8UBSCRIPTION-$2. 00 per Araram, in Advanoe. fARD 4 - BLAKEY, .Editors and Proprietors. UPWARD AND , ONWARD." NO. 31. VOL. I. MUEFREESIiORO, X. ., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1876. . Oar Keit Centennial. be ill the same hundred yean ! totlm wd onr sorrows, our hopes and f ears, OaragbtaaiidonT withes, our sweat, young ISftoWriW -liaMtlika a frightened dove ; 0 toud words, and ur sage adrloa, XrifeeineM that oan esgee at foola entioe, unibMt wd the shadow of laughter and giw sMttea m1 in hnndra J 1 Twill be all stmeTiT hundred years ! IjHPtUtbtheueof oorhopeiand feare? . u. .ill He down In bit royal pride. Uta, pawl wffl etmnble to duat by hit a Be witnered old orone will yield to the blast, lid ibe blooming maid link at it hurries past id .11 thtt now lives on thil falreet of tpheret fill be dust In tie course or a nunarea jei ttttl be all the same in a hundred years 1 n kat is the nee of our hopes and fears ? ThsiMM iU bloom in the summer's fair day, tat tbt sutumn's fierce Mas'; will sweep ' iiroDgef thin they, ia) lbs winter's snow wreathe the fair earth iu Its white, lid Hetveo's botts move in their suasion ol Hunt ! Ibw why should we fret US with hopes or with fears Una twill be all the same in a hundred years ? HIS WORD OF HONOR. Tlia-UIrceu Dragon "-atOvpington, MBmed to be an inn, is in reality little ore than a wayside public bouse. Mr. Hunter, landlord and proprietor, wan Bwretore net a little surprised uad tamed when, upon a raw October after kwb, i jonng man having a greatcoat over liii srin, a light bag iu one band ami illicit iu the other, presented him silfiUuebarof the " Green Dragon " MmmmlatMl with a hed and aittinir- ruom. "i bed.KU'i" replied Mr. Hunter, a big man, with red face aud gray hair; "yet, 1 think we cau manage to give you bl." K And a sitting room I" continued the, rtrsnger. A sitting-room," echoed the land ford, in tha tono'of ono who is oonsidor ing some! great umrertukinr ; " nni rainute, if you please, sir," and Mr Hunter disappeared into a little roon immediately adjoining the bar; there t" sold oounwl with some second person, the upshot being that, iu a few minutes, Kn, Hunter, Miss Hunter aud a few Banters just out of the crawling state, kmed forth, bearing respectively work -ing materials, socks in process of being maided, tin whistles and decapitated dolls. Ion can have this room all to your "If, sir," said Mr. Hunter, triumphant ly. " Ion really must not let me disturb Jon, rejoined the traveler. Don't you mention it," replied the ttuorl; m ifone which was at once jmial anil oonfldential. " We would not turn a oustomer away from our foots. Yon .see, we do. not have much PKloroompany." And this is the only room you have "engaged I" '1.1 yes. six i.tliia.is thaxmly zoom "present Susan I coals for the gontle asnsflra," The traveler baviutr as he thousrht swa a due amount of consideration fcftbeoomfort of Mrs, Huuter and the jwug Hunters, was elad enough to en- fa the apartment before alluded to, and "taw dose. to the fire the one dilapi Irted srmchair. Arthur Seton, barrister by profession, W literary by choice, was not really than thffte-tfcongh fan-looked eon "wsbly older; for the dark hair and ttd were streaked with gray, and the "i with its regular, handsome lea- "me, wore habituallv a look of euch "false mental weariness as would have "Mened the most hopeful man bad be wea on it for lone. 'or tome time h leaned indolentlv his hands clasped behind lm "di at length he rose aud took from bag a locked-np diary, which he WtoA, and availing himself of pens Hk whicn stood upon the table, the following eutry : October 17, 1871-Got up InU), on the Tirianstones; George was " Had a pleusant chat with Annie Went, lib - ..i i t- i i ..,i tool, haunted the Well House. It ked just the same as in the old, dear "ft but I heard children playing in fraen. The house is let, I believe, ."ty people. Came back to London l the Pall Mall ; went to the clnb. wok to chambers late, . Wrote Review.' A weary, ""J toy. Shall I never know a mo wtsforeelfnli 'He diew then from the leaves of h "! I Ittter written in a delicate femi hand, and addressed : "Arthur Eiq 12 iimfn Inn." TlOs M tor he wgardedTfith a long, wd, loving look rthen Testing" hirladrSlI his hand, ho-read it through very slowly. It ran as follows : "Mi Pus Abthtjb : If von will be so sunpioious, so jealous and exacting, I cannot seo. how we are ever to be happy. Faith without works ia dead, and lave without faith h no blessing, but a woary burden. I :am. tired of cross words and dark looks. Borne women, I believe, like the feverish ex citement of quarrels, but I only wish tor peace, Thia miserable, petty jeal ousy is, quite unworthy of. yon. Do try and pat it from you; and remember that love, "once wounded, is sometimes hurt pat hope of recovery. I received your article quite Bafely, but I cannot speak about it now. Yon have made me too sod, too weary, and even a little indignant. Yours affectionately," "AUCB CLAnEFIELD. 'Well Housoj K'chmond, October, "1871." Ha replaced the letter, closed the diary, took np his pipe and began smok ing. The early part of this day had been flue aud mild, but towards the af- teruoon the sky grew all at once leaden nd the wind shifted to the northeast. Now the wind was rising and the rain was falling a cold, penetrating, impetu ous, determined rain;""e country, which but a brief while ?tnoe had looked no fair in a bland, October sunlight, now seemed . thing to shudder at, The duu colored woods, wet and forlorn, seemed to have no hope of any returning sum mor, and to know the utter desolation of the end. It was impossible, indeed, to imagine that in the green, soaking fields, where now a few cows were huddling together and lowing disconsolately, glad children could ever have, toaaed each other in the warm, sweet smelling hay; the ruin oTrove drearily against tho win dow, and the wind shrieked round the house and occasionally thnndered in tho ihiinney, and, at the - bar, where, in spite of the wet weather, Mr. Hunter seemed to be doing a brisk business; and the great wagons lumbered by, or drew np ponderously iii front of the door; and, while the drivers availed themselves of the " Green- Dragon-' " hospitality, the large, broad-backed horses beat tho miry roads with heavy hoot. There was not much to occupy man's thoughts in the dreary little par lor. A great variety of whips hung ugalnst the wall, and over the mantel- pieoo.wm a photograph of a fine chest nut mare. Uudor it waa written: ."Be ing Mr. Huuter's favorite mare, who dieil in her fourteenth year." A short way on was a photograph of Mrs. Hun tor, in full holiday- costttmo. A large Biblo and photograph album lay upon tho table. Soton mechanically opened the album Here was a tinted photograph of a young girl with profuse gold ringlets, a largo, found face aud meaningless blue eyes. Under it was written: "Presented to Isabella Grant. ' For want of something better to do, Soton begun to write a letter; but he made slow way with it. For minutes to gether he sat holding the pen listlessly in his hand, leaning his " arm wearily upon the tobleUstening, as we all listen when alone, to what sounds may be going on near us, from a feeling which is not curiosity, but more overpow ering. - Suddenly, what must have been a very light vehiole, dashed swiftly down the road," and drew up "with great precision at the door of the " Green Dragon," while the voice of a new oomer became audible. - Beton, however, ooum only mlnh a few disconnected words, suoiiar. " Caught iu- the niin-dehcate shelter CKiBelhurst a closed carriage. Then the door opened, the landlord presented himself upon the threshold aud said, in a very pointed manner: "I; you please, sir, a young lady, driving over to SeveiioaSs in a ligut, open irap, has been caught in the rain, and her ser ve! t wants to know if I can give her sitting room while he drives back to (juiselUurHl ior a uiuneu m6i., And this is the only one you have ! reinined Soton. " Oh I ask her in Dy all moans. However, j. am ; mo room smells so of smoke, ho added, lenoekiuir the ashes from hit pipe. " Don't yon mention it, sir, and thank you very much," replied the landlord, retiring. In another moment the door opened again and tneuneipectod intruder entor ed a lady, tair and very graceful, hav ing apale, Madonna like face, and gold hair shining like an aureole round a small classical head. Soton's face had grown white to the lips aud his voice quivered perceptibly as, extending liis hand, he said: " This is a very unexpected meeting. Verv unexpected," echoed the lady, removing her wet mantle and sitting lnrfther sofa. The UUWU recognition !" klle? mutual . " Let me recommend this chair," cried IfetonTteylng-liirtiiBd Upon the one from-which he has just risen. ".No, thank yon, I prefer sitting away from the fire," " "lam sorry the room should smell so of tobaooo," observed Sexton, after pause, "but, you see I did not expect the pleasure of a visitor.". She Broiled a rather foroed smile by way of answer, and Seton folded elabor- tely aud put up in an envelope a sheet of blank paper. "Tha country is very beautiful around hen," he observed, vrriting his name, .with great care, upon the en velope; , "We have only been back: from the continent about six weeks, " she observed, after a pause. " Mamma has taken a house near Cniselhurst. I was driving over to Sbvenoaks this morning, and I was caught in the rain and induoed to ask for shelter here." And how is Mrs. Clarefleld . f" Mamma is quite well, thank yon." Then, after a pause, in a full, sweet, low contralto voioe, which bad a ring of infinite pathos: "Are you stopping here?" "Hardly," said Seton, with an as sumption of gayetfiu his tone ; "but I'll toll you all about it - My mends kiudly took it into their heads that I was sticking iyo closely to work that I wanted iresn air ana exercise ; so iney bound mo over, on my word of honor, lo walk from Loudon to Hastings in a week. I acquiesce in everything now, so, of oourse, I acquiesced., in this, and this tt my "first day of hard labor .and imprisonment; " lint you used began the lady, then she colored a little and seemed un willing to finish her sentence ; "you used to be so fond of walking. " But a man changes a good deal in three years," he replied, wearily." it seemed lmpossiuie to imagine these two persons, more formal to each other in manner than the most distant acquaintances, could ever have been pafioua,te aud devoted ldvers. What thoughts" had they, I wouderj as they sat together, and yot so far apart, of the old days wherein love led them, and all was well ? It would weary you, dear reader, and to no purpose, were I to set down hero tho dreary commonplaces with which these two tried to beguile the time for over an hour. At length, woru out with the arduous effort of try ing to entertain each other while their thoughts were so. far away, they took refuge in silenoe, and the wind roared, and the rain lashed the window, and the dusk came on prematurely, and Seton, looking out on tho cheerless prospect, shivered as with the cold. Then that other person in the room rose very quietly and stirred the fire into a blaze, and resumed her seat onlhe sofa. "No, you shouldn't, really," said Seton, not turning round, however. though with a look of great pain upon ,pia,fapiwIt.ja,TOi some small, oommoupiaw wuiu or uo tion may cause us. What vistas of im possible joys, again, may they not open up to us I " 1 suppose the carriage will soon bo back," said Alioe, presently, and speak ing with efforti " and our now ooach man drives so fast; too."- Yes, and your term qf imprison it.wi.ll soon be up," rejoined1 Seton, ment restiog his -arms upon the mantelpiece, and examining withNJritioal interest the photograph of Mr. Hunter's defunct maref- - . . -'- - - - . " How the time passes," said Alico, in a low voice, as if speaking to her self. Then, with sudden energy, "I cannot toll -when we shall meet agaiu. Before wepartranswer me one ques tion. You are looking worn and weary are you happy ? Now he stood before her, and through tiie dusk and the firelight his eyes flash ed on her, as he said, in a low, harsh voicei " From your lips this question is an insult." "Of which you need, not fear the repetition," she rejoined; promptly, with cuttine formality. No. it can't end like this," he went on. " Do you know ever since you have been here I have bitten my lips througn and thronffh to keep them from sp( ak- ina of the past. This meeting was uoi of vour seeking, and it seems to run un manly and" dastardly to take advantage of this opportunity, "We are sometimes so mistaken," she said.hurriedly, but her words were ha d lv andible. and he continued : " Alice! you have treated me very ilW On that day, now three years ago, wnen I gave you my love, and believed iu yours, I was frank with you. I told you how wild and irregular my lifehad been, and how full of faults I was. You re claimed me you transformed my days you made my life, all at once, pure and fair; and thon. because some thorn in my love hurt you, y ou threw it all a way and lIt we t peri?b miserably." She would hare interrupted him, but he silenced hr by testnre "tdnt xm. An3 f- now when we meet after three years you- ask me if I am happy. If I loved you onot I shall love you forever. Do I look nppy" : ..: " . . ' "I think there were faults on both sidos," she said, quietly. -. "Yes, perhaps there were, he, re plied; " but I was reading your last let ter Over only to-day. Oh I how terribly bitfcritwaa!" l And have you forgotten your an- avA? to that letter t" aha said, almost passionately, her voioe quivering and her breast heaving. . ". I don't remember it word for word, he returned, quickly; "I know it was written on the impulse of the moment. " But I have it by heart;" then, very slowly : "you said, if your love in its heat and strength was a little exacting-, mine was cold and tideless; in faot, no love, only a slow, sluggish affection. You almost thought I was right, and that we could not be happy. I am naturally proud," she went on; "but a woman with less pride than I have could not have acted differently. Only one course was left to me--to be silent." " Well, it is all over now," he re joined; "wo shall never, never meet again." - --- " Yon won t take my friendship, then?" " No, thank you; you are very gener ous, but I do cot want this gift. He tlWwTiiniseTf wearily into a chair, and for some timeV there was a complete silenoe. Hope is so subtile, so intangi ble, that we are often only aware of its existence when it has ceased to be. Ar thur Seton looked upon himself as a man quite without hope. It seemed to him that his life oould liardly be more grave and desolate than it was, yet who shall say what feeling, of which he was not directly oonscioua, may have' sustained him through the last three years. Now evervthina: seemed irone thero was nothing but death left. , Presently carriage wheels came down the road; carriage lamps flasned through the dusk, and grew stationary opposite the window. Mr. Hunter bustled in, and announced, in a tone of triumph, that the carriage bad come for the young lady, and done the distance wonderfully quick. Then the door shut, and they were alone together again. Very softly and distinctly Seton heard her say his name, " Arthur," but he did not move. It seemed to him that he would keep back'all his love, olinoh fast his heart till she were gone, and then die swiftly of the pain. "Arthur, I am waiting, dear. Won t jou come ? Are not you going to for give me ! Now he rose and groped his way to ward her like a blind man. She stretch ed out her hands and drew him to her. Thon he bent down. She raised her fane, and the hearts and the lips, so long disunited, came together in a prolonged, pasefonaje kjsty .. He kuelt down by her. foldod his arms around her.'ler noW . . i I sunk upon his shoulder, and for several minutes -they remained thus, lost in love's profound peace and mystery. As Arthur folded Alice's mantle around her, she said, half shyly: " You are coming back with me to see mamma, are you not f" ' " " ' ' ' May I (" he answered, great joy evident in face and voioe. , So the bedroom which Mrs. Hunter Lad been preparing all the afternoon, and of which she was not a little proud; remained unoccupied;, but the payment was lavish and-the-day's labor was not regretted. I leave -yea-to imagine the arrival home, Arthur had always heen a ia- vorite with Mm Clarefleld, and Jn the aid days of quarrels she used" aTway sTo take his part. When dinner had at last been disponed of, Mrs. Clarefleld pleaded household duties, and went to Jier bed room. There she sut down before the bright Are and wept profusely, dear poul, over the happiness of her children. And down stairs these two were very quiet. To them love was a solemn UhinK, and they were solemn lovers. And the wonderful, priceless moments went silently and swiftly by. PresenttVrliowever, Alice said, look ingtp in Aiwir's face, and pressing hiB hand very jMghtly: "You won't continue your Aalk to Hastings this week ?" y Aud he answered, with a bright smile " But I have pledged my word of Donor to do so. " And I command yon to break it I" Yes, and he did break it; but none of his friends brought it as an accusation against him that for dnoe in his life he had brokeu his word of honor I The vote on allowirg single women of property to vote stood this year in the English Parliament S!i to last year 187 to 152. - Evidently no new converts to, and some decidedly against. Back from the Black Hills. UMot Weghen,, Pa., who, with a party, started for the Black Hills about the middle of March, have returned from that country, and the accounts they give are not likely to encourage immigration to the alleged gold region. Isaac made the following statement to the Pittsburgh Commer cial, in all of which he is corroborated by his brother Robert: "After reach ing Yankton, Frank Faulkner met with an accident; he went out in the woods with his gun and leturnedvifh liis eye injured severely, but ' not seriously. The rest of the party journeyed to the Hills, and he remained to doctor his eye. On our way we met a train of wagons-returning, and were informed that the Indians had been following them for two days. Upon reachine Rapid City, at the foot of Blaok Hills, we pitched our tent, and with our pro visions, lived without any expense. All around us were idle men going from one to another begging for enough to eat. During our stay those who could were returning home by the hundreds, en' still new arrivals were coming in. The weather1 was very disagreeable, and when we left there were two feet of snow on the ground. Woenduredmany hardships, but suffered no violence at the hands of the Indians', Bands of red men would invade our city at night and steal largo herds of horses, grazing on the outskirts of the Small, town, No one has worked the hills since last fall, As to the finding of gold, I never beard of any being discovered, and during all our stay never saw a cent's worth. We expended $350 each in taking the trip, 1 and bad we remained at homo we would have been that much richer. We were the only two of tht Allegheny party who returned, as the others decided to face it out a little while longer. We didn't file our right to a chum, nor did others, for the simple reason that it was of no use, as to work them would be doing labor for nothing. We honestly believe that the excitement over that region was created by agents sent out by traders and railroads to invite- immigration. We would adviso others to remain where they are. . Varieties In Fashion. White Spanish lace scarfs are consid ered more elegant than those of cream oolor. The handkerchief scarfs with a point behind are preferred to straight scarfs. Marie Antoinette fiohna of the dress material are being made with woolen and with grenadine oostumes, also with summer silk dresses that are meant for street use and for the Centennial. Striped Alsace cottons or ginghams are imported by the yard, and sold for thirty-five or forty cents. They are to be made up in polonaise continues, and trimmed with tho liueu lace known as Smyrna, or else with white embroidered muslin frills. The"open English worked mi inalnn.l re t.liiekl clustered dots or stars done by machine, while a elaborate ly scalloped edge is done by the needle, and ia therefore strong onough to en dun much washing. Ladies begin "to tire of the conspicu onaculored Htripea.on--hQaiejyand lect instead plain unbleaohed Balbrig gans, or else those with hair stripes of oolor, either around the log, or else in perpendicular rows. Low cut shoes of black kid have "ties" on the instep that prevent them from being slippers. They are orna mented with plain steel buckles, on which the word "Centennial" appears, or else they have small bows of gro-s grain ribbon or of velvet. Tho Marie Antoinette bows that cover the instep are warm, and have gone out of fashion. The Houses of 1730. Of architeoture, let it be remembered, there was little or none. The house was built simply and substantially, for use and not for display. The timbers were so large and so sound that even the wear aud tear of a hundred years have often left them unimpaired. Bricks were often imported from England. Win dows were small and panes diminutive. The house was generally square, the walls of exceeding thickness; the chim ney roseniaasive aud capacious in the enter, the interior walls were paneled, and ttie great oaken beams crossed the oeiling in plain tight. The center of the house, and of the family life which it sheltered, waa tho open wood fire, which blazed cWoerfully iu the huge. fireplace of the Hying room. Stoves were un known, and no furnace sent its currents of overheated air to ball or chamber. Cooking was done in tin kitchens, or turnspits placed before tho fire, r in pots hung by links and hooks from the swinging crane, or in the great brick oven which the ebiujuey included on one side. ' Items of Interest No money is better spent than that which is' laid out for domestic satisfao-' tion. Inhabitants of large cities pay on arr average" about $2 per year each 1 age! ; ; ' On a farm in Lancaster county. Pa., is a fenos of chestnut rails mado 4n: 1760, or lit years ago. . ' : : Legislating is a game in which one faction tries to kill all th bills proposed by the other side. . The people pay for the game and have no fun in the play ing. . - Chicago boys say that if they are -not able to play base ball they can hire men who will play, and they intendo beat the-world. There is nothing like taking exercise by proxy. You smile when you seo child trying' to grasp its own shadow; but you have been grasping shadows all you life, audj- will continue to reach out aud grasp as long as breath and eyesight last. A Blip oi ivy transplanted from Nor wich to Honolulu, Sandwich islands, some years ago, haa reached a growth of thirty feet, and is the admiration of the . people, being the only one on the island. The largest swamp in the United States is the Okefenoke, lying in the southeastern part of Georgia, bnt partly in northern Florida. It is thirty miles ferenoe. An exchange says : We are in receipt of two poems, one on the " Thrpbbing Brain," and the other on a " Bleeding Heart," We will wait until we receive one on the " Stomach Ache," and pub lish all three together.- The project of removing Cleopatra's Needle to England has been revived re cently in that country. The n-onuinent presented to George IV. by tne. pacha of Egypt more than fifty years ago, but every attempt to transport it has been abandoned. An imnosins: spectacle, even for this year, is the Danbury woman who' Hatf married six times. The sixtn marriage occurred lately. The evening ' before the auspicious day he was with her, and as he departed Bhe said i " Be around - prompt to-morroW. Its a habit of mine to have these things done on time' A railroad aooident lately occurred, caused by the axle of a tender giving way, whioh detained a train several hours. A lady inquiring of a gentleman--. passenger why it was so delayed, ho gravely replied : " Madam, it was oc casioned by what is often followed by serious oonsequonoes-the sudden break ing of a tender attachment." The swindlers are abroad in the land, working up a new scheme. The plan is to induce a farmer to sign his name in a book, whioh the swindler represents to be a referenoe only, but which proves to be an order for 2,000 feet of wire olothes- "uo' " 1 days swindler number two oomes along and presents a bill for signed oy tile farmer. The latter protest, but finally is induoed to compromise rather thangotoWurt. The Richest of the States. The Cincinnati Commercial says: What a wonderful State Pennsylvania is. To a Western man the evidences of realized and funded wealth on every hand are Simply amazing-the solid rm- -provemonts, the elegant farmhouses and immense barns, the turnpikes and well ballasted double-track railroads, the bridgos of Btone and iron, and the pub lic works that look as U they, were made. .. for etornity. The people have had time to fix np and get the oountry into shape. Along the road the natural scenery is fine enough, but is rarely seen in estate of nature.- Nevertheless the scenery of the far West is more sublime, and I SouM if they have added anything to their wilder beauties hero by improving them so much, But in the onltivatod regions is the real wonder of this sec tion; the land seems overflowing with' wealth. . Passing It By. It seems to be a question whether cof fins and they are displayed in great ya- . riety have any interest for either a gen eral or speciajl public. Without stop ping to inquire into the matter, I will only say, fays a correspondent, that many a timid and nervous lady, turning suddenly out of the gay and many col ored avenue, and coming suddonly and unexpectedly upou tho elaborately ar ranged " undertaking department," has been obUged, with a palu face and startled eyes, to sit down for a moment, " not that she was frighteud, you know, bnt junt to rest." The tombstone dis- ' play ia a. Very large oue, and; fittingly flanks tho cuiuus. .