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W. R. DTJNX.
orncE rw ROBRfarm tionyws building
. ELM PTBEET, TIONESTA, PA.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TTOTTTOTA T.fmfir.
V at., 'nut
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KETS ovcrv Erldav evening, nt S
o'clock, in the Hull formerly occupied
by UioUuod Templars.
S. J. SET LEY, N. O.
I). W. CLaRIC, Soc'y. 27-tf.
TIONESTA COUNCIL, NO. 3 12.
O. TJ.
MEETS at Odd Fellows' Lodpo Room,
ovory Tuesday evening, nt 7 o'clock.
P. M. CLARK, C.
B. A. VARNER, K. S. SI
W. B. LATHY. .1. Tt. AONKW.
ATTOIIX E Y S A T L A W ,
TIONESTA, PA.
ATTENTION fSOMUMts!
I have been admitted to practice as nn
Attorney in the Pension Oiilco nt Wash
ington, ' P. C. All oftlccrs, soldiers, or
sailors wlio were injured in the lute wnr,
ran obtain pensions' to which they may he
entitled, by culliiiic on or addressing 1110 at
'J loncsta, Pa. Also, claims for arrearages
of pay mid bounty will receive prompt at
tention. Having been over four years a soldier In
the l:ilo wnr, and having for a number of
year enasitfcd in tho prosecution of nol
iliera' claims, my experience! will ash ure
tho ixillectiou of claims in tho shortcut pos
ttiblo time.. J. R. AUNEW.
4ltf.
E. L. Davis,
ATTORN EY AT LAW, Tionesta, Pa.
Collect ions made in this ami adjoin
tug counfrics. -iO-ly
3M 1 I- K M V. VJL'rXl,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
lm tlre.rt.
TIOSKSTA, PA.
F. W. Hays,
ATTORN KY AT LAW, and NotXhy
Pem.ic, KvnohU Hukill A, Co.'s
Wock, Seneca St. nil City, Pa. 3i-ly
0. MKXKAK, V. II. MMII.UV.
KlXXKAIl tP SMILEY,
Mornys at Law, - - Franklin, Pa.
1JRACTICK in the several CoHrts of Ve
aango, Crawford, forest, and adj'un
kajt oounties. :i!l-ly.
Lawrence House,
CfUONESTA, PENNA, WM. LAW
L RKNCE, Pboimuktok. This houso
in centrally located. Everything new and
wbII furiilKh'til Superior accommoda
tions and Ktrict ntteiitioii given to gueutx.
VeentablOK and fruits of all kinds Horvntl
InUioir atoasou. Sample room for Coiu
Mot'(4al Ageuti.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
BONN Kit it A"iNEV lU.OClC. L.
AflNKW, Proprietor. This is a new
uohho, and has ju-t. been fitted up for the
nceaimuoihitloii of tlm pnl)lic. A portion
of Che patronage d' the public is holicited.
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FOREST HOUSE,
SA. YARN Eft Pitoi-uiKToK. Opposite
Court Houkc, '1'ii.nosta, Pa. Just
opened Everything new and -lean and
rresh. Tho best of li'piora Kept constantly
on band. A portion of the public patrou
i respeell'iilly HoliciUid. -4-17-lv
V. G. COBURJi, M. D.,
1JHYSICIAN .t 8URO EON otr. rs his
aervices to tiio people of Eon fit Co.
Maying had an experience of Twelve
Yearn in constant practice, Pr. Cobiirn
f uaianleeH to Kivo sutisfactioii. Pr. Co
mrn lnnkos a specialty of tho treatment
. Nasal, Throat, LiiiiiT and all other
I'iironin or linerinx diseases. Having
Invosliualod all scientific methods of eur
ii rliHeasa and nelected tho good from all
Mysfinis, he will guarantee relief or aciire
in all eases where a cure Is possible. No
CkSfKO for Consultation. All fees will be
roivtnuble. Professional visits made at
nil hours. Parties Rt a distance can con
milt him by letter.
Olllce and Residence neeond buildinir
bulow the Court House, Tionesta, Pa. (f
IWe days Wednesdays and Saturday. "lf
JNO. P. 1MKK.
" ' A. B. KKLLV.
MA Y, 1'AllK P Cl.,
Comor of Elm it WulnutSts. Tionesta.
Rank of Discount mid Deposit.
Interest allowed on Time Deposits.
Colieotiotn niudoonaU the Principal points
of tho U. S.
Collections solicited.
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MEADVJI.LE, - - PENX'A.,
TAXIDERMISTS.
Ii'
1 IRDS and Animals stuffed and lnount
I ed to order. Artiiicl.U liyea kept in
. utoek. --1.V
f P1I E O RIST M I LL at Nebraska ( Laey
X town,) forest county, has been thor
oughly overhauled and relitted intirst-t-lasi
order, and is now running anl doing
ull kinds of
(!HTO)I ItIXIIN.
f LOUR,
ri2Ei,
AND OATS.
Constwntly onhand, and sold at the very
lowest naurts.
-t;m II. W. LEDERUR.
j-l.M PLOYXIENT, Male and female, sula-l-j
ry or commission. We pay agent as
httlury of s?.!u a week and ex pi iises. I '.ure
ka Muuuliieturiii;; Co., Hartford. Conn.
Particulars free. -II 4
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VOL. X ;N0. 21.
DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Pa.
MRS. HEATH ha- recently moved to
this place lor tho purpoHo of lm.etinif
il want which tho ladies of the town and
county havo for a long time known, that
of having a dressmaker of experience
among them. I nm prepared to nmko ell
kinds of dresses in tho latent Htyles, and
gunranteo satisfaction. Stamping'lV)r braid
ing nnd embroidery done in tho best man
ner, with tho newest patterns. All I ask
Is a (air trial. Rcsidcnco on Elm Street,
in tho Aeomb Uuilding. tf.
Frank Ito!liiax,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
(sUWKSHOtl TO DEMINQ.)
Pictures in pvery styleof the art. Views
of the oil regions ibr sale or takon to or
der. CENTRE .STREET, near R, R. crossing.
SYCAMORE STREET near Union De
pot, Oil City, Pa. 2()-tf
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
i: i m s t u i: u t ,
SOUTH OF RORINSON A BONNER'S
STORE.
Tionesta, Pa.,
M. CARPENTER, . . . Proprietor.
Pictures taken in all the latest styles
the art. 2i'-t f
OIL CITY, PA.
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
Dealers in
Oil W11 Sniili'w, i. c.
iiubliiy, Cutting, Sucker Itotls,
Working llarrels, Valrcs, Cr.,
JlrasH l- Steam Fittings, llelt
rfng, T.aec Leather, Caning, tVc,
Iroia. Ti.'iJJs, Klcol, 5io,
Oakum,
We make a SPECIALTY of one-nnd-a-(juarter-inch
Tubing and Steel Hods for
Smiill Welis.
II. G. TINKER & CO.,
Oil City, Pa.
THE LARREST
FURfJITURE E S T a B L 1 S H F"i E T
IN THE OIL KE'ilONS!
MIILEIS SMITH,
Dealer in
CABINET AND UPHOLSTERED
FURNITURE!
IRANKLIN, - - - PENN'A.
Consisting ot
Parlor, OPico and Con noon Furniture,
Mattresses, Pillows, Window
Miadcs, fixtures, Look
ing ti lasses, A'c.
Also, agent for Venango county lor the
Celebrated Manhattan Spring Red and
Combination Mattresses, manufactured
and for sale at my furniture Warorooms,
nth -street, near Liberty. Call and see
sample Rod. Jy
Las.
You Can Save Jloney
Ry buying your PIANOS and OROANS
from 'the uiidoisii;ned Manufacturers'
A(reut, foi the best brands in the market.
Instruments shipped direct from tho fac
tory. CI I AS. A. SHULTZ, Tuner,
ly Lock, box 17-H1, Oil City, Pa
Dr. J. L. Aconb,
OH VSICIAN AND S U RCi EON, who has
I bad iil'ieen years' experience in a large
ami successful practice, will attend all
Professional 'alls. OMice in his Drug and
Grocery Store, located in Tidioute, near
Tidiouto House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A lull assortment of Modicines, Liquors
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Glass, Paints,
Oils, Cutlery, all of tho best quality, and
will bo sold'ut reasonable rates.
DR. CIIAS. f). DAY, an experienced
Physi. Man and Druggist from New York,
has charge of tho Store. All prescriptions
put up accurately.
ADVERTISERS send 2't cents to Geo.
P. Rowell it- Co., 41 Park Row. N. Y.,
for their Eighty-page Pamphlet, showing
cost of advei isi'ng. 13 4t
f " OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE v
lEHTEIil EXHIBITION
It sells faster than any oter book. Cue
Agent so hi 'M copies in'one day. This is
the only authentic and complete history
iiiihlibed. Seinl for our extra terms to
j uwr-lll-. N A 'I lO-X A I. I'fllKISli I.VIll 'O., Ph'll-
j :... Ipl.ia, I'u. :.-!
TIONESTA, PA.,
My Summer J ourney.
"If he cannot love me when lie hears
I nm a poor shop girl, he cannot love
me nt nil."
All very well in theory, but very
poor in pi uctice. I fold up Fred. Lang
ley's ofTer of uiHi ringe, nnd sit down to
write him that, before ho makes any
further plans, with me for one of them,
lie must know that I on one of those
superfluous beings, a girl who came
into this world with no especial place
prepared for her ; that I have clfciked
at yharp & .Sniper's ever since I was
seventeen and I am now twenty-
three ; that I have two young sisters
depending ou me for support, growing
up in gawky, ill -clad ugliness, a shade
plainer than myself even.
Someway, when I first met him at
that pleasant summer resort, the first
breath I had out of Sharp & Sniper's
store for two years, I was so happy, I
forgot to mention the scrubbing life I
had left behind me nt home, and I was
so sick of poverty and third-rate peo
ple, I was so glad to forget it.
How should he, being a man, know
that the dress I wore had been turned
twice; that I trimmed my bonnet my
self ; tliat the diamond riDg I wore !
had borrowed from my married sister,
being the unvalued relic of some for
gotten lover of her3 ; that the beauty
he, said was in my face was due to my
hsppinefsin his society? For I do
thiuk the old saying, "I3c good and
you will be happy" ought to be re
versed. How did lie know that charming
naivete of mine was learned Dying to
induce customers to buy ?
Old Snipper always says when ho
expects to sell a large bill of goods to
a customer :
"Let Miss Jo manage hiru ; she can
smile the dollars out of his pockets, if
any one can."
So I smile and smile, and yet I am
no villain, for they are enforced and
impudent smiles ibr bread and butter.
llow round aud rosy I grew in thoso
few weeks of ecstatic joy ! What love
ly valk3 and rides we had up and
down tho woudpaths and ravines !
What charming sails through the dells,
through the Witch's Gulch, and about
the Devil's Elbow !
How brilliant and agreeable nnd
how handsome my Fred was ! Dare I
call him my Fred before he knows
that I clerk at Sharp & Sniper's ?
I am no strong-minded woman ! I
frankly confess that I do not like to
take care of myself. I om no cliug
ing vine, however, having never hail
anything to cling to. 1 have grown
up stiff and straight all myself, like a
weed in the middle of a bare, ten acre
lot.
Perhaps I will not make such a bad
wife, after all. I am a good house
keeper, and, have been 110 trouble or
expense to nny oue since I cau remem
ber, I do not see why I should be so
very much trouble now, even with my
two sisters thrown in for ballast. Still,
Fred tuust know all about the pover
ty and incumbrances, aud make up
his mind accordingly. So I waste a
great many sheets of paper writing an
answer that shall be fratik aud truth
ful, and yet ladylike.
I inform him, in the most genteel
manner, that he must marry three
when he leads me to the altar.
I send it ofi'iu a pink envelope, my
heart beating a painful tattoo, as I
think of his elegant tister ho has de
scribed to me, and of him, a rising
young lawyer, and a member of the
legislature.
I piece down my sister Sophia's one
summer silk for her, that I bought at
such a bargain, thinking, per adven
ture there may be a wedding soon. I
do not scold May v.'hen she comes
home lato from the pic-nic with my
best sash drenched and soaked through,
my lace fichu torn, and her toes
through both her boots, and creeps in
to bed beside tue. I hug her up into
my arms instead, with that hungry,
unsatisfied longing I always have for
kisses and caresses ; but she only says,
"You straugle me, Jo, you soft, mushy
thing !" and moves along out of my
reach.
.My name was never Jo, but I have
always been called this 011 account ot
my enforced manly accomplishments.
For a week I sing about the house
like a lark ; the next week I do not
sing so much ; the next week I do rot
sing at all, but go about, heavy-eyed
and slow, and burst into tears when
May sits down to the old, faint-hearted
piano and begins to storm away at
"II 15acio," Fred's favorite waltz, and
mine.
I might hnvo known all the time he
would uever answer that letter; it has
always been my luck. Let me see how
many lovers have'I had.
There was No. 1, waiting im me
when my father died of heart disease
and left me penniless at seventeen.
He camo to see me after tho funeral,
and told me that he had great sym
pathy and respect for me, and that he
t-hould never rnarrv unless it was tuiuo
AUGUST 20, 1877.
poor girl thrown on her own resources,
nnd with no one to take care of her,
aw ho thought that (was the true way
for a true gentlemen to do; aud with
these sentiments he bowed himself out
for the iPt time.
Most heavenly philosophy 1 but then
he married the same year the daugh
ter of a wealthy man who had never
done anything harder in her life than
curl har front hair over slate pencils.
Then there was the young man who
wrote poetry, and threatened to die or
shoot himself when I refused him
this was years ngo. He is now in good
health, with a wife and two children ;
but I always hated men who wrote
poet ry.
Then there was Judge Fenthcrby.
He visited mo for a year, and told me
he loved me ; but something he digni
fied by the name of pride forbade him
from saying anything more, and I
have been heartily glad since that he
was ashamed of me.
But the thought of none of these
well disposed of and settled gentlemen
makes the non-arrival of that letter
any easier for me. I get weary and
cross; my chest is getting weak, and I
get Taint nn.I dizzy by spells.
Some days when I stand at the l.ice
counter waiting on some fashionable
lady who it pricing this and cheapen
ing that, I think I shall fall over in a
dead faint from sheer exhaustion.
Women are so much harder to suit
than men, and, ttn to oue. go picking
ovor everything and go out, without
buying anything, very likely, because
so few of them, poor tilings, have any
money of their own to spend.
The fall winds come, and 1 walk
over beds of fallen leaves ; then that
long, awful winter of 1874 I wade
through high drifts and through storms
that take my breath away, to reach
Sharp & Sniper's.
Sophia, the oldest of my voting sis
ters, is ailing this winter, so I get up
and'build. tho fire at five with numb
fingers, s as to get to the store at sev
en. Before the spring opens, that she
so Iong3 to see, poor, patient, hard
working Sophia dies.
Anticipating tho life that-was be
fore her, I have tried to instill into
her the principle that work i. her end
and aim, and that she must not ex
pect anything beyond in tho life of a
woman who is both poor and unbeau
tiful. She had done all the cooking aud
most of tho housework for us three,
whilrt I have been at Sharp & Sniper's
and May has been at school.
I have come home, worn out and
fretful, to help what I could by
snatches.
She has had about half what she
ought to have to eat, and about a
third of what she ought to have had
10 wear. Well, she is at rest now, and
has gone where "all hearts are filled,"
and I stay where hearts are hollow.
I closed her eyes ; lay her out in the
summer siik that should have graced
our wedding ; take the sevcuty-nve dol
lars 1 have laid away in the bank, to
buy her a coffin and pay the fuueral
expenses.
About this time there comes a lega
cy of a few hundred from an old uncle
of ours. I seud May off to school with
this, determined she shall not be like
Sophia. I am left alone. I do my
own work. I eat my solitary 'meals,
salted with lonely tears. I have ceas
ed to even hope to hear from Fred
now.
The June days come again, hot aud
long. There is sunshine without hap
piness and stillness without rest.
I look at the glass I am all eyes ;
my face is sharpening out, my collar
boDes protrude. I am getting waepy
and thin ; so much for putting my
trust in man.
Old Sniper looked at mo to-day, ev
en kindly, aud said :
."Miss Jo, you must have a vacation
a week or so ; this hot weather in the
country will do you good, and you can
work the better on your return."
So I thanked him, thinking sadly
that no trip in the country can make
me happy now; that I am heir heuco
forth only to woman's undisputed le
gacy, toars, and longing after the love
and appreciation she will never re
ceive. The big-hearted manager of the
road, who is acquainted with me, has
given me a pass to St. Paul and re
turn. I care little which way 1 go,
and have selected this route because it
passes through tho tow 11 where Fred
Langley lives. Though I half despise
him for his fickleness, still have a wo
raau's curiosity to ride through his
city, even though I o'uly catch a
glimpse of his office window.
1 get me a brown poplin traveling
dres. I find that obi maids general
ly have a brown poplin, and tho old
er they got the more colors they wear,
especially scarlet. I have alwajs. bat
ed red. I cannot sec my way clear
just yet to putting it on my bonnet, so
I get a more youthful bunch of pale
blush rose buds for my hut.
One hot, bright July c'ay I Bc-t out
$2 PER ANNUM.
on my lonely trip; once seated in tho
train by tho open window, my spirits
rise, for I always did love to rido on
the cars; there i3 a pleasant rush and
excitement about them that pleases
mo ; we are flying so fast, so fast,
through white towns and over bridges
nnd out into the vast Wisconsin prai
ries not smooth and rolling, like those
of Illinois and Iowa, but rough and
jagged, full of rocks and ragged thick
ets, with little cabins set down here
and there like birds' nests in the grass;
flocks of ragged chi'dreu troop out of
these and stare at the passengers the
dear, little, dirty creatures! What an
inventory they take of my Milwaukee
bonnet nnd dusty suit ! Here is a field
starred with swamp lilies, scarlet lobe
lias and wild asters. How I long to
get out aud gather them.
I see by the towus on my ticket,
and I know by tho warning whistle,
that wo are within a mile of Fred's
home. The big manufacturing town
is already in sight ; the sand and saw
dust and coal smoke ia - flying. Of
course I have my head and shoulders
out of the window, aud with my eyes
and mouth full of cinders, am gaping
wildly about me.
The train grates, jars and stops. The
usual number of women with boxes,
budgets and parasols bundle off the
train. The teachers' association is
held here tht'4 week, and n tribe of
lank, sharp nosed, hungry-faced wo
men get off also, teacher written all
over them, from their ugly hats to their
ugly shoes.
Can I believe my eyes? Who is it
that steps up and shake3 hands with
two of the lankest, most wizened, old
maidest of them all but my darling
Fred, with a smile ns sweet ns the.
morning; takes their satchels and
shawls and turns to tbe lady who is
with him, whom 1 knoiv by the ele
gance of her dress and a certain 1iigh
bred sweetuess about her, is his sister.
The oldest old nit id says :
"So kind in you Mr. Langley, to
meet us. We should have been quite
bewildered in this place. So good in
you to take so much trouble."
"No trouble most happy :" but he
says it rather languidly.
He glances up at my window, nnd
in spite of cinders and soot, my caved
in bonnet, my hair all flying and my
cheeks burning like live coals, he
knows mo and drops the satchels.
"Take the shawls a moment, sis,-" I
heard him say, and in another second
he is on the train,- leaning over my
seat, with my hand tightly iu his ask
ing me a dozen questions in a breath.
"I am going to St. Paul," ia all I
have time to answer ; and he replies,
"Good bye, Mignon, I will see you
again ;" and he is off the cars as the
bell begins to ring.
I catch one more glimp.se of him ns
the train moves off, helpitig his sister
and the old maids with their satchels
and their ankles like axe helves, into
tho carriage ; I see him tako the front
seat beside the one with rod poppies in
her bonnet, take the reins and tho
horses nre otflike birds. How I envy
that old maid, though she has a wart
on her nose nnd looks like a last year's
rnullt in stalk.
Something gets into my throat aud
chokes me, and I refuse the orange the
man in the next scat offei'3 me. Some
thing chokes me all tha way to Si.
Paul.
It may bo the green peach I have
eaten ; but I think it is the old maid.
Why did I let him speak to me so
familiarly, and call me "Mignon," his
old name for me? Why did I not pull
my nand away ?
I busy myself with such thoughts as
these until we have crossed the boun
dary line and have entered Minneso
ta ; here tee scenery gets wilder and
wilder, the broad Mississippi winds
lazily along at the foot of its tall
bluffs, with trees toppling uncomforta
bly along their steep sides ; close to
tho car windows gnat walls of rock
rise, oh, so high up in tho air! Tho
train balanced dizzily nlong like a
rope walker over high skeleton bridges
and ledges of limeatono rock, where
it seems n if tho least jar would stud
us down, down, I daro not think how
far.
I ride abing in a sort of mist until
wc reach St. Paul. What a queer, ele
vated town it is ! as if every house in
it had climbed up aud sat on the top
of a bill. I get out in a pouring raiu,
greatly to the iMriment of my bones.
I stop at one of the grandest hotels
there, the Metropolitan, and say to
myself spitefully :
"I will enjoy myself once, though I
starve the ret of the year."
Rather a dreary magnificence, how
ever, fbr I get tired the first day wan
dering up and down tho parlors and
long halls. I grow resiles the second
day and want to go home. As to Min
nehaha Falls, what a muddy fall to
come so far to see I I grow so tired of
tho strange faces and the scenery that
by tho third day my brilliant summer
debut ii getting to bo unbearable,
when a boy brings op a card with
Rates of Adv-ertioi.
One Square (1 inch,)nno insertion - ji
OneSquaro " 0110 month - - ( '
One Square three months - (! o
OneSquaro " one year - - 1') (10
Two Squares, ono year - 1 ( .
OuarterOo. " ;o co
Half " . m m
O110 " " - - - - 100 1,0
Le;ral notice nt est abllshed rales.
Marriaire and death notice, gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements cel
leeted quarterly. Temporary advert me
inputs must be psiid for in advance
Job work, Cash on Delivery.
Fred Langley 's name engraved upon
it.
I try not to make indecent harto
down into the parlor, but somehow my
feet, will take mo two steps at a time.
Fred is there with an open letter in
a pink envcinp in his hand which I
See by close scrutiny is my poor eld
letter, written a year ngo, telling him
about my sisters.
The sight of it angers- me bcyand
expression. I (match 'at it fiercely.
Fred holds the letter far out of niy
reach, and catches me in his arms in
stead, bestowing upon me some of the
old time kisses, whoso unforgotten
sweetness I had trained myself to be
lieve I should never feel again.
"Did you think mo so mean, sordid,
unmanly ?" he asked, "33 not to an
swer your letter ? It was lost and was
never found until yestorday, and I
came as soon as the train would fetch
me to answer it in person."
I asked no questions ; I only lay
my weary head down 011 his shoulder,
and cry out my overburdened heart
upon his bosom.
It is not until afternoou, when we
arc driving in a nice carriage to Min
nehaha Spriugs, near Minneapolis, tho
noise of St. Anthony's Falls iu my.
ears, that I ventured to say :
"How in tho world did you ever
lose that letter ?"
"Well, you see, sister took it from
tho postman, nnd put it on tho high
mantle, where it slipped away against,
the wall and she forgot all about it,
and, being a bit of a woman iike your
self, she never noticed tho edge of it
above tho mantle, or no one else, un
til this week two rather oldish lady
teachers came to spend a few day witli
us, and one 01 them, while looking for
nicknacks on this shelf, discovered
and brought to light vour letter."
"Did she have red poppies in her
bonnet and a wart on her nose ?" I in
quired, eagerly.
"Yts ; on the whole I believe she
had."
Heaven bless that old maid.
A young man, a graduate of Dart
mouth, and a noted law student iu
Merrimac county, Maine, who had the
misfortune to Joso his hearing, has set
tled on a farm in the West and writes
thus of tho occupation which he has
chosen : "There isn't much glory on a
farm, but you get a good, sure living.
You are your own master ; you can't
starve or be turned out of business;
and as far a3 work i3 concerned, in
these days of horse-power, a man
uecdu't kill himself farming any more
than at any other b'usiuess. It ti
braius that win on a farm as well as
everywhere elic, and the smart one is
going to ride aud tho stupid one goes
on foot, in tho cornfield its well as in
the bar or pulpit. 1 should like to
have my hearing again, but I wouldn't
leave my farm if I had it.
Thirty - three years ago Nicholas
Coycn, a Parisian nierchaut, failed.
His son, Alphonse Ooyen, set himself
to pay off Lis father's debts and removo
tho stigma of insolvency from his name
and has now succeeded. The rcquisito
amount, some 2-3,000 fijr principal,
interest and costs, has been paid to tho
creditors, their representatives or heirs,
and some 85,000 additional ha3 been,
paid into the Court for creditors whoso
whereabouts are uukuown. In order
ing the old man's rehabilitation, tho
public council paid a high tribute to
the devotion of his son, and the net in
all its details was ordered to bo in
scribed iu tho records of the Court and
published in tho Journal OJJl-Ll.
A recent writer Bays : "In no other
country-have wo seen so much show
and tinsel in tho churc hes :is iu some
of our own cities. Iu Furopo not
only in England, but on the Continent
such display u rigidly forbidden, not
by law, but by the recognized cauons
of good taste. Nothing is considered
more vulgar a mure curtain mark of
low breeding than ibid kind, of osten
tation in a place of worship. Ilia only
the "new rich" what wo hhould call
the "shoddy" that try to. exhibit them
eelvfcs in the house of God. But as
that class is larger iu this country than
auy where else, we have mure if these
wretched exhibitions.
When a small boy with a prejudice
against yellow dogs observes au old
oyster can in a condition of inactivity
he at once begins debating the ques
tion whether it was created to poiut a
moral or adorn a tail. The dog gets
the first news of tho decision.
The IloV. Philips Brooks says that
a backwoodsman on hearing Bishop
Mead, of tbe Protestant Episcopal
Church, preach a sermon iu a frontier
church without manuscript said : "He
is tho first of them tine fullers that I
have ever seen who could shoot with
out a rest."
It was a Va-ssar girl who, wheu a
sailor of forty years voyaging had
been pointed out to her as au "old
suit," subsequently trfluded to him -"aucieiit
chloride of sodium."