos, in order to sow seed by the
wayside. They were very anxious to
see Dr. Bushnell, and yet did not feel
bold enough to call on the great man.
The relative whom they w?re visiting,
was engaged in one of the banks, and
told them that the doctor was in tho
habit of dropping in there pretty oft
en ; ond that, in fact, he must come
in soon, as there was ome money await
ing bitu. One morning while the two
were in the bank, thinking that perhaps
the D .ctnr might happen in an elder
ly man with a felt hat, put ou rather
sloiichily, a grayish black suit, a big
oak walking slick, and tho air of a.
well-to-do and bluff, outspoken farmer
came in as though he belonged there,
and received a thick roll of greenbacks
from the cashier. They had that vilo
smell which money much handled gets,
Htid the old gentleman (it was Dr.
Biishnein began in his sharp way to
jerk out something about thia "filthy
etirrrency, and to sitgniaiize u nn
terms a good deal more forcible than
elegant. Tho young men looked at
the elderly oue with a good deal of
commiseration, and overhauling tbe.r
leligiotis CHrds, picked out one, and ap
proaching him, put it into his hand. It
contained the word?, "Aro your
thoughts sure?" What the doctor
thought can hardly be imagined, but
we can conjecture what the young men
thought, when thoir friend came out
from behind the counter, unconscious
of what had passed, and introduced .
them to the Uev. Dr. Bushnell, of
whose piety they had heard so much,
and whom they so greatly desired to
seo. History "drops the veil on. the ,
scene at just this point. ,. ;
.Gunpowder. . . ; ,:
When rmnrmwder was first discover
ed to possess a projectile power, ltji
military application was confined to a
kind of mortar or bombard,. Intended
us a substitute for the enormous batter
ing igachiius then usually constructed.
'Ihe commencement of the fifteenfrr"
enntnrir wns the time of their oriam
in the field ; lor though the more mod
ern author, Vilani, asserts that they
were used at tho battlo of Cressy, the
more accurate Froissart is enterely si
lent about them. Bilius, a nobje and
learned Milanese, who lived at tho
time, speaks in his history of hand
guns as first used at the seige of Lucca
in 1430. Tho Florentines had artille
ry which discharged larue stones by
means of gunpowder. "But the Luc
chese," says Bilius, "besides darts and
arrows, invented a new kind of weap
on ; in their hands they held a kind of
club, about a cubit and a half in
length; t this were attached iron
titl es, which, being filled with sulphcf
and uitre, bv tho force of lire emittid
iron halls. "Tho blow, if il struck, was
certain destruction,; neither armour
nor shields were suflicieut protection,
for often two or three de"p, if fired up
on, would be transpierced by a single
ball."
, "A Large Contract.".
A pretty good story is told of liinr
self (snys the Boston Traveler) by
season ticket holder on the Boston and
Mains Iiailrmid a wide-awake, jolly,
generous, joke-loving gentleman, Detu
ocraliu in his polite and liberal in hi
religion. Killing in a horse car a short
time since, with the Catholic priest of
his village, who has been active in try
ing to induce his f nek to become tem
perate, ho familiarly addressed him in
language soraetniug as follows: "Futh- '
or , you a.e doing a pretty go. d
work just now I don't know but you
aro doing a much good aa all the oth
er clergymen in town." The priest
quietly replied that he was doing wln t
he could to improve his people. "I'll
tell you what it is," continue.) tho gen
tleman, "I have been thinking about
attending your church, but wa afraid
it would cost too much to eel all my
sins pamdoned." "Oh," aid the
priest, "we can manage your case ;
when we have a very Urge contract wo
make a liberal discount!" The laugh
ter that followed thi3 response only
closed when the enrs reached the end
of lliir route. And the captain laughs
over the story us he repeats it until this
day.
An optical illusion. A chandler
having had some candles stolen a
person bid lii in be of good cheer, "for,
in a short time," tuid hc,"they will all
como lo light."
Ladies want to be employed a post
office clerks. Ooo of their strangest
recominen. unions is that they will
secure greater regularity iu tho arrival
ot males.
A young man being asked why the
hair on the ton ofhis head was mi thin,
exclaimed, "The girls -pulled It out
pulling mo iu at ihu window,"
A fence in Detroit bears the inscrip
tion : "For eoto eye or pilos, rtal
th Tribut."
mi. r nu wm Og restorer!. 0
p-awer.