BY W. BL./14R,:
VOLUME 26.
THE WAINESBORO' . VILLAGE ;REGGAE
PUBLISHED EVERY' THURSDAY MOaNING
By W. BLAIR.
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Vrofessionai Olards.
PHYSICLiN AND SURGEON,
WAYNESBORO', PA.
, .
Office at the Waynesboro' "Corner Drug
ore." [jane 29—tf.
ORI., SOHN 'OIL RIPPLE',
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Offers his professional services to the pub
lic. Office in his residence, on West Main
street, Waynesboro'. april 24—tf
DR. BENJ. FRANTZ,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OFFICE—In the Walker Building—near
the Bowda - House. Night calls shOuld be
made
. at his residence on Main Street ad
oiuing the Western School House.
July 20-tf
ISAAC N. SNIVELS,
• PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
- WAYNESBORO' PA. •
Office at his residence, 'nearly opposite
he Bowden House. • Nov 2—tf.
JOSEPH DOTTG-1.4A-S
ATTORNEY AT..L.A.W,
WAYNESBORO', PA..
Practices in the several Courts of Franklin
and adjacent CountieS.
N. B.—Real Estate leased and sold, and
Fire Insurance effected on reasonable terms.
December 10, 1871.
DR,. C R,. STRWILLEaiv
(FORDIERLY OF DIF f ECEILSBURG, P. 1.,)
FFERS his Professional services to' flit
Nficitizens of Waynesboro' and vicinity.
Da. St'RICKLER has relinquished an exten
sive practice at Mercersburg, where he has
been
. prominently engaged fora number of
years in tie practice of his profession.
He has opened an Office in Waynesboro',
at the residence of George Besore, Esq., is
Father-in-law, where he can be found at al
times when not professionally engaged.
•
July 20, 1871.—tf.
A. K. BRANISHOLTS,
RESIDENT. DENTIST
Is
ALSO AGENT
For the Best and most Popular Organs-In Use
Organs always on exhibition and for sale
at his ofilee.
We being acquainted with Dr. Branis
bolts socially and professionally recommend
him to all desiring the services of a Dentist.
Drs. E. A. IlsraNO, J. M. RIPPLE,
" A. 11. STRICKLER, I. N. SNIVELV,
" A. S. BONEBRAKE, T. D. Faxxcn.
jal y 1 7 —tf
.
a. H. FORNEY & CO.
r 9.417.4! a 0.9412W:65- iFin Mom/matt
0. 77 :NORTH STREET,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Pay particular attention to the sale of
Flour, Grain, Seeds, &c.
Liberal advances made on consignments.
may 29-4 f
DAIRY 1
rriliE subscriber notifies the public that
I he has commenced the Dairy business
and will supply citizens regularly every
:rimming with Milk or
.Cream at low rates.
He will also leave u supply at M. •Geiser's
Store where persons can obtain either at a
ny hour during the day.
no" 27-tf BENJ. FRICK.
PERSONS wanting Spring-tooth Horse
Rakes can be suppliedwith a first-class
article by calling on the subscriber. He
continues to repair all kinds of machinery
at bhort nbticeand upon reasonable terms.
The Metcalf excelsior Post Boring and
Wood Sawing EcMhines always on hand.
JOHN L. METCALF,
Feb 27-* Quincy, Pa.
J.•s.. 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 I
Ft' HE subscriber having rec.. ntiv re-paint
ed and papered and added new furni
ture to his shop, announces to his custom
ers and the public that he will leave noth
ing undone to give satisfaction and make
comfortable all who may be pleased to fa
vor him with their patronage. Shaving,
Schampooninz Hair-cutting, etc. promptly
attended to. A long experience in the bar
bering business enables him to promise sat
isfaction in all cases. W. A. PRICE.
sept 18-tf
010.11
MAIN STREET,
WAYNESBORO', PENN'A.
MITE subecriberlaving leased this
well
known HAel 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
li.outler will at all times be in attendance.
May 23-tf SAM'L P. STONER.
eta pottrg.
INFANTILE CONUNDEITIS.
ERNEST'S TWILIGHT TALE
"Mamma, how did baby
Find the right way
From the angel's home
That summer day ?"
Said little Ernie
At eventide,
As he nestled close
Down by my side.
"Did God send her soul
On a silver cloud ;
Did he call to you -
So very loud,
"Here's a baby dear
For you to love,
Coming down from heaven
Like . a gentle dove?"
"I think an angel
Came just before,
To show the baby
_ Our papa's door,
0, say, mamma dear,
Did you hear her sing,
And then let our,
Dear little baby in ?"
"And did she have wing* .
When she came that day
That you've taken off
And put away
Did the angel tell you
To lay them uy
Till God should call her
Again on high?"
"If I hear Him call her
I'll quickly say,
Dear Heavenly Father,
0, please let her stay !
You've babies enough
In your heaven above c
, And we've only ono
Little sister to:love !"
fflisttilattfous
FIGURES WON'T LIE.
"To-morrow is the twenty-fourth, isn't
it Mary."
"The twenty-fourth," answered the
young wife sadly.
James Carroll knocked the ashes from
his cigar, held it carefully between the
thumb and fore-finger of his left hand and
looked thoughtfully into the fire.
• Mary's tired fingers showed no signs of
weariness, but. turned the hem of a sheet
mechanically, and then proceeded to baste
it for sewing.
"Belle will be three years old !" he said
interrogatively.
"Three, James," replied Mary, without
the trace of a bright smile lightening up
her pretty face: James gave a few more
whiffs at his nearly consumed cigar, but
he did not seem to enjoy it much. A lis
tener would have pronounced Mary a
cold, unloving wife, that the gentle pres
ence of her husband, or the return of her
baby's birth-day, failed to please.
Lookers-on and listeners do not always
look into the depths of the heart to see
what struggles are there. So in this in
stance. Another- woman whose life tea's
all sunshine would have pronounced Ma
ry heartless. Poor thingi She bad too
-much heart for this world's trials. Her
wedding day was a blissful one ; her hus
band the ideal of manly mrfection. His
love, unaccompanied by wealth, was
worth more to her than all the treasures
of earth, But a cloud arose to dim the
brightness of her- sky. She soon made
the discovery that he was.human ; and
that 'the love of wine and possibly some
thing stronger, filled 1116 heart, as well as
the love of his wife. He vas not what
the world would call an intemperate man
—one glass a day does not constitute a
a drunkard why should she fear?
At the end of three years he took at
least two glasses a day. What had she
to hope for in yea! s to come.
"I wish, Mary; I was able to make
Belle a present every birth-day in her life,
but you know that it is all can do to
get along as it is." •
" I know it, James," meeklyreplied the
wife.
James was ill at ease. Something in
Mary's manner disturbed him.
"What makes you so solemn and qui
et, Mary? Why not sympathize with
me, and say you know I have a hard time
to get along, and that Belle can do with
out presents better than we can afford to
give them ? Fox gave me a wood bill
this morning, and Jones wants to know
when the grocery bill is to be paid. I
don't like to bother you with these things
only I want you to understand that as
much as I love our little girl, I can't af
ford to make her presents."
Mary's color came and went. Tears
stole into her violet eyes and her heart
beat quick and fast. Her .trembling fin
gers guided her needle unsteadily, and
her stitches were long and irregular.—
Three long years she brooded alone over
her husband's weakness without a reproof
and much 'as she dreaded to speak she
knew her time had come.
"I wish, dear James, I could economize
in something and save money to buy our
darling a present. It seems cruel to neg
lect her birth-day so soon."
"I know nothing ycu could be more
prudent in Mary, and you know I am as
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economical as possible, don'i; you."
It was very hard for the lips that had
uttered only 'the loving words of praise to
say no ; but a strength not her own cause
to her aid, and with a sweet, sad smile,
the wife uttered her first rebuke.
"No, James, I am grieved to say that
in some things you are too extravagant.
It must be a sin of ignorance, for I know
if you realize it you would never wrong
your wife and child."
James started from his seat. His - eyes
flashed and his cheeks paled.
"Mary, are you crazy ?"
"Not crazy, James, but clear-headed
for our happiness."
After the first shock passed, and he has
prepared to' listen, she went on, and in a
clear concise manner, laid before him the
cause of her bitter words ;
"During_thelast_year_you-haxe-drank
at least two glasses of liquor a day, hav
en't you?"
"Why, yes, I suppose • so. What of
that ?
Only ten cents a glass—that can't - rui
a man."
"Three hundred and sixty-five days,
which multiplied by twenty cents amounts
to 'seventy-three dollars. And three ci
f,. aars day which I know is far below your
average of smoking, will amount to. as
much more, which makes one hundred
and forty dollars. Forty dollars would
pay our coal', and grocery bills now due,
and leave a balance of ninety-six dollars
for baby and me. You know too that
the time spent in drinking is worse than
wasted, for tobacco and liquors poison
the system, destroys the health, soften
the brain, weakens the nerves, and bring
ruin to thousands of happy homes. There
is a lack of tenderness for Belle and me
when your nerves are excited by drink.—
I forgive you freely but the sting is left
in my. heart." •
Nary's effort overcame her and she fell
into a passionate fit of weeping.
The strong man trembling.
"Am I blind? Is it possible. I have
wronged my dearest treasure ?"
They mingled their tears, and talked'
till a late hour, laying plans for the fu
ture; and James begged forgiveness of
her he had wronged.
"It is not too late to save my health
and strength," said the penitent man, and
so it proved: -
In one year from that day two beauti
ful silver cups were brought home by the
happy father, one for Belle's fourth birth
day ; and the other for his wife who had
saved him.
"Mary's bore the inscription : "An an
gel saw me and lifted me up."
On Belle's was neatly, engraver] : "A
little child shall lead thew."
Years have passed since then, and the
happy, couple in the vigor of life, o each
recurring birthday of Belle, who is now
a young lady of eighteen, tell to •her the
little trial of their married life, and the
great happiness that has grown from self
denial and justice.
The good wife and mother has kept the
silver-bright, and not a meal has been
eaten at home but the cups are on the
table where James could be reminded of
the promise he had made and so faithful
ly kept.
Pennies, like minutes are often thrown
away, because people d 6 not know what
to do with them. Those who are econo
mists of the time, and all the great men
on record have been so, take care of the
minutes ; for they know that a few min
utes well applied each day will make
hours in the course.of a week, and days
in the course of a year ; and in the course
of a long life, they will make enough of
time, if well employed, in which a man
may, by perseverance, have accomplish
ed some work useful to his fellow 'crea
tures, and to himself. Large fortunes,
when gained honestly, are rarely acquir
ed in any . other way than by small say
ings at first ; and savings can only by ha
bits of industry and temperance. A sav
ing, therefore, while he is adding to the
general wealth, is setting an example of
those virtues, on which the very, existence
and happiness of society depend. There
are saving people who are misers, and
have no one good quality fur which we
can like them. These are not the kind
of people of whom we are speaking, but
we remark that a miser, though a disa
greeable fellow while alive is a, vet.? use
ful person when dead. He has been com
pared to . a tree, which, while it is growing
can be applied to no use, at last furnishes
timber for houses and domestic utensils.
But a miser is infinitely more useful than
a spendthrift, a mere consumer and west
er, who, after he has, spent, all. his . money,
tries to spend that of other people.
. ABOUT SAVING.—There is, perhaps, no
one in this world more to be pitied than
the poor rich man—the man who has got
into the habit of saving until he saves
from sheer delight in seeinc , his wealth
increase, and counting every dollarof ex
penditure as though its loss was some
thing that could never be repaired. Yet
it is the duty of every poor man to save
something. The posession of a few dol
lars often makes all the difference between
happiness and misery, and no man, espec
hilly with a family dependent upon him,
can be truly independent Unless he has a
few dollars reserved for the time of need.
While extreme carelessness as to the ex
penditure of money will make a rich man
poor, a wise economy will almost as cer
tainly make a poor man rich, or at least
make him to a considerable extent inde
pendent of the caprices of employers and
of the common vicissitudes of life. Noth
ing is more important to the poor man
than the habit of saving something; his
little hcard will soon begin to grow at a
rate which will surprise and gratify him.
Savings;
A CHAT 'ABOUT -SLEEP
A very thin lady, ofthout twenty years
with a promising beau, came to consult
Me about her "skin and bones."
I had freqnently met her when sheieem- ,
ed even more emaciatedi;ibut,.now the
would ,"give the world to bp *lnn." Sit
ting down in front of me she began with—
" Don't you think doctor'; that I look very
old for twenty ?" '
I admitted that she looked • rather old
for twenty.. '
"Can anything ,be done for me ! What
can, I take, for ' it ? I should be ' willing to
take a hundred bottles of the worst stuff
in the world, if I only could get some fat
on these bones. A friend; of mine' (her
beau) was saying yesterday that he would
give a fortune to see me round au4
plump."
ry ould you be willing to go to the Cliff'
spring in. Arkansas•?" .
"I. would start to-morrow."
'But the waters are very , bad to drink.'?
isaid.
"I don't care how bad they are, I know,
lean drink then."
"Lasked you whether you are willing
to go to the Arkansas springs to test the
strength of your purpose. It is, not neces
sary to leave home. Nine thin people in
ten become reasonably' plump without
such a sacrifice."
"Why, doctor, .I •am delighted to hear
it but I suppose it is a lot of some awful
bitter stuff." •
"Yea, it is a pretty bitter dose, and has
to be taken every night." •
"I don't care. I would take it if it was
ten times as bad. What is it? What is
the name of it?"
"The technical name of the stuffis ted
ibus Nine o'clockibus.' "
• "Why, doctor, what an awful name! I
am sure I shall never be able to speak it.
Is there no common English word of it?"
"Oh yes. The English of it is, "You
must be in bed every night by nine o'clock.
We doctors generally .use Latin. Bedibus
Nine oclockibus' is the Latin for 'You
must be in bed every night; by' nine
o'clock.' "
"Oh that is dreadful. I thought it
was something I 'could take.?
"It is. You must take your bed every
night before the clock strikes nine." •
"No, I thought. 7 That's the Way with
all of you. One person eats enormously
of rich food till hii stomach and liver
refuse to budge; then he cries out, O'h,•
doctor, what can I take. I must take some
thing." Another fills, his
.system, with .
tobacco 'until his 'nerves ' are ruined, and
then, trembling and full or horrors, he
exclaims, 'Oh, doctor, what shall I taker
I write a prescription for him—RuitOus
Chuleibus et Smokeibus. I will suppose
my patient is not a:classical •scholar,
translated it ioto'Englieh. He cries but
at once, 'Oh doctor; I thought you Would
give me something to take.' Another sits
up till thirteen and fourteen o'clock,leads
a life of theatres and other disSipations,
be tees pale, dyspeptic and wretched,
slick flies to the doctor, and cries, 'Oh doc
tor what shall I take? What shall..l
take?' Now, madam, you are distressed
because your lover haS been looking at
your 'skin and bon& " .
"But, doctor, you are entirely—" •
"Oh, well, we'll say nothing about him,
then. But, tell me, what time do you go
to bed?" , . -
"Generally abOut twelve o'clock.""
"Yes,'l thought so. Now, if you will
go to bed every night for six months at
nine o'clock without' making any other
changino• a in your habits, you will gain
ten pounds in weight and look live year;
younger. Your skin will become freSir,
and your spirits improie wonderfully:".
"I'll do it. But when I have company
and during the opera I can't do it." •
'"lt is regularity that does the buisness:
To sit up till twelve o'clock three nightS
of the week, and then get :to bed af nine
o'clock four nights, one might think would
do very well, and that atany rate it would'
be 'so far so good.' I :don't think this•
every other, night early and every other
night . late, ismuch, better than, every
night" late. 'lt is regularity that Is Vital
in .the-case; Even sitting . up one night a
week deranges the nervous system for the
whole week. - I'have sometiines thought
that these people who sit up'to eleven or
twelve o'clock every night get on quite as
'well as those who turn in early , six nights,
and then sit up once a week till midnight.
Regularity in sleep is every, whit ,as im-,
portant as regtd4ity in food."
At length my patient exclaimed, "Doc
tor, I will go to bed every night for six
months before nine o'clock, if it kills me,
or rather; if it breaks the heart of. all my
friends."
She did it. ' Twenty r one pounds Yas
the gain in five months. Her spirits
were happily enlivened, and • she spent
half her time in telling her friends of her
delight, with the new habits.', She had no
further cause,
to complain of skin and
bones, and she had the special gratification
Of appearing more attractive in the eyes
of her lever. He like a sensible man
when he saw the good effects of the nine
o'clock to bed arrangement heartily ap
proved of it, and became a convert himself.
A ramarkable Jew, claiming to bo the,
Messiah, has recently appeared in Arabia,'
where his fame has spread far and wide.
He came forth Irottt i the desert, where he
has spent many years mortifying the
flesh, and he pretends to Work wonders
and perform miracles, and give the esti•
dente of his divine mission. He has a
melodious voice, remarkably brilliant
eyes, and fascinating appearance, and; is
winning followers.
Mrs. Stanton protests as vigorously as
ever against tight lacing. She is right.
The pressure of a broadcloth sleeve is the
only pressure a. woruzu's rib eau sustaia
without injury,
IJ
.- .CARIIEVJ
S. AD BE'SS.
Hurrah ! hurrah ! fo 7
the New Year,
Met rily ring the bells;
Oyer the towns' crovided street,
Where joy and sorrow daily meet.
Over the country, through the town;
And crown
• With joy . the hills and dells.
r
Merrily shouting the chorus, ,
Your caller comes to-day,
Wishing you' all for sev'nty-four
Blessings rich; a bountiful store. ,
Comfort, prosperity, and. peace
Increase,
• And with you , ever stay. •
Merrily singing, for Heaven,
Sb4ersi2its-blessinge-down,
Over . the rich, about the poor;''
Who rugged ills oflife endure,.
Bidding them who in darkness gropes
llave hope ;
'Bl or A. e . aster's crown
Good bye, good bye, to the old year,
Many ita deeds of love,
Many an =lli OA% too'was dirk,
Unfit, =cheered by my or spark,
,Through it all we.have come, and now
, •
W boiv
In thanks to God above.
It is over now, and gladness,
Conies with the bright New Year,
Sweep out of the-heart its sorrow,
-No grief from the past we'd-borrow,
Let joy alone each bosom fill,
, . It will
Drive from the heart its fear.
Forgive,,aa we'•d be forgiven.'
The New Year start iri peace,
'With new resolves for holy deeds;
Bigotry spurn,• unbound by creeds.
Faith•in our manhood, faith in God,
Who trod
The earth for man's release.
Freedom stilt is.,moying onward,
443 on the wings of light.
Tymny, blanlgng . its fetters,
Is reading plainlY,tha letters
Written across tie burnished sky
' • • ' • 'On high,'
"Might, thou su.m.yield,to Right."
Earth's sovereigns are its people,
Justice its only throne, •
Progr,eas. bespeaks oppressions doom ;
While knowledge dissipates all gloom.
• Each year' man's shackles weaker grow:.
The, , ,
blciw"
Ig 'shuck by' man alone:'
theni shout aloud for the dawning .
' Of eighteen sevinty-four
Let; the glad peen span the earth, .
Shout aloud for the New Year's birth.
Ltt man rejoice he livearta,day, •
And pray
For freedom. evermore.
Over all our Selds.and valleys
• IFloatelltoui flag in peace.
North ,0ut.14 ~ast,llrest one brotherhood;
May we be great a,s i truly. good,
• Freedom's our nation's Fatherhood.
Then should
.Prosperity increase.
May the year on - which 'we're entered
Glide down the stream.oftime; • '
, 11.Taking , us feel that its hours
Ilatre hplped develope noblest powers;
While man, far better then than now,
Shan boil,
And Own s life is sublime. '
And now, dear patrons, one and all,
In bidding you good bye,
Again we with merry. Cheer,
You every.one a glad New Year,
We trust you all will be alive •
In sey'aty-fivo. .
The time will quickly. fly.
Decayed Greatness.
The famous and at onetime initnensely
popular hotel,,the Danforth louse, Pithole
City, which cost $28,000, was sold recent
ly for a ten dollar note, and the furniture,
wltich•cost $3,000, brought less than nine
ty dollars... And that leads to specula
tion on the rise, the glory, and the fall of
that once' .famous 'city. ' Within' one
month from the completion of the first
hpuse she had an $BO,OOO .hotel. In two
months she had a daily papen - tilia• a fast
one it was T top. In three months she bad
a theatre. (That theatre went. to Pleas
antville, thence to Lawrenceburg, thence
to Parker's , Landing, thence .to where the
woodbine twineth, iu the,second great fire
at the Landing--last winter.) In four
months she had another theatre and an
academy of music. In five months she'
had her celebrated mud fire-extinguisher,
sired by a live Yankee, and d—cl_by ne
cessity, for the city that had no water—
the, people all drank whisky. In .six
months she bad seventy-four 'hotels and
boarding houses where the substitute for
water was dispensed: ,In seven months
the Miller' farm pipe line was completed,,
which event titre* 4,000 men and 2,000
horses out of , employment, • and Pithole
City had reached the zenith of her glory.
She bad pt that time 15,000 inhabitants,
elabOiate wale! works, te,nd all the para
phernalia ofti . city goveinment. She has
ndw no theatre, 'no newspaper, no hotel,
no telegraph nificei (the telegraph office
, was, elosadfortimeand etern i tty-last week)
and bntnine families out of all that mul
titude:'-The Pithole OleaPolis. railroad
runs but One 'train of one car .per day, and
that only to hold the charter.—Pittsburg
Dispatch.
A visit must be . returned in like twin
ner, eventtiho' no intimacy is iniqdecL
A Laiicl of Midnight Sun.
Mons. Paul 8., Du Chaillu lectured in
the Rev. Dr., Duryea's ghurch, Brooklyn,
on Thursday. -He said 'that he grew•tired
of the equator and .went to 71° 50' north
latitude, where for three months the, sun
does not set.. .14 continued : The Swedes
and Norwegians are fine people : the coun
try the grandest I have'ever traveled in.
There are evidences that it was once cov
ered withl.ce. The mountain rocks are
smooth from this cause, and the valleys
show the effects of ice floes.. In May,
June and July the sun shines all the time.
It is.a slander to call the Seandinairians
barbarous. They are civilized—all read
and write, they are compelled by law to
attend school. Their religious faith is
protestant. They esteem their churches
highly, and revere their graveyards.
When a man dies his body is interred in
•ft graveyard if it has to be . carried one
hundred miles. The people are honest and
moral. I was never robbed of a, cent,
hough-with - them - three - years - ; -- why; -- the
women put their jewelry in my room_ to
show they were not afraid of me.
When in Stockholm I had a desire to
see the king, so I wrote to the secretary
of state. I was politely informed that his
majesty had gone visiting, but would re
turn in two days. When he arrived I
was invited to call on him. I went up
stairs' unchallenged, and at length inter
cepted a servant by whom I was directed
where to find the king.
"Good'mornlng," said he.
"Good morning," I responded..
And this was our introduction. In less
than three minutes he asked me to have
a cigar , and then showed my books which
had been translated. I felt proud, it was
an honor to have them in his language.
He asked me to come and spend the next
.day with him. I went and roamed
through the palace in search of its own
er.
Finally I halloed, "Is there any one
about ?" and succeeded in arousing some
one who pointed me to a room. I entered
it, and found the king just putting ou his
coat. He had been at work painting.—
When about leaving I requested some of
his portraits to give to the girls in Brook
lin. , He pleasantly complied, writing on
them at my sOlicitation,_his_autograph—
"Now," said he laughing, "You must send
me some portraits of Brooklin girls."
At last I ; got to. the land of the Mid.
night Sun. I watched it throughout the
first night and remained there nearly sev
en weeks. It bothered me to know when
to go to bed. I discovered the birds re•
tired at 11. p m., and got•up at,2 a m.—
Some of the farms have. as many as forty
five houses. There are houses for cheese,
and butter, and this thing and that thina
-1 don't know what all. Each farm has
twotwo dwelling homes, one fbr winter and
another for summer. Houses can be.ren
ted fbr $5 a year. Carpenter's wages
are fortrfive cents a day, and yet they
strike. EVerybody works. There are no
-markets;- •nothing is sold. Whoever !ma .
niore than he wants for himself ho gives
it to whoever needs it. The people are
healthy. They do not have consumption
and you never See au emaciated form.—
You never see a beggar ' either. If too
poor to !ive they are too proud to beg, and
not Olean enough •to steal. The subsis
tence is sour milk, coarse bread, meat
twice a week, and fish.
NOVEL TEUPERANCE CRITSADE.-:-A
dispatch from Fredonia, NeW York gives
the follosving account of a grand' rally for
temperance in that place thatbas created
much excitement. We take no stock in
the result, as wenave little faith in re
forms, religious or temperance; that are
subject to • fits and starts, anti generally
die out as they rise. Temperance brought
about gradually •by careful teaching and
training, will stand when others fail, the
trouble being, however, to make 'such a
sentiment universal in a community.—
The dispatch alluded to says:
Our quiet village has been thrown into
a high state of excitement for a few days
past by a novel crusade against the liquor
selling interests.. Dr. Din Lewis, of whom
all your readers have doubtless heard
much in'the last ten years, lectured here
on temperance on last Friday night, and
on Sunday spoke from some of our pul
pits on the same subject. :He preached a
new gospel of temperance, and, on . I .klonday
the yvomen of the place met and organ
ized for their campaign.
Their husbands, fathers and brothers
very generally seconded, their plan, and
pledges of assistance by a pro rata assess
ment on $30,000 was secured, to provide
what funds might be required. it is not
probable much will be needed. To-day.
about 150 of the newlporganized society,
ladies, met and proceeded to a liquor sa
loon, entered, at, least as many as could,
and appealed to the proprietor to close
his traffic.
-One' offers prayer, another exhorts. and
all join in singing. They are not chilled
by rebuffs or disheartened by indifference
After appealing to one saloon in this way
they go to another, and so .on through
the whole list, hotel keepers, druggists
and all, And they are going , to keep it
up till the liquor selling is done for, or
it is demonstrated that the plan is not ef
fectual. eublie sentiment is in their fa
vor.
To show 'you who these crusaders are
I mill mention that Mrs. Judge Baketlis
oub of.the foremost. The 'chief spoktfs
woMan is Mrs. Tremaine: Her gt•eat
lasteis prayer. Those who - have , heard
her offer prayer in the sa'oon to-day Are
astonished at the great gift 'she posa,4tme
in this tlirection. What will be the.out.
come is the.question .on every, lip. • '
A letter must ,be answered,
_tiniess'Yoit
wish to iotimate,to the writter - that - he or
his object islieserith. your trace: '
82,00 PER YEAR
NUMBER.3O•
Wit and Zimor.
A girl near Waynesboro bas gone in
sane from being kissed in tbe dark: •
The panic has reached Utah. Busi
ness men are reducing the number of their
wives. •
"Death lurked in every, , ner of that
darkened. room—Satan hoWlo at , : every
crevice," is the way they report the death
of a saloon—keeper in Omaha.
"Pray,. Miss Cr-," said a gentle
man one evening, "why are.ladies so fOnd
of offices?' "How stupid," replied Miss
C--; "is it not' natural and proper
that a lady should like a good offer Sir ?"
•
We heard of a young man whose ser
vices were declined to "see a r,nprig lady
home,", a few evenings since, who since
asked her permission to sit on the fence
an see •er go 9*
win. •
"How much are these tearful bulbs by
the quart ?" asked a maiden of -a grocer..
He stared at her a moinent, recovered
himself, and said: "Oh them isiguns; 8
cents."
A Colorado spring has such extra
ordinary virtues that the thinnest women
after drinking its water for a few months,
have no further occasion for wadding of
any sort. It is known as the anti-coT=
and bustle- spring.
An ambitious young lady was talking
very loud about her favorite authors,
when a literary chap asked herif she lik
ed Lamb. With a look of ineffable dis
gust she answered that she cared very lit
tle about what she eat compared with
knowledge. •
A sneer is the weapon of the weak.
Like other evil weapons, it is always
cunningly ready to our hands, and there
is more poison in the landle than in the
point. But how many noble hearts have
withered with its venomous stab, been
fettered with its.subtle, malignity.
Don't be stubborn' unless
you can afford it. Right in the midst of .
the late panic"an lowa man chose to be.
perversely ohstinate. ' His daughter wan
ted a • 'ninety 'dollar silk dress and. hd
would'ut get it, and he losCsikty , by the
operation. She took cold poison, and the
funeral expenses were a hundred and fir
ty dollars.
How THE 01.15 GENT WAS •CAHGHT.-
A gentleman, the other day, saw his little
daughter dipping her doll-baby's dr es s itt
to a tin cup, and inquired.;
"What are you doing, my daughter.?"
'"l'm coloring my doll's dress red." '
; '"Witl.what ?"
"With beer.!! .
"What Rut that notion in your
. head.
child ? You.ean't 4or red with beer!"
-"Yes, I can, pa'; 'le'eause ma stud it
,was beer that made your nose so ied 1"
And, then the gentleinan had
~business
thdl, t'estaio him'down' town fin-mediate
• • :
. -
The following conversation is 'reported
between two bad boys at the Fjfth 4,ve
nue Hotel; New York :
Pat asks Mike :
"What's this suspension of the banks !"
"Hist ye 1" 'Mike replies. "1.11.te1l ye.
Suppose ye have'five cents,"
4iyis.//
"Leave it 'wit' me."
i‘ yie
"Next day ye want it, and• ye ax mo
for it "
"Yis." •
"I tell ye : No, sir, I've used it ,me
•Eelf."
A Des Moines druggist sent his clerk
out to drum for sales of oil. He call, up
en a tradesman, and tossed' a card upon
.the counter saying that he represented
that establishment. The man . picked it
up, gave it a steady look, and - said it was
a ;fine establishment, and was informed by
.a clerk that he bad represented it about ,
three years, whereupon he remarked to
the youth that he supposed he would soon
be a partner. The youth said he would
Abe pleased to sell him some coal oil, and
that his establishment handled more oil
than any other in Des Moines. The trades
man took anotfier look at the card, and
'asked the boy if he wasn't mistaken. He
blushingly guessed he was, as he return- ,
.ed the girl's picture to his ,pocket.
WHAT I BEGIN TO BE,LIEV.E.-I begin
to believe, now-a-days, that money makes
the man, and dress, the woman. I begin
.to 'believe, that the - Purse is more potent
then the-sword and pen together.
I.begin to, believe that those wbo sin
the most • during the week .are the ,most
devout on Sundays.
I begin to believe that man was not
made to enjoy life, tut keep himself mis
erable in the pursuit anti possession of
riches.
begin to believe the surest remedy for
hard times .and tight moneyanarket, is an
extravagant expenditure ,ou the part of ,
individuals to keep the _money moving.
I begin to believe that piano-fortes aro
more necessary in a family then meat and
potatoes;
to beliove that a boy' Who does'
'not,swear, smoke and chew tobaceo„,may
be a very good bey., but is naturally very
stupid.
I begin to believe if the devil should
'die.ane half ofthe.world would bothrowu
.out.of employmeut.
I begin to believe be has most merit
who makes the most noise in his own be
half; and tbat when,Gabriel comes T uot
lo be - behind the-tie - Ifs—he teo; - plow .
his owl horn pretty loud.
at young man wi
ou are sure