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Cat*lis of one square, with paper, 35 JOB WORK it ail itm i.eatly executed, and at prices to suit j .he times. All TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS and JOB WORK i. ust l e paid for,Vhen ordered. gusinfss pities. HS. COOPER, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON • Newton Centre. Luterne County Pa. R.R. LITTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW ! Office on Tioga street. Tunkhannockl'a. ' GEO S. TUTTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW Tunkhonnock, Pa. Office -n Stark's Uric ck, Ttoga street. WM. M. PIATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, O fice in Stark's Brick Block Tioga St., TuDk hannoek, Pa. She Uutblfc Dousf, HARRIS RUK G? HENNA. The undersigned having lately purchased the 41 BI'EHLER HOUSE " property, has already com menced such alterations and improvements as will render this old and pupular House equal, if not supe rior, U> auv Hotel in the City of Ilarrisburg. A continuance of the public patronage is reipect fully solicited. GEO. J. BOLTON WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE, lUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. rl'IS establishment has recently been refitted an furnished in the latest style Every attention will be given to th* comfort and convenience of tho-e w'xi uotroniie the House. T B WALL, Owner an 1 Proprietor . To'ikhatineck, September 11, 1561. NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MEMIOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY. i'A Win. 11. C'ORTRIGIJ T. PropT l_f A VINO resumed the proprietorship of the above JML I i-*t, the undersigm- i wi!l ;par nent lawyer. He has proved distinctly the person who claims one of you ; told me the whole, but how am I to part with either of you 7 "Which of us, father, is not your child 7 "Here, probably, is the puzzle ; we cannot toll, but I canrot give up either of you, for I love one as well as the other." 44 We both lo"e you as our father; we do not want to leave you." "The daughter that is not mine has neith er father nor raorther ; it is her mother's mother who claims her. But she will give hrr what I cannot give, a great name, riches and a position in society far above the one I place her in. Which of you is'it 7" Jeanne and Marie both kissed his cheek ; neitherspoke. Jeanne was thinking that the advantage set before her would remove the obstacles which separated her from Oc tave, but she only sighed deeply ; not for an instant did she dream that she could ever lay claim to all this brilliant fortune ; but Marie taking her father's hand, calmly asked him if there was no sign by which they sought to recognize tbe rightful heir 7 4 4 The heiress of tho Marquis de Yalbourg has a sign—so says a letter from her mother. I do not think it i* love that makes them so anxious to find her, but (be Due de Blogtsc is heir to the property, and the revenues of all the estates have been accumulating for years, Until the death of this girl ia proved the Due de Blossac cannot touch a penny.— Jeanne , what is tho matter with you 7" ''Nothing, father, I (eel faint." "My daning, sit down." "Well, you must know that by an amica ble arrangement made years ago, when the existence of this daughter was suspected, it was decided that when she should be found and installed in her rights she should become the wife of M.de Bloasac, that young, hand some Duke, you know ; he has been here of ten to buy diamonds—but Marie, look at yrur sister, she has fainted." Jeanne was conveyed to hiT room, for she had indeed fainted. An hour afterward Mario slowly entered the loom, where her father was anxiously pacing the floor. "Father," aaid Marie, "Jeanno is better and she will sleep soon,then all will be right. Father, have you ever had a favorite between us 7" "Yes ; the one who was sick when yon were children I always loved most; now that Jeanne is suffering and feels unhappy, why, darling, I think I love her "Not better than your Marie—tbat ean never be. But would you be content to see Je anne happy 7" "At ary cost." •'Tell me the sign by which the Isdy ssys she can recognize ber granddaughter." "A violet mark imprinted io tbe way in which sailors mark their arms, put over the heart." "Then," said Marie, 44 yon must love me best, father, for lam your child, and Jeanne ia Duchess de Bloasac.,, 44 T0 lose one of you is terrible,my darlings; bat Jeanne will be a great lady ; do you think that will console her 7" •'I do, though she will never forget us." That night Marie knelt by Jeanne's beside ; the door was locked and the sitters were alone. "Marie !" exclaimed Jeanne, "I can not hear of this sacrifice. What right have Ito deprive you " "Of course, my sister. You lore the Duke; Ido not. Ifl claim the inheritance I must become his wife. I cannnot ;so now submit; Still Jeanne resisted ; but Marie was firm, find drawing aside the night dress,with t firm and light band she pricked tho shape of a vi olet ju-t over her sister's heart. . Then rub bing it with gunpowder, she nude the mark indelible. "Now, Jeanne, said she," that is exactly like the one on me—the one probably my poor mother made. But I love Pierre, who has teen to us a father, I have no taste for splent bor. Be happy, my own sister, and do not forget us." So Jeatfhe, in great atate, was recognized as the heiress of Mdrne. de Yalbourg, and a few days afterwards was marriel with gieat pomp and ceremony to the Due de Blossac. For a few days she hesitatod, then she de termined vol to accept her sister's sacrafice, but she loved, and the temptation was to strong. The inheritance she could have re nounced, not Octave ; so lorever she buried her secret in her bosom. Without ODe pang did M*ria watch her sister drive away in her beautiful equipage. With a smile she looked up into her father'* face, and he, wiping a tcstr from his eye, pressed her to his heart ; neither then, nor to the day of his death, ever knowing that the child who made his home so happy, who loved him so faithfully,a woman full ot sense, simplicity and sensibility, was the heiress of the house of Yalbourg and should have worn a ducal coronet. The Radicals and the President The radicals are elate. They claim they have "cornered the President." The result of the November elections has'so encouraged and built thein up, tbst they phipose to at tack his reamstruction policy, tooth and nail, as soon as Congress opens. They are already gathering in force at Washington, for the purpose of laying their plans for the cam paign, "Negro suffrage or no admission" is to be their ultimation to the Southern states. Mr. /ohn*on will have a tough time with the double faced humbugs who have fought the political battles of October and November under his banner, for the express purpose of thereby acquiring new strength and influence to be wielded against him. No party to this country has heretofore been guilty of such de liberate and despicable perfidy as this, and if there is any moral sense left in the cotntnun ity, if trick,chicanery, treachery, and subter fuge are not henceforward to become legiti mate precedents in politics, the party which has triumphed through their aid must, in due time, be made to rue its dishonesty in tbe sackcloth and ashes of utter humilliatton. Dust has been thrown in the eyes of the people ; but their vision will soon be cleared. The everlasting negro will be hauled into Congress as soon as the sessioD opens, and there he will stick, to the interruption of public business, however pressing, until tbe day of adjournment. We may rail this a white man's governmeut—it is, so far as the executive is concerned—but Sambo will be king in the Capitol. When the restored •rates shall knock at the doors of the Sen ate and House of Representatives for admis sion C uffee will stop the way. No southern Sute that does acknowledge her right to make senators and representatives,and to sit with W-ite men cheek by jowl in both Hous e will be permitted to come in out of the cold. Such we hear is the msjorty pro gramme. Well there is one blessing—the radicals will show their bands, Thr perpls will see tbem ts they are Carbon Dem.~ CATV.HIN? THX IDIA — A minister repeat ing the first line or so of a chapter in the Bible, the clerk by some mistake or other read it after h>m. The clergymen read it as follows : "Moses was an austere man, and made atonement for the sins of the people." The clerk who, could not exactly catch the sen tence, repeated thus "Moses was an oyster man, and made ointment for tbe ah ins of tbe people." # "Pap," observed a young urchin of tender years to bia "fond parent." ' does the Lord know everything 7" 4 Yes. my son," replied the hopeful sire, "but why do yon ask that question 7" "Because our preacher when he prays is •o long telling him eveaything, I thought be wasn't posted." Tbe parent reflected. "Now, children, who loves all men 7 n ask ed a School Inspector. The question was hardlj put before a little girl, not four years eldytptwsTsd qrrfekly, "All WOBMTV" TERMS, 02.00 PER AMT3STJ3 SMC Some people y a greet deal, bat eeem never to say anything aa it ought to be said. They give utterance to thoughts, but with out order, aim. or purpose. Conversation is a rational proeesejust as much as thinking is. At least, in evary correct train of thought, ars connected by natural relations, so words, and sentence*, spoken in muturl intercourse, should be nicely fitted together. The world has so large a number of rambling talkers—talkers whose tongues are as fond of change as the wind, or the running brook. Their conver sation is a tiresome medley of observation, made on topics chosen almost entirely at random, inspired by the moment, and as long lived usually. It is like a medley of odds snd ends, many them pleasing but with out adaptation, We have wonderful men in Society, and for that matter women too ; beinga who are endowed with wonderful power, making the tour of the globe in half an hour, and then for the coming home by war of the great bear, and southern cross. Wonderful minds ! spinning their brains out in this re markable fashion. Clutching at steam en gines, marine cables, reaping machines, and lightning-rods, tossing op "heads" or "tails," making mere child's play of iiew York city, Niagara Falls, Mississippi, and Pike's Peak, flying so fast from one to the other, as to &eep one nervous for fear they iose their equi librium. It is really a hazardous matter for one who is accustomed to think profoundly and accu rately, to attempt a conversation with one, of ibis class. It was net long since we had the misfortune to call on one of this species with s message that would only have taken us the fourth part of a minute to divulgo when suddenly a shower of words more for midable than shell, shot or minis halls ; po liteness forbade that we should turn our hacks upon the fall fire, and with a courage worthy of a better cause, we faced the bat tery of words to the right of us, words to the left of us, and at last, with no diminution of the charge; we were obliged to beat a retreat volley after volley pouring aftor us, down the stairs, rolling through the ball, and into the open street. Our first thought was to write to Barnurn, but upon mature delibera tion we determined to wait till his new mu seum should be completed. It is very pos sible there may be something in advance of this by that time. If not, we shall feel in duty bound to advise him to secure the creature, a pretty, tame animal and would no doubt feel perfectly at home as one of "the hsppy family," provided they ever meat again this side the Styx. What a different thing "sweet sixteen" used to be, if novelists are to be believed, from what it is to-day. Then it was artless and unsophistocated. blushed when spoken to, said ''Yes, air," and No, ma'am," and was always introduced to the reader in white robes and flowing tresses, unconscious of its own loreliness and of the admiration it awakened. Perhsps the picture was a true one, but what would it be if drawn to*day ? Somebody, you can't call it a young woman, for it is not womanly, nor a young iady, for •t ts not lady-like. Girls seem so simply in nocent, and the Bowery term "gal," the best, if one only dared use it. SomeDody, with its hair scraped back and several pounds of hairdresser's ringlets pinned on its cheeks ; with a jocky hat and feather, and garments suitable for the carriage cos turoe of any English woman of rank, trailing behind it over the muddy streets, with cheeks guiltless of any natural blush, and the eyes that meet those of strangers ali to boldly with queer habits of giggling and whispering, and forming chance acquaintances ia omni buses ; of knowing the gentleman who pass the house to bow to; of seeing fun in pranks which would have doomed our grandmoth ers to solitary confinement in their rooms, a convent or an insane asylum. With a fixed idea that Pa is the person r to provide the wherewithal for his daughter's extrava gance, and that Ila't place is in thebaiemeot, especially when beaux call, and that sweet sixteen itself has no duty to either parent to perform, and fulfills its mission it looks pretty, dresses well, and finally marries, co matter whom, so that he has moustaches and plenty of money. So much for the real, now for the ideal which which the novelists I of'6s entertain of sweet sixteen. It has passed through the tnoet myaterioos adven tures, been betrothed for several years. It possesses some secret power of fascination which no man can resist. It is capable of poisoning ita great aunt, and of stealing iti grandfather's will. It can disguise itself in msie attire and penetrating the dwelling of the worst enemy, tathom bis secrets, and circumvent h'm. It must be, yon fancy, at least thirty odd, and and very bold and bra zen, even at that age, bat you are told It la but sixteen, and (be loveliest of it* sex. Between the real specimens, which resem ble boys ia crinoline, and the ficticious .whioh are Lucrstia Borgiaa under age. you beooma porplexed on the (object of sixteen, and won der woefully where the "sweet" oomee ta, fa tble degenerated generate. VOL. 5 NO. 18 LOQUACITY, Sweet Sixteen,