ADVERTIBINGI! ATM 1 mo. H moo. 0 mos lyr. 1.50 1.75 3.50 6.00 12d) 3.00 3.50 0.50 9.00 %Ai ; 4.60 9.(X) 17.00 25.1 Y.; 11.60 17.141 .25.441 45.11 4 13.60 22.00 40.01 60.0 0 20.011 40.00 60.00 110.6) 1 30.00 60.00 110 00 2.10.1.0 Don 5q.... Tao Beaarea hrce Sgu.r. Nix Square., . Quarter Column t 1.1( Column . 010 Column Profeesional Cards 11.00 per Iluo per year. Adminletrater's and Auditor'. Notice., 13.00 City Notice., 20 cents per Hue let Ineartlon 12 cents per lime each subsequent In tertion. Ten line. agate constitute a square. ROBERT IREDELL,.JR., PointenEn, ALLENTOWN, PA Coal anb Lumber. CHAS.W.ABHOTT. lII= .-- . - • --: . (11 . 1 . 5 i - it.i - , - .--',*ti i_ 4, _ rrin ti.. 019 ift.t 1 W AT., _ LAMA P 311 4 . ‘ ).1111) Nll 1 t 4: t ,144 4..4.. Union Street, near Lehigh Valley Depot, Allentowl . RITTER & A II Bar ii, MANUFACTURERS OF Sash. Doom Outside Blind,, Inside Blinds, 21fou/d -f ago. Bracket, Baluster,. Pick, to, Stair Ball . inv. Window Frames, Door Fromm An. SCROLL SAWING. TURNINO MATCHING, FLOORING and RIPPING. DONE AT run SHORTEST NO TICE. ALSO, STAIR BUILDING done and HAND RAILING made to order. Having now had almost five years' possession of the Mill, refurnished it almost wholly with new and Unprov ed machinery. and having none hit experienced work men, we are prepared to defy competition Gain at home and abroad. both in price and workmanship, Do yon contemplate building Call at our Factory and satisfy yourself with a personal examination. Drawings for buildings, brackets, patterns for orna mental work, scrolls for porche, can bn Reca at all times by calling at our nil ca. Airy informAtion to the builder furnished cheerfully and freely by calling at the Manu factory, on Onion street, at din Jordan Bridge, Allen town, Pe., or by letter through the p0..1 office. ang 3-1 y) RITTER & ABBOTT. 4 FILBERT. R. OTTO. R. 51. OTTO. 0. W. MILLER LITEICT, OTTO miLLEtt, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER, L SPO HT, PA MILL. ON CANAL. WEST OF MAYNARD STREET OFFICE AT 1U!! MILL F CHANT Aors.L. REV' VA I. U The aubserlbers booing leaned the "01,1 Hope Coal Yard," would respertfolly announce to the eltlxene of Allentown und the public In'neneral, that they have jant got • n•parlor•neurtrneut of COAL Coexisting of Stove, firm, Chetitaut nod Nut from the BUCK MOUNTAIN `MINES. Orden. left with A. A. Il nber, Sieger dr Hottemiteln, at the Eagle Ilulnl, Hope (tolling Mill, or the 'turd will be attended to In a BUSINESS like maser. Orders for Coal by the car filled at short no lice tits lowest Deices. Alwaye on band klargentock of BALED HAY, 'villa wlll ba gold at the lowest market price. L. W. KOONS & CO. at Um" Old Hope Cool Yard," [amino], Street, corner of Lehigh Valley Railroad, =I L. W. Kootta Oct. Li earpcl3 nub Oil Cotij R um AND ELEGANT. CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &C., S. C. FOULK. NO. 19 S. SECOND ST., PHILA., • (First Carpet Store below Market, East side.) Invites attention to him ttplendid assortment of Imported and American CARPETS, which will lw sold at a very small advance. Goods warranted as repro'ooted no that ' all can buy with cutilldenco and itathtfactiou. toy n7tr Spertarlcs. SPECTACLES ! SPI:CTAI•LES I EYE GLASSES. Bc. eii tgrg s n , niV t lptogeoorllnont of all kind, of la . dm. at CHAS. S. 3,1 A SSEY'S, NO. 23 EAST lIA.MILTON STREET, ALLENTOWN, PA Having devoted a great deal of care nod attention lo the Spectacle business for litre last few year, I find that my business In that line has Increased so r. orb shot I bat e de termined to make It a SPECIALTY. There Is no article manufactured In Nrhich there Is so much deception that as there Is In Spectacle tilasges. Knowing that tho public 'nice been frequently hoodfogged by parties pre• teuding O , IIOVO a superior article of Classes, nod charging ogorlfltunt prices t •hetn. thereby tratflelog inv. the no ce•odtles and infirmities a UP.. I have taken Ifitins to se lect a Lugo and complete assortment of the finest and best Classes ever n .inn factored, thus ntiordlng all persona needing Spectacles nu opportunity of porclomlng at rea sonata.. Persons having any difficulty to being soiled elsewhere will do well In give noon rai l , nc I fret canna.ntOwl tfo ....will fall to be suited. Ilemember the old M.O. ro '!'Ent Iluutlnm sweet. opposite the Cler tnan Rehm cord Church, Allentown. Pa. jou it 'la, If Clothing, ATERAcTioN NEW FIRM! NEW GOODS! CLOTHING ! CLOTHING GRAND SPRING AND SUMMER OPENING. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES! T. OSNIUN & Sticemtors to .Ifri:unr fi Ootnttla BARGAINS GREAT CLOTHING EMPORIUM IN REIMER'S 'WILDING. NO. 606 lIANIILTON STREET, ALLENTOWN, l'A %Ve would Inform the citizens of Allentown and the sur- rounding country that we are prepared with a large stock of geode, for FALL AND; IVINTER WEAR, and offer them to the public at ren.nnable price. To theme who buy their Clot h lug rend y-inade. they 1.0 Prepared to offor BARGAIN • WHOLE SUITS MADE TO oRDERI COATS, PANTS. AND VESTS Cut awl mrtdolo the latost ntylo. and by the bent workmen OUR STOCK OF CLOTHING, CLOTIIS AND CASSIMERES In larger than It ban beno before, anti we Intend to Fell at oery SMALL PROFITS, and gl vo our etustoutert, the bene• Ot of uur low ',umlaute. Great gnantltlon and 'Arielleg of NECKTIES, CUFFS, COLLARS, And everything In II lo line of GENT'S PURNiSIIING GOODS, MEN'S, YOUTHS', BOYS' nod CHILDREN E READY-MADE CLOTHING, I= Don't forget thr Omer. 10• 015 ih m ilt on t ido door above nixth strict. T. u Onmrs. J4COII Il• Samna. Dir 24 tf hUTTON & M'CONN ELL, E AREIROOMS, Cik_ NO. Sll9 MARKET STREET, gIL North Side. 1111 ruILADELIMI A. PARLOR, DINING-ROOM, CITA :AB ER FUR 7_\; ITURE or tho Latent Style's 11.1 , 1 llost MA,oracturg, ALSO, • Feather Beds and Mattresses. =MEM coNsizonocKEN BOILER AN D COIL WORKS JOHN 'WOOD, JR., TUBE. FLUE AND CYLINDER BOILERS ,BATH AND STEAM CIRCULATING BOILER S. • All kinds of Wrought iron Collo, Tuyers for Blast Fur cml. (I a...norms', Smoke Stacks, Blast B Iron Wheel barrows, and everything In tho Boller and Sheet Iron lino. Also. nil kinds"( Iron and Stool Foramina and Blocknutith work, Miners' Toole of all kinds, suck as Whom Buckets, Picks, Drills. Mullets, Sledges, sc. lßnvlugn toteuio Hammer and set of tools of all kinds, and skilled workmen. I flatter myself that I eau turn out work with promptness nod dispatch, all of which will ho warmuteil to N. tit - at-clams. Patching Boilers, and repairing konerally, affinity !d -ecided to. nrr 17 VOL. XXVI p . i . -- s,me- - 1. ,. 6 . 5 V: '7l{.*lt4l , , - -, ••••":0-1.Lr:.'61. ...i. '), ~' 7 : -. 7:;k,:k_'--Zl,-;' - ` , 11)?::40Tz .:',l';:tt-,,,1P.1i..-, W,,AI-f-t-5•:-'4-45%;1"tri 1 7 5 1 ' ",. ".;,:",,*:, tt, ~..2.1.''-. -4,, : 1, ...., . 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DosAcanstv —lv TILE ATTENTION DI d NUFACTURERS, DEALERS & IMPORTERS /run, Steel, Hord Oils, W Ra hi te i!may Supplies, Lubricat btu .I.tml, • IRON WORLD AND MANUFACTURER, THE Largest Metal Price Current IN THE IV oItLD. 4 7:: - 7 . ,.. ‘7- ° 4„ ..,,:5• ',,,•',. 7octs'‘zili . ,4 - f ,- 5 ,--;,_,,.. . ~., _ i ' AF;:i ''.l if.T, lit).piblti f,r fil Li] f 44 . . The LutFnr, ier.real. e•eietry rot.' r a11,.1t, I:eprer.ertrt,.. I .iper tl:e A Int I le.tu Metrl Th.• onl , ll.lirr. boy.. rarr.lnrr tll, 1,1'11.1111,1.- I'4l, /lid, 1,1 11, idolo•t :thd tt :t.,1 to bp pl.q.or ; p..1,•1:nr, 1:10 171 'lor o•viat;v. alum. iv ii ',• rxi...••••• I'.• ~ w - - - pnt•rr .•:•111.;1•••1.nt. OT paid iiiv II • v r. t• t Nor. Wm I- t ,bl/V.111,114 In th 6 ,k.ut.tl). Accra, r. ny, LipF I, 11..3.1: AND r 01.1.10, Th Loralca 111 11l try ciiiitre 1111•1:11 Ult. 1110 slis , •• Ilit ,P1r.•,p0n.1.•111 , at 111, 1..1111g Hip , pi' 111 n rts-1. %Vv.b. 1.• di, ow err 1., 4.l.otialug that II a• 11• sI. ••1 lb • 311•Ial `.V“rker. 11111 11,111cre• of 11101 I,lllltl y. Ali as )••tataanl 11...10u, , ;01.1 11...1 r. It 11•1 , last rlvnl niatl c••111.,111 , • v• rl' .11 noll•cal••ta.• fro riug. 1111.11tg and uldit•nt,o”. of Ons . ccuatry and Evirope. Its motto it icurtml, of n nowlia clotrurter.Til you...it,. IN 1, 1 1.1 . .411. 1I• reititcrm Ircit 111111 tio.el Ili itliir• and (lottery Mitiodliciuniri, Fuld Miluollicltirer,Sim Boiler 31l1onflicturcri, cud le:L.111N llialwity Official, Li $4.00 PER Al\ :NUM. If you are in tle• meial trade, take n wetal Pe Per. It will .are you more ❑.au tt cos . If yen are o tnaunfitc• turer luke the journal that udvocateh your tut, rest, From A large number of notices from the Press, we se lect the hollowing (From the Chicago Journal of Comment..] Tnv IRON WOULD AND Mantiyaeirvitrit.—A Retires. , lathe of Aniernion auitol Manufacturer, Workers end Denlera. — Th In is the title mid dencriptive character of e neatly printed and Profanely illu,treted folio of thirry . .is columna, puialehed by the IKON WOULD P 0111.101,0 COMPANY. PDDLAIIgh. 'lle• Irene bolo, us le volume id, No. 14. Its °alumni, deacrlpilona of unwatfnetures, to. rent Improvements, correepoudenro, market reporteloite.. bulb Meg luduatry and AMU). It deserves the patron. loomsoil Inteteeted tu the prosperity of American AIO, s genwol. It wlll, however, la- more portico larh imetuattng to throve t °gaged tu the Iron nee Dar ware Wear.. huoli will welcome Its weekly return?, nn uu o-oentlol old to every department of their truaitte From the Clucintanttl 51i . ..haute ' and Bluuniactuters. A SINCEP4PCI. NEW9P•PER.—We ore pleated to MILO use acidotices of success fu the Ittolo Whahh t. of ll to youutt healthy and vigorous. dud vast y its tour appearauco nod tun- doriiig the post Vireo or tour months. It In Low one of the must attilictiva busi• ',loth canons In rho country. It In edited with murk d 01st. tip.nod, pctin Ml,lllO Ilnplleti, to devoted to 010 true and !nom' tuteroets el the country. Its to "het rayortu of wntu~s, hardware. tophufaciuroo, kei t era very full. complete pod reliable. It is hay lug It a big h.but merited complitueut. to say thin .1 to the leadlog organ of the Iron and wow' luterents of the Untied Stow. iu utec tutorssad snood uoitiora scorywhero should eubocriba for OA lone WORLD •11D .11•ntirsen huhu. SAMPLE. COPIES MAILED FREE. ADDREss. IRON WORLD PUBLISHING CO., Iron World But/ding, PIrrSLIUROII, PA. TILE GREAT TARIFF JOURNAL FOIL NVOIMINGMEN, LOAN Titian three mouths for 1M cents. The ' AMER NAN SAOI.IiIA s•EOPLE 18 ono of the fluent publics lions In the World. Contains lo pages. or 04 columns flamil er, deslg eil i•• nmereed, Inatruel nod nd vni,c.• the beat Wietents or work inginen. • 11108trktions at Prominent wurklugusen In each Inane Numbers It. o.••uBande. of kuleurilmar. Only +1.5,i year. ur on tint' three mouths ler 115 rents. Write you name, Town, County and etale enelusu its money, raid I ItoN WOULD 1111111,1SIIINO' CO., 1150 WOIll IS 1,1:11.1 , 1SO, 1'1114,111'01, IN. Routed On Solar, or Ce111111.1111• nov 11. latic,ll, initt R E=l EbTAI)LIIIhD IN IMO. FANCY' DYEINIi ESTABLISHMENT. J. IV. JONES, N. .12.2 „North Front Slre• I. l'hilade fphirr. I'n. IIitANCII OFFICE, Colt. 0111 Ann N'lxs. I/yo Silk., ‘Voolon nod timry tioodr' of every derrrlp ...ruddy of D)ring Loan,' tud 6.1101 ly known. Crd id aid Morino Akntt' Is 0..1 Ido Ilei.l bridisut and 1.0.11 COM,. er.do and dlertuu thaw In ciedured 10 look like 1... w. Al.O. A 1.1. 1 ,21, itioll2lltlitil, or to-0 ,1 . 03'4..110 lock 11k. how. 1:1!)....k,a1l nutl look ttl our Wolk In h ale olteWlaqu. 011 21d, ow It D RS. Jott:>Ati DAVNEMON, Guitar of Anatomy and Nuecum of Science, • SO7 CIIESTN ST., I'IIILA. • pnbllolo'd A lino e lltleU al Illelr locitireo, con joining luo,l Vain:B6lo lulormallou on t,e, couso• qUoncce Until lloalliont of do.ca., of 01 ayolein, trltL 11,11/11‘1,6 uM 0011 11l Au i. 001 ILe yurluun Cou,sol the Lye. 00 )1,411000, molt,, 111,. I.lroctlone lot Ile cou;plule reolorollo. it • E: 001:01, 10010$. nut tLo 011/1.00 uP .cllO, LOW,: the Moot con. • Plucon,ll,. Wonli ou lho onitleol oyes . Vol puba,Led— comprimog Masied 10,0 to Any othlicen (or r,,eut, 4100 cont., Address Drs.JORDAN & DAMSON, co:ssULTINU OFFICE, 1625 Filbert Street Philadelphia. eep"S•ly dtw • ,fr ; t• •. •• I I • A, c trt. , C - .4EA c is in the FOR THE AND WINTER OP' 1871 I WITII ONE OF THE LARGEST AND CHOICEST STOCKS OF able for Ladles' and Mcu's Suitings, guaranteed to be sold at BOTTOM PRICES ! = ' ~ I'rii 7~1.~ „1. ..J i ~i f.; 1. I',rt WZOIUbSU4*I =I K A 4 , t . ek Cla7 FURS ! FURS ! LADIES, If you mint to toy Forel, go to tho won-known and to mot rolinble Storo of W. KEINATH, Importer and Exporter of Furs, 710 ARCH STREET, • (OPPOSITE BT. CLOUD lIOTELO PHILADELPHIA, Where you Lave the selection from the me te t exnsive nseertnieut ,It de-minions et the lowent filetnrillg prices. Sets from $5.00 up to the most Costly Russian Crown Sable - HUDSON I L and MINK SABLE. ERMINE, SQUIIIREL" and every va• liMy et' the latest rlyiee ' SA Qrr,: of S..nl akin. Per.inne and AOrnshan. LL KINDS OP PLR TRIMMING, Al', the finest ns.or• meta of FANCY WHITE po.X. BEAN' E I IC I'tlLAilsea Itl..lCli 115.111, lIIIDSON PAY WOLF, tie. ALL (HMOS \\'O REANTED AS REPRESENTED. CALI, BEFORE I!VIWILISING F7SEWHEIIE. II M. N Aire!, Ns. 710 Arch ,Street, A I,LENTO ROLLING MILL CO., Slt,es,orA to • \NriLsol. , l,c: co., IMENEB=Ig STEAM. ENGINES AND BOILERS, BRIDGE CASTINGS, RAILROAD TURN TABLES, MILL GEARING, SHAFTING, Furnace, Polling Alai and Mining Work, &c., &c., 11.--All work guannteed and delivery prompt. L. H. GROSS, Supt =I WILMINGTON AND READING ItAILBOAD SEVEN PER CENT. BONDS, Free of Taxes We nee offuring the Second Mortgage Londe of Ulla Cora Pant AT S 5 AND ACCRUED INTEREST, Interest Payable January and July. The Bonds aro fu 1000 s, 500 s, and 100 s, And eAn-be ItE(II6TrAtED free of unnent,e • The coal. nilscolloneons, (retch!s and pccsonger bust. nee. arc con!Auntly Inere.lonu The rcrelpte for the year ending "climber were t7 0 .t5112 um, theta the7•ar endinc oct••h-r Ih7ll. he Inc ...too fur Nuvuwh , •r,ld7l, over .Novernlkr, Is7o. wpm •tiU%.74. llond Patuvillet;aud I uforinntion can Iro obtained of DE HAVEN & BRO., No. 40 SOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA 12= T MIikiMAULIC CEMENT CoMPANY. numull ineetlne ilia SleeklioUlere of the Lablgh 13sdra I,k Ceutuut Company will be held uu Monday, January 184,1. D. 1872, het wenn the hoar+ of one o'clock amt Arne o'clock In the afternoon. at the lioninany n Dillon. No. 708 Hamilton . • ait Mat meeting limo will be art election for ylliceis and Directors (or the ensuing yeAr. A. IC. Vil'rtllAN, ALLEItTOWN, Dec. 711 1, IS7I. diLlt w ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1872 IF. om Wood's Household Blass:leo.] A BAND OF HOPE., CHAPTER I. The town clock pealed the hour of nine, on the last night of the old year. The clouds which all doy had hung heavy and gloomy, were now silently falling in bile, covering (lie earth with a mantle of purity. In the upper part of the town, there was silence in the de serted streets, for all were within enjoying comfortable homes, and bright firesides ; but down alongside the black and turbid river where, in rows of dingy houses, dwelt many wretched and comfortless poor, the streets-1 were neither quiet nor dark, at the corner of every block Hien stood a Veer saloon with its arch of jewelled lights sparkling in the gloom of the street, while the gay music from with in attracted many a passer-by, made him pause, enter, there to empty his pockets, and craze his brain with the poison that kills both body and soul. In front of one of thcse places of attractive misery, the full glare of the light shining on their rags, and pinched, wan faces, stood three children listening to the sounds of revelry and merriment within, and casting anxious glances, as the door swung to and fro. " I do wish father would come," said Kassy, the oldest, a delicate girl of fifteen, as she 'drew the thin, old shawl around her own and her sister's shivering form ; " If he only know how much mother wants him." "I don't wonder he likes to stay In there, where it's warm and light and nice," said Sylvia; " at home it's so dark and cold, nod mother cries so much. What makes her cry, Bossy ?" "I know," said Theo, slinking his fist at the door; " it's because father comes here and gets drunk, and leaves us with nothing to eat, and then he's cross, and strikes us, and scolds mother. It's too bad ! When I'm aman I'll kill all the men who make liquor, so I will I" "!lush I" said Kassy, as the angry little voice was broken by a sob; "you must not talk of killing. What if the police .should hear you I Come up on the door step and I'll wrap my dress around you nice and warm,-- he'll not be long now." " Did father used to drink ?" asked Sylvia, when they were nestled together in the shadow of a doorway. "Oh no," Kassy answered cheerfully. " I remember when he was as nice, and good, and strong, as could be, and our home was beautiful, and mother would laugh and sing all day long ; it's very different now !" "I suppose he'll go on getting drunk always and always," skid Theo from his corner. " We'll hope not ; if he'd only sign the pledge I think it would cure him," said Kassy. " There he comes, now ; I must help hint home; you keep close behind—he'd be angry if he should see you." Up the long street where the gloom seemed to press darkly upon the glare of the gas lights, Kassy led her father homeward, while the children, frightened add shivering, closely followed. Often and often bad this faithful 'daughter been like a guardian• angel to her father's staggering feet, when but for her he might have perished by the way. Once he bad been a strong, upright man, with firm step and steady hand. Missy remembered his better days, but the younger children only knew him ns he was now, with feeble gait, slinking hands, and blood.shot eyes,—a poor, pitiful wreck, that I think the angels in heaven could hardly have reached in the depth of de gradation to which he had sunk. I ant sure no one but an angel could have reached him. An old tradition which tells how the angels fell from Paradise, says that " the thread that first drew them was as thin as a cobweb, but they did not resist it, and it grew as strong as a cable." So it was with Joseph Bard ; he had not resisted the cobweb, and now the ca. hie bound him hand and foot, and he had no power to rise again. His clildren formed the last link that bound him to God and his fel low-men. In his sober moments he took great delight and pride in these dear ones whom God had given to his care, and for whom there still glimmered sparks of affection in the heart that was nearly dead to all other feelings. His wife, feeble and delicate in health, had well nigh sunk under the burden of trouble and suffering that he had brought upon her. It was n sad, sad reality to the bright dream they.had *toyed of their married life, when he had brought her a happy bride to the home that was then n nice house iu a pleasant part of the town; now stores, saloons and factm les had sprung up around it, and time and neglect had wrought sad changes ; the decaying clap boards had long been guiltlesS of paint ; shat tered windows, ricketey steps, and broken fences, told the sad story all plainly. Inside, the furniture, except for one or two rooms, had 'been sold piece by piece, to buy the poison that was bringing them all so surely to ruin. All the next day after the children had got him safely home, Joseph - Bard lay prostrate on his bed unable to stir. The pains of rheu matism were racking his joints, his head was throbbing, and his brain was clouded. The black bottle which lay beside him had been drained, and at nightfall, the time he was ac customed to seek the saloon, lie longed with unutterable craving for just one dram ; pictured the warmth and light of the brilliant gin palace, only a block away, and compared it to the dreariness of his home. With the darkness came a cold, thick fog from the river, which penetrated the dilapidated house, and wrapped freeziugly around hint. On the hearth before a small, open fire made from bits of wood and coal which Theo had,gathered along the wharf, sat his two youngest children—the boy and the baby Lena, the darling of the flock, a sunny.haired,, affectionate child of four. Ills wife, with Kassy and Sylvia; had gone to carry home some work. On a light stand near his bedside stood a small, fluid Walt dimly burn ing, and beside It his supper, which remained untouched. He tried to shake off the terrible thug, the intense desire for drink which Pos sessed his soul—for there was not a penny in the house, nor, as he looked round to see, a thing worth pawning. The terrible pains all over, and the awful longing, drove him al. most to frenzy ; he felt that he should perish is he could not have just one' glass to warm and comfort him. " Theo," said he, in a whining tone, as he watched the children chatting together and stretching forth their hanks to the pleasant blaze: "Theo, can't you go round to the shop and get me some brandy ? I'm dreadful sick, and I must have some right away ; tell 'um I'm sick and they must trust me till to moor. Field row." "Let me-bring the Doctor, father, if you feel so bad," said Theo. "I've no money to waste on Doctors—lt's brandy I want, I tell ye ; come, start I" and between a groan and a whisper he sank back upon the pillow, and saw with relief his son disappear with the bottle. Hundreds of little children in our Christian country are daily sent on this sad errand, but never before had -Joseph Burd sent one of his to a rumseller's ; but pride and self-respect were fast being swal lowed up by dreadful desire. Out in the thick and murky-darkness through which the 'gas lamps shone gastly and dim, went Theo, wall a burning sense of hate and wrong swelling his little heart. He longed to dash the ugly bottle on the pavement and run away, but ho dared not, and, thinking of Lena, he hastened on. The saloons were full, and it was a long time before he'could get attention or secure anything on trust. Meanwhile, Lena, left to n=! herself, came up with her childish prattle to her father's side ; and had ho not been crazed with liquor, he would have welcomed her with a kiss, but filled with the devil, an an gel's presence was hateful to him, and after , ordering her away without effect, • he struck her a blow across her sunny face and golden curls, nt the sante instant bringing 1119 111110 back lie knocked the little lamp and daThe it in pieces on the floor, spilling, the fluid, which at once blazed up and wreppi-1 the pow baby who had been felled by the blow, in flames. In an agony of terror Ing struggled to save her, but his hands shank, and his limbs were powerles4 ; his brain will bewil dered and refused to dictate !us movements. ho n instant his baby stretched her 'motor ing ha with cries fir help; he bent over her with the setone Idea that he mud do some thing, but stumbled i i the attempt and tell prostrate on the floor. Lena's cries and moans grew Mint on his deafening ear, and soon he was lost in blank unconcionsness. 110 teas aroused by shrieks and cries of ter ror, sod raising his head he saw Theo bend- I log over the charred and lifeless body of Lena: the fire tent spent itself upon her and left, oh, such a pitiful wreck ! "You have killed her! you have killed her I Oh, father, how could you the poor baby ! What shall we do ? what shall N% e do 1" and the I wrung 1119 11A11 IS, and maned and wilibed, The father, eAring for nothing , but nblivtou, grit-ipel the b ittle that had slipped to the floor. TMe intolerable agony of Ins spirit gave him a little strength and he crawled on his 1111111 . 19 and knees out through the slime and filth of the alley, and under cover of the murky thrkni-ei crept lulu n neighboring shed and hid beneath a friendly pile or straw, where he sank into a sleep that, bringOng an agony of dreams and 111111111 M, lasted till late the neat day. CHAPT En II MiF:s Miggq, the owner of the shed where the wretched man had crawled for refuge, was hunting for eggs the next day, wheft she espied her lodger, and, by a severe ponniling and shaking, succeeded in bringing hint back to the world he so longed to leave. " Alt, Ilinow you," she • cried " and ain't surprised ; this is jast why re I expected you'd bring up when you used to take a dram a day and scorned the idea or ever being a drunkard. You're worse than that now. You've killed your baby, driven you're wife raving crazy, and 'node your children bez.gars—that's what drink has done for you. Oh, I'd like to find out the man who supplied you with this devil ! I'd make him buzz I I con.ider him jugt one step nearer the evil one ['inn you are. Ile's one of the devil's licensed agents, and he's bought you pretty cheap, I tell ye." "I'll never touch a cursed drop, so help me, God," he murmured with a feeble effort at prayer, but with a sickening thought of the desolation at home, he cried : "Is it all true that you have said, Miss Miggs ? Did I really kill Lena ? It scents like a horrid dream, I have so many of them." "It's no dream, I can tell ye. All night and all day your poor wife was raving mad, and now they've taken her away to the Retreat. I've just put Lena into her collie, and the other 011( . 3 are all alone. Oh, it's horrible to think what you have done." Mr. Ilurd groaned. " There's no use for to try, then; I'd better be deal'; they never will want to see me again, I can jump into the river, and the tide will carry me. fur out to Ek.a." "i Now don't you go talking about commit ting-suicide—you've got sins enough to answer for already. Live and reform, I say, and save your soul while you've got a chance," and taking Ms arm Miss Miggs led him Into her little cottage, made him a cup of strong coffee, bade him bathe his bloated foci. and throbbing twirl, rind left him to rest and try to sleep. Hut there was no rest. Memory was stirred ; he thought of his lonely, wretched children, and longed to see them once more, to tell them he was sorry, and was going to free them f iri ever from the curse of his presence. Then the awful thirst grew strong again. and from his heart he cried like Dlves, Oh for a drop to cold my parched tongue ! for I 11111 tormented in this flame.'' Yes, that was his condition, and rising, he crept silently out into the street. The darkness was fast gathering, Ile would go round past his honie, and see what was likely to become of the little ones. \V ith slow and feeble step he at last reached the curtain. less window and looked in. Therie was hussy on the hearth before the lire; with Theo and Sylvia nestled beside her. The lire.-tight .danced on their sad, wan faces, and gave them a strange,. ghastly look. Ile turned away with sickening heart and pass id into the other room across the entry. There the !noon looked in too, with a clear, c dm light, and Joseph Hurd saw a tiny pine coffin, and Lena lying placid ly in it as if sleeping. The folds of muslin hid the dreadful scars on neck and chest, and the lire had spared her sweet face and golden hair. Her thin, white hands were folded, and on one of the tiny fingers showed a unroll gal l ring, He remembered when it was givers to her and how pleased she was ; but she would not want it any more, and' It would bring him what he so .terribly craved—a glass of brandy. He shrank at first from robbing his dead child, but that soon passed away Ti ith the desire that was stronger than love or honor. Ile crept silently into the room, drew the ring off the little dead linger, and hurried with it to the pawnbroker's. Note he could drink deep.droughts, and it would be easier to plunge into the cold, black waters. Making no effort to resist the overpowering temptation, he did not leave the bright counter till his money was all gone, and then sank down Be side the stove in a drunken sniper. As the clock tolled the midnight hour he was aroused by a shout front the rumseller, who bade hint begone. Ile crawled out and down the steps, and moved toward the river. It, was slow work, staggering or creeping along the filthy street, and he i had to pause frequently to rest. At last, when he had almost reached the wharf, his foot slipped and he fell sprawling Into the glitter, when a watchman, attracted by his groans, rescued and seLt hint to the po• lice station. CHAPTER 111 The next day lie was sentenced, in default of bail, to a month's imprisonment for drunk enness. The first foul. days were passed in his cell in dreary lethargy of body and soul, void of remorse or feeling of any kind, except the thirst was gradually grew less intolerable, as no liquor was given him. When the cloud of drunkenness wore away, thought and mem ory grew clear. His past life lay before him with all his dreadful experiences. IT --C that runs had been the cause of Ills wreck and ruin. " I was possessed with the devil," he groaned. " Would they' had shut me up in a mad house bef6re I wrought such desolation." Once he had been beloved, useful and happy, but yielding little by little, the demon had at last full possession of his soul. Now all was lost—his family, his honor, self respect and confidence; nothing remained but remorse, grief, and a sense of his deep degradation. He cursed drink, and the people who had wild it to him. For a long time, broken•hcarted and cast down In spirit, It seemed to Mr. Third that he could never rise above his miserable condition, but at last thoughts of his children tilled his mind, and a desire to redeem what he had lost In their sight possessed • him. The arousing of love and self respect In his heart, was a dawn of light, which grew stronger and stron ger. There was no drink to quench the tiny sparkle of hope that had been born, and so it ' lived.and grew ; and when the day of release ' came he felt strong enough to take up his life and " battle for the right." With this resolve he went of one.: to his old horns ; but stran gers te.;. The house, beau ily tool ' e dged, had been sot I, and in Miss Miggs' poor cottage lie found his children. "Oh, father, Caber, whit did become of you?" cried Kassy, leadink him joyfully in; "we though' you were drowned." '•I thought In. lettl'ot died," said Sylvia; "1 knew he would ceete hack, and he Nokia welter, too." "You've come hack to be good, hav'nt you Hubei?" asked Theo; "it will be real nice if you are good, 'cause Miss Miggs is so kind, and mother is getting well. Kassy has been to see her, and she says so, too." "Yes, Theo, I've come come back to be good. I think God would have let. me drown. ed in the river if Ile hadn't meant I should be a good man yet." "Praise the Lord!" ejaculated Miss Miggs, who appeared in time to hear the last sentence; "If Ile hasn't given us beck Joseph Burd, clothed and in his right mind. Yes, yes, ! neighbor, I fed it in my bones that you have pulled through, and will make a strong man yet; but you will have fierce temptations." "I know it," was the sad reply, "and I tremble to think of it. I wish I could go away somewhere and get something to do, where I should be less tempted." "The very thing you ought to do. Why not go out in the country? There's Mr. Dray ton wants some one right away to take charge of his farm while he goes a sea•voyage for his health—the very thing for you." "I don't suppose he would take one with such a poor reputation as I have, though I used to be a good farmer." "There'll be no harm in trying, and I'll run right over and see; he's stopping with his daughter, you know, Mrs. Cline." And the good-hearted, • energetic neighbor, hastily throwing a shawl on her head, departed on her charitable errand. "natter," sditl Kassy, when they were left alone in the flickering firelight, "why did you not lit us know where you were all these dreary weeks?" "My child, I was iu hell the greater part of the time; for surely no disembodied spirit doomed to the horrors of remorse could suf fer more than I did, in body and mind. But tell me, how is your mother—did I ruin her too?" "I hope not; she is better now; was quite rational when I was to see her yesterday. When I tell her you are alive and doing so well, she will he almost well, too." "If I could only give her hack Lena!" he groaned. "Don't talk about It, father; she is happy with the angels, and is better otr; you know there would have been so many sorrows for her if she had staid on earth." "But 'twin I that killed her; that I never, never can forgot. And did you know, limey, t took her gold ring off her finger and sold it fur ruin?" "Oh, father, how could you?' cried Knssy, horrified; we missed it and thought some thief had stolen it away. I did not think you could have taken it, father." "You did not know, then, how low the devil could sink one, with his hateful servant, rum; but it is true; there is nothing too con temptible, for a man to do when under its in. fluenee." "Where is the ring, father?" asked Kassy, niter a pause. qCouldn't I get It back?" "It may bs at the pawnshop; Ave wit see to-morrow. If I had It for a talisman it m'ght help me to keep my pledge. I do not think I could ever sink so. low as to sell it lor drink again." With the few dollars she.had saved, Kass) , succeeded the next day in redeeming the little rug and her filth( es silver watch. Returr.lag, she threw the silken cord round her father's neck, and fastning the ring tightly to it, said: "There, father, is your talisman. Call it your 'Band of Hope,' so that when you are tempted it will remind you of what you hope to be and what we hope you'll be." "My Baud of Hope Is my children," he said, with grateful tears in his eyes; "though this little ring will ever remind me that . 'tis a broken band." Miss Miggs evidently said some good things for her neighbor,-for she succeeded in secur ing him the desired position, and it was soon arranged that they should start at once for the scene of his new labors. The sympathy and encouragement of his wifo, who was now nearly convalescent, gave him renewed strength and hope. He fvlt for her sake, with God's help, he could and would win the victory over himself. 31.15 s Prudence Pettingill's First Ride in the Cars. We are indebted to a Concord, Massachu setts, correspondent for the following account of an old lady's first ride in the cars : Miss Prudence Pettinglll, at the mature age of sixty-one, made up her mind to visit New York for the first time in her life. She had never seen a railroad, as such things had beef] unknown in Aroostook County until this sum mer, and the ancient farm-house In which she bred was seven miles front the station. So 9 is situ calmly . upon a seat placed on the great wooden platform which surrounds the country depot, and gazes with amazement upon the train which arrives, pauses ii few moments to take on passengers, and then proceeds upon its Journey. The station-master interrogates the old lady, st e no sits placidly watching the departing train. " Why did you not get on, if you wished to go to New York? " Git on l" says the old lady—" git on ! I thought this whole consul), went !" Having, explained to her that the platform was stationary, the man kindly advises her to wait for the express train, Into which he es corts the maiden, and finds for her a seat by the side of a benevolent old gentleman. Clutching fast hold of the seat in front of her, she is at first very much alarmed at the speed at which they are going, but gradually be comes calm, and much interested in the novel ty of her surroundings. The old gentleman answers her many inquiries very civilly, and, among other things, tries to explain the use of the telegraph wires, and tells her that mes- sages are sent over them at a much greater rate of speed than they are traveling. "iVa'al, weal," says the old lady, "you don't ketch me mridin' on 'em, for this Is as fast as I want to go anyhow." She had seen so many won derful things that she makes up her mind at last not to be astonished at any thing ; and when the train dashes Into the one which had preceded it, owing to a misplaced switch, and the poor old' lady is thrown to the end of the Car among a heap of broken seals, she sup poses it the ordinary manlier of stopping, and quietly remarks, "You fetch up rather sudden, don't ye ?" Being provided with a seat in the forward car, which was uninjured, she arrives without further accident at her journey's end, and is surrounded by an eager crowd of hack , men, and listens in wonder to their oft-repeat ed call of " Hack I hack I" Grasping berm brella in one band and her bandbox in the other, she looks down into the face of the loudest driver with the compassionate Inquiry, " Air you in pain ?" From the consequences of his wrath she is rescued and carried safely home by her nephew, who has coin° to the depot to look for her.—EMTOlntailtAWEll, in Harpoon Magazine for Jantrqm 1101 V MRS. JOHN MANAGED HER lIUSBAND. Mattalen° Clark contributes a pleasant little sketch to the Revolution, under the title of " Bits by the Way." Her " Cousin John," 'a " generods, worthy, needless, lawless, forget. ful fellow," being about to get-married, pre vails upon her to come to his new home and begin his housekeeping. But we will let her tell her own story : • I promised to remain a few weeks, until the wheels of household care should become well in motion. And I was all .the more willing because I wished to. know Low Mrs. John succeeded with her careless husband. I may as well state here that John had a temper, and when any one ventured to speak of his irregu lar habits, lie usually made quite a show of it. I am sorry to say, the particular family to which I belong are considered ill-tempered. I take it for granted that no other family arc co afflicted, from the fact that whenever one of us manifests this disposition, I bear it said that " that is the—of Lim or her," using the family name in place of the blank. I con sldeted temper a common frailty until I had made an especial note of this. John was the best of husbands for a time— that was natural. But his careless waysover came his tender care at last, and Mrs. John perplexed. He Invariably forgot to bring home any article for which she had asked, and was indispensable—Mrs. John was a prudent wife ti the household, or oblivious to the fact that he had promised to leave,an order at the mar ket, until the dinner hour. Really 'lie was quite apt to forget all about the dinner-hour, dine at a hotel with a friend, leaving .li re. John and myself weary with waiting, and then partake of a cold dinner with 'no appetite. He always canto borne happy, with a glib ex cuse, and one could never scold him. Mrs. John was somewhat astonished when I informed her one day that her husband was merely conducting himself in his natural man• ner, and that she must expect to endure it all her life. I also informed her that the relatives were watching her domestic management, es. pecially of John. I fancied her rosy chreks grew crimson, or 'else it was a reflection from the grate ; but she said not one word. John came home at last, cheerful and overflowing with excuses, as usual. His Wife smiled— very out of place I thought—and ,the matter seemed settled. Next day Mrs. John was singing like a bird, busy with her music, happy with her flowers. I gently hinted that the noontide might not be so far off as she fancied. "0h we will not have dinner to-day," said she ; " you and I will lake a lunch." It was none of my affair if John did Ond a cold dinner. Promptly at halfpast twelve the lunch was served, and, for a wonder, John arrived. "No dinner?" in astonishment. Mrs. John stood on her tip-toes, khised him, and then said : " You see, dear, I have been very much occupied, and knowing how little you mind dinner, I just concluded we would have a lunch." A light dawned in my sloW brain. " Very well," ho replied. John likes a good dinner, and I knew he was vexed. He endeavored to be genial, but miserably failed. Complaining of headache, he bade us good bye, leaving Mrs. John smiling and patting the carpet with her little foot. 'rho afternoon passed swiftly, as . we had . callers, and evening seemed to come all too soon. Tea was late, John early. Mrs. John was iu no hurry ; she leisurely went her way growing more sunny as John grew morose ; and when the tea was prepared, she danced up to him, and winding her arms about his neck, said she felt so sorry about his.':,;adache and site was almost ashamed to say ° she had forgotten to mend his coat—Mrs. Ames was so entertaining, that she could think of nothing else but her. And so it went on for weeks Mrs. John was out shopping,' and didn't come home to tea, or she took dinner with Mrs. Ames, because they were going up to theisland at one o'clock and she really didn't think it would pay to run home and get out of breath. She forgot to mend John's stockings, and never thought to warm his slippers. At last the storm burst ; I had been expect ing it ; for John was sure to show the—sup ply family name—of his race at last. Mrs. John opened hereyes in astonishment, " Why, my dear," said she, after be had de- vered an oration of considerable length, " I supposed you desired this method of conduct ing our affairs; you set me the example your• self, and I have endeavored to follow it. I have heard that n team mast pull the same way, and I shall always take your direction— I ought to, John I Just so long as you eon- inuo to meet' good fellows,' and are-tato in consequence, I shall meet my friends and do the same. If you please to forget ,errands really essential, or:eveu for my gratification and comfort—remember, my dear, I am bound to make this a happy family, and I shall fol. low your example. To be congenial, our tastes must be alike, and they shall be." The relatives were all astonished to learn that John bad, really settled down into the most thoughtful,obliging and beet of husbands, while Kity grew more sunny every day. But I wasn't at all surprised. She knew how to manage bits by the ways. AN IMMENSE BUSINESS. The Seed business, as conducted .by the celebrated firm of BRIGGS & BROTHER, at Rochester, New York, is one of the largest in the country; and in Its way is undoubtedly the largest in the'world. Over . 12,000 deal. era in different parts of the country and the Dominion, sell their Seeds. Their establish ment at Rochester has over 62,000 feet of flooring, and from 200 to 300 persons, accord ing to the season, are employed in packing and putting up the Flower and Vegetable Seeds, which they send by mail to all parts of the country. It takes six presses in con stant use to print labels alone; upwards of $40,000 worth of paper is used annually in the manufacture of bags for Seeds, &c Their annual Catalogue is meet elaborately gotten up, and is embellished with number less cuts of Flowers and Vegetables, besides being beautifully Illustrated with Colored Plates. It also contains instructive hints and information upon Alto subject of floriculture and agriculture. The new Catalogue for 1872, which will be issued about the the Ist of January, promises to be the finest thing of the kind ever published, and wo are quite confident the entire editionle 130,000 will be used up in short order. Ta old customers the Catalogue will be sent free, while to new ones, an inelosure of tiveuty-five cents will be required. And even in such cases, where an order for ono dollar's worth of Seeds is sent, twenty-five cents' 'warth of Seeds in addition are remitted. Batons & BROTHER prepay all orders by mail, and by reference to, their Catalogue, when it is issued, It will be seen that they give all their Customers the most liberal inducements to obtain one or both, of their beautiful Chromo Lithographs of Flow ers, the cost of which at retail would be from $3 to $3, but which only cost limoos BROTHER, printed as they are by tens of thou sands, about seventy-flve cents cacti. We ad. vise our readers to send for ono of Batons & BROTRER'S Catalogues. Austala's financial estimate for the coming fiscal year layi the expenses at 859,000,000 florins, against a revenue of 208,000,000. ROBERT IREDELL, JR. Vain anb gancp lob printer, No. 603 HAMILTON STREET, ELEGAN • LATEbT STYLES Stamped Cheek., Cards, Circular., Paper H ooks Conn Batton. and By-Lann i School Catalogues, r 111 Loeclopee, Letter I ead• Bill. of Lad ng„ Way Bill., Taco and Shipping Card., Poster. of any Ire, etc., etc., Printed at Short Notice NO. 1. LEGENDS OF THE CROSS. When Adam was far advanced in years, and at the point of death, he sent his son to the angel Michael, who kept the gate of Paradise, to pray for the onset' mercy, so that he could be healed. The angel answered that it could not be until fiftyflvo hundred years, but he gave Seth a branch of the tree of which Adam had eaten, bidding him plant it on Mount Lebanon, and that when it bore the fruit, his father should be healed. Seth planted the branch on his father's grave: It took root and grew, and from it were made Aaron's rod, and Moses's staff, with which he struck the rock and sweetened the waters of Marsh. ' It also formed the pole on which the brazen ser pent was lifted up, and the ark of the testi mony. At last it came Into the hands of Solo mon, who used it in building his palace ; but it continually resisted the efforts of the builders to adjust it. Now it was too long, and then again too short. The builders, being angry, then threw it into a marsh, so that it might serve as a bridge. The Queen of Sheba would not walk upon it, but adored it, and told Solomon that upon itshould be suspended the man through whose death the kingdom should be destroyed. Solomon then had It_ buried deep in the ground, where afterward the Pool of Bethesda was dug, and from the virtues of I this tree healing properties were itnparted to the waters. Some say it was placed in the Temple by Solomon, and buried later. After it had been buried three hundred years it rose t surface of the water, and the Jews took it and made of it the cross of our Saviour. It is a widely spread tradition that the tree of the Pall was an ripple-tree ; so, of course, then, according to the legend, the cross would he of the same wood. One legend has it that the angel gave to Seth three pips like unto ap ple seeds, which would Seem to favor this idea. In another legend, these three seeds grew into a cedar, a cypress, and a pine.; but afti.r a while their branches touched, and their several natures were united In a single tree. Again, in another legend, the cross of the Saviour was made of four kinds of wood—the stem being of cedar, the cross-beans of cypress, the piece on which the feet Tested was of aim, and the piece which bore the superserip Con Sc as of olive. Another beautiful tradition Is that the cross was made of the wood of the aspen, and ever since that time the leaves have not ceased to quiver, as if mute Nature were more In sympa thy with her Maker than the cruel hands which nailed Him to the cross. Another reason, however, is assigned for the tremulous motion of the aspen. Once when our Saviour went through a wood of all the trees bowed down and adored him, but the proud aspen would not acknowledge him as her Lord and Master ; and so ever from that timershe has trembled, and must continue to do so. TnE good dame of a citizen of Cincinnati could not persuse to get her a patent clothes• dry. So she took the pole out from her old fashioned line the other evening, and crouch ing down behind the fence screamed "mur der." In an instant her startled lord came flying out of the house, was caught across the throat by the close-line ,and before he could re over himself it had nearly sawed his head eft The next morning a sombre looking in dividual, with his neck all done up in cloths and bandages, was seen putting up a patent clothes-dryer in that yard. Dm you hear of that chap who attended the sale of a hotel recently in a town in Ohio? Ile hadn't a cent in his pocket, but he stood up and bid boldly, " Twenty-eight thousand dol lars." It was knocked down to him ; and, when the question was asked: ",,Who is the purchaser?" this audacious scamp replied, "The Pennsylvania Railroad." Of course, he was not in person required to put up the money front an imperial buyer like that, whereby he was able, in the course of a cou ple of days, to sell the whole to another party for $85,000, and clear the clifferenco- GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP Alexis heard Parepa sing at Buffalo Satur day evening, and he rewarded her with , a Christmas present of a pair of gold bracelets. ItSidney E. Morse, formerly editor of the New York Observer, died last week. A gale at Buffalo Saturday evening„ the heaviest one for several years, did n good deal of damage. There are 32,69.3 licensed brewers in Great llritain,and their license fees amount to near ly $2,000,000. The Presbyterian Church, since the union of the Old and New Schools, now numbers 35 synods, 107 presbyteries,4,34o ministers, 4,010 churches, nud 455,378 members, representing a total aggregate of souls under its cam of over two millions, not counting half a million In the churches connected with the Southern A ssembly. Over fifteen inches of rain fell In California during Friday and Saturday last. Much of the country was submerged, and considerable damage was done. Alexis is going to visit . Chicago and look at the, ruins. Newfoundland is just now enjoying an era of great commercial prosperity. The captnre of the almost fabulous numberof 600,000 seals in the spring of this year, and a most success ful cod fishery, have been followed by the re appearance of mackerel on the coast after an absence of forty years. Money, too, seems to be abundant, the local banks having reduced . the rate of interest. In France, the manufacturing of matches sustains 25,000 workmen, and seven millions of francs are invested in the business. The Government proposes to tax it ; the manufac turers say if it does theconsumption of matches will fall off thrcc•fourths, and that 114 e naillicina of dollars' worth o f property will be renderid valueless, and over twenty thousand laborers thrown out of employment. Great Britain, it-is reported, intends with draw ing'allber troops, except a few artillery men, from garrison duly at Halifax during the spring. Reinforcements promised by Amadeus to the Spanish troops in Cuba have commenced to leave Madrid. A regiment of Chassetirs sailed on Wednesday, - Much excitement was produced among the inhabitants of the diamond fields on the re. ception of the intiligence that the treaty an nexing African territory to Great Britain hid been' finally concluded. Quotations fur United States bonds remain quiet and firm In the London market. Wed nesday the flve.twenty bonds of '62 closed at 18655, old, on 08078, 92-Land ten forties at Once more affairs at Sandringham are assum ing an unfavorable aspect. The convalesence of the Prince of Wales is being retarded by, a painful affection accompanied by feverishness. Regret and disappointment at his continued illness pervade the whole of England, and the non.realization of hopes that he would soon be better has cast a gloom over the feittlV- Ries of the Christmas season. The Queen has returned to the bedside of the sufferer. President Grant's father is impreving,and his physicians pronounce him out of danger. One Interesting point in the report of the Board of Indian Commissioners to the Presi dent is the statement that $1,000,000 has bean saved in the purchase of supplies and other vise relieving our frontier wards. ['LENTO TA =I
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