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A Korniae Song. I -wake this morn,* and all iny life Is freshly mine to live ; The future -with sweet promise rife, And crowns of joy t o give. New words: to speak, new thoughts to hear. New love t o give arid take ; Perchance new burdens I may bear, For love's own sweet sake. New hopes t o open in the sun, New efforts worth the will, Or tasks with yesterday begun More bravely to fulfill. Fresh seeds for all the time t o be, Are in my hand t o sow, Whereby, for others and for me, Undreamed-of fruit may -grow. In each white daisy 'mid the grass That turns my foot aside, In each uncurling fern I pass, Some sweetest joy may hide. And if, when eventide shall fall In shade across my way. It seems that naught my thoughts recall But life of every day ; Yet if each step in shine or shower Be where Thy footsteps trod, Then blessed be every happy hour That leads me nearer God, -^Chambers' Journal. AN AVARICIOUS FRATRICIDE- Among tlie curly settlers of Western Pennsylvania were Samuel and George Witherspoon, th.6 former a bachelor, the latter-^-his elder brother—^a \victower , with two children, a girl and a boy. They bought adjoining lial ^sections of land on Raccoon creel?, about twenty- eight miles from Pittsburg, and there settled down to the monotonous business of agricultural occupation. On the 12th of October, 1829, the two brothers w-ent out together squirrel-hunting. That afternoon George Witherspoon was shot through the heart. Sam, who carried the? sad intelligence to a neighbor's house, said that the shooting was purely accidental. He and George had got a good string of squirrels during the fore- noon, and at midday sat down by a lit- tle spring to take a lunch. When their lunch was completed, George reached for the muzzle of his gun, which was lying on the ground a little before liim, and drew it toward him. A small projecting root caught tlie hammer. -He gave a sharp pull, the root broke, the hammer descended, and the gun, going off, sent a rifle ball through his heart. Everything seemed to corroborate this story. The debris of their lunch at the point indica- ted by Sam, the direction of the bullet, even the broken bullet, were all so many silent but convincing witnesses. . The demonstrative grief of the surviving brother removed the last shade of doubt which any one might have entertained. But crimes were more infrequent in those days than they now are, and -people were proportionally less suspicious. George was buried, and Samuel, without ques- tion, assumed the duties of executor of his brother's estate: On the 19th of January following, the son of the deceased farmer, a lad of about twelve years of age, after three days of violent fever and delirium, died. Tlie ignorant country quack doctor who at- tended him said that \it was some sort of quick fever carried him off,\ and an al- leged fear of contagion was made the ex- cuse for hurrying the boy's corpse into a grave. Sam mourned again,, loud and long, and people sympathized with him, and said, one to another, how hard a time the Witherspoons had had, and how they pitied poor Sam for the terrible afflictions and bereavements which had fallen upon him. In the May following, Ruth Wither- spoon, Sam's niece, a beautiful girl, eigh- teen years old, began to evince signs of failing health. She was growing pale and thin, a hectic flush often burned in her cheeky and she complained of a low fever internally. William Elder, the. young man to whom she was engaged to be married, viewed thosf> symptoms with alarm. The •< juack doctor was summoned again, and oracularlydcclaifd that \Ruth was all right: nothing but a sort of spring fevor ; 11 -.ocT too rich : •ordv-noeds Devoted to Literature, VOLUME XI?. ,I.Y„ and Local Affairs. 35. Three hours before daybreak, William Elder, having thrown oil his disguise as a tramp, mounted his horse at the door of a little Pennsylvania tavern, and started homeward. A bribe of five dol- lar?, an enormous sum in that primitive time, induced the ferryman to make an extra trip across -tlie river, for his bene- fit, long before ? the usual hour for the boat's running, and when the sun was fairly up, William Elder was well on his way back to Raccoon creek. Upon arriving at home he made it his first duty to call upon Ruth Wither- spoon,. and, after enjoining strict silence upon her, told her what he had discov- ered*, and directed .her proceedure in a course which he hoped would enable him to penetrate the dark mystery over- shadowing her. Late that evening Samuel Witherspoon returned home, The way was long, and his progress with a heavily laden wagon had been slow. He had bought a barrel of whiskey, some .flat and rod iron, a keg of nails, a barrel of and other miscellaneous things. and a little medicine to thin it down.\ P.u.t I this \thinning down\ raodifine did no j good, neither did tlie various vfi-nrdips I and \yarb\ teas prescribed by nil th^ old I women in the neighborhood, Titi-tli grew i thinner arid \reakerst<\i(lily* and the Rush, burned steadily now in her transparent cheek. There was but one person in the community who did not look Upon lier illness as a \dispensation of All-Wise Providence.\ That person was William Elder* He suspected, but he soareelv knew what, so vague wore his ideas of crime. But, consider the matter as he might, he could hot rid himself of an im- pression that Ruth's uncle was in pome wav responsible for her sickness. While he was in this frame of mind, young Elder learned, one evening that the next day Samuel Witherspoon was going to Pittsburg. Obeying an impulse for which he could have given no ex- planation. Elder mounted a good saddle- horse, and starting an hour ahead, pre- ceded, to the city the man whom be had set himself to watch, When Samuel Witherspoon drove off the rude horse- ferry-boat then used to cross the ]\Ior..on- gahela, and'up the steep and muddy, road to the town, a; rough-looking tramp, with ragged clothing and .grimy countenance, trudged along on foot behind him. Aftrr Samuel Witherspoon had stabled his horses at the Farmers' Tmi, and in the eaidy evening made his way out into the dimly-lighted streets, had he taken the trouble to look behind him, he would have seen that same tramp still trudging along in his wake, But he did not look back. He went straigh t on until ho arrived at a drug store two squares distant from the Farmers' Tnn. Into that store he turned and bought something, while tlie tramp watched him through the window. Then Samuel Witherspoon went back to his inn and went to lied. As soon as he was out of sight of the drug store, the tramp darted in and in- quired what he had bought. There were no regulations in those days concerning the sole of poisons, or, if any existed, they were never enforced. As has al- ready been remarked, people were not so suspicious in those days as they have since become. The druggist replied, without hesita- tion : \Cream of tatar and arsenic/' \What did he want arsenic for V ask- ed the young man, in surprise. \To kill rats in his barn, he said,\ re- plied the poison-vender* Ait hour later the tramp was seated with Dr. Forsythe, in his office on Peun street, learning from him the symptoms of poisoning by arsenic, and the treat- ment to be adopted for neutralization of ts effects. When all these- had been unloaded stowed away in appropriate places, and the weary horses were stabled and fed, he entered the kitchen and said to Ruth, v. ho was preparing his supper : *'You .often complain of being thirsty, Rut.li , and 1 have brought home for you something nice, that I think will do you good.\ The girl looked at the label upon the parcel which he drew from his pocket, and read \'Cream- of Tartar,\ \(th I know that,\ said she ; \you mix it with sugar and water, and it tastes like lemonade. Thank you, Uncle, you are very kind.\ ''Well, since you know how to pre- pare it, fix up a pitcherful and give me a glass, for I'm tired and dry,\ rejoined her uncle, seating himself* Ruth did as she was bidden, offered a glass to her uncle, saw him drink, and then herself took a .glassful. As she drank it she could not help thinking how unjust William had -been to poor, kind Uncle Samuel.. UncleSamuel wanted some kuttermilk fpr his suppe;', and Ruth had to go to the spring-house for it. Taking up a candle she tripped out. He arose from his seat, and through the window watched the twin'kje- of the light she carried, nit til it disappeared beyond the edge of the little bank below which the spring-house stood. Then he turned quickly, drew a small package from his pocket, and, open- ing it, poured half its contents into the pitcherful of acidulated water, which Ruth had set upon a shelf of the pan- try, and sank into his seat again to await her retwni. From his attitude of expectation, Samuel Witherspoon was aroused by his niece calling him. llo stepped-' out. Several cows had got out of the barnyard where they had been penned, and were eating olF the young sprouts of com TBT an adjoining iiold.. He drove them back, fixed up the fence, and returned to his supper. Meantime the pitcher had dis- appeared. He supposed that Ruth had carried it into her room, and forbore mentioning it, being quite content to await results. She cotild have told him dillbrently had she ehoseii to do sO. She -might have told hint that sis she enteied the kitchen she saw her lover, William Elder, letting himself down from the little garret where she had hidden him, •and where peering through the chinks be- tweeu the rough hewn ''puncheons\ or slabs, which formed the ceiling, he had watched all Unele Samuel's actions. She •might further have told him that Wil- liam- snatched up the pitcher, aiid turn- ing to her with a pale face hurriedly said : -'Don't :isi: uie why, Ruth, you will know soon -enough,\ upon which unsatis- factory communication lie had rushed out into the night in a direction opposite to that taken by Uncle Samuel in his chase after the cattle. But of all this she told him nothing, and lie compla- cently ate his supper, filled his pipe, and sat him down for a smoke at the kitchen doer. At bed-time he retired to his room. Unth —after setting a baking- of bread in pans by the kitchen fire—-also retired, but not to sleep. Her mind was full of vugiie doubts and dread. When Uncle Samuel got up the next morning and found Ruth getting break- fast, he could not repress some marks of astonishment. He asked her how she felt, and stared wonderlngly when she replied-: \Better than usual.\ He could not understand it. In the seclusion of the barn he drew the lit- tle package from his pocket again, and carefully read its lable : \A rsenie—poi- son.\ Ye.-:, there could be no doubt about it. '•She must be getting used, to it,\ he soliloquized. \I'll have to try something else.\ After breakfast he had new matter for sni prise in a call made upon him by William Elder and three or four of Ins friends. They insisted that lie should go with them to Elder's house, and he went* When they arrived there, William Elder silently offered him a glass of sham lemonade. He declined drinking. He recognized the pitcher from which it was poured. Then they showed him the car^ cass of a dog, and Elder said Despite a desperate resistance, Samuel Witherspoon was seized and searched* The telhtale package of poison was read- ily found. \You were murdering Ruth .slowly, with the .same poison you used to take her brother's life,\ said William-, accus- ingly. \No! no!\ exclaimed tie trembling wretch. \1 never harmed the boy.\ \We will soon know whether you did Or -not. Two men have gone to the graveyard to take up his body. If you have given him arsenic, as I believe, it will have in a great measure prevented decomposition. Come, let us follow to the graveyard.\ Samuel Witherspoon refused to go to the boy's grave and look upon his work* When they strove to force him to do so, he threw himself upon the ground, and in an agony of terror com fessed his hideous crimes. He not only admitted his attempt upon Ruth's life, and his poisoning of her little brother, but he voluntarily confessed to having shot his brother George, and told how he had arranged all the circumstantial evidence for the corroboration of his story concerning that that tragic event. A constable was sent for to take the assassin to Pittsburgh jail for trial. There were some in the excited crowd who talked of lynch law for him, but • they were in a minority. Pending the arrival of the constable, Samuel Wither- spoon was confined in a room, the door and window of which were guarded, but when that official arrived, the prisoner could not be found. Upon investigation, it was found that .he had crawled up the chimney to the roof, jumped from a lower shed roof to the ground, and made good his escape. One of the McDonalds brought for- ward a Scotch shepherd dog to track the fugitive. The beast sniffed with an air of disgust at Samuel's shoes, which he had thrown off, listened as if fully com- prehending his master's Instructions, and then trotted off toward the neighboring woods, His master and the other men ; followed him ; but the beast was swift- est, and soon got out of sight, steering straight toward a singular geological formation on the bank of the Raccoon creek, known then and ever since as the Devil's Backbone. This is a long and very narrow ridge, rather than hill, with very steep sides, and on the other forms a precipice, from the top of which one can look down 200 feet to the bed of the creek. It resembles a gigantic wall. A crest of pine trees and cedars adorns its; brow on each side, while here and there, on shelves and ledges of rocks upon the steep sides, trees cling and flowers bloom upon such slight foundations that it seems as if each breath of wind would tear them loose and hurl them down. Upon the face of this wall, overlooking the creek, there are many dee,}) indenta- tions—Oscars made by the elements—: where damp and frost and summer's sun have honeycombed tire; rock into small caves, by curiously eating out its softer portions. The barking of the dog far in the van caused the pursuers to hasten their steps. When they overtook the animal they found him giving tongue furiously at Samuel Witherspoon, who, having clam- bered two-thirds of the way up-that rocky wall, now stood at bay before the en- trance of one of the small caves spoken of. He tried to drive the dog away with stones, but could hot, and only rucceeded in so busying himself iln-til.his pursuers had seen and recognized him. Then the consciousness seemed to come to him at once that flight was impossible, Stand- ing out on the edge of the ledge, at a dizzy height, he shouted to those below him • \Yon have hunted me to death., but you will never see me in a jail or on the gallows. I have confessed my crimes. Avarice drove me to them. It is true that I became an assassin, but I have too much pride left to suffer my punishment from any other hands than my own. God forarive me—-if there is a God.\ When he finished speaki-wg, he sprang from the face of the cliff, and was dashed to pieces on the rocks ''below, •FflTli \ •!> • Dd in\ Those Circus Ellis* AN AGED FEMALE ACROBAT CQXFl'SES A MODEST YOUXO MAX. \That dog died from one drink of that stuff which I poured down his throat.\ Samuel Witherspoon felt his throat becoming parched. He turned pale, and replied huskily, with an attempt at bra- vado. Well, I'm sure I don't know, nor care, why you choose to poison yOur \I did it to try the stuff you prepared for your niece.\ \J ? It is false! I prepared nothing for her.\ \I saw you do so. Yon have still the remainder Of the poison in your pocket. See if he has not, boys.\ on her hands; \I'll show you that you are deceived ! I'm an old woman, but if I can't—!\ \Madam hold oiir-don't doit!'' ex- claimed the man behind the table. \I can flop right over there and never shake my bonnet,\ she said, as she rose tip. - \I know you can, madam, but don't. I am here alone, and 1--1 don't want you to. - I'd rather you wouldn't. If you are determined on it, T shall leave the room.\ \Well you know I can do it, and that's enough. You hiay be right about-what that means, but \see here- hear this: 'The highways ablaze with resplendent chariots—the grandest pageant on earth.' I've bin to lots of circuses, young man, and T never saw a pageant yet. If they had one the door of his cage wasn't open.\ \You are also in error there. The bill refers-to the fact that the great number of wagons, chariots, <kc, make up a sight worth seeing as they pass .along the street.\ ' '\ \.Um-in m,\ -sham-uttered as >.ho folded the bill over : \I don't see why they •couldn't have said so then. And now see here—read that : 'Sig. (.JoviuoiT, in his aerial flights.' Now, then, is that a boa constructor or a cimdurango !\ \It is a man, -madam—one- of the performer^. His real name is probably .Jones,'but that isn't grand enough, and sO they put him down as 'Sig. Govinofi.' He is the man who jumps off a rope, : turns over twice, and ooiur-s down all right.\ \Ho is, eh I Well, if lie's- got an idea that he's the-smartest man alive 1 want to disappoint him. T never did try to turn over twice, but I'M do it light here and now or break 'my neck. C!it the things ofii'n that table !'\' \Stay t , madam—don't, t wouldn't have you doit for fiftv dollars.\ \Just once!\ \For heaven's sake, madam, gi-t do« n oili'n this table- here—here's a •' ..' i : ' you won't do it !\ \I don't want your money, and i \\( i,\t • try it if you're so scart, but I dont w ;>..:*, nociivus going around talking abowLuyai flight and deceiving the people !\ She sat down, the young man \wiped the sweat olfhis brow, and presently she remarked : \And here's-another thing,, right here : 'A sparkling asterisk, flashing across the - field of the cloth of gold-^Mons. (Jom- erique in his great delineations of human character*' I'd like to know who she ; is?\ - \Madam that's a man—-a man who delineates character*\ \HowP \Why he makes up faces—expresses mirth, sorrow, joy, and so forth.\ \He does, cli ( Well, what's that to'; blow about 1 Make up fac-s—see here'!\ And she shut her eyes, run her tongue out, and looked like the bottom of a brass kettle which- had been kicked in by a mule. \They are humbugs, sir !\' she' said as she drew her tongue in, \and d'ye 'spose I'd pay fifty cents to go to one ?\ \They are quite entertaining as a gen- eral thing.\ \They are, -eh? Entertaining, eh? Well, if. I--can't do inoie entertaining in live minutes than a circus- can do all day I'll leave my bonnet up here !. Here, hold on to this chair !\ \Madam I earnestly hope you are not going to peirfoiin any tricks.\ \1 haiiit, eh { You just hold on to tire legs of this, chair !\' \I can't iruul.i-m—I wouldn't do it for all tli o diamond pins in Syracuse' (!o away, madam—-go home! I'm in an awful hurry !.\. \Well 1 won't then,, but when 1 say circuses are humbugs., I can-prove It. I don't care two cents for their big words and their panoplies, pageants, asterisks, giraffes, aryals, georgoouses and oufang- outangs—I can beat 'em all holier my- self,!'* . Arid she took off her spectacles, lifted her umbrella, and went down stairs.-— Detroit Free iV<w?. Oeatsai STow Tovk .Sunday-Softool Assembly. J. If. VINCI-NT, t>. i>., I>UU:CTCR. She had one in her hand as she came up the stairs, and she didn't say a word until after she had wiped her spectacles* placed them on her nose, unfolded the bill, and read a few of the 'headlines. She was ohl fashioned in looks. There were strings to her ''bonnet, .she had no bustle, her gray hair was combed down smoothly, and there were only eleven yards, in her black alpaca dress/ \Young man, don't you know that circuses are awful liars and humbugs?\ she finally inquired. The man at the table leaned bad: in his chair and refused to express an opin- ion. \Well I know it,\ she continued in a positive tone, \and I believe they .git; wuss every day. Now see here—-listed to this : 'A gorgeous panorama of amaz- ing wonders—^a gigantic combination of astonishing acrobatic talent' That's all right on the poster, but hev they got 'em 1 I'd like to see one o' them animals.\ \You'relaboiingunder a mistake, mad- am. It means a grand display of natu- ral curiosities, and informs the public that the proprietor has secured many first-class acrobats---the chaps who stand on their heads, turn head oyer over heels, and cut up so many monkey-shines.\ \It does, eh V she mused • \waal do you believe it takes a smart person to keel over f \Well one has to have a good deal of training.\ \They do, eh?\ she remarked, as she put her umbrella in the corner and spit A Smithsy School Assembly will be- held on the Lake View Camp («round,, to -commence July Otli, and continue eight days. All Sunday School Workers, without distinction of denomination or locality, are invited. Dr. Vincent will be assisted by eminent workers and speakers, among whom are : Rev. J. M. Freeman, of New York ; Rev. J. M. Buckley, of Brooklyn .; Frank R-:';r-l, Esq., Blackboard Artist, of New t'ui,:; Rev. W. E. Knox, D. D*, of Elmba; Miss Ilattie N. Morris, of New Ywli; Hon. O. ,1. Harmon, of Oswego ; Clra-n- ccllor E. 0. Haven, D, D.,.of Syra.-'u; e j Rev. l)r. and Mrs. Humphrey, late Mis- sionaries in India, and others. Other prominent men as Dr.' Foss, of New York,Dr. Taylor, of Beaver, Fa., Dr. Geo. A. Pelts, of New Jersey, Dr. Johnson, of Auburn, are expected to be present, Bishop Bowman and Andrews will be present and deliver addresses. Prof. Comfort, of Syracuse Univer- sity, will give a lecture on the Mqnu> ments of Ancient Egypt, brilliantly illus- trated with Stereoptieon Views. Rev, J. S. Ostrander, of New York, will deliver the three following highly instructive lectures : 1. Scenes in the Orient. 2. Buildings of Bible Times. 3s A Tour in the East. SINGING.—-One hundred trained sing- ers, accompanied by organs and a cornet band, will make the grove vocal with sacred musia P. P. Bliss, oft Chicago* will also ho present with his Gospel Songs. ORDER OP EXERCISES FOR EACH DAY, —S o'clock a. m., Prayer, Praise and Bi- ble 'Service. 9 a. in., Normal Classes. 11 a. ni., Lecture. 2 p. ni., Lecture. .\> p. in., Normal Class. 7.30 p. in., Vesper Service. 8 p. in., Lecture or Sermon* After Lecture, Lake-Concert or other entertainments. The Normal Class sessions will take up the several subjects announced in the Preparatory Course of tlie Normal De- partment of the Sunday School Union of the M. E. Church. The papers for the entire course of ten lessons will be on sale on the grounds. Tlie programme will be subject to such changes as the exigencies may demand, and tlie wisdom- of the committee apr prove. WJIERK IS LA-KI: VIEW?—Lake View, where the Assembly is«to be held, is a •beautiful prouionsory jutting into- Cazcn- enovia Lake, one of tlielovliest spots on the face of the earth. It has a grove of line old frees, many of them from 12 to IS-feet in circumference. The Lake is a gem of beauty. The ground is 4 iniles from .the village of Cazenovia, Madison Co,. N. Y,, 18 miles from Syracuse near the. Syracuse tb Chenango Valley, and Cazenovia und Canastota Railroads* It is elevated, about 800 feet above Syra- cuse. The air is bracing and the locali- ty healthy. ENTERTAINMENT.—The Association is making large provision for boarding, lodging and tenting on the grounds at moderate prices. TENTS.—-Tents owned by the.Associa- tion will relit during the season. of en- campment,iiic!udingsix or eight weeks, as follows: 1.2x18,'810; 14x18, $12 • 1-1x24, £1:. These tents are to be put up wiih floors all ready for occupancy. Rochester tents per week: Uxl 2,8-1-— with floor, 81.50; 12x17, §5.50—with iioor, *i),. r )0. Bo-MUh -Per week, £5; pet day, St. • ingle meal-breakfast -and-supper, 40: ! vits ;, dinner, 50 cents* Loi.\nNi'.—l)ou'r>lij beds per night* •' ce:,.-> ; * ingle, 25 cents. Double beds ;i.-r w, ,-k, .-.2.50 : ; single, §2. Single bed- . IOIIK: iii' lints will be rented' at reason- able- rides. Double bedsteads per Week, 75 cents ; ;• ingle, 50'cents. BATH INC.—'Arrangements^ for furnish- ii.g both warin and cold baths have been made at nominal prices* Also, suits for lake bathing. AN ADMISSION FEK.—The heavy ex- pense of attending the bringing together from distant places of so large a number of distinguished workers, speakers and wingers, and providing so many facilities •for ('iitertaiiHiicnt and profit in the as- sembly, make it necessary to charge each individual .a small, admission fee* Tick- ets for a single day will be 10 cents ; for the sea.'.on, 50 Cents. No charge will be made for the ad- mission of team*:. Hay, oats and sta- bliirg will l\e furnished at l'easpnable. rates.. ^ BOATS AND CAURIA(;I.S.—Boats will be rented at low prices. Also carriages and teams, double or single. No 'Camp Ground is more pleasantly located; None •«. tiering scenery so pic- turewjiie and varied within so-limited an area. A deduction of 20 per cent, will be alfowvd to nii'iiisters and their families, on the above- prices. Tii-Lett: to and from the ground will be : sol I at reduced rates at all points on the Chenango Valley a-irl Canastota and Cazenovia railroads. Those who make early application- for' tc .i-s. I'CC:., will be ;;mv to be served. All business communications should be adlivs,vd to W. W. Wrr.u.AMS, Manlius, X. Y. All communications 'with refers enee to ])i-ogianvme of exercises, to Rev. B. Hoca-moejf:, IGS Adams street, Syra- c-.ii-o, N. ^ r . All who havo known of the -sivccess of C'hautai-Hjua Assembly of 1874, will be anxious, to-enjoy something of the -same kind. While- the Lake View Associa- tion may not hope to rival Chautauqua in the artificial fitting up and adornment for such an assembly, they do claim that nature has dealt upon their grounds an afiiiieueeof beauty and charm of at- traction unsurpassed ; and promise on their part that there shall be no stint of means--that can and either to the profit or pleasure of the occasion* Dr. VINUKNT'S experience and acr kno'.vleded tact as a leader, give .assur- ance that this, assembly will give to our Sunday-school work an impetus that will long Li; fit throughout this part of the State. VanLeniiep, the Orientalist, will de- liver -three lectures with costumes. •Let every Sunday-school worker in ;Lis •whole region avail himself of the rare opportunity furnished by this as- eiubl;.-. A !.:an. •••;• and bar;.-', capable-of tiim- veying Si)') persoiis at a time, owned by the Association, plies upon the lake, and will be constantly at the service of the assembly. Carl Sclixirz on Marriaee. Provorl^s cf T»at£, A man may buy gold too dear. A light purse is a heavy curse* A little leal: will sink a great ship. All lay loads on the willing horse. A fault confessed is half redressed. A wise layer-up is a wise layer-OUt. All are not friends that speak lis fair. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. A guilty conscience needs no accuser. An oak tree is not felled with one blow* A bad workman quarrels with his tool. A good name keep keeps its lustre in the dark. A nod from a lord is a brcakfaast for a fool. Always put your saddle on. the right horse^ I think it is a calling of women to be- come married. It is as much the duty of a woman to become a wife and mother as it is for a man to become a husband and father, Good education should therefore be directed to this end, and especially is it more important that this should be the end of woman, for the family circle makes the state. Woman in her home and as a wife and mother has the highest duties to fulfill. Our girls should learn how to inspire and manage a home. I think the prac- tice of marrying and then living in board- ing-houges and hotels is exceedingly de- structive to this, and a very large propor- tion of the domestic troubles we encouiv term this country is traceable to this life of boarding houses and hotels. Very much of the reason is this, that our girls have not been taught to manage a home. For a home it is: not necessary there should be Turkish carpets and silks, but it does require a wise economy and good management. A, home does more than any other institution to make a nation wise and patriotic. A boarding-housei can never be this home. Education should then be directed to enforce upon our girls some knowledge as to practical ecsnomy and household management, and when the bearing of children is re- garded to be too troublesome, then the na- tion is fast decaying and vice will pervade the whole social body. Woman is the natural center of luxury, and in her at- mosphere it grows ranker. Equally true is it with the virtues, and with wo- man are the virtues most Completely de- veloped. Our girls, therefore, should be well in- structed iii household economy. This should not be confined merely to house- work. Literary Notices. SeRiBNER FOR JuiA'.—-The contents of Seribner for July have been described as follows: \Kearny at Seven Pines,\ a ballad by Stedman, illustrated by Dafley, takes the lead in the July number of Seribner. Next we have a profusely illustrated sketch of \The City of the Golden Gate,\ by Samuel Williams, One of the best known editors of San Fran- cisco. Not the least interesting part of Mr. Williams; paper is that in which he describes John Chinaman—but his arti- cle his lively and readable from begin- ning to cnA. Col* Waring's \Farmer's Vacation\ is this month descriptive of \The Bight of La Manchej\ he gives us a very bright and racy article, with a great many illustrations* Dr. Holland's \Story of Sevenoaks\ is continued; Frank R. Stockton writes about \The Girl at Rudder Grange;\ Mr* A. B. Johnson, private secretary of Charles Sumner, pre- sents some more \Recollections\ of the Senator; J* B. Dniry has an essay on Darwinism; Francis Gerry Fairfield' prints an Appendix to his paper on Spiritualism ; and among the. other con- tributions we note a story of Prof. Boy- esen, author of the \Gunnaf\ and \The Norseman's Pilgrimage;\ something about \The Middle-aged Woman,\ by Mrs. Davis; and a po?m by Miss Houston, a daughter of the celebrated Sam Houston* In Topics of tlie Time Dr. Holland writes about \Old and New,\ now .con-, solidated with Seribner ; \International The Great Blood Beme^y IS VIC? E TINE. Circulation of the Blood* Tlie circulation of the blood is the life of the body, and its stoppage ig death. No disease can be in the body without first being generated in the blood, and no diseases can possibly be in the body if the blood is pure. Vegetihe is the great blood purifier* • ScroMa, Scrofulous Humor. The Vogetine lias cured many cases of Scrofula of five, ten and twenty years' standing, where the patient lias had inany physicians; tried many of the known dit 'The Parochial Schools and an \American School of Art,\ The Old Cabinet contains \A Confusion of Terms ;\ \Thought in Art;\ \The Plea of Humility;\ and \The Pickpocket's Excuse,\ Home and Society, Culture and Progress, Tlie'World's Work, and Bric-a-Brac have their usual variety. The publishers promise that there will he no falling off of interest in the summer inouths. ST. Nit'iioiAS FOB JULY—Opens strongly and does hot flag to the end. Its list of contributors is headed by three of the most popular female writers for children-— Rose Terry Cooke, Emily Huntington Miller and Louisa M. Alcott. The number has also one of the liveliest and most natural bays' stories that have appeared for months, written by Rossiter Johnson arid entitled (i A. Great Specula- tion.\ No true boy will fail to appreci- ate it. ' Then there is an article on -\\How*. to Make a Boat,\ which will doubtless set hammer and saw to going, and intro- duce to the waters of lake or river many a shapely craft, built by the same young hands and arms that man it. Our pat- riotic pride is awakened by the fine por- traits and anecdotes of \American Ora- tors\—and the Fourth-of-July spirit is addressed by an historical sketch of the first naval battle in American waters one hundred years ago, and.by the contrasted pictures of \Our Flag\ then- aiid now The account by a Nebraska woman of \How the Grasshoppers Game,\ thorough- ly proves its authorship by the savor of reality in its vivid portrayal of tlie devas? tation and dismay which followed the coming of these small but destructive marauders* Susan Coolidge and Sarah O. Jewetfc contribute two capital stories for girls. The poems of the number are excellent; the illustrations are up to the usual standard of St. Nicholas, which leaves nothing to be desired; and there are as many more attractions in the num- ber as those we have mentioned* —Twenty years ago* says the Brook- lyn Argus, a poor boy, after attentively perusing the life of Lord Nelson, se- cretly left his parents'roof witha pocket- knife, a sandwich and a bunch of twine as his sole capital, resolving to go to sea and become an Admiral, Five miles away from home this brave, ambitious lad was Mcked into a duck-pond by an exasperated mule, and he is now one of the wealthiest and most devoted agricul- turists in the State of New York. ,. —A man in Holyoke, Mass., has col- lected photographs of nearly all the per- sons killed by the church fire. from . v ™ v-- - •-o—. cleanse ScrofiUa frffin the syntera. Try it. Oancer,' Cancerous Humor. With this complaint Vegetirre acts differently, and worlts differently from any other remedy known to the medical faculty. It commences its work at the root of the disease, and the sore begins to heal at the founda- tion and continues gradually out toward the skin, mak- ing the sore smaller from day to d»y,and finally the dis- ease is eradicated from the system. Mercurial Diseases. The conviction is, in the public miiid as well as iii the medical profession, that tlie remedies supplied by the VEGKTABLK KISODOM are more safe, more |succeastul in their cure of diseases than mineral medicines. Vejje- tine is composed of roots, barks and herbs. It is picas- ant to take, ahd is perfectly safe to give to an infant. Do you need it! Do not hesitate to try it. You will never regret it. Tumors. Dr. TI'-SKE says : \It is unnecessary or mo to emu nieratethe diseases for which the VEGBTZXK should be used. I know of no disease which will not admit of its use with good results. Almost innumerable conrplaints are caused by poisonous secretions iii, the blood, which can bo entirely expelled from the system by the use of the Vegetine. When the blood is perfectly cleansed the disease rapidly yields, all pu,ihs cease, healthy action is promptly restored, and the patient is cured.'' Female Weakness. Vegetine acts directly upon the causes of these com- plaints. It invigorates and strengthens the whole sys- tem, acts upon the secretive organs, allays inflammation, cleanses and cures ulceration, cures constipation, regu- lates the bowels, headache and pains in the back cease : iii fact there is no disease or complaint where the Vege- ttne gives'.so quick relief, and is so effective in its cure, as in what is termed Female Weakness: It lias never failed in one instance. [ HOLBEOOK'S Family Liniment, A Sure and Speedy Cure for .Rheumatism,Neuralgia, Influenza, Asth- ma, Sore Throat, Toothache, Headache, Chilblains, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises, Bites or Stings of Insectf^ore- ness or Pains in the limbs, Feet and Joints, Pleurisy or Pains in the Side, or Pains of any Kind. HOLBEOOK'S Famil^LINIMMT Should be used internally for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Croup, Diptneria, Colic, Grainps Asthma, Influenza, Soreness of Chest or Lungs Sore Throat, Quinzy, Plurisy or Pains in th, Side, &c.,&c.: Holbrook's Familv Liniment Should be used externally for Rheumatism, Sprains, Burns or Scalds, Bruises, Bites o Stings of Insects, Chilblains, Cuts, Pains, i the Limbs, Feet and Joints, Neuralgia, Tooth ache, &c.,&c. Holbrook's Family Liniment. Excels all other Remedies in the Cure of th« following Diseases in Horses and Cattle : Cuts, Bruises, Collar Boils, Galls of all lands, Spav? ins,both blood and bone, Sprains, Lameness, Caked Udder,, foflammation, and healing of Sores and Wounds from .any cause. Holbrook's Family Liniment \Is a positive Specific and relieves local Pain more promptly/ than any other Medicine in use. Testimonials are being constantly received -which place its powers in this respect beyond a doubt. aar Every Family should have a bottle of Hol- brook's Family Liniment at hand, in case of sickness or accident. - j*35\ Call on your Druggist and get a bottle OfTBs * S3THolbrook's Family Liniment. \%)a GIVE IT A TRIAL. Prepared by S. K. HOLBB00K, No. 20 North Water Street,-Pgdensbufg, to whom all orders should be addressed. iDuggists can be supplied by JOHN C. TAYLOR, Mexico, N. Y. 14-iy OALDWELLS Oankerj Cankerous Humor * VegL-tine will eradicate every trace of Canker or Can- kerous Hiimor from the system. Do not leave off tak- ing Vegetine while you are obtaining help and feeling better, but take it regularly and effect a cure of the disease. Tlie time anil quantity of Vegetine to be taken to effect a cure depends upon the nature aiid severity of the disease Pimples on the Face AND Eruptions of the Skin; IJFor this complaint Vegetine is a great remedy. It cleanses and purifies the blood, causing pimples^ erup- tions and humors to disappear, and does its work in a perfectly natural way. Reason should teach us that a blotchy* rough.aiid pimpled skin depends, entirely upon an internal cause, and ho outward application can ever cure the defect. Salt .Rheum. Vegetine has cured many i:-.*s ••! Salt Rheum, and many of them of several- ye*ii»' ^lauding*, where many other remedies have .ailed to i-rTeut a cui-e. All forms of this disease occur most frequently in the spring and autumn, and are usually attended with burning aiid tinging and Very troublesome itching, especially when the blood is in a heated condition. Vegetine is Sold by all Bf nggists. FOR THE CUBE OF Diseases, LIVER COMPLAINT, TORYOUS AFFECTIONS, GENERAL PROSTRATION. As a Morning Appetizer THEY HAVE NO 1UVAL. t aVilutuly p iriii;- t'.i-. \>\o )I. It spoeiily cor- rects a,Umorbid changes in the blood* It i J- r - fects digestion* rendering it natural and easy, — It banishes those clogs upon pleasure which produce gloom. It ihiproyes the appetite, and removes all disagreeable feeling after eating. PHICE, ONE BOLLAE. PEE. BOTTLE. CALDWELL'S COUGH CUBE For Coughs, (.i>lds, Croup, &c. Published every Thursday Morning by Henry H ump h ri e s, EBITOIt AND PEOPETETOB. TERMS: SI, CO pei' annum, in a<lvahce; if not paid Svithin three months, $2. BST No paper discohtihued until all arrearages- are paid unless a t the option of the publisher. RATES OF ADVERTISES* : 1*. 2 w. 3w* 3 ni. 6 m. 1 y. 1 Inch, 80 75 $1 25 §1 50 $3 50 $6 00 fiO 00 2 inches, 1 25 2 00 3 00 5 25 9 00 15 00 i column, 3 00 5 00 6 00 12 00 14 00 20 00 icolunm,5 00 8 00 10 00 15 00 25 00 40 00 1 column, 8 00 12 00 14 00 20 00 40 66 75 00 jear Job Printing of all kinds attended to wiih promptness. jesy Correspondence must be acconipanied b y a responsible name as a private guarantee of good faith. LAND SimVEYOl, PROF* J. H. COCAGNE, Box 47, • MEXICO ACADEMY. Reference, H. L- Cole, Esq. ~' JOHN C. TAYLOE, Druggist, No* 2, Webb Block, Main Street. J. D. KARTSON, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office over Stone, Robinson & Co's Store, Main St. C. E. HEATON, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Office over Thomas' new Store* Special offine day, Saturday after- noon of each week. Residence—-Pulaski St. &R. GEO: P, JOHNSON, Physician and Surgeon. Office pn Main Street, over S. A. Tnller's Hardware Store, where he may be_ found, both day and night, when hot oh prof essional business. OjBSce Jeffei-sOn St., opposite Post office^Mexico, N. Y* Residence corner of Main and Railroad streets. Chronic diseases rnad-e a specialty. All calls promptly attended. 25 J, A. RICKARD, Dealer iii ali lands of Furnrtuire, South Jefferson Street, _ __ S. R. RICO/ \ Bafher and Hair Dresser, Particular attention paid to ShampOoning, and Che cutting of ladies and children's hair. Shop South end of Mayors Hotel, Church st»eet. Edward H. Wadsw&rth. General Insurance Agent, Office Over Goit & Castle's sTtore, Mexico, N. Y. Life, Fire and Accident Policies issued on the most favorable terms. Upwards of $78,006,000.60 capital represented. Dr. J, il. MEIAD^ Surgeon Bentist, Office on Jefferson St., over the Post Office. All kinds of Dental work executed in. the best manner and warranted. Teeth extracted with- out pain with Nitrous Oxide pr Laughing Gas. Chloroform or Ether giren if preferred. M. JAS AHBEBW MILNE, SURGEON. Office, No. 213 West First Street, OSWEGO. Office hours, 9.00 to 10.30 a. m. And from 3^00 to 7,00 p. m. An appointment for any other hour can b* se- cured by making the request by letttr. W s An internal and external remedy. CALDWELL'S Lily B aim, FOR BEAUTIFYING THE COM FLEXION! REMOVING Freckles, Erirptions, Sunburn, Eduglmess, Tan, &c. The Lily Balm Will speeuily remove the blem- iji, and impart softness, traiisparehcy, a roseate tinge and a peari like lustre t o the complexion. It'coiitainano poison. It is the best and cheap- est Toilet article ever offered- to the public. Full directions on the label of each bottle. Price, 50 cents per bottle. • W, C. CALDWELL, Proprietor and Manufacturer, Medina, N. Y. FOE. sale by JOHN O, TAYLOR, Dealer in Drugs Paints, O Dye Stuffs, &c 4G-iy Main.Slreet Me N. Y. E.AG VoarEj'es, ?-.v.oYcurKoncy, £ava Your Tenip.*r Tvr«in*-Cry«'al \\•i-'C- t '•--. Tlii-vart-CIi \r! J.n:i:ani11Vi-fuoi:! /re. 111 -.- f.-.JM Cry^talizpa (^•!-.:;,:..id.!.i*ili!}'l'\l- i--i' ' \V: \..- ri-Vof-A'tticy en-.'..: : ;!•<• v. v»-'•''* fo Fi-r>. i)«r.fcct'.-- ::t a«y ai*iancc .Ei.'«*£ For sale i.j R. L. ALFRED, Mexico, N, Y •HSTORTGAGE SALE.-By virtue of a mortgage M t'JL dated November tdMd, 1S74, Valentine Gile, and Philinda (iile, his wife, of New Haven, Oswego county, N. Y., conveyed to ileirfy J. Daggptt, of the same place, certain preniihes described in said indenture, as follows : AH that tract or parcel of land situate in the town of New Haven, aforesaid, and part of lot No. 76, in tlie i9tli township, Scnba's patent, bounded and de- scribed as follows : Beginning at a stake north 4° east S chains 201iul:s from the soutljrwest corner of said lot No. 76, thence north 4° east along the west line of said lot 11 chains 144 links to a stake, thence south 87 s east aioncf the liiiddfe division line of said lot 43 chains 45 links to the east line of said lot, thence south 3° west along said east line 11 chains i4J links, thence north 87* west 43 chains 05 links to the ^lace of beginning, con- toining (exclusive of one acre in the south-east corner thereof, owned by Vincent Harris), 47 and 59-100 aer«* of land. Also all that tract or para 1 of land situate in the town of New Haveii, aforesaid, and part of lot No. 77, township No. 19; Scriba's patent, hounded and described as follows : Beginning in the centre of m. highway, on the east line of said lot No. 77, being the middle divi- sion of said lot, thcnce'iiorth 87S west along said middle division to the centre of the highway, the west line of said lot, thence north 3 Q east along said highway.and said west line seventeen chains 75 links, thence south 45 1 * east along lands owned by Silas O-Willinarth, 6 chains 89 links to a stake* thence easterly iking the south bounds of said Silas O. Willinarfch's lands t o the center of the highway, first above described*, thence south- easterly along\ the center of said highway to the east line of said lot, thence south 4° west along said high- way aiid said east line, to the place of beginning, con- taining, all v4thin said, hounds, fifty-one and three- fourths acres.of land, more or less. Said mortgage, with the power of sale therein, *as re- corded in the.offlce.of tlie Clerk of Oswego County, on the first d'ayof Decerober, 1874, in Liber 103 of mort- gages, at page 250. The amount claimed t o be due thereon at the date hereof* is one thousand and eleven dollars and three cents*, being the whole sum unpaid. And whereas, default has been made in the condition of said mortgage, by the non-payment of said sum $o due, aiidnoproceediiigSAtlaw having been had: to re- cover the same'or any part thereof,,said power to ysll has become operative. Now, therefore, m pursuance of the statute in such case, notice is hereby ilven that the said mortgaged premises will be sold at public auc- tion to the highest bidder, oh the 9th day ofJuly, 1875, at to o'clock in the forenoon, at the\Empire House,\'in the village of Mexico, Ostfego Co., N. ¥.—Pated A^rfl 15,1875. ' HENRYS. DAGQEIT.Morteajee. D. W. O. PECK, Att'y, Mexico, N. Y.' N OTICE TO CREDITORS.—In pursuance of an or- der of T. W. Skinner, Surrogate of Oswego Coun- ty, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against Barnard O* fclanagan. late of the town of Am- toy, in said county,- deceased, to present their accounts, with the vouchers thereat,\t0 Patrick H. Costello, at his office in the village of Wflliamstown, Oswego County, N* Y., on or before the 21st day of August, 1875, or they will lose the. benefit of the statute in such cast made and provided.--Cated Feb. 10,1875. SUSAN FLANAGAN, Administratrix, P. H. COSTELLO, Adrouurtretor,
