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Ac., wvrn orrrnvb is tins UAHKWT #lT f'pirr^ i it QrtttTT nr*mwrtwf> TO IW'I I lilt I' l 1 ' M * M l ,|»^ X 1y • t ••••» Tailoring. TAILORING AND CLEANING riih GEO. B, JACOBS, ^ rnrrA*vit TO DO 1 Kinds of Tailoring i ih N^«tnn»« *nd hUptivli |f«» alao aire* •IHx Ul ••(•nhon to Cleaning Clothes. OF OVRII RTLF.ur.n A vonhm' RToni Main Stroofc. nrxrx/wsi Miir.cTonY. ( ufAiti.r.s Avriiow .% <«,. J iitia^t, (i<nivrLi#mr, N. Y. ? If. NFAHY mil. N. V. •Y> Poftan, , HaaibOli. Itauiierw, MMIH tio2:i Attonif«T ftttd Contmeior at OflloA in Fgirt'n Itlock, Ooiivoni- uoU vv (illifOI If. Ml N. AN WtlWH. AMnrnoy arid Conneelor I-n\r. iHltoo on Main etreet^ Cloitv- Y. I nolo •411. N . Alllionl Y. J> M. FALLS, Hoo Uuildu Attomrr and Connector at In F^ort'n Itlock, Ooiirern- nolH n. itrnn, M £ atroet, Watoftown K. HALDW I>. Omro In the Poet-Of Main atroet, Oourernetir nolH D. OfH^ ovor No. . N. Y. 4 Court til f, IIortKropathlo Phyaloan Ta and Htirmod. OAloo over Dank corner Main and paik fmfo#4n. CWBoc IMIUV-I to 9 O • etreet, OTC^ q L %lm In PARMKLEt. M n« William ^treot. Weddiftf 0*4i, VititUf Card*. Baajnai Oarda, Faaaj ffeow Oari*% Bail Cardf, BilDMii, BllUof Fare. Pa^pklcta, i rr*Or/l^f« hy mail will recelm pronjp4 aHeattecj n - • i • i II t mmmmm l mmmmtmm^mm Th« Loti or IL In aome far-die tan t enramer I will eofoe Cloeely tinto ton, and btit wtiieper thia ? \ Onr llpe ao long t o eaoh hare bean to dnmb— How much, O lore, have we f«nlriTe<t t o mfee?\ And thwa will ootne no antwar, bnt I think That the new alienee will more solemn be j fthall we not know that each one leaped the brink, Rhall we not both look up regretfully } Ah, rea; for we loFed well, but threw away The love Ood meant for eaoh! Waa it not ao ? Will It oome back t o as some far-off day ? Ah, what we both have lost Ua hard t o know ! .aa.t. THE 8TEPM0THEE, ntal Ailhuer W nAfinRB.pentaimirireofi. Office over Anlliony » luiik, (lotivoinour, N. Y.Uoll D Office at dtrell Ootiverncnr, N. Y. 25 |\n A. M I / over t» Htr^^t, (JoMvartifHt{, UUTINO done / t*uniH by O ( MYFllH, Ponlal Ntir K *on. Office L Vafi Natnoo a Drug More, Main N Y aa —w m ,»• . _j on Itm m<wt reasonable Tliayur. Otntverneur, N Y. 25 v fANIHTRF.N HOI INK, Oouvornenr, N. Y, Frr»« i>oiivevai{4 -o to and fmm all train A, no I VANIUJUJBN. c ;NTIIAL iiciiu convoyanoo lo n«» JAM F. f Oonrernour. N knd fr^m all tiaine. ;H ALDOffH I*ro|iri«tor, Y. Free Pit»|*He'.er. f lF.NTflAL HOU0R MVRRY. J Proimetor. Ooevoiuour, N. Y they may d**tr*. I > KYN()LD« k OJATKR, Jcfrolom and Watch 1 V maker*. N Y, No. a 1 >ARKR & niUK in (>a«*ting« «o.i «H^rlpUon # ahK> agenf tural Implement*. ( ( «OUVRRNKUR I Main Mrcct Hraaaa, prt>prietor CMirVFHNRIIU LIVERY, II. II. Moovor, Proprietor. It in lirro that the public can bo accommodated with any kind of horse or rig 19 Miun atriwt, Ooiiverneur, lfl P!. MacblnlatN, and dealers Wiought Iron of every de- i for all tho beet AgHcitl otivornenr, N. Y. aa MFAT MARKET. No. 11) ClH»uvoriuHir, N Y. AnrHco 20 OCTVKIINKITR ilARDLR WORKS a street. Oouvf«r^ioiir, N. Y . WlUrNEY, propriettom. 1 ROROR W. Fil^OATE Is prepared William l>. J. A T J . to do wotk- 19 VI Houae and L'ajrriagn fainting in a man-hko manner. Qnlers solicit<Hl. M A. PORTER, House. Rign. <!ar7ugo and • Kloigh Painter, Main sttfoot, Ooiiveru- •«'. N Y. . nil ( 1ARRIAOE, Wagjn and Blelgh peinUng doi^ _ ; on aliort not loo and In tho boat workman- like manner, by •. J. Do Marco, Brooklyn at. f side of river, (W»UTornom\ N Y. nil O O. WALDO, manufacturer of liarueea.aiid • doalor in horco! clothltiff, whine. Ac, alec mauagor Montreal p\ologimpTi Company, ovet No. 10 Main street, j w AILKHIUHIOIu{iiT MIL1,H. Clark A HOW ard, Hailo«l>oneigh. N. Y., manufacture!? of, atul wholewalo ai|d retail doalem in (Irani, Flour, Meal and Feed. Ordois for cuntoui grinding aollcitoil. 21 M TIH. A WILL AillMMoak ami Dreaamakor, No. \1\ Mum «|rect. Oouvorneiir, N. Y. II r )09TKRN v CARDH, ^ yo I >ROORAMMFS r HILL IIKADB. And every deacriptioa of plain and ornamental Job Printing, neatly, cheaply and |iromptlv e\- eontod at the office «f Tna OouvKHNsim lUu Af.n. <»M and eva^nino a|M>cimeiia and get prices. No. 30 Main street. M iss L. CRAWrjonD, Drees ami Cloak Maker. Paik Mtroet, Ootiverueiir. N Y HpccJal attention pakt to aiamping for braiding ainl embroidering, Work done neatly and wai- rantcd. t M r, LYON H<U»ie, Wgn and Carriage Painter, William Htreet, Oonvcrnenr, Work well and (pilckl? eiecnted. <\ II. HlTSSKr,!\*. a. N V. Railroad & Steamboat TICKET! AGENT, KV.X.T.H TI0irr,T^ TO AIT. POINTR WENT, «OrriIW l EHT. OVER AM, ROTTTEH, Alii TO A Nil FROM AM. PARTH OF EITROPE. Life, Fire and Accidental Insur- ance Agent. t eeurmnee buain Witended to promptly. PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS. T»» Where you can obtain four likeness in any of the lateet atylee, namely: Card Size, Berlin Head, Medallion, Cameo, Vignette, Rembrandt OT Pull FH^ire, Victo- ria Size, Cabinet. 4&I, or **10, In asme ntflea as above, all from •kilfulhr retouched negiUivee, Poreelain or Ivort Tyi^e very neatly go4 up at tees than half the New York price for the same. Bring vour children before noon, a|id vou will And Mr. Jackson patient aixl akillSU in securing for you a good picture. Old picture* oopie<I and en- larged from miniature t<> life aiie, and oolore<l In (Ml. Water, or India Ii{fc. at as low figures at the trade will warrant. 4l*o a good assortmens of frames of the various styles of the day. TOiodo* Ari Jackson; rr T. a, A. Ague* Ore^m waa In her thirty-ieooiid year when Mr. Edward Arnold, a widower with four children, aaked her to beootnii hia wife, At twenty-two Agnee hid loved at only a true woman can love. Bnt the object of that love prowd liimafelf nnworthy, and ahe tnmed away from him. None knew how deep waa the heart-trial through which ahe passed--none knew how intensely ahe suffered. . At laet the met Mr. Arnold, More than three year* had passed ainoe the mother of hia children waa removed by death, and, since that time, he had sought, with all a father's tenderness and derotion, to fill her place to them— how imperfectly, none knew so well as himself. As time went on, the want of a true woman's affectionate oare> for his children was more and more felt All were girls eicept the youngest, their ages ranging from twelve downward, and this made the mother's loss so much the more a calamity. Moreover, his feeling of loneliness and want of com- panionship, so keenly felt in the begin- ning, instead of diminishing, increased. Buoh waa his state when he met Agnes Green. The attraction was mu- tual, though, at first, no thought of marriage came into the mind of either. A second meeting stirred the placid waters in the bosom of Agnes Green. Consoious of this, and fearful lest the emotion she strove to repress might be- come apparent to other eyes, she as- sumed a certain reserve, not been in the brginniug, which only betrayed her secret, and at once interested Mr. Arnold, who now commenced a close observation of her character. With every new aspect in which this was pre- sented, he saw something that awakened admiration; that drew his spirit nearer to her as pne congenial. And not the leas was her observation. When, at length, Mr. Arnold solicit- ed the hand of Agnes Green, she was ready to respond. Not, however, in a aelilsh and self-seeking spirit; not in the narrow hope of obtaining some great good for herself, was her response made; but in full view of her woman's power to bless, and with an earnest, holy purpose in her heart to make her presence in his household indeed a blessing. M I must know your children better than I know them now, and they must know me better than they do, before I take the place you wish me to assume,\ was her reply to Mr. Arnold when he spoke of an early marriage. And so means were taken to bring her in frequent contact with the chil- dren. The first timo she met them in- timately was at the house of a friend. Mary, the oldest, she found passionate and self-willed; Florence, tho second, r l-natured, but careless and sloven- . while Margaret, the third, was in ill-health, and exceedingly peevish. The little brother, Willy, was a beauti- ful, affectionate child, but, in conse- quence of injudicious management, very badly spoiled. Take them altogether, they presented a rather unpromising aspect; and it is no wonder that Agnes Green had many misgivings at heart, when the new re- lation contemplated and its trial* and responsibilities wero pictured to her mina. The earnestly-asked question by Mr. Arnold, after thia first interview— \Whatjdo youthiuk of my children ?'— was not an easy one to answer. Mr. Arnold was gazing intently in her face. \ They do not seem to have made a favorable impression,\ said he, speak- ing with some disappointment in his tone and manner. A feeble flush was visible in the face of Agnes Green, and a slight qniver of the lips, as she answered; 44 There is too much at stake, as well In your case as my own to warrant even a shadow of concealment. You ank what I think of your children, and you expect me to answei truly.\ j '• I do,\ was the almost solemnly- spoken reply. \ My first hurried, yet tolerably cloge observation has shown me, in each, a groundwork of natural good.\ \As their father,\ replied Mr, Ar- nold, in Nome eamcftinoHH of mutter, \I know there is good in them—much good. Hut they have needed a mother's care. 44 It is no light thing, Mr. Arnold, to assume the place of a mother to chil- dren who, for three years, have not known a mother's affectionate care. I confess that my heart shrinks from the resmmsihility, and I ask myself over and over again, 'Havo I the requisite wisdom, patience and self-denial?' \ M I believe you have,\ said Mr. Ar- nold, who was beginning to see more deeply into the heart of Agnes. \ And now/ he added, \tell me what you think of my children.\ \Mary has a quick temper, and is rather self-willed, if my observation is correct, but alio haa a warm h*»art. Florence is thoughtless, and untidy in her person, but possesses a happy tem- per of mind. Poor Maggv's ill health haa, very naturally, soured her disposi- tion. Ah f what can vou expect of a suffering child, who has no mother? Your little Willy is a lovely boy, some- what spoiled—who can wonder at this ? - but possessing just the qualities to win for him kindness from every one.\ 44 1 am sure you will love him,\ said Mr. Arnold, warmly. \I have no doubt on the subject,*' replied Agnes Green. \ And now/' she added, \ after what I have said, after showing you that I am quick to see faults, onca more give tWis matter earn- est consideration. If I become your wife, and take the place of a mother to these children, I shall at once-»-wisely and loveingly, I trust—begin the work of removing from their minds every noxious weed that neglect may have suffered to grow there. Tho task will be no light one, and, in the beginning, there may he rebellion against my authority. To be harsh or hard is not in my nature. But a sense of duty will make me firm. Once more, I aay, gire his matter serious consideration. It is not yet too late to pause.** Mr. A mold bent his head in deep re- flection. For many minutes he sat in silent self-oommunfon, and sat thus so long that the heart of Agnes Green be- gan to beat with a restricted motion, aa if there was a heavy pressure on her bosom. At last Mr. Arnold looked up, his eyes suddenly brightening, and his face flushing with animation. Grasp* ing her hands with both his, he said ; \ I have reflected. Agnes, and I do not hesitate. Yes, I will trust these dear ones to your loviu guardianship. I will nlace in your hands their present and future welfare, confident that you will be to them a true mother.\ And she was. As often as it could be with the children. Almost from the beginning she was sorry to find in Mary* the oldest child, a reserve of manner, and an evident dislike toward her, which she in vain sought to oirerooms. The groundwork of this she I did not know. It had its origin iu m remark made by the housekeeper, whd, having learned from some goseiping* relative of Mr. Arnold that a new wife was soon to be brought home, and also who this new wife was to be, made an imprudent allusion to the fact, in a moment of forgetfulness. M Your new mother will soon put you straight, my little lady,\ said she one day to Mary, who haa tried her beyond all patience. 11 My new mother I who's she, pray ?\ was sharply demanded. \Miss Green,\ replied the unreflect- ing housekeeper. \Your father's going to bring her home one of these days, and make her your mother, and she'll put you all to rights—she'll take down your fine airs, my lady !\ \Will she ?'^ And Mary, com press- iag her lips tightly, and drawing up her slender form to its full height, looked the image of defiance. From that moment a strong dislike to Miss Green ruled in the mind of Mary, and she resolved, should the house- keeper's assertion provo trtte, not only to set the new authority at defiance, but to inspire, if possible, the other chil- dren with her own feelings. The marriage was celebrated at the house of Mr. Arnold, in the presence of his own family and a few particular friends, Agnes arriving at the hour appointed. After the ceremony, the children were brought forward and presented to their new mother. The youngest, as if strongly drawn by invisible chords of affection! sprung into her lap, and clasped his little arras lovingly about her neck. He seemed very happy. The others were cold and distant, while Mary fixed her eyes upon tho wifo of her father with a look so full of dislike and rebellion, that no one present was in any doubt as to how she regarded the new order of things. Mr. Arnold was a good deal fretted by this unexpected conduct on the part of Mary • and, forgetful of the occasion and its claims, spoke to her with some sternness. He was recalled to sel r - possession by the smile of hip wife and her gently-uttered remark, that reached his own ear: \ Don't seem to notice it. Let it be my task to overcome preindices.\ During the evening Mary did not soften in the least toward her step- mother. On the next morning, when all met for the first time at the break- fast table, the children gazed askance at the calm, dignified woman who pre- sided at the table, and seemed ill at ease. On Mary's lip, and in her eye, was an expression so tike contempt that it was with difficulty her father could refrain from ordering her to her own room. The meal passed in some embarrass- ment. At its conclusion Mr. Arnold went into the parlor, and his wife, en- tering at once upon her duties, accom- panied tho children to tho nursery, to see for herself that the two eldest were properly dressed for school. Mary, who had preceded tho rest, waa already in contention with tho housekeeper. Jnst as Mrs, Arnold—so we must now call her—entered tho room, Mary ex- claimed, angrily: \ I don't care what you say, Fm going to wear this bonnet !\ \ What's the trouble?\ inquired Mrs. Arnold, calmly. \ Why, you see, ma'am,\ replied tho housekeeper, \ Mary is bent on wear- ing her new pink bonnet to school, and I tell her she mustn't do it. Her old one is good enough.\ \ Let mo see the old one,\ said Mrs. Arnold. Hhe spoke in a very pleasant tone of voice. A neat straw bonnet, with plain, un- soiled trimming, was brought forth by the housekeeper, who remarked: \ It's good enough to wear Sundays, for that matter.\ \ I don't care if it is, Fm not going to wear it to-day. Bo don't bother any more about it.' \ O yes, Mary, you will,\ said Mrs. Arnold, very kindly, yet firmly. •' No, I wont !\ wan the quick, reao^ lute anawer. And sho gazed unflinch- ingly into the face of her stepmother. \I'll call your father, my young Isdy ! This is beyond all endurance V said tho housekeeper, starting for the door. \ Hannah I\ The mild, even voice of Mrs. Arnold cheeked the excited housekeeper. \Don't speak of it to her father—Fm sure she doesn't mean what she says. Bhe'll think better of it in a moment Mary was hardly prepared for this. Even while she stood with unchanged exterior, she felt grateful to her step- mother for intercepting tho complaint about to bo made to her father. 8he expected some remark or remonstrance from Mrs, Arnold. Hut in this she was mistaken. Tho latter, as if nothing un- pleasant had occurred, turned to Flor- ence, and, after a light examination of her dress, said to the housekeeper: \This collar ia too much coiled; won't you bring me another?\ \ O, it's clean enough,\ replied Flor- ence, knitting her brows, and affectiug impatience. But, even as she spoke, the quick, yet gentle hands of the stepmother had removed the collar frpm her neck. \Do you think it clean enough now ?\ said she, as she placed the soiled collar beside a fresh one, which the house- keeper had brought, \It M rather dirty,\ said Florence, smiling. And now Mrs. Arnold examined other articles of her dress, and had them changed, re-arranged her hair, and saw that her teeth were properly brushed. While this was progressing, Mary stood a little apart, a close observer of all that passed. One thing she did not fail to remark, and that was the gentle firmness of her stepmother, which was ! in strong contrast with the usual I seoldiag, jerking, and impatience of the housekeeper, ag manifested on these occasions. By the time Florence was Jready for school, Mary's state of mind had under- gone considerable change, and she hall regretted the exhibition of ill temper and insulting disobedience she had shown. Yet she was in no way pre- pared to yield. To her surprise, after Florence was all ready, her stepmother turned to her and said, in a mild, cheer- ful voice, as if nothing unpleasant had occurred: . \ Have yoti particular reason for Wishing to wear your new bonnet this morning, Mary ? < \ Yes, ma'am, I have.\ The roioe of Mary was changed considerable, and The War oi Rum, of ike Jone before the time appointed for tbeUwr eyes fell beneath the mild, but marriage, aha was} brought ih oontadktt>enetrating gase of her stepmother, dldren. Almost from the I \ Mar I ask TC \ May I ask you the reason f # There was a pause of some moments; then M*<7 replied: . \ I promised one or the girls I'd wear it She asked me to. She wanted to see it.\ 11 Did you tell Hannah this?' 1 14 No, ma'am, it wouldn't have been any use. She never hears to reason.\ \But you'll find me very different, Mary,\ said Mrs. Arnold, tenderly. \ I shall ever l>e ready to hear the reason.\ AH this was so for from what Mary had anticipated, that her mind was half bewildered. Her stepmother's clear sight penetrated to her very thoughts. Taking her hand, she drew her gently to her side. An srm was then placed lovingly around her. \ My dear child \—it would have bee!! a hard heart, indeed, that could have resisted the influence of that voice— \let us understand c«*ch other in the beginning. You seem to look upon me as an enemy, and yet I wish to be the very best friend you have in the world. I have come here, not as an exacting and overbearing tyrant, but to seek your good and promote your happiness in every possible way. I will love you, and may I not expect love in return ? Surely you will not withhold that.\ As Airs. Arnold spoke thus, she felt a slight quiver in tho hand she had taken in her own. Sho continued : \ I cannot hope to fill the place of your dear mother, now in heaven. Yet even as she loved you would I love you, my child.\ The voice of Mrs. Arnold had become unsteady, through excess of fooling. \ As Rho bore with your faults, I will bear with them ; as she rejoiced over every good affection born in your heart, so will I rejoice.\ Outraged by the conduct of Mary, the housekeeper had ^one to Mr. Arnold, whom she found in the parlor, and repeated to him, with a coloring of her own, the insolent language his child had used. The father hurried up stairs in a state of angry excitement No lit- tle surprised was he, on entering the nursery, to see Mary sobbing on the breast of her stepmother, whose gentle hands were softly pressed upon the child's temples^ and whose low, smooth voice waa peaking to her words of com- fort for tho present, and cheerful hope for the future. Unobserved by either, Mr. Arnold stood for a moment, and then softly retired, with a gush of thankfulness in hi* heart that h? had found for his children so true and good a mother. With Mary there was no trouble. From that hour she came wholly under tho influence of her stepmother, learn- ing, day by day, us she knew her better, to love her with a more confiding ten- derness. Wonderful was tho change produced on thechildrcn of Mr. Arnold In a single year. Thoy had, indeed, found a mother. J . r Urape Vine Worm, Six or ei^ht years ago a little crea- ture, bearing the imposing name of Phylloxera vtuttatrix, first commenced its ravages on the grape-vines of France. It was behoved to have been imported with some plants from the United States, and it spread with such amazing rapidity, and t>ossessed such destructive propensities, that it created great alarm. There seemed to bo sev- eral varieties of the inseor, differing in appearance, and some attacking the leaves of tho vines, while others at- tacked tho roots. The vine-growers wero in a state of consternation at the ravages of this mysterious post In the middle and south of France there is a large section of country whoso popula- tion depend for thoir livelihood upon the success of the vino culture. Con- sequently tho plague appalled them. The government offered a prize of twenty thousand francs for the discovery of a remedy, but without avail. De- coctions of various kinds, floods of water, and chemical preparations were applied to the vines, but whatever killed the insects seriously injured the vines. M. Planchon, an ingenious naturalist, bethought himsdf of a novel mode of extirpating this plague by setting one insect to war upon another. Planchon ascertained that in certain American wine-growing districts the Phylloxera was hunted to death by a tiny foo called tho acaru*, which utterly destroyed them in whatever form they existed on the vine. Therefore specimens of this American Phylloxera cannibal were imported, and were exhibited at a re- cent meeting of the Academic den Sciences, When this creature is de- posited upon tho vines of France, and left to wage his good warfare, his pro- gress will be watched with intense in- terest by millions. Water In the House. A prominent writer says : \ Lot no- l>ody be deterred from bringing wafer in the house by any fears of failure and perplexit*\ You might as well try to stop tho circulation of blood iu the body because it is subject to derange- ment, a* to refuse tho circulation of water in the house because now and then a pipe overflows and your frescoes J are ruined. Good workmen will pre- vent any such accident, but if they can- , not, give up your frescoes ; do not give j up your lifo blood. When I see the | farmhouse, the dairies, the kitchens, j j whoso only source of supply ia the well | j in the yard, or the hogshead at the back j door, how life would he lengthened and j sweetened if all this heavy and hard, j and slow water-bringing could be sup- ! planted. I wonder that we do not man- age to introduce it somehow into our marriage contracts. What an increase of vital force would ensue; what a diminished demand for divorce ; what a strengthening and upbuilding of the family bond, if a girl should refuse to marry until there was an inexhaustible supply of water, at least in the kitchen. A house without water-works ought to be considered as incomplete as a house without doors, and as incomplete in the country as in the city.\ flow It Is Carried en tit S+*»c Western States, The ladies of Shelbyvilie, Ind,. a cor- respondent says, are joining with vigor in the effort to pray Western rumsellers into reformation. The liquor interest here is a strong one. There is a large distillery which manufactures high- wines, a brewery, seven or eight drink- ing saloons, and five or six drug stores which sell on the sly. One week ago a Mothers' Meeting was called in the lecture room of the Methodist EJpisoopal Church. This re- sulted in a visit by some ten or fifteen ladies to the various saloons of the place. It waa solely a visit of quiet, gentle persuasion. Their object was to persuade the traffickers to duit business. Yt was a quiet, band of women familiar by their age, long residence and respectability, to almost the whole community. Some of the incidents of their walk were amus- ing. The ladies called on Fountain G. Itobertson, ex CountJr Treasurer, and senior member of the wholesale and re- tail liquor house of Itobertson A Nick- um. Mr. Robertson got excited in tho course of the interview, and declared Mrs. Professor Harrison, a lady of su- perior education and of the highest character, to be a fit subject for an in- sane asylum. At old Silas Metzger's, the resort of all the tipplers of the re- gion, the ladies were reeeived by Mrs. Metsgcr, the pretty wifo of the pro* K riotor, and her rosy-faced children. Irs. Metzgor welcomed the visitors with curses and invective. She told them to go home and mind their own business, as she was minding hers ; to go home and cook their husbands' sup- pers, and anyhow to got out of her shop. She also sent a message to her brother, George Deprey, a wealthy liquor seller, whoso saloon is a couple of blocks from that of the Metzgers, to warn him that the woman ware coming. George flow to his drawer and got his revolver, then he bolted tho doors and took his station on the front steps of his saloon. In re- ply to tho mothers he declaaod that he intended to sell liquor as long as he lived. George changed his mind, how- ever, and told a citizen two days after that if he could get back his corpora- tion license money ho would close his bar and confine himself entirely to the wholesale trade. Meetings have since been daily held, and a hundred ladies representing the wealth, respectability, and culture of the community are en- rolled, A committee visited the drug stores, and presented a paper for signa- tures pledging druggists not to sell in- toxicating liquors except tho same shall bo prescribed for medical purposes by a reputable practicing physician. Not a singlo druggist would sign the paper, but all solemnly declared that they did not stdl liquorB by the drink. To-day was organized the Women's Temper- ance Union, with Mrs. Elliot, wife of the President of tho First National Bank, aa President A committee was appointed to devise a plan of work, and reported in favor of that pursued by the ludies of Ohio. Another committee was appointed to prepare an appeal to tho community. Cerebro-Splnal Meningitis. It is almost worth while being sick if one can only have a malady with a fine name. A lady came to me, perhaps a year ago, and gravely told me, \ I am suffering from polarization of the cere- brospinal axis.\ Sho was sure this was her malady. A certain doctor who was educated in Europe hod carefully examined her case and assured her that tho malady was \ Polarization of the oerebro spinal axis.\ The doctor ad- vised a European trip, with the use of iodide of potassium and bromide of po- tassium. She wished me to examine her case and tell her what I thought of it After a few inquiries, I said, \It's the backache. You must take off your corsets, keep your feet warm and go to bed at 9 o'clock.\ Sho soon got well, but I think was never altogether satis- fied with giving up thst grand name for plain backache, or with exchanging iodide of potassium for abandonment of corset, or bromide of potassium for bed at 9 o'clock. Cerebrospinal meningitis is not, aa many people seem to think, a specific disease like small-pox, but exhaustion accompanied by irritation or inflamma- tion of tho membranes of the brain and spinal cord. It is a logical result of our past mode of life. We breathe a bad air, live in the shade, neglect exer- cise, keep bad hours, and rush things generally. Naturally, our heads and backs become exhausted, and one now and then takes on a little congestion of those parts and dies. The same disease has prevailed among the exhausted for hundreds of years, but now a new and grand name has been invented for it. No one who leads a sensible life will be likely to suffer from an attack of thin malady.— IHo Lewis. California Orange fiirov*** A correspondent writing from Los Angeles says: \The orange groves are a magnificent sight to behold just now, laden as they are with their golden burdens—golden in seeming and golden in reality. The harvest is jnst com- mencing, and large quartities are daily arriving at the depot to be shipped to San Francisco and elsewhere. One dealer of San Gabriel sold his orange crop for $30 per thousand. His orange grove covers five acre and contains 5()0 trees. Estimating theae at l t (MX) oranges each, tho crop is worth $15,000. Three thousand dollars an aero is a pretty good return for their cultivation, and nearly all clear profit, for the crop was sold on the trees. One acre in South- ern California can bo made to yield as great a clear profit by semi-tropical nut and fruit culture as twenty or fifty acres in the Eastean States devoted to ordi- nary kinds of farming. When one looks Bewliff la Boston, Their fBspiern*e»t, Hcfelis, Tastes, a** the Wages IHejr Receive. Miss Jennie Collins has written a letter to the Boston Advertiser in de- fense of the sewing women of that sity, and giving reasons why they do not be- stow more attention to general house- werk when there is such a surplus of help in households. She says that every day demonstrates the advantage gained by the wealth-producing women of Bos- ton, from the fact tha'. their \cause\ was never managed by local politicians, although a persistent yet unsuccessful effort had been made for the control of that important army of working peo- ple. She infers that from the very na- ture of their social life and their varied interests, tastes and habits, politicians be the mo#nnfit persons die with them. In order to remove some of the erroneous impressions that pre- vail in regard to shop-girls, Miss Oouins deems it necessary to state in the first place their position since the great fire. Twenty wholesale clothing houses were burned down at that time, each of which hail given employment to from 200 to 600 womon. That number, added to tho vast custom trade, drawing its patronage from all parts of New Eng- land, will count 18,000 females em- ployed on clothing alone, representing every grade of intelligence and taste, yet mingling together in the same shop with a perfect democratic spirit There, side by side, may be seen the child who formerly begged its bread, but who is now an expert in the busi- ness, and the child who was carried to school in the arms of a servant, but who, having escaped tho slavery of a fashionable life, is now working out a happy destiny, rendered easier, perhaps, by her happy childhood. Still no one of them is obliged to mingle with disa- E reeable persons; yet, on the other and, firm friendships are formed among the [ several classes, especially among those who are well paid. The wages of these women range from $3 to S20 a week, and Miss Collins instances the case of a girl in a Ohaoueey street shop who has made $35, and once her check was $40 for ten days. These must bo retained at any cost, and those who work for smaller wages are less valuable, because they take up as much room and are more care than three times the number of women who know their business. There is groat pres- sure brought to bear upon employers to take little girls of, say, ten years of age, who thus nave early instilled into their minds habits of punctuality, economy, and industry, Out of four hundred women tailoresses two hundred lire at home, very much to the advantage of all parties concerned and the public generally ; thirteen in every hundred are the entire support of somebody else, and twenty-five out of every hun- dred are assisted by relatives. The writer indignantly denies that employers encourage bad habits among their female help when they offer low wages, she very properly considering such a charge unjust to honorable men, and exceedingly damaging to the girls. To show the protection that is accorded to them, sho says that tho employers never had any direct communication with their help, but always through the j>ersoFjs iu charge, whoever they may no, men or women. During the dull seasons custom hands are retained and given sale-work at custom prices, the employers knowing that their places cannot easily bo filled. Respectability is a great point with these women. | They can forego pleasure, work hard, put up with any inconvenience, but \ good company or none \ is the motto for them, and to prove that they have no trouble in finding it, it is only neces- sary to give the statement of a foreman, who avers that in a space of fourteen years, in which he has never had charge of less than from two hundred to four hundred hands, only three oases of in- temperance oame under his observation. He further maintained that discreet and decorous conduct is the rule,not the exception, and no better proof of this can be given than tho fact that the girls are sought by the most estimable hus- bands, and they make frugal, thrifty wives in nearly all cases. Tailoresses only are described in this connection, but there is a sad picture on the other side of this question > yet with all the darkness, misery and blight, in a fair and impartial in\o*tigation the shop girls of Bosto\ will rank high in the scale of New England intelligence, thrift, purity, and faithfulness to duty. They are not stultified with rum and tobacco, and therefore have too much individuality to fall into the wake of the cheap politictans. By the unqual- ified support their \cause\ has receiv- ed from the most aide and impartial minds for years past, the future is safe. There is only one method left open, namely, to help them to be able to earn good wages, and then to prac- tice the economy that is my natural to all classes who are well skilled, si waste and ignorance are inseparable. That is the education that is needed, and the public mind should be brought up to it. Westfra Commerce. A long memorial, accompanied with copious statistical tables, has recently been adopted by the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Union Merchants* Ex- change for presentation to Congress, urging prompt and liberal appropri- ations from the federal Treasury for the improvement of the Mississippi and its navigable tributaries. This document gratefully ackaowledges that Con gross has already, by a series of appropri- ations, reoogniz**! the claims'of the vast region drained by the Mississippi and its afiluents to national aid in the im- provement of its natural channels of commerce, and that some of the most needful works have already been com- pleted or commenced. It then states that for years the movement of the pro Iteau of Interest Sulphuric acid and alcohol is what the London people drink under the name of sherry. Six black foxes have been eeafb* in Cumberland county, Nova Sootia, tsaie fall. These animals are very rare, tad their skins sell at fabulous prices. The people of Montana called it 'the natural park of the Yellowstone\ until Congress accepted it, and now they want $100,000 for \improvements.\ , Albany people have been cheated ao often that they won't buy any mors butter without cutting the roll open to see if there isn't a wad of mashed pota- toes in it Sunday two young men, of Albany, engaged in a wreetfing whloh one of them, Edward thrown to Use gtoaasV with as to sustain a fracture of the leg. In buying a horse ask only one ques- tion—is he sound? for if the faults are told he will not be bought; if the truth is told it will not be believed. Be prepared to trust to your own judg- ment An epitaph in a country churchyard reads : \Here lieth the body of Amy Major, who departed this life March 20, 1792. Suffice it to say that she w*e an honest woman—the second noblest work of God.\ Jt is a curious fact that ail the Presi- dents of the United SUteabut four had each but one Christian name. The moral thus taught to parents is obvious —don't use front names recklessly in naming your babies. Retributive justice sometimes follows faster than we could expect An evil- minded Brooklyn boy propelled a enow ball at his aunt lately, and, dodging into a neighboring area, sat down on a scuttle full of hot ashes. A small stream near Yellowstone Lake is split in two by a small penin- sula, one branch following the Yellow- stone and Missouri to the Gulf, the other making its way into the Snake River and thence to the Pacific. Said a professor in a college to a no- torious laggard who was once, for a wonder, promptly in his place at morn- ing prayers, at the appointed time, \ I marked vou, air, as puuotual, this morn- ing. Wnat is your excuse ? \ \ 8-s-iok, sir, and couldn't sleep,\ was the reply. C. L. King, State Deputy of the Granges, writes that the number of granges in Michigan now exceeds 300, and that the applications oome in thick- er than ever. The calls on the National Grange for charters nowexoeed$100per day. At a recent exhibition in Zanesville, Ohio, a wedding dress worn in 1788 was exhibited. The waiat was about two inches long ; but what astonished the ladies most was that the dress con- tained only two and a half yards of silk. A down East politician recently pre* scnted to the local agricultural society a shorthorn bull, valued at $1,500, on condition that he be kept in different parts of the couutry, as the directors may think best, for the improvement of the stock. A French gentleman, learning Eng- lish to some purpose, replied thus to the salutations : \ How do you do, Monsieur ? ' - Do vat ?\ *' How do you find yourself ?\ \ I never loses my- self.\ \How do you feel?\ \Smooth; you just feel me.\ Josh Billings says: \There iz but phew things on the face of tho earth more worthless than a poodle, and yet I am glad there iz a poodle, for if there was not there iz some people who wouldn't have enny object in living and have nothing tew luv.\ An old farmer in Canton, 111., has been aent to State Prison by his two> sons, They quarreled, and in revenge the sons revealed the fact that their father had nine years before robbed a firm in Carlinsvilfeof $10,000, He was arrested, and the testimony of the sons convicted him. There are yet 1,200,000,000 acres pub- lic lands in \the country that are unsur- veyed, but aftar deducting swamp lands, deserts, mountains, railway and other grants, it is estimated that the whole amount of arable lands available for settlement cannot exceed .H50 or 400 millions of acres. The San Fiancisco llulletin says there are two or three thousand outlaws in the mountains of California, who live by robbery and violence. They occa- sionally make a raid on some village and strip it of valuables. They are quite secure from arrest in their moun- tain fastnesses A man was recently lodged on some petty charge in the jail at Dallas, Ore gon. The first night after his incarcer- ation he escaped, and went eight miles on foot to find a man to go his bail. The following morning he returned to Dal- lss with his bond all signed, and was released on bail. The New York Tribune Almanac, tor many years a standard authority in political, statistical and commercial matters, is this year better than ever. Several new and valuable departments have been added, making the work in- dispensable. Send twenty cent* to 77i« lYibune, New York, for it The most novel and ingenious plan of giving children castor oil is, we think, that practiced by the physicians of a children's hospiial in Paris, to which 300 tiny loaves of bread are daily sent, each containing a modicum of the oil, which in this form is perfectly palatable and thoroughly disguised. A new plan is to be tried with Michi- gan convicts. The striped garments are to be abolished. The prisoners are to be allowed to correspond with their friends. Those *ho are uneducated are to be taught ; and, when liberated, each man is to receive a suit of clothes, at the loads of this luscious fruit daily I ducts of Western agriculture to Eastern j and whatever he has earned b The wooden tooth-pick has almost entirely displaced the sharpened match. coming into town, and thinks of the immense profit they must yield to their owners, he cannot help but wish he had come here some twelve or fourteen years sooner and gone into the orange business.\ BILLIARD MATCH.—The following is the score of the game played by Gar- nier and Ubassy, which waa won by the former: Oarnier—0, 19, % 1, 14, 0, 14, 30, 0,1, 9, 1, 1, 7, 25, 0, 2, 40, 38, 3, 4, 3, Q, 0, 4, 5, 14, 1, 0, 47, 0, 5, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, II, 17, 108, 7, 1, 0, 0, 17, 0, 0, 5, 22, 1, 7, 0 f 0, 49, 24, 0, 11, 0, 1, 3, 3, 23, 1, 0, l v 19, 1—600. Ubassy—2, 7, 0, 2, 7, 0, 30, 3, 0, 0; 7, 5, 4, 1, 0, 0, 9, 0, 2, 2, 15, 5, 0, 4, 1, 1. 0, 13, 2, 20, 24, 4, 5, 4, 1, 0, 2. 0, 21, 12, 2, 3, 10, 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 4, 11, 0, 22, 12, 0, 9, 50, 15, 16, 7, 0, 0, 20, 35, 0, 4, 2, 13 - 459. Time of game, three hours and twenty minutes. consumers ba* been embarrassed on ac- count of its enormous Quantity, and the small value in proportion to its bulk and weigkt rendering the freightage over long distances onerous both to producer and consumer. In a single year 5,500,000 tons of vegetable food has been moved east ward ly by only five routes. Other routes have carried nearly another million tons, and still another million tons went southward to market Ten Northwestern States in a year of full crop raise 364,000,000 bush- els of grain for shipment, of which 238,500,000 bushels go eastward. Be side this they send East 2,500,000 tons that will be necessary is to put the helm of other agricultural pro*!nets. The j down and let the head sheets by, routes which carry 8,000,000 tons of ag- and something will have to come ricultural products also carry 2,500,(MX) j around.\ You bet ! If the cook only tons of forest products, nearly 1,000,000 I jams the hatchway hard astern, takes a tons of petroleum and 1,000,000 tons of re ef in the bionacle and keel hauls the manufactured iron and other articlea in spanker boom, nothing can prevent the the same direction, while 9,000,000 tons ! main track coming around the mixzen of ooal move over the aame route and j fo' to' gallant s'l and splicing the main mostly toward tide water. ; brace ^ v over- work, The Teachers' Association in Wor- cester spent an afternoon is listening to an essay, \Are the pupils of our public schools overworked ?\ and a dis- cussion thereon. The opinion seem<d very decided that late hours, foolbh dressing, bad ventilation, Ac, had moie to do with the poor health of pupil than hard study. An old salt, correspondent of the Hartford Times, writing from Rock- ville about a new railroad, drops iiito sailor talk thusly: \Everything is squared by the lifts and braces, and all
