1 She OTWf g'cjniWVna.4 is rint,tsin-ni:yi:n,v wup.vksiuy, by 'W.'lM'niNN. " fTIOE IS KOBIVSOH k BONNER'S BUIUHNO HLM 8TRGKT, T10NE3TA VA. Vf "TERMS, $2.00 VV KAtlT ' ( j No Subscriptions received for a shorfer period than three mniitlm. Correspondence solicited from nil parts of ttie country. No notice will bo taken of minonyipnus rm milTi i.-nl irl)M. QUS1NE69 DIRECTORY.' TI0NE5TA LODGE .v. :ic,u, ' . . l ( ). i Ml.i:T ci ,n . I ri.l:iv evening, n( T o'clock, ill lh I lull loi incrlv Occupied 'V till! iood Tclllplllls. A. II. KEI.LY, N. (!. '. A. N lALL, See'y. V.7-tr. XIONESTA COUNCIL, NO. 312, a:' ur j::riTi' ' 1'':'';TS R Followi, Lodge liniim, jll I'vrrv Tiii'Milnor .vrnirig, ut 7 o'clock. 7 j. t. n.tu;i'. U M.I.TK( n. . , , it. J. fli! ACNEW, W. E. LATHY, Tion.t,P. Eria,Pa. Attorneys at Law, " Tlonestn, Pa. (niocon,Kli.,s,roV. 'J 7 K. L.-Davis, ATTORNEY AT I. AW, Tlonjmtn, Pa. Collections made in this ami nu.,"'u lug counties. W ly MiiiKN vr . 'j-a t i : , ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, I,m ilrt-t, " X TIOXKSTA, PA. ATTORNEY AT LAW, mid XuTAnY Fcni.ie; Reynolds llukill it Co.'s lilock, Seneca St.', nil City, Pa. , BH-ly N. H. Inm-KT. JilXXK.tr. A1 HJIILKi't f AUorneyj at Law, ' - - Fieaklin, Fa. "PRACTICE In thesTveial Cumttof Te J. uatigo. Crawford, Forest, and adjoin i4 counties. " S'.t-ly. V.& 3i. y. I. A VMfTx7 I) A UREUS and hairdressers.' Hnienr i baugh building. Elm s'- Hw it-ln-!, Frimr.os, Urairti, Curls, iVc., mads from ComluiWH. ilavinir s-H!pit pcrmmipntly in tli ix place, llicv drslro tlio j mt i'niif."i of ih pul.lic. Satishirti-in (tiiurunleil. 15 Jim TilDIOUTE., JPJi.. W. I. HUCKKIX,. - FitoiwiiTon. Kliii-C!;lss Llreutcii Hount. iiO(t sta il connected. . " V 13-ly ; CENTF A.L HOUSil, nuNNER AtJXKW - HUH'K, T LJ aonkw, Iroii iptnr. Tlii.i is a now Iioiihp, anil limjust lpin flttml up for tho ai'com inotl.it mil of the pulilie. A nrtiu .f til iiutnmuu of tlio public is ulicitol. 4rt-ly - " , .Lawrpixco House, x rpiONK?TA, l'A.; WIT.T.IAM LAW l It K.Vv'K, Pnoi-itunon. Tl.ls Iiouh 1a ppiitrally loi-ututl. Kvprytliinif iipyhiiiI wi'll fvniiisht'd Superior uponinioda tiona ami HtriPt altpntiou !Ivpii to (.riienlM. VpaelalilpH and limits of all kimla uprvpil - in their kojison, SitTTillo room for Coin UKTuiul Arfenti. . - r-roiES7, house, , O !.A. V A UN Kit tR01RIKToll. fippo-nto kj. -Court ItoUMP, "TionpHta, la. Just . opened. Evorytliiii!! new nud lean and ivcsn. me nii in uipiors Kupi eon-nanny . 1 oti hunil. A Kirlio of iho public juitron nge in rcKpoctl'ulIy Nolicited. j 4-17-lv : . ". . C. B. Weber's Hotel, ' 1 TYI.KUSHUKiII.l'A. C. ft. WEItKR, ban possowiloii of tho new brick Iiotel and will bo happv tn entertain all hit old ustoinerx, and any number of new ones. lond aci'omiiiodaliijiiH for t;iiestH,. and pk- i-ellent HtabliiiK. lo am. . . Div J. Li Acorrl), 7 i IIIYStCIAX ANlSURJKON', wholiaa' had flt'tepir years' cxperieneoin a larjje ami muvessfni praetice, will attend all ProfcKsional ('nils. Olllee in his Drug and troeery Store,. loe;ited in TidioiUe, lU'ar Tidiouto Jloums ' IN IMS STORE WII.Tj UR FOUKD ; A full as-sortmont of Medicines, Liquors Tobaeeo, CiurM, Slaiionery, (ilass, 1'aintn, oiln. Cutlery, all of tho best quality, and will bo Bold at reasonable nitos. PR. CllAS. O. DAY, an experienced Vhvsician and Prug;ist from New York, lias charge of the S'ore. All prescriptions putupnccuratoly. . n. U. MAT. J.SO. r. l'AB. A. B. tl tLt. HA Y, l'AHK C CO., Corner of Elm A Walnut 3tn. Tionesta. ' Rank of Discount and Ocpohit. Interest allowed on Time Deposits. Collodions tinuleonall the Principal points ol'thu U..S. 'ollectiorui soiicited. 18-1 y. D. W. CLARK, (COMMtSSIOKEU's L'LKRW, i'OUBa'C CO., l'A.) REAL KSTATV AGENT. HOUSES and Lot ! for Sato and RENrP Wild Iinds for Sale. J- . I have snperior facilities for ascertaining .. . 1 .l.....la X-.. (Illl tinilUJlHIU III Hlil.iu tuid am. therefore qnalidnd to act intelli nently as aujent f those living at a Uis V....,.A nuiiiillll llltlltu l tllP IVllllltV. tan V. 'n ni -- .. - Olllco lu CoinnUloiiers Rmiu, Court Jjoiiwv i)Oiieia, 4-H-ly, D.. CLARK, M'ANTEO. V'vei-vbody to know that '-ill t! i II. In.tliiirr T.ii.i- rrtlir-rOIll Jlllliiieni vn.- ...... ment for curing l! kind of Pains anil fiorn Throat, ainl for liors.es, Cattle, dp., is the most successful Liniment in tlio in irkul Soft cireuiaiH aroomi noiuea. ' Sold by all DriiitgiMH. 3-lye(mi I OP. Wi lit K neallv i'NOi:iil'd at tlio UE i'l III. K AN Oliice. VOL. VIII. ISO. HO. Painting, Paper-Hanging ' &c, 1 II. CIIASP, or TiotioHtn, ofTori lii K-r li-onto Hiofjo in ii.-ed of. Y MNTIX '. JltAIMSC, CAM'nriMVt:. ,., KlZlNti , VAHMSH1X(, StON WKITINU, PAPKK HANfJINtJ, AND CAltltl A(;K WOKK, Work promptly attended to and ( Im ln Ion O mi in n t el. Mr. 4 'liim will work in the - nrmntry whenrhnirri!. ' ' V.Utt. NEW iia" srEssfsHoK JUST oppnpil next door nortli or tlic IiHMrrenv HmiHR. The niidori?nod h rircpiired to ilrt nU kindn of work in his ino In tho best Htyle und on short notice. 3T1MV II inxi;wH A Spocially. Keepi on linnd a fi no aniwrt iffiii in' i'iirry Cointw, HrUHhes, Hnriipsa ill, WhipM, and SaddloM. Ilarneiw of All kindf) matin to order and euenp an the ehiiipo'il. Rememiipr tho iittino and plaJ - - Mr. wmr, North of Inwrence lloiist4, H-b" Tionpstn, fit. i ' ' n 'ns. v. m. niMTir,- DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Pa. II US. IIF.AT.'.t ropontly. moved to thiH tilacn for i.'io pnrpono of mcet'iiK a want which the. laaio of tho town and coiinlT liaro for a lonu tinio known, that of havinit a dressmaker of experience nmnii't th"in. I am prepared to make all klndij of drPKMcs in the latent stylesi, and tfuarantpn satiHfaetion. Stamping for braid iiifc und einliroidery dona in the bet man ner, with the newest pat torn. AH I ask in a lair frial. KcHhlence on Water Ktrdef, In the house formerly oroupied bv Jacob Shriver. ' " Utt Frank Ilobbln, :" PHOTOGRAPHER, (m'CCESKOR TO DKMINd.) Ticturea lu every atyleof the art. Viowa of tlio oil reelou for salo or token to or der. CENTRE STREET, near R, R. croniing. SYCAMORE STREET, near Union re p.it, Oil City, Pa. 20-tf , PIIOTOGRAPU GALLERY. K I. n H T K K T , " SOUTH OK RORIMON A HONKER'S ; STORE. Tionasta, Pa, M. CARPENTER, ... Proprietor. Picturea laker) In all the latest Rtylos the art. .. : 26-tr - I.. JfeV I.. K IX- !-7 (in P.OVARD f- CO.'S Store, TionebU, Fa.) l'RACTICAI. " .' WATCHMAKER & JEWELER, DEALER IN lf'atche, Clock, Solui antl I'lated , Jetvrlry, lllack Jewelry. Hye (Haunts, Spee tarlen, Violin String, te. Will examine and repair Fino Hntrlish, Swisti or Amerlian Watolies, aiicli as Re rieaters, Indopundent Suc.oiiiIh, stem Windei'it, Duplex, Levers, Anchors and Lupines, and will make any new pieces for t lie sanity such aa stafls. Forks, Pel letts, Wlieula, Pinions, Cylindera, llar rcls. Arbors, and in fact any part apper taining to Hue w atches. J All AVorlc AVurrutU. I pan aafely thai any work undertaken by me will be duiie iu Muciti a niuuuor and at such prieoa tor ii 4P O I XV 11 It that wilt tjive HatiHfai'tlou to all. who may lnvor mo with their orders. L. KLEIN, li-ly Author of "The Wateb." You i'un Nave Money !!y buying your PIANOS and OROANS from the 'undersigned Miiniiluctiirers' Agent, foi the Ixst branda in tlio market. Instruments sliippmi Ureet J'rijm aiiu Fae lorv. CllAS. A. SMpil'Z, Tuner, I Iv l..., K I 174'!, oil City, Pa. ' 1 TIONESTA, PA., KISSED BY MISTAKE. , - r T1Y B. A. w. "Will you bo ut liuiuu to uilit, Mary?" And the speaker, a lull, muscular, well-looking farmer, roddrneil to the roots of his hair, as though ho had committed some, very wicked hcI iu etead of asking- a simple question. Jle was buihful, extremely so, was James Brown, at least, in the pres ence of ladies, and, mint of all, in the sneietv of lho girl he loved. I IIow hu gitiirivud to appronch Mary Williams on the subject of his prefer ence for her, probably remains as much a .mystery to himself aa it is to others., , . 7. ' James was worth, in a worldly way. more than any AT her suitors : eojd- looking nod intelligent enough to sat isfy auy one but ao over-fastidious person. . . - "Mother is going over ta Aunt Dm'? to spend tho evening, and wauts mo to go; but I won't.' I've been working on father's shirts all day, besides do ing the dairy work, aud am at tired as I can be ; so they will have to do without me. Don't come Until eight o'cl'k ; I shulf he through putting thincs to rUhis then, aud will let you Of course iii.:es so far forgot bis bushl'uhiess as to petition for a good bye kiss, which was peremptorily re fused. . "No, rtshan't!...Thiitk I didn't see yon fidgeting ruutui Surah Jones yes? terdny? Ive not forgotten that, sir!'' "Now, Mary " " But the appeal was broken off by a tantalizing little laugh, and as he sprang forward to take a pleasant re venge on his tormentress, she tWrjedj away, auu ran up me pain to the house, where he saw her wave her hand as felic disappeared within the kitchen porch. . And then he turned from tWate, aud took the road homeward. T e tea-things had been carried out, the table set back against the wall, and Mary's workstanil drawn up iu front of the blazing fire. 7 " Mary w b sewing aud thinking how she could tell her mother she expected a visiter. r . . . She would have given the world to bo able to any, in an o!'-haiided man ner, that she expected Mr. Crown to drop iu about eight'. . "I shall rot dare to It 11 her ; she'll be sure to think I wished to get her out of the way, so I might have James an la iiiyseit, ana 1 should never hear the last of it." , And, like a wise little puss, she was silent. You would not have wondered at our young farmer's etithralment, if you could have seen Mary Williams as she sat by the fireside that cold No vember Mtening.' ,. $ ,; -' A neatly-fitting, dark calico,"' with the new look still on it, n hritsji linen collar, and. tasteful black apron. These were t he chief items of Mary's toilet; but she looked as sweet and dainty in her plain dress as it hours j had been speul in dunning laces and jewels. ' ' Eight o'clock and past. Mrs. WiHiains- was dozing in her chair her shadow on the wall bobbed about in grotesque mimicry as she nodded to and fro, and her fat bands lay listlessly in her lap, and her ball of yaru had rolled out upon the hearth, and puss was busy converting it into Gordiau knots. .' V And just theu came a double rap at the door so loud, so sudden, so self assured, that Marv started up, with a little shriek, and set her foot (in the cat's tail, who, iu turn, gave voice to her amazement and displeasure. The co'nhined noise aroused Mrs. Williams, and, starting into an creet posture, she rubbed her eves, settled her cap border, and exelanned : ''liless my soul, Mary! What was that? Somebody at the door? Who can be coming at thisjime of night?" "It ts not late, mother only a little after eight. I'll go and see who it is," said Mary, demurely, taking the can dle from the table. "No. ' You wind up mv ball, and sweep up the hearth while I go to the dour," said the old lady, whose feet were struggling iu the meshes of the unravelled yain. "Drat that cat!" Aud all this time James was stand ing on one foot iu the cold porch, with his hands in Ins overcoat pockets, wondering if Mary had fallen asleep, and every r.ow and then giving the door a rap by way of variation. In her hurry, Mrs. Williams forgot to take the candle, and, as she step ped out iu the little front entry ,the sit room door slammed after her. She found herself in the embrace of a stout pair of arms, a whiskered face in close proximity to her own, and. before the could think about the strangeness of her situation, she receiv ed a prolonged kiss a hearty smack full upon tier lips. NOVEMBER 3, 1875, Oh ! 'TainVObadiah,"" neither 1" She had by this timo divested her self of tho impression that it was her usually sober lipj'use, who mud have couio lio. no iu un unusually excited condition thus so indulge in such an unwonted expression of affection. '"Get out I Get out, I say ! Who are you? Jirder! Thieves! Mary, come here! Here's a mail kissing me like mad I" Lut the intruder had discovered his mistake it did not need tho indip-- nuot riuniM.elling' and ' scratching of! the lady 8 vigorous fist to cause him to I relinquish his hold and fly as if pur sued by some' indignant ghost. Mary, nearly cliokiug with smoth ered laughter, in spite of her trepida tion, bow cma U her mother's fescue. "I never was so frightened iu all my life? , Who could it ho? Mary, have you any idea?" But that dutiful daughter 'was, to all appearance, innocent as a dove. She soothed the old lady by reprc sentirg that it might have been oue of the neighbors, who, having drank too much, find mistaken the house and the house wife. She searched the entry for tho miss ing spectacles, dropped in the scuffle; rearranged the rumpled cap-border; wound up the tangled yam; stirred the fire all in the most amiable man ner possjMn.t at length h.yTfce eausiletiortT seeing her moths sub side into the chair with her accustom td tranquility. , . -l ' " But Mi'SVi?! "& wide awake DOW. Rh had a new idea iu her . head ; and, instead of SCtt'ing hers,"f fr an other nap, she pursued trie train of thought aud her knitting at the same time with wonderful rapidity. At length " stopping and " looking -ketty4 Mary, she said : " ; "I sftsfos it s . a queer notion of tniue, Mary, but I've an innistinct idea that that mail was- Jim Brown. If Mary's face did not 'fire up then! You might have lit a candle by it. These incipient symptoms ' did not escape ihe wary inquisitor. " l'ea.s so to me, 'cause those big whiskers were so much like bis'n, and lho awkward way he gripped iue with his great paws." Mary was wonderfully busy. She bent over her work, and threw the needle through so tvpily lbVLB thread snapped, and theu she 'i JQt'u engaged iu threading her needle again, that she didu't have time to answer. "I don't think that kiss whs meant for me, after all. Wonder who it was intended lifr ? And I wonder if you don't know something about it, Mary?" "Me, mother?" "Y'es, you, Mry. You was mighty anxious l i get me and father on" to Aunt Em's i his evening, hut I noticed you were dressed up extraordinary, for all you wern't g"ing- Mary, I'm getting old, I know it; but I haven't lost my eyesight yet. I've heard some'; thing about this between . you aud James WsVii. What are you playing that game for? Out with i, I say." ' Our little schemer, thus adjured, made a "clea hreasi" of the in a Iter, much relieved ' to find 'that tuollier ' hadu'l nothing agin him," aud would "give faUier a talk about it, aud bring him all around on the subject." . "But, Mary, 1 want you to tell Jim I'd rather he wouldn't make such a' mistake agin. I dont like the feel of his big whiskers nhout my face. I dou't approve of promiscuous kissing." James never heard the last of that, blunder. ' Old Williams used to delight in re hearsing the story wlieueverull parties interested happened to be present. He would shake his fat sidesat Jann-s' discomfiture, aud his wife's tart replies, and Mury would join him, and both would laugh until the tears run down their cheeks. "Never mind, Jim," Mrs. Williams would say. consolingly. "Let him laugh. He'd have been only to glad to have been iu your place, twenty years ago. Ha had to work to get a kiss from ine then, And I hope it will be a lesson to you and Mary agin the impolicy of concealment and such un derhand doings of all sorts " A gentleman of Birmingham, Coni, ll was visiting the optica! work a tnal place with some fiiends, I he other day, concluded to furnish himself with a new pair of eyeglasses, and tried eti several pairs, as ho supposed, one-. if i which, he finally declared, suited hi.i j eyes better than any he had ever hud. His friend's smiles caused him to ex- I amine, thein closely, when he found that they were a hue rair of frames without glasses. Tho best way i.s not to make a will at nil. If yon do make nue tin I iw yera will prove you mi idiot or a luna tic, aud takt the property for roving it. A McKeaii county wedding was de layed till the bridegroom, who had a hole in his. pocket, could take oil' bis boot and produce tho rili- $2 PEP. ANNUM. ncniANtt: ok j.uo. muiH.t:. . As lho boat shoots under tho nrehea ;od up '.!,.; river tho biido comcj iti view; tho busiest place in all busy Lon don. A lion t 8,000 people on foot and 000 vehicle puss every hour in the day. The rumble of l lie traffic as it comes to us on the boat is like the roll of distant thunder. I can compare, it to nothing else, trite as th siinilo is. In tho background you can sec tho tower, iti which the 'offenders nf the Povcrnmeiit .were imprisoned in the l""'s oi ohi, aim jmiimgs gate, the largest fish market in the world. Ihe dealers and their custom ers are notorious for the use of bad language, and the word " 3iliingsgate" is commonly accepted in writing and conversation as meaning abuse ar pro fanity. TI.e bridge has been rebuilt several limes, and the present one cost A'10, 000,000 iu gold; so you may iuiag:ne how substantial it is. In the reigu of Queen Elizabeth there were stores on each side with arbors and gardens, and at the, south end there was ft queer wooden house, brought from Holland, which was covered with carving and gilding. In the Middle Ages it was the scene of affrays of nil kinds, and it was burned down several times. Three thousand persons perished in one fire alone The heads of rebels were stuck on the gate bouses, nmongotbers those j of Jack Cadi aud of Gurnet, w ho was e ucerned in the gunpowder plot to bluw up the house of Parliament. Tho head of good Sir Thomas Moore, brave Wallace of Scntlaini and the pious Bishop of Kochester were also placed there, nud until a comparatively re cent fjate . such ghastly trophies glanced i!..;'.n on he pussers by. They were fastened on it'on snii:?, and iu a gale of wind they sometimes rolled i to the ground or into the water. I hree hundred and fifty years no thd lord mayor of London was Sir William Ilewett. Hewelt lived iu a h.iuse on the brii'ge, and bad an infant daughter namcie Anne. The current of Thames w..s then very stong as . there vas u full of several feet underneath the arches. One day a nurse was play ing with baby Anne at a window over looking the river, and iu a earless mo ment she let her little charge fall. A young apprentice Darned i Ostim no (dunged into the boiling stream after her.uinl wi'h great difficulty saved her, thus earning the life-long gratiu.de of her master, the lord mayor. Anne grew to be a beautiful woman, und as her father was wealtny, many: noble men, including earls and baronets, sought her hand. But she loved Os borne the best, and to all other suitors her father said: "No.Oshorne won her, and Osborne shall have her." So ho did, and bo afterwards became tlie fiiSl Duke ol Leeds. The language of laughter is a curi ous study. It expresses almost every passion, human and inhuman." Sohie laughs are culchi'-g.' Everybody has them ju.-t by ltetiriug I hem. They are the most coiitagiiius complaints iu the world. Others have no character ut all and have been described as "the crack ling Ot morns under a pot. Jcver think you have the complete measure of a man till you havo he i nl him laugh. It may betray in an iustaut what he would not disclose in a thousand words. A hard, dry luugh is as. rt of geologist. It detects the streak of iron bidden ill the laughter. Every person knows somebody with u spattering laugh, but gentlemen never sputter oiily individu als. Earnestness and laughter do not belong together.. Nature never laughs, though one of the llowitts says of Australian-anil, "you lieklo it with the hoe, and it laughs with the harvest." But nature is always earnest. She Seems to smile but. she never laughs. The most u- nteniptible of the ' whole cachinuutioii nation is the giggle You always fccLlike strangling it, ar.d wish it had been with the unhappy little 1 iincess iu the lower. It li worse than a titter, for it is noiser. It is woiso-than a sneer. You can kick a sneer, but you cannot kick' a giggle any more than you can luuko footballs of soap-bubbles. A school boy, being requested to wrilo a CompiHjiiion on.tUu subject of "1'ius," produced tin following: "Fins are very useful. They have saved the lives of many men, women, and chil dren intact whole families." "How so?" Baked the puzzled teacher. And the boy replied, " W by, by not swal lowing iheiu." This matches the story of the other boy, w ho defined salt as "ihe stuff thai makes potatoes taste bud when you uuul put on any." "Shall I help you to some of the loinutusscs ?" inquired a young exuus- itu of a veuei'ulile physician, as he sut I opposite him at a bold table. "No, sir, I ilmiiK you," replied the learned , savant; "but I'll trouble you foi somo of the potatusses, if you please." Those who tire always peering into the a Ifu i rs of i heir neigh tmrs constitute ' a very nuan sort of peerage. Rates of Advertising. One Srpiaro (I inch,) one inertion - 91 AO OneSqiiaro ,". .one month k 3 Otl (me Square " three months tl 00 OneSqiiarn " one year - - 10 00 Two Squares, one year ... 15 do. 'i'uirtorCol. " - . ' . ;io no if '11.'' " " ' - - W OO Olio "" ; lm l(b, Legal notices st established ratos. Marriage und death notices, grails. All liills lor yearly advert isenienta col teeted quarterly. Temporary advertise ments mux . be paid for in advance. Job work, Cash on Dell very. TUB IIWTOllY OF rOTAUE STAMrs. ,The introduction of the jiostal tys teiu, an it at present exists in allcouu-trie-i on Ihe globe, has bren credited to England, win ii, iu 184 Cove rs ami envelopes w ere" devised to carry letters all over the kingdom at ono pennv tin: single rale. The plan was udopt. ed through the cxi i tions ut Kir Row land Hill, who bus been aptly termed "ihe lather of- postage stamps." It now' appears, however, that there is uiiotlu r aspirant for the introduction of ihe sianip system. In Italy, us far biiik as 1818, letter sheets were pte pared, duly stumped in the left lower comer, whi.o letters were delivered ly specitJIy appointed carriers, on the piiyuietit of the money , which tho stamp ri'pusetiU-d. Tho early, stamp represented a courier on horseback, and was of three value?.'-' It'wns dis continued in 183G.. ; Whether Italy or Great Britain.- first introduced poslug -stumps, other countries af terward began to avu.l themselves of this method fur the payment of letters., although they did nut . move very promptly in the mutter. . ' Great Britain enjoyed the' monopo ly of stamps for three years, and, though lho first stamps were issued in 1840, she bad made fewer changes iu stamps than aoy .other country, and has sulfercd no changes at all in the muiu design the portrait of Queen Victoria. In other countries, notably iu our own, the Sandwich Islands, and the Argentine Hi public, the honor of portraiture on tbfc stamps is usually distributed utnnny various high public officers; but in Great Britain the, Queen alone figures on her stamps, and not even the changes that thirty five years have niude iu her face are shown on 'the national and colonial postage stumps. The next country to follow tho ex ample of England was Brazil. In 1842 a series of three stamps was is sued, c insisting simply of large nu merals denoting the value, and all printed in black. Then came the can tons in Switzerland, and Finland, with envelopes wb.ch to day axe very rare, and soon after them, Bavaria, Belgi um, France, Hanover, . New South' Wales, Tuscany, Austria, British Guiana, .Prussia. Saxony, Schlcswig, Holsteiu, Spain, Denmark, Italy, Old enburg, Trinidad, Wurtemburg nud the . United States. Other countries followed in tho train, until, at tho present moment, there is scarcely any portion of the globe, inhabited by civilized people, which has not post age stamps. A stranger officiated at one of tho churches in Belclirrniwn on a recent Sabbath, in the absence of the regular clergy jiuii. His afternoon discourse was a, new version of the "Prodigal Son," unique and novel. The rever end speaker represented him when leav ing home ns arrayed in in the height of Parisiun fushioii-"in silk hat, broad cloth coat, kersey meres, kid gl ives.and French calf boots," and, after a life of unparalleled extravagance, dissipation and sin, conspicuous among the fruits of which were "the graves of two beau tiful maidens," his victims, his prop erty being spent and his servants deserting him, he was seen one morn ing "out iu the middle of a lot, on a ' rock, his silk hut knocked in, broad cloth out at the elbow, French calf boot. out at the toes, kid gloves gone, hogs all around him, and he chewing the polls?" Wheu Jones's board bill was pre sented, he said that he did not havo enough iiiouey to pay it, opening bis wallet at the same time. His landlady seeing quite a number of bank notes, rather doubted his word, und inquired what denomination those bills were. "Denomination? said Jones. "Well, I don't know; but I guess they must, belong to the Unitariau denomination, for they are all oaes. "James Jenkins," said a school master to his pupil, Mv iiat is an aver age?" ''A thing, sir," answered the scholar, promptly, "that hens lay eggs on." ''Why do you say that, you silly by?" replied the ped igogue. "Because sir," find the youth, "I liard a gen llemun say the o;her day as a hen would lay, on an average, a hundred and twenty eggs a year." Small boy in a grocer's 8tore-"How do yon sell thsi ligs?" "Two for three cents." "-Well, le's see; that's one for two cents ami one for ono cent, ain't it?" Ye." Well, l'l tako tke one cent one." "Yes, yes, youug man, eat all you want." It looks bad to see a dog preceding his master down the street aud calmly turn into the first saloon he approaches. It shows there is something wrong, something lacking, a deplorable ten dency oi) the part of the dog. Lot's wife wouldn't have looked back, but a woman with a new dress passed her and she wanted to se if tho lack breadth was milled.
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