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NEW GOODS!.N A EW GOODS!!
D. P. GWIN'S CHEAP STORE
D. P. GIVIN has just returned from Philadelphia with
the largest and most beautiful assortment of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
Ever brought to Iluntingdon*Consisting of the most
fashionable Dross Goods for Ladies' and Gentlemen; Black
and Fancy Silks, all Wool Delaines, colors,) Spring De
rains, Braize Delanes, Braizes, all colors; Debatze, Levella
Cloth, Alpacca, Plain and Silk Warp; Printed Berages, Bril
liants Plain and Colored Ginghams, Lawns and Prints of
everidescription.
Also, a large lot of Dress Trimmings, Fringes, More-An
tique Ribbon, Gimps, Buttons, Braids,Crapes, Ribbons,
Reed and Brass Hoops, Silk and Linen andkerchiefs, Neck-
Ties, Stocks, Zepher, French Working Cotton, Linen and
Cotton Floss, Tidy Yarn, &c.
Also, the best and cheapest assortment of Collars and
17 ndersleves in town ; Barred and Plain Jaconet, Mull Mus
lin. Swiss, Plain, Figured and dotted Skirts, Belts, Mar
sallies for Capes, and a 'variety of White Goods too numer
ous to mention.
SPRING SHAWLS, THIBET SHAWLS, MANTILLAS, &c
Also, Cloths, Cassimers, Cassinets, K. Jean, Cot. Drills,
Muslims, Tickings. Nankeen, Table Diapers, Sie.
Aldo a large lot of Bonnets, Flats, and Hats, at low pri
mes.
BOOTS and SHOES, the largest and cheapest assortment
in town.
BARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, BUCKETS, CHURNS,
TUBS, BUTTER BOWLS, BROOMS, BRUSHES, &c. CAR
PETS and OIL CLOTH. FISH, SALT, SUGAR, COFFEE,
TEA, MOLASSES, and all goods usually kept in a country
store.
My old customers, and as many new ones as can crowd
in, are respectfully requested to call and examine my goods.
.Cpar All kinds of Country Produce taken in exchange, at
the Highest Market Prices,
April 21,1858.
1 41 ,1 - Ely STO !--NEW GOODS
dr. AtcIitURIPREIE having re
opened the AII:TICOPOLITAN, tbrinerly known us " Saxton's,"
take pleasure in announcing to their many friends. that
they have received a new and well selected Stock of GOODS,
which they feel confident will satisfy the demands of the
public, and will prove unexceptionable in Styte and Quality.
The line of Dress Goods embraces Robes
A'Quille, in Organdies, Lawns, Percales, &c.. Chaleys, Be
rages, Brilliants, all Wool DeLaines. Cravella, Mohair, Dan
ubian, Tamise and Lavelle. Cloths, Dellage Lustres, Alpac
eas, Prints, Ginglnuns, &c.
We have a fine assortment of Summer
Shwa Is, Mantillas, Dress Trimmings, Fringes, Antique's,
Itihbons. Mitts, Gloves, Gauntlets, Hosiery, Ladies Collars,
Handkerchiefs, Buttons, Floss, Sewing Silk, Whalebones
for Skirts, Reed Hoops, Brass ditto, Skirt Cord, &c.
Also—Tickings, Osnaburg, Bleached and
Unbleached Mullins. all prices; Colored and White Cam
brim Barred and Swiss Muslins, Victoria Lawns, ?Min-
Nooks, Tarleton, and many other articles which comprise
the line of WIIITE and DOMESTIC GOODS.
We have Fiend' Cloths, Fancy Cassimerh. tlatinets..Teans,
Tweeds, CettonailTi : Linens, Denims and Blue Drills.
Hats, Caps, and Bonnets, of every variety
and Style. Also, a large assortment of all kinds of Straw
Goods.
A Good Stock of G!tOCERIES. HARDWARE, QUEENS
WARE, BOOTS and SHOES, WOOD and WILLOW-WARE,
which will be sold Cheap.
We also deal in PLASTER, FISH, SALT, and all kinds
of GRAINS. and possess facilities in tbis branch of trade
unequalled by any. We deliver all packages or parcels of
Merchandise free of charge at the Depots of tho Broad Top
itral Pennsylvania Railroads'.
COME ONE, COME ALL, and ho convinced that the Afe-
Sropolitan is the place to secure fashionable and desirable
goods, disposed of at the lowest rates,
April 14, 185 S.
F OR EVERYBODY
TRY THE NEW STORE,
On Hill Street opposite Miles ck Dorris' Office
rit BEST
SUGAR and MOLASSES,
COFFEE, TEA and CHOCOLATE,
FLOUR, FISIL SALT and VINEGAR.
CONFECTIONERIES, CIGARS and TOBACCO,
SPICES OF TIIE BEST, AND ALL KINDS,
and every other article usually found in a Grocery Store
ALSO— Drugs, Chemicals, Dye Stuffs,
Paints,
Varnishes, Oils and Spts. Turpentine,
Fluid, Alcohol, Glass and Putty,
BEST WINE and BRANDY for medical purposes.
ALL TILE BEST PATENT MEDICINES,
and a large number of articles too numerous to mention,
The public generally will please call and examine for
themselves and learn my prices.
Huntingdon, May 25,1858
HUNTINGDON HOTEL.
The subscriber respectfully announces to his friends
and the public generally, that he has leased that old and
well established TAVERN STAND, known as the
Huntingdon house, on the corner of Hill and II
Charles Street, in the Borough of Iruntingdon.— a
lie has fitted up the House in such a style as to
render it very comfortable for lodging Strangers and lray
41ere.
ILLS TABLE will always be stored with the best the sea
son can afford, to suit the tastes and appetites of hie guests.
HIS BAR will always be tilled with Choice Liquors, and
HIS STABLE always attended by careful and attentive
Ostlers.
Arir- He hopes by strict attention to business and a spirit
of accommodation, to merit and receive a liberal share of
public patronage.
May 1:2, I 85S—ly
A TTENTION ALL ! !
JUST ARRIVED,
A I'LENDID STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES,
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
MISSi• 5, BOYS AND CHILDREN.
For Men and Boys' Fine Boots, call at
WESTBROOK'S Boot and Shoe Store.
For Ladies and Misses Gaiters and Shoes, call at
WESTBROOK'S.
For Children's Shoes of all kinds, call at
WESTBROOK'S
For Men and Boys' Coarse Boots and Shoes, call at
WESTBROOK'S,
For Morocco Leather, call at
'Nor any thing you want in my line,
CALL SOON.
For Ladies' Gaiters at prices from $l.OO to $2.25, call on
Huntingdon, May 5.1.858
JALLEXANDRIA FOUNDRY !
The Alexandria Foundry has been
bought by It. C. McGILL, and is in blast, 41
and have all kinds of Castings, Stoves, Ma- :„* - I,Rfl:'
Chines, Plows. Kettles, &c.. &c., which he
Lr
will sell at the lowest prices. All kinds nallag
of Country Produce and old Metal taken in exchange for
Castings, at market prices,
April 7, 1858,
17 4 er":;-i.;,. COUNTRY DEALERS can
4.441;;;;;?.' buy CLOTHING from me in Huntingdon at
WHOLESALE as cheap as they can in the
titles, as I have a wholesale store in Philadelphia.
Huntingdon, April 14, 1858. H. ROMAN.
VARNISH ! VARNISH !
ALL KINDS, warranted good. for sale at
BROWN'S Hardware Store,
Huntingdon, Pa,
April 2S, 1858-tf.
ADIES, ATTENTION !—My assort
ment of beautiful dress goods is now• open, and ready
or inspection. Every article of dress you may desire, can
be found at my store. D. P.44WIN.
HARDWARE! .
A Large Stock, just received, and for sale at
BRICKER'S MANIMOTII STORE
THE MAMMOTH STORE
: e for test Styles of dies' Dress t
RRICKER'S Mammoth Store is the
• place to get the wc rth of your money, in Dry Goods,
Hardware, Groceries, &c., £c., .tc.
DOUGLASS & SHERWOOD'S Pat
ent Extension Skirts, for sale only by
FISHER Mc3IURTRIE.
- BUILDERS
Are requested to call and examine the Hardware,
cr, - at BRICKER'S MAMMOTH STORE.
GROCERIES, .
Of the best, always ready for customers, at
J. BRICKER'S MAMMOTH STORE
HEAT!
Tor sale at
2 do. II do.
$ 37% $ 50
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IVESTI3ROOK'S
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VOL. XIV.
ceiett Vatirg.
AUTUMN EVENING.
Behold the Western evening, light!
It melts in deepening gloom;
So calmly Christians melt away,
Descending to the tomb.
The wind breathes low; the withered leaf
Scarce whispers ftom the tree; .
So gently flows the parting breath,
When good men cease to be.
How beautiful on all the hills
The crimson light is shed?
'Tis like the peace the Christian gives
To mourners round his bed.
How mildly on the wandering cloud
The sunset beam is cast!
'Tis like the memory left behind
When loved ones breathe their last
And now, above the dews of night,
ghe yellow star appears;
So faith springs in the heart of those
Whose eyes are bathed in tears.
But soon the morning's happier light
Its glory shall restore;
And eyelids that are seard in death
Shall wake, to close no more.
u;4`futtrtsting
NAPOLEON AND DUROC
FROM GEN. MILLER'S LIFE OF NAPOLEON
Napoleon was very fond of walking in the
streets of Paris incognito, in search of adven
tures. On these occasions, he generally wore
a round hat, and a long blue coat, in which
his appearance was not altogether prepossess
ing. In consequence of this, he was occa
sionally received with a coolness and indif
ference to which in propria persona he was
unaccustomed. Once, Shortly before Christ
mas, lie arose as early as seven, and accom
panied by Duroc, Grand Marshall of the
palace, (who wore the same sort of disguise
as Napoleon,) left the Tuilleries, just as day
was breaking. After a walk through the
Palace Vendome thence to the• Rue de Napo
leon—where he much admired the splendid
mansions - which had been recently erected
there ; chatting familiarly he observed to
Dorm :
" It seems that the Parisians in this quar
ter are extremely lazy, to keep their shops
shut at this time of day."
Discoursing„,,thus they arrived at the Chi
nese bath rooms; which had been recently
painted and embellished. As they were criti
cising the exterior, the cafe which belonged
to the establishment opened.
" Suppose we enter and breakfast here,"
said Napoleon to Duroc; "what do you say?
has not your walk given you an appetite ?"
And without waiting for an answer, Napo
leon entered the cafe, took his seat at a table,
called for a waiter, and requested some mut
ton chops and a bottle of chamberlin wine;
and having breakfasted heartily, and taken
a cup of coffee, which he protested was bet
ter than that he was supplied with at the
Turneries; he called the waiter and demanded
the bill, saying to Duroc—" Pay and let us
return now ;" then rising and going to the
door, he began to whistle an Italian recita
tive, endeavoring to appear at ease. The
Grand Marshall rose at the same time ; but
after fruitlessly searching his pockets, found
that having dressed in haste, he had forgotten
his purse, and he well knew that Napoleon
never carried any money about him. Never
theless the waiter came and presented the
bill to the Grand Marshall, who stood mute
with surprise at not being able to discharge
it, although the amount was only twelve
francs. Napoleon, not knowing what de
tained Duroc, and not accustomed to be kept
waiting, re-entered ; saying impatiently—
" Come, make haste, it is late."
The Grand Marshall now comprehending
the unpleasant situation in which he was
placed, and thinking the best way to get out
of it was to avow frankly his inability to dis
charge the debt, approached the mistress of
the cafe, (who was silent and indifferent at
the counter,) and said politely and confused
ly—
"Madame, my friend'and myself left home
this morning a little precipitately, and we
quite forgot to bring our purses—but I give
you my word that in an hour I will send you
the amount of your bill."
"It may be so, sir," cooly replied the lady,
" but I know neither of you, and we are
'•very day taken in. in this manner. Do you
really think that—f'
"Madame," interrupted the Grand Mar
shall, reddening with rage at this answer;
" we are men of honor, we are officers of the
guard I"
" Oh, yes ! fine excuses, truly! officers of
the guard, indeed."
At these words, men of honor and officers
of the Guard, which Napoleon bad overheard,
be turned round, and in a voice which had
caused heroes to tremble, demanded—
" What is all this about ?"
But at a sign from Duroc, be-remained im
patiently where he was. The waiter now
stepped forward and volunteered to be an
swerable for the debt, with which assurance
the mistress of the cafe was satisfied. Duroc
regarded the young man with surprise, and
drawing from his pocket "a watch, encircled
with brilliants, said to the obliging waiter :
" My friend, you have acted nobly ; keep
this watch till I return' to recompense you."
" Sir," said the waiter, " I have no wish to
take ,it. I feel convinced that you are both
men of honor."
" Good, my friend," said the Grand Mar
shall, "you shall never repent your confi
dence in us." He then rejoined the Empe
ror.
Duroc recounted the particulars of the ad
venture to Napoleon, who laughed heartily,
and was pleased with the generosity of the
poor waiter, who had become security for
them without knowing who they were. On
their way to the Palace, they stopped at the
Passage des Panoramas, which was then one
of the most elegant passages or covered ways
in Paris. There a shop attracted the atten
tion of Napoleon. It contained a fine collec
tion of porcelain vases. Two superb ones
were exposed to view, and appearing to the
Emperor very tasteful, he entered the shop
and demanded the price. The mistress of the
cafe, with a sneer on her countenance, cooly
asked if he wished to purchase them.
" Why, madame, I should not have asked
the price, unless I had thought of purchasing
them," said Napoleon, irritated by the impu
tation of the woman.
" Four thousand francs (L 160,) not a farth
ing less, monsieur."
" Four thousand francs ! that is horriblSr
dear, madame ! much too dear for me !"
And touching his hat, he was about to
leave the shop, when the marchande, with
her hands in her pockets, added sarcastically :
" They cost me five thou Sand, but it is bet
ter to sell at cost in these times than to starve.
There are fine doings now-a-days ! always
war ! all the world is complaining ! Busi
ness is at a stand still now, and the shop
keepers are ruined ; but we do not pay less
taxes."
During this address, Napoleon's counte
nance became highly expressive—his eyes
flashed, his cheeks were flushed with rage ;
at length he interrupted her by saying:
" Madame, have you a husband? Where
is he ? Can I see him ?"
" Eh ! la ! la! do not be angry monsieur !
I have a husband, thank heaven, but he has
gone to seek money. But what can you want
of him, while I am here ?"
"Enough, madame, enough! I wished to
tell your husband that—that perhaps I shall
scud for these vases—"
He then left the shop, disgusted with the
merchmide, whose coolness and politics had
so much exasperated him.
"Faith," said he, when he had rejoined
Duroc, "I have had a sound lecture from a
foolish woman, who seems to attend more to
politics than her business. Oh! I will have
her husband's head shaved ; it is his fault."
The Emperor and the Grand Marshal now
returned to the Tuilleries, having both met
with adventures, the one with a shop-keeper,
and the other with a waiter.
About six weeks after these occurrences,
Napoleon said to Duroc:
" I have nothing to do now, suppose we go
and see how the shops look, Br-the-bye,
how did you settle the affair at the Chinese
Baths 7"
"Indeed, sire, I am glad you have men
tioned the subject, fur I had quite forgotten
all about it."
" That is wrong, Duroc, very wrong in
deed. I may be alloWed to forget suet' tri
fles as that ; but you
" Sire, I will immediately make the amen&
honorable."
"Yes, do; and let it be done in a way that
will please me; you understand. At the
same time, let the female politician be order
ed to send her husband here, with the two
vases which I looked at, when I paid her a
visit. I am somewhat in her debt. - Ah!
ah ! 'tis my turn, now, and we shall see!"
Duroc having given precise directions to
one of the imperial footmen, despatched him
to the Chinese Baths, when he thus address
ed the mistress of the cafe:
" Madame, did not two gentlemen break
fast here, about six weeks since, without pay
ing their bill ?"
" Yes, monsieur," replied the lady, very
much troubled, seeing that the inquirer wore
the livery of the palace.
"Well, madame, those gentlemen were the
Emperor and the Grand Marshall of the pal
ace. Can I see the waiter who became secu
rity for them ?"
" Yes, certainly, sir."
The mistress rang the bell, but felt uneasy;
she thought of nothing less than going to the
palace, and imploring the forgiveness of the
Emperor. When the waiter appeared, the
footman gave him a roll of fifty Napoleons,
and said to him :
"In addition to this, the Grand Marshall
has charged me to say, that if you have any
favor to ask, for yourself or friends, he will
be most happy to grant it."
The name of the waiter was Dargens ; he
hastened to • accept the kind offer of the
Gland Marshall, who instantly made him
one of the imperial footmen. lie soon gain
ed the confidence of the Empress Josephine,
and became her especial attendant. After
her divorce, he accompanied her to Malmai
son, andsingular destiny of men, at this
time—eventually entered the service of Wel
lington, in 1814.
After his visit to the cafe, the imperial
footman reached the Passage des Panoramas,
when he entered the shop o the voluble mar
change.
" Sir," said he, 'addressing the master,
"you are requested to go 'to the palace, this
instant, with the two vases, which the Em
peror inquired the price of, about six weeks
since, in your shop. His Imperial Majesty
is now waiting for you."
"Heavens !" he cried, "I shall' be shot."
Then, addressing his wife, who was terribly
frightened, and unable to speak, he said—
" I have no doubt, but that you have been
talking to the Emperor, and speaking ill of
the Government, as you always do; and this,
to the Emperor himself! When will you
learn to cease your cursed babbling? Ali,
mon Dieu !—I am a lost man—l shall be
shot !"
Here, fright nearly overpowered the poor
man, who seemed shocked that his wife
should have taken the Emperor for a police
spy. However, he mustered all his courage,
and arrived with the vases, at. the Tuilleries,
where he was immediately ushered into the
presence of Napoleon, who thus addressed
him :
" So, sir, I have found you at last—l am
glad to see you here •!"
• Then, taking from his desk, eight bank
notes, for a thousand francs, each, he pre
sented them to the dealer, who was trem
bling with fear, and with great difficulty, ad
vanced to receive them. And then, with
that peculiar, sarcastic brevity, with which
he invariably spoke, when he wished to re
proach, he added :
HUNTINGDON, PA., SEPTEMBER 29, 1858,
--PERSEVERE.-•
" I went, the other day, to your •shop. I
bargained for two vases; your wife asked
four thousand francs, telling me, they cost
her five thousand. Well, though that vas a
falsehood, I now give you eight thousand—
take them. There are four for yourself.—
But tell your wife, that if she does not at
tend to her domestic affairs, instead of poli
tics, morbleu! I will send her where she
will be taken care of; and you, too, to teach
you both to be more silent. Go, sir—that is
all I have to say to you! Bon soir !
There is a proverb that "a father can more
easily maintain six children, than six 'chil
dren one father." Is this true ? Has the
ingratitude of children passed into a prov
erb? Luther relates this story:
"There was once a father who gave up
every thing to his children, his house, his
fields, and his goods, and expected that for
this, his children would support him. But
after he had been sometime with his son, the
latter grew tired of him, and said to him,
'Father, I have had a son born to me to-night
and there, where your arm chair stands, the
cradle must come ; will you not perhaps go to
my brother, who has a larger room ?" After
he had been some time with the second son,
he also grew tired of him, and said, 'Father,
you lie a warm room, and that hurts my
heads;; you go to my brother, the bak
er?' The father went, and after he had been
some time with the third son, he also found
him burdensome, and said to him, ' Father,
the people run in and out here all day, as if
it were a pidgeon-house, and you cannot have
your noon-day sleep; would you not be better
off at my sister Kate's, near the town well ?'
The old man remarked how the wind blew,
and said to himself, 'Yes, I will do so; I will
go and try it with my daughter. Women
have softer hearts.' But after he had spent
some time with his daughter, she grew weary
of him, and said she was always so fearful
when her father went to church or anywhere
else, and was obliged to descend the steep
stairs ; and at her sister Elizabeth's there
were no stairs, to descend, as she lived on the
ground floor. For the sake of peace, the old
man assented, and went to his other daughter.
But after sometime she too was tired of him,
and told him by a third person that her house
was near the water, was too damp for a man
who suffered with the gout, and her sister
the grave digger's wife at St. Johns, had
much drier lodgings. The old man himself,
thought she was right, and went out side the
gate-to his youngest daughter Helen. But
afteq.'he had been three days with her, her
littl4, son said to his grandfather, 'Mother
said yesterday to cousin Elizabeth, that there
was no better chamber for you than such a one
as father digs.' These words broke the old
man's heart, so that he sank back in his
chair and died."
Value of Sind Words
Kind words do not cost much. They never
blister the tongue or lips; and we have never
heard of any trouble arising from this quar
ter. Though they do not cost much, yet
they accomplish much.
1. They help one's own good nature and
good will. Soft words soften our own soul.
Angry words are fuel to the flame of wrath,
and make it blaze the•more fiercely.
2. Kind words make other people good
natured. Cold words freeze people, and hot
words scorch them, and sarcastic words irri
tate them, and bitter words make them bit
ter, and wrathful words make them wrath
ful.
There is such a rush of all other kinds of
words, in our days, that it seems desirable to
give kind words a chance among them.—
There are vain words, and idle words, and
hasty words, and spiteful words, and silly
words, and empty words, and profane words,
and boisterous words, and warlike words.
Kind words also produce their own image
on men's souls ; and a beautiful image it is.
They soothe and quiet and comfort the hear
er. They shame him out of his sour, mo
rose, unkind feelings. We have not yet be
gun to use kind words in such abundance as
they ought to be used. They should. be on
our lips from morning till night.
To Spoil a Daughter
Be always telling her how very pretty she
is.
Instil into her young mind an undue love
for dress.
Allow her to read nothing but works of fic
tion.
Teach her all the accomplishments, but
none of the utilities of life.
Keep her in the darkest ignorance of the
mysteries of housekeeping.
Initiate her into the principle that it' is
vulgar to do anything for herself.
To strengthen the latter, let her have a
lady's maid.
Teach her to think that she is better than
anybody else.
Make her think she is sick when she is not;
and let her lie in bed taking medicine when
half an hour's out dour exercise would com
pletely cure her of her laziness.
And lastly, having given her such an edu
cation, marry her to a moustached gentleman
who is a clerk, with a salary of two hundred
and fifty dollars.
sey-A young lady that lives ,on a street,
through which a railroad passes, appears to
have no occupation except perpetually poking
her head out of the window. A wag, the
other morning, hailed her from the street.
" Hallo, Miss !"
" What do you want?" said she, after the
flush of indignation at being thus accosted.
" The bell ain't rung yet," was the an
swer.
" What do you mean V asked Miss.
" Why," was the reply, "that sign says
you're - to 'look out' when the bell rings, - but
you are looking out all the time."
The young lady's head disappeared with a
jerk, and. the window went -down with a
slam.
A
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Is this True
Editor and Proprietor.
The Two Cords of Wood
Just at dusk one November evening, three
children occupied a large kitchen connected
with the establishment of farmer Grant. A
bright wood fire blazed cheerfully in the wide
chimney, while from the crane the suspended
tea-kettle was announcing, as loudly as pos
sible, that the hour for supper was approach
ing. By the bright, but fitful light, one
young girl sat reading; another sat at the
window watching the cows as they walked
demurely from. the yard to the stable, while
a boy of eleven summers was seated on a
cricket in front of the fire, gazing steadily at
the flames as they shot upward, but with an
appearance of abstraction, indicating that
his mind was elsewhere.
Softly, Ellen advanced from the window,
and touching her sister Ruth to call her at
tention, just whispered, "Just look at Thomas!
He's in a brown study, as the teacher said
this afternoon. Ido wonder what he's think
ing of!"
"Ask him," responded Ruth glancing at
her brother, and then turning to her book
again.
"Thomas," called Ellen, " What makes
you look so sober to-night ? Did you miss at
school?"
The boy heaved a deep sigh, and then
turned to his sister with a smile, saying, "0,
Ellen, you can help me, if you will, only you
must first promise not to tell any one."
Ellen promised, and Thomas led her to the
further corner of the room, as his mother
had come in, where he made known to -her
his plan.
" Last night," said he, " after you and
Ruth had gone to bed, I heard father and
mother talking. It made me feel so bad I
could not go to sleep. She had been bring
ing in the clothes and kept coughing, as she
always does when she works hard. Father
told her that she must go to taking that doc
tor's stuff that done her so much good last
winter. At first she did not answer ; but
pretty soon I saw her put up her hand and
brush away a tear."
" There are so many things to be bought
for the children," she said after a while,
" that I don't like to spend money for medi
cine. 1 don't often cough so much."
" I know that too." replied father, " but
you must attend to your health. What should
we all do without you ?"
" 1
sometimes think," said mother, " that
my work is almost done, and if it is God's
will to call me away, he will provide for you
and our dear children."
"I couldn't stay to hear any more, for I
had to run into the entry to keep from sob
bing aloud—Oh! Ellen, what could we do
without mother ?"
The young girl turned around and gave her
mother a piercing glance, as if to Fat is fy
herself that her brother had cause for his so
licitude, and then asked, " but what can you
or both of us do to help her ?"
" I mean somehow to buy her a bottle of
that medicine," exclaimed Thomas impres
sively, " but how to do it' is the question.—
Dr. Jones had a load of wood carted to-day,
and be wants a man to come and saw it. I
would go to-morrow afternoon and ask him
to give me the job, and the medicine to pay,
only father wants his wood piled up to-mor
row before the snow comes."
Ellen stood for one moment returning her
brother's gaze; then said eagerly, "Ruth
and I will pile it for you. We'll get up very
early, and do our stint before breakfast, and
then we shall have the whole of the after
noon."
Thomas joyfully accepted this offer, and
readily obtained the job from the kind physi
cian. Before night he had piled the two
cords in the shed and sawed nearly a quarter
of it.
" Well, my little man," said the doctor,
driving into the yard as Thomas was hang
ing up the saw preparatory to leaving.—
"How much have you earned this afternoon?"
A bright thought flashed through the boy's
mind, and in true Yankee style he answered
the question by asking, "Doctor, how much
a bottle was the cough medicine you gave
mother last winter ?"
"Half a dollar, I think; is she sick again?"
The boy then communicated his wishes,
and with a flushed face inquired of 'the doc
tor if he would be satisfied to let him have a
bottle to carry home with him.
The good man was evidently moved by this
unexpected proposal. He made no reply ex
cept to invite the boy to his office. 'When
there he talked more freely, and ended by
giving him a small powder for his mother,
with directions for taking it, in addition to
the desired cough medicine, and promised to
call himself the next day.
An hour later Thomas sat with his sisters
by the fire, and communicated to them the
joyful tidings of his afternoon's labor. They
then proceeded to give the medicine to their
mother as a token of affection from her three
children, "for," said Thomas, " I could not
have it if you had not helped me."
To say that Mrs. Grant was gratified, would
be but fully expressing her emotion, when
the love token was placed in her hands.
With moistened eyes she gave each of them
a kiss, and then added in a subdued voice,
"God will reward you, my dear ones. The
bl<.ssinn , affixed to the fifth commandment
- • t,
will be yours, for you have indeed honored
your mother."
God did bless them in rendering the medi
cine effectual in restoring the health of their
mother, whose life was prolonged for years.
She saw her children growing up useful, hap
py, and respected by all who knew them.
Mr. How swells the heart of the parent
with mournful joy, while standing by the
earth-bed of the lost little one. Mournful,
because that precious jewel glitters in the
diadem of the Redeemer.
ZEr Who ever beard of a widow commit
ting suicide on account of love ? A little
experience is very wholesome.
Aea"' A wag tells of a boarding house keep
er, whose tea was so weak that it couldn't get
up the spout of the tea pot.
A recent number of the Household Words
eentains a sketch of Stephen Girard. It is
not correct in all particulars, and yet it eta.:
bodies many interesting facts, in the history
of the celebrated banker. After giving the
leading events in the early life of Girard, the
writer proceeds as follows:
"In 1812, Stephen Girard, the one-eyed
cabin boy . of Bordeaux purchased the bank
ing premises of the old Bank of the United
States, (whose charter was not renewed) and
started the Girard Bank, a large private, es
tablishment, which not only conferred advan
tage on the community greater than the State
Institution upon which it was foiinded, but,
while the public credit was shaken the Gov
ernment finances were exhausted by war;
the Girard could command large subscrip
tions of loan, and put itself in the position
of the principal creditor of the country. In
1814, Girard subscribed the whole of a large
Government loan, from patriotic motives, and
in 1817, he contributed by his unshaken credit
and undiminished funds, to bring about the
resumption of specie payments. 1831, his
operations were so extensive, that when the
country was placed in extreme embarrass
ment from the scarcity of money, by reason
of the balance of trade being against it, he
was enabled by a single transaction with an
eminent English firm, to turn the exchanges,
and cause the specie to flow into the States:
To add to his singular and deficient char
acter, he was deaf in one ear, could only
speak broken English, never conversed upon
anything but business, and wore the same
old coat, cut in the French style, for five
years together. An old rickety chair, re
markable for its great age, and marked with
the initials ' S. G.,' drawn by a faded horse,
was used when he rode about the city. He
had no sense of hospitality, no friend to share
his table. He was deferential in appearance
to rank and family, violent and passionate,
only to one man—an old and faithful clerk,
named Roberjot.
His theological opinions were heterodox in
the extreme, and he loved to name his splen
did vessels after Voltaire and Rousseau.—
He was devoted to the improvement of his
adopted country, and he was a determined
follower of ostentatious charity. No man
ever applied to him for a large public grant
in vain, while the starving beggar was inva
riably sent from his gate. lie steadily rose
every morning before the lark, and unceasing,
labor was the daily worship of his life.
Stephen Girard began his remarkable true
ding career with an object, which he steadily
kept in view all his long life—the making of
money for the power it conferred. He was
content, at starting, with the small profits of
the retail traders, willing to labor in any ca
pacity to make these profits secure. He prac
ticed the most rigid personal economy ; he
resisted all the allurements of pleasure; he ex
acted the last farthing that was due him, and'
he paid the last farthing that he owed. He'
took every advantage th law allowed him in
resisting a claim ; he used men just as far as
they would accomplish his purpose : he paid
his servants no more than the market price ;
when a faithful cashier died he exhibited the
utmost indifference, making no provisions for
his family, and uttering no sentiment of re-
NO. 14,
s Hewl hi l for at hi loss. oudgge a. penny'
with a huckster in the street; he would deny
the watchman at his bank the customary
Christmas present of a great coat.
Thus he attained his eighty-second year,
in 1830 ; he had nearly lost the sight of his
one eye, and used to be seen groping about
his bank, disregarding every offer of assis- -
tance. Crossing one of the Philadelphia
roads, he was knocked down by a passing
wagon, his face was bruised, and his right
ear was nearly cut off. His one eye, which
before slightly opened, was - now entirely- -
closed ; he gradually wasted away and his.
health declined. On the 26th of December;•
Stephen Girard expired, in the back room•on.
the third floor of his house, in Water strat,•
Philadelphia, leaving the bulk of his large
fortune, upwards of a million sterling, to
found charities, and to benefit the city and
the country in which he acquired it.
Ile left his monument in the `Girard Col-•
lege,' that marbled roofed palace for the ed- -
ucation and protection of the orphan children
of the poor, which stands the most perfect
model of architecture in the New World;•
high above all the buildings of Philadelphia,.
visible from every eminence of the surround--
ing country. Every detail of the external'
and internal arrangement of this orphan col--
lege, was set forth in the will, showing that
the design upon which he had lavished. the'
mass t,e his wealth was not the hastily devel- -
oped fancy of a few hours or days, but was
the heart-cherished, silent project of his whole
life."
GlFTS.—There is, after all, something in
the fate of those trifles that friends bestow
upon each other, which is an unfailing
cation of the place the giver holds in the af
fections. I would believe that the person
who preserved a lock of hair, a simple flower,
or any trifle of my bestowing, loved me,
though no show was made of it; while all
the protestations in the world, would not win
my confidence in 06 sincerity of one, who
set no value on such little things. Trifles,
they may be, but it is by such that character
and disposition are oftenest revealed.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY.—The sand-stone
rocks of Adersbach, in Bohemia, have been
visited by persons from all • parts of the
globe, on account of their grotesque and fan
tastic forms. Ten years ago another defile
of sand-stone rocks was discovered near Week
elsdorf. To this is now to be added the dis
covery of a grand layer of petrified trees.—
It stretches to the extent of two miles and a
half in length, and half a mile' in breadth,
and there is one point, where twenty or thirty
thousand stems of petrified wood may be seen
at one glance.
Vir The following is worthy of commen
dation, as given by an Irishman at Rockford,
at their celebration on the 4th : " When the
lily of France shall fade—when the thistle of
Scotland shall droop—when the rose of Eng
land shall wither—then may the Shamrock
of Ireland, entwined with the stripes and
stars,' bloom in perpetual verdure."
Stir' A. Frenchman being about to remove
his shop, his landlord inquired the reason,
stating, at the same time, that it was consid
ered a very good stand for business. The
Frenchman replied with a shrug of the shoul
der, "Oh, yes, he very good stand for de busi
ness ; by gar, me stand all day, for nobody
come to make me more."
se'. During a recent election, a candidate
called upon a tradesman, and solicited hie
vote. "I would rather vote for old Nick than
you," -was the reply. "But, in Case your
friend should not come forward," said the
candidate " might I not count upon sour as
eittance ?"
Girard, the Mdney Maker.