The Altoona tribune. (Altoona, Pa.) 1856-19??, December 02, 1863, Image 1
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Hiatfd Bod pot nf i&S Agency, lii S$E«a5T K BOOKS ?K>SAKIES AQGO, iATyARIETV Vd. j vO ,'V’* LTOOKA, l‘A t|C & CO.. tusvsa m. nmciPAL ute.€o|{*ctfa>n« koMewand. nrailr rate*. !ACP<AT r> ■ v-*- yp u Sts. iCAM r.OFFKEs. .SCGAES, AN D SYKUPS "f all grades, and at ressiypablo prices, for sale by - • I”"' - ~ ■ FHJTCIIBV, In BAIffiELS PUKE CIDEK VINE •L., “‘VJJaidrOcvteed sndfor sale low at ■ : ' *W-i,JWik - = JffUTCHisrs, ige&ik ipn i, \' ■ MitsoUU M. I, !RUM & HERN, 01. s: ‘ : N%% ■ '<jfc.U OjJsT TH K ond e fanned WSiiidvespec tfu(ly in f.ine>ilh<i<aU«eiuM)f Altoonaami. aurroumibiKOOun !i>. »**«>" the UmtU wherehobas I^u&mfat UPtaetbf ; - ~ V' ; ■■■•■ GOODS, « for quality <Mld price, cannot in fins nock of country. 1110 utock in' much larger than lii-ivtofeMt'Md m it is quite «i okjject, io tiienencitiug « : .r liimtH. fur .every oneiapqrcUeue where they cnn 'I lie (.roods and at the Lowest Prices, i,. ‘woifif«»y that hecan and will sell as 10w.,1f uuta (,nle lywcrj than any other housein this place. He wishes .1! to call abd see his stock before purchasing elsewhere, lie feels Confident he can offer inducements which will ■My competition. His stuck consists of I,Af)IES| OBESvi GOODS of every description \ MKN AjND BOYS’ WINTER WEAR,’ LApIES Atii MISSES’DRESS SHOES, ‘MEN AND BOYS’ BOOTS AND SHOES, MEN’S HALE HOSE, WOMEN'S AND MISSES’ WOOL HOSE, II ITS ANDjCAPS, ‘ ’ BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED MUSLIN, ■ GINGHAMS AND.HEAVY DRILLINGS. He will Bell LadiesSeweti, Heeled Bootees at SlbOdhl.lS ldfflllio Mi’d f* Uuots.t •> !H1 IULMOKAD SKIHTB, very low. i GBOCEBIKS. White amljßrown Sugar, Rio Coffoee, Syrups, Tea*, *c.‘ ‘lid everyihlpg that is usually kept in a Dry Goods Store nid u» cheupias the cheapest. J. A. SPRAVKLV ’ Altoona, Get. 7, 1803. * AVOID THE NEXT DRAFT! lB A PREVAILING EX eiTKSnMJT »"WUE tilt' people of Altoona tun) Ti ; '*»"“ J ,IE ? ECOND DRAFT —not no imicli about % making. Hu- Three-HumlrcJ t„ ™ All patriotic! tui cltoowt ratlier to slay at home *ith their U*|)vfones, fur their. support, than to risk U,. ir lives in f his bloody war. Now. to brine Hie matter 1 * cJtwcvwejwill inform the publip th;it by buyinc their ' at tie-(IHKKN STORE, Corner of Rraneli tun) Annie 'treet, feast Ajtooua. kept ky.GEIS A CO., they will •SAVE THE THREE HUNDRED Oi a short timifo They have just received a large and well •rlented slock of DRV OOODB AND GROCERIES, wliicli they are wiling for Cash at the loweat living prices. A large mwortment of LADIES’ COATS AND CIRCIT i.AKS, ranging in price from SO .VI to 512.00 , , I?. .T I'’ 1 '’* 1 ut tl ‘" Public « particularly drawn to the : " ' “*1 tl,B ' avlliuK Brottrr and White Muslin fr.ni hlahcoes.from to S 5 cl».: Delatnes innlBto J 5 cents per yard. ■ • • ivn e mi I vc! > sfe'SS, i, s"s!i lln<l “ lur ge ‘assortment of MEN AND BOls OCOTHING, HATS. CAPS, BOOTS. SHOES "■■l. in net, everything kept in a lirsi-clam. Store. Altoona Oct;7, 18OS CITY pftUG STORE. IA - L. H, RKIGAKT would respeet mJ fully announce to the citizens of Altoona timl sur oamd.ng country, that lie has r.jcentjv purcliaae.l (h„ lirng More of Berlin i Co., on Virginia Street, site I ries'Hardware store. Ilis Ditugs are Fresh mid Pure, Hid he hopes Ity strict attention to business, to merit a -hare of public patrunage. I ail ami examine bis stock. He Uasconstantlvon hand * ' DRUGS, MEDICINES and CHEMICALS, h.\k toiler soaps, • nsitruMEK r. mtrsuEei. (.'LASS, I‘VXJY. PA/.XJ'S, itJLS, YAItyiSIIKS. CAKUOy OIL AXD L AMI'S. j yOTWy.% CIGARS, I(i every arficbj ueually Icept-in a fSnt-daes I>my .Store. PURE! WINES AND LIQUORS ! Tor medicinal use. DOMESTIC GiUbe VVINIJ-PUKE— WARRANTED. PurhciAys' prrs< Rwrioys "Niirately cuinpAuiided. at all bonra of tlic .lav or uiirht Albania, Sept. !3U. 1803. I * “ ‘ Victory Won I r PHE Subscribers would respectfully L aunomice dj the citizens of, Altoona ami vicinity, ‘™ tlle r havejujt returned from the East with their FALL AND WINTEK STOCK OF HATS & GAPS, BOOTS &c SHOES. I!lt i L“,'f >ck of Hats & caps h«« been <e. <cl«l with .great care, und with the view of salting all who may favor lh£m with their patrofmge. Their line of i.oota and Shoes iji complete. Their LADJMS& MISSES’ and CJfILDJ{£y>S Sf/OlCs •re of CUj make,'and warranted. Their Balmoral Shoe., or Ladies and f I toes, ato just the thin* for wet weather ami saving health Thankful to thej public for their very liberal patronage ‘tietolore, they hope to merit a continuance of the same. • Mtire on JM/2V jjST. next door to Bowman.’* Exchange •‘“Jr 1 - -i SMJTn & MAX.N Altoona, 31 C ITKIi ock OF .LIQUORS. J —JOHN IE? now able to offer to ; ih customer* u. public at large, a stock of the liquors evetr brought mto thi* market, comprising ■• part the following varieties WHISKY—IfpSU-, SCOTCH, OLD HOUUUOX. WINK—PORT, SIIKKKV, OLD MADEIRA. >TAIIU, DUPEY ± CO. PALE BRANDS RRiwni(vi ull W . w»7««rt: and in addition to L ' RI TCfIKV has on hand a largo variety of Wines, Wbisliy and Brandy, to which they invite the imrticnlar attention Of the nibllc. ' 1 Aliooua. : May 12,1883. aARDWARK OP .ILL UKSORIP tions jnst received and for sale hr " - tet IR- tfl i J.H.HILKMax \ KDOMINAL SUPPORTERS, Tru.s aTI "WiirfJhodWerßrteei forrtleat '- tr 0. 'W. KESSLER’S. \EW STO' . v , for Men and' !K OF BOOTS & SHOES Ladies and Misses. just rac’d at . LAUGUMAN’ HAMS! HAMS! HAMS !—_Jugt re. celred. a Urge lot of fcauvassed Sugar-cured Hame ■ t the. beet brands in market: Every .one sold la gnaran !-,!,iat ' : " E^iTCHßrs VfAOKEBEL—NOS. 1,2, AND 3, J-Ti'ln'aU steed packages, new, and each packsga '■:rrantod,Jn»t received and fbf sate low by:' ■ j" rRITCHKY. " PEAS! TEAS! TEAS!—FBITCHEY X. is wUin* T««a’ nuporior to soy ever dsar»d ia Al .TJiey are fiw of jrialteratto,: wfertog, or nii ».*>re of ••• ' , . i NOTHEE} LARGE LOT OF THE /T CELEBRATE) J£lt3By ’ UA)BB juit recaifad iud •■trsale at . , .fIUTCUICV’S ( ’KKAM CKACKEHS I ' A fresh sup ply uf thesa delkfahia cracks* Joint ratefrodaml for I _ FKITCUKY’S !*’ YOU WANT GOOD COFFEE, X pare th« of Chocolate,- Symp 4 end Sugar®, 1 ■ FKITCHEY S. Boston ckackers—a* gauge jgXXiiA FAMILY FliOUll, FiiOM oa k^ and THK ALTOONA TJiIBUNJ A. li. McCKI/M. - . ;. H. C. DEJiN. ■ A2»z> M.O PR 1 : X TO R 8 . Per annum, (payable iu advance.) *1 60 PIIM Iw 1 ?” < ’ € '" ,t " laL ' ll ut tl,e expiration of the time TERMS OP AD?EEUBU»<4:- Four lipea or leas Two W) i 76 - *1 00 i, W “ i.. ” )•(. 100 :1 60 .2 00 Tl irf I , 1 24 ‘ ) 160 200 260 Over ture® week* and lew than three mouths, 25 cent* insertion. •Six linen or less «. One square Two - •... Three i* {SSI . 800 ;1000 . 14 00 Oni »« 1.14 00 20 00 On« column 14 00 i 26 00 40 oo Administrators and Executors Notices t Merchants advertising by the year, thh*> squi'^ with |ibeTty to change Profession*! or Business Cards, not exceeding 8 Vines » ith paper, per year ... * I . 6 00 m. >a “ n*. t ' OI V' of “ P olll * o * l character or Individual interest, Will be charged according to the above rates tlnof o,”?* ““ w|tb tlle ““mber «f inser tlous desired will be continued till forbid and charged according to the above terms. * Business notices five cents per line for*very insertion. Obituary notices exceeding ten lines, (Uty cents asqnare \Vkmt A WOMAN’S COMPLAINT. I MW myself ir* the glass toKla.< And,J said, as I loosened mv hair, “ Hiat my fatv were a taliaumfi, And fie could have it to wrar!” For thtire is nothing that 1 would not give To fetter his restless heart. For It his tenderness ever should foil The glory from life would part. 1 should not suffer «» if 1 knew i That he missed me any to-night ; 1 wonder if he ever wants me now I know that it isn<t right. 1 know il am selfish to murmur and doubt: is lie careless or cold ? Oh! never I v Hut they tell me that man forgets in Un hour, While xdoman remembers forever. J love h|m ! I l«ve him with all my Ufe ! Ami 1; give him its choicest things; But lie puts me Into a gilded cage, And cripplea my budding wings! ] want to be all that a woman should bo; But he has the narrowest views: / want tf* work; and he wants me to play -Ami lip tells mo to do as 1 choose! To do a«jl choose! 1 would choose to be Not a jrhild, to !w petted and dressed. But his friend ; outlie terms of an e.jtial trust UesiHXJted, aa.well as caressiHl. • He gtvesimea kiss; and be goes away;: And {hat horrible office door 1 Shuts oui the.foceaml the voice and the hand >’Jiat charmed him a moment before. And if he’s troubled, or sad, or wronged, lie Cells me never a word; ! He likens me unto a summer Dower Or a bekutiful>ingi D g bird I Ifhe d teach mo, I know 1 conhl learn To work with him, side by side ; And (heu huld my head up. high, With a (sterling womanly pride! Ami an t»m jealous of him I love; Ohi jeajausss jealous can bo: ’ for bU lordly aims and hia growing plana Keep him away from me. And I ait away by myself tn-nigbi, Dropping the bitterest tears That imre moistened the cheeks that he left: unkisscd, To whiten with cruel fekrs• : ;! • Ilarptr'i Magasint. Mdect KITTY’S WAGEK. It & against my prindples,” said Parker Pel ham, buttoning his pockets, and inclining his chair at an angle of forty-five degrees piazza railing.- ‘(Taxes, taxes—notliing but 1 taxes!— *1 lie Government must suppose that h, than is of money; and then, right, on ! the top of that; every woman of your acquaintance expects you to pay funds Into her private war-treasury. It's all nonsense—and I, for one, won’t lie victim izcd! Besides, I don’t consider it fair for us men to be bled ajt every pore, while the wOmen keep their own purse intact. If you female kind are so vitally interested in the hospitals, ahd all that sort of thing, why don’t you lend a helping hand yourself?” I 1 1 : Mr. Pelham, screwed up bis lips,'tapped his fin gers on the railing, and nodded his heiid, as ohe would say, 1-1 guess you’ll find tljat argument un answerable.!’ Kitty Brace, standing among the roses that |hut out the Jane sunshine, turned around so suddenly, that the tinted pefals showered softly down aronnd her like a pink snoWstorm.— Parker instinctively moved his chair hick, as he caught the dangerous sparkle of her hazel eyes, and saw the crimson pennon of deflance fiottcring across her cheek. -'"Mi - _ “Please tjo explain yourself, Mr. Pelham,” said iutty, clasping a spray of roses very tightly in her two lest they should fee wrath fulfy on Parkers ears, in spite of herdeterinination to be very proper and dignified. not spent time and money both iii this cause? Have we not denied ourselves even unnecessary luxury ? Jvay have wie not even parted with ddf jewels and trinkets, to send aid to those'who have siifferedin our country's behalf ?” ■ p “That’s all vety fine,” said Parker, tenting up his nose in- lofty disregard of feminine! idgic, “Smooths sailing, smooth sailing! You inay talk j aS ranch as you like; Miss Kitty, hut yonTl never |:pcreuade me you’re in earnest until J see you make some sacrifice worth boasting of.” - “I don’t lyant to boast, ’’said Kitty, indignantly; “ but oh! if J were only a man—lf I cduld only, earn money!” ’ . •> “You’d do unheard of things, I’ve hodoubt,” said Mr. Pelham, sarcastically. “But you can earn money if you choose to try.” “How, pray?” | “Well, for Instance, those crimsom-Spnnkled strawberry beds on the shlebilh—a man would turn ’em into money qniok enough, awopfan don’t choose to taka the tronUb—lt’s easler io ” “Yes,” said Kitty, taking no notice of tl|e coverf sneer, “but |uoWy, wants strawberries :here— ; there is no market tofthehi.” 1 'H ■ “ There': is. fit the city, I suppose. Ah, yes— i that's right, Miss Kitty—curl your lips find toss I your head! Come now—here's an exemplification I of my assertjqn, that you shrink from the slightest effoit in this danse, YouOxpect iu to dh every thing, white yon arc willing to do nothing,-, Now, —»• ■ ■ - 'do|Jaw ifonldn’t MST Pride and self-wffictency stifle sentiments ■ worth of strawberries tojuep ypur of dependence on our Creator, and worldly pleas wmief heroes from want!” ■ ures destroy the sense of gratitude to Hihi. 3 months. 0 month*. 1 vear. tl 50 i*3 TO *6 TO •• - -60 i TO 7 UU ■• - 4TO i 000 10 TO 6TO j 800 - lo oo ‘•Buy aonu-? of course-; Give me a dozen baskets; and then come in, von little witch, and tell me about it." “A’ot just now—haven't, time,” answered Kitty, | demurely. “Jim you shall hear of it In and In'" Mrs. Leelere thought Kitty had never looked’so pretty, in tulle and (Kiarls, as she did under the quaint shadow of that Shaker bonnet—her eves uaneing with suppressed misehiel, and the brown curls tucked behind her ears; and tlie old maid behind the window blinds ot‘ the opposite house thought it very queer to see Mrs. J.eelere lean trom her easement toikfes the strawberry girl! **Strawberries? how much be they a"basket?" Mrs. Jones niblied the suupsuds from her sodded lingers, and polished them oft on her cheek apron as she opened the basement door. " i-ive cents? that's 100 much, i won’t give bin four. James Adolphns: if you don’t keep vonr bands out of ibat strawberry basket. I’ll skin you ! I d calculated ro get a few for preservin', bur sn gat >mi antnl high. Julius Alexander, come in out Of the Street this ]lj C(1IU1 . am . r ve , J d put up two jars of pineapples, hat James Adol phus got at one. and t’other Plowed up with a hang on Kaster Sunday. Can’t ye give me four baskets tor a shillin'? Them baskets me the biggest cheats —don’t hold half they, pretend t<r. lake postage stamps ? Well, pour ’em out. Mv gnu-ions; if there ain’t a strawberry leaf in one of the baskets! hook here, young woman, don’t you ever show your face here again soilin' strawberries! A leaf I —juss to fill up. I’ll warrant I Where do von ex pect to go to when you die, I’d just like to know ! ” ihe door was slammed in Kitty’s face with more emphasis than politeness. Strawberry vend ing has its unpleasant aspects as well as most other occupations in this world; but our little he roine was undismayed ! It takes a good deal to daunt a courageous woman. Late in the afternoon, Mr. Parker Pelham’s clerk came softly into the back office, where his master was busily engaged In writing. I beg your pardon, sir, bnt do yon wish to buy any strawberries ? * “ Strawberries—no!” said Mr. Pelham, ab stractedly. “ I tokl the young woman so, but me, here’she is now I” . , T1 ‘ e , r . e Y“» 11 defiant little tap on the door, and Miss Kitty Brace walked in; herhazel eyes sparkled like two stars under the Shaker-bonnet. ‘•You don’t wish to purchase, Mr. Pelham ? That's fortunate,- for I'tb sold every berrv! Please to count my change—£ believe it amounts to nine cents over and above the specified five dollars Parker Pcllmn stared at the double handful of postage currencies in black astonishment and dis may. sir.”’ Howpretty she looked in that moment of bright animation! Ordinarily Parker Pelham would have hesitated long ere jmriing with a red cent of his hoarded money, but beauty is a wonderful subduer And the treasured hojje of months leaped up in that moment pf fascination. ' “Town myself vanquished, Miss Kittv,?’ he said, handing over a neat folded fifty dolla'r bill “ Take it—and ’ ' He paused a moment in awkward nncertainty. ‘ Kitty—will you taka mydreatt with it!” “Thank you sir:” said Kitty, demurely’ “hut I should scarcely know what to do with the article My promised husband is; fighting under the Stare and Stripes, and ti*e heartis all I min lake care of at one time. Good evening, sir!” Alap, for the humiliated and discomifitted Par ker Pfflham ! was it not fiard enough to lose , fifty dollars, but he must lose a sweetheart, too? But all the Rothchilds never felt so rich as Kitty Brace when die enclosed that fifty dollar bill to pur chase comforts for ‘.he soldiers! Identified.— The identity of the dead soldier Who was fount} on the bloody field of Gettysburg with the picture of his tfiree pretty little children tightly clasped in his hands, has been ascertained within a day or two. The wide publicity given to the touching circumstanca through the,medium of the press produced the desired result, The name of [ the deceased was Hnmraerton, and his widow and three children reside it Portville, Catteragus county, . w ;Large numbers of* photographic co pies of the picture upon whicH the dying eyes of the warrior-father dosed, have been sold, and the profi ts realized from their sale will be appropriated to the benefit of the children. It is hoped that a suffi cient stun may be realised in tiffs way ted by fu ture rales to aid materially in the education or the \ little ones who wore inode orphans at Gettysburg. ! Pat was hungry, and got off the cars for refreshments. The care very thoughtlessly went oh, “Ye Spalpeen!” he cried, starting on a rim and shaking his fist (vs fie fiew after them. “Stop there ye old sicam waggiu, ye martheriu stamcet)- gin, ye’ve got a iiaescriger aboard that’s left behind!" ALTOONA, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1863 Kitty wiu, silent a moment—then she drew: out her little morocco pocket-book with solemn em phasis. ? ' “I’ll call witnesses, sir, and the wager shall I>e Parker Pelham eyed the little beautv as if he scarcely understood her. u you are lo sell (item yourself Miss Kitty ’ no manamvering.” , “Set your heart at rest, Mr. Pelham: all tip —tons erf your bargain shall be complied with." “Bui, Miss Kitty, hove vou reflected? Such an unladylike thing ” I see nothing unladylike in endeavoring to serve my country’s defenders,” said Kitty, quietly; a lambent smile sparkled in her eyes as she noted markers perturbed brow. “Fifty dollars—it is a very neat little sum. Ami now I must go and see about some baskets for mv betpies—there's no time to be lost! ” “Fifty dollars!” feebly muttered Mr. Pelham, as the light dress fluttered down the garden walk. “ .What a confounded fool 1 was! why couldn't 1 ha\e wild five instead I But of course J'm j*er fectly safe—she'll.never do such a tiling—never!" “ Strawberries I wbo’Jl buy my stiiiwix'nifs ? Mrs. Ledere was reading iu her cuol, quiet jmu - lor us the silvery voice echoed through the stivers. Instinctively she rose and pushed aside the cur tains. A slender figure in (1 calico , dress, her face shaded by a 'blue-ribboned Shaker bonnet, was leaning over the ureg railings, on which she dex terously balanced a basket of ripe strawberries, glowing scarlet through their covering of fresh vine leaves. Mnj. Leclere shaded her eves with her hand. and looked Again. NVlu, Kilty Bmeel can it u? possible that it is you ?” “ 1 and no other,” laughed Kitty. “1 m selling strawberries on a wager—will von buv some?’* •‘You don't mean to say. Miss Kitty that—” ‘ I do mean to say * that I have won the wager, INDEPENDENT IN EVERYTHING.] THE SECOND MARRIAGE. “ '’on love me, dearest Blanche ?” tell ”^' Ve ’ lloaresl W'vard, more than tongue can | “ sti| l you refuse to lie mv bride." I “ 1 would lie your bride this night, ifmv father's I consent could he obtained ; but I now ijav as I have many times said. I will never marrv whitom the consent ot mv only living parent." ’ must you, then, forever." “Nay. Edward, you are tm impatient. Live and ho,s'. .Something nmv occur bv which mv athers consent may he obtained. But hark ’ I ; hear footsteps—flee!” ( One fond embrace, and, with a light spring. . 'he gallant youth cleared the baleonv; and has-' ! "l.'/hisnig the lattice, thefiiir Blanche de Julio i : withdrew from the window. N„ sooner had she I - seated herself at the piano than her father mitered i 1 the room. j Blanche, my darling, I have been searching toj- yon for the past half hour. 1 wish to have a few moment's conversation with von. i And imprinting a warm kiss'upon her brow : •' llh .° led her to II seat near the window, v> hat uuportaut nmimunicjirion has niv i *\i'n r hir her to communicate tu-uurlit " I u» lomemher Count de Clare, who dined j witli me a few weeks since?" j.. well, dear father. How could 1 i loigel Ins handsome features and pleasing smile"'" A smile of satisfaction wreathed the lips of the i pJoiui lord as he replied— i . -''V'"’ llc ‘ *“»■•* 11 handsome face ; and he I ve'.hhT * ll,IV : ‘ lle l KJ " scssur unhounded wtalth, has honored oar house In an offer of mar j nage. I luive promised that in three months from j dlls day you shall become the Countess de Clare.” tv.rti f ovei ' s I jrcatl lh <- learners of the j fun Blanche us she replied— I i l ‘ 1 V I,hl ;'’ in 1,11 I'uve I striven ,o do vote "1.1, hull cannot comply with this rciiuH ’ J -an never .carry Count dc (.dare, Inform him , appieentte the honor he has conferred umn me. Out I cannot accept his offer.” v,;'^7 llter, ™| lsidw ,llis “Utttcr. Kememhen o. la.liei swords ,s given. Then think of the 1 ham prospects in view f,,r yourself. Yon will inner again have the opportunity to reject so hril hain an oiler. Jicar in mind, mv daughter, that . .'our lather s properly is fast failing, and hv vonr 1 marrwtge alone can we expect to keep up ‘this | ly nicely style ~| living. I will leave von for a shout ime. to consider this matter, and will lv - j turn tor an ;u»>*\i;r. niem' Kl tllL ' S,al,-I - V wi,lK^cw from thu ii|, a rt- No sm.ucrhadthedmnMdosedyq.ontheretreat- H 1« iorin of lu-1- tatter, than Hlanehe flung herself , upon the sola and wept hitterjv. After in tears tor sonic time, she knelt and implored lutt en to direct her. She arose from her knees I 'Util troubled spirits much subdued, and. after ar - lunging her disorded toiler, site descended to the I sal,]e " !lu,J ,ouk « "ulk through the beautiful | gionndj. that surrounded tlte prineelv dwelling I While she was sitting beneath the shade of an I arbor, endeavoring to compose her feelings for the much dread meeting with her father, nservent ap proaehed, ami informed her that her father was | awaiting her presence in the library, j With a cold, Imagine mien and stately tread I slit entered. He did not notice that he'r brow "as paler than‘usual, nor that a strange an nul mal lire lighted Iter eyes. ' “Well! has my daughter vet decided the all mportant question !” f ,’p' eH ; J hav r e - I Will become the hride de Clare. Ho will receive my hand, while the beau is not. mine to give, for it is in the possession ot another." A shade of die most intense siilfering spread over her fine features as she finished speaking llianks, thanks; ray daughter. I knew "that upon reflection, you could see the propriety ot the wung. i knew—" ‘‘Stop, father, stop! I many Count de Clare stmply to surround my father, mv only living pa rent, with the luxuries and elegance that he has ever been accustomed to.” “ I see, my dear, that yon are excited. Von had better retire to your room and compose your ■Dear Before he had ceased speaking Blanche had glided from the apartment, unable ionger to en dure the agony of that moment; and she had, as it were, dashed by her own hands the cup of hap piness trom her lips forever. Great preparations were going on beneath the root of Lord de Julio’s mansion for the anticipated weddmg Count Clare had taken up his abode with them until >e wedding should have taken place. One evening, Count de Clare and Blanche h ‘ V i‘ U °,‘o n T dow ’ watching the glorious him 'aid— U B an ‘ : ‘ e? I " rning ller e . vp s full upon “Count de Clare, why is it that vou so wish to } . me when you know I love you’not ? .Sui ch it is not wealth that tempts yon, for yon are well aware that I inherit no property ?” , “ Y 5 s > 1 all,” he replied ; u but von know there is not in tne wholo world another, ’woman I '° Ved - VOU > mildly loved: you, sincp the first hour we mol.” J Ihe conversation was, here interrupted by the n “ °{ Lord de Julio,- and Blanche never again alluded to the subject. The wedding day arrived, and'the celebrations wn?R| fth ? most , br , illial » hind. Pale as marble was Blanche,.and almost as passionless, to all out ward appearance; but she made a beautiful bride It seemed to her If It were celebrating with pomp and ImppineL ° f fot,d hopes of lo ™ Six weeks had passed away since Blanche had become the Coftntessde Clare. She was sealed y a window that overlooked the wood, engaged m reading, when, easting a glance towards: the gateway, she saw two%icn enter and approach the mansion, bearing the form of a man upon a litter. 1 eitaps my father is wounded,” murmured the fair epuntess. Bastdy leaving the room, she hastened to ! the count below to ascertain; but what was licr sur-. 2““' “ ot he J t father, but her husband, the fmm if if Sta e , ot lether g)’- He had been thrown from his horse down a steep precipice, and'was wounded and mangled m a shocking manner. A suigeon was sent for immediately, but ere he t 0??. 1 haJ breal bcd his last in r die anus of his bndc; and Planche, the wife of six weeks, was now a widow -,¥ o r‘ funeral and excitement had sub sided, Lord de Julio one day sent a message to Lt UUg v ’ lier Practice in his li hrarj. Never had the beautiful figure of Blanche adv . ant f ge tlmn when »ho entered herfaihcrs hbrary m.the deepest moiiruiiig. vviahr' 1 la ' U SCnt f ° r me ’ ,iUt ' or ' W,mt do J ,m ; Blanch, you loved Edward Von Arcs and now that wealth is yours, unbounded , tyealth, von have my permission to marry him for the love von bear lura." • . Xheeyos ofßlance lighted up with a strange hre, and her cheeks were in a high glow, such as nv MAi iu: Irving, I h:l !‘ 'n’nl'" f°" *** her :" nI “W marriage: i. l hanks, dearest lather, thanks. ■ I kitew thnr i it won d lie all right in the end. I told Edwanl i him ir- eal ' CSt ,lul ? >T ’ 8011,1 for biniiiand te» him Ir. has your consent to nmrrv me” , id :^r ,of lhal » dear voice at her in„» U ™ in « round ’ sh <> "as clasped in a lonp unit passionate embrace. ; J here was another wedding; One vedr from hestoiveil l '!*-' , 1!lu " thl ' la.'eame a countess, she uestowiNl hot heart, as well as her hand unon halward \ on Are. It was, indeed, a happy wrtl- A DUBIOUS CHAPTER ON POOD I J l "' lliversit . v Ifcvailing in different nations in enee ,o articles of liiod scans to o nffn na ,,r ° V - rbia ' ™ I nan s iiuiu is another man’s poison ” Main- rv' l i , ° 0d Wl ; kl ‘‘. ,s in hi* esteem in’one I it ‘s icgarded in others with abhorrence la th!sl ! nin , e i' ,lU i-tnaonnl It the Shetland Islands is said that oralis and ’ istt rs ahimiid, whteli the |«o|ile catch fur the 1,1 Jo,m l>or>’ is reckoned bv epicures nc ot h„ dlo ,c ost of (isll . but ju D - uvo P“ r^ I c tl «« ‘ )Un " am ‘ alBO in itelami, it ,[sed to i. f u ' llitforW - Tl,eru is ■ ir i s, "n ' n ,-° aUCCtLni "’tti* 'this, US it dress it .’.i f IIUl 1U eook; flatly refused to uirdilv in "hich are abundant and of good ( ntniterhmd and Wdstmoreland, and in InljinJ isi'unlS tu. eaten except by the lisherii.cn. Scallop on the Ollier I,and, which are -reckoned a dailnv in iu uiiul, ili e luirdlv ever eaten in Fm/hm I • * i 1 * < .x-ke.nilers are candied, and served up with <ahcr cuiiteciiouery hr the Italians. ‘ 1 he Hedgehog no one thinks of;.eating in I-W. • i e.wpr the gi|:sie> uiul some who have ioined 1 llu p- " h '; report thaj it is hotter than S , I ne sudors in the English and Uutch whale 'i s.io .ioieiuf'ui.iesh of the whale; hut tl.Jsc- Skill in cooker! I W ,alu "i ( ™' l ‘ “^ ir we H-known it : U ‘-'- ) “fu >a.d to make a jialatahle dish: i!m almost all the lower classes in England ten,and game of all kind.- are .held in abhor-' I'-nce. and so are fresh figs. ' Wi, , ,’ri d p“ '1 i ' lck 'f uut t,om the ' vood . all of >M u l fie English settlers turn IVoih with disgust ' MU * Milk as an article of food f except for sucking bafi.es; ls loathed l.y the South La Islander- M ' L ' L 1 * 11 introduced into several of the slands ; but the people deride the settlers with using the milk, and ask them whv they do not milk her COWS. On the other hand, dogs and rats a.e favorite articles of food with them. 'These as , as is well known, are; often; eaten fiy the Chinese, who also pat salted' eartlHwonns, and a kind ot sea-slug, which most Europeans will turn horn with disgust. ; count*<‘r l l arrativ . l, -Anson's voyage is a full uc . the prejudice ot the South Americans hull, ot creoles and Indians) against turtle as • .miTlf ~nso? c rs ‘••apturedion prize ships In . lit I “I T 'P'" st 0:ltil, K ir - i and for some time Incd on bad ship fieef; hut seeing our men thrive on the turtle they began to eat it—at first sparingly and at length heartily. Horseflesh, which most Europeans would refuse ) c.u except in great extremity, is preferred by the lartars to all others; and the flesh of tlie wild ass s colt was greatly esteemed by: the Homans. •mV\r 11 f Ol> !' clifer ‘ OU3 grounds that Jews and Mohammedans abstain from it; as the Hitt doos do from beef. Bui the Christians of the East seeiu to have nearly an equal aversion to it; and the like prevailed till lately in Scotland Ihe large shell snail, called eschrgot, was a kivoiue dainty with the ancient Homans, and .-till is so m n great part, of the south of Europe, though most Englishmen would lie half starved hcfoie they would eat it. •In Vie,hut the large w ood ants are served up and eaten alive. Small nibs are eaten ahve in China, ’liic guana, a of Tv«t°/* -P** Jaint ' v in *° me n, " 1 ld, . a Isla,Kl - And monkey and alligator are eaten In Afrieaand South America and some travelers who have overcome their pre judice pronounced them to be good eating. Even when the same substances’ are eaten in different countries, there is a'strangc difference in the mode ol pre|,anug them. Both we and the islanders use butler, hut they store it up without -ult nil ,t ,s rancid and sour. We agree with the Ahyssillians in liking beet; hut they would probu-: file object as much to the roast; beef of Old Eng land as we should to the half-living nlorsels of raw beef in which they delight.; Maize,: the' Indian corn of America, has been introduced into New Zealand by the missionaries, and the people culti vate and highly esteem it. But their mode of preparing it for food is'to Europeans most disgust ing. Ihey steep it in'water, till jt is! putrid, hud then make it into a kind of poitidge Which emits a most intolerable sfencli.— English Qxdumg*. Amict to Youko Mk.n.—A lady, who signs herself A Martyr to late Hours," offers the fol lowing reasonable suggestions to young men: Deaf gentlemen be tween the “ages! of eighteen' and forty-five,” listen to a few words of gratuitous remarks. When you make a j social! call of an evening, on a lady, go away at It reasonable horn bay you copeat eight an hour and a half is ns long as the most fascinating ofyoii can, orrather ought to desire to use bis charms. Two hours can be very pleasantly spent with musli, chess, or other games, to lend variety; bnt kiad sirs, bv no means stay longer. Make short calls and come oftener. A is a sensible true hearted girl—will enjoy it better, and really value vour acquaintance more. Just conceive the agonv of ia girl who .well knowing the feelings of father And mother ppon the subject, hears the clock strike ten, and' yet must sit on the edge of her 'chair; least papa 1 should put his oft repeated threat in' execution, 1 that of coming down fpl inviting the; gentleman to breakfast. And we.'giri* iui understand it by ex|>enence, and know what it Is to dread the prog- i nostic of displeasure; In sonie 'cases' a sign of I relief generally imeompanies the doc* be- ! Jiind the gallant, ami one don't got over the feel- ' ing of trouble fill safe in the arms of I Morpheus. 1 Even then sometimes the dreams are troubled with I some phantom of an angry father and distressed mother; and all because a young man: will make a longer call than he ought to, ; ; . j “I wish Iliad your hand,’’said a lady one ' day to a gentleman who had solved for her a knotty point. “And T Wish I hadyotif heart,’* was there- }. ply. , Well, said she, “since ydur head .and my I iieart agree,don’t se6 why tlmt ghouhl hdt go into j editors ASD pßopßtyroa, CORJDGAIr PQWPBr. *Onr friend Dafitf F.fflf■ h^«.'.r!" Per ' “ ' vho M» of the , * Pretty ever written bv a Maine hanl n]ea««i rVh?. fi ttk ,nciden, ,hat happened in bis. [the first occurence of the kind! gives vent dafhk feelpigs m the following pretty imaginative ffiwis r WT CHILD’S OB.IOIK. (, “0 Old St. Peter slept. He left the door of Heaven ajar. Whoa through a mtle angelc£pt. And came down with a ailing star. ' One summer as the blessed beams ? r f . mor " “PPr'siched ay blushing brHe, I from my pleasure dreams. And fuundlhat angel by her side? Ood emnjbut thU-I ask nosmore , J Ire leaves this world of am, " ind T V bright shore fVnu and the door of heaven agAip Whereupon some fellow of tho practical wm without any imagination, and not divine afflatus,’’attempts to dosteoTto lift to allusion of David, as follows : . • ln « si. rirtEß's gtnrir. :*’ull eighteen hundred years or more, rK ke P t “y door securely tyled, .iiiero was no little angel strayed Nor ooe been missing all the while. 1 did not sleep us you supposed. > , . Nor left the door of heaven ajar .Nor hasa "littleangel”left “ r And gone down with a falling star, t,)o ask tire bluHli.mr brsle” and see dan t frankly own and say rimt when She tomiil that angel babe = Mre found It by the good old way. ijo.l grant bnt this-I auk no more -1 “‘ouW jour number e'er enlarge, Tnftt you will not ‘do aa before, * ;■ Ami lay’ it to old Peter's charge. _______ A Gitv in the Rookt Mocmaiss.—The resi of .Virginia, Navada tlu-fiist of July, was 15.000, the daily avcnme mirnbi|r of transient visitors being as many Mam street, which is the Broadway and'Wall of S -T C ,hree c l ,mrters °f amilc.in length H crowed with even- grade and description's elegantly dressed males and females. ' 8 .i. * * lc 'buildings on Main street arc mostly brick hchrs story iron, open in front. This givS « light, cheerful appearance to tire streef,.especmllv m the mght time when brilliantly lighted with wti n ' V le !’ ulldin " s in citykreproved , \ aults and salamanders: the four and'fire story bnck and iron fronts fire proof now going ti res SW° n r f °il 1)01,1 °‘ these indespensiblo fea- ' tures. home of the streets are so blocked' up with lumber, bnck and mortar, that teams arc mutinies . piiabje-» get along; common laborers get from ■f + to Jo per day without board. i The city supports four daily newspapers, a thea tre opera house, several churches, negro minstrels and melodeons, to say nothing of the msutuuons already enumerated above. ; •I N ° riel who not teen there can form an idea Of the hmount of treasure to be seen in' pas sing.through Main street. At Wells & Farco’s banking house ami express office, it is not un common to see tons of “silver bricks,” wheeled in and out, iq the course of an hour. These “ bricks" ra sliaiie, resemble the ordinary fire brick, hut are much larger and from nine hundred and ninety-' > hundred and ninety per cent, fineness . which is ten oc fifteen per cent, pure silver—av’- eraging some §l,BOO each. - * „■ JUKMmn 8 ! 11 ! d ’’ af « sold frequently amount to JTO 000 a day bums of $2O and upwards are sualiy paid in §so pieces. No paper a, T of mining towns west of; the Koeky Mountains—Salt Lake City being the only place where japef circulates for money. So much foi a city less than six years old. v ■** *• **?*■ v Wooden seats were introduced soon after the Aorman conquest. In X 327 a decree was issued ihatilo^* 0 *?>' w r?"e Ht, «for' that none could call any seat his own, except no blemen and patrons, each entering and iftojdinir the one he first occupied. 1 ““ "W? Wronched the reformation,: 1630 to. ; °t were appiopnated, the enhance beine &.SS “*** isfei’P be in every church afhberty for aU to read thought it might tiff taken into the dhoOd- 0r ‘ PUe ‘ In I6<,S . Series intro- as 1911, pews were arranged to afford baized or cnshiqnedV’while the . ' S 6 °f foe Puritans to avoid being. sen' hr w h 9 WPPFted the name of waffpftmSl *W e n o ®, very mQch protracted/ so' that'manv woiild fall asleep. Hence 'pUh/^h^n 7 " A beadstaad of the antique mod*. , Compact, of timber many a’lood ■ Such as our ancestors dlguas. Wumatamorphotedtafopewa, Wliich still their ancient nature keen. By lodging fblks (Ifepoeed tO sleep^ W«h of Chwttt Ww**:-.**- A Brave Deed.—Among the heroic deeds at < the war mar be recorded that ofGarXainfftaseOode. . of the I7th Indiana at the fight at Jfarralninan a ' rebel battery of six the road which was protectcdpy ■ and a thick growth Captain Code wih a jacked band to jack off the guooers. 'Enjenijethe bushetand : crawling silently oCer bids and through «oi»S ‘ party arrived neat the bhtrery, when, Tit ishtuhil “We must, take that battery, bora,*’ the Curtain « with his men snddehlydashed npon ’ rebplsj who broke, and fines behind them, and the other Java trmblaWt hav£been captured had not orders * to pBWQC. ■; , ; ■;»" ■ | Ts t«S heifl under pro teeiio# dfaii m ■> K*-f f - P * '/J f ***'. & ■$ ' NO. 41