11111.00 k TRiutr Publishers. V)L. RIFE Si! Bradford Republican I s Every hurmlay, AT CO RA •DA, PA., BY HOLC TRACY• 411.50 Per isenuat. ix .Idramee AdrerttaiNp ltates—x s cents a line ter first in,rtien, an i bye cents per line ((mall sub. e• vent Inc.!! t 131311 Reaclins notice adverib ten date vcr lino. V.Ebt lines cemstlttite - a 41111114; an., twelve ltnea an Web. Antltsoe's calyces $2.54). tdministrater's and Event: or'n o rifices 412 1 0 yot , ir advertising Ipre.oo per eeinmn. ee lisrvameale to pahlinhed. in the 1 Laey,.. .461.4 e and Nobler tneclCit the cornernt Main !! 111 .Y1 1, !•..0.re"W TEPr r 1-J F. • 'Ol1 4 tee* /4 0 .4 " 1 " 4. .h,e store ktii rie-shatfini is O . er ide ISO avertiaing it is anazi•eflUd . 11 I** im .I,llste del 1E F ITI)R.N Eir.a.47". I. A IV. ILEV ELAND (L'. J. (Newland ‘..J Ira MeGcmern),- 3 Pa, All bustnest w,tfl OW • t their,..ttrire Western Br c.ii,,ril will rweei respr.-2-ly Attoruey., 7 l ,74 d: Co. • : ^i . ' +llleu In Wood', np-)itair. , ?"1 6 :/sbrce .1:1. - ; Yier:-•-_ .• 'Art; = BE • 41.1.. T WFt I qrt ai, . L ` hull ) 0)791, iu rer.r ..r4 11,ffi nt, 1...+1.1ar yiONEY 1. S•tliett.r , V 1 a mai att. titian pal , l to, ottei , olie n. • irptiatt..• C mit anti t thot Ither • • If " (f. .41cP,..rson .tug I W j.,,,, ng .) itneo otouth si.le ‘fetreue, RI nt•k • f.b; .7 IrTILT,I • RI! weING ON. ( IS • .vV g.J Ingle an I E D- Buffington). ()Mee west side r - if Main street. two doors north of .irgns office. .%11 tattiness eti:rustorl to their care will rec .ive prompt attan :ton oct 26.77 - • TAMER AND .imrs W. CODDI t t. • ; &ne t , . ” Ingel , • srg itjAw. csi (ft ili - Mercur .tlc , vg„ 4yur l; T. Kir 111; es Drag :4tore. July :1 '30111" Ur BEN EY, .1, P. ,ttnrno•)a -Law. 0111 cc to L moatanye's Block, :lat. Street. Sept. .5, 'St-tr. TILIOSIPsoN. W. B and B A.. Attorneyii•st L Law, Towanda, Pa. .ffice In Mende Block. over e. T. Kirby's Drug store etiyanee on Main street first stairway north of Posi-ofriee. All toviinem , promptly attended to. -• Special atten tion eiv-n to, claims -against the United Stales or Bounties, Parents, etc, and tc •,tle„tioua and settlement of decedent's es'Atet. April 21. Is -- E.N. 1 1 . Y b.. Ttr. K . ,‘ ATTORNEY-A iiLLaiW. 13.1:icitor of Patents., Goverment claims 'at. tailed to. • •• [l6febs2 PK VSICA - N.:4 - AND SURGEONS. ToDN3tiS. T. 8.. M.D. Office over Dr. H. $J - Vortera's Drug Stare. fob 12,78; M EWTON, Drs. k. F. G. Oflice at Dwelling . 1 on Myer Street. corner Weston St. feb 12,77 Ali.D, C.K. M.D. odic, • ;at • dode above old Id bana.building, on Maio 'rtreet. l Special at tvntion given to &misses of two 'throat and 14ned. ju1y19,78 s. )91) was. S. . SL.D . Office and read- V Main 'tree., north co M.E.Chnrzb. Czatniner for , Peuston De ^trtmezt. ' • 'lb2'l 78 AiNE, E. D.. M.D. °nice Pine Bt.; ipposite Jail. _,'Office ;honrs"from 4 lo to 14 A.R. and •rom 2 to 4 P. K. Special .attention given 44 Diseases of the Eye, and Diseases of the Ear. oot 20.77 isoWNER. H 1... Honceorrraw PuTamen & Sunaton. tesidence and office met north — of Dr. •orbon's .ain trpot: Pll. ilrirELs nousE Wain et.. next corner south )t . Bridge street. ' , Jew house and new suruiturc throughout The proprietor has peith..r pains or expense in tusking his :Intel first-class and reipectfull , solicits a share )1 Public Patronage, Heals at all hours, Terms reasonable. Large Stable stitched star ti 77' ' WM- 4.15N1i1t. SECRET SOCIETIES. WtTKINN POST. NO. 68, 0. A. It'. Meet, .every Battirday evening. at Military Ilan. • GEO. V. IfirEß. Comwvakier. Kirre.nit. 44,4stang. feb 7, 79 1:;VS1' 1L LOI*E. NO. 67. Meets at K of P. flail ~ very Monday eveoing at 7:30. In 3;Henelita 13.00 per week. aver, • • ; , yea rig experiences. 111. ,fliE r ttS. Reporter. I 't F. teb 22 7N Lf Waif, - NO. i.ii. 1. 0. 0. F. Meet in 1.1.1 Follow a Rail every Monday evening even■ex iron.. Noble Grand. IWITSIS AND SIGN PAINTiMi _ _ pir F. E. No 3"/ Second street orders L will receive prompt attentlon June 12.7 e RDUCArioNAL A . ii.LEGIATF INSTITUTE • 6r SPRING /ERA wilt . begin alonday, April ;x-1 eatalogur or,other intdr iaattot, •,c or the Principal. E QUINLAN, A. M. Towanda. Pa. . 'ulylU.7h PLUMBER 'AM) GAB BITTER t l7 practice! Plumber 411 and Gas Fitter. Aber, of business in Met vt" !Hoek next door to Journal odic* opposite Otir Square. , Gas Fit g, Repair Iztraps of ail kinds. and all Masts of Gearing irkhOtly site:l4od to All wanting work In his ! - -"ileishouid give hini a call. July 27.77 INSURA NCB. , RUSSELL. 13 . 8. Genersl Insurance Agency. • TOWandi. Ps. Mee In Whltconib's Book • tore. 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N . c:::;..... I", f ' t , Tl:-;rt it I ...-, EIBEI zl,ll, 1 i =BEM - I'hat,4, Pol6l Carria.o Tritruitinks. Al io I (n 3 line igreot an , . H. -v . flardwa^e, and ± a. 1,41 line r =I Carriages; Platform and. Lum6tr Wagons, Marlr• by oit w thstkillta W , rklttett..lll4l.ltem- an'w•l In every 'tarp 'liar,: Troy, Apra:a-1y t , B A tili 1100K.'%.NUFACTUIZER BUGK BINDER, =I Alfred J. Purvis, TOWANDA, PA AU work in his line done well and promptly at lowest price. • Parties baring ft °lumen incomplete will be fur nished with any chisidng numbers at Coat price. All, orders {riven • to J. J. Scanlan. Agent for Bradford County. will tie promptly executed ac- Cording Xo directions. 7 • &rpm(' M. HENDELMAN .114,W E Ia still to be totiiid at the OLD.STAND Hrztzloor to Dr. H C. Porter's Drug Store FINE AMERICAN AND' SWISS JEWELRY. . . STERLING SILVER AND SPECTACLES & EYE GLASSES, FROiqUE OEIZAPEST TO THE BERT. ALL'VP ERY WHICH Lowßei'. PR I C EWILL C C 'AT THE Clocks, Watches and &wary promptly repaired < by an experienced and competent workman. M. HENIDELMAN,..7 septl&U WARRANTED I WARRANTED The best and eitenp- i mffee satMiaeflon or est Cough' Cure used..l money refundedr°:', Pelee - 24 and SO cents. • This positive Cough Cure, placed at the moderate o reach o f of 24 cents, within the , f all classes; and is guaranteed to produce the leslred resat'. where sum lenity thorough trial Is Ivan it, to prove ill MOM -1.3 merit., For Coughs. dda, and all diseases of m throat, Lungs, and bran-, ihisi tittles. it M nnparalell id—effecting cures where all (4ber remedies have failed. Physicians are constantly ordering consumptive tents to the Pine Woods; re have succeeded in bring 1g all the virtnee and vital rinciples of the "Fineries" the invalid at home- ao. , y have long tried to do, I the perfAet solubility of 4ar. and thereby its ready absorption into the system—by s much more rapid. MA general I po, wer then ; merely inhaling the all of the Nur. les. The ;Wined tan with other valuable vege table compounds produces Agnassos s Pool Msit's Corms Mu. which gives tiorplessing re. suit of a sure cure at a small price. • It is per. tectly safe to bi taken. as the cue may require-- I=U and frequent doses, being . most effectual In' allayturetbe rabies' - I irritability. SOLq• BY ALL "DE tIoSt'S - Try Dr t liawses Improved Mandrake Pull. They are made pleasant and effective. Price AS cents.-.Bld by,ell dealers • i. ,I, 1 . .. • .(., '"'` l i ' , li. N. NELSON li A"- - . DULL'S LS ~ q ''''' 111 - 0 " WATCHES, nil ' . 11 ocn4 CLO AND OK•S pu . TED l , th . --JicirELVA of irismt*.iiiti Spatula.. Sir iiirtif;u3 manias paid to repairing. gimp In Decker Votglit'sliroeNT MOM WS rtmii. To r a....b Pease. 4, 1 • . w-- -4._._-..:::,,::. , ;.:•.',. - .. , .: - . - ; . :',1.•;,'..--;:i. - ?..'`.'-;',::,. - -. , ',..... , , . ..,...... Ell NEW GOODS ! OP 818 OWN 4 j FWEI 1 it N.' ' 6 ioi ~ t i.' {~: k Vt. ER . . . . •A 1 , -,T,‘ • t• lip!! `_err ' I ' 1;1t.P.2 , • 111.%tisPif iEETy.N (4. E'..\l;l];-;. L'l; ‘. F BEARDSLEY & S PALD I NI; • . ' Hardware He PAllkii tti.;:ii .'44 No I.3IVQ•Ate-r440 , - , Rtruet, '113 1 11CA; N. Y. ~, i LII.V ~7 I R.E E 7 WITH A FULL LINE OF WATCHES. FINE PLATED WARE, CLOCKS • • Mafia cOrrntionexpres sion and - has a world of meitlifig,_ How much Mu. forint it _ summed Up in it The singular thing about it is ,that pain in the back is occasioned by so - many thingk, • May be caused by kidney- disease, lbw - com plaint, - consumption , t cold, 4ieumidismAyspepma 4 wer., work, nervoui &Si*, Sic. Whatever the'cause, don't neglect it. - Something is wrong : and needs prompt - attention. No medicine has yet -been discovered that will so quickly and surely cure such diseases as.. BROWN'S IRON Pumas, and it does this by commencing at the foundation, and mak ' ing the blood pure and rick FRI • 2' Logirspiik. Ind. Dee:), silo. For a long time I have been a sufferer, from' stomach and kidney disease. My appetite was very poor I. and the very small amount did eat disagreed' with me. I was annoyed - very much from non-retention of . . urine. l tried many remedies with • success, until- I used Brown's • - • Iron Bitter s. Since I used that tor stomach does not bother mie any. My apioetite is shisply immense. My kidney trouble is no more, and my ginerd is such. that I feel • like a new , , ne After the tae Or. Drown's Inn , ' Nam tor en* month, I have - g...i.sed twenty pounds in • weight. 0: It. Spacraar. e. Leading' phßsicianS and • . ciergymen.use and recom.. mend . - BRowiq s t 110 N. BIT- Tt.Rs.: It has cured othors sufferAng,as you are, and,it Will •cure you. -- • • • i• • • HALL'S VimgrAni.r: SICILIAN P#lii RENEWER is a scientific combination of some of the most povverfill restoril Live ageitts in the v.egemble kingdom.: It restores gray hair: to its original Ill.makes the 'scalp white and clean. - .lt cures dandru f f and humors, and falling-out of hair. .• It tarnishes the' nutritive principle . by which the hair is nourished and 'supported. It make§ the hair moist, and_ and glossy, and is unsurpassed as 4 hair dressing. It is the most economical preparation ever offered - to the public, as its effects remain a long time, Making only: an occasional application-necessary. It is recommended land used by eminent medical men. and officially endorsed by the State Assayer of . Itlassaehusetts. The popularity of IleneWer has increased with thd test of many rs, both in s this country and .in flrci...-n lands, - and it is lOW known and tistal in ail' thd civilized countries of the world - .. 1 1 l'or sale by all dealerZ. , .. or : : 114 Batter/ are the Purest and B Bit. - term llf (ler Mite. They are compounded , ;; ' H ' Malt, Baehr' ilandrake,and ' olion,— sold est, be'st. and most *al medicines in the worlkarul contain all' best and most curative properties of All er remedies, being: the greatest Blood Pu rifier, Liver Regulator, and Life and II ' th Restoring Agent on earth. No d' or ill health can possibly long exist where these Bitters are used, so :varied' and perfect are their operations. • • , i i 1 They give new life andv 1, tgor to the aged and infirm. To all- wheal employments cause irregularity of the bowies or urinary organs, or who require an Apetizer, Tonic and `mild Stimulant, Hop Bitters are in valuable, being highly curative, tonic rine stimulating, without intoxicatig. No matter what your feelings or syrup tomskare, what the elisease or ailment is, use Hop titters. Don't wait until you are sick, but if you only feel bad or , miserable,' use Hop Bitters at once., It may save your life. Hundreds have been saved by so doing. $5OO will be paid for a case they will not cure or lielp. Do not suffer ar let your friends suffer, but use urge-them to use Hop Bittein. R3member, Hop Bitters is no vile, drugg ed, drunken nostrum, but the Purest and Best Medicine ever 'made; the "Invalid's Friend and Hope," and no person or family should be without them. Try the Bitters to-day. * . Oct26ly: Nothing Short Of Unmistakable Benefits .Conferred upon tens of thousands of sufferers could originate and maintain the reputation which AYER'S SALSA. PARILLA enjoys. It is a compound of the best vegetable altemtives, with the iodides of PotasSium and Iron,:--all powerfld, blood-making, blood-cleansing and lifelustainhrg—and is the most zffectual of_ ,sill remedies for istreftr loos, mere' arid, or blood disorders. Uniformly snecessful and certain, it produces;rapid and complete cures of Serails, Sores, Boils, 'Humors, Pim ples,•Braptions, Skin Diseases and all disorders arising from Impurity of the blood. By its invigendang eflbcts it :always rellevei - and Often cures. Liver Complaints, Female i Weaknessa and -irregularities, and is. a potent renewer of waning vitality.. For purifying the blood it has no equal. It tones up the system,, restores and preserves the health, - and imparts vigor l andenergy. For forty years it has been In extensive use. and is to-day ildf most'avallabla in , •iiieine for the sufferifrv. sick.. For sale by all druggist's. Minted Far GEN. DODGE'S bras' new baakt en tided < Thirty-Three - Years ilmoize OUR WILD. INDIANSI vemarned the Atlihifil I NDIA Parma/ iltpuicate aux. ast''arg. Win sa sblilittrulactiew By Gen.tSherman. This aew work was at tam sabserlbell torliti i hesslata /Masa sat to °ablat e, awl by &IL. - - act*" Gea. Grad, Gee. Sleridta, Gra. Eartax}, sad dammadraf - bast Yea. Gee. Gam sayn—alt fi tims Oat back aft brio= ZO r e'er scridela.•` Baylor Wirer UtellodbW says D—"ltha brake imam. robe." It is the oat" whew , Ho seeowit of cur Indium em published; lnl their "law seetet drips, ambito. eas. It II typists with thrilling tapedeases of **author. and of far IN" lie ° l64 MOM* C 0 .41 0 7 60 MAIM Border - ete,vividly portnaing Lits la the Great Wed u'it 1 , 411141 dosstad larva Wl* Reel Zagrariati fro. - CligealCoLitharlikal risks la 16040,4h= Dhow • wallaby thett Goeseaawat comsat:Or Oil swat wort. Aggress This canoe* is sow sat4sninii others 110 to 1. So etwopetaitst, haws snip he too* orders ado. Vs treat DSO taws stwatatiii wise Dip _draw Thrisarysissi APsele Dna alma, Owe binge firs itinttalkjettiealsre owsfiva A las Aleaslawa ttlr antissoldlitin tat a 1 seat stow Meten that sYs pal% A.ELWIDOMUNGTON t OM, Ileasavaii•Dwallt .._...„....... ~.:---:,,,i,.w,!-sqß.,',f--;,::.:',---,?,•.,-"":--.6i,:.,''':,;.:7_,_::','.';7-';'.7,-1.'.,..',-,?:;;t:z.;''%4,,,:',;:....4.-`;';.::?1::':-.''''.--';'''''-'-'-': _N • ' TOWANDA- -BRADFORD - ,COUNTYPA4 _ FR UM _ ,I 1 -;:,.: EZE 4he WOODS OF TROOna` With tiff rings shining fair Of her rich head of bait. - With the beam hashing bine trona bet *Ye.' These heart.etrings Undo° Aire like Oros they twine When they fetter the Wan that mlti dim / . • Yet. it Fortune would give , That with her might live, Like the winds should 1 07 to my queen, For my fond heart abides - • Where the MUM...me resides. When) the tall woods at Troob tiounp Now then let Os depart, • • • O thou prize or my 'mart And In love's rosy bums we'll abide; There's a . murtnur of bees, • MA or waves and of trees, Where the toll woods of Troou mantle The apple is there, • And-the nuts Wastesldr, And the berry hangs Mt on the hafigh; -Then away love - With v• There is sward to the knee • Msder Troott's manner folio now. • - From us blossomy bower. :.. •.' 411.1 : 00 alillak/11.1.14 shed aeon • , Such imithllMisitistoo ' Whehr they 3'oll are ; tho woods-all toe wor.d •-' lks govr . the g. PEACEMAKER , Old :per Tren - tly • mt alone itthialibrity, me•chili 0 dasher evening. Zn fact, htrOras 20 :be and his solitary life, tliMigh of his owrkellosing, was fast changing , Mtn into a....lotiqty, morose man. All arnl4.l Lim were.evidenees of 'wealth: v 4 .1t "earl.-44, draperies statuary anq !ittit.titigg, and a lil wary of: wen bilatt i vt:;:clef.s, worth of t1;v:..1,, Vi'S a small ther, we; 'au n,c iuu said in 111..4rt. that OVell tle- , 5.• 'things U. .4. ---, . ' Ove- the I:,,entle hung if - portmit„ a hats& some. 'Loy ish Lice with frank, blue eyes Mid a -4ell-.i.ve, smilinenionth. Thei r poises of the heat betokened pride and self-will and the tainare 'thin looked very 'resolute, but the eyeg 'were kind'ind true, and these lent s charm to the whole ctinuteniMee. Old deeper looked 'tip at the handsome, i siLling face 'and sighed. He instal have the portrait hung there-iihere i e could see it every day, even though its original 'was i.anished from his sight forayer. And sometimes, when he felt the resent ment dyittl• out of hit heart and 'his , pride giving way to kinder feelings, he would turn away from the picture, lest in his softer mood,rthe tender lips and pleading 'eyes make bhp yield the forgiveness for which the luau 'was too proud, to ask. •• A young I uly, air," announced the- hut xr at, the door, and the old nun started from Lis reverie. Callti - were not frequent at trently Manor. • , see her here," he said 'shortly. -' She came in timidly, a small, slender " girl i a pretty, oval face, and dark, wistful ;4. Japer Treutly glanced her aver with a look of approval and motioned bet to seat. "lour face looks familiar," , he 10- , 'pi I do not reculleethsving seen you tore." - 6 .1 nu, 'llls Vinton," she answered; 'P•rey Vistau's daughter." .Thr, Ma . wan started from his seat:. "BT./ Vistou's 'daughter:" ho ex claimed. "Is it possible ? Well, yes, you base your father's features. What brings you here:" His mxuner was nut unkind, though he spoke ao bru , quely. . 4 1 have 'been an erphanfor a ;year," Hilda said,.and tier voice quiverid. "They both died in. Fiance, and I was thrown on my owu resources. Father never found the fortune he was expecting, you know.". "No, though . we both started together in life. lie was a dreamy luau, never meant for real work, though I remember his wild talk about the wealth he would have one day. Pow. fellow! so he's dead?" • He stared at the glowing coals with dreagry eyes; and shook his bald head sadly. feu List mood changed and , he leaned for in his chair with flushing face. "I tried to keep him steady," he said, ex citedly, "but it was no 114 e. He was like a rolling stone, here, there, and all over, and precious ' little mess he ever gathered. When he planned that foolildi expedition to Europe, I was thorcergliWiexed with him, but whet, .re married a pretty French singer the first year without a corn to live on, I washed my hands of him altogether." "She was a good wife," Hilda said, gentlY. Then, when the old man's _excitement had subsided, she continued: "Father Men. tioned the muirrel,s-but before he died he told me what staunch friends you used to be, and thrinh he hadn't heard from you ('_years, he had kept track of you and gave alp your , address. He told me if I was ever in trouble, to come to you, and hnwas sure you would help me. I did my best for awinle, but I was poor and unknown, and everything went' wrong, sir I made up my mind to take father's advice, and—" "And bere you are," interrupted Jaspe Trendy. " Poor Percy Well wtui good' fellow, after all, though no lion fir busineis." "1 haie been well educated," saiellilda, "and thought, with your influence, I might secure a good position as goieniess. lam willing to worlefiabl, sir." Jasper Trently surveyed her with lkindly favor. He admired her spirit; and her face, so lilts her tether's, despite - its foreign, eyes and complexion, awakened the derma* etfection for his old friend, • The.little amnia dock chimed tea; I .° "We'll talk it over to.tnorrow. .k tired, and doubtlessly need, red," lie:` and rang for the toulekeeper. - • They met again early the next morning. The old man told Hilda his purpose at once. • "3 need someone here; the place is lone. !y. If-you will stay, I will remunerate you well," he 'Raid. Hie first thought had been to otter_ here home there*thont duties or compensation, but he knewlbatiche was too 'proud -to Dept a depOlent position, and adroitly wcmle4 his *Toted. Wilda Vinton thanked him With tears of gratitno in her eyes. - " Are you gnre that you need me, sir?" `the sited. " I did not exprt this." • "Yee, :I need yoa.- There - is no one I Weald hither have - here than Navy Vinton's daughter." So Riga remained;at TrentliManor. The Aar went by. - Gradnally there came: a change - of eagls in the . lonely mansion. It lost its old gloominess; the silk cur tains were parted to admit the su fresh flowers from the oonsermtory •••• the empty - eases; ` the old.fasliamed piann i 1 68 uncovered, and its tones, clear and sweet as in the olden time,7 echoed, throu& the east rooms, when dainty fivers peen rd the yellow keis. Old Jasper grew cheerful and ip3l: the sunny . influence, - and lite -- ssininel briglderespeet to him. Bat he was sot !pile etstatt. ' ; lrddi found hint one day leaning oil .abi inn* mantle with hii eyes on the *SO' above: They-wore ill. elPrlNkle. *his facklookgd sad ad vs* th*e MP"' er - 4 4. vtr- - - - as ; :: • !3:,.; -•-" '.•••• - .-c , . imioViattimENT - OF - THE rot rio.PraPra.“ . . "Avhs;isti; seer id 44164, sot -—;' -. • : - ''coriscaktitiA PINE AIVS`, The old qma fgOwaill*lier;",*7 7 .'-. ' - --- r reepare L with wad= impale , --,,, ....-iq ' *- , - r- " flew Sae' Ilemo -13;11Hold B. 1141 Lase ' amid modtheZeirenme - "Mai Chad*: 407 1 :iitiPaews ; 4 ' ' -. he said, with • MnotioM . ..l. IT bare acre ' Obleary may be a goodund whclesomerriot, ape' kep Obinitti r***,: 7 lles#', - bnt'be :is-but it, is out of place ier a. cup" of coffee. seldom out of my Of Ik:4*i-used - to get ;. There is •no of of . one to- the 'other, along famously,lbut be a bit, and ;and no reason on earth Why they should be - telt-willed, and 'tintr daYtt:wer quarreled.' I joined except for the purposes of the seller. 3on't think eitheibfulone word we: Thosci . who tea 'Yon that they 'rather' ilk. mid then, but we'werslooth very misty; .i chicory in their coffee are not to be reasoned and the ad of it 'welt I' rated him frau with, any morkthan they who lola their my boat* forever' _ ` ~>i ,Me at my dant sour; like the economical Ekotclanan irovl, and Ilan 'last** bin ohm" "Tag los*d sirriiiked ' "its - s * iny so*V!* . iisswerid; thin with ssAiss bitbOslA7. - did wrong. I waSia ibesf"and bs Sip stubborn to yield. I b*AbbsiLtwould nes* torgivs ycnt - . , - -2 Hilda laid her band * ,Jo wino ' sai m . - / 113 / 001- 4r. 04 70-- 10 4 *to Tali iO ' l t ti4 4 .--eacioo4lo4 •44 O P i A l r i # ll4l. 4nill4 ll4ll *; 444 P4/# et . is thitvld thstineittteetkiist" r 'M 7~ 0 .Wi11," . eke Wipeited. ;was Inch_ 111) °7 th°24:7, know , ; arid_ he Lee "Pealed* " .1 - - ' 4 l " Ha*dri you know ?R I old Jaw. labs% fiercely. "He , will nein :repent, ; tell "He looks too kind and cm to harbqr , resentment long,",Atid --" Won't pp write to Win; air, and tech him ha may come back;?", . _ '• - He sbook his head slowly and bie features grdw 'lard and cold -again. - He Wee ffint. yield Atet Ter; telt hoped and at some fatale day be would - grant her re quest and send for his wiyward nepbew.4 - i Summer came - and passed. It was Otto. ber again, -but jasper Trentlydid net dread now We - Corning winter r:th its . bleak days and long, view, nights. - H(oewas lonel y: no longer; _ Kilda hesiime a consbtut companion, -brightening his lire with .t ier eneny presence, and * bilk away the hours thit were once so , tedious. Sitting - one evening at at,. the old plenty 'she .tetgaii the ilium!. of "Robin Adair 4 r r With the first notes old-. Jasper started up aid laid his band -on her shout. der. ; - ' "'Don't:dee:o," ho exclaimed, tremillous ly ; "that wits filw_ ays . Charlie's favorite. Don't sing it." itdda had never seen him aft moved; she thoUght itionld be a good opportunity to- Plaid for the fitment lad and began \ without delay, earnestly and . igtpealingly While_the oid.man listeriedand did not silence her. " Oh, sir, please forgive I know be is sorry. It gill be best for you. both. Won't you finglie him r "Bn!, I was right," persisted tbe old man. "Yell, I !mow, but be was so young and thoughtless. I don'l think be descries such seism punishment."; "Well, perhaps not." , "Then you' forgiVe him and take it all back ?" " Well, yes, - I'll forgive-him." , Old Jaspei spoke! relnetantly,• but ,Hilda knew that ho would!not retract his words. "And you will write, and tell him so?" she added. ' . A change came over ila old man's face; it grew , sad and thoihtfuL " Alas: I don't knelt, whet* he is now," he slammed ; "butl will try to And him:" Hilda rose from the piano and knelt at bis , . "Mr. Trently," she said, slowly, "I too must ask for. forgiveness; Would you grant it'wlien I tell you I have deceived you ?" "Deceived me? cannot understand." Briefly she related her story. "Before father died Ire met your nePbeis, Oharlie Trently. 'Father welcomed him at once for your sake, - and he visited •us very -often. Then when, was left alone I had 00 other friend, en-I turped to hhn, find— tad a few months later wewere married." I. She looked up timidly at old Jasper's Mace, but it was non:co nimittal and he twined a grim site*, , 4 .1 did it for Charlie & sake," she went on: "He was willing to return to you, brit he said it would be useless, so I cam e, and— ,. and—ob, Mr. Trently, can you - ever forgive me?" For a nioent the 'old man sat silent and motionless,/ then to her surprise, he bent - hisM her forehead. "Yon have_done,ixie great favor,. my dear," he said, gently, and thought of the pi4l years, lonely and profitless, before this youog girl simie. With those in mind he 40 not resent herl deception ; then, too, he lias torched by her devotion and pease. tharlie came a few days latei, and the old feud was forgotten. Doing the years that followed, it would be difficult to find a happier trio thin old duper Trently, of Trendy Manor, his nephew Charlie, and the:idol of both loyal bouts,- sweet, womanliZilds, the little peaceausk. NEW YORK4ADVANTAGES. A correspondent of the ProvidMce Btar has discovered that New York is like the society of .a beautiful and gifted wom a n, , it Bever palls. It is constantly bringing to the surface fresh incentive for man lo go forth and partake of the higheM enjoyments mod. ern art; science, , and letteeu afford. What though - he own not enough of its sail to plant his cansuprigh& if.-he will ho may daffy sit down atQfeasta :which-the gods might boiled to -shme. The studios open aChis ‘ tap at therkurr; the •private where the best emunples of modern Para peen *gent Ismg; are amiessible ; the tress, too tot! of theAtffee 'ea the shelves of the Astor and Lenox _are Motown. It he cannot travel there is the chth hems of the Muni. can Geographical ,Ekeikt*- in:Twenty-ninth street, whem he Mai meet ahem who carry about them adult - Longfellow calls the Aosonian air!' et those jest landed froM toreignahonut, snooping the life-imuseating mat de mer; Weed, with Judge..paly, the _President, for a deer"; he may visit every "square foot of terra Aram known to man, end tan onto:11'1041y mapped those which as yet earl only bilberry. Is he a lover, of peactical phllanthropy, the work ofu,ten who prefer to he - their own execuMes and fmsteff the joys of= heaven- byduteloPing the latent ' talent of youth, 'the halkt Of the Cooper - 16*mM will Make him acquainted With the naiad betefucter.of the age. On every hand is sicead the outcome of the highest atbdrinumt in engineering and an. PEZAT Isruotn—Ths nest Wad of Men - dose act lbw Womb Spanish channels. The &annul Mexico Ms hki was Benitti 'pees, who was it pro!, blended Inflien-4 finteccunort people, butlyrant =sti r tint leading orator , my the *sit Congresi; is $ pure :blooded Infilsoi 4tornero; the present Master .to %slap i ton, a stetesrunt. who:list *toe znonti fee his country, is an foam:o* Tnr4tto 14 4 stsush„ , I think, atop Win ' 5 ilt sist I one Weis true of - living inuiti : Mosiok D9 ll- Porfith ) ' to whom more i than to any Other igen Mexico ornate Mid main of civil war ina the wisbusbiiing of - a pmelat ails*, pornaWit , go6numat. THURSDAY; iEBRITARY 8, 1883. ht the story, or" their:oysters high, like George It Coffee has Foo,felloi mit it with anything else la to . deiWave the noble berry. The avaatear,.to be wife must buy his coffee - whole; taking awe that he has the true article; for ' theingenuity of wieked men has gone so far _as to ' fabricate , 1M tr4kni coffee tmnies.. thoie "who -affect 'to boreal contwinen ' ra toPYAlai, iNde,e) serf end years before they we it, egeheing bell . to MAO* La! ripen the hem; '1131!), next .l2.valtailliellatiOifi lihielio - F i f clini#44 - IthOact , the done st Janie - Dean Unfit ifinOlinaet. !od ids coffee wiih.iiiii own ithuitziana Italia; 'l'ln'an 'enichui fOr :the purpose," en Popetold • AAmthnot. Must that eneerelnis we I should like to,bnow, for, 'straw es. it may seem, antra - proof 'of = the gross ignorance which surrounds this part of the subject, there Is not now extant any simple coffee roasting apparatus such an the bachelor of moderate means and small' appliances can ;use with his own bands. There ow., several patent machines of elaborate ccmstricticaref which the best is a cylinderainc' hgoesionnd by clock work ; but their fade. is LEO, - they roast more than is necessary for one ran' use, and coffee to be good should be Iresici' roasted the day Bit; made. The Volatile ale.' meats in which'• so much of the - value .as well as the flavor of coffee resides speedily evaporate after they have once been developed ty the action oftre. The next step is: the grinding or rather pounding; for :coffee for • the dna evolution of,, its ethereal essences, should be braised into a more ors lase- fine , powder—not Cut, salt is in_ all the . grinding machines of commerce. The Eastern, who are the, best of coffee makers,- lay great stress on thiipoint." . They bruise their coffee with pestle and mortar, so as to preservethel oily. particles in greatest . perfection, and redUcer it to a fine powder. which is coOkfd in like Setv and ;wholly. consumed. last however, is . a detail which' the amateur need not follow unless his taste has been so Jar Quentalized as to - prefer the thick middy 'decoction of the East to the more - artificial product of tne West. The coffee . being ground. awl no more ground than is needed for immediate use, now conics the important process of making. The simplest way of making coffee is the beit, alwaYs bearing' in mind that the object is to secure the union of the coffee with the water at the eruct point of boiling, wither befoi'e nor after—a processwhich .lipmomentary and delicate, something between infusion' and 'decoction. There are two ways by which it can be accomplished. -The first is to pour the water oaths coffee, which is the more common practice; the other is .to throw the coffee into the water, which is far better and more 'simple.. All that is needed is a saucepan narrower at the top than at the bottom, with along:wooden handle. Into this Meas. are the exact quantity of"water required, the, proportion' of which to coffee is a nialter of taste. Setting the saucepan over a — biisk fire, land with your measure of coffee. ,ready to hand, watch for the laige bubbles - 40, ap. k. pear.' Then take the saucepan off and' in thicoffee, and with a shake or two put, it' back on the tire for a couple of seconds. Take it off and let it rest for two or three minutes before ponying .off into the cup or coffee pot. By this process, the nicety -of vihich depends upon catching the exact mo: ment of boiling, and in not overdoing the second time of boiling, you will have coffee in its fullest development of flavor and aroma. James Gazette. Bayard Taylor once came very near being cut off at the commencement of his career, by a serious piece of carelessness. 'lt was during_his first visit to Paris, and before he was quite as wen acquainted with the dan. gerous qualities of charcoal as, the Parisians are. He tells the incident as follows, in " Views Afoot :" One day, towards the end of Febinary; I was preparing my letters to send' home, s and had written until I was thoroughly chilled, when the idea of procuring a brazier of coals came into my head. On my applying to my landlady, shel at once furnished me with the article, for four son‘assuring me in reply to my question, that the coals were not made from charcoal but from wood. I fastened the door and windows tightly, in order to retain the heat, Owed the brazier . under the table, as my. feet, and resumed my letters. In about half an hour I became conscious of a heavy and painful sensation in the head, which I attributed =to my call kande and feet.- The feeling increased, un til a sharp spike driven through - my temples ..nuddl scarcely have given me greeter pain. The paper became thirred, so that I could no longer write; 'a dull. gray mist floated be fore my eyes; I dropped the pG: 7 and laid rnyiArad Upon the table. . "41Was fast losing censcionsness when my Mend, whohad been out, opened the door. MI at once noticed that the room Was filled with a stifling gas, and threw open. the Win . arose, staggered down stairs, and Went into the streets, bnt finding that I saw oath ing (fistinetly, and was constantly trai , the point of falling, I returned to 'my room and went to bed, where I lair two days before I tally recovered. . : ' _lf the snitides by &medal suffer in pro. Portion as I did, their deaths must be ter. rible. • DRIVOIO +III3,BLACK IitARIAS. "This is a mighty responsible job for a fellow to tadde, although there are,very few people who would in it. „Vi v i:ly, Very often I have a =On my einOe who is tul. der .15,000 bonds. Just ouppi#e he shOukl by some mearei'give me the dip. 41411 you a driver on one cif thost l Vans , has got to keep his hest eye Peeled, Orery mi fi nte, ; for even on the wharf a desperate fellow may give us leads of trouble. - "Not very kng ago' Iliad omaitin No. 5 and was taking him up,, hadn't gone .very far when I- heard a sound Of know I; snapping on the -inside. couldn't get out, 'cause the* iq , lined with iron on the inside c, but, on saw through " the little front window I saw thii!ehap, with an iron depict in his haud.'try' ics.bi -wrench *put the grating , thet gnarls the 'ventilator. ',He didn't sneeee&Wry well, arid I • was sat: Mid he •ootidn'k r reanalln• tore the whale 'Winne off, bat! ) save *gait* I simgyldrew this rowing', and looking- in it the window (Which is, in %id, merely ventilator about ten inches in dreamiest:we) I caned out : • - - t i Reno, there, diop thet ttuuei' about iluieliky said whoa the muzde ot , the number rooting- on the edipaof hole, wilted -at axe.. and kept vert.quiet afterw=l. 7 —N. P. Jeered SHUT UP WITH CHARCOAL. ME III'CLOOD IATID. :cone Hood. atitida dant siely miles hone the great?NAGA, maths orole dim, and about too headed nuke tip the Colombia River eel it, ie . navigated. liotuat Hood Owl; utterly alone. AM yet he is only: e brother, a bigger and taller bipther, of a wellliunily of seven enow-peake. - M any season ottho yea!, you - cau stand on almost Any little eininlice within two bundled miles of Mount MOod , and count seven snow r cones, clad ,fn I:eternal winter, piercing the clouds. Thin is no scene so sublime m this *llll the world: The Mountains of Ettrope are only hills in comparison. -Although some of them ire quite as high as thoeitif Oregon and . Wash. ftlaloliTenitory. yet.tltey, lie far inland, and are NO Set s on the top Of othez_bills that they lose Much of ibeir majesty. Those of. Ore gon start up stlddin and solibuy, and slew* one the sea, .as it :were. that while . -they a r e really 'not much higher' than the mountain prdu of the Alps ;, uay iseem to be theetl*ieelikb!ilb; An4:*telt the form - of Pineal&or-cones, they are mach more iinpOsinu and beautiful than those of eitheAsiaor s EuroPe. Mt that which adds :nose of all to the beiuty and aubliinity of , the mountain scenery of Mount Noocl and his envirofts it the marvelous cloud effeetii• that encompass hini. • . In the first place, you must understand that all.thia region hero is ono deuse black Rum of matchless and magnificent forests.. From the water's edge up to the snow line Anaber and cling the dark green fir, .pine, sonar, tainexeck, yew, and juniper. Some of the pines are heavy with great cones as lofig as your arms; some of the yew trees era scarlet with,•berries ; and now and then you seed burly juniper bending under a load of blue and , bitter .frnit. - And nearly all of these trees are Um:Wed in-garnients of . moss. This moss . trails and , swings lazily in the wind, and , sometimes droops to the' ength of a hundred feet. • In these great dark forests is a dense un dergrowth of .vine-iniple, hazel, mountain sish;twirsh ash, willow, and brier liushes. Tangled, in with all this is the rank and ever present and imperishable fern...'s Up and through' and over all dill darknesi • 3,1' forests; drift and, drag and lazily' , creep the most weird and won&rful clouds in all this World.• 'They ELII.II/0 - . in great caravans. Tkey.seem literally to be alive. i They rise with the- -morning sun, pre the countless millions of snow-white.gtp-e, swans, and Other water-fowl that frequent the rivers of Oregon, and slowly ascend the mountain sides, dragging themselves through and over the tops of the trees, lieading straight, for the sea, or' hovering about the mountain peaks; like, mighty white-winged birds, weary of flight and wanting to rest. Tiley are white as snow, thesis clouds of Oregon, fleecy, and rarely, if ever, •stil4 2oustanUy moving in contrast with the black foredo, these clouds are strangely snipathic to one who worships nature. 'is• • Of course, in the rainy season, which is nearly half the year here, these cloud effects are at sec At such times the *hole land in one vast raincloud, dark and dreary and full .of thunder. To see a snow-peak in all its ;sublimity; yon mast see it above.he clouds. lt is not necessary that;; yon should climb the peak to do this. but ascend some' Wag' hbOring bill and have the White donde creep up or 41146 the valley , thrcugh and over the black or. tat, between Yon and the r l entwy summit ilritinickithe blue home of stirs. .What 4órt Movement-) -- . -111iraculorus'J- llfe ! From "In Me Land of etiolate," by Joaquin Maki', is at. .likkokte. • , SIXTY YEARS IR THE SERVICE. 4 !moat Rasp!aye .Who Omee Carried Afoot the. News •f the Battle of New Orleans. ,At an early boar every morning in the year maybe seen at the radio' ad depot at Fettrteentb and Hain streets, in this city, a little old twin, wearing the postal uniform, limy with the mails. He is seventy-five ;Pars 01,1 and his name_. is Dr.. Charles C. Green, a local agent for the United States walk " Hoer Mug have yen been in the mail :errire ?" it, reporter asked Dr. Green. Since 1824, when I began cariyiug lhe mails between Maysville and Lexington, by the way of Winchester., Mt. Sterlitig,, Ow higsville, Sherburne's Mills, 'Hillsboro and Plemingsburg. I - carried the mails on horseback, making one trip weekly. • " But I may bo said to have been in the mail service before - 1824," continued Dr. Green. " I was eight years old when the battle of New Orleans occurred, is 1815. We had all heard that a battle_ had been :ought, but bad no particulars. On a ..cer rrin bright, clear morning, wnen the sure' covered the ground as far as the eyi could reach, we awaited the coming of the Mall carrier with his pack-horse. Before he amie in sight the stillness of the air was 'broke n by' cries of. 'Good news! good news , !' People were awaiting all along the Arad for the approach of the bearer of the news. There had been printed at the office of the old Lexington Gazette a number of slips of paper containing the details Of. the battle and the mail carrier was distributing these broadcast. I was. cornmissional by 'my father to carry a, iiimiber of these to the neighbors living j itrirmd. I bad never worn a pair of shoes then , and I trimpatalion" the neighborhood that day in . the enow„. , ,My tamsersrolled up to tbs. - twee, with never a thought of discomfort"--Ltruistak,Commer. CM' MARKETS. I have an idea that Philadelphians live better than New Yorkeis, at least that the sverage of living is better in your city, writes aim:respondent of the • Plnladelphia Mane:" , New Yorkers have got eo in the wail , of depeiding upon bet:Denis° ands other caterers that they do not take so much. pains to have their home cooking all that it thotild be. Of oonnie. there are any. number of people in New York who employ Trench cooks at very high prices, but among the general class of business people lase is thought : about - the home dinner than in Philadelphia. A New York lady very seldom goes to market, and there are very few Philadelphia lidies who do not'do their own marketing: Our markets as* so badly nit - tutted for ladies that it is no? wonder they dislilte to deal at them. No lady who has ever been th'Washington .Market on a wet day would ever want to go there aggidr Not :nay are the struts in ' a terribly muddy and sloppy ,Ccroditicm, but , the crowd of trucks and drays and boisterous drivers, _ and the inaction of the policemen, ars enough to yaks - them dread the ordeal; and then raj* are not arranged in nen a tempting Will they are in the Philadelpida mutes There inane thing that New Yorkers cannot tbe maker, and that, is butter. 'The art thing that one suselir in going inside Washington itarkst it mold bitter. rises over sway other cider. Now, in adelphis, it Is almost bowline to get bad butter. There erw . eki — siloitniao here who ,know that fa* and calrtfo4r batter the best Philadelphia snake; bat et does not • need a prectiesd not to:dissover thit it *myth* - - '1 ~ --, - . ,f,:., : ;:i..t5- , , ,' : ES WM= THE ALBATROSS. tie sPreads his trim:untie tams to the breeze lie cleaves the air, illoat on pinlOns arida; Le agues upon Magma sums the lonely seas, He sweeps aboveahe vast, uneasy thle. • For dart; tollethm: thrOttgli the irackless skies, Mauna, withont a quivet of his plumes,. . Without a moment's patute.tor rest, he Mes Through IhMaloir sunshine and thrOugh clout l / 1 glooms 4f -3 =- , • 4 • ' Down the green gult pet glides, or thiCOS tlr 611111. , Searching tor booty with an eager eye, hovering abaft wherethe long breakers comb O'er wrecks forlorn, that topple helplessly. lie loves the tempest ; he la glad to see The roaring gale to heaven the billows toes, ilhr strong to battle with the storm is be, The mystic bird, the wandering albatross 1 • —Cella Theater, in St. Nicholas. FACTS ABOUT 7115 OSTRICH. ‘ebeethiclLaimi e. Rates.,'lriess—Their Al* • ant itasualait The ea:calmer the land upon which .the bon is to bei'atablimbedinuat biciaGairith great Curt .--Tbeeetriek has tamed hinnedil very sensitive to the isorth wind of; it blows in Southern Africa, and it is hardly to lie, supposed . that the 'California zephyrs boil that point of the compass will have leis effect upon his nerves. The land should be level, for the ostrich is not adapted to hilly country and is, in. great danger of breaking his legs if forced' to travel up ,er down hill. The-land should be sandy and gravelly to p certain degree. • Gravel seems to tier.reedi eine for the ostrich, and a certain ..paim&pt for several of the few ills whick affect '.him daring the season of his , youth. Ile must also have plenty of water, though he cannot bear wet weather).. Against heat the bird is proof, and cold he can stand almost , as lien. Ostriches seldom die from sickness after they reach their secoud year, bid it some times Happens that they break a leg through accident in which caw they Must bp , killed. They are most easily frightened, especially braniMals. A dog or cat can 'creole much excitement among them. They will run ibont in their end:wires - in the wildest man• aer and injure themselves by jumping against the fences. In a natural slate a frightened flock of birds will always try to gain thedesert; They can run at the rate of thirty.flve miles an hoar, so that horses cannot keep up with them. Hunters m eta them fa days, and finally overtake them by ontwinaing them. oThe desert, however, is not timnatmel home 'bt the ostrich, al though the school children have been taught so• from time to time out of mind. On the' contrary, it prefers grazing coyuttry t and there it can be found whenever it. thinks itself wife from melestationhy. butters. It flies to the desert for protection only. The ostrich is seedily domestic tad and thrives salreU iii captivity actin the natural state. Ostrich farming 'was begun in 1865, at which time there were bat.eighty.eight tame birds ht the - Cape colonies. In 1866 We' first eggs were successfully hatched. • _Di; 1870 thB industry had taken firm root in -the districts of Natal the Cape; .and when the census was taken in 1875 it showed the existence of 22.247. tame ostriches. Thet the business is paying is shown by the fact that the 4 value of the export of feathers from' the Cape has grown from et 350,000 in" .1865 to $4500,000 in 1881. The ostrich lives to a. great age. ,J.Taturalists have placed the duration of his earthly career at.from twin. ty.five to thirty s•ectri, but Mr. Sketchley and Mr. Protheroe claim to know of os. triches which have lived in one family . over seventy years.',-The question has never yet been:settled, for no ostrich seems)* to have dig of old age at Cape Town. , Os tinch farming has also been attempted in Vieth America, in the Argentine Republic, with promising success. The le is also a tutu' in 'Texas, but from this no reports have yet been received. -Arrangements were perfected yesterday under which the •flouic which is to form the . nucleus of the California ostrich farm% to be exhibited at Woodward's Gardens during the next': two weeks. They are certainly a Bight worth seeing, for, aside from the giant. nom. the impor ted birds look wholly different from the article usually exhibited by travel. ling shows and cirouses.—Elan Franciece Okrimiett. BLOOD ON A BRIDAL DRESS. the Weibilas.Grara of a Griaiddlaace Who at Malay Sin by the Ulekery_Litig. Chatting a few - evenings since with a charming old lady of eighty yeare, and seated close beside her in a chinmey.cornei whose capacious fireplace was Wow with a hickory blaie, such as few of this generation have been. fortunate enough to witness and enjoy.' the =rent of social gossip and reminiscence flowed into the domain Of fashion. With 'a minuteness of detail which exhibited remarkable powers of memory, we were favored with a, clearly defined de. soription of the manners, customs and pre valent modes of dress of the days *" when she was young and ' to the manner born," threeecole years ego. -r ltninsing herself a moment., l ehe returned bearing upon her arm a eilkdreisa, once white, but now limp and yellowefi.bf the touch of time:. The dress deseriwi- deoriptbm : It , was narrowly gored on - ihe front and aide breadths, and quite short. In the back there was a large cluster of deep 'gathers. The waist line was relegated ahnosti to the arm-pits, and the 'fiery short bodice was Out out square'in the neck and edged willtl ride, old-fashioned lace. The waist Was laceid up the back with a at silk Gild. : The sleeves were long: and eke ii and finished With frills of WO at the wrist!. • ' ".This was ;Sy wedding dress," she said. "My father rode a distance of more than thirty mike an horseback to buy the silk of which it was made. Its cost represented my savings for more than four years in bat ter and cheese making. I cut and made: it with my own hands. My pattern was the *WI Ikea of our pastor's : idle, who the year before had 001116 er„'s young bride,, from the shores' of Massachusetts. Bay." Holding up one of the sleeves shitTeeq: 4 " Here is a stain upon the silk.. One of .y brideamaile, inadjuating my modest Home made bridal veil, pricked her finger with an intrusive pin, and from the tiny wound fell, single drOp. of blood, of which this blemish is the aign end token. To me it was but 'a trifle; to her it was a grievous mishap, which;; clouded her evening's happiness."—New York Evening Pea. . A OUCCEMSTUL uo.aremaxxic • broir..— Philadelphia has a co.oper . at ice' store with _ a present capital of $68,650 and real estate worth $20,000. It pm an annual dividend to its, shareholders Of six per cent and re. turn" quarterly to customers !mita four to nine per cent. on their purchases. The Eiag, er says that thuwbAe secret of aw l " . n co•operation is. io . start on a small .' and extend the business slowly. To Mien& he attribut* the success of the 'nature. ' It was beg= eight years ago by . sevesalwien who worked in a faCtory,. arid *Might iteroald be a goiid idea to cheapen ptoviskam by beging in lots aid then dirid. hig. They feinted a little society, and 'kept thele , stock inn roam of a inembelor rest. ‘ ) dence. Next they hired a "mill "shore,- and Atom that the bashwas ha" grown'to annual rah. sliMiatiniMigtooo-, ' . • ;_ I+.~ .= 1111 • - L .1; El NNE ; $1,40 'Tat, ft.laws I . 1 ETErs Or JUTEREPTe Tatereiiitag Weems Caslartl 111rimi'llfrio Them —Dallis, Tessa, is sad Jo be UM low ,f -- graveyard of mastodow. , • . —Disraeli said that notbirtg ii ot so impOrtanori to a young man as to be welf l. eritiebled by a rman. - - ' —lfoat of the llearalituttiam who au and: grating to this pountry are booked for Ilia. newts and Dakota. - —ln Euesid it costs iiil,Boo to obtain a foartamytoritatest. lu.tas United Stator It costs but $35 fors seroatoislaar pitted. —At an riuctioo solo of old wirmomeot mediCal sundies, at Fit. Louis, moue Othei things one moor , bought 17,308 pills for Mgt; beads., —A Cremation tanuteein Goths his turned into ashes dining the pas: tour: more than s hundred bodies. • ITTentvdre per eent. were sum: —A Cludtstrocm• family Who were quer. intined on imeouranta ease of enallpow fn the house, gwrothe -giordlumn • "gbes "WO likdatlY and gripped for NeMphis. old law in Midland ceudeamed Criminals to, be wholly deprived at salt at the severest punishment in that moist emus. try. = The effect was they were a prey tiign ternal parasites. =London fogs are dangerous as . well as disagreeable: l -Amording to official statistics fewer than 637 people, died in tba: week ending Dec. 1G from dimase s of the mg& TatorY organs "under the inthtame the almost continual fog." —.Meanburg Lake, ws • Lake Ust, Fla., a sheet of water of WM& forty acres, is be. ing drained by an tuaderground outlet. The, water rises agaioin • stream six miles from the lake. Another lake near by ran do in 1852, but has since filled np again.. —A Georgia couple waited over fonr_yeazi fora g9od opportunity to elope, and Nit as it came the girl's father took the young man'; • by the hand and said : "Speak up to her, Thomas ? I lamer she loyal you and ra be tickled to.death to have you. for s son•in. law?" , • —lt is cishrsethat thnlmrans are not a "perishing race " the increase of thisspeeisl population heing shoat 1,000 sontally. Not in 'Ming Aliska, the numbs/ of savages in the United states is .201,8aii. lints -all of them being distribotecl—snione • sisty4ight olienales• , —The New Orleans ice - maratfactining eitablishpents have a ptactice of freezing fish, flowers and other articles in blocks of it*, which are used in the windows - of res; tato:ants and make ,=very attractive signs. Flowers frozen in this way present the ap peaoince of a - beautifully decorated - crystal palace. —4_ paiiiin gaping dislocated his jaw.. A cirrAn restored the bona to the proper po.. sition and made his charge, which the man .thought too high and refused to pay. The surgeon changed the conversation and soon told his best story. The patient laughed so heartily that the .bone beam again dis placed and the surgeon reset it after receiv. big payment in advance. . - , —A Dakota farmer, living near Grand Forks, i diN hw.... tered =eke rising from one of his'straw':' He mounted the stack wilh a pik water, intending to 'fight the fitt f , The fainee, however, had maga ofis 44interice; and as ha reached the flip • di* - tha hier of (tam gave way afta precipitated.. hid into the burning crater, where his belly - 'was entirely consumed. - —Three German children, the oldest ten. _. alerted for their parente in-this country With next to nothing bat a little Tecitament gives' them by nn aunt, inside the cover of which Were written the names of the children and underneath the words, "Christ says, 'Whit, soever ye do to one of these little ones, ye have done it unto He.' " They came through safely from Prussia to Illinois. —A caqetwas lately decided by the Penn. 'eylvania Supreme Court,, bearing upon the responsibility of a railroad company in cue of injuryto a person riding-on a pair. A woman riding on a pass was badly scalded and otherwise injured by - a collision, sad the com,ny resisted her claim for damages on the. ground that one of the conditions expressed in the pass was'that the_ user as. sumed all risk of accident, without claims ftir damages on the corporation. The jury gave the woman 412,000 damages, ,and the case being appesilid, by the company, the Supreme Court aflirreed the decision, of the lower court in favor of the plaintiff. —The pOSsession of a revolver proved a great misfortune to a stranger temporarily abiding in St. Lewis. Although he was this owner of 320 acres of land in Ohio he be came pressed for ready, money rmdattemptol to MU his revolver to pest in the hotel where he was boarding. Apollo:email saw him with the weapon and arres tedldm. - Be ing unable impress the nurgistrate with the truth of hie story, and tieing linable to pay the fine imposed upon him, be was sent to the workhouse for three months. When re. leased he applied for, hitt pistol and a silver watch hat bad been taken-from him, and theyyrere giien to him. Hardly had he left the Cityliforibes Mike before he _was again arrested for earning doweled weapons and escaped a secondAmirisonment only by promising to leave the rity instanter. He will 'rover gO there .again.i. COFFI3I3. -"PguiPPIPPI.r -7 The coffee-berry grows wild in Ales&le. hie a beverage has been prepared from it troiii time immentosisL It we introdseed into Persia 873 A. D. and thence into Ara. his some six hundred yetis lath; where it was used mainly by students hi, keep them swill° nights. In 1821,'Burton writes, " The Take have a drink Called ceffee, as Mack as soot and as bitter, which they sip np as warm se they' can suffer, because they flzul by experience that that kind of drink so ,used, helpeth di- gestion and , prorooteth vivecity , of spirit& L 1 `-About 1650 it ws's introduced into Englead and France againit Much opposition. It will be seen that our' Pilgrim Fathers were unacquainted` with the drink, Probably no beverage is now mare extemdvely,psed. The essential principle of coffee feine, a poison capable of prodding paraly sis of the great nervous centres, lout mainly affecting the spinal cord. The - Mine is 'true of theine the essential principle -of tea. Such • dr ags are n o t necesearily harmful. Phosphorus is a violent poison ; bat it is • found in fish. . - Persons who drink coffee freely: eat km fool -- The Gehae, an African tribe, often, in their long wanderings, live solely on (*Eisend:Witter-4 bagful of coffee a day of the size 0f,418114H.ba11. -It is better adapt to the warm thin to the other climates. 'll.inty,- and an increas ing number : : at the North are injured by it," • while it is used much• more freely at the South with no harm. There are thantutde of people who ausertte.- - use tea and. coffee - without Injury wreazhe their Willed Outique. %ea Itulog is lens quantities they outy homed & the wry= form, lead Prepare the may foe Um turoadeof sit foram of tiervoueiliseessa - - , ..c - ' NO. 87 ~,
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