lflTCnUSHEI) KVKKT WKDSEHDAV, I1Y W. 11. DUNN. ' ITICB Df R0BTN3O1T ft HOflrrr.R'3 BDILDIHO elm grar.CT, tiosesta, pa. TRRMS, $2.00 A YEAR. 8U Wwbecrlptlons roctiivod for a shorter pwlad than threo months. Correspondence sollcltod from nil parte f Htn onunlry. No notice will be tnkeu uf asuionymnu communication. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TIONESTA LODGE I. O. of O.F1. MERTfl ovory Friday evening, nt 7 o'look, In the Hull formerly oocupiod by theUood Templar. A. n. KELLY, N. O. C. A. RANDALL, Soc'y. 27-tf. TIONESTA COUNCIL, NO. 342, O. XT. -A.. M. MEETS nt Odd Follow' Lodgo Room, every Tuesday evonlnc, nt 7 o'clock. . J.T. DALE, C. T. M. CLARK, n. S. 81. Dr. W. W. Powell, OFFICE nnd residence opposite the Ijavrroneo Hours. OlHcodays Wednes days and Saturday. H-tf. W. r. MKIMJILMOTT. i. B. AIISEW, MERCIIjLIQTT 0 A OXEW, Attorney at Law, - Tloncsta, Fa. April 0, 1875.-tf E. L. Davis, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tlonesta, Pa. Collections made in this and adjoin lug countie. 40-ly MILKS W. rrX.'JCTlt ATTORNEY' AT LAW, -hrM, TIOyESTA, PA. T. W. Hays, ATTORNEY AT LAW, and NoTAT Icsi.ic, Ksynolris llokill A Oo.'a Mask, Boaec It., Oil City, Pa. SO-ly 9. Kimntk.iL. w. . axiur. XIX NBA It & SMILE T, aVHerBays at Law, - - Franklin, Pa. PRACTIC In tha several Coarta of Va aago, Crawford, Forest, aod adjoin-aa-f eoautiea. -ly. CKNTR.AL, HOUSE, BONWKR AQNEW BLOCK. L. Aintw, Proprietor. Thia ia a now kouee, aad has Just baon fitted up for tha aaeotninodation of tho public. A portion a tha patronage of tha publia la aolicitad. 4-ly Lawrence House, TIONEKTA, PA., WILLIAM LAW RENCE, Propiktor. Thia houaa a entrally lacated. Everything new and wall faraithed Superior accommnda tjoav and strict attention given to quanta. Yeretablea and Fruits of all kinds served aa their season, Sample room fur Com aaereial Agent. FOREST HOUSE, SA. YARN Kit Proi-ribtob. Opposite Caurt House, Tlonesta, Pa. Just aeaiad. Everything now and clean and (rash. Tha best of liquors keptconstanlly asaa. A portion of tho publio patron S La raspeotfully solicited. 4-17-1 Y Tlonesta House. MITTEL, Proprietor, Kim St. Tlo- aesU. Pa., at the mouth of theereek, Mr. Ittal lias thoroughly renovated the Tiaaesta Housa, and re-furnished it com- 4 lately. All who patronize him will be all entertained at reasonable rates. (7-ly Em,plre Hotel. TIDOUTK, PA. U. HWALT, ritornm Toa. Thia lion so is centrally locatod, has been thoroughly refitted and now boaata as good a tablo and beds as any Ho sal in the oil reylous. Transient only $2.00 jer day. 22-Cm . C B. Weber'a Hotel, TYLERSBUROII.PA. C. R. WEBER, baa possession of tho new brick hotel and will be happy to entertain all his old suatomerM, and any number of new ones. Uood accommodation fur guests, and ex cellent stabling. 10-3m. Dr. J. L. Acorrib, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, wholias had fifteen years' experience in a lrro and successful practice, will attend nil Professional Culls. Ollice in his Drug nnd Urocery Store, located in Tidioute, near Yldioule House. IM 1113 STORK WILL UK FOUND A full asaortmont of Medicine, Liquora l'ohaoco, Cigars, Stationery . GIukh, PainUt, Mls, Cullory, all of the beHt quality, and will be sold at reasonable rates. 1R. CHAS. O. DAY, an experienced Physician and Druggist from New York, has el large of the Sioro. All prescriptions put up accurately. sv a, hit. no. r. rir-K. a. s. xbu.t. ma r, rAUK C CO., Cornor of Elm' A Walnut St. TionoHt. Bank of Dlsoount and Dejiot.it. Xntoreut allowed oft Tima Doposita. poneettoai roadeonali the Prlnuipal pointe of the V. B, -OolleoUona solicited. 18-ly. 3 P. W. CLARK, J0StItMIO SH'S CLKRK, rORBnT CO., PA.) It HAL ESTATE AGENT. II OUBES and Lota for Rale and R15NTA ViJd LaiicU for Molo. -L I liaye superior faoilitios r ascertaining Min condition of taxes and tax deeds, o., and am theroforo nualitioil to act intelli uenUy as oiit of those living at a dis iunoe, owiiins; lands in the Comity. Otllce in Cmumitisioiiura Room, Conrt 4-4iTiy D. W. CLARK, IEIP C A I! PHTl M IS, 3S eta. per yard KELT 'EI I.I N t for rooms in plae-o of I'laster. I'l' l.T UOOKINO aadSlDIMi. For aamples, addrcsw C. J. FAY, ttuudou, is'ow Jui jcy. VOL. VIII. NO. 8. BLACKSMITH IWD WAGQN SHOP. THE nridersitrncd have opened a first clas Hlacksmith and Wagon Shop, in tho Roberts shop, opposite the Rural House. All work In either line promptly attendod to, and satisfaction guaranteed. IIorneihoinfr n H.-olfilt y 22 ly 1 SPEARS A II. W. ROBERTS. NEW IIARNESSiSHOP. JUST opned In the Robert Bnildinfr op posite the Rural Homo. The nnder sllliiod 1 prepared to do all klnils of work In his lino in tho best style and on short uotico. N i: W IIAIISTKHH A Specialty. Keep on hand a fincaaorl montof Curry Combe, Brushos, Harness Oil, Whips aiid fctaddlen. Harness of all kinds made to order and cheap as tho cheapest. Remember the name and plaoe W. WEST, Roberts Building, J2-ly Opposite Rural II on so, Tioncsta. H. C. IIARLIN, Moroliant Tailor, IN Tlio Tawrence Building, over Super ior Lumbar Co. (Store. The best stock kept constantly on hand, and made tip in tha beat manner and newest atylea. lU-ly yins. c. si. iiKATif , DRESSMAKER, Tioncsta, Pa. MRS. HEATH has reeontly moved to this plseo for tho purposo of meeting a want which tho ladies of tho town and eounty have for a long time known, that of having a dressmaker of experience among them. I am prepared to make all kinds of dreases in the latest styles, and guarantee satisfaction. Stain pingYor braid ing and embroidory done in the best man ner, with the newest patterns. All I ask ia a (air trial. Reaidence on Wnter street, in the house formerly occupied by Jacob Shriver. Htf TIME TRIED AND FIRE TESTED ! THB ORIOIXAt. ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONN. ASSETS Doc. SI, 187S, 5,735,oaS.70. MILES W. TAT15, Sub Agant, 4fi Tionosta, Pa, Frank Robblus, PHOTOGRAPHER, (successor to dcmimo.) Pictures In every styleof the art. Tiewa of the oil regiona for aalo or taken to or der. CENTRE STREET, near R, R. crossing. SYCAMORE STREET, near Union Tie pot, Oil City, Pa, 20-tf PIIOTOGRAPI1 GALLERY. ELM MTUIiKT, SOUTH OF ROBINSON A BONNER'S STORE. Tlonesta, P,a., M. CARPENTER, ... Proprietor. Pictures taken in all tha latent atyloa tho art. 26-U 1'Ai'A BALDWIN nas opeued a SEWING MACHINE DEPOT r Id bis BOOT and SHOE STORE, And in connection with his othar tmsineas he has constantly in store the CROVER A BAKES, DOMESTIC, VICTOR, wilsox shuttle; WHITNEY, HOWE, BLEES, WHEELER A WILSON, HOME SHUTTLE, . and will FURNISH TO ORDER any Sewing Machine In tho market, at liut prices, with all the GKT.AR,.AJSrT EES which tho Companion give, and wllj DELIVER THE MACHINES In any part of Forest County, and give all neoeasary instructions to learners. NoNllue for all Mucbinea, Silk and Thread alwaya in Store. TiniOUTE, PA., June, 1874. 11-tl Fa F. I The above letters are the initials of one of the (inet-t medicines in the eountry. Four-Fold Liniment, not excelled by any other (n the curing of Pains and Sore Throat, and ia especially adapted to dis easo of Horses, Cattle Ac. Hce circulars around bylUc. Sold by all Druista. wau-ly com Jr TIONESTA, PA., "Ah," said Harry Graham, looking across the tea-table at his pretty wife, "say what they may, there is nothing on'carth so pleasant as this having a home of one's own." Mrs. Graham smiled fondly on her husband as she banded hint his care fully prepared cup of tea. "I am so glad you fuel like that, Harry, I will do my licit to make it a happy home for you." "You darling! You shall have a kiss for that sweet speech the moment tea is over!" cried tho young husband, committing ravnges among the rolled bread and butter, the homo made pre serves, the dainty shavings of dried beef and cold ham, and the delicate cake with which his Margaret had furnished for her tea-table on this first evening in their "very own home." "Where did you get these delicious quince preserves my dear?" "I made them, Harry." "Possible." "Yes, I mado them iu the last days at the farm. Mother showed me how." "Then you shall ask hor to come and see us in our little cottage before preserves are all eaten." "She will be very glad to come," said Margaret with a delighted look. 'She nover liked our plau of .board ing, Harry." "What elso could we do, my dear?" asked the young husband in a slightly altered tone. "I was too poor to buy a houso when we were first married. As we could not well roost upon the trees like the birds when they begin life together, to board was the ouly way possible. But I never liked it myself," he added, his face clearing again. "It was a nuisance to be con fined to two rooms as we were ; and how John Grey's children did scream at night, on the opposite side of the hall. Besides, that unfitly chamber maid never half cleaned our rooms. Now this is wbat I like," he concluded rising from the supper-table, and glancing proudly round the neat bright parlor, with its open fire and easy chair drawn up beside the grate; its criiusou curtains and table-covers and carpets; its tea-table, sparkling with china acd silver, and its tall glass doored book-case, stowed with volumes which he was to read aloud while his wife sewed, on chill and rainy even ings such as this. Mrs. Graham rang the bell. A tidy young servant maid came in and took away the tea things. When the room was made orderly for the evening a handsome dressing-gown aud a pair of embroidered slippers appeared, con jured fiom some mysterious closet by the happy wife. "My first present to you iu our home, Harry," she said with moistened eyes. And he drew her fondly toward him and gave her tho promised kiss, with many another after it. Then, putting on the comfortable attire, he selected a book from the crowded shelves, and sat down in tHe easy chair, while Mar garet drew "her little sewing stand nearer the fire and prepared to enjoy, with heart and soul, tho first quiet evening beneath their own roof. But before the book was opened, a shadow had fallen over the brightness uf her joy. "Your mother would like to look in at us now, ray darling," said Harry, glancing round the pleasant room again. "I know she will think this house a bargain when she sees it. Six rooms and a garden a " good-sized garden, too aud for two thousand dollars !" "And the pretty furniture, Harry. All paid for, too. That ii the beet jf all, and very good, substantial furnit ure it is," replied his wife. "Yes. I was determined that should be paid for, on the nail. What sticks I have ndout me must be my own." "Oh, Harry! how cau you call our nice new things sticks?" "Chairs and tables then, child I I got a good discount by the way because I paid cash down. I wish I could havo done the same by the house. I might have had it twe hundred dollars cheap er. However, if we are careful of our expenses, chickabiddy, wo shall soon clear oil the mortgage. It is only nine hundred dollars." The fancy work dropped from Mar garet's hands. "Nine hundred dollars 1" she said, turning a little palo. "A mortgage! On this house, Harry 1" "On whose house should it be?" he said laughing. "Why, you look as scared as if I had stolen the house, child?" "I thought it was paid for !" "How ou earth did y.ou suppose I could pay such a sum down, aud buy the furniture as well?" he answered, sharply. I can tell you it took every cent I had iu the bank as it is." "But the houso expenses! What shall we do about them?'' asked she loooking bewildered. Aud ho luuj'hed ngaiu. MAY 2G, 1875. "Is there no such thing as credit, Margaret?" She was silent. "Get whatever you want at the shops, child. Of course you will be as economical as possible; but still we must live, you know. Once in three months, or once in six months, I'll set tle the bills. Then whatever wo can have shall go toward clearing off this mortgage that seems to be such a bug bear in your eyes." "I will save in everv possible way." she said, earnestly. "It is foolish, I suppose, but a mortgage is a bugbear to m. Father had a heavy ono on his farm, and the first thing I remem ber as a- little child is seeing him set ting on the granary stairs iu the big, barn, sighing and groaning to himself. I was frightened and ran and told mother; she kissed mo and began to cry, because she said the interest was due ou the mortgage that week, and poor father was unhappy because he could see no way to pay it." "And did ho pay it?" questioned Il.irry, somewhat interested. "Yes. He borrowed the monoy somewhere, and then, of course, there was the interest to pay on that; and so it went on, from bad to worse, till father died, and the farm went back to its owner. Mother said it had fair ly worried him into his grave," sho added, wiping the tears from her eves. "You cannot wonder if I am afraid of mortgages, after that." "But, pet, the two cases are entirely different," said her husbaud, kissing her cheek. "Your futhcr was a poor far mer, and found it almost impossible to raise money, I daro say. Now I am a thriving merchant, and if all goes well I .hone to make enough to clear our homo this year. Come, don't think of trouble any more. Be as careful as you can in the house expenses, and you will find that we shall own our pretty home, clear of any claim, be fore you know where you are." He drew her down to the wide crim son footstool before the fire, and rest ing her head upon bis kueo, began to read aloud. The fire and lamp burned clearly, the pretty French clock on tho man tel piece ticked musically, and rang out its fairy holir chimes oue before Ris voice ceased to echo iu her ear. Tho book was a lively and pleasant one, and Margaret was able to discuss it with him intelligently as they lin gered before the blaze for one deli cious half hour before going up stairs. Yet all the while her thoughtful eyes were seeing visions in the crimson coals, and her heart and brain were busily at work, devising plans to ward off the evil that, to her, seemed to be threatening the peace and comfort of their little dwelling, so long as any other person hold a claim thereon. The chiming bells of the French clock rang out ten, and Margaret rose and went about the room, putting it daintily in order before leaving it for the night. Her pretty face blooming and happy as ever, for at last she saw the way clear before her to banish, with the energy God had given her, this brooding cloud of evil from their domestic sky. As their married life began, so it went on, in tho new home tor nearly three years. The houso expeuses were carefully kept down by Margaret, who made one servant answer while many of her friends kept two; and once in three months, or oftener in six, as the days went on, the accounts were set tled by tho husband, oheerfully enough at first, but by and by with sighs and shakes of tho head, which Margaret seemed not to notico and of which sho ccrtaiuly never spoko. During the last of the thrcce years, Harry's handsome face beau to wear a look of anxious caro. Not a cent, so fur hud been laid aside to pay off the mortgage on their home, and the chanco of success seemed less than ever to him now, because, like all others in business he began to see a (imo ap proaching which would "try .men's souls." The evening reading was gradually laid aside and during tho summer months of the third year Harry be gan to sit brooding after tea, in his armchair before the empty hearth, till Margaret, without appearing to notice his depression, came to him and in duced him to accompany her on a walk. At such times he strode along beside her, silent and sad, aud return ing home buried himself in tho col li inns of the "Bunker's Day Book" till it was time to go to bed. Aud all this time tho tiue wifo held her peace. She noticed everything she guessed more ; but, till the ice was broken by him, it was sot her place to spc.uk. So it went on till that dreadful au tumn season of crush after crash, ruin after ruin; old aud long-established houses toppling into the gulf, and car rying a thousand ,iinor ones with them in their full. Men looked at each other with pule facos, asking, $2 TEH ANNUM. - "What will go next?" aud all through tho country, wave after wave, the wide-spreading stream of desolation rolled. During the ono Inst hideous week of suspense, Harry Graham came nnd went between his store and his home, saying nothing, suffering everything. On Saturday, evening he went out, alone, for a stroll after tea. But in half an hour he was back azain. hav ing mado up his mind iu that brief time to tell Margaret all. He found her in the parlor. She sat beside the window, bending over a small package in her lap. At his sudden entrance sho started and hid the package in her pocket, blushing so violently that at any other timo he would have noticed and wondered at it. But now his mind was full of his own troubles, and he hud no leisure to notice trifles. He went straight up to his wife and took both her hands. "Margaret," ho said, "I'm a ruined man. This panic " And then he broke down and hurst into tears; he fell upon his knees be side her chair. "Oh, Margaret," ho sobbed, "I thought I could give you a pleasant home! Aud now we will be beggars!" Margaret put her arms around him, drawing his luce down upon her breast. When ho was calmer, she kissed him asked him to sit down besido her and tellJjcr all. She listoiied mutely. "And if the panic ends, and these couutry customers pay all they owe you, can you go on, Harry?" she asked. "Yes ; that is, I need not close the shop nor go through bankruptcy. But then the panic may not end; 1 see no signs of it at present. "Panics always do end," said Mar garet, hopefully. "But iu the meantime, Margaret, what are wo to do? All thebill8 for six; months past have come pouring in upon me, and I canuot meet them. Aud Sadler wants tho mortgage money on this house. He has dunned me for it all the time since it fell due, and lately ho threatened to foreclose. Now ho says he villi do it. We shall loose our home, and other people will suffer because I caunot pay these bills. I have strained every nerve to do it, but it is all in vain. 1 wi h r was dead aud out of the worry of it all." "Oh, Harry," cried his wife, re proachfully. ''Do you want to die aud leave me?" "They would not Worry you for tho money, my darling, as they do me. And yet I caunot blame them," said he, sighing. "They want their money aud 1 feel like a thief as long as I withhold it from them. Margaret, I see my mistake now 1" he added ener getically. "Credit has been my bane. If I was beginning life again, 1 would buy nothing that I could not pay for at the moment; and before I would live iu a mortgaged house I would build a log hut for myself at tho foot of a tree 1 But there I It is too late to talk like that 1" he concluded, bury ing his face in his hands. "No, dear! It is not too late! It is never too lute to try and do better !" said Margaret, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Harry, I have always dreaded debt, as you know, and I am so glad to hear you say that you have grown afraid of it. Oh! my dear, dear husband, take this. Pay all we owe, pay off the mortguge on the houso and then wc will live ou bread and water, if need bo, till the better days come around again." "This" was a purple morocco pocket book, well filled, which she thrust into his hand, laughiug aud weeping at the same moment, iu her joy. "Open it open it, Harry," she sob bed, "It is all yours. I have saved it for you." He opeuod it. It was full of bunk notes tens, twenties, fifties, and two oue hundred dollar notes nestling in a compartment by them selves. Fifteen hundred dollars in all! "Where iu tho world did all this mouey come from?" ho asked, with an astonished look. Margaret wiped away her tears and kissed him. "Isu't it delightful, dear?" "But is it yours, Margaret?" "It was it is yours now, Harry." "But whero did you get it?" he per sisted. "I have not been out on the high way to rob people, and I have tiot committed burglary," laughed Murga ret, whose good spirits begun to come back. "Come up stairs, Harry, and you shall sco the good Fairy that earned it." He followed her, with a bewildered look, up into a pretty buck cham ber, furnished with chairs, tablo aud a stove, Neur one of the windows stood something covered with cloth. Margaret drew the cloth aside. It was a sewing uinchiuo. "Kver since 1 knew about the mort gage on the house I have uced this," Rates of Advertising. Ono Rriiaro (1 Inch,) one Inertion - Si Ml OnoS.pmre " oue month - - 3 (Hi Ono Mijiinro " three months - 00 OnoSiiaro " ono year - - 10 00 Two Squares, ono year ... is Co OnartorCol. - - . . ho 00 Half " " .... 60 (St Ono " " , - . 100 00 Lejral notices at established rates. MarrinRO and death notices, gratia. ' All bills for yearly advertisements col lected quarterly. Temporary advertise ments must be paid for in advance. Job work, Cawh on Delivery. ! - --."J? ..! she said, looking at him with her eye full of love. "I had all the work I could possibly do in your absence, aBd 1 was well yaid for it. And when Uncle John came to sco us this spring he gave mo the two bundled dollar bills for a birthday present. I am glad if tho money can help you in your troubles, Harry." "Help me! It will save mo 1" said her husband, clasping her to his heart. "Oh, Margaret, I will repay you for the gift a thousand fold when once the good times come back again. This will pay off the mortgage, and settle the bills, and pay our way through the year, if we are careful. Oh, Mar garet, what a trcasuro you are!" "And wo will ask no mord crodit," she whispered, with her lips closo to his ear. "Not a bit, my love so help mo God. I say it reverently, my wife." And he kept his vow. I.IVINU UAKO.1IET0K, That curious instinct which a largo number of animals possess, of predict ing the weather and signifying tho ap proaching change by peculiar move ments or sounds. Somo of their ac tions in this respect appear to be more governed by reason than by mere in stinct, others are clearly due to thq moisture in the air or various atmos pheric influences, while, some, which occur under conditions which prevent their being referred to tho latter cause, offer an interesting field for tho in vestigations of the nuturaiists. Tho presenco of the barometer in almost every farmhouse, togelhcr with tho weather bulletin or tho- dictum of "Old Probabilities," good or the next twenty-four hours, render such honia ly knowledge as that which governed the labors of the farmers and sailors of the lust century almost superfluous iu this advanced age ; but tho subject, like all topics which relate to the sa gacity of the lower animals, is of itself an interesting ono. Ai.d besides, it is; not entirely impossiblo that somo far mer to whom tho barometer, if he had one, would be incomprehensible, and whose location prevents his obtaining the truo weather reports, may, by some odd action of his own cattle, of some insect, or of some bird, as described in tho following lines, be forewarned of a coming storm in time, and save pert haps a crop-during tho present harvest months. We have said that certain movoi ments on tho parts of the animals, bet fore a change of weather, appearod to indicate a reasoning faculty. Such seems to be the case with the common garden spider, which on the approach oi raiuy ui niuuy wettiuer, will utt - found to shorten and strengthen the supporting guy's of his web lengthen ing the same when the storm is over, There is a popular superstition in Eng land that it is nnlucky for an angler to meet a single magpie ; but two of the birds together are a good ouion. The reason is the birds foretell the coming of cold or stormy weather; and then instead of their searching for food for their young in pairs, one will always remain on the nest. Sea gulls predict storms by assembling on tho laud, as they know that the rain will bring earthworms to the surface. This, however, is merely a search for food, and is due to the same instinct which teach e8 the Bwallow to fly high in fino weather, and skim along the ground when foul is coming. They simply follow the flies and gnats which re main in the warm strata of the air. The different tribes of wading birds always migrate before rain, likewise to hunt for food. There is a largo variety of actions of which it is hardly possible to givo a satisfactory explanation. Coming rain is foretold by the peacock uttering fro quent cries, by the woodpecker la: nienting, by paroquets babbling, by pintados perching, and by gccBe run ning uneasily. So also it is said that, when a storm is at hand, swino will carry hay and straw to hiding places, oxen will lick themselves the wrong way of the hair, sheep will bleat and and skip about, hogs turned out iu tho woods will come homo grunting aud squealing, colts will rub their backs against the ground, cows will gather iu crowds, crickets will sing more loud ly, flies coiuo iuto tho houso, frogs croak aud change color to a dingier hue, dogs eut grass and rooks soar liko hawks. It is probable that many of tlieso actions are due to actual uncasiuess, similar to that which all who are troubled with corns or rheumatism ex perience before a storm, aud are caused both by the variation in barometer pressure and changes in tho sleetrical condition of the almsophcre. Goodness and truth nro of tnoro weight thuu brilliant talents, and good temper goes further than a great gift. We cannot expect people to believe either iu our principles or our sinceri ty, when they see them failing to amend our faults aud btrengtheu our virtues,
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