Jtccltfd h.hr I'.r Ji:n.v,l. ,;.: i ft.?.V ttarr flail Cnnvuttifi), h.-U !tt turrts!,uy, Or., It!, ol!7, I'll Ihr o'Ulior. 1. .. ;;;.', , of the CuUi.njvtit L'. 11. C. ,','(.'', Another year idnce h:l ironic) , lnilli i nn ils varied rare. And prim nM Time, v illi noiseless Crcntl. lnilli inti'lo nnolhor have. 'I lie ti : 1 1 1 tin : w'oil:, it ti -1 winter tnow,, in Hi i' arm? c!' ;U'ii: love ilicil, A ill bounteous fin i iiior filli 'I the earth, and r.ni.-heil. ;1(ii'if'.cd ; Ami nnw mi Ul p-iinieil rii-liine: leave:', 'lie nil mil ninn'a pa: plin;.' wby 'We inert i iiee more, a ; i.n'ii may meet, in ppiirvnii" rivalry. So Mu-torinp Tar.linjf th'tnagnpnen, here plv tlK'ir venal h-tnlo Nor count tlie trains a thief would scorn, ill- po'te.n and ill made. Nor wily politician, in whose cold and elian. p i 1 1 rv? I.urks every 'ph.i'e. of I wist and turn, and menu duplicity. With mil an nllico in ui;r fin, with none fo to-k, nor ioako Nor w;r.-.V!o pull. f-r j.nnf.i ('.Alice, nor covnrr slaU-r, to lava';. Here (very one iinte'iorrd can hi.s true liillrt linild ct.te'.'.d And greet his farthest. ii--ilbr with (lie dear old n n tn f friend. To mo is jjiveii the hieioivd part, to greet yon one and nil, And give your lu-arty welcome, for ilie panic v.c love, linse IViil. Mine is tlie jovl'nl ta-!, mine is flic "'ad ho liest, To "welcome (lie co ning : --peel the p.iri in f: paiost'' Ye tuneful Nine! who Iiatmt ravnas.sof?' nion n(, T pvay ye ope for nie tlie :",veel poetic fount. IMy will in;? fluid bless, my ;ray goo:;o ijuill . inspire, And timre my foolscap with tlie. veal pectio tire. Aid ye my task! Make emooth flic rug ged ways, And o'er my many ljlu;i'l -v.- s'icl suWuin;; lay?. Turn down each scornful nose I pray, and li'sJ tlio snaorer pause, And wlien tlie critic opes, his laiulh, I pray yc (lore his jaws. It does' not need, tli.it T hov.bl fpe!;, of liall grounds or of l a. es, You know I lie panic too well for that ; 'lis wrii I en in your faces, (Of cour.-e there are no uiiiiuns here, nor butter iinp -ri.d, men, Who fly (heir bnlhj so'very neat to let them drop again) Hut I would '.'peak of another game, a har der, angrier strife. Viici'O each, and every otic, must play, (he mptied panic of lil There: Time is Captain, in hi-s pire.e tliere must no lap'rards lie, Jlu! each must play the base assigned with iidlde indnsl ry. There is no rest, lo.'r recess; caeu inning must lie jdayed Time wailelli not : Ids sure home run for no one can bo stayed. Tint each lias separate work fo do, each bath a special aim. And when we cease a crown awaits, of gloi ry or of shame. It 13 for us alone to say, (he which we'll tutve to gia-'p, To walk all fettered o'er with sin, or vir- t hp's hand fo clasp, It in fur us alone, to say, e'er our game is o'er K'cr our strike with the bat of life ii past for ever more, Whether wo so will play our jinio, that when wc sink to n.-l, We'll hear our ia;phty Capiain.cali 'Cuinc unto n,o yc ble.is'd.'1 Our game is life. V.'e le.ivo tlio dear home base; Flushed with the faith and ho;,e of youth we cuter on the raee. We do not think of site; lj..3 fue.s, vc think our iaih is clear. Vc Fcorn to fa'.ier on t'.o rjal, we never ti'.ink of fear. We lock aloft to Heaven, and o'er the-earlh ro brond, Vi'ith the smile of youth upon our lip-i, and our trust, in tlio livinp Hod. Mayhap, when reaching for the pri.c, upon our scute burst, Our hcavenlv Umeires calling, "Oat on first !''' Aivl so from earth we vanish and our run i-inhsio eli'i-ui! niiil, e'er i's iir.-t day is done. . Feme ro;d:e b.or. e run",rir. l tr.ueliin every b i--e, Come in hci'ura Ec.itii'a ball, can inlercc-jd their rsco. t'oiac crowd tlieir mlghbors oil", mid in their preedv 1 oille, And ?:',hh basic for plory. j.r.i bolh out. Seine sic:l their way ll.ioiiph lilejw edo lid heed Their M'ir.t progrcsr, till t'oey claim the laced. feme safely reach their Srsi, i;i;.l i l their prime And jride i f life they oidy lai'.rh at Tims. They scira hii i-jv.apif, bis leuahest blowj defy Forgi tlii.p he unlock eternity. Some make theii second in the d.iur. cf aje, With bite'a grarol volume ibts'eg up their papo And now, the path descend-1, their foot- 'eps lie In the dark valley of eternity. Jime pulls litem o.i, while bckv, ardly the ca.-t Tltotiphts of rcpret upon tiieirlife, now past. Cncc more they feel the breath of joyous i-pring. And hear the sweet birJj of this cummer ping, Once more, beloved fact- i gather round And in I he heart the chords of memory found. And tovepo, the third l.-ibaf e wo win Heal 'it iiyt the gate, line we must follow in. And so we'ro back ngaiu fonn v.heuee vc came, From dust we spring ; then back to dust "gain, .''Oiiie bibig to their home ba' nothing but ; rer und crime nud sin, ind wa-fed IVtinte.s ennifned souls, and misery w it bin. Their bosoms fraught with malice, their old ngK full of w oe, Their youth returned sin a Kj'cclro, with none of youth's bri;-!,! plow. And when from the (bud; of Nature tliere Cometh a solemn chime, Toiling that Uod bath i.dded anolher year to time. It only mark their dial J with another year of plooni, And in its soft cadences id ei hoed iheir coin ing doom. And they cried aloud ill an;'ui.d., nndbiiicr ln s of soul, THE ELI APVOCATE J01IX 1 MOOIIE, EHor ,0 Proprkhr. lhu k la I be days of youth again, oh! Time, in mercy roll ; Came back ! come back! oh childhood, days passed without a sin. Thai once again my weary life rightly I may begin. l'.ut Time is heodles?, nnd he mocks and (corns thorn in their won, In life T,iinc is our firmest friend, in death ho is cur 'oh. I'uf route brinpf b.aclc fn (heir Captain the talents he g ive of gold, linriehel by toil, and fructified a hundred thcusan.l fold ; May you, companions, ha of these! oh! ttrugple for the crown That waits above, fin passing aught of this p oor earth's renown. .. An 1 no iv, farewdl ! to all, farewell ! it is at length the time When bulls of parting moments strike on the heart their chime, i fain would li .ger in the task ; yet must the parting word I'y quivering tonpue bo sometimes spoke, by sorrowing car be heard. All days for man at. least mint die, and and pleasure have an cud, Tlie joyous palm and sturdy oak w.ith the (("rk cypress blend ; Ilefore another Euust.t conies, or twiight leaves the sy, Kncli will have said his parting word, may. hap his last good bye. For e'er another year takes lifo or tlie old enc sinks to sleep, It must, be over some of us the hoi low world will weep. Our toilsome pame of lifo played out, our home base fairly made, And v:e in sleep that wakens not. in our moth er's breast are lai We cannot hape to meet on earth, when au tumn comes again. We"'.! . eeks.uae dear, familiar face, but sock, ah ! all in vain ; Peath loves to strike whers least wo think his blow would dare to fall, And loves to summon those away who least expect itis call ; "ul while you live, where e'er you walk, what e'er your fortunes be, God speed yon a'l in every way, nnd bless yo-. picntlly. And soon or .it c wc'il me:t again before an Umpire's throne, Wiior-o slightest mandate all must heed, whoso power all must own : F.eforo him may your scores be clear, and may you gain the prize Surpassing might that, earth can givo the Life that never dies. For the Advocate. XVomaii's Slights. BY M. K. BAnnr. The right to worship, pure and deep, To hush the storm of lifo to sleep ; To form tlio germ for manhood's bloom, To smooth the pathway to the tomb. To feed the orphan and the poor, The warfare of the world endure ; First at the Saviour's cross lo meet. To love with tears that. Saviour's feet. To fold an angel's wings below, And hover o'er the cot of woe; To lay the l'ei hlehetti babe to rest, And pour a balm o'er furrow's brcpst. The aged head with joy lo crown, To e ill celestial favors down ; To teach aspiring, ardent youth Tlie golden bcuisons of truth. First at the Saviour's tomb to weep, First in the fields of faith to reap ; The right to suffer and to prnj'. To guide to Heaven the pilgrim's way. The right fo bless affection's hearth, And tt iwer the thorny roads of earili , To chef r the saddened brow of csre, And paint the future realm, so fair. To throw a gleam of sumliina round Th o darkened chaos of each wound, That grieves the lonely mourner's heart, WheulilYs best treasures hcace depart. Fe this her bright and storied pile, To save from sin by virtue's smile ; This be her crown, her jewelled dome, Iier wreath of love, a happy home ! A I t.tu.ixv, N. V . SHrflc .Vtirs Hans. The Conneautvillo depot is going rap id'y on towards completion, ThoWirincrs generally are now busily engaged in getting in their fall crop. The Reno, Oil Creek, and Pithole Kail road has been sold at auction for $127,000. flov. Gerry has appointed Adam IV Clover sheriff of Ferry county, vico John 1 , .Miller, resigned, Tha, larpe woolen factory of Ceorgo l'tilloek of Normtown, has boon sold for t?ijli,l.li0. The Fpiseopal church at riiocnixville has been robbed and set on fire two or three times wii bin the past two weeks. Montgamcry, FerVs, Chester, nnd a number of other counties have I, poor crop offre.it for market this season, A much respcefc 1 native of Pennsylva nia, named li ichel lluuf, di;d roceutly at Fosterburg, lib, at the advanced ago of ouo hundred and eight years. The Poldier's Monumont for DJuphin County will soon be under way, Tlio com tract is for Pi 1, Oil.'), ami has been awarded to Ueiry Myers of Ilarrisburg, William Perkins, well known in Titts burg, died near Lakevillo, Ohio, on the loth i:i ;t. Ilis loss will bo mourned by all who knew him. Tlio residence of Dr. Lewis Heck, about six miles uortliof Ilarrisburg, was destroy ed by lire cn the evening of October 18. The lire caught from a bake-ovcu. Those acquainted with dipt. W. C. Green, formerly a recruit igg officer in Pitts lon g, w ill regret to leurn of bis decease from yellow lever, wh'le 0:1 Ids return from I'.iliioi nia. ' IUDGWAV, rEXXA., C,CTOT:EPZ, .1 Jlnrrictt .?Jf.-ri t)(?;ts tip tilt Mr. Yt lives 011 Market street, in a certain lioiwe, bearing a Certain num ber, lie is the bnppy possessor of n v,il c nnd a score or more of fhil lrcn, is well blessed with tlio world's ponds, mid of course is much admired and pa tronized by all 1 11s neighbors. Mr. Z, is also a public spirited man, and nothing (lelijrlita him more tlitin to sec s.iitio work of inteniil improvement. Ho attends all meetings un4 other gnth urines loikinj: towards the promotion of these objects, and was never known to be backward in sub-teribin to any cau:-c calculated to advance the: best in terests of St. Louis. Having piven this short history of the man nnd his aspirations, it is unnec. cessary to add that hn ras present at the Miller's and Flour Merc-hunt's Con vention, held ,'.t the Merchant's Ex. change, last Wednesday, and made one or two vigorous speeches. When even ing came, it required but little urging to prevail upon In 111 to stay at the ban quet. JJeing of a social nature and much Mtcies'ed in the objects 01 the convention, he came to the conclusion that it ho could advance thc.:o cljccts by taking his seat at tha well filled m. per table nnd putting down a few glass, cs of Ileidsick, he would do it; and so Mr. Z. staid. It Wis late or . early, r ithcr when the company broke up to go home. There is nothing extraordi nary in this circumstance but our duty as a f'uitLl'ul historian compels us to dis. cloe the fact that Mr. Z. was slightly fuddled, or if this is too harsh a term, elevated. II is eyes (airly twinkled witii morriuieut, and he became oppressed with sujh an inordinate desire for speech making that he was only sikee ed by a couple of gentlemen clapping their handkerchiefs over his mouth and leading him from the room. In this unsteady, uncertain, and tot tering condition, Mr. Z. was conveyed to his room nnd left at the street door. Here he dismissed the kiud friends who had piloted him, with a paternal bless ing, and then addressed himself to the task of getting into the hou.se and to bed without arousing the partner of his bosom. This undei t:ikiiig,howevcr, invol. ved considerable difficulty. The sleeping room was in the second story, third floor from the stairway laudiug, and although Z. could have found it well euough at other times, yet at this particular junc ture he lelt mighty uncertain, lie opened the door softly and commenced to creep up stairs. It seemed to him as though he weighed a ton, for each and every stair seemed to groan and squeak with paiu, aud iu an agony of despcra tinn he slung to the banisters. Arriv ing at the top h3 groped around in the darkness until his hand came in contact with the knob of the door, and imagin. ing that it led to the couch where'reposed his partner in the dreams of innocence, he turned it softly and entered. Ho would not light tho gas bnt dis robed in the dark, and off came his coat, vest and pauts, and last his boots. lie thought that he could not be lnistukeu ia tho aoom for ho detected articles of dress such as could be worn by none but a feminine. lie tangled himself in a sett of hoops, stubbed his too against some Fieuch corsets, and mentally swearing at Mrs. Z. for leaving her things where he could stumble over them, shu filed up slowly to the bedside, and turning down tho clothes, was iu the act of placing his leg beneath, when a piercing scream broke out upon the midnight air.-and a white robed figure jumped like lightning from the bed, aud going (0 tho window shouted, " Help, help ! save ine, its a man ! " Tho whole bouse was soou in an uproar. A policeman, three blocks distaut, hear ing the hubbub, started lor tho sceue, shaking his rattle vigorously as he ran ; but Mrs. Z., who slept in the next room adjoining, was the first to rush to tho rescue. We shall uot attempt to des cribe the sight that met her cyea on bursting open the door. There in a corner, screaming with might and main, was the young lady guest that she had invited to spend tho evening with her, and there by the bedside (stood Mr. Z. in jntn'x uattiraliljux, looking na though ho had been fooled by lJulaam's ass aud was about to be turned out of green pas tures. Mrs. Z. gave one long, agoniziug look, and muttered out : " Oh ! you naughty man," and then tumbled back, ward ou a death faint, while the unfeel ing wretch alluded to. sat down i a chair, passed his hand over his brow once or twice, aud exclaimed : ' " Yv'ell, I'll becutsedl" He had strayed into tho wrong room. We are happy to stato that tho mattor is now settled iu consideration of bis promising never to stay out another ev. ening later than ten o'clock. -Ait. Louis Times. ' : ''' There is a female bras3 band in Jtecatur, Illinois. ' 'v ' 1 ' 1307. VOLUME SEYlXKlWEER 31. I'u it (ts n S'roftsston- Tho bnsinop.s of making people laugh is no. joke. otiekt, whoso speciality is to set tho table in a roar, arc generally, when , off duty, n chop-fallen tribe. Writers who produce largely for the hu morous papers arc, iu at least thtee cas es out of five, gloomy and taciturn, ('otnic uctors, as a class, have always been notorious for their melancholy bearing behind tho scenes. Litton, the Knglish comedian, the expression of whose face, even in repose, was "so fir. dicrous that it provoked laughter, was one of tho most confirmed hypochondri acs of his day; and "Hilly Wiiliams,'' for years tho leading representative of broad farce in this country, used to blubber like n whipped schoolboy when anything went, wrong with him. When Dominique," the French'Iferne, was convulsing all I'aris with his drolleries, a phy.-neiau of that city was one day vis ited by a miserable locking man, who asked what he should do to get rid of a horrid desire to commit suieido which continually haunted him. " Go nnd see Dominique," said the doctor. " Alas! " replied tho unfortunate wretch, " I am Dominique. Forced humor is indeed a r.crrj business. There is a reactionary principle iu human nature which rem ders depression tho inevitable conse quent of overstrained merriment. The philosophy of all this is, that although wit nnd humor ore cheerful faculties when suffered to develop themselves spontaneously, they nro quite tho re verso when compelled to drulge. In fact, no one faculty can bo overworked except at the expense of all the others. To keep the body 111 a healthy, vigorous, clastic condition, all its attributes must be properly exercised.. It J3 tho same 'Tith the mind. , .1 StconU Mlt'ung'eline. Oa the steamer which recently parsed up to Montana, was a young girl of scarce eighteen, who goes to the distant laud of gold to .mpet her affianced. Four years ago she met and loved a young student in a German University. Their trystiug place might not have been at " Uingeti on the llhine," but it was at just such a romantic spot not many leagues distant. Her attachment, was reciprocated, and troth was plighted. Three years since tho bridogroom came to America, and sought his fortune among the placers of Montana, shortly securing a lucrative position as superin tendent of a successful mining company. A few weeks ago a brief message darted across two continents, aud three thous and miles of ocean in a day, and found this beautiful, unsophisticated girl, sur" roundod by all the endeat incuts of a home of wealth and refinement. It fold her that uear the far off shores of the l'aoifio some one waited her coming. A few days later she was rocking upon the bosom of the broad Atlantic, and later still she disembarked iu a strange land, the language and customs of whoso people were new to her. She is now slowly and happily ascending the Mis souri, confident that her bridegroom is expecting her, having travelled alone from the banks of the Baltics to ine3t him. Supposo he should have died during her journey ! What then9 .1 tnul Woman. A couple of weeks ago, an old woman went to the house of Mr. Caleb, ia Elk Neck, and asked for in ilk. Having drank freely, she left, and was no mere thought of, till a few days after, when James i. Oldham, I.iq.; in crossing Caleb's cornfield, was attracted by tho tumbled condition of soma of the shocks, which, on examination, appeared to have becu arranged into a kind of tent. Making search, he found in a neighbor ing gully the same woman, then taking rcf ago under a brier bush. She seemed quite wild, and talked so incoherently that notntug caa bo louid out of her or igin. Her accent ia Iiish. , The con stab'.o of the 5th district had been ap prised of her condition and it Was sup. posed would take measures to have her removed to tho Almshouse, thotrgh at latest accounts ho had not arrived. Cecil Democrat , During the cross-examination of a witness at the Tombs tho other day, tho District Attorney 'asked hiiu where his father was ; to. whiuh the witness re. plied with a very melancholy air " Dead, sir ; dropped off very sudden- ly.Vtri". ' , " How came he to drop off suddenly V was tho next question. " Foul play, sir ; the sheriff imposed upon his uususpicious nature, sir, and getting hiin on a platform to take a look ut a select audience, suddenly knocked a trap-door from under him, eir," . The bones of f'oldicrs, "horses and cattlo killed at I'uTl ' Hun, aro being gathprcd by the owners of tho soil aud shipped to Baltimore, where they are ground into fertilizer. tbil itnry. Elias Howe, whoso fame as the inven tor of the Sowing machine is world-widj. died at his residence in Brooklyn, New Voik, on the evening of the od inst. Fur tho last three niuntha Mr. Howe was ttfllicted with that tetriblo disease known as Blight's disease of the kid" tipys, and although he flas supposed to bo gradually gaining, he took n suJJcn ' cold a few (lays previous to his death, whieli carried him oil". He was boin in spencer, Massachusetts, in tS 11). and was sub.'-cqiicnt'y -1 J yi.in.s of age. Mr. Howe's lite nnd fdru::;;lo. aro an almost exact parallel id nearly every great invcutor, and read ia pot lions more like nromuiuo lh:,n the relation of facts. Ilis hoy hood was. marked by hard labor on farm and in a mil! own ed by his father, o that he had ve'.y lew educational iidvuiilagt'S. At tho age of tixteen ha went to J.ewcll f learn the machinist's trade, where l.e remained about two ycirs.' From there he w.tit to Cambridge, ttrar Boston, wheto tho ilea cf inventing a sewing machine first pj-:scssod his mind. Oti this iJca ho worked, giving his entire attention to it to tlio neglect everything el.-e. About tho time be came of a(t;9 lie married. At this time he was re ceiving nine dollars per week, ou which he was obliged to support himself. Worried by family carosj si ;kncss, and unable lo keep his head .ibove water, Howe never fur a moment despaired of accomplishing his idea, but until ll-i-I I reached nothing which was sa'.it.f'aetory. In this year be confided his idea to a friend in Cambridge, who poscrscd a small capital, nnd ho uf;t isled him with means to get out a model machine, which was finished iu the early pr.rt of May, 184,. Full of hope, he exhibi ted his machine in Bot.ton, where he convinced the tailors of its usefulness and won their commendation, qualified by tho expression of their opinion which accompanied it, that it would ruin the trade. Their praise of tho machine was all tho support the inventor received. Not one of them would invest a dollar iu it. Again iu desprr, with all his money gone, his friend came once more to his rescue, and between them the machine was patented. This was the extent of his friend's support; tho fail ure of further efforts to introduce tho invention to public notice and patronage) broke dowu his cotifi lencc. Ho was obliged to give up and seek employ, mcut to keep his funily fiom sufiu'hii. For some time he worked as ar. cngi.. necr on a railroad, uutil his constitution, naturally delicate, gave way, and ho was again reduced to almost destitute circumstances. At last he concluded to seek the patronage in England denied him at homo, and, assisted by his fath er, his brother Amasa left with the ma chine in October 18-Ki Amasa found tliere in William Thomas, of Chcnpsid.;, London, the first financial success, and Mr. Thomas got a bargain, receiving for 120 sterling tho machine which iho brother had brought with him, aud tha right to use as many as he needed iu his own business of c:rset, Itmbrclla and va lice making. He offered Xd per neck if Elias would come to him nud woik tho machine. With thi3 offer Amasa returned, aud as' the -i)Q were only temporary relief, Fl as concluded togo to England and accept tlio offer of Mr. Thomas, which he did, aocompanied by Amasa, Here he worked eight mouths, but Thomas was exacting, and Elias left him at the expi ration of that time. In tho meantime, his sick wifo and three children had joined him. Tho story of his life for several months after h's dis missal from the works-hop of Thomas, is most paiuful iti iU details, ending iu absolute penury an J his return how, after an absence of t,vj years, with nn empty pocket. Ho landed at New York, where he learned that his wife, who had preceded him, was dying of consump tion at Cambridge. Ho had not money enough to enable him to reach h j r. In a few days, however, ho succeeded, reaching her ledside juit before her death. Fate had not yet done her woiv:t. The ship in whuh he had embarked tho few household goods he ha 1 gather, ed together in England was lost'at sea. This it would appear was fortune's lant blow, lie soon found himself iu good employment, aud better still, iu a short time he realized that his machine had become famous during his nbs.-nco. Ingeneous mechanics, regardless of his patents,' had coustiuclel yiic simt'c.i. They were being exhibited abcut tin country as wonders, and iu some places had been introduced in important man ufaeturics. Howe now fouul friends, and after soma delay, the necessary funds to establish his rights. In lSj'J he was suporintcn ling in this city tha construction of machines to order. With tha litigation which accompanied tho first stops of tho inventor on the load to wealth our readers aro familiar. It ii known that so protracted were theso law proceeding, that it was not until IS.")!, four years after his return, from Eng gland, that Mr. llowo established bis prior claim to tho invcutiou. Then sole proprietor ot his patent bis years of in. creasing revenue began, which increased from $300 to S 'O'J.UUO. Ou tlio 10th of lust month his patent expired, at which time it was calculated he had re alised close -on to $2,000,000. With this princely fortune he onjoyed fame enough to satisfy tiim, lud he worked for that alone, tho last acknowledgment, ot his genius bein ho g , I mel.il of the Pta-W Exp n'lioii. '' ' r