,
At
iev
64t ginga Dunip lgitator
~. p„,„;N„.10voi, Wednesday Morning, at $2,60 a
Va ir, invariably in advance, by
'COBB & y'AN,GELDER,
('ODD.)
x et ; x?...ei.n.:•.a
TPN LINES or :14,:•n0n, OR LtNn.; MARE ONE.AItE
\
i'iO - .oii l- 4"i's.l 111. , l.'lni. 41 i15..3 Mos. 6 Moe. 1 Year
..,.......,,- ---:• 1.-- --
1 ::7'.11,1: : 114:, i',1,00 $2,00 .4;2.0 $5,00 $7,00 $12,00
2 Squares.... 2,001 3,00 . 4,0‘) 8.00 12.00 1k5.00
1111 if C 01....... 10.00, 15,(Q,',17,001 22,00 311,20 f rf 0,01) ,
One Co I l 16,00 1 20 of, utyt.ari 40,00 1 •CO.OO l 90.00 i
os,.Tltialneas Cards luset'ted at the ante of Ono poi-1
lur a line per yela; hot 'none fol leas sum than $5,00. i
n&1,,..2 pedal uollees,Fitle4n Ceuta per line; Editorial
...e LocAl Notices, Twenty Centn per line. , 1
, .
1311SINES7 DIRECTORY.
IN. D. TERBE IL L& it, - 4, 0•
•
w 110 LE:IAIZ , ORtJllOl3,:f3, and dealers in
Wall Paper, Kerosene Laturi,' Wi»detv
Perfumery, Paints and Oils, ite.,
Corning, N. Y., .lan. 1. 18.1111.—ly:.
/lAA tti Ana
AT CORNEA' AND Do IN'OLOB , AC LAW
tuzotratice, Bounty and Poision Agency, Main
zitreot P.i.,-Jan.;l, 181311.
! J. F. WI LSO N. .I . 'II . NILCS.
WILSON & NiLES,
ATTORNEYS i COUNSEIAAIS .AT . I..AW,
t Fig et. Jour cruin the Avenue)—
`
Will attend to business entrusted to their cure
counties of Tioga and Potter.
Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1866.
D. ANGELL & CO.,
CTUR oCa r liOnolesale and Ite-
tail Dealer in Doors, Said], and Blinds, Also
Planing and Turning done to order.
Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa., Jan. 16. 1867-.ly.':,
GEORGE 'WAGNER,
TAILOR. Shop first dour north of L. A. Seart-.'s
Shoe Shop. jr../.l••Cntting, Fitting, and Repair
ing done promptly and well. i
Wellslioro, Pa., Jan. 1, 18613.-Iy.
- --- ---------- ------------
JOHN R. SHAIESPEARE,
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop over John It.
P,owcu's Stor
. 15.iff• Cutting, Fitting, and
Repairing don promptly and in best ,etyle.
(
Wetbboro, P.)... Jan. 1, 18t111—ly
4
JOHN I. MITCHELL.
GENT T pc f n oL o ti
r i , e s
, V e ic , c o t , i ( o n u e
r o s f
i b .r u o u: bounty, b o n o e l k ,e p r a n y:
(neut. Office with licholl and Mitchell, Wells
born, Pa.in:30,"66
WM, GIUMETSONI,t,
AI4KNEY AND OOUNSELOH. AT LAW,
Notary Publieand, Insurance Agent, BloF:•-
berg, Pa., over'Calilwell's Store.
[MAMIE. WALTON NIOUSE,
Gainos, Tietgoo. County, Pa.
VI.IOIILYEA & REXFORD, P i IIOPR . S. This is
a new hottil located within easy access of the
h,t dahing 41t1 hunting grounds North-,
or :I PatinsylVtnii. No 'pains will he spared
e.r the ,kepom'niodation of pleasure seekers and
:he travolingPpublie. [Jan. 1, 1866.]
PETROLEUM riOUSE,
WESCFI - ELI), PA., (tEURC.4O 'CLOSE, Prowl.
etor... A new Hotel conducted on the prince le
of live and let live, for the accommodation (4,1
!he public.—Nov. 14, 1868 —ly. 'I
frE _ RlitlN
ATTORNEYS COUNSELOR AT LAW, Lave,
renvoville, Tiogn Cu— Pa. lounty, Pension,
and 11..,".tira.trerr AgrAit, pr9Triptly
,attended ta. OlTrve 2d door below Ford'llonse
I?, 18613-1 v -
_ .
U. OLIVE .
DEALER in C1.0;:liS EhRY, SiLVEti
PLATE D WAR E, Speotrieh,e, Violin 1-- it ing•,
. , :1, belt!, Pa. 11. Vat• ltrr ~tr,l Jew
eparred. Eligta% lug gl.•nryin plain
Er,gl,-h aria German. 11;41,0'1i
FA Ft UTE
j . 3
V 1 Tlofl A CO IT ts: 1,7 1` A .
(;••.••I • I.ll,ditti, "al (ached,. v attentive lint.
ti..r attetobitieo.
!: FAIR, . . Propried.r.
Ilairdressiirg STlShaving.
vor Willcox A: Burlter" , , t... , turC',
bor., Particitinr attention paid to Lathe,'
11:iir•euttitig. Shotnprioitig, Drnids,
,114, 4.... or
der. -
if DORSEY. .1, .1011NSON
ME
it AGON, 51, 1).. lato nt the 2.1 Va, C avalry, attcr
„ forty }wore of annoy -.a n 1111 a lat,to
•At.rtcnott in ftel e :l owl practica,{la4 Opehei) uu
a t ., far Ma practirt., of melt. i:..4 and , lirgerY, ht :111
Porsons ti,fit it (li.t itiea ~;111 liut F ,„ •1
1.0 tioim: at tilt, PPlitisylv,4llTit Hot, I when .letmi..l---
1% any pair of tint t=tate to c,•lnalltation, of
,e, - t , , ng niVt•l Ilt lOWA I, Utjjo/) Ins" 1:, up
, :11.!y 2, I . I
EW PIC1'01:11 OALLERV.-
PRANK SPENCER.
has the pleasure t" inf.ntn tho citizens of
. Ting 3
e..tintv that he has completed his
NEW PIIOIOOItAPII tiALLERY,
awl is on hand to take all kiiols 111 Sun Pictures,
ttelt us kitibrutyptiS., Ferri.types, Vi 2.nut (1 es
, le Visite, the Suriirise and Eureka Ph•ture
p.,rtiettlar attettrion paid to copying hod 0131111 z
- instru - etions given in I the Art en
rvis.inalild tern s; Oet 1,
. ...
.I . ,'lrruN rIoN sgoLtumits.
Nv- . 1 1 ,, . , B.
(.`-:
1 111. RI T .
i l i i c , o I, ,, i i i , ,: i xi t i g l
c lo t) , t T n i n or
A l.; 71: , : n n n t e y .):
t,r •oHiors awl their friends thronglical all the
loyal Stator,) will prosoente arid eolleel with on
i IN ailed StICCCSR,
; OLDI,ERS' CLAIMS AND DUES
..f all kincLi. Mso, any other kind of claim
the government halite any of the
,rtnwnt. or in Congre9s. Torras moderato, All
...immuniaations sent to the above:J.ld' (IFS wiil re
...tivo prompt attention. .Inn. 17, IRfitl.
U. S. CLAIM AGENCY,
the Colic, not., of
',.Arnly and Navy Claims and renstu7.
'NM BOUNTY LAW I,:isca 3uly '2S, IF e.r,o‘vs
tWo ittia three you're soldit extla bounty. r.rtol
in your ,11,Imiges.
OFFICERS' EXTRA P.A Y.
Time Humid's' rxtrn pay proper to %ollotteet
ls I, wtrry in SOVVICC tilnry It 3, ISt.,;.
INCREASEIJ
i. 01 %O. ehave loNt ;I llnill and wLo have pi•lnr.l
1,, ,, 11) 'lllolBlly .liqal , llqi.
111 nmetit el;Artz.,
J ENO:111: 11. NILES.
U litl ul l l . Octnlwr O.
E. SAIITII, M. 1)
- :s• .1.?
PER:ikTES luccesslulls for Cataract. Stu,.
k_J (cross t ye) Beiner.l ol Tumors,
llaro Lip. Varico-e Voins, Club Fecl,
Particular otteloion paid t9, , li4cat•c; Rye
and General Surgt,ry.
Coristiltatihrl at ollice free.
itef,tl enro: given Po. operation- rdeenlly per
f.rm.:,l
Offiso hour' from 12 M. i , 3 P. \I.
flake at hi 4 rolleiice, Ma »stield, 'finga County,
Pa. )I , ireh 27! I=ll7-Iy,',
NORIVIAIV STRAIT,
i GENT f. .r N•iti"nril 4•C: , r1111 , 1:1r11 Srlind
lit)Ohq: pubtisile , l Itartied a 0,, 111. 1 : 111
.I,,ht, , et rp. 1•01 I• (%11111i . l .
a fall !..upply. An nil t. pr.tnutly filb i. CAI .11 or
• N. s IT..
(1 , ,0r.11, P...
C. B. KELLY,
A G t.r MARVIN A FIRE AND
1; I:11G A R PROOF s I:
Septoffiltel 1,1.7
J. G. ruTNA 111
1,1111, - LA.Txt t -
ill 1 I.lli EINE 1t• .I'r S. \‘711...1,
f•,
l':i:, Aug. 7. 15C7, I v,
Bounty and l'en.;iffil Age}lcy.
AVINfI , I1•IIIIiti 11,1 illr; lyi:111rd to
tht L.11116\ .111 u,. itl by Ito t
•!'• 1 1' 2‘, /SC''' and h 11 ing on in4nd -111 10 of all
y b 1,10,,. I 1/,11 , 1 I Si i• - NI/ I P . n .
.11101 oI IOV
in
, •01- I'4T at a liktaio, f 'lll rojiillainiento
elth n" . by Icttrr,nnd 11 , 1 r rernitillilic:“l”ll 4
h,
prt.nipt 101-cl , I , i it 11. 11. :-3!11'11.
- tr,11.1,01 1.,101 .;
1 .11, BROOK COA natien-ignea
hiring matte arrangement• to furnish Coll
Lv the TON or t` A B LOAD, coartte or line, soli,-
It. the patronage of the
ALSO—lens eon:4;111(ly 011 I ai I , n Ilrge theelt
et CARRIAGE BOLTS, at whole:Nile aid
. ; 1 ").:3 4 BLACKSMITIHNO i f nit
dew) in t h n he.ettniinnor. S NI, 0 BEE. •
Tiogn, Dee. 1, 113t2—tf.
(P. c: vex a tuvr.it
VOL. XIV.
JOSEP•If INUIJAM & SONS, two milta , oast
f Tioga County, Pa., are Ina
!Lilo
• manufacture) wool by the yard- or on
harod, am way be desired. They make
FLANNELS, : FULL CLOTHS, CASSI
and can promise I , s satitify eitAouier.. They 1)11
particular ritlant,ion to•
ROLL CARI)INU & CLOTIVDRESSING.
Twenty years experience in the buttinees war
rants 'them in expecting a generous patronage.
Ni shectily clothe made.
Dem field, June 12,.1867—tf.
WOW,D. atinOunco, to the citizens of Wellsbo
ro and surrounding Country, that ho has
opened a shop on the gorner of Water and Craf
ton streets, for the purpose of man u facturing all
ikinds of
V CABINET FURNITURE,
REPAIRING AND TURNING DONE
to order. COFFINS of•alI kinds furnished on
short nutlet,. All work done promptly and war
ranted. Wellshoro, Juno 27, 186 N,
- - - -
II If Gll Y.OUTNG,
Agent for the
EqUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
nY
THE U 1 TED ASTATES:
Insure your Life ut a HOSIIO Agency. -
Wel6boro,"April 17, 1867—tf.
CHERRY FLATTS, TIOGA CO. 1 ) A.,
OPERATES with Chlenfortu, Ether, and the
celebrated Spray Producer.
Juno 19, 1897-tini.
UNION HOTEL.
, ItNEli vATKI NS, PP.OPRIETOR.
LIA V (NU titted up u new lintel bniiiiing on the site
Of the 01,1 Unieen Hotel, lithe (11.stro3e,l by lire,
1 1011 ULM,' tends to t Levi% e HIM en te rb,j it guests. The
Unit.it Hotel too., Intend( .1 for n Tellipeintlre Home,
and the Proprietor believes it Coll Le ~.t.t, t ain,.l-Aithout
grog. Ati a ft..ntire liostl,u. in Att , uniatice
Well:bur°. Jim. 26,1867.
111 T 0 D , PR 0 rOR.
AVINO far a term of years the porrilar and
l‘t:11 tenon it 114 t.O 1-1.:t1111 b) A. M.
lltriett 1 am prepared to fitritimil the trovelinq
lorol pol.lie.tyitil the best steconmodations to La pt 0-
cured in the tonntr.ir. A a0,,,1 ItoNtler tulnaym in :it
tenrhitice. 'reams tot 111,1101/ to 11 , 11ilig parties.
ATTORNEY AND COUNt 4 ELO.L. Al- J LAW.
iltirin returned to tl is - eonnty_with a view of
• making it his . pertnanent roeidence, aolicitt,
it
altar° of public patiuouge. All buffinlesti en
- trOtod to his care will I.e attended to with
ppoinlitness bid fidelity. Office 2d door :..tuth
of li. S. Farr'.•l hotel. Tioga„ Tinga Co.; Pa
Sept 21;.'66
E. R. KIMBALL,
GROCERY AND RESTAURA.NT,
Ono door alwve iha Meat 'Market.
WEL LSBORO, PENN'A,
HISP 1"MTUti.1.1..)'..,0Juw0.11,,. 1.11 the trading
public Lint ho Ila, a 41,,lialito Fitram..."
curie (-owl - Q . 1.111g, S.ll;•art,
all that e9nAitntes a firrt
tire.terf in every style at all vea
Finable hotire.
Weli.br,T.., .I,i». 2, 1z , 67 -ti.
THE PLACE TO 'BUY I:111GS.
AT the I,:twietteeville ',tug tt here you
will !ilia et•cry bd , ,tiot.g
the Drug Trade
CHEAP, CHEAPER, (AMA PEST,
•
lta a the best qiiality for Cii:4l. A- o. Paints.
Oils,' VII r 1) khe. - , Lalops,..Fatney No ions. Violio
Strin L ts., Fishing Ta (.1. le,lWinilow (1 ass, - 3e. ' •
,Gish paid for Fla c : 4 ,-,11.
I C. I'. LEONA NI)
I.Awrenecrvillo, ; N lay S, CiG7.
7' 1 0 61 P , •
itins returned from the City r,ith it large
and iica;rable stock of goods ronsi,ting• of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES;
Yard< ce Notions, a every de-zeriplion, (Mass and
Plated Wale, Walt Paper, Paint& and Oils, Dye
Staffs, School Books, Droeeries, and finally ertmy
thing that is C er kept in a Drug and Notion
Store. I would filet, Pall the attention of tho
pnhlie to oar,,Stoek or 0 eRNA L une
qualed in Lilo whin world, and also that I tun
Agent for the ",Murton'' (fold Pea, and shall a 1—
ways keep a largo assortment.
Tioga, May S. Isg7-tr. B. 11. Boithp,,s;.
Glen's Falln Insurance Company,
-0-
Capital and Surplus $373,637,66.
FA ItM RISKS, °nit, taken.
No Premium Notes required.
It is LIBliliAL. It pu3s damk,-,es hy Light
nio4. whetlitr lire ensues or not.
It 'my , fur lire stock killed by Lightning, in
harn4 of in the
iiitos are lov:or titan ! Alms Companies of
equal rerpon , ibility. I. C. PRICE. Agent,
Forming,ton Ceiitre, iogit Cu,_Pa.
clay 29, IStl7—ly,
G/CA L. AND 111.ECHA NICA L
• .DENTIST
OFFICE; et hi.iesidunce en We'labor° street,
Tioga. where be inay be found from the 1.1
until the 12th, and (rota the Itith until the 25th
of each month. Will he in Illossburg, at the
United States 'tote', Irma the 13th mail the 18th,
and in Lawrenceville at ‘Sto.siin'm Hotel, from
the 2iith until the last day of enell
All (Terationsconnec red with the dental Pro=
fesrion, eliether surgical ur mechanical, will re
ceive especial attention.
Having an improvei liquid and apparatus for
Lenunittittg the lie is prepared to extract
(cob without pain, atul tit a ',taper' harmless to
the i .t aticat, %et f.tuptlactnof. ttrowAttess or
pati7ea, • , IPV.tti,.ll. Ethel or CWOl°-
1 . .1111 v. 111 he,:t4lll: . niztel ed it a'avi s ; : bi e nom.
Arhli+i.tl 'feetii of :1i Stu l: 111Certed ill 010
11.0t1
1`,,11 :sod
I'4 May 1. I:-G7
IMI=I
KNOX VILLE, Tir 00 A CO., PA
•
FACULTY:
ELIAS lIORTO/17, piincipal•
ADA W. 110ItTi Prcof.ptrok‹.
A•p.44,141t.
A'4AN DA DI: A RE, Totclwr .4. r%i11 , ••
CAL f:;,. DA IC FUR 1567
c< hi C0111111L•lit to , . S. pt ..',•I, t< l•
2.trii. ``pt 161 h, 1r r.B.
EXPLN -!. - PLR. 'I'F
1111,t11, • r . 1 ,1 11t11111,1
C•reuu, , n r:neli,li •
Its ICE tt4 I , I ...........
1.11);.:IVI,!,, r
11,sti e‘triL..
Vt.Lal
Itnu~iiig, ..............
11e/A
Itty;otl per vv.. k. ......, ........
I±ritot 11, 11167-ii.
PLATED WARE—Cake . baskets, curd haek—
eta, castors, sugar bowla, etc., at
BE CLOTHED
AIERI , I3, 601;'38KINS,
- f - ,
JO' IN SUlllt,
3. B. MERRICK, • _
S'UIIGE_ON DENTIST,
,TOWIVSEIVI:I HOUSE.
John W• Guernsey,
B. B. BORDEN,
GLEN';.;
J H. RANDALL,
U\ - lON
N(2.MEAII"
.
(\ '((J_ 1(1 tk 4
Grocery and Provision r_
'Store,
CORNING N. Y
_ICJ., 313 , .. Sl3Cal_s9
w - noLEsALE AND - RETAIL DEALER
in all lamb of •
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
Wines, liquors and
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC, GREEN &
CANNED FRUITS AND
WOOD & WILLOW WARE, CLASS &
CIIIEI&EN'S CARRIAGES, CABS &
PERAMBULATORS, TOYS, &c , &c.
A full and complete assortment of the above
mentioned goods of the hest quality always. on
band.
Particular attention paid to Fine Groceries.
Dealer Con:umers will rind it to their in
teregt In examine his Stock before buying.
Corning, N. Y.. ilihrch• 27, 18117..
SAYINGS' BA:\K.
GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE
OLD saying that a penny tared it a penny
earned, justifias GARDNER in naming his
establishment n Savings Bank. Economy is
Wealth, <aid some old chap whu'o name I have
forg, , ti.a; awl it is economy to trado where the
SLAUGHTER, •
el high prices i. being prosecuted with vigor and
without reprieve. t can sell Sugars, Teas, Me
lusr•es, Porlt. Flour,
Corn Meal,' COII . BOS,
Canned Fruits, and everything intended ,
for family UFD, giving the buyer the benefit
fall of the tioirkets, un advantage dui; ripyre :
elated I.y
INNOOI.;.YN TS'
%Ito prefer P./W.0.q.111 TO I'.l )1 ..no hun
dred per cent protirs to the lola r , tol PA Y/NG
twenty livo per eina. delivery of the
gout:. I :dial! olfor my Aoi Ii td good, at fair
priers
AND
EVERY SA TU RDA Y,
and 1111 up as lust as 1 Fell out,
L. A. GARDNER
Wells.boro, Juno 12, 1867.
NEW DRY GOODS STORE.
TOLES & BARKER,
1 - VAT,E have, just received our new and very
V largo block of
DRY GOODS,
SLIBETINOS, Sri IRTI NO S, PRINTS,
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES,
NGS. READY MADE CLO
TH ING, FIA VS CAPS,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
also a large and Ice!l selected clock oft 7-
CROCKERY, HARDWARE,, WOODEN
WARE, STONE WARE, KERO
SENE OIL. PAINTS & OILS,
SUGARS, TEAS, COFFEES,
SYRUPS, MOLASSES,
We are able to otter oor eusteiner3. the benefit
of the
LAST DECLINE OF. PRICE :I.'
in the .en• York Market, ftn , Stock -linving•hcen_
purchased Fln< r e the' groat decline in Hoods.
TIiLES S. BARKER
,
Weil•boro, July t •
4. 1.1. EASTIII/1.1%
iff i r-4"4. suftc,4(c..l L tf•• MEC:ILIA' I C;zll.,
D E NT I Wl'.
T s permanently located nt Wellshorb, Office
over J. It. Bowen's Store, whore he is pro
p.,red to exceilto oil work pertaining to his pro
fession with promptneis and in a superior man
nor:,
I,
Teeth' extracted without pain hy the use of
lately improved Spray Producer.- Chloroform
and Ether admid,istered when desired.. All work
warranted. Satalaction guaranteed or no char
gee.• July lSf7.
KNtSf3 tk, RILEY,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS,
;31 01)
h
•7 i 4)
4 00
10
I HI
Over WiAnn ct• Vora Valkeutury's• Store, in the
roared lately r.r.(npicil Ly Beaj., Seeley.
BOOTS AND 1-:110E..;LO rill kinds made to
order and in the lieM manner. .
ESE!
REPAIRING ot. nll kinds done promptly and
good. Gevo 11E 1 a call. _
JOHN HARKNESS,
WM.. RILEY.
JIM. 2, 1867 ly.
FOLEY'S
•
" Tiles ;4c41, . 41113 .crazO- I =it los
_~
MIMI
DRIED FRUITS,
• t-
E G- B LE,S,
CROCKERY WARE,
~OTHERTVISE - • -
GARDNER'S
THE
OF THE
EVERY MONDAY ;
EVER Y TUESDAY,
EVERY W EDNESDAY,
EVERY THURSDAY,
EVERY FRIDAY,
C,
(NO. 5, UN/ON BLOC K.)
StlCli Bk 3
ETC,. DTC., ETC.
=I
WELLSBORO, PA.,
Stiect -V,tatrg.
`''PRE COBBLE/03 EMOREIT
A waggish cobbler once in Rome,
Put forth a proclamation,
That he'd be willing to disclose,
For a duo consideration,
A secret which the cobbling world
Could ill afford to logic--
The way to make, in one short day,
‘ . A hundred pair of .9boee..
From everY 'qiturlCr, to the sight,
There ran a thousand fellows ;
`„Tanners, cobblers, blot men, slide men ;
. 'r• Jolly lcatUer sepere—
redblent of beer and smoke,
':;?And cobbler's wax and hides;
t.`", ,- Each fellow pays his thirty pence,
And calls it cheap besides.
;pence ! The cobbler enters,
And - casts around his oyes ;
Then curls his lip—the rogue !—then frowns,
And then looks wondrous wise.'
friends" he says, "'tie simple quite,
Tie plan Uit) propose :
And every one of you, I think,
Might learn it if you chose."
" A good sharp knife is all you
In carrying out my plan ;
So easy is it, none can fail,
Let him be child or man.
To make a hundred pair of shoes,
Just go back to your shops,
And take a hundred pair of boots
And cut off all the topii!"
Ntistellantfrus. •
OUT OF THE DEPTHS.
A very dreary place it was—a base
ment room in the rear of rt largo tene
ment house, its onewindow looking out
into a back yard where a dozen ragged,
unkept Children were playing—lrish,
German, American, and among the rest
one little negro boy, his black face
ashine with jollity. A dreary place;-
the room of which I have spoken, the
most undesirable iu the house, and
therefore the 'must priced. to one
corner stood a tumble-down bedstead,
in another a rickety - table, while one
side was occupied by a stove minus one
leg, its place being supplied by bricks
piled one upon another. Near the stove,
upon the shelf against the Avail, was a
meager assortment of ili!•hes, and under
neath these a still more meagre display
of cooking utensils ; while in the centre
of the room upon an old chair turned
down to serve as a bench, stood a tub
half full of clothes, over which a girl of
perhaps fourteen - years Was bending;
A-very ordinary looking girl you wo'd
have called her. And she Was. Nofat
all graceful or interesting l - 7 girls of that
age are not apt to be, even with the ad
vantages of dress and careful culture;
and Martha Reynolds possessing neith
er. Awkward and unformed, with a
dull complexion, hazel eyes and lustre
less' brown hair, which, :with: pipercare, would have been pretty.. 'Au ordi
nary looking-girl, lacking even the an
iination that ,Makes youth - attractive ;
cimpcnala drudge lay by say titg
water over the tire, gki n i its, linor p—
tob and washboard, told the story. She
was a sort of sub-laundress; that is one
whom Mrs. -Bridget Flynn, the Jitund
resslio lived in another part of the
employed to get up the plainest
of the clothes which she took in, reserv
ing, of course, a wide margin of profit
for herself. But this morning the plain
face wore an added shade of gsavi•t*, for
Mrs. Flynn had been taken suinly
and dangerously ill, and if she duct and
the customers took their work to other
places, what was to become of Mitrtha,
who feared, and not without reason,
that people would be unwilling to trust
their clothes to so, young and inexperi
enced a girl. The prospect looked dark
enough.
Beside the window, looking out with
longing eyes upon the noisy game go
ing on in the yard, stood asquare, chub
by little girl of six years—Martha's sis
,,ter, (Jertude, or' Gerty, as everybody
called her. An odd looking child, *fir
! rayed in a dress it world too ‘ wide for
her, the belt coming just under her
arms.' She had it round, rosy face, and
a vigorous pair of lungs,
if one might
judge from her shouts at some of the
•specimens of ground and lofty tumbling
executed by one of the boys outside.
Presently some one knocked at the
door. Chubby-face ran to open it. A
. young man stood on the threshold—tall,
',blue eyed and handsome enough for a
prince. A gentleman, evicrently for he
lifted his hat to time young girl in that
miserable room with as much courtesy
as if she had been the highest lady in
the land.
"This is Miss Martha Reynolds, I
believe."
Martha blushed in embarrassment.—
No - one had called her Miss Reynolds
before, and she was not accustomed to
meet persons of this grade in life.
" Nes, .sir; that is my name," she
said.
Mine is Belt. Mrs. Flynn sent me
to you. She is ill, and cannot do my
washing as usual ; but aloe tells me.that
you have worked for her a good deal;
so I come to see if you would not wash
for me.till she gets well."
' Martha hesitated.
• " I don't know whether I could suit
you, sir," with a, glance at his faultless
apparel. " I ain't used to doing up line
clothes." • .
"These are not fine," , he said, un
doing the neat parcel which he carried.
" Just plain things, you see. A.ly shirts
and collars are all clean—enough to last
me several weeks. You can do these,
can you not?"
The girl looked relieved, and as:,en
ted readily.
The young mall paused a moment, to
warm his hands before he 'drew on his
_gloves. He spe pleasantly to little
(lefty, who hadlrawn near him with
the trusting confidence of childhood;
asking her what her name was, and if
she was not almost large enough to go to school.
I'se big enough to go, but I ain't
gOt any good close. I knows all my A,
13, C's, though," replied the child.
"Do you ; that's fine," 'said the
young man. "who taught you ‘."'
" Marthtr Leached me."
" She's a good sistetWsn't she ?"
" Yes, sir, she's goirit. to buy me a
new dress some day. She scolds me
sometimes, hough," naively. • 21,
The interlocutor. had 'not expected
this answer. He glanced at Martha,
but she' as looking another way. He
could nT tell whether she had heard
Gerty's words or not. With a half
uttered apology, he rbse to go, giving
Martha:his address that she might know
where she might brink his clothes when
they were done.
''A week afterward he came again: to
pay. her for, her work. He 'was well ,
suited, he said kindly, in answer to her
inquiry, us he handed her the money ;
and threw Gerty into raptures by the
present of a, primer with gay pictures.
The child's delight 'ln her newly ac
quired treasure opened the way to a
little conversation with the elder sister.
e I
to
nu(
lie
er
Wrl
bee,
hid was a new phase of life to !the
yo ng law student, to Who* with his
ge tat hopeful nature, the glrPsrap . athy
s:. med something terribly strange and
u natural. What should he, reared in
aft:l:tepee an d surrounded from his cradle
with all that could refine and ennoble
—Oat could he,know of the hardening
aid deadening effects which .grief and
pgverty and drudgery and association
with such people as she, was forced to
coineln contact with, had wrought on
this girl.
liewondered'«'hat the future had in
sure for her. Ayliat possibilities there
might be in her nature which favorable
circumstances would have devel ed.
Re talked of many things in his p as
ant, attractive way—trying her. aw
tne•dark eyes - slowly_ brighten w' i in
tent, the dull face gradually aw ke to
animation. His experiment — ha suc
?,eeded.
Going home through'the gathering
gloom of the cold December evening to
a pleasant house where he, and his un
cle, and his cousin Grace boasrded, he
contrasted its brightness, and elegance
.and comfort, with the- signaler he had
just left 4 and the wel(ome awaiting
bin', with the dreary, friendless exis
tentle of Martha Reynolds ; and ponder
ingithese things he made a resolution.
Martha came regularly twice a week,
to receive and return:Mr. Belt's clothes.
Her emptoyer'had aNtays some pleas
ant remark,!or an inquiry after little
Gerty ; and the solitaiy girl learncql to
watch for his bright smile and kindly
greeting as the travcf& in a desert land
watches for
,he deep isles of verdure
in the wastes of sand. •
The soft earpel,s, the elegant piett r ires,
and costly furniture that adorned Mrs.
G.'s house;, the rich garments, and
graceful ways of Grace Edwards, whom
she often meets flirting tilrough halls
and doorways, all seemed like u vision'
of enchantment to Martha Reynolds.—
'Little by little she came tti be more
careful of her own personal appearance ; 1
to keep her hair • nicely arranged, her
clothes more neatly mended. She no-'
tired, too, I that the family at Mrs..
Grant's, and even the' mervanfii, used
very different language from:that which
she was accustomed to hear,amoncr the
people whodived in her neighborhood ;
audinsensibly, without bestowhig'any
especial thought upon the subject, she
glided,into 4 way or speaking and act
ing that augured well for Ia future im
provement. i Charles Belt was narrowly
observing these indications of a natural
good taste,and correct. principle which
he felt, sure foreshadowed, the
ci devi4,o,-
p mziflo oo . q.
t. guy OT ,v tne Martha
progented herself, as usual, at Mrs.
Grant's hottse. When she entered Air.
Belt's roonii he called her attention to
a package on his writing table, telling
her, laughingly, to open it, and see
what it contained.
She obeyed, wondering, and brought
to view little girl's dress„, cloak and
hood, all - Pi•ettily trimmed' to match,
awl a rof strong but pretty shots.
"Those are for Gerty," lie aid .
Her eyes sparkled,
" Thank you, sir, a thousand, thous
and times."' •
He smiled at her earnestness.
You aro very welcome, Mettle.—
were is something else;
a New Year's
gift for you," handing her a dainty vol
ume bound in blue and gold.
" A New Year's gift forme? For my
very own ?"
" Yes, fori you, you will accept of
it," lie said gently.
" You are fvery good, sir. No one was
ever so kind to me before," her lips
trembling ailittle, her face aglow. with
gratitude. I
- With an impulsive movement 'he
took the little brown hand in his, and
bending his proud head till the chest
nut curls touched her dark hair, he
kissed her once on the cheek—not pas
sionately,,as•the man kisses the woman
whose husband he hoped to be, but with
a grave, protecting tenderness, as he
would have earressed a sister whos6
golden head was lying under the dasi es
in a far otfehurch-yard.
Martha _Reynolds never forgot that!
caress, nor the man who had stretched
forth his hand to. help her out of the
slough of ilespair and degradation into
which she had been surely sinking.—
And years Afterward, when. Martha
Reynolds, by resolute effort had risen
slowly but surely to a proud position of
honor and usefulness, a small volume,
bound -in blue and gold, was one of her
most valued possessions and the name
i
uttered most fervently n her, petitions
to the throne of Grace was that of her
first and truest friend and benefactor,
Charles Belt. •
Their pathwin life lay far apart now.
He wad"' married to a famous beauty
whose praise was on every tongue in
the city where they resided. While
the girl who had been his latuntress,
was a well known authoress and the in
heritor of a fortune bequeathed 'to her
by a lady who had known 'and loved .
her.
It was Christmas time, and the hos
pital, ward was decked with!evergreens
in such profusion that the whoh3, place
had a fragrant, woody smell, like a for
est of pine or cedar. There were men
in that long row of hospital beds who
would never see another Christmas.—
Men gaunt of frame and giaastly of fea
ture, with sunken, bloodshot eyes and
lips parched with fever. Others slowly
approaching convalescence, to Whom
the faint, cheerful stir' of festivity re-:
called other Christmasses, kept with
old-fashioned merriment at northern
homesteads, with gifts and good wishes,
and dear home faces, and the visits of
that patron saint of childhood, Santa
Claus. It was pleasant to remember
them all, even if they never could come
again. And sometimes thinking Of
those old, happy days, the words traced
on the walls in letters of living, green
ery, seemed instinct with a new mean
ing—" Peace, on. earth—good will to
men. " •
It would s\trely come sonic. day. Not
a servile pet ee, gained by cowardice,
but a peace - I - born of victory—of the tri
umph of Right over the hosts of Wrong
and Error. t A pence that would endure
until the "heavens shall be rolled to
gether like a scroll, and the end of all
things earthly come." There were
many of these pallid heroes who bad
faith to believe it.
" Mißs Reynolds; Dr. Blair says, will
you please to Come into the next room
for a moment. He wishes Osseo you
particularly. " •
She , arose and walked slowly down
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(ITOBER 16, 1867.
f w questions put skillfully by the
[ .ryo barrister elicited the Informa
-1 that the father of the I,wo girls had
n a journeyman bricklayer, and met
death by falling from a building.—
ir mother being very poor, had
ved into this house'becausa the rents
e lower than elsewhere, and since
death they .had remained for tile
e reason . and the elders sister by
ling and scrubbing, and anything:
that she could get to do, managed
ep up the rent of the poor room
make a living, such as it wes,i for
elf and little Gerty. She bad tiey
tended , school much—could read,'
e and cipher a little—and had IMt
Inside of a church for three yeArs.
' much she told him, bit by bit, as
sked her—quietly; listlessly, as if
whole was quite a matter of course,
would in all probability be the
e to the end.
tkitki 1 4
the aisle—a lovely woman, with dark,
true, steadfast,eyes, dressed in somoft,
gray utherlitl, with ruffles of del!ute
lace at, her throat and wrist, and a sngle
diamond glittering on one white hand.
A lovely • woman, as I said, yeti' un
like the Ma •tha Reynolds of thosekarli
er-years ; t e awkward figure had gain
ed grace an fine outline ; .the dull com
plexion ha become clear; the thick,
l
dark, lus eriess hair was glossy and ,
beautiful low, while over all was the
quiet ease it
nd serene grace of ladyhood.
Very young she was fora hospital nurse,
'but Dr. Blair, a blunt, plain-spoken old
.man, was also an excellent judge of
character, and he had almost unlimited
confidence in her abilit . Whenever ,
he had a peculiarly ernes case - to attend
to, Miss Reynolds was al ays called up
on.
She was not surprised, therefore,
when the physician told her that a man
had Just been brought in stricken with
a contagious fever.
"He's a captain in One of the Ohio
regiments, I believe. Poor fellow !
I'm afraid it will go hard with him.—
He's been on duty down on the Yazoo
river. I shouldn't wonder if it proved
a " river of death " to him sure enough.
His .constitution is just about ruined—
in as bad a condition as it could be to re
sist any kind of disease. "
" I will take charge of him, " said
Miss Reynolds quietly. ,
"I hardly know whether to permit it
or not. If I trust' him to any one else,
it'll be all up with him. His chance of
life Is small, and nothing but the best
care can save him. But then it Will be
dangerous to you to nurse him, for the
fever is of a malignant type. "
"I am not afraid. Ido not take dis
eases readily.
The doctor's' face beamed on her ap
,lngly.
(` wish-yoki were a man, Miss Rey
nolds. You wbuld:inalte such a splen
did surgeon, " said the little physician
as\ he led the way to the apartment
Where his new patient waslying.
He had beenplaced in a room by him
t-elf that no one 'else might catch the in
fection. He was already delirious and
ravin ,, e'
°wildly—talking incoherently
about his wife and child. Miss Rey
nolds came near and laid her hand sot t
ly on the white forehead, which 'corru
gated with pain under her touch ; thu
blue eyes•met, her glance imploringly,
and 1w muttered hoarsly,
"1s i t t you, _Myra? ,o glad you
came, Marling No, it isn't you, either.
Why don't Myra come?"
Martha lleynold's face grew white.
"He here, and so .e vas death? Oh,
this is terrible. ''
She turned to her coipanion will,
such an altered expressiOn s , that he start
ed.
"Doctor, I know this ruari. He stood
l'Ay friend once, when 111 was poor, and
',had not, another friend in the world.—
4 i - ou must save him."
A Doctor Blair looked searchingly into
her eys. -
All that I can do shall be done 7 --for
your sake; he said.
She understood what was in his
thought.
" No, - no;- you mistake,- He is"ft mar
ried man. His wife lives in Chicago.
You will send a telegram to her at once,
will you not, .and let her know ?"
" Certainl ; - zeertainly—aud I beg your
pardon for making such a blunder. "
"It is granted. You will do your
rate, as you said, thonglPhe is only
my friend. "
" Yes, Miss Reynolds, p - will, " and
the surgeon, a fter giving seine necessary
direction, hurried away to send the tel
egram, as he had promised, apprising
MN. Belt of her husbands illness, and
frankly stating that although Captain
Belt was receiving the best care and at
tendance, it was very doubtful whether
he would survive. tie kept calling for
her constantly in his cl, r elirium. }`Would
she not come immediately andsee him?"
In the afternoon a reply was received,
stating that " Mrs. Belt was deeply
grieved and distrea§ed to hear of her
husband's illness, and would send a
faithful and experienced nurse to' take
care of him; but did not think iE best
to risk the danger, o reon tag ,by ,coni"-
in g herself. "
Miss Reynolds' Sam darkened as sh l
laid away the slip of paper containin g
this heartless message. This is the wo
man,Charles Belt had Married ----a belle
and a beauty, but thoroughly selfish.
r‘ If he had been my husband, I would
have waded through fire to reach him,"
said Martha, to herself, with a little dry
sob. " And his constant cry is for her
to come. Oh, woman, have you no
Heart." - ii
Doctor Blair, blunt and plain-spot:tin
sent Mrs. Belt a characteristic message
over his own signature:
"Doctor Blair has to request that - Ws.
Belt will send no nurses here. lie lias
nurses and attendants enough. if Mrs.
Belt's wifely affection ls not strong
enough to bring her to her husband 's side.
when he is in mortal pe •41, there orp
strangers in plenty whowill not :To
a fellow creature neglected." Mrs. Belt
called him "a brute,"
and
threw WS
message into the fire and remained at
home.
Days and nights dragged wearily by
while Miss Reynolds watched over her
charge. It was pitiful to seethe strong
man weak as an infant, to hear him
plead i 1 delirium for the presence of his
wife and child.
At length the crisis came. Doctor
Blair sat on one side of - the low bed and
Martha upon the other, - watching for
the first, faint sign of a change which
should decide the question of life or
death for him. Outside was the impen
etrable gloom of night. Within all was
silence saVe the breathing of those three.
There was a slight, very slight move
ment of the sleeper—the blue eyes un
closed and' looked up into thp face of
the man bending over him.
" Where am I, sir?" faintly.
" In the general hol,pital at You
have been very sick? and I am-the sur
geon, Doctor Wain" •
Miss peyboßls had been watching the•
surgeon's face while he spoke. She
knew its expression well—there was no
hope. •
" You may speak to him now, if you
wish," he whispered.
ShP came nearer,.and knelt down be
side the bed. Captain Belt knew her
instantly, and smiled.
"You here, dear friend?"
Yes." •
He tried to extend his hand, but was
too weak. She took the nerveless fin
gers through which the icy current of
death was already flowing, between her
own warm palms.
He looked round wistfully.
" Where are my wife and child, Mat
t
•
She aidher lace &Wei - against the
quilt.. She could not tell him.
" We' sent 'word to Mrs. Belt when
you were first brought here,---but the fe-'
ver vas contagious and she way afraid
te come 4"
"You must bd mistaken, sir."
" No. , I have the telegraphic dispatch
here."
"genii it to isie, plewJe."
The surgeon took a slip of paper from
the mantel and read the words Mrs. Belt
had sent. A grey shadow settled over
the young captain's face as he fistened.
Perhaps he realised more clearly than
he had ever done before, the perfect
heartlessness _of . the beautiful woman
he had married.- But he loved her, and
'_the blow was a fearful ono. Tho doctor
put a cordial to his lips, bitt he waned
it, awa.
"Tell me truly, doctor-I•am I not dy
ing ?"
"Captain, it would do ho good to de
ceive you. You cannot live till morn
ing."
"Phallic you for telling me."
An attendant put hfs head into the
room, and with a noiseless motion beck
oned the doctor Into the hall.
The physician went quietly and swift
ly away, awl Martha was left alone with .
with the dying man. •
He turned wistfully toward her—laid
his hand softly on her bowedmad.
" Mattie, if you had 'been ny wife,
you would not have left me to lie alone,
would y'du ?"
She did not answer. -
She could not.
She was suffering at that moment the
very bitterness. of death. . .
He was prl :
" You bliaved the danger that my wife
shrank from, and tended mo faithfnlly.
In all the world I know - of - no woman
so true as you, Mattie." -' ) .
She shook from head to foot.
"If I could only die in your stead,
Charles. I do not, care to live, now
_ ll
that a you must go."
lm -
He 1 t his arm tenderly about her.
"Is it 13( dear? I made a great mis
take, but in heaven all will come right.
Lift Inc up, so that I may kiss you be,,
fore I die, my one true.friensl.",
She drew his head to her breast—his
lips touched hers °new; they were grow
ingchill. •
" Kiss my baby for me:when 'you see
her. Good-bye, deat—good-.bye.
One sigh of icy breath upon her cheek,
one struggle, and all 'was over. The
soldier's warfare.waS'accom'plished.
The grass is springing green above his
head in the quiet cemetery where they
have laid him.. Thunder cannot wake
him—selfishness cannot wound or grief
disturb him. He has " entered through
the gates into the city"—that glorious
city of which it is written "There
shall be no 'night there, and they need
no candle, icither light of the sun, for
the Loll God giveth them light, tool
they shall - reign forever and ever."
And Mitrtha its still a hospital nurse,
still a follower in the footsteps cif the
Master, and like Him spends her' tii
in, going about doing good to the souh
and bodies of those who languish on
beds of suffering, far from their lovni
ones. And to her the welfare of ever
soldier is precious for the sake of oa t
who was once_ a soldier, but is now a
saint in Paradise.
Circe Turtle-Cay
r,everal islands, the smallest of which
are called Cays, lie just off the Florida
coast. This one of which I am about
to speak, lies off the north coast of the
large island of Abaco, which, being al:
mostuninhabitcd, is very slightly culti
vated. The smaller island of Green
Turtle Cay has been settled for, I sup
pose, about fifty years, and has a popu
lation of about a thousand. It is live
or six miles long, scarcely exceeds a_
mile in'Avidth at the wideSt, is densely'
wooded, has a tine natural harbor, pro
tected from all winds, and is itself de
fended to a considerable extent by reefs
of rock which stew the heavy seat, a,
they conic tumbling over the North A t
laffi ie. Sifttated iii nearly 26 et ` north
latitude, the island enjoys a very mod
winter climate, while its summer is op
pressively hot. With a little fresh Ideod
direct from England or America, a go,sl
deal might be made of the place and
neighborhood. There is abundance of
fish in the neighboring seas; and the
. iveather being almost always fine sad
the sea calm, the occupation of fishing
can be pursuedV all tiiues,df the tyear.
There are also hibsters. eraivifish, crabs,
and occasionally most delicious tut Ile.
There are no oysters.
Lobsters are found in )lenty along
the side of the inlets. A beat is rowed
along the mangrove-bushes which line
the margin of these sounds, as they are
called. (inc man is armed with a two
pronged spear; a water-glass is' used to
exandep the bottom of the sea ; and
when a lobster is seen, he is saluted
yith the prongs, and hauled on board.
When the tide is low, numbers arc
easily speared. Turtle is paughtk in a
similar manner, but withont the use of
the water-glass.
About fifty miles northwyist, there is
a splendid sponging-ground, and several
times 'a year boats proceed to this spot,
and return after a few Weeks, each boat
bringing perhaps from three hundred
to five hundred dozen , of sponges.
These are sent to Nassau, and sold to
the merchants, so that a considerable
sum of money is periodicidly divided
amongst the islanders, 'from a .source
which scarcely any -other part of the
world is in possession of. I have been
informed that Nassau receives thirty
thousand pounds a year front this trade.
The water-glass isabsol utely necessary
in collecting-sponges, which often grow
at a eonaderable depth. A bole from
ten to-twenty or thirty feet long; with
a double claw fastened to the end of it,
is let down to the root of the sponge,
'which is torn from the rock: The na
tives pretend this is Very hard ‘V'ork ;
probably, however, it )vould not com
pare with plowing or other of our agri
cultural opperations. /A bead ofsponges
of about a dozen or nitre may be bought
for three shillings on pie islandoeGreen
Turtle Cay.
In addition, however, to these sources
of livelihood the inhabitants can, all of
them if they like, grow oranges for the
New York market. A negro of my ac
quaintance told me that he occupied iii
this way a small spot 'of land of about
au acre or two, on which last summer,
with the help of his son, he grew three
thousand six hundred pineapples, lot
which he received thirty pounds. Thi
plot of ground is on the island of Abaci,.
the people usually call the:Mali,.
It is separated from the Cay by
LW() or three miles of delightfully cab_
and clear wliter.
Fruit is very cheap; one hundred
Limes were offered . me for a sixpence a
: . ew months ago. Pineapples are abun
dant, and the Hest in flavor I ever
tasted. The 1 neapples are plucked
before they are ite ripe, and shipped
:or New York, w ich" Port- they reach
in perhaps eight or ten days. There
they are immediately sold to a dealer,
who soon finds purchasers for them.
The oranges come later in the seasons ;
they are plucked green and ripen 'du
ring the voyage. ,
'There ari: two of three fruits on this
`island which I have , ;ot ,seen in other
part , s of the world : one of these is the
alligator pear, which is the. shape of an
English one, and grows on a small tree.
It is not much of a fruit, but is very
nice for breakfast in hot weather, when
it is eaten with pepper and salt. It I:;
One of those fruits for which one ac
quires a liking iu a short. time. At , 1 i
itmly in season in the sumiher.. The
i Isapodello is another which is not found
1 in any part of India that I am acquain
ted N 61.11. 'Phis is a very nice trim", and
resembles bread pudding, I it' is very
8w v'et.—Chant.lier'B .Tour, al.
A noted politician was revel itly caught
by a friend in the act of perming' tin.
Scriptures. Upon asking him what
iarticular portion of the good book he
had selected Tor; examination, he repli
ed. "I am reading the story about the
loaves and fishes.'
NO. 42.
JOBBING 1 EPARTIRENT.
The PropriotoYshav , stocked theostabLehment Pitt
a Isrgoassortmetztor t , odernstylen .
JOB AN a CARD TYPE
AND B ST PRESSES,
and aro In - span:a to xesnto ittoatly, and promptly
POSTEIIII,IIANDBIL 8, 0111CULARS, CAUDS,BILL
If .RADS IIEADS,STATEMENTA,
TOWNSIll? ORDERS, &c., &c
Deoilti, Mortgages, Lloasos, and a full astiortment of
Constables' null 'rustic, fl' flanks, constantly on band.
Pooplel I ving at a al: tancecandopend onhavingtheir
work dopepromptly, nd sont ',stain return mall .
ock,BocondFloor
r-oFetes—Royqbl
sh Patliainent
the Bri
Filament, like our Con
dof two Houses ; the.
or Upper House, and
r Lower Hpuso. The
sists of -peerswhohold
y
virtdo of .their bored-
By-eptitnons from the
virtue of their office
4 - being cleeted for life _
th, being. delegated for
Parliament—Scottish
'le number of members
ords of 1865, was 455
The British P I
ire. s, is coinpos;
Ofon B 0 I of 4orils I
the Commons, ( 1
„ 1 / I ) Per -1/ °°se co l
their-seatsi lst,
itary jrighti ; 2d
Crowit ;. 3d, 13 i
bishops ; •Ith,
Pecirs ;. " I
the (Wraith" of
peers. :The .Ivll
of the Ifoulie of
Le by prosy; but each
Id the prosy for ono fib-
House of Lords can
ny bills that effect the
;es of the peerage, and
snot permitted to make
n them. Peers can on-
House of Lords, anc
stitutes the court in
A peer :may • NI!
peer, can only h
sent peer. The
ah?no originate
rights or priyilef
the Cotiimons ar
any alterations i
ly be tried by th
this House eel
State are tried on im-
w Weill officers o
o House of Commons.
court of appeal from
peaclinieitt by tl
ft is also the las
inferior jurisdiction. ••
',The House of Commons; or Lower
House, consists of members chosen by
counties, cities, oro's and universities.
The members fr m counties, commonlY .
called Knights of the shire, mustpossess
f 4
a real estate 0600, 0r° , 52 4 000; and
members for- it es-or boroughi. of £3OO
or $l5OO a year._ The sons of peers and
meinbbrs for th 4niversities are not re
cluired to''prodi ee these qualiflc.ations.
Aliens, clergymen, judges, returning
officers in their respective! Jurisdictions,
officers of -- the excise, dik., those who
hold'pensions of -limited. urations, con
tractors with government, and some
. others exposed to external influence, are
`ineligible to Parliament.
The right of votingfor members of
Parliament is ,iven by the late reform.
act to lease ho
of land or tene
,ders iu counties; seized
tents worth ten pounds
enants, at will, farming
;e of fifty pounds ($260)
to holders of %fee-simple
ernents of the yearly
linings ($10.) In cities
, e right of voting is giv
,use-Itolden whose tone
an annual rent of ten
a year ($5O) to n
lauds at the rata
per year ;—and
Of lauds or tet
valmo of forty s
at (ltl,
en to i'e: , itleitt 11
menu. are wort"
pollnik, I '.• - • -- ii), ) Ii it the righu-of freemen
in the old con titueney ar-41.4)reserved
or the term of their uattiralliyes. The
an tidier of members of the Commpns
for 181.;1 was 685. The (duration of a
Parliament is U. wallyseven years . , yet
n
the time is diser .tioar3C-Iwith 'the soy ,
erign, who can ( issolve it at aux time.
he may dm
he per. A member of the
,_Commons may t e chosen- from any dis
trict ; that is he is not required tb - be a
U.
i.i_‘sident of the district which he 'repre
isenh. A member of Parliament re
ceives no ttompOtsution. The powers
of Parliament are politically omnip
tent within thel3 ritish empire. Itpos
sesse:, jur rn
isdition in ecclesiastical te
pond, civil, or n ilitary matters, and it
nip may'al ter m •change its own consti
tution.
The executivc government of Great
Britain anti
Ireland, is vested nothinal
ly in the Crowii but practically in the c
council of min LS .ers=th e Cabinet. The
Cabinet only continues so long as it eau
command t he confidence of Parliament,
and .particularl:• the House of Com
mons, and a vote of a " want of confi
dence pased hi the Commons, is an
vitaiioo to tho \ meinbers of
. Lhe cabi
net tendcr tbc reOgnation—a thing
d
th,. box al way: ore, 'optly do.
Tile member of the Cabinet who tills
the actuation of . - ;'irst of the Treas
nd combined with it sometimes
that of Chancellor of. the Exchequer, is
the chief of the ninistry, and therefore
of the Cal )i net . It is at his recommend
ation that his co leagues are appointed,
and he. dispen, , e: the patronage of the o .
C:uq'm.
14:11 voting .i."l done in
Vie!! VOCC - 201110thillg
ler of a town meeting ;
; tvor of a , inettsure draw
those all contrary 'to
'tire.candidates-ad
from
-
tlie,-hustings,and
rages, a . vote iy then
Iticthlate &Tiered elect-
TllO Avny in iv
England
after the man
Where those in
to the right, mit
the left: The re
ilres the people
solicit their su
taken :fill the c
so of Names
The Ab
, .
Niel:names will he used juSt - as long
as mankind exists, and jut as long as
those to whom they have applsed, hay,
marked peculiar tics of character orpt '-
son, who elicit t )1111S of endearment, ~ •
who Wive name, that may beshortend
with conveniet ee. Andrew will be
called "Andy" t s long as there are any
. l indrews to ..be .nicknamed; Jeremiah
"will be shone'ed into "Jerry," and
William into `f all," so long as there is
a Jeremiah or William hi existence.
But it does notl follow that these names
should become p
sin names, and
chrirtental by t
fathers. I ,
4A fashion that is about as absurd as
this would be, hits come into use oflate
in eertainleirele4, and the rising enera
tion willblush frr the follY of thkir pro
g,enitors N% hen they grow olt and
wiser.• It is not practised so ch in-\
the naming cif loys, but in respect-to
girls it has run o the extreme odf seitti-
MUM tal silliness.l I Thus girls, instead of_
- being baptized With such sensible old
fashioned name• as Matilda, Margaret,
Charlotte or Sat' ill, are christened `_.‘L'i'il
t
lie, " " Maggie, ",.. Lettie" or Sadie. "
Ellen dwindles into -" Ellie ;'" Susan,
shrinks into " Susie;" -Carrie is made
ridiculous by 'icing cut'do•Kn -- .to " Lin
nie ;',' Emma becomes insipid:in "Em
tithe ;" and, limit wretched of all,, the
'beautiful name of Mar ,f; is fritted - away
into " Mtnnie.' " • -;„,-,., • ..,
Th,,e nickuit nes would - kt) . all ;very
well if ht its,usc it was confined to tlie
h ti f, if v eih t he' I • t, it such ptimes are given
. 1 I t •1 il
pert n.t n en t
.% ' h•en ot, i t , and the furth
er N% ivitsand; on tilers of the land figure
in every; advertised list - of letters, and
in every school examination, as " Lid
le's, " " Sus4s " and "Sadies." Think
'or the wife and mother of:, the Father of
his Country christened by the name of
' Mamie , '" and " Marthie, ",and 'of the
toothier of-the future hero — turd states
man " GeOrgie"' The fliiit Napoleon
would have- re•_uained a 'bachelor for
ever, had his first wife been named "Jo
to," --and llp MlOLlid not, have troubled
an Archduchess of Austria to take the
place of the disiarded Empress, had she
",lbeen named "innic Lomse, " insendof ',plain and sensible Maria Louisa.
rrh i:.. Achtly .4ntitnentalisin is a out
as gOolish as the poetic lubrication of
bereaved fathers and mothers, wh in
, i.„ 11 „ an unappreciative world . that
“ dear Johnny "has has left them, a-that
1w skill Dr the p . hysiciatis was unavail-
Ing to save " filly " from 'the fatal cori
equen.Co:: of the eOre afflictions which
'ti • had borne so long. ' liitt misnaming
,t child sticks to hrini or her for ever;
old Mine the obituary nonsense which
4cconipanit-; the rdeord of death is soon
forgotteq, a sensible woman with a fool
! i , ii nickname has - an ever-present re
.minder of the silliness of her parents
and a mmt s •e of continual - annoyance to
. herself'. .
roper handles to honest
that boygi should be
nieknanbies of their
A l.,Jv leaving home ivas thus ad
dre,,sed by her little boy : " Alumina,
will you remember and buy rue a pen
oy• whisile, and let it be a religious one,
so t hut I can use• it on Sundays?"
Why ib wet weather more litemaot,
than dry: •Beeause it idonore door
able. • s'
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