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MEETS ovorv Friday evening, at 7
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'y tholiood Templars.
t. J. van riiESEN, X. O.
1). VT. CLaRK, Hec'yL 27-tf.
J "tionesta council, NoTsi'ii
MEETS at O.U1 Fellows' J,odgo Koom,
every Tuesday evening, Rt 7 o'clock.
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S. A. VAUNEE, U. S. SI
A T T O 11 X i: Y A T LA W ,
TIONESTA, PA.
ATTENTION KOI.HIKRMt
I bavo been nrimiltcd t practice nn
Attorney In tho Pension office nt Wash
ington, " 1. C. All officers, KcMinis, or
kiu lorn who were Injured in the Into war,
oun obtain pensions' to which they ni:iy be
ftitillad, lv calling on or addressing mo nt
'Honest. 1'a. Also, claims for nrrcyrngus
vf pay mid bounty will rMivo prompt at
tention.
llavinir been over four years a aoldier In
the late wur, and having for u number of
vear engaged in the priv-ecuuon oi sol
dier' claims, liy experience will assiiro
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VV. II. Lnthy,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tioncsla, Pa.
Offieo noxt door to Lawrence House,
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KIXXHARJt SMILEY,
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"MEACTTCK in the anvural Court of Vo
1 fcauffo, Crawford, Forest, and adjoin
tug nonntion. SH-ly.
Lawrence Houae,
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rit AY. FRoriUKTOR. It.S hoUS
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well furnihd Kuporlor awontiwda
Hous and strict at tenfcion xi ven to i4llp,tf
YeeSbla and Fruits of all kinds nerved
1m Uieir tieaon. K;viuple room-for Com
MM'oial Anntii.
CSNTFAL HOU3K,
HftKMKIt A AMNKW It LOCK. L.
Amshw, Proprietor. ThU i a new
ju, and hanjiMt been fitted up for t lie
rpnaiu4dnl!0ii of the public. A portion
f the pjlriMiago of the public U aoliuited.
4l-lr
FOREST HOUSK,
SA. VARNEIt PROi'RIVTon. Opposite
Court House, TioiiAsta, Pa. J uM
neue i. Everything new und clean and
h ih. Tho beit of liquora kpt constantly
mi bnd. A portion of the public patron
age U rwipoclfully solicited. 4-17-lv
VI. C. CODURN, M. D.,
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.1 MH'rince to tlie people of Forevt Co.
Iaving had an experience, of Twelvo
Ymis in eonstnnt practice, Dr. Coburn
ttitaiaulecs to trive aiitiafuetioii. Dr. Co-
bnrn makes a apecialty of tlio treatment
d Nasal, Throat, Liing and all other
Clironie or lingering diseases. Having
WivuUisnted all aeientillc methods of cur
ing disease and aeleted the yood Irom all
y'leni", he wilt guarantee relief or a en re
in all i-(si where n cure U possilile. Xo
.'liig-for (,nsnltntion. All foes will bo
ifH. liable. ProfcHHlouul visits mado at
ell hours. Parties nl a distance can con
Nult him by letter.
Ortbs and Kesidence second building
Vclow the Court IIoiiM?,TincHta, Pa. of
lie days Wednesday and Saturdaya. H.ltf
H. M. iV. JXO. r. Win. A. II. KWXV.
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-Inieiest allowed on Time Deposits.
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or tho u. s.
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i1 WILLTAIK CO.,
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TAXIDERMISTS.
p"ini'S and Animals at lifted and liiount
45 ed to order. Artificial Eyes kept in
.Hock. --iy
HEBRASKR GRIST MILL.'
'PITE fiKIST MILL at Nebraska (Lacy
X town.) Foret countv, has been thor
oughly overhauled and refitted in lirst
elasw order, ami is now t mining and doing
all ki)is of
cuhtoji a n i x i i x a.
FI.OL'It,
VKED, AND OATS.
ConsUmlly onhand, and sold at tho very
lowe t figures.
-Cm U. W. LEDKliCU.
lM PLOYMENT, Male and female, saU
x -I J ry or commission. Wo pay agent ua
nalarv of J0 a week and expenses. Eure
kt Minntnuurinc; Co., Haiff'T'l. Conn,
i'ai hculnu free. H
mis. e. m. iinATii,
DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Ta.
MHS. HEATH lie recently moved to
this jihuio for the purpose of meeting
a want which tho ladies of tho town and
county have for a long timo known, that
of having a dressmaker of experience
amonthem. 1 am prepared to make all
kinds of dreNKcs in the latest atyles, and
guarantee natiA fact ion. .Stamping for braid
ing and embroidery done in the best man
ner, with the newest patterns. All I ask
Is a tair trial. Kesidenco on Elm Htreet,
in the Acoiub ISuilding. If.
Frank Iloobloiw,
PH OTO OR APHE It ,
(sl'WKSHon TO DKMINO.)
Pictures In every atyleof the art. Views
of tho oil reions for sale or taken to or
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HYCAMOIIIJ STHEET, near Union Do
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SOUTH OF ltOIHNSON A. P.ONNEICS
T i o li g s t a , P a . ,
U. CARPENTER, . Proprietor.
Pictures taken in all the latest styles
the art. JW-W
1ST IB W
Funiituro Rooms !
The underftlfrned begs lenvo to inform
the citizens of Tionesta, and tho public in
general, that ho has opened iv J-'UlS'l-VLAXS
J'tUlXlTrJlK NTOEI1, in hin
now building at the junction of Elm (St.
and tno Dutch Hill road, where ha keep
on hand a lare assortment of
FURNITURE,
Consisting In part of
Walnut Parlor Sets,
Chamber Sot,
Cano Seat Chairs,
Wood Heat Chair. "
Hocking Cliairn
Dining Table, '
,rxtemdon Tables,
Marbiu .op Tables,
L'itdiHii Furniture,
llureaus,
Uedsteails,
Washstands,
Lounges,
Mattresaee,
Cupboard,
v Itook Ca-ses,
Fancy brackets,
Looking (ilasses,
Picture Frames, and
PICTUJUSS FJiAMED.
AIU), .
SASH &c DOOIS
always on hand.
His rooms being larpe, and well situat
ed he is prepared to offer Ruperior Induce
ments to purchasers.
Call and examino his stock nn.l prices,
and bo convinced
UNDERTAKING.
A full assortment of Collins and Caakets
cinhtaiitl v in Ktore.
ly ' A. II. PAIITHTDOH.
THE LARGEST
FURNITURE ESTABLISHIuENT
IN THE OIL Ki:iIONSl
Dealer In
CABINET AND UPHOLSTERED
FURNITURE!
FKANKLIN, - - - PENN'A.
Consisting of
Parlor, f)ll'ico and Common Furniture,
"Malti-esseM, Pillows, Window
shades, Fixtures, Look-
ing (ilakscs, Ac.
Also, agent for Venango county for the
Celebrated Manhattan Spring Hed and
Combination Mattresses, manufactured
and for sale at my Furniture Warorooms,
1.1th street, near Liburty. Call and fcee
sample lied. 'J ly
Dr. J. L. Aeorrh,
pil YSICIAN AND SUIl5EON, who has
I had tilleen years' experience in a largo
and successful practice, will attend all
Professional Calls. iffieo Jn his Dmi; and
(irocerv Store, loeatud in Tidioute, near
Tidioiito House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A lull assortment of Medicines, Liquors
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, tiluss, Puint.s,
Oils, Cutlery, all of the best quality, and
will bo Hold' at reasonable rates.
Dlt. ('HAS. O. DAY, an experienced
Physician and Druggist from New York,
has charge, of tlio Store. All prescriptions
put up accurately.
ADVERTISERS fcend 'J", cenU to Ceo.
P. Rowell d- Co.. 41 Park Row, N. Y.,
for th-ir Eiiihty-pasre Pamj hict, showing
c.t. it ad t-i isin. l i ti
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A Tale of St. Petersburg.
"Waiter, another plans of tea for
tin's gentleman," Haid Lieutenant Dmi
tri SobolYofT, as we sat at. the open
window of Anton's Hotel in th, main
thoroughfare of Orenburg, watching
the crtiufl filing across the roH'l to
the market place and tho bullet head
ed Tartar children rolliug in the dust
of the Mrcet below.
"Well," resumed the lieutenant, "I
was in kt. Petersburg the winter be-
I fore last and a fne timo I bad of it
there. That's the place for a man t.-
live, instead of a hols like this, where
there is nothing to do but drink cog
nac and ftmoko pnpirom paper ci
garette', or nit on the boulevard and
wa'.c-h I ho Ural llv.vmg pnst tnnlur
neath. That winter, I do believe, I
was out every night ball?, dinners,
tho opera, the French theatre, and
what not ; find ns for cards why I
lost ft thousand roubles in one week.
"Now I ought to tell you that just
about that time, there was a great to
do about street robberies. There are
always plenty of ikem for that mat
ter; but at'this pnrticular time there
seemed to be fpiilc an. epedemic of
robbing. Ono fellow in particular
seemed to have a repular system of
hit own ; he used to take a cabman
and make him drive lnwly about the
streets after dark, till somebody came
in sight with u specially good fur cap
A on ; and then while the cabman put
his horse to tho gallop,' the thief
would lean forward, snatch of" the
man's cap at he passed, and be out of
sight in a moment. However, he
caught a Tartar at last, for a man who
had heard of him, went out ane night
with a now cpp tied o;i tkhtlv, and
when the thief clutched it, seized him
by the wrist, whisked hiru out of the.
drosky on to the pavement and gave
him such a thrashing thut every limb
of hi body was as soft as buckwheat
poi ridge.
"But this was not nil ; for now there
begau to get around strange talcs of
people who had gone out to evening
patties and never come homo agni'i
of cabmen with rich furs and silks found
in their possession, which they could
not account for of bodies discovered
under the ico of thecauals and other
tales of the kind, till ni Inst there was
n regular panic, and no lady would
stir out ulouo alter dark. Asa mutter
of course while all these pretty ttorios
were going about they revived for the
hundreth timo, the old tale of the lady
being put under the ice of tho Moika
Canal by a cabman, and her husband
happening to remambcr the number of
cab and traciug ti e man out by it.
I've hard the tale myself at least fifty
times, and there's no more truth in it
than in the history of Jlovn Kerolevllch
(a mythical Kussiau champion), but the
people, v ill believe it the same for nil
of that.
Well, ns yon may think, when these
became tho stock subject of talk about
town tho fellows tit our mess must have
their say about them, too; ami after it
timo they became a regular subject of
disputo with us after dinner. Most of
the subalterns and I myself among
thm, I must confess poo-poohed. the
whole thing, and said it was nothing
more than a big honx gotten up to
take in people who kucw no better;
but the older heads among us, who had
seen such things before, thought other
wise. They allowed there might be a
good deal of exaggeration about some
of the ftoiiep, but navertluless limy
maintained that thrso" rascalities were
going on, and was of no use of saying
that they were not. At last, one night,
when the argument was going on, anil
had run pretty high, otir senior major,
a battered old fallow, who had beet? all
through the Crimean war, said to mc
very quietly : "Well, you'll begin to
believe in these things when you get a
taste of them yourself." Aud so 1 did
too ns you shall hear.
That was a great winter in St. Pe
tersburg for for fancy balls thing
that I am very fond of, aud you can
get more sport out of them than nny
thing else I know. Dozens of times
for a wager, I have gone to them in
some queer disguise, aud not ono of
my comrades, though they all were
there, could find me out; aud rare fun
it used to be next day, when I repeat
ed the things they had said in my
hearing, and watched their faces of
astonishment.
Weil, otio night, j;ii-t after the new
year, there was a jMT.nd fancy ball at
Princess P aud some of our
fellowi wereinvited, I amorg the num
ber. A famous evening we hud of it;
and wasn't till two o'clock the very
deadest and luneliost timnof the whole
night in fact that I started to go
home.
Now, I shouli tell you, as my luck
would have it, I had just bought a new
fur coat the day before a regular Si
borian, glossy as velvet, and covering
me right down to tho heels; so that,
what with that, and what with my fur
cap and collar, I was regularly rolled
I tip like a parcel, and proof sjraimt
any frost in Russia. But unluckily,
other people have eyes for good fur as
well ns one's self ; and tho moment my
cabman set eyes upon this now shoob
of mine- worth a hundred and fifty
rubles, good, if it was worth a kopeck
I saw them glitter like fire. Just
for one mofneut I can't deny it, tho
old major s warning, came back to me
rather unpleasantly ; but I laughed it
off, scrambled into the sleigh and
away we went.
There were two ways to go to my
quarters, one rather long but passing
through well lrequcnted streets; tho
other acimowhat shorter but going
past one of the great burial grounds
theuph the very loneliest' part of the
whola town. I took for granted, of
course, that he'd go by the frequented
way ; nnd indeed, being rather tired
frem beios oh my feet nil night, I fell
asleep before I could see whether he
did or not.
All nt once I was awakened by the
sleigh stopping suddenly, and tho first,
thing I saw when I looked out was
the great black waste i f tho burial
ground right ahead, with tlm white
graves glinting here nnd thero in the
moonlight. Not a living soul in sight,
not a sound to be hoard ; everything
was silent aud lonely ns if we had
been in the middle of a desert. Then
the follow turns round to me and says
roughly, "Get out."
"What do you mean?" I nsked,
pretending to be much frightened.
"Get out, this minute!" says he,
ami he jumps oil' the box and clutches
hold of me.
Now before I go nny further, I
must tell Ton that the character I had
assumed that night was that of a de
mon ; horns, tan black face, fiery eyes
nndyall ; nnd really I looked a very
glmstly bjoct. Well, when ihe fel
low caught hold of mo I, scrambled
out of tha sleigh in a helpless sort of
way us if I wer frightened out of my
wits. He seized my coat by tho col
lar and threw it open, my cap falling
ofTat the same time; and thero I stood
revealed in all my terrors, as grim a
demon as ever breathed fire, with a
face as black as ink, and my eyes
flaming like live coals 1
I have seen many men in my time,
but never anything like that fellow.
For a moment he stood like a statue,
with his eyes staring out of his head,
nnd then he give a yell that you might
have heard a mile off, and fell flat oa
his back as if ho was killed ; and I sat
down on the rim of the sleigh, and
laughed till every grave in the church
yard ha-ha-ha'd in answer.
However, I had something more to
do than sit there and laugh ; sons soon
as I got my breath again, I bundled
the fellow ueck and crop into the sleigh,
got on tho box myself and drove as
hard ns I could pelt to the nearest po"
lice elation. When I got there I cre
ated almost as great a sensation as I
had with my friend, the cabman ; but
the whole busines was soon explained,
and when they had heard the story
there was such a laugh that it almost
tore tho roof otT. The fellow that took
ny evidence could- hardly write for
laughing; and when the poor cabman
himself began to come to again, tho
Grst thing ho saw was my horned head
and fiery eyes hanging over him iu a
glare of light, and roars of iufernal
laughter, making the nir ring ; where
upon he faiute 1 again worse than bo
fore. I didn't want to bo hard on the poor
chap, alter th fright I had giveu him,
but the inspector eaid now that the
thing had got to such a height, an ex
ample must bo made of him, and we
believo he got his deserts, nnd a big
scare to boot. But from that uight
forward our oflioers never called mo
anything hut the cabman's terror,
and I have not got rid of the name
yet."
Ho sat alone iu bur father's parlor,
waiting for tho fair one's appearance,
the other evening, when her little
brother came cautjpusly into the room,
nnd gliding up to tho young man's
side, held out a handful of something,
and earnestly inquired : "I say, mis
ter, what'r them ?" Those?" replied
tho young man, eole.rnnly, taking up
ono in his fingers, "those are beans."
"There !" shouted the boy, turning tr
his sister who was Just coining in, "I
knew you lied ! uu said In didn't
know beans, and hi does, too !" The
young man's stay wa not what you
call a prolonged one tha evening.
"Barber," said a farmer to his ton
sor, "now corn's cheap, you ought to
shave for half price." "Can't Mr.
Jones," said tlio man of razors. "I
really ought to charge more; for when
corn's down the fanners make such
long faces that I have twictt the grouud
to over."
"No," said the smart boy baby, w hen
tho pretty young woman wanted to
kiss him. "But why not ?" asked the.
"(), I am too little to kiss you , papa
will ki.-s you, papa kisses all the big
"iris." He was permitted to rdav with
lis tOV?.
A Struggle for Appearance.
"I have tickets for the concert to
night, Annie," said James Henley,
coming into the sitting room where his
wife was working the sewing machine
with a busy whirr.
"Oh, Jamep, how I wish I could
gl, r
The light died away from the hus
band's face in a second.
"Wish you could go, Annie! Why
of course you can go."
"I can't James. I mut finish these
three dresses beloro Sunday, aud it
will tako every minuto."
"Three dresses?"
"Per Jennie, Susn and Lottie. All
the spring things are ready but these
d reuses."
"But this is only' Wcduesday."
"I know, James; but look at the
work. There are overskirts to each
aud rallies on all the waists. Jennie's
has three flounces. All the children
in the congregation aro well dressed,
James. You cannot n fiord to put the
sewing out, so I must do it."
"Let tha children dress nmrc simply
then, t'omo Annie, stop that buzz
for once, and come, to this concert."
"Can't you go?"
"And -leave you ? I should not en
joy it if I knew you were Btitehiug
hero. Come."
With a heavy sigh, as if James were
exacting a sacrifice instead of giving
her a pleasure, Annie left the room
and went to her own apartment to
dress for the concert.
All through the evening, while her
husband drank in the sweet sounds in
which he delighted, Annie, her face
all polite interest, was thinking of the
unfinished work.
"Was it not delightful ?" Jatno? sajd
They walked heme in the soft, spring
moonlight.
"Delightful I I am glad 1 went,
James; Mrs. Gordon had on her new
spring dress, and her dresses all came
from London. The trimming on her
basque is quite a new style, and I am
sure I can put Jennie's on iu the same
way."
(Sunday morning shone clear aud
cloudless. Mrs. Henley had. put the
last stitch into Lottie s dress ns the
clock struck twdve, and she awakeu
ed with a pain in her chest and a
headache, but a feeling of triumph.
Her children would wear their new
things, and that cost nothing but the
material. Nothing! Mrs. Henley did
not estimate the hours spent over tho
machine, the wearing, the neglect of
many little duties. There hal been
no actual money laid out in dress
making, so it is clear gaiu on the ma
terial. ' Very pretty tho childrcu looked
when they wero ready for church.
Jennie aud Susan, twins of ten years
old, wero dressed alike, in delicate
pearl color, trimmed with blue, and
huts of the newest shape and blue rib
bons. Lottie woro ceriso color, with
cerise trimming, for Lottie was a bru
nette of seven.
Tho charges at starting for Sunday
school were :
"Bestirs and lift your overgkirts
w heu you sit dow n ; don't lean back
upon tho streamers of yuur hat, and
wane where you will not spoil your
light boots. Don t stain your gloves,
"Overdressed, Annie,' remarked Mr
Henley. ' i our own dresses are not
more elaborate."
"It is the fashion now to cut chil
dren's dresses like ladies. But you
ought to bo proud of your children
James. Jverybody compliments me
upon my taste with which I drcbs
them."
"Annie !" Mr. Heuley said, end
deuly leading bis wife to the mirror,
"look nt your own face."
"Well," she said, wondering what lie
could mean.
"Your checks aro as white as chalk;
here is a heavy lino under your eyes,
and vour whol air is that of awouian
worked to death."
"James, what nonscneo !"
"It is not nonsense. I wish it was
Five years ngo you had the complex'
iuti of a child, us alear and roty as Su
san's. Your eyes then were bright,
nnd full of animation. You had young
children, a house to keep in order, and
just half our present income. Yetvou
could find leisure for a daily walk,
could read in the evening or sin for
me, could enjoy an occasional social
pieaMiro or entertainment. I had a
wig then."
"James ! what do you mean ?"
"I mean that iu place of my happy,
healthy wife, I have i?ow a sickly,
overworked seamstress. Those dolls
that have just cone out have noneof
the grace of childhood. They aro fast
beuotnini; little pieces of vanity, nil
absorbed in their finery. Their under
clothing would do for signs in an cm
porium of linen, with the embroidery,
rutlles and tucks.
"But I do it all myself, James."
"hxactly. on are stitching your
life into tho garments of vour chudreu,
who would be far happier, healthier
nnd better in the sinplo clothing suit
ed to their years."
"Oh, I am well enough. I am pale
to day because I sat up late last night.
But I must dress for church or we shall
bo late."
Tho services passed over' Mrs. Hen
ley with, but lit'le impression. To her
chagrin, tho little Goodwins, who had
all their dresses direct from London.
had an entirely new style ef overs'iirt
that made Jennie, Susan and Lottie
quite old fashionod it; the eyes of their
mother. ' .
Summer came, nnd tho long June
days were spent in preparing a seaside
war lrobo tor the children, for Mr.
Henley, by the ndvico of his physician,
Mas going to take his wife to too sea
side.
The pain in her side had become
very troublesome, aud there was a lit
tle hacking cough that meant wakeful
nights. The pale cheeks were seldom
tinged with a healthy color, and th"
eyes were languid nnd heavy. Peopla;
spoke pityingly of Mrs. Henley ns
"quUe a u invalid," nnd her husband
mourned over the alteration in hid
wife.
He insi.tod upon having a physician :
who ndviscd fresh air and exercise an..
a tonic. Aud Annie obediently swal
lowed tho tonic, took a daily walk,
aud sho made up for "lost time" by
stitching at night. For were not the
Goodwins, the Wilcoxes, and all the
leading fashionables of LangWn going
to the same place where Mr. Henley
had taken rooms, and could Jennie,
Susan and Lotlio have one iuch les
tuckiug aud ruffling than they posses
sed ?
II shrugged his shoulders when his
little girls minoed along with dainXv
fine-lady airs, instead of bounding witli
the freedom of childhood. He bore
the steady whirr of the sewing machine
in the evening, instead of the voice or
music of his wife.
But when Annie' health began to
give away he exercised his authority,
nnd found that he had been silent too
long.
But, the summer wardrobas com
pleted, the dainty dreesas trimmed,
the trunks packed. Annie faithfully
promised James to rest during tho
summer's sojourn at the seasido. WitU
a sudden consciousness of growing
weakness thero came to her an appre
ciation of her husband's love and pa
tience that had been numbed. She
began to realize that she had tlct her
ambition for dress overshadow her
love for her husband, and that she bad
wronged him in depriving him of the
com pauionsliip he prized so highly.
"I will rest while I 'am gne, and
when I come back, James, I will give
my evenings to you as I did when we
first married."
That was her parting promise, never
to be exacted. Only a few days of
rest wero allowed her beforo an acuto
attack of lung fever prostrated her.
James left his business te hurry to tho
seaside, a nurso was engaged and med
ical skill did its utmost. But the con
stitution weakened by confinement aud
overwork, could not resist the disease,
and while the summer days were still
in their full beauty, Mrs. Henley knew
sho was dyi ng.
It was a bitter thought. Life held
so much that was precious ; her kind,,
loving husband, her beautiful children,
her happy home, all these must be
left.
"A mysterious dispensation of Prov
idence," said Mrs. Goodwin; "such a
good mother. And these children are
just the age when they most need ft
mother's care."
Annie Henley, in the drnd hur
when she bade farewell to hope, wound
her arni9 around her husband's nu. k
and sobbed :
"If I bad only listened to you.
James, I migfiVhave been a guide t
our children, a companion to ypu for
many years, and when I died have lei"
loving u;' liti.ries instead i.f a trunk full
of lino el'.l hing. I havo wasted my
life."
Aud Jatnea Ilnnlcy, in widower
weedb, with bis three little gith ii.
sombre black beside him, Wopdei
mournfully how many mothers of th
laud are wasting their lives in It
same struggles for appearance.
A mother may never find words i
which to express the emotions whic
surge through her heart on findii.
her babe, just dressed in its S.unda
best, stirring the contents of a both
of ink into tho coal ashe3 with t!
hair-brush, but sho will try to, at
try with all her might.
Nobody likes to be nobody; b
everybody is pleased to thiuk him?:
somebody. And even body is or
body ; but when anybody thinks hi
self everybody, Ua generally thi
every bo ly else nobody.
A woman only stubs her toe. r
to a man's m'x, but when, she dots
goes down like a tipped over ('
and cuts a postage, tramp oi't .
ulbows.