f It ATE3 OF ADVEirnSHTCh ljr orcst llrpablta IB TOTLISnFD BVtHT WEDHJBDAT. t J. E. WENK. Oflloo in Braoarbaugh ft Co.'i Bnilding, ELM STREET, - TIONE3TA, PA. TIC11MH, 91.no IJE YE3A.ll. No subscriptions received for a horter period tlinirthroo month. J.iiTHpmilonoolirHod from all parts of th country. Nniioticowi 1 betaktii of anonymous coniMuiiieutions. Ono Hunare, one Inoh, one lninrt'on..,. (1 00 Ono Square, one inch, one month.. 9 OS Ono Square, one inch, three months... 00 One H'piare, one incli, one year. 10 00 Two b(taren, one year..... IS 00 Quarter Column, one year.. 80 00 Half Column, one year 60 00 Ono Column, one year., ... 100 00 Ippal notions at. established rate. Marriages and dooth notices gratis. All bills for yearly advertisements colleoted quarterly. Temporary advertisements must be lkil for in advance. Job work, cash on dolirery. Vol. XV. No. 1. TIONESTA, PA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1882. $1.50 Per Annum. The Snow-FUIed Jfost. It swings upon the leafless tree, Py stormy winds blown to a?t fre; Doierted, lonoly, sad to see, And full of cruel snow. In summor's noon the leaves above Made dewy shelter from the heat; The nest was full of life and love; Ah, life and love are sweet 1 The tender brooding of the day, The silent, peaceful dreams of night. The Joys that patience ovofpay, The cry of young dollght, The song that through the branches rings, The nestling crowd with eager eyes, The flutter soft of nntried wings, The flight of glad surprise. All, all are gone I I know not where; And still upon the cold gray tree, Lonoly and tossed by overy air, That luow-fillod nost I Bee. I, too, had once a place of rest, Where life and love and peaoe were mine Even as the wild-birds build tlioir neat, When skies and summer shine. But winter came, the loaves were dead; Tho mother-bird was first to go, The nestlings from my sight have fled; The nost is full of biiow. Rote Terry Cooke, in 81. Nicholas. CHRISTIE'S TELEGRAPHING. 1 I am very glad that telephones have been invented; and yet l am giaa mey were . not sooner invented. I should like to tell you the reason. That will take some time for it is quite a story. We live la the country, at Oakbrook, and my father is the treasurer and su perintendent of the Oakbrook mills. Oar house a very pleasant country- iionsA it is is situated on a beautifully wooded slone close to the river, and is s ouarter of a mile from the mills. That is why a telegraphio wire was placed between the two. I promised father when it was put up tbat I would learn to send message over it. There was no.one else in th family who could have learned. Botli mv brothur were at boarding-school and mother would as soon have thought of studying the Chicese language a telecraubv. Father declared that I would never learn Girls had but little patience for aneta things, he said. Neverthe lflsR the wire was out up and connected with a. battery in the library. And in juBt four months' time I had mastered the alphabet and the technicalities ol the instrument so that I could use it readilv and was able to read the met- sac"R bv the ear? It was Harry Randall who taught me. lie was one of the clerks at the office ; and he had learned to use the instru ment, because it was necessary to have sombodv to Bend messages by the wire that ran from the mills to the ad incent citv of Palmer. Having explained bo much, I think 1 have said all that is necessary to enable you to understand what occurred on a cprtain February night, about which I am going to tell you. We were through supper, and were Bitting together father, mother and I - around the table in the library, when Joseph, our coachman and man-of-all work about the place, brought in the mail &a usual. Father eagerly took a letter that be Deemed to have been expecting, from the other letters. I noticed a disturbed expression upon his face as he read it ; ard I was mere anxious than surprised when he- arose and went to the hall door, and called to the girl who was in the dining-room. " Mary," said he, " tell Joseph to harness Prince at once. I must get to the Junction in time for the 8 o'clock excress. He'll have to finish his HTinner when be gets baok." Then he turned and said that the letter contained intelligence that made it necessary he should go on to New Yok that night. Of course, as the wife and daughter of a business man, we knew what that meant, and that there wns not a word of remonstrance to be said. So mother went to make for him what preparation was needful ; and I linnld have followed her a moment later, but that father called me back, Christie" said he. rather soberly, " I am going to tell you something that no one knows anything about save Harry Randall. I have quite a large nm nt monev over two thousand dol larsin my coatpocket" He touched ma nrAaHt with his finger. "I never keep large amounts of money by me, but in this cate it was unavoidable, and I thought I should feel less anxious tn have it with me than to allow it to rnmain at the office in the safe. I cannot, of course, take it to New York. Bo I w,ant you to take charge of it and keep it until to-morrow morning, and then carry it to Randall for him to the bank. Don't say any- thin about it to your mother. She is so timid and nervous that she would not sleep a wink all night if she knew so large a sum was in the house. Do you understaad ?' With no slight feeling of responsi bilitv T took the leathern pooketbook which he handed me and placed it in th a Docket of inv dress. Father went on: "remaps you uener put it under your pillow. Of course, it is fire that I am most anxious about. There's no danger to the money in any other way. Not a soul knows about it." Then he went into the hall, and came very unexpectedly upon Joseph, for I heard him speaking somewhat sharply to him because he had not gone to the ' ie, and declaring that his bubinees was of more consequence than his sup per. I heard Joseph mutter something about taking time to finish bis meat. Ten mlnates later as fatber was going down the steps to get into tho carriage, be turned bacs to mo, ana holding hin umbrella so tbat mother should not hear, he said: I've been thinking, Christie, tbat young Randall better come and sleep at the house. I shall feel easier about you. You can telegrapn mm at tne office, lie is to be tbere at worn to night until very late." Then he stepped into tne buggy, ana they drove away down the path into the darkness and the rain. I did not send a message to Harry, however. Indeed, I laughed a little as I thought of father's anxiety. He was almost as timid as mother, after all. I was of a rather easy, careless dis position, and really had not a particle of fear of having the money in my keeping. And as we two sat there in the library for a long while after this, mother dozing in the big chair and I intent upon some fancy-work which I was anxious to finish in time for a friend's birthday, I forgot altogether the package of money that lay at the bottom of my dress pocket. Joseph did not get back until nearly 10 o'olook although it was 'only three miles to the Junction, and he should have been long home before that hour. We thought little of that, bowever. He had been with us for several years, and I had great confidence in his faith fulness. It was not until afterward tbat mother and I learned that he had re cently been led into bad company, and that father bad several times baa angry words with him about habits. Joseph slept in the house: and for that' reason it had seemed to me quite unnecessary that Harry Randall should be there also. When the clock struck 10 mother arose, declaring it was time to go to bed. She went into all the lower rooms to see that the windows and doors were fastened, and then came back to the h brarv for me. But I did not feel sleepy, and wanted very much to get on with my work; so I begged her to go rpstairs witnout me, promising to come up in tne course of an hour. The clock struck 11 almost be fore I knew the time had passed. I laid down my work and counted the strokes without looking at the clock itself. I was Bitting at the center-table, near the lamp. At my left, a little way off against tho wall, was father 8 desk, with books ana papers scatterea upon it, ana the battery at one end. Opposite me were two long winaows that onened nnon the side piazza. Over these were thick curtains, closely drawn, which did not shut out the sound of the pelting storm outside. Directly behind me was the hall-door standing, as usual, wide open. ' ' Just then I heard, or fancied I heard, a low sigh or breath out in the boll. turned my head instantly, but did not see any person : and listening intently, heard no fanner sound, x ieit a iitue uneasy and smiled to myself at my ner vonnnnHs : then took up mv work again. I had not quite finished what I had set myself to do. 1 had not taken tnreo sutcnes wnen I laid the work down again. There was no use denying it or laughing at myself For some reason there bad suddenly come over me a-strong feeling or ner vousness and dread. It seemed as if I realized as I had not before that even' ing the fact that I was sitting all alone down stairs in tbe bouse, at no ciock at night, with a large sum of money in mv pocket. I glanced at tne aesK. i-oBBioiy Harry was still at work at tbe omce, If he was. a sin trie sentence over the wire would call him. I was just getting up to go to tbe desk to signal and see if he was at the mill, when something occurred that seemed to turn me cold and motionless as stone in an instant. Behind me, so close that I knew it musi have come from the threshold of the hall door, a low, hoarse voice, that I knew, without seeing the speaker, must be that of a desperate and wicked man. broke the stillness and bade me " Good-evening! ' For a moment, as I say, 1 felt as though I had been turned to stone. Then the voice, speaking again, seemed at least to restore the life in me, and to set mv heart to beating violently. The language tnat tne man usea was not even as'good English as. in attempt ing to reproduce it, I find myself writing. Don't be frightened, miss. I beg of ve not ter be frightened. All ye've got yer do is ter keep still, an' not a hair of yer pretty head shall be harmed." Then I turned my head, half-wheeling my chair at the same time, and saw, standing in the doorway, a large brutal-looking man, altogether as ugly and ill-conditioned and fearful-looking a person as I had ever seen. Naturally enough I opened my lips to utter a cry, but he stopped me by a single threatening motion of a club he carried in his hand. " St I" he fiercely hissed. " If you raise a single scream I'll strike ye as senseless as yer mother is upstairs." These last words cbangoa ior tne mo ment the nature of my fear and gave me strength to speak. 'What have you done to my mother?" I demanded, excitedly. "Do you mean have you killed her? He uttered a sort of low laugh. No. mv dear: she was wakiu' up, so we had ter use the chloroform. An' you must keep Btill or you'll be served the same way. Yer see. it's jest here" He drew a step nearer and seemed disposed to explain matters. " What we want in some money tbat yer father brought down from Palmer yisterday. . Maybe yer don't know about it; but we do, and we know he left it in ther house when he went off to-night. My friend is upstairs lookin for it tkda minute. All we want is the money. We don't mean harm to no body. Ye shan't be touched if ye be have yerself an' keep quiet." Somewhat reassured by this, and having had time while he was speaking to collect myself, I wan now able to as sume an appearance at least of calm-neRS. I took up my embroidery and went on working or pretending to work at the pattern I was embroidering. I think the action helped me too; for I pres ently found myself really quite calm, and with a coolness and resolution that I can hardly believe in now, as I reoall it, turning over in my mind what , ought to do. What would these men do when they found, aa they vevy soon would find, that the money was not upstairs ? They would be disappointed and desperate capable perhaps of deeds that they had not at first intended. Perhaps I had better give up the money at once and so get rid of them. And yet, father had confided it to my care; and it did not belong to him but to the company. I ought not to let these men have it if I could help it. Oh. why could I not give an alarm somehow ? What if I should open my mouth and crv out at any risk ? Could I make Joseph hear, away out m the wing of the house as he was ? Alas, I knew that I coull not, even hod not this man been sitting there by the door he had taken a chair now eyeing me fiercely, as though he read my very thoughts, Ah, if I had only done as father wished and telegraphed for Harry Randall to come up! And tben witn tbis last thought another thought came to me. Why could I not summon Harry even now. it perchance he was still at tbe office? I arose from my chair, mechanically i -m w grasping my worn in my nana, xay guard got up also, evidently suspicious of my slightest movement. 1 11 have to ask yer to keep quiet, miss," said he, with a harsh, determined voice. I turned upon him indignantly. I suppose I may cnange my seat n i like, said 1. And without waiting for bxs permis sion I walked deliberately over to the desk and sat down in the revolving chair that stood before it. At the same time I threw my work down on the desk in such a way as to cover com pletely the battery, which instrument 1 1 V. 1- . L " my companion uau prouauiy uv no ticed at all. Perhaps he would not have known what it wits if he had. I sat there a moment, listlessly twist ing the chair back and forth, and trying to make up my mind what was beat to do. Just then there was a slight noise on the hall stairs .and the man became uneasy, stood up and looked at the library door, as if ho was about to go toward it. Then he turned again to me, and with a threatening gesture, said: You just set there, while I step inter the hall a bit. And it ye stir or make a noise it will be the worse for ye. Do ye mind that I" llewent soitiy into tne nan. Feeling that now was my opportunity, with a trembling hand I put my finger on the knob, and as silently as possible . 1 i. XU . A sent my signal out over mo wiro iuiu the night down to the mills and to Harry Randall. " Hairy, are you tbere r In another instant I was leaning back in my chair and moving an ink stand on the table to make a noise, How my heart was bee.ting, and my ear was strained to catcb tbe sound mat n I might in God's goodness hope it might presently come back to me 1 Almost a minute it seemed an age I listened; and my beart sans as no answering signal was heard. Then Click I Click I Click ! came the Bounds, sweeter to my ears than the sweetest music; and I knew that Harry was there. These sounds were to some ex tent covered by the drumming of my thimble, and were to me as plain as spoken words. "Yes." Instantly I sent baok my answer Two excited words, run all together Robbers! Help!" The total silence that followed as sured me. after a minute's anxious waiting, that Harry had comprehended my message, and that doubtless he would at once come to tbe bouse, a or- tune had favored me. for I had heard the man creeping up the hall stairs, and thus I had escaped the results of any suspicions be might have had had he heard the clicking of the instru ment. I did not look at the clock, and can not say exactly how long I sat there in silence. It seemed to me that it was hours. Then there ' was the sound of whis pering in the hall. The next moment there appeared in the doorway a seoond stranger, rougher and more desperate, if pobsible, in appearance than the first; and close behind him, to my great sur prise and indignation, was our man Jos eph. They both advanced into the room, the one looking angry and dis appointed, and the other with a sheep ish air as he caught my eye. We have found the key of the safe," growled the second stranger. "Uut all for nothing. $he money wasn't in it, and we've looked high and low and can't find it. But Joe here sticks to it that it's somewhere in the house ; and he thinks," looking fiercely at me, "you know where. It's no use, Miss ; we haven't any more time to spare and we won t stand no nonsense. 1 see it in your eye ; you know where the money is. And you've got to tell." He had advanced while be bad been speaking and was now quite near. I arose from my chair fearing that be meant to lay hands upon me. And at that instant my ears painfully alert to any noise I was certain I caught the sound of a footfall outside the window, and I gained fresh courage. "And why have I got to tell?" de manded I, purposely raising my voice so that it could be heard outside the house. "What right have you to break into this house in this way" The man suddenly caught me by tne wrist, uttering at the same time a fear ful oath. "You make another Bound above a whisper," he cried, in a voice hoarse with rage, "and I'll" He did not finish his sentence. There came a loud crash at both windows at once, and the next instant Harry Ran dall with two watchmen from the mills burst into the room. The rescue was complete, so far as saving our lives and saving the money was concerned. The robbers attempted no resistance. In an instant, before a word could be said or a blow struck, the man raised his hand and dashed the lamp from the table. In the darkness and confusion the burglars, Joseph among them, made their escape. And although every effort was made, both then and later, to se cure their arrest they were never taken However, as I said, our lives and tbe money that had been confided to my keeping were safe; and we were all thankful for that. And I may say again tbat I am very glad that, at that time at least, the tele graph had not been superseded by the telephone. Youth Companion. SCSDAY READISG. Great Bins and Petty Faults. You need not break the glasses of a telescope nor coat them over with paint to prevent you from seeing tbrougn them. Jost breathe upon them, and the dew of vour breath will shut out all the stars. Ho. it does not require to hide the light of God's countenance or shut out every star of promise. Little faults can do it just as well. Take a shield, and cast a spear upon it and it will leave in it one great dent, but pick it all over with a million little needle shots, and they take the polish off far more than the piercing of the spear. So, it is not so much the great sins that take the freshness from our consciences aa tbe numberless petty faults which we are all the time com mitting. Beecher. Marsh SongAt Sunset. ; Over the monstrous shambling sea, Over the Caliban sea. Bright Ariel-clou thou ling rest. Oh wait, oh wait in the warm red West Thy Prospero I'll be. Over the humped at; 2 flahy sea, Over the Caliban sea, Oh cloud in the West, like a thought in the heart Of pardon, loose thy wing and start, And do a grace for me. Over the huge and huddling sea, Over the Calliban sea, Bring hither my brother Antonio man My injuror. Night breaks the ban; Brother, I pardon thee. Sidney Lanier, in Our Continent. The Little Children's Watches. Yesterday an old man entered a Little Rock store, and taking from his pocket an old buckskin pouch he emptied two ooins on the counter, and then, after regarding the silver for a few moments, said: " Mister, I want to buy some goods to make a dress. "That money is mutilated, old gen tleman. This twenty-five-oent pieoe has notches filed in it, and this fifty-cent piece has been punched. You see, they have been abused. 1 can t take tbem. "Abased, said tbe old man. "Abused," and he took up the fifty- cent piece and looked at it tenderly. 'And vou won t take it on account of the holes. Heaven grant that I did not have to oner it to you. Years ago, when my first child was a little girl 1 puncbed a hole in this coin and strung it around her neck. It was her constant play thing. At night when she went to bed we'd take it off, but early at morning she would call for her watch. When our John you didn't know John, did you? No. Well, be used to come to town a good deal." "Where is he now? ' asked the mer chant, not knowing ?hat to say, but desiring to show appreciation oZ the m . . t a w Old man a story. " He was killed in tbe war. 1 say that when John was a little boy I strung this quarter around his neck One day his watch got out of fix, he said, and he filed these notches in it. He and his sister Mary that was the girl's name used to play in the yard and compare their watches to see if they were right. Sometimes John wouldn't like it because Mary's watch was bigger than his, but she would ex plain that she was bigger than bun and ought to have a bigger watch.. The children grew up, but as they had always lived in the woods they were not ashamed to wear their watches. When a young man came to see Mary onoe she forgetfully looked at her fifty cents. What are you doing?' asked the young man, and when she told him she was looking at her watch he took it as a hint and went home. After this she did not wear her watch in company. Well, Mary and the young man mar ried. John went off in the army and got killed. Mary's husband died, and about two years ago Mary was taken sick. When her mother and I reached her house she was dying. Calling me to her bed, she said: Papa, lean over. I leaned over, and, taking something from under her pillow, she put it around my neck and said : ' Papa, take care of imy watch." The old mau looked at the merchant. The eves of both men were moist. " Do you see that boy out there on the wagon ?" he said. " Well, that is Mary's child. I wouldn t part with this money, but my old wife, who always loved me, died this morning, and I have come to buy her a shroud." When the old man went out he carried a bundle in one hand and the ' watches" in the other. Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette, The quarantine regulations of San Francisco requires that all emigrant Chinamen shall be vaccinated before landing. !A shipload of Chinese !ar rived at that port recently, and, there being no vaccine on board, it is re. ported that the Celestials were vaocina ted with mucilage. If this be so, DeDis Kearney may cease Jiis cry that the Chinese meet go. for this will cause them to stick harder than ever. In fu ture the favorite remark of the China man will probably, be " by gum I" SomsrtillQ Journal. Rella-loBs News and fiotesk A proposition for the organio union of the Northern and Southern Methodist churches meets with much favor. At Wallerawang. New South Wales, a lady has built a church for the joint use of Anglican and Presbyterian com munities. The English Baptist hand-book for 1882 reports an increase of thirteen churohes. thirty-seven chapels, and 5,700 members. Tho commission appointed in Ger manv to revise Luther's translation of the Bible has held its last sitting ana brought its work to a close. The Scottish United Presbyterian church gathered in for foreign missions hut year 8167.725. an advance of upward of $15,000 on the previous year, There are in Paris ninety-two Sunday schools, with 819 teachers and 7,400 scholars. Many of these schools use the international series of lessons, for which lesson papers and other exposi tory helps are published in French. At the thirtv-second anniversary of the Southwestern Bible society, at New Orleans, it was reported that during the past year seven colporteurs bad been emnloved in Louisiana and Missis sippi, who visited 15,837 families, of troscope they have even found out the whem 6,841 were without a copy of tho substances they are made of " Yes, Bible. In all, 4.6U7 families ana i,3i said the otber, " bnt Btrangess oi an to HTJMOtt OF THE DAY, The difference between a dog and a boy consists in the fact that when the dog finds a scent be aoesu t spend it icr candy. Talk about modern miracles, Mr. Cabbageheod says he cured his boy of some bad habits by the laying on of hands. Stamford Advocate. A burglar got into the house of a . country editor the other night. After a terrible struggle the editor succeeded in robbing him. Fhiiadelphia JSewa. " Pa, why do they call 'em high , schools?" "It's because we pay so much for 'em, my son. You'll under stand these things better wnen you get to be a taxpayer." The man who never did anything by halves tried to swallow a whole fish ball the other morning, and has been ex tremely quiet and unassuming ever since. Lowell Luvzcn. " Is snow warming?" asks a Vermont" - - --r i 3 paper. JKgad, yes i xou get a gooa solid snow bail tunKea into your ear and you'll think the ear is afire for the next two hours. Boston Post, Two men discussing the wonders. of modern science. Said one: " Look at astronomy, now; men have learned the distance to the stars, and with the spec- individuals were supplied with the sacred volume, 1,690 copies being given awav. The colpoltenrs spent 1,055 days and traveled 10,236 miles in mak ing the canvass, at a total expense of 81,691.25 An organization known as the Chil dren's Scripture Union was formed in London. England, in April, laiv, ana has since spread through different parts of Europe, until now there are about 9,000 vbranches, comprising nearly 100,000 members. The object is to promote among children and young people tbe regular aaiiy reaaing oi mo Bible. The Baptist Weekly bewails tho meager contributions oi iaptisis ior foreign missions. It goes into statistics to show that the actual contributions of the churches is shockingly small. Of the income from churches and ind - viduals, amounting to $167,685, it finds that 8100.641 came from 178 churches and sixtv-four individuals. Apportion ing the balance among the rest of the patronizing churcbes, it secures as- a result an average contribution of eleven cents per member. A Woman's Ingenuity. Elizabeth Lloyd King, alias Kate Stoddard, who is well known as tbe murderess of Charles Goodrich, brother of the Hon. W. W. Goodrich, and is now confined in the Auburn State con vict asylum, being denied the use of writing material, recently invented a new way of composing a letter, one was allowed dooks ana magazines, a Bible and a Testament, and although not permitted to have scissors, bad a needle and some thread. Taking the flyleaf of a book she stitched upon it single letters, and bus oi woras mat would compose sentences, and very neatly made up out of fragments of print the following letter : Mn. Pavbv fionNSELoa at Law: Sin Fluaao excuse this print and paper.for I havn nut been allowed to ubo mv writiuif mate rials since last July. I would like to consult you aa soon as I can. Will yoa ploaso call here? Respectfully, Elizabctu liixv bjno, Auburn State Convict AByium, Kew iora Fun-on o THE SYRACUSE STASDABD: Bib Will you pleaue oblige me by giving to Mr. Counselor Tavey the above note? I do not knnw where to direct it. Please excuse this nriut and paper, for I have not been allowed to hub anv writins materials since last July, lle- sneetfully. Elizabeth Lloyd Kino. Auburn State Convict Asylum, N. Y. The following address was stitched upon another bit of paper, which was afterward sewed on the reverse Bide of the card: Mr. D. 0. Pavey, Editor of the Syracuse Standard, Standard office, Syracuse, New York. It must have required many weeks to have pieced out the letter. Ibe capi tals were used only in proper places, and great care was taken as to punctua tion. The whole of the first letter was in brevier type, ana most oi tne sec ond, and the words were nearly all made up of single letters pricked out of a printed page, evidently witn a needle, and then sewed on with white thread. The word King seems to have been cnt out of a Bible printed in agate. The stitches were taken with sucu care as not to tear the paper or to leave upturned edges that would be ap to cause any part to be torn elf in handling. The edges of the paper were neatly hemmed. The letter was delivered to a visitor to mail, but it was taken up by an asylum physician, who has preserved it as a curio eity. m . M lJl me is now iney ioana out au,iueu names 1" r A remarkable fact: We have many times been an unwilling listener to the "said she" and "said I" narra tions in publio conveyances and else where;, but never knew an instance where the said I's" didn't say all the smart things, and the " said she's " all the stupid and viciouB things, or where the " said I's " didn't come off victorious in the end. ' Killing Allisatora. A Detroiter who had just returned from Florida after an absence of several months, waa asked the other day if he hod any fun with the alligators down there. . Ye3, Bir dead loads of fun," be replied. "Kin many?- ' Well, I should say so !" M How many did you ever day?" "Three hundred." "No! you don't mean 300 alligators in one day?" " Yes. I do." "You must have struck a Three hundred in one day I What time did you begin I" "Oh, about 10 o'clock m tne morn- iSv . . , , " And how long aia it tane you t " About an hour." There was a pause, during which as tonishment, incredulity and worse were visible on the faces of tbe crowd. 1 1 nally ono man stepped forward and said: . " Did you use artillery ? " No, sir." "A saw-mill? "No, Bir." "Dynamite?" " No, sir." " Maybe you'll tell us how you did it?" . .. "Yes, sir I talked 'em to deatn. Please call at my office for pamphlets of Florida its resources, fruits, cerealB, alligators, people and hotel charges. Tra-la 1' i-ree -Tress. kill in a rich spot. Whew I Good Writinjr. If you desire to write for the press, and to be what is termed a "good writer," there are two all important things that you must look after. One or these is a plain ana easy styie, ciettr ly within the comprehension of all dis posed to read after you; andthe other is a theme calculated to interest every body as near as it is possible for every- DOuy to uo mi.tire6t.eci. these attainments may be most easily secured by a careful Btudy of modern writers, saoh for instance as Irving, Hawthorne and- Dickens; tne otuer must come through a knowledge of human nature and the exercise of good common sense. Without an association of these two things no person can be come a good, or, in other words, a pop ular writer. We have in mind sever! mnn of our immediate acquaintance, who write smoothly and beautifully; but who, lacking the second requisite, are Dot at all liked as writerB. On the other hand, we can place our finger upon men wheae judgment, so far as re lates to wbat , wouia pjc people, ia almost entirely perfect, but who, when they undertake to put their thoughts in words, put ia their words so badly and round tneir penouo DU tumu lt that no person cares to read atu-r V . . l.vnrrtVl nt t I ..1 t U e iu ior any grcai; ...v, rrin(er$' Circular,
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