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• Newton Centre, Luxerne County Pa.
R,R. EITTIjE, ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ottee on Tioga street , 1 unkhanuovk Pa.
GEO S. TUTTON, ATTO NEY AT LAW
Tuiikhonnock. Pa. Office n Stark's line
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\\' M. M. I*l ATT, ATfORNEY AT LAW, O
Vv fee in Stark's Brick Block Tioga St., Tunk (
ha snack, Pa
I> H. j. C- BKUKKR .
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HARRISIUTBG, PKNNA.
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menced such alterations and improvement* as will
reiuler this old and popular House equal, if not supe
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3 GEO. J. BOLTON
WALL'S HOTEL,
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE,
TUNKHANNOCK. WYOMING CO.. PA.
rIJIS establishment has recently been refitted an
furnished in the latest style Every attention
will be given to th* comfort and convenience of those
VJO putrooixe the- Uotwe.
T. B. WALL. Owner and Proprietor .
Tunkhanne-k, September 11, 1961.
NORTH BRANCH HOTEL,
MESIIOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY. PA
_ Wm. H. CORTHIGHT, Proper
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~ndor the house nn agreeable place ot sojourn for
all who may favor it with their custom.
Wm. H COR'iRIGHT.
June, 3rd, 1863
prints ifftrl,
TOWANDA, PA.
D- B- BART LET,
[Late ot the BBHAINARO Horsr., ELMIRA, N. Y.
PROPRIETOR.
The MBANS HOTEL, i one of tne LARGEST
and BEST ARR ANGED Houses in the country -It
it fitted up in the most modern and unproved style,
and no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and
agreeable stopping-place for all,
v 3. 21. ly
CLARKE, KEEMEY.& CO.,
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
LADIES', MISSES' & GENTS'
! i Ifc anli £ ass im tre late
AND JOBBERS IN
HATS. CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS,
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BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES,
849 BROADWAY,
CORNER OP LEONARD BTREET,
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B. r CLARI, \
A C KEBNER, >
e. LCIBNIT. y
M. GILMAN7
fiY OILMAN, hat permanently located in Tonk
tvx bannock Ben.ugh, ami respectfully tender* his
professional services to the eiticena of this place and
arreunding aeudtry. ,
WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS
•ACTION-. 1
over Tnttea'a Law OMoe, near the Fos
(The Mntfh Sraiuhilcmiuritt.
©OOB 2!35W1
TO
HOUSE KEEPERS!
Frank M. Buck
Has just opened, at the store house fonnerlv oc
cupied by C T.. Marsh, one ioor below Baldwin's
Hotel, in Tunkhannoi-k,
NEW GROCERY
AND
Provision Store,
where he is prepared to sell ere.ything in the line
ol Family Groceries at prices far below those he.e
tolore asked for thein
0
llis stock was selected and purchased by
MR. A. G. STARK
in person, whose intimate acquaintance with the
trade, and dealers, enabled hirn to purchase at prices
LOWER Tlil THE LOWEST.
Mr. Stark's services as salesman, also, hare been
secured.
0
In the line of Groceries and Provisions, I can
sell
G<>od Molasses at SI per Qal.
Good Brown Sugar at 12J cts per lb.
No, 1 Mackerel • 12| " " '
Cod Fish " 9
New Mess Pork " 17 " • "
Chemical Soap •' 12J •' " "
Saleratus '• 12J " " •'
Graunl Coffee " 25 " " •"
Fxtra Green Rio Coffee " 40 •' " "
Lard " 20 " " •
Rice " 15 " " "
Crackers M 10 " " '*
And all other articles at correspondingly low
prices
Tn the article ol Teas, both as to prices and
quality, I
pffy ©orapetjlian:
GINGER. PEPPER. SPICE. CINAMON.
CLOVES. NUTMEG. MUSTARD,
CREAMRTARTAR,
RAISINS,
FIGS,
POWDER, SHOT AND LEAD.
'
mm IBTS OF AIL KIIS,
, -ALSO
FLAVORING EXTRACTS FOR PUDDINGS,
1 IbS, CUSTARD AND ICE CREAM.
SPICED SALMON & SARDINES
in boxes—a Ine article for Pic-nic, fishing and
pleasure parties,
Ice Cream
Constantly en band, ani furnished in any quanti
ty desired, on short airier*
MACARONI—
FOR SOUPS.
SMOKED HALIBUT.
0
A Urge and varied assortment of
LAMPS. LAMP CHIMNEY'S
GLOBES AND WICKS,
ALSO
Kerosene Oil.
N. 8.-wOOL. HIDES, FURS, AND
gHEEP PELTS, purchased fur cash or
trad.-, f<r whioh the highest cash prices
will be paid.
©all anil fiamiut.
.
1 - ■ i .. • • , -. • -_i ij j i
r KBUCK.
Taakhaaaaak,Jaaa2B IMS.
vIaAM
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"TO IPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RlGHT."—Thomas Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25, 1865.
IJFLFRF FTOY.
A DAYS Hf)USKKEEPtNG.
FK'>M A SINGLE MAN'A DIART.
The ponderous old tune piece that stood
on a small wooden shelf between my aunt
Rachel's kitchen windows, had just struct
ten.
I at ihere just where the muring maple
leaves interposed a canopy of emerald shade
between the pages of my book, and the fer
vid heat of ol i Phoebus, regaling myself with
a capita ly flavored cigar and indolently
watching my rosy little aunt as she tripped
hither sod thither, busier than any bee that
ever lost his wit* in an acre of clover bios
sums. Ever since I could remember, she
had made a business <>f spoiling me, and it
was iho greatest luxury I kuew of. to escape
fr'in the heat and turmoil of the great city
where I was beginning to practice law, and
spend a week with this most favorite of
aunts; notwithstanding she invariably con
sidered 1t her duty to lecture me roundly
on my single bfe**ednes and to recommend
all the unmarried females of her by no means
litui'ed acquaintance to my bacnelor constd-
ration.
"Now there' 6 no use teasine me, aunt
Rachad," i-aid I, emphatically tossing my
c gar uut into a bed of glowing sweet wtl
loom, "I've no intention of tailing in love
wuh any of your red headed country divini
ti A, wh< 6e acC'itiplMunents are confined to
pies, and Work lied quilts, and "
••Ptitlip! Pin astonished at you," ejacula
ted my relative. ' Let me tell you, young
man, the art of housekeeping is not to be
undetvalued N>w there's IL-psibah Warren
the nicest girl in the neighborhood—the
Yerv person to suit you, mr boy ."
'•She'need be a roce gul. with that hideous
nsrne fastened to her tor life," said I, aht ug
ging tnv shoulders ; but aunt. Rachel went
..n, pretending not to hear the ungraenms
remark.
'P! i' |. I ?h"u'd be perfectly happy if 1
saw yui the arc pie lov. rof Mifis Warren "
"I'm afrsul you're not dts.ir.ed to the en
joyinent id pi.-rf, c* happiness just at present,
then auni Rachel,'' remarked I, demurely. —
'M' falling in I ve with a girl named Hep
sibah !"
Au-'t Rachel could not he|p laughing at
the horrible grimace I made, even as she
hurried away to answer an imjiera'ive knocK
at the front dor 1 settled myself comfort-'
ably back in the b'- rocking c'lair; and pre
pared—ala-! how li<iledo we penetrate into
the dirn mysteries of the future! for a
morning of peaceful "eading and reverie.
In a minute aunt Rtchel came back flushed
and anxious.
"Such a pity, Philip ; old Mrs. Holden on
the hill has been taken suddenly* ill, and
they've sent for me. The other neighbors
all live at such a dt-tance, and I've h-d a
good deal of experience In these sudden at
tacks. but "
"Well, why don't yon go?"
For the goo-j old lady stood before nie.
twisting her apron iu the direst agony o(
perplexity.
"Thai's ju the question fir a man to
a-k ! when you know that y..ur uncle has
four hired hands in the field, and dinner
hain't looked at ! Peas to lie gathered, po
tatoes to be washed. Kitchi-u fire to be kin
d -d, custard pies to be baked "
"I II get the d'nner, aunty • Go and put
vour bonnet on," quoth I, with the headlong
courage that belongs only to total inexperi
ence.
"Nonsense, Philip 1" she said, laughing in
spite of ber trouble ; YOU get the dinner, in
deed ; I should like to see you do such a
thing."
"And why not ? demanded I. with a cool
impudence "which evidently insptied my
aunt with a son of belief in me. "Y->u seem
to think that it requires the intellect of Mil
ton and the gem-rali-hip oi Napoleon to Co ik
a dinner."
"I could be home by the time to dish it
up, mused my aunt, evidently considering
the feasibility of the whole scheme.
"0 ( course you could," echoed I. heginning
to : eel rather anxious <hsn otherwise for an
opportunity ol distinguishing myseli in the
sphere of domestic life.
"Well, Philip." said my aunt, suddenly
coining to a decision, "I belli ve I may tru-i
vou. But. my ilea, boy, remember' that the
fire must be kindled at eleven precisely.—
Pull some nice fresh boots in the garden—
and. Pnilip, you might cut a little aspara
gus. Don't forget the |iess and potatoes,
a>d be sure the custard pies go into the oven
hen the fire IR hot. They are on the kitch
en table now, all ready."
"li'v all right, HUn t R,chel," responded I.
"A'id. Ph'hp. be par'iculatly careful td
keep the garden ga'e shut—those pigs of
farmer R pley's are >n the road again this
moiping."
"I won'' forge'."
"N 'W, can you tell me what you Intend
to do first ?" raid aunt Rachel, at the close
of a volley ol directions.
'•Put the garden gate into the oven when
the pigs are hot—pull some nice fresh peas
kindle the asparagus at eleven PKC cisely
tod etc up the pies the moment tbej tre
b iked," answered I, with bewildering volu
bility. >
i "Philip!" groaned aunt Rachel, in despair
"Ni-vi-r mind, aunty— i• 's all right.—
Thi-re'a a h"le cnfu'ion of ideas in my brain
juw at present, but tley'll all settle altera
while Don't be nervous."
And I bundled the shawl round my un*
willing relative's stiouldeva, and hurried her
out of the wickul gate. Wiseiy judging thit
it would not be best to allow htr a half
second for sober reflection.
I sat down on the doorsteps, thinking it
was a very nice thing to be a housekeeper.
"N -w, if I wav a woman," soliloqu zed I.
"1 should be tearing around the bouse,
knocking d >wu chairs and flirtmg up dust
with a broom untd loe Wouldn't cool me !
As it is, L don't see but thai I keep hou*e
very nicely with DO fuss at all."
I lighted my cigar, balanced myself in a
comfortable position, and waited for the old
cl->ck to fire the signal guu for my attack <>n
the hack kitchen cooking aiove.
One—two—three— f ur —five —si x—seven
—t-ight- -nine—ten ELEVEN ?
"Now lh;n;" quoth I. "for victory or
deaih!"
Confound tha tire—it WUJLDM'T burn ,in
-pits of my coaxing, and chips and blowing
and puffi -g. My eyes smarting with sm<>ki
— tuy nof-trd* tinged wuh ashes—but the
fiie declined to biz-!
I sat down and contemplated it melevo*
letitly. For a ininutv or two I had a wild
Kfra of getting a couflagration out ot my
aunt's stock of lucifer matches, and cooking
the dinner thereon stall hazards; but with
J -ober second thought caine a bright idea—
charcoal !
"Of course ! What a blockhead 1 was not
to think oi it belore."
And I jumped and dived into the Booty
recesses of aunt Richel's charcoal bwrel with
an alerness that surpiire't my self.
"Let me Bee—what nnxi ?" pondered I toed
itanyiily. "0 l the pies were to ba pit in
when the t.ven was hot. Well, if the oven
i*o' hot now it never will be, so here goes!''
I iia l always supposed a pie to be a a did sub
| stance. Consequently when both ihe villain
uus co(n|H>uuis "Keeled over," tad iisc
i heir sncky c mtentß over my coat, iri-wwra
and white Marsellatse vest, 1 was—just a
little taken by surprise.
"Well, hvre's an in ereating state of affi'rs! '
I exclaimed, setting down the erop'y crus's.
and viewing tny drenched garments through
I winch the oi iiuroy hq nd was slowiy petie
tra'ingto the very skui. If tins is hou<e
keeping, I wish f was well out of it! o>io
! thmg is certiin —I n Ist got toy poi< an h is
paigus boiling, before this fire all burns out,
as I've put every lump of charcoal in'.o the
stt>ve. Revising my toilet can wait —dinner
can't I"
I caught up a tin pan and knife, and made
a frantic rush tor the garden. The asparjus
was easily found and cu', but I was no bot
anist, hut a cuy lawyer, I could not decide
which were beets, and which something else.
Finally 1 lot on a truly ingenous expedient
of pulling up hv the roots every bulbous plant
winch I conjectured might be the vegetable
in quest ioii!"
"R-'Und white—possibly turnips—certain
ly not beets. Yellow spindling —oh carrots
to be sure. Phew w what smell of garlic ;
by the powers it's an onion I've g -t hold of !
0, here's the fellow—round and red as sure
as I'm alive. N thing like pet severance! "
While I dug brikly away at my hard won
treasures, whistling "Dixie" with all uiv
migh: a sepulchral grunt close to my ear
made me start convulsively and drop tnr
kmfe !
Iw-ri't'ry to smooth over tho matter,
I'll confess at once that I did mutter one or
twu naughty words under my breath. But
who wouldn't when all of Ropley'a pigs were
J running wild over aunt Rachel's darling gar
den ? 1 had unwittingly left the gate open,
and here was my exoeeding great reward !
"1* Mrs Sedley at home ?
Here was 1 in full *h->ut after a drove of
pigs, my trowseta besmeared with cus'ard
and Iresh mud from the garden, a tin pan
hrardihi d io my hand, and the pe apiraimn
rolling down uiy face in torrents, acco.-oed by
a lovly girl, wuh cheeks like fresh damak
r-.hen, and the purest of white mutJtn shawls.
•Is MriSdleyat home?"
"No—}es,"l answered, look'ng uneasily
around, as the last of my four-legged enemies
scampering through 'he gate. "That is, she
isn't at home ju->t now, bu' I expect her Very
soon. Won'< y<-u walk tn ?
Why did she hide that cherry mouth in
her handkerchief so often ! why did 'he
hasel eves dance ao roguishly as she walked
by my aide to the house ? It certainly made
her look very pretty, but arill 1 resumtd a
Byrontc air, and conversed in sentimental
nothings—which made her laugh more than
ever.
I showed her into the silting room and
withdrew to secure my boets and asparagus.
As I came in from the garden some good an
te! prom ted me to take a sly peep at the
square oJ looking glaaa that Seth J -ne*, one
of my uncles "nired bands," kept up in the
back poareb.
Great Jupiter ! if I had bseu one of our
eolored popula i >n, my faoe couldn't bate
been more grimy with charcoal (feast and ash
T3QR.MS, tfi,oo FOR
ea. avc wheie the pt*r-p*raiti)n hail courred I
tl r-'Ugb it,.-in uutiiic rivulc's I took one mo- !
mrni'e o >uneil with mvst-lf, then walked up
•taira, washed my lace, biuehtd out my curls
attired my sell iu a while !iuen fruit,and catue
down again.
The pretty girl hardly knew me: she
Couldn't hardlv credit her eeut-es, until I
spoke, and !<>ld her of all my troubles. Then
how -he laughed to be sure.
"Yes," said I,'-I'm willing to confess tha
housekeeping is an art, and one which I don't
pi Nrese. Only I don't ackiu wledge thai I
shall be a little mortified when aunt Rachel
comes home and witnesftcs my total discom
fiture. II it wasn't for those custard pies
D
Here the hazel eyes danced again, But I
had secured a powerful all.
"Oli !" said -he. "I can renedy all that.
Just you tell me where the milk and egg*
>ue, and I will make some custard."
I conducted her to th dauy department,
and looked on tn speechless admiration, while
she drew oft' her gloves rolled up her round
est, perliest of dimpled aims and stirred up
spicy uoxlures in blue ear:hen bowls, with a
dain iness of manipulation that nearly drove
me crazy. Then she sent me out afrer ch p <
%. d had ihe fire all a cracking bitore I knew
what she was doing. Then he washed the
potatoes ami put in the asparagus, and then
into the weetesl little peal of laughter
that ever re-echoed tn the raf'era ol that old
kucheu.
'Why wha' on earth are those ?"
"Bi-ets, an n't they ?"
"'] he> are radishes !*'
At d ihen we hoih laughed until we had to
lean sgau st the dresser tor support.
"L'ouie," said she, "there's no help for it.
We tnui go and gei the peas and some rual
lieets !"
I never enj yed anything half BO much
a> tha', nestling under the col shadows of
•he pea vine, wuh a pretty face, all sonic*
god dimple-, ppo>ite, and a white In tie baud
wandering among the green leaves, uurely by
accident, coining in contact with rume. Then
U>e shelling wa most an inieresiing businea
and our inu'ual auperin'endeuce of 'he cook
en , and the table setting. Tube sure we
br>ke one teacup in our heal, but who caied
lor that !
Then her merry laugh at my absence ot
ißitid roused nie once m re to the fact thai it
was one o'clock, a superb dinner suck nig on
the tahle, Uocie Sedley and ins "hands" ap
proaching trutn one poiul oi the compass,
: ud Aunt Rictiel trom the other.
"Now promise roe one thing, Mr. Sedley,"
-aid Ihe laity.
"I'll promise you forty," replied I, energet
ically.
Site blushed charmingly. "Don't tell them
that I hrlp-d you. Let theio suppose juu a
first class housekeeper."
I asvo'ed. not at all unwillingly, just a
iiiv aunt Rachel's foot crossed the threshold.
£he stopped short ID astonishment at seeing
iha' I was not alone then a smile of recogni
tion-fin tered over her lace.
"Why, surely I can't be mistaken -is ii
Hepsibnh ? My dear I'm so glad to Bee you!
Pnilip this is Miss EL-psibah Warren."
"Mr. Sedley and I are very well acquainted
alreadv, ma'am," said the yourg lady, de
murely, her long eyelushes hiding the mis
chi-vious epaikle ol those haz -l orbs, while 1
called aunt Rachel's attention by* my master
piece ola dinner.
What a liberal meed of praise I received
fur it—how many undeserved cotnpliniente
were paid uie. I don't know which enj >ved
it the most, I or my bright eyed compatriot-
However, I believe aunt Rachel began to sus
pect how matters were after a while, espec
ially when she discovered the carede radishes
and the etnptv charcoal barrel! She said not
a word, however, only 6miiing roguishly to
herself.
Well, all this happened three months since:
I am tvaly going to housekeeping now, on my
own hook, and havn't a doubt bu' that 1
shall succeed alm-rahly, particularly as I
have engaged Miss Hepsibah Warren as a life
companion. lam quite reconciled to her
name —it brings up before my mind's eve the
pretimst vi-inn of rose cheeks, dimples mn<l
sa'in braids of golden hrown hair, over an
alabaster forwt.ead, and I am ready to exclaim
with faher Shakspeare "What'a in a name?"
My lit tie wife elect never can think of our
firat meetmg without a fit of (Detriment, but
don't, •-hj.-ct to ihau
P S Aunt Rachel is delighted, and like a
woman of sense, she never refers to that day's
housekeeping. 1 have my suspicious that
H-psihah has told her the whole story, but
1 'il find that out after we're married.
L'ent. Geneial Grant has been presented
by the ladies of Eureka. California, with a
aiU bed quilt, which brought sboo at a San
itary Fair io California.
nr A collision occurred aoroe daya since
between two white regiments and a colored
regimen', at Paducah . Ky, Seven of the
colored men were killed,
i /
The Proyoat Marshal's rfflce a t
Waahinethn has been ordered to bo oloaed,
tad ths- Provost lleatersd set.
VOL. 5 NO. 12
MOTHER IS DEAD.
"M<>thor is dcd !" What a volume of
thought these sad words express. What pen
can bring forth the agony of mind when this
sad truth is realised. The heart shrinks
back and denies to intruding expreeaion a
knowledge of its inward woes. The imagi
nation of another fails to picture them ; and
when we our*e<Tes, who have sustained thia
loss, turn our eye* inward for a moment to -
glance at the naked reality, we ere wont to
disbelieve it and repel the overwhelming
Hood uf sorrow, which ever and anon, like
oceans fl >w to and fro upon our hearts, until
exhausted we sink into lethargy, from which
when we awaken it seemt as if we ourselves ,;>i
ha<l passed into aootlier wtrld, in whiob ev
ery thing seems tinged with an unnatural
gloom. • i
It is sad—it is very sad to know that
mother i s no more.
The sun will shine, the birds will ting, the
fluwers will blootn ia seeming mockery, Urn ,t
same as before ; but there is a void in the
landy—her seat is vacant, and as we gather
round the family board, we seem todeoy the
truth to ourselves, and listen as though ws
heard her coming footstep. But alas, she
cotnes not,
"Mother is dead!" Away from our horns
they have laid her in the cold ground— the
ciamuiy dew damp of death upon ber brow.
She ia shut out of our sight forever—forever I
No, not forever; ihe light cf heaven flings a
brilliant hope over our sorrows; with tue-d
we can penetrate the darkest cloud of grisf,
and look.forward to the bright future.
Htio aid death is not drath—it baa not ths
"ting the world would have us think ! It is
but the transfer of the soul from this, its
irsnsitory home, to everlasting bliss, it is
but the passage of the storm, which leavfs
the rambow uf hope to cheer its blightsasd
subject 8. . } ft
We love to linger around mother's grata
-nd muse upon the happy past, whan aba
was wnh us. We love to think of ths mer?y
Christ ma. and other holidays, and although
with the semblance of them ia linked the sad
roil) that they can never come again—el
■ hough it tears open new wounds of our
hearts, yet we are williug to suffer theas
pangs that ww may keep ever fresh iu our
mt'Luories the bsppy past, now forever goes.
•——■ —•
ROMANCE ON THE RAIb.
'Jit '
A pretty little bit of romance developed
itself in one of tbu street csrs in Chicago, re
• eutly. Among the passengers was" a pale,
qui*t little woman, plainly dressed, and very
pretty withal. Presently a one-legged aol-
Jter labored into the car on hie crutches.—
The y>'Ut*g woman got up, pulled the bios
sleeve and pointed to the. seat • sbe had va
cated. F<>r the first time at aba turusd, aha-!>
' t>ad a full view of his face, and neither at
•hem paid any more attention to the empty
"eat. They atared at one another a mmuts. a
and then in spite of the awkward motion of
ihe car embraced and kissed each othei with •'
••ystencal fervor. At first the passenger
were somewhat astonished at ao public a
< lean mst rat ion but all of then. soon joined in
congratulating the delighted conple opoa
learning that the two persons thus suddeuty
brought together were - man and wfe long
separated by the vicissitudes of war.- Ths
soldier bad been desperately wounded hi
Tennessee.and taken prisoner. He was sup
posed to have been killed, and before he was
restored to freedom and able to write, his
wi.e, or widow, as she supposed herself, re
moved to Chicago, and so his letters never
-eacbed ber. The poor fellow as soon aa hs 1
could travel, set out for home,with a despond
ing heart to learn why his letters had never
been answered. He reached Chicago on
Friday, n hit way thither, when the gener
ous impulse of a kind little woman to s
maimed soldier, brought her back a loving '
u-band, and threw into the open arms of s I
wife wh<> had long mourned him as among that •
innumerable host who have lain down their
lives tor the salvation o f their country.
WEAR A SMlLE —Which will you do, smile
*nd make others happy, or be crabbed and
make every one around you miserable 1 Can
you live among beautiful fl <wers and singing
birds, or in ihe mire aurroundod by ftga and
fr. 'gs ? The amount of happiness which you. •
can produce is incalculable, if you will show
a MHiltng face, a kind heart, and apeak pleas
ant words. On the other hind, by sour looks
cn>B words, and a fretful dtspoaitiou, you
can mafce hundreds unhappy almost bejond
human endurance. ; f
Which will you do 1 Wear • pleasant
countenance, lotj-.y beam tn your eye and
love glow iu youg forehead. There is no joy
so great as that which springs from a kind
act or a pleasant deed, and you may feel it
at night when you rest, and at morning when
you rise, and,-thro' the day when about your
daily business,
—— ■ 1 i.l I*• is
COMODORE BELL, commandant at tbu
Br oklvn, N-Y.. Navy Yard, under orders
from the Navy Department, has directed that
tin money shall be levied from the employee
for political purposes Any one connected
with the pat t vi>iaufth.ia order will ho dip
misted. J ■••'■•'