_ j— . 4, 4 ,•-p• • oga aoluitp agitator . in Gi ti ] • i , i ,abichecl every 'Wednesday Moorning at :.^,', 2 1 , o yea, invariably in advance,' COBB SE VAN GELDER, L DVF~RTTSYNQ ILN IAN!: oY 31ENION,O1c LEBB. WARE 4,NE SQUARE ~ ~i:".1 r,.. .1 Its. :', Ins..-41ns. 2 Mos„ 0 31(.[I'Voir / ---- ,,,r,•,..... jl,OO $2,00 $2,00 $6 00 $7,0 . 01512,0i; 1,,,,r,“, ..... 2,00 3,00 4,00 8,00 12,00 18,00 7,, i 1 r, d.,..... 10.Q0 1 16,00117,001 22,00, 20,20 1 60,001: ~, c,,i ....... I 18,00 1 20,001 20,001 40,001 60,001 00,00 i. •e al 20 ce oticen 15 cen nts 'per. lihe. to per line; MASONIC. LOME: NO. 317, A, M., mcotrt ut their 11,,11 Dr. Ito 1-',l,drug, tort,. on 'Tuesday e vetting, on or ,re the lull Moon, at 7 o'clock P.M. 04) k CHAPTER, Nu. 194, R. A. ineetwat thu Thorulay evening. on or before tho Full at 7 &dock I'. M. i.301.1NC IL, No. 31, IL.: S.3IASTLBS, roe,t, it (fall, on tho third Friday of each cuieudar I 7 lock '. M. yt„ktUIIWV CONINI A No. '24, Of El NMIITS ,-;.tIPLAII. land tho appendant orders. meet:s sit ttin !NIL on tilt: first Friday of eat It cttlottiant month, tit - iL, It I'. AI. 1 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. I‘,ILLIAIII IL SIIIITII, ,TromsEi AND COUNSELOR AT LAW InAranco, lltrunty and Pension Agency, Main , tieet We)l, , boro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1803. GAIZIZETORT, roR NEy AND COUNSELOR. AT LAW, N ut ary Public lind insurance Agent, Moss- PA., over Calthvoll's Store. GEO. W. AIV,ILRICK, kErOIiNEY AND , cOUNSELLOR AT LAW• tides with IV. 11. Smith, Esq., Main Street, ~ppu-ito Union Block, ellsboio, Pu. E 5, 1868. Or. Lb. TLRBELL 6.1 e, C 0.,, 391,ESALE DRUGGISTS, and dealers. f paper, Kerosene Larlips, Window Glass, i',.rieuieryi Paints and Oils, .l c., ale. . N. Y., Jan. 1, 15(13.-1y . r, WILSON. .1. B. NILES WILSON ate. NILES i l,ilt~ EIS COUNSELORS Al. LAW, i'irst door from Bigoney's, on the A\ti•enuc)— Will attend to business entrusted to their care the counties of Tioga and Potter. \Vollsboro, Jan. 1, 1868: JOAN I. MITCHELL i t FroRNEY AND COUNSELUDIAT LAW, Tioga Co., Po. Ilya Agent, Notary Public, and Insurance refill attend promptly to collection of clack Pay and Itount. An Notary aL'ac Lc tAkcs acknowleilg,ement: , “rtlie, and will act as ColOtnis,ionLr to ~ ;:"A'f- O tlice over lloy'e L,ugStore, Agitator Office.—Oct. u. 1367 Sohn W Gnornsc j , AND COINSI:11,011 AT LAW. returned to this' e t tunty with a view of ..t..titig it !lb pernianent reNidelice, eolieit. , hire ut pubic patronage. All busine,s en tra,ted to hm care will ho attended to •Itith trwuptries , and fidelity. Otileo 2il door, south t : 4 . Fareu hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co./ Pa -.IA. 26. .1101111 &L SFIAKSPIGA pt: r. AND TAI LOR . Shop over Jot: o 3 `'tore. eititing, Fitting, ot 1'.../unrintt (Irmo promptly amt it, b u st -t3 lo .I:tn. I. IStiti—ly t. 4 raGE VI," AV. 1• , ?P" , `lll,ll ii,,rth of-1. : 1 prk,inptly and 1, • 3'olllll ETIVEIZ, \1.1.(01i. AND Ct"1•IElt, ha, .pi.ened a rear ut `eat : a 1,01 tAy% whi.re, he i rre,1,11,..dt" irre iiriler ill !lit , ttn.li-patt•lt. Cutting and 1)1 tit,g Win, I Dr. C. E. Thoinpson. 11V1.11.1.4t101:.1. CO/1 PA.] ;!,t end to Pr0f...11:4.41a I, Ctli 111 the 1:e,r1,1,1,vc 2,i E;I: t. I`lt %C.)I.U.Ire of I Cat s, nil, I j, • tily (.:119 tti :I-1111 .rVlce, WII/1 .1.444 , , !w in ho-ptini practieo. r Iti pin , li,r ut 11 , 1 , 41 , 111 P and illAux.v, 1.11 zany iron) 111141 t , the Pc ittis3lvituut Hotel Vh(lI 1,,11 I a the to ,00sult.ttiot., or to t.‘,1:11,..t1 op - A.:atolls. No 4, Coin, ItIo( h. it') ".%.11.1,0t0. Wm. 13. Smith hVIXVILI,E, Pa. Pon,ion,l:oonty, ob,l Io• Att,ht. eunitnuoiratioti: t-etit •to the reyeite uketierate.- rhos S.Bryden. iiV1:1'4111 DRAPL3MAN.—Oider, lets nt • Tt , wm , ettil Hotel, ICcllcbt. ny will %%mil pn.inpt attention. E, OLNEY, ,CLOCKS JEWELRY, SILVER A I'L.\ LEI) %VARA:, '-lpeetacks, Violin • Ala t1:41(11 , 1, Pa. NV :It' he .1 and Jew ,:t nr rtly repdirol. Engravinr done in plain Uermwn. i hzept67 Iy. I lairdre:isitor tL Shitrin". ovor Pa. Particular iittatku paid to Ladit :ur i.uting, Slihnipoon.g, 1))eiog, tis, an d sw i e li es o n hand acid wade to GT- J. G. PUTNAM, 11 ILI, WRIGHT—Ageut the TURBINE WATER IVIIERLr. AI - - lware4 Oscillating Alnveinetit (wt. Gail; and \141,,y saws. Aug. 7, I S6,S, ly. C. L. \VII.COX, ' , :tier in DRY MOODS of allhind-, Bard%Vat re tri I 1)101:do Nolintir , . our a:sortment is hirgt, .li I hrloes low. Skore in Rlnok' l Call r, genrium , rn • ---may 2 1 ) I ‘-roi-ly PETROLEUM EIOUSE, 11 , IT I EI,D, Pl ., 41E0101E CLOSE, Pi A new HOLCI Collthleled on like ikk k kk e k ple lot like, for the tievototooklotion the ' , oldie —Nor. I I, 1611( ' ET'ErS rir I 00A , I , IOOA (` stabling. att,tolloa, ati,l au alt N o i v , h os ilways In a tteffila two i; %V. HA',l.l3l"l' - - '4/ILL'S 110 TEL. L ... .J . 11E1A1) Bor.)11411, Tiog3 , E UM, Priprietor. vow' ittia I . , tt:.lta•q with all the modern improvonii‘i,t;,. drive.; if thebe<l btu, t ing ..\%.irtheri, Penh', l'..Dveyances Tt , rtni+ 1 y. VI/AO/WON 12(kti!NE. Clainos, Tioga County. Va. I ..)RACC. C. k " v h Fo , A th( uhing find hunting i;rounil n North -4.1,y1V111!.1. (y.ll 3,,,, 11 1 / 1 1 ,, dat iOII of r. :I..;triiiiling public. I, 186? -1 :Arai Agunc:,. r ll; 4 • , rrto•nurtt,tll~tn„l Lc OW 11.1,1 nr•4 ~Igjg gin I; 11., -1;r111 1.1 , 11111,... .1 k"I pt,p•Lie.l at] li• I. au 1 b . • 10M ,. in; I% r zuy t' t! nu,. , ; I, by lett • r,4 , 1 , 1 ; .t ‘‘ ill I p :ENO WI, . t. \ t II. tNI I'l'll . 16111,,ro.4tober34,1SUii 1 1.1RtiNESS ' I 100 T AND SHOE MAKERS, 'Ter & rtui Vcilke Shwe, i.. the ' . ""tuf'qg occupicfl 14) 1 4 1;4 44 . ; NeeLn. .134)01'S AND SHOES of all kinds mad. It) order and in tlio Lici•l manner. I ' , EPAIRING of all kinds done promi.tly and give us u cull. at. JOHN ILAREN SS WM. REILEY. . , Wellaboro Jan, 2 . , 1868 -Iy. i P.O VAN,IT.LI}EI VOL. XVI. Editorial or ICI(11 7 BOIIK BINDERY AND BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY, Baldwin Street, ;SION OF TILE BIG BOOK, 2D FLOOIy ELMIRA, N. Y. T_T MOTT O HOut) a 5 rur DE ST, CAl.ii• AS TIM CHEAPEST Of ivory , tosoriptivu, iu all styles ut Binding, and as lew, fur quality of Stvelt, as any Bindety in the State. VOi11100:1 of every description Bound in the hest manlier and iu uny 8 tylu or del ad. Executed in the beet manner. Old Dunks re bdund Ind made good as new. ,E4.04.2g1'51a M44.ZAlltTio' I ma prepurod to furnish huel nutubere of all Reviews or Magazine.; published in the United States or Ureat Britain, at low pride, 13LA.1\11. BOOK & OTIIF.II. PAPER, , . Of all zize, and qualitics,lon hand, ruled or plain. ILL HE S 1) )PEIt, Orally quality orl:izo, on lianfra'n4-4.lit up ready for printing Alpo, LILL PAPER, and CARD BOARD of all colors and quality, in boards or cut to Any siza. ST ATI ONE RY , • Cap, Letter, Note Paper, Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, &c. L uin sole agent for Prof. SlIFIP.11:1);:=. NUN-CORROSEvE STEEL PEN:3, ov vArtious Fon Lni,ms 1 AND aI:NTILEMEN, I 1011 warrant equal to Gold Pen,. Tho het in use and no mi,talte The above stock I wilt :ell at the Lowest Rates at all times, at a small advance 00 Now York prices, and iii quantities to suit purchasers. All work and stock warranted as rt.presented. I respectfully solicit a shuto i•i public patron age. orders by omit pioniptly ..ttended to,— Address, LUUIb iiIES, • Advertiser gwoding, Sept. 25, 1507.-ly. Elmira, N. Y. AT Oh 4:01 NSELOR AT LAW, Tioga 4,111,:o %Sidi 4'. IL attQritle , t t. , v, r.,ttil DEALER. IN DitY GOODS. Groreries. 'Hard warb, ISuoty. Shoee, llats, Cop :4, A' 0., (~ ner bf ;11nrIcui and tir3D.nn t•tret.‘l:, Po. inn. 6. tens. 1;(•-p , v(((iliy ;11111 ,, itwe , btizen% ,d• d 0.0 k%., t od bv lotrwo aI ilio !(;; t .•1 t••••. 1,. :t1 I 11. i::4ti;. ;u , 6 pt rri.e:;) I) I. 1,. ii ;-tnith loa ttkr.: 'rut ti•r, 'r‘ Ire I: 0. Co r .r,rrup,•l ior .1(11 t. IH'.9 1). • MUM , ONE HOTEL. 11..ut.ty,,l'it., J. 1; pew., ; i , ; t ••• I )1.11,:, i ,/ .../111 • ; "ill 9, I,:ru-ti. Ft lit iv t- lit tvti tt.o dry huitaii.g, uu,r lire rrel , (.lL, l• i•roroari, l n. itITT; uut bill! kip, .c.‘t Arl , l I. in Ilio r ;o , ! for " \i: :1, 1..1 . 1{11 . ‘1" , ',,',1,•r.•, I , . 1.1 1.1,6-, 111[NEll WAT K I NS, l'itpitiEToli. lAVIN4I tiffoi 111,.4 !lett ht tcl 1 , 1111.1111:, II titi—iite 111,4..1, File! y I.y o. 1 1,14 1,, I ,1 . ..11 - t• liuel clitei l; i,nui Muhl Ntilti i it ,- nllOl bit n ' l • .•utpi•tnucu stud t!ie Proprietor'l...th v. 1.11 enn iiiirmt Ail Iv'lltive ltu,il I; in itt Jun, , GROCERY AND RESTAURANT, one d , ,er above the Meat Market, E LS LI Olto, I'ENN'A, 1) ESP ECTP I,IX announces to he trading 11 ) public th , at he has a desirable eCn, 0l Gre en! e comprisiug, Teas, CI aces, Spices, Sugan,, :i3riaps, and all that constitutes a first class thick. Opters in every style at all sea sowatak. hem-, WeirSbure, J an. 2, 18(17-tf. 111)N, STEEL, NAILS, :43P1TINti, SIIVN, CUTLERY, ,VVP., - It TA Al E, it'll LT (.1; Al, INI PLENI ENTS. Careiage anti lifirness Trimmings II A RNE-*SES, C .ruin;;, N. F , EAIt VE! HEAR. YE! HEAR YE Kvpt eonelantl3 an,l fiirtih=lied to or der. by :41.‘re, 2.1 , 1c,,,r ah..rr 11"y' ()mac 10, Nrdi.) rill II 1'..1 til ILII ~ 1",...010rin :.:ealos, all or , linary i i L i •••, t'it• he Ivy; a hki eitun ter tt , e, may be toll tlll , t 1;,, , lidt. i lt:iar.; Sc.'', , fi t 11 - nti. .liohert6 Well,t 010. 1't....0 ::0:.11,s are the Fairba Ilk: , pat ent an,l hart: 1,0 ,nperiur anywhere.—They aro inadpin 110.• imq .. :(yle and have hiker, the pteini utu at, nit the grc: , t tt \1111.111611,4. Prn.ptßt~~r I 11:1Vt• “Itk inr ao,o Sonit,- , In tlik reL7.1,.11 'N11,1,1.1 NI I; otWitTs. wdki,nro, Feb. I 2, 1965. New Tobacco Store ! t ;111,serilier 61te 1 ei• th e routits ad j4ei:llll:t P. it= Tin :ilore 1%.1 ih • etattuf..&ttite at.,t -ale .1 01(1,1 S, l'ancg (iwninon sm lA' NG Tr n e: o,llirh Fine CO Ir PLUti P. E,-;, um! the choi- IV. 1":11:- NJ.v. 11. ISii• if. 1 1 1.1 i I;17:'; certify _J I 11C - Tl.l`lr Cli.1:11111.l.V .1i 11.1:1 r In: ialc tiLir.l, in I; 1111124 I 't it to lie (.411.A if riot to 1,i1311-4.i David 1(010, sv, ~,,,,Ile A P Con,e Mll Cel,h D I.; Su , un , ,ri, J Bernauer t; 1% BarLcr A lil Sti..l; E sltr.lit S B Dui, tilwit Ring Jobr, C Miller JII Watro , u WII 11'.-thou:4 L L MarEh 1: M Smith 0 A Smith II M Poole JI) StJait. P C Van C ,, lde t 3.i s)nith Jared Davi, 31' Ztauweriwin Cl, Kin g L L Stniih. N. B.—Plastor always on baud at the Mill.— I Price SEI per ton. Nov. 4, 1868. ...'" .l / 4 " . " - ' . ....--......„ „ . .. . , . t 1:' . ; 1 1 ; .45 . !•;. i . i: , l , • i . V - ' ' ;:.; j L ........i:,.., .._..... t ... •... r , )1 1 \ .:, 1 1: 4), : i. , ' , C I LI (.1, • . 4 te - '' ... .4;...\,, B 1 ANE7. BOOKS ALL lUNDS OF GILT WORK COMPLETE YOUR SETS! jo,lin C. llorton, 1 Q. i 3• lIELLEY Ft• S. Perkins, ri. D ' Smith'r: X-30tc,1 :V( 7if UNION HOTEL. E. R. K1A113.41,L, (.17ALICER & LATHROP, MEESE s '(.? 1 11'i" Jai:, U.IItI::RI.S, FINK INS, - CHURNS, BUTTER 'CUBS, W. T. MATH EE S, ! Solt( s'! Styr ! e , -1 Bi'll od of CIG A I,' .ti ) I gOetsikAtitCr. 5 BREAKING IT GENTLY. /110:4 THE GERMAN UP OitlYN The Count ho was riding home ono'dny, But, Inciting his groom upon the way— " Where ore you going, groom ?" said he, " And v, hero do you come from ? answer me." " rtu taking a walk for exercise' sake, And beside there's a lamso I want to take." "To take a house:" said the C . ount. "Speak.out, What ale the folks at home abaut ?" " Not much has happened," the servant said, "Only your little white dog is dead." " Ito you tell me any faithful dug is deal ? And how did this happen ?" the master said. " Well, your horse took flight and jumped on the hound, Then ran to the river, and there got drowned." " My noble steed ! the stable's pride! What frightened him ?'" the master cried. ""Pwas t'clien, if I remember well, Your son from the castle window fell," " son ! but I hope he escaped And is tenderly nursed by my loving viife?" "Altie! the good Contitos liii.•! passed alvay! For she diopped dav,n dead where her dehd sun -Inv." " Why, then, in a time of such trouble and grief, Are you not taking care of the castle, you thief:" " The castle rwopluf whin!' yoit mean ! 01' yours but the,ushe'A aro now to be seen ; As the watcher slept niihfortunellire ! In a moment her heir find her clothes took lire "Then the ensile around lo_r blazed up in a AIId all The household have pet ished in it 4 1 .1 0 1...1 them all. Pate itpared but Inn, Thus gently to break the new to thee." ?At 1(01illiet1115:11 C 3 di 11 11. STORY OF A NIGHT'S ADVEN- TURE An old friend of mine, Fred Stark by name, (Old me the following story : " You eLinnot have forgotten the routes which you and I took in the Summer of eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, years'ago! Mercy, how the time flies, doesn't it?" .Eighteen years ago you went, with your family to Conway, while I went, over to Harker's Corner. I went out and sound a home, for two or Three months I had to spend, with a thrifty farmer, pained A lieu. '1 At that time I was not the owner of a horse, but Mi. Allen owned a very Min horse, and a very respectable wag on': and we wade that answer. • -The chic[ use t made of Allen's Imi,e was to \ or over to Harker's Corner every other evening after my matter. " On Thur)-(lay afternoon,— that WIIS mail-day,-1 looked up at the cloudS, and WM1(1032(.1 Whether 1 had better go to the Corner. Mt. Allen and his wife away with the team. For my simple papers, and the chance of a stray letterer two, - t do not think I would Ino.o dont), but I had sent a cheek of - a thousand dollars down by the driver, who was an authorized agent of the Express i Company, for cash, and if the business had been done properly txnd promptly, Lilo mon e y would be there this hursday night; und I did not want it to remain there; I did not feel easy ; so I made Up my John( to go. I entered the office of the hotel won dering if my chLek had been duly hon ored ; but 1 1)11(1 no need to ask any questions, ler my thousand dollars was the subject of conc e lsation Its I Open - 1 he door. " 'Where's the harm?" I heard Bald- Will, the stage-driver ; say. "-\\ - by.—the harli Is blurting out be for a whole bar-r out full of people three-quarters of whom you do not, k now that you've brouglitusand dollars for Ni'. Stark, when cveorod. • knows just where he lives,land just ttc •oad he's got to take toget home. " 1 smiled at the thought of harm, and having remarked that all was right, I left the hotel and wdnt to the post-office and got my mail, and then drawing my water-proof about me, I stepped down front the broad-stone ilagging, out in the paltering rain-drops, really cheered and enlivened in spirit in the prospect before ate. I had taken four or live steps when a hand was laid upon my arm, and a voice asked, 'ls this Mr. Stark . .""rhat is my namd I said ; and as 1 spoke 1 Made out that my interlo cutor was a temale, nearly a head shor ter than myself; certainly a woman grown ; a dark garb ; and her head- en- veloped in a hood she piirposely pulled over her face. • " You are not going lunne to- night, in this storm'," the said to me. '• Why not' 1 answered. "N'o, no,' she cried, in monk eager tones, at tho saMe time clutching my arm with her I , ingers till I could have groaned with pain. _Not much more doubt ahont iter hying awoman grown, nor about Itr being a hard-working, that. '0 no! Don't goihome tonight! Don't go! " T asked her why not. " Becafise,' she said, 'tlere's danger. 1 tell yoirij tore':; danger I Save your self—and, 0! save others—by not going tonight! 'member—l atn..in earnest, else 1 wouldn't be here now. I n Ileav en's name, tion't disregard my Warning ! And With this she turned and sped awayinto th'e darkness.- " The post-office was in the s:mie building with Baleomles store, awl as goon as my strange friend had disap peared I went hack and entered the -store, where I found Sanhourn, the - eli:rk in the little counting-room, and alone.. I did not let hint know that any woman had spoken Nv t h ; lint ',described this woman as nearly as. could, and asked him to tot) me who she was. "She was in the -I.Ore not ten min utes ago,' he said. '; , lie came in early in the evening and exchanged some eggs for tea and sugar, but this last time she stowd by the doorway until judge she saw her husband come out, from . the post-oillee, and she dodired out: That's Dolly 1113re:hill, one of the best women to work, and one of the most willing and kind, there is in town ; but :•;4111c's got a brute of a husband. AIf. Burchill was once a handsome young fellow : - but rum has cut him down. Tito fano which he had from his father had a item y rum mortgage elf it when he took it ; and Alf., ai call' him-- Allred k his mime is—soon run the rest out. " Win re do they live how?" I asl " -1 ' "Ilave yoa ever noticed, as you pass over the hill hy Widow Anderson's a hut, awny 11()wn the left, where a few :Ainitre roils have been cleared hi the gray bireh swamp?' " have noticed it many flute: , .;." " ;"zanhorn thid ine there was Alt'. home. "Then 1 a,zl(ed if him and his wife were (11t alone----1.0 which Sanborn re plied, No; Bareltill had a son, Ueorge, sixteen years of age—a huge, stout fur low, almost as large as his father. He was with them. "The whole thing was now as plain to my comprehension as though it had been written out upon an open scroll. This Alfred Burchill I had seen. His misfortune bad-broken his spirit and .W. 71 3/ c,f 1 192.4:::•va.G1at 11E1 .03.9 323 o 41.3cutt. 122. or lovitiisscic.ixi..,7 ME WELLSBORO, PA., AUGUST 4, 1869. nnseateVhis -manhood, and, now lte was ready to do a great crime. Ho was poor—worse, in debt, and perhaps suf fering for the very necessities of life.— Far too proud to beg; unwilling to come upon the town for help—ho preferred, in his desperation a crime of the boldest kind. Ho had been in the office of the hotel when_the driver exposed my mon ey, and he knew just exactly the road 1 must travel to get home with it. "Did r feel frightened? Not a bit— I was not even startled. I know I had it in my 'power, if Alf. Burchill attack ed me upon the highway, to overcome him by purely moral force; hut I meant to punish • him. I was sure that he would be a coward under the burden of that great crime, and as such a discom fiture would be easy. I purchased two ounces of Scotch :311111r—before I left the store, half of which I carefully rolled up in a half sheet of foolscap paper San born tore from one of his old ledgers— rolled it up and bound it around very <neatly with fine twine, so twisting the ends that I could open them in an in stant, thus possessing an open hollow tube tilled with snuff: My next move vas to llaleomb's wood-pile, Where I se lected a magnificent club—a beech stick two feet long, by about two inches in diameter at the largest end, and shaped anfi_tapering just right for the use to which I thought it might be applied. "And now once more I set forth upon my homeward way,: . The rain had changed from drops to a sort of clinging mist and the wind had gone down, This was low uown in the village. As I as cended Coghan's hill 1 felt the breeze again, and found quite a comfortable rain of pure drops., and I certainly lik ed the pattering music far _better than the deceptive silence of the insinuating mist. Over the hill—down in the vale—• then up the steeper,l,higher -hill by Wid ow Anderson's.then down into a thick unbroken wood upon the shore of the pond through which the road lay for two and a half miles. It was here at the en trance of the wood—tar away from the widow's cot on top of the 11111—or very near to this place, where I thought I would meet lturchill, if I met him at all so I took out my paper tube of Scotch SI1(111; and having twisted oirone of the ends with my teeth, 1 held it fast, with my thumb and linger, ready to bite the other oil at an instant's notice. i; "I had not been mistaken. Ofeourse I could not put back a slight throbbing at the heart-that resulted from the pros pect of adventure ahead ; but it was not to continue a long time, for which I was very thankful. I ut not gone three rods into the Wood before two men ap peared directly in my path—one of them who stood a little in advance of his com panion, holding what appeared , to be a heavy pistol aimed at my bosom. ' • "6tranger!" said he, iu a Oat' un natural tone, `I know you've got money —lots of it—more'n you heed. You had it come in to-ink-lit—and no\ ' ‘' in yer pocket. It ain't worth so much to you as your life is—and to have one of 'em quick. Will ye shell out? desperate, an I'd put these bullets through ye if uicker'n I'd eat !—yer Money, or yer tile , . "Easy!" said 1. •' I'd much rather giveyou my money. Don't shoot me!'! "1 , or!: over in a hurry, and you'ije safe !" "The paper tube was in my left hand, and with my thumb and finger I had torn ofEthe other twisted end, holdin r o• it so that "cry airy, snuff conhl dro - Woui. The man befoile me I knew to be Alf. Durehill. lie had a piece of cloth of some flimsy kind drawn up over the lower part of his face, with apertures for his mouth and nose; but the tone; the heaving; the form—all exposed him to me. ''You may as well take the whole as a»y said I ; and the next instant I clapp ed the tube to my lips, turned it full into his face, and blew /with all my might. There was a leap backward ; a howl of agony ; and then my club descended upon his bead with a force that settled him as though a horse had kicked him. And th :11 with a tierce whoop, 1 sprang toward him whom 1 supposed to ue the 'eorge; but he turned and run as rswould curry him—ran (Q/Itt as highwayman ken himself h.it and fast a- fax' the -wood Ninnber 'lwo hnd Clir out of the t‘,•ny I struck a eig" assured iii self that it was Kure • whom I laid knocked doWn. And I ah-o assured myself that.his skull was not broken ; but that he was only tem porarily stunned. The fuse only burped a few seconds, arid when I was left in the gloom again I started for home. I did not run ; but I lam tree to confess that I did sonic pretty tall walking. I reached Farmer Allen's safe and sound: and the only explanatio,n I vouchsafed touching my Into re urn was the visit at P 1 endexter's. Of u y adventure I said not a word, even to my wife. , •`On the following day, towards the middle or the forenoon, 1 made my way to the cot of Burchill. His. ;wife met me in the little cluttered yard, and caught me by the arm. Ali, bow well I remembered that event. "What ye here for?"' she asked ex citedly. "Dolly Ilurchill," I said, solemnly, `I have come here to see if I could help you.' "sot to harm my 1 usband I "In God's name, no!—to help him if I elm" ' I=llll= I fcpind Alf, upon the only framed bed with a bandage about Ins head, and wet rags over his eves. His eyes were very much inflamed. But I had come to help him. With a tiny syringe I washed his eyes thoroughly with cold water , --washed and rinsed until I knew that every particle of thc snuff must haVe been removed ; after which I ap plied a refrigerant solution, and before I lea he declared that he felt better in every way. "I repeated my visits, and, to put the story short, won the fellow's heart, in duced him to reform, and the fitfully is now prosperous and happy. Blt, come —we shan't have much more tin n time for supper, and I've got lots of things to say to you yet." A 1-lUMAN Bony AND THE HOUR. OF DAY.—Seat yourself at a table. Attach a piece of metal (say] a shilling) to a thread. Having placed your elbow on a table, hold the thread between the points of the thumb' and, fore-finger, and allow the shilling to hang in the center of a glass tumbler. The pulse will immediately cause the shilling to vibrate like a pendulum, and the vibra tions will ineretwe until the shilling strikes the side of the glass; and sup pose the time of the experiment be at the hour of 7, or half past 7, the pendu lum will strike the glass seven times, and then lose its momentum and return to the centre; if you hold the thread a sufficient length of time, the effect will be repeated ; but not until a sufficient length of time has elapsed to convince you that the experiment is complete. We need not add that the thread must be held with a Steady hand, otherwise the vibrating motion would be con tracted. And whatever hour of the day or night that the experiment is made, the coincidence will be the same. " - Wouldn't you call this the calf of a leg?" asked Bob, pointing to one of his nether limbs. "No," replied Pat, ithotild say it was the leg of 4 calf," k 4 j t: 11 i i „..\ .k.,, : ( 1 ,1 ~,,. - 4,.• ~.:,( ..,--,- -,. • , . ... ~ .. I * .. f i . .., . I .., , • , .i. r. . past middle life. My busi nelS:tu lo pursuits ilv have been varied and suc cessful. During the pressure of my en gagements, I felt myself at times in need of a stimulant, and took to whisky. The taste of it I did not enjoy. ItS ef fects however, - were soothing, and some time§ exhilarating. I found myself not unfrequently under circumstances of humiliation and disgrace, and was on a few occasions unable to reach -my home without assistance. Popularly speaking I was sometimes drunk. I do not know that I ever injured, or abused , anybody, but w simply ine briate. My will was sting however, and my associations go 'd, and I re solved to abandon the hibit of drink-. lag, and withtlhe aid of a deliberate judgmentand ft sense of public duty, I was enabled to practice and continue the habit of sobriety. - • ' But the duties of my business, and the earnest pursuit of wealth, kept me .in a state of wearisome excitement.— The same sense of need for stimulants that I realized before I was a drunkard, came upon MQ with even increased in tensity. What should Ido ? I said, I will not return to my cups. I cannot abandon my business, nor can I'regu late it within, moderate bounds. The sense o' languor,—unrest,— depression —or wha . ref, you may call it, cannot be avoidec I must take au anodyne, not to make Inc sleep, but to steady my nerves, ifoothet my restlessness, and make me fit for business and society. Laudanum was tried and answered the purpose. It was a stitnulant to me, but its stimulant impression •after a while was not' satisfactory ; I desired a narcotic ; larger doses were taken, And I was a drunlktrd for opium. Ido not know that I ever injured or abused any body under the influences of my new intoxicant, bat, I found myself as much a slave to it, as to my first master,—l take it daily,and have done so for years As I look back upon the past, and com pare my conditiOn under the dominion of, whisky, to my present condition un der the dominion of opipm, I tun free to declare myself thus :ft Whisky was taken at intervals of soy -11 eral weeks or even n onths, and my early drunkenness was periodical. Be tween the attacks, my head \MS clear, my hands as steady, and my power of endurance as good as ever. An occas ional debauch interrupted healthy and vigorous action for a few days or weeks, as an attack. of an ordinary acute dis ease would; but in the interval I was quite well. During a year I would per haps have nix drunken spells, each of which would last me, say ten day's, making. aft aggregate of sixty days, or two months out (,1' the twelve, or one sixth of my time. For the remaining five-sixths I was well. I sincerely regret the foss of two months out of each of the many years that I was a whisky drunkard, but com paring thi?se sad years with the latter year of nay life, I stand in the midst of a cloud of witnesses that testily with a multitude of tongues, - - against me, for entering upon the I praetice of using opium, which enslaves me, not for two 11/011this out of twelve, but for every mo ment of ail the coni;lleted months of the year. I cannot be a moment' from under the opium impression withodt suflbring. My brains and nerves de mand theeon.:AnAlt.s4o:nse of Its-presence. ~, ." , •,, , v*v aso, J. IMllaa. n .0...4. vy ~.,..... piee, or drowning in a stream, or being beaten, or torn asunder. Many tor ments are not within Ole reach of my will ; judgment is silenced when it at tempts to remonstrate ; my whole mor al nature is paralyzed when it asserts itself as an opponent to the invincible habit. . • What is my relation to society ? It does not call the a drunkard, for I am reformed. It pities me because my nerves arc weak, and attributes my weak nerves to my former habit of drinking; I am considered respectable for twelve months not., hilt was only considered respectable he - nre, for ten, so that I have gained in public estima' tion while I have lost in solf-control, iii moral po4'er, and mental vigor. I do not practice drinking whisky at a public bar, but do practice drinking laudanum ill the privacy ofi my home. My friends are mistaken - in attribu ' my weak nerves toi the use of whisks , ey were weak before, and I took whisky to . • et hen them ; they ' opium t.O t 1 are weak now, and steady them. Had I regulated my desires for wealiTi, and been content with a moderate and licalthlld attention to business, and taken proper care of my physical con dition, 1 probably would never have nveded whisky or opium. What is my relation to business? I am incompetent to attend to it with any degree of certainty or ;lief f-reliance. Willi a bottle of laudanum in my pock et, and au obscured judgment, I am making bttd bargains, and leading oth ers as welk as myself into dilliculty. 1 look over the past, and remember my whisky, years, us years of financial prosperity .while I am tormented with remorse, thht when my business experi ence, and judgment. and capital, ought to yield me even more abundantly than ever, they are all under captivity to the juice of the poppy plant. If I bring my philosophy -to bear upon my eXperi ence, and ask it to explain my condi tion, I learn that the tendency of my constitution is to seek something to ex h ilanite,.or at least compose. I followed this tendency ignorantly, fluid being blind, I fell into the ditch. My mistake was, that I did not know myself, and perhaps I should have con sulted my physician, and told him of my unrest and discomfort, under heavy mental and physical labor, Ile would probably have advised me to use alco holis remedicii (for unfortunately phy sicians do so with great carelessness of consequences), and I might not have avoided my mistakes, by following his advice. The " first step" I am teld by my minister, was the wrong' i one, and for that lam responsible. But it is so, if it must; but I ask what was the " first step?" Why was .1 born with an or ganization that requires other stimula.- tam besides that of ordinary food?— When I stimulated and found myself injured thereby, and of my own free will, resolved to abandon the practice, why did the same sense and need come upon me, with the same irresistible force as before. The " second step" was taken ; it was a repetition of the first, and to meet the same demand. A worse drug was se lected, because its use was not consid ered disreputable, but 1 find its ell,'ects upon Inc more tremendous than I could have anticipated„ Am 1 to blame for even the " first , step lam certainly not to blame for my being, and t:or n,y being just as 1 found myself; nor (to I think 1 am to blame for my ignorance ; and if for neither of these, 1 take to myself no censure for doing the best I. could, to relieve an uneasiness and a longing which demanded satisfaction. Such is my experience, and my ICLIS on ing about it. I know that many men never have had such sensations or temp tations, and that they cannot feel for those in my condition ; but I know that I am an - unwilling victim, who was unconsciously ensnared, and am con tent to see the world fading from my recollection, and all things around me Thoughts of' an Opium User S . , - 1 (1),,, t : , (" I t I Tf,,ii,c'N 1 :1 .. (1 • ', l . . z -. --'-._ ~. \\: g " -....-\ r \ _, * c . • blurred and 'distorted by my false vis ion ; but T protest that the world knows me not, that' its philosophy does not penetrate into the causes of my captiv ity, nor does its philanthropy or science take me by the hand and lead me into pleasanter wa ys—Parriidt's Probe. ADVENTURE WITH' A SHARK Twenty years ago the West Indian squadron consisted of sailing frigates and brigs, not of screw vessels, as at present. In those days officers had to depend entirely on their seamanship. There was no furling sails and getting steam up if a head-Wind or a calm turn ed up, or to go in or out of difficult harbors ; and if the passage from one port to another did occupy a little more time than it does at present, yet there was the pleasure of " beating your way to windward," and of seeing what your vessel could do against a foul wind. At the time I allude to, I was serving as a midshipman on board the a fine sixteen-gun brig. 1_1(now no sen sation more pleasant than being officer of the watch on board 'a brig-of-war, with every stitch of canvas bet, the bowlings haulial, and as much wind as she can stagger under, while the little beauty knocks ()Whey nine or ten knots close-hauled, gliding over the sea like a swan, sometimes throwing, the spray ak, high as her maintop,' or at others dip ping her sharp spray right aft to her quarter-deck, while she gives a shake to her stern for all the world as if she were a living creature, and enjoyed the ducking she gave the men forward. Jolly were the times we had in the ll—, visiting every hole and corner of the station ; sometimes down the Unit' of Mexico, at others cruising among !he sand ea3,'s of the Bahama Channel, or knocking about the beau tiful AN'indward Islands. We were commanded by ib veiy smart officer who,, by dint of constant exercise, made US 013 Smartest vessel on the station, but, as is nsnally the case, we were un fortunate in ' losing, men overboard. Being a remarkably good swimmer, I was fortunate enough to rescue, on sev eral occasions, who, in performing their duties aloft fell overboard; and it was when so occupied that I met with the following adventure: We had been cruising for some_ time for slavers, on the south coast of Cuba ; but yellow fever having made its appearance, we early one morning left St. Jago de Cuba for Port Royal, Ja macia. rl'hat evenlng at sunset, after the usual hour's ex/cruise in reefing and furling, alt pOssible sail was made, with studding sails aloe; and aloft, to a tine fre!iil breeze, the brig going a fair twelve knots. One of the maintop men had remained aloft, finishing some job, and Was on his way down over the eat-harp ing shrouds, when, by some means or other, lie lost his hold and falling, struck the spare topsail yard, stowed in the main chains, and went overboard. I NVIAS standing - on the stern gratings, and seeing • fall, instantly sang out, " Mau ovqrboard!" •and throwing oil' my jacket, !jumped over the quarter after him. The impetus of my leap toot 1110 :,ozne distance under water, but on regaining the surface, I saw him not far from rue,jtist lie was gtiing down. Exerting al my power, a few strokes took me to the-place where he had dis appeared, and 1, saw him slowly sinking 1 . ,,,, ar , tb me. In an ins ant I was down after him, " . •' -1 clutching - him by the hair, I brought 11 in to o'is, this time the'brig, was nearly two miles distant from us, t;or although sail had been shortened, and the. vessel brought to the wind as quickly as mortal hands could do it, the rate at which she was going at the time of the accident of course bore her rapidly away from us. I found the poor fellow was quite in sensible, and froM the fact of his right arm hanging limp, conjectured that he had broken it in his fall, which proved to be the ease. Supporting him with one arm, I kept afloat with the other, and looking round saw-the life-buoy floating not far from us; so, taking a good grip of his hair, I sham towards it, and having succeeded in reaching it, made my unfortunate shipmate faSt to it with one of the beckets, with his head above water. By this time he was coming to him self, and I knew that it• they could see us from the brig, her boats.would soon be along side us ; but tliis did not ap pear to be the ease for theboats scented pulling in all directions but the right ne. Suddenly I saw, but a few yards from qu object'that in a moment tilled 3110 wt utterable-i dread—the back lin of a monste grk. Slowly the brute approached, mitt clearly distinguish that he was one of the largest of iris kind. He evidently intended to reconnoitre, and when only about lieryllrek from us, began to swim slowly ill a circle, but gradually near ing until I could clearly distinguish the horrid eyes that, make the shark's countenance W hat, it is—the very im hodiment of Satanic malignity. Half concealed between the bony brow, the little eyes gleam with so peculiar In expression of hatred, such a conceit hit thin of fiendish malice, of quiet, calm, settled villany ' that no other counte nana.‘ that I have ever seen at all re sembles. Knowing that the brute is as cowardly as he is ferocious, I commenc ed to splash as touch a. 4 f could with my feet. This had the desired effect, and with a lateral Al'aVelOf his powerful tail, he shot oti, and tor the moment disappeared. Again I I looked for the boats, but still oliservedi no sign that we were seen. ne. Suddenly SIW, but a few y object that ip a mon n r utterable: 4 dread— grit. Sic " :Night was ;11.1111114 -- there ho light, in 1,110:70 illifilhICS—I111(1 I could see little or no hope of escaping a horrid death from the jaws of the brute, who, I full well.knew, was not far oft: Sod- . denly a cry of horror from my compan ion, who had now quite, regained his senses, drew my attention to: the rapid approach of our dread enemy. This time he seemed determined not to be baulked, but came straight on for us. Again threw myself on my back, and kicked and splashed with all my strength, which again had the effect of alarming him, for he went right under us, and again disappeared. Uttering a short but fervent ejaculation of thank fulness I again turned my attention to the boats, and• beheld, with feelings no pen can express, that at last we had been made out, and that one of the cutters was fast pulling towards us. But even as she came Our peril increased, for the shark was joined by ,another, and both kept cruising but a few yards oil, in ii circle round um. My strength \'‘, 7 a-" rapidly leaving me, and I knew that did 1 olleefeea'se-splash iw_Ca II would ho over with us. My companion was perfectly powerless. continued kick and splash, still the veracious monsters continued their circular track, sometimes diving and going under us to reappear on the other side; but the cutter was fast corning up, and they suspecting what was the matter, gave way with ail their hearts and souls. :die neared us the bowmen laid • their (inv.; in and began to heat thel water with their boat-hooks. This was the hist I saw. Nature must have given out, for when I opened my eyes again, I was safe in my hammock on board the brig. A good night's rest restored me to myself, hut though I haye seen mtiny a shark since, I can never look on one without feeling my flesh eileep as it were, on rny, bones. - Letter From Minnesota. - . Having par- FRIEND AGITATOR— daiIy recovered from a severe illness, and my time not being otherwise en. gaged, and thinking perhaps a few lines 'from the Gopher State might be of in terest to your readers—at least that port (ion that contemplate settling in the North-West—in answer to the many inf quires which I have received from part; ies in Tioga County with regard to the advantages offered by Owatonia and Steele counties, to men of different vo cations, has induced me to write a few words regarding the future prospects of the city and county. First—l will give some information regarding the location and business of Owatonia.— The city contains 4,000 inhabitants and is situated in the midst of a rich ag ricultural district, about equidistant from St. Paul and Winona, and is the county seat cc Steele county, being centrally located. Owatonia 's railroad prospects are superior toany town south of St. Paul. We now have railroads leading from the city in four *different directions, being at the junction of the Milwaukee, St. Paul, Winona and St. Peter railroads; the '. Owatonia and State line road will also make its north ern term ions here, giving us direct com cmunication with St. LOWS'. This mad .will, in all probability he cpmpleted to this point, inside of two years. Since the completion of the railroads already centering here it has become quite a manufacturing point, since JanuarY Ist 1869, there have been manufactured 150 wagohs, 320 plows and 100 harrows; during the past Year 2,000 seed soweli ; have been made. Then we ha , e two good flouring mills, a pottery, mar ble factory, sieve factory, and an ek tensive cheese factory, besides mat,i, other manufactories. Phis county ha -I ing, been considered one Of the out-of -P the-way counties, until tapped by rail roads two years ago, is not yet fully de veloped, but since that time, the tide of Immigration lets set in this direction, and her population is now about 8,000. Some portion of the land is marshy, but none too much so for dairying, and un likedinany localities, meadow-land is abundant. Timber it; also plenty, and goodl hard wood can be purchased for ;, 7 3,30iper cord. elood prairie lands can be purchased for about 'i-zlO,OO per, acre, within a radius of live miles i froiii Ow:Ito - ilia. Wood land ranges 1 fropt litbeei to thirty dollars, according fo quality and location.. Of tours, inn proved lands come higher. No county in the Stale aphids markets stivErior to this, there being a constant rivalrybe tween the roads for the shipment of graM, and produce; fanners can al ways obtain an advanced price for their products. There are four OtherStatiOUS WI the meals in the county, at which graM can be marketed, consequently all sections are readily accommodated.— Edueldional.faeilities have not been overleoked. , 1 have been informed by the board'of education 'that there are some sixty school houses in the colunty, beshl t tlfe magnificent brick Strncture in this city, which was built last) year at e rostit2o,ooo. This eoun ty 4 con sidered Ito 0 of tho most productive counties in the State. The average yield oI wheat .last year was twenty bushels per acre, oats fifty, barley forty, corn filly. Though the have !laden un usually cold season thus far, yet the pros pect is for a full clop of small grain.— No. 1 wheat is selling in this market oe ~:e,fo, ...its soe, corn GOe, Potatoes 4oe, flour 5e.!,30, per we th e ., mea l ::,e , ,00, butter 18e, eggs 13e. 'I hi: above is a brief statement of the condition of the country. 1 would, ad vise those who think of, settling in-this State to visit this county before settling elsewhere. C. L. KIMBALL. OWarnia, July 1800. ' I CATIV OF THE WATCH.-1. Do not [. make toy of it for yourself 'or the chil dren. NeVQV Op:11 it except for neces sary In rposes. •2. ft should be regulated to about mean temper:o'lrib, and always kept as near the same temperature as possible. i. It should not he allowed to stop. Better than it he kept running all the time. 4. Keep it in as uniform a position J i g pot,sible. If in the pocket, letter Unit the pendent ring he upright. 3.-Out of the pocket, if it bang on the wall, let it be upon some soft surface. _Never allow it to lay on any bare mar ble or other hard surface. If it tie on any surface, let it he with face up and pc t ring' turned. under, sons to keep the upper ptu•t. most, elevated. O. Let your key lit .exactly, and be 11:214 perfectly clean. By the former you may Savo breaking chains, main springs, ratchets, clicks etc.; by the latter, prevent introducing much dust. 7. Wind, if possible, at the same hour each day. • S. While wilidill2:, hold your watch steadily ill yonr itAL litaitl. Turn only your key, and that firmly,( evenly, avoidin;.!, - all quick motions or jerk . s. 9. .=et your watch with a key; never turn the hands by any other way. You may turn the hands either` ay without danger, if they do not mov - •yery hard. 10. On regulating a watelr, should it he going too fast, move thefiegulator a trifle toward the "slow," : d if going slow, do the reverse; you cannot move the regulator too gently at a time, and the only inconvenience than car arise is, that yon may have to perform that duty more thAn ones. 11. Take note that your watch, even if a good one, will sometimes he guilty of sl.rregulariti(•s" in consequence of change of teinnerature, from the effects of iwhi e h none but a chronometer is ex empt ; also from the jerks and jars of travel. 12. If you tied any difficulty on* you do not wid,r,tand, g o at on* to a good watch-mai:cr.— ierpa,'pe;•'6 Guide. Tea thanking bachelors are respect fully informed that the best waY to get a good cdock of7catx is to seek timesociety of ::onie livelj• young lady. „. OLD Trn.i: Etn:c.vrtoN.-- 7 :linty Wte-hint2;ton, mother or George, \Vash ington, esteemed,•and no 'iloubt justly, as one or the first ladies or Vir ginia, a - hundred or more years ago. An autograph letter Nvritten by her was sold at auelion last weel; iii Baltimore and the following is an exact Z;opy : I;t11111(.., . , this ContA hy Capt . .Nielel , ,on you =tout to 1,1,1t0 me .tor not writitiv, to you lait I iloo a -Amur you it is N o t'e i"'r Wank.. '.l a. v(a.!," great. Itet;ant for You and th4f family into as I bunt Alii) ta ho,c4) I 11,• Captins" Ne; or Calls hoot % ine sho that I Never know NviP 2 lt I" "'lnv 0 • when Lira Y,uo i :, i ;eve you have gut a 't..l',\' good e q ovrt-eer at this uater now . (' 41 , t Now 14)11 ha, laleti a Large i)ea , ie o r vi .„ ll 1 „1 ! ru m you which I dear say if \ , )ii hall 1.,...'n heal' your st•II it ha i l rio t ()volt 1/011 .Mr. I!zttiicl “Ild hi,: wife and foully i• well COZI•11 ilantitth has been marrie4l atnt Lost her 1111,hand She has o no child a hoy may give my loveJto Si , ter 1.:all t.‘,.: Mr C o ‘vnin ti n t s :: hiS r,n(y and am Dear I;rother, Cag y Your :Loving Sister mAL , , , , .. w.Asnisuros. It shows that les:i attention wls paid in those days to correct spelling, Ipune tuatlon, etc., than now. JOBBING DEPARTMENT, Thoproprlotorshavoatooliedtheostabllslime with n note a vario astiortment of promptly and arc prepared to execute neatly and POSTERS, HANDBILLS, GIRCULARS, BILL HEADS, CARDS, PAMPHLETS, ho., a-o. Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, and a full assortment of Constables' and Justices' Blanks on band. People living at a distance can dependon hav ing their work done promptly and sent back in return mail. NO. 31. HoNEsTY2 . --An instance of the find ing of money was told to us a few days ago. A lad named Johnny Black, twelve years old, picked up on the street a poeket-book containing a large amount of money. Ho put it in his pocket and turned back to_ walk in an opposite direction to that in which .he was going, when he found the pocket book, in expectation of meeting the loser on the hunt for it. He had gone but a block when, sure enough, he met a man very excitedly searching the pavement, and walking quite hurriedly. Johnny went up to him and touched him. ' Have you lost anything, sir?' - ' Yes.' ' What was it?' ' A pocket-book with a large amount of money in IL' n, 'Come in here with me.' And the two walked into the store, where in the presence of the proprie tor, the man named the amount of money and gave a list of papers con tained in the pocket-book Johnny had found. It contained $16,000 in bills, the amount named by the stranger, and all papers he had mentioned ; when the little fellow, without any apparent emotion, handed the stranger the pock et-book with itr contents. said UT stranger, ' you como with Me.' Mid he took Johnny to a clothing store, and titt;ed him out with a nice warm suit of clothes - ; thence to a boot and shoe store, where his pedal ex tremities were adorned with au elegant pair of- calf-skin boots ; then to a jew eler's they went, and the boy was pre sented with a tine gold watch and chain, the former bearing, the inscription, ' presented to John-Black (aged 1'l) for his honesty in returning a lost pocket book containing $lO,OOO. By the Loser, MM.' • Will lint Johnny 'be happier and bet ter all his life than if he had kept the money?—.E:egliange. Ati ExrEurAnox.—Some thirty-five oi• forty. yea r rs ago, a Mr. Williams, a clergyman of the old school, somewhat , eccentric, came to Salem from the country to exchange desks with one of his brethrenrin the ministry. During the Sabbath noon. intermission, he said to his daughter : ant going to lie down. If St. Paul himself comes, don't disturb me.' Mr Bently, who preached in the East piurch, who had been very intimate ;Nvitit Mr. Williams, but had not seen him , for several years, hearing that he was in town, hurried off, after dinner, to make his old friend a call. Where is brother William?' lie in quired; as he met the daughter. 'He can't be disturbed, sir, even if St. Pau steuld call.' I mist see him P was the impatient rejoinder, in the inimitable manner pe culiar to Mr. Bentley. Resistance to stick a nist was out of the question. The room f the sleeper was invaded, av i d with nci gentle shake and a corresponding voice, Mr. 'Will iams was aroused. He was delighted to see his old friend Bentley, reiterating with fervency his gratification. ' I think, brother Williams, that you are a little inconsistent.' How buotlaer Bentley?' ' Didn't you ttli your daughter you were not to be' disturbed, even if St. Paul called? yet:you seem very glad to see me.' ' No, no, brother, not inconsistent: at all. I was—l am glad to see you. The - apostle Paul ! why, I hope to spend a blessed eternity with Ilitn ; but you brother Bentley, I never ;expect to -lee you again.' - WASM....tiG THE FACT.: 25:ND HANDS.- Is performed by millions eNbery day, and yet perhaps not a_dozen in a mil lion will do it right. The common practice is to take a basin of cold handfulwater, catch up a double handful of water, dash if into the face and rub it vigor orously, thus rubbing all the matters of toe soiled bands which have accumu lated during the night into the skin of the thee. It is a great luxury to wash the rands thoroughly and well witli soap and warm water among the last things- on going to bed at night. The cleanest per Son will often find a tea-cupful of warm water will be soiled by the oper ation, and the same will again occur! the first thing in the morning, since in addition to adventitious causes there is (luring sleep an exudation of an oily substance through the pores of the skin, and to this floating dusVof the rooms, furniture and clothing will adhere. It is one of the inestimable blessings of city life that warm and cold water are at hand at all hours, day anicl night. Take a tea-cupful of warm water not more, and with soap make 4 lather, with which wash the hands thorough ly, not forgetting under - the ends of the linger nails, and dabble in [hie water until every particle of accumulation is removed. This is better than to use a brush, because the hard bristles will irritate and harden the tender skin un der the ends of the finger-nails. Scrap ing out the.dust with a pen-knife is an inexcusableviolence, and an indecency, too, in an abundance of water until the soap is thoroughly removed. The face may then be washed in another supply of water, warm or cool, aceordingto the taste of the individual. Warm water is - better, as it dissolves more readily any accumulation about the eyes or ears, and then with all instantaneous rinsing of the face in cold water, the work is done ; and then .your hands and are clean enough to p.it the face and kiis the cheek of the ()lie you love best as A morning salutation. Too Mud 11Fmninv, NOT ENOUGH Honsi:.—While rd•iding as a Fellow at Wadham, Dr. White, professor of He brew at Oxford, from 1812 to 1814, un dertook to serve a friend's church and to ride a friend's horse to Millington.— The doctor, who had seldom sat in a saddle before, managed, with quiet as sistance from the groom ; to mount, but after a mile or two, thought it would be more comfortabl to walk. He accord inly dismountet and hung the horse's bridld upon his /rm. On his approach ing Kidlington airupike, the gate being closed, the follolfing short dialogue took place between tie doctor and the gate keeper: • " Halloo: 11/lief gatekeeper, -why dop't you open the t; ate for me ?" . 4 ‘ Open the /kat : why, mann, you joust be be beside yourelf." lull- the 2 1760 'JOB AND CARD TYPE AND FAST PRESSES, Open it, I say, sirrah ! immediately, amid don't keep we and my horse wait ing here." Haw, haw, haw--that', a good 'un. You and your hoi-c! donna you think you to pass that side-gat anti' tar through ? And as for your lOrse ' I can't see nothing like one, unless it be that, there bridle oil your arm!" " Dear nie.! how can It be? what has happened to the laior creature? Sure enough, here is the bridle, but what can h; re become of the horse?" Deep in thought about " crooked let ter'," the doctor had not felt the grad ual slipping oil' or the!bridle from the head of , the animal, which was found quietly grazing, a milelbehintl! - A friend of ours has a painful affec tion of the qes, caused by trying to read' by the light of other days,'
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