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versation and ready to join in any
game or frolic, but at every pause
her face settled into look so sad, so
hopeless that / wondered. | had
heard of her as in very poor health
and asked myself lis this all?" Then
glancing at an invalid of many
years at my side / felt ''No, this Is
not all. There is a worm at the root
of all her youth and beauty and pros
perity. Her eyes rest on pathway
strewn with withered hopes She is
succumbing to her first great bitter
disappointment
Another on my left was plump and
fair, but when she raised her ewes to
mine they too were sad; but there
came a sudden relief in the voice and
glance of a bright girl of ten or so.
who with glowing cheek and dancing
eyes, black fringed ones like our own
darling's, looked up to tell of the
mornings play. Heaven bless her!
What will her eyes show fifteen
years from now?
Only one gentleman is in this
company, with bowed figure and
whitened hair. He has been a sue
cessful man. Like other strong men
he bore the burden and heat of the
day. but now with broken health and
some bereavement, he, too, is passing
through the deep waters. His wife
and other elderly women, meet and
greet each other cheerfully, will
figures erect and with more or less
of peace and quietness on all theil
countenances. They have beer
through the troubles. They have
learned, each for herself, that ''The
rivers of sorrow shall not overflow
as these younger women will learn it
perhaps, by and by.
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BUFFALO, July Another shock of
an earthquake occurred at six O'Clock
/ this morning.
The only damage done by the shock
of yesterday was the throwing down OF
a chimney in the center of the city.
JAMESTOWN, July About 9:2c
yesterday morning d shock Of an earth
quake was distinctly felt, causing the
breaking Of crockery, throwing picture
I frames from walls, etc.
New YORK. July "A fatal case of
cholera is reported in Jersey City to-day.
Dr.. W King, No. 109 Grand street, died
at two O'Clock this morning Of what is
described as spasmodic cholera.
A German emigrant died i'll the same
city last week of cholera, but the report
Of the fact WAS suppressed.
New YORK, July THE steamship
City gt II qShiHIOH Of the Inman line,
went ashore in Il dense fog at two O'Clock
on Saturday afternoon, on Gull Rock
bar, seventy miles east of Sambro. All
the passengers, crew, baggage and spare
stores were safely landed. The vessel i,
tight except III the engine room, where
the water runs in ana out at high tide.
LATER-HALIFAX, July Mid
night.-TAe city y WusdlHgt2n has
about fifteen feet OF water in her hold,
and is likely to become a total wreck.
Her purser was expected here tonight
but has not yet arrived and it is impos-
sible to get further intelligence from
the wreck tonight, as she lies twenty
miles from any telegraph office.
The telegraph lines have been inter
rupted south of Halifax for two days,
and consequently it has been impossible
to forward the news till tonight.
ST. LOUIS, July "A dispatch from
Jacksonville says that the seyerest rain
storm ever known in that region began
ttbOhl l. - NloNh lCtoO ltlSill anu COll-
tinued until live this afternoon. Twelve
and quarter inches of rain fell during
the storm. All the streams rose to an
unprecedented height, bridges were
swept away and great damage was
done to the crops. Several embank-
mentS and culverts on the Toledo, Wa
hash q Jacksonville, North Western
and South Eastern railroads were
washed away and the trains stopped or
delayed.
The dispatch further states that un-
less fine weather sets in at once the
wheat crop must suffer an immense
damage, if not total destruction. The
spring wheat is fiat on the ground and
most of it will never be harvested. The
fall wheat in shock was beginning to
sprout in the bottom lands, but was sub
merged and Will be almost totally de-
stroyed and even that on the uplands in
many places is under water and Will suf-
fer greatly.
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thelf looks at the Liverpool card and
sees hardware to spare there, and cut
lery and Gotten goods; an immense bus
mess to be done, in short, in all sorts OF
exports and imports; and if Monrovia,
glistening like the lady in the dentists
chair with gold, gums and ivory, does
not answer at the call for them, OF for
palm-oil and feathers and spices, then
Monrovia also goes to swell the stock OF
the first merchant. But if, on the con-
trary, Rio Janeiro, having asked for the
Liverpool goods, or for the Monrovian
or other, cannot give the name OF the
place furnishing them-Liverpool or
Monrovia, or as the case may be-then
the Rio JaneirO card is forfeited to the
ownen of the card with that place on
the back, who then proceeds to make
exchanges until brought up with some
round turn which affords opportunity
to the next.
Thus a knowledge of the world and
its balances and counter-balances is
gained that books could hardly teach,
and that are usually only half learned
in the maturer life of the men of bust
mess, And by this method of instruc-
ton. not alone in one science but i'll all,
and which a mother or sister can use
as well as a public teacher, study be-
comes amusement and the thought-pro-
ducing qualities of the brain are early
strengthened and ripened for service
Harper's Bdzor.
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COUDERSPORT. Pa, July 9, 1878

7 THE farmers organization under
the name of Oranges, seems to be
rapidly gaining ground at the west
and it has recently made its power
felt in Illinois by the election of its
candidate for judge of the supreme
court.
Its primary object is understood
to be betoprotect the interest of farmers
against the extortionate demands of
railroad monopolies and other trans
portation companies.
That there are two sides to this
question of transportation admits Of
no doubt, but when it costs three
bushels of grain to market one from
the state of Minnesota, with direct
lines Of railroad connecting that
state with the seaboard and when,
with the high price of breadstuffs in
the east, thousands of bushels of
corn are daily burned for fuel, as was
the case in the states west of the
Mississippi last spring, we naturally
come to the conclusion that there is
something wrong.
The farmers cldim that the rail
roads charge rates that are not only
ruinous to the farming interest, but
much higher than are necessary to
cover their running expenses and
pay fair dividends on their stock.
They have not indicated just how
they propose to remedy this state Of
things, though their late action in
Illinois seems to point to judicial
and Legislative means. Many of the
papers throughout the country seem
Mortified at Judiciary being elected
to carry out particular object. 1t
does not necessarily follow that such
is the case. In all of the states that
elect their judges, there is a political
contest to secure control of the
courts, yet this control contemplates
nothing more than security from adj
verse partisan decisions.
The action of the Supreme Court
of the United States on the slavery
question has warned the country of
the danger that turks around judicial
bodies when powerful combinations
have interests at stake. The railroad
monopolies Of the country are a
power that is as yet but partially de-
veloped, but its influence is tremen-
dous and the Oranges are working
wisely for the accomplishment of
their object when they place their
candidates on the benches of the
supreme courts of the several states.
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The Notwithstanding Process

The Thought-Quickening Process.
We often find ourselves looking for
ward for the result of the next few gen
erations, wishing to know about it, as
we wish to know the end of an exciting
romance; but never more keenly than
when we have seen a school that is kept,
as some schools are nowadays, on prin-
cipleS that we cannot call new, since
they are as old as Socrates, but which.
be they new or old, evoke all that is
brilliant in child in the place of those
principles of routine, certainly as old as
stupidity itself, which can be beaten
into any blOckdead, and which. in the
tiresome iteration of their processes.
are enough to make a Ounce of any
prodigy.
Indeed, if the children that are to
follow US do not constitute a race of
vast superiority it will not be the fault
of their teaching. Not that we claim
to see the germs of future wings already
sprouting on the infantile shoulders, or
expect our posterity to be armed with
tipstaYes charged with the magic yril.
nor that we wish every child to be as
learned as the little five-year-old pedant
of our acquaintance who cried at the
table because his father was helped to
right angle of pie while he was con-
demned to an acute angle; but that we
believe the gentle stimulation Of this
method Of instruction 50 well develops
the powers of thought that when the
intellect has reached maturity it will be
ready at once to work on what it finds
rather than be forced to waste its best
years in learning how to utilize its
ability.
Take, for instance, the single study
of geography as we lately saw it taught.
Every one remembers the tears and
trouble which that simple and delight
full study used to cost till the memory
refused to note any distinction between
cape, peninsula or promontory. But
by the system of which we speak all
that painful memoriZing from state
ments in language beyond childish COM
prehension is rendered unnecessary and
the whole thing becomes something as
as it would be on the field.
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The Last Day of June.

The crown Of the year is come and
almost gone. The summit of warmth,
verdure, of beauty, Of balmy, dewy
freshness is passing away to give
place to other lovely days and great
treasures of summer fullness, but to
be equalled never more, until another
June shall come, queen Of another
year, to shed its brief blessing on
the world again.
1t seems as though any grief or
disappointment weuld be harder to
endure in this sunny, fowery month
than in any other; that any joy or
crown Of blessing should come in it,
as the fitting time. New hopes should
spring, old ones be crowned with
fulfillment, new zeal for all noble
enterprises, new love for all earth's
children. New efforts to spread the
blessings OF lie over all the land
and to heal, as far as human effort
may, all it's ills; because we feel the
fullness of this time of outward bless
ing ourselves.
But June is passing away. Happy
he who in this mountain time hath
done nothing to cloud his own life or
another's. Happy still whosoever
hath made it memorable by any
good, kind deed, or by the turning
away from any evil. For him will
the sunlight of all future Junes be
brighter, the air purer, the roses love
lier and more fragrant.
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Zen and Scissors.

BOOK-KEEPING may be taught in 2
single lesson of three words; Never lend
them.
WOMEN like to marry men by the
name of William, so they can have a
will of their own
WE do our best to believe all the queer
stories that we find, for we could not
conscientiously present them to our
readers unless we believed them to be
true, but here is one that, we caution
the public, seems to US a little doubtful.
We will not say it is a lie, but it is i'm
probable. A horse in st. Paul, Mime
sofa, drank beer till he was in beast
ly state of intoXication. His owner.
knowing that his previous habits were
exemplary, thought he was dead and
skinned him. Next morning a ghastly
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seeming to enjoy the exercise ex-
tremely as did We who looked on.
Travelling gets to be of small ac-
count when one gets away out here.
Gentlemen and ladies think nothing
of starting any morning on trip to
one of the eastern cities-custom
makes all things easy.
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DOYFR WHEEL CO.,
IL 3T5 West Third 81, CS


III 375 west Third St, Cryc
Manufacturers of the celebrated
Wheel, the Royer Colubiaa.
Old Style Wagons. Asol
and Wagon Woodwork Of e.
scription.
Actual wear and hard uSs
best test of the strength and ol
of a wheel, and they have pro-
Sarven Patent to wear longer tL
or four sets Of the best cld-StyIt
When about to purchase a ba.
riage or wagon, see that your q
maker uses our make Of The
wheel. There are so many !Ila
tent wheels in the market lDa.
be to your interest to stlpaaFl
Smven-as it is now conceded l"
only perfectly reliable wheel j
25l2-tf
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NATURE isnever silent. No matter
how faint the breeze, how calmly the
trees stand in the so-called silent
night, how breathless the air, let our
ears but be startled into listening
and many and mysterious sounds can
be instantly detected. We get so
accustomed to these many noises as
not to notice them at ordinary times,
as we do to the ticking of a clock or
the hum Of mill and so when we do
catch them they often seem to us
strange and new and are counted, or
were in the days Of superstition, as
Omens.
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steed, without hide or hair v.
grazing ON the public conn, %
skillful veterinary surgeon
in planting his superfcies ~.
from a neighboring tamew VI"
STRoNGER contrasts Of cps.
never presented than thosa ~
the Southern Presbyterian
which recently met at Little y
kansas, and the meeting Of u.
Carolina Diocese (EpisconaIr
Bishop Stevens, rendering n.
thies of the northern diocea,
southern, was so warmly raca;
Southern Presbyterians. on a.
hand, regarded the oyerturs.
northern Assembly for union n
ness, if not aversion. The s,,
showed its sincerity in the r
eXpunging everything from il
or at least voting everything i
void, that reflected in any Wan.
Southern brethren and ofegi !
free hand of fellowship; but i
clined.
Il SAY, old boy" cried p,r
an eXcavatOr whom he esnis
bottom of a yawning gulf ,rl
you digging there?' "A bic
old boy replied. Paul was nut
off III this fashion. What ~.
ing to do with the loler.b.
Going to cut it up into small /
rejoined the old boy, "and retail
to farmers for gate-posts,n
Mr.. GOCGH tells a good sion
trative of quaint Scottish hum.
sparks from London once cams
decent looking shepherd in Ar-I
and accosted him with. "Yon
very fine view here-you can 81 /
way" sta
"Gu aye, yu aye, a ferry ga
"Ah. you can see Amcricafa
pose?"
'Farrar than that"
How is that?''
"Gu jist wait tule the mis-.
away, and you'll see tAemus
THE Elmira Guzstte ISSUES az
supplement- which is given fe
weekly subscribers. 1t is n
form and contains illustration
erature. which is readable and
tive. This monthly pubIi,a.r
supplement of this dcscriptim
~ creditable to the enterprv
publishers Of the Gazsttc.
" ! DOE L'ocNele'III Ie'''s5o
1''..'S' III NA'I''"''i Co"H'. "'
'o'''lon VI '''A'' ''' '"''
nv az '0'' : S'-''' an" o''"'
VI LIN - L''"! e'' o"''
SoTrTuERH FEFTIIG-ir-I
dent of the New York Thur
made a tour through Eirrs
Tennessee and North Alalgm
in 4 tone of agreeable diSamnr
that in all his experience in the
through which he has passed he
heard an allusion to any polite!
He has improved numerous orI
ties. he saws. to mjuule with nar
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HOUSE MOVIN G.--jgo..
IL WARDS, Oswayo, Pa y
farm, J has all the necessary Iss. \.
prepared to move barns or Que
short notice.
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JAMESTOWN, July About $50
yesterday morning d shock Of an earth
quake was distinctly felt, causing the
breaking Of croekery, throwing picture
frames from wallis, etc.
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steed, without hide or lair .
grazing ON the public conn.
skillful veterinary surgeon
in planting his superfcias
from a neighboring taunew wy
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BUFFALO, July Another shock Of
an earthquake occurred at six O'Clock
this morning.
The only damage done hy the shock
Of yesterday was the throwing down Of
a chimney in the center of the city.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-03-01
aHATR IrEMa-

The Town election Of Milford will be held on
MAday.
The clGtEal FTait Gfouers' Association viii
meet at Milford, on Tuesday.
An effort i being made in Smyrna to reor-
ganize the Young Mems Christian Association.
a building and loan association has been
oraanized a Wyoming, and nearly GOO shares
have already been taken.
Seventy five persons have professed converslon
at the Methodist revival In MiIforl. Thirty
were at the altar on Wednesday.
Milford will hold Town neetiug. tonight, to
receive the report Of the Commissioners, and
nominate officers for Mondays election.
The large steam saw mill near Ocean View
Baltimore HID. belonging to Townsend 4 60.
was entirely consumed by ERE on the night o
the 10th inst. ...I r..
/ The Avenue III. f. Sunday School of Milford
was the recipient last Sunday Of a large, beauti
full and fine toned bell, presented by Messrs
Mansfield & Baird, Philadelphia.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-03-01
GRIMES AND cASUIALrEs.

Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Milacl were drowned,
Enhe trying to cross creek near San Diego,
Cal, on Thursday night
06ediah Gray, aged 45, committed sui eide
py shooting himself at GuiltOrd, N. H, yester-
day. tie leaves wife and three children.
lAt Lowell. Mass, on Thursday, Patrick
bola1d fell into the canal while drunk, and
was drowned. lie leaves family. Mrs. Betsy
WalWorth was found dead the same day, with
her head IN tub Of water, In which she had
been washing clothes.
On Wednesday night, q stage between Gil
roy and .Firebangh's Ferry, in California, was
stopped by ten robbers. The driver and pas
sengeIs were taken into a station, tied and
ToDOed OF their money and valuables. Wells
Fargo & Cos Express also lost 500.
At Virginia City, Nav, on Thursday morn
ing, young lady, named Mckay, aged Is, anC
recently married, while visiting her husband
VINO Is an engineer at the Gould & Curry
mlne' got her clothes entaugled in the machin
cry, and was crushed to death. Five other ia
tai accidents, in as many different mines, ,hav
occurred at Virginia City within a week, tn
victims being miners
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-03-01
THE CHURCHES or ROME.
INTEFEFsgEEH0 PEsCRIETI0y o. THEM.

:. eaHb ~ -@--a u PW1k - E@
Or. J. B; Jeter. Of Richmond, one of the
editors OF the Religious HsrdIG WhOis ct pre-
sent iD Rome, in his editorial correspondence |
from the Eternal City, gives ths following
description OF the churches Of Rome
The style OF church architecture Is peculiar
ana quse elaD0Fate. The churches have no
steepleS; but many Of them are SurmOunted
by heavy, lofty, and finely wrought domes,
ana adorned BY full sized statues, placed on
their roofs or In inches In their facades Much
more attention, however, Is paid to the inter
OF tnan 70 the exterior decorations Of churches.
Many, whose outward appearance is dlngy
and uninvlttng, are adorned within In the
most expensive and gorgeous manner, with
marble pillars, frescOeS, paintings, mOsaics,
| gliding and various precious gifts The floors
are all OF stone, marble, or mOsaics, some Of
them most tastefullO executed. Most OF the
churcneS are without seats for the Aecompda-
tlOn OF tne WorShlpperB, who are expected to
stand during religious services, or to bring
thelr seats with them. In churches where
saw chairs, they were packed away; or evil
IDENTIFY Intended for use only on special Occa-
SONS, religious worship, except 81. festivals
and on SPECIAL seasons, Is not conducted ID
the main room, but in the side chapels, OF
which most of the churches have several, and
some as Llany as half q dozen.
The most notable Of all tile churches is, oi
course.
ST. PETERS
nave noV yet nad an opportunity Of ascend
ing its famous dome. I have, however, seV
eral times visited it, seen its interior aud sur
veyed from various points its vast proportions
! anu It's towering dome. There is, think
D serious defect, in its structure. In approach
ing It on the front, the dome is, entirely con
cealed from view. The tall facade Of the edi
tice rises before the visitor, with not much t
awaken admiration, except its colossal Pre-
portion. Take the basilica, all IN aIi-its size
: height, workmanship. and assOciatiOns-it 4
by common consent, the most wonderful hous
O OF worship ever erected. There are Othe
4 churches, however, in and around Rome, tina
. vie with st. Peters in the richness of thei
. decorations or the interest of their historical
e associations u not in mAgnifeence. ..-
= SIT. PAUt's, ! G" " s's 81
= = without the Wall, recently rebuilt, inthe dea,
~ eampania eXcels St. Peters in the beaul
: Of its internal adOrnments. St John Lateral
y y vast structure, with no claims to architect
y raj excellence, is older and more renowned
= history than its more admired rival TT
Il 6asilica of Sta. Maria MaggiOre is one Of u
= most attractive of the Roman churches. (
II all the places of worship 1 have seen, moi
= has Interested me more than Sta Maria
:. Martyres This is the old Roman PantheO
A. built by Marcus Agrippa, "A years befO
<. Chrlst. lt was designed, as its name import
A. TO be the temple Of all the gods IL IS in Il
A. highest state Of preservati0n Of any bnildil
to ereeted before the the Christian era, ssorI
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-03-01
The Fate or LnnI.lnnn.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-In session. last
ing sevaltRem hours, and only Terminating at
eight O'Clock this morning, the Senate feftthe
Louisiana question in precisely the same con-
dltiOn 1t was In before the Committee on pfi-
vlleges and Elections made their report. SEN
atOr Carpenter, who Ia the early hours of the
session made 0l00f thb most brilliant efforts
of his life in condemnation OF the Kellogg
government, became so inconsistent before the
discussion closed as to advocate that this iden-
tical gOVeEnmenCl should actuhtil a new one
could be elected. His vote alone, so evenly
was the Senate divided upon this proposition
secured its adoption, and thus upon his owE
shoulders rests the ssPppslellity Grthe dsfeai
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-03-01

CREDIT MoBnIER.-The conscience of some OF
cur public msn. AZ seen in the light of the Credit
Aoo'sr tostinony looks very much like that Of one
OF ShsridanS characters, in one OF his plays
AAvo you no conscience, sir, against lying3" "No,
bat have oOnscispOs ogGiast being found out"
Bat alas for the eonsciencs Of such men, and for
their OharaetSrs too. II men will liz, in the end they
ere very apt 70 hs fOuna out IS it has proved with
not few Of the members OF Congress who by the
late revelations at Warrington are damaged il moi
ruined in SOputatiOa for life. Let it be lesson
to Al our public men, and especially to our young
men, who are not too old to learn the e son, to b,
and dc. only what they are willing to have 1,owr
only what q ariaht. ttk
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-03-01
&Ise Great strike in wales.

Latest adVices give US the, in(QymalOp, that
there Is no prospect of an adjustment Of the
present difficulties between the iron yorker%the
Hlinens, and The owners Of the colleies and the
iivHse' ~ SOPth Wales 9hk strike merits a
brief mention, as one Of the greatest, in point Of
'the numbers ehgsged and in tiJe pgrsissence
with which the oOatsSt j. wsged, thar has ever
occurred. IL promises to become still more
formidable, II the news h true that the-seoal
hai6ers in North WPles Wih strike ina fortnight
ifthe increase ~ wages they demSndi - not
cOhceded them" The present strike originated
nearly tFof ntOAlhs 90 Inl lh ldSlsrhikatiosl d
The empbJsrk to loNef tke0 0wAg6 df he worR.
meu. The price of iron fell in, Easlasd below
remunersIive rates. The furnaces were losing
money to their OWnerS and khh theml the coal
mines that supported and depended upon them
were similarly affected The men refused to
aecept the reduction, and turned out in body