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If the subscriber orders his paper to be : d at a certain time, and the publisher con •nucsto send, the subscriber is bound to pay for the take* it out of the I*o*t Offu't. The law t-eds upon the ground that a man must pay r what ho uses. .. The courts have decided that refusing to take . pHpers and periodicals from the Post office, ■ removing and having them uncalled for, is ft io evidence of intentional fraud. UifimuA & iusiurss Car.if. A TTX) RNE Y S AT LA W . j ' lIN T. KEAGY, ATTOENEY, AT- LA W. Office opposite Reed A Scheli's Bank, r >uasel given in English and German. [apl26] j MMMHLL AND LINGENFELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Have formed a partnership in the practice of ;h r Law, in new brick building near the Lutheran . : r. h. [April 1, 1864-tf y [. A. POINTS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Respectfully tenders his professional services the public. Office with J. W. Lingcßfelter, E. i., on Public Square near Lutheran Church. promptly made. [Dec.9,'64-tf. | | AYES IRVINE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will faithfully and promptly attend to all buai :> ugfed to his care. Office withG. H. Spang, K: . n Juliana street, three doors south of the Mengel House. May 24:1 y I ASI'Y M. ALSIP, Jjj ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all busi ness entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoin ing counties. Military claim?, Pensions, back v, Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with ;.nnASpang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south fth Mcngel House. apl 1, IS64*.—tf- K. V ,:VKRB J. W. DICK ERSON A f LYEBS A DICKERSON, M ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PENX'A., oHre nearly opposite the Mengel House, will pro tice in the several Courts of Bedford county. Pensions, bounties and back pay obtained and the - hase-f Real Estate attended to. [may 11/66-ly MOP NET AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, and REAL ESTATE AGENT, e on Main Street, between Fourth and Fifth. Opposite the Court House, KAN.-AS CITY. MISSOURI, practice in the adjo ning Counties of Mis ai.d Kansas. July 12:tf N< I'SSELL A LONG EN EC KER, I V CVTT'RNK vs A COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa.. V rtend promptly and faithfully to all bnsi tiitrusted to their care. Special attention nt collections and *hc prosecution of claims :r 1 k Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac. on Juliana stTeet, south of the Court II . Aprils:lyr. J' D. SH.ARPK * F- KKKH QIIARFE A KERR, O A i rons E rs-A T-LA IF. VT '.I practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad ■ ing ('"unties. All business entrusted to their will receive careful and prompt at?< nti r. P'-:-ins, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col ctcd fr elves ir. the prr.c --! - "1 Medicine, respectfully offer tbe'T.profes sional services to the citizens of Schellsburg and vi inity. Dr. Clarke's office and residence samo * formerly occupied by J. White, Esq., dee'd. S. G. STATLLR, beUburg, A pr Ui2:ly. J. J. CLARKE. M ISCKLLA NEOUS. ( ) f; - SHANNON, backer. " * BEDFORD, PA. BANK OF DISCOUNT ASD DEPOSIT. Collections made f..r the Fust. West, X„ rt h , ai •South, and the general Business „f Exchange transacted. Notes and Accounts Collected and Remittaneea promptly-made. REAI. ESTATE bought and sold. ieb22 DANIEL BORDER, PITT STBEBT, TWO POORS WEST or Tne BED r i-.D noTRL. BES roRD, PA. WATCHMAKER AND DEALER rx JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. He keeps fin hand a stock of fine Hold and Sil ver Watches, Spectacle* of Brilliant Doable Refin. Ed fliasse*. also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold .'eh Chains, Breast Pin*. Finger Rings, best • Gold Pens. He will supply to order ■my thing in hi# line not on hand. [apr.2S.'6.'>. S; P. II A K BAUGH & SO N, Travelling Dealers in N O T I O X S . In the count, once every two months. '■ L GOODS A T C I T Y P R I C E S. Igen-. fo r the Chaoibersßurg Woolen Manufae- Apl 1.-ly [ ) W, CROUBK ~ * WHULESALE TOBACCONIST, r, n :'. t! i,re *' two doors west of B. F. Harry's *n , frlAr *' Bedford, Pa., is now prepared to sell bj wholesale all kinds of CIGARS. AH orders promptly tilled. Persons desiring anything in hu lig,, iii do well to gtre him a call. UU It BORROW & LIT'/. I'ropHetor*. j§ebtofnqmrer. THE NEWS. With Monday s record of the Impeach ment trial, the report, in our last week's is -1 sue closed. On Tuesday Mr. Bingham cou j tinned his argument. The effort was mark -1 ed by the same ability as on the previous j day, full of earnest eloquence, and chantc | terized by close and fiuvible reasoning. At j i 4 P. M., when the Senate adjourned, Mr. i Bingham announced that he would occupy j | an hour and a half of Wednesday in bring-: i ing his argument to a elose. Various ru i mors were in circulation in Washington j affect ing the position of prominent Repub- ' j liean Senators in relation to impeachment, | and giving .Mr. Johnson's friends hopes of j his acquittal. Examination iuto the author- ! j ity on wliieh these statements were made | did not tend to establish their truth, am! ; the coufitlencc in the result of the trial that has existed all along was again revived. Tn the House of Representatives on Tues day the Speaker announced the committee | to investigate the charges preferred by Mr. j | V ashbume against Mr. Donnelly, of Miu • nesota. The committee is a very strong ! one comprising among its members Messrs. Ranks, of Massachusetts. Governor Thoui ! its. of Maryland, Mr. Poland, of Vermont. | and others who are recognized among the ! ; most prominent men of the House. On ' ! motion of Mr. Daw -. at the request of Mr. j Butler, the committee was also authorized ! to investigate the charges brought against j | Mr. Butler by Mr. Brooks, of New York, ' ; in relation to the seizure of gold at New j Orleans during the war. Mr. Brooks at- j i tempted to bring other matters into the in- 1 j vestigation, but the House refused to euter- j , tain them. The public debt statement fur May been published. It shows by a comparison 1 with the statement issued on the Ist of April that since that time the debt bearing coin j j interest has increased $18,937,430; the debt j (tearing currency interest has decreased $21,-; J9(i,7OU; the matured debt not presented i | for payment has decreased $1,131,100; the ! i debt bearing no interest has increased sl.- ; 147.640.0t'>; making a decrease in the total : iiuount of debt of $2,106,710. Tip; amount j ■ of coin in the Treasury has increased $7,- ! 630.040.32, and the amount of currency lias i 1 increased $8,944,100,48; making a decrease • iu the total amount of debt less cash in the | Treasury of $18.("5i),859,80. The New Hampshire Republican C'on | vention met and selected delegates to the ! i Chicago Convention. A despatch was re-j '■ (•■•ivedfrom General Butler, dated at Wash i iugton predicting the conviction of thol'res- ! ident ascertain, and that "Wade sn*l pros i i" rity are sure to come with the apple bios- i I soms." | The New York delegation to the National !l Convention at Chicago met at Albany. General Sickles was chosen Chrirman, and resolutions adopted in favor of the nomina I tion of General Grant for President and i (governor Kenton for Vice President. [ According to previous announcements on , Wednesday, Manager Bingham concluded . | his argument before the Senate for the pco ! pie against President Johnson. He closed j with a brilliant peroration demanding his : conviction upon the charges preferred, and | was greeted from the galleries by continued ; demonstrations of upplau- •. Chief Justice j Chase tried to quell the excitement, but not 1 sui-eeeding. he ordered the galleries to le clear. .1. This only made matters worse, and considerable excitement ensued. Scna j tor Cameron hoped that the galleries would j not be cleared. He said that it was an ex : rraordinary occasion, and all in the galleries j should not he punished f'or the action of ; some who could not restrain their impulse-, j Mr. Fcsseudeu end Mr. Koverdy John -mi | called Mr. Cam. Ron to order. The order to | clear out the audience was enforced, and the ' occupant. of the Diplomatic and Reporters ; galleries were also dispo -essed of their | seats, and the Senate >at with closed doors. 1 After fifteen minutes' time the doors were again opened, and the galleries were tilled Ito some extent. During the session with closed doers a motion of Mr. Morrill, of i Maine, to adjourn until Kautrday was lost by a vote of yeas 22, nays 29. After a recess, the galleries were again cleared. ami the doors closed for consultation in se cret -i--i>n. The Chief Justice then an nounced that the argument having closed, the next business was the proposed ann-nd merits to the rules governing the trial. The door-- were rain closed, and the audience retired. Senator Edmunds' amendment, that when the Senate retires for consulta tion the official reporters be admitted to take down the debates to lie published with the proceedings, was laid on the table. The New York Times says that "the President has pardoned John Sims, who in 1>67 was sentenced to State prison at Au burn for ten years for counterfeiting. 1 ol der what iiiflticnw •.r for whnt raaMß thin pardon has beam granted it is not easy to conjecture. Sims was one of the most no torious dealers in counterfeit money in this State, and his eonvjt™ >u was upon evidence that was perfectly clear and conclusive. Mr. Johnson's use or abuse of the panlon j ing power .has lieeu utterly inexcusable. He has turned loose upon the country hund reds of the worst offenders without any shadow of reasi>n and greatly to the public detriment. He may have been imposed u]K>u and misled, hut he ought by this time to have become able to guard himself against impositions of this kind. V e hope he does not intend to make a general jail ' delivery to signalize his own departure from [ office." Messrs. Cragin, Drake and Buekalew. the J >enate committee apyointed to investigate the accounts of John V . Forney, Secretary of the Senate, from the date of his election to the present time, presented a detailed re port to the Senate,'front which it appears that the total sum advanted to him it $4,- 125,113,99, which is all satisfactorily ac counted for by vouchers duly examined hy the committee. A portion of these vouch ers have not yet been passed upon by the Auditor of the Treaeury, but tJie committee i report as the result of their investigation that "the Secretary is now a creditor to a small amount, and that no losses have been sustained by the Government through his aetion." On the contrary, they state that "4ia evidence ,akcn b> the committee com pletely vindicates him from such in.puta tion." The Virginia Republicans have nominated Gov. Welles the present incumbent, as .3 ?local anb (general fiebospapcr, Drbotcb their candidate for Governor at the ensuing election, and James 11. Clements a Lieu tenant Governor. From Mexico (via Havana) despatches report that anothet 1 revolution has occurred in the City of Mexico, and that President Juarez was fleeing from the ceuutry with c large amount of gold. TIIE CLEAK WIOS. BY JOHN" G. WIIITTIER. I 1 did but dream. I never knew What charms our sternest season wore, ! Was never yet the sky so blue, Was never earth so white before. Till now I never saw the glow- Of sunset on yon hills of snow, • Aitd never learned the hough's designs l*Of beauty in its leafless lines. Did ever such a morning break As that my eastern widows see? Did ever such a moonlight Jake Wiered photographs of shrub and tree .' Hang ever bells so wild and fleet | The music of the winter street ? Was ever yet a sound by half So merry as you schoolboy's laugh ? 0 Earth ! with gladness overfraught No added charm by face hath found, Within my heart the change is wrought, My footsteps make enchanted ground. ; From couch of pain and curtained room j Forth to thy light and air I come, j To find in all that meets my eyes ' The freshness of a glad surprise. . Fair seem these winter days, and soon Shall blow the warm west winds of spring, ! ! To set the unbound rills in tune, And hither urgo the bluebird's wing, i l'be vales shall laugh in flowers, the woods Grow misty green with leafing buds, And violets and windfiowers sway Against the throbbing heart of May. Break fotth, my lips, in praise, and own j The wiser love severely kind; ; Since, richer for its chastening grown I see, whereas I once was blind, j The world, O Father! bath not wronged | With loss the life by the prolonged: But still, with every added year, ■ More beautiful thy works appear! . As thou hast made thy world without, I Make thon more fair my world within; | Shine through its lingering clouds of doubt; i i Kebuke its haunting shapes of sin; ; Fill, brief or long, my granted span v I Of life with love to the and man: : Strike when thou wilt the hour of rest, j But let my last days be my best! —Atlantic Monthly. slustfHanfiros. LAUOIi TIIE BASIS Ot REPUBLI CAN INSTITUTIONS. If, a> has been said, idleness is the mother of mi.-ehief, occupation and industry are the ■ progenitors of virtue and good order. The universal ha>te for wealth, coupled with un willingness to toil for its acquisition, is fruit ful of crime and destructive of business in tegrity. Throughout the whole country the cities and towns are thronged with idle i Mieawbcrs, waiting for something to turn up by which they may become possessed of a fortune and pass their lives in luxurious 1 s-. Such men uro the bane of society. They seem to believo that labor is degrading and think nothing more honorable than sumptuous dependence. And yet society is liilcii with them. Not a reader of this para graph but can point to those within his im- < me iiate acquaintance. The folly ol'the present age is its want of appreciation of true manliness. He is not the best type of American nobility who apes the foreign aristocracy aud considers honest labor degrading and unworthy. The genius of our democracy is the exaltation of labor and the iaborei; and its triumph is the vin • dieation of toil front the contempt of an effete nobility that clings with the tenacity of life to ancient ideas and obsolete distinc tion-. We are a great and a progressive nation because we are shaping out our own destiny by the iron hand of labor. We have been singularly successful in our expe riment of self-government because we made it the first principle of conduct to depend upon ourselves for results, and not to nope ' for anything from an ■ ■ Tal title or inheri ted wealth. The founders of the Americcan republic were nun of independence. W hen tliey landed on these shores they shook off the trammels of Eurupi an customs, they laid aside forever the pride of family that had enervated the youth of their native land and with an unswerving fidelity to the great principles of Democracy. laid the founda tions of a government whose corner-stone was respect for honest industry. It was the law among the ancient. Jews, that every uian should learn a trade, lie was not bound by* any obligation to follow it f'or if bis inclinations prompted him to after ward seek another profession, fie was at liberty to do so. The wisdom of this law commends itself td every mind. If, in ad verse times, misfortune should lay its hand 1 upon thein, and they should be compelled to leave their chosen pursuits, they were provided with an occupation which was a safeguard agairit extreme poverty or want. If such a law existed iu this country it would prevent many of the evils that now prevail, and render our people more prosperous and happy. However true to the principles of democracy our fathers may have been, we are l'a-t leaving them behind. Instead of honoring labor we are attempting to degrade it. Barents, ambitious for their children, often express the hope that their lot will not be so arduous or toilsome as their own has been, forgetting that by their labor the country has been blessed, and because of the ; industry of their sons, generations yet to : come will be grateful that they wore born in republican America. It is the first duty of parents to instil into the minds of their children the necessity and the dignity of labor. To be useful in any sphere of life should be the ambition of , our youth. (Jar vast fields of enterprise in j . vite competition and promise satisfactory rewards. The producer is he whose loss is most felt by society. Success in mechanic i ait is as honorable as professional eminence; agricultural industry is far more profitable to the nation than ambitious statesmanship. The watchwords of democracy are that all ! honest labor is honorable. It is not what - one does, but the mannet-of doing it, that , dignifies the man. Nothing can be more degrading than a quack in medicine, a petti ' logger in law, or a blockhead in priestly gar ments —no one can be more honorable than . an iudustrious and skillful artisan or a faithful and intelligent tiller of the soil It is a mean and worthless spirit that de spises the garb of the laborer and scorns to welcome him to places of equity. Nothing ean be more false that our usual idea and . definition of a gentleman. It is not the , dress, it is not the employment that permits thisappelation. It is the kindly heart, the industrious virtuous life that makes the gentleman. A career of idleness is generally a career of crime. It is not family or wealth that entitles one to honor. It is the intelii cent manhood that entitles hini to respect. We honor those who have ri-en from hum ble spheres of life to places of trust and usefulness, not because of the riehes they l>osess, not because of the position they occupy, but because of the energy and in dustry which they manifested in the attain i went of what they havo. Fortune smile* Bedford, pa., fßiday, may it. imgs. on some while she frowns on other?, but her . favorite is DO more entitled to honor than ! he who with equal industry strove to win j her regard, 'f he world's distinctions are > : often wrong. It is dilligent, patient labor , that is to be honored by the true friends of republican institutions. Tbe drone in J soeiety, whether possessed of millions orde- ] pendent upon public charity, should be de- ! ; spised and avoided by every honest man. , We, as a nation, must change our ideas of nobility, or we shall decline in prosperity. He is only noble who uses to the best ad vantage the powers of boily and mind with which his Creator has endowed him. Any claim not founded on this is f'aise and perni cious. When the people of any nation cease to give to labor its true dignity and , affect to despise the laborer, their own_ dis honor is assured, and the doom of na ional ' prosperity is pronounced.— Erie Dispatch. AMERICAN SOCIETY. If there is one art that requires cultiva | ting more than another in American society, jit is the art of conversation. It is a natural ■ gift or acquired grace, with which, in any ; higher sense, we are as yet wholly unac quainted. In town or country it is very much the same. There are coteries where one meets individuals who caD talk, the ; houses whore one will be entertained by the mistress with a full account of difficulties with servants and ailments of children, and I by the master with long stories illustrating his own peculiar and unusual smartness; but ; the art.of sensible, agreeable conversation, the faculty of starting or suggesting tonics of interest—of leading on and drawing out, of imparting information without pedantry, stimulating others to say their good things, j is rarely found, and has scarcely been thought of in the light of an acquirement. Among la dies who have travelled and been admitted to good society abroad are to be found some : very good talkers, who fully recognize this ! absence of habit, and therefore facility, rather than power of expression; but they j find it difficult to remedy it because there ■ are so fir to spcond their efforts. They j have been in I'atis, where people are only j allowed to he silent when they are alone; | ; where every one is expected to contribute; his or her quota to the interest or amuse- ; nmnt of the circle; where stupidity is not , tolerated; where, if people are absorbed in ; themselves, they have at least learned to veil j their egotism under the ma.-k of wit and politeness; and where the claim to social ! position and consideration, if not based on the highest rank, must find something more , legitimate than mere wealth. The American lack of conversational j ' talents and ability is partly due to the fact; that we are a very busy, trading and work- j ing people. No one ever has any leisure: everybody is going to do something that . they want to do very much when they can "get time." Our merchants herd away in dark, dingy, seven-by-nine offices, and open their lips only in reference to the price of ! stock i, the aspect of trade, or the condition lof the money market. Our great, men have ; hammered and dug and stitched their way ■ up through legions of material obstacles, each one of which was a modern fiery furnace, | ! and which turned them out hard reflective j thinkers, rather than graceful, polished ; talkers. Even at home the American Bene dict does not shine as a conversationalist. When he has nothing to do but stay at home, he is apt, failing the inevitable newspaper, to go to sleep. lie sometimes j | speaks to his wife; she also occasionally : ' speaks to him; but they never converse ! ; together In society this lack of conver sational habit and ability shows to still j greater disadvantage. Wherever they go I they expect to -be entertained. Such an idea as helping to entertain others never crossed their minds. At parties, therefore, they sit .-till as Egyptian mummies until something happens—until dancing begins, ; or -oaie one breaks the stillness by proposing a diversion for the general amusement. American party-givers have a horror of this terrible stillness; they know that taciturn as their guests are unless there is a good deal of noi-.-, they will carry away the impression that it is a very stupid party, and so they : always, try to secure one person, at least, who will to use the common phra e, "keep everybody going." A party where people i are expected to do nothing but talk would j undoubtedly be considered and would be a great bore.— Demoresl'i Monthly. SELLING THE BIRTHRIGHT. There is a legend that Abraham died on i the day that Esau sold his birthright Whether true or not, it suggests the real meaning of the tranasetion. The man who, above ail others, preferred the unseen tc the seen, who would resolutely sacrifice the present to the future, had no place by the side of Esau. Selling the birthright was the sacrifice of heroic faith and steadfast, principle—the assertion of the reckless and : essentially worldly spirit. It was the pas sive profaneness that undervalues (rod-giv eu prerogatives, and chooses red pottage rather than the priceless honors of a spirit ual inheritance. "He did eat and drink, and rose up and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright." The world is a vast market-place. "J.arge sales and small profits" is the motto. Feed me with the "red, red pottage." Here you have my principles, my prospects, my soul. J /it u.s take some account of these sales. 1. Everyone comes into the world with a certairiTaculty of work and enjoyment en folded iri his organization. Every one is endowed with certain powers of mind, adapted either to business, study, or art. Each one is gifted with peculiar qualities of heart, for the features of the soul are as characteristic as those of the face. Above 1 ; all. there resides in every one a suscepti i bility for the true, the pure, and the good— j the mysterious and sacred possibilty of a nobler sunship. But all these natural gift may be frittered away by misuse. A vigor- I ou- constitution is broken down by yielding j to the clamors of appetite. Splendid talents are degraded to imbecility by idleness and dissipation. Amiable dispositions are ruin ed by want of self-control. To read the • vile litoruturo tliat hides from the eye of'd cency and steals snake-like through the post-office is to sell the birthright of purity that cannot be regained by tears. For the j cheap gratification of caviling against the clearest evidences of truth, the capacity to i perceive its existence is extirpated. By | barricading the approaches to conscience, and entrenching the heart in prejudice, one loses the essential element of truthfulness. This is the profaneness of Esau. 2. It is the lot of some to fall into the arms of wealth—a perilous privilege, but still fraught with noble possibilities. The agencies of education, like a mighty wave rolling from the past, are ready almost as j soon as we are launched into life to bear us | on to a worthy manhood. In numberless j instances the inheritance of a Christian training, a pure example, and the guiding of watclWul love await us. i "Life beginneth as a little path, Edged with the violet and primrose— A little path lawny grass. And soft to tiny feet." And it seems to open out into tbe way that leads to the celestial paradise. But all these are prospective possessions. They are sub- j ject to the hazards of freedom. The young man leaves his home anJ plunges into the j world. How richly freighted, but how un 1 conscious of his wealth ! Free, frank, good natured, hungry with curiosity, he is tempt ed to sell out his convictions to see the i wor d. Fickle and unsteady, lie breaks loose from all restraints and barters his alli for pottage. 3. The opportunities for becoming a Christian are a priceless birthright. We : find ourselves in front of an open door. A thousand attractions cluster round the cross. A cloud of alluring witnesses envi 1 ron us. E-au's inheritance was chiefly in the remote future; ours is an estate in hand. Millions have been born to soon. To-day is the climax of centuries. Beware, then, how you trifle with the golden opportunity. An evening's merriment, a friendship, a bust II uosa project, is the pottage. olitirs, (Sfcucation, literature ant} jttotate. LEUAL ANECDOTES. I I'nder the title of liaick and Ba, I Meters, Harper & Brothers have publish eu a collection of anecdotes, which purports to be a complete digest of the wit, humor, asperities, and amenities of the law ; It is compiled by L. J. Bigeiow, Esq. We ] use the word compiled, which is not found ; on the title page of the volume before us, , because we see in it no evidence of personal | research or original discovery. It is made up of extracts from JeffieWs Book About ; Lawyers, brief biographies of the Chief : Justices of the I nited States, and neatly all i the anecdotes of lawyers whicli have ar P; ar( 'J U the "Drawer" of //,,,-per's Monthly— just ai they were there published, without the slightest apparent effort to distinguish between the authentic and the ingenious creations of enthusiastic contribu tors. As a jest-book, the Ben eh and liar , is j very fair—almost equal to Joe Miller. Asa record of the witor wisdom of the bar, it is ! valueless, inasmuch as the reader cannot discriminate beiweeu the true and the false. Hundreds of jokes are in verbal circulation; through the country, each of which in every neighborhood is attributed to some local : celebrity. Thus they are sent to the period J press, and thence they have been collect ed and given to the world by Iligelow, who adds apparent professional value mid authen ! t icity to the work by anouncing himself as . "'./trun-ellor at Law," and studiously oon : cialing the fact that the compilation is not i tie result of diligent research on his part, aid that it is written in the exact language, not of Mr. Counsellor Bige I low. but of the hundred or more contributors tt Harper's Magazine and other works. The book, however, is very readable, and ; tie anecdotes are most of them good. ' whether true of those to whom they are attributed or not. CHIEF JUSTICE HALE. "Chief-Justice Halo was strongly oppo- ; sd to the severity of the English law, and tok occasion, whenever he found oppor- ! : unity, to sbow his repugnance toils need j severity. Once he tried a half starved | lal on a charge of burglary. The priioner I 1 hd been shipwrecked upon the Cornish coast, and on his way through an inhospita ble district ha l endured the pangs of ex- i tretne hunger. In his distress, the famish ed wanderer broke the window of a baker's shop and stole a loaf of bread. Coder the ! circumstances, Hale directed the jury to ac : i quit the prisoner; bift, less merciful than ; i the judge, the gentlemen ofthebox returned : 1 a verdict of, guilty,—a verdiot which the j Chief-Justice, stoutly refused to act 1 ; upon. After much resistance, the ! I jurymen were starved into submis ; sion, and the youth was set at liberty, j i Several years elapsed, and Chief j Justice Hale was riding the Northern Circuit, when he was received with such ; costly and excessive pomp by the sheriff of a northern county, that he expostulated with ; his entertainer on the lavish prof'jseness of his conduct. 'My lord,' answered the sheriff, with emotion, 'don't blame me for showing my gratitude to the Judge who saved my i life when 1 was an outcast. Had it not bctn for you, I should have been hanged in Cornwall for stealing a loaf, instead ol living tobe the "richest landowner of my native , coumy.' " LORD ELDON. | "The Chancellor wU ?* "L:rd Eldon,' answered the blushing maiden, 'I am Bessie Bridge, of Weobly, the taughter of the Vicar of Weobly, and papa has sent me to remind you of'e promise whicl you made him when I was a little baby and you were a guest in bis house on th'- occasion of your first election as member of Parliament for Weobly.' "Apromise, my dear young lady?" in terpo ed the Chancellor, trying to recall how he h"I pledged himself. '"Yes. Lord Eldon, a promise. Y'ou were standing over my cradle when papa Slid to you, Mr. Scott, promise me that if every>u are Lord Chancellor, when my little girl is a poor clergyman's wife, you wili give her husband a living; " and you answered; "Mr. Bridge, my promise is not worth half a crown, but I give it to you. wishing it were worth more.'" "Luthusia.-tically the chancellor exclaim ' ed: "'You arc quite right. I admit the obligation. I remember all about it;' and (hen. altera pause archly surveying the damsel, whose graces were the reverse of matronly, he added; 'But surely the time for keeping my promise has not yet arrived? Y'ou cannot be any one's wife at present?' "For a few seconds Bessie hesitated for an answer, and then, with a blush and a ripple of silver laughter, she replied: "'No, but I do so wish tobe Homebody's wife. I am engaged to a young clergyman, unci there's a living in Herefordshire near my old borne that has recently fallen vacant, and if you'll give it to Alfred, why then, Lord Eldon. we shall marry before the end of the year.' "Is there need to say that the chancellor forthwith summoned his secretary, that the sicretan forthwith made out the presenta ti >n to Bessie's lover, and that, having given the Chancellor a kiss of gratitude, Bessie made good speed back to Hereford shire, hugging the precious document the whole wa. home." LORD MANSFIELD. | "Lord Mansfield had a great abhorrence of (he penal system of England, and used every effort to have it modified. His humanity was so shocked by thebaro thought (if killing a man for committing a trifling 1 theft, that he on one occasion ordered a Dry to find that a stolen trinket was of le.ss value than forty shillings, in order that the thief might escape the capital sentence. the prosecutor, a dealer in jewelry, was so uortified by the Judge's leniency, that lie jcelaitned: 'What my lord, my gold trinket jot not worth forty shillings! \\ hy, that a-hion alone cost me twice the money ! Jcmoving his glance from tho vindictive radesman, Lord Mansfield turned toward he jury and said, with solemn gravitv; As we stand in need of God's mercy, gentle men, let us not hang a man for fashion s , -ako.'" FANNY FERN. Has been reconstructing a rebel. It i seems that Mr. l'arton (her husband) has in amanuensis wbo served in the Confeder ate army —a youag gentleman of fine man ners and accomplishments. Now, Fanny has heard of sundry such American citizens i refusing to wall under the American flag. So she fastened the loyal bunting over the door of Mr. Barton's writing room, whereby the amanuensis could neither get in or out without passing under it. Appreciating ; the joke, the rebel pinned on the flag a pen cilled slip to the effect that "lovely woman's wit bad done what five years of war could not do; hut that though his bodv passed un der, his soul soared above. ' Next morning Fanny placed in the entry, by the side of tie hat rack, a bust of General Butler, so tfat the gentleman rebel could not fail to take off his hat to it. Whereupoii the amanuensis left on the pedestal amemoran dtm intimating that "persons curious to see Butler's fact; as it appeared there might have seen his back as it appeared at Bethel." OariDg the afternoon Fanny set a bottle of "Gettysburg water" by the statue, with • the words "Good forbad blood and secess ion. Butler was not at Bethel, according i to his biographer, James Barton; therefore, big back could not have been there. But i if it had been, he never would have covered it with his wife's petticoats in decamping, i The rebel's retort was, "1 have no fancy for being 'bottled up.' I leave that to Butler. —Y 1' Indejnndent. CAUSE OF CONSUMPTION. Henry McCormac, M. D., of Belfast Ire land, hu put forth a new theory of the I cause of consumption. This theory is set forih in a series of papers, read before vari ouß foreign Medical Societies, at different times Muee 1855, arid accompanied by a long and elegant introduction. The following formula contains his idea: 'Whrrevtr the air habitually respired, has been respired in whole, or in part, be fore, these tubercular deposits are found; whenever the air habitually respired, has 1 not been respired, in whole or in part, be- j fore, there tubercular deposits are impos sible, and consumption and scrofula are un . known. „ He further claims that, "lor the first time in the history of disease, the proximate source of tubercal is capable of exact de monstration. Tuberculous and scrofulous deposits, whether in the offspring of scro fulous and consumptive parents, or others, are the invariable results of insufficient, imperfect respiratory functions and re breathed air. Hence the carbon is retained unoxidized; in other words, is not discharg ed from the blood, and is deposited, main ly as a hydro carbon, in the lungs or other ; organs, as tubercal." This theory he supports by an analysis of the composition of tubercle, showing a large percentage of carbon; by the preva- i lence of consumption and scrofula in con nection with bad ventilation of sleeping apartarents; by their special prevalence in classes whose occupations subject them to | | the influence of re-breathed air, by day as ' well as by night; and by thecures he has ef fected solely try the constant supply ofun ! breathed air. He also refers to the production of tuber cal in the animals in menageries, and in rabbits confined in boxes for the purpose of | experiment. Whether his theory is fully demonstrated ; by the facts he presents, must be left to j those more competent to analyze them. I The author's position, as well as the impor- i tance ol the subject, command attention to his views, and it is his wish to submit them i to the criticism of the profession in Bostou. If this theory is sound, consumption may always be prevented, often cured. The vie- I tiui of an inherited turbercular diathesis i need no longer sit, with folded arms, await ing his doom. The annual decimation of infants may be reduced one-half, and the general morality one-fourth, by the anni hilation of this great scourge of the human ; race! Opposed to his theory, is the non-coex istence of consumption with certain cases of imperfect oxygenation of the blood; as in malformations and obstructive diseases of the heart, pressure of abdominal tumors, and of the gravid uterus, etc. The extensive researches of Dr. Bowditch in the same field, show an important con nection between consumption and the cold and dampness of certain localities. It is hard, also, to disconnect from this question : those other great causes of perverted nutri j tion, insufficient food and wantofexerci.se. Bad hygienic conditions arc sure to be asso ciated. and sanitary reforms being directed against them all, it is hard to tell the exact influence of each, or to determine the spe cific influence of either of them. The mor tality in English prisons, has. indeed, been I greatly reduced, but not wholly by improved | ventilation, as improvements in diet, heat ing, bathing and exorcise have generally ac companied it. The ventilation of hospitals an 1 public ! building receives due attention with us, but in the work-hops and dwellings of the peo ■ pie it is ueglected. The majority do not ; enjoy more than half minimum allowance of fresh air in their sleeping rooms, and this small cube is often unchanged till morning. The aim in our climate is, to keep out the cold, by stoves, double windows, listing and weather strips, which effectually prevent j all, save accidental ventilation. Many work shops. factories and most day rooms are no better. What specific effects this state of i things will, in the end, produce, is a ques tion worth considering. PARENTAL INFLUENCE. How often do we find parents weeping over the dissolute habits of a beloved eon, and wondering how their child could ever have fallen into such evil habits! Vet, if they go back and examine their actions and conduct in the presence of and toward that son, too many a parent will find, with bit ter agny, that be himself has furnished a ruinous example to his own child. Has he not himself, from time to time, at the in vitationofa friend, or on some convivial occasion, liecn induced to take his social j glass? Has ho not lent the aid of his name and character to enable that tavern-keeper to procure a license to sell liquor? Has he j not offered, wines, or other liouors, to hi i guests, at his own house, on the occasion of some social entertainment or New Year's : day anniversary? Has he not withheld his name and influence from the great temper ance reformation, and by thus_ standing aloof been in fact opposing this benign element of regeneration to drunken humani ty? If so. he may be assured that he has furnished a terrible example to lure bis own child on to its destruction. That son will not think it wrong to take his social glass with a friend after seeing his father do so: and that very tavern for which the influence of that father had procured a license, may become a ' gate of hell " to his ruined son. At the social board, in his own home, that mother may pour out for her own son his first glass, and may kindle in his bosom that terrible passion whose devouring flames will blast and destroy the happiness of herself and son forever. An awful responsibility does indeed rest upon that parent who, | either by example or otherwise, counte nances habits in his child which will proba bly end in intemperance. We often, too, hear fathers mourning : over the dissipation of tbeir sons, ana averring that they would bo ready to lav down their lives if it would effect the re claiuation of their children. They no doubt pray anxiou-ly that their sons may become members of some temperance society; and yet, do ttiey belong to any such society themselves? Have they ever done anything to advance the interests of the temperance cause? Have they not rather, by declining ; to become connected with such associations, ; furnished an example to their own children an 1 others to decline also? To them, then, we would >ay, join first yourselves. Your names and influence may not ouly be the means of saving your own sons, but may help to give freedom and happiness to thousands of" others who groan under the thralldom of intemperance. Do not hope and expect that others will labor amid contumely and reproach, for the benefit of your sons, while you yourselves are virtu ally opposing their efforts, and lending your to those who are sneering at the benevolent enterprise of temperance men. — l'hrtnol. Journal. HENRY WAKI BOTCHER, having been asked for bis opinion about novel reading, has given it. He asserts that "Protestant Christendom is not united on any other practical question more entirely than oil the propriety of reading fiction." In proof of this startling position he instances the ap proval given to the parables of the Gospels. Milton's poems, the "Pilgrim's Progress." and Pollock's "Course of Time." He next savs it is impossible to lay down any general rule as to how much time should be given to novel reading. But he thinks it certain that novels should not be made "the staple of reading." On the contrary, he would have thcui bear the same proportion to the whole amount of one's reading that pepper docs to one's food, or sugar to one's drink. He is ready to admit, however, that novel are useful in implanting a taste for reading, and that "Miss Austen's works, Miss Edge worth's tales, Miss Sedgwick's novels, >\ al ter Scott's matchless romances, contain a.s good matter as is to be found in sermons, essays, histories, or poems He says nothing about Dickons' works. VOL,. 41: NO. 18. IDLENESS. Idleness is the nurse of ail vices. It moves so siowly that they all overtake it The Germans and Italians say, proverbially ; that "Idleness is the Devil's pillow." Some affect to excuse tnis hydra-headed habit by asking what harm cau a person do when he does nothing? The ieply is ready and plant, lie who is passive in allowing dc : cay is himself a destroyer. While standing, : I still, and refusing to help, he obstruct* the movements of others. We are told in holy writ: By much slothfulness the building decaycth, and through idleness of the hands the housedroppeth through." And again it is said: "I went by the field 01 the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man ! void of understanding; and 10, it was all j grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall j thereof was broken down." The words ol (Jato, the elder, are in the proverb, •that one who does nothing Icarus to do evil." 1 Idleness has been described to be a moral leprosy, which soon eats its way into the j heart and corrodes our happiness, while it ; undermines our health. Idleness is costly, without being a luxury. Montague always would reckon the year's account of his ex ; penses with the following entry: "Item— for my abominable habit of idleness, a thousand livfes." We toil for leisure only ; to dissorer, when we have succeeded in our object, that leisure is a great evil. | How quickly would the working class be reconciled to what they may call the hard : ships of compulsory occupation, if they were but for a short time doomed to the hardships of compulsory idleness. They would quickly find that it is much better to wear out than to mst out. The idle man is at the mercy of all vices. The work ing man, on the contrary, finds a safeguard in his occupation, which leaves no time for j temptations nor a desire to yield to them. It was well said, by the oldest of the Greek • poets, that "the laborer is the sentinel of j virtue." A COUNTRY GIRLINBEEC'IIER'SCIII'ROH. —At first 1 thought he was a farmer, he told us so much about sowing and harvest ing. Then, when he talked of training | roses and pruning grape-vines, I changed my mind, and concluded he was a gardener; i but soon after he described printing, and made it so plain, I decided he must be a printer after all. The queerest thing about it was that he should know all the folks ap at Cross cut comers and be able to describe them so exactly. When bespoke of people : who think everything they have is just the nicest and best going \ thought of HuMy Tucker; and when he described those who believe they are in a state of perfection and can't do wrong. I know he must mean Deacon Pcttigrew. I was so much interest ed in all he bad to say, 1 did not think of anything else, except when my thoughts flew to Joel. Iso longed to have him be side me ! For I want Joel to love Sunday; and I am afraid he never will unless he sees, ; as I have, how beautiful it can be made, j and what a good, happy, cheerful thing such a religion as Mr. Beecher's is. The ! congregation looked so interested, so eager to hear all he had to say, Ido believe they : would have staid all night, if he had chosen Itogo on preaching. 1 did not notice a sin gle girl chewing caraway seed, or a single ' ooy using his jack knife on the back of the pew. Deacon Spicer, eighty-five years old, always goes to sleep, and snores be tween parson Hinman's '"fifthly" and "sixthly"; but the old, white haired men at Mr. Beecher's looked just as wide awake as I the young ones, and I do believe everybody went away feeling better and kinder and more resolved to lead good, true lives than when they came.— ltulepaidejit. THE METHODISTS or THE UNITED STATES. —The New York Methodift of last week has a lengthy and interesting series of tables, giving the present condition of the various branches of the Methodist Church throughout j the world. The following are the figures for the United States;-- Members. Methodist Episcopal Church (exclusive of the India, German aud Liberia Mission Conference) 1,139,01)6 Methodist Kpiseopal Church, South (1860)7-37 205 American Wesleyan Methodist 20.000 The "Methodist" Church 50,098 Protestant Methodists (in the South- _ ern States) 70 000 African Methodist E. Church 200,000 : African Methodist Episcopal Zion i Church 00,000 Free Methodists 4,800 Primitive Methodists j Evangelical Association (exclusive of ' the "Germany Conference") 57,226 ; TIIE AMERICAN GIRL.—It is the belief of certain well meaning men, who were not born in Constantinople, that if the American girl were called on to meet a proportion of her expenses by her own labor, she would be publicly a greater, and personally healthi : er. wiser and happier. It is even believed that her outlay, instead of increasing would diminish, l'racticed in the mystery of keeping accounts, aware by experience of' the difficulty of earning money, she would be clever enough to save it. With some thing to do, she would put less mind, time, and purse into the pursuit of pleasure. Mated at last with a poor man (so many are incorrigibly vicious that way!) she would share his burden rather than crush him with it. If all women now were thus, we would have no cause to cry as we are some times tempted to do—oh for the slow but cheap girl of thirty years since! Whether democracy is capable of some such self saving miracle as we have indicated, remains to be seen. * A OENTLEMAN was oncn riding in .Scot land by a bleaching ground, where a poor woman was at work watering her webs of linen cloth. He asked her where she went to church, and what she heard on the preceding day, and how much she remem bered. She could not even tell the text of the sermon. "And what good can the preaching do you. ' said ha, ' if you forget it all?" "Ah, sir," replied the poor woman, "ifyou look at this web on the grass, you will see as fast as ever I put the water on it, the sun dries it all up; and yet, sir, I see it gets whiter and whiter." NEWSPAPER subscriptions are infallible test's of men's honesty. If a man is dis honest he will cheat the printers in some way —say that he has paid when he has not —or sent money which was lost by mail —or will take the paper and will not pay for it, on the pies that he did not subscribe for it; or will move off, leaving it to come to the post office he left. Thousands of professing Christians are dishonest, and the printer's books will tell fearfully at the final settle ment at the Judgment day. How many who read this paragraph will be guiltless of this offence? _ PUBLIC OPINION condenses in a single quatrain, the long tirrdes of the Saturday Keview, against women "Men have many faults, Poor women have but two; There's nothing right they say. And nothing right they do." A L>RT NKKN fellow got out of his calcu lation. and was dozing in the street, when (lie bells roused him by their ringing for fire. "Nine. ten. eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen." cried he; "well, if that isn t later than I ever knew it. Is John's better half a demi-john? When William obtains a sweetheart is he an ac cepted Bill? Should James' wife want dia monds when she possesses a "Jem" already? TT has been though! that people ant de generating because" they don't live as long as in the days of Methuselah. But nobody can afford to live long at the current prices. A BAKER has invented anew kind of yeast. It makes bread so light that a pound of it only weighs twelve ounces RATES OF ADVERTISING. All advertisements for let* than 3 month.* it cent* per line for each insertion. Special notices one-half additional. AH resolutions of Associa tion, communications of a limited or ladiridal interest and notices of marriages and deaths, ex ceeding five lines, 18 eta. per line. Ail legal noti ces of every kind, and all Orphans' Court and other Judicial sales, are required by law to be pub lished in both papers. Editorial Koticos 15 cents per line. All Advertising due afterfirst insertion. A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers. < 3 mcnts. 8 months, 1 year One square...". $ t.50 S6OO $ 10.00 Two squares 8.00 9.00 18.00 Three squares 8.00 12.00 20.00 One-fourth column.. It.oo 20.00 25.00 Half column 18.00 25.00 45.00 One column 30.00 45.00 80.00 MUL No man ever sins at half-price. A "RAIN of terror" —the flood. "Do you keep accounts Dick?" "Yes, f reckon. ' TOBACCO should not be chewed, but eschewed. A just man hateth the evil, but not the evildoer. MODERATION is the silken string running ! through the chain of all the virtues. ! WOMAN requires no eulogy. She speaks j for herself. HE who receives a good turn should never forget it, he who does one should never re member it. HE is not poor who hath iittle, but he that desireth much. Ho is rich enough who wants nothing. To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and by habit you will bear them well. A man's character is frequently treated like a grate—blackened all over first, to come out the brighter afterwards. I WISH," said a son of Erin, "I could find the place where men don't die, that I may go and end my day* dure. THE "game of life" is very like a game of cards. Time deals, death cuts, and everybody is waiting for the last trump. As the quickest way to make a fortune a contemporary suggests marrying a fashoua ble young lady and selling her clothes. A LADY who held a glass of water in her hand, said "Oh, if it were only wicked to drink this, how nice it would be " WHY is there no future for fowls? Be cause they have their necks twirled (next world) in this. WHEN is a hen most likely to perform her duties propeily? When she is in earnest (iu her nest.) WHY are old maids and doubtful proposi tions alike? Because neither of tbem is a parent (apparent) to anybody. A wealthy young widow recently adver tised as follows: —A -gent wanted. e say A -man to that. WHY do girls kiss each other and men not? Because girls have nothing better to kiss, but men have. THERE is a man in Cincinnati who makes a living buying horse tails. They are used in the manufacture of haircloth. THE young ladies of Chicago who wear false calves, excuse the practice by saving that they are protected against mad-dogs. A YOUNG MAN who was crossed in love attempted suicide reeently by taking a dose of yeast powder. He immediately rose above his trouoles. Miss TUCKER says it is with bachelors as with old wood; it is easy to get them start ed, and when they do take flame they burn prodigiously. "How did you get rid of that trouble some lover of yours, Carrie? "Oh, I mar ried him, and han't been troubled with his attentions since." WE spend half our lives in making mis takes, and waste the poor remainder in teflecting how easily we might have avoid ed them. BEAUTIFUL WAS the reply of a venerable ; man to the question whether he was still j in the land of the living—"No, but 1 am I almost there." ; T NATURAL RESULT.—An editor down I South, who had served four days on the j jury. says, "he's so full ol the law that it is hard to keep from cheating somebody." BOUNI> TO BUST.—A sick man was told ; that nothing could cure him but a quart of catnip tea. "Then 1 must die," said he, ! "I don't hold but a pint." "I AM astonished, my dear young lady, at your sentiments; you make me start." "Well, sir, I've been wanting you to start i for the last hour." A\ HEN a man and woman are made one j by a clergyman, the question is which is i the one? Sometimes there is a long struggle between them before this matter is finally settled. THEN AND Now.—Farmers in 1776 Man at plow, wife at cow, girl at yarn, boy at barn, and all dues settled. Farmers in 1867 —Man at show, girl at piano, wife in satin, boy at Latin, and dues unsettled. A bachelor editor, speaking of a conven tion of old maids to be held in Little Rock, ."to gain a true knowledge of the natureand attributes of men," advises them that matri mony i the shortest and safest road to the knowledge they are in search of. AN old bachelor in New York offered a young lady a pony for a kiss; she gave him the kiss, hut he refused her the pony; she sued him; he pleaded "no consideration," the court decided that a kiss was a legal consideration, and made him "pony aver." A MINN ESOTA paper tells of a man thero who recently went to the river, stripped himself, cut. a hole in the ice, and took a hath. After floundering about for e while in the water, he sat down on a cake of ice and cut bis corns. SMALL boy on tip toe to his companions: —"Say, stop your noise, all of you. " Com panions—"Hello, Tommy! what's the mat ter.' 1 Small boy—"We've got a new baby, it s werry weak and tired, walked all the way from Heaven last night; musn t be a kickin' up a row round here DOW." Iwo school teachers in Indiana fell out and had a tight. A great crowd was, of course, the necessary consequence. A nervous individual came up in breathless excitement, and inouircd af a wag the cause. " Why, said he, "they fell out about spelling the word 'bird. One said it was "byrd." and the other contended that it was"burd." IT is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours to gether in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other conversation but what is made up ola few game phrases, and no other ideas hut those of black or red spots ranged togct her in different figures. W r ould not a man laugh to hear any one of this species complaining that life is short? IHE late Bishop Meade, of Virginia, sometimes said a witty thing. His jokes partook frequently of the serious, giving quite as much occasion for tears as mirth, lie was once lamenting the neglect of edu cation in the State, and remarked, with a significant expression: "Our girls are poorly educated, but our boys will never find it out." THE joy resulting from the diffusion of blcs.-ings to all around us in the purest and sublimest that can ever enter the human mind: and can be conceived only by those who have experienced it. - Next to the ecn- . •olations of Divine Grace, it is the most in M him who is the object ol it, and ia him who % sxeroises it; and it will not only soothe atid raoquitue a troubled spirit, but inspire a sonstant flow of good humor, content, and gaiety of heart.— Bishop Poricnt. J "HAVE any of Toby's continued siorioa * been printed in bound volumes.' inquired a customer of a salesman at one of our>arge is-ok stalls the otber day. . "Toby continued! \\ ho s he i . "Why, the man that writes so many stories for the publications. I sec. tr.s nime to nlore stories than any other man. and , want to get 'em in bound volumes. The salesman answered iu the negative, and the verdant customar went here jy. with his inquiry, which we uaro 1 # i ' ".*4