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The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY I.<T7 1< ■ IITOM & NEEDHAM, 11. C. Lalxbwa. W. 11. Needham. t if: ice one door west of Poet Office. TEHMS.-52.00 a Year in Advance. eIUHCIt ontEUtOlll. UNIVi I-IAUST SOClETY.—Services every Sun,' t ■a.i < . ar.il 7p. m. Sabbath school r m. Rev. W. \v. Clayton, pastor. i nil'll Rcv.J. W\ McDonald, Pastor. r\. - ■ 10>f a. in., and 7 p. m. Sunday , : , V. Prayer meetings, Thursday ere ■ SIMPSON CIIAUUE—(M. E.) ltev. B. Mark, ta. ;u., and 7 p. m. Sun lay Set ol at 2 o. in. EPISCOPAL CHURCH.—Services every Sun ;v. si I", A. isd TE F. x. Sunday School iin n.Mliately alter morning Service. Services Thursday evening. 7 tomaefi. Kemp, Pastor. FIRST CHURCH —Rev. S. C McCune. Pastor, services at 104 a. m. and 7:46 p m. Sunday School, 9a. m. Prayer meetings, Thursday eveniugs. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.—Rev. G. D. A. llebard. Pastor, services at 10*4 a. m. and 7p. ru. 'undue school ;»t lit, p. in. Prayer meetings, l Imrsday evenings. Cl' \! BKIt 1. \ Nl> ‘*it ESIt VTEKIAN CHURCH.— I,» \\ ..» .1 -teal! services on Sabbath at lOy^a. -a tdi.it li School iM4 a. in Prayer meeti:u W inesds' evening. lURCTi. Elder B. W. l.»:it.r •:!. ,':'tor Services at 10*.4 a. m. and day Sch I>l i* «• in. Prayer meeting. e Vjreday evening. BAPTIST CUURCH.-Rev. ,T. F. Childs. Pas ■■. Services at 10*4 a. m.. and 714 P- m- *»■»- ... ■ 1. m. i’r.iver meeting. Thursday 1 \ eii ’ ties. V- P. CHURCH.—Rev. R. A. McAyael, Pa- ir. Services 10*4 a. in. and 7p. m. Stimlay S"!i<*oi *‘4 a. tn. Prayer meeting, Thursday even ings, at 7 p. m. s i.ooXL) vl E. CHURCH (Colored).—Rev. K D. o in-on. I’.istor. Services every Sabbath at 10)4 :a. Sunday School at BJ4 P- m - FRIEND* MEETING.—Corner of Monroe and High streets, on Ist and 4th days ol the week, at 10 m.: op 1-: day at 7p. in. Sabbath School im ai* diutelv after services on Ist dav morning. It. r. li. R. TIME TABLE. OSK AT.* XJSA-—GOING EAST. No. a. Mail 10:18 a. n No. 4. Pacific Express, 10:20 p. n No. ti. Freight P- n No. 8, Freight *:w »• 11 OOING WEST. No. 7, Freight, P- E No. 5, Freight 4.10 a. m No, 3, Pacific Express, P- m No. 1, Mail m On and after Monday, May 30,1870 Mahaska lodge, no i«. i. o. o. f. REGULAR MEETING, SATURDAY Evening of each week. Brethren visitingthe cit] : ,ro invited to meet with ns. HAM. DI KE, N. G., •f.» k.b Ifi an. Secretary. Madison house. F. L. DOWNING & CO,, Oskaloosa, lowa kOWNING ,t MeMULLIN, A Co., { > CITY LIVERY AND BUS LINE. Oskaloosa, lowa. \\T W. HASKELL. \V . ATTORNEY AT LAW. Oskaloosa, lowa < dice up stairs in the Old Court House, north west corner of Public Square. n4O-tf I M CASSIDAY. i\ ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. G, Union Block, upstairs, Oskaloosa, lown. nStf. . S V. WILLIAMS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, and No ary Pub 1. . o«;i.ibm-.i. lowi. Office in Street's Block, r.i mu recently occupied hy County Judge. 37 2 UA J. ALDER, j ATTORNEY AT LAW. lowa City, lowa. (Successor to Judge W E Miller.) nIG-tf , i! C. OUNTSM YN. I ; EXAMINER for pensions. > I’lP lAL attention paid to Surgery. Otllce N. E. Corner ol Square. S-2m , v A. HURST, .j . PHYSICIAN AND.SURGEON, Oskaloosa, I i ,v.i. i ‘tttce at H'-ntoiTs Drug Store. Residence in II trn-on si. ect, opposite U. P. cliureh. n!W , sii. 1). A. HOFFMAN, l) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Oskaloosa, jo.va. Office over N. Dodg- s Boot and Shoe store. . • - i kla u stre -, three block# ca.- 1 >f ' . public -quare. nil I v!l. It. F. M< MILLEN. 1 ) i'llYsiciAN AND SURGEON, Oskaloosa, I . oia. n Uui m Block, North Side of public Square. RESIDENCE—South East corner oi L itayette and South Streets. ndrttf. i ill. Win. L. Mt CALLI - 1 hit. i) Pll i MCI AN AND SURGEON, has re i.ioVi d from i nion Mills to New Sharon, w here lie w ill practice his profession. n'JmJ l a M Da\ ENPORT, I 1 • ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oskaloosa, lowa. Orrice, in Knowlton's Block, in the room for merly occupied liy county Auditor. nilyl , iston McMillan, l.i ATTORNEY'AT LAW, Oskaloosa, lowa. Or cue iu Union Block, in the office recently occupied hy Mayor Loughridge. u'J DW HUNT. . NOTARY PUBLIC, \\ ill attend to con veyancing and writing contracts with neatness and accuracy, office with u»t ' Cook a Hunt. Z T Ft HER. • A . iOuNEY AT LAW, Oskaloosa. lowa. L .e iie«s attend 'd to in the supreme and mferi e• - o ihe State. Special attention given to t if t iiieetiou of claims, office in Street s block, u rt -ide ol the square. nil oil", wr. tAI'SiUITV. J. KELLY JOHNSON. LAFFEitTY A JOHNSON. A i lURN CIS AT LAW, Oskaloosa. lowa. Office iu Union Block, North side oi the Pub lic Square, up Blairs. 47 V, H. SKEVBBS. a. E- CUTTB. el EK\ ER" X CCTTS, o Ai i WRNEYS AT LAW, Oskaloosa, lowa, office in Union Block, in room recently occu >ied • ■•'•r* X Williams. n2l JOHN r. Ut'KY. w. E. SllEl'llEKJ). | ALLY A MIEPIIEUD. lj UToItNEVs AT LAW, anu GOVERN MENT CLAIM AGENTS. Prompt attention given to collections. Probate business will re ceive careful attention, Business attended to in i ie L. S. and state Courts. Office over the First National Brink. Oskaloosa. lowa. 21 J A 1. CKOOKIIA*. JA* RHINEHAHT, N. P. j / AKOoKHAM a RIIINKHAKT, \j ATTORNEYS AT LAW. j Will give prompt attention to all Legal Busi ness intrusted to their care. Strict attention ;i\eu to Collections. Office immediately over the j “First National Bunk," Oskaloosa lowa. nil . V T. PALMER, M. D. \>. HOMCEPATHIST. Having permanently located in Oskaloosa. tenders hie professional services to the public, Calls from the city or country promptly attended to. Office, up stairs over J. M. Moorehend s store. Residence second door east of Preabyterian church. Office hours from " to Btt a. m., and from ISM tot p. m. Particular attention given to chronic disease* and diseases of wouh-ii and children. nil. Dlt. B. E. THOMAS. Swedish Movement-Cub* Physician and Specialist will treat chronic diseases only (weak lungs, dvspcpsia. piles and nervous debility re < elve special attention ). Office and treating room in <■> mnasium llall. Street's block, third floor, ue.t side public square, Oskaloosa, lowa. Office hours from 7tolo a. m., and lrom 1 to 3 p. m., except Thursdays p. m. nßstt I I'hT ESTABLISHED. •J PIONEER TELEGRAPH INSTITUTE in the city of Oskaloosa, lowa, affording a rare op- portunity to young ladies and young men to learn tliis desirable, honorable and attractive art, both as a profession and an accomplishment. Circulars sent free on application. Apply to nlltf. NAPIER & FORREST, Prop s. ■ iDSON * HAYWOOD, HOI SE MOVERS. 1 j To those who have poor houses or those who have not any. The undersigned are now pre pi. ed to move oi raise old houses for poor peo ple cheaper thin the cheapest, and will give good satisfaction. All work warranted. n3Btf EDSON <fc HAYWOOD. | Alt. M. L. JACKSON, l J Surgeon Dentist. Office West Side of the 'T*" Square, over \- , _jl Faxon & TnllU's Store. ; y -Oxide G.is :nl lr. T T ministered in the extrac tion of teeth. nlO-tf nITV MANSION HOUSE. I! CORNER OF HIGH AND DEPOT STS., * Jekxioosa, lowa. J. THOMAS. Proprietor. m • 'Bus leaver for each and every train. .\>K> in connection with the ho are, a large and ;omiß odious Livery and Feed Stable. nil ~ rj n. cnAPMAN S WATCHMAKER t/t. and JEWELER. Sooth Side Public Square. Oskaloosa, lowa, 20tf. With. TOMI,I.\M).\ A CO. MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS. ra ike Dressce, aod everything else generally made in a MILLINERS AND DRESS MAKERS SHOP, PUT Cl* SWITCHES, CURLS, AC., North cart corner Public Square, OSKALOOSA : : low A. W C. GARRETSON, WA TCBMA KEU, And dealer in W A T C I I K S , T* €LOCKB AND ’XWKLRY, North Market Street, opposite City Hal) Oska looea. nSI. rouri r. uon. wi. a. hhxfiixud. 1-ACEY <V ftIIEPIIEKD’I) [AND AGENCY. Vi t have on our books a Urge number FA RMS, AND IIOUBEB IN TOWN. Also many thouaand acre* ot WILD LAND. If youhare Real Estate to Mil, or wish to bay. give u* a call. We pay taxe* In any part of U* Slate. Conveyancing dona. The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald. Volume 21. Number 15. } JsrjEz-xnr WAGON, SMITH, AND PAINT SHOP. First Doon East of Laock’s Bakery. The udersigned would invite his old customers and the public to his new shop for Wagons, Plows and repairing, horse shoeing and everything in our line. J. P. Cowan. Cook, Thomas & Co., (Successors to W. S. Edgar & Co. Manufacturers of Wagon*, Plows, and oilier Agricultural Implement*. We do repairing of all kinds in onr line. Also Horse-Shoeing as cheap as any place in town. All work warranted. SHOP -North ol Sheridan House, Oskaloosa, lowa. nIS. CITY PUNT SHOP. j S. PERKY, lias fitted tip the shop formerly occupied by George Acomb. a few doors south of the south west corner of the square, and is prepared to exe cute all kinds of HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING. OR AIDING AND PAPER HANGING, in first-class style, on short notice and tne most reasonable terms. n2l J. V. lIAKKINGTON, Oskaloosa Foundry —AND— STOVE SHOP. West High Street, near Seibel’s mill. n2y2l Oskaloosa, lowa. Paint Store. 2d door Went of Pont OW*e DUMONT & SON, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTERS, DEALERS IN White Leads, Oils, Varnishes Painter's and Artist's Material. n94tf Meson & Leisenrii, DEALERS IN HIDES, PELTS AND TALLOW. Are paying the HIGHEST MARKET price in Cash for IfideN, Pellm, To Mow, Pur., Heritvvux, (tag*, Feather*, Ac., Ac. Store « doors North of N. W. corner of Square. n4S—tf. WARRINGTON lias removed bis PICTURE GALLERY To hi*. NGIV RbonH WEST OF THE H4IIAKK, on HIGH vritKK I , and has has the Best Light in the City. All styles of pictures made on reasonable terms and good work guaranteed in all cases. A. IF. WAR MSG TO\\ Putographer. WESTERN Real Estate Agency. OSKA LOOS A, JO \VA F. Jf. DA YE.PORT. MANAGER. Persons desiring to Bl Y or SELL Real Estate, cannot do better than apply to this Airency. It has a large list of Real Estate upon **s books, and is i»cre sing it almost daily. Heal Estate in Os kaloosa is mad*- a speciality. Information con cerning Real Estate in Mahaska, or adjoining counties, or city property in Oskaloosa. can beob t lined by letter addressed to F M. Oavenport. Western Real Estate Agency. Oskaloosa, lowa, or by calling at the office ot F. M Davenport. Knowl ton's Block. South side Public Square, Oskaloo sa, lowa. All letters ot Inquiry promptly an wered nsotf Cigar Manufactory. 1 desire to say to lovers o f GOOD CIGARS, that I keep constantly on hand, of my own MANUFACTURE, A supply of all the grades in market, and at as fair prices as can be afforded in the city. I buy my tobacco in Eastern markets and am ready at all times to vouch for its quality. Dei ’ere supplied at WHOLESALE RATES. I have an immense stock of PII'F.B OF EVERY DENCKIPTIO CIGAR HOLDERS, TOBACCO POUCHES, BOXES, &c. Call and examine my stock, east side public square, 2d door south of Madison House, Oska loosa lowa. 21 FRED. BECKMAN. IT IS A FACT. YOU CAN GET AT TIIE STEAM BAKERY, SOUTH SIDE OF TUR SQUARE, THE BEST Bread, Pies, Cakes, Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Lemons, Orange s Apples, Daten , Figs, Oysters , Saraines, all kinds of Canned Fruity Good Fresh Crackers . MEALS AT ALL HOURS. We have W. S. Robinson employed as Baxer. fo AI RES A VEIt NON. Oskaloosa Planing Mill. Comer of High and, Madison fits., OSKALOOSA, • - - IOWA. 11. Snyder <fc Co, MANUFACTURERS OF SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, WINDOW AND DOORFRAMES, MOULDINGS, &c., Planing, re sawing, scroll-sawing, etc., done on •hurt netice. Ail orders will receive prompt attention. Job work done to order. Corn-shelling done at all times. n22t f CAPITAL &TOCK *5,000,000 00. CAPITAL *1,000,000 00. Great Western Fire Insurance Co., or CHICAGO. Office corner LaSalle and Madison Sts. GEN. H. L. STEWART, President. It. J. WATERS Vice President. JACOB R KHIPHERD, Treasurer. C. D. HOOKER, Secretary. GADD <k TEAGARDEN\ Agents , N. E. Cor. Pub. Square, Oskaloosa, lowa. Statement* Chartered Capital |6,000,000 00 Babscribed Capital block 1,019,000 00 Capital Block Paid up 808,400 00 G. w. LAFFERTY, J. KELLY JOHNSON, Attorney at Law Attorney at Law, and and Notary Public, Notary Public, Oskaloosa, lowa. Oskaloosa, lowa. LAFFERTY k JOHNSON Real Estate Agents Will ony and sell Real Estate on commission, examine titles, and do Conveyancing of every de scription. We already have a good assortment of City and country property on our books, but desire to increase our list, and to this end request those having property for sale to give us a call. Office in Union Block, over M Wilson’s store. OSKALOOSA, - - IOWA. Geo. W. Lafferty of the above firm, and late o the firm of Needham & Latferty, is also an author tzed agent for the collection of Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac. From his long experiance in this business he can confidently say to those desiring hie services that their business will be promptly and carelully attended to. Semi-annual payments of Pensions also collect ed. nib Western Insurance For Western 100 I The Great Fire-Prompt Pay- ment of Loss. We have received from the Republic Insurance Company of Chicago thirty thousand dollars (S3O - in cash, being Tn full for our claim, without the customary discount, w hich would have been SSOO. The Company issues a casn policy, having no time clause, auu its superior value is aptly il lustrated in our case. We are also happy to add, that the Company had SIO,OOO re-insur.inee, mak ing the net loss to them S2O 000. JOHN V. FARWELL& Co. Chicago, Sept - 20,1570. CAPITAL OP Til K COMPANIES. Republic of Chica*’"'. .$>5,000,000.00 Andes of Cincinnati, O. 1,000,000.00 St. Paul fire & marine. 1,000,000.00 Sangamo of Sprin’field. 280.300.00 Davenport Fire Ins Co. 120,000.00 Commercial ofChicago. 403,282.91 Home Insurance Co.. 110,000.00 W. W. HASKELL, Agent for Western Companies, only Oskaloosa Bakery. South east corner of the Public Square B. C. LAUCK, Successor to MARTENSTEIN & CO., Keep Constantly on Hand, Fresh Bread. PIES. OAKES, CRACKERS. And everything usually kept in a first-class Ba kery establishment. MAHASKA COUNTY Lumber Yard. The undersigned, having located permanently in Oskaloosa. begs leave to invite the attention of the public t<-his stock of Lumber, consisting of a general assortment •n BUILDING MATERIAL, including TIMBERS, SHINGLES, LATH, DOORS, SASII. SPOUTING PICKETS, FENCING, SASH, <fcc., &c. My arrangements with S. Atler's extensive mills at Stillwater. Minn., and Ft Madison, lowa, gives me ample facilities to fill any an£ «U orders for Ijltmuek a timbers, ou short notice. Office and yard on the ground formerly occupied by Williams A Bee«*e. D. H. LeSUKIL Oskaloosa. lowa, March 25. lKfih. n2ht W. Burnside & Co., CENTRAL IOWA Real Estate Agency, AND DEALERS IN WESTERN LANDS. Office in County Recorder’s Office, Oskaloosa, ..... lowa We have the only Set of Abstracts fer Mahaska Co., and are prepared to furnish Abstracts of Title to any Land or City Property in the Co. Special attention given to paying Taxes in this State. u 9 tf MILLER, MUNSELL & Go. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN FURJMITURE OF ALL KLNDS, ALSO U ndertakers. Wood and Metalic Burial Cases and Caskets, CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Post Office, Oskaloosa, lowa. n46tf. New Route to the East. TOLEDO , PEORIA AND WARS A W RAIL WA Y, SUIt.fIEK AKKANGKMF.NT, On and after Sunday June 13, 1870, trains will leave Keokuk as follows: GOING EAST. Wall and Express.-5 00 a. m , connecting at K 1 Paso with the I. C. R. R , arriving at Cairo at 3.30 p. m. next day ; at Chenoa with the C. A A. train, arrivin ' in Chicago at 8.00 p. in.. Bloofn ington ’.16 p. m., Springfield 4.35 p. m., Alton 7.50 p. m., East St. Louis 8.45 p. m., at Gilman with the I. C. train, arriving in Chicago at 7.45 p. m., Reyuolds at 7.15 p. m., Sogansportat 7.30 p. ni Throngl! Express -11.00 a, m., connecting at Kl Paso with the I. C.for Dubuque and points north, at Chenoa with the C. & A. train south, ar riving at Bloomington at 11.40 p m , Sprinefleld at 3.15 a. m,, St. Louis at 6CO a. m., at Gilman with I. C. train south, arriving at Cairo at 3,15 p m arriving in Logansport at 1.05 a. m.. Indianap olis 6.00 a. in., Cincinnati at 10.15 a m , Dayton at 10.00 a. m . Union City at 5.30 a. m . Piqua at 8 00 a. m.. Urbaua at 0 10 a. m., Columbus at 11.00 a. m., Pittsburg at 7.05 p. m., Harrisburg at 4 00 a. m.. Baltimore at 9.00 a. m , Philadelphia at 9.35 a. m., New York at 12m. This train has a Pullman Palace sleeping Car through to Columbus. With but one change of Care to New York City. Passengers leaving New York at 7 p. m. by N, J. R R. xr rive in Keokuk at 5 .45 p. ra. of second day. By this train there is but One change of Cars to Keokuk. EMF - Baggage checked through, and fare ae low as by any other tinea, SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE SHIPMENT OF LIVE STOCK. W. H. CKUOER, Vice Prea. and Oen’l Hupt. Wa. *. MAIN. _ Oen’l Freight and Ticket Agent, niS THE OSKALOOSA Coal Land k Oil Company, OF COLORADO. Office, No6,(up stairs,) Union Block, Oskaloosa, lowa, Directors. ■> SAMUEL INGELS, of Oskaloosa Coal Co., lowa. JAS. A. YOUNG,Treasurer Mahaska County. J. G. JONES, fix. President of lowa Coal Co. JOHN BUR DESS, of Oskaloosa Coal Co.. lowa. S. H. .JONES, Banker, BurLngton. low - a. C. P. ELDER. Merchant, Denver, Colorado. A. M. CAaSIDAY. Officers. SAMUEL INGELS, Oskaloosa, lowa, President - S. 11. JUNES Burlington, lowa, Vice President. JAS. A. YOUNG, Oskaloosa. lowa, Treasurer. J. G JUNKS. Oskaloosa Junction, Secretary. JOHN BURDESB, " “ Mining Supt. The above company is organized under the General Incorporation Laws of the State of lowa, and is organized upon thirty four hundred acres of coal lano, in Fremont county, Colorado, which was purchased by the Company, after the same was carefully inspected by Samuel Ingels J. G. <lon-s ana John Burdens, all being now largely in terested in coal mining in the Des Moines Valley. The company calls the attention or the coal men ol lowa to this enterprise as one eminently wor thy of their attention. For Prospectus of Com pany and detailed particular call at the office of the company. No. C, Union Block, or uddre -s the Secretary, or any D. rector of the company at Us kaloosa, lowa. It is but proper to state in this connection that it is th intention of the Compa ny to prosecute extensive coal mining on these lands, with a view to supplying the Plains along the line of the Kansas Pacific Railway, which is destitute ol timber and coal until reached at this company’s lands. See Prospectus for particulars. n 7 THE FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE, Noted for its beautiful Style, Simple Mechan ism. Easy quiet Motion, Wide Rat ge of Splendid Work. Without any opportunity of garments coming'in contact with oil-with privilege of sew ing either to the right or left, and secondly fasten ing the end of each seam while in motion. IS ON EXHIBITION AND FOR SALE BY Mrs. V. E. Harvey, Corner Wiisl 1 i ngt< m and Ellen Sts. Also all kinds of Florence Sewing Machine At tachments. Needles and Oil. ANOTHER MAN LOOSE. He is buying Groceries AT THK SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE J. C. WHETSTONE, SUCCESSOR TO WHETSTONE Jt IJIIU., is now receiving a fresh stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries EMBRACING Canned and Dried Fruit*, TEAS, COFFEES, SUGARS, SYRUPS, WOODEN & WILLOW WARE AND IN FACT EVERYTHING USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST CLASS Grocery EstaisMeit. All goods promptly delivered within the city limits FREE OF CHARGE. (HVE UK A CALL, fn2Btf] J. C. WHETSTONE GROCERIES&PROVISIONS. Mattison & Bro. Wholesale anti Retail Dealers in GROCBBIES, Queensvare, 4 GLASS, LAMPS, LAMP-FIX TURES, POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, NOTIONS, &c. Have on hands a large and well selected stock of everything in their Tine, bought for the Spring trade. Our terms are Exclusively Cash, OR PROCUCE, which enables us to sell at the very lowest prices. Our facilities for handling Eggs, Butter, Hides, Rais, FEATHERS, BEESWAX, &c. Enable us to pay the Highest Market Price, tn CASH or GOODS. Thankful for past favors we solicit a continuation of a share of the patron age. S. W. Cor. Pub. Square, Oskaloosa, lowa. 22 MATTISON & BRO. Lumber Yard! WRAY & SON. DEALEUB IN ALL KINDS OF L UMBER , SHINGLES, LATH, Keep constantly on hand a lull assortment of DOORS, ,f SASH, DRESSED SIDING, CEILING AND FLOORING. FENCING, SHEETING, BARN BOARDS , PALING, JOIST, SCANTLING, AND FRAME TIMBERS, FINISHING LUMBER, ETC., ETC, ETC. if you wish anything in our line g.vens* call and examine our stock and prices. Lumber delivered to all parts of the city free of charge. Office on west High street, one door east of City Mansion. n4Btt OSKALOOSA, IOWA, DECEMBER 22, 1870. ’ READ THIS! S. J. DUTTON & CO., are constantly receiving new goods, and invite the citizens of this and adjoining counties to ex amine before they bay elsewhere. Onr stock consists of FIRST CLASS GROCERIES of all kinds. QUEENSWARE AND GLASSWARE, Provisions, Grain and Feed, Diied and Canned-fruits, Fish, Salt, Oil, ot ton Yarn, Carpet warp, Willow, Wood, and Stone Ware, CI’TLERY, NOTIONS, AC,, AC., ScC, Place of business 3d door W. North-west cor ner of Public Square, Oskaloosa, lowa. S. J. D> TTON A- CO. ALPHA MILLS. Farmers look to your Interests . AND PATRONIZE THOSE THAT PATRONIZE YOU I • We arc making improvements in eur Mill, and when completed and everything in good shape, we can grind from THIRTY TO FORTY BUSHELS OF WtaUM Corn per Hour! We would return our thanks to our old custom ers and all others who may give us a call. We will spare no pains to make them satisfied. We claim to make as Good Flour, AND AS Much Per Bushel as any Mill ia thccounty. We stand SECOND TO NONE So bring along your grain and give ns a trial. Gentlemanly Millers and clerks to trail on you. Highest CASH price paid for WHEAT at all times. BRADEN & CO, D. H SETZER Head Miller. u4otl. MUSIC! MUSIC!! Melodeons Pianos, Organs, &c., May be found again at my DRUG, BOOK & MUSIC STORE. 7 I lam Prepared to Supply tiie Wants of Till* Community on Terms* Banal to Cliicago, Boston or New York. SVING TO YOU FREIGHTS. TERMS EASY. CAM. AND EXAMINE MY STOCK. All Instruments WARRANTED. W. M. WELLS. Oskaloosa. n46tf. GLENDALE MILLS, Oskaloosa, lowa. The undersigned, being now in possession of THE GLEND ALE MILLS formerly known as the Lower Mill ON SOUTH SKUNK RIVER is now prepared to pay the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE IN CASH, FOR WHEAT Or other Grail wtisi iuhL S3P~Flour, Feed and CWmmeal constantly for sale. Particular attention will be pato to CUSTOM-WORK, which will be promptly attended and cpeedlly dispatched. Competent and accommodating millers lire oar gaarantee for good work, and fair treat me ut. JOHK H. WAttß «£N. THE OTHER DAY. The shadow of some hundred years Falls on a mansion quaint and and gray, Where I, with mingled hopes and fears, Whispered sweet secrets in the ears Of one whom now I see through tears, Only the other day. Oh, Margaret! iny Margaret! As oft in rhime I used to say, Girl with the eyes of violet! How in the pine wood walks we met, When early flowers with dew were wet, 'Twa« but the other day. When sunset skies were amethyst, We to the woodlands found our way ; At eve our elders played at whist, And we, of course, were never missed WT.en we stole out. and talked and kissed. Only the other day. I went across the salt sea foam— W'e corresponded while away ; Paris I saw, Vienna, Rome, The Bridge of Sighs, St. Peter's dome, And then, with hungry heart, came home, By steam the other day, My Madge was married to an earl, (Agouty one I'm glad to say); Her tresses have the self-same curl; Through rosebud lips I see the pearl; But, oh 1 she's not the little girl I wooed the other day. AFTERWARD. Now the sowing and the reaping, Working hard and waiting long ; Afterward, the golden reaping, Harvest home and grateful song. Now, the pruuning. sharp, unsparing, Scattering blossoms, bleeding shoot; Afterward, the plenteous bearing Of the Master’s plentous fruit. Now, the plunge, the briny burden. Blind, faint groupings in the sea; Afterward, the pearly guerdon, That shall make the diver free. Now, the long and toilsome duty, Stone by stone to carve and bring; Afterward, the perfect beauty Of the palace of the King, Now the tuning and the tension. Wailing minors, discord strong; Afterward, the grand ascension Of the Alleluia song. Now, the spirit conflict-riven, Wounded heart, unequal strife; Afterward, the triumph given, And the victor’s crown of life. Now, the training, strange and lowiy, Unexplained and tedious now; Afterward, the service holy, And the Master’s “Enter thou!” [English Magazine. AGATHA’S FORTUNE. A Story ofold Newspapers. The yellow' November sunshine was doing its best to brighten the old larm-house kitchen ; the yellow leaves, blotched and stained with scarlet, which had eddied down a’. the touch of many a fitful wind and midnight Irost lrora the big maple tree by the door-stone, lay in pools of shaded gold, stirred by every gust, and the gnarled winter-apple tree by the well had long since been rilled of its weight of crimson-streaked fruit. ‘I do b'lieve this apple crop i 3 the best we’ve had this ten year,* said Moses Jefferson, as he strode into the kitchen with a bag of seed corn over his shoulder. Mrs. Jelferson, a spare, w iry look ing womau, as different as possible from her burly, beaming husband, sat at the whitely scoured pine table, shelling beaus vigorously into a pan. Agatha, the only child, was close to the window, her pretty profile out lined against the blue cameo of the sky, intently busied in the uuromau tic but useful occupation of setting a thrifty patch on the elbow of her lath er’s brown cloth coat, with quick, agile fingers, and needle that glauc ed in and out like a Hying shaft of silver. She was a pretty girl, with soft, hazel eyes, abundant brown hair, coil ed picturesquely round her head, and a complexion which, albeit some what touched with the too ardent hugers of the ? un, was full of delicate reds ana whites. Moses Jefferson and Clarissa, his wife, were, to use the former expression, ‘as homely as hedge fences,’ without a graceful line or a beautiful feature in their whole composition ; and how pretty Agatha ever came to be their daughter was as incomprehensible a riddle as it is how the magnificent cactus blossom, with its leaves ot flame and heart of scarlet fire should ever spring from the wrinkled old stick by courtesy called a ‘plant.’ But so nature man ages her affairs, and as yet we hu mans have not been able to improve upon her. Mother and daughter were earn estly talkyig together as the farmer entered, and he could just catch Agatha’s last words : ‘I would’nt, mother, I would’nt.’ ‘Wouldn’t what ? What is it you are talking about ?’ And Moses Jef ferson looked questioniugly from one face to the other. ‘Why,’ said Agatha, looking up with a flushed cheek, ‘mother wants to sell the old piles of newspapers that belong to Uncle Philemon, up in the store closet, and it don’t seem hardly right to me.’ The father’s countenance grew grave ; he shifted the bag of seed corn onto a chair, and shook his head. ‘Agatha’s right about it,’ he said. ‘I wouldn’t sell ’em, if I was you, Clarissa.* ‘You don’t know nothin’ about it, Moses Jefferson,’ said his wife, in a sharp, high-pitched tone. ‘Havin’ the best closet in the house all ham pered up with a mess of old news papers ! Why, there are a full thous and ot them, if there’s one, I do be lieve.’ ‘No there ain’t Clarissy—now you are exageratin’. Uncle Philemon has been savin’ ’em for ten year, and there ain’t over fifty two weeks in a year, as I ever heerd tell on.’ ‘Well, there’s more’n I want lum berin’ around, anyhow. It’s all folly and nonsense. As long as the old man was able to go pokin’about with his knotted stick, counting on ’em, and straightenin’ the edges, and fold in’ down the crumpled corners, I didn’t dare to touch ’em. But, now he’s bedridden and flighty, and won’t know nothin’ about it, I’m bound to sell ’em !’ ‘But, mother.’ pleaded Agatha, breathless and eager, ‘suppose he were to want them brought up to his bedside.’ ‘Ob, he won’t; anil if he does we can put him oft' with some excuse or other, I’ll venture, easy enough. Kiah Darwin's widow says paper is four cents a pound, and I calculated I could get a uew set of milk pans with the money. Besides, Agatha wants the closet to keep her clothes in, now that she is home from the factory for good.’ ‘I can get along without it just as well, mother,’ said Agatha ; ‘and it does seem wrong to go and sell ail poor old Uucie Philemon's papers when he is too ill to know of it.’ ‘Now, you may just as well hold your tongue,* said Mrs. Jefferson, shortly, and with unmistakable em phasis. ‘l’ve made up ray mind to sell ’em—and sell ’em I will if you aud your father kept on talkin’ till the day of judgment! Miss Darwin says there’s a man comes round with a sort of hand-barrow, and a string UnO •>• JUO of jingling bells once in a while, and gives four cents a pound for old pa pers. So, if any of you see him, stop him.’ And Mrs. Jefferson having said her say, flounced out of the room to see if her piekles were nearly scalded. Honest Moses,whistling a melancholy psalm under his breath, unconscious ly thereby producing the effect of a high wind groaning down a lugubri ous chimney, went up to the garret with his bag of seed-corn, there to deposit it with other agricultural traasures, and Agatha put on her lit tle blue, frilled sun-bonnet and gray shaw l, and tripped across the russet fields, to tell Hugh Darwin,her sweet heart, how very shabbily ‘mother was going to treat poor old Uncle Philemon.* For troubles ceased to be troubles when Agatha had whis pered them into the sympathetic ear of her true loVe. Now Hugh Darwin and Agatha Jefferson had been engaged for three years, and were likely to be engaged thirteen more ; for they were both poor, hard working young people, without five dollars ahead in the w’orld, and nothing to look to but tht-irown skillful right hands and cheerful, hopeful hearts. For eveu the truest of true lovers can’t afford to be married unless they have bread to eat, to say nothing of a possible chance of the attendant butter. But, in spite of all this, they derived infin ite consolation from twilight walks, and the snug fireside gossips, and confidential talks over their respect ive wicket-gates, and looked forward with patient hope to the far off*‘some day’ that was finally to crown their happiness. Hugh listened to Agatha’s story in silence ; he was sorting apples in heaps on the barn fioor ; and when she had concluded he brought down his closed baud on the biggest bin with an energy that would have abraded any les* horny cuticle. ‘lt’s a shame!’ was Hugh’s em phatic comment. ‘So it is,' said Agatha ; ‘and fath er thinks so, too. You see Uncle Philemon brought father up, and to >k care of him when he w as a poor boy, with no other friend in all the wide world, and now that he is sick and bedridden— ’ ‘Ain’t he no money to leave ask ed Hugh. ‘Seems to me I’ve heard folks say old Philemon Smith was pretty w’ell oil.’ Agatha shook her head. ‘Dear me, no ! You forgot how long he has been sick and helpless under the doctor’s hands, Hugh.— And—l wouldn’t tell any one but you dear —but I think mother hasn’tbeen nearly so kind and forbearing with him since she made up her mind that his little store of inouey was all spent. Hugh and Agatha talked together long and earnestly, and then they strolled across the quiet fields, arm in-arm, and tock Moses Jefferson into their confidence, as he wrestled with a huge log of w r ood on the wood pile, at the w est end of the house. ‘Father, e llugh has thought ofsome thing !’ chirped Agatha, as exultant ly as if a thought were quite a novel ty to Hugh Darwin. ‘l’ve got a plan, sir,’ said Hugh, and proceeded to untold it. ‘We’ll do it !’ roared Moses smit ing his thigh, with a prodigious laugh which echoed through the frosty twi light like a war-whoop. ‘Yes, Hugh, w’e’ll do it, sure’s the world.’ Mrs. Moses Jefferson was busy skimming her cream the next day, in a clear, cool little milk room, whose windows were netted with wire work, and shaded with the yellow vine leaves which yet hung to their stems, when there was a shrill jingle-jangle of discordant bells in the road be yond. Mrs. Jefferson dropped her skimmer into the golden depths of the jar of cream, and darted, bonnet less, and with both her sleeves rolled up above the elbow across the door yard. ‘lt’s a rag-man, or my name ain’t Clarissa Jefferson !’ she thought ex ultantly. And, 6ure enough, there was a portly personage, with a huge fur cap tipped over his eyes, a coarse red pocket-handkerchief tied round the lower part of his chin, and furth ermore attired in a long, rusty over coat, whose ragged skirts extended nearly to his feet. lie was propell ing, by means of his "vigorous arms, a little hand wagon, surmounted with bells, and partially tilled with rags, bottles, cast-off clothing and crum pled papers, and checked his noisy career at once, as Mrs. Jefferson breathlessly hailed him from her little gate. •D’ye buy old newspapers ?’ shriek ed our housewife, in the shrillest of trebles. ‘Wa’al, yes, onst in a while,’ was the deliberate auswer. ‘Got any to sell ?’ ‘How much a pound d’ye give for ’em ?’ ‘Four cents,ma’am.’ ‘Well, you wait half a minit; I've got a pretty good mess on ’em here I’d like to sell ye.’ ‘All right, ma’am,’ said the travel ing merchant, balancing the shafts of his wagon against the fence, and burying his hands in his pockets. ‘Bring ’em on. And the next minute Agatha was summoned from her sewing to help pile Uncle Philemon’s dearly beloved file of ancient newspapers into the wicker clothes basket. Agatha re monstrated no further—perhaps she had learned the folly of entering into an argument with her mother. She only obeyed Mrs. Jefferson’s behest in silence. There were several pack ets of the time-yellowed old papers, and more than one journey back and forth was necessary before the whole heap lay on the turf by the road-side. Mrs. Jefferson looked on with stream ing cap-frill and hawk-eyed eager ness, to make sure that no defraud ing slights of hand were practiced during the momentous operation of ‘weighing.’ ‘Now, mind you,’ said she to the ragman, *1 won’t be cheated !, ‘Thirty-nine pound !’ ejaculated the hero of the elongated coat-skirts, as he swung the large bundle high in air. ‘Call it forty !’ squeaked Mrs. Jef ferson eagerly, eyeing the pile. ‘For ty pound ; you didn’t hitch ’em on true.’ ‘ VVa’al, we won’t quarrel over an odd pound ma’am, you aud I, any way,’ quoth the accommodating mer chant. ‘Lemme see,’closing one eye in a calculating fashion,‘forty pounds at four cents comes to—four times ort is ort, four times four—one dollar and sixty cents. Here’s your money, ma’am, and hopin’ you will gin me your custom agin.* ‘Agatha, what are you laughin’ at?’ demanded her mother, as the hells jingled noisily away down the quiet road, over which the November mists brooded like a blaze of gold. ‘Didn’t I see that impudent ragman a starin’ at you, andyon giglin’ like any school girl ? What do you sup J Established July 1850. pose Hugh Darwin would think if he was to hear ou t ? Go back to your work, tliis very minit!’ And Agatha went, leaving her mother to count up her gains, like a feminine style ot miser, in calico and cap-borders. It was drawing toward sunset the next afternoon ; Mr. Jefferson and Agatha had gone on some errand to the village, a mile and a half distant, and Mrs. Jefferson was alone in the kitchen, chopping apples for mince pies, when Uncle Philemon’s weak, piping voice made itself heard from the chamber above ; ‘Clarissa ! Clarissa ! Mrs. Jefferson, with a smothered exclamation of impatience threw down the chopping knife, set aside the wmoden tray, and then ran up stairs. ‘Well,’said she, with more ener gy than mildness, ‘what’s wanting now ?’ ‘I feel very poorly, Clarissa,’ groaned the old man, who lay among the white bed clothes like a dried yellow effigy. I think I’m drawing near my end. ‘Oh, no you ain’t,Uncle Philemon,’ said Mrs. Jefferson, secretly believ ing that no such good luck was in store for her. ‘Here, drink this.’ She held some stimulating cordial to his withered lips, but he feebly shook his old w r hite head. ‘l’m a dyin’ Clarissa—medicine ain’t no use to me any longer, and I w r ant to see my old newspapers once agin.’ Mrs. Jefferson had been prepared for some such demand. She stole dowm stairs, and brought up a neat pile of Harpers Weeklies , that she had borrowed some time since of a neighbor to lead in the evenings and study the pictures w’hen she was weary of kuitting. ‘Here they be, Uncle Philemon,’ she said, soothingly. The purblind oid man put out his shaking hand, and felt the folds.— Mrs. thought guiltily of poor old blind Isaac, and Rebecca who deceived him for Jacob’s sake. She had no such excuse to plead. Could she too, hope fora blessbg? ‘Yes,’ muttered L : uele Pinlt-wou ; ‘yes, take good care of ’em, niece Clarissa, for- there’s a bit of paper like a will under my pillow' some w ht-re, and I’ve left them all to little Agatha. She’s been a kind, thought ful child to the obi man, and it’ll help her and Hugh toward house keeping’ ‘What will, uncle ?’ eagerly gasped Mrs. Jefferson, leaning toward him, more surely to catch the incoherently articulated words. ‘The money. There’s a bill laid smooth between every told for little Agatha. I hadn’t no other place to keep my money, nnd I knew it would be sale there. As for Aggie and Hugh—that’s what tile will says.’ Mrs. Jefferson sat rigid and aghast. And she had sold this precious pile to an itinerant ragman for the petty sum of four cents a pound 1 The old man, his one haunting se cret off his mind, seemed to drift peacefully into a quiet sleep. Not so his niece by marriage. She sat by his bedside pallid and despairing, rocking herself to and fro ever and anon, like one hovering on the verge of insanity. If she had only been content to take the advice of Moses, her husband, or even listen to Aga tha’s innocent pleadings ! ‘Oh, my poor girl !’ she wailed, rushing down stairs, when at last the familiar click of the fiont gate latch sounded, announcing the return of her daughter and husband. ‘l’m worse than Jacob and Rebec ca ! I’ve thrown away your birth right ! I’ve sold it for four cents a pound to a miserable, cheating rag* man !’ ‘Whatdo you meau, Clarissa?’ de manded her husband, staring at her in open mouthed astonishment. She wrung her hands hysterical ly together, as she related the sad tsory. ‘1 could tear my hair out by the roots, when I think of my mad, self ish folly !’ she cried. Moses Jefferson looked gravely at his daughter, who had stood listen ing in perfect silence. ‘Take your mother into the bouse, my dear,’ he said. ‘I will go over and see Hugh Darwin about this bus iness.’ Half an hour later, as Mrs. Jeffer son sat by the kitchen fire, still wring ing her hands and bemoaning her self, Moses walked in, escorting a figure in a long-skirted coat, with a mangy fur cap tilted over its eyes, and its mouth tied up in a red cotton pocket-handkerchief. ‘Why, it’s the ragman !* she ejacu lated, springing to her feet with a little cry. And all of a sudden the disguises dropp- d off, and Hugh Darwin stood laughing before her. ‘No, it ain’t the ragman, Mrs. Jef ferson, it’s me,’ he cried, jovially.— ‘Agatha and me thought it was a shame to sell the poor old man’s hoarded papers, and ho dyin’ by inch es, so I turned ragman with Squire Jones’ hand barrow and the sleigh bells, and bought ’em myself, and they’re all sale in the garret chamber over home.’ ‘And the money ?’ gasped Airs. Jefferson. ‘The money’s all there—seven hun dred dollars,’chimed in honest Moses who stood by, beaming with satisfac tion. ‘And our little Aggie can get married now whenever she likes. Iley, mother! we outwitted you arter all, didn’t we ?’ ‘I never was so thankful for any thing in all my born days !* ejaculat ed Mrs. Jefferson, clasping her hands and sinking back into the cushioned rocker. Uncle Philemon died very peace fully that same night; in fact he nev er entirely awakened from the sleep into which he had fallen when Mrs. Jefferson sat by his side ; and conse quently he never knew that his belov ed treasures, w r ith their precious in closure ofbank bills, had been bought and sold. A plain white head stone gleams above his last resting place now.— Hugh and Agatha Darwin are keep ing house, as happy as any crowned king and queen, albeit their palace is nothing but a little brown cottage under the hi)i, and their royal robes are but of calico and sodden-gray. And Mrs. Jefferson, the domestic autocrat, is forced to admit 'that just once in her life she was wrong. A Texas octogenarian says, from first to last he has received by dis charges of guns and pistols into his body, one hundred and seventy-five shot; has both legs, collar-bone and seven ribs broken, and his skull cracked ; is the father of twenty chil dren ; raised this year, with his own hands, eleven hundred head of fine cabbage, four thousand large beets, besides other ‘crops,’ and can now run a pretty good quarter raoe. Why is an editor like a hen? Be* cause he is bound to scratch for a living. The Weekly Oskaloosa herald. (J T fa fiFS Pin T .1 Best Advertising Medium in Cskalocia HAVING A WEEKLY Circulation of 3,000 Copies. Most or which are to persons in Mahaska County. Otrn FACILITIES FOR Hook AND JOli WO H K. Are as good as the demands of‘.ho place '"ill warrant, and work done on a* reasonable rate* as at any other othce. What other book is there in gll the i world which w r e always expect to find in the hands of our friends, in the hotel where we stop for a night, or even in the steamboat in which Iwe travel? What other book has pervaded the world like this, enter ing alike the cottage of the peasant and the palace of the prince ; famil iar alike in the forecastle and cabin ot the merchant-ship and the man of-war; in our schools, academies, colleges, courts of justice, prisons, jails, penitentiaries and almshouses ; whose sweet benediction drops upon the bended head of the timid bride in her orange fiowers; and whose fervent prayers are breathed by be reaved and stricken hearts over the forms of their beloved dead ? What other book has ever been translated into all the dialects of human speech, and visited every spot of earth that was ever pressed by hu man foot? What other book is read to-day in all the languages of men, from Pekin and Yeddo to San Francisco and Alaska; from Cape Town to Nova Zembla, and from Patagonia to the Esquimaux huts that circle around the Artie Poles ? From what other book iti the w’orld does the way-worn and weary pil grim. of the earth, when the taper of life flickers iu the socket, w ish to hear words of comfort, to strengthen him for his untried journey? In deed, to sum up all in a word, what other book has ever so possessed the heart of humanity as this book; has ever taught us of God as this teaches; has ever cherished such hopes as this cherishes; has ever opened to human faith so glorious a morning to follow the shadows that gather at the close of this mortal day, as the Bible has opened ?— liec. A. li. Ab bott. HOW A BOY WAKES UP. Thre he lies in his crib, a nut brown stub > f four years. He sleeps the sleep of health and childhood. In the same position he lay when he dropped into unconsciousness, one arm under his head, one leg kicked out from under the coverlet. He is perfectly motionless. His round cheek pillows itself on the extended arm, and his leg seems to have been arrested in the middle of the last restless kick, as the curtain fell over his blue eyes and he w'as asleep. You can scarcely perceive his regu lar respiration. A train of cars thunders by w ithout noise—he might be carried across the street without awakening. It is morning, daygliht streams into the windows, the sun shines on the hill tops. The sounds of stir ring life are beginning to be heard about the house. Watch the lun. Still as motionless as a figure of marble. As you look, the gates of sleep are suddenly unlocked. He is awake in a twinkling—awake all over. Ilis blue eyes are wide open and bright-*-his lips part with a shout, —his legs fly out in different direc tions—his arms are in rapid motion— he flops over with a spring—in ten seconds he has turned a couple of somersaults, and presents before you a living illustration of perpetual mo tion. There is no deliberate yawn ing, no slow stretching of indolent limbs, no Jazy rubbing of sleepy eyes, no gradually becoming awake about it. With a snap like a pistol shot, he is thoroughly awake and kicking—wide awake to the top end of every particular hair. The won derful thing about it is its sudden ness and completeness. INFALLIBLE RIGHTS. The following is a summary of in alienable rights which are not enu merated in the Declaration of Inde pendence : To know any trade or business without apprenticeship or experi ence. To marry without regard to for tune, state of health, position,or opin ion of parents. To have a wife and children de pendent on contingencies of business, and in a case of sudden death leave them unprovided for. To teach our children no good trade, hoping that they will when grown up, have wit enough to live on the industry of other people. To enjoy the general sympathy when made bankrupt by reckless speculation. To cheat the Government if pos sible. To build houses with five and six inch walls, go to the funeral of ten ants, firemen and others killed by the fall, weeping over the mysteries of Providence. To build up cities without parks, broad streets, and ventilated blocks, and call pestilence a visitation of God. PUNS ON SCRIPTURE. Spare that pun on holy text. It struck your ears, so quick to catch double sounds even in Scripture words, and you are itching to tell it to the first one who can laugh over it with you. But don’t. Try rather to forget it by not giving it vent. What's a laugh when you think of the irrev erent association it will occasion in the minds of all who hear it ? They won’t forget it, whenever they hear the text, the frivulous thought you connected with it will also occur" to them. A pun may have rare and gen uine wit, only let it not {intrude with in the hallowed bounds. There, how ever smart, it is pitiful, and unwor thy of Christian lips ; and often not less than profane. More than one of our readers, we are 6ure, lament with us the vile plague of irreverent play upon some Scripture verse, which, though heard years ago, ever flits across the memory whenever the verse is read or heard. —Brotherly Words. BETTER DO IT AT ONCE. It was a whimsical plan, that of my dear old grandmother. If ever sbe found a hole in a tow el or table cloth, she pinned it up, with a label appended, “must be mended,” and it was then committed to a drawer iu her wardrobe, probably never to bo removed as long as my grandmother lived. Now, it seems to me there are ma ny more things in the world which we all agree must be mended, be sides my grandmother’s towels and table cloths. We each have our individual fail ings which must be mended. Let us look to them and begin to mend the moment we have decided what must be mended, and not like my grand mother, put them off for to-morrow, which may never come. —Heavenly Tidings. Why is an editor’s life like the Book of Revelations ? Because it is full of “typas aud shadows, and a mighty voice like the sound of many waters, is ever saying to him— writ*,” THE BIBLE.