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Local 20 cents pet line. ,
' • MASONIC. -
osSi .t
LODDR, No. 817, A, Y. M., meets at their Hatt
over Dr. Roy's drug store, on Tuesday evening, on or
before the Full Moon, at 7 o'clock
MO& CRAPTRIt, No. 104,11. A. Si., meets nt the
Hail, on Thursday evening, on or belore 'are POP
Moon, at 7 olclocle P. Id.
7100 A COUNCIL, No. 31, It. & S. MASTBRS, meets at
tile Rail, on the third Friday of each calendar 1
month, at 7 o'clock P. M.
VAGAGIITON COMVANDERY, N 0.21, of KNIGHT: ,
VlNlPLAitiand the appendant orders, meets at the
ltall, on the first Friday of each calendar month, at
7 o'clock P. M..
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- BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
VILLIADI IH. satienuF,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
glitirance, Bounty and Pension Agency, Main
Street Wellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1868.
GARRXITSON,•
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR Ar LAW,
Notary Public and Insurance Agen i t, Moss
burg, Pa., over Caldwellts Store.
CIEO W. RIERRICk, I
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Office with W. 11. Smith, Esq., Main Street,
opposite Union Blook, Wellsboro, Pa.
July 15, 1868. ,
--- •
, %V.. D.:FERRELL t CO.,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Und dealers in
Wall Paper, Xoroserio' Lamps, Window Glitss,
Perfumery, Paisits'and Oils, &c.,
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1868.-Iy.
s. J. B. NILES.
. WILSON & NILES,
ATTORNEYS tic COUNSELORS AT LAW,
(First door from Bigoney's, on the Avenue)—
Will attend \to business entrusted to their care
in the counties of Tioga and Potter. •
Weltsboro, Jan. 1, 1865.
' JORN I. DIITCHELL
TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. AT LAW,
Wellshoro, Tioga Co., Pa.
Claim Agent, Notary Public, aid Insurance
Agent. Ile will attend promptly' o collebtiun of
Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty. As Notary
Public he takes acknowledgements of deeds, ad
ministers orths, and will act as Commissioner to
Lake testimony. W"Office over Roy's Drug Store,
adjoining Agitatof Office.—Oct. 30. 1367
John W.. paornsol7,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
(laving returned to this' county with a view of
making -, it his permanon residence, solicits a
• ,huge of public patronage. All business on
trastecl.te his care will bo attended to with
promptness and fidelity. Office 2d door south
of E. S. Farr's hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa.
sept.26:'6o.-tf.
JOHN \ Lt. SIIAILSIPEARE,
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop Over John R.
lioyren's Store.
_,. ! Tat- Cutting, Fitting, and
Repairing Mole promptly and in best style. ,
wellsboro, Pa., Jan.1,1868-1y
GEORGE WAGNER,
All.Oll. Shop first dobr north of L. A. Sears's
SitoeShop.fm.7-Cutting, Fitting, and Repair
tog done promptly and well.
P c a.., Jan. 1, 1868.-ly.
JOHN ETNER,
I'AILOII. AND CUTTER, has opened a shop -- %,
on Crafton street, rear of Sears & Derby's shoe
wherehe iS prepared to nianufacture gar-
u t eats to ordurln the most bulibt an tis I manner,
and with c/l,pa ch. • Particular attention paid
to Cutting andlkitting. March 28, 1868-1 y
Dr. C. E. Thompson.
f . IVELLB.DoIcutiGIt Pit t ) .
Will attend to Professional calls in the village,
at Wellsboro and elsewhere.
Mien and Be.:id ,- nce on State St. 2d doiir of
the right going East. [June. 24 4 ,1808.
I - IBACON, M.D., late of the 2d Pa. Cavalry, after
),J •
nearly fottr years of army service, Nvit.li a larga
N,erintick. In field and ho,pital practice. has opened an
.Ile tor the practiv• of medicine and surgery, in all
a. britches-. Persons from a distance can find goon
Permayliama Motel when desired.—
any part of the State in conaultation, orit,
l a. t g ical operation. No 4, Union Block, up
.; cc- 11'0146131u. M'ay 2,1886.—1 y.
Wm. B. Smith,
Ii.COXVIL LE, Pa. Pension, Bounty, and In
•ar.inee Agent. Comthunicalions sent to tbt
shore address will receive prompt attention.
• silos moderate. [jan 8, 1868-13.]
Thos. P•PTV"II
,'
• suk,VEYOR DRAFTSMAN.—Orders left at
room, Torrnitend note!, Wellsboro, wilt
I.tt with promPi attention.
J. 13. 1867.-tf.
_
JJ R. E. OLNEY )
DF: \LER if-CLOCKS k JEWELRY, SILVER
ILATED WARB, Spectacles iolin Strings,
So., Mansfield, Pa. %Vat •lies and Jew
.,
v neatly repaired. lyngravi • one in plain
Eul; Hill and GerreaP. .llsepto7.ly.
i • ..t •
hairdressing Sr. Shaving.
tP 4.,011 over Willcox & Barker's Store, Wells
•o,, Pat Particular attention paid to Ladies'
'l.lr-cuffing, Shampooing, Dyciug, etc. Braids,
coils, and siviehes on band and made to or
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li. W. DORSEY:. J. JOUNSON.
J. G. PUTNAM,
"ILL WRIGHT--Agont for all the best
ITRBINE WATER IVIIEELS. Also
•.yart's Oscillating Movement for Gang and
Saws.
Pa., Aug. 7, 1868, ly.
C. L. WILCOX
•
DRY (10011 S of all kinds, Hardware
lake° Notions. Our assortment is large
~rieoa low. St re re in Union Block. Cal
atleinan.—in 20 1868-ly.
PETROLEUM ROUSE,
~. I. I .IELD. PA., GEORGE CLOSE, Propri
. new lOW] contlumed.on the PrinCiple
~.o .and lot live, for the accommodation of
:Io• public,—Nov, 14, 1866.-Iy,
FARR'S HOTEL,
,(, it A, TIOGA C 0 U__N T Y, P A ~
•
1.11 4l:Oiltive 110 S.
tkr .tys in attendance.
1.: S. FARR, . . . . Proprietor.
- LULL'S ROTEL,
i•ILLD Borough, 'Logo. Cu. Pa., E. G.
i!" , l'ro.prictor. A new- and commodious
0,.; with all the niodern lurprbiewents.
tr Limy drives of thebost bunting unid nab-,
grow:Malin Northern Venn'a. Conveyances
Terms moderate.
o. 5, 1863-Iy.
/. ' , : r wALIrox 4!4 Jtic,
wiog 4 Comity, Pa.
EIIMILYEA, Pitoi.'a. This; is
' . .• , tel located u easy access of the
ilipg and finnting grounds tit North.
tavivaniA. No pains will be spare,;'
: r 1,, , ....•oininoilatiou of pleltsure "ockers ant"!
N---r a clin g public. [Jan. 1, 1.868.]
Iltmor and Pension. ,Ageifey.
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.1 ,%01 to. 1471 tpppl)ed
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BOOT A.NID 'SHOE IVIAK ERS.
()'' Ir./ 4 " ft . Van Valkelibtrr 9 ': Store.. is Ihr
I " , dy , Icr•upiell by Ilf•Pj Seel , y ,
•
SHOES or, all kiwis toMle to
B .-.1..r ind in the beet antnner.
[NG of all landtz . done promptly and
- Iv- a call.
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AND
BLANK: . 11A.NU1 ACIVItI",
a Baldwin Street,
(SIGN OF TIIE,,DIG BOOK, 2D F'l.oolto
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Goon AS 'MN BEST,C#AI' AS TRU CHEAPEST.
BEZLNK. 1300 KS
Of ovary description, in all styles of Binding,
.nd us low, for quality of Stock, as any Binder)
u the' State. ': Velurito4 :of every description
Bound in the host manner and in any style ar•
erect.
ALL KINDS OF"0ILT .
Executed in the beat maniibi. 01 . 113,0 its re
ound and made good as 'tie*.
EAG,L,qa,c,es4, 2zi.z47
co if P ; I:li it 4 iv trlt t
I am prepared to furnish back numbers of all
Reviews or Magazines published in United
States or Groat ' britain, at a low price.
BLANK 2.90 K & OTUER PAPER,
Ofall sizes and qualities, on band, ruled or plain
BILL HEAD PAPER,
Of afy quality or size, on hand and cut up ready:
for printing. Also, - DI-4D PAPER, and CARL),
HOARD of all colors ana - qoality, in boardsor
cut to any size.
STATIONERY, 7,
Cap, Letter, Note Paper, Envelopes,
Pens, Pencils, ike.
, I
I am solo agent: for
rof. SHEPARD'S NON-CORROSIVE STEEL
PENS, OF VAICIOIIE SIZES, FOR LADIES
AND 0 1'.11'1..E.1.1E.„N,
L yme), I w:4 wi - inintiqual to - G:old .I),eii . !.!,_: The
est In use and no mistake.
.1 The above stuck I will sell at the Lowest Rates
• 1
PU t. 411
t D. 93, .Itt a smalladvance ort New York
rices, and th'quantities to suit purchasers. , All
Work and stock warranted as mprcsented.
I:kI respectfully solicit a share of public patron
ge. Orders by mail promptly attended to.—
Address, LOUIS KIES,
: • • ' . • i . i , A clvntliiiailgihtine, f',
Sept. 28, 1867. - ,-1Y:. • ••• . anirnill:•Y.,
1. - 7
UNION- HOTEL, -
LINER, \V`A'YKANS, PROPRIATQR.:' ~
. .
AWING fitted up a new hotel huilding on the site
I of the old Union lintel, lately destroycal by lire,
in new ready to receive and Crite - rtain guests. The
ion Hotel was intended for a Temperance House,
d the Proprietor believes it can ho bllattilllCil withg/111
: Og. Atrattotttive hostler in attendance. ~. '
Vellsboro.Surie":2o,lBG7.
E. *R. KnitALL,
1 * OCERY AND RESTAURANT,
One door above the Meat Market,
\V ELLSBOI2,O,
,PENN'A.,
RESPECTFULLY announces to the trading
public" that he has a deArable stuck of tittl
e rtes, comprising, Teas, Call'ees, bpieus, 'agars,
iolussee, SyruPs, and all that con , ditates a tirpt
ci stuck. qsters in every style dt all sea.
B.riable !mum
Wellsboro, Jan. 2, ittn-tf.
3Elaatt ite, '....it (De: , o#l. I
~
\ treat Excite.meut I .lohtlion Impeached,(( at II Etn
hr •e's Ileooti ~,,,d blteets triumphant! The ub critics .
w, old ~ .ty to the people of ‘WL•st field 111111 vlolni y that
111. Is nut nutacturing it l'att cut 11(11/t o blob he believes to
possess the following adveutage over all, others; Ist
th ire to no crituplug ; 2•1. no wilful:ling, sav - ett s they breat;
40 the feet; 3,1, no ripping.l ln,oltort, they are Just
the thing for everybody. liamples on hand and order,-
co lofted. Sole right of %Valli lion! -iow.ouli Ip end.,Boro'
.netteed._ 11...t0n. 0.1;‘,...p.,..t.m....d.p....1 a 4ntelidltt,act .- , -t-•
'amoral pattorn4latest siylett. Come offer. come tall,
Mt aro hound tOselt cheap fur Gash or ready pay, :Thep
m ) dour south of Sanders itColegro've.
Ve.ttleld :biro', rot,. 13 isus,, J. R. ESLIIREI: .
WALE= & LATZIRCP.
IMALEIIB IN
ARMY ARE, 1)101;1, STEEL, , NAILS,
TOVES, TL[V- WARE,
TOTH, Si S,, CUTLERY,
WATER 'LIME, -
, AGRICULTHRAL INIPLEMENT;
Carriage and Harness Trimmings,
HARNESSES, SADIAES,
Corning, N. Y., Jail. 2, 180-Iy.
EAR YE! HP,ARY E l HEAR Y E
1
BARE RLS, Fllll' I NS, CHURNS,
BUTTER ' ÜBS, &c.,
Kept constantly on hand, apt' furnished to or
ii
.er ) -by
W. T. MATHE
•it his now store, 2d door abovo koy'
%Vellchoro. (Juno
Scales! Scales ! Scales !
IPHE Buffalo Platform Scales, all ordinary
!".. sizes, for heavy, and counter, use, may
found at the Hardware -Store of Wm. Roberts,
Wellsboro. Tlmstracaleti are the Falrbankis pat
,
ant and have no snperior anywhere. They are
[nadain the best style and have taken the voila
am at all the groat exhibitions.
I have the solo agency for these Scales In this
region. WILLIAM ROBERTS.
Wellshoro, Feb. 12, HUTS!
PACIFIC HOTEL
170, 172, 174, d 176 GREENWICH Sr.,
.11retv
TUNDERSIGNED takes pleas
ure i n announcing to ills numerous friend:
And patrons that from this date, the charge of
the Pacific will be $2,.50 per day.
Being sole Proprietor of this llouse,andtbere
fore free from the too common exaction of au
itiordinate rent, he is fully able to meet the
downward tendetcypf takes without any falling
off of service. ,
It will now, as heretofore, he his aim to main
tain undiminished the favorablo , ,reputation of
the Pacific, which it heisCnjbied for many years,
as one of the be of travelers . hotalg.
The table vsill Fa-hountitully supplied with
every delicacy of the
The attendance will be felind efficient and
obliging. . •
The location will bo found convenient for
those whose business calls them in the lower
part of the city, being one door north of Cort- i (
land Street, a:..1 tioa block west of Broadway.
and of ready access to all Rail Road nod Steam.
boat Lines.
Dec. 2,1868-6 in .1011 N PATTEN
New Tobacco Store !
MEE buti.i , crilier Ova up the rooinz
I . joining D. P. Robert,' Tin and Sroi3O Sioie
for tho tuAtiollytiso ur,d aylp of • ,
, .
67q4 (all'grarics), Panay alai Ownnual
SATOKINO TO BACCO,IIIOII . 9011 Pine Cut
C E TUN G, and uii kiads of
PLUG TOBACCO, and the dui
Brquel of GIC;11:.s. •
os i - tof ,
• :JAHN W. YL R-EL..
Wtol-1).•ro, Nov. 11. GK , — 11.
TO FAIiNIERS!.
•/, ,
FLITRUN PLASTER—We hereby cart - H.l,
that we have ti.e•il , he PLl,ter o.,nutnetureo
ttapney h Itermit;e., oh iat
Rua, in 4i l . aine., and we belirve
equal If ); to C 11,6ter.
David Smith Conabk A P Cone
31 Cobb 11 g Simmon, d Bernauer
It \V Barger theith E strait
Li 0 ICing C
JII Watroils Wtl W,trous L L /Marsh •
It Smith Q 4 Sivi.b II NI Foote
J D • Sti;tlt P C ilan Gelder J J :inlith
Jmed J F Ziomerinan C L King
L L slinith;
N. H. —Plstor always on han•l at the Mill
*rico $5 por ton. Nov. 4, 1868.
BINDERY
YE BOYS IN BLUE WHO FOUGHT
WITH GEJABY:
' Have you examined this bill, James ?'
Yes, sir.'
Anything wrong?' 1
I find two errors.'
Ali! let me see.'
The lad handed his employer a,long
sill that had been placed upon lir desk
or examination.
_ore is an error in the Calculation of
en 'dollars 'which they have made
tg,aitit themselves ; and another of ten
the footing.
A h•o against themselves"'
Yes, sir.'
The merchant smiled in a way that
struck the lad as peculiar.
`Twenty dollars against themselves,'
he remarked in a kind of pleasant 'sur
prise. 'Trusty clerks they must have.'
'Shah), correct the flgtires ?' asked
the lad.
' No! let them correct their own mis
takc,, ; we don't exatnine hills for other
people's helielit,' replied the merchant.
'lt will be time to rectify those errors
whlm they tied than out. All so much
gain, as it now stands.'
delieate moral sense was
at ru unexpected a remark.
He was the son of a poor widow, who
had given him to understand that to be
Just was the duty. of men.
r. Carman, the merchant, in whose
employment he had been foronly a few
months, was an old friend of his fath
er's, in whom he 'reposed the highest
In fact, had always
loOked - upon him as a kind of .niodet
man, and r yilien Mr. Carman agreed to
take into his store; -he felt that a
good fortune Was in his Way.
I,•t them correct their own mistakes.'
These words made a strong impression
on the mind of James Lewis.- When
first spoken by Mr. Carman, and with
meaning . then involved, hal felt, as
we havesaid, sliocked ; but as he turned
them, over again in his thd6glits, and
and connected their utterance with a
person who stood so high in his moth
er's estimation, he began to think that
perhaps the thing was fair enough in
business. Mr. Carman was hardly the
man to do wrong. A few day after
James had examined the bill, a clerk
from the hduse by which it had been
rendered called for settlement. The
lad, who was present, waited with inter
est to see whether Mr. Carman would
speak of the error. But he made - no re
mark. A cheek for the amount of the
1;111 rendered was filled up and a receipt
taken.
' Is that right?'
James asked himself this question.
His moral sense said Ile ; but the fact
that Mr. Carman had so acted bewild
ered his mind.
Building,
0, 1868.)
It may he the way in business'—so
he - thought to himself—`but it don't
look honest. I wouldn't have belieVed
it of him.'
Mr. Carman lid a kind of way with
him that won the boy's heart, and nat
urally tended to make him judge what
ever lie might do in a favorable manner.
I wish - lie had corrected that error,'
he said to himself a great many times
when thinking it a pleasant way of Mr.
Carman, and his own good fortune in
having been received iota hiu employ
ment. %Alon't look right, but it may
be it's the way of business.'
One day he went to the bank and
drew the money on a check. In count
ing it over lie found that the teller had
paid him lifty dollars too much, so he
went back to the counter and told him
of his mistake.
The teller thanked him, {gad he re
turned to the store with the conscious
uess in his mind of having done right.
"rho teller overpaid me fifty dollars,'
he said to Mr. Carman, as he handed
him the money.
`lndeed!' replied the latter, a light
;br •
eaking over his countenance ; and he
hastily counted the bank bills.
'The light faded as the last bill left lup
angers,
"There's no mistake,James.' • A tone
of disappointment'was in hiS voice.
Oh, I gave him back the fifty dollars.
Wasn't that right ?'
You simpleton !' exclaimed Mr. Car'-
aunt, 'don't you know that bank mis
takes
are never corrected? If the teller
bad paid you fifty dollars short he
would not have made it right.'
The warm blood mantled the cheek
•of James under his reproof. It is often
the case that more shame Is felt for a
blunder that a crime. In this instance
the lad felt a sort of mortification at
having ,done what Mr. Carman was
pleased to Call • a silly thing, and he
made up his , mind that if they should
ever overpay\ him a thousand dollars at
the bank hc t sltould bring the amount
to his employer, and let hint do as he
plea.,ed with the money.
people look after their owii
saio Mr. Carman.
Janus Lewis pondeled these things
in his heart. Thir impression they made
was too ~t 1 utig ever to be' lorgoiteil. '1 t
ll , a) he right,' lie said, but, he did nu t
:eel ititomether
A month or two after the oocuirellee
of Iliac. mirgitiie, as J.ones congaed
Cr los \% ages, Jost r eel sett
troin Mr. Catnion, Ile discovered that.
he Was paid hall a dollar too much.
The tirst, impulse or hi timid was to
return the halt dollar to his eiriployer,
hint it was on his lips to say, 'Vim have
given die pall a dollar to math, sir,'
y T ilied the t l ioloigutted words, 'Let peo
ple look after their own mistakes,'llash
ing upon his thoughts, made hitu hesi
tare. To hold a parley with evil is to
L'e overcome.
' I must think about this,' said James,
Wott,' g'orittr.
Dr M. K. COBB
Air: " The Alar.millaise."
lc lloys in Blue, who foutilkwith Geary
And brought to bay the nation's foe
In PlTUdttlit',3 cause who no'er grow weary,
Pet ruing traitors blow for blow;
Con ye forget the brave wbo perished
)3 f4litaup':s hurtling ahot and shell,
Yerla(l4 - us - cherish, as they fell
The rights our martyred fathers cherished 7
Forget? Forget?—Ab, no!
Theirs is a deathless lame!
The brave shall live, while traitor knaves
Waelit deathless shame.
We follow Lim who saved the nation
In wild ykriiuhatchib's midnight fight;
IYhe sounded Victory's invocation
Abo've liti.elouds on Lookout's bight;
buttlo-shout still ringing—
\ It us like a bugle-blast
NV ben boats for deadly fray aro massed,
And eou»th•ss deaths o'erhead are winging!
" Sti ike home strike home yo brave!
For freedom, truth, and right!
Clo:c up,—closo up ! our flag shall crown
• You elouded mountain bight:"
We bear no more the battle kunder
Green is the turf above our dead;
But griefs which rived our hearts asunder
Still rankle whore the shafts wore sped;
So rally once again for GNARY,
Who marched with Sherman to the sea;
Our standard-bearer still is he!
Of him our hearts' shall ne'or grow weary ;
. Herrn. burnt, ye brave!
For GEAR] tried and true!
Close up ! close up I and charge once more
The treason plotting crow
41liorttlantoto
UNI?ORGOTTEN WOADSI
1
as he put the money .into his pocket.
'lf it is true in one =-eit is true,in an
other: ;Mr.:Carman` don't cerreee mis
takes that people make in his favor, and
he can't complain when the rule works
against himself.' 1
But the boy was'far from being in a
comfortable state. He felt that to keep
halfe dollar would be a dishonest act.
Still he could not make up his mind to
return it, at least not then.
James did not return the half dollar,
but spent it for his own gratification.
After he had done this it came suddenly.
into his head that Mr. Carman bad only
been trying him, as he was tilled with
anxiety and alarm.
Not long after Mr. Carman repeated
the same mistalio. James kept the
haff'dbliar with less tesitation.
-‘ Let him correct h s own mistakes,'
said he resolutely; ' hat's 'the doctrine
he nets on with oth r people, and he'
can't complain if he gets paid back in
the same coin he puts in circulation. I
just want half a dollar.'
For this time the fine moral sense of
James Lewis* was 'blunted: Ho had
taken an evil counselor into his,-heart,
stimulated a spirit of covetousness—
latent in almost every mind—which
caused him to desire the possession of
things beyond his ability to obtain.
James had good business qualifica
tions. and so pleased Mr. Carman by
his intelligence, industry, and tact
with customers, that he advanced him
rapidily, and gave him, before he was.
eighteen years old, themost reliable po
sition in the store. , 'But James had
learned something more froth hia em
ployer than how toido- business well.:
He hiad learned to be dishonest. He
had never forgotten the first lesson he
had received in, his badscience; he had
acted not only in twe i instances, but in
a hundred, and always to the injury of
Mr. Carman. Ho had long since given
up waiting for tpistakes to be made in
his favor, but originated them' in the.
varied and complicated transactions of
a largo business in which atewas trus
ted implicitly; forit had never occurred
to Mr. Carman that ;his failure to - be
just to the letter might prove a snare to
this young man. - ;
James grew sharp, -
ful ; always on the ale:
and ready to meet any
wards a discovery of
by his employer, who
highest regard.
Thus it went on unt 1 James Was in
his twentieth year, wl en the merchant
had his suspicions aroused by a letter
which spoke of the yoang man as not
keeping the most resp etable company,
and as spending mone ' too freely for a
i
clerk on a moderate sa ary.
Before this time James had removed
his mother into a pleasant house, for
which he paid a rent f four hundred
dollars; his salary was eight hundred,
hut he deceived his mother by telling
her it was fifteen hundred. Every
comii t that she needed was fully sup
pliod, and she was begnning, to think
that after a long and i ainful struggle
i p
with the world, her happier Jays had
.
come.
James was at YIN des
was received by Mr. Ca!
ed at his employer and
countenance suddenly.
twice, and Jautes saw I
produced disturbance
glanced toward diodes
iToot if- lVflq only rut r 4,
look that James recoiv
stop . heating.
There was sornethin
nients pi' Mr. Carman i i or the rest of the
day Odd, troubled the iyoung man. It
was plain to him that suspicion had
been aroused by that letter. 0, how bit
terly did he now repeo,, in dread of disc.
cowry zinc' punishnint, the evil of
which he had been gdilty ! Exposure
would disgrace and run him, and bow
the head of his widowed mother even
to the grave.
"You aro not well tl is evenilig," said
Mrs. Lewis, as she looked at her son's
changed face across t o table, and no
ticed that he did not e• t.
"My head aches."
"Perhaps the tea wil I make you feel
better."
I'll lie down on the Lau in the parlor
for a short time."
Mrs. Lea ►• followed
for in a h►►:e while,
on the sofa on which
ced her hand upon h,
would take more than
of a mother's hand to('
which he was sufferin
that pure hand inerc
agony.
"Do you feel better ?'
is. She had remaine►
her hand on his foreh.
"Not much," he red
as he spoke, he *added
in the open air will d(
"Don't go out Jame:
is, a troubled feeling
heart.
"I'll only walk a fe
James went from the
into the street.
"Tj►ere is somethin.
aeheithe ►natter wit
Mrs. Lewis.
For half an hour
out any purpose in h s mind beyond the
-escape from the pres nee of his mother.
At last his walk br 'ught him near Mr.
Carman's store, and at passing ho was
surprised at seeing , light within.
a rt
"What can this , tan?" he asked
himself, a new fed creeping, with its
shuddering impulse, into his heart.
He listened by the door and windows,
but he could hear no d sound within.
"There's somethin wrong," lie said;
"what can it be? I this is discovered,
what will be the end of it? Ruin ! Ru
in ! My - poor mothe !"
The wretched yo ng •man hastened
on, walked the stre . ts for two hours,
when he returned home. His mother
met him . when ho entered, and, with
unconcealed anxiety, asked him if he
were better. He said yes, but in a man
t
ti er that only increa ed the trouble she
felt, and passed up hastily to his own
room,
In the morning the strangely altered
face of James, as he met hie mother at
the breakfast table, struck alarm into
her heart. He was silent, and evaded
all her questions. While they sat at the
table the door bell rang loudly. The
sound startled James, and he turned his
head to listen in a nervous way.
"Who is it?" asked Mrs. Lewis.
"A gentleman who wishes to tee Mr.
James," replied the ' iri.•
went out
rose instal r y and went out
into the hall, shuttii g the dinivig•room
door as he did so. 'Mrs. Lewissat wait
ing her sun's return!. She heard him
)
coming haeli.„ll3 a tel. !, moments; but he
did nut enter the d ning-rootn. Then
he returned along the hull to the street
door, and she hvaid it shut. All ‘vto:
silent.. Starting up she ran into the
int-sage, hut Jalllt'S Aas nut Otto°. Ile
Intil gone ax‘tt with the pelson %% ii
had called.
Ali, that wa- a i-ad
Carman had spent h$
sinning the aecuuml
covered frauds of eve
tars. ititligt
!icor to arrest. him cat
anti It was with ti;
went away from I)is
rma
'File young villail
he has made for hi
Mr. Carman, in his
And ho made-the es
On the trial • he allowed an eager desh•
to have him convicted, and presented
such an array of evidence that the jury
could not give any other verdict than
guilty. , ; • •
The poor mother was in court, and
audible in the silence that followed came
her convulsed sobs upon ' the Air. The
presiding judge 'addressed the culprit'
and asked ifhe had anything to say why
the sentence of the law shotild net be
pronounced against • him. - All'eyes
were turned,upon the pale, agitated
young man, who rose with an effort,
and leaned against the - railing bywhich
he stood, as if needing the support. '
"Will-it please your honors," ho said,
"to direct my: prosecutor to came a little
nearer, so' that I can look at him and
your honor:44},Z the Same time?"
Mr. Carman was directed to come for
ward to where the, boy stood. James
looked at him steadily for a few mo
ments, and then turned to the judges.
"What C have to say to your honors
is this," (he spoke calmly and distinct
ly,) "and it may, in a degree extenuate,
though - I cannot' excuse my crime. I
went into-that nian's store an innocent
boy, and if belted been an honest man
I would not, have stood before you to
day as a criminal."
Mr. Cartnim appealed to the court for
protection against the allegation of such
an outrageous character.; but he was
peremptorily ordered to be silent.—
James went on in a firm voice.
"Only a few weeks afterl:went into
his employment I examined a bill by
his direction and discovered an error of
twenty dollars."
The face of Mr. Carman. crimsoned..
"You remember it, I see," said James,
"and I shall have cause to remember it
while I live. The errorwas in favor of
Mr. Carman. I asked if I should cor
rect the figures, and he answered, "No,
let them correct their own mistakes; we
don't examine bills for other, people's
benefit." It was my first lesson hi dis
honesty. Isaw the bill settled,,and Mr.
Carman take twenty dollars that was
not his own. I-felt shocked at first; it
seemed such a wrong thing. But soon
after he called me simpleton for hand
ing back a fifty dollar bill to the teller
of a bank, which he had overpaid moon
a check, and then—
" May I ask the protection of the
court?" said Mr. Carman.
"Is it true what the lad says?" asked
the judge.
Mr. Carman hesitated and looked
confused; all eyes were on his face; and
judges and jury, and lawyers and spec
tators, felt certain that he was guilty of
leading the unhappy young man astray.
'Not long afterward ) ? resumed Lewis,
'in receiving my wages found that Mr.
Carman hail paid me': fifty cents too
much. I was about to give it back to
him, when I remembered his remark
about letting „people correct 'thole own
mistakes, and' Laid to mysplf hhn
correct his own errors,' and' dishoneatly
kept thenioney. Again the thing hap
pened, and again I kept the money that
did not of right belong to me. This was
the beginning of evil, and hero I am.—
If he had shown any 'mercy I might
have kept siient and made no defence.'
The young man covered his face with
his hands and sat down overticiwered
with his feelings... Llis.mother who was
near. him sobbed aloud, and bending
over, laid her hands -on his head; say
lug:,•• h • ,
There were a few , eyes in the court
room undimmed. In the silence that
followed, Mr. Carman spoke out :
'ls my character to be thus blasted on
the words of a criminal, your honors?—
Is this right?' -= •
'Your solemn oath that this c harg,e iu
untrue,' said the judge, will set you in
the right.' It was time unhappy boy's
only •opportunity, -and the court felt
bound in humanity to hear him.
James Lewis stood 4rp again instantly,
and turned his white face, midday':
piercing eyes upon Mr. Carman.
'Let him take his oath if he dare !' he
exclaimed.
Mr. Carman consulted with his coun
sel and withdrew.
After a brief conference with his as
sociates, the presiding judge said, ad
dressing the criminal :
'ln consideration of your youth, and
the temptation to which in tender years
you were unhappily subject, the court
gives you the slightest sentence, one
year's imprisonment. But let me sol
emnly warn you against any further
steps in the way you have taken. Crime
can have no valid excuse. It is evil in
the sight of God' and man, and leads
only to suffering. When you come
forth again etter your brief incarcera-
Oen, may it he - with the resolution to
die rather than commit, ft crime.'
And the curtain fell on the sad scene
in the boy's life. When it was lifted
again, and he came forth from prison a
year afterward, his mother was dead.—
From the day her pale face faded from
his vision as he passed from the court
room he never looked, upon her again.
Ten years afterward a man was read
ing a newspaper in a far western town.
He had a calm, serious face, and looked
like one who had known suffering and
trial.
, 'Brought to justice at last he said to
'Himself, as the blood came to his face;
'convicted on the charge of open insol
vency, and sent to state prison. So
much for the man who gave me in ten
der years the first lessons in ill-doing.
But, thank God, the other lessons have
been remembered. 'When •you come
forth again,' said the Judge, 'may it be
with the resolution to die rather than
commit,a, crime,' and I have kept this
injunction in my heart when there
seemed no way of escaping except
through crime; and god helping me I
will keep it to the end.
!tinning and skill-
Irt, always bright
approaches to
lls wrong doing
iheld him in the
' w hen the letter
calm). lie look
saw him change
lle read it over
hat the contents
Mr. Carman
and their Oyes
l i d made his heart
about the move-
,him into the par
nd, sitting down
•
C was lying, pia
is head. .Ah, it
a loving preSburC.
ease the pain from,
ig. The touch of
cased the pat l n to
, .
,"S-asked-Mrs..l,4ew,
_ some time •ith
pad.
lied, and raising,
"I think a walk
me good."
," said Mrs. Lew
coming into her
v squares." And
parlor and passed
R more than head
1 1h him," though
mes walked with
gtiing away. Mt.
the night in ex
• olJaines, and
,
!rtsix tam:qid del
hint, he ben t an W-
O y in the morning;
officer that la ,
'other never td re
shall lie in the bed
inself!" exclaimed
bitter indignation.
tiosnrc cotnyleteorr.
THE RESULTS OF JEALOUSY.
4 VISHERMANIS STORY
I've seen that face of hers scores of
times since, and though it makes me
Shudder, and nips me to the heart, I
always,go and have a good long look a
ft, and come away a better man. You
may see that face yourself—as much
like it as it had%been taken from tier
sad, anxious looks—you may see it at
the picture shop windows, and it's of a
WOUlall tying a handkerchief round a
man's arm; an 1 she looks _up at him
pitifully, and its called " The Hugue
not." That's like the look, and the
!face that gazed tip into mine, after She'd
'told me what I know now was the
truth ; and I--yet Ulu most, cedutmed to
own it—l flung her away frail me, and
wouldn't Ucl,eve what she said. There
was a tear upon• each cheek, and the
bright drops were brimming in her
121"1, and >eatiy to fall ; but I Was hard
and bitter, and whispei - ed to , myself
ti.at they were false tears, put on' to
cheat me, and I ran (nu of the' house,
-wearing that enter it ZA:S•ti 11 no
'
wasn't a large luanc, that house of
ours ' but if it had been a palace. I don't
ihiok it could have been a happier
home than it lout been for years; and
of course, I know -that's a foolish way
of talking . , for haPpiness isn't a thing
to be found iu palaces. any more ' thou
in the smallest 01 enttiott:s. It seemed
to me that' teal happines.s grows, 115 it
Were, out Of the true faith and Mist
that a man and his wife have in one
another; white the strength of two
working together the sameway. gives
, .
I them a help forward in t o world that
nothing can resist.
Speaking as a fisherman and one who
was brought up with the ,soinni of the
sea ulwaya , in - his - ears, I may say WU
rowed well , -together iii the stone bout,
:11 - ary and I. I had a long light of it
before. 1' could persuade her' that 'it
would be best fur her future that she
should take me for pilot, and notlittrry,
Penellyn ; I.it. I did_persaade her at'
last, and we were married down 'at the
little liSberinanis einareh at the head of
the cove, 1 , .
Four years of as happy a life then
fell to my ot its could fall to that or
any man In this life, I believe. My
ways were rous;11 and hers were not
those of a lady, but they suited our,
stations in life, and whit; more would:
you have? Living the life rdo now,
busy here about this great city 'fish
market, I look back upon thil_ bright
bit of ' life as if it was son.° dream' And .
- though I Can't settle to vo haek'tO the
old place, I cling to the fish and'lOok'
1
upon those days when west country
boat comes; in as days A oral recollee-':
ting ; -for they bring the lood in one's
cheek, and a bit of light in.one's eye.
I can see it all now as plain as can be;
the little fishing village tinder the cliff; ,
the stout granite pier running out so as
to form a harbor for the fishing boats,
and the blue sea stretching away as far.
as the eye could reach. Down by its
edge, too, the weed-fringed rocks, piled
in places with the sea foaming amongst
the crevices; and again forming little
rock pools where thehright sea-growths
flourished; and tO the tide came in,
with its fresh cooling waters, you saw 1
the limpets and sea flowers wakening
again, to life, while man ' ' a spider-crab
and shell-11,3h crept out o the nook or ,
crack where it had hid en from the
warm sun. lean see it a I now at any
time, though I am growl g gray, and a
score of years have pass d since; but
brighter than all .seem to stand out
those two mournful ey s, with the
same tearfuook they gave me as I
flung out the door and saw them for
c
the last thn ; for when next I looked
o ts§,l
upon that ewe the eyes were fast clos_._,
and could Ihave opened them the lustre
would, ave gone.
A west country fisherman's life is one
which takes him a good deal from home,
for sometimes we go off for perhaps
three .months at a time to the north
coast of Ireland when the herring seas
on is on ; and, like the tes I used to be
off in my boat, sorry cum gli to leave
home—happy enough to r turn after a
busy season, till one year, when I took
it into my bead to think i strange that,
' Harry Penellyn was my wi e'soldheau,
should spin his illness out so long, and
stop ashore, time after ti e, when the
boats went out, and him s , eming to be
well •and strong as any o us. There
had been a heavy 'gale n the coast
,
some weeks before, and as ve always do
at such times, we had run in for the
harbor, as soon as we saw itl coming, but
through bad seamanship, Penellyp's
boat came inside the rocks when she
should ' have come outside, and then,
through not having water' enough, she
grounded, lifted again, eaght by the
c p
stern, and then swung rou d broadside
to the waves, which sw pt her half
(leek, while &regular cher is of shrieks
rose froirt the womenstandmg ashore.
It was a rough time, f r even our
boats that 'were in the arbor were'
43t , :a.ing /Ind G rinding to ether, while
every now and then, the sea washed
over so as to threaten to kill ;them, and
sweeping the
,pier from end tb end. In
an ordinary way we made it a custom
of laughing at the crew ofia boat, who,
through bungling, got owthe rocks, for
born as wo are in the btiy, with our
fathers fishers before us, NY knew every
stone along the coast, and a 1
most steered
our boat to them blindfolded, but this
was no time to jeer, for new the poor
fellows wet() being swept one by one
from their hold, and borne struggling
through the surf to the rocks, where
they were in danger of being dashed to
pieces, for ours was no Smooth and
sandy beach. Home were` swimming,
seine heating the water frahticallyoAnd
clad as our men are, in their thick cloth
trousers, heavy sea bootS, and stout
Guernsey shirts, they stood a poor
chance of keeping afloat long, for the
weight of their boots is enough to drag
them down. 1
There was every one in a state of ex
citement; men running out as far as
they could and throwing ropes—men
shouting orders that nobody attended
to—women tossing their arms up and
crying, while first.one and then anoth
er of the boats crew was dt l agged ashore
and carried half-drowned ,up to the cot
tages. --
I was standing looking on, with Mary
by any side, for she was out on the cliff
when my boat run into the little har
bor, while her hand was first to clasp
mine NVIIVU I got ashore, thankful for
p
the eseae we bad had for the sea had
risen wowlerfully quick.,l I had taken
no part'i'n trying to save ti e boat's'crew,
for there were plenty of I,,illing hands
and there being now 13u t :ittle standi4
room down below the cliff, I had
thought I should be in 'he way ; bqt, ,
now it seemed to me that, one poor fel
low would be lost with t to efforts they
were making to save Win, for he was
too weak to cling to the ropes thrown
out, and as .fast as' he was swept in by
the waves, they sucked 1 im back again
three or four times.
I had not seen who It was, but just
their, as I made a start a if to go down,
my wife clutched my rm, and, there
was a wild look in her I ce as she said
aloud, " Harry Penellyn "
The excitement of the moment
carried almost every Oil g before it, but
I hiuLa strange feeling . hoot through
my Wart, and someth ng seemed to
say, " Keep back," but the next mo
ment I was battling wi h the waves,
with n noose of rope r iund my body
and plenty of stout ma es ashore fast
hold of the end ; while, after& strang
ling battle, I got tight hold of pentellyn,
and we were drawn ashore, and both of
us carried up to my cottage, thought I
tried hard to get upon my feet and
walk, but I might have known thatour
fellows would not have let me on any
account.
Well, Harry Penellyn lay at our
place• 'three or four days, and Mary
tended him, and all that time I had to
battle against a strange, ungenerous,
cowardly feeling that wuld creep over
me, and seemed at time , to make me
mad, till 1 got Myself ii a corner and
asked Myself questions, o all of which
1 could only answer the same word—
nothing. Then Penellyn got better
and went to his' mothell's house ; and
time , went on till I grew hitter, and
ilarli, and niory , {e, and Was always
haunted by a suspicion that I would
th,t put into words, thhugh now the
question came again and again—' \\'h3
ocsit't flurry Penelly a go to sea?'
lint no answer came to my questions;
and thtanill he seemed now to he well
and us strung as ever, he always kept at
i lwile while we went, out; anti in my
„ Tha i : of wind this troulded tile, and I
kept feeling glad that wci were tin ly out
now on the snort Arty; 0' a few day s L,
length. I ;:I , :W . 1/1":i YW th myself 1111(1
will all aloultd. Ay, l nn 1 I ~r ow an,gry
even how when I think that a few
earnest words of expla lation—a test
questioos that I know W
mid haVe been
answered Ireely—would have set all
right, mid perhaps save I the life of as
good and loving a woma t as ever lived
in tho light,
But it was not to be so; and-I Went
on willfully blinding my eymtaeVery
thitig— placing, a wrong construction,
Upon everYlook and. Word, and making
those. true eyes gaze' at me again and
again in wonder, whilst IllirryPenellyn,
who had never before showed me much
good will, now that Iliad saved his life,
wouill have been friends, only I met
-his every advance with a black scowl
when . he always turned off and, avoid
ed Me.
One evening it had come to the i lot . of
my boat to run into' harbor with• thsv
fish of several other boats for.thefijres
but been very light, and somehow or
another T felt more light and happy
that night than I had done for weeks.
I got ashore, left my mates tending the
mackerel, and ran up to our cottage to
find my wife out.
This did not trouble me at first, but
after a few minutes of litigating, about
I felt a flush come in my face, and hur
rying out made an excuse at Mrsi
Perillyn's, and got to know that Harry
was out too.
The hot blood rose from my cheeks to
my forehead and seemed to blind me,
while a strange singing sensation came
into my ears; but the next minute I
was tearing along the cove i the dark
of-the evening, where I migt be alone
with i
my thoughts, for,that V le suspic
ion that was struggling witlre before
had now conquered and eaten me
down so that I was its sle.v_, and :for
the time a regular mad man.,_, . ..-
.I had run about halt' a mile when I
stepped, panting,
and began to walk
*why along, while beneath the trees
close beside the fern-rocky hank, while
it was now tho dark to see far before me.
But- the next instant I was standing
with my breath held and one hand
resting on my side, for as I crouched
close to the bank I heard Peuellyn's
voice talking earnestly as he, passed a
few yards from me, with his arm tight
ly clasping a •woman's 'waist, while,
just as they passed they stopped; - and
there was light enough for me to see r ,
him bend' over her, and their lips met,
in a long -- clinging kiss—a kiss which
sent the mad blood bubbling through'
my veins, without stopping to think, I
leaped from where I was hid, and as
the woman shrieked .and fled, I had
Penellyn by the throat and we joined
in a fierce struggle.
If an angel had told me I was de
ceived I should not have believed him
then in my blind fury ; and it was not
until, having dashed his head against
the ground again and again, I kit my
enemy's hold relax ; then I leaped up,
kicked hint savagely, and then ran
back. • .
Jtu,t as I expected, Mary was at home,
looking hot and flushed, but she jutuped
up with a smile and_ hurried to me,
saying :
" I was down at Mrs. Traverse's,
dear, bht heard your boat had come,
and
She stopped short, half frightened by
wy wild looks and disordered clothes.
and half by the savage curse I gnashed
out at her as I seized her arnis ; while
as the truth flashed upon her, she • ss
the next moment at my feet, app , s ling
to me, vow ' after VOW, claspi her
hands, and seeming half crazed with
horror ;- while I poor mad fool, glaree
on her and thought her anguish. was
ctinsed by guilt. Ah, me I that I could
have been such a foot—so blind, so mad
—that I could turn.from those-appeal
ing eyes, and rush from the place,
meaning never to return and feeling
savagely glad as I saw her fall senseless
the floor.
' Would weeping blood for my folly
have recalled nil that ; would giving up
my life have crushed it out, I would
have done It a hundred times; but
\V as done—it was one of the hard thing
of fate, and I rushed from the room and
from the village, heedle;•s that the girl
who had been Harry Peliellyn'scorn
paniim had spread the alarm that he
had been attacked and that he had been
brought in nearly dead. I know noth
ing, yaw nothing, except my own mad
misery, and at tin;ies was wild that I
had n'ot - slain the wife who had slain in
my bosom till something rose up whis
pering me of the past.
I found my way to Bristol K and then
to 'London, and after a time, I learned
from one from my own part that Hurry
Penellyn had recovered and was mar
ried, and that my wife was ill. •
I fought with myself for one week—
two weeks—a mouth—and then I went,
getting taken round the coast in'a fish
ing -boat. I landtai nd went up to the
old'slip, 00 to the cliff in the dusk of
evening, just as I had•walked up a year
before, and I roused myself up to my
task saying I would go and forgive her,
and then see her no more. -
Forgive her! _What had I to forgive?
Had she forgiven me before her eyes
had eloed in that long sleep, and her
pure spirit fled ? I asked myself that
again and again, when her mother had
ljd me to the room I dared not enter
alone, and -with the few words she had
littered, made the black veil of -mad
jealousy drop from before my eyes.
But it was too late—too—late—and I
could not see those eyes look their for
giveness, for they were sealed close and
I was alone.
Her mother left_ine there for a while,
and then fetched me away, and I fol
low•ei her like a child, listening to her
ong tale of her child's sorrow. and the
upbraidings she heaped upon my head.
What could I do but groan and bear
It—bear it as a part of my punishment
here for my folly? It wasa mistake—
the act of a fool—but I have suffered
for it while with me ever, seeming, too,
at times, even to smile upon me—upon
me, a broken man—a man of rough toil,
and a hard life—there are those two
faithful, loving eyes, and the memory
of their last look seems to grow bright
er as I get nearer and bearer to the end
of my bit of life.
Thew, sir, that's myi story— a sad
enough one, too, yet will say—and I'm
obliged to try and laugh . it oft; or I
should get no work (loud. We have all
hearts, sir, and more or less they're
moved by the same feelings.
Nothing's good without a moral, sir—
never be beyond_ listening to reason.
--- (Fur the Agitator.]
The Constitution of • the Earth
- semBER FOURTEEN
These papers have extended fur be
punt what was first intended; but al
things, they say, litt‘3 an end; dud asid
had :In end in view in writing them, 0
1 ha.e an end in view now, and that i's
the end of these'tilittibt , rs. Betere I
close, however, 1 Nvill stnn up, in short,
the arguments that eupport, nty Iteliel
that the earth is •t tit'illy organi - ...a1i0n.
1 . E ver y t h mg iii iiat ,,,,,, wh i ch , - co
Lave beet! )1,1111: to esitinitio•tn;i analyze,
1 1( 1 5 or ha:- hail, a livi:lg ‘Wg 4 lliZlitioll• --
Lute and death ;11)1 e::r to he the 1;,1.v of
nat. rt-. The' eattli sod other planet.
a e have 1101 tiCell I' 'Olt) to t . , Nlytm De an d
astalN ze so a- to lietelinilic with cer
tainty the nattac of their eonsil utioin
We io tilt-re:l'4)re, deduce fro : mu:l
-t:l2y a 11(. :1 urn the slight li now 1.. ge we
h a v e of ch.: cart h, all our argu •lits to
ti , letittitie the natute.
. Among these analogies ve find'
Chat the earth appears to ne entillnuallyrt ._
throwing. (iii• frutu its - o titaiy, dead and i Skepticism has never founded em
dvesy tug matter, o•rigitially a part of its\ I pi rest established prineipleti, or changed
solid contents, precisely 114 itt rite case the world's heart. The great doers Ju
Of all abitual and. vegetable bodies.— history have been men of great faith.
JOBBING} ,DEPARTMEEIT
The propr Wore have etookOdtheestabilelone
with a now a varie . ansortnletit of
and are Ipropated to exeoute,neitly and:promptly
- POSTERS, HANDBILLS, OIRCOLAR.S, sat,-
.ELEAbS, CARDS, &e.
Deeds, Mortgages, Leaves, and &fall assortment
of Cbnetablea' and Justices ' on hand.
People living at a distal:fog can depondon hav
ing their *ark Bono promptly i and scut back in
'return mail.. • •
NO. 17.
This is evidenced by the accum_ulation
on its surface of this dead matter and hy
the upheaval of the secondary slate ly
ing upon the granite, or bed rock.
3. The granite or living rock pushels
out and up, into this dead matter, pro
jections or roots precisely as do v,eglta
.nl(3 bodies.
4. The earth and planeti and all thee
heavenly bodies have a locomotion
among each other, as all animals have
among other animals.
6. The earth appears to have a motion
analogous to the breathing motion q
animals. This is evinced by the regu
lar rising and falling of the waters df
the ocean, a part of which motion is
generally attribute 4 -to the influence of
- f
the sun and moon. •
6. The attraction of . the magn tie
needle by the earth is lanalogous to he
attraction of the ne3dlta by the -ant al
body. (
7. The electricity of, the earth i al
most exactly like the' electricity of he
animal system in ,all!its phenomeni.—
There are times when man is in a h h
ly electrical state and his body h ' its
li g
electrical storms, as does the earth.
8. Between man and man an el W
eal current can be established • so list)
between man and the earth.- lithet ed
itor of the AGITATpR will publish in his
paper, the paper on the late electrical
storm, which he famished the Smith
sonian Institution, ibis readers will see
this clearly established.
9. The earth is continually giving off
electricity ; so is the animal body ; and
this may be clearly established Insula
tion. —
10. The north magnetic pole of the
earth which attracts the magn tic
needle, is analogically in the same o
sition as the animal "vital orga s"
which also attract the needle.
11. The open polar sea which see
now to be taken as a fact, can be -
plained on no other-principle but at
of a living earth.
12. There is very strong evidence t at
the earth in its journeyinga throw li
space, encounters innumerable mud er
substances, anolegous In composition
and structure to itself, .which, in some
manner, it apprlpriates to its own use.
13. The vegetation of the earth is an
alogous to i the Microscopic vegetation
that, springs up : on all animal bodies,
where sutheient i accumulations of dead
matter exist to support this microscopic
life.'
14. Earthquakes • and' volcanoes fur
nish strong evidence in favor of the liv
ing organization of the earth, for if this
globe is amass ot' dead inert matter, it
is laardisy possible to imagine that such
wondertul phenomena could by any'
possibility take place within its body.
10. It can hardly be supposed tbatthe
Creator would form for the use of the
small parasitical beings which live upon
the earth, an unorganized mass of inert
_matter, as the earth Is generally sup
posed.to be, subje,• t,• no laws regulat
ing its internal str eture.
JOB Ar , !D CARD TYPE
AND FAST MESSES,
16. Geological researblies, as far as
they have extended, show most conclu
sively an organization precisely anald
',rocs to animal life.
17. It seems contrary to all our - con- .
ceptiona of the divine mind that the
Ureator should'make man and all other
animals, whose sphere of action is Co -
paratively very limited, and whose si e
Xs comparatively almost infinitely 1.•
croscopic on the principle of 'a livi g
and enjoyable existence, but the ear h
and all the heavenly bodies, Which, In
it
ever Varying cycles, traverse the bound
less centres and sublimities of space, on
the principle of au eternalinsensibility,
Now I propose to close-these papers
With this number. If I have set any of
the readers' of the ...9:GITATOtt to think
ing upuh this subject I am satisfied.—
Experience has taught me that it is un- -
wise and unphilosophieal to settle down
upon "old saws" and take for truth all
that), men who have gone before us,
have taught. Men, who would be true
men., must thin - lt for themselves. While
they examine all that is taught them
and accept what appears to be truth,
they must accept it with caution and ;
submit it to the test of a rigid scrutiny.•
The author of "Lacon" dedicated his
work "to those who think." I might
with propriety, have inscribed these pa•
pers to the same class. To the unthink•
ing, the frivolous and the "flats":tho,
Investigation ofi nature affords no pleas
ure. They belong to that- class who
think it a sin to laugh when it thun
ders, because their mamas tau ht them
so.
There are, I know, in tie. minds,of
I
most, objections to the theory "I have ad
vanced. I would 'like to hear any cf
those objection's, and if they are made
by those who think, I will answer them.
The "flats" I remit to the =Mira pa- '
per, the editor of 'which, out of respect to
the literary reputation of theplace, from
whence they hail will be obliged
the principleslof courtesy, to give them
a hearing. ,
I have nothing further to say unless
it be, to male an apology" for the dif
fuseness anal want of concentration in
treating the aubject, which necessarily .
sprung from the fact, that I had no pre
concerted order of argument arranged
in my-mind, but wrote involuntarily as
the thoughts presented themselves.
J. EALERY.
Weilsboro, Pa., April 19,1869.
SNARE'S ANTIPATHY TO -FIRE.—
There is in Brazil a very common, pois
onous snake, the Surucucu, res ecting
which the inhabitants relate t e fol
lowing facts: They say that such is the
antipathy of this reptile to fire, that
when tires are - being made in-the clear
lag away of woods they rush Into it,
scattering it with their tails till it is ex
tinguished, even becoming half roasted
in the attempt ; and that when an indi
vidual is passing at night with a torah,
they pass and repass him, lashing him
with their tails till he drops, it; and the
snake is immediately found elosely coil
ed around the extinguished torch. The
gieatest enemy of this snake is an im
mense lizard, five or six feet long. tis
said that when the snake succeeds in
effecting a bite, the lizard, rushing into
the woods, eats some herb, and returns
to the conflict, which almost invariably
terminates in its favor. I
A youngish ma - - who had see 1 bet
ter days, asked y- ntleman fir a
"trifle," which m ri be most " •el
- to assist him on his return t his
native place. lie was told that ,the
Stranger's Friend Society would help
him to a passage to Ireland. "Och,
s ir," he exclaimed, "I'm not an Irish
man at all, at all It's quite a mistake
our honor's making." The gentleman
persisted 01 his persuasion that ho was
an Irishman, and appealed to his
biogue. "Ha !" the man rejoined, "I
W as in a, large mercantile consarn in
Lototon for many years, ‘rhereithey did
Mule of business with Irelan"; and as
was correspondin' dark,' nia be I
caught the brogue that way."
• c
if opinion Kati dried your name up,
la modesty eiy _your heart down, lest
you deceive it or it, deceive you. There
no danger in a great name than
in a bad one; and no lets honor th de
serving ,praise than in enduring it.