BY W. BLAIR. VOLUME 26. 'THE WAYNESBORO' VILLAGE RECORD PUBLLMED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING By W. BLAIR. TERMS—Two Dollars per Annum if paid within the year; Two Dollarsand Fifty cents after the expiration. of the year. ADVERTISEIIIENTS—Cine Square (10 lines) three insertions, $1,50-, - f each subsequent insertion, Thir- Live Cents per Square. A liberal discount made to yearly adver tisers. LOCALS.—ThisinessLozals Ten Cents per line for the first insertion,Seven Cents for subseauent insertions ,professionat (lards. J. . AMBERSON.AVL_D.,- P//I"6'/CELY ANI) SURGEON, WAYNP.SBOIIO', PA Office at the -Illaynesboro' "Corner Drug 0 . ' 'ane 29—tf. lONN MIME , PHYSICIAN At.ND SURGEON, Offers his profe-ional services to the pub tic. Office in his resfelencc, on West Alain street, Waynesboro'. april 24—tf DR, BENJ. FRANTZ, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, -OFFICE---In the Walker Building—near - the Bowden House. 11g ca s s iou e -made at his residence on Main Street ad outing the Western Sch - o — or Iv- 20, ISAAC N. SNIVELY, • PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, WAYNESBORO' PA Office at his residence, nearly opposite he Bowden House. Nov •'—t£ - • JOSEPH DOUGT 1A S ATTORNEY AT LAW. WAYNESBORO', PA. Practices in the several Courts of Franklin ,and adjacent Counties, N. B.—Reid Estate leased and sold, and Fire Insurance effected on reasonable terms. December 10, 1871. DAL _AU May STRlAlillEnv. (FORMERLY or MEncEnsatuto, PA,,) PTER.S . his Professional services to the N., citizens of Waynesboro' and vicinity. Da. 6vatcittEtt has refinquished an exten- Ave practice at Mercersburg, where he has been prominently engaged for a number of years in the practice of his profession, He has opened an Office in Waynesboro', at the residence of George Besore, Esq., ;s Father-in-law, where he can be fount` at al Hines when not professionally engagel. July 20, 1871.-tf. A. K. BRANISHOLTS, RESIDENT ,DENTIST ' - ALSO AGENT for the Best and most Popular Organs in Use Organs always on exhibition and for sale IA his office. We being acquainted with Dr. Branis bolts socially and professionally recommend /no to all desi ring the service:4 4d a Dentist. Drs. E. A. 11Entsn, J. M. RIPPLE, " A. H. STRICKLER, 1. N. SNIVEL Y, " A. S. .BONEBILIKE, T. D. FILENcu. juty 1 7—tf x. H. FORNEY & CO. Preanco co zainia,sion Merchants :so. 77 NORTH STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. Pay particular attention to the bale of Flour, Grain, Seeds, &v. Liberal advances made, on contlgnments. may 29-I f D llE.sulkeriber notifies the public that lie has commenced the hairy business and will supply citizens regularly every morning w i t h Milk or cream at low rates. lie will also leave a supply at 31. Geiser's store where persons can obtain either at a ay hour during the day. at,. , 274 BENJ. FRICK. .1-10P.SM RA_K.ES. IVA:SONS wanting Spring-tooth Horse Rakes can he supplied with a first-class article by calling on the subscriber. 'He continues to repair all kinds of machinery at short noticeaud upon reasonable terms. The Metcalf excelsior Post Boring and Wood Sawing EcMhines always on hand. JOIN L. METCALF, Feb 27- 4 Quincy, Pa. J. H. WELSH WITTE W. V. LIPPINCOTT Sc CO, , winmrs.u.s nuAt.r.ns Hats, Caps, Furs and Straw Goods, No. 531 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. april '3-tf BARBERING I BAbBERING rip HE subscriber havin,g recopfiv re-paink ed and. papered and - added new mrni tare to his shop, announces to his custom ers and the public that he leave noth ing undone to give satisiliction and make comfortable all who may be pleased to fa vor Win with their patronage. :;having. i;champooning, I lair-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 l&-tf THE BOWDEN HOUSE MAIN STREET, WAYNESBORO', PENN'A. •T HE subscriber having leased this well , known HJtel property, announces to -the public that ho has refurniithed, 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 Jostlpr will nt nll timpq hn in fltten,l",,,. 31:ty :?.:1- t f 'lO E I c selut Voctrg. Do any hearts ache there, beyond the peaceful river? Do fond souls wait, with longing in their eyes, For those who come not—will not come forever— For some wild hopes whose dawn will newer rise s ariy_laste_there—stilluoyand-the-silen river The ones they loved in vain this side its flow? Does the old pain make their heartstrings ac Te - ifin quiver I 81.011 go home some day, go home and know. The hill tops are bright there, beyond the shining river. And the long, glad d.iy, it never turns to night; They must be blessed, indeed, to bear the light forever; Grief longs for darkness to hide its tears Are tears turned to smiling beyond the blessed river, And mortal ain an in its flow ? Then al we who sit on its hither batik and shiver, Let us rejoice—we shall go home and FAIR BUT FLEETING I saw a little bird that was singing on a tree, And said "You sing so sweetly, will you come and sing for me ?" But he spread his dusky plumage, and speed across the sea, For the ditty he warbled was never sung fin• me. I saw the dainty blossom of a white and fragile flower. And I said, "Come and bloom for me in the centre of my bower," But a white hand, bright as sunshine, came and pitti.ked it from the stem ; - And I trove that if was culled to grace a princely diadem. I met a kind heart, and a heart to, me said "come;" And mine went out to meet it, but 'was lost in sudden gloom. Wither %vander all these fair things? To some, laid beyond Time's sea ? Is there nothing glad and lasting in this shadow-world for me? Itlisiillautouii ,railing. MORTON'S VENGEANCE. BY JACK RATIN. "Like ships that sailed for sunny isles, And never came to shore." So the Seamew, swinging in the tide of the Delaware, with the "messenger" at the fore, was ready for her outward voyage to the distant East, and Archer Willison standing on her deck, looked anxiously out toward the land which held his treas ure. He was young, and youth has its priviledge of love and care as well as age —but love is its glory. He bad seen care, danger and grief; and now for the first time, he tasted the sweets of love. Not the love of kindred, but the love of man to the woman who is not of his blood, the love which is stronger than death ; and that woman he lin made his wife, and she was going with him on his voyage, daring the dangers of the sea for his sake. He heard the dip of oars and saw the boat put out fi'r the ship and come down at the full sweep of the bending ash. He saw her father, gray-haired and bowed with grief ; he saw her brothers, young and strong; but his eyes dwelt most up on the girl, who, a month ago, had given him her hand before the altar. The last farewells are said, the boat has left the ship and lies at a little distance, and the "heaving" song is beard as twenty stout men walk the ship up to her anchor. The music is led by a ponderous Dutchman, who can sing nothing else, but who is no- Hod for improvising "heaving songs" "My Johnny's gone, and I'll go too, • 111 y Johnny's gone, what shall I do, Stamp and go." And, with there brawny bosoms press ed against the bars, the anchor is torn from the ground, tatted awl fished, the heii,d sails fill, the yards qogrtered, and with the wind on her quarter, the good ship bore away for the China seas ; and Mary Williston standing on the quarter, deck looks out with humid eyes for the last glimpse of her kindred. But her hos band's arm is about her, and while his eyes are sharp to see that the ship is right ly worked, he finds time to whisper words of comfort in the ears of his darling, who clings to him Confidingly, for he is all the world to her now. And a dark-bearded man standing a mong the seamen as they hoist the heavy sails mutters to himself, as at times his black eyes fall upon the pair, and a mel evolent light shows itself in his fierce glance. When all is done, and the ship is gliding on her course, this man, with another is sent to helm. His chum is a Lascar, a treacherous-looking dog, as are most of his race, find the hideous grin with wh;PII be t oo ls at hi?, tirltr. something horrible in it. A-FAMILY. NEWSPAPER-DEVOTED-TO LITERATURE,, LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. ETC. WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1874. Yes, yes, my friend. Revenge and wealth for' you—wealth for me. You have the best of it, my good friend." "You do not live in hell as I do, Las car," replied the man in a low tone, full of agony. To see them together, to know that I have played the game and lost is, something fearful to bear. Do I look like a common sailor ? do I handle the we 1 . 411 - ?" "You couldn't do•it better." "My yacht has given me lessons in the art. I wonder if she will be on hand—if I can depend upon the sailing master.— If he fails me, woe be to him—that is all." "No talking there at the wheel," cried the mate, and the men were silent. The ship passed out of the llay at length, and spreading her wings, beaded' away upon her course. For two days Ma flffp-t-The cabin, and on the third day, coming on deck suddenly, she met face to face the bearded man who had talked with the Lascar at the wheel. She star ed ,nd looked a b'm moment they were out of sight of every one, and she put out her hands Ivith a gesture .of repulsion. "You here ?,' "Yes, Mrs. Williston," he said, "I am here, a common sailor before the mast." "Do ; tell him — t - hat Harvey Morton won your lore, and that you jilted him for a new face." "You speak falsely, sir. I gave you up because you were a profligate, aban c oned to all sense of shame. Myr - M and _knows_about it, and you cannot injure' - me - in - his - esteem — Why - did - you come lere,:_unless_to_do_us_some_great wroin ?" "Your husband does not know me," said Harvey Morton, "and the moment you tell him my name and bring me face to fate with him, I will kill him before your eyes. _There—enough has been said; and as for my purpose, it is not for you to know, except that I promise not to lift my hand against his life. You and you only are to blame, and you must bear the penalty." A few words of explanation only are needed. Harvey Morton was a rich, but wildly profligate young man who had won the love of Mary Herbert before she knew his real character. But when she learned that he was a gambler, libertine and drunkard, she tore his image out of her heart forever. He had sought in various, ways to regain her love, and it was not until he saw her married to Archer Willis- ton, master of the Seamew, that he realiz ed how completely be had lost her. Then, I think, he went mad, and we see him on board the Seamew, shipped as a common sailor, of what purpose only oue other knew—his Lascar friend. asslons There was no peace for Nary Williston from the hour she parted with Harvey Morton in the shadow of the cabin. She dared nut speak to her husdand, for the madman had said he would kill him the moment he suspected that the secret was known. She grew paler day by day, and Harvey Morton noted the fact with devil ish glee: At times as the days passed, this man would go into the top and look ing out 'astern would note with a smile that a peculiarly-shaped sail was visible upon the distant horizon. On the sixth day, just as the morning broke, he came down from aloft and spoke to his Luscar friend. "To-night, ashen I give the word," he said. "Remember, when the alarm is giv en you must run up thoes red lanterns on the fore." The Lascar nodded and passed by. Night came, a calm, peabeful night, and Archer Williston and his wife were on deck.- - Harvey Morton passed them and went toward the forehatch with a lantern. Where are you going?" cried' Archer. "The first mate told me to go down and hook a cask of pork." replied the man. "Be careful of your light, then." "Ay, ay, sir." , Mary stood trembling while they spoke together and whispered in her- husband's ear, requesting him not to let the man go into the hold with the lantern. But he laughed at her, and Harvey went below. Not long after he came up with a ghastly face and closed the hatch. Half an hour later the ship was in confusion, for a vol ume of black smoke came rolling out of the hatches, and they knew that a most terrible calamity—a fire at sea—threat eued them. All that men could do was done, bat the ship's hold was a sea of flame, and nothing could save her. "You dog," cried Archer, fitcing Har vey Morton "you have done this." "Yes yes," screamed the madman—for mad be was. "I did it, none but I ; and as you go down, remember Harvey Mor ton. Lascar, come. I will kill' the man that lays a finger on me." The two darted up to the foretop, and for the first time they saw those red lights gleaming there. As they gazed the mast was seen to sway abd totter, and before they could come down it went over the side with a crash. Harvey Morton was seen to strike the water upon his back, and wont down with a gurgling cry, never mote to be been by mortal eyes. The catastrophe had scarcely occured, when a schooner yacht swept down and hailed them. The boats were lowered and the officers and crew of the Seamen, with all their valuables, were cottyeyed to the yacht. "I don't know what to say to you, Cap tain Williston," said the master of the schooner. "My owner ordered me to fol low you and close when I saw three Tad lights in the top." "Who is your owner?" Mr. Harvey Morton." "Then he has gone to his reward," e,aid Archer, "for, as I live, he deserved his fate. You will never see him more, for in his paad thirst for vengeance he fell into the pit his own hands had digged." "Ile was ruatl," z.ald Mary, laying er hand up:m her huzi) i amr:F 'A rm. "Pary, my husband, that God, NVL 0 out of this man's wickedness has worked our salvation, may forget his crimes in their atonement." He pressed his lips to hetirtmd was si-' lent. He forgave Harvey Morton in his watery grave. A Vision of Death. saw—w et. er as eep or awal can not tell, but this I know—l saw the dark and dismal door of Death. It was nar• row as the grave, and only one could en ter at a time, and tread its winding steep. Yet thousands passed the door. At its threshold all left their earthly idols.— Some cast a wistful look as they pushed forward, and shrieked, some lingered trembling and some rushed forward re gardle.ss_of_consequences.—There-were- seen all ages all ranks and all conditions passing toward the door. I saw the drunkard quail' his bowl of poison, burst open the door of death, and stagger-in—l-harrd - tvgroarcrt faint, o - low, dismal sound, and all was silent as the tomb. Next came a voluptuary. He laughed, he danced, and leaped the fearful leap. The door closed upon him. I heard a trembling cry. Spectators shuddered and turned their eves away and nothing more was seen. A selfish miser came. His head was white with care. His look was fearful with despair.. Envy was his only atten datrt--H-e—sta-ggered iu thre - doori - laid down his gold, and wept. A dismal cloud enveloped - him. - . -- Alaith was heard ; arid . when the cloud wa- _one _cid miser— all had disappeared. There came a man of honer. His step was stately. At his nod many bowed and fawned. He, too, must phss the gate. He _touched the secred spring. The door flew wide open. Darkness enveloped him The multitude shrank back to follow some other leader. And now nothing was seen save a few dried leaves of lau. rel. There came a giddy youth. His eye was sparkling, his step was light. Many a jocund story bung upon his lips.— While looking on the world he ran back wards against the door, and fell. I heard a piteous moan, a distant shriek, and lence reigned again: I saw one other come. Hope sat on his brow. He smiled and wept ; but look ing forward he traced the path. In his hand he held a little book, which he often read. I saw he hod a glass that penetra ted the dark abyss. I heard him sing.— 'Twas not a song of earth, but soft and sweet like the sounds of distant music.— he passed the door of death ; and; like the sun , passed down to rise more glorious on the morrow. Dear reader, how will it be with you ? Were you dying to-day, would death o pen the door of endless bliss in heaven or everlasting woe in hell? Which? A Bewildered Father. Gillingham was in Williamsport the other day, and while attending to his business there he had a strong premoni tion that something was the matter at home; so, in order to satisfy himself, he determined to run down to Philadelphia in the next train. In the meantime his mother-in-law sent him a dispatch to the effect : "Another daughter has just arriv ed. Hannah is poorly. Come home at once." The lines were down, however, and the dispatch was held over, and meanwhile Gillingham arrived home, and found his wife doing pretty well, and the nursethm bling around with an infant a day old. After staying twenty-four hours, and find ing that everybody was tolerably comfor table, he returned to Williamsport with out anything being said about the dis patch, his mother-in-law supposing, of course that he had received it. The day after his arrival the lines were fixed, and that night he received a dispatch from the telegraph office dated that very day, and conveying the following intelligence : "Another daughter has just arrived. Hannah is poorly. ,Conic home at once." Gillingham was amazed and bewildered. He could not understand it. Daughters appeared to him to be getting entirely too thick. He walked the floor of his room all night trying to get the hang of the thing, and the more he considered • the subject the more he became alarmed at the extraordinary occurrence. He toiik the early train for the city, and during the journey was in a condition of frantic bewilderment. When he arrived he jumped in a cab, drove feriuusly to the house and scared his mother-in-law into convulsions by rushing in, in a frenzy, and demanding what on e arth had happened. He was greatly relieved to find that there were no twins in the nursery, and to learn how the mistake occurred. But he is looking now for the telegraph operator who changed the date of that dispatch. Gillingham is anxious to meet him. He wants to see him about something. OCCUPATION. — What a glorious thing it is for the human heart! Those who work hard seldom yield to fancied or real sorrow. When grief Sits down, folds its hands, and mournfully feeds upon its own fears, waving the dim shadows that a lit - tle exertion might sweep away into a fun- A dispatch from Greensboro,' N. C. etal pall, the strong spirit is shorn of its gives the announcement of the sudden might, and Sorrow becomes our master,— death of the celebrated Siamese Twins When troubles flow upon you dark and on Saturday morning last, the 17th instant, heavy, toil not with leaves, and wrestle which occurred at their residence at Mount not with the torrent ; rather *seek by oe• Airy, Surrey county, IC C. Chang was cupation to divert the'ityk waters that partially paralyzed last fall, since which threaten to overwhelm you into a thou time he has been fretful, very much debili- send channels, which tile duties of life tated, and strongly addicted to drinking al.waY,iipresent. Before you dream of it, liquor as a means of alleviating his suf- these f*ters will fertilize the present and ferings, which terminated in his death on give birth. to fresh flowers, that will be- Saturday morning,. Eug was so overcome come pure and holy in the sunshine with horror and grief that he died about which penetrates to the path of duty in two hours later. They were nearly sixty- spite of every obstacle. Grief, after all three years of age, were both ma - fried and is but a selfish feeling,. and most selfish had large families. "In dea , fh they were is the man who yields himself to the in not divided," but it is hoped, fer the bens- dulgence of any passion which brings no fit of science, that their b&liea will be. env to his fellow mnn Lent commences February lath. , wt. Valentine's day is coming. TO A CHILD. Never, ray child, forget to pray, What e'er the business of the day, If happy dreams have blessed thy sleep, If startling fears have made thee weep, With holy thoughts begin the day, And ne'er my child, for get to pray. Pray Him by whom the birds are fed, To give to thee thy daily bread ; If wealth His bounty should bestow, Praise bin, from whom all blessings flow; If He who gave should take away, 0 ue'er, my child, forget to pray. The time will come when thciu wilt miss A father's and a mother's kiss; ___And-then,-my-child,perchance - yorell'see -1 Some who in prayer ne'er bend the knee; From such examples turn away And ne'er, my child, forget to pray. Renrarkable - 0 - p - e - ta Benj. Franklin made his name famous when he flew his kite and brought down lightning from the clouds which had been flying around without paying its way.— Now we not only flash through on wires, but science has crippled electricity and used it to perform miracles. The reader will remember when GeneraLKil satrick returned from Chili, three years since, of= his having a remarkable operation per formed upon him by a physician in New o -removed-a-largel y - fleshy-for mation from the General's neck by fillinr - and it fii . tre - edief and then attaching - a' galvanic battery to it. Ten minutes af- er curren o eec rim y was eon the bunch had entirely disappeared. A remarkable operation was performed by a Whitehall physician a few days ago. A gentleman who had been suffering from superabundance of adipose tissue consult ed a physican, asking for relief from its burden. The gentleman consented, and with the medical practitioner entered a telegraph office. The fat man was reques ted to remove his coat and vest, after which the physican surrounded him with wires, attaching the ends to a powerful galvanic battery. At a signal from the doctor, Manager W. B. Eddy, let on the current. The pa tient writhed and twisted when he felt the current passing around him, still he stood like a martyr. Presently be'began to shrink ; he grew smaller and smaller ; his clothing hung in hags about his fast diminishing fbrm. The doctor felt much pleased with the result of his 'experiment, while the formerly fat man's joy was ve ry great, although he seemed to be suffer ing most acute pain. All of a sudden there was heard a loud clicking at the instrument, as if Pandemonium's great hell had been let loose. The operator sprang quickly to answer the call. He ascertained it was from the New York office. He quickly asked, "What's up . ?" Au answer came back as if some infuria ted demon was at the other end of the wire. "What in thunder are you about ? Cut off your mites. quick I You are fil ling the New York office with soap grease Swift Retribution. A Belgian journal gives the details of a peculiar frightful tradgedy which was perpetrated last month in one of the vil lages of that kingdom. A young girl in service at Brussels had saved quite a lit tle fortune of eighteen hundred francs, and, hearing that her mother was ill and required her care, left for home by rail, alighting about a league distant there from. To reach her destination she would have to pass a gloomy wood ; so, fearing the dangers of the way, she resolved to pass the night at •the house of an uncle who lived near. She accordingly knock ed up her relations, and, having told her story and her fears she was put into the room of a female cousin who was away at work. ,While lying awake in the middle of the night, she heard a conversation which filled her with 'horror ; her hosts were planning to murder her for the mon ey she carried. Thereupon she leaped from the window, and lied, half naked, until utterly exhausted, she met two gendarmes. After she had told them what had happened, they led her back to her uncle's house, where a light was observed in a distant part of the garden. The gen darmes approached the spot silently, and found that both the uncle and aunt were engaged iu burying a body enwrapped in a bloodstained cloth. The victim was their daughter, who, having come home late, had crept up stairs quietly so as to not awake her parents, and had been kill ed in mistake for hr.:cousin. The aunt went mad on the spot, and the uncle stab bed himself from remorse and dread of the consequence of his crime. What am I Going to Do. One morning a young lad set off to go with some thoughtless companions to a place of Sunday amusement. "What am I going to do? he asked. "I am going to break the Sabbath. Suppose God should punish me for my wickedness." This so alarmed him, that he turned back and spent the day in a'becoming manner. A boy saw a person drop his purse, which he picked up, and was walking off with it and the money which it contained. "What am I going to do?" came to his mind, and the answer followed. lam a going away with a purse of money that dose not belong to me. This is not hon est; God has said, "Thou shalt not steal." In another moment he ran after the per son_ amigave-uvthe-purse.--The -man gave him a half-a-crown, and an honest half a-crown is worth more than a great many dishonest pounds. "What am I going to do?" asks the Sunday school -chola - r — on - his - way - to - th - e - Su . "I am going where the young are trained up to fear God, and keep His command ments. May I be a studious, attentive scholar, and pray God to make me one of his obedient children." Often ask yourself—and never be afraid to ask—" What am I going to do?" A bad act will not bear reflection as a good one Will - . — "er fife — path — a — thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand or the left, remove thy foot from evil." le~iri OW The Judges of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts,-as-late as 1772,_w0rP rob- - of scarlet, laced with blaCk velvet, and in summer, black silk gowns. Gentlemen wore coats of every variety of color gener ally the cape and collar of velvet, of a different color from the coat. In 1782, Governor Hancock received his guests in a red velvet cap, within which was one of fine linen, turned up over the edge of velvet one or two inches. He wore a blue damask gown lined with silk, white satin small clothes, white silk stockings, and red morocco slippers. In 1770, Gen. Washington arrived in New York from Mount Vernon, to assume the duties of the Presidency. He was dressed in a full suit of Virginia home. spun. On his visit to New England he wore the .old Continental uniform, ex cept on the Sabbath, when he appeared in black. John Adams, when Vice President, wore a sword.and walked about the streets with his hat under his arm. At levees in Philadelphia, President Washington vas clad in black velvet, his hair powdered and gathered behind in a sil k bag, yellow gloves, knee and shoe buckels. He held in his hand a cocked hat, ornamented with a cockade, fringed about an inch deep, with black feathers. Along sword in a white scabbard, with a polished steel hilt, hung at his side. VENTILATE YOUR CHILDREN'S ROOM. —Most parents before retiring make it a duty to visit the sleeping rooms of their children. They do so in order to be sat isfied that the lights are extinguished, and that no danger is threatening the little ones. But if they leave the room with close windows and doors, they shut in as great an enemy as fire, although the rava ges may not be so readily detected. Poison is there slow but deadly. Morning after morning do little children awake weary, fretful and oppressed. "What can it mean? what can it be?" the mother cries. In despair, she has recourse in medicine. The constitution becomes enfeebled, and the child grows worse. The cause, per haps, is never traced to over-crowed sleep ing -rooms, without proper air; but it is, nevertheless, the right one. An intelli gent mother having acquainted herself with the principles of ventilation, will not retire to her room for the night, with out having provided a sufficiency of air for her children, in the same manner that she provides and regulates their night covering, or any other requisite for refresh ing slumber. Sometimes, by judiciously lowering a window,. and at other times by leaving a door open, this end may be attained. In many houses the day and night nurseries communicate. When this is the ease, the window of the further - room should be o. pen. Even in severe weather, young chil• dren can bear this arrangement if they are not exposed to a direct draft HAPPY EVERY DAY.—Sidney Smith, it is said, cut out the following from a newspaper and preserved it for himself: "When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one to your fellow creatures. It is easily done ; a left off garment to the man who needs it, a kind word to the sorrowful, an encouraging expression to the striving— trifles in themselves as light as air—will do it, at least for twenty-four hours. And if you are young, depend upon it, it will tell when you are old ; and if you are old, rest assured, it will sand you gently and happily down the scream of time and eternity. By the most simple arithmeti cal sum look at the result. If you send one person, only one, happily through each day, that is three hundred and six ty-five in the conrse of a year; and pose you live forty years after you com menced this course of medicine, you have made fourteen thousand beings happy— at all events for a time. Experience is the packet compaa®e few think of ,consulting they have lost their way. One of the attractions at a Tennessee fair was a prize of one bushel of potatoes for the ugliest gia,n rider. Washington's birthday, Feb. 211, is the next holiday. Wait null Znmor. What word in our language is made shorter by adding two letters to it? Short. A New York lady has invented a cor set set which will squeeze a woman to. death in five minutes, if she feels likd ome men are lik ow candles : they ps always will smoke w they are going out. A Jersey newspaper - describes a man as being "as sociable as a batch of candi dates two weeks before election." Just the reverse—When a clock is -wound up it gam — When u firm is it stops. If you feel depressed over the finan7itlN situation, try lighting fires with kerosene' 1-oil-- The fellow was pulled baldheaded by his wife who said, "Dry goods are wor shipped more in this world than the Lord." - -- What is the difference between a farm er and a bottle of whiskey ? The farmer hustutmds-the—c-o-rn-and-the-bottle-citwhis key corns the husband. A Washington had been notorio, rastonts divorce. EMI ___At_what timp *d___ _ _ et * en to belong to the vi When long experi sage. If you want to know what a man thinks of you get him mad. We never know what is at the bottom of a stream until it is stirred up. An .editor in Fort Scott, Ark., annoutic el es that he has se q kes in the sun, but he fails to say how ny wiskey smashes he took to accomp h it. .........../ "I've no mother now, I'm weeping," was sung with great pathos by a sevent3- five year old orphan, who- had attempted to drown his grief in copious draughts of lager, in a Toledo saloon the other night. The same mule that killed a man 'at Lexington, Ind., was permitted to haul the widow to the funeral. Several mar ried women have been trying to purchase that mule, but the widow will not part with the beast, as she thinks of marrying again herself. A negro preacher bolding forth to his congregation upon the subject of obeying the command of God says: "Bredren, whatever God tells ma to do in dis book holding up the dat I'm gwine to do. If I see in it dat.l must jump trop a stun wall, I'm gwine to jump at it. Going trop it, long to God, jumpin' at it 'long to me." A Portland gentleman crowded him self into a seat in a horse car, next to a young man, who remarked, "You wouldn't be so anxious to have that seat if you knew that I had just gotten over the sraall-pox." "That's nothing," was the reply; "this is the first time that I have been out since having it myself." The young man started. for the front plat form. "Mr. Snow, I've been studying lately." "Studying what, Bones ?" "Why, I'm land& surgery." "Surgery ! Now, rn ask you a ques tion on that subject, and I'll bet you can't answer it." "Well, go 'head Snow." "What is the most difficult operation in surgery ?" "Dat's .nothire to answer." "Well, let me hear you answer it." "Why, take dejato of a woman." SAVED HIS WHLPPENG.-A little ur chin seven or eight years old, in a school where Miss Blodgett was teacher, -com posed the following and wrote it on his slate at prayer time, to the amusement of the boys : "A little mouse ran up the stairs To hear Miss Blodgett say her prayers." "The teacher discovered the rhyme, .., and called out the culprit. For punish went she gave him his choice to ratikef, 4? another rhyme in five minutes or be ped. So, after thinking, scratching his 0 head till his time was nearly out, and the" teacher rms lifting the cane in a threat- 2. f!1 ening manner, at the last moment he ex claimed "Here I stand before - Miss Blodgett ; ;.41- l e's going to strike and rut going to dodge it." Harry is a good-natured fellow but hell one failing, which is this—that when ho goes to his home at night lm is often under the influence of contraband fluids.— Thanksgiving night he started home with a nice turkey, safely done up in strong writing paper, under his arm. Harty found the read to his house uncommon rough that night. He several times stumbled and fell over all sorts of obstruct Owls in his path. ..Each time 1 r fell, he dropped his turkey, but contri% d to pick it up again. On entering his Wise he steadied himself as wt.ll as he was able, and said to his wife: - - - "Here, , situ I've got ievcn turkeys for you. , "Eleven turkeys ! What do you inea.n.? There's only one.' "There mu,4 be laven tiakcp, irey— for r ft:!! "tevcn evf. ry time found a tn. key. 'l;au tur key,!" $2,00 PER YEAR. kilt aDI ;43/31 is a sure cure or .sa ness. ady who all her life for infidel notions late,____ v praying—for etable kingdom ? has made him