' &! forest $f)nMicnn. V T ! PUBMSUKD KVEltY TUESDAY,- BY " W. It. DUNN. Itntos of AdveitUsl; p One Hfunre (1 Inch,) olio Insertion... One Kipiaro " one inontli OnoSipiare " M ' tlirH.- months.. One Siimro " one year Two Squares, one jMr ; ti iartir Col. ' ..fl .. a no .. 1 CO . 10 fin ..is oo ..So lO . . no no .100 oo EPUBL n Krot's Duil(3lfg, Elii Street. Hair " " One ' " " " TERMS, $2.00 A YEAH. 5fo Subscription reeoivod for a shorter period tlinn three month. Correspondence solicited from nil parts of country. No notice will bo taken of nanny mou communication. Murrlairos anj Death noUcox hiHcrtod (rati. , " Let us have Faith that Right makoa Might ; and in that Faith let us to the ond, dare do our duty as wo understand it."--LINCOLN. VOL. IV. NO. 42. TIONESTA, PA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1872. $2 PER ANNUM. Forest R ICAN NESS DIRECTORY. WSWTO PE'ITIS. MILKS W. TATlt. fKTTIS A TATE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, .Vj" Xrttt, TIOSVSTA, PA. Isaac Ash, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oil Cltr. Pa. Will practice In the various Courts of J'orest County. All business entrusted to ill rnra will recoivo prompt attend n. W. W. Mason, TTORNEY AT 1,AW. oilVe on Elm . V Street, above Walnut, Tionesta, Pa. C. W. Gilflllan, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Franklin, Ve nation l'.. I'u. tf. rf , W. P. Murcilliott, Attorney at Law. AND BIL ESTATE A EXT. Tl ON EST A, PA. r-tf CLAIIC 4 FASSETT, a TTpiiynrs a t la ir, - WARJlM AtR TIDIOUTE, PA. TUK rxnr.KHIONEO bavin assocl a!il themselves together In tlm pren tice of law. offer their professional serv ecu to tha public. Hnsincs promptiv a'tended to in nil 'ho ourt of Wurron, Forest and adjoining , onnti".. JUSTUS ft. CLARK, U ui ii-ii, Pa. D. D. FASSETT, Tiiliouic, Pa, Tionesta House. MITTEL. Proprietor, Elm St., Tio . ne-ita. Pa., at tho mouthof theereck Mr. Iitlo tin thorouulilv renovated the i Tionesta 'Ioump. and re-furnished it com pleteTv. All whi patronize him will he well entertained at roasonubio rates. 211 iv FOPvES7 F.CLSit, T ' BLACK PROPRIETOR. Opposite U, Court lliniie. Honest, rn. Just cncnal. Everything new and clean and frsh. The bet of liquor kept constantly cn hand. A portion of the public patron ise l respectfully solicited. 4-17-1 v . Holmes House, HMONESTA, PA., opposite the Pppot. a v . 1). .Mablo. rmptiotor. Good sta WlltiK connected with the houso. tf. Syracuse House, T1PIOUT'', Pa., J. .t 1 Maoff, Propln t"r. Tlrtt house hashccri thoroif-hl v rptittej and lu now iu the t!rt-i-liii tM ilpr, wilt thn bust of itccoiiimoua'lons. Anv nformaiion oncernimr il Territory lit ILIh point will be vueernillT turniMlicl. -ly J. A D. MACEE, Exchange HoUd, . I OWER TIDIOVTE, ra ,T. S. Hams J I'KKI. A Stilt I'rop'n. This house liRYina; fipcn roluod is now tlin most Hcsirnlilcstdp pinir place In Tidloutc. A good BiUiiud Koo.n uttacite l. 4 Iv . National Hotel, T RV IN ETON, PA. W. A. ITftllenhai'Tf, Proprietor. This hotel is Nkw, and is ,iw open as a lirsi class iionsp, siluato at re iiinctiou oi iim tin crook ,v Aiicirhpuv .i.Yoranil Philadelphia V Erio Hail roads. PIi.imIc tlio Poiiol. I'artlcH liavum to lav Trr trains will find this the most conven lit hotel Ir town, with lirst-elas a.ssun- nodatious and rpasoiiahln liarires. tf. Dr. J. L. Acom.b, PHYSICIAN AND S'l' ltd EON, who has I had fifteen yearn' experience in i lar'O and Miii'cessl'nf praclice, will attend .ill Provisional Call. Ollico in his Irua ind Iroccry Sloro, hleatod in I idiouto, near lutiotito liouso. ' ' . IN HIS STORE WI I.I, RE FOUND A full assortment of Medicines, I.touors Tol)'icco, Ciyars, Stationerv. tilass. Paints, Oils Cutlery, and lino Groceries, all ot'tlio Iwmt quality, and will bo sold at reasonable rates. II. R. Itl'RiiESS, an experienced Pruir Listfrom New York, has eliaruo of the More. All prescriptions putnpueourauily JOHN . DALE , PNES r. SNA. FBOPta, VIClPnttT. A. M.6TEEH, C,HR TIOITESTA SAVINGS BANK, Tionesta, l'oio.st Co., Pa. Thla Hanlt trans; u. a Ccnpral RaukiiiK, loi:oetintf and I'.xciiune ihimiioss. I 'i alto on the 4'rincipnl Cities of the I nlteit Mates anil r.uropc iioiiL!litanil sold, (old and Silver Coiu and tioveriiment iiecurilies bouicht anil sol. I. 7-:lil Bonds converted on the most favorable teriua. Interest allowed on time deposits. Mar. 4. tl. SLOAN & VAN GIESEN. ,' AND W A G O IT - M A K E II S. Corner ofCkirch ami Elm Stroots, ThiM firm ia pre(ared to do all work in Its lino, and will warrant everything done at Ihuir sli pa to iiivo satiblu'ction. Par ticular allonlioii giM'ii to IfHlSIMIIOI.IXj, fiivethcin o,tri.l. ud you will not ro- jrreti it. l-t-l v. Lloyd Son, WATER faTRi; El, TIONKSTA, PA. XT AVE Jl'ST OPENED an extensive I 1 Stock of FLOUR AND FEED, 6, GROCERIES AfiD PROVISIONS, WhHi thev olfcr to tho public at rate as .low mean bu oU'creJ by anv other estab lishment in town, (iivo us a call Iwloru jTiiri lia.sit)3 nij; w hi-r.. 3m. LLOYD 1 Sst'-'N. T v irntniiT. Stt. uho- w. nn ii'Mimr. THE SUPERIOR LUMBER CO,, MANUFACTURERS OF Pine Lumber, Lath, Shingles &c. Mills on Tlontsta Creek, Forest Co., Ta. Yardi i Office tor. 22d & Rail Eoad Sts riTTSBURGII, PA. KltWAHU PITIIHIDIIK. (. D. DITHHIDUt FORT PITT GLASS WORKS. Eslal.liahcd A. 1). 1827. BITHMQGE & SQM. VAKtTAcrunKns or Dithridge's xx Flint Glass PATENT OVAL LAMP CHIMNEYS. AND Silvered Glass Reflectors. These chimneys do not brrak bv heat. Auk for Dithkidoes. Take no other. DITHRIDGEASON, Plttsburgli. Pa. 25-ly. Sew Boarding House. MR. S. S. llfl.INOS ha built a lame addition to her house, and la now pre pared to accommodate a number of perma nent boarder, and all transient ones who may favor her with their patronaire. A good siablo ha recently been built to ac commodate the horses of truest. Charges reasonable. Residence on Elm St., oppo site S. ilalct' Btoro. i-i-ly Jos. Y. Saul, PRACTICAL Harneaa Maker and Sad 1 dlcr. Threo cloora north of Holme House, Tionesta, Pa. AU work ia war ranted, tf. GREAT EXCITEMENT ! . at the Store of D. S. KNOX, & CO., Elm 3t., ionesta Pa. We are In daily receipt o, the argntmd MOST COMPLETE fctock niOERIIlS and TKOVISIOXS, EVER. BROUGHT TOTHIS MARKET BOOTS & SHOES J roR the MILLIONS! which we aredetcrininoJ to aril regardlesti of price. AND House Furnishing Goods, Iron, Nails, Machlno tools. Agricultural Implements, Ac, Ac,, Ao., which we offer at greatly re duced prices. FURNITURE ! FURNITURE! ! of all kinds,, PARLOR SUITS, CIIAMI1ER SETS, LOUNGES, WHATNOTS, SPRING REPS, MATKESSES, LOOKING. GLASS ES, Ac, Ac, Ac, In ENDLESS VARIETY. Call and see, 7-tI P. S. KNOX, A CO. 1 Centre St., opposite Post Oitice, OIL CITY, FENN'A. ri:Ai.r:i:H in FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, DJi&'M GOODS, VAJU'EnyO, Oil. CLOTHS. liOOTSd- SHOES, I HA TS JL- CAES, TL'DIMGS Kf'TIONPKTC. ETC. rnir. niTminn,:, p..-.,. K U. U'TII'ttliUk. Tritu. Ths Influonce of Surroundings j In the Education of the Young. I npufl fit. thn TnrfRt. Pnunt.v Tannl-mra Instltuto, Thursday Evonlng, Jan. 25, 1872. BY MRS. 8. M. F. J0XF.9. As an association of tenrhers Hssem bletl for mutual instruction mid im provement in our art, it becomes the duty of each nnd every nie nher of the same to contribute something to tl.u In this view thercfoV (ith ' exercises. great dilliilctice) I oiler my own bum ble mite relying upon the generosity of my auditors to overlook all defects of style, while they give me their at tention to the principles I shall at tempt to il luii rate. Since Education lies at the basis, and is in f.ict thn foundation upon which must rest the superstructure of all good government; 'and good socie ty, it becomes a question of paramount importance what Influences or Sur roundings are most favorable to the early development of the faculties of the mind. It becomes at once patent to every observing miud that these Influences do certainly exercise great power in directing the interest and energy of the pupil. For we may say that what is true in social life is equally true in student life. The relations arc the sume governing the moral and intel lectual inblinctsnf our nature, and de velopmg these into a higher or lower order of attainment. The distinction then usually drawn between the two is entirely erroneous. You will ob serve that while in our houses the necessary controlling tlemeuts are sought after for developing us into re fined, intelligent beings while our drawing roomns are tastefully decorat ed, ornamented with paintings, and brackets, and statuettes, the will tint ed with agreeable colors; our school rooms for the most part abound in bare walls, and rude uncomely furni ture. There is in their very association a something at once repulsive, expelling ambitious feeling; making study irk 8ou.c ; having a tendency to degrade the moral as well as to blunt the in tellectuul. Who is there present, but will say, speaking from actual experience, that one quiet hour in a tastefully furnish ed library is worth weeks of labor iu a room where there is naught but "blank plaster about and above to en gage the attention." Hear Ituskin on this point: "'Ihe notion of fixing the attention by keeping the room empty is a wholly mistaken one : It is just in the emptiest room that the niii.d wanders most; for it gets restless like a bird for want of perch and casts about for any pnAsible means for get ting i.ut and away." ' Jt is impracticable to suppose that we could bestow upou our school-rooms the same elegance wo lavish upon our piivato drawing-rooms; at the same lime if we would turn our attentions to the matter in the right spirit, look ing to the eventual good to accrue, there might be niadu many improve, mcuts without much additional ex pense. A little taste in form and col oring should be exercised as one of the essentials. We can usually determine without much diliiculty what will bu pleasing; our natural instincts leading us to distinguish readily between the agreeuble and the disagreeable. There is unjust reusou for painting windows) and doors with certain sombre -hades such us brown or lead-color, when more agreeable colors might be as easily procured, and at the same rules. I would ".ich no worse prison than a room set oil' iu this detestable lead color ; and were I employed to teach in a school-room whose floors and desks were of I his same unheaveu ly hue, I think I should at once re sign my position in the conviction that w ith such unhappy influences about mu all my tlfoits would prove useless. I was afforded, some months si'ico, an opportunity of visiting one of the District schools iu this State. The approach to the building w as certainly pleasing; iho situation wholly disira ble; and the exterior architectural display by no means disagreeable fir objectionable. A simple yet ta.-tcful buildiiig, located in a remote p.i.tion of the town.on a gentle ciuineiue com- rounding a fine view of the pretty vil- lry and encircling bills. A 1 woa:id tiir.mgh the m venue of oaks leading to the buildiii'' I could but wish that I were n school -girl once more; anil in imagination I trod Iiofc hulls, and felt my soul thrill with school-girl emotion. I miid to myself iu such a school-room with audi pleasing sur rounding, labor ipxe vohtptii (labor itself is pleusuie), weariness would be a thing unknown, Mathematics, and Grmnmnr, and the aubtclties of Logic would posse? additional charms. Alas! tor l,u",u" "P'1'"'""- " Y idol of expectation shattered when I reached the event of realization. The entrance, to the school-room was by a a back portal, mid proved to be any thing but prepossessing. The room in itself was sufliciently large, and possi bly nent; but there whs ubotit it a something at once repulsive. The in cessant glare of light from uncurtain ed windows ; the unvarying stara of white from the untiuted wullu; and worst of all, ungainly, cuinbcftuts, leaden-colored desks desks so tail they might have served it Titan desk whose scats of such incredible height, left their Lilliputian possessors loftily perched, with feet restlessly dangling iu mid air desks above whose tops chubby little souls must ever hopeless ly essay to lift their keen glances for a glimpse into their neighbors' domin ions. "Mind votir business'' desks. Not a picture, nor map, nor painted I flll,1 as eUL'l' separate pink blossom card of any kind relieved the gloomy 1 a '"Tllw Btt1ee'"t' .a",,1 .. , ,11 I ! a noisy cry ot "Mama, lies coming! monotony of white and lead-color. 1u,a k milg ,., filUf( UJ hm-( Poor little captives! No wonder yuu i trolll three or four rosy little mouths, long to escape from your prisou-huuse; j Nina Melton, the eagerest child of uo woudcr you read your daily lesson them all, rr.n to the door, and stoorl as though your death-scnteuce wasim-1 'R're- smil.i.g ami lovely, with the lit . , ,. tie ones cling round her skirts, to wtl- bodied therein. And poor, struggling , C(ime hur ,u.baid's coming f.,ot-steps, teacneri now i pity you witu sucu uu- happy combination of influences on every side. The influence of circum stances or surroundings upon human beings is a fact worthy of still further consideration. The very development of the physique; the stamp of the features, and moulding of character are to a wonderful degree dependent upon the condition.) under which one is nurtured. Look, for example, at the Digger Iudians of California, huddled togeth er, half nuked, iu thcit underground habitations, amid dirt, smoke, and ashes; their daily subsistence roots and innecta. What can you sav of their characlcr; of their general physique; of the expression of their countenances? How will they compare with the nobler Indian who takes a pride iii bui!ditg his wigwam, embellishing it with the trophies of the chusn ; spreading some soft mailing for his floor and his conch ; sitting down to the sumptuous repast of game which his own industry has provided? Hu frame is erect; his limbs symmetrical ; his features shapely; his countenance intelligent; his eye keen and penetrating. Go with me into the interior of Ire land. What a miserable, ragged, tie-jecletl-lookingset of creatures confront one! Their features are coarse and disproportionate; their teeth awry; their voices harsh and grating ; and their contour admits no lines of grace or refinement. What are their modes of living? a miserable filthy hovel, with scarcely uny furniture, and that of the meanest sort; a scant allow ance of course food ; and a bundle of peat tu keep him warm. Turn to t ic Sw iss peasant. The simple white washed cottage, with its tasteful garden in front, at once lends enchant uient. Enter that home l lie furniture is plain yet comely, und is disposed lor comfort and for ornament. There is a musical instrument perhaps ; snowy cjjrtains caught back gracefully with panicles of ribbon, shade the win dows; some landscape pictures adorn the walls; nnd a few choice honkret upou an unpretending shelf. What a pleasing group are here assembled. The mother looks up from her needle work ; her face wears a smile; her her feature? are delicate and refined, even I hough they bear the impress of declining years. The father is a w hole sotiled, good nuturid fellow (notwith standing be may sometimes have his flights o;' passion ). You can see his soul beaming iu bis face, sometimes venting itself iu sparkling jViur d'eprit; the children are bright eyed uud intel- ligetit-lookiiig, their manners geulle and unassuming. ' j And why this difference? Are the Iridh indeed loss energetic in purpo&e; ' !fss noble, Iocs ge.o, rous Arc their capacities for social, moral, and intel lecttial acquirement so far beneath those of their Alpine brothers? No. certa.nly not? It is the strange, unnatural force of circumstances by which they are surrounded nnd over whelmed. Give them a like incentive to action, throw around them the same combination of influences as control the Swiss peasant, and you would ere long behold a people lofty in intellect, proud in character, and finely commanding in personal appear ance. If, then, these things have such weight upon the physical, moral, and intellectual character of a people, i it not of vital importance to it m a nation, and more particularly to the youth of our land, that the hist influ ences be secured in the culture and training of the latter; and where, I ask, are these influences most needed, most felt where, but in the fkhool lloom t "Scatter diligently In susceptible minds The genus of the good and th beautiful ! They will develope tiier to tree, bud, bloom, And bear the golden fruit of Paradise" "What Shall It Profit." The clock had just struck six from its place on the black marble mantel of the pretty little diuing-room, where fresh bouquets of roses exhaled tier the tiem tdealvt wifely pride utid hap piuess. - 'Why, Harry," she said, as became up the steps, with a kiss tor litile Niu, and u chuck under the chin for John ny, and a word of grecli.ig for lliem all, "what makes you so grave?" "Nothing, chi.d; only I'm tired, and want my dinner. The dinner was ready a pair of brown little chickens, with a 1'ari sieiiuc soup first, nnd a bread pudding afterward ; for Nina Melton was us notable u b jusc-kceper as auy in the hind. Uut Harry Melton's face did not soft en in its rigid lines us the lueal pro Kressed to a close. Nina was helpit.g her youngest child to us little plate ol pud'iing, w hen one of the servants came softly iu and w hispered something to her. "Very Yi'e!'," suid Mrs. Melton care lessly ; "give her the other bundle. Harry, can you let we have thu five dollars? "What for?" Mrs. Melton looked a little surprised It was a question lie was not iu the luiiMt ot asking. "To pay Ms. Harbour, for sewing. "Nina, that W'ouiuu charges you: too much, lie said, sharply. "I do pay her a little more thuu June Culiiihan charges, but you must remember, dear, site's a widow, with six little childi'eli." "I'm not bound to support her and her chiblreu." "No, Harry, but " "Pay her lor w hat she litis done." he said, tossing a Iivo dollar bill uungra cioiisly across the table; "but don't give her any mure. June Callahan sews cheaper." Mrs, Melton made no further remon strance, but obeyed iu silence. "Churley Miller is coming here ibis evening," she said, a lew minutes after wards, "to gel Johnnys old suit ot clothe. Mrs. Miller was so thankful when 1 told her she could have them o "she can't have them," interrupted Mr. Melton. "Jones tells me he gets half price lor anything of that sod,, :.. i t:. . ii ' in u sioiu in viuu limn riicti. in guve me t lie card, and I shall send lor llieui to come up here and lake away all our old clothes. We must econo mise, Nina." "15ul Mr. Miller is four !" ".So shall we be, if wo go on in this wuy. I tell you, Nina, 1 have been thinking seriously over this mutter to day. I've lott eighteen bundled dol lars through Cm bill's failure, audi can not ull'ord to keep hull' the pan pers iu New York. There's old Aunt Dorcas living rent free at the farm. 1 don't know why I should support Aunt Dorcas. Morliiuer ollired nie three hundred a year for the place yesterday, und 1 shall write to tell the old I idy to turn out '." "Harry, she's eig'ity years old, and very poor. Surely you would not " "Now, Nina, yon are talking like a woman, and a very silly one at that. Suppose she lives lo be ninety, am 1 to keep on losing the rent of the farm, just becuu.se she has taken a childish notion thut she can't live uuvwhere else?" "It's very little to you, Harry," softly pleaded his uf'e, "audit gee at d. ii! to her." 1 Mr. Melton bit his lip. 'There," he said, a little petulantly. "I might have know it known it would have ended like this, it 1 irieel to rea son with you. Women can't ho log ical if they trr." "If this is the way yon are feeling, Harry, I'm afraid you will disapprove of what I ventured to do today. Mr. Liscombe was here to ask about the re.it of your little store in Sixth Ave nue. It was for thut lame brother of hi", an honest, bard-working young snoemaker, w ho was very ambitious to go into business for himself. He has scraped t igethcr enough to pay nine hundred dollars, the first year's rent." "Dot I raised the rent to twelve hundred." "I know you did, Harry; but I knew, at least I supposed, you would be willing lo do a charitable action for one so pitemisly afflicted by Provi dence; sol told Mr. Liscombe thut oor Giies could have it for the for mer rent of nine hundred." "Then you did a foolish thing," said Mr. Meltcn. raising and beginning to pace the room in evident annoyance, "a very foolish nnd ill-considered thing indeed. I must send my clerk round to Liscnnibe's the first thing to morrow morning. 1 can t uflord to make a present of three hundred dol lars a yeur to Giles Liscombe, just be cause he's a cripple. I pay my taxes, I contribute to the charity funds of the church, aud I can't ami won't do any more !"..-. Nina listened in silence, fo her it seehied as if a strange transformation had come unexpectedly over the whole spirit and temperament of the rnau she called her husband. Presently she rose up. "I will put little Mary to bed," she said quietly, and stole awny upstairs, with the other children nileut'y follow ing her. "Papa isn't idee to-night," said Johnny as lie took his spelling-book lo the nursery table. "Mjma, what makes him s.i cross?" ' "Hush, Johnny," said Mrs. Melton, whose wifely loyally admitted of no doubt or question; "papa is tired Johnny was not altogether sntiiil with the version of affairs, but he fell back on "words of six syllables," without asking any more questions; uud Nina returned downstairs, taking up her needlework, uud quietly seated herself by the shaded gas burner, as she saw that Harry lay nn the sofa, apparently asleep, with the newspaper over his face. Once or twice, as the clock ticked softly in the stillness, and the indis tinct bum from the street below flout ed in through the half open window, Nina let the work full to her lap und unconsciously drifted away upon the tide of grave uud troubled thoiignts which seemed to eddy round her heart. They were making money, the firm of Melton aud Chisdalc; she hud heard people say so, time aud again. She had been congiatulated upon the success of her husband's busbies, and hud smiled back a pleased response. Old Uncle Darwiu Field, wheu be had made his week's Visit in the city two vears ugo, had contemplated Har ry Milton's luxurious home with giave wist fulness, and said to her "liciiiomher, Nina, my gal. that i idles have wings, aud dou't get too Hot on sich things." She had thought the old man inter fering, ulinott impertinent at the time; now his words came lo her like a hall tbrgotten prophecy. "Cun it he possible," sho thought, as her sad eyes giBW out into the starry firmament ot the summer night, "that he loo bus caught the worst in fection of uioiieyuiiykiug that he is growing avaricious und menu aud grasping? Oh, no, no; Harry never could beiiu(7" The work lay unheeded ou her lap. She bad uo heart to sew now. Up to the present moment, Nina Melton's 111'' bud been one of u ni liter upled smoothness aud sunshine. Could it be thut the shadows, so long withheld that she hud learned to doubt their actual existeiice.su fur asshe was concerned, were coming at lust? Suddenly Harry Melton started from his slumbers, a..d sat upright, gazing with n bewildered uir round the room. "Niuu, wife, are you there?" he said, iu a si range, husky tone. "I a iu here, Harry." "Thank goodness! Then it was only a dream." "What was only a dream?" "Lome here, und I will tell you, Here, close to mv side, lleuv be muttered beuealh his breath, as he passed bis baud uneasily over his wet forehead, "how real it seems yet ! Where are the children?" "Upstairs. Mury aud Nina are asleep, uud Johnny is ut his Us;ous." "I have hud the stangest medley of a dieiuu you ever bun," he went on. "Nam, I think it must huve been intended for a warring for me. It seoucd to me as if I were dead. You and the children were with me, and -,i .i . ,i vet lint Willi me thut wus the slruuir- I . 4- ii v . i ; est mystery ot nil. 1 u seemed to stand alar off, in beautiful green m-'ad-1 ows, all misty with il.e sunshine thut wus ii round y iu, at.d the children acI'O gathoriiig- fl')v.'CH ut your feet -flowers, ' Business Cards, not exceeding one iticii in length, $10 per year. . i l.cal notices at established ratoa. Theo rate aro low, and no deviation i'. ill be imi'lc, or .discrimination among ( HtroiiH. Th rat ntfertHl are such, ill make it to tlm advantage") nn ,i iloi b tsincs in the limits of tlm circulation of tie I'tiiier to advertise liberally. "Jf such as I have never se.eu iu any mor tal garden; and there were many oth ers there, und the uir was full ol uiusL whoso strains I could faintly bear. And I was hastening towards y ut, when my footsteps Wrru stopped by a wall a wall built of sli niug pieces of gold, with a sentinel standing broud, iu white, glittering raiment with a sword, whose brightness duzzled my very eyes. " 'Let me pass!' I cried ; 'let mega to them !' and pointed eagerly to the green meadows where you all were. "'Never!' the sentinel answered. ' This wall divides you from them for ever; the wall you yourself have built up, in your short-sighted greed acd avarice !' "And then I knew that the gold pieces of which the wall was built were those I had saved from the wretch ed purses of those who were poorer than I Giles Liscoinbe's hard tinned money, and the rent for poor Aunt Dorcas' house, and the little I fain would have taken from Mrs. Barbour' hoard, and much more besides. ' "Oh, Nina when I saw thut shining barrier I knew thut it divided us eter nally, nnd it was made plain tu me all of a sudden how miseraldy I hud fail ed iu life. 'For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the what shall it pro fit a man, if be gain the whole world and lose his own soul?' "It seemed us if a great weight rest ed cu my soul, an uw ltd loud of re morse! 1 lifted up tny voice to utter a cry of despair, but I could not hreuth& even a whisper, und then I awoke. Nina, Nina, thank God with nie thut it was only a dream '." She pressed his band sof.ly In her' own, as the tears came into her eyes. "Thank God, indeed, dear Harry she answered. The Ventura (Califorui0 Signal re lates (he following: "We forgot tonotea little incident thut took place here some time ago that was well worthy of :ecord, illu-traiiug California youth und life. Two boys, aged lespeclive Iv twelve and fourteen years, sons of V. 10. Foster, of Mdutecito. and Is. U. rnall. if the Oial ranch, were out ou the mountains on horseback, looking for their cows, when ihey discovered a voting grizzly bear toddling along in the trail. They had been long enough here to know the dnngor of trying tt catch the little fellow, the ferocious dam rarely being beyond the cries of her young. But the temptation was too strong for youthful discretion, and keeping un eye on the varmint, they began hailnoiug, and finally being con vinced that the old one was not near, they rode up to him, utiJ, with the dexterity of old vunqtieros, quick iy succeeded in fastening thu lariat about his neck, and look him safely home. It was a feat as dangerous as daring, und ti (.port that old hunters would not jare to indulge iu unless exceed ingly well mounted. Marriages a hundred years ago in England are described iu an old paper thus: Married in June, 1700, Mr. William Dunklin, a considerable far mer of Great Tossom, near Boihbury, iu Ciberlaud Co., lo Mies Eleunor Shottcu, an agreeable young gentle woman of the same place. The enter tainment on this occasion was very grand, there bing no less thuu 120 quarters of lamb, 44 quarters veal, "JO quarters of inutiou. aud a great quan tity of beef; 1- hams, with a suitable number of chickens, Sc, which was concluded with eight halfaiikers of brandy made into punch; 12 dozens of cider, a great many gallons of w ine, und DO bushels of mult made imo beer. The company consisted of 5o0 Indus uud gentleman, who concluded with the music of 25 lid. Hers uud pipers, uud the whole was conducted wnh the utmost tinier aud unanimity. Old Starks, uu honest German, had u farm ab.. nt three miles trom the vil lage of Naples, on the Illinois Kiver, uud, like most id' his countrymen who settle iu this country, was great ou garden truck, butler, eggs, iV.c, which he t arried ngularly to ihi'towu to sell ur burter lor lannly supplies. One day be cume iu us usual, und Peter CriUer, ihe store keeper, thinking to get a "saw" on the old man said: "Well, Starks, got some nioieegpS?'' "Yah, I have u lew." "I paid you a bit lor ihe lu-t," suid Cruz, r, "but we have hud a convention of the store keepers, aud ihey have resolved to give only ten cents in future.." "Yah. Yell, mine hens they have a luce'-in'," replied Murks, "an' ihey iv-nim wot dcy won't wear ' 'emselves out luy.u' eggs lor less us looliccu i.enl !" Ami the old man stalked olf having l'elu to stand the laugh of the crowd. A vi .ii ii la IV wlio lias been taki. -g quinine iu large quantities became so iuiprcLliuti d with iron that one Co'd evening, when her lover kissed her at her ut the door, 4ie hud the soioc . . pcr ieiice that smali boys do w ln upproui Ii lh ir mouths to lamp-posts, it mi, U line ' he could seimiule his li;w fr..ni l cr, i .. i .... . : . . ..i ... .i . nns ituiL ii ui nis iiocnt (o-.ic ini-ii er- . , b., ', , h , . iu luw. .Moral ciwu i luue (luiiune. Grief knits two lamris in chw r bonds than happiness, wir can; and common suliiri g u u tut' tiy:it;.r libk than eomwiu joy. V
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