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Business Cards of one square, wtth paper, Sa. JOB WOHK f nil kinds neatly executed, ard at prices to sun ke times. All TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS and JOB WORK trust be paid for, when ordered. FJUSIIIFSS R I%MLX-—" TT S.COOPER, PHYSICIAN a SURGEON tl. Newton Centre. Luzerne Couuiy la. /lEO.S.TUTTON, ATTORNEY AT RAW ijr Tunkhonnock, Pa. Offi.e n Stark# Brick •k, Ttoga street. XTTM M PIATT, ATTORNEY AT I.AW, 0 W fice in Stark's Brick Block Tioga St., lunk nnneck. Pa. % JTAFHUR IDOUSF, HARKISBUHG, PENNA- The undersigned having lately purchased the • BUEHLER HOUSE " property, has already coni nanced aueh alterations and improvement- as will reader this old and popular House equal, if not supe rior to any Hotel in the City ot Harrisourg. A continuance of the public patronage is retpect fully aalicited. fiEO } coLTON WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE, TUSKIANNOCK,WVOMXG CO.. PA establishment has recently been refitted an r ffmSll in the latest style Everv attenn.,n Will ke given to the comfort and convenience of those Wka patronize .he l^ l^ L p r . )pricU)r . • M kfcinnack, September 11, IStil. NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COl NT\, i'A Wm. U. COKTKICHT, Prop'r HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the Hotel, the undersigned will spare no eff h'.. .n . S re...W. vU~ ot *>r tor H#• - f " o ' " e u COKTKIGUT. 3rd, 1863 : |) K. .T. C- BKUK 111 . PHYSICIAN * SURGEON, Would respectfully announce to the citizenso Wy mimt tkat he has located at Tunkhonnock where ko will promptly atteni to all calls in the line of ki g-^F- 0 Will be found at home on Saturdays of •aok week fjfoartf D^BIRTLET, (kateett. RERAINARD HOUSE, ELIIS A )Y.\. PROPRIETOR. The MEANS HOTEL, i-one of the LARGEST tad BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country-It la fitted up in (he most modern an I improved style, no ptr.'us are spared to make it a pleasant anil Jo ■retry topping-p' a,;e f° r a b> v 3. n2l, Ijr CLARKE.KEEIVETR&FIO., JIASVFACTUHEKS AND WHoLKSALK DEALERS IN LADIES', MISSES' & GENTS' £ILKATT&£ASSHNM!)ATS AND JOBBERS IN *ATS, CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS PARASOLS AND UMBRELLAS, BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES, CORNER OF LEONARD BTREET, • . V.CLARK, I A. • KEEN ET, V U. LCEENKT. ) M. OILMAN, DENTIST. If AILMAN, has permanently located in 1* irtannock Burough, and respectfully tenderhi profeMtoeal services to the citizens of this placeand Mrruunding ceuntry. ALL Work WARRANTED, TO GIVE 3ATIT no*. avur Vaktem'a Law Office near the Post TROUIi 1 ED HONEY-MOON ET CLARA ATOCFCTA. M||George Jameson and Katie Vaughan had a brilliant wedding. Everything was fault less—from the icing on the cake to the ar rangement of the bride's waterfall. Mrs. Vaughan cried ju>t enough not to redden her no-e ; \ aughan did the digni fied TATER FA SI I i.i AS to a charm; and George and Katie were so affectionate as to give the world the idea that here was a match made in heaven. The bridal-breakfast over, the white moire anti que and orange flowers were laid aside, and the pretty traveling sni of alpaeca, with nazarine blue trimmings was donned—the sweetest love of a thing Mad am I) Aubrey had made up for The season. Tlien there was the little bonnet of grav silk to match the diess, with its blue face trimming to match Katie's eves; the g.l den bird of paradise dropping its plumage over the crown; and it was such a fine morning, and everything looked propitious and in the midst of congratuiat ons and kisses George and Kate startrd for the de pot. They arrived just in season. The whis tle sounded in the distance. George buck led up his tra\cling shawl and Katie graq> ed hi i parasol. •- George, dearest," said tin bride, ** <1 - run out and see to the tiunks ! I should die if, win n we get to the Kalls.niy clothes should not be there ! It would be dread ful to he obliged to go to dinner la my travelling dress! Go see to them, there's a darling!" George vanished ; the train pulling an! smoking shot into the depot. Conductor popped his head into ihe ladies' room, shouting at the iop of his voice : 44 All aboard f-r Danville! Come, hur ry up, ladies ! Five minutes behind time and another tram due." Katie did nt know whether she was hound for Danville or not; probably sin had b.-tter get in a- d let Ge< rge follow So she entered the long and smoky vehicle feclivg wry much at sea. The conductor passed pv her seat; she caught him by the arm. 44 1* my husband—" 44 Oh. yes, yes, all right," said the officer hurrying on in away railway officials have. 44 I'll send him right along," and he van ished from view in the long line of mov ing carriages. Meanwhile George having seen to the baggage —a proceedmg that had occupied more time than lie had intended —return- ed to the ladies' room t<> find Katie mis sing—searched about wildly, inquiring ot every one he met without success. " She's probably already in the train, .dr," said a ticket agent of whom he nnde ; nqnirv. "Yon are going to Buffalo, I think you said; that's the train to Buffalo; you'll likely find her there. Just starting not a if oment to lose George grasped the railing of hind ear as it ftew bv, and, flinging open the door he rushed through car after car, but seek ing in vain for Kate. Site was not on the train. 44 Most likely she got on the wrong train and went by Groton," said the con ductor. " Groton is away station fifteen miles fimther ahead. We stop there fifteen or twenty minutes for refreshments, You'll doubtless find her there*" The cars flew over the track. George mentally blessed the man who invented steam engines —he could reach Katie so much sooner. Dear little thing! how vex ed and troubled she must be—and George grew quite lachrymose over her desolate condition. But it seemed nge to George before thev whirled up to the platform at Groton, and then he did not wait to practice any courtesy. lie leaped out impetuously, knocking over an old lady with a flower pot and a bitd cage in her hand, demolish ing the not and putting the hirds into hys terics. The old lady was indignant, and hit Ge° much engag ed in thoug* t of his lost ''ride to spare a regret for his hat. lie flew through the astonished crowd, mashing up a crinoline here, and knock,'."- over a small boy there, until he reached the clerk of the station. Yes, the clerk believed there was one lady who had come alone ; she had gone to the Belvidere House —she must be the one. George waited to hear no more. lie h rried tip the street to the place, where the landlord assured him that no lady ot Kitv's style had arrived ; perhaps she had stopp <1 at Margate, ten miles back. George seized on the hope. There was no train to Margate until the next morning, but the wretched husband could not wait all night —he would walk. He got directions about the roads ; was told that it was a straight one—for the most of the way through the woods—rath er lonesome but pleasant. He set forth at once, not stopping to swallow a mouthful. Excitement had taken away his appetite. — The fine day had developed into a cloudy evening—the night would be daiker than usual. • George hastened on, too much excited to feel fatigue—too much agonized about Katie to uotice that he had split his elegant French gaiters out at the §ides. After three or four hours hard walking he began to think that something must be wrong, lie ought to be approaching the suburbs of Margate. In tact, he ought to "TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "—Thomas Jefferson. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1866. have reached the village itself sometime before. lie grew a little doubtful about his beir.g on the right road, and began to look about him. There was no road at'all, or rather, it was ajl road ; for all vestige of fences and wheel tracks had vanished— there was forest, forest everywhere. • The very character of the ground be neath his feet changed at every step he took. It grew softer and softer, until he sank an kle deep in mud ; and, suddenly, before he could turn about, he fell in almost to liis aimpits. He had stumbled into a quag mire ! A swift horror came over him ! People had died before in plac s like this—and it would be so dreadful to die thus, and Katie never know what had be come of him. lie struggled with the strength of desperation to free hitrtself, but be might as well have taken it coolly. He was held fast. Thus slowly the hours wore awav. The night was ages long The sun had ni'ver t*k, tiier. ! is it you or a frog ?" 'lt s me,' ciietl George, "and [ shall he dead in ten minutes! Come quick! I'm into the mud up to my eyes !" Diiectlv an old woman appeared, a snn- Dounet on her head and a basket on her arm. She was hucklebeirving. "The land sake," cried she, "you're in for it, ain't ye ?" "Sarved ye right! lam glad of it ! Didn't ve see the notice that tlie old man put up 4 that nobody must come a huckle berrving in this ere swamp?" "iiuckUdierrying, indeed! I am after my wife!" "Land sake! Your wife! Well, of all things, 1 declare I never!" "She got.on the wrong train, and so did I ; and I expect she's at Margate, and I started from Grotoii last night to walk liter.', and lost my way. Help me out, do that's a dear woman " The old woman steadied lu-rse f by a tee, and b.-uig a woman of good muscles, die soon dr..w George out —mud from bead to fot. He shook himself. "There, if you'll siiow me the way, lil go right on — ' "No >on won't either ! \ou 11 go right over to our house and have a cup of cot-" fee and something to eat, and a suit of llie oid man's clot lies to put on while I dry >ours; and I'll send Tom over to Margate with the horse, and wagon to bring your wife. ' "You're a trump.'' erfhd George, wring ing her hail I. "God bless yon ! ltiu shall lie well lewarded for yoor kindness, Mrs. Starts' house was only a little way distant and to its shelter she took George Tom was dispatched to Mar gate to hunt up Mrs. Jameson; and George, arrayed in a suit of Mr. feiarks clothes—blue swallow tailed coat, home made gray pantaloons, cow bide boots, and wbite hat with a broad brim—for the Starks weie friends —felt like a new man They gave him a good breakfast, which did not come amiss; and, while lorn was absent, the old lady made him lie down on the lounge and take a nap. Tom returned about noon. He had scoured the whole village, but tound noth ing. Only one passenger had lei: tlie train at Margate on the previous day, ami he was an o d man with patent plasters for sale. Poor George was frenzied. lie rushed out of the house and stood looking first up and then down the road, uncertain which wav to wend his course. Suddenly the train f;6m Grton swept past, and a white haiolkeichief was swinging from an open window, and above the liandk.-reluct George caught the gleam of the golden II .ir ai d blue ribbons! It was lvatie be yond a doubt.* He cleared the fence at a hound, and rushed after the flying train. — ,','r- tan, ti 1 he was ready to drop, when I, P ( -an; e upon some men with a handcar, who were r, nailing the road. He gave t cm ten dollars to take hi in to Groton.— He was sine he could A"! Katie there . But no! the train had not stopped at aU. This was the express for Buffalo. — But a bystander informed him a lady an swering the description he gave of Katie had been seen the day before at Danville, crving, and saying she had lost her hus band. George darted off. He caught with avidity at the hope thus held out. It must be Katie ! Who else had lost bet husband ? A train was just leaving for Dan ville. He sprang on board, and suffered nn eternity during o pure a;d good, faithless and • intoxicated! Oh, uncle Charles, what will j become of me ? ' "My dear neice, he patient," said her uncle. "I think this is George, and we will hear what he has to say before con demning him. Mr. Jameson, I met your wife in the cars yesterday, and she inform- i ed me that yen deserted her at the Wind ham depot. Of conrso I could not believe that vour absence was intentional and I persuaded her to remain here while I tele graphed to the principle stations along the road for information of you. Why did 1 receive no answer ?" "Because the telegraph does not run in to old Mr. Stark's huckleberry swamp, where I had the honor of spending last night," aid George, losing his temper. "But this extraordinary disguise ?" "My clothes were muddy, and I have i>ot on Mr. Stark's," said George. And though the explanation was not particu larly lucid to those who heard it, they were satisfied. "My dearest George!" cried Katie, rushing into his arms, "and so you did not desert me, and I shan't have to be divorc ed ?" "Never, my darling ! and we'll never be separated again for a moment." "No, not for all the baggage in the wot Id ! Oh, George, you don't know how 1 have .-uflfercd." The crowd could he kept ignorant no longer, for scores had assembled round the hot jl, drawn thither by the disturbance.— Matters were explained, and cheers long and loud rent the air. The landlord got up an impromptu wedding dinner, at which Katie presided ; and George, looking very sheepish in Mr. Stark's swallow-tail, did the honors. They proceeded on their tour next day, : ami soon afterward Mr. and Mrs. Stark j were delighted to receive a box by ex press, containing the lost suit of the old gentleman, and the wherewithal to pur chase him another, beside the most hand some drawn silk bonnet for .Mrs. Stack that the old lady had ever seen. "There, old man," said she, turning from the glass at which she had been sur ve\ ing herself in the new bonnet, "I al lots told you that huckleberry swamp Would turn to something if it was only to raise frogs in. Guess I hit it sometimes." An liishgirl was ordered to hang the wash clothes on the horse in the kitch en to dry. Iler mistress shortly after found a very gentle family horse standing in the kitchen completely covered with the articles that had been wasln-d that dav. — ! Upon interrogating the girl, the reply was;, "Och, to be sure, you told me to hang the clothes upon the bourse in the kitchen, and the baste is the kindest 1 ever saw, sure." friT The man everybody like 3 is gener ally a fool. The tnan nobody likes is gen erally a knave. The man who has friends who would die for him, and foes who wo'd lovrd him broiled alive, is usually a man of some worth and force. —— gnqsojtq# jw tqs (f9iuo9u y. ORDER AND REGULARITY OF . MEALS, It is most important in the physical nur ture of children that their meals should be at regular hours, and with no long inter vals. But there is no worst practice than that which is too prevalent, especially among the poor, of giving children small portions of food between m> als, or when ever they choose to ask, or, after much asking, to get rid of their importunity. — It has a bad moral effect, encourajpng them to give away to every impulse of ap petit®, and to think much and ofteu of eat ing ; and renders them gluttonous. And it has a bad physical effect, inducing in the stomach a habit of perpetual craving, or keeping it in a statu of perpetual re pletion. Again, not onlys regularity at meal-times, hut comfort and good order at meals, will conduce in a gr<-at degree to the due and satisfactory enjoyment, and hence good digestion of food. Hurry, confusion, general talking and clamor, chidingaad quarrelling, too often witness ed at the dinner table ofa disorderly fami ly, most injeiiously interferes with the processes of mastication and deglution, and* consequently, with that of digestion. In deed- such is the close connection of our mental and corporal faculties, that these ctrcuinstances do, of themselves, immedi ately tend to impede digestion. It is a well-known fact that far, anger, vexation, anxie'v, felt at the time of eating, prevent the proper decoction of food by the stom ach ; and so, to a certain extent, must all other purturbations of the mind. The ob servance of this rule is of course as neces sary for adults as cb Idren ; but since tlie passions of children are more easily excited, and less regarded, and their stomachs more del cate for the most pa t than those of their elders, they are the chief sufferers by iis neglect. As TTEM FOA THE HOME CIRCLK.— Somebody says, and truly too, tfwt there are few families, anywhere, in which love is not abused as furnishing the license for impoliteness. A husband, father or broth er, will speak harsh words to those he loves best, simplv because the secrcsy of love and family pride keep him from get ting his head broken It is a shame that a man will speak more impolitely, at times, to his wife or sister than he would to any other female except a low, vicrou one. It is thus that the honest affections of a man's nature prove lo be weaker protection to a woman in a family circle than tiie restraints of society," anil that a woman usually indebted for the kindest po liteness of life to those, not belonging to her own household. These things ought net to be so. The man who, because it will not be resenfeu, inflicts his spleen and bad temper upon those of his hearth stone, is a small coward and a very mean man. Kind words are circulating medi ums between tiue gcntl'-men and ladies at home, and no polish exhibited in society, can atone for the harsh language and dis respectful treatment too often indulged in between those bound together by God's own ties of blood, and the most sacred bonds of conjugal love. AROMA OF COFFEE. —The berries of coffee, once roasted; loe every hour some what of their aroma, in consequence of the influence of the oxygen of the air, which, owing to the perosity of the roasted ber ries, can easily penetrate. This pernicious change may best be avoided b\ strewing over the berr es, when the roasting is completed, and while the vessel in which j it has been done is still hot, some powder ed white or brown sugar (half an ounce to one pound of coffee is sufficient) The sugar melts immediately, and bv well shaking or turning the roaster quickly, it spreads over all the berries, and gives each one a flue g'azo, impervious to the atmosphere. They have then a shining appearance, as though covered with a var nish, and they in conseanence lose their smell entirely, which, however, returns in high degree as they are ground. After this operation th -y are to be shaken out rapidly from the roaster and sprea 1 on a cold plate cf iron, so that they mly cool as sooi. as possible. If the hot berries are allowed to remain heaped together they begin to sweat, and when the quantity is large the heating process by the influence ; ot air increases to such a degree that at last they take tire spontaneously. The roasted and glazed berries should be kept in a dry place, because the covering of su gar attracts moisture. THE DIFFERENCE. —Two lawyers in a county com t —one ot whom had gray hair, and the other, though just as old a man as his learned friend, had hair which looked j suspiciously black—had some altercation about a question ' picture in their bosoms ? A. i never to<>k notice. Should not be surpnsi d if some did Q. Do yon think a Freedman's Bfureau agent would be allowed to marry into the first family of Virginia ? A. If a young lady belonging to a first family were willing, I suppose he could. Q How lone will it be before pumpkin pies become a favorite dish in the lately re bellious districts ? A. Ido not know. Some people like them now. Q. Is there not a great aversion to codl -as a yankee staple of diet ? A. I do not know that there is. Q. Do they like pork and beans in Vir ginia. A. Some people do. Q. What's your opinion of the Fenian's f A. I have not given the subject much attention. Q. How are you on Schleswig-Holstein? A. I have not made up my mind on that subject either. Q. Which side do you sleep on ? A The right side generally. D Do Southern men generally continue to sleep in arms, notwithstanding the ces sation of the rebellion ? A. Those who ar married do, I believe. Q. Do those who are not married abstain from doing so ? A. I can't say they all do. There are other important parts of Gen Lee's testimony not yet published by the Committee <>n Ueconstructtion. I trust I have given enough to show, when contras ted with what has heretofore been given to the public, th.it the mo>t significant portions of the examinations—those beating most directly on the gnat pro- lem of reconstruc tion—are willfully suppressed. VALUE OF PERSONAL NEATNESS. —Many worthy w* men, who would not for the world be found wanting in the matter'of personal neatness, seem somehow to have the notion that any study of the arts of personal beauty in family life is unmatron ly. They buy their clothes with &imple reference to economy,and have them made up without any question of becomingness; and hence marriage sometimes transforms a charming, trim, tripping young lady into 0 waddling matron, whose every-day toilet suggests only the idea of a feather-bed tied round with a string. For my part, I do not believe that the summary banishment of the Graces from the domestic circle as soon as the first baby mades its appearance is at all conductive to domestic, affection.— Nor do 1 think there is any need of so do ing. These good housewives are in danger, like other saints, ot falling into the error of neglecting the body through too much thoughtfulness for others and too little for themselves It a woman ever had any at tractiveness, let her try and keep it, setting it down as one of her domestic talents, THE FAMILY ClßCLE. —Endearments hinds tog. ther the members of the house hold—sharers of the same flesh and blood, which are found of the same kind and to the sum degree nowhere else on earth. The dwellers of this common home, too, have a common share in the blessings and 1 trial- which befall their habitation. They a e fed on the same hoard, repose under 1 jlie same roof and the jovs and sorrows !of the whole group. What a place those parents hold in this little empire. How their words have power, and their will is law, and their very footsteps are walked into ; and how those whom God has given them are prized beyond all earthly things, as the jewels ot their casket. Where, where, in all this footstool of the Dispenser of out mercies should God be acknowledg ed, if no, here ? Shall not the voice of 1 gratitude arid praise ascend from the boan* ■ spread with plenty, and around an alter i reared for the moi ning and the evening sociifice of humble and grateful hearts ?• You may not only burnish yoor owi ar-. mor and find refreshment for your spirit here, soldiers of Christ, but here is a favored spot in which to train recruits to join the sacrimental hosts. VOL. 5 NO. 40