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' , .I], .;.: ~- , , .. . f .. • ' - - ~ . : • i - ,„; , , ~ .t. . • ' • 0 . . . . 1 - • • 0 , , . i - -.•. _ , ' ' . ' . ''- - ------ . VOLUME XVII. • os , or st;BsoRIVERN INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. ~,,,r vi gni,(ver Year $2,00, iIIeCOUNTY AGITATOR 3 inaisiiiiiD IVIIT 1111)!IISDell NORINIMCEIT (iF,LDE4 & AUTCHELL I Jno. 1. littOell. c, Val Gelder. RATES OE ADVERTISING; TO LOS 01 MIEWN Olt LEM, ItAILA 0218 3C211A9E krl. lin.lBlns I 41tre I 311 , 38-163t.0e . - Isl,oo I $2.00 I $;6 0 1 $ 5 ,9 6 t FPO 144.00 2,00 I 8,00 Lt,a) L 8,00 U 2,00 1 - 115,00 I 1700 I 2200 - 8 - 0, -I -18 0 ,0 0 0 10,-115,00 10,00 45 , 00 180,0 0 {lOO,OOO Llpeded 'Soden 16 cents poi : line; Editorial or ,29 t ents par lino. ',kat adveatielag MVO! bp-paid tor in advance. qouce Blanks Gonstalite Mantis; Ileedeiitidg, cief,3larrlaita Oortitlcatea, &c., on hand. - Mill • Van Geldek - a, Plain and Fancy Job Printurs. AP.work soptly and penny exeouced.—Jan. Ili 1870. William A. Stoite. Ailey and Counselor at Law, fl . rst door above rfisrereo Osirood'a store, 'Blair% street. WeIlal)oro, June 22,1870 y on .Smith & Merrick ) • tone y. Ai Counselors at Law. Insu t ranno, Inay and Pension Agency ? Oftioo on Main Jot,' \V ell slioro 'Pa, opposite Union Blook. W. 11. Emu. 1.1870. Giso. W MtanicK. RI:I4W, Coates it , Co. daps, =Anoxville, Tiogli, °minty, Pa.— !toni Orley on deposit, discount noted, :dee!' drafts on New York City. Collect pnaptly =Ala.—Dec. 15, 1.809-Iye I JnO. AditittSi: may and Connector at Latr,,Blaneflnid, Tioga ;laty, Pa. Collections prolptly attended Jon. 1, 1810.: • -P‘ ano. 1. attehell, , nay and Counselor at Lam mace Agent. 00108 Over Kra.' . ipialog Agitator Oaten, Wellsboro, I, 1870. Wilson & Niles, , {toys and Counsolors nt Law:„ W" 1 attetnl ro,mptly to business entrustod to tb,s= it earo in wages of Tioge and Pott i er . Olfico on ,evenuo 'lnn. 1, 1876. V SYstms.] [J. B. NILEs. , John W. Craw:mob And Counadur ut Lai?, busiutsso t., him will bo"promptlyftlttendtil to. '=.l4?or eoilth of Allislott'a 110101, 'nowt, Pa.—Jan. I, 1870. ni. 13. Smith!, 1- ,11, 'tints and Lueuranee Agent. Cow. thaitio,us Rent to the ahoy./ addrese will re. it prompt attention- Terms tuclitlorato, Na.—Jan. 1, 1870. Seymour 4t, tiro ton, and Counteivre at law, Tioga P 4. entruated to their eare will receive : , .npt attention. II Lrmorra W. D. Terboll & Co., Druggists ' nud dealers in Wall Paper, iN4'ecia Lamilti, Window Glass, Perfutuu?s, :ts, tJ,lr , do 3.; k.e.—Corning, N. Y. Jun.l '7 1. 1). Bacon, M.. 11. 'An and Surgeon. Will attend prowlitly Calls. Dine° ou Crofton Street, in rear Meat Market,'Wellabero.—Jan. I, 1870. A. M. ! lugWm), M. P., ':e,patl: !At, Oijice nt his Residence' en the r, 1870. UN)rgo Waguer, st,p'iir, door north of Roberts 'udlam! :Rom Cutting, Pitting and Re rng d, no nod - - - - It, E. Onky, c,,,,•;<,, and Jewelry, Silver and Pliitted i.',4tectitetw9, Violin btrings, dze. Watch :A Jvweiry neatly repaired. Engraving e,r, pin English and liertuan.—Mant+ti ,, l4, J. I, 1870. _ _ • UPtrolerin ,i, , Hoime, • i l'a., 0 Et) . CLOSE, Proprict.)r. A now \ el (10(11th:tat on the principle of live and :Ice, ler the accommodation of the public. Hazlett's Hotel, Couot.i, Good stabllug attach- And an attentive hostler always in attend e 11.03. W. Hazlett, Prop'r.—Jan. 1, 1970. 11111's Hotel, iwrou g h, Tiogn. Co , Pa. E. G. :rint , ,r, new taut c'mutriodiutts lakiNtug leo modern improvements. Within •Irive ~ 1 the bent hunting ntal fishing .1n.14 In N(. rthorn Conveyttnees Ti.rtus truolernte.—Jan. 1, Im7o. Itulth's irate', 0 Pp., E. M. Smith, Proprietor. Howe in ~ .:,1.;p9 to riecatutnoaate the traveling • 111 .1 .111)6Tiiir inanner.- 2 -Ja.n. t, 1870. Farmers' Hotel. ROE. Proprietor. This house, formerly br E Fellows. is conducted on tofu ""e principles. Evory accommodation • 411(1,i,ert. Cllarges reasonable. Mitch 40, 70 Union Had. Van Horn, Proprietor, Wele:boro. Pa. • P .N!!!..! plearently looattsd, an,i has HAI '' ,o, \l'lo3rtt, for tnan uul beaet. Char-gee, • ';0: 7 -11.ty 4, 1870-Iy. T13C333 sQt- ME! M. M. SHARE', PROPRIISTOR. iIERE dahciune let Cream, French Ctin 'ectmary, all kitnis of fruits in their 01•• dreh of Tea, i:',ofTee, .or tlioeolate, l 'tttr, 111 ch o ir Feason—can be had at all • :red it: the best stylo . :, Neit door be- Sailoy's ll:trdwitr s e Store. Mawr. 'tb,ro J.,a. 1, 1570 TROTTING ' STALLIONISII/303PL I 11ER I),.tn r. ! -inn) Errler. will I 670, tur a litnited nutuber .it, ! Olt I..tit , Witlg VIL : `tsDAI E A r " " OPpt.C.II.A-. co: I.:IL tube at Welirburo, Pa. o dark LiaN, 153 ha\uus high, oi Lezinty, null uuettutled tioncre of % 'I he great promlue of hie colts to.,k e ne.irable fiir Chute !ilaroi: from n dietoncn furnished pug and well carad for. Ail liact , wrier e t,, ii cure 4,1 17 , -11 PAPEIi Pc' WILLIAMS CO (MEAT REDUCTION IN DENTAL FEES. - The day of high prices i's pal, 0818 work at the following price l, : : ,0,1 teeth, very beat ...$2O to $25 iitt lets - 10 to 15 -4 t ,1t14 per teeth . 2tn 3 g' , l4 fillings ~,,.. 500 t (4'3,00 . tt and other fillings 2543 to $l,OO Taliz, Air or L«tighttv Gav given in e7,trac-. ~.? teeth. fi:o pain—no danger. ' 4l l and read testimonials which- 1011 surely tote you. IQ 7 / 3 ,7 A.ll. RASTMAN, Lientiet. ptf ' 13, Mali' st a Wellerto. • New Tobaceo.Store I TliE stibscriber has fitted up the - Store first door east Thomas ritirden's dry goods store, for the manufactUre and sale of, , • : CIGAR S, (al*racles), Fancy and Common suon - N - 9 roßACCOAkchi g an Fine Cut CHEWING, and all kinds of I PTI L TOBACCO, rifts, and 114c40i- pgir- Call and eon for your/mires. - JOHN W. PURSE", WallAorO;Jan. 1, 1810—tf. TIIII Undefaig,necl has fitted up the old Foui. dry building, near the Brewery, Wellaboro, and is now prepardd. tOttirn Ont. fineenlf, kip, cowhide, and ha• - bp-* ner. k udos to hides. Wolisboro, 'Wens J. , BURG- Wellsbo7 pare . d to oppl, BREAD, ' PIES • D -- IN ' • CA • ItES, of the best, qualtty. We also 4ervo meals and. and ICE CREAM to those who wish. Call at the old Stevens' stand.- , I'. BERGIN. June 8,1870-1. y.• . TIOGA IjRUG STDRJ T. - BORDEN icoeps - ,.cortetantly oty - !•-,Ar• band; Pare 'Drugs and MTAICIIIOO, ,, Chemicals, Palate and Oils, Lamps, " : , station,ery, Yankee Notiona..ike. _ PRESCRIPIIONS Chfreyuimy COMPOUNDED. ( R. 11, BORDEN. 1870: T IHS NURSERY OF FRUIT AND OR. NAMENTAL TREES, I•N TIOGA:---- 60,000 Apple Trees, • ~. 10;000 Pear Treee. in, and In gmai Store, A gcod supply of PLUM; PEACH, CHERRY and ORNAMENTAL ',TEES 66 SHRUBBERY The Fruit trees are composed of the cholCost varieties, good, healthy, some of thezit large and in bearing. Any one wishing to get a supply will do well to call and see my stock before par.' chasing elsewhere: fir.-0- Delivered at the depot, Wellsboro, Mansfield, Lawrenceville and Bless burg, 'rule of charge. - AtLorders promptly filled. Address, T:-R_ ST ON E, Tioga, Pa, J. C. HOUTON Hoitse and' 11.6 t for Sale. ' OUT Et of I`.4a tiptleld r Ticp, , a county', Pa , with- C, in easy walking distance of the churches, Bt a te N )tin4l ig,lhool, At.. House in good order, goo l sire, and co, 1103:lieut.. ..Execifent well and clitern wattle - 4105 , e.; tti did . door. 4.0 f oolgaintir about 11 acre, and has a number of choice fruit trees, grape vines. E.e. A pleasant and desirable home, and, will he sol.l at n low fi g ure. Address nr intoire‘ J ,of J. N. BIXBY. Mansfield, Mar , b 23, 1970 tf '• A 0001) House and haul, on a lot of two sere's, - within ten minutes, walk of tile Courtsflouse, Wellsboro, is isffered for sale. In , quire or Jelin I. Mitf : hell, 'Esq., ilrultrigiri ) . . Jan. 25, 1870—f f ----. PAI.TENT CLOT TMM undersigned havi6gf seeu . red ihe:nikeney I for the ,Patent Metall° IVtiite Wire fof. Clothes Liner, wit eh does net rut, and is cheap er afolouore clurebTe thou otty other hive-talon, nod will be gold cheap. 74. 3 '" Orderi kit at the Nst Oilloe will receive prompt attention. • 1.. P. the 'AI. - ler:114110, cheerfully rccoipmend tht moire Potent WirNll, used r it for tt long tune and (Ind it to he ull it is represented: HOWARD/ SANITARY AID AS ; StiCIATION, For the Relii.fand Cure of the Erringand Unfortunate on Principles of Chrietian Philanthropy. ESSAYS ON.THE REDOES OF YOUTH, and the Fol Iles of Age. in relation to MAIIIIIAOS and FOCIAL EVILI with Sabitery alit for the afflicted, Bent tree, in seelc4 envelopes. • Address, ASSOCIATICti, May 4,1870-13•. ; Eox P. Philadelphia, Pa. LIFE ASSURANCE. 114 it wire to det, , 9 the payment of a were pit tone° to some Ltfe Imsurrinee COMpftby,wilen ,ify. dowg so a bantrst,nie competence is secured to one's tettiily iu cote of premature death? In making an insurance two thingszare necessary to be considered: I First, The securitinf the Company. Second, Cheapness Of the insurance. The ratio a.ets to liabilities in tive- companies some hat known in this vieinit3: clearly demenstratea `which of the live it, most secure: THE THAN ELMS' Insurance Company has $53 )10/1g to each $lOO of liability to } polioy hot. : tier% than any ot the above companies. TRAVELF:I::: abortwee Co. charge from per cenul.Las for insuring 'than any of 11:,"•4 1 o,vo sump to;ctf Compare the annual ptentittnia charged by each fur an insurance on Inn at ho age 01 30 year?, payable at death: L. C. ti AhoUt the same difference running through all the different ages and plays bf Ineurance.— Tut: Tuxvnt.nris' is 0 stLick Company. The other Companies are mutual. All ;the policies of Tilt: TitAvr.t.t:le aro, non, forfeitable, and they contain in explicit terms the contract in full between the insured and- the - cotolpaiiY. • The Mutual Companies charge in th it policies a lx l rge premium, but male a verbel N truaitzd'out sidik of,the policy to.return in the future•sume of:the over charged premium= "which they call dividends . . Qum this pain!: "Hon. John B. Sanford, (acknowledged author ity.) Insurance Commissioner for the State .of 31assaehusette. says: "The plan that secures the desired amount of Insurance rit the smallest anniial premium is the best. - • . Tho int:nine producing "ant inbireiit heating; and pay hilts bank plan, and a dozen more of the Bawd PROUISINO port aro well enough for those Who can afford to go into lifo insurance az a epee. ulation, and throw away half their chow:tee. " SMITH, dr, IiERIVIOIC. - Agents for Travelers' Ins. Co. of Hartford ) alio Msy /0,18704 m. cent Brand of CIG.d BR. New Tannerf; Tioga, Jan. I, 1870\--/v FOR SALE.. 1870 • BY T. B.STONE,. (formorly B. C. Wickkiam's,liur.lory) *Cioga t Dec. 8, 1 tifl9—, y P A NTS, , 11AS INII F• r the [Minn, tit • March 143, 1870-11 House ,;, Lot . for Sale MANSFIELD • MiNERMA For pale b' .• - • Niarch lc, :Is7o-tf. W. CARESS. • P C. VAN GRLDER, W. T. MATHERS. 11, R. HOLIpAY, A. M. INGIf AM, M, D June Ratio of Asaets to Liabilities Travelers,'. . "Etna, Howe, Eiluitable. • • S.Vabliington, \ Annual proraturn Teu annual I \.r life. payments. 'Praveleit,' ..- . 1 $16,84 - $83,21 , _Etna, _ 22,73 42,80 Bonin.., .. 23,30 50,00 Ipluitable, ... —22,70 46,97 WaBliitigloil," —22,70 ' 46,97 JEWIrALRY STORES . ~:, ..4. : - -•. ; ; 1.2 - ',:k. , . a Ifc.,j .' .• 1 -4.,. 1 ~ r 0, o ~" • %., ... :T. ~., ~, [Vi ii :.l: .? .....",.... AM ERMAN 'WATCHES; ,:.-‘ GOLD OR SILVER CLOCKS, JEWEL. G O,LD: CHAINS, KEYS, RINGS, : PENCILS, OASIS,. GOLD & STEEL : PENS, T With most oth'or articles usually kept in snob establishment, which is sold low for , . , Repairing dune naatly,.a..ud promptly, and on sbaq'ijOricri. 3 s - ,•" January 5, 1870-Liy., • V. ' . . . BRUSHES, tv. C. KIVESS • Vann".Xll I 1 1~ `PI.IO. A - - Civt4 7 • /PHD untleritigiked offers for Kilo in, jeekeoan township, on-Iliirninelitra Creek, 1)1'4 Steam Saw Mill and 'Farm r Sai4• fterm contnina:os acres, three diVelling,kouses, ttirq,4 goad barn., The, Mill has been billit 2' yearn, "coritalne 35 llorse,Puwer: engine circular Mill, Shingle Acacbirile MIII and Edger. ill' 40 by 7.5- bel:cderi Lboilet lio.u.rk, and in good condition. Ootod - Powir. and plenty 'of stock for cultera work. Tbp fa0:1 f udder good cultivation, about 50 hateiiirOoveci; well watered, a good bearing oro:ii'd, and desirable for dairy purposes. The property Abould be teen to be appreciated. For terms, Ole.. address 0. lIA.MILTON, June 8, I.B7o—tf. Box 888, Elmira, N.Y. : t• Tioga . laaFble Ntox4B. , • ~• „.., IHD undersigned is - now prepared tt e.*g. ‘ I: cute all ordersroil'oin' b'Stones And Morin-. monis of eith4r . i'" , - ;Y ofITALIAN OR ALITLANto MARRL of tht latest style and h`ptroved NrOr rea and iwith dispatch:, . i _ = tip 'keeps enestaetljoa‘ ha - ndth, . kb:lde 0 4 Marble and will be' elite (o` kilt' wo or him with their , briders', our as reMionabletorms as can he obteinedin _the FRAN iC Ai/ANS. • IES WIRE. TERMS FOR 1070. ;, HALPER'S MAGAZISS ; One , 40 - HARPER'S WEEKLY; ' One Year - 4'04, HARPER'B BAZAR, One Year../...- 400 • HARPER'S MAGAZIfiE44IIIPER'S .Vr4cl,l4 . and HARPER'S BAZAR CO ' O3S athireeS; for . One. year, $lO 00; or any tc4 fo!.s7' 00: ' •• • • An extra Copy o'l• eithe'r the Magazine, Weekly, or Bazar, will; be, supplied gratis for every Club,. of Five Subscribers at $4 00.each r in` orolremittance ; or, Six Copies for $2O 00, with-'' on't extra copy, . HARPER'S Manazitut contains nearly Double tbe Amount of Matter .turnished in the Galaxy, Th Atlantic,. Platnam, or Lippiimot. It exceeds 'in t bout the ?lime ratio any English `Magazine of the same general class. - A New Story.,eplendidly Illustrated,-by Wilkie Collins (Author of "The Woman in White," "No Neale." "Armadale," and "The TtIoonetono"), will be commenced in [ Harper's Weekly in No yoMber, 18419, Persons desiting to renew their SubsoiiPtions to , itorper's Periodicals Wilt much ',oblige the Puhlishers by sending in their Nimes as early as convenient before the Expiration of their present Subscriptions.. This will obviate the .delay at tendant upon re-entering, natees and mailing . . back Numbers. • , New Subsoribera be supplied with p er of e above Periodicals from the preient time td( the end of . the pear ISTOIor Four 'Dollars. .k!ddresi HARPER .k BROTHERS, New. York. Iktew York, Oct. 15, . I - ....$182,00. ... 119,00. .... 120,00. 112,00. • • .112,00. _ , DEALERS IN , Drugs; Medicines,! Chemicals, GLASS J UT TY, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES,-DYE STUFFS. • Alcohol, Pure Wines and Tsiquorn, for Alvtieul Purposes. - . , Porrumery- Soaps, Brushes, Toilet Akio &o Phy stelae s ; proscrlptlonacompTinded.tifi all hours BLIDSSBURG, July, 20, 1570: y FOR SALE. AMusa and lot doPearl Street, 2d house South of district school house. Enquire on the preinlees, LEAD, LINSEED OIL, 114 PAI TERS' A - ATE'RIALS`Cii I / 2 1,i—KINpp:", for sale cheaper than at any ether establishment In Ticiga county. at ' P r It, WILLIAI4fS & CO'S. p. ARMOTRONG Arm Strong & Linn ) . . ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, WILIJAMISPOIty,•TENN'A'.. ,1 'll Aug. 4, 1889-V.' . • Li. =I ANDREW FOLEY, who has long boon estab lished in tho jowalry busi ness in We!labor°, has al ways A:al silo, various 'Batts n ‘ nd Ricticoff SPQQNS,` &c., &r„ , • , r;# , C A S H. ME PLEA Tlit TR • 70 . • 1870 • r [DIANE TE6IE Another attecutiti to Confisia_te) ' • ', -' A Bear trying to II the:Market ;~ •Ileavy : suite for Bonds , ' • , . • titi,ylogic iw an t s his ".Pours of Plesh"— - -. Willts,l4 " nominated - kith° Dimd/p: ' •'' '' s: (Witnti.Datuaget-5,00,000;000 -7- •- Ad influitum, ad nanstinm.'- ' -•'-' . • ' Tno "learned Collet" couldn't "see it," - egad D Sic transit gloria, t' Old Lino"— -, . The whole crew over)ioard: • " Too light for heavy business." Another Tub to the Whale, . J ' With the bottom knocked ont. ' , , , put,tbe Air Line " still lives," ' l , '; iti.4bt - pi f lq up, with care,"— '' Sp; SU - 10 ocdy and Style combined. et the ptiblic retnalo " soreno." r ir. D B.- A, Do. and the Air Line— Oneand inseparable', Won, andArevor, ! tiVebsi,erL , , , , _Lot th . oll7tiidciodlo"nioorn..osiblei), , :- '-'; .k%, D. jiltfil,N 11 LL A 00' - :, I L'Arno:2{44B7o, ff- \ -,. - 7,1 •,,. 1 1, 1 ,) y",„•',,z,,..t` j ,ai Tioga . Jan. 1.,1870-tt I A R'S BACON & BAILEY, WOL I WANTBD. VASH PAID FOR W 001; BY. 'D. P.'IOBI4T;AT,'. *ellaboro Jorie, 15, 1870 - • ly WED*PDAY MOVNI.ICG, AUGUST 10, .li3 ' 0. - MI CK! ritt%o Orloviter. TIIROUGI I OIESPAEAT,) , t f; irtomrsea VEUCT: r - One l, Whermylieart and I wore young, W 9 wandorred, restless, by yea andetrand, And lingered a Mlle space among The grassy yalleye of Switzerland; Where watchful ,suminqe-forover frown / Through blue air slanting, clear ith l d'kben, Wearing.proudly. their icy crown, -':411416 - htiPpy hamlets smile bet,ween ...I iv licre Wren tei rejoicing run, • ' reaptnititAliffs in strength and pride Like Snow-Whig ribbons, in the - wind aid 816, Auttoring down the mountain aide; Where smoke likd, Clouding of tender blue Dapples the slopes'in sunny spots, • And sweetly change on a nearer To drifts of fairest forgilt-mb-tiot.', ,9110,k14 . 6itt, when the sun was low, Anti the, motit s ttain ahadoWs grow datek and vast, rw:itt i oh,ocrt4:Oottagers, wending slow i'ht;iatWhen their toil was past Two walked lovi gly aido by side, Speaking, softly, as lovers speak— Ito with an air ofimanly prido, She with a blush on her sun-browned-cheek Hand in hand, through the ertnAng red - They went through tho altdpr(atlamp and tpc.eom:: ,Cbooalag a, ,narroW path that led and on through the growing wheat. , SuitscSi toiiofietfhina with rosy light, Suneat hrightotted horloosenod hairr— poor„aM plrin, - fair to sight, youth forever fair.' and cfti 4 tr.44 , ~Ror aro vanished now— .l think of that simple/ • .And render w,bether they . kept their . vow— I • _r _ • 'Whether under e' memoistly roof, Their wedded lipirite cerenoly Went, i i Ttley weave tho von warp and Woof, Of their quiet ifo in calm content; Or wether they parted in scorn. and wrath, - 7 As myriad lovers haverdli4 later. , And elmosing eabh separate path, • 'Were ihenee divided for evermore ; v • Or weth - er.still,.as across tho'land _The dewy shadows grow damp and. sweet, Perennial lovers * with hand in hand,, TiCei raliiitneb-deep, in the groping wheat; Vtiorti 4nee6loiiiiinti/"..', [ rom Lippincott's blagastne.), MISS TIGGSI3 SECRET:`'""'- • , .. t '' 'lltllis Vi t ggs was not the legitimate and ACCepted fern* of,. old maid,;,:oriln-otlier WOrds, Mei Tiggii . • WEIS riot - tall, serail •gy', pi-It:6%nd 'sharp nosed. On thecon , tritty,Ailitie:Tlggs was of the roley-po , lev'drder,‘ii ort, plup and full faced, and•lvithoUt tbit morn primness. Map was necessary to keep up the dignity of the profeAsion into which ithe 'fortune of life luid cast her, for Miss Tiggs kept a boarding school for young ladies, and I ve all know that dignitYill3 akesseittial in keeping ytpung ladies from too great exuberance% as sternness is for young ,gentlefni?n ailaacted with the, m -,-,- ~' UisaVigs!et school was , fashionable, 'tile naiAer.-f her scholars, • according tat h'er\Al dt ari:Vehil".. o limited," but, ,t.liecorifing:l. , her 'private piogramme, thtro being always an opening for one more: In ,this - respetit, - Miss Tigge's 6030 4 44 . :Wtt0ppt unlike a street, crir—nev or full-, jt-W,as, assns alvtirtka:exPresdeiti it to thewenitt, i' More like an elegant' home than eh institution of learning." , And so it 'Sax, :in. A greatAegtetnler there's no dritaNut the. fact that thelitm tie woman "did all she couldto make-her young ladies tuomfortablei , land, ' While she did not ignore, stye , puttifortli. her: most strenuoustp.tforptnwarg 04. 3 8.9)4,a • - ttesor. it,. , land,•,manige,ii-,fo,„win; the aire'*iv , ik' - t t, r pf her „ptmile, not only by 'that. litiltritlity, but i by „the ',oon . ilitiV'i iiiridnies fif iher hear and her InfilVing 1 'di 4&41ti0 - n`. I \ Man y'-'6, - ,.'little breaking aWtii'.:froa Idisciiihne • dicf- Miss Titge overl6l4if"9l;len'slie found that it.t,dill ruits*Pratiell from wilfulness or4fokfid , • "nesa- 4 - 2 ruitriverlooking which was apt' to , :encourage' eyoung ladies in many at d'i•oll caeapta of hut also:had the , advan tagetoxf, Fes raining .them from ,doing anyA r liingthei felt could glyq Miss Le— Il:mem Tigge.real pain. • , • , , . , Besides,hdy pupils, Miss Leonora had two nephews 7 --ohe tan intrude of the ee-, tablishment; an' one away at scheol i in 'a 'distant 'City • i i Ns . '"l'lggaili; 'expense, whom sluitilaa• i 4 itit seen-for , nearly five' years., ' The I • netwhO was an inmate or the establikthment, a -you th .` of ',twenty, _Walter Apitham by, .name," *as nada continual 4sentenee . of ‘banishment, ,0r,.. In other WoOs, since ~ he had reaehed the mature age of fifteen, had been told daily that he was too,old to boa dwelli. er,in the -sane honi3e . witii` - liit3,atnit,'s twenty-five rosebuds, and that he raus make up his mind to immediate r-,9. val. He had, made 'up ills 18 .. di' but , somehow the sentence; tho Ugh reitera ted almost dally,'waS never - carried 'into effect, and so this Wolf remained in the `fold. ‘;.... 't ~.) , . . ',.',This, how.tiver, only giving the aa ,personilicidle. ' Waiter Askhartii his ,due, ta,.tleclyre ,that durlngthose live, years he had. behaved With wondrous proprieiyx . He had given up romping "with the girls and,, playing practical ,jokes an thein. Helladnot been known, forlntiker ; than that, to dress any of them up In ,his . elothes, or himself in theirs, and in fact' had attained to the character of, a' most. exemplary' young I M man, having risen n e employ 'of Bunns, Broicz.& Co.', during that-five years, from only 'lin errand _boy' to the responsible position' of second book keeper, with a salary not tot be Sneezed at for a youg mark of t*enty.•• •, - ' ' To ,say that Walter; out of all the twenty-five, charming puPils • of ,Miss Leonora, did not see r,nything to charity him into breaking through that terrible , line of deMarkation his hunt had laid" dawn for hiln, would be saying ahriost 1 more than human nature,is eapable. of. , There was one; the neatest and sweet-. I est little body.that ever ate bread and butter—which her name it Was Kate Dillon, and her age.sweet sixteen—that he was especially focal of;; :And_ Mat . state of things had . existed for folly years, since the very - Milt,' day •she had. b'eed"trlicen into Miss Tiggs's "selibel, which lia i tipenailin this way i''` - -• \ When Miss Tigg - s went, to 4'clApolher-: self, she had an intinfafe, Lillie Price by name, with 3v hem the school coin.' panionship was •Perpetiated: j'lJillie married, and after six years - of rrtatri , many. wao lift a widow with One dangb.l ter. ~.., 4 , ix tuare4horeo3truggle :with the . worldas a Wide", and Lillie one :day' ' .laid comp-tile load. of life audioft.' Itis daughter to the enter, mercies of the Biggs, as erpbod in Miss Leonora . Tiggsroicloset there'yes of the dying Averna ;land, br:at t Vd in her - ear the Corafor,fingAssur , nee that Katie should never Want d.ln her while she lived ; and well she kei t her promise, for in the four years s 0 had been under h hands, she ha grown into as elegant little lady as ' , said be.found in a sum mer day's w; k, add as wonderfully in love'with alter Aekham as it was pos sible le. All this • could not help leakint out, and inteMiss Tiggs's eyes' and eats, and; as a consequence, trim bled °h • r amazingly. One restriction 'after the other bad she put on the cou ple, bt.t all seemed to ,heo,f no avail, .and simply made the, young,levere re-. gard her as a tyrant am? one _whose: breast was net,sueept.ible.Of thetgivticie •P it.f Met i.atne the cliinax; - 'Mfss t rl entered the breaAfast'room 'one ' morn ing noiselessly and suddeply,and etitight Miss Katie kissingMaltei right - upon the lips. Thai was-too math, and; the fiat 'went forth.' Had she' caught Wal- - ter ,kleshig Katie, there might have been, some condoning, but the act re versed shcTed malice prepense, and on. the spot the sentence of separation went forth--Iseparation, not hp.pishment for Walter from the -Triggs mansion 'for Miss Leonora could, not so suddenly make up her mind to'so Serious a step ; but a rigid confinement cot , Katie to the girls' apartments, ,and. the ,changiug Walter's room, so that he-,would be leo ated and the lovers have uo, ehauctLef meeting. This WAS the .. terrible . . I tence of Miss l i iggs, and a sontenctithat was carried immediately Into effect, Miss Tlggs Aunt:much* to Walter; as she rebuked hiattor hie heinous •rality, that within riV'er,Y tew days he would have an opportunity. of t judging what he ought to be,, by taking as his exemplar his;cousin Bol; who' was'-to spend a 'month from school•with her for the first, time in , five years.:: This AWL `ilithietinterest Walter, much, for really nothing did ,interest . him,_ save Katie, and the only point on which ho could dwell in connection with the!new eem-, er, was curiosity. Cousin Bob, accord ing to aunt Leonora'e idea,,was perfec tion. Ho was only thirteen, but an,A.d. TO:treble Crichton., `What he couldn't do wasn't worth doing; and as to geod loolitk,7i' he had more of then' than he knew what to dUwith, and Was ekpeel ted with theM every hour at Vilip Tiggs's establish - merit: . ri.lo change the serne to the girl& apart ments. Peolt Kat °had 'nnw . been one whole .week that she had not seen Wal tei;Y.and she was 'dot only hroken hear* tett, but desperate.; The 'gossip ,atriong the girls about the coming cousin Bob, did not move, her; one -hit, . She knew, nothing, could ,think ef . nothing, but Walter, and Misa:Tigge was, in the house, Thy:vol4ld beinapossibie fqr her to see hire.; and Mies Tiggs, With al ways in when- Vertex' .Was„'" ':it tie; bctt :What` could all the' girls do I agaiiiit Yi'ate i ? " - tilt there was one verilittle girl, and as reckless as she was she was Teoklesst' --Thitik:ive4sl , little= hI was always, dip to' all' thelnikhief that coo id be hatched' :and hadroften .been: heard solemnly tobefrioan the anelent days 'when. the girls had , suelti , fun- Lwhen tlieS used toZdress upiu. , Walter's clothes and play variens pranks, gener 'ally,ending in some sort of, punishment from Miss Tiggp, : whieh was only look ed upon as the salt that flavored the af -Thid'vev liAls, : gtrl it Wap,.put'- ,tlng , that and that together, Who one day•aad to Katie; who;.Was - only Wait ing for-a proffer oppo'r'tunity' to burst in :, ~ ...~ i the air— into n• Kcal 11014,67:''0ry ; • deesi up and pas yoni:self off +titli'ttStiss - Tiggs iot, cousin BM, an if. taloa' yoti eau' teen "Molter as much os you please?" I • Now a' dreadful thing for this - 'very little ,girl tb 'say such a wicked thing as - this, so very little as she was; . too;.but what shall we 'say .of _Katie, who took her-•- as. quick as lightning, in her Arms; end said, ) ," dear li4le ereaturel how smart you are do it, right away." Well, well ! the .wickedness of young ladies cut boarding schools pever : ean be estimated, and therefore there; need, be ' no wonderment, when ive s'asert 1 ihat Katie and fps very little girl were 'very Wiptiit laying their good looking heads higetherlind contriving bow this nota ble ifiet'could be accomplished, and at 'last concluding that nothing could be done without calling- in the aid of la* 1y,,,,N0w, Molly was the rnaid-O:iall .Work for the young ladies'-general ,rps -1 sing maid, chamber maid, errand raid, an. 'made to do all' kinds - of thing ei .."the by love Or bribery ; the first h ink rth; inotie . with Katie Dillon, for el " . lilid been . beard several times au; bluebingly to declare- that she would run her head off to serve that young la dy, though how . far running one'shead off can serve uny person, is a probleni not easily solved. And now these three—Katie, Molly, `and this very little, giflL-havOtheir Leads together, and Iran the combina libn Was solved : first, that a suit of clothes must be got, which Molly set tled by engaging to borrow the Sunday go'-to-meetings of a nephew; which she had presented him herself; and why shouldu't . she borrow them, which—ta king Kati© in with her eye—would just fit? After this master stroke, the trou ble wars almost over, fwthere was no thing else but to mango the, rrival be tween four and five o'clock in the after noon, this being the hour between school and supper, and also of Walter's coming home, and the time when Miss Tiggs always went ckut. It wan a bld m ove, i?pillolly could fix it. The e ception could not be expe'cted to list long, for Miss Tiggs must soon finds it ont e and punishment must follow, but Katie was willing to take all risks, so that she 'should only once again pass an heal; with ,Walter. ' 'ls there any wonder, therefore, that , when .Ikliss Tiggs returned from her af ternOon eXeraise, ° Monk,- who was on the watelq-announced, that Mr. Robert Tiggs had arrived and was at that mo ,mentin'tho parlor, and that f 4)1. - fis Leo nora, : with a pleasant. flushinantling, her yet goad lookidg'cheeks, made very; hasty steps to' thikt spot u and caught' In flei,afins an ,apparently good look (14g hoior about thirteen, who modest-. ly• return - 441er caresses and : answered the hundred questions ,that i'v. re show ered upbn Mtn . ? llow cmiie e• to ar rive allay sooner than.-expect d? .A.ox fety to see his .aunt. )'her his truok?, Left behind,' to be 'i °livered to-morrow.', for'the same feasqn: Deli soatik.-41Attery1 How could ]dies Tigga . - withstand i\t? 81,16,was delighted. ,Eiev.; eral times she held the . nervous and" blushing boy arms'• length, and- de; elarectjdelightedlyi that ,she could see nothing of the likeness .of five • years ago, ,he had so linproved;• and -then, leading himi up in froni el the, _mirror, affirmed that he had groWn very like, herseff7—in fact, the likeness most sure ly strike everybody. . How many kisses and" einbraces this was interspersed with onnnot be recorded, 'but in the midst o • in walk ed Walter. ' ' The meeting betweenth: cousins was a queer one. •On his entry' ce; Walter was constrained, and offere his hand; btrtnonsin Bob, however b ckward he 'night; have been with au t Leonora, was not, so with Walter; 'for in a MO-, Ment he hadliis arms aron d his neck, and gave hiui one of the so ndest kiss e the lips 'that had b:en seen.or hearilln that house for m Hy:a long daY.!" Aunt Leonora saw t I is , approv ,- Ingly, bitt . Walter : rather wced. under it•at,flrst,, until, as it were, s ddenly un dergoing a revolution ; ofeentiment,he gave wquigk, piercing lookln his new cousin, and as vehemently l,naught him In"iais_ and duplicated whichwas,all that-Was wanted to make' Miss Tiggs-burst out in a'ilttle - crY of admiration, and 'clap her plump:little hands with as much delight as though she had found a penny. 14..fter th'is there was-nothing for %Miss ,Tiggs,to , stisplay her daliglit'ins6 prac tical-a way, as in a question of supper., ?or over a week Walter had taken his ompper alone, to keep - him away from Ittaie, but tonight, according' to Miss Tigg y il arrangement, cousin Bob shod,take supper with hinf; and away.she !fluttered to'Make.the arrangement. - • ' Now; we are not going to, intrude on 'the privacy - Of thesOwo cousins when lien alone 'by their aunt; so we will not 'only close be steno on this, art, bawl the supper, only, asserting that it over there were 'two perfectly happy cousins, that roof sheltered them'. InTfiet, Miss Tiggs knew it, for as they rose from the table this little lad4said : " delighted, Bob, to think that you and Walter have taken so' great a fancy to ,e,ach other, that I'am going 'to .leive,yOu as much together as possible. You shall always breakfast and Sup 'to-. gither." j s " Just like you, aunt, you tire afivays good,". says Walter. Bob said nothibg.); "And," resumed. Miss TiggEi," , j - have given Molly orders to . Changer! Aini heilstead in your' tOoin•Walter; and put in a .double one. You shall sleep together:" This was kind ; but why there should ,conoe to e the .facea of these two happy cousins .stich' a blank look of sudden -noire; Could _ define but theni iselyes. Certainly'Misa Tiggs cotildnnt, for.this.elderly 'young lady was itover . ofoilght; and despera tely ,fought 'againbt. the t use of glasses,, , ex- Cept in the retiracy of her own room. 'Therefore' it Vas that ,ti ~blank' look mist helve eseaPed ,her. notice, though , Walter' felt 'that she had read to'• their very hearts' cores, when, a, few inements _ : ' - restored; the stil grave And altered tone of ~;4 3 ! yVfllter, YOtr . ciux gO up stairs •for half an,: hour. wish to have, some yonr,cousin." (She certainly •"coursin..") "He can go with: mo rriy room, and I will ring "when .1 want you.": • • • I ,4nd se, tliese,two happy cousins Sep araidd.;-'ettai feeling like detected-felons ,led 16'thOr ,Runiihment. OVe shall fellow Katie tO Miss Tiggs's Ooni, where _they arrived withotit'n word spoken, on eithe,r, I side. • It Was a. very drolbeginping that Miss Tiggs made toward having "some talkA ~.Ifirkly, she turned the gas, wliich had lieen burning-brightly, to,so 1 1 :li low a point. that t eye was . something mess than " a dim r lig OUd light" in the room ; anti sOon .', s e._went delibe ratelY to a closet, tid bringing forth, a bottle labelled " erry," and twoglas sea,t set them on t e table, filled the glasses, and inotio lug for her comPan ion' to•dei the same, she quietly einiitied one of them, • `Phis, w!ts 'an extraordi, nary 'refection for Miss Tiggs, and only, indulged iii on momentous occasions; as the recipient of the hospitality knew, though only by hearsay. This disposed of, be settled:herself in a• large easy chair and motioned her ei-clevcintneph ew to a seat at . her feet; then, without, further• preliminaries, she opened on the trembling girl : . " Robert•," says Miss if Jggs, " I have touoh topay:to you, and I feel that I must say it tonight, before I sleep." " Robert!" says' ? Katie to herself.— " Then.she has not detected me." " For," resuined 'Miss Tiggs, there's no knoWirig *bat a night or day nifty bring . forl.h." • 'Katie thotight,so too. 4' While you Were away from me Ro bert, I did not feel the importance ,of this as I do 'now, but seeing you bas brought it all to my mind, and I feel that you must and ought to know: it." Katie did not feel sq sure of .that, but ;vas afraid to dissent. • ." I atri going now to tell you some part, of my,p4t life; but while I want this known td yourself, so _that in ease of - my death 'ou will know how toact, while I am liVing you roust keep it al ways a secret locked in your own breast.' Oh, dear! what was Katie Dillon to do now ? Here was some fearful reve lation coining that she did not wantp, and which she was. to be sworn to keep. There Was no help for it; hear it she must. Miss Tiggs went on 3 , " Robert, the world, even to my own relatives, has always considered men married. This is not true. I havebeen married, and you are : my child," Oh, horrors! for Katie Dillon to, sit there and. listen to slich a confession, which she knew was - not intended for her ears ! ptui burled her 'face in her hands, while . Miss 51ggs burst into' a succession of sobs. " My poor boy,. I don't wonder, you hide your face for shame of your moth er. And yet it is all. true. At an. age when I should have been 'thinking of i I a thing' else--40r41 had-reached thirty th --I, loved your , father and _married h. He was my English teacher, and for fear , or',the world's , Opinion. I kept the Marriages secret " Hondo Katie did squirm on the little iti;ol at the goet a kody's "feet; 'and how guilty she felt gtitstehing.tO all ! but she could not speak; for hek;teirkghe clove to the roof Of her Moutb.V • Three months after 'we Were mar ried,,My pan. Robert, your father, 'fen me for a Jew weeks to go home and close his old parents' eyes, and I never saw , him.again— The vessel ~in which• he sailed was never heard.-ot."- - - • Kattosobbed aloud, ' and Xul face in' Allis Tiggais lip, 1) if i at her deceit, ,and lialfAn.• s3+ 1 for she dearly loved hei• adopts 'l er, ] and felt her setT4s were 11 " Sadly after