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professitmal Olari
J. B. ANDERSON, N. D.,
PITISIC - .1:4 - 1V IND - SITRGEOv ;
WAYNESBORO', PA.
Office at the Waynesboro' "Corner Drug
ore:" ' Dane 29—tf.
BEL, MN MJ., RIPPLE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEGN ----
Offers his professional services to thspub
tic. Office in his residence, on Weit Main
street, Waynesboro'. 24-tf
DR. =NJ. ?MUM,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OFFICE--In the Walker Building—nea
the :awden-House.—Kight calls-sheuld-b.
made at his residence on Main Street ad
<Ailing the Western School House.
July 20--tf
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
WAYNESBORO' P.A.
" Office at Lis residence, nearly opposite
he Bowden House. Nov 2—tf.
TOSFJPI-1. DOUGLA S ,
ATTORNEY ATZLAW,
WAYNESBORO', PA.
Practices in the several Courts of Franklin
and adjacent Counties.
N. 8.—1,3,eal Estate leased and sold, and
Fire Insurance effected on reasonable terms.
December 10, 1871.
UR, A, 11, STRICILLEA,
.• (FORMERLY OF MERCERSBURG, PA.,)
dAFFERS his Professional services to the
NYcitizens of Waynesboro' and vicinity.
DR. STRICKLER has relinquished an eaten-
hive practice at Mercersburg, where he has
been
. prominently engaged for a number of
years in the practice of s profession.
He has opened an Office in Waynesbor,o',
at the residence of George Besore, Bsq., is
Father-in-law, where he can be fowl(' at al
times when not professionally engaged.
July 20, .1871.—tf.
J. H. FORNEY & CO.
Produce Cogradosion Merehouts
No. 77 NORTH STREET,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Pay particular attention to the sale of
Flour, Grain, Seeds, ikc.
Liberal advances made on consignments.
may 29-tf
HORSE_RAI S_
•PERSONS wanting Spring-tooth Horse
Rakes can be supplied with a first-class
article by calling on the subscriber. He
continues to repair all kinds of machinery
at short noticeand upon reasonable terms.
The Metcalf excelsior Post Boring and
Wood Sawing EcMhines always on hand.
JOIN L. METCALF,
Feb 27-• Quincy, Pa.
MUMMY COM I
"It/RS. C. L. HOLLINBERGER now loca
ted at 37 Pearl Street, BaltimOre, Md.,
has opened a new Stock of the best and
most fashionable Millinery Goods, Orders
from the country promptly filled at prices
which will give entire satisfaction.
oct 30—tf
J. H. WELSH
WITH
• W. V. LIPPINCOTT & CO,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Hats, Caps, Furs and Straw Goods,
No. 531 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
april 3-tf
BARBERING ! BARBERING !
THE subscriber having recPntiv re-paint
ed and papered and added' new furni
ture to his shop, announces to his custom
ers and the public that be will leave noth
ing undone to give satisfaction and make
comfortable all who may be pleased to fa
vor him with their patronage. Shaving,
Schampooning; Hair-cutting, etc. promptly
attended to. A long experience iji the bar
bering business enables him to promise sat
isfaction in encases. W. A, PRICE.
sept 18-tf
Id V 1 i * Mit 1) NA 1 Oilta N
MAIN STREET,
WAYNESBORO', PENN'A.
MILE subscriber having leased this ,
well
known 11•Ael property, announces to
the public that he has refurnished, re-pain
ted and papered it, and is now amply pre
pared to accommodate the traveling public
and others who may be pleased to favor
him with their patronage. An attentive
hostler will at all times be in attendance.
May 23-tf SAM'L P.-STONER.
COACIIMAKING.
DERSONS' iri want of vehicles of any de
-1 scription, new or second-handed, can be
supplied at the old "Waynesboro' Coach
Factory" on Church street. The subscrib
er cordially invites those desiring anything
in his line to call and examine his stock
and learn his prices, which be feels warran
'ted in saying will compare favorably with
that of any other establishment in the coun-
ty.
REPAIRING of all kinds will receive prompt
attention.
Thankful to the public for past patronage
he solicits a continuation of the same in the
April 10-tf
It was twenty years ago, and now I'm old
and gray; . •
It startles me—the threads of hair so white
I found to-day. ,
My eyes are growing dim and my steps are
weak and slow,
Oh! where is now the laughing girl of twen
ty years ago ?
I wonder if my heart grow_s_gray,like_to my
sunny .aar;
Ah, me ! they've been weary years of sor-
row and of eare.
And as 1 sit to-night, by the firelight's gol-
den glow,
My heart recalls one summer eve full twen-
y-years-ag..
The stars shone soft and bright, and the
gentle sighing breeze
Sang lullabies to sleeping birds, whose cra
dle was the trees; • .
We stood together hand in band, . with
whispered words of love;
With only summer flowers to hear
glowing stars above.
Heart answered heart; he loved me true,
Ah, well! 'tis many years ago, yet my eyes
war, grow dim.
'Twas only a light word spoken, but two
hearts were full of pride, _
So we tread alone the path we should have
walked in side by side.
A word, a ionic, a jarring tone, and a life
• time of regret;
'Heath a careless touch a heart may break,
and the music Time will set
To
. the dreary words is a minor strain,
mournful, deep and low—
Such is the song my heart has sung since
twenty years ago.
Ah, well ! the sunny days of youth have
glided fur away;
I feel the heavy hand of Time, and my hair
is growing gray ;
The shades of night have deepened, and
my fire is burning low, •
And gone with the light are the girlish
dreams of twenty years ago.
A great number of persons who knew
the celebrated Dr. a
have
of the College of Surgeons, have often
heard him relate the following anecdote :
'One day he had procured the bodies of
two criminals, who had been hung, for
the purpose of anatomy, not being able to
find the key of the dissecting room at the
moment the two subjects were brought,
he ordered them to be deposited in an a
partment contiguous to his bed-room.
During the evening Dr. B , wrote
and read as usual previous to retiring to
rest. The clock had just struck one, and
all the family slept soundly, when all at
once a dull sound proceeded from the
the room containing the bodies.
Thinking that perhaps the cat had
been shut up there by mistake, he went
to see what could be the cause of the un
expected noise. What is his astonishment,
or rather his horror, on discovering that
the sack which contained the bodies was
torn asunder,. and on going nearer he
found that one of tl.e bodies was miming
The doors and windows had been fas
tened with the great es t care,
and it ap
peared impossible that the body could
have been stolen. The good doctor felt
rather nervous on remarking this, and it
was not without any uneasy sensation that
he began to look about him, when to his
horror and amazement he perceived the
missing body sitting upright in a corner.
Poor Dr. B—, at this unexpc c:ed ap
parition became transfixed with terror,
which was increased by observing the
dead and sunken eyes of the corpse fixed
on him ; whichever way he moved, those
dreadful, eyes still followed him.
The worthy doctor more dead than a
live, now began to beat a quick retreat,
without, however, losing sight.of the ob
ject of his terror; he retreated step by
step, one hand holding the candle, the
other in search.of the door, which he at
length &hied ; but there is no escape the
spectre has risen and followed him, whose
livid features, added to the lateness of the
hour and the stillness of the night, seem
to conspire to deprive the poor doctor of
the little courage he had left; his strength
fails, the candle falls from his hand, and
the terrible scene is now in complete dark
ness.
The good doctor has gained his apart
ment awl thrown himself on his bed ;.but ,
the fearful spectre has still followed him
—it has caught him, and seizes hold of
his feet with both bands. At this climax
of terror the doctor loudly exclaimed,
"Whoever you are, leave mg.!" At this
the spectre let. go his bold, and moaned
feebly these words: "Pity, good hang-
Man ! have.pity on me !" The good doer
for now discovered the mystery, and re
gained by little and little his composure.
He explained to the criminal who had so
narrowly escaped death, who he was, and
prepared tocall up some of his family.
"Do you, then wish to destroy me?"
JACOB ADAM.
dui gent.
TWENTYIIIIIIB 180.
and I would have died for him
I.isallautotts Staffing.
THE DEAD ALIVE.
A DOCTOR'S STORY.
A ":31"..1."*MatS:P4PrjEtrotirivrEn TO. -ti 11, - ► c •%: ' C.
WAYI ESliollo', JRA IN COUNTY, THURSDAV, DECEMBER 4, 1873.
a-claimed the criminal: "If I •rim discov
ered, nit adventure will become public,
and'l shall be brought to . the scaffold a
second time:• In the name of humanity,
save •me from death !"
, • The poor doctor did not well know
what means to employ to save the poor
creature..:i He could not keep • him n his
house, and to turn him out would *be to
expose him to certain death. The only
way, then, was tort him into the coun
try; solutvinemade him dreigs himself in
some old clothes which: the kind-hearted
doctor selected from the wardrobe; he left
tOwn , early, aciompanied by his protege,
whom he represented as atinitaistant in a
difficult case upon which he hadleen call
ed. in. '• e ,
When they bad. got into the open coun
try the wretched creature • threw himself
at 'the feet of his benefitctor and liberator,
to - whom he swore an eternal gratitude;
and the' generous_doctor having relieved,
his wants by a small sum of money, the
-ftteful• 'creature left him' with ' many_
blessings and prayers for his happiness.
About twelve years after this occurence
Dr. B had oeessio_n_to_visitArnster,_
dam. • aving gone•one •ay to the bank
he was accosted by a well dressed rnan- . -
one who had been , pointed 'out to him as
one of the Most opulent merchants of the
city.•
The merchant asked him politely if he
were not Dz. B , of London ; and
on answering in the affirmative, 'pressed
him to dine at his house which invitation
the worthy doctor accepted. On arriving
at the merehant's•honse he was shown in
to an elegant 'apartment, where a most,
charming_woman,andswoloveLy chili
welcomed him in the most friendly man•
ner ; whirl . reception surprised him . the
more, coming. from persons he had never
before met.
After dinner the merchant, having ta
ken him into his counting house,' seized
his hand, and having pressed it with
friendly warmth said to him :
"Do you not recollect me ?"
"No," said the doctor.
"Well, then, I remember you wall, and
your features will never be obliterated.
from my memory—for to you I owe my
life. Do you not remember the poor de
serter ? On leaving you. 1 went to Hol
land. Writing a good hand, and being
also a good occountant, I soon obtained a
situation as Clerk in a merchant's office.—
My good conduct and zeal soon gained
.for me the confidence of my employer and
the effections of his daughter, When he
retired from business I succeeded him,
and became his son-in-law; but without
your generous assistance, I should not
have lived to enjoy so much happiness-!-
Generous man, consider henceforth my
house, my fortune and myself as wholly
yours."
The kind doctor was effected even to
tears ' • and both these happy beings pat
ticipated in the most delightful expression_
of their feelings, which were soon shared
by the merchant's interesting family who
came to join them.
LENORE'.
Failures in Business
The man who never failed in business
cannot possible know whether he has any
"grit" in him, or is worth a button. • It is
the man who fails, and then rises, who is
really great in his way.
Peeter Cooper failed in making hats,
failed as a cabinetmaker, locomotive buil
der, and grocer ; but as often as he failed
he "tried and tried again," until he could
stand upon his feet alone, then crowned
his victory by giving a million dollars to
help the poor boys in times to come.
Horace Greeley tried three or four lines
of business before be founded the Tribune,
and made it worth a million of dollars.
Patrick Henry failed at everything he
undertook, until he made himself the ora
torof his age and nation.
The founder of the Herald kept on fail
ing and sinking money for ten years and
then made oue of the most profitable
newspapers on earth.
Stephen A. Douglas made dinner tables
and bedsteads and bureaps for many a
long year before; he • made • himself a
"giant" on the floor o f Congress.
Abraham Lincoln failed to make both'
ends meet 'by chopping wood, thiled to
earn. his salt in the galleyslave life of a
Mississippi flat, boatman ; he bad ,not e
ven wit enough to run a grocery, and yet
he Made himself the grandest character of
the nineteenth century.
Gen. Grant failed at everything except
smoking cigars ; he learned to tan bides,
but could not sell leather enough to pur
chase a pair of breeches; a dozen years a
go he "brought up," 'on top of a woodpile,
"teaming" it to town for' forty dollars a
month ; and yet he is one of the c greatest
soldiers of the age, and is now the honored
head of a great nation. .
The lesson Tor every young mania this:
As long as you have health and have
power to. do, go ahead; if you fail at one
thing, try another, and a third—a deze4
even: Look at the spider, nineteen times
it tried to thrOW out its web to its place
of attachnient, and on the .twentieth it
sueceeded.—The young man who has the
gift of continuance is tae one , whose foot
will be able to breast the, angry waters of
human discouragement..
The man who carries a lantern on a
dark night can have friends , all around
him, walking safely by. the help of its rays
and be not defrauded. s e he who has the
God giving light of hope in his breast can
help on many others in this would's dark
nese, not to his own lois, but to their pre
cious gain.
The sure way to prevail on a young cou
ple to marry is to , oppose them. Tell theni
you "would rather see them in their
graves," and twelve months afterwards
their. baby will pass you twice a day ii -a
willow wagon.
, Forty-one Hourain a Well.
- ' The San Francisco Bulletin • says : A
man named Hughes, who keeps a hog
ranch near the Golden. Gate Park, met
with an accident the other day, which near
ly resulted in his death. His house is sit 7
uated s considerable distance from the
road, aid he lives alone, being a gay bach
elor. , Last Monday afternoon, about
three o'clock, Mr. Hughes had occasion
to go to his well, which is a feW pacesTrom
the house. , While fixing the rope he fell
into the well, and brought up at the bot
tOrn, a depth of about fifty feet, much
shaken, but sot , materiajly , injured. :His
utter helpleamess completely overwhelm
ed him, but at the top of,lus voice he began
to shout, hoping that some one is the park
wpuld here his cries. Monday evening
passed, and , his cry, for . "help" was un•
answered.. Tuesday and Tuesday evenjpg
passed, and. still no response,to his frantic
appeals for aid. His feelings while down :
in that well, with the cold water up to his
Lwaist,-can-be-better-imagined - thatrde. -
scribed. • .• . • ,
On Tuesday morning G. A: Friemuth
•
of delivering, --'st'Llw—v: .The 4 ,Call.!' He heard the
unfortunate man's ahouts: but believing
,they 'eathe from thepark he 'paid 'no atten-
tion. He was supprised the next morning
to deliver the paper by hearing , the shouts
again; The,raper which be had. left the
day before was still lying on the stoop.—
This fact increased'liis astonishment, and,
:_after licit-pi:Ong attmtivply : enrinaity brew
him to the will, from which the cries' "arose
distinctly on his ear. Mr. Friermuth
was somewhat startled on learning what
-was-the-matter.
After a few words had passed, Mr:Prier
muth encouraged Hughes to hold up a
few minutes longer,' 'and, jumped on his
horse, rode at full speed to obtain assist
ance. In a short time he, returned with
two men, and Hughes was fished up from
the well ,in a deplorable condition from
exhaustion, his faceaspale as marble. Af
ter his "inner man" had been fed, be ex•
plained the circumstances to his rescuers.
Hughes is a man of strong. constitution,
but it will probably take several days to
quiet his nerves.
Cuba from the Pulpit.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in a sermon
said of the Virginius matter : "There is
no question of the horrible nature of the
outrage. Had it been done in the heat
of battle it would have been horrible, but
it was coolly, deliberately iniamous. It
was a brute love for blood. It is as bad
a thing as has happened in my day. If
such things are to be permitted, then the
= evil is stronger.on earth than Christ."
Mr. Beecher added : "Deeply as I sym
pathize with this cause, and I have had
my heart in it since its inception, still I
think our government should be not -driv
en into action by the disorganized clam
or of the people. It is bound to act with
respect to the relations of this country
with every other country. It should de
cree such wise things that it shall be con
sidered a leader among nations. We must
not seek the gratification of a moments
anger. •Spain has been the victor and
victim of ages. It is a land full of noble
influences and of debasing passions. This
great nation is now herself seeking to rise.
If, now, we can puniih the monsters of
Cuba in such a way as to strengthen the
hands of the republicans of Spain, let us
do it. But if we find that our flag has
been insulted in Cuba, and the responsi
ble Spanish Government cannot or, will
not put a stop to such abominiition, then
let the hand 'ofjuctice fall. Let it so fall
as to give safety knowledge, and freedom
to the long-suffering island ; but let it
not be in passion, nor in the mad riot of
an excited people. Whatever is done, let
it be done with deliberation, 'and without
cruelty. May it be for America to quench
the fires of war, not to kindle them. If
God has put into Columbia's hand the
bitter medicine 'for the nations, may it
not be administered with wrath, fury and
revenge."
WArrnre.—How pleasant it is to wait
—not upon the table—but for some one
to come in from whom you expect a hun
dred dollars, to pay a note before three
o'clock, of which time it only lacks twenty ?
five Minutes. We have seen a man under
such circumstances, with large beads of
perspiration standing on his forehead,
though the thermometer showed but thirty
degrees above zero. ,This man had been
waiting all his life Micawberlike, for
something to turn up; and we found him
still waiting, and howill continue to wait.
So it is with half the world. They are wait- .
ing waiting for something to turn up—and
why are they waiting? Simply because
they don't take time by the forelock, don't
provide .aheadolon't buy an .umbrella , in
fair weather and provide for rainy % days.
The true business man never has to wait.
He is alweyq ahead 'With his businces.
.He never lets his bnsincee get ahead of him.
. .
V A LI LIABLE PILLB.—Some twenty years
ago a'farmer'X 'barn in the vicinity of
Worcester was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. Many, of the citi
zens bad gone to the fire, when a fop, well
strapped and dickied; with his cap on one
side of his head met the celebrated Dr.
G—u; and accosted him in this wise:
"Can you—ah, tell we, doctab, how
fah they have succeeded in extinguishing
the conflagration of the—ah, unfortunate
yeoman's barn.?" '
The doctor eyed the individual atten
tively, dropped his head as usual for a
Moment, and then slipping his thumb and
finger into his - vest pocket, took out a
couple of pills and handed them to him;
saying.: ,
"Take these, sir, and go to bed, and if
you do not feel better in the morning, call
at.my office'
Pay the Printer.
RE CAME TOO LATE:
He came too late!—Neglect had tried
Her constancy too long;
Her love had yielded to her pride,
And the deep sense of wrong.
She scorned the offering of a heart
Which lingered on its way,
Till it could no delight impart, -
Nor shed one cheering ray.
He came too late!—at once he felt
That all hiz power was o'er!
Indifference in her calm smile dwelt,
She thought of him. no more.
Anger and grief had passod away,
Her heart and thoughts were free;
She met him, and her words were gay,
No spell had memory.
, He came too late I—the subtle cords
Of love were all unbound,
Not by offence of spoken words,
But by the_slights-thatwound. •
She knew that life had nothing now
That could the past repay,
shetlisdnined=liistnwirs%
; And, coldly turned away.
He came too late !—Hercountless dreams
Of hope had long since flown ;
No charms dwell in'his chosen themes,
Nor in his whispered tone.
And when with word and smile he tried
Affection still to prove
She nerved her heart with woman's
• nd spurned his fickle love,
Stick to It
Nin - e personseurutten ignore the got:
den secret of content ; they are constantly
striving after something different from
that they enjoy.
We do not depricate enterprise, but it
is the habit of constant change that we
protest against—the habit of shifting from
one pursuit to another.
There are thousands of almost penniless
and disappointed men, picking' up a pre
carious living at the very ,extremity of
life, because they have, in ,the .course of
their existence, tried a hundied different
things, and abandoned all in turn, sim
ply because .they did not succeed, at
once. • '
To few men is it given to do more than
two things well. There •is , scarcely 'any
pursuit that if followed out with &single* ,
ness of purpose, will not yield a rich re
turn. ,• .: , ,
c c
Select some useful oc ation, stick to
it, and success must own your eflbrts at
last. Choose it . now= 7 rik.e no 'delay.
Don't waste your time and'y'otir strength,
and opportunities, by . always meaning to
do something—do it! ' Only weakness
comes of indecision.
Why, some people have so accustomed
themselves to this way of dawdling along
from one thing to another, that it really
seems impossible for them to squarely
make up their minds to anything. ,
They never quite, know what they mean
to-do next, and their only' pleasure seems
to consist in putting things off aS long as
possible, and then drakgingslowly through
them, rather than begin anything else.
Don't live a single hour of your life
without doing'exactly what is to be done
in it, going straight thrOugh it from be
ginning to end.
Work, play, study, whatever it is, take
hold at once and finish it up squarely and
cleanly and then to the next thing with
out letting any moment drop out be
tween.
It is wonderful to see how many hours
these prompt people contrive to make of
a day ; it's as if they picked up the mo
ments that the dwadlers lost.
And if you ever find yourself where
you have so many things pressing you
that you hardlyknow how to begin, let
me tell you a secret; take hold of the very
first one that comes to hand, and you will
find the rest all fall into file and follow
after like a company of well drilled sol
diers ; and though work may he hard to
meet when it charges in a• squad, it is
easily vanquished . when brought into
line.
You may have often beard the anec
dote of the man who was asked ho;v he
accomplished so much in his life. '
"My father taught
M e," was the reply,
"when I had an'ything to do —to 'g'o and
do it."
There is the secret—the magic word
"Now.",
Sayings of Josh Billings.
Pride iz cheap and common : you kan
find it all the way down from the monark
on hiz throne tew the rooSter.on his dung
hill.
The time spent in learning tew phid
dle a passible tune on one string wud en
able a man tew become an elegant shu
maker. " • t
Man iz the only thing created with rea-
son, and still he is the most unreasonable
thing created.
Respectabilityin these times depends a
good deal on a man's bank account.
There is a kind of curiosity which is
very common amungst pholks, and which
prompts them to see how near they kan
go to a mule's heels and not git
hit.
Silence is safe. The 'man who hasn't
spoke alwas hes the advantage ov him
who haz.
A regular, old-fashiened thorobred lie
don't do much hurt—it iz the half breeds
that do the mischief.
I find plenty ov people who are willing
tew tell you all they kno, if you tell them
all you kno, but the misery ov the trade
iz they don't. kno much. .
There is only - one impulse ov the hu
man heart that iz shim in and that is
self-luv.
Beware of too many cups. The' hic
cup often leads to the lockup,
A Rich Joke.
A good story is told by a friend of
Daniel Drew, which the news of his illness
calls up—Remaining one evening late in
the office, and having occasion to use the
safe, he permitted the cashier to go home,
remarking that he would close the safe,
and fix the combination on the word_
"door:" -- .But when the cashier undertook
to open the safe in the morning he found
the lock refused to yield to the magic
"door." He tried and tried again, but
without success. Finally happening to
remember that Daniel's early education
had been neglected, he attributed his ill
luck to poor orthography. . He therefore
tried the lock upon "dore.' Still no sue.
cess, and then upon "door," with no bet
ter fortune. Finally , , becoming disgusted
he proceeded to the St. Nicholas, routed
"Data out of his choicest morning nap,
and as he stuck his nightcap out of the
door this colloquy ensued.:
"Mr. Drew, I can't open the safe on
"door." You must have concluded to
change the word."
I shut it on "door."
"Are you sure, sir ?"
"Sure, sir, you tarnal 'ape; of course
I'm sure! Go back to your work and
don't come foolin' roun' here this time o'
the mornin'." • •; .
"Well, perhaps, Mr. Drew, I don't spell
the won! right. How did you spell
it?"
:pall it ! Any fool—taw-spill—do. .
D-o-a-ne, of course, sir. If you, ca
spell door, sir, you're no cashier for. me.
Pack up your duds and go out of the
"door:"
And shutting the "door" in the cash
ier's thee, Daniel returned to his bed in a
passion, and the clerk to his safe. Armed
with the open-sesame of "doare," ;how
ever, the safe flew open without further
trouble, and when Daniel arrived,
molli
fied by a good breakfast and his morning
prayer, he advised his cashier that he
might keep his place provided,he would
improve his time and "go to skool
in the evenin'."
The Meanest. Man. in-the; World . '
There has always been a spiritedlcbm
petition for the proud eminence . of the
meanest man, in the world, and, no, decis
ion has eVerbeen reached. When one as
pint& limit 'made a noble Wilk that 8661-
ed to command thapalm vietOryifti
other would enter the lists, and wither his
laurels by a trauscending.aehievement.—
But =tit., the Times has further returns,
chaiiirdon the pretensions of a man
residing at Newburyporl, Mids. A sliort
time ago this man's father, 'an estimable
old gentleman of 80 years, went to, visit '
him. The old gentleman took with him
R . small dog, which haff,been his pet and
companion in kis declining. years. The
son objected. 'to this dog because it cost.
him nearly a cent a day to feed during his
father's
,visit. Thereupon the noble and
affectionate son went to the authorities
and made complaint against his father
that he had an unlicensed dog. The old
man was arrested and fingd $2O ; and hav
ing no money, he was taken to jail, where
he remained at the last accounts, while
the son goes proudly on.the even tenor of
his, way. . .
LATER—And now, as if to CORfirin tbe
proposition with which this topic com
menced, the Times finds a competitor for
the honor which it had all but awarded
to the Newburyport man.' The 'hero in
this case is an lowa farmer, whose infant
daughter was attacked by a snake. A wo
man who was present seized a spade and
killed the reptile. In doing so she broke
the handle of the spade, which belonged
to the father. And that noble-spirited man
made the poor woman pay the price: of
the implement. So.the Times will never
again attempt to decide who is the mean
est man in the world.—Chicago Times.
The Effects of Worry.
That the effects of worry, are more to
be dreaded than those of simple hard
work is evident from noting the classes of
persons who suffer most from the effects of
mental overstrain. The case book of the
physician shows that it is the speculator,
the betting man, the railway manager, the
great merchant, the superintendent of
large manufacturing or commercial works,
who most frequently exhibits the symp
toms of cerebral exhaustion:. Mental
cares accompanied
, with suppressed . emo
tion, occupations liable to great vicissi
tudes of fortune, and those which involve
the bearing on the mind of a multiplicity
of intricate details, eventually break down
the lives of the strongest. In estimating
what may be called the staying-powers of
different-minds under bard work it is al
ways necessary to take early training in
to account.
.A young man, cast suddenly
into a position involiing great care and
responsibility, will break down in . circum
stances in which, be hart been gradually
habituated tp the position, he would have
performed its duties without difficulty.—
It is probably for this reason that the
professional classes generally suffer less
from the effects of overstrain than others.
They have a long course of preliminary
training, and their work comes on them i
by degrees ; therefore when it does come
in excessive quantity it finds them pre
pared for it. Those, on the other hand,
who suddenly vault into a position re
quiring severe mental toil, generally die
before their time.—Chambers' journal.
Mr. Coville says a looking glass affords
a woman a marvelous amount of comfort
and gratificition. Hesays that when there
is a knock at the door, he goes there at
once, but his wife on the concrag ejacu
lates 'Mercy Joseph who's that?' apd dash
es for the looking glass' the -Orst'thing.
$1 kept moving is worth 81,000 con•
cealed. •
$2,00 PER YEAR.
NUMBER 25.
lit null Miimor.
Nothing turns a ' woman's 'head like
bonnet going past her.
Why does theigirl.of the period' make
the best housekeeper.? Because she makes
so-itarch—ba'
• Most men like to see themselves in print.
Ladies like to see themselves dressed in
silks and velvet.
A Kansas paper says: "The gay, jum
ping gyasshopper,the brown-colOred grass
hopper, the cussed old grasshopper is here.
"All flesh is grass." sighed Spriggles, the•
other day, and the wretch immediately ad
ded,
,",01" all the grasses give me a grass
widow."
When your pocketbook gets empty,
and every body knows it, you cau put all
your friends in it, and it will not "bulge
..
out worth a dad."
preacher onee said that ladies were
very timid; they were: afraid to sing wliba
they were asked; 'afraid of taking. zold;'
afraid of snails or spiders—but •he never
knew one afraid to get married. ,
A Green Bay merchant put out a-sigri
of "ice water free." Another put out a
sign of free lemonade, and a third offered
every customer tent-cents. in money. 'A
drew all the
—k-Georgia-megro-was-riding•a-mule-along—
and came to a bridge, when the mule stop
ped 'l'll bet you a quarter,'. said Jack,
make you go Ober cis bridge,' and
with that 4t,rtyk the mule , over the head,
which made, him „pod suddenly ? , 'You
take de bet; " den, t h e negro, and con
trived 'to get the Stubborn 'mule lioier the
bridge. 'won datquarter,inylow,' said
Jack.. , 'But how will youiget the money?'
asked a man who glad been close kv, un
perceived: lo:inorraw,' Said Jack, 'mu
m gib me a dollar_to get sow for de mule, •
and I take the quarter
NOsg.:-Deacon
Coiinectictit; is Will'linoccirita 'being pro
vided with, an enorifious handle-to his
countenancq inithe.eliape Of a huge nose..
On a late occasion, when tocing,up,acol
leCtion Chiirch to whiCh he belong
ed, as he passed through the congregation,
every, person to • whom be
,presented the
box seemed to' be pos l seised byy, a sudden
and 'uricomtriildle desirelo"laugh. The
deacon did not•know what:to make 'of it.
lie had often passed, itaroinid. before, hut
no such affects . iwitnessed; : The
deacon was fairly
,puzzled. The:; • speret,
howeVer leaked mit. He had been afflic
ted a day or two whim 'Sere on his nasal
appendage, and he bad; placed a small
piece of sticking plaster over it. ' During
the morning of ;the day in' question the
plaster had dropped off, and.: the deacon
seeing it on the floor, as hp supposed, pick
ed it up and stuck it on again. But alas!
he picked up instead, one of the 'pieces of
paper which the 'manufactures of 'spool'
cotten paste on:the •end of every spool, and
which read, "'Warranted to hold 200
yards." Such , a sign on such a, nose was
enough to upset the gravity of any con.
gregation.
• TOUGH ON THE FISH.—A devoted cler
gyman sought every opportunity to iiu
press upon the mind of his son the fact
that God takes care of His creatures;
that the falling sparrow attracts His at
tention, and that His loving kindness is
over all His,works, a nuiss.of instruction,
by the way, that .the child is expected to
understand, but never does.. -
Happening, one day, to see a crane wad
ing in quest of food the good mau point
ed out to his son the perfect adoption of
the-crane to get his living in that man;
ncr.
"See," said he, "how his legs aro form
ed for wading What along slender bill
he has ! Observe how nicely lie holds his,
feet when putting them iu or' dili‘Vug'
them out of the water ! He does n'ottaseT
the slightest ripple! He. is thus mid ed
to approach the fish without giving , them
any notice of his arrival._ My son," said
he, "it is impossible to look at that bird
without recognizing the goodne,ss of God
in thuS providino b the means of subsist
•
ence."
"Yes," replied the boy, "I think I see'
the goodness of God, at least so far as the
crane is concerned ; .but, after all, father,
don't you think the arrangement is a lit
tle tough on the fish . ?"
•
TOE LIFE OF MAN.—Hots graphical
ly the varied aspects of the leaf picture
the various seasons of a man's life ! The
tenderness ofof its budding and blooming in
spring, when that rich golden green glints
on it that comes only once a year, repre
sents the bright beauty and innocence of
youth, when every sunrise brings its
glad hopes, and every night its holy, trust
till calm. The dark greenitm ; and rush
of the summer leaf portray the strength
and self-reliance of manhood ;' while its
fading hues on the trees, and itaxiist!ing
heaps on the. ground typify the 40.,R. 4 1410.,.
feebleness of old'age and that strarigeliii#':; - .
terions passing away which is 'the :i4anii •
of every mortal. The autumn leaf isonit- -
goons in color, but it lacks. the balmy .
scent and dewy freshness of hopeful spring;
life is rich' and, bright in, its meridian .
splendor deep are the hues of Maturity,
and noble ii-the. beauty !'of success;• but
who, would not give it for the tender sweet
ness and promise of life's morning hour?,
Happy they who keep the
,ehild's heart
warm and soft over the sad experiences
of
old age,' 'whose life declines its- these last'
November days go out with .tlie rit'-l'tints •
of autumn and the blue skit of Jiine. ,
e waist.