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1 The Pbibs circulate free of postsg within the i ts, of Portage vli jJpiO'i-l Vol. 5, No. 39. xtsqO 'cH 'A'-fi'itH Whole o.t.24Ti,v'i:i'.--i- e-j fc-r w. i ei raw i lit ...11 a m.

11 i i. m. if i I Tw il "'''''ril' ll'-'ll U''L H-ill 1 J' Cards. isri. pT Sifi TTTT TT oust? I'Toprlotor, Siuar, Ravenna, Ohio.

west side PuMie 8B-tr. WEU1KLL HOUSE, ClcrolanA Ohio. r.S0 per day. B. LKTTK.

Proprietor. A Vec. lHTrt, ly. FRANCIS L. CLARK, and Arehltectaral Patent Onice Drawing SpocialtJ' jio 1 Kiftn Avenue, nmuurgu, m.

Kiftli we-y i'T rotor ind I.lersi4 UplXtenHids. VVaHaperra.iM.-; 1-i. tnre r'rame. Ware Koom oppo.iM Carriage RKiwaitory. Ravenna, Ohio.

Jan lei t. SSI BY, W. OSTLO. A. W.

BKKlX EDDY, UAYLOHD BEMAN. Attornoys at taw. No. I.yra"' lIMorthweat corner Public square) iKTTnilfNS 4 THOMAS, i Ohio, oilice in Mr. Uutchins will attend mtal or Common Pleas and District Courts Portage Comity.

il-ly. X. rATLOR J. I. HORTOII.

TAYLOR IIORTON. torney snil CasawlIuri si on omcein i'Ueiux 111 I-nvf Raven lock; over Sec- ond National Hank. May ft, law, aiviy. rrr flath. l.

ro. FLATH FOE, aH TnraisbinK Hoods. Poe's Building, Main a u.Mikuut Tallnra. Street. Unvenna.

Ohio. 4k4. 1JS imlH. lV. I i tiiiKakkybEjSiaEjrctiii! F.

W. Goffln. -Mfe ssd Firs aJIt. onice on Coor. over the second National Bank, Ravenna, Ohio.

Sept. 513, lMb, 5(i-ly. J. V. MELL, Attornev at taw.

Office at bead of the stairs in Emiir Bmldhur.iRJtyenna.wnio. Feb. 18,1873. J. II.

NICHOLS. UJ PnMle. Office in Pheuix Block, ovtir Braiuerd Store. MovemberSu. 1872.

aaa-tr. w. I. STUART, Qonuselor at taw, Ravenna, Ohio. Omea in liaittEudou Pbttucx Brick) Block.

Dec. IhkS. Si BTDABT. W. MAXSOS STOART, AXSON, Attorneys ami Counselors at Law.

AH elapses of l.usiuest. iwrtaininiT to tin- profession receive prompt attention, onlc over anners' Bank, OarreUsville. Ohio. 2I8 S. D.

NORTON, Attorney and Counsellor a taw, and Heal 4 Airant, will attead premutly tx ai snines, jn- his pr(ssk). otBoe "ia Swift's -Blook, Waite's Jewfl Store. Ravenna. Ohio. l3 1 B.

r. HATFIELD HATFIELD. lbkll 1 hi A ttnrncv. ttoriieys and Couuoclors at taw. Office over li-st jstfuonut pana, pwraiia, "Ztf 1 1 i'U.

tf fi: HUGGLES, Attorneys at taw and Notary Public. Deuel Xiiocicv fvent, ufnov vii c.j i.M i Dec. 10. 1BUS. ly.

A. Blt-DINU, H. HUOC3, M. 'PELDLNGf Physicians and Sureeons. Office, Main, street over BeiUiug' A--Armstrong's Jrug 'Store, O.

5.. Special attention paid "to' the treatment of Curouie Diseases. Oilice hours, from 111 to V2 I 2 to and 1 to p. m. r.

-rf- 4- rrr yr, DVf Physician and Surgeon, OQico East end, ol Phenix Block, Kavenna, Ohio. Atalr1ji ptn ttna 1, 187-tf. Business RAt-NMA 'WATER 13: 'ltoi Water Oiire of Cleveland, UUi' "-i "jc. tJ-C E3 'T E. no Xocatiotr Beairtit'ul-Terms moderate.

Send for circular giving full details. tpriio, usiii lo-jiy. -1- IT TT general Insurance Agent, represents the companies it fi LMKKi.AN, Chicago, GKKAT Westk-N, Juioagu, OJJKEKS AhD bkW l'OKK. Aew "fork; Bycominu, Muucy, Kortuwkst-zhm Mutual Likk, Milwaukee, (Jott-honwkaltb Livk New York. Oilice' with! 1 W.

Uonin, in henix Block, over Second National Bank, ii ii CLEMENTS if r-i'i Shop, Empire Building, Ravenna Ohio. ti oi Mi Xavenna, April 11, 1872. 189-3m. Mi j. I i A Ii 'a! collectiolagoty: The undersigned now oBess to aid and assist all persons in i Buying Selling Real Estate.

I have now for sale pieces or parcels of land of all sizes, shapes aud.dcscriptious.'ranging from one-tenth of an acre to hundreds of acres, with good, bad and iiidiu-reut improvements, all or any of which I will be lutppy.toluw land sell) to the public, or ay Other man. ji As Notary will tit (not stand) ready at all seasonable and reasonable boars lu draw, write or execute alt papers; of conveyance, etc. As Collector I will usfe my best endeavbrs to turn aif kinds of notes and -into cash in tbe shortest possible lime and with the smallest possible fust, OFFICE, At KesUInce, Itricfc House North of Second Nadsasl Bank Chestnut Street, Kavenna. March, 21. 1875.

sw Ravenna surnriiit KEW ARRANGEMENTS "tTM. E. BRAUI.ET having disiioseil of a VV half interest iu the Ravenna summit Hill to Henry o. ltarher, who has been eouiiect-s1 with the staJ)Uslil)lt lor th last ten yeass, would say to the people of Portage county, that that the business will be continued at tbe old stand under the firm name of BRADLEY, BARBER. The Hill has been put In complete order, and Vte are prepared to do as good work, and on as licit notice as any other mill in Northern Obic.

FLOUR ANI? MILL FEED kept constantly on hand. THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE 1 paid ibr $Xt: ii '-Bradley Jfcarjber. Ravenna, June 0, 18J1. 146-ly. Movin; Buildings.

THE undersigned, lmvlng the only complete set of tools for moving buildings, within iliirty miles of Raveuna, and having had sixteen years experience iu the business, will take contracts for moving buildings of any dimensions with without damage and for reasonable charges Apply in person or address i WM. CLINE. Kavenna, P. S. I wish the public to understand that vliile I do not propose to work for less prices, or in unfair competition with honorable and competent workmen in my line, I do wish to s.iy that I will move buildings cheaper than A.

ill 8M1TD, either by the day or job. lean do vork better and cheaper than the aforesaid Smith, let his figures be as low as be dare' come own. wm. Lin is. ulXUTiTi ToAi.f.

who are sryyuRrao rnoai ACUTE OiC VHKOMC DISKASK, i offers hut profit? iomil services. The Doctor studied the Old School-system with Prof. Valentine Mots. M. l- of Mew York city, and rradnated in the Medical University of Mew.

York. So. fiw Broadway, and ao raU ateddu the Eye and Ear la-rmary 'of th.t dtvi lie has aina baea a B- -StianS nt R. Smith, ef Baltimore. The Ioctor practiced the Old School system far kuronrjr vi.

flrrhti illndiryi-l nnnnl llir and z-dsmtad ia lb At a. aoo which hasretioeVl exclusively. The Doctor has nan eonsiueraDie Hospital experience, and thirty-nva, jtrs practice in the profession ot Medicine. lie is located at Ravenna. Portage county, on the J'tetsbtnara- IV iieen miles north of Alliance; ft is at this pokit where the Orgst Western crosses the Cleveland road.

Tbe Doctor has his ouic: at his residence, cor- Jan. -t, 1871. K8-y. J- POPULAR GROCERY 1 i I-A Ann iiihrrX EMPIRE BUILDING, Alain Ravenna, i 1 1 My new store-room enables me to eniarare tar dtock in a number of important particulars. 1 invite especial Mtoatoa-to tks msst plete i.ii.; iiiooT iM-iK Grocery Store in where all the people ars lavfced to come and see I aiul buyx A mfking a specialty or 1 i I.

of which. I bare a large assortment. Also IFipotie re iJ0 I nlOJJ AV STAPLE OEOCEJiJES, AiAr-i DEMINO can't be beat in sjuaMty or price. memuer DKiiHi'a ropuiar urocery is I HEADQUARTERS FOR EAMILYi EliOUK; Thnn. In- nnhlia -V.

Ka-i Mnwi rTv hlidri. erto. 1 iiropose that all who Kiye me their cus tom shall be sat tied that they can always save more money oy coming enuug a ropnlar Grocery Store. Goods delivered within the city limits free ol muwnna. u.ay w.

lira, ict-iy. a-ju GARKETTSVlLLiJ HOJJSE Isaac Parker Son, Frop'rs. mriHTi lrohriolrs sli vi a "ease the afxe 4uMsefresiectiullOstsrmatheir4 the puuiic generally, tnas lie rejuvenatea tlie UarrettrtTille House, and ia prepared to supply the table with the lest the market affords, 4t low prices. 'Persons- is i ting- GarrPttsville even Ibr a day, will And this llouso houie. Omnibnssefl leave thi bouse ior all day and night trains.

157-117 AVM.Hvt CARN AH AN, 7- oV -a Cm Alii House, Painter. Shop Fourtli House West of C. P. Railroad. All work done in the most workmanlike man ner and my charges are JlRr'fnna, May li, 1S6i! 1 1 -WmLER, wo jsa I WHOLESALE DRUGGIST AMD GROCER, 3 ale 1 in.

i Pure Wines, ijni 213 215 Market Sti'eet Tj 7 7A )) EAST OF A A DEMY g.MTJStg.. I Sole Agent for the JVExcelsior" refinH ed PetroliamJ. J.3i 220lfJ A HOW TO SAVE -A II those wanting Clothes cut and made ran eave them done at the following prices Pants cut and made from $1,75 to Coats tft (nVto AU work well lione ami complete filganr-auteed. Having been thirty-live years in the business, seventeen years of the time iaithis ulac. I feel oonOileat CbaiBg nbletogivewntiresatisfiwaa toalllnose wboahallpatronUmuu' i 1 1 1 i 1 ntaai Clcanin UI1U A Lt.

I nil 11' i Vt nuailin 1 I also clean, and tepair rlothsa las weV and 1 cneapiy as tnev can lie none in Cwveiaml, as use the same process. Rooms opposite Citizens IlalX-" J. S. WALKElt. Ravenna, Nov.

SO. iwi. tf. received for the SPRING TBADE; An Invoice of these EXCELLENT; CHURNS, Which are new- conceded by Dairymen gens-H rauy to tte. The Best Churn in the Market Churns sold that do not give satisfaction cat i J.

C. PRENTISS. S40-8m. Ravenna, March, 24, 1E73. I WW The Equitable Life.

lAfo A ssd ranee is now one of the greatest in rests of thin country, ranking with Rail Ko-kd ami Banking intere.t. Tha JUie pli-cie now in force represent over Two Billion IoHars. Twenly-two Jrf iilion aro paid out annually (chiefly to widow and orphans) on expired policies. Tr athvas KKir rato-Bas- tJi the Equitable, i millions turner tvm mny other Company in this country or Europe. A small amonnt annually cannot bv so prifitably and safely investNj in anr other shape, as in a LI KB POLICY, either by the rich roan or the poor mn.

T. G. FBLILLlFfcy, I strict Aff-t-Bsf-inBS, Ohio. TT 7Z 31 JL mnnnmrfli? Manufftcturers and Dealers in EAST MAIN STREET, PARLOR SUITS, CHAMBER 8ET5, LOUNGES, EASY CHAIRS, A UUI.ISU UliAIKS, LB. i LiAlllLa Vlir UUAUiS, FANCY AND COMMON CHAIRS, -JJ-US'lfJAUS, BUREAUS, WASH-STANDS, COMMODES, FOOT-STOOLS ti -uw HAT AND TOWEL RACKS.

i -I Looking Glasses! In large variety, from 20c to $20 00. lour facilities for the manufacture of Lountres enables us to furnish these goods lower than any oiner uouse in normern unio. MATTRESSES Wekeenail.tha;pl)srt'rtp,'fran commoi Seagras9 and Excelsior to the finest Cpbolsterer Hair Spring Mattress. Iiive Geese Feathers Hair diFher Pillpw AMERICAN and FOREIGN PICTURES In frames for- wall decorations, A hifoc 3assdrt -4 adfTssMttfa MMi-SA 11 wtwft The largest stock ever brought to Ravenna. A IRI Of all kinds of Furniture promptly attended to i.i IiJ i Dealing ami Good Work Guaranteed.

Fair i. 7S. IS fpHIS OlD ESTABLISHMENT WQODRUFKf 4 rMilJe auU fidelity, and UilwJiJT0 loi-th, and Usmurelyi tell i them 1 In tbe Production of Pleasing Portraits. We make Photography in all its branches at ty, producing all the new stj le of Portraits made elsewhere, in tbe most ar- tistic manner, at very iuw rMMiML.id.aa ttlly Re-touched, thereby obliterating all roughness of the face, npfednsMghirorit Ins on. oil Jni.

ish, at about one-half the prices charged elsewhere. VL fw Idl.llilAlCM7 Copying frciri Old Pictures ENl. AltAtTCr OR fe6loiftX(i' IN X3STIC, WATEBi OK OIL, ARK UNSURPASSED. i 1 Which we offer Very Low j.J liluif-l -I I' We'truaranto Pleaso 'An who. may favor ui 1 w4t mm a a patronage Call and.

"Exantnfl Specimen w. p'. Stein. Kavenna, brU 15, 1872. 191 i i FARM FDirSALE.

i i Ill'1'': ll Ml I oner for sale mv farm of one hundred acres Situated on the main Cleveland ami Wellsville turnpike, two and ne half miles Southeast ol Kavenna. altout on half the land is, Mahoning Imttom, that never overflows; tlie nuiance upland, -undm irnod iniDrovement. The houfce is an elegant two-story brick, new. and In one of the most beautiful locations In all the country Thnm arA nrut hnndred Vounff fruit Ot the choicest some' Just bcliiping to bear. Kvery Held: Is watei ed by never falling streams.

Avcrytnina anuui. um tiu. is r.nirAil fcir a heftutlfiiT And nleasaht hoina. 1 I will sell all or a part containing the buildings and about thirty acres, at a price much less than the real worth. Call upon, oi-address at Ravenna, a.

v. mmix. Ravenna, Jan'y S4, 1S73, SM-tf i iu fa Memory of law Al few and xaie Davis -YH-; iT iis. MAKT A. OlLSETtr.

pues peatjavDSk tbe air. 1 Jiil Mersdear are called a wy. fcB, To heaven so bright and fair. 4 iiul -tiu dhd aoW.we liaten fortliei- voW, -fi i iWaae. sbail bear again; Silu" ne'er inuvwe tneir ia ce Wet loVe toT-triei withi our ueafti Jj ISme- betir i1 sWIry th in of tl rVn irTrleniisj 3 rstgnedir yr grtat Jtelllr.ttritpHial.,- lunD-i UJ I1-.

alt a.fr- FOll 1 1 nnrrnfK nitirn 1 1 In ttor irriff itu vim ii ill lueir iuiu. 1 arrvi i.s- i.i r.iU..i -l- wre'left beirrna Xu' To mo -iaUha' loved one rone' "4Hil'? .) A l-rothes (Dem vHl broken bear to Wiibiii lawi bidets kutueuU in jiiii'lua 'llrit Wot My 'J iu'c 1'lmVhiiii, -'i Within yon Two angels Orlghf are erawnsd; iland aow I tbia yw pearly vl.Twfcraps.Wilor jou, aiiJ i hear tbrengb itk liftj sad all its i i Sl( Yoa bid ibis earth adicsu. iii Tou thinlt orthem, dear' mourning friends, gtfue before. 7 Anil Mne lify bark? gltilis saTeacrosslJ uicet taem the A ad -l Jitbirlvj aponthjir -7hPy'UwUuuia yu vsiUiauuirukiMdaruit bsJifeandJajht and dl iu "U'i -aQ8 ini r-- ,1 i iJla lliMIO or Th'a'rm'ocratic pres lREOUGB PAITH, 'Jtillti 7 -Uu iivo liilE Acnuss the dtsera nisuj wbat do I see li 4 tjMUllaa biiaht with immortality Beydnd the wares that rise like mountains steep A erymaf ocwrn; nndrsturvd and' deep. cfliXd luwidi ti I Behind the s(ofm(.

clouds of leaden Use A sky, all beautiiul with beav'BSAiwn blue. Beneatb tlie chilling fnats of winter rbe verdiuit grata springs insh and grean once la every bhW froul -sorrows rod; Uuerring wisdouiun aa allwiswCod. 1 lillii .11 li! OJ V'i tti) illl-llj-. Wliy I am An il ijl IVM II Maid BT'lMJ Bf THEM: I am auoitL and what is worse I expect. always to lie one.

Till one-year 4fti tahl i' Hv-ed in' hC ho() of. being llelirertsd li'oiii tftU tei rmle stale: but now 1 have tfireii uv all liope, and selUeUjiown into a con. dilioii'DoPJeriug bride8pali'l tiol as tjoou as I KusbeU iutoyouuiiadyuooU ljuiaue a tedolve lo get married while waa young and handsome, auii stood a good chance but i utterly, failed. and nowviiKe, lue man who waa cured or a disease uy a remedy lie feaj dis-1 covered, ana then ottered it gratis lo others, 1 am iroinff to tell ih'v story at a recipe Tor.oid uiai'disai. who wish to lollow in mv lootAlAUiaui.

aoll iH a iiL-i. Wei), to. besrin, 1 alwavs made. it a point, to be at ull the parties! Id lu. It' I didn't set au invitation I invi ted ai ways contrived to get' money euwugn, (lather was a little pavsimoniousoaud held Hu prettj" light to, the ourse-striugs) by cajoling the deai" old geut into the belief thai he was paragon of- goodness ahd tiiasnauiinilvv bo-I was alwavs t'ur- the queeu ia uyi "esti mation, at ot all lastiioiiHtilk Cir cles.

and ''jniy sisters stayea at noine and worked, while 1 flited from store1 to 'store iu search ot the latest novelties coouet- ed at balls 8ud -pftrtiesYrode, sailed, and reveled iu all sortof pleasures. 1'iu not sui they didn't practice some sell-denials in order that I rrilsrht ph. joy these privileges; r1' never took the trouble to-iuve8Ugate. i wss tbe power ot the fMjaily, ndrsf course ivas entitled to tbe lit-sCoT everything And then.iuy uperibr toue ot rare personal charms demanded for in a. wider range ol action and a different lite 'rora theirs.

Well, .1 iQu ud it would, he best- not tot be precipitate iu, making au engagement. 1 ought, to see lU'e; in its varied phases, study character in different lights, for a while at least, The fact is, lifted lo flirt aoxl 1 did SO td my heart's content, though 1 fully intended to make a life ehoice Velore it. was ioo iale. .1 liked to. jure on the sibging to a confession oi uuT never dreamed of such iau end to what was only a harmless flirtation that was sorry top the pain inflicted, hot 1 must decline their proposals and to give emphasis to my words 1 Would let fall a reneutaut tear or two-.

I re. filly doigyaed; fere'ry ione tot thefin idiots and was provoked they, should Laspire to my hand. 1 looked much higher, but for some unaccountable reason those whom I admired and waadi'iPKto bi'ingto inv feet kenil' aioor' i useu all iy arts Dut do rpose Th t'y wo ul ii tf ar me aw hile and llien fly on. llilHgs'w-eiit oil Ihlrf wa'yfor fe'ar'S I do not kupw maiiv hearts 1 bredce. or Jiow mauy 1 l-outyknow that ft- was one gay holiday.

At last there became tailing ott' I became alarmed. I retorted oftener to rouge and -cosmeticar-diessed more and became gayer than Uut for all that old maidism stared me threat eningly in the One night alter I had retired to my room, 1 was standing before my mirror, rearranging my hair, for the night my sharp eyes' detected soiiiething like It ilii'ead "6T niltr "Jn Iha nhriH locrftbitt hnirgi-aroufffrTiHy 'BhotrfdeYBTT" 1 looked closer and uttered a sharp exclainfltioti-. A 'groy bairl -Horror of horrorsl The lisii1 that I was s6 proud of, actually turning gray O'irls 1 pray yon may not be tiaJled-to behold the first gray hair in a single state. May you never suller such; a tempest of mortification, anger and Sorrow, as swept over my soul thai night li 1 raved as in delirium. I upset a pitcher of hot water and near ly scalded my ieet, which made me as savage as a bear.

I pricked my fingers and scratched my face with provoking pins that seemed possessed with obstinacy and would bend and prick and scratch. I actually tore my hair, in the insane wish, I suppose, ol pulling it but by the" roots and thus saving it from its impending fate foretaste of which was before 1 can't tell what I didn't do. When it was over I sat down and thought, and then and there I made a stern resolution to get married immediately. Thin resolve had a soothing effect, and 1 slept. I never let anything keep me awake.

1 could sleep twelve hours on the stretch, any time. It was well 1 it oT fori tae Dwraxratie Press. for my serves were in, such a state 1 hey needed Quieting. The next evening, as if the Fafes were on my I met my destiny in the person of cadaverous looking individual who called himself an Peters. always admin high sounding names, and this sspec tally it was so euphonious," and 8a rored much ot 'antiqaity.

ad uiired the man too, not ea much for his handsome face (he was plain and no mistake) but his regal carriage, lie fvas full six feet; and carried hi ni sell with the air of king; and for bis Aainty wbito bands and taper fingers, that were al ways, decked with, tlu-ee or four costly rings. Tben he wore neb elegant watch and chain, (1 dote oni jewelry)'' and 'carried -snch a love of cane. uo, ye, wouki be- eome aiadame Meters. encouraged him, for he was diffident aeeded and I soon 'had him in my power. Well, the1 fateful evening: arriveoj' i knew Dy certain iibkiis-lakAbbs igos that be intended to pro- pose.aud 1 was ready, lor, mm.

1 should acceDt. of" c'ouisa! for I had sei my heart on hini' and his fifty thou sand a year (and rente in bered (he gray Hair) out lam want to go through one more act in the role ot doqnette, that 1 had learned so well, eetore vemt toy 'Tteedoni fore fw. found I had not lost my relish for such iceaea. 1 did so to uy sorrow. ijedediah, came, and, as, I bad, an ci oated.

Drocosed. i "Abigail said know how 1 doleon Will yon be Inywife?" our wife, Jedediah Peters How dare. you nl exclaimetL At the same time I was. dying to fall upon bis shirt bosom and say, Here am', tak AbigaiT he whimpered, -'I thought wou loved nje.r.liavsyou-- been Ue uetYuig ine an iui time ai you flftVfc I'll HbOot -I S.M.i:!- I He didn't look' much1 like' it. It would require more'-fneraf--courage than he postesedj I thought.

i r.ijove, you ecnoed.i uo yon expect ms to love a snob oue whose nigbest anibiiiou is (o wean a gold chain aad flirt about meaner I was even then admiring thecaueand flashing envious glanoes upon tte cflwt.1.. i Wnllj a. i ha. came ghastly. What.waqi the ui: of taking it so bard I steeled my heaw ho weyer, thinking I would heal the wounds' with honeyed, wprda atid i He spoke! in lerribl harsh tones, i (l, Do you mean to ay, Abigail Skin nerj that' yoir refuse tny otter I (Jertaiuly sir, do you doubt it llle'1' fn Uttered something' aboul heartless t'Odoette, nnparalielled audacity, and before- I had time to utter a word marched out of ihe hbnse.

Then I burst into loud peals 'of laughter which 'he must have lor he turned partially aronnd and thert quickened his steps onward. To-morrow would come again, I I bad provoked bim, but he ldved and. would soon get over it and then I would make it all right. tte would enjoy the loke iu the end, though ii waa death To-morrow. ctme.

bat do eded ia Peters. I felt a little uneasy but then thought bis anger, hadn't i lie win come to-morrow, ue was a cpxcom by anyway, aud he wouldn't be much- ot. a i loss, it was sweet six- teen or thereabouts. Do you think, girlSi that li would have deigned to loiok at hint bad it not. been lor that gtay hair? Not I- But when wo-trian sees her yonth departing, and her lovers forsaking her alas, it is uo time to lo 'i in iWell, a day i or two i passed.

The thi I'd day. I bad a. headache and fear-lul forebodiagsv.il The? fourth day: a gossiping neiuhbor came inv i Almost me nrsi worossne ntierea Have you heard the' news Jede diah Peters has married Sal lie Goodrich, and they sailed for Europe to- ii 1 seemed all at onee to become pet- Jay a lifeless lump: upon be floor When 1 1 came to myself 1 hid time td thiakv; and xny thoughts anything' I butvi pleasantj- my hopes, were erushed nMy troubles wore upon rae, and. very soon became old and wrinkledj and gray ltd spiritless and sour I am snubbed because I am an old maid and alto. gather I lead a miserable life and all on a count oi: my innate propensity to i il.ii4 za -I- )M)i I -ill! The curiosities of literature, pre sent many fields Of interesting study.

not tbe least inviting among which i-the origin of the To: what nation mankind ia indebted lor the introduction of the; alphabet in writing, has long been a prolific, subject of speculation- and controversy. The claims of tbe Chaldeans and Phsonix- iaus to this are, however, generally believed to be supported by more credible testimony than (nose ol any other people. Jome antiquarians and transcribers ot ancient manuscript whose lives have been spent in the effort to1 rescue the facts of history from destruction, advance: the opinion; which they sustain by very plausible rguments. that, this valuable con tribution to advancing civilization we are indebted to' the Jews at an early period of their history. Be this as it may: it is undeniable that there exists- ainouif all uations.

no matter how far from certain el ementary signs or sohuuh, oy means of Which: people' communicate their thoughts and wishes to each other. The terru "Alphabet is formed by combination of tbe first, two letters the Greek alphabet Alpha, Beta, Tbe prevailing impression amoug scholars seems to be That the Kotnan students and: who, at one period of tuoir history, were de voted to. tbe study of the Greek liter ature, Originated' Una term. There has been a vast deal ot indus trious research and labor expended in the effort to ascertain the true charac ter and signification of the hieroglyphics ot the ancient Egyptians. Whether they were simply primary indics-tioiis of sound, of alphabetical letters, whose pronunciations not having been ranstnitted to us, either ny -tradition or history, have been lost in the pas sage of ages, is a question still unde cided.

There is still another plausible theory respecting their origin and. de sign, based both upon historical evidence and tbe recognized peculiarity of learned men to couceal their wisdom from tbe common mass of mankind, that they i were artificial signs, entirely disconnected from tbe alphabet in common use. It is a well 'authenticated fact; that the priests of Ism and usifis employed in their intercourse respecting. the mysteries! ot their symbolical 'characters, whose signification was unknown beyond the sacerdotal fraternity, it is equally' true that scientific men, at the preseut day; as well as iu past ages, employ in lectures aud textbooks symbols not appreciated by the uninitiated witness the conventional char acters of the mathematician, or the mystic formulae of the It is impossible to determine wheth er tbe first alphabet originated in the inventive genius of, some philosophic mind, aud was thus presented as a matured production, or was a gradual development, which increased in nuin bers aud combinations as the neeessi ties of advancing civilization demand ed. The Armenians claim thai th alphabet of their language was the suit of divine interposition, and 'that It has undergone no appreciable alter-tious since it was first delivered to them.

iu all. modern languages there is everywhere marked Changes, both ih'lheir symbolic forms ml in the ound8 iudicated by them Even in the English language, though Of recent, this fact is patent to every student of philology. Indeed, it is questionable Sow -lar -the pron nciitiioii eini Joyed by its early corresponds with Chat of the. preseut day. I Tbe almost infinite number of anal with their similarities and atfin fries, exhtiug between the languages of different natious, justify tlie- belief tn at they all oue common origin This position, ja fortified by well, ascertained fact that a large class Of 'alphabets are unmistakoibly the off spring of others of more ancient ori- gmy -jV.

Mercantile Journal. THET JIODEKN LEOSIDAS. A Visit to tha Camy of Capt. Jack A wild TCtt r.mt? -i-Tti A I nw lllu SnarJ Vaeed i Charley, Jiu Hooker The correspondent of the San Eraiu- ciseoi-CAroniee writes irom the.Alo doc I The principal portion of the camp situated in a huge. opening or wid euing ot.

the ravine, ot perhaps an acre "in area. On all sides of this 'which seems more like nuse wash-bowl than. anvtbinir else. tbe natural wall rises a hundred or more but it is easily scaled, for the inner side is inclined, and the rock are sharp knd jut out 1 all over it." Once in: this basin i there is but one way out, ana imt is oy me trait, we entered. There are ways but they are by tunnels leading to the malty aVee "or sinktioies- in 'another uiart of the lavs bed, and which will be more tully described lurther.

Qu t(ie outside of this basin- there is a succession' -of ridges as high as that eiictoses it, but these do not extend all the way -around. To tlif west of. the table ia a flat, table-like sbrtace of lava, extending from the very summit ol its rim clear back for more than a mile. In this level place are- the or -caves formed thousands of years ago, perhaps, in the cooling of this immense body ot ntolton earth. The openings of the holes are very small; indeed one does not see them until be has almost fall eh in.

they widen as, they go down, and their sides being sipping. oue can pick ins way lo the bottom without Most of these caves couuectea witbn each other and with the, larger. basin by subterrauean passages, so that one can go for half a mile iu the bed without coming to the surface at all. -This is of incalculable benefit in defending tbe stronghold, lor oue man can keep one huudred at bay almost anywhere id it, without fear of being smoked out' or having bis retreat eut off. jAfter' by the wayj was with a keen relish by about a dozen naked, Indian babies, Bogus, Charley came and said he would conduct us to Captain Jack, So the'whole party gathered up their blankets and lollowed.

Charley led the way right up one side of the ba sin, through a trail not easy ol ascent, by unpracticed leer, and across the level place about fifty yards, when we came suddenly to the month of a pit- hole at least forty teet deep. The hole inclined as it led downward, and at the bottom widened and formed a perfect cave, extending under the rock at least." At the mouth of the cave proper, but yet, thirty or forty leet be- Iqw the surlace, a piece of canvas was stretched. iThis was Capf. jack's front 'door, and the cave behind it was his abiding place the palace of the Modoo king. Behind the.

canvas we could see a bright fire, buinipg, aud pearly the Whole tribe encircled around it ready for the Which they knew Was to pome.1 The descent into the cave was somewhat, perilous, but by a careful clinging to the rocks and careful step ping we managed to reach the cany as. Then, throwing that back, we stood in the presence of Capt. Jack. It was easily seen that he was sick. His eyes were dull, and ne was so weak, he could not stand, but remained reclining ou a huge pile ot bearskins, With his two wives by hif ide.

Mr. bteelo went op to him and book bunds as. did the rest of the party. passing com pletely around tbe circle, all shook hands with the entire tribe. This cer- niony lasted several minutes, and.

when finished, we were seats in the. circle near Capt. Jack. 1'he onlv wood in tbe lava bed is sage but. this was piled on the fire With an unsparing hand, and the flames shot upward and.

illuminated the cave brilliantly. Then each meiu. ber of our party lighted his pipe, and alter taking a whiff or, two, passed it around to the ight, beginning with Capt, Jack, who. and passed it on to the next, and so ou. such a large circle, of course, one pipe full would not go round, and so.

when it got smoked out, they aul not hesitate to bring it back to be refilled, and then send it on to complete-its During, this ceremony not a word was spoken by any person, aud the correspondrut liail abundant time to take a good look at the Capt. Jack was the central tig-; ages. ure and attracted most attention. tie is a i stern, dignified not over thirty, tlioitgh be looks older, lie has a good head, though, like all Indiana, the forehead is low. His complexion Is the pure, copper and his eyes are black, lull and piercing.

His hair is ioug, hanging down to bis shoulders, aud he is, of course, destitute of all beard. His mouth is large, and its shape iudicates firmness, and a great deal of character. He was very glad to see Steele, but he did not show it by his manner. When he shook hands it was with an indifference that, to one uuac; quainted with the ludiah would seem to be absolute rudeness, lie waa dressed in a hickory shirt, aud was covered with blankets, scar-faced Charley, the next most noted one in the tribe, has a Jewish cast ot countenance, bis nose being long aud aquiline, and his face thin and narrow. He has a terrible scar on his right cheek, which, but for his naturally, pleasant expression, would make his countenance rather repulsive.

He Is about thirty-five years old, aud is regarded as the bravest Indian in tbe tribe. But enough has boeu written of his exploits, lie was polite to bis ucsls, and did all iie could to make them" coin Toi-table. lie was' well-dressed, and all he want ed To do -waV to get Out of the lava bed." 'i Shack-Nasty Jim is a ypungster, not over twenty to (, 11; Bat in tlie circle, with a soldier's coal on, and looked wise a a i i Hooker Jim, the leader or the band who the mm'de-vou tbe least side of the was rigged out ui a cavalrv jacket, army pants 'and a black' He' aud though quite youugv ieoked as- if he could be guilty; ot anything, die it-just now. anxjous lor peace, iu the nope of his share in the massacre, and is doing all he can to make a The doctor is decidedly.the worst, looking inan.in the. hole tribe-, I lis face '8 absolute, ly devilish, narrow contracted, with a little eje tlial'twiukles' iu its wickedness and a mouth full It it? a couuteuaiice that make anybody shudder.

He bad on a straw bat with a long leather it, and several artfeii 8 of so dier's' clothing; I heed bardty say'-' thAt ail 1 tetot hing or this -description was stripped from the bodies of soldiers killed late battle. Black. Jim, another of the murderers, is a tall, fine looking fellow; but one that 1' wou Id ral her nor meet alone of a dark 'He -wore the military cap that) Burtoulost in. thq i it; bad a bugle the figures 21 on lu He also carried a cavalry carbine lost ou the day of the battle. In fact 1 saw-quitea number of breech-londing muskets, aud whole piles of metaJliu cartriilges, all ol which goes to show, that our.

troops ill their ie treat in us have lelt'a'good deal Of ivatitnaterial behind them: lo i' ino'ii ili'ioV rBEBIDENT GRANT AT 1.1 J.it V. Hi? -M: pleasing episode of Presideui lira nt's Western tour was a visit ht made, lir company with' many 'distinguished friends, lo his stock farm neal cttw' i. 'Ibis is the' fatuous Dent ifarip.jand on it some 'oi lue President's finest horses," while UerdtT' of beautiiul blooded cattle -ituge' its' fine -expanse' ofpasturuge. During' tnJ visit twenty' High-bred horses were leu lroiu the ataule out by oue, the directing the akteutiou of General Harney aud pt(i-ei'g' td tbeir tlue points, as' they' burc- cesst rely 'AH of them weiif th: uiOBt. pertecti coudition, their sleek skins.gliUering as they were led about.

A. couteinporary iu describing tha says Among were a' ltytRlik; Hambletotiiail, stallion, five years oiqv raiseu oy me A'reaieient, auu evidently, a prune to jud, by the careful manner in wbicu he was vahiuiuuu uy uiin, a lie lie yy ajoii Island horse," recent aceessiou to the! not yo4' four years old, and Jiaviug record 5f 2 withoutany was very Cinderella, a old colt ot lying uioud, and Iialuiw Maid; three years ibid, and raised on tbe' tarm, are mates, iud are magmti cent horses. JJeauty, a toui'-year-old, n.athau Alien stock; lora, a two year-old by Xegal Tender, aud a two-year old Jlambleloiuau. comple ted the list of. particular1! iavoriies.

Uaahaw Maid and Cinderella were bitched up aud the President took, the ribbons, and, accompanied oue of the party, started' out for a short drive rbe mares Stepped- off elegantly, and charmed everybody by tbe beauty and freedom ot their movements and hue action. Their dnyer handled them as though he enjoyed it. 'Alter -tuen spicnaia specimens' or eaume beauty had beeu carefully viewed, company spent Jialf an hour in examiuiug the President's herds of Iioletein and Aldei uy cattle. What aiortunate man. our President Only a few years ngo he but a clerk in a leather store at a sulary ol s8 or -10 dollars a week.

Now. after one term in the Presidential chair, he has mansions iu several a laerent cities cottages at Long Brunch, a of blooded stock iu MU soui'L, with aOothei- of Seneca sandstone stock in Washington, aud nobody bow much money besides aud, in addition to all this, ho has persuaded Congress to double his salary. He is the economical President we ha ve ever had, for, although be is exceedingly profuse in bis expenditures, be has apparently succeeded in savins; more than all his predecessors put together, Truly it is better to be born, lucky than to be born From tho Cincinnati THE Hinr ENGLAND TOWN SIEfTIKC. The first thing the Pilgrims did af ter landing at Plymouth was to pray Tbe next thing waa to become a towu- nieeting. The New England town the germ of the Kepublic, the purest, democracy known ou the earth, was (conceived on tbe May Flower, off Cape Cod.

Tins earliest example of the most perfect civil lib erty possible among men grew out of threatened anarchy, in. obedience to the iuevable law- of action. aud reao ion. Some inutinous passtmgers on the sta-angers, taking advantage, of the fact that their patent did not apply to New England, whith er they had drifted by mistake, threatened to do as they pleased when they touched as though without law. lo prevent, forty-one.

ol the, Pilgrim baud solemnly combined to form a civil body politic for their better government, and thus was drawn the earliest broad line of de- markation between completest liberty and utter license. There bad pot been any; civil institution iu, history like (These "little--common as. an hi-toricai writer has named were, in wheu the Slate was not. The State found them borrowed no preroga tives from the State, but rather sur rendered to it some of their own. his unique institution on which the Republic rose, which is indigenous to the American soil, aud, which is still found ou ow lfingland lulls es sentially nticliunged after two bun- red ami ulty years ot life, has not its entirety passed beyond the, Hints of the New England States.

The county of Kentucky is unlike it. The parish of Louisiana is not like it. The township of Ohio, though like it, is not i. This Americanism is not difficult to describe. It has some elements wor thy of incorporation into the little local governments of the whole country.

The town-meeting can only be called by the "selectmen" of the town, its highest Ulcers. They must issue a call, however, on sulUcient re quest. the first' officers of the town, tney nave no power in its deliberations abovo that of any citizen. The selectman is the nearest approach to a purely executive officer, ou the eartb. These selectmen must not only give at least seven days' notice of a town-meetiug, but they most also give notice or all tho matters that are to be acted, upon or discussed in the meeting.

This notice is called a "warrant" and the several matters adver tised Tor discussion or action are called' "articles in the warrant." yVmheso must come up, and no other subject caii be acted Upon tlwn those named ho action ior discussion is deemed rable on any article by a majority oti the meeting, that article is ''passed," which is the equivalent of being tabled. Th i warrant for own-meeting i in: many of the towns is sejut to every tiouse withiu tbe town limits, and in every town must be so conspicuously' arid wfdwly posted that every voteriiu town may see. The results: ot this plan are several and importauL The questions which'. will arise' iu towu-' meeting are preciously discussed by all the people, at home, at the mill, at the poiioflicef and at the, store, aud whsn time comes ior action they are prepared to act intelligently. The discussions in town-meeting are carried ou by the humble farmer aud the distinguished, member of the lormer not' unfrequently proving the more effective debatetv-Nowhere in civil, affairs are men, on such terms of equality, aud nowhere do the the of come so near to the admiuistratiohor' (t.

In these little' nationsthe people both make and aduiinjster the laws. They assess' aud collect the taxes of the town and collect the county and state taxes. They appoint all tbe oflV eers of selectmen, assessors, collectors, constables, town' clerk, highway surveyors, overseers of the poor, school committee, timber meas-a urers, leucq viewers.sealors of weights and measures, through the list of twenty offices. All 'these Offi-eersare not by salary, out'fotix what they doT, which is to all rational movements looking to the reform of the relations between labor' and capilai.1'1 Those'-'ofBeers Work b-yllhe pieces and the accountant as they are presented in town-meeting, ire audited by all the. people.

li. the people that do, or order; thing, if of School eouirtli. ieemen have ajipoiuted a superiratendv ent ofshools who is not liked. (the people may compel hi removal. If aiiything goes wrong, it Is directly thdw fault ot the people, and the people" have, the power to forthwith set it right.

i De Tocqueville, the keenest-eyed foreigner mat ever visited our shores, found this town-meeting none of tbef most interesting of American pecu- fiarities. Prot. Joel Parker palled the towns, with their varied powers', the'' arterial system of New 1 There can be no doubt that the town- meeting lies at the foundation of 4hei( tiepublic. It was this which made, the War a success. pne huudred years ago, as now; the' town-mejting meant i The "JMinuto Men" of the Kevolution Were town-meeting meu, and -gave us Lexington, and Bunker Hill, and In- epsudoute, by making impossible lompt and formidable resistance to il.A 1 rf 1 nil onnnt anno frki 1 scores and scores ot these meetings bad over.

and over asrain passed simi. lar resolutions. Whatever of strength and excellence exists in the State or iu the Union of States had previously and t6r the' first time existed in the'1 towu. Aud whatever of weak ess exists in the btate or iu tbe Kepublic lie in those features which are not copied from this unique, simple, natu- perfect little Democracy, this' State without a king or a' ruler." It'; had been i. school of statesmanship a.

I hundred and gfty years, else we would never have had the State papers of the Uevolutionaiy War. The" frequent meetings to discuss public affairs taught the people the art of govern meut not ouly, but taught them a love i for the public interest. In the early, colonial days, it was not only tbe right but the duty ot men to attend these'' meetings, and voters were fined twev shillings, if they were not present-: when the; nieeting-honss bell bad. ceased clanging at eight o'clock, in the morning. An equal fiue was imposed for absence for more than fifteen min-i i-utes during the first in three the colonies only churcit members were permitted to vote in, -these Several of these cub'-' torus long ago passed away i but It may be well doubted whether in two, hundredand fi ft wears anvtbinir in ho-, i man affairs has changed, so little as the institution which reduces the distance between the citizen and the Govern-;" ment to amini-num.

aud af- fectio bind the citizen to The bell iu the meeting-house pie still flings its magie spell from the highest hill in. New England town in early March or April, summoning the voters from every comer of the town ship to the annual town meeting. The boys still play ballon the common. There are the same friendly greetings at the noor. tne same suppressed bum of discussion, and tbe same quaint, jwactical, straightforward eloquence within as in the of Carver and Bradford and Win-throp, two centuries aud a half ago.

If the American Republic should tail to niece, tbe town, which waa Ji.nn-'i dred aud filly years old wheu the e-. public was born, would, uesaveu nom tho wreck. ,1 I FACTS AND FIGURES'. 11 -l I The Iloosac Tunneh will have cost the State of Massachusetts, when completed, the sum of 20,000,000. This, sum of money would" have built and equipped a double-track freight -rail- oad from Boston to UswegOi' i The industry of this age is prodne- tive lo an extent hitherto even iu the most prosperous' conimu-' nities.

Gladstone 'tells us that the" wealth which England produced in the interval of seventy years, between 1800 aud 1870, equals the aggregate of no pronuciioii iioiu.iue. iuva.sioii ruliiis Caisar to the year 1300; and lie urther estimates the wealth produced during the twenty years since ISoO to be equal to that produced. during, twenty years previous. This gigantic. esult is the achievement of The domestication animals the use of the horse anil the ox -teu-fold to the productive power, man.

But tbe utilizing of steam as it motive power increases the of industry one thousand fold. The aggrcgato amount of productions that i-outlast the use of one generation, and" are handed dowu to the. next, is there-. by increased oue hundred IU. Gi.ais Esoravino Tho winds have engraved many forms upon tho rocks by the simple use Of After many thousand years of observation, man at last attempted to ue sand lit that way.

Up to this time steam and blast powder have been used. But now engraving ou irlasj is performed -by a invention. A hopper 1 placed near tho ceiling of the om theuce aesceuds a small carrying the sand or emory, which Is thrown upon the glass by a simple gravitation. The portion of the glass not to be engraved, la protected, by paper or varnish. The design is cut with the utmost nicety and beauty Iq lew minutes..