If She ores? jcpuMmm. rncE in robtnsoh a noNwira building ELM BTREET, TI0NE3TA, PA. f -TKIims; .5rvrKA Q "No sTtbscHpllon received" for a shorter period thnn threo months. Correspondence solicited from nil ports f tii country. No nntteo will bo taken of nnnonymous communications. ,:'I BUS1NCS3 DiriECTOfJY; ! ' , TIONESTA LODGE .r.Oi i'o. p. MI.KTs ffn ' , I YMiiy . lA i'iiliifr, n( T o'clock, irt iIiIIhII lormcrly heciipiod iv tho Hood TomplniH. A. 11. KELLY, N. n. '. A. RANDALL, .Secy. . , . , 87-tt MEETS at. FollowV LodRp, lloom, every Tuesday .ve nlnir, at 7 o'clock. . , . rV l'A LI-., C. J. B. ACNEW, Tioo.HU, Pn. ;,':-'--'Attir!w W. E. LATHY, Erie, Ft. AH1A.THY, Attorneys at Law, Tionesta, Pa, Oir.cc on.Kli."1 t,t,-uu! -""-t . -i a. ... ,.'. i.J-.il. J. j, K. Lr Davis, TTORNEY AT X-AW, Tlmiosto, Pa. A .Collections madetn this anil anj'o-. intf counties. 4-Iy ; Mil. 'W. TATK, H j ATTORNEY AT LAW, ilrert, X rO.VA'.V7M, 7., r: j? wTHays, jt ' ' ATTORN'KY'AT LAW. and NoIahy Pi'Bi.itr, Reynolds Hukill A Co.'s Rlock, Honucn St., Oil Oily, l'a. B'.i-ly r. K1M.1KAB. y. B. B MILKY. - KiSXKA R HHIILF.t, , At'.orneyj ot Law, - - Freaklia, Fa. 13 R ACT ICE in Iheneveral Courts of Ye . uah.no. !rwfrd, forest, and, afljoin ing Hiuiitie5. ,, , " 3!t-ly. 1)AUnEll.S Wd Jfclnlnlreawni.Tr3n.ear- b-lllUli' linllrtiiiit: Klin Kt. Switches, Vfinr.iw, Ihiiifls, C'urln, Ac., mnil from Oorulunw. lvlmMcU!orl M'nunnently !u thin lnce, tbi'V dcslro the putromtKn of the public. Snttsfcu'tion gn'arante?il. 15 3m JT SAT I OX ilFrKOTKlT rixjioTTirm, ? V. DiBUVKLIX,. - .Pbopkibtoii. Friit-filKss LIcouKiil Hoiibp. (Joocti st lil couuectod. " i. 1H-1.T ? CENTRAL HOUSE, w BOXNftR -AUXKW-HUK'K. T Anxtvr, Proprietor. ' Tlii In new hOUHP, bikI haJust (teen flttd ui for tho uorominoil.itioii tjf the pul.Uc. A-portion th putrmiao or me putono is auiieuea. It i VLjwrenca Hfrtise, l . 'pinNhSTA,' l'A.r WILLIAM LAW- I RK.VCK, TnnrwiKTon. This lionw eentrojly loeatod.," Kverythlnn new and ;vrlt fuiiiiKlicd Kujerio'r acoomniodar "thins and lricttt.rWior. ulven to (.'UosIhI J YvsotHliles au4 Fruits of all kind served their ieasoil, Simiplo room for Com .. merciul Agents. . . L r ' T-r. tc fr c T i rir TCT7 P Q A. VARXKR PhorniKTon. T)ppiwit5 ; 0 Court I1.m.', Tionesta, l'a. i Just - npened. KvocVUiiinr new nml clvait and ' froth, 'fhe buit ot Ucpiors kept cohstnntlf I wo hund.rtA poTtioaviif the public jmtroii . Mga 4s revHctfUlly solicited. 4-17-lV C. B. Weber's Hotel, A -has possession of tho new fcrfe-k hotel "' and will le happy twentertain all his old ;ust(iiiers, and anytiiimber of new ones. - itod acoommadaliiMiH lor guests,, and ex- - cellent stabliitK. v . ;lo-3m. - "Hr Drtlj. t.i Aconb, , '. pHYKK'IAN AN l HUREON,'wf has' ; ; 1 liad lll'teeif years' experiencoiu n lar-e g ami Hiiccessfiti practice, will attend nil -; Professional l?rllt. -OiU-e in his Drug and t irocery Ktonv-Joc-ted in Tidioute, iiear Tidiouie House, . - IN HIS STOUE M ILL IJE FOUND ( 7Af fidl assortmont of Modlciues, Liqiiorn -. Tobacco, Ciirars, Stationery, (ilass, Paints, oils. Cutlery, all of the best quality, and will bo sold at reasonable rate. - " DR. ('HAS.' O. PAY. an experienced ' Phvsician and Drnj;it from New York, 1 has" charge of the Store, All prescriptions ' nut up acewratojy. a. h. sir. i ' jno. r- iua. : i. b. out. !.'' -1 Y, .1 Ji Jv C CO.t' , B 1A. IsE K: E B S, Corner of Elm A Walnut SLh. Tionesta.' :! ' Hank of Discount and Deposit. ; Interest allowoil on Time Deposits. -. Cotlootlons madconall the Principal points ' t 'pi' tho D.s, ' ' ; Collection Bolle.ited. i,18-ly. :"r D. W. CLARK, (COM.VISSIOK Ell's .'LKllK, t'OUBSt VO., P.V.) HEAL JS8TATJ3 AQENT. H0l-'iKS and Lots for Salo and RENT JVild luds for Sale. X . ' I have snperior facilities for ascertulninjr the conilHiou ol uxes anil lax uoois, c, Mid am. ttiertoro qnaliiied to act intelli gently as agent of tboso living at uis ance. owniua lands in the County. - Ottioe in Commtssloiiera Rooin,'Court JIoimTiouesta, l'a. 4-44-1?. . . D. W. CLARK, " r7'i r WANTKn.Kvcrybody ti know that I'our-fnld Liniment is tlie leadiujr Lini ment for eurinfr all kiurt of Pains and fioro Throats, and for Horses, Cattle, de., is tho most successful Liniment in tho market. See circulars around bottles. ' Hold by all Druggists. StMyeom for. WORK neatly executed ut tho RE .1 ITlil.rCAN Olticc. VOL. VIII. NO. 30. Painting, Paper Hahgfrig ' '&c, T7 II. CHASE, of Tionesta, offeri his J ser' li'Os toiVlioso hi iK-ed t j PAINTl.M:. CAi.cnriMNX;. J WZINU ,V VAKNISHlSa, . ' Ml!N WRITING, PAPKR HANGINU, AND CARUIAUK WORK, Work promptly attended to and , HntlNniotlon Oiiu'miiol. Mr. -Chaser will work In-the nrmntryl,- 10 "aa ousiiiui, cxireoieijr so, was i-hm rtei red. i:t tf. , I James Brown, at least, in tho. pres w NEW HA t NESS SHOP, JIT.-IT openeil next door north of tlib Lawrn llnuHe. The mxlmnlgnod h prcpiMwl to drt t kinds of work in his lino In the, bent style and on short notice. 3TRW UVIti:NN ' ' .. j A Specially, Keep on linnd a flneaHSnrt inni in' Cti. ry Combs, Brushes, Harness Oil!, Whips, and Saddles. Harness or All kinds matin to Ardor and cheap as the chiipo.su Remember tbo name and place w. -ry Kerr. " " . North of Iawreuce 1 lotisi. . I 14-Jy Tionests, fit. DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Pa. MRS. IIEAYU ha recently -moved to this place Tor i..'io purposo of nv'Cl'ng a want whhrh the ladies of tho town and county hare tor a losr time known,, that of havintt a dressmaker of-' -experience ninonii tlnm, I am pren.red to make all k I in In of dresses in the latest styles, ami guarantee satisfaction. Stain piiip for braid ing unl em broidery dona in the best man ner, with the newest patterns. All I ask is a tnir rial. Residence on Water Strdcf, in the house formerly occupied bv Jaoob Shriyer. rl4t' Frank Itobblns,;,,", : PHOTOGRAPHER , (KUCCESSOH TO DKM ISO.) Pictures iu every styleof the art. Views of tho oil regions for ttudo or taken to or der. ' , CEXTRE STRKET, near R, 11, crossing. SYCAMORE STREET, near "Union Pe pat, Oil City; Pa. 20-lf , PIIOTOGRAPQ GALLERY. EI. .ni-ITHKKT, ; SOUTH OK ROBINSON A BONNER'S . . . STORK. Tionssta, M. CARPENTER, - - - Proprietor. Pictures taker) In all the late&t Rtvlea the art. . "s, a-tr (in P.OYARD C CO.'S Store, TioneU, Po.) KlJ' l'RACTICAl. WATCHFiUKER & 'JEWELER, DEALER IN Watches, Clocks, Solid ami l'latetl , Jewelry, Jilack Jewelry. Eye Glasses, Spec tacles, Violin Strings, d-c. . Will examine and repair Fino limrllsh, Swisti or American Watolics, such as Re peaters, Indupeudent - Seoonds, -iU'in Wiiidura, Duplex, Levors, Anchors and lupines, and will make any new- pinces for tle MHine, am h aa istartH, Forks, Pel letts, Wheels, Pinions, Cylinders, Bar rels. Arbors, and in fact any part apper taining to line watches. ;JA1I Vorlc AVrriu4l. I can safely ' that any work Undertaken by me will be done iu uoh a manner and at such pricos lor .... ,-. , . , .... tlOOl) WO 11 it - that will give satisfaction to all. who may favor ino with their orders. L. KLEIN, 14-ly Author of "The Watch." , You Can Sav Mouoy Ry buyinjr your PIANOS and ORI1ANS tvoin 'the uudci-siiined ' Manul'uolurers' Anent, fi the Ix-sl brands in the murket. Instruments sbippu4 ihn i't J'rim Atio Factors-. CHAM. A. Si"liTZ, Tuner, l iv l. eu I oxl-iii, oil cin-, P.I. km TIONESTA, PA., KISSED BY MISTAKE. nv a a. vr. . "Will Mary ?" you bo at hoiiiu to uiht, And the speaker, a tall, muacular, well-looking furmer, reddened to the roots of his hair, as though ho had committed some, very wicked act iu etcad of asking a simple question. ence of Mies, anJ, most of nil, in the society of bo girl he lveri. - " J finw ho .ttontrivod t) approkth Mary Williams on the subject of his prefer ence for her, probably rofnains as much a (nyalery to himself as it is : to others., . v ; . ". James was worth, in a worldly way. mora, than any AT her suitors : eood- looking noii intelligent enough to sat isfy v any . ona"' but aq over-fastidious person. ,....,. i "Mother is going over to Aunt Em'? to spend tho evening, and wants me to go; hut I n'n't, " I've been working ou lather's shirts all (lay, besides . do ing the dairy work, aud am ai tired as I can he ; so they will have to do without w. Don't come 'until -eight oVi1: i allf- beuhraugh potting things to 'inhia thou, and will let you in." , i " Of course'JixiwOS so fuf forgot his bush ful 1)08 Us to petition for a good bye kiss, which was peremptorily re fused. . "No, I shan't l. Think I didn't see you fidgeting roiini tiarah Jotb.s yes tcrduy? I've not forgotten Hint, sir!'' "Now, Mary "4 ; ;. But the appeal was broken off by a tantalizing little laugh, and as he prang forward to take a pleasant re venge on his tormentress, she' iIijo.dj anuy, anu rau up me pain to the house, where he saw her wave her hand as the disappeared within, the kitchen porch. i . . ;. ' . Aud then be turned from (Wj;atet aud look the road homeward. T tea-things had been carried out, the table set buck against tho-' wall, and Mury's Wiirk'stand-- drawn py in front of the blazing firo. ; , ' Mary w h sewing aud thinking how she could tell her mother she expected visitor. !: A 'i "J 1 li . Bho would Jiavc given the world to bo able to suy, in au o't'-hauded man ner, that she expected Mr. Brown to drop iu about ciht. , , ; shall ot dare to tell her she'll be sure to think I wished to get hur nut of the. way, so I might have James an iil Illy sen, ana i snouui Qever near the last ..f it.". ; '' And, like a wise little puss, she was silent,. ' - ' ?. Yuu. would out have wondered, at our yotiug farmer's enthraluient, if you could have seen Mary .Williams as she sat by the fireside that cold No- mbli wteiiing.'; Zl i CJ i ' A etly.Uinrfc. 'darfc-caliciir-witb the new loot ai ill n it trUtl, 1!,.,. collar, and. tasteful black apron. These were the chief items of Mary's toilet; but she looked as sweet and dainty in her plain dress as it hours hail been Bpent in donning laces and jewels. ' .' :. !...; Eight o'clock and past. Mrs. Williams was dozing in her chair her shadow on the wall bobbed about in grotesque mimicry as she nodded to anil fro, and her fat hands lay listlessly in her lap.and her ball of yaru had rolled out upon ti e hearth, and puss was busy converting it iuto Gordiau kuots. i i. i. ! And just theu came a double rapat the door so loud, so sudden, so self assured, that Marv started up, Wilh 'a little shriek, and set her foot (in the cat's tail, who, in' turn, gave voice to her amazement and displeasure. ' The coTihined noise aroused Mrs. Williams, and, starting into an erect posture, she rubbed her eyes, settled her cap border, and exclaimed : "Bless my soul, Mary! What was that? Somebody at the door? Who can be coming at thiajime of night?" "It is 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. 1 You wind ud my ball, and sweep up the hearth while I go to the door," said the old ladyv whosa. feet were struggling iu the uenhes of the unravelled yam. "Drat that call" And all this time James was stand ing on one font in the cold porch, with his hands iu his overcoat pockets, wondering if Mary had fallen asleep, and every row 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 in the little front entry ,the sit room door slammed afier her. . .'. She found .herself in the embrace of a stout pair of arms; a whiskered fare in close proximity to her own, and, before she could think about the strangeness of her situation, she receiv ed a prolonged kiss a hearty smack full upon ner lips. NOVEMBER 3. 1875, ,0hl 'Tain'badiah, neither I" , She had by this timo divestod her self of the inipresion that it was her usually 6v)bc-Hp'us-o, who muet havo couio lioaio iu uu unusually excited condition thus so indulge in such an unwanted expression of affection. "Get out 1 Get out, J nay ! Who are you? ALurdcr! ThieVtsI Mary, come here! Here' a man kissing rue like mad!" . ... But the intruder had discovered his. mistake it did not need the indig nttol ttunia.elli'ng'and " scratching of the lady's vigorous fist to cause him to relinquish his hold and fly as if pur sued by some indignant Irhoat. ' Mary, nearly choking with gmoth ered laughter, in spite of her trepida- i tibr, tow caida ti heV mother's Rescue. "I never was so frightened iu all my life? , Who could it bo? Mary, have you any idea ?" i - But that dutiful daughter, 'was, to all appearance, innocent as a dove. ; She soothed the old lady by repre sentii'j that-it might have been oue of the, neighbors, who, having drank ton much, had mistaken tho house "and the house wife. ; She serched the entry for the miss ing spectacles, dropped in the scuffle f rearranged -tue rumpled reap-border; wound up "the' tangled yarn; Blirred the tire all in the most amiable man ner possrtViil at length hnT1ie atfiriTl.ctiurf seeing her mnthnr "'sub side into the chair with her accustom ed tranquility., ' - But IrsVjJ JummsJ was wide awake now,'. .. " . , ' '. : i '., She had ft new idea in her head ; and, instead pf SC't''" hers.-'f for an other nap, she pursued tfie fain o.r thought aud her knitting at the same time wilh aouderful rapidity. , "' At length 'stopping.! and 7 looking fcenyt Mary, she said : ' , " " f ! , "I 8tvrsa it . queer notion of miue, Mary, but I've an inuistinet .!.... tKat ik.l ni.n.w.b T;.n' T3....M... '4 IUII .). .... Ul .1 1 U JU t U . LJ I , , u , If Mary's face Hid not Tire up then t You might have lit'a eandle by it. ; These incipient symptoms' Hiii not escape, the wary inquisitor. ., " ' I "'Pea, 8 so to me, 'cause those big whiskers were so' much like his'n, and the awkward way he gripped me . with his great paws." -I Mary was wonderfully busy. ; ',' She bent over her work, and. threw the needle through so vapidly llflj.'dja thread snapped, and ' then she j engaged iu threading her needle again, that she didu't have time to answer. "I don't think thai kiss was meant for ine, after all.' ; W ler who it 'was intended frTr ?, And I wonder if you don't know something about it, Mary?" "Me, mother?" "Yes, you, Mu.ry. You was mighty anxious 1 1 get me and father otf to Aunt Em's this evening, but I noticed you were oresseil, up extraordinary, I ,,,r tt" 3"' 1 K'""g' Mary- 1 "l getting "Id, I know it; but I haven't . 7'8h yet- heard some, I thiug about this lielweeu . you and James Wiwii: What are you playing that game for? Out with i, I say." ' " Our' little schemer, thus adjured, made a "clea. ..breast", of the matter, touch relioveif to fiii'd'jhat :, nmilier ' hddu't nothing agin him," and would "give falbeT talk about it, and bring him all around on the subject." '. ; "But, Mary, I 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 about my face, ' I don't approve of promiscuous kUVing." . James uever heard the last of that, blunder. . ' ' ' "' !'' : Old Williams used to' delight in re hearsing the story whenever nil parlies interested happened to be present. , Ho would shake his fat sidesat James' discomfiture, aud his wife's tart replies, and Mary would joiu hitu, aud both would laugh until the tears run - down their cheeks. " ' ' "Never miud, Jim," Mrs. Williams would iuy, consolingly. "Let him lautrh. He'd have been only to glad to have been iu your pluce, twenty years ag. He bad to work to get a kiss from me then. And I hope it will be a lesson to you and Mary Hgin the impolicy of coueealuieul and such un derbuild doings of all sorts" 1a i A gentleman ot Birmingham, Cou, wife) was visiting the option! work at tnat place with some friends, I he other day, concluded to furnish hiaiself with a new uair of eyeglasses, and tried ,,t several pairs, as he supposed, one :. if which, lie finally declared, suited hi. eyes belter than any he had ever had. Ilia friend's smites caused him to ex amine them rlosalr, wheu h found that l hoy were a fin pair of frames without glasses. Tho best way is not to make a will at nil. If yon do make oue the liw yera will prove you an idiot or u luna tic, and takt the property for j roving it. A MeKeaii county wedding was de layed till tho bridegroom, who had a holu in liia. pocket, could tuke otf his boot and produce tho ring. $2 PfiK ANNUM. HOIANtE OH1 LONDON HKIDlili. As the boat shoots under the nre.hes u .id up tho liver the bridge comes in view; tho busiest place in' all busy Lon don. About 8,000 people on foot and 1)00 vehicles pass every hour in the day. The rumble of tile, traffic as it comes to us on the boat is like the roll ofdistant thunder. I can compare, it to nothing else, trite as the simile is. In t ho background vmi can see the tower," ill which the offender ' r.r the government, were -imprisoned in . the barbarous times' of old, arid' Billings gate, tho largest', fish market in the world. The dealers and their custom ei's are notorious for the use of bad language, and the word " 3iliitigsgnle" is commonly accepted in writing and conversation us meaning abuse ar pro fanity. , ' ' -; ". '.'." ' ;'',;' Tl'.o bridge hat been rebuilt several time?, and the present one cost 10, 000,000 iu gold; so you may , ioiag:ue how eubtfiHiniuI it is. In the raigu of Qtle.cn Elizabeth 'there were stores on each side with arbors aud gardens, and nt the; south end there was a queer wooden house, brought from Holland,' which was covered ;with carving aud gilding. In the Middle; Ages It was the tcelie of affrays of all kinds, and it was burned down several times. Three thousand persons perislicd in ouo fire alone The heads of reVds were stuck on the gate houses, among others those of Jack Cade and of Garnet, who was t ncerned in the gunpowder ; plot to blow up the house of Parliament. The head of good Sir Thomas Moore, brave Wallace of Scotland and the piqus Bishop of Rochester were nUo plaacd there, aud until a comparatively re rent . such ghastly " trophies glanced iio'.'.u on ' ,'he passers ,:by. They were fastened ou ir.rn srHk:'?. aud iu a gale of wiud they sometimes rolled In the ground or into the water. ' , ' Jhree hundred and fifty years no the; lord mnyor -of 3 London" was Sir William Hewett. ': Hewett lived iu a h'.iuse on th brit'ge, aud bsd an inlaDt daughter named- Anne. . Tlid current of Thames wus then tofy otong as. there was u full of several feet underneath the arches.-One day a nnrse was play ing with biihy Aune at a window over looking the river, and iu a earless .mo ment she let her little clmrga fall, ! A young 'apprentice ftamed i Osisn lie plunged intojh. boiling stream after her.ainl wiih great diliicnlty saved her, thus earning the life-long gralili.de of her master,- the lord mayor: Antra grew to be a beautiful woman, and as her father was wealthy,, many: tioble nien, including earls -and baronets, sought her baud. Bui she loved Os borne the best, and to all other suitors her father said: "No.Osborne won her, and Osborne shall have her." ' So he did, and ho afterwards becume the fiiSl JJuke ol'Leed. , . 7 .- s; -; -; . 1 : ' " -' I The language of laughter is a ctiri bus study. It eijpressea ' aluiost every passion, human aiid iiiluiiiuiii Some laughs are cujchit,g.r,Elfer-vb:idy has them just by heuriug ihem. They are the. most ctiiitagiiius. coiii-luiuls iu the world. Others have no character ut all and have been described us "the crack ling of looms under a pot." Never think you hive the entnplcte measure of a 'uiin till you havo he'ird him luugh. It may betray iu au iustaut what he would not disclose in a thousand words. A liurd, dry luugh is a rt pf geologist. It delects the streak of iron hiddeu in the laughter. Every persou knows somebody with a spattering lauh, hut gentlemen never sputter only individu als.' Earnestness uud laughtec do not belong together.'. Nature never laughs, though one of thw Ilowitls says of Australian soil, "you tickle it with the hoe, and it laughs wilh the harvest." But nature u u I ways earnest. She seems to siuik) but' she never 'uughs. Tiie tiiost ntemptihle 'of the ' whole cachiiiualiou uutiou is the gigglex You always fei-L like strangling it, ar.d wish it had been wilh the unhappy little Priat'ess iu the Tower. It is worse thati -a titter, for it is uoiser. It is worse than a sneer. ' You - can kick a sneer, but yu cannot kick' a giggle any more than you can muke foolbulls of soup-bubble. A school buy, being requested to writo a Composition oA.llui subject of "Pius,'1 produced the following: "Pins are very useful. They have saved the lives of many men, wouieu, and chil dren in iact whole families." "How W asked the puzzled teacher. And the Uy replied, " Why, by Uol swal lowing theiii." This miitcliei the story of ihe oilier boy, who defined salt as the ril tilt ibat makes potatoes taste bad when yuu lion I put ou any." "Shall I help you to some of the tnmatnsscs ?" inquired a young exqus ito of a veiierublu physician, as he sul opposite him at a hotel luble. "No, sir, I thaim you," replied the learned savuut; "but I'll trouble you for some of the potatusses, if you please." , Those who are always peering iuto tho affairs of their neighbors constitute u very nuaii sort of pcertige. Rates of Advertising. One Srpmro flinch,) one Inert ion - fl oO OiieS'iuaro .". . one month v 3 ou One Square " three months OH OneSiuare " nno year - - 10 00 Two Squares, one year . - - - 15 Oo. HuarterCol.. i , ' '. h - 30 00 " ".. - -WW Oho - n-.-T :7-m ift. I.CRal not h es at ostabl lnhod rates. Marria-ze und death notices, gratis. All bills lor yearly advertisenients col lected quarterly. , 'I'emporsrv a.lverlise ments mus be paid for iu advance. Job work, Cash on Delivery. TIIK I1ISTOUY OF P0TAE 8TA5IPS- , ,Tho introduction of tho nostai eys- fell! -llu'il al' n,ai.nl n.!.l. f. . 11 '. . w t Hu .v ... tn, , b cuipia in u 1 1 coil II" tries on the globo, has' been credited to -'England, wht n, in IS-Wpovers ami envelopes were devised to carry letters ull oyer ihe kingdom nt one penny the single rale. ' The plan was adopt ed through the exertions nt tfir Row land Hill, who hns been aptly '.termed "the lather of: postage, stamp." It now' appears,, however, that there is another aspirant for tho, introduction of ihe siamp system. ' lii 'Iiulv, as far back as 1818, letter sheets were pre, pured, duly ttamped in' the left lower corue;', wbi o letters were delivered by specially appointed carriers, nq.the paymeut of the money , which the stamp rcpiesctited: The early, stamp represented a courier on horseback, and was of three value?;. It 'was ' dis continued in 183C.r, Wbather Italy or Great Britaii. first iutroduccf? poslug -stamps, ther countries af terward began to nva.l themselves of this met bod for tile pay motit of letters, alth'tugb- they did Dot Jtuove . very prumpily in 'the mutter.. . .1 Great. Britain eiijoyrij the, monopo ly of stamp fof three i years, , and, thrttigh the first stumpt were insued in 1840, she had made fewer changct in ttampt than uoy other .country, and baa suffered no changes at all in the malu design the portrait of Queen Victoria. Iu other countries, tfotablj iu our own, j.ho Sandwich Islands, and the Argentine Republic, the honor of Dortrailure on tlit siumna. ! nuiu distrijintcd amony various high public officers'; but', in Great Britain the. Queen iiione figures od her stamps, nun not even me cnanges that thirty five years haveTfnu de ia her fncA am shown on ' the' national and colonial postage stamps. . . .The next country to follow the ex- artiple "of England was Brazil." In 1842 a series of three' stamps was is sued, c insisting-simply of large nu- . i .. . . .i , , ... lucrais ueiiniiug me vaiuo, ana all nrinted in hlack ThAh nnma tUanan. I - . .....v. MU U... tons in Switzerland, and Finland will. envelopes wh.eh to-dav are very rare, a.wl a.... . '. .1 i , T I , aou -.u mice i.ocio,- jpnvaria, lOlgl- um, France, . Hanover, i, New South- Wales, Tuscany. Austria. ' British. Guiana, .Prussia. Saxony, Schleswig, tlolsteiu, bpuiu, JJenmark, Italy, Uld ebburg, Trinidad, Wurteuiburg and the . United Stales. Other countries followed in the train, until, at the proscnt inomciit, there is scarcely any portion of the irlobe. inhabited bv civilized people, which bus not post age stamps. . A stranger officiated at oue of the churches in Belchmown on a recent Sabbath, in the absence of the regular clergy muti. His afternoon discourse was n new version of the "Prodigal Son," unique and novel. The rever end speaker represented him when leav ing home as arruyed in in the height of Parisian fushiou "in silk hat, broad cloth coat, kersey meres, kid gl ves,and French calf boots," and, after a . life of unparalleled extravagance, dissipation and sin, coiispi; uutis among the fruits of which wero "the graves of two beau tiful maidens," bis victims, his prop erty being spent ' and his servants deserting hiru, he was seen one morn ing "out in tho middle of a lot, on at ; rock, his silk hut knocked in, broad cloth out at the elbow,' French calf, boou out at the -toes, kid gloves gone, bogs all around him, and he chewing the pod!" ; : Wheu Jones's botrd bill wag pre sen led, ho said that be did uol have enough money to pay it, opeuing his . wallet ai the same time. Hit laudlady seeing quite a 'number of bank notes, rather doubted his word, aud inquired what denomination those bills were. "Denomination? said Joues. . "Well, I don't know; but 1 guess they must, belong to the Uuitariau denomination, for they are all one." "James Jenkins," said a school roaster to his pupil, U hat Is an aver age?" -'A thing, sir," answered the scholar, promptly, "that hens lay eggs on." "Why do you say that, you silly boy?" replied the pedigogiie. "Becauso sir," said the youth, "I Iseard a gen llemuu say the olu-r day as a hen would lay, on an average, a hundred and twenty eggs a year. Small boy in a grocer's store."IIow do you sell theso tigs?'' "Two for three cents." "-Well, le't see; that's one for two ceuts and one for oue cent, ain't it?" Yes," Well, I'l take tke one cent one," "Yet, yes, youug man, eat all you want." . It looks hud to see a dog preceding his tuaster down the street aud calmly turn into the first saloon he approaches. It shows there is tnmethiug wrong, something lacking, a deplorable ten dency oi) the pari of the dog. Lot's wife wouldn't havo looked buck, hut a woman with a new dress passed her and she wanted to so if the ' Lack breadth was milled.
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