THE TIOGA cqutm AGITATOR IS PUBLISHED Tvps WEDNESDAY WORMING BY . C. • Van Gelder. IBM OV SUBSCRIPTION !VARIABLY IN ADVANCE. iption, (per year) RATES OE ADVERT SING. EV LINES OF MINION OH LC/38, FUME 0/111 &WARM Sq'ia ... I'll.lBllns I Cral Sttlos I frAfos Yr i MOO I $ 2,00 IVA° I t 5 .00 I PAO 112-00 I 1 , pt ‘tt. 2 . _I EMI n o - Spekial Notices 15 cents 'per line; Editorial or 1 , .1 'it) ,intos per line. it tii , ielit ItAve lisinkt,lllls7 be paid for in ftdranco. t,i,--Juitice Illat ks, Constable Blanks, Beeds,Judg ,,,t Notes, Marr age Certificates, &c.,on hand: 7;Ut~INESW (IEO. W. 31ERItiCK, ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR at LAW. Office in Smith' and Bowena: Block, across ball from Agitator Office rlp stairs, [second floor.] Weliaboro Pa, Jan. 4, 1871-Iy. Juo. V. Mitchell, , Attor\iey and Counselor at Law, Claim, and In :guranoe Agont. Office ovor Kress's Drug Store, We'Moro, Pa. Jan . 1, 1871-y William A. Stone. Attorney and Counselor at Law, first door above Cooverso 44 Osgood's store, on Main street. Wellaboro, January 1, 1874 y Seeley, Coates e‘ Co• k*:;ii.ERS, Knoxville, Tioga, County, Pa.— ito:oive money on deposit, discount notes, ,aj :oil drafts on New 'York City. Collect promptly made.--Jan 1, 1871-y NionoAN SEELEY—OSCODia. 1/.0 ii COATS, I Knoxville. . V 111 F. CRANDALL, Jno. W. Adams, A ttorney and Counselor at Law, Mansfield, Tioga ,:oonty, Pa. Collections promptly attended 10. Jan. 1, 1.871—y Wilson & Pales, kttorneys and Counallors at L,aw. Will attend Fraroptly to busineEs entreated to their care in (no counties of Tioga and Potter. Office on tue Avenue. Jan. 1, 1871 y WltioN.l {J. B.yIILYS. John W. Guernsey, +•:Jrnay and Counselor at Law. An business oarusted to hi% will be promptly attended to. Ilia 2d door south of Hazlett's Hotel, Tiogn, rlaa County, Pa.—Jan. 1, 1871. Wm. IL Smith, Bounty add Insurance Agent. Corn iaunieations sent tp the above address will re o.Ave prompt att)ention. Terms modorato, Knoxville, I'n.—Jan. 1, IS7I. Seymour & Horton, tuorneys and Counselors at law, Tioga Pa. All basiness entreated to their care will receive prompt attention, C H.SeYvoon J. b. Honsorr. Jon 1. 1871 y R. kRmSTRONO Armstrong fk Linn, ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW, kVILLIAMSPORT, PENN'A Inn 1,1311—y IV. D. Terbell & Co., tiolehilu Druggists; and dealers In Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass, Perfumery,, V.ltsts, &c.—Corning, N.Y. Jan. 1 '7l. 1). Bacon, M. 8., 'Ly,ielap and Surgeon, let door east of Laugher taAe—Main Street. Will attend promptly to calk. Wellebero.--Jan. 1, 1871. A. M. Ingham, M. D., owoeopathist, (Moe at Ma Residence on the Avonuo.—Jan. 1, 1871. George Wagner, :lor. Shop first door north of Roberto dr. Ball- Hardware Store. Cutting, Fitting and Re p tiring done promptly and well.—Jan.l,lB7l. Smith's Hotel, ikga, E. M. Smith, Proprietor. liousia: In good condition to accommodate the traveling public in a superior mannor.—Jan. 1, 1871. F,u•mers' Ifolel. is ON E; Proprietor. This houro, formerly occupied 14 E. Follows, is conducted on tom -I,onneo ptinciplos. Every accommodation tar man Find benet. Charges reasonable. ,fluuary I, Bit Union Hotel. Van Horn, Proprietor, Wellaboro, Pa. This house is pleasantly located, and has all me conveniences for man and beast. 4Chariges .t moderate,—Jan 1, 1871-Iy. New Tobacco Sore ! tIE subscriber has fitted up 'the Storo first door oa,4t Thomas Harden's dry goods store, the manufacturo and sale of Iq S,(all tirades), Fancy and Common VoIcING TOBAGO o,Alichigan Pine Cut 171VIN0, and all kinds of LUG ToBACCO, PIPES, and thechoi cesl Brand of CIGARS. Call and see for yourselves. I . JOHN WI PURSEL. tlikro, inn. 1, 1871—tf. .)WARD SANITARY AID AS SOCIATION, o, ft. hof Awl Cure of the Erringand Unfortunate, , n Pr in, Meg (.f Chrlatlan Philanthropy. ON THE ERRORS OF Yount and the FM Ace, in relation to MARRIAGE and 8001 AL EviLe nil fur tho afflicted. Sent free, 10 seated '101" Addrc9a, (TOWARD ASSOCIATION; h) 4,1470-1 v II;ix P. Philadelphia, Ps. lOU DRUG( STOIIF. I BORDEN keeps constantly on hand • Pura Drugs and Modicites, Choinica4, Paints and Oils, Lamps, tiantran Notions RI Prl6Sti C llt PF cI,I. Y CoM POUNIII6 0 :,t,.1,.n 1,1671-1 y VF.I.LSBORO AND MANSFELD STAGh'. LINE. PIIE undersigned, rursetur of A.ff-a.r. line takps Ole methcd of in -41,4 a) patilie that the above Stage rune ••sr, It‘ r teeptud t ) between the two pia ‘l,dtrtu,ru at 8 a Lll aad . arrives at a't to 30 a to NiaiNtiel .1 at 2,1 U p, , and arrives'at '• 1. in I?:";:z^Paro 81,25. I 1%71- It W. It. VAN If (111t14. Store. In Smith k Bowen'6 block, see fl,y, it music room where vs-ill bo kept and fof Steinway and other Pianos, 4:et Orgaro, and a choice selection of Sheet New music received every month.— 'A Piano and Organ, 'and in Singing ' given. Opportunity for practice nifordrd tbote who may desire it 11. W. TODD. Ils bnro,Feb 15-atnn. Ariwillistrator's Notice. EITERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the ato of J. 11. Whiting, deceased, late of IliTmsm township, having been granted to tho i erngned all those' indebted to or having tti against said estate, will call and settle th Sullivan NATHAN S. WHITING, March 29, 1871 6e Adwin'r. itclinirtistrator's Notice. ETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION having beta granted on the estate of' Lilburn Al deceased, late of Richmond, township, all Nos indebted to said estate and those having imt.against the same will settle with 11 MARI ALLEN, Adm'r '41 4014d, Ap r a 26,071-13wo 4 2 , 06 IFOL. XVIII, LATELY known no tbe Towneend Rouge, ;1; and for a time 000upied by D. D. Hell ," •• day, Lag boon tborougkly refitted, ropair-• sad and opened by DANIEL. MONROE, who will be happy, coommodate the pld friends of alehouse at very r — sentble rates, Jan 1,1871 y DANIEL ItiroN494. Tioga Marble Works. T HE uoersigned is now prepared to exe cute all orders for Tomb Stones and Mout : • ments of either ITALIAN OR RUTLAND MARBDE,- of the latest style and approved workmaiship and with dispatch. Ile keeps constantly on hand both kinds of Marble and will be able to suit all who may fa vor him with their orders, on as reasonableterms as can be obtained in the country. • ' FRANK ADAMS. Tioga „Jan. 1,1871—tf.• MRS. SMITH, on Main Street, bee suet opened a very large aesorttnent of ZiaVW (46 - 0/taQ MILLINERY GOODS, ,Which she is Selling at COST, • suph as HATS, BONNETS, STRAW GOODS, LACES, FLOWERS, -RIBBONS, COLLARS, IPDICERCH'FS, &C., I am the only agent in this place for GAY'S PATENT 'MUFF. Ladies that have not noticed these Muffs will be astonished at their cheapness, beauty and com fort. all of which will be sold much below former pri ces. • All work done promptly, and to please. , A LE persons indebted to D. P. Roberta by 11_ Book account or Notes are requested to call and settle and save Costs, at G. NV. Merrick's office. . Feb.l, 1371.-tf . D. P. ROBERTS JEWELER MANSFIELD, PA. EEPS constantly on hand, ELGIN ris I~ WALTIIATif and SWISS WATCH ES, Marine, Alarm do Calendar CLOCKS, SILVER SP; ON \ • Plated Spoons and Forks; Table, Butter and Fruit Knives; Cups, Castors and Cake Baskets; Napkin Rings; Cream Salt Sugar and Ml,stard Spoons; Fine Gold and Agate Rings; Gold Pens and Pencils; Solid Gold Sets; Pearl Fancy and Plated Buttons ; Watch Gnards and Chains, Ac., A large stook of SPECTACLES, GLASSES, and Colored Glasses, all at reduced prices. N. B.—Watches and Jewelry neatly Repaired. March 1, ISM =I A. B. EASTMAN, OPERATIVE AND MECHANICAL (14. • . • ••• DENTIST. Office opposite Cone "louse, Wollsboro, Pa. All operations neatly and carefully performed. Sat isfaction guaranteed at 'live and let live prices.' Feb 22, 1871 tf And have left all rivals far bohind them, for they ONE HUNDRED AltD TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE MACHINES! being more than forty thousand in advance of their sales of the previous year, and over forty four thousand more than the ealee of any other Company for Me, as shown by the following figures from SWORN returns of the sales of Licenses. The Binger Manufacturing Company sold over the Florence Sewing Machine Co 110,173 Machines Sold over the Wilcox & Gib&9 Sew- fng Machine Co., SW once the Weed Setaing Ma- ' chine CO., 92,831 do Sold over iho Prover &• fraker Sewing .3fachine Co., 70,431 do Sold over Mellow Machine Co., 52,677 do Sold orer the Wheeler cf• Wilson Manufacturing Co., ......... do. all of which is mainly owing to the popularity of what is known as the "NEW FAIIIILY SEWING AfAcnittE," which is now fast finding its way into every well regulated household.—For Cir culars giving fall particulars of Machines, th6ir . Folding Cases of many varieties of wood and finish, their Attachments for numerous kinds of work, which, till recontly,it was thought that delicate fingers alone could perform, as well as particulars about all articles used . I),y their Ma chines,"such as TwieGLinen Thread, Spool Cot ton, Oil, &a., de., apply to any of their _Author ized Agents, or to THE BINGER MANUFACTURING CO. B B. BORDEN 458 Broadway, New York. Philadelphia Office 1103 Chestnut St. March 22, 1871-tf. IN DIVORCE.—To Noah, Allen : You are hereby notified that Adelia Allen, by her next friend, J. B Reynolds, .has applied to the Court of Common Platte of Tioga county for a diliforce from the bonds of matrimony, and that said Court has appointed Monday, the 20th day oif - May, 1:17i, fur the hearing of said applicant it,tm premises; on which occasion you may a hnd if you,think proper. :Xpril 12, /S7l 4w E. A. 141811,,Sheriff. ---...-C:61::) Just published, a now edition of Dr. Culverwell's Celebrated Essay on the radical cure (without triedicine)'of sper matmrluta, orlieminal 'Weakness, In. voluntary Seminal Lowe, Inigoteney) Mental and Pitybieol Incapacity, I mpedirnOrits to Marriage; etc., a Corp.uniption,Epilepsy, nn , %fits,induced by --kell indulgence or Pexusl extraNaPnviee. Price. in a soalocl envelope, only ci cents. The celebrated anther, in this admirable essaY, clearly demenetr9tes from n thirty years' succeseful practice, that the alarming ccnnequences of selbalmse may be radically cured without the dangerous use of Internal medicine or the application of the knife; pointing out a Mod of cure at once simple, certain and cifFettiall, by means of which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radically. This lecture should be in the hands of every Tenth and every man in the land. Sent under seal, inn plain envelope, to any address, postpaid on receipt of elx cents or two poet stamps. Also. Dr. Culverwell's "Marriage Guide," price 25 cents, Address the Publishers, CIIAS. J. G. RUNE & 127 Broadway, New York,Post•Oificollex 4,586. April 5,1871-Iy. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the estate of Cl:taxless H. Phelps, deceased, late of Mansfield, having been granted to the under signed, all persons having claims against said .state and those indebted to the same are noti- , fied to call for settlement on C. H. Seymour, at Tioga, or Sarah A. Phelps, at Mansfield. SARAN A. PHELPS. • C. H . 8E !OUR, { Mardi 29, MA aa* Admired. 1 ._________ , , .:_, . a 1 0 ,) t THE OLD "PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE" New Millinery MRS. CAROLINE SMITH Wellstoro, Nov. 7, 1870—tI. Notice. THE SINGER Manufacturing Company, AT THE WORLD'S FAIR, —Constituted by the homcs of the ieople— Received tho Groat Award of tho HIGHEST SALES ! SOLD IN 1870 , Manhood : How Lost, How Restored Administrators' .Notice. 0 I 1 IRIS RAILWAY. ON and after MONDAY, Deo. 6, MO ; Trains w lileareCorning, at the following houre,viz ; 5,40 NIGHT EXPRESS (Mondays excepted) r Buffalo, Dunkirk and the west. 006 A. Id„ NIGHT.EXPRESS dai1y,(6,16 A. M. for ' °cheater, Sundays excepted) ler Buffalo, Dun irk, and tho wee t. 6.00 A.M., WAY 'FREIGHT for Rochester, Sun aye exceßjed. 10,2 A. kI.7MAIL. TRAIN, Sundaya excepted for Buffalo and Dunkirk. 12,05 P. M., N 4 AY FREIGHT, Sulays eicepted,for li ornellsvlll6. 2•00 A.M., BALTIMORE . RXP., Sundays excepted, ' or Rochefiter and Buffslo,vla Avon. 630 P. 11., EMIGRANT TRAIN, daily, for the West. 7,35 P. M., DAY EXPRESS, Sundaye excepted, (7,45 P. M., fos Rochester,) for Buffalo and the west. 12.13 A. 51„ EXPRESS MAIL, Sundays excepted,. sor Buffalo, Dunkirk and the west. 12,13 A. M., NIGIIT BX.PBBBB, Buridays excepted, connecting at New York with afternoon ti ulna and steamers for the New England Citisa. 4,45 A. M., CINCINNATI EXPREBB, Mondays ex cepted,connecting at Now Jersey with tralue for Philada, Baltimore and Washington. 2,07 P. M., ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, for Elmira, Sundays excepted., 11;28 A. M., DAY EXPRESS, Sundays excepted, • connecting at Jersey City with midnight .Ex - press train for Philadelphia. 12,10 P M., BUSQUEIIANYA WAY, daily, 11,40 A. AL, WAY PREIGHT,Sondays excepted. 4.30 P- DIVISION MAIL, Sundays excepted. 7,44 IL, LIGHTNING EXPRESS, daily,connect, lug at JereeY City wirh morning Express train fur Ilaltimore and Washtugton. A revised andcompletel`PocketTime Table"of Passenger Trains on tboArie Railway and connecting Linee,haevecently been publiehed,and can be procur ed onappliation to thoTicitot Agent of the Oorapany WISI.II , . BARR, ' L. D RUORER een'lPase.Agent Gen'lSap't. Mousburg &tornitor, &Tioga R. U Traine will run as folloirs until further notice No. 2, 2 35. No. 4, 0,28. No. 0, 5,34. No. 8, 8,22 No.lo, 11,35. No. 12, 12,12. No. 14, 6,60. No. 10 6,20. N 0.18,11,12. No. 1, 9,28.,. No. 3,4.65; No. 5, 6,01. No. 7, 1,16 No. 0, 1 i,20. No.ll, 10,18. N 0.13,1,42. L.H.SHATTUOK,Sup't. TRAINS FOR THE NORTH. TrainsforOanandagnialearoßlmi a asfollow a Accomodation at 712 p m ExPvas[fastost train on road] ~ .1155 a m Matt 10 30 p m Accommodation 0 15 p m Onand after Dee. 6, 1870, trails will &revelind depantfronTrOy, as follows; LEAVE NORTII7RD. 924 p. in.—Dally(oxceptfitandays. for Elmira and l Bo alo,vin Brießailway from Imira. 10 14 a.a .—Daily(excoptBundays)forElmira,Buffa lo, anandaigua,Roohester, Saap.Bridgeandthe Oa adas. ' LEAVE SOUTHWARD. 955 A., m.—Dally(except Sundays) for Baltimore, Washington,Philadelphia,SEo. 707 P. m.—Daily (except Sundays) or Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia. ALFRED R.FISKR, ED.S.YOUNO Gen'lSupt.Harrisburg, Gen'lPass.Ag't Baltimore,Md. A .. r6 - ar 1 and Departure of Stages. Stages running over ,j_ the ditto' ont routes from Wollsboro, will depart and arrive as follows from the Welisboro Post Office: WELLonono & TiooA.—Depart 5 & 10, e. m., arrive 114 and 7 o'clock p„ m. WELLEIBORO k ITANOPELD.—Dep r t 8 11..111., nrrirr 8 p. WELLaliono & COUTEEIMPORT.•-.Dep. MOD. & Thnr.2 Q. to. arrive Mcnday &Thersday at 12 m. • WELIABORO &JgaszYBnotta.—Depart Mott Thur. 9a m a rrivaTu asdaya Frl.s p.m WELLOTIOV.O & STONY FOEN—DOp. Trim & Friday at 3 p. arr. Tues. & Friday at 12 m. JEWELRY STORES o ; - •••4 ( a ‘.1.? -12-c • AMERICAN WATCHES, GOLD OR SILVER CLOCKS, JEWEL RY, GOLD CHAINS, KEYS, RINGS, PINS, PENCILS, CASES, GOLD & STEEL PENS, THIMBLES, 99,943 do SEWING MACHINES, With most other articles usually kept in such establishment, which is sold low for Repairing done neatly, an d'promp tly, and on A. FOL,EY. hod NOTICE January 1, 1871-y ATTENTION FARMERS! PLASTER NY A Mill, qu antity hantttte Elk RunPrterr msfrominesirieosper ton. VERMILITA & BENA VEIL Jan. 25th, 1871.-310 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the fol lowing applications for charters of incor poration have been filed in my office, and will be presented to the court of Common Pleas of Toga county, Monday May 29, 1871: Application of Gustavus A._ Veil, William Fbulkrod, R. C. Sebring, John. Linoh, et. al., un der the name of the "Liberty Mutual Homo In surance Company." Application of C. H. Verrill, J. C. Howe, et. al., under the name of thbi , Prosbyterian Church and Congregation of Mansfield." ApplicatiOn of Oliver Hamilton, Jacob Lar risen,John H. Everett, et. al., under the name of "he First Methodist Episcopal Church," of Jackson Center, Pa. April 19.1871-3 w J. F. DONALDSON. Proth'y. IN DIVOItCE.—To Sarah M. : You are hereby notified that John M.' Vali has ap plied to the, Court of Common Pleas of Tioga county for a divorce from the Monde of mart. mony, and that said Court has appointed Mon dar, the 29th day of May, 1871, for the hearing of said applicant in the premises; on which occasion you may attend if you think proper. April 12,1871 4w E. A. FISH, Sheriff. dic Lot for Sale. I WILL sell my house and lot at a reasonable price, if applied to soon. The lot is large, house of convenient sire and well arranged, in goal repair, and altogether a desirable property. Apply to the owner on the premises, foot of Cretan street. Apra 26, 1871. G. 0. DERBY. ~..."............--- irj I 1 1, 1 „.. :s vimi r i 1,, ( RAILWAY TIME TABLES. GOING WEST GOING EAST. BAGGAGE GHEOBED TBRGIIGH GOING NORTH PROM TIOGA GOING BOUM FROM TIOGA Northern Central WELLSB ORO, PA. ANDREW FOLEY, who has long been estab lished in the Jewelry busi ness in NiroUsher°, has al- ways on rale, kinds and prices of SPOONS, RAZORS, PLA- TED WARE, (to., &o„ &c. C A S H. Application for Charter WELLSBORO, TIOGA couNTY, T),A., MAY 8, 1871; If you.oatoh a breath of sweetness, • • And follow the odorous hint Through the woods whore dead:leaves rare, And the golden mosses glint, Along the spicy sea-coast, Over the desolate down, You will find the dainty May-flowers When you come to Plymouth town. When the shy Spring tends her darlings, And hides them away from sight Pull off the covering leaf-sprays, And'gather them, pink and white, Tinted by mystical moonlight, Freshened by frosty dew, Till th 6 fair, transparent blossoms To their puro perfection grow. Then, carry th em , hotue.to your lady, For flower of the spring is she,— Pink and white, and dainty and slight, And lovely as lovely eau be. Shall they die because she is fair, Or live because abo is sweet? _They will know for which they were born, But sou—=must wait at hqF feet. • Louise Chandler Moulton Mr. Van Gelder promised "Lad" that I 'would answer, this week, his question about Nemesis, though I do not see that the public can have any in terest in the subject, or that it has any connection with the shirt of Nessus, except in connection with the queer mistake of your compositor ; nor do I see how it has any connection with the subject -of Temperance, out of which this matter seems to have grown. It may have, however, notwithstanding. Nemesis was a Greek goddess., Some one describes her as the first daughter of Night, and some of the old Greek write7iisay she was the daughter of Er ebus and Nyx. -Now Erebus and Nyx were brother and sister, and this story must fall to the ground, or we must ad mit that the old Greek gods .and god desses were queer sorts of immortals.— The oldest Greek writers speak of her as very beautiful, being a rival in that respect of Aphrodite, the acknowledged queen of 'beauty. They also speak of her as being very pure and conscien tious. She was said to be a very impar tial goddess, dealing favors to all alike, and so rigorously just that she took from the rich and gave to the poor ; thus favoring the doctrine of the anti monopolists. II .13. The later Greek Writers, however,_ do not speak so well of her. They say that she was a goddess, enviefis of hu awl happiness, and upset the rich, not because'she wished to bless the poor, but because she hated the rich. She was, thence, represented as revengeful, and many called her "the goddess of revenge." She was also represented as having a countenance on which• were written,. in lineaments not to be mista ken, hatred, revenge and ill will ; and has even been very ungallantly .called " the revengeful old hag." The fact Is, that she was a 'very `fine looking girl when she was young, very frolicksome and loving, but very pure; and, there fore, became very unpopular with some of the young gods of an une id char acter; and so they threwo it insinua tions against her. This a d other 1 1 things, such as the incre e of years and her failing to get marrie , made her grow, as'she grew old, gra , e, serious, and, perhaps, sometimes, her more melancholy moods, somewhat forbid ding; and it may be that, as is the case sometimes with us mortals, she became a little soured and revengeful. She was, if the latter is true, very much like mortals. A great many' be gin right, are very zealous for all that is good, never think or do wrong, and have countenances on ;which goodness is painted in unmistakable colors, and in the dimples of which love for hu manity dances like fairies on the petals of a flower in fairy realm. They grow up, get acquainted with the world, try to regulate the affairs of others as Nem esis did ; make mistakes, lose temper, become ambitious, take injudicious/ steps, see the object of their ambition / fading aWay in the distance; sour, grow lulu, bebotne a little revengeful, and nally die with a stain upon their cha racter, Mich a little more care and a ittle leas ambition might have preven ed. various Our individual opinion is that 'Nem •sis was a very fair sort of a goddess, very gooO'looking, with very od in tentions i but, as slip grew Up a d felt ambitioub to form a good matri onial alliance, she once or twice forgot that " right Is right always," resorted to ex pediency, and thus slightly tarnished her Character. What became of Nemesis in the end, I do not know; but as\khe immortals never die, I suppose she iyes still, in some remote and dark cOrtie ‘ r of •that w mythological region, into, ich sci ence never penetrates, and wh •e the light of the new dispensation i .ver shines. Peace be to her memory. • Let us remember her as the beautiful nnd\ pure minded goddess, and throw over her few erro rs the cloak that covers even a multitude of sins. P. S. If any one can't understand this, he . 14111 Dlease call on Items to ex plain. , Editor of Agitator : 7 -As . I promised a renewal of my written attack upon the Western country at some future,. day, .1 will take advantage of this plea sant morning and open my batteries on Kansas City;--- Kansas:City, MisSouri, is situated on the south bank. of the Missouri river, just below the mouth of the Kansas ri ver, and adjoining the boundary line between the States of Missouri an d Kansas. This point, for : many years before the - town Vas laid o u t, w a s known - to boatmen as the best landing on the riVer, and owing to its location on the great. bend from south• to east, was; as it has been ever since, the chief pnint Of fiebarkation of all goods des tined for New Mexico, the Great Plains and the 'western government stations. Kansas City is the second city in size in the State of Missouri, and was laid out In the year 1847- Its site is irregu lar, and bluffy :along the river bank, but the enterprise of its inhabitants is rapidly smoothing away these irregu larities, and , but a few more years will elapse before its grades will be as easy BM EMI POET'S CORNER, MAY-FLOWERS. MISCELLAIV:EOUS. []tor the Agitator.] Respectfully yours [Cerresponcleoco of the Agitator.) KASSAB CITY, (140.,) April 1(, 1871 , ‘ , ' • L. • , ~ , . ,•,,_,, I, , , •,,, 1,.. :) I, i ~. , ~ ," • ._•. . . ___ ~,....... .... as those of aneitMal and" St. Donis,‘ both of. Fhb% cities, iii their incipien cy; had Wee fully as broken and une ven. The town made pry slow pro gress until 1858; When it ouddenly com menced to grow, and matte rapid strides In growth until 1880, when the bard times and the threatening aspect of the political horizon checked its growth.— At the outbreak of the war, the popu lation of Kansas City Was a little over 7,000. During the war it lost its trade to a great - extent, and its population was reduced one-half. TO its credit, be it said, Kansas City has maintained a reputatiorefor loyalty to the U. States Government unsurpassed in the State, it having elected a loyal city govern ment every year of the war, beside sending to the Union army over 1200 men. In 4865 the business of Kansas City began to revive, and within one year her population reached the highest number ever claimed before the war.— Improvements of all kinds were made with unparalleled rapidity, the trade of New Mexico, southern Kansas a n d western Missouri returned, her system of public improvements was taken up where it had been suspended in 1801, and before the year 1860 bad rolled by, scarcely h trace of the war existed. At the present tioa4 the population of Kan sas City exceeds 88,000. She has nine finished railroads in operation, and two projectSd Hues not yet completed, mak ing Kansas City the grand railroad cen ter of the southwest. Kansas City has the honor of building the first bridge across the Missouri, which was com pleted in Julie, 1869, and formally open ed July 3d•of the same year, being wit nessed by over 50,000 people. It was built by a company of which James F. Joy was the President, the work being carried on Under the immediate direc tion of Mr,l 0. Chanute, chief engi neer.! The -total length of the bridge is 1,887 feet. - The railroad reaches the north span by passing over trestle work 2,360 feet in length, the grade Elraising on foot in a hundred from an embankment; while upon the south or Kansaspity aide, an excavation in the bluff carries the road around a sharp curve to the West, where a junction is made with the western and southern roads.' Although intended for a rail road bridge, it ismeed for highway tilt vel and traffic, '• being paved with the Nicholson pavement. Witirthese few blundering explana tions in regard to Kansas City, I will 'close, hbping you will overlook all er rors. lam thinking now osoon stri king out across the plains o Arizona and New Mexico, and if th noble Red Man doitit,take a fancy to t y flowing 1 locks, ynit May hear from tale again. . 1 .P.M.M. HOMESTEADS FOR SOLDIERS. CONDI t TIONS UPON WHICH TO DE SECURED. A large number of our subscribers are interested in •the law of Congress donating land to discharged solillers. A correspondent of the Quincey Whig asks tim i guestl4 wenrake a selection previous to settling on it, and bow long? 2. What is the total cost of receiving the title from the Government? 3. Can we settle on alternate railroad land? 1 4.;1s there any specified location to settle ? 1 In answer to the inquiries, the IVhig publishes the circular of the Commis sioner of Pubhe Lands, and then an swers them in detail, thus : 1. That the applicant fora homestead can make a selection previous to set tling on public land, the condition be ing that !it shall be unoccupied and sub ject to entry ; but actual settlement must be made in order to hold the laud, and it must be occupied and cultivated continuously for five years before final proof can be made and a Complete title obtained. The final proof must be made within two years after the expi ration of the five years' occupation re= quired to givethe right of homestead: 2. The cost o r securing a title from the Government differs in different sec tions of the Union. In the States and Territories east of the Rocky Moun thins, (except the Territories of Monta na and Wyoming ,) i it includes a fee of e $lO when the ntry is made, with $4 commission paYable at the same time, and $4 more for final proof—a total of $lB when the certificate issues, for eve ry tract of 160 acres, when the land is not within the range of railroad grant; but when entries, aro made on lands whose minimum price is $2 60 per acre, (on rallioad lands,) the commissions are double the above; while the fee re mains tho'same, viz: fee, $10; commis sion at entry, $8 on issue of certificate, $8; total; $2B. In Wyoming and Mon tana, and the States and Territories west of the Rocky Mountains, the fee is the same as elSewhere, but the com missions aro increased fifty per cent. over those speeified above for other sec tions of the Uni l on. 3J You can settle on alternate sections of railroad landsHmeaning thereby the sections whose title still remains in the GoVernment an 4 which are subject to entry at $2 50 per acre. \ 4. There is n 4 specified' location or t*ritory to be settled in this way, the only \ condition bping that the applicant shalt a r discharged soldier or sailor, and th ,lands belonging to the Gov ernment ' nd subjeet k to entry. In all tliTzt, actual settlement and cultivation are \ iridispensable to the/per fection of title. \ FHB -,- MAINE sends thefkllowitig bear story: Mr. SamuelKimball;uf Patten, finding an old pine long were the \ nods, cut into it to see if it were soun . He found 1 that it was not sound, but ho heard ,6 sound inside, and had hardly ‘ tim,e / to get to the end of the log before \Wearz E. \ an oldcoming, she bear just coing, oil He gave her a blow i)n the bead /vith lis ax, and was about pulling her out wh u he was surprised to see t,n ( o large cub' just back of their mother. He pulled the old one, out, an was dispatching the eubs,,when oni(jumped another old bear, which, before Mr. Kimball could finish the cubs, made good his escape. A Canadian lady, having caught a troublesome rat, 'determined on having some sport with t. She took the trap into the sitting r om, called in ri terrier, opened the trap, Jumped upon a chair, and the fun commenced. The rat first whipped the dog and then made away with a tame 'raccoon whieh the lady called to her rusistance, then fought 'a second dog and then the broom foK an hour and fifteen lielikixteil; ith(k . finally osoopod through Ihe-whidciii. BIM .., j ' A TROPICAL EDEN- M. Movelet, in I is " Travels in Cen tral America," gives the 'following sketch of the town of Flores, an island town in the lake of Peten : " lu the streets of Flores there are neither shops nor artisans ; there is no market even; every one depends on his own production, or on such exchanges as he may be able to make with his neighbors,:for his food. If any one has need of money, he prepares some•-arti cle of domestic consumption, such as chocolate, bread or candles, and sends his children about with them, from hut to hut,: in search of a purchaser. At long intervals, some enterprising' man among them takes a cow or horse tb Be lize;'and exchanges it there for a petty package of English' goods. Very little suffices for a population whose only am bition is to live without labor. Eure pean activity, which unceasingly ap plies itself to the accumulation of more wealth, could not be comprehended by the inhabitants of Peten ; but, on the other hand, they are ignorant of the infinite annoyances which follow on the laborious fermentation of the Old World. No one here ever thinks of speculation as a . means of acquiring wealth. Destitute of -ambition, and without strong passion of any kind, the certainty of a eufficiencY for bare exis tence is all they require to make them happy and this certainly is assured to them by the extent and the fertility 4if the lands by which they are surround ed. Possession is the only title to the soil which they recognize. Any one who clears a piece of ground makes use of it as he pleases, and if any dispute arises as to its ownership, it is soon set tled by the paternal authority of the corregidor. However, there is this ad vantage in Flores, that instead of one's ears being deafened by the discordant sounds of the hammer and the sugar mill, they are filled constantly with the harmony of musical instruments. As soon as the sun goes down and the eve ning breeze sets in„the town is full *of sounds of mirth and hilarity, which continue until the night is far advanced. And thus life ebbs Sway in the midst of perfect quiet, and in utter ind t tfferenee as to what the future may bri g forth. The desire' for novelty, improvement, or change, never enters into the thou'ts of the inhabitants. Every one having x 4 eceived the same amount of education, and enjoying in an equal degree the privilege of doing nothing, the, most perfect equality exietsinsociety, which is not, troubled by the pretensions of its members on the score of birth, learning or . fortune. " Few days pass consecutively in Flores without the sound of the marim ba inviting its inhabitants to, some new festivity. No other form of invitation is extended. The door is open for all. The spectators assemble in groups a round the entrance, looking on' with democratic freedom, and making their comments aloud. There you see the alcalde or the corregidor alternating In the same fandango with the meanest citizen. '.The to succeeds the daughter, the negress the white woman. Rank, age, caste—all the' conditions Which elsewhere separate society—seem to be confounded here. Persons giving parties do the honors of the house, in the most unpretentious manner possi ble ; a dozen candles, a supply of chairs collected from a dozen neighboring hou ses, a few homely refreshments, ,and the engagement of one or two perform ers on the marimba, constitute the en tire preparations. Our notions of deli cacy occasionally receive something of a shock from certain customs here, which, to say the least, are of an ex tremely primitive character. The same glass, for instance, circulates among the guests until drained, while a spoon al ternates °from hand to hand; with the same jar of sweetmeats. Nor do the ladies, after the fatigues of dancing, hesitate to recuperate their energies through the aid of ,a glass of rum, at the same time lighting a cigar, of size and strength sufficient to turn the sto mach of our hardest smokers." HUNTING BUFFALO A Western paper gives the {following acco6ut of hunting buffalo fol• market : " At present, huipting buffaio fo`r mar ket has become a regular trade, 1113d * ail along the railroad route the business is carried on. A party generally consists of four persons, at the outside six; with one head hunter, who employs the men, and who always has a wagon with its team of rough Indian ponies. " Tbe hunters are of course ad mlia- We shots, and very rarely, if ever, is more than one shot used. Said our in formant : ' One shot behind the shoul der almost always brings them down ; so many shots, so Many buffalos.' They would laugh at any one who shrit wice. Their pins, their onlyextravagatice, are as perfect as can be, always iireech loaders—in fact, the ajd heay +zzie loader is becoming obsolete. Th herd O is neared fn en away that the wind 1 shall come from the animals tp the par ty. They can be approached rend ily to within a mile with the team./Tl+nren_ then commence a still hunt'. Hunting them on horseback is fun, but it is not successful. It require / s great skill and patience 'to !stalk them. People who, have never been on the plains have a false Idea of whaprairie grass is. " In Illinois'tbe / grass is as high as your middles; but on the prairie. 'where the buffalo / feeds, the grass he liv'es off from lsliardly two inches high. 1 It is not very green, save in the early spring —mostly it is of a russet brown, lint al wzays tender. All kinds of tame !stock ,eat it, and improve on it wonderfully. Snow does not•hurt t ; the hunter. think the buffalo fat tens m0,..t wh grass has-been cove ed with snow herd is invariably g arded by soni, or three old hulls, who are very W ful. They will feed awhile, then sniff the - air, look anxiously ar `and; if seeing nothi g to excite Will recommence heir feeding. coWs \ and calves aro always in the die oti , l:e flosk. , he men, dra themse es on the ouud,g approa within very long rage, and, sele those indicated , 43•4 k. 'shot does the ness. " To shoot at t4head of a bull waste ammunition ; he does not it any more than he would a fly. might shoot all the lead in 0 there, and he would never nodes i care is taken, you may kill a large ber in the same herd, providin leave the calves alone, or do not a cow with acalf ; this generally them Uneasy, and they may *3, + . i t! l 1 L• . - , , , is to mind You plena 4. If Inum- : you shoot akes 1 mper off. It is no unoomin gooliset of meu to kill load of - twelve bind quer 225 lbs. each, In a day. are a brave, wild set,. Um making their money eat); ing it freely. Often the; will be gambled away in Cards and whisky are tki ments. Thelryay is abo and found. • " Beside buffalo, them ntelopes. These are m or Pating than buffalo. •nd wary, and difficult Linters and people moss Prairie about there in dugout. The prairie is }wade, the turf piled up eavation for walls, and ered over with plank rains,'these places are Indians-are not very tr are mostly Cheyennes. are occasional maraud° ago a lot of their' ties the hunters, but hrvi most pars taught how can tight, our hunters trouble. The Indiana' are v: thongh, have plenty and use bows and arro Will It ever be an a: try j we asked. We do not think rarely. ,In the sprit planted there start we to maturity; but heal' hopptirs, at seasons,, cleanrup. What is that buffalo country; sant with dressing sk reason why white dress hutraio robes. suppos the Indians it. Buffi►lo hides can b' ing. If not used for they could be con'v useful leather. Sow here green, in corder so much meat is was cess of curing the in on the spot. "But," we Jogai In time exterminate " It Is impossible; less as the blades of and though thousan there seems to be nuthbers. What M relation to their qua ele exaggerated.. It dred years, almost, t thing like scarce, th try is so immense."`; A Polish Lb The perseverance women follow an obj complishment of wir set their hearts, is the following facts w to light in Poland : Eerly• in life, Mis with an' undertaker. spectability and goo ghastly profession w sen. - No hearse ever too late to a funekal inns had control, an coffin was ordered - , o wood was furnishe humbug, ho trickery as, all was open and such traits Of charac i show, the underta quite a princely fo was comely, his pres spire confidence, and termined that he still arts were tried, in she would pretend to and would stop at 14 and ask the price of dertaker took a natu ing his wares, and w particular advantage of coffins, but the las effect on him ;' be 1 things to think of. ceased to call upon h* months he saw nosl last, however, she re a wish to have her 'and 'shortly-afterwar i s signed to his long ho? It was not long be gain; and was recei for her Second Was:d went the way of all dertaker's heart ope the Character of a thus withstand the it shopkeeper, could he ted in so good a ensVs il Again she plied/he Undertaker, noy . fas tiro, to marry/her a life's work Was am was happy in the tho she had taken so mu . at lust was hersam murder wilt out. It lady was a somniloqu ,her husband's hair r her sleep she partial dreadful Beds. Inv' it was found that t had actually poisonet to'get one. The inora that undertakers she' to the wiles of good daily when they hap) widows, who once hat A Healthy The Boston Trave er is responsible for the following. It is a little tough, but, as the Travela-I ,usually truthful, we venture to re-lie o it.: " A lady friend l ying occasion to use.a support for an i y plant, which she was raising In a pot, took an old grapevine cane and hrust it into the earth. Some time a erward, wishing to move the ivy, she ulled up the old cane, and found, to h r astonishment; that it hud sent out shoots, and was making vigorous eflb is to root itself by the side of the ivy) 'his bit "ofgraper vine had been used ; fo a long time, as a cane ; and, for years, hich no one in the family could nu te ter, had been ly, lug about the house." A GERMAN friend . der up, the other day of his second pair of ti his family physician, dOctor, it is better da to;dese dings. Von' dibks, is alles recht, # blaid owit, don't it. matter mit me. 'You myself." .Tomv is rapidly bee! H= struck recently wa ting to imitate 'll Irl.hy man. Is well supplied with Presses awl Types to ere. outs all kinds of Job Work with neatness and dispatch. NO. 18. Location—Smith & Bowen's MOOR, 2d Floor n t • ing Tor a / d 'ring in a ere, o average hunteis fro I tiersinen, ly, a d spend say of a month In hour's time. 'Jr only amuse lilt $5O a month is no game but eh more prized They are quick to stalk, Our ly live ori the 1/ , at la called a • ug up, .a cellar around the ex the whole ,eov- As IL rarely I quite lagti I g.: . --- , uhlesome; hey 'Of course t ere •s, and not u ong ed out so eof ig been for the the white man !have not much ry. well armed, f sharp's rifles, 8 vigorously. ricultural cou n =o; rain falls too g garden seeds 1, ut never come e that, the grass ! eat everything . eally wanted in s people conver us. There is no .ople should not t is nonsense to ave the secret of had for the ask winter coverings, t ted \into, a most have been bro't ,o be tested. — Also led, that some pro at should be tried !d, " will not you hese animals?" they are 'ep co n rass on the plains, s are slaughtered, o diminution of Greeley said in City is not a parti• 'ill take a lam make them any it range of eonti r e Story. with which Some •ct, upon the :te ch they have once •ell Illustrated by itch were brought ' Szettel fell in love i lf the greatest re ' standing in the i ich he had olio came too early or ,f which Mr. Tho r when a rosewood i ei of the genuine, I ; there was no abou t' ' Mr. Thom above board. By 'er as these things I e,- er had amassed une. ,His person Lace such as to in so Miss Szettel de old be hers. Many Ivain. Sometimes be out shopping, r. Thomas's shop coffins. The an ,al pride in show 'maid rloint out the of various styles y's charms had no had more serious Finally the lady •in, and for a f l ew hing 'of her. At urned, expressiag iumband burled -. her first was cou ore she mile a -led with sm es— '• ad. Sonlya third esh, anal the nu: s ed. H'e admired -omah who co Id sof life, nor, s a 'ail to be lute es ? tiler. arts, and got he becoming a ic- last; and so 'ler plished, and she ght that he whom h trouble to win, hers only. But appears that the st ; and one night se on end, as in iy 'disclosed hie r try followed, and e loving wretch three husbands 'al seems to be--:- ,uld not give way customers, espe jen to be lovely e ogled them. ld Cate. fours got his dan upon the' arrivai ins, and said to "Ov you bleese, a schtop be boot pair of dwins, ut more as dat isle Dates vot's de know how it ish 'ming acclimated. in New Orleans' lelloan man and, The .A.gitatcTo Book & Job Printing House Largo additions , of alk the late styles of type have been added to this department. A Nanking Bird and-a Snake. A. correspondent of the .Martli. and Home related , the following incident which occurred on hie place: " One beautiful Sunday morning,. in the early spiing of lait year, while walking with -my little daughter in a field near our house, we observed - a butcher bird flying to and fro among the bushes near a spring of water, and evidently in great fear. After watch ing its motion for some time, we con cluded to go nearer and see what was the cause of all its troubles. We had hardly reached the spot, when a mock ing bird swooped doWn as quick as a flash and struck a large spreading ad-. der which was on the ground near the bushes, and which no doubtsoon would have had the butcher bird in its fangs. Again and again did this game blid light on the snake's bank and strike d&I) into it with its beak, The battle was a long one, and thinking it might 'be- lost to the bird, I sent my little daughter for the hoe, and quickly dis patched the reptile. , "The mocking bird does: not know what fear is. It wip • attack any bird that files. Often A li ve I seen it sally out against the has'k, and make that chicken stealer leave the vicinity very fast. Let a mocking bird build near your house, and your young chickens have a good protector. It will disperse a" whole army of crows; and should your dog go anywhere near Its neat, he is pounced upon and ordered to leave. Whey are not afraid of man, and seem know that he will not harm them. A pair of these birds build every year .L in a peach tree near to the house, and, from early morning till late at night, and sometimes all night when the moon; is shrning, y i ou hear the notes of this' matchless songster. Its 'favorite posi tion when singing ? is on the very top 'shoot: of a small tree. -T_iere, resting, and appearing as if tranefixed by the shoot, it warbles that splendid medley that art sometimes imitates,. but never equals." 13 Latest from the andwioh Islands. "K.tunn o H NoLimut.Ta noho Ike nei ke kau flookolokolo kiure o Honolulu nei, a o ka lakou bans, aoel no i pan i ka oea is mai ka wa a makou i kakau ai l kein.' We knew "Ua noho" when he was a Joat6teater on the whaler Rajah, of and 'row New Bedford; we a . e glad tohear hat he is "a maltou i kak u ai i kein." A NEW EXPLANATION. It has lbeen generally believed -4 that sy the a t _of suttee Hindoo wives decli re their un dying attachment' to th-ir husbands, Lout Dr. Obeyer, in his recent work on 'l•ldnian Medical Jurisprudence," tra es the custom to a very different ori gin. Ho brings forward authorities to show that the Brahmins themselves invented the law as t w means of self-pro t ctiou against their , Ives. Before Its i itroduction the wives were in thebab- of avenging themselves on their bus ands for neglect and cruelty by mix.: )g poison with . their food, and at lait sings came to such a height, that the ast matrimonial quarrfil, resulted in e husband's death. An easier remedy IT the evil might have been found in outprmittiug the vife to eat of the same dish as ho husband,' hut this would have Ai olved too wide a dr p I rture from the customs of societ ai d it must 1.i2, a!lmitted that therr iii r culiar refinement of cruelty expedient adopted which wo' mend itself to the Asiatic li4e years the law of Butt occasionally set at deP wdow cannot altog' consequences of her . .1-11,s family degrady I hl? most menial A ( .311) 11( ;t (her usbai her, and . l uties in th 7 0 Molt • :her, and put her to uties in the -house.— 4TDIAN.—An lowa girl, oopeOs novels to such au ex she found it impossible to'en- wl o read tel t tha, ,:jo 11 ifli self withou marrying tin. Indian, A on last week that was not proud, married him, and went to his camp the banks of the Sylvan stream ore he trappedr for: muskrats. She y stayed one night, and came home , h a black eye, and had to send out { a bottle of hair restorative.: Itseems noble red luau got drunk and lobed her in the eye, while his ,old aw went among her hair. The girl 't want any more Indian, if she • ws her own heart. Tom, a word with you."' "Be quiok, ; a hurry." ,"what did give your sieh bois? 'Willer day?" plot of turpentine."l John hurries ne and administers the same dose to vorite charger, which, strange' to , dies in half an hour: His opinion 'lol a It say `oni's veterinary ability is stmewhat sta gered. He meets him, the neat day. "NI,NII, Tom, 1 give my horse a pint of turpentine, and it hilted him." "So it did mine." •he Chicago Post gives the following inl)rination : "Those who have worn th r hats live ears will he Pleased to seer that they : a e just in fashi n. again ; and tholewho have pantal °nil . ' they bought in 1848 Will be glad to now that thy (the pantaloons) Will als be, with 4:1 their elastic- footings the prie of the rnln of fashion I th is season, ev n as they i_ l were in his pride twenty-t ree years e.ii • Bin', 'he following i-ecipe for the cure of awed eyes is given : "Take a potato, after quartering it, grate the heart ne as possible,,and place the gra lg between a pied of cambric mos '. Place the - pclultice over the eye lamed, and keell it there fifteen min. . Continue the 'operation three cessive nights, ',arid a perfect cure nes." It is worth trying by those icted with sore eyes. , witty clergyman, •on entering the se of one of his elders, found the man unmercifully wbipping one of eons. The deacon defehded him= f, saying., It is best to make an ina ession when the wax is soft.' ` Ay,' d the pastor, ' but that don't hold re=-for the whacks were not soft.'— l ie degenii let the boy go. - ' 'LOOKBE here, mister, I ain't com tinin' ; but this 'ere Moosio stool you Id to my wife, we're twisted it noun' 1 we've twisted off un's 'ead, l an, not lasporth o'toon can wegetoutof 'on." lin 'Ohio woman was so amiable at b ettk fast the other day that her hue b nd took the coffee to - a 'chemist for an alysis. is a / n the d coin- Of se has been D ance,but the ber escape" the usban - d's ,ldeatb