®l)c American Volunteer. U BUSHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING 13XtA.TTOTT 6c. KENNEDY, OFFICE—SOUTH MARKET SOtVARK Terms;—Two Dollars per year If paid strictly tn advance; Two Dollarsand Fifty Cents If paid within three months; after which Three Dollars arlll bo charged. Theao terms will bo rigidly nd uered to In every Instance. No subscription dis continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at ho option of the Editor. professional (Karts. J. M. WEAKLEY. W. r * SADLER. & SADLER,- attorneys at law, NO. 10 SOUTH HANOVER ST. Carlisle, Pesn’a. Dec. 11>, 1807. —ly JOHN B. MILLER. Attorney at Law. OUlco lu Hannon's Building, opposite tno Court House, Carlisle, l y o. Nov. 14,1807. Adam keller, attorney at Law, Carlisle. Olllco with W. M. Penrose, fcjsq., Rhccm's Hall. October 3,1807—flm* . WJ KENNEDY Attorney at Law, YV '• Carlisle, Penna. Olllco same as thatol i ho “American Volunteer,” South side of the Pub lic Square, Dec. 1, ISO MC. HERMAN, Attorney at Law. . Omco In Rheom’s Hal! Building, In the rear of the Court House, next door to the “Her ald” Olllce, Carlisle, Peuua. Doc. 1, 1803. 171 E. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney r # and Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Penna. Unloe on South Hanover street, opposite Bonlz’s Store. By special arrangement with the Patent oiiioo, attends to ooenrinc Patent Rights. Dec. 1,18U5. FAMES A. DUNBAR, Attorney at fj Law. Carlisle, Pennn. Ofllco a few doors west of Hannon’s Hotel. Dec. 1,1805. JOHN LEE, Attorney at Law, North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa., Pel). 15,1800 iy. CHAS. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor ney at Law. Otllco in Building formerly occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South «i Han non's Hotel. Dec. i,1805. JJNITED STATES CLAIM AND REAL ES TA TE A QEEV V! WM. B . BUTLER, ATTOUNKY AT I,AW (Mlleo In 2d Story of InhofFs Building, No. 3 South Hanover Street, Carlisle, Cumberland comity, ronna. Pensions, Bounties, Back Pay, promptly collecLcd. Applications by mall, will receive immediate attention. Particular attention gluen to the selling or rent ing of Ileal Estate, in town or country. In all let ters of Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. July 11, 1807—tf [OHN. a. GRAHAM, Attorney at Pj Law. Office formerly occupied by Judge (Traham, South Hanover street, Carlisle, Ponmi. Doc. i, 18(15—Iy. DR. GEORGE S. SEARIGHT, Den tist. From the Baltimore College of Dental Suroeri/. Olllco at the residence of his mother, East Louther Street, three doors below' Bedlord, t ’urllsle, Pennn. Dee. 1,1805. DR. J. R. BIXLER oilers h\s profes sional services to the citizens of Carlisle and ' Office on Main street, opposite the Jail, In the room lately occupied by L. Todd, Esq. April U, 18(17—ly insurance Companies. jyjU~JMJ AL"I r F E INSURANCE COMPANY O F NE W VOU K . ACCUMULATED CAPITAL $22,000,000! (TWENTY-TWO MILLIONS,) All in llrst-class Mortgages, Government Seen* lilies. Casii and Real Estate 1!! IT MAKES NO DIVIDENDS TO STOCKHOLDERS! But its Cash Dividends of Eelmuuy, Im*7 amounted to $2,121,000 to its Policy Holders, which is nearly four limes as much as any other Company in the United Btates declared for same year. It has the LARGEST AMOUNT INSURED of any Company in the United States, and its Divi dends are made annually in CASII, not put otr till the sth payment, as Is done by the leading note companies. It has THE LARGEST INCOME $6,217,03 5.88, From Business and Interest. Its Tables of Rales are from 10 to 33 per cent, lower on the 10 year and endowment plans than the Connecticut Mu tual and many other of the Nolo Companies, All Policies are or may bo exchanged for non-for foltabio ones. It has over SO, 000 PO Lie Y HOLJJE 11 S, and Is patronized and'recommended by the best authorities in the United States. SAMUEL K. lIUMRICII, Special Agent, Office -Vo. 23 ll'Cii Main Street, Carlisle,Pa, October 3, 1867 Urn gPECIAL INSURANCE AGENCY "Over 520,000,00 of capital Uejmuwentkd. HOME, MANHATTAN. SECURITY, NORTH AM LIU CAN nil of Mow York. Aetua and Pliceulx, of Hart foal Conn.; North America, ol tduladelphla, Pn.; Columbia Mimml, ol Lancaster, Pa. Tho inulu elemont to bo desired In Insurance Companies Is SECURITY If wealth, experience, intelligence and probity exist, porpoiiuty and honorable dealing will bo likely to ensue. . , insurance creates independence. A person pays lor his own indemnity, and need not be a tax on his friends. , Every man should insure; tho burning «i whose properly would injure or inconvenience hlmseii, his lamlly, or ills neighbors. • Insurance ollected at this agency, no mutter how largo the amount, lu either atoea or Mutual Companies. Policies issued, losses adjusted and promptly paid at this oillce. SAMUEL K, HUMIUCH, Special Insurance Agent, UJJlcc iYi». ‘JU llVji Main Street, Carlisle, Pn. LOCAL AGENTS J. E. Ferreo, . McwvUle. John 11. Shuler, Mew niooinllehl, I’erry county. A, H. Weldmnu, Mlllllntowii, Juniata cutmly. "Dll RE INSURANCE. I'he ALLEN AND EAST PENNSBORO’ MU TUALFIRE INSURANCE CUMPAN Y, of Cum besiaud county, incorporated by an act of As sombiy, in the year 16-13, and having recently had Its charter extended to the year lob 3, is now in active and vigorous operation under the super intendence 01 the following Hoard of Managers: Wm. R. Gorges, Christian Stuyrtiau, Jacob Kb orly, Daniel bailey, Alexander Cathcart, Jacob H. Coover, John Kichelberger, Joseph Wickerrs, Samuel Eberiy. Rudolph Martin, Moses Brioker, Jacob Coover and J. C. Dunlap. The rates of insurance are os low and favorable as any Company of the kind in the State. Per sons wishing to become members are invited to moke application to the agents of the Company, who are willing to wall upon them at any time. President—\v, R.GQPGAS, Eberly’s Mills, Cum berland County. Vico President—Chud, itan Stayman, Carlisle, Secretary—John C. Dunlap, Mecbanicsburg, Treasurer—Daniel Bailey, Dillsburg, York Co. AGENTS. Cumberland Cbioi/y—Jonn Sherrlck, Allen; Hen ry Zearlug, Shlremanstowu: Lafayette Pelier, Dickinson; Henry Bowman, Churchtown; Mode Griffith, South Middleton; Samuel Graham W. Peuusboro’; Samuel Coover, Mechanlcsburg: J. W. Cookliri, Shophordstown; D. Coover, Upper Allen; J. O. Saxton, Silver Spring;,John Hyor, Carlisle; Valentine Feeman, New Cumberland; James McCaudlish, Newvllle. - York Cbunly—W. B. Picking, Dover; James Griffith. Warrington; T. F. Deardoril* Washing ton; Richey Clark, Dillsburg; D. Rutter, Pair view; John Williams, Carroll. Dauphin County— Jacob Houser, Harrisburg. Members of the Company having policies about to expire, can have them renewed by making ap plication to any of the agents. Dec. 1 1805 Hartford live stock insu RANGE COMPANY. CAPITAL $500,000. Horses Insured against death from any cause or against theft. Working Oxen, Cows and Sheep may bo taken at 3 to 4 per cent on two thirds their cash value. Losses promptly adjusted at the Office of the Car lisle Agency. BAM'L K. HUMRICH, /Special Agent, March 14, 28 Weßt H ® st " <"• BY BRATTON & KENNEDY, JMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT '■ PiISITIVEI.V Till! GUEATKST BEiniCTIOS IN priceh of the SEASON GREENFIELD’S. NO. 4, B AST MAIN STU E E T All the best makes of Prints 12*£ ots., choice styles Prints 8, 10 and 12cts., a beautiful Muslin bleached, I yard wide only 12% cLh. best Domestic Ginghams In town at 12% and 15 cts., Tickings 12Jjj, 15, and 20 els., Ex tra heavy 4-1 Ticking only 25 cents. WHITE, RED, YELLOW and GRAY FLANNELS, from the late forced sales at greatly reduced prices. B L A N K i: T S ! BL A N KKT 8 ! GOOD BROWN BLANKETS at $2.50 per pair. WHITE ALL WOOL BLANKETS fl.tm per pair. The largest 1% Blankets nil wool, only -'•(..Mi per pair. All the liner grades very cheap. SHAWLS REDUCED LV PRICKS! W e have a splendid Square Shawl ladles’ size, only 33.00, Good double Shawls 55.00 and Sfl.O old six weeks ago at $-8.00. IJIIKSS GOODS, AT PRICKS THAT D*'FY COMPFTITIOF All the best grades of French Merino’s ut STcts. gI.OO and $1.20. Beautiful Reps very cheap. ELEGANT ALPACAS In Blacks, Browns, Bis mark, Wine, Green, Blue, only 50 cts. All wool plaids reduced to 50 cts. FURS! FURS! A largo assortment very cheap. By sjtecial ar- rangement with ono of the largest Fur Houses In this con ami will sell Furs lowct than any store In Carlisle. FRENC U CLO A KIN G S lu fancy stylos very low Tho best Blade Beaver nil wool, very fine, only $1.50. GERMANIA CLOTHS A; CAHSJ MISHES, Just received at astonishingly low prices. TJIK (JKLKIUIATED AMIhtR’XS STAR CORSE T, only *l.OO, I am the exclusive agent of the above lor ( ai Hoop Skirls, Gloves, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Lace Collars, In fact everything connected with a first class Dry Goods establishment, at prices that cannot fall to please. 1 mean what I say when I assort that there is no store In this county that can offer goods at lower prices or offer a better stock. Remember the fact that all the above goods have been pur chased within the Inst week at the late forced sales—v.-hloh enable mo to these induce ments to purchasers. THE CELEBRATED CORSET. [ Rio STAR CORSET, which Is fust becoming kibe standard corset of America, Is manufactured without seams passing through the goods, which remedies the great dmculty of hand made Cor* seta—ripping; also, as tho material Is thoroughly shrunk before being made up, causes them to re tain their symmetry much better than the Ger man. Woven, or French Corset, and ns for flt, corarort and case, far excels. . L. T. GREENFIELD, No. 4 East Main Streak P. S,—FLOOR OIL CLOTHS lon .hand very aheap. I* p0e.12, 1867, fit a til la AI Hr i% t —!!L^ I I ms h"" I |H I ■/ I fl fl >. II II H H I || fl In II 9 x X 9/ I for the first insertion, ai I I wm I S I- I I BK I I I II; I I ■ I I H B S B IB I 9 tt' I per lino for each subsequent li iso 111. V \ \w m IJ|- =H==r3E Cash. When sent without any lei 9 specified for publication, they will 3Brj) ©oolis. TUIIU) AHHIVAL A full assortment A full slock BATIN K T S Nells, (THA.DE mauic.) ittetlcal HOOFLAND’S GERMAN BITTERS, ANI) Hoofland’s German Tonic. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia, pa. The Great Remedies for all Diseases LIVER, STOMACH, OR DIGESTIVE ORGANS. Hoofland’s German Bitters Is composed of the pure jiiii »•« (■», :i» tiny an l medici nally termed, hx - a p.. . . tracts) of Roots, Ilcrbsand Harks, iffg oinking n prepara tion, highly concen |KJ tmled, and entirely free from Alcoholic wirH labfi admixture nf any kind. HOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIC, Is a combination of nil the ingredients of the DUtcrs, •with the purest quality ot Santa Cnu Rum, Orange, etc., making ono of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies over offered to the public. Those preferring a Medicine free from Alcoholic ad mixture, will use Hoofiand's German Bitters. In cases of nervous depression, when some alcoholic stimulus Is necessary, HOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIO should ho need. The Bitters or the Tonic are bolh equally good, and contain the same medicinal virtues. The stomach, from a variety of causes, such as Indi gestion, Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility, etc., Is very apt to Imre Us functions deranged. Trio result IBL 1181 of which Is, that the patient suiTors from several or moro of the following diseases: Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Files, Fulness of Blood to tho Head, Acidity of tho Stomach, Nausea, Heart burn, Disgust for Food, Fulness or Weight in tho Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sink ing or Fluttering at the Fit of the Stomach, Swimming of . the Hoad. Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking 1 or Suffocating Sensations when In a Lying Posture. Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Den* oiency of Perspiration, Yel \ lowness of the Skin and Eyes, —rr-v Fain In the Side, (dm Back,Ghost, Limbs, eto., mJB 8 u.d d e n Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings of Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits. These remedies will effectually euro Liver Complaint, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or Nervous Debility. Chronin Diarrtuco, Disease of tho Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver, Blomach,op Intestines. DEBILITY, Resulting from any Cause whatever; PROSTRATION OF THE SYSTEM, induced by Severe ' Labor, Hard ships, Exposure, Favors, oto. There Is no medicine extant eoual to these remedies In such coses. ATtone ana vigor is imparted to tho whole System, tho sSBBi Appetite Is Strength ened, fooa Is enjoyed. the stomach digests promptly, the blood JBW Is purified, the com plexion boc o m o e taBB sound and healthy, the yellow tinge Is eradicated from the eyes, a bloom Is given to the checks, and the weak ana nervous in valid becomes a strong and healthy being. Persons Advanced in I4fe t And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily upon them, with all Its attendant HU, will find In tho use of this BITTERS, or tho TONIC, nn elixir that will instil new life Imo their veins, restore In a measure the energy and ardor of moro youthful days, build up their shrunken forms, and glvo health ana happiness to their remaining years. NOTICE, It is a well-established fact that fully one-half of tho female portion of our population aro sel dom In the enjoyment L IBT < of good health ; or. to use their own ex Id /a pression, “ never feel well." They aro lan filna guid, devoid of all energy, extremely nervous, and have no appetite. To this class of persons tho BITTERS, or tho TONIC, Is especially recommended. WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN Are made strong by thouso of oltberof these remedies. They will cure every caao of MARASMUS, without fall. Thousands of certificates have accumulated Id tho hands of tho proprietor, but space will allow of the publication of nut a few. Thq»“-. l ‘ men or uuio ana ol such standing that they must he believed. TESTXMOWIAI.a Hon. Geo. W. Woodward. Chief Jutlice <f the Supreme Court of Pa., writes: Philadelphia, March 10,1807. "I find‘Hoofland’s German Bitters Ms a good tonic, useful In diseases of tho of great benefit In cases of debility, and MBi wont of nervous ac tion in tho system. Yours truly, GEO. W. ‘WOODWARD. 1 ’ Eon. James Thompson. fudge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, April 28,1800. “I consider • Tloofland's German Bitters' a raluaHs medicine In case of attacks of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. 1 cep certify this from my experience of it. Yours, wkn respect, JAMES THOMPSON." From Eev. Joseph H. Kennard, D. D., Pastor tf the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Dr. Jackson —Dear Sir: I have boon frequently ro* quested to connect my name with recommendations of dlflorenl kinds of medicines, but regarding tho prac tice as out of my an - —■ r== propria to spboro, I have In all do dined; but with a clear proof In varl JoMI out instances and particularly In my own family, of tho usefulness of Dr. Iloofiand’s Gorman Bitters, 1 depart for once from my usual course, to express my full conviction that, for oeneral debility tf the system, and especially for Liver Complaint, it is a safe and valuable preparation. . In some coses It may fall; but usually, I doubt not, It will bo very beneficial to those who sutfer from tho above causes. Yours, very respectfully, J. H. KENNARD, Eighth, below Coates BU From Rev. E. D. Fendall, Jjtitiani Editor Chrieiian Chronicle, Philadelphia, I have derived decided benefit from the use of Hoof land'* German Bitten, and feel (t my privilege to re commend them as a most valuable tonic, to all who are suffering from general debility or from diseases arising from derangement of the liver. Tours truly, B. D. FENDALL. CAUTION. Hooflnnd’s German Remedies are counterfeited, Bee that the signature of C. U. JACKSON Is on tho wrapper of each bottle. All others aro coun Usrfelt. Principal Office and Manufactory at the Gcrmsu Medicine Store, No. 681 ARCH Street, Philadelphia. CHARLES It. EVAN’S, German Druguist, Proprietor, / Formerly C. U. Jaoksob & Co. For inlo by tk. druggists and Dealers in Medicines. PBIOEB. Hoofland's Gorman Bitters, per bottle $1 00 u k <> half d0zen......... S 00 Hoofland’s German Tonic,put uplnquartbottles,! 60 per bottle, or a boll dozen f0r.... 7 00 Ky Do not forgot to examine well the article Jfftt buy, in order to get the genuine, Jun.y.ltkW.—ly CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1868, 3P n ultra!. THE BELLS OF SHA3VDON.* With deep affection And recollection I often think of Those Slmndou Hells, Whoso sounds so wild would In clays of childhood Fling round my cradle Their magic spoils. On this I ponder And still grow fonder Sweet Cork, of thee, With thy Hells of Slmndou That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Oftho river Lee. I've heard bells chimin' Full many a clime In, Toiling Sublime in Cathedral shrine, Whilo at a glib rale Brass tongues would vibrate Hut all their music Spoke naught llko thine For memory dwelling On each proud swelling Of thy belfry knelling, Its bold notes free, Made the Holla ofShuinlmi Sound more pram! on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. I’ve heard bells tollin' Old Adraln'a mole in, Their thunders rollin’ From the Vatican, And cymbals glorious Swinging uproarious In the gorgeous turrets Of Notre Dame; lint thy sounds are sweeter Than tho dome of Peter Flings over the Tiber, Pealing solemnly; Oh, the hells ofShandou, They* sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. There’s a hell In Moscow, While In town and Kiosk, o, In St. Sophia Tho Turkman gets. And loud in air Calls men to prayer From the tapering summit Of tall minarets. Such empty phantom I freely grant them, But there’s a phantom More dear to me— ’Tis tho bells of Shandou, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Leo. [FATJIKU ruoL’T. *Au Abbej* In Cork, celebrated for Its chimes of bolls. THE JEWELED SNUI’F-BOX, CHAPTER I Inspector Timmins, of the G. C. Rail way Company’s service, thought It a very hard case to have to turn out of his warm bed at the unearthly hour of the morn ing at which his wife gave him a push, and told him it was time to get up. He rose in dudgeon, went to the window, and looked out. A cold, aggravating De cember morning; nothing to be seen ex cept the dip beheld in hia hand, and his own unshaven ; unwashed visage, glow ering sulkily at him. Ilia wife, a obcory little body, was on her knees before the grate, trying to kindle the embers of last night’s fire with the bellows. ‘ Come T., 1 she said, ‘ look sharp, or you'll be late. Bother the fire, it won't light, and firewood’s so awful dear,’ She drew a little bundle from its hiding-place, aud lighted a match beneath it. ‘There, that'll do now. What sort of a morning is it?’ 'Don’t jaw. I do declare it’s an abominable shame.” What particular abuse the inspector al luded to can never bo known, for at this moment the baby began to squall and drowned all other voices in its own. The wife went to take it up. * Hush —sh—sh ; bless its little heart, it shall, so it shall.’ ‘ Warm ray coffee,’ said Mr. Timmins, magisterially, ‘ yes directly. Did it want its pap, the precious chicken, did it?’ and Mrs. Timmins set on the fire a can which did not contain her lord’s coffee. The inspector buttoned on his uniform, and mused upon the insufficiency of his salary. In an. adjoining room three oth er small persons awoke, and riming in, clung, in their night gowns, round mam my, and demanded to bo dreaood. *My coffee!’ shouted Mr. Timmins above the clamor. * Yes, directly; only baby must have his pap first,’ pleaded Mrs. Timmins, hastening towards the fire.' Inspector Timmins wasdecidedlv cross that morning. He bad foil-five minutes to spare; but a gloomy desire for martyr dom camo upon him. * Ve—ry well. I see lam to have no coffee this morning,’ he said, and stalked heroically out of the house in thedirection of the railway station, at the entrance of which it was his fate to stand, and in scribe in a note-book the destinations of the cabs that conveyed the passengers, arriving at the mail-train, due every morning at? A.sr., totheirseveralabodes. A raw, dreary day it certainly promis ed to be. The clothes of the porters clung limply about them, their owners had a general air of having been shaken Into them, and the passengers scowled with a sense of unmerited injury us the drivers shouted out their address for the ediflea- ■ tion of the general public. The rime got into Inspector Tim minis throat, and nearly choaked him. The driving mist had penetrated his inexpressibles during his walk to the station, and made his nether limbs feel rheumatic; he thought the company ought to provide their offi cers with umbrellas. But lie had not much leisure for such reflections, for passengers, were numer ous that morning, and he went on half writing their directions, and checking them off* in his own mind. No. 12 Up per Lowndes Street. Swell. Direction doesn’t matter; not worth his while to bag anybody’s box. 20, Finsbury Placc % respectable party, home from holidays; he’s all right. 13, SI Giles's Food. The Islington Pet; coming from a prize fight, most likely; the inspector looked after him with interest. 32, Little Corner Buildings; queer lot; likely to be wanted, I should think. The direction was care fully written down, and Inspector Tim mins heaved a sigh of relief as the last cab drove off. As ho put up his note book he suddenly felt something which might bo a claw, or a mouth, take firm hold of his calf. Ho gave a little jump, excusable in a man who had been for sometime eyeing a bulldog, the proper ty of a shabby dog fancier, standing aus piciously close to his legs, inspector Timmins started, but the claw still kept its grasp without any of those incisions peculiar to teeth, and at Just ho looked dowu. He saw, a long way below him, a small boy, a little child, not more thau two or three years old, crying bitterly. After two or three apparently spent in thoroughly making up bis mind that it did not intend to bite, Inspector Timmins stooped down aud looked more closely. He saw a small bit of puckered face, amt two largo bits of chubby hands, and the thing said between Its sobs, * Please, sir, where’s mummy ?’ Inspector Timmins was not by any means a hard man, albeit the fog had gone a Jong way towards making him so; so ho said kindly, * Hullo, young’un, what’s the row! want mammy, eh ? ■VVe’JI find her in a minute’ as he really thought he should, believing that the child had really strayed from his mother while she was looking for her luggage.— They walked down the platform togeth er, the big man and the little one, the small hand laid confidingly in the great red fist; but no mammy was. to be found. ‘ Look hero, what’s to bo done?’ said the inspector, showing the child to u policeman outside, when ho had satisfied himself that the last passenger had de parted. ‘ O, hand him over to me,” replied the guardian of the law. 4 I’ll take him to the workhouse, ami he’ll be claimed in a day or two. Come along Johnny.’ Thu child brihteued at the name ; it was evi dently the right one. ‘ Como along, John ny,'repeated the policeman, trying to lead him away. But the little hand clung to its first protector, and Mr. Timmins lingered. 4 Where are yon going to take him?’ he asked. 4 K Workhouse, eh V f’ll come and look after him in n day or'two. Poor little chap, he’s almost too small for a workhouse ; but there,—l’ve got tor ments enough at home.’ He hardened at the thought of tile morning’s scene, and consigned his small charge to the policeman’s care. When Inspector Timmins reached homo he found a greatly improved state ot things. The children wore washed and dressed, the baby asleep,—lt spent a large portion of its existence in sleep, that ba by,—the fire was shining on a breakfast already on the table, and the fog had cleared off as the sun rose. The fog had cleared off also from Mr. Timmin’s tem per, and he picked upone of his children and forthwith began a noisy game of romps. But in the midst of the fun, lit tle Johnny’s puckered face recurred to his mind and above the chilli’s joyous shouts he seemed to hear theshrill treble that had piped out, 4 Please, sir, where’s mammy? Somehow the play lost Us zest after that; he quieted his little boy, and told him .the story of the morning’s adventure. Mrs. Timmins was busy cutting bread-and-butter, but she listen ed, too, and a motherly look stole over her face. ‘Poor little fellow! why didn't you bring him here, T. ?’ We’d kept him for a day or two, aud it’s a sin to send a mite like that to the workhouse, particularly at Christmas.’ Mr. Timmins brightened for a moment, but then looked grave again. ‘ I had half a mind to/ ho replied, * and that’s a fact; but wo haven’t over and above much money to last till next pay day, and suppose he wasn’t to be claim ed?’ * Well, and if ho wasn’t/ retorted Mrs. Timmins, a pretty rosy color spreading Itself over her comely face, ‘ it isn’t much that a baby like tha’d eat, I suppose. I’ll be bound his mother’s fretting finely af ter him by this time; and O, Timmins ! only think if it had happened to one of ours!’ Mrs.-Timmins caught up her youngest but one, and gave him a sounding kiss. Presently she got up and inspected the contents of a box, with a slit in the lid, that was hidden in a drawer. She stood thinking, for a minute or two, and thou returned to her husband's side. ‘ No, of course wo oughtn’t/ said Tim mins, testily. ‘I told you so all along.' And thena huskiness got intohis throat, and after he had cleared it, a silence tell for a while upon tho little family. The next morning Mrs. Timmins found time to accompany her husband on a visit to the workhouse, to ‘ look after’ lit tle Johnny. Mrs. Timmins carried with her a couple of oranges, and a tin trum pet, the confiscated property of her son aud heir. They had nearly readied K Workhouse when a woman, poorly clad, with a young pinched face that was not without a certain wild beauty, and dishevelled hair, turning the corner of a narrow street, came into violent collision with Mr. Timmins. Recovering herself immediately, she pushed roughly past him, and sped at full speed down a dark passage. Mrs. Timmins looked after her with some surprise, aud the next mo ment she and her husband were sur rounded by a little crowd headed' by two policeman in a great hurry. ‘ Did you see a woman pass just now ?’ asked one of them.‘young and rather good-looking.. She’s been robbing a jew eller's shop, and we thought wo saw her turn this way.’ ‘ Yes, yes/ replied Timmins,' eagerly, catching tho prevailing excitement, ‘sho ran up against me not a minute ago.— She went down that passage/ and he pointed to tho alley where the woman had disappeared. With a hasty ‘ thunk you’ tho policemen hurried in tho direc tion indicated; but they were soon at fault again, and Timmins and his wife, having followed for a minute or two, dis engaged themselves from the crowd and walked on. Arrived at the workhouse, Johnny was found, his puckered face more puckered still, crying piteously in the corner in dire disgrace. The nurse of the ward, an old crone, whose temper time had soured, pointed him out vindic tively. »Dmt tho child I 1 can't do nothing with him ; that’s the way he’s been going on the whole blessed morning. Mammy, mammy, indeed! I wish hia moxher or anybody else ’ud come and fetch him out, for he’s no better nor a nuisance here.' Mrs. Timmins’s bright eyes darted daggers at the old dame as she parsed her, and in a miu ■' le she had gathered little Johnny into her kiud arms, aud was cuddling him up upon her lap, where the child’s sobs sbon subsided under the combined influence of kisses and orang es. The little fellow was worn out by crying, and ho nestled directly into his new resting-place, aud went fast asleep, clasping one of Mrs. Timmins’s fingers tightly in his mottled hand. It went to the mother’s heart to have to leave him, but she felt that in the present state of the family funds they could not venture to burden themselves witii Lius helpless child. Bho laid him tenderly on one of the beds in the ward, kissing the Hushed cheek aud gently drawing away her fin ger- ~ , ... ‘ Be kind to him poor little duck,’ she said to the old dumo, ‘ he’ll soon get used to it; but ho Is but a baby, and it’s hard for him to bo taken from his mother,' and in an unusually subdued mood Mrs. Timmins descended the stairs to join her husband below. Mr, Timmins meanwhile had been sit ting on a bench In the sun with an old pauper whom ho had known in ills bet ter days; a thin, chatty old fellow, with small crafty eyes ; and long, bony hands. 'Got such a thing as a pinch of s.iuir about ye, Mr. Timmins he asked, peer ing huugrily into the inspector’s face. ‘■Why, yea,’ replied the gentleman, ‘ 1 thought may bo you’d likesomc, so I tiff ed my box before I started. Have a pinch?’ He put his hand iu Ids eoat pooket, aud-drew thence,—a gold Louis quatorze snuff-box, from the ltd of which beamed.a lovely enamelled face, set round with largo diamonds. Mr. Timmins’s eyes opened to that extent that there was reason to apprehend that lie never would be able to close them agaiu ; hlscompan on's glittered like an old raven’s ; the jewelled toy ' lay shinning on the big palm. ‘■Well—'' at lost said Mr. Timmins, drawing a long breath. A moment after, ‘ Bless my soul!’ he exclaimed, I’ve iiil ■ it! It must have been put into my pock et by that ere woman we met, with the police close at her heels. Serve her right, if she did get caught,’ added Mr. Tim mins, indignantly, ‘the jude! putting such thlnga'in an honest man’s pocket. But what a beauty it is, to bo sure !’ He examined the box more closely, opened it, and found eugraved on the inside, H. Stevens, 8 Princess Gardena. He point ed it out to the old man, whose crooked fingers were already hovering about the box, as if they louged to clutch anything so precious. ‘ Look here, the lunge is a little bio ken; that’s why it was sent to the jewel ler’s most likely. I-wish I knew the shop. It must bo nearer my place than the Princess Gardens.’ ‘ Why you’d never, never,' —the old man’s eagerness almost choked, —* never give a prize like this back, aud get noth ing but ‘ thank you’ for your trouble I No, •no I'm an old man, i'll 101 l you wliul to do. Wait a day or two; it'll be ad ver llsed in tlie papers witii a lino reward ; tike it back then; and you’ll get twenty pounds, and then you won’t for get poor old Tomkins, will 3*oll V’ and the old man subsided into a whine. Mr. Timmins drew himself up. ‘ Non sense, man; I can’t keep it a day with the name inside; I shall walk over with It this evening.’ At tills juncture appeared ? Mrs. Tim mins, with rather Hushed chocks, ami rather red eyes, which opened almost to the dimensions of her husband's when they fell upon thd snull-hox. ‘Morey on ns, T.!’ she cried, when she had heard the stoi*3*. ‘ I declare it’s given me quite a turn, and turns enough I’ve had up stairs with that there blessed babe a-clinglng to mens if lie was 1113* own, and that there beast of a nurse.’ Mrs. Timmins was considerably excited. ‘ Aiii’ said the old man, hwingono of his bent yellow fingers on her sleeve, 'you tell him to keep it till it's advertis ed; he’ll listen to 3*011.' • Twenty pounds lie might gain by it,— twe.n-ty pounds,’ and the old man’s eyes glittered as if lho3* saw the coins. Women’s honesty is more assailable than men’s. ‘Why certainly/said Mrs. Timmins, without hesitation, as soon as she under stood, ‘ Tomkins is quite right. Of course you’re not bound to go trapessing all over the town,without even knowing whether you’ll get paid for the loss of time. And if twenty pounds m offered, I’ll be bound It wouldn't be missedoutof a gentleman’s pocket, and it would do us a power of good and honestly come by, too,’ she ad ded, decisively. Timmins wavered. Before him, too, had arisen a golden vision of the com forts and the luxuries those twenty pounds might bring to hia poor household. He felt unusually inclined to defer to his wife’s judgment. ‘ Well, I don’t know that would be dis honest/ lie begun, ‘but—’ * Yes, yes, you tell him ; he’ll do it for you.’ crooned tho old man. All at once Mrs. Timm in's bright eyes softened. ‘O, Timmins!' she exclaimed; ‘only think! If wo had twenty pounds, wo could take that poor baby as it’s heart breaking to see up stairs. It 'ml keep him a long time, and we'd lake our chance of his not being claimed. Upon my word, Timmins/ sho concluded, warming with her subject, * I think it your duty, when God has sent you tho means by tho bauds of that wretched creature, to use them Tor the child's good*’ Poor Timmins; hisdefenccswere weak! The twenty pounds had already assumed the form of a possession of his own which it would be a stretch of honesty to forgo. \Va» he in a position to be so extra scru pulous? Aud what was he asked to do? Merely keep the box for a day or two, why ho must do that, at any rate; ho could not spare time. Besides, in his heart he did not long to be able to keep tho boy. The angel of honesty spread his wings, and took flight, and Timmins and hia wife walked borne on excellent terms with each other. A day or two later the advertisement appeared, and sure enough a reward of twenty-pounds was offered for tho box. Timmins’s conscience was quite at rest by this time, ami he settled with his wife that he should go to tho work house, claim little Johnny, and meet her lord after wards at the jeweller’s shop. She, good, motherly soul, was brimming over with delight in the errand. She’cumedalarge basket filled with cakes and apples us a Christmas box to the other small work house children, and rosy glow on her sunny face rivalled the fruit in color. — Timmins, meanwhile, proceeded to the jeweller’s, a largo magnificent shop in a broad thoroughfare. When lie reached it, lie stared through the plate-glass win dow in admiration. It was already dusk, und tho brilliant jets of gas, sparkling upon gems, seemed to extract from them tiny streams of light, while within could be seen a sort of dazzling vista of gold and silver. Timmins stood gazing for a minute or two, and then walked In in the best possiblespirits, and advanced towards tho counter. ‘ I called about this advertisement,’ said lie showing one that he had cut out of the paper; ‘the box has come into my possession.’ ‘O, indeed,’ replied the young man whom he addressed, with an unmistaka ble sneer ‘ O, indeed !’ * It happened very curiously,’ Timmins went on glibly ‘ I and my wife were walking—’ ‘ Don’t tell your story to me, if you please,’ interrupted the shopman, rude- I v, ‘ I’ll mention your errand to my mas ter. Here, Johnson, two upon ion.’ The shopman appeared down an inner I passage, and Johnson advanced from the other side of the shop ami kept to Mr. Timmins in a manner which lie r could but think offensive, especially a> a man of far less respectable appearance was left standing un watched at the oppo site counter. Worse than this, the mean ing of the mysterious order ‘two upon ten’ soon became so ol>v mis in the glu ing of Mr. Johnson’s two eyes upon the ton fingers, five of which were resting innocently upon the counter. Mr. Tim mins began to grow very uncomfortable. When finally the first shopman returned ami preceded him into a private room, ami Johnson, calling another man to at tend to the shop, joined quietly in be hind, Timmins felt that all his good spir its had unaccountably left him, and was conscious of wearing a hang-dog look, and of being treated surprisingly like a criminal. Mrs. Timmins, with little Johnny in her hand, hovered about the door of the jeweller’s shop for a good .quarter of an hour before her lord made Isis appear ance. When at length he did so, she fell hack witii a start, and looked with terri fied eyor. into his face; t lie gaa-lighi shower! it to be of u deadly while. ‘Heaven save us, T.! what’s the mat ter? Vou look like a gho.-t!’ ‘Stuff and nonsense, 1 In- -aid, trying to speak angrily, but the words came thick and faint out of his throa . What! you have got the brat have you ?' ‘ Yes, T. Poor little man, he was so pleased,’ and the wife crept timidly near er to her husband. ‘We -diall never re pent it anyway, I’m sure. I couldn’t have eaten my Christina-- dinner comlur table, if we hadn’t done it, but haven’t you— Imven’l you got the money?’ * Yes, I've got the mom y,’ lie growled between ids teeth. Mrs. Timmins felt such a lump rise in her til rout that she spoke no more till they were at home, and in their own room. There she could no longer restrain her (ears ; they streamed down unnoticed tiver the new Christmas bonnet-strings that she bail tied witii sue.* pride an hour before. Ml, Timmins!’ me pleaded, ‘I can't h.-ar thi-. Only t.-il me what it means.’ ‘ Means !’ he exclaimed at lust, turning savagely upon her, ‘it means that I’ve been treated like a common thief. They don't believe a word of my story, as any one might have known Jhey wouldn’t.— They don’t prosecute, hut they are going to write and inform tin- Company. It means that I shall lose my situation and nry character, and be mined as sure as you’re a living woman ; thanks to yon and that cursed brat!’ Ah he spoke, he raised his boot in his* blind passion and launched a furious kick at little Johnny. It missed the child, but' it struck the wood-work of the chimney piece, and made a dent in it. The sight sobered Timmins, in a moment. Ho looked at hU heavy bool, and the murk which it had made, and then ut the.lUtle child at whom the kick hud been aimed. Turning away, ho hid his face in his hands and fairly burst into tears. ‘ God forgive me,’ lie said, *1 am worse than a brute; but it’s enough to drive a man out of his senses;’ and then as Johnny, too young to be conscious of his escape, peered wonderfully up, he lifted the child in his arms, and kissed his curly head, saying, ,* Well, wife, come what may, VOL. 54.- -NO. 37, we’ll do our duty by this cbild. Ho shan’t want while wo’vo anything to give him ; and If wo starve, ho can’t but starve with us,’ • Ihe next day, Inspector John Tim mins was summarily dismissed from the employment of the G. C. Railway Com pany without a character. CHAPTER II ‘ Land in Skjiit!’ What mngie’ihere is in those words as they lly from the lips on board a homeward-bound vessel. How the passengers come crowding up to catch the lirst glimpse of England, near ing momentarily ; what agitated grasps of the hand there are between new friends, what reconciliations between an* cienl foes! Watch fora moment the deck of tile Flying Cloud, homeward-bound from the Australian gold diggings. Yon der is u man, the centre of an excited group ; lie is the fortunate passenger of a good binocular, an Invaluable treasure at such a moment. On this side sits a wo man who, one may tell, from her deep mourning, has laid her husband to rest in that distant land; she strives in vain to see the coast with eyes blurred and dimmed with tears. Hero is a boy on his way home for education in the old coun try ; one may be sure, by the bright out look he keeps, that the prospect before him is pleasant! there stands a man who left England so many years ago, that he is wondering whether any will be alive to greet him on his return. Ah, what hopes, what fears, what beating hearts and straining eyes the good ship bears along as she comes bounding home to England. In the midst of such a scene, four years after the events narrated in the last chap ter, a husband and wife were standing together quietly and earnestly gazing to wards land. The woman’s face was pule and calm, but a wistful look and gray eyes, and some, deep lines about the mouth, told their story of past trouble. — Her husband, a pale, burly north-coun tryman, from the class perhaps of yeo man fanners, looked as if no cloud had ever rested on his handsome face; both were plainly, but well dressed. ‘Well,’ the man was saying, ‘ I've come back to old England a sight richer than I left it, that’s certain. That last haul did my bu siness, and glad enough I shall bo to be safe at home again then ns his wife did not immediately reply, be added, kindly: ' Come, cheer up. Jane. I know what you’re thinkingof; but. you needn't be so downhearted. We’re sure of him.’ * All, I don’t know,’ the woman said, sadly ; ‘ he may be dead and gone by this time, poor darling. If he is alive, lie must be seven now. My baby, my baby, bow could I leave him 1’ • ‘Well, my girl, I don’t wonder at it,’ replied the man In his hearty voice.— * Vou’d have stuck to him, I*kuow, as long as you had a bit of bread to put Into his mouth, and when you hadn't, I*don’t know but what you did the best you could for him.' The woman looked up gratefully to her big husband, but tours tilled her eyes.— She took the great brown hand and strok ed it, saying, softly, 4 Von are sure you forgive everything that went before,— before I left England ?’ * Why, what are you talking about Jen ny? Didn’t I toll you the day we were married that by-gonos should bo by gones; eh, little woman? and haven't you been the best of wives to me for three years since then? It’s just the sight of England makes you so foolish and ner vous-like. You’ll be all right as soon as we get there,’ There was n little, pause, and then the wife said, timidly,— ‘ Hany,—l’ve never told you exactly how I came to leave my baby, and to—to take the box. I should like to tell you now.’ * Wolli my dear,’ he answered, without a shadow crossing his face, ‘ tell me now, if it will bo any comfort to you ; but do not feel obliged to.’ ‘No,’ she replied, drumming softly with her fingers upon the side of the ves sel, 'I should like to do it. After-after hr deserted me,'you know, we really were starving, my baby and I. That morning we had been wandering about all night in the cold, and ho cried for bread, and I had none to give hkn. Ah, me! I can hear that little cry now ! At last, we came near the railway station, and I could see the warm lire through the waiting-room window ; I thought my baby would die soon if he wasn’t fed, and all the courage went out of me. 1 put him down by the entrance, thinking per haps M>me passenger might take pity mi him. And then X watched, undercover of the darkness, and saw them lake him to the workhouse. O, what a miserable, miserable place for a little child ‘My poor girl!’ said her husband com passionately, as she stopped, choked by her tears. ‘ The* next da> J was prowling about m*ar the workhouse, — I couldn’t go far trotu it, it always seemed to pull me back, when I eameto a jeweler 1 < shop, where a lady was going in with a .-null-box to he mended. L could see her unfolding the parcel, ami then the jewcllssparkling upon it. I longed for the food (hat it would have bought, and thought how cruel God was to give her that splendid costly thing, and to take my baby, my onlytreasure, from me.’ The sun rose bright and clear on Christmas Day. About noon, Henry Boultby carried little weak Johnny in his strong arms to a warm cheery lodg ing in a healthy neighborhood. Most of the family had moved some hours before, so as to be ready to receive him; and the child looked round with amazement when he had been softly laid on the lit tle white bed in the corner. Mrs. Boult by had decked the room with holly and mistletoe boughs, a cosy lire was crack ling out its welcome, a kettle was singing on the hob, and the table was spread for the dinner that was already sending mil savory whiffs from tho adjoining kitch en. 'Mrs. Timmins was there already beginning to smile and beam again, sur rounded by her children in beautiful warm winter dresses, and Mrs. Boultby waiting on them all. Johnny’s ideas were vague as to the relationship in which sho stood to him, but ho ha- no objection to find a second mother in the loving woman who watched and petted him so tenderly. Presently in came Mr. Timmins, who had been forbidden to make his appear ance earlier, and his astonishment was a sight worth seeing. An arm-chair hart been drawn up to the lire-place, and Hen ry Boultby’s cheery voice invited him in to it. As he was about to sit down, lie found a bundle lying on the seat, but ho almost let it drop again when he saw what it contained. Of all things in the world, a bran-new Railway Inspector's uniform! ‘Yes, you are honorably rein stated,' Henry Boullby-wussaying, when he recovered from his stupefaction. ‘ I wish you joy, I’m sure.’ ‘Now, little woman, let's have dinner.' They had dinner, and such a dinner!-- There was a turkey, of course, ami there was roast hoof, and there were sausages, and mince pies, and a blazing plum pud ding, and all the delicacies that ever were thought, of. And what delight Mrs. Boultby seemed to take in popping these dainties first upon the plate of one and then of another, and how both she and Mrs. Timmins kept jumping up to carry tit-bits to little Johnny, and to see that ho had everything he could want.— The {children, poor things, were very quiet at first; they were not used to mer riment, and Mr. and Mrs. Timmins, thought their hearts were brimful of glad thankfulness, were hardly prepared to be more than cheerful. They had not had time to realize that (heir sore trial was really over. Hut the very spirit of t;in i*Luia*'*ccmcd to shine out of liepry lloultby’s eyes, and to illumine bis good humored face ; he was resolved upon fun, as ho was not a man to bo daunted. Bless you ! the stories that ho told, the jokes that ho made, the absurdities that he perpetrated ut that dinner would fill a volume, aud the children began first to smile and then to laugh, until, upon the magnificent apparition of the pudding, decked with holly and spouting fire with ;d m. jouk md flvo cent# jertlon. Qoai srtlsementain* le above-rates. ipanled by the •»ngth of time .a, bo continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. JOB PRINTING. Cards, Handbills, Circulars, and every oib or oi Jou nml Card Printing cxocn tcu in the neatest stylo, nt low prices. all its might, henctually extracted a gen uine shout of baby glee from the young esl, which rejoiced its mother’s ears, aud of which he was as proud as man could be. The Boultby’s were in no hurry.— They had taken rooms in thosame house and mean to live there, so as to bo with Johnny without separating him from his friends. And when at last dinner came to an end, and the table was pushed close to the little boy's bedside, and the fami ly gathered round it, it is ray opinion that though there might be many noisier, . there was not a happier set of pcoplo to he found anywhere in England, Henry Boultby concocted in the most artful way a steaming, bowl of punch, and over it they shook hands all round, and wished eachothcr a merry Christinas and a hap py New Year, and many, many to come. Son .Sickness and l*rornni(y. Sea sickness is a sad leveller, to which the strongest minds succumb, leaving nothing but the desire to touch terra Jlr mn again. An eminent dramatic artist, who has recently made a most successful tour to California, returned East by stea mer. Scarcely hud the ship got out of sight of land before the Thespian was iaid by the heels with mat du mer. In the depths of Ills despair ho called for the captain, and, when that worthy arrived, the tragedian gazed at him fora few mo ments, and then asked: ‘ Ar-r-o you the captain ?’ ‘I have that honor,' said the son of Neptune. * Ver-r-y well, sir. I want you to run this blasted ship ashore. I’ll pay for her, hull, engines and cargo.' The captain smiled and told his nu ll tippy passenger it was impossible. * Ver-r-y well, sir-r-r. Tie her to a rock, then, and stop this blasted rolling. 1 • Being assured that this was also im possible, the wretched actor retired to his state-room, and lying there in mortal agony, cursed the sea and all that apper tained to it, with oaths both loud and deep. Now, It so happened that the Rev. Mr. (Jhadband, wu> had collected a large amount of money In California to pur chase lino-tooth combs and tracts for the Digger Indians, was on his way East to invest his funds, ami occupied the state room next the actor’s. Horrified at the roars of the sick liou, ho walked into bis state-room Justus he let ofl'another vol ume of anathemas, which extorted a deep groan from Chadband. ‘Hello,’ said the player, ‘Sick at heart, brother/ waa the re sponse, ‘ to hear you use such language.’ * It is a bad habit/ said the wretched artist, ‘but d—u it, sir, here I’ve been turned inside, out for three days, thrown up everything possible, and if I’m sick any longer, curse me if I don’t think 1 shall throw up my engagement in New York. Blast the sea!’ ‘ Don’t, my dearsir, curse so. Remem ber One who was patient under much greater suffering than yours.’ The tragedian rose to his full height, and running his lingers through his hair, as he chewed his voice for a moment, re plied : * I do remember Him, sir-r r, and I re member that when He was caught at sea. He got out and walked , and I wish I could follow his example, in that respect, at least.’ Mr. Chadband concluded that any more missionary effort in that direction would not bo very profitable. Pat and this Deacon.—A few mouths ago, as Deacon Ingalls, of Swampseot, it. I. ,was travelling through the western part of the State of New York, he fell In with an Irishman, who had lately arrived in this country, and was in search of a brother who had come before him and settled in some of the diggings in that part of the country. Pat waa a strong man, a true Roman Catholic, and never seen the interior of a Protestant church. It was a pleasant Sunday morning that brother Ingells met Pat, inquired the road to the nearest church. Ingalls was a pious man. Ho told Pal he was going to church, and invited his new made friend to keep him company thither his destination being a small meeting-house near by. There was a great revival there at the time, and one of the deacons, who was a very small man in stature, invited brother Ingalls to take a seat in his pew. He accepted the invitation, followed bv Pat, who looked in vain for the altar, &c. xVfter he was seated he turned round to brother Ingalls, and, in a whisper that could be heard all round, ho inquired: ‘Shu re, and isn't this a heretic church ‘ Plush !'• said Ingalls ; l if you speak a word they will put you out.’ ‘ Divil a word will I speak at all, at all,’ replied Pat. The meeting was opened by a prayer by the pastor. Pat was eyeing him very closely, when an old gentleman, u ho was standing In the pew directly in froth of Pat, shouted ‘ Amen !’ * Hist, yo devil !’ rejoined Put, in his loud whisper, which was heard by the minister, • bo decent, and don’t make a blockhead ofyoursolf!’ The parson grew more fervent In his devotions. Presently the deacon uttered an audible groan—‘ Amen !' ‘Hist, ye blackgard ! Have ye node-, cency at all ?’ said Pat, at the same time giving him a punch in the ribs, which caused him to close his equilibrium. The minister stopped, and extending ills hands in a suppliant manner, said : ‘Brethren, we cannot be disturbed in Una way. Will some one put that man out l6s" , Alexamler Dumas pays nobody.- For a long time he sent his servant* for ice to a particular dealer.’ At length a neighbor, wlxo was destitute of ice, mon ey, and conscience, bethought him of tin; expedient of sending his servant to ask for ice in Dumas' name. The servant did and was supplied, but blundered out the question, “ How much is to pay?”— The instant tho words passed his lips the proprietor caught him by the with, “ Fel low, yon never belonged to Alexander . Dumas. Clive mo back my ice direct ly.” lrishman being in church where the collection apparatus resembled an election box, in its being passed to him whispered in the carrier’s ear that he was not naturalized, and could not vote, hut he was ready to make a speech. It is related that near Dantzig a young man of twenty-four, who has just married a widow of forty-two, lias dis covered since the marriage that his wife was his wet nurse. i&ty" A man is a fool if lie be enraged with an ill that ho cannot remedy, or if ho endures one that ho can. lie must bear the gout but there is no ooccaslon lo let a fly tickle his nose. A country editor tried to write an elaborate article on ‘Woman's Fnlin ence,’ and was sorely distressed to find It printed next morning * Woman’s In fluenza.” triflt docs not follow that two per sons are fit to marry because both are good. Milk is good and so is mustard, but they are not good for each other. US?* Mrs. Jenkins complained that the turkey she had eaten iu the evening did not set well. “ Probably,” said JenUln* “ It was not a hen' turkey.” JUayThe strongest kind of u him—a young lady asked a gentleman to see if one of her rings will go on his little fin ger. You area queer chicken ! as the hen said when she batched out a duck. ;rtising i Ml T< \t c. :cn * are you sick!’
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