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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.
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