®jjc American Volunteer. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BHATTOK Jc XCENNKDT. OFFICE—NO VTU lUBKEI KtVABE. Tbbks:—Two Dollars per year if paid strictly ia advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if paid Within three months; after which Three Dollars will bo charged. These terms will be rigidly ad hered to in every instance. No subscription dis continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. . professional (flatas. O. P. HUMBIOH. | ¥M. B. PARKER. JJUMRICH & PARKER, ATTORNEYB AT LA W. Office on MfMtt Stioot, In Marion Hall, Car' lisle, Pa. Dec. 24, 1863—ly JOHN OORNMAN, ** A TTOBNE Y AT £ A W . Office in building Attached to Franklin Ho use opposite the Court House, Carlisle, Fa, Juno 4, 1808.—1 y CHAS. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor ney at Law. Office in Building formerly occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Wet* eel’s Hotel. Deo. 1.1805. T7* E. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney JD « akx> Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Ponna. Office on South Hanover street! opposite Bentz’s Store. BVBpeoial arrangement with the Patent Office, attends to securing Patent Rights. Deo. 1,1805. n HERMAN GOETZ, ai law. NEWVILLE, PENN’A, Patents. Pensions and other claims attended to. May 28.1868. JOHN E. MILLER, Attorney at Law. Office In Wetzel’s Building, opposite mo Court House. Carlisle. JPa. Nov, 14,1807. MC. HERMAN, Attorney at Law. • Office In Rhuem’s Hull Building, In th a rear of the Court House, next door to the “ Her* aid” Office, Carlisle, Penna. Dec. 1.1865. XX7M. J. SHEARER, ATTORNEY AND VV Counsellor at Law, has removed his office to the hitherto unoccupied room In the North East corner of the Court House. Jan. 28 r ’69—ly TXT KENNEDY, Attorney at Law VY • Carlisle, Penna. Office same as thatol the ‘'American volunteer,” South side of the Pub* lie Square. Deo. 1. ISC6 JJNITED STATES CLAIM AND REAL ESTATE AGENCY! WM. B. BUTLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office In 2d Story of InholTs Building, No. 8 South Hanover Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county, Penna. Pensions, Bounties, Back Pay, Ac., promptly collected. Applications by mull, will receive immediate attention. Particular attention given to the selling or rent ing of Real Estate, In town or-country. In all let* ters of inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. July 11,1807—tf DR. GEORGE S. SEARIGHT, Den tist, From the Baltimore College of Denta Surgery, Office at the residence of uls mother East Louthor Street, three doors below Bedford Carlisle, Penna.' Dec, 1,1805. ant (Soils. JIRESH ARRIVAL • OP ALL TUB NEW WINTER STYLES HATS AND CAPS. The subscriber has Just opened at No. 15 North Hanover Street, a few doors North of the Carlisle Deposit Bank, one of the largest and best Stocks of HATS and CAPS ever offered In Carlisle. Silk Hats, Casslmere of all styles and qualities, Stiff Brims, different colors, and every descrip tion of Soft Hats now made. The Duukard and Old Fashioned Brush, con stantly on hand and made to order, all warrant ed to give satisfaction. A full assortment of MEN’S, BOY’S, AND CHILDREN’S, * HATS. 1 have Also added to my Stock, notions of differ ent kinds, consisting of LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS, NesJc Ties, Suspenders, Collars, Gloves, Peneils, Thread, Sewing Silk, Umbrellas, dc. PRIME SEGARS AND TOBACCO ALWAYS ON HAND. Give me a call, and examine tpy stock as I feel confident of pleasing all, besides saving you mo ney. JOHN A. KELLER, Agent, No. 15 North Hanover Street. Dec. 6,1868—1 y TTA TSAND CAPS Hats, Caps, and a great deal more, Kept for sale at uoas’'Storo, Wool and Fur, both coarse and fine, Silk and Brush hats In his line. Bearer, Nutra, large and small, Hats to fit and suit you all, Only call and let him try, Though'you should notwlsh to buy. Gladly he will show you round, Through his hats till one is found, To suit your taste, and fit you well. Then kindly all your neighbors tell What hats you saw aißoas’ store, He keeps at corner number four, la North Hanover street Carlisle, Whore you cau find him all the while, Ready to sell to great and small, Doctors, Lawyers, Preachers, all Students, Merchants, Farmers too, And please, kind friends, likewise to you, He keeps constantly on hand a large assort* ment ol Hats, latest styles of Silks, soft and stiff brim. A large assortment of ladies and gents, Trunks, Valises, travelling Bags, leather Hatch els, and a fine lot ol ladies Collars and Baskets. Also gents Furnishing Goods, such as Collars, Shirts, Hose &c. / An extensive and carefully selected assortment of ladies Furs, also ladles Far Hoods and Fur Trimmings, and a regular line of gents, fur Caps, Mufflers and Gloves. , , . Also, Umbrellas, Canes and a variety of No tions. Thankful for post favors, he solioltls a continu ance of the same from his numerous patrons and kindly Invites the public In general to vavor him withacall before purchasing, feeling confident of ills ability to suit all,both in quality and price. Don’t forget the place, No. 4, North Hanover street, opposite the Carlisle Deposit Bank. Thenlgnest cash prices paid for shipping Furs, such as Muskrat, Mluk, Fox, Raccoon and all other fur eklus. J. BOAS. Oct. B,lBBB—lra |JJATS AND CAPS! DO YOD WANT A NICE HAT OB CAD 1 If so. Don't Fait, to Caxi* our J.G.CALLIO, NO. 20, WESI MAIN STREET, Where can be seen the finest assortment of HATS AND CAPS ever brought to Carlisle. He takes great pleas ure in Inviting- his old friends and customers, and all new ones, to Uls splendid stock last re ceived from Now York and Philadelphia, con sisting In part of fine SILK AND CASSIMERE HATS, besides an endless variety of Hats and Caps ol the latest stylo, all ot which ho will sell at the Lowest Cash Prices. . Also, his own manufacture of Hats always on hand, and HATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. Ho has the best arrangement for coloring Hats and all kinds of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, &a,'at the shortest notice (os he colors every week) and on the most reasonable terms. Also, a lino lot ol choice brands of TOBACCO AND CIGARS always on band. He desires to call the attention to persons who have COUNTR Y FURS to sell, as he pays the highest cash prices for the same. Give him a call, at the above number, his old stand, as he feels confident of giving entire satis faction. Deo. 20.1808 AND **■ COMMISSION HOUSB. Flour £ Feed* Cboi, PUxsUr £ Salt, J. BEETEM £ BROTHERS haring purchased ol Snyder £ Newcomer their extensive Warehouse, (Henderson’s old stand,) head of High street, beg leave to inform the public that will continue the Forwarding and Commission business on a more extensive scale than heretofore. The highest market prlcewllibe paid forFlour ' Grain and Produce of all klndt^ Flour and Feed, Plaster, Salt and Hay, kept constantly on hand and forsale. , Coal of all trltidw, LYKENS VALLEY, LOCUST MOUNTA N, LAWBBBRT. &0.. Ac., Llmeborners* and Blackanfeths’ Coal, constant ly for sale. Kept under cover, and delivered dry to any part of the town. Also, all kinds of Lum ber constantly on hand. J. BEETEM 4 BROS. Deo. 1, 1868. ilie Kmtxic ritr faimtet BY BRATTON & KENNEDY, Miscellaneous 1 OH A. MONTH can be made by male 11/v and female Agents. We have nothing for curiosity-seekers, but reliable, steady, profitable employment, for those who mean business. Ad dress with 3 ct. stamp, C. L, Van Alien <£ Co., 48 Now street. New York. Dec. 17, 1868—4 t SOMETHING NEW AND USEFUL. —A now Era In Music. POPULAR MUSIC POPULAR PRICES. « Hitchcock’s Half- Dime Series of Music for the Million.” No. 1 now ready. Muslo and words of the Comio Song.— ••CAPTAIN JINKS OP THE HORSE MARINES.” Others to follow rapidly. Prices cents each.— Your Newsdealer has It or will get it for you.— Moiled on receipt ol price. Address BENJ. W. HITCHCOCK, Publisher, 89 Spring street, Now York. ** Dec. 17,1868—1 t TO THE WORKING CLASS.—I am now prepared to furnish constant employ ment to all classes at their homes, for their sparo moments. Business now, light and profitable.— Ffty cents to 85 Is easily earned, and the boys and girls earn nearly ns much as men. Great In ducements are offered. All who see this notice f dense send me their .address and test the bus □ css for themselves. If not well satisfied, I will send SI for the trouble of writing me. Full par ticulars sent free, Sample sent by mall for ten cents. Address, Dec. 17, 1868—it Agents wanted.— to sen a new Book porlainlngto Agriculture and tne Me ciiuulo Arts. Edited by Geo. E. Waking, Esq,, tbo distinguished Author and A grlcultural Engi neer of the New York Central Park. Nothing like it ever published; 200 Engravings. Soils at sight to Farmers. Mechanics and Workingmen or a I classes. Active men and women are coin ing money. Send for circulars. E. B. TREAT & CO., Publishers, 654 Broadway, N. Y. Dec. 17.1KCH—4t Money easily made, with our Complete Stencil and Key Check Outfit..— 1 capital required. Circulars free. STAF FORD Manufacturing Co., 66 Fulton Si., N. Y. Dec. 17,1868—4 t [Cal'S wnribt Art Cobttm, (a V KM, la CUtk'a CO*. of Dirt Vint (M -T*'*— t*iTrrlw j WE ABE COMING A ND WILL PRESENT TO ANY PERSON Sending us a Club in our Great ONE DOLLAR SALE OF DRY AND FANCY GOODS, A Watch, piece of Sheeting, Silk Dress Patterns. Free of Cost. Our Inducements during the past few years have been large. WE NOW DOUBLE OUR RATES OP PREMIUMS. AVc have many Important additions to our Winter stocks, and have largely extended our Exchange List, and we now feel confident to meet the demands of our extensive patronage. Send/or Nto Cfrcutar. Catalogue of Goods and Samples sent to any address Tree. Rend money by registered letter. Address all orders to J. 8. HAWES <fc CO., 15 Federal Street, Boston, Mass, P. 0. Sox C. ». Wholesale Dealers In Dry and Fancy Goods, Cut* lory. Plated Ware, Albums, Leather Goods, Ac* Dec. 17. 1868—12 t Given yiuus Lu .>*«, Agenu-, luule or female, in a new, light and honorable business, paying thirty dollars per day sure. No gift en- BurprlHe.no humbug. Address R. Monroe Ken* neay & Co.. Pittsburg, Fa. Dec. 17.1863—4 t '\Br. JHO. 7. BUSTOS'S/* TOBACCO ANTEDOTE. WABuntpTassKOTß axx nsrayoßlbßioea B ANnfvMMtaUi hamtm. »nd turieha the cncafpoueuei fraatnoaiUb* i«» »nA excellent tools and ip* MOtw, the dlntt tba heartiest food, stakes atom reftiihloir)6l-estibUshea robut health. JSSSnmi eh££lSrrtSjN&" cured. Price Fifty cents pet box, poet IwT Ao (otenatlog tmtlao on liela* Jorioca effect* oftoiScco, with Ustsß&eethooztlals, refes* •Me*«to,ax*>r««. Annie , . J? Da, T. B. Abbott, JemfcClty, K. J, POT SALE BV ALL DRUGGISTS. * 1 Beware of humbug!mUaWj» iTradirriark X CcrpvrtghUd.] Jan. 21, 1800-^tf. (PI AAA PER YEAR guaranteed, and tpXl/Uv steady'employment. We want a re liable agent In every county to sell our P"tent White Wire Clothes Lines, (everlasting.) Address White Wide Co., 76 william St., N. Y., or 10 Dearborn Rt. Chicago, Ills. Dec. 17,1*66 It. CARPETS-DON’T PAY THE HIGH , PRICES I The New England Carpet Co., of Boston, Moss., established nearly a quarter of a century ago. in their present location, in Halls over 71.73,7d,77.70. 81,83.85 and 87 Hanover St., have probably furnished more houses with Car pets than any other hoase in the country. In order to afford those at a distance the advanta ges of their low prices, propose to send, on the receipt of the price, 20 yards or upwards of their beautiful Cottage Carpeting, at 50 cents per yard, with samples of ton sets, varying in price from 25 cents to 83 per yard, suitable for furnishing every part of any house. Dec. 17,1868-46 Jf wo knew the woo and heartache Waiting for us down the road, If our lips could taste the wormwood, If our back a could feel the load. Would wo waste the day In wishing For a time that no’or can bo; Would wo wait In such impatience For 1 our ships to como from sen ? If wo know tho baby Angers Pressed against tho window-pane. Would be cold and stiff to-morrow— Never trouble us again. Would tho bright eyes of our darling Catch the frown upon our brow, Would tho print of rosy fingers Vox us then as they do now? Ah, these little ice-cold fingers. How they point our memories back To the hasty words and actions Strewn along our backward track ! How these little hands remind us, As In snowy grace they lie, Not to scatter thorns—but roses— For our reaping by and by. Strange we never prize the music Till the sweet-voiced bird has flown ; Strange that wo should slight tho violets Till the lovely flowers are gone; Strange that summer skies and sunshine Never seem one-half so fair As when winter's snowy pinions Shake their white down In (ho ajrj Lips from which tho seal of silence None but God can roll away, Never blossomed Id such beauty As adorns tho mouth4o-dny; And sweet words that freight our m emory With their beautiful perfume, Como to us In sweeter accents, Through tho portals of tho tomb. L et us gather up the sunbeams Lying our path; Let us keep the wheat and rose*, Costing out tho thorusand chaff. Let us And our sweetest comfort In tho blessings of to-day. With a patient hand removing All the briars from our way. illtifoltattuto. Bed Ikm let loose! Pandemonium in rebellion I Chaos turned inside out!— What is the reason a man can’t be allow ed to, sleep peaceably in the morning without this everlasting racket raised about his ears? Children crying—doors slamming—l will know the reason of all this uproar.”’ Mr. Luke Darcy shut the door of his bed-room with considerable emphasis, and went straight to the breakfast-par lor. E. C. ALLEN, Augusta, Maine. All was bright, quiet and pleasant there; the coal snapping and sparkling in the grate, the china and silver neatlv arranged on tho spotless damask cloth, and tho green parrot drowsily winking his yellow eyes in the sunny glow of tho eastern window —Bedlam plainly wasn’t located just there, and Mr. Darcy went stormily up stairs to the nursery. Ah ! the field of battle was reached at last, Mrs. Darcy sat in her little low 6hair before the fire, trying to quiet the screams of an eight mouths old baby scion of the house of Darcy while another—a, rosy boy of live years—lay on bis back, prone on the floor, kicking and crying in an ungovernable flt of childish passion; “Mrs. Dar—cyl” enunciated Luke, with slow and ominous precision, “ may I inquire what ail this means? Are vou aware that it is fifteen minutes post n| ie o’clock ? Do you know that breakfast is waiting?” | • “I know, Luke—J know,” said poor fierplexed Mrs. Darcy, striving vainly to Ift the rebellious urchin by one arm.— “ Come, Freddy, you are going to be good, now, mamma is sure, and get up to bo washed.” “No—o —o!” roared Master Freddy, periorming a brisk tattoo on the carpet with his heels and clawing the air furi ously. Like an avenging vulture, Mr. Darcy pounced abrubtly down on his son and heir, carried him promptly to the closet, and turned the'key upon his screams. “Now,sir, you can cry out at your lei sure. Evelyn, nurse is waiting for tho babv. We’ll go down to breakfast.” “But, Luke,” hesitated Mrs. Darcy, “you won’t leave Freddy there.” “ Won’t, I’d like to know why not?— It’s temper, and nothing else, that is at the bottom of all these demonstrations, and I’ll conquer thattemperor I’ll know the reason why. It ought to have been checked long ago, bub you are so ridicu lously indulgent. There is nothing I have so little tolera* ce for- ns a bad tem per-nothing that ought to bo so prompt ly and severely dealt with.” “ But if he’ll say he’s sorry, Luke I” Mr- Daroy rapped sharply at the pan els of tue door. “Are you sorry for your naughtiness, young man ?" A fresh outburst of screams and a re newal of the tattoo was the answer. “ I am stire he Is sorry, Luke,” plead ed the all-extenuating mother. But Mr. Darcy shook his bead. “ Emire submission is the only thing X will listen to,” he said shortly, “ I tell you Evelyn, I am determined to up root this temper.” Evelyn, wilh’u dewy moisture shadow iug her eyelashes, and with a dull ache at the heart, followed her liege lord down to the breakfast table, with as little ap petite for coffee and toast and eggs as might be. A tail, ;blue-eyed young lady, with a profusion of bright cbesnut hair and cheeas like rose velvet, was already at the table when they descended, by name Clara Pruyu, by lineage Mrs. Darcy’s sister. She opened her blue eyes rather wide as the two entered. “Good gracious, Evy, what’s the mat ter?” “ Nothing,” answered Luke, tartly.— “ Mrs. Darcy, you appear to forget that I have eaten no breakfast-” “Something is the matter, though,” said Clara, shrewdly- “ What is it, Eve lyn? Has'Luke had one of his tan trums?” Luke set down his coffee cup with a sharp “ click.” “You use very peculiar expressions, Miss Pruyn.” “ Very true one,” said Clara, saucily, Evelyn smiled in spite of herself. “It's only Freddy, who feels a little cross, and—” • “A little cross!” interrupted the In dignant husband. “ I tell you, Evelyn, It's quite time that temper was checked. Ob, that parrot! what an Intolerable screeching he keeps up! Mary, take that bird into the kitchen, or i shall be tempted to wring its neck. Strange that a man can't have a little piece once in a while! What does ail these eggs, Eve lyn? I thought I had asked you to see that they were boiled fit for Christians to eat.” Mr. Darcy gave his egg, shell and. all, a vindicative throw upon tbe grate.— Evelyn’s brown eyes sparkled danger ously as she observed the mancouver, but she made no remark. “ And the plates are os cold as a stone, when I’ve implored, again and again, that they might be warmed. Well, I shall eat no breakfast this morning.” “Whom will you punish most?' de .manded_Miss_CJara, ..“Evelyn, glve.me another cup of coffee; it’s perfectly de lightful.” Luke pushed bis chair back with a ven geance, and took up his stand with his back to the fire, both hands under his coat-tail. “ Please, sir,” said the servant, depre catingiy advancing; “the gas-bill—the man says would you settle it while—” “No!” Soared Luke, tempestuously.— “ Tell the man to go about his business; iWlidal IF WE KNEW, TEMPER. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4,186 D I’ll have no small bills this morning, and I won’t bo so persecuted ! M Mary retreated precipitately. Clara raised her long brown 65’clashcs. “Do you know, Luke,”* she said de murely, “ I think you would Teel a great deal better if you would do just as Fred dy does—He flat down on the floor and kick your heels against the carpet for a while. It’s an excellent escape valve when your choler gets the beat of you.” Luke gave his mischievous sister-in law a glance that ought certainly to have annihilated her, and walked out of the room, closing the door of the room with a bang that would bear no interpreta tion. Then Clara came round to her sis ter, and buried her pink face in Evelyn’s neck. “ Don’t scold me, Evy, please—l know I’ve been very naughty to tease Luke so!” “ You have spoken nothing but the truth,” said Evelyn, quickly, with her coral lips compressed, and a scarlet spot burning on either check. “Clara, 1 sometimes wonder how I can endure the daily cross of ray husband’s temper.” “Temper!” said Clara, with a toss of her hair. “And the poor dear follow has no idea how disa greeable he makes hlmseif,” “Only this morning,” said Evelyn, “ he punished Freddy with unrelenting severity for a fit of 111-humor which he himself has duplicated within the last half hour. lam not a moralist, but it strikes me that the fault is rather more to be censured in a full-grown reasoning man than in a child.” “Evelyn,” said ClartfTgravely, “do you suppose he is beyond the power of cure?” “ I hope not. but what can Ido ? Shut him up us lie shut little Freddy ?” Evelyn’s merry, irresistible laugh was checked by the arch peculiar expression in Clara’s blue eyes. “The remedy needs to be something short and sharp,” said Clara, “and the dark closet system combines both requi sites. Tears and h\sterics are played out long ago In matrimonial skirmishes you know, Evy;” “Nonsense!’* laughed Mrs. Darcy, ri sing from the breakfast table in obedi ence to her husband’s peremptory sum mons from above stairs, while Clara shrugged hershoulders and went to look for her work basket. Luke was standing in front of his bu reau drawer, flinging shirts, collars, cra vats and stockings recklessly upon the bedroom floor. “ I’d like to know where my silk hand kerchiefs are, Mrs. Darcy !” he fumed.— “Such a state as my bureau is in is enough to drive a man crazy I” “ It’s enough to drive a woman crazy, I think !” said Evelyn hopelessly, stoop lug to pick up a few of the scattered arti cles- “ You were at the bureau lost, LuUe.— It is your own fault I” “My fault—of course It is my fault!” snarled Luke, giving Mrs. Darcy’s poo dle a kick that sent it fowling to its mis tress. “ Anything but a woman’s retort ing, recriminating tongue. Mrs. Darcy, I won’t endure it any longer I” “Neither vyillll” said Evelyn, reso lutely advancing os her husband plunged into the closet for his business coat, and promptly shutting and looked the door. “I think I've endured it»quite long enough—and here is an end of it I” “Mrs Darcy! open that door?” said Luke, scarcely able to credit the evidence of his own senses. • “ I shall do no such thing,” said Eve lyn, beginning tore-arrangeshirts, stock ings and flannel wrappers in their proper receptacles. Mrs. Dar—cy!” roared Luke, afa fe ver heat of impotent rago, “what ou earth do you mean ?” “ I mean to keep you In that clothes press, Mr. Darcy, until you have made up your mind to come out in a more am iable frame of mind. If the system suc ceeds with Freddy, it certainly ought to with you t and lam sure that your tem per is much more intolerable than his.” There was a dead silence of full sixty seconds in the closet, then came a sud den burst of vocal wrath. “Mrs. Darcy, open the door this in stant, madam!” But Evelyn went ou humming a saucy little opera air, arranging her clothes, “ Do you hear me 9” “ Yes—l hear you.”, “ Will you obey me ?” “Not until yon have solemnly prom ised me to put some sort of control on that temper of yours; not until you pledge yourself hereafter to treat your wife as a lady should be treated, not as a menial,” “ I won’t.” “No! Then in that case I hope you don’t find the atmosphere at nil oppres sive there, as I think It probable that you will remain in there some time!” Another sixty seconds of dead silence, then a sudden rain of heels and hands against the relentless panels. ” Let me out, I say, Mrs, Darcv! mad am, how dare you perpetrate this mons trous piece of audacity ?” “ My dear Luke, how strongly you do remind me of Freddy ! You see there is nothing I have so little intolerance for as a bad temper. It ought to have- been checked lonjr ago, only you know Pm so ridiculously indulgent.” Mr. Darcy winced a little at the famil iar sound of his own words. Tap tap, tap, came softly at the door. — Mrs. Darcy composedly opened It and saw her husband’s little office boy, “Please, mem, there’s some gentle men at the office In a, great hurry to see Mr. Darcy.. It’s about the Applegate will cose, ” Mrs. Darcy hesitated an instant; there was a triumphant rustle in the closet, and her determination was taken. “Tell the gentlemen that your master has n very bad headache, and won’t bo down town this morning.” Luke gnashed his teeth audibly, as soon as the-closing of the door admon ished him that he might do so with safe ty. Mrs. Darcy nonchalantly took up the opera air where she had left it, letting the soft Italian words ripple musically off her tongue. “ Evelyn, dear !” “ What Is it, Luke?” she asked mild* iy. “ Please let me out. My dear, this may be a Joke to you, but— “ I assure you, Luke, it’s nothing of the kind; its the soberest of serious mat ters to me. It is a question as to wheth er my future life snail bo miserable or happy.” There was a third interval of silence. “Evelyn,” said Luke, presently,in a subdued voice, “ will you open'the door?” “ On one condition only,” “ And what is that ?” “ Ah ! ah !” thought the little lieuten ant general, he’s beginning to entertain tennsaf capitulation, is he? “On con ditions,” sue added aloud, “ thatyou will break yourself of the habit of speaking crossly and sharply to me, an.d on all conditions keep your temper.” “My temper, indeed!” sputtered Luke. “ Just your temper,” returned his wife, serenely. “ Will you promise ?” “ Never, madam I” Mrs* Darcy quietly took up a pair of hose that required mending and prepared to leave the apartment. As the door creaked on its hinges, however, a voice came shrilly through the opposite key hole; /> “Mrs. Darcy, Evelyn! wife!” “Yes.” _ _ You-are-uot golng-down-atairs—to. leave me In this place ?” •• I am,” “ Well, look here—l promise.' “All and everything that I require” “Yes, all and everything thatyou re quire—confound it ail!” Wisely deaf to the muttered sequel, Mrs. Darcy opened the door, aud Luke stalked sullenly out, looking right over the top of her shining brown hair. .Suddenly a tittle detaining hand was laid on his coafsleeve. “ LuUe, dear!” “ Well I” “ Won’t yuu give me a kiss ?" And Mrs* Daroy burst out crying on bor husband's shoulder. “ Well!” ejaculated the puzzled Luke, “ If you aren’t the greatest enigma go ing. A kiss? Yea, a half dozen of’em if you wanL, you kind-hearted little turnkey. Don’t cry, pet, I’m not angry with you, although I suppose X ought to be.” « “ And may I let Freddy out?” “ Yes, on'the same terms that bis papa was released. Was I very intolerable?” “If you hadn’t been, Luke, I never should have ventured on such a violent remedy?” “ Did I make you very unhappy?”. . “Very.” And the gush of warm, sparkling tears supplied a dictionary full of words. Luke Darcy buttoned up his overcoat, put on his hat, shouldered hia umbrella, and ‘went to the Applegate will case, muttering as ho went on the now sfale of affairs that had presented itself for his consideration. “Byjove,” ho ejaculated, “that 11)tie wife of mine's a bold woman and a plucky one!” And then he burs£ out laughing on the steps. It is* more than probable that ho left his stock of bad temner in the Jaw build ings that day, for Evelyn and Clara nev er saw any more of it; and Freddy is eve ry day getting the best of the peppery element mills infantile disposition. Men, after ail, are but children of a large growth ; and so Mrs. Evelyn Dai cy hud reasoned. Your I'irMl Swcellicnrl You can never forget her. She was so very young, and innocent and pretty.— She had such a way of looking at you over her hymn-book in the church. She alone of all the world did not think you a boy of eighteen and wonder at your sis l ' and learning, at your faint foreshad owing of a sandy moustache, and believ ed you every inch a man. When at those stupid evening parties, where boys and girls should have been eating sup pers of bread and milk, and gone to sleep hours before, waltzed and flirted, and mad© themselves sick over oysters and champagne, you were, favored with a glance of her eye, or a whisper of her lip,’ you ascended to the seventh heaven Im mediately. When once, upon a certain memorable evo, she polkaod with the druggist’s clerk, and never even looked at you, how miserable you were. It is funny to think* of now, but it was not funny then, for you were awfully in ear nest. Once at a plc-nic she wo»e a while dress, and roses twined in her black hair, and she locked so mucli like the bride that you fairly trembled ; sometimes you thought in just such snowly costume, with just such blossoms in her h&ir, she might stand beside the altar, and you, mast blessed of all mortals, might place a golden ring upon her linger ; and when you were left alonp wfth her for a mo ment, some of your thoughts wou'd form themselves into words, and though she blushed and ran away, and would not let you kiss her, she did not seem to be’an gry. And then when you were somehow parted for i\ little while, and when you met again, she" was walking with a gen tleman, a large, # full-grown, whiskered man, of twenty-eight or thirty, and had neither word nor smile foryou,qqd some wpll-meuning gossip informed you shrtiy after that she was “engaged” to a i gentleman with black whiskers, am. ih..’ “it was a splendid match.” It was ter rible news to you then, and sent you off to some great city far from your native place, where, after a good deal of youth ful grief, and many resolutions to die ami haunt her, you recovered your equanimi ty and began to make money, and to call love stiff and noneei q?. You have q rich wife of your own, now, .and grown-up children, aye, even two or three toddling grand-children about your hearth ; your hair is gray, ami you lock your heart up ih the fire-proof safe at your counting-house, when you go homo at night. And yoq tUoughtyou hud forgotten uuithttle episode of your nineteenth year, until the other day, when you read of her death In the pa pers.’ You know she was u stout lady, who wore glasses, and had died older than she was in that olden time, but your heart went back, and you saw her smiling and blushing, with her golden hair about her face, and yourself a boy again, drearping of wefli|iqg robes and rings, ami you laid your gray old head upon your office desk and wept for the memory of your first sweetheart. . “Yes and No.”—A young lady has published a poem entitled, ‘Have courage to say No.’ ’ It is not, it may be said, ad dressed to herown sex, who need no such advice, But “No ” is a. more formidable word, and ihou.h there are proper times when It should be used, as incase that the lady enumerates in her poem —when ever templed by the syren to enter bil liard rooms, to take wine, or to visit gamb ling, hells. But the ‘No,’ wheu injudi ciously u ttered, la very often the seed of trouble. The ‘No’ is 100 often.spoken.by. parents from their own inapnreciation of a thing that their children desire; and the children reluse, without a very nice discrimination in the premises, and feeling there is no'harm in what they ask, impute the refusal to tyranny, and as resistance to tyrants is obedience to God, they covet more strongly the boon denied, and if possible, secure itindefi -uuue cf manda’e. The word “No” never should be uttered hastily, and never with out a reason for it. which reason, if sound will be admitted. But a “ullen, absolute, unreasonable ‘No,’ produces ills that the purent°morethun the child is ausworable for. We have known u house made mis erable for a month by a parental refusal 1 of,some little indulgence that hud no harm in it beyond the fancy of the pa rent, and bent brows and sulky looks hardly compensated the affection that niistukingly prompted the denial. Du-' pend upon it, there is often more danger in saying‘No’than‘Yes.’ Courageous Lapland Girl.— The skill acquired by these nomade people In throwing the lasso avails them at times in making captives of other animals be sides their own deer. On one occasion, said a clergyman in Norrland, when a Lapp, in company with a young female, was driving the herd, through the forest, they accidentally roused a large bear from his winter quarters. The girl very fortunately, hud the lasso in her hand which, with great coolness and skill, s' e threw over his head as he was slowly quitting his den, aud at the sumo instunt coiled the other end of the thong to a tree. The brute, inflndlng himself tlnis in the tolls, dashed attbe Amozon; but as be slipped ou one side, lie fortunately missed his -aim, and, on coming to his tether, was, in sailor language, brought short up, aud thrown to the ground.— Bruin’s career was soon brought to* an end, fqjr, seizing the thong with his paws, aud by so doing tightening the noose, be presently managed to strangle him self. The Lapp, on seeing the beast charge the girl, took frightaml ran away; and, as l ho consequence, the bold wench, who was to have been married to him, sent him at once to the right about, very properly refusing to have anything more to say to so dastardly a fellow. —UsSr-An- Eastern~cotempnrary _ It iscasy enough to And villages in New England where there are twenty admi rable girls under thirty years of age, aud uot one marriageable young man. JEST* Tilly, said a mother to a daughter who had seen but* four summers, what should .you do without your mother? I should put on every day Just such a dress as Awauted to, was the prompt reply. A, TOESO NEMESIS. Detectives* stories are rarely devoid of interest,and when truthfulness Isaprorn inent element of their matter, they ac quire positive importance in the eyes of the general reader. The one told by an officer, in the New Orleans, Picayune, and printed below, is no exception to the rule., As a record of facts, giving, prominence to the keenness and courage of a woman, It will be found worthy of perusal: In 1848, aclrCumstariceoccurredin New Orleans, which at the time, created an excitement which affected theentlre pop ulation. An old merchant, highly con nected, wealthy, and-of distinguished social positions, one night mysteriously disappeared. His family were in infinite distress, and his business in consequent disorder. He had left ills store at a late hour, ostensibly logo home; but, before going, contrary to his usual practice, he put in his pocket a hirgo sum of money. His way led along Peters street, on the bank of the river, fur down in the third, district of the city. His life may have been sacrificed and his body thrown into the flood that rolled at his feet. Police regulations at that time were bad. and crimes of this description were not un f oquently perpetrated. A, little way back from the street-was a ruinous building, half tumbling to decay, and inhabited by a number of people, men and women, inured to vice and Jiving by robbery. Among the notes Mr. Con lay was known to possess, was one for $5OO. with the word "Canal” written on the back.— The rest were of .various denominations, ami without peculiar identity. Mr. I and myself, visited the resi dence of the missing man, at the request of his wife, and by her we were charged with the duty of tracing out and bringing tojustlce his supposed murderers. She was a tall, elegant looking lady, of com manding presence and great culture The wealth of her rich beauty and fine mind were inherited by her daughter, a young girl scarcely twenty. The terrible bereavement had paralysed the senses of the mother, but had aroused the energy and fire of the young girl’s nature. More like a beautiful Nemesis than ordinary women she appeared to us. As we en tered the room she was in the act of con soling her mother. The long black hair had escaped from its confinement, and almost enveloped her person in its ebon tresses. The great luminous eyes were (earful, but flashing and full of lire. The face was dark with blood of her Spanish race, but the figure was queenly, slender, i and faultless as a model. The glorious beauty of this young girl fascinated,while it bewildered you. Bare in its exquisite loveliness, the eye delighted to restou the willowy outline and graceful symmetry. Startling up as we entered the room, she inquired hastily,almoslflerccly,! thought —“Are you the detectives?” “ We are,” and mentioned our names. “ I must speak to you in private,” she said, and led the way to an adjoining apartment. “ What do you think of the matter?” she asked, when outof hearing of her mother. ' “As yet an opinion would be mere 1 guess-work,” I replied. \ “ Nevertheless, I have come to one. I ‘ have tio doubt helms been murdered, and • that the deed was committed somewhere 1 near that old ruinous building by the * river.” I “ Some such idea has crossed my mind, but there is no traces as yet which can lead proof of it.” “ Wc will find it, rest assuerd,” she said, “and to this end you must co-ope rate with me. Aud now listen what I have to say : To-night, at twelve o’clock precisely, do you two visit the old build ing. [ will be there. Ask for the young tfomau who applied at nightfall to them for shelter. Letyourobject be apparently to arrest her.” “ But I do not understand!” “But. you'will. lam going there at dusk, disguised as a beggar girl. By the time you come my information will have been collected,” She rose to her feet as she spoke, and now indeed she wore the appearance of tho Nemesis I had likened her to at first, Beautiful, but rigid as fate, looked that sot, determined face.— The beautiful eyes had lost their softened lustre, and shone with a passionate light almost cruel; The lips were pale, but rigid as iron, aud the beautiful nostril dilated with an expression of heart con suming vengeance. “ I will read tho guilty secret,” if the criminal is there, however deep in his heart he may bury Strange us It may appear, I made uo attempt to dissuade her from her purpose. I could not. I felt as if the beautiful creature' exercised over mo a magnetic control- And with this understanding, we look our leave, to prepare for the night visit to the old hous-e and its dan gerous inhabitants. Those acquainted with the city at that period can form some idea of the danger of the plot we formed. To us It was a matterof daily occurrence. But for the young girl, inexperienced and tenderly nurtured, to thru>t herself into the very house of tiie unscrupulous and desperate wretches who were suspected of tills crime, was simply appalling. It wou d not do however, to go to the place before the hour appointed for our coming, for that would defeat the object In view. It was therefore, with many a misgiving ami au uneasiness but poorly concealed, we bided our time. But we determined to he there at Hie very moment, and the clock was on the stroke of midnight when we knocked at the door. The out side of the house gave no signs of life "within. The shutters were securely fast ened, and no ray of light penetrated the darkness; but the muffled sound of voices readied our ours, until our knock hushed them toa whisper. There was a momen tary hesitation us if of counselling to gether, and then Hie door was opened wide. It was a long, low room, -dusty and brown from age. About a dozen persons were seated around, but-every eye was turned to the door. Two'men bad risen to their feet, and stood in an attitude, which might meaii defence, before the fire-place; but the 1 object that attracted our attention most, was a young girl sit ting in the centre of the apartment. Her face was dark as a gypsie’s, and the long hair hung on her shou'dera. Her dress was of poor material, ragged and unclean. Patches and rents had almostchanged its hue and disguised its texture. She seemed too thinlv clad for that cold night, and her slender frame shivered, as if from cold, an Hie chil air from the open door swept In. “What do you want?” was the stern question addressed to us by ouo of the meu at the lire. Before I had time to reply, the girl sprang to her feet and spoke instead: “ Arrest 'hese men !” her voice wus low, but the face shining in the light of the fire was that of the Nemesis 1 had seen that day. Shore was a short, llerco strugle, and the men were in our power. The girl then walked to u place in the floor, anil touching a jonceuled spring, raised a trap door. She bade Mr. I. lift the box that lay in tlie hiding place. Tiie lid was wrenched off, and in it were the old merchant’s money, papers, and pocket book. Willi the money was found the bill, and the word “Canal” written across it. It was not long before the men con fessed their crime. The old man hud been murdered aud his body thrown in the river. The daughter accomplished her mis sion. fcho_had_carrled.i_Qut_het_desigu,_ ami traced to their hiding place the proofs of the murderer s crime. It Is useless to relate what followed. Long years have fled since then, ami the young Nemesis is vet among the living. Beautiful still, there are many hearts to grow glad at her smile, and share with her the Joys of the home she charms. But this strange in cident In her life will never be cflaced from her mind or fade from the memory of those who saw her then. .VOL. 55.—N0. 34. «f stouirn on diluarm and oth er GAMES. It is a noble game ! Billiards I refer to, not other games. It is a fascinating, genteel, recherche , absorbing, Intellectu al, graceful, elegant, and dignified game, requiring skill, nicely of touch, judg ment, coolness, calculation, and nvcnnnl cal eye, to become atopsawyear billiard -Ist, It has.ali the virtues, and more, too, and hone of the vices of base ball—a few of which are broken fingers, violent run ning and black eyes. It is a far more elegantgamo than football. It requires a different sort of talent. The difference is this: Most everybody can kick foot balls, but most everybody don't. Most everybody can’t play billiards, but every body does—after a fashion. It is ‘very popular, nud takes hold of our folks like the itch ; and that reminds me that there la a great deal of “ scratching" in it. A wooden-legged man could play at bill iards, but he oouldn’t kick football to ad vantage, nor change his “ base" lively at base ball. Both these games are out door games, and liable to bo interfered with by rain and snow. Saw a game of base ball played by some students of Harvard, in a rain storm.. Each man, carried an umbrella. It was a novel sight, and, as far as the umbrella went,a success. But it looked queer—“devilish queer. But they saved themselves a wetting. Billiards is an in-door game the weath er Interfering not with which. Umbrel las are not needed. You can play al) through a long, rainy night, and still be "dry" In the morning—very “dry.” Billiards is a more sociable game than chess. It is a mum game, the lat ter. Good game for the deaf and dumb. Perhaps not so much “ Mumra," though, as billiards—at times. Jokes are never cracked at chess. They are at billiards, and yoq can always see the "points." Do you see the point ? Some young fellows break out all of u sudden all over with billiards. It seems to como natural to ’em, and by practice they become top-snwyers. A good many attempt this but they make bad “breaks.” Like vaccination billiards don’t ** take”'with all. Speaking of vac cination, I am reminded it is a big thing, I was vaccinated about four years ago.— I didn’t take.” Doctor said I was all right, as if that didn’t “ take,” small pox wouldn’t. A brother of mine had it "‘take” bud with him. Doctor said It was all right, as ho would bo safe from small pox. Great is vaccination. But to return to the game. Theoreti cally, I know a greatdeal about billiards; practically, I am better versed in “old sledge.” This is an intellectual game, likewise, very. There is no particular elegance or grace about If, however. But you can play it in a bay mow, or under n barn, which is some a (vantage, perhaps. I like “ old sledge” for a ebutige. Swing- iugan old sledge, I am not partial to, hovvever. As at base ball, one can make Jong ” runs” at billiards, if be has time and his wind is good. There’s McDevitt, he cun “run” three weeks at billiards, though he may “jaw,” as they often do at base ball. In the latter game there in little time to take a rest. Ac biiliahls if you are fortunate enough to get an an tagonist who is “right on his billiards” you can rest pretty neurly all through the game. This Is a great relief if one is fatigued. What a rest McDevitt gave Dion at Dion found rest Indeed he did. the game in Chicago! for the soles of his feet. If the Wandering Jew would taokol Mac, he’d get rest, too. I mo*t always get hold of fellows who prefer to walk round the table, stretch over the table, reach uuder the table for bridg es—in fact, do about all the work. lam satisfied if they are. Never culti vated a love of labor and activity 7 , such as are required at base ball; aud, conse quently, prefer. billiards* with its fre quent rests. There's no other game that will admit of so much shirking us bil liards. Take euchre,for instance. There’s no rest for you at the game with some players I’ve seen. Nor any at the four or six oared shell ’ gume. That’s a game I don’t like. Can’t “feather” an oar There are many who know very well how to “ feather their neslp,” that can’t “ feather” an oar. If their livesdepend ed upon it, It would be all o’er with them. Of all the games extant, billiards is the noblest .Roman of them all. AC heart 1 am a bllliurdlst. AC hand 1 fail, some what. It’s a classic game. Is there anything classic about football ? Climb ing the greased pole ? Racing iu u suck? Chasing a greased plu ? Not much. Played a game the other night with Deery. Deery Is a stout-built fellow, about my own build, only more so, rath er, if anything, considering. He’s mt lithe, wiry, thin aud lleuh, like the thou sand miles-in a thousand-hours' men.— Not if 1 know Decry, he isn’t. He’s plump-embon point —tully developed.— Billiard weight, 200 lbs. Buy. Dou’thke u man who would desire to do nil the heavy part in u game of billiards, and Jet you take u rest the while. Looks as though he could endure a small lot of ouse himself. .Looks os though it agreed with him. But what does he do with me? Well, be let merest while he did all the walking round the table, shoot* iug the balls about. I was only obliged to get up out of my chair twice, and then I didn’t have to remain up but n moment each time. He went on, apparently as well satisfied as though 1 had given him half an hour’s respite at the expense of my own repose. Ho was as good natured about It as could be. Seemed to bear tbe fatigue well. Found no fault because 1 took mine ease la my cbalr. Per- haps it was because 1 was acquainted with him. The game was BUO points up, for a pur»o of $2ODt), mile heats hold up. I was thinking of that horse trot lust week, 301) points up. To make the game even, he gave me, out of 300 points up, 250 points down, double discounted me, and was to give me 25 points every time I made u run of three without sitting down. He didn’t have to give me any twenty-live. Rolerees thought this to be about a square thing, [waited to play . him even. It would have been just as well for me. Referees said that would make it 100 much like work for me.— Gave in at this, and played him on the above terms. He won the game by forty six points only. In order to do this, he was obliged to keep on his feet during the whole performance. He was entitled to win it, X think. Where was I? Taking things easy in a cushioned chair. * A looker on in Venice,’ us Moßeth lemurked one Sunday, in the caual city, where the streets are paved with water- 1 asked Deery once, il he didn’t waul losit down. Thought, you know, it looked a little cheeky for me to bo taking all the com fort while he was doing all the work. — Said be would asleayedoUa- not. Didn’t urge him aftei that, you bet. Thought if heconld stand It, 1 cdffflt?*-He stood it, and Is doing well us could be expected. I don’t want any base ball after that. T)r foot ball.. Or throwing the heavy ham mer. Or pulling In asix oared shell. Not any of these amusements tor me, wheii I can sit down and play billiards. —*A haudsom© young Yankee peddler made Jove to a buxom widow in Pennxyl vaulu. He accompanied hi** declaration with an allusion to two impediments to the union. * Name them,’ said the widow. ‘ The want of means to set up a retail store.’ They parted and the widow sent the peddler a check for ample means. Whey, they met. again, the peddler hud hired •an l-slocked- lUs-store rundliie—smlUng fuir one begged to know tie «>ther imped iment. * I have another wife,’said the notion dealer. —A party of hunters near Lewistown, were cnased the other day by eight or ten wolves, one of which wus killed that measured six feet , from the nose to tho tip of the tail. ' Bates for Anvatmanuarra win (>• inserted At Teh Cents per line for tho first Insertion, and five cent • per line for each subsequent Insertion* Qdat* tcrly .half-yearly, and yearly advertisements In serted at a liberal redaction on the above-rata Advertisements should be accompanied by the Cash. When sent without any length of time specified for publication, they will be continued an til ordered out and charged accordingly. JOB PUINTING, CAjins, Hasdbiiis, entcutAßS, and every oth er description o! Job and Card Printing eXeco ted_ln the neatest style, at low prices. ODDS AND ENDS. —The " rightful heir" —Not the chig non. b —Tho new back-gammon—Tho Gre cian bend. —Transported for life—Tho man who marries happily. —Congenial companionship—Sheridan among the savages. —What is better than a promising young man? A paying one. —Tlie only ever-lasting people on the earth are the shoemakers. —Edinburgh doctors say tho Siamese twins can’t be separated. —Old maids are described as embers from which the sparks have fled." —Jefferson Davis is luxuriating in the south of Franco. —A statue Is to be erected in Central Park* New York, iu memory of Fitz Greeno'Halleck. —Spain is said to have as many candi dates for King as Gen. Grant has for his Cabinet., —ln becoming the lion of a party, doe* a man necessarily make a beast of him self? —lowa presents for the championship a woman who is 32 years old and has had four husbands and sis children. —The three negro militia men who outraged Mrs. M’Gee and Mrs. Gallo way, were shot at Marion; Arkansas, by order of a court-martial. —"There now," said a little girl.while rumnging a drawer in a bureau, " grand pa has gone to Heaven without his spec tacles." —Why is it important for a physician to keep his temper? Because if he did not he would be very apt to lose all of his patients. —The men who Hatter the women do not know them sufficiently ; and the men who only abuse them do not know them at all. —A man being asked, as ho lay sun ning himself in the gross, what was the height ol his ambition, replied. u To mar ry a rich widow with a bad cold.” —A Western editor says—The march of civilization Is onward—onward—like the slow but intrepid tread of a jackass towards a peck ol oats. —lke’s last trick was to throw Mrs. Partington’s old gaiter in the alley, and call the old lady down from the third floor to see an ullcy-gallcr. —The. girl who wanted to kiss him for his mother, concluded after she got a taste that she would go in on her own ac count hereafter. —John Paul calls boot-blacks, those little sons whoshiiio for all; aud answers the query; What are the wild waves saying? with let us spray. —An Irishman on being told that n certain kind of stove would save half the coal, said, indude; thin I will lake two of them, aud save it all. —A wag Jent a clergyman a horse which ran away and throw him, and then claimed credit for ‘ aid in spreading the gospel.’ —A young man advertised for a wife, and received eighteen hundred answers from husbands saying he could have theirs. This shows the virtue of advertl- —Before leaving Stockholm the Prince of Wales was madea Knightof the Free masons of Charles • XIIL, after having -uccessively received the six inferior or ders. —The woman who made a pound of butler from the cream of a joke, and a cheese from the milk of human kindness, has since washed the close of a year, and bung ’em to dry on a boo lino! —TheCentral Pacific Railroad is com pleted to twenty-one miles b«y >nd Elke, 481 miles east of Sacramento within 13u miles of Monument Point, the head of Salt Lake. —Some slanderer has said the did folks go to church to close their eyes, and the young to eye their clothes. Wo do m i believe this is true, of the young ladies, at least. They go for religious worship, and tosee the Sams afid Hims. Trlf you must get drunk, ray good follow, once remarked Tom Corwin to an inebriate youth,' bo careful to do so on good whisky and among gentlemen. In is way you will escape headache and censure, —An lowa editor takes pains to toll his readers that lie has had an Intrductiou toa young lady from Ohio, whom ho men tions by name, and says she Is all sorts of a lovely girl,sharp us a frosty morning, full of tricks as a deer, and happy as a whole Hock of snow birds. 'Welcome. —An old lady named Simons, resid’nr on South street above Eighth, Philadel phia, was garrotted in her own chamber, on last Friday morning, by a party »f lhr»’e negroes, and the house ransacked u’ul robbed. —A pair of ruts, hupily situated and undisturbed, will, in three years, increase to 903,805. Calculating that ten ruts ont us much in one day as a man, the con sumption of these rata would bo equal i«* that of G3.GSO men tho year round, and leave eight rats over. Pnptlst Brother—l don’t like your church government. It Isn’t slmpv enough—there’s too much machinery about It. MethodUt Brother—it is true, we have more machinery than you; hut then, you see, it don’t take near bo much tra ter to run it. . . —Said Lord John Rus-01l to Mr. Hume at a social dinner: What do yon coiisidder the object of Legislation ? Tin* greatest good to the greatest number.- What do you consider the greatest mini her? "continued his lordship. ‘Numb* r one, my lord,’ was the common'*!’- prompt reply. —Why is it, said one .of our school inarms toa young scapegrace who i nd caused her much trouble by his bad eon duct, why is It you tie aved so well when you first came hero to school, and are so disobedient now ? - Because, said tho young hopeful, look ing up into tho teacher’s lace, I wurh'l much acquainted then. —A blacksmith in Wyoming Valley whose name is unknown, was the lirw rnuu Who used tho anthracite coal of Pennsylvania, as fuel. This was in 17« s. A century later, in ISOB, Judge Fell of Wilkesbarre, used It in a grate for heat - ing hla family mansion. In the year IS2o the product in all Pennsi'lvania did nor. exceed 205 tons—one ton for each day - I ii 1806 tho annual product ion iiad reached 12,000,000 tons—34,ooo tons per day. . —At a far Western Court, the case of Smith vs. Jones was called up. ‘Who’s for the plaintiff? 1 inquired t Judge Impatiently. * May It please the Court,’ said a H-m.: member ot the legal fraternity, ‘ Pitkin is for the plaintiff, but! left him just in. w over in the tavern playing a game of ker. He’s got everything all set to rlnu a ‘cold deck,’ in which case he’ll deal n». himself four aces and his opponeprf <m queens, so that your honor will perceive (Out be must rako the persimmons.’ _ * Dear me 1’ said the judge with a sigh; ‘that’s too bad I It happened at a very un fortunate lime! lam very anxious to g»n ou with tho case*’ A brown-study followed, andrat length a hupy thought struck tho judge: * Bill,’ said he, addressing the friend the absent Pilkins, who had just spoken, •vou understand poker about as well a filkeus. Suppose you go over and play Ills baud out]’ Aud Bill did it.
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