Sbe American balimteer. PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING BRATTON’ 4c KENNEDY, of xcEk-souTii muun sqvibs. Terms;—Two Dollar* per year If paid strictly m advance; Two Dollar*and Fifty Cento if paid within three month*; after which Three Dollars will be charged. These term* will be rigidly ad uered to In every Instance. No subscription dU roritinned until alT&rrearages are paid, at iho option of the Editor. " ... professional ffiartis. \a/M. B. BUTLER, Attorney at VV Law, Carlisle, Penna. Office with Win. J. Shearer, Esq. Dec. 1, 1865-Iy, T M WEAKLEY, Attorney at Law. 9J « Office on South Hanover street. In the room formerly occupied by A. B. Sharpe. Esq. fIHAS. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Arson- V ney at Law. Office in Building formerly occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han* non’s Hotel. Deo. 1,18(15, aM. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney • Real Estate Agent. Shepherds* lown, West Virginia, Prompt attention given to all business in Jefferson county and the Counties adjoining it. Feb. 15,1800—1 y. TOHN. C. GRAHAM, Attorney at • i Law. Office formerly occupied by Judge Graham, South Hanover street, Carlisle, Penna. Dec. 1,1805—1 y. |jl B, BELTZHOOVER; Attorney JH , anujCounsklor at Law, Carlisle, Penna; Office on South Hanover street, opposite Bentz’s Store. By special arrangement with the Patent Office, attends to securing Patent Righto. Doc. 1,1865. ' MC. HERMAN, Attorney at Law, • Office In Rheem's Hall Building, In the rear of the Court House, next door to the " Herr aid" Office, Carlisle, Penna. • i Deo. 1,1805. - , . WM. J. SHEARER, Attorney &o. at Law, Carlisle. Pa. Office hear Court uousa, South side of Public Square, lo Inhofl'p Corner. 1 ' second floor. Entrance, Hanover Street. Practicing in all the Courts of this Judicial District, prompt attention will bo given to all business iii the Counties of Ferry ana Juniata, as well as of Cumberland. May 24,1800—1y*. \TT P. SADLER, Attorney at Law, YV • Carlisle, Penna. Office In Building for merly occupied by Volunteer,. South Hanoveir street. ; Dec. 1, 1865. . ! wT KENNEDY Attorney at Law, YY • Carlisle, Penna. Office same as that at the “American Volunteer,” South side of the Pub lic Square. Deo. 1. 1805. JOHN LEE, Attorney at Law, North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa., * Fob. 15,1800—1 y. TAMES A. DUNBAR, Attorney at m Law, Carlisle, Penna. Office „a few doors west of Hannon's Hotel. Dec. 1,1805. O , NEWTON SHORT. M. D., Physl- J_V* clan and Surgeon, Mochaalcsburg, Pa.— Tnunkfal lor past favors, would most respectful ly inform his friends and the public generally, that ho is still practicing Medicine ana Kprgery In all their branches. Special attention given to the treatment of diseases of the Eye and Ear, and all other chronic afleollons. Office In Wilson’s Building, Main St., up stairs. Nov. 29, 1800. SR. GEORGE S. BEARIGHT, Den tist. From the Baltimore College of Dental cry. Office at the residence of bis mother, East Leather Street, three doors below Bedford, Carlisle, Penna. Deo. 1,1805. SiENTISTRY— Dr.W.B. ' Practical Dentist, NewvlUe, Pennsylvania, oo in Miller's Building. i Fob. 22.1800.—1 y. Insurance (EompanUa. gPECIAD INSURANCE AGENCY I Ovsu $25,000,000 op Capital RxfbbBbktbx>. Home, Metropolitan, Manhattan, Artlo, Secu rity. North American, Qermahla, all of New York. Aetna and Phoenix of Hartford, Conn.;; North American of Philadelphia, Pa.; Farmers Mutual of York, Pa.; Columbia Mutual of Lan caster, Penn'o. The main element to be desired In Insurance Companies is SECURITY. If wealth, experience, intelligence and probity exist, perpetuity and nonoraple dealing will be likely to ensue. i Insurance creates independence. A person pays for. his own Indemnity, and need not be a tax on his friends. ■ ' ■ ■ r■■ Evers' man should Insure; the burning ol whoso property would Injure or inconvenience himself, his family, or hls neighbors. ' ’ Insurance efleeted 1 at this agency, no mattei how large the amount, la either Block or Mutual Companies. Policies issued, losses adjusted and promptly piild at this office. _ ' ■ . SAMUEL K.HDMRICH, . (medal Insurance Agent, > Office in Marlon Hall Bunding, West Main Street, Carlisle,or to the fallowing local agents: J. E. Ferree, NewvlUe; John R. Shuler. New ihooni field. Perry County, Pa.; or A. H. Woldman,t Mlflllntown, Juniata County, Pa. ; Jan. 8,1887—0 m ’ , Mutual life insurance co. OF NEW YOKK. CASH ASSETS $16,000,000. This Is strictly and entirely a Mutual Company. It makes its dividends annually and pays them at the end of each and every year. Its assets are not diluted, nur Us strength weakened hy any doubtful premium notes or stockholders notes.f- Doubtful securities Add- nO place in Its list oi cash assets. It charges Its policy holders no in ■terest. and furnishes insurance at exact cost. . ; Twenty-four years ol straight forward, honora ble dealing, has made its name the synonym 6i strength among business men, and is to-day the - LEADING LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY j of this continent Possessing the largest assets, the largest amount insured, the largest income •and the largest surplus over liabilities, as shown by the Official reports of the Insurance Deport-, ment or Now" York;* and which win be sboym lo ony persons wishing to determine lor themselvcs the true condition aud s lauding of different com-, pmiles by applying HUMRICH .; Office No. ‘Mi West Main St,, Carlisle.. Jan. 3,1867—bm $2OO BEWABD J PENNSYLVANIA MUTUAL MORSE THIEF DETECTING AND INSURANCE, COMPANY. From three to five dollars will insure your horse against thieves for live years. , Persons desiring to beeomcmembera will apply to n, ' SAM’L K. HUMHXOxI, tipedai Agent. Office 20 West Main St, Carlisle. Jan. 3,1867—fim The railway passengers as- QURANOE COMPANY, of Hartford, Conn., insures against all F lnt, M of Accidents. CAPITAL $304,800. For flvo thousand dollars In caao of fatal Occi dent, or *2B Weekly Compensation In coaa ol disabling bodUy Injury, at 25 cents per day. Fpr sale at i SAMUEL K. HUMBICH’S OfflcoNo. 20 West Main Bt., Carlisle. Jau. .0,1807—0 m . jnURE INSURANCE. "Tthe ALLEN AND BAST PENNSBORO’ MU TUAL FIBB INSURANCE COMPANY, .ot Cum besland county, Incorporated by. an act of As sembly. in the year 1813; and havlnkrecenUy had its charter extended to the active and vigorous operation ! imdet'the super intendence of the following Board or Manages: • Wm. B. Gorgas; Christian Btoyman, Jacob ,Eb ©rly. Daniel Bailey, Alexander Goth cart. Jacob H.Coover, John Elohelberger. 1 Samuel Rudolph Martin, MoSeb Brlckpr, Jacob Goover and J. 0. Dunlap. ■ ' _ A™™™* The rates of insurance ore as as any Company of the kind In the i State. Per sons Wishing to.beoomo members ore iovltedto make application to the agents of the Company, who ar{Twilling to wait upon them *t ®ny tithe*. President—"W. R.GPP GAB r Ebe|ly's Mills, Cora b6Vlcepml£nt-CHBit cian Stayhan, Carlisle, , Secretary—John o.’ Dunlap. Mechanlcsburg. Iteasuror-DXNm Bahjsy, DUlsbnrg, York 90. agents.:/; Cumberland Cburiiy— ry Bearing. ShlremahstOwn: Lafayette; Peflbfc Dickinson: Henry Bowman, Cburohtown, Moae Griffith. South Middleton 5 Samuel Graham W. Ponnaboro'; Samuel Goover, MoctonlcjburgiJ. W. Oooklln, ShepherdstoWn; D. Coover, Upper ■ about to expire, can havei tUeUi rtae ap E‘«"«IK'£SSS§®W!S mL nojih Asa *i« ovo r 117/WOXjQO.. iSlKted and Mai&i ; \, Agent, WelnytMotlimi. \ ' Doo. ao, ises-sm* , _• -= ■ . nrtn PENS GIVEN AWAY.—Bam- Vx Blirs -ADAMS * CO'S CELEBRATED GULDEN PENS" wUlbawnl FREE ou receipt of Bantk?iEbe'poatAaA> AddreM ADAMS* CO., IRi troSaaid BtreetTßoalgn Ml> '. Mtiod T, I*97—lm She Mertfon Boluntecr BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. i&eat iEstate. ESTATE FOR SALEI! W . J. SHEARER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND AGENT FOR THE SALE OF Cumberland Co. Real Estate, OFFERS THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE' AT REASONABLE PRICES IN THE BOROUGH OF CARLISLE. No.’S, A New and Well Built TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE, with Two-story Back Building, containing In all Seven Pleasant Rooms, together With. NEW FRAME STABLE, OARferAGE HOUSE and other ouUhalldlcgs; situate on East side South Hanover Street. This Lot, on which there la some very Choice Fruit, contains 42 feet in front by 220 feet in depth. No. 4. SIX of the finest BUILDING LOTS in the Borough, on South Hanover Street. No. 6. The His most elevated BUILDING LOTS In the Borough, situated at the head ol South-St. , IN THE COUNTRY/* No. 6. AOO ACRE FARM In North Middleton township. l>i miles from Carlisle. This farm has but a TENANT HOUSBaud STABLE, but It af fords the finest site for a Mansion House and Bank Barn that we know In Cumberland co. No. 7. A TRACT OP THIRTY-SIX ACRES, with small but comfortable BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, Frame Stable, Ac., and a young and thriving Orchard or CHOICE FRUIT, situate on tbo Railroad, In North Middleton twp., West, and Within a mile of. the. Borough of Carlisle. This property as a HOMESTEAD and for general or Truck If arming, is the most desirable .tract of its size to be found anywhere In the .vicinity of Carlisle. The certain extension of the town West ward, partly consequent upon the Improve ments madeand contemplated by the Railroad Company in that direction, drawing, as' they necessarily will, nearly the whole trade of the town to that end. will very greatly enhance the value of this land to the future owner, for any purpose whatever, rendering it a safe and profit able investment, ' Feb. 28,1806. jFuruiture, See. B. E W I N G , CABINET MAKER AND UNDERTAKER, WEST MAIN STREET, CARLISLE, PENN’A. A Splnfdid Assortment of NEW FURNITURE for the Holidays, comprising Sofas, Camp Stools, Lounges, , Centre Tables, Rocking Chairs, * Dining Tables, Easy Chairs, Card Tables, Reception Chairs, Ottomans, ' Bureaus, What-Nots. Secretaries, &c.,&0., Parlor; Chamber, Dining Boom, Kitchen PURNI T U R E , of the Latest Styles. . . COTTAGE FURNITURE IN SETTS, -, Splendid New Patterns. BEDSTEADS AND MATTRESSES, GILT FRAMES AND PICTURES, In great voriety. Particular attention given to Funerals. Orders from town and country attended to promptly and on reasonable terms. Deo. 48,1806-tf Q ABINET WAKE HOUSE TOWN AND COUNTRY. The subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public generally, that he -still continues the'Undertaking business, and is ready to wait upuUtiusiomerseither byday or by night. Ready mode Coffins kept constantly on lionet, both Elaln and ornamental. Ho has constantly on and JfHsk't latent Mctalic Jhtrial Case, of which ho has beehappbintCd the sole agent. This case is recommended as superior to any of the kind now in use. It being perfectly air tight. He has.albo furnished himself wlm anew Rose wood Hkabak and gentle horses, with which he will attend funerals In town and country, per sonally, without extra charge. ; Among the'greatest discoveries of the age Is WeU'9/Spring J&aUrau, the best and cheapest bed now in use. the exclusive right of which I have secured, and will be kept constantly on hand. CABINET MAKING, In all its various branches, carried on, and Beau teous, Secretaries, ’ Work-stands. Parlor. Ware, Upholstered Chairs, - Sofas, Pier. Bide and. Centime Tables, Dining and Breakfast Tables, Wash stands of all kinds, French Bedsteads, high and low posts: Jenny JLlnd and Cottage Bedsteads. Chairs of all kinds, Looking Glosses, and all other articles usually manufactured in -this lino of business,'kept constantly on band. His workmen are men of experience, his mo-- terial the best, and his work made in the latest city style, and all under his own supervision. If will be warranted and sold low for cash. He invites all to give blm acall before purchas ing elsewhere; For the liberal patronage, here tofore extended to him he feels indebted, to his numerous customers, and assures them that no efforts will be spared In future to please them In style and price.' Give as a call. Remember the place, North Hanover street, nearly opposite the Deposit Bank, Carlisle. • . f(AVID SIPE.' ■ Deo. 1,1803. fIABIHEI I&AKINGI xhe undersigned respectfully Informs his old friends and patrons that he has resumed the business of CABINET MAKING, In all its various branches, at his old stand, Nos. 65 and 67 South Hanover Street, two doors below the Second Presbyterian Church, where he Is prepared to manufacture BUREAUS, BIDE BOARDS. SECRETARIES, BREAKFAST TABLES, DINING TABLES, ’ CHAIRS. HAT-RACKS, WHAT-NOTS, CENTRE TABLES. SALOON TABLES. TEAPOY TABLES. WASH STANDS, BEDSTEADS, BOOKCASES, ' , WARDROBES. &o. and COTTAGE FURNITURE, of every variety, Looking Glasses, Solas, Booking Chairs, and Upholstered and Cane Chairs, of all kinds kept constantly on hand. CANING. BEPAIBINQ AND VABNISHING. done on short notice and afreasonablerates. WCountby Pnonucß Taken in bechance. i ■ JOHN LIBZMAN. . Fob, 14,1887—? m . Qi AgBIAGEBI he undersigned have now on hand - and are making a large assortment of all kinds 01 , CARRIAGES, ROOKAWAYS, ..... tcfandnotof^gi^ , warranted of the best material, and manufac tured by the best workmen, all of which- will bp sold ,I - i■, . . ■ , AT REDUCED PRICES. ' We have also a lot of second band work which is offered at exceedingly low rates.. ~ ' u . REPAIBINQ AND PAINTING done at short notice and on reasonable termfe. Shop on South Pitt Street, nearly opposite the Man,r,o Home. . A. B. AN. BHBBK. Jon. 8,1887—6 m TTENRY G. BEIDUER, LICENSED AUCTIONEER, - CuMßßMuuro County, Pjcnn’a. pennsborongh township. - - Jan. 8,1887—6 m . . . . 7\TOTICB TO PAINTERS, Sealed .lisle. untU Wpdserfsyj-tha fid of April,next— Specifications of the work can be seen at sold ox ■fiofcrn-. "/...i; • . . J - -■ A.F.MEOK. ■<i ,■ - M.G. HALE, pi.- . f ‘ OommistwMrs. March 21,1867-6 t '• " BHtrrrLE‘ BEWING_MA. msss&sass^- noteless; darable:andeaay tip wora*i -uj y • ' Uuaterated Olroulara free, jrented.- liberal discount allowed. No - conelgfcmedta Addrua, EMPIRE A’ Mi CO.i Broadway, 919 N. X July !8. law—ly THE COURSE OF TIME. A SPANISH POEM. OI let the soul its slumber break, Arouse its senses and awake, To see how soon Life, with Its glories, glides away, And the stern footsteps of decay Come stealing on. How pleasure, like the passing wind, Blows by, and leaves us naught behind But grief at last; How still our present happiness ; Seems, to the wayward fancy, less Than what is past. And white we eye the rolling tide, Down which your flying minutes glide Away so fast; e Let us the present hour employ, And deem each dream of future joy Already past. Let no vain hope deceive the mind — Nd happier iefc us hope to find To-morrow than to-day. 4 Ourgolden4reams of yore were bright, Like them the presentshall delight— Like them decay. Our lives hosting streams must be, That into one engulphlng sea Are doomed to fall; The sea of Death, whose waves roll on, 6’er king and kingdom, ,crown and throne, And swallow all. Alike the river’s lordly tide, Alike the humble rlv'lets glide To that said wave ; Death levels poverty and pride, And rich and poor sleep side by side Within the grave. • Our birth is but a starting place, Life is the running of the race, And death the goal; There all our steps at last are brought ; That path of all unsought, Is found of all. Long ere the damps of earth can blight, The cheek's pure glow of red and white ' Hath passed away; Youth smiled, and all was heavenly fair; Age came, and laid his finger there, . And where are they ? Where the strength that mocked decay, The step that rose to light and gay, and Ollloe - The heart’s blithe tone? The strength Is gone, the step is slow, And joy grows weariness and woe When age comes on. Say, then, how poor and little worth Are those gljttoring toys of earth That lure us here; Dreams of sleep that death must break, Alas! before it bids us wake, ,Ye disappear. ' , [From the Day qf Rtet.} A. I.ESEND OF PROVENCE. “ lam yetaklngi” exclaimed Francis the First,., vaulting into Lis saddle after the disastrous battle of Pavla had cion signed him to a year’s captivity, whose lost mouth had more gull than honey, through his marriage with the Dawager Queen of Portugal, sister to bis imperial and imperious captor,. Charles the Fifth. From the Iser to the Rhone whispers had crept forth that he returned to France a crest-fallen man, who, after chaffing his proud spirit in bondage, bad no means of breaking his chains, hut by accepting a bride for whom he bad small regard. However this may have been, he rode through Provence, where his subjects re ceived him with every demonstration of Joy, although; as he approached their gray old towns, he thought their giant gates looked down upon him with deri sion. He was wont to rally, and setspurs to his steed; and leave his retinue far be hind ;, but on one occasion the townsmen, who had timely apprisal of/his route, met him outside their walls, aud he could do no less than rein up, and bow from his stirrups, which he courteously did, to the admiration of all who beheld him; for he could wrestle with Henry the Eighth and throw him in lusty falls, was no more de ficient in grace than in strength. They besought, him to honor their tilt-yard .with.his presence, where, in festivity of mimic fight, they might celebrate his en franchisement from the prison in Mad rid. “By our faith, good liegemen!” quoth his Majesty, “we have had such hard knocks on the battle field, that we are none in love of the shadows of tourney.” And he waved his hand by way of adieu, when his horse started at an old Castel lan whose hair was silver white, and be side whom stood his daughter, incompa rably fair. Never had Francis seen beauty so rare, and so modest withal. She bore a massy salver, on which lay a bunch of rusted keys, and with downcast looks she said, “ My Lord will please to accept the keys of this brave old town,” and she held them towards him with such graceful ness, that in amaze be stooped from his saddle, stroked her dark tresses with his mailed hand, and inquired who she was. “ My name, my Lord, is Ellen, and this is my father Peter Ingleverre,” said she. “And your age, sweet damsel?” ask ed ho. , • “Sixteen last Candlemas,” rejoined the little maid, who looked a perfect woman, so innocent and yet so heroiq, as she ven tured to raise her bead, that the King forgot his disasters of warm suddenly in spired love; and while he indulged in a pleasure he could ill conceal, between their hands the keys fell to the ground. This gave hiim a.pretext to alight; and surrendering the bridle to a courtier, he graciously received her father, and be tween him and her walked into town. By this time the sun was on the wane, and Peter, who was Governor, besought his Majesty to sojourn for the night, and he would soon have fifty prime- cooks to prepare a royal feast. , To this Francis, who nothing more de sired than an invitation, consented; and he accompanied Ellen home to her fath er’s house, where.some time after a band of trained vlolars arrived to commemor ate with songs the happy visit. Ellen entertained the King with artless talk so interspersed with sense, that her conquest over her suitor was complete.— Ana when placed by her side at dinner, he forgot venison and pastry, and beak ers of wine, for though so many other la dies shared the honor of his presence, to none were his attentions so-rofinedly pointed as to the daughter of his venera ble host. Perhaps some envied’ her the distinction, of which she appeared unconscious; and .some of the envyers were surprised to see her- retire from the hall, observing as she passed that this was a feint to draw the King more deeply in her toils. Ellen merely said she had, arrange ments fo make for the morrow. “ And why not for to-hlght, cousin?” asked the King, who, when the wine bowls had passed more than' once, had followed her from the table, and discov ered her reading in a little oratory alone. “ And why not to-night, fair. Ellen?” re iterated bej persuasively Withdrawing the book- from her hand.' She did hot re ply, while he tossed Over the illuminated leaves, where pictured saints seeded to frown upou him ohidlnely. The silence evidently disconcerted him, but he eva ded' his chagrin In smiles. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 4,1867. “ Welcome, charming cousin, to breathe unalterable fidelity iii thy ear,” said he. “What’s a charmed portal, my lord?” said she, interrupting him, pnd drawing back. ; ■ ! • j “ W« swear by thy mild blue eyes that none whom Francis ever loved shall be so beloved as Ellen ” said he. ' “My. Lord,” said she, ‘’l’ve heard of holy, books bursting their clasps when perjured mouths come nigh. Beware of robbing my poor eyes of modesty, their only claspiug-seal. Towards me, I warn you, practice neither falsehood nor incon stancy. “ By our knighthood, we shall be true to thee, girl, till our heart hath no throb for any living creature.” “Wifi you love mb till my hair be gray ?” | *- • “ Enchantress 1 . wel shall love thee, wert thou a withered crone from which hideousuess itself might recoil,” cried he bo affectionately that she paused. “And for what am I so vastly inesti mable?” said she, hesitatingly. “Itcan hot be my tresses,—a few clips of the shears, and farewell my pride In ringlets to the winds. It may not be my brow, for care shall soon furrow it, and blanch my check, which now seems bloomiugly. Care, too, shall more peak my ohin, and charms, if I have any, be most perisha ble.” “ Lady, we love tliee more for thy good sense than for thy beauty,” said he; and hi stepping closer towards her his spur struck the door, which closed with a spring. Ho rubbed his hands together, and expressed delight at an incident which created in her a considerable trep idation, that soon subsided into a culm. 11 1 was childish enough to be alarmed; but I have nothing to fear from a true knight. His most Christian Majesty would not oppfeaa the meanest of his sub jects, or betray confidence where he is an honored guest,” observed she, drawing a chair before her, and leaning in an easy posture over its tall, carved back. “ Not for a diadem would wo harm thee, dearest,” said he. “ Yet by our sword we would sooner forfeit every acre of Na varre, and leave Italy the brightest jew el in our rival’s crown, than forego thy love. Thou must he oursand the en raptured monarch disengaged her from the bulwark, and embraced her ere she could extricate herself from his arms. “ Hist! beard you no noise?” breathed she softly, and held her finger towards the door. Ho heard none, nor had she; and she twined her small fingers around her wrist. “In two hours hence it shall be midnight. Meet me here when the town clocks chime. Pray, my Liege, till then retire,” said she, and she opened the door. “ Dost mock us, Ellen? Say wilt thou keep thy promise?” “ Assuredly my Lord does not doubt me when I say, yea? Yes, I shall meet your Majesty, bee, the revellers from the hall seen you as one lost. Join them, and remember the appointed hour." Francis retired abashed, when with gentle force he had been expelled from the oratory; and Ellen quietly resumed' her devotions for the night. Tranquilly she arose, and her manner betrayed neither excitement nor emo tion’, though from repeated efforts she made to trim the chamber lamp, and fertlve glances she cast often at a mirror, dull must one be who could not distu guish that she was ill at ease. She pac ed round the apartment, which was small and its only orna ment being a few pictures in embroidery on Scripture subjects. In one corner were suspended loose sheets of vellum, f urls of a miasal for festive purposes, and u another seemed a perch to have been erected, upon which perched a hawk, but so in the shade that it was difficult to de termine whether it was part of the ravel led tapestry or a real bird. / At length she eat on a low stool and on compassed her knees between her hands, rooking to and fro as if engaged in unrav eling some painful train of reflections.— “ If inward beauty can be nowise retain ed except by outward injury, better the body know seath than that the soul be defiled,” said she, reviewing herself in the grotesque mirror, with a pensive ex pression which soon cleared into cheer fulness. “Now, vanity aside,” contin ued she, 11 Nell, did you ever think you were so pretty as to make conquest of a king? Never Nell, never? Nell must be lovely to have accomplished that. La, what a toyshop of charms are temptingly piled in yonder glass,” and. she shook the oil so that wavy light fellon the mir ror. J’Blue eyes and Dlaok hair are pe culiarities not often found together. Yet here I have them in Milesian perfection, albeit the average spirit of ray eyes is half melancholy. And cheeks are here, that though they may not shame the rose, they never knew the blush of counterfeit. Tee'tb, likewise, which though passing white, any elephant-hunter would at one glance discover were not ivory; and lips which fi truer wooer than ray Lord Francis told Ellen, were gushing ripe, any bird would know at first pecking were not worth sweet strawberries. Well, and as I was thinking, ft’s a pity all this toyshop should be in an hour or two as sad to look on as a sepulchre.” Bbe called her maid,and bade.berbring a chafing-dish, heaped with live charcoal and sulphur in bar, which done the maid retired, and Ellen sat once more alone.—l Suspending the basin of a spirit-lamp over the dish, she dropped in the sulphur, and it fused into liquid, a yellow flame flickered up, and cast a dull halo around the chamber. She shook out her hair from the golden pins that bound it, and it fell luxuriantly to the floor, before she combed it with the greatest care, as if she intended to rebrush it again. Redressing her tresses never had more; for with scissors she clipped round and round-till her head was negress hare, but not half so picturesque,’for it had no curls! Smearing her forehead and cheek with oil, the sulphuricvaporarose in poisonous influenoeassheleanedoverthe fatal dish. Her eyelashes'were the first sacrifice to the fume; and her pained eyeballs rolled in their sockets as if they were driven in: ward by gusts of fire. The fairness of her forehead at first became a dark olive hue, and assuming a charred blackness, the skin burst over the qulverlng veins. Her soon were bereaved of all blush and beauty, and her lips, if they had any similitude of fruit, partook less of the rowan than the sloe. She endeavored to allay the pain by averting her head from the vapor; but the evasion only increasei]! her agony, for her neck, upon which drops of the sulphur oystalized, became aotualy sensitive to the weightof astring of pearls.. One by one she removed them from the smarting flesh ; but the clasp behind had sunk so deep that its withr drawal gave her torture intensely severe. With inconceivable effort she preserv ed herself from insensibility, and with copious draughts of water allayed the burning fever in her throat. Her voice lost its sweetness and she expressed her grief in silch barshnesss and monotony. that she started from her seat as the clock struck twelve. As peal after peal swept dismally along she tottered to the door, which she opened, and groping her way along the walls, for her eyes were, dim, searched for hood and bells, shook. The perch in the corner rooked backward and forwards, as the hawk oh it flapped its wings and screamed so loud ly at the sounds of its favorite emblems of chase, that the chamber rang. The . King, who bad been walking in the corridor, approached, bearing in on,e hand a small chamber lamp, and In the other a scabbardless sword. Ellen mus tered sufficient stfenth to speak, for ob scurely ho saw that something was amiss, and he inquired the cause. “ I will tell my lord most willingly,!’ said she. and the screaming hawk pounc ed at divers shadows as they were its prey. Alas 1 : there was now no occasion to cast down her eyes, fen-little of their lustere remained. “ My Lord, had I harkened to your suit, my father’s welcoifie had been paid with wrong, and yodr Majesty's chivalry been more eclipsed than my charms could brightened. Happllyabrlefpain haspre served your honor." “ O lufautuated, yet noble-minded girl, what hast thou done?” exclaimed he. casting dowm the lamp and sword, ana covering his face with his hands. “Why didst thouhotintimatetby heroicresolve, and the possession of worlds would not have made us ruin that loveliness which kingdoms cannot repair.” “You would have called it mad-sick martyrdom, of coquetry run mad, or epi-» theta equally fantastical,” said she press ing herhand to her bosom. .“Stay, there yet is hope. The injury thou hast .inflicted is not irreparable,” cried be rushing to arouse the household; when she beckoned him back. “I pray your majesty, be calm;” said she; “ the worst is past,” “ O heavens, how neartless! we seem to bo .the cause of all this wreck. O Ellen, can*st thou forgive thy destroyer?” “ Indeed I can; far better be thus than be a tarnished thing cast hway, for maids to loath and men to scorn me. Now thq worst they can say of me is that I spoiled myself of a questionable good to escape ah “And what will they say of mo Elen?” “That the good King Francis once upon a tlrae,meetlng a poor plain girl in an ob scure town was so blinded with strange love, that she saw no way to restore him to sight than to loose her own.” “Gracious and all mysterious God!” exclaimed he, appalled, “ thou dost not say thou art blind?” 1 “In sooth, such 1s my fear. Give me your hand, and I’ll determine whether there is water in the well-spring of the brain,” said she, with touching tender ness ; and she shed a tear, which he kisaj ed away as she endeavored to examine his palm, “ Ellen, Ellen, say thou eanst see, and make me happy!” exclaimed the agoniz ed monarch, falling'on his knees, and resting his head heavily against her breast. ’ “ All’s dark, my Liege.” “ All, Ellen ?" “ Yes, my Leige." "O, say not so. Say there’s yet a lit tle light.” “ And so there is, Lord Francis; a little light that misled me Into—?" : , “ Love, Ellen.” “ ’Tis so, Lord Francis.” “ For whom, Ellen ? Thou tremblest. I know all.” ■ " Then if you do, why do you ask ? why do you ask, Lord Francis?” “ Ellen, thou lovest him who would have been thy base undoer." “ ’Tis so, ,m.V Lord.” “O, torture"worst of all; and Ellen’s blind I” and her tears fell plonteously pfl his upturned face, while he continued to ejaculate, “And she is blind I 0, who will 1 love her now, when she is blind !” ’ “Won’t you, my sweet Lord Francis, love me as though I were a dear sister longsiuce dead?” “Dearest sister, I will,” said he, kiss ing her hands fervently. “Sister Ellen, I will; and never till now knew Francis love so pure, so lasting.” ! “Eh! yon keen cruicible hath burned away all drossiness," said she, moving her hand over the chafing dish. “ ’Tis with life as with this short episode of an hour. , Nothing in the way of virtue was ever accomplished without pain. To horse, Lord Francis, and whenever you pray, remember Ellen Ingleverre.” “ And must we part thus, more dearly loved and doubly fair?” “ Yes, and rejoice tljat no guilty blush crimson my cheek, not criminal throb up-; braid my heart for beating,” replied she; as the hawk uttered such a piercing series of screams, that first her attendant, and then others, and finally ■ retainers and revellers, rushed into or surrounded the room, where they discovered thesoverign surnamed “The Restorer of Learning, and the Great,” deprived of forethought and firmness of mind, The most’.Bkllfnl-jeeches.the town or court could afford were summoned; but their aid was only of partial avail. Fai cial beauty had forever bade farewell to her whose self-control was worthy. the best days of chivalry. Eyebrightness had not, however, departed ; and in the gray mists ol the morn she saw her royal lover depart never more to return, ; In after life he was wont to say, that throughout his glorious career of war and peace he had met only two human beings eminently great,—one the famous Bayard j the poor captain of a few lances, the che-t valier sans reproach, from whose sword EingFrancissoughtand received knight-i hood as earth's great honor, and the oth er the bumble and lovely Ellen, who had taught him that love without dishonor, and charms without virtue is shame. Vow Way of Paying 1 Subscriptions. The following is an am using account,of the way a farmer was taught how cheap: ly he could take the paper. The lesson is worth pondering by a good many men “we wot of:” . ! . “ You have hens at hprae, of course.— Well, I will send you my paper for one year, for the proceeds of a single hen for one season; and the products. It seems trifling, preposterous, to Imagine the pro ducts of a single ben will pay a subscrip; tion; perhaps It won’t but I make the of fer.” . “Done,” exclaimed farmer B. “I agree to it,” and appealed to me as wit ness of the affair. / The farmer went off apparently much elated with his conquest. The editor went on his way rejoicing. Time rolled around, the woild revolved on its axis, and the sun on its orbit as it formerly did ; the farmer received his pa. per regularly, and regaled himself with the information from it, and said he was surprised at the progress of himself and family in general Information. Some time in the month of September, I happened to be up again in the office, when who should enter but our friend farmerß. “ How do you do, Mr. B?”- said the ed r itor, extending his hand, bis countenance lit up with a bland smile; take a chair and be seated, fine weather we have. “Yes, sir, quite, fine’lndeed," bo an: swered, and then a short silence ensued, during which our friend B. hitched his chair backward and forward; twirled his thumbs abstractly, and spit profusely; starting up quickly; he said addressing the editor, “ I have-brought you the pro: ceens of that hen.” It was amusing to see the peculiar ex pression of the editor, as he followed the farmer down to the wagon. I could hard ly keep my risibles down. When at the wagon the farmer com menced bunding over to the editor the products amounting to eighteen pullets, worth twelve and a half cents each, and a number of dozens of eggs, making in the aggregate at the least calculation, one dol lar and fifty cents more than the price of the paper. . “ No need,” said he, “of men not takp ing a family newspaper, and paying for it too. I don’t miss this from my roost, yet I have paid fob a year’s subscription and over. All folly, sir; there’s no man but what can take a newspaper, It’s chari ty, you know, commenced at home.” “ But,” said the editor, “ I will pay you for what is oyer the subscription, I did not intend this as a means of profit hut rather to convince you. I will pay—” “Not a bit of It, sir; a bargain Is a bargain, and- I am already paid, sir, doubly paid, sir. And wheneveraneigh hbr makes the complaint I did, I will re late to him the hen story Good day, gentlemen.”— Agricultural Review. B®" Two young fellows got to banter ing each, other the other day. Finally, one of them exclaimed, ■“ Well, there’s one, thing, you can,'t put your head into an empty barrel." • “ Oh, nonsense," exclaimed the other, , “ why can’t IV” . “ Because,” dryly rejoined the first, “ It Is an impossibility to pul a hogshead In to a bi^rel.” jjgyThe newest mechanical contrivance announced is an Invention for “Weaving by Compressed Air," Is this what has been so long " looming In the future." .L~ r TALE OP A MASQUERADE. > A Mischievous Widow. [From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.] A masquerade would not bo much of an affair if there were not some ludicrous scenes attached to it or connected with it. Last evening that of the Musical Society was no'exception to the general rule, and any number of fuuny incidents trans pired. No person failed to notice a conspicu ous costume present, a gentleman dressed as a Spanish cavalier—a very neat and tasty dress, set off - upon a well-bililt and athletic frame. The gentleman, whom we alkali call X, paid particular—lndeed, most devoted attention to a pink domino, enshrouding a sylph-like form, acting ns her escort at all times, and paying no at tention, worth noticing, to anybody else. In promenading or in resting they were in earnest conversation, and the ladles, who could notfaii to notice them, thought he must be a duck of a fellow to pay so much attention, while the gentleman thought she must be a divine little angel to listen so devotedly to all his soft things. Perhaps both of them were just what they hud the credit Of being. The cavalier was a legal gentleman of our city, and the pink domino was—no matter who just now. The gentleman is married and has a ( small family. He loves bis wife, but peo ple do whisper that sometimes he loves o.her people’s just as much. The cava lier proposed some time since to go to the ball but his wife insisted that her health was not very good, and as there would be something of a crowd present she would not go—to her masquerades were very te dious affairs at best. That X. was de lighted with the determination there is no doubt. -He did not say so, however, but the day his wife decided not to go he met In company a young and pretty wid ow, and in the heat of the excitement he asked her to accompany him to the mas querade. The widow was possessed of a bosom full of fun, and she consented to go. A. iltted herout with acostumeaud a pink domino, and, as everybody saw; who noticed it, very pretty and very ex pensive. Now, in concluding to, go,- the widow bad some object in view, evident ly, for yesterday, so runs the story, she saw X. go away from home, when she sought the presence of his wife and told her the whole story, and in conclusion she said : “ Now you've heard the whole thing, That good for nothing husband of yours has been paying too many attentions to me of late, and Ido not like it. If you are a woman of spirit you will play a trick on him for this, and if you are not why I'll —I’ll—just go with him to the masquerade, and I will flirt with him all the evening just as hard as ever I know bow.” It is presumed the wife was not a woman of spirit, for last evening about nine o’clock a carriage drove up to the widow’s house, and a Spanish cavalier, very gentlemanly, very devotedly, and very lovely, assisted a domino into it and it drove to Music Hall. 'At the Hall the couple paid little at tention to the funny scenes about them; If they laughed at all it was at their own wit. Prying eyes tried hard to find out who they were. They sauntered about until tired. They took refreshments and occasionally a glass of wine. They made no attempts to peep beneath each others masques, for it was evident they knew each other well. At all times the cava lier seemed whispering the softest things to the domino, and a close observer might have seen that occasionally the words were very soft, for they made the fair do mino start and tremble just a little, but she seemed to have goon control of her self, but there is no doubt that could her face have been seen, there would have been traces of blushes. - ..It was-noA a .very late hoar when the cavalier and the domino had disappeared from the scene. When the masques were removed at 12 o’clock anxious ones were looking to see who the couple were, but they were gone, and all were disappoint ed. Let us follow them to the home of the widow, where they drove In haste, the eavller very happy, very talkative, and almost beside himself With joy—the domino very quiet and very reserved.— They were shown into the drawing room, where the domino throws herself upon a lounge* The cavalier steps forward to turn dp, the gas a little, but a pleasant voice says, “ I will do It for you, Mr. X.,” and the room Is ablaze with light. The voice wae that of the young widow, and the blaze of light showed the lawyer leaning upon a chair, perfectly aghast with aston ishment, looking from the widow to the domino, yet unable to utter a word. “ Why, what is the matter with Mr. X?” asked the widow, “you look aston ished. I expected you, and have been waiting for you some time. Your wife told me she would come here.” “ My wife I” gasped the cavalier. “Yes, your wife. Why, what is the matter with you ? Are you unwell ?” The cavalier scarce seemed to know whether be was unwell or not. He turn ed to the domino. She had removed her masque, and he saw his wife sitting be fore him. His astonishment was greater than before, v Still he could say nothing. The wife wostooiudignanttospeak. The widow came to the relief of both. “I tell you what it is, Mr. X.,” she said, “ You’ve one of line best women in the world for a wife, and you abuse her worse than any naan I ever know. I just wish I was in her place for about live minutes.” The cavalier looked os if be wished nothing of the kind. The widow went on. “ You in asking me to go with you. If jfhad a big brother able to whip you be should have done it, and if it had not been that a woman cannot do those things, I would have done it my self. You deserved it any way, you—you ugly monster. As I could not do it, I told your wife, and we determined to pun ish you, and I guess you have had a pret ty»good lesson, and one which will last you sometime. : I .know, by the way, your poor wife blushes, you have said all sorts.of insulting things to her, thinking it was me; but it wasn’t, and! guess you have found it all out. You’ve had your lesson ; now go home, and if I ever hear of your neglecting your wife again or run ning dfi’after other women I’ll tell the whole story, and have it published in the papers, with your name in great big type— oh! you big monster, you I” Poor H. was suffering terribly. He hud never been caught so fairly before. The perspiration was pouring down his fore head, arid the ,air of the rftarn seemed terribly confined. H 6 mentally cursed masquerades, dominoes, bewitching wid ows and his own stupidity, and it was a .relief when his wife, who evidently felt that he had been punished sufficiently, intimated that they had better go home, and the poor cavalier slunk away, like a whipped school boy. We'trust the les son will be a lusting one to him. 4 Yankee Couktship.— One evening, us I was sitting by Hatty, and had worked myself up to the poiutof popping the qua tlon, sex 1: " Hatty, if a fellow was to ask you to marry him, what would you say?” Then she laughed, and sez she: “ That would depend on who asked me.” Then sez X, " suppose it was Ned Wil lis?" Sez she: “ I’d tell Ned Willis, but not you." . That kinder staggered me, but I was too cute tn lose the opportunity, aud so sez I again : “ Suppose It was me?" And then you ought to see her pout her lips, and sez she ; - “ I don’t take no supposes?" Well, now, yousee there was nothing.for pie to do but touch the trigger and let the gun go off. Sobangit went.-Sez I: “Lor, Hatty, It’s me. Won't you say yes?" and then there was a bellabalop In my head, I don’t know 'zaotly what tuk place, but I thought I heard a “ Yes" whispered somewhere out of the sklrmage. ■ B®* Why are fowls the most economi cal stock tor farmers to keep? Because for every groin of corn they give a peck. YOL. 53.—N0. 42. TALUAOE ON DANCINO. The following most eloquent passage is from a sermon delivered by Rev. T. De\Vitt Talmage,in his church, in Phil adelphia, on a recent Sunday; I dbme to-night to exhibit a group of whatmigbt be termed the dissipations of the ball-room. They swing an awful scythe of death,, and are ministers to stand idly by and allow this evil to go on without saying a word for fear of tramp ling on the trail of some popular vanity ? The whirlpool of the ball-room draws down from to-day half the life and the moral worth of aclty. In this whirlwind of imported silks the existence of mnlti tudes goes out. Bodies and souls of thou sands are annually consumed in this great conflagration of ribbons. They are the abettors of pride, the inciters to jealous ies, the sacrificial altars of truth, and the avenues of lust. The tread of this wild, indiscriminate, heated midnight dance is dangerous to the purity of the hearthstones of a city.— Physical ruin is evident. What is to be come of those who work ail day and dance all night? A few years will turn them into coughing, cadaverous, exhaust-. ed imbeciles. In the book of God, those who have given .up midnight to spiced wines, to not liquors, and ride home through the winter's cold unwrapped from the elements, will bo recorded as suicides. There is but a short step from the ball-room to the graveyard. A sep ulchral breath floats up amid the per fumes of the ball-room, and the froth of death’s lip bubbles in the champagne. Many of. our brightest homes are being desolated; many of them have broken up keeping house and gone to boarding -in order to devote, themselves more exclu sively to the higher duties of the ball room. Farewell to boobs, to quiet culture, to all the amenities of home. The father will, after a while, go lower down Into dissipation. Theson will be tossed about in society a momentity. The daughter will elope with some French dancing master, and the mother, still trying to keep within the glittering circle by every art, coaxes color to her cheek and the wrinkles from her brow, attempting all the arts of the belle without success—an old flirt, a miserable butterfly without any wings. The first time-that you find one of the faithful attendants at the ball-room sud denly engaged in home duties, let me know. I would like loses such a one, go a great ways. They have no home. — Their children unwashed, the china clos et upset, the furniture dirty, the house a scene of misrule, confusion, chcerlessness and dirt! You can almost discover the sickening odors of unwashed, unclear and unventilated apartments, even amid the witcheries of the domestic ball-room. This glided sphere is utterly bed-warf ingthe intellect and soul. This constant study of little things j this borrow! ng anx iety about dress; this shoe-pinched, hair flecked, strange speotered group; this shrivelling up of all man’s moral dignity, until it is no more discernible with the naked eye; this taking of one’s heart, that God meant to be lllled-with all amen ities, and paring it until it is a heartless heart, lost; this wrapping of all the mind in, the griefs of a spotted cravat; this trampling down of a soul that God meant for great upliftings, under the feet of the hall-room dance. I prophesy the spiritual ruin of all con tinuous participants in this dissipation.— For the whlte-potished binds attending have been once on the road to heaven, but the flash of the ball-room chandelier lighted a torch for eternity. From the table spread at the close of that besweated scene, who went home to say his prayers? Who? Who went about with acts of charity ? Who? Who dress ed the wounds of the soldier? Who? Not one I How multitudes waste and lose their souls. Alas! to many this life is but a mas querade ball. As at such entertainments, gentlemen and ladies appear in dress as queens and kings and clowns, and moun tebanks, and move to and fro in thorough disguise, so into this life ail unclean pas sions move in disguise. Across the floor they trip merrily. The music throbs, diamonds glitter, lights bubble, the feet bound, gemmed hands—tinkling feet re spond to tinkling feet. On with the dance I Plash and rustle and laughter im measurable! But the languor of death comes.over the limbs and blurs the sight. Light lowers! Music saddens into wail! Lights lower! Masquers can hardly be ed for the sfekening odors of garlands wrapped long in the tomb! A breath of air sweeps through the hall! The wreaths shake! Lights lower! Sights seem caught among the curtains! Glasses shaken by solemn thunders rattle loudly together! The scarf falls from theshoulder a shroud! The masks fall off, and to and fro on the slippery boards dances death; in glide jealousies, disappointments, despair!— Torn leaves and withered garlands half hide the ulcered feet! The stench of lamp-wioks almost quenoh! choking damp! chillness! feet still! hands fold ed! voices hushed! eyes shut!— lights out! How He Got Drank. A Chicago paper contains the following confession made by a prisoner arraigned before the police court of that city for drunkenness: “I am A. P. Griffin. I want to call myself Smith, but I cannot tell a lie. I’d be sure to betray myself.— Last night I visited a friend; and took supper with him. "Brandied peaches were on the table, and I ate many of them. They were nice, and I had an appetite.— Strange to say, they improved my con versational powers. I was witty. When ever I spoke every one laughed. I got off a conundrum. It was wicked, but oh, how funny. It was ‘'which of the Apos tles is good to drink?" Paul, because a pall is a bier. It’s a rule of three conun drum. ) Then I left for homo. I haven’t reach eel it yet. On ray way there a missiona ry awoke, in me. I would see qdiat a haunt of iniquity a rum shop looked like. I called for brandied peaches without the peaches. It was given me, and I drank it. The bar-keeper demanded twenty cents. Said I: “ Friend, lam a mission ary. Consequently I shall pay thee in tracts. Here are two dozen of them.— Bead and profit thereby.” He wouldn’t take them. He cursed me. Then I got angry, and forgot that I was a Christian. I said .'*• confound you.', But I had to pay him. It would seem that sometimes the wages of sin are twenty cents. What I did after that I don't know, I know my head aches. I know my hair is filled with ashes, t know lam a wicked sinner. Now, Mr.'Justice, don’t tine me. If I didn't act right when I was drunk, it wasn’t my fault. There is no hand-book of drunkenness to teach me. It was the peaches that made me drunk. I am go ing to write out my lost- night’s experi ence. It will be in the form of a tract.— I will sen(l you some that will mn ke some nice Christmas gifts.” To discourage people from becoming drunk on peaches, A., 1?. was lined SlO. S&~ *• Elder, will you have a drink of cider?” inquired a farmer of an old ac quaintance—a temperance man—who was spending an evening at his home. 11 Ah—hun—no, thank ye," said the old man, "I never drink any liquor of any kind —’specially eider; but, if you’ll call ifnpplc-juico. I'll take a drop!” .Bgy One of our “intelligent” school trustees, at a meeting recently called for the purpose of seeing about building a' new school house in the Ward, declared tbit it was necessary to liave “a building' large enough to accommodate two thou sand pupils five-stories high.” B®* An advertiser says: Wanted—afe male who has a knowledge of titling boots of a good moral character.” Holes fot SUtotttfeing* AxivKtOTHDaorre mu tie inserted stTen Cent, per line to r the Unit Insertion, end Are eonU per line for- each subsequent Insertion. CJnar terly, half-yearly, and yearly advertisements In serted at all beraTreduction on'th# t3>m rates. Advertisements should he accompanist! by the Cash. When sent without any langth of time specified for publication, they will be eonUnned until ordered out and charged aeoordlngly. • JOB PBXNTINCK Cabds, HANUBinia, CiBonuAES, «>d »TWToto or description of Job and Card Printing execu ted In tbe neatest style, at low prices. Henry Want UeOeberon Late. The following Is from a recent sermon by the pastor of Plymouth church: ' On earth there Is nothing more beauti ful than the first breaking, of skiing, strong, new, pure love. .No flower, that ever Blossomed, however fair; or; fra grance that any flower over emitted, however sweet: no bravely of the sky; no witchery oi.art; nothing that man ever invented or imagined, Is, to be com pared with the hours of dawning love in the young soul. KAnd It Is A shame that men should be taught to be ashamed of that which is the prophecy,of their high est being and glory. Aids, ft should •ever perish in the using I Alas, that men snould not know that to- endure it must rise higher and higher, since Jt Is only by growing into its full and later disclosures that it may be saved from quick mortality. It must grow or die; for that which suffices for a-beginning is not enough for all, and for all time. • Love, therefore should be a schoolmas ter, carrying its pupils up from room to room, through the whole university 6f the mind. As the lower begins first, it ends first. The higher, beginning latest, lasts the longest. ‘ - ; • ■’ And, hence> true effectlon la strongest in the latter periods of being. Perhaps it Is less stlmulatlngthfcn young love, but popular impression that we love strongest when we love, earliest la not found In truth or analogy*. No. one, knows the whole lore.of love, that does not.know how to love with reason, the imagination, and all the moral sentiments.. Xt-is the most interior school that the soul can know. Men may know' hpw to deal with numbers and solve problems ; but that is the rarest, the inermost; but the deepest knowledge that comes with lov ing by all the parte and faculties,of the soul. • They only can love greatly or fruitful ly who ate good, since the line, the direc tion is from the flesh toward the spirit. It is from the low toward the high. It is from the substantial toward the Invisi ble. Aud none can truly love except those whose life Is the unfolding of their whole nature on the plan of Christianity. How* pitiful It is to see men build too low I I cannot bear to. see the young gathering together and building their nests as the birds do. On my lawn 1 see the larks and other birds building in the grass, and know that before the young are fledged the remorseless mower, with revolving strokes, will sweep the ground, aud the nests will be utterly destroyed, and the young out and wasted. And do I not see men building their nests just so 7> Do I not see love beginning to nest le in the flowers? But the flowers them selves are rooted in the dirt down low, close to the foot that easily shall crush them. .; • I mourn when I see a mother loving her children for time, for time only. I mourn when I see two natures thatshould be eternally affianced, loving each other within the horizons of time. Theremust be something higher than the dialings of this world. No levels fit to be colled by the name of love that has not in#t some thing of the other world, and much of immortality. It must have in it faith and hope. It must be a love that is serv ed by the reason, by the Imagination, by all that there is in the soul. —Saturday Night. '■ The Evening- Before Weeding.— “I’ll tell you,’’ continued.her aupt to Louisa, “ two things which I have fully proved. The first will go far toward preventlng the possibility of any discord after marriage; the second is the best and surest preservation of feminine charac ter.” . * “Tell me,” said Louisa, anxiously. . - “The first is this: Demand of your bridegroom, .as soon as the marriage ceremony is over, a solemn-vow, and promise yourself, never, even, in Jest to dispute or express any disagreement.— I tell you, never—for what begins in mere bantering will lead to serious ear nest. Avoid expressing any irritation at one another’s words. .Mutual forbear ance Is the one great secret of domestic happiness. If you have erred, confess it freely, even if confession costs you some tears. Further, promise faithfully and solemnly, never,.upon any pretext or ex cuse, to have any secrets or concealments from each other, but to keep your private affairs from father, mother, sister, broth er, and the world. Let them be known only to each other and your God. Be member that any third person admit ted into your confidence becomes a party to stand between you, and will naturally side with one or the other. Promise to avoid this and renew the vow upon every temptation. It will preserve that perfect confidence, that union, which will indeed make you as one. O, if the newly mar ried would but practice this spring of con nubial peace, how many unions would be happy whieharenowmiaerable’.”-—ithiol'- eroocker. * Bay A short time ago our devil under took too chew a quantity of tobacco call ed “ Century.” Having chewed a con siderabl quantity, his stomaebe rejected and at once commenced delivering itself of its contents by force, when the follow ing dialogue took place: Mother—“ What’s wrong, son; have you been, chewing tobacco ?" Devil—“ No!” MotMsr— 1 eatiug?” Devil—“ Why,! waa juatchewingalit tle century.” The mother was satisfied. . •“Well, what have you been A Rapid Horse.—A gentleman riding a very ordinary looking horse, asked a negro whom he met how far it was to a neighboring town, whither he was going. The negro, looking at the animal under the rider with a -broad grin of contempt, replied, u Wi’ dat ar hoss, massa, it’s list fo r teeu miles.* Wi* a good chunk oh a boss, seben miles;, but if you list bad Massa Jimmy’s hoss! QoshJ you’re dare now!” JBfiTA Dutchman was relating his mar velous escape from drowning-, when thir teen of his companions were lost by the upsetting of a boat, ami he atone escap- “ And how did you escape their fate?” asked one of his bearers. “I did not gointeboat,” was the Dutch man’s complacent answer. SSy A widow lady received a" present of a turkey, “ VJJho sent it?” she ashed of the Irish porter. ' “ I was told not to tell,” said he. “ Ah, I can guess,” said-the lady. “ Bedad,” said the porter, “ that’s Just what I told Deacon Grant.” A Good Wipe.—A good wife is one who puts her husband : in at the side next to tlie wall,-and tucks him to keep-warm in winter—splits the wood—makes the tire in the morning—washes her hus band’s face, and'draws'on his boots for him—and always reproves the children when they eat up their father’s supper. Bay An unwashed , street boy being asked what made him so dirty, his reply was, “ I was made; they tell me, of H o ground, and I reckon it-is Just worklue out.” , , ** esy An editor at a dinner table, belug asked If he would take some pudding ve pijed, in a fit of abstraction, “ Owing to Atte crowd of other matter,- we ore .unable to And room for it.” correspondent, in boasting o. bis "WlfEjimany exeUencieg, says she la beauti iralJMuti-ful, arm-ful,-youtb-ful, and aw ful! • - * • • , '. \ aSy.A lazy fellow, lying down on. the grass said ‘>oh, how I wish this was call ed work; and well paid for.”
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