& Jlljc amftUmi Volunteer. Si >&■ « & ?SOBUBH.BD KVEUV THURSDAY MORNINO i'm by BRATTON A KENNEDY. '•|loFH€«-JlOttn lUBKEI SQUARE. ’ i-I^SssMeTwo Dollars per yew if paid strictly ■rjjflfaavauce; Two Dullarsand Fifty Cents If paid three months; alter which Three Dollars smSi bo charged. These terms will be rigidly ad- to In every instance. No subscription dia unttl arrearages are paid, unless at ■*ffijPoDllon ol the Editor. s)toft3slonat tfiatlu*. .ffiTr. uumiucu. j yfsrsrtrrrr. UMBICU & JPABK.KK, '■■Wi ATTORNEY!! AT LAW. 'TWviJflQce on Main Bueet, In Marlon Hall, Car* , /faffi®. I 1 a. ■ i4,lbbb— •gfoHM UOKJSMAM, ■M'a TTORNEY.AT LA W. £fOffl«e In building attached to Franklin House the Court House. Carlisle, Fa. 4, itUi6.—Ly . . Mikas, k. maui>auuhi*in, attok tan at Haw. Office lu Building formerly --jaocupisd by Volunteer, a few doors south of Wet* &jM’» Hotel. ■J|jJDec. I.IBW. ■■ftp E. BJiliT/HUUVKK, ATTOKNiJY ■vwjj • ANDCuUHaIUAIU ATIuW, Carlisle, Peuiia. fyolco ou South HahuTer street, opposite Beutz's ■’ mure. By special arrangement with the Patent '■i OOlue, attends to securing Patent Bights. i. ISCS. |jfN HJSKMAN UOKTZ, TTOBNE Y A 1 LAW , NBWVILLE, PENN’A. ; patents, Pensions and other claims attended to. ‘MH*y ys. im. nt* ■— " - ■- —■. : OKN K. MllilittH, ATTORNEY AT : ,wf Law. OiUoe in Wetzel’s Building, opposite Hioe Court House, Carlisle, Pa. l4, *etfT. at,f C. UEBMAN, Attorney AT Daw. >Hwl, otfleein RUeeiu'a Hull Building, m the ui the Court House, next door to the “ Her , ild" oittue, Carlisle, Peuua. * ■&SDoc. X. iWJS. Ijim. J. ttHEARRH, Attorney and ,X-\}/ Counsellor at Law, has removed ins to the hitherto unoccupied room m the { North East corner of the Court. House. s&|»u. *«W—lv P\\T KENNEDY, Attokney at Daw .■v.;YV « Carbine, Peuuu. Uflluw same ua that. u •.V'ifca American volunlver,” south Hide or the Pub* r-l*Hqu»re. -‘r -'vDbC. I IWW NITED STATES CLAIM AND REAL ESTATE AGENCY! WM. B- BUTLER, ATTOUMIST AT LAW, Uuieem WStory of luboff’tt Building, No. Jl South Haaover Street, Carlisle, CiuuUorluml county, • ~'|*eii nu. bounties, Back Pay. Ac., promptly . Tidl'-clod. ■■St A l’i‘llcaUonß by mall, will receive immediate ■ , ■Hp'iilli/li. utteullou given to the selling or reut • jby of Real Estate, lu Lowuor country. In all lei ’Sers u( iuuuiry, please enclose postage slump. JprJ uly lMWl7~tf ’-1 \ li - OEUKOE B. SEABIUHT, Den- V'j.y rtsT. Frtnn the HaUumrre (Jodeue uf tie nlu ■ OfllceattUe residence of Ills moilier ISuat LouUier Streep three doura below Bedlord • Ourlisle, Peuna. "vDec. 1. iKtto. mats and *ilap». ITIHKBH ARRIVAL *** or ALL TUB ; N&WWINTBIt BTYLhS OF . HATS AND CAPS ' - The subscriber has just opened at No. 15 North ‘ 4 Hanover Street, a few doors North of the Carlisle Deposit Bunk, one of the largest and best Blocks 0/HATS und CAPS ever olfered In Carlisle. Bilk Hats, Casslmere of all styles anti qualities, .Stiff Brims, dilTerent colors, and every descrip* ; flon ofSoft Huts now made.- Duukard and Old Fashioned Brush, con w’Stamly on hand and made to order, all warrant ' ed to give satisfaction. A full assortment of , t;*' MEN'S, H BOY’S, AND CHILDREN’S. ■ t s HATS. * also added to ray Stock, notions of differ -• em kinds, coustaiina or ■i LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS, V-Neck Tie*. Suspenders, ' Collars, Gloves, ■■i: - fendls, Thread, hewing Silk, Umbrellas, &c fe PRIME SEGABB AND TOBACCO ALWAYB ON HAND. : >Qlve me a call, and examine my stock a a I feol eouildeut of pleasing all, besides saving you mo* nay. • JOHN A. KELLER, Agent, No. JdNorlhilanovertitreet. • Deo.«, 1888—1 ATS AND CAPS 1 • • ' 1)0 YOU WANT A NICE HAT OR OAF 1 _ |f bo. Don't fah, to Oai.l, on J, Q. CALLIO, * JfO. 20. WBS3 MAIN STREET. , Where ean he seen the finest assortment of HATS AND CAPS iiyer brought to Carlisle. He takes great pleas* are la Inviting his old friend* and customers, »ud all new ones, to his splendid Block Just re* V oelved from Mew York and Philadelphia, cpn '* plsting in part of line rtf BILK AND CASBIMERB HATS, '‘• besides an endless variety of Hats and Caps o a the latest style, all ol which he will sell at lb •v-Xe west Ccuh Prices, Also, his own mannlaotnr , pf Hats always on hand, and V? HATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER, H e ban the best arrangement for coloring Hats /and all kinds of woolen Goods. Overcoats, Aft, at ’ the shortest notice (as be colors every week, and , 511 the most reasonable (arms. Also, a Hue lot ox 'ihoice brands of vt TOBACCO.AND CIGARS always on hand. He desires to call theattentlo !^r“ , a , { T EVFBEB , „ •'.to tell, as h, pays tlio highest cash prices for the him a call, at th, above number, his old aTataud, aa ho foela conlldaut of glvlnff entire satis* 4fuoili>n. Dec, at). IK6B iSromfrs. 1= IMIEtiH GROCERIES!! FRESH I uKOUtßiitan Always to b, had at kha CHEAP STORE, NO 81 EAST POMPRET STREET | And why are they always fresh !■ Ewans, 1 .$ Ml! a great amount of them, and sell them low. Therefore, I tu n my stock often,and consequent* It my goods must bo fresh. . . a. /I You will And everything you wish In the way of GROCERIES. QUEENS w ARE. OLABHWARB, WXLIvOw AND CEDAR WARS. tiTONE AND OuOL'KEBY WARS. and no and to NOTIONS. it u asaleu to Dotation tham, coma and bo« for yourselves; and parents if It don t y® u *£ •owe, send your children, as they will be dealt with, with the same ear* sa 11 yen were her* yourself. AU kinds «f COUNTRY PRODUCE ‘AKdD la ozcfcafif or food# ,or cash 5006 LBS. BUCKWHB T FLOUR, of tba finest quality on band, whUb I Hi. or IQO lbs. RETURN ALL UNSATISFACTORY SOOD3. GEO. B. HOFFMAN, ho. «• eait rouramr mvsr OABUBLB, PA. P.», 11,190-17 • - r•-• 4. • - 1 4 *A • • 11' lit i ntetr •-""' .p If 3 ., Z J.Y . ' BY BRATTON k KENNEDY, Itflißcrllaiirous UY THE UNITED STATES AUC fCO R IT T; C. S. THOMPSON & CO’B. GREAT ONE BOLLAU n A I.E OF Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Liu ns, Cottons, Fnnoi.- Goods, Albums. ihDJes Suver-J'mied b me, cut lery* • euiher, und Geiumu Uuouu of every de* BenpUou ac. .Thebe articles u> be sold at the uniform price of ONE DOLLAR EACH, and not to bo puld lor uutil you know what you are to receive. The must popular and economical method ot dying butumwa m uio country. The goods wo Date lor sme are describedou printed sups, uud win Do seuLiu uny uduress ut the lute oi leu cents »-ueii, to pay i<>r postage, ptiuc ug uuy r»raucy Square Wool snuwi, Lum usier Juut Acco*ue* on, set ol Steel maueu ivmves uuu ruiJis, V iuun uud uow, ruucy jjresw * uueru, I'uir Lumen ex* Ita quality uiutu iiuuts.oue uozvii migu mzu Lm* en lovvots, Atuumniu lium-jcoinu iitmi, Cuttiige CIuCU, VVuiLtj >» out umiiKcL. UHevii l est quality Cmu, tsuivoymus -emme.oneUi)/.. Linen uluuer Napkin*, a,v. FUR A CLUB UF SIXTY AND |6UO, one of the following articles: Revolver. Shot- Gun, orspungneid UilJr, *z ImUxoiieetiiiu, i im Uuneycume quins, c>uuuer Lawn, 4 auius duumu Widen Wulei’jnuul Ctoumiig, a IhjUUlu \V oul sliuwi, nuiicasier .vipacia Dress pattern, suva-l-.uiui six-ool .led castor,Sin oi IVoiyiiu.Uivu lxu»\e>, wall Sllvei-rmieU torus, x'uu ol ud-\>s,j| o.iuiivuLb, Pair ol Aiiiitniutu iq,uma, Jo ymut. rum, ui a yiu sullies Douoie D.igliL*ao^eu .tcculUu on, NV eUsler s .>ulioUui I'lctuiun Du-llonm.) engraVlUgs, mm pugys,; Jp. i uuisUueßkm ho Mill, Ac. i*\>R A CLUB OF ONE HUNDRED, AND MO UD, Double Barrel Shot Gun, Klllo Cane, nr Slim p's Rille,tti yunis sheelmg. Fnncy tassiineie tout. Pauls and Vestl’aliem p-xira FiauJ Wool Long .-haul. •Jo yunis Hemp Curpetllng, splendid Vmlin and Uuvv, Splendid Alpuueca Uiess allt-rn. Silver Hunting-Cased watch. Single Hanoi >ln»l * *Oll, Simrp’a Uevo.ver, one pair line damask Tame Covers, with a dozen dnii-er Nupkn.sio ntalch. Worcester tj Illusiruled Unubrioged luetiuinm, tIcHU) pages/)«Sc XLi'l’oi uddltlunul list of commissions, see Ctieulur. f.b/m;Da.vfo/i3/o) , CPuba in l J ro]>ovtion, Agnnu will please take nol ire ol ihl*. |>o not send iiumeh, hut number >i.ur rlu s irom one upward. Make your lelii-is short and plain us possible. take Particular notice OE THIS: AU- Bo sure anti send money In ALL CASKS hv REGISTERED LETiEK, which run he sent In.iii any i J ost uillci*. This way ol sending money Is proierred to unv other method whatever. Wo cannot bo responsible for money lost, un loss some pieeautioiisareiuuen lu insure Hb sale- SEND FUR CIRCULARS. Send your addres* In lull, To*n, count.}, ami Suite, C. S. THOM I^ON & CO. iUti FEDEIIA I. STREET, Bosloli, Musk. April I. s }. iHfjp— WXi ARK DOMING sasws.ssjaiHSf* ONCE MORE Wi'lH A NEW SPRING STOCK IN OUUGKEAT ONJS'DOLLAIt BAL ' OF PRY AND FANCY coops, CUTLERY & c . PREMIUM RATES OESHEETING: For Club. Thirty, ill Yds. Shcciibg, ** Hlxty, 12 1 ils. Sheeting, *' One Hundred, (Jo Yds. Win eimy. All other premiums In same ratio. Enlarged hxchavye Lis , with new and useful ar ticles. Bee new Circular uud sample, Sent to any address free. o®* »lease send your money by registered lei lor. Address lo J* S. HAW hrt & CU., 12s A ISO Federal ttireet, Boston, Muss. P O. Box a April 1&. IstSMJt Ba-oC/ibUk I o And how Vied JAved, Foughl and Died fur he Union, Cvati und incident* m Iht urt(« HeLulliun, Comprising uur«uii«us of Personal Adventure, Thrilling incidents, Paling x-.xpiuiis, Heioic Leeds, vvouduiiui iMCapCo, Lilo in tliu Lump, Tield unu Husptiul, Auveuiuies ol bpus aim bcuUUi, with the Bongs, lUtuifio, Anecdotes nnu iiumuruus incidents ol i.. 0 Mur. M>cuutui. s over one iiiuubaua into Lngravlngs, and is too spiciest und Wieupcet war UuuK pub ilaueU. Price on*i o 2 o« pel cop>. Bonn ku cii cUiuis and sec bur iciiits, unu luu description ol IUbWoiK. Address NAIxuNALi PbIHA -iIIAL» C \J , Philudelpaia, Pa. April iu, looi/-K KILLEK—Cures Sure Throat, a*. Favorite Medicine with all classes Is Davis' Fain Kiner. If you have vumter's olic. Use the Pain Klllci. No Medicine is so popular as ihu pu»u Knici. Keep the PAIN KlLl.Eßulwnysutimi.d. If you nuveaCuUuii or r 01.11, Use im- 1 mu Killer. • Look mu and U- outgo rung hi wnhoutu notue of i'uiu Kiln r m the house. Let everybody use the i uni Killer for Sprains ami Bruises. Every > .Jim >houJd carry a bollle of i’aln KiJiw with him. IlenioMOci ..jo I’alu Killer is lor both luteruui uud External use. - The PAIN KZLLKU is.sold by all Druggists and Detileis m b’umily Medicines. Price ttrcehis, 5U coins,uud ®li - PERRY DA Via a SON, Proprietors,' 7& Hlgl» street. Providence; 880 St. Paul an oet. Mouueal, 4 auudu; 17 Southampton itow, LouUon, KiisiuUd, April Lo, mow—it •- AGENTB WANTED FUR THE UFE AXl> 'i i M ui-' ST. PAUL, - v $3,00 Complete Unabridged Edition, as arranged by CONYBE * Ruud Hu WaoN, wuh un In lo. Un ction by UIBHOBbiMP.M).**. iu cimsequence 01 the appearunco of mummed eultoms ui this gieut wot a. wo have been compelled 10 reduce mo price of ourL.omplele Lemon inmi Goto Si. u. <>. ‘i'HEA'i' A LO„ Tutaiahers, C 54 x>ruud way, New Yutk. CANOEKB— TUMORS—ULCEUS - Pro). Kline, of llie Philadelphia Umveisity, is ui king astonishing cures of Cancer and ail lumurs, oy a new process. A nemicat l.unrtr Antidote, that lemoves lUelargest of mueeisund tumors without pain or the use ot the kune; without caubiiu, eating or burning medicines, and without the loss of a dropoi blood, tor par ticulars, call or address K. ti. K liNii, 2d. L». No, W 1 Aich street, Philadelphia, Pu. April 16, IbOO—lt TXTANTEU. First class traveling luUeamen, to sell by sample; good wages Of A liberal per cent,, and sieud.v employment.— Address wltti stamp, 11, F, HuwK ( (&U Arch bU, i mmdelpbia, i a. April 15, IWJ9—am Salesmen wanted by a Manu facturing Company, to travel and sell by isuuiultjtt uew line ut uouuh. i>i>uuttom> peitnu uent; wages good. H. 11. HIUIiAUUb &■ CO., 113 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. April 15, INW—U midis IS NO HUMBUG.—By Semllng I 35 cents, with ago. heigh', culm-of eyes and hair, you w.ll receive, by leturu mull, a correct picture of your sutuie husband or wife with tmniH and date of murrluge. Addres* W. t'uX, F. o. UruwerNo. 21, l> ulloiiviUe, New \ork. April 15, total—lt A GENTS WANTED FOR THE A WOHTB AND HEOKETS ill. THE NA iIuMALCAFITUU— Tl’ieiuoMiHtailllng.lnbtrue- Vlvo.ttndenteiiulmngboouofthoday. bend i»r circulrtib, and see our terms, Addieos I'.K.Fuu libbing Co.. No. ill. broom street, New Hork April 16, ioW-4l 3?orfiral. lIOIIK. Home’s not merely four square walls, Though hung with picture* nicely glided Home Is where direction calls, Pilled with shrines ihe heart hath beguiled. Home! go watch the faithful dove, Sailing 'Death tin* heavens above ns; Homo Is wherenhoro's one to love. Home is where there's one to love us. Home's not merely roof mid room Homo needs something tivendcar It; Homo is where ttio heart can bloom - Whore there’s some kind heart to cheer It! What is home with none to meet? Mono to welcome, none togreel us? - Home is sweet, and only sweet, When there's one ire love to meet us. IfUorrlliUiiums. mmiiMti.im Xjnuim) l£vo Jived loip'ther at Apple decoiube. 'X’ltis \h imi a very ivsi»ei*lHil way U» speak of them, because, while Nan was hut a uirl, Kve was u married woman and her mother, Ini' then she was so young, mi absurdly young, to be 1 lie moi her of a grown-up daughter like Nan. that It seems nude 1 aluial to, rah tier so, ihun by her pieity, und rather ro ninnlieappellation ol Mrs. Ashley, And should i« he object d IIIIR Nan Is too ob viously put into the mole honorable po sition, I can only plead that Nun was by Tar the more important. Why, look at liieis lives. Kve bad married while still hut a child —a very prelly had-grown-up ehhd ; she had then hud Nan, und her huslmnd had died; alter which, as to nil •change, a)) excitement in her existence, ihete was written i.p ajyuinst it the one word Finis !She was very sweet, very gracious, and Ihe country all around loved and cher isi ed her, as something of a gem; hui it bail come to lie an umErsiood ihim 1 but Ibe glory 01 her Hie had been told, and she uus now only dviim lor Nhii.— Hot a woman can be quite as loveable, and vejy o len a greni deal more u-efnl. alien the store of nerlife has been told, olid she has leisure U» devote herself to olliejs, aiid Eve was, wdh many full a pi-pubtrns lto , r lilt le dau ;hler. Truth to say, she was utterly unselfish, syinpa theiic by n-dore, and wry fair to look U(on. it bns so delighUul lo la-k to Eve. said I lie girts, whilst giving her a minute account of llie'.r lasi lancy tail, because "lie knew all about it ; who hail Walked from the seliool-room to the chmeh, uhd hud enlcied into Wom an's estat wilhoift ever having once •mied in their pleaKiiies. And the men, nil young men from the village, poured Into hei emshill accounts ol their latest love allairs and gathered fiom hei sym pal by (hat sh well undeislood them Horn experience; Eve, the course ol a hose h>\e hud run smoothly, nj> lo the last s.d ending, and who was np’oceiit :is a very child ol the endless Jil'Jechan neis lb rough which it may How. Much more so, indeed, than her own .drill, who was gaining a vety (air nowledee of the troubles und pleasines ofthat ousaion upon Cl'ea.xisol which it Is Mild tin* world that we live in turns round. For (hough Nan was guarded like a holdiouse Jlmvei, and held sacred as a link belwien the living and the dead, Eve could not entirely shield her from a great many evi sslie brought on herself. By no rule that applied toothei girls cmdd you read Nsm. .She " o,nd .*u.» one tiling, mean another, and ex poe‘ llml itvl- UuMivtlviw should Lo divided, rthe Wuultl nit and sparkle al her nmthei all her lUilei|iminl sayings an evening through, then an organ in the street touching m S 'ine dreary old lube, one o| Nan's most delicate chords, *he Would hurst out crying wheieshesal, ami when her mother, alarmed, astonished,.pained, would take her in her arms lo comfort ami console, the loom would lie ringing with I tughler, beloie Hie tears were dry on her cheeks. • 1 mi't itelu it, mumnm.’slie wouM say, * 1 p» up amrflown asihough all ol my U side were made uf elastic One mo ineiil lum down,in llie depihs, and next, some übsiird spring inside me got-s up, and it seems so ridicul-ms h»r me to he silting howling on Hie floor uhout noth ing, and you looking at me with such a long luce, Hint 1 am obliged lo lungli. r W hich. for one »*f Nan's statements, was unusually coriect. If theie hml ‘■-nly prizes been given for laughter and tears, how main ol both N’aii would have gained in a y«-«r. Only it wilj be seen that she was in some fort un anxiety lo her mother, wlole Eve i-edevid there was iml, annmg girls, her etptui in the worhl. Her whole heart was \\ ranped up in lit r child, ex eept such poliionsol h us were iu llie wuleis wild her husband, und Hi.- one great triumph of her life was Nan’s liist hall* Un that eventful night it was diflicult ■ osay wlie her siie or hep daughter was llie most excited, tehc would lei no one nut hersell put ihe finishing loud) on Nan’s fresh uulelle, and old-lashioiied jewels that hud belonged to u bude, now sparkled and shone on the giiiV tun tuck. Jiui what would any of Nan's suliMCjuem admirers (pulling mil of Ihe >|ues(ion those who miglil imssihly he arils s) have lln.llght of the piquant belle ol an evening couui they have seen the incline before* she Hurled lor her bull.— A hed-iooin tilled up like u boudoir, and hung round wiih glasses. Agiit siaml ing up sliaighl among a feathery mass of 1 wlnlehess, ony glisie. ing lines 01 dia- lulling 110111, und l,\ing bright be side her on U*e gomnd, a d a lig re scarcely less pieliy kneeling in a hull* diessetl condilion, and la-lening mi lo her sk'hl iiol-hoiise flowers. Nan, heiself. looks iml unlike a llow • r, wlih her Mne and 1 er lips and uheeks hlmned inio eolor ; hut site M|ll teijuiV*s lo ho looued ui artistically, else \ 011 mig.l see ilia I llie blue eyes me Uadi ioe light, and Ihe red cheeks blazing with impatience. ; • Jim see, oeur; now look yourself. Nan. Uis exactly six inches wide ; you eouldn’l have one biouoer limn Umi.' *\V iml dues it mailer, if it's six or slx een,! retoriH Nun, *il ll isn’t hrond enough V It’s no use. inaiumu. if Jane eau’i go on* in iho village and get mo allotlllT I won’t WVUI 11 lll nil.' ‘But y»ur dress looks so mitiuisUeu dear without.* „ , . , . * Ves, I know that, of course, 1 Raid Nan, qulle unmoved, * hut it it's lo he a question of looking unfinished, or wear ing that' Cthui,* wiu of course ihe susn held up I'igh in Ihe uir.) 'nil I can say is, it’ll have lo look uniinldieii.’ * N T .»w, Nan, darling, don’t he so impe tuous.’ , . , ‘ I’m not in the least Impetuous,’ said Nall who, while she declined advice, and rejected hinis, always denied aceu -.atioha ‘only imllilm mi eunh.you know, mamma, would make mo go to a bull vrilhu—'* Ami so on, in fact do cup-', ringing the changes. But Eve forget all that was mil gracious in Nun, when whli her own heart healing puiulully, she chaperoned her Umiugh the ipun door nf the hml luoni m,d tumid there mi luce that was. Mveelerthun the nhe that loot inlieilted the leauly ol the dead. And Eve her self had never hioki d mere like ihc girl y. U ng Ashley had -Inieeh, and who hud lieen so adorned. when he hud taken her will him half over the world. That evening was agio-Inusauccea) for y u ,i hut Eve, while she ginned in it, yet lleilililed lor results. She liaa enscunsed herself chine hi a window, where she eoohl always ree the well-known puffing ■ it Nun's diess. and where she eoiild even email little walls Ol her I Ik, us the re volving dauees brought her round that way. Nun hud a Ueaek of saying me moat untlatieiing things; wim her euteasing voice, and all the dimples in her luce CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 13. 1809 contradicting them llallv, ho that no compliment could he no delicious as Nun's little (plaint attempts inset peo lc*ioun. •«nd the descent was for i hem easy, whit the hine eyes softened the sentence am' the very month laughed ut its rndene-s Bit ah this, thorn'll plei-mnl enough and a sort of intoxihall n to Cavendish a young War Ollice swell, now swinging around with Nun, ami iuw., idly vowing she was * the nicest girl out,’ was a eon sub-ruble source of uneasiness to Eve. whose dislike to the old idea of t he iimln and the candle was cons nntionai, and who took no pleasure in watehlng m.\ name, where, us wed us a ‘-pider, a lly Is always requisite. ‘This is our dunce, Miss Ashley 7 *’ Tins moth was known among ids fel lows hy the name of Popham, and lor him to have h.-en scorched would hav» been deenie i serious. *'Hie text you will remember. Miss a. ’ey, is mine** frso spoke young Cavendish, wholly Iglmraiil of iheexiMence ofa rival. Mfyon will hok at your card, Miss A syley. 1 ‘ How foolish V sahl Nan, balancing on one mot, to the gn at amusement of a would be claimant behind her. and with all tin* dimples in her luce in fun play. 1 Well, yon must settle, you known; it enti’i possibly signify n> me ’ * I do not hold any lady to an engage* menl, which she does not herselt endure.’ - •So said young (’averniish, magnificent* ly choice in his woids, sitting dkcoiiso lately down hy E e. ‘ Then the dance is mine.’ says Popham and Nan fir-du ParUmni shot. , * Mamma, tins is .sir. Cavendish, ami he is very nice If you talk to iilm of hors es. I don't t. ink lie cares much about anything else. 1 . Cavendish smiled a little sulkily, and Eve, rattier shocked, liable ed to apolo -• ize. And thus it fell out, that two pie very much interested in Nan Were lirst made ac<|mdnled. • It was not at all lair, you know,’ says Cavendish, addressing Eve, and (pnn ready to talk, when Ihesuojecl was N in. ami the listener was the pretty: looking mother. *Timt’s the third thne this, evening Miss Ash-ley has done the same thing.’ • It is only her way,* Mr. Cav* ndish,’ retnrn-d Kw, u lilile absently, with bn eyes Noinewhat out in the distance, ami tier pretty lips set logelher llunly. Sin • lid not like the looks of that Mr. l*--p -hum, and she did not fancy Nan s hit i or would have done so ciiher, and llml Was. ■'ilh Eve, the safest nfatl standards. 1 * 1 am no ghol >o k now y on. M rs. Ash ley,'young Cavemh-h g es on; ‘ \mn daughter ami I aic very old actpminlan- Aim! live came hack from a somewhat long journey inln the future, \>ilh all a mother’s quick instinct of danger piiea- Ing miiml her I earl. ‘ Oh, I did not liiiirv, 1 ‘ V«m don t letnVinl't-r mp,' ynys Cavt-n -dish, h'lMihig like a 1 Cveb.-.-n a day such a nine, hut one of my eariie-t recoiled inns is y niir d.-uighim’. 1 dui.eeU w it h lief at a enihlren’s hail, eleven y ear* ago, hi tM» very hou-e. I renmmher tiei pence'ly. She had on a while frock and 'tdack ribbons. Now hud she uni, Mis Ashlev V’ Eve smiled. He was quite right, and she liked him for leniemoei mg. At the ii'ii-* of winch l»c Nan was in mourning for her talhei, hot Kve hail made it slight ltecau.-e her child w.,s such a laihy, and had dres-ed n.-r in a w Idle liock, ami put •• i■ her a black -a-b pis to whose width Hiere had t>cen no question) and sewn tdaek Imws on her ji r l». «t ort sleevi-a, and pa-sal. a hlack ribbon through her golden-brown hair.— Aim now U appeared the Mule jiiemte was vivid to aoolhe" as well as to her self. Nutt tlomvun tmvimU llttfin, limn in the hack-ground, * Mamma. I don't at all suppose It’-* true d n’t you move, Mr. Cavendish hot we’ve just, been lend there isn't a car riage to lie Inc, and if it Is a question ol walking home, we ahull have to start 1 te- Tori 1 -n |i| ic*r. * Tins was the 11 mo for Cavendish. * My dog fart is put imiml the corner, not ten minings from here. Mrs. Ash- Icj will you do me the unspeakable fa vor of allowing me («»ill ive you I mine ?’ Ami thus, though Pop'un look her in to supper, Cavendish drove Nan home at Ami now, though the tale I wouM tell may seem that of a coquette, I must here beg tor a (listinelion. It was not coquet ry in Nun lual made her sit through the supper with hei eihows on Ihe table and her while teeth gleaming brightly with every sally that she uttered, it wussiin ply that in the * eak lovealileness o her mu ure il eume naturally to Nan to please. Tnere was in her mind none of the fixed resolve of a coquette, to make people love her and heaitbsHy thiow them over. Nor wji* il i» ere IhoughlK ssness eu isiug lliesame resnltH, lad rather •• rc-polisive power within Nun, that made her lof Hie nine in the name mood as those wlm weu* wiiii her. Aod tins was hmv it was that while I h rough supper Nan’s little (joaint short si*Mt'*nees seemed composed of white froth, highly adapte to Mr. Pop ham's umleislu- ding (he drive home' found her s i softened and gentle. Unit Cavendish would have then and there liillen in love with her, had notihe pom.- felh»w already accomplished t at desiia* hie emt with the nio.-i eominemi.ihie Zeal sometime previous. Am! this was act ing in Nam Honor when honoris doe Whatever Nan did, at the lime, was natural, even though her modes were us changing as the win 1, amt the thoughts ~I'nii hour ineohsisteiil with (lie next. • To-night, in the slur-lit drive, s’>e was so so 1 deed and so lov.dde in the cunii that came near ‘ er so rarely, and became her so wed, that pom* Cavendish hatl enough to do not to let Eveand his horse shift for ihem-elve.s While hs cltn-p d Nan’sJUMe hand to him clo.-ely, ami no (ilmed i«er to g veil him f never. Jim this, though for mice the danger passed over, was what actually came to pass, bringing Nan omue in 11 it? gloaming irom a hay making gathering hard by.— Eve bad herself been at the gathering, hut had been persuaded, much against her will, to drive home, leaving Nan to walk, e-cmied by Cavemhrh,, who, ot course, found hhusell going I heir way.— This we»d very much aguin-t Eve; hut then it is difficult to say what little pro jccl ol this kind Would have pleased Eve Jn this abstract, she by no means dis approved ot early marriage; her own curly life had been 100 happy tor that,— In the abstract she entirely Wished Unit her daughter should nnmw ; indeed, no known pnsKihPily would nave so griev ed Jive, a» lor Nan to have been condemn ed to a life Hhut out from the tidiness of content she hud heisell known with \oung Ashley She had even told ber seli that of till those who were sighing for Nun, none were so worthy as Cav endish. Put all Ibis was quite in the ah- HMacf, and it went very much against (lie grain Unit this desirable young man should thus gel a chance of pleading his cause. Tins, however, did not much tumble Cavendish. The gloaming and Nan were botn unusually pretty, and the combination, I suppose, was inspiring.— Anyhow, he begun, almost heloie poor, anxious Eve was curried 100 far to watch their proceedings, or gather trout their gestmea what the ; object ol conveisalion might he.. *Oh, Nan, Nun, you don t know now 1 love you. Did she not ? Nan's little heart, though it .ceitainly heat fust, was scarcely, 1 think, thtohhing with surprise. Ami Cavendish conjugated the moat popular of verbs, always, however, in tne lirat peißon singular And Nan walked be side him with her ungloved hand white on Ids arm ; and her sweet eyes lowered, and all the dimples around net* mouth linpeiceplthle—left behind, perhaps, in ihe char eol Mr. Pulliam. Presently Cavendiuh finished up in the same man ner in which he had been going all through, ‘Dearest.’ He had made lu-r an oliei which, prosaically rendered was an intimation Unit he p-s-essed nothing, never hud possessed anything, and did not nnj.di think ho should possess any thing of sniljitde magnl'udc 1 to enable him lo support a young wile; still with* out bimhtig herself lo him in any "'ay. Would Nan give in him grounds lor hope* V Vanin*, perhaps, hut whore Would .s t.i delio.ile percept! ms h.iVe been U* at 1 1 • i> mom nt situ had tailed to tin leiMtaml him? And now, am I expccfel lo tturave Nun’s heart? It wort* beyond m *. A**\ ordinary morlal would have said that she loved him. Cavendish thought mm, ant) own Nan heiself yet we judge from re sults - Hut il 1m not lair now thus (o look lorwani into the future. Cavendi-. i di i not so, nor did Nan. At his Mrst word. * Deafest.’ Kan’s hole heart was s’ irred; Die loving, unstable heurl, that so many wen* longing to gain, ti mm It heaven on ly knows whether the magical wmd, pro n aniceil by Mr. Popham, eould not have had nitteii the same etleet. At I *st, when the t \ separated. they were neither oftliem, lucy said, in any way bound.— Poor Cavendish ! Not honml ? Ho was bound, ut least, to a shipwrecked llle, Whether l.c lorevcr remained con- taut to Nan, or vhether in Ids manhood he tonnd thine not auniclent to satisfy what ever in himself was true, ami so. marry ing lately some one far more wnr hy. would yet have 10-l his ihst sweet eon *o*l»ilon of wmimn hi the lasi look he took of poor Nun. Ah, Nu'i/why wore yonr gifts so many, If yon, I anish, could only thus use them ? i'he lon e of yotir mother for Ashley’ Inn) sanctified h»lh their lives, CavetHlsh at mght. alone and musing, ‘ Darling little Nan, wind would I not give to be able cad her mine now !’ Quite rigbi. Cavendish, llml that been ■o, then might both of your lives have been dillert-nl. Nun Would most certain ly have been Into to her husband, though it is open to question whether she woul ;-*ver have tin ned into another Eve. Si 111 ( am not at all pn pared to say that lm CuWndisii N.tn would not imvrt he iisnf- Indent. He would have been --oojelhiiig "ii( (il'tlii) ciiiiinimi who w ml I not have Ihu-ii sali-lied witn Nan at her best. Eve, wben she heard what had oc « nrr- d, ua- at mice in a tumult « f t-m - (ions. Cavendish, in her mind, was not equal to (b*- fm-Oaod that hud so Imig novv been ilea b Thisgranted, wash not sad that Nan must put up witii anything 1 hat wa.-Huh proven, to lull sho t of per fection? But ibis suggestion, when otnted at to Nan. by no means met with ller approval, <»ond gracious me, mam ma, lam sure he i.- g •«*d enoiub in all con-cum-e. I i|o uni know how many Minn-.,uc| lime-' lit‘liei‘ tiian me uliviul\ . That vt as . ot say dig imicli, luii Nan \\ as al ay s(o Eve y oung A-lney daughter, an I Ins virl cs Were siipio e ■ h-M-ii.ded. though pel haps. t-Ven Eve thou :hi lliey had le—emd in the dt sci-m Nan lookstl as it she thought her nio he unk'nd, and Eve look her child in lu-r ai m - . ami sang to her Cavendish’- prats.-- the - a eel e-t of a. 1 l|l 1.-pnps In Ihe cl rI (lii' m.w, lids story (lull alumM run si r.-ught, -u ervp- and til ve. ges sa I ly. - - ('avi-mh-li threw up Ill's home anpoini mc'i i. having a m mdi belter mu- ii.t’-ivl him and Ins last walk wuh Nan before start lug was through Helds that lay w Idle beneath a harvest moon. Po-Ar. Cavendish! through ull the changes tf Ids alter life, that walk stood .out clearly before him. A flood of light iltumioa ting the hills, and the prelly lines of Nan’s clinging figure, showing, too, her laer, witli real t races of grud, and glt-U n iiigon I he wet fi I nges ol her eye. Dear I \ a- tie lo\ed h»*r sip* tupl never appeared to Idm so sweer as now In het sorouv.— ‘Nan mv good darling Nan And poor I t'le Nan put up her cold hands before her lace, and souped as if her very heart would hieaU. Idcukdig! Eve's heart hid md 100- Uen wlinu young Aslde.x h id dc-u. Hid I*, ve was a I rue woman, w n li a I ni.-, ( . >\ i heart that had never once swvi\ r«l in al legiance, and knew not the meaning <•( turning, breaking! Nan's hcait w-ouM never break. It was composed o! 100 sli.-ht mulciials, was too had t**** much spiing; pst-d in slant, toe much pliable power. Hut for all llia<, her grief was real, and her tears ver hit ler, and the wound that they llowed from very panitul. And Cavendish went off, liclng hound for foreign shores, and ail the passage out his thoughts tl • w quieter than the sea gulls hack to England. Back to Eng land? Mack to a country, hack to a vii -1 ge, truck to a dear oid lamiliar spot where Nan lived. He would sit up high on the ship, ly ing his lengili on the paddle-box, a cigar between his lips, and his eyes on Lite sil very rellectionof the moonbeams playing on the waves. But \v o shall say what, he llnnuhtof, or the images Pun rose up before him? All 1 kmAv, is the belle of the sill)), having I d\en a fancy to his kuii- InmiL appearance,'and got herself up to the ntni'Hl of her power ami llisbed life ul h»n» imm mil Very dark eyes, decided at last fill II was ail Useless since the good looking swell smoked steadily, ami would i.oi look down from (lie post he fuel chosen, or eved ridaX Hie muscles of his face. What wonder! There were oilier eye- shining he on* him. (pdetci eyes as la-,1 he had '•cell them, and tin* hums of a voice s a eetcr hv far than the hid h**s were rlngir.g ill biscars. The whole of lire little pn*turo he did date conjure up. Tib* ponging hand's, the ijniwmig lips, the piteous lil'le lace raised toward him. Tnroiigh Hie long so miner nights, wueii tin* atrip was an I cep, C.e -pint of his dreams Ur-jrt him com puny. And lu England then* was Nan crying her ey csom, for one<* total ly ilisreganli ng her persona) appearance. Eve was rlj I ivs-ed t>e.\ ornl measure at this h if-rtnl- Ini' f sot tof engagement, ft was wearing the girl out, who was quer dmis now when Mlie spoke, ami hy no means cas\ to please. Poor Eve ransacked tier brain wherewith to plea.-e Nan. She (nought her all the cleverest honks oi ifm day, hooks that would once have n of love Ami Nan felt pleasantly to vard p.«p bam, even ns slie liad done t nvard Cav endish, and Cot lio hndinmion fo n*ll him to desist. * ff yon. can love me.' -ui I Popham ‘ t shall stay here, id' conise, and he hap py, hut If cannot, I must leave tin place. No. don’t answer me m*w, Nail’, I shall Know to-morrow* H you mean m stay*, \on must wem a led popp\ In ynur dtesg.’. The next tiny Popham haunted the fl-Ids, long before the hour that Nan and Eve walked ; but at last he saw them 'Nan in the background, with her eye* la-shes lowered, am) her cheeks as red’ as Ihc poppy in herdre-s. And Cavendish » sun-ke at vonr ease, or flirt if you Nsilf witm the hlaekeycd ladle, there need nothing now bin I you to England. And what possessed Nan? Ib-mcmber the title of the sketch. The girl was rud derless. Every Impulse that sin; felt she gave way to. Bat now, how was it that, with two such lovers as Popham and Cavendish, poor Nan should presently have heeo no heltei oft limn omiiy nglrl who had m»t even had on-? I uni afraid it was that she had the fault of the hutch— w loch Is giving too little and asking toomm-h. Anyway, Cavendish, on his return at hwt, chancing (o fall in with Popham before he met Nan, dean), and for (be matter oi that gave. Hindi a di-mal ac* mount, of Nan’s conduct, tbroit bout, lb it the reetiU wns. bolii men gave tip then pretentions m her hand ; though, as Cav emll.-m salt) when again he met her. lie had something to do not to recommence Wooing us of old. Kor one especial point in Nan was the value that site set on \vhat was passing out of reach. But Cavendish was aware of tneahno-t mag netic power Nun possessed, and won! i not pnthim-elf in her way. Popham. too was perplexed >|t the whole revela tion, iiml ini longer anxious to under hike Nan, so ho;h men absconded l > o|' ,l| im scorched, yet hapjdlv open to oon-olai ion ; and Cavendish, heavy ai heart and hitter in his words, yet still • ••Oder over a locket Ihnt hung from Ids ch on. and which contained a little min inuiv. A face set round with a long s .n n v curl, eye- us blue as summer's day, I' oknog reproachfully out al him, and up- that struggling to plead their own cause. Underneath were golden letters, which put together, spelled,Nan Mamma, did you ever know any other girl so had * Hush. Nun,* 1 Mamma, no one els© has ever done ns F h .ve d"iie; so foolish, ho vain, so weak 1 ‘ Von are always my darling. Nan.’ This wa- in the I v\ Might, Nun lying all down on the Hour, her brown head rest ing against her mother, the frlugt-80l her eye- turned towmd her. * Mamina, do you remember when I was a little girl how y oil used to give me texts? Von never gave me mine, mam ma— i lie one lhat applies to my llle.” * What is It. my darling?’' And then, in the darkness and quiet, ami even while Cavendish held her locket eio-e pivs-cd to Ins hrea-l Nan’s quiver ing lips pronounced herown sentence— ■ Unstable as water, thou shall not ex* ‘ Oh. Nan, you will break my heart.’ ‘lll were to die, mamma, you. could write nothing el.-e up against me.’ * They shall never write it up, Nan ;• - never.’ How dreary 11 all seemed to Eve. It. was young Ashby’s daughter, this sad lil’le girl, \\ ho was thus speaking of her life as all pas-ed. Bo the years roller! on. and as they passed, there came news to ■\ppledecotnbo. Popham, the same Mr. Pophani, who had worn a Held flower in his coat in honor of a nwe(*iheart, was now bringing home a young wi o lo walk in those very Janus where he hail once walked with Nan. Nun look it very (j ilelly ; so quietly that people put forth an old idea—• that pretty Miss Ashley had no heart.’ Ir'he. was still ‘that prvjijf Miss Ash ley, 1 though the aspect ol her beauty was perhaps a little changed. There were fewer dimples around the mbutli, and it was only on rare occasions now that the old light flushed Irom h»*r eyes. Yet, still, after all, it wre Nan ; Nun, sweeter in her saddest moments than any other gir l at her (nightest and best. Air. Pophani’a bride wus u very ordina ry young lady, w Uli not half little Nan’-* attractions, hut then she had not played fast and louse like the bine eyed gui, who with her mother, was among the lirst to call on the bride. Nan had insisted on paying this visit, and, as N it’s word wa law, Eve had to accompany her; am thus, much against h«.r will, slit- vve againi brought into contact With a quon dam li-h'iiil, k«tli und Nan lx haved very well, but Eve feltconsirained and was glad to get her daughter out on the cl i ll on took them a short cut hack to t heir side of A ppledecombe. The moon li id silvered lor herself a bright pdh aero s the wnteis, und Eve’s thoughts had. us usual, strayed across t e chan, el where her husband had been drowned. when she felt Nan's grasp lighten on her arm. ‘ Se>* there, mamma, docs not that re mind you of me ?’ .So Eve looked where Nan pointed, nut among 'he silver waves. J.iat lief re 1 In-in was u clear bright space, and there, ciiK-rglng from the duikness,, was a Ihtle boat, drifting up with no aim or object, riMdei less. Eve’s heaftachcd with pain. Was there, indeed, a resemblance be- tween tin; little boat that Was tossing be fore her and Hie dear lUtb* figure f ib ’ wa- clinging to her side? One scene more ai d I have done. A hem U coming into my sim * -a hero who lias been in it before; tint who, on' his own accord, dropped out. He is coming I’iick now, not tti o inis last picture shows Cavendish poss» used at last of-u it one of his own.— A lioi'i?«e looking out on the beach, a gar den to which, as th night comes on, In* van take himself und the cigar that lie is bu biddcii indoors, and dream over all the strange chances of his life. He is not l.jeic now, hut leaning owr a little table in tin* drawing room beside him stands a blue-eyed girl, und they are both looking down id a pic»ure—a drawing—a little s.-.etch by Nan. Tin* wreck of.what was once a gny Utt le boat, tossed upon the waters, deary at the mercy of the waves. Underneath there is the name written, *Kuddorlesa.’ Not rudderless now. Dearest dearest. Nan, with all tin* oid charm round the sweet face and figure, with moic than tile old love shining from theeyes. Kot rud derless now. And Eva’s: heart wus at nst. A clever Yankee farmer, being much troubled with rats, and being determin ed lo.get rul of them, tried every p- usi hie plan, but without success. At last lie got a lot of rats and shut them up in a single cage ; i hey devoured one anoth er till only a single one was left. Pie then turned I hi-* one loose when, excit ed with the (flood of his fellow rats, and having become gemfine cannibal, it kifled and at* all the ruts »l could find on the preint.-es. j {fir At tlu- .Viiudiester sessions, four men wore indicted for stealing bean*. A gentleman present u>iud another “ what have they been lining!” “been stealing was the answer. A track lor velocipede laces is being made ut Titusville.- VOL. 55.—N0. 48. ltl T Vft'Kl> I)OWN—A TALEOr rilE WEN* BY W. SCOTT WAY Tho time—ft beautifulsummer's night in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ami fifty. The scene— the social saloon of the steamer Mercury, as Hhe steamed Bwiftly down the Mis soni I river. * Fll phiy poker with any chap pres enl, for live, ten, fifteen, or twenty dol lars ant**,’ suhl a rough looking cuslo mer, wdklng to a table ami throwing u puck of curds upon it, * who’ll play ?’ * How much ante did you say, stron ger?’ ftnke ugreen specimen of humani ty, on the long, lank, ami hony order, from hisxent in the corner. Hisciothing was of rough material and fit him poor* iy ; his hut was a heaver that looked iu> though U h»d seen much rough usage urn) many storms; his forehead was high and well formed, his nose prominent, and hfs eyes dark and small. The remainder of his face was covered with thick coaim huir, • ‘ Five, ien, fifteen, or twenty, is what I said,’ the rou h looking customer re plied, seating himself at the table ami running the cards through his finger, ‘you know how to play I suppose?’ * Wul, I reckon Jim Brown knows somethin’ about keerds when Ids dud dm wed his hn I breath a playin’ all tours! The fast words tie said were 1 right Vm op and shuffle ’em out, pardner; high. h»w, jack an' the game for us,or a busted biler! Yes, stranger,’ the green custo mer concluded, * I'll play you poker for ten dollars ante. I can’tbegin any high er’an that,’ cause I’m rather scarce o’ tin.’ 4 A green one,’ whimpered the gamider ton 11 iptid, as Jim .Brown sealed him* Heir on the opposite side of the table,’ ami if I don't cleunhim out of every cent he's got, In. less th >n two hours, my name ain't Joe 8p »rks, that's all. ‘ The earda were now shuffled, out and dealt, the ante ponied in the middle ot ti e (able, and the game on in me need. Brown was allowed to win until he had pulled about tifiy dollars to his side of the table, and then the luck suddenly turned and ids opponent began to win u rapidly hank. ‘Jingo!’he exclaimed, *1 never had Kieh luck in my liny Can't git nothin hut duces an’ queens, an* queen? is the durmleagn luckiest keer lu in the whole park. If my lather whs alive an’ here now, he'd say (o me, Jim Brown,'o' At kaiinaH, I iun'l own a non o' mine when lie holds nidi hands us them—-jingo f I Ve lost agin I’ 4 Cel us raise the ante to twenty dol hirs,' Haul (Sparks, milling the money ftom the centre o( the tatde, ‘Jingo! Its tmi much! You’ll bust me!' exclaimed Brown, half Jumping from his chair, ‘hut I’ll try It, may be— a rise in the unie’il change the luck.— ♦Shuffle ’em up.’ sparks dealt llte cards out, one at a time until each hud five, and then placed a twenty dollar bid in the centre ol the table. 4 Jingo I’exclaimed Brown, looking at lilh cauls, * i'ii bet twenty live on her, il I do losei* 4 See your twenty-five, andgoonehun dre l belter, said Joe sparks with u smile* ‘Seeyour hundred, and pul live hun dred on top ot il; theie'n no use o’ bel lin’ without you bet, os dad used to say Brown ejaculated, taking a roll ol mils from an inside pocket, and laying the amount he hud bet on the table; and then tur mg suddenly round, lie suld to a man who had been sitting behind him from the time the game hud com menced : 4 Look u here, stranger, I’ve seed you lookin' into my hand twice, an’ li.en wink at this chap I urn playin’ with, an’ it I see you do it again I’ll smash you in the face, Umt’a all I’ 4 I’ll see your live hurid'od, and go one thousand belter,’ said (Sparks, putting up i money. 'Jing that's all. 1 haven't trucked you through a dozen States, and followed you near lea years l<» fee you slip through my fingers, Henry B4rdweii,ymi know ton well (o think that; but 1 wiff.givo you fair play. You have a knheand so have I. rimy are as near alike aa ft is possible *o get knlv. b, so come up on the hurricane deck, and we’ll rettie tfte affair at once.' Ihe two men ascended to the upper deck of tlie steamer, followed by a num ber of passengers, and stopped, facing each oilier just aft of the smoke stack. Ihe captain appeared, and tried to dis -u lie 11.0 men from (heirJiurpose, hut his words had no effect whatever. ''Now, uiMitlerer ' hl-seil E ton ns he raised Inn knife,'defend yotirsuf. The ildrsi for revenge I- con-muing iiih »* Their knives Were both above tlmlr heads, and then tlu . i-scemied, flailing brightly in I lie mo nilgnt, and M»t‘i) cb»-hed together with a sharp Hound. Both the men were skilled in the use of the Bowie, and it was evident to l he spectator- Chut the contest, os fur is strength and skid were concerned, was equal. Fiercer ami fiercer grew the fight; f, • knives flushed up and down,and clusl »-J loudly together. Each man kept M« ej es fixed on (he face of fils antugoni-f, md neither moved from the position he hud first taken. At length, Elton, by a fierce down ward cut, knocked iho knife from Bird well'** hand, hut the mine blow broke •dsowii.—They chile ed each other in- lant y, then their eyes glowing with sdon, and their respiration hard and Back and forth they struggled with each other over, the steamer's deck, nei ther getting the better of the other. At last, holding each other by the throat with a vlce-llke grip, they struggled to i he railing that, ran around the edge of the deck. They struggle J With each other more fiercely ; and their eyes star ted irom their ve«y sockets. They threw themselves against the railing, ns tliev -liugglel to throw each oilier to Hit* leek, and the frail barrl er Willi a sudden trash gave way. and the combatants, till holding each other tightly, w— nr .verboanl * heie was a quick cry, nsudden spla-n, Charles Emm and Henry ipeured lorever beneath the bosom of Missouri.. ‘lie Meicury was stopped amt bucked, la IruiliesM search mode lor the two men. Wlpn II was over, she summed rapidly awuiy from the scene of that dark, do dde tragedy, mid arrived at St- Louis at suurlae. The Yankee I’cddler. There Ik a sheriff residing in Illinois, who was * 4 taken in and done for” on one occasion. He made it a prominent part oi his husines to lerre! out and punish peddlers tor traveling through the Slate wlthoitla license; hut oqe morning he met hi* mateii in the person of a genuine Yankee peddler. 41 What huveymigot tosell, anything*.’ a*ked the sheriff. 41 Yana, eurlln : what d’ye want? Got ratters, lum, that's an article you need, "quire, 1 should say, by (tie look of y <*m halrd. Got good blackin; ’ twill make them old boots of ymirn shine so’t you can shave In ’em e’ namnst. Balm* ot Columby, too, only* $1 a bottle, good foi the ha’r, an assistin’ pour human natur. us the poet says.” An ’so he rattled on. At length the sheriff bought a botlleof the balm of Col- umbia; and, in rep>y to the question whether ho wanted anything else, that. Luncibumry said he did—he wanted t*»»ee tne Yankee’s Hce» ar* for pedd lug in 11*1- nois, that, being his duty as sheriff Thu Yankee showed’ him u document tlxed up good and strong, In black and while. The sheriff looked at it and pro nou'-ced it all right. Then handing back the bottle to the peddler, he said: “ I don’t think, now that I’ve bought this stuff, I shall ever want ft. 1 reckon I might us well sell it buck to you. What will you give for It • ?” # “ O, the darn stuff Is no use to me, but Rcein’ It’s you, sheriff, I’ll give yon twentv live cents for It, If you really don’t want it.” The sheriff handed over the bo* tie at the large discount from Ids own purchase, ami received ids change. “ Now/’ says the peddler, “ I’ve got h question to usk you Have you got any peddb r’s license about your tmwseis any where?” '* No;. I haven’t nny use for the article myself/’ replied (he sheriff. ••Haln'teh? Wul, I guess We’ll see about that pooty 'darn soon. Ef I un derstand the law, it’s a clear case that you've been truden’ with me—hawkin’ and peddlin' Bairn of Colunrhy on the highway ; I'll inform on you, darn’d if I don't.” The Yankee was os good as his word. When ho reached the next vj lage he made hie complaint, and the sheriff was lined for Helling without a licence. He was heard aflerwmd to say that “ you might as well try hold a greased eel us t. live Yankee.” Herman Wives Wanted in Kansas. —Some Herman citizens i.f Kansas City have advertised a great want of woman in that qua* ter. They say that almost nnv thing that Is female and on two legs goes oil in that market. Theye'en have thecoar.-o ungailaiitry to say that “.hags ’’ have found husbands there. Here is their advertisement: Kansas City, March 27.— T0 f/tc Edi tor q/‘ the WcHtlichc Pont: Please advise the superllu u* young ladies of fcjt. Louis* of the gieut advantages which our eily offers to them when compared with BU' L mis. They can make trom ten to.fit teen dollars pm month Were, and two hundred young ladies at le stcau Hud iMisiiimiß at that rate, and besides oiie half of the number would be married during the first month to excetlentyoung men. A great many old hugs have come here lately and every one of them has found a husband. One of th* subscri ber to this letter is just now invited to Use wedding of a young gentleman The bride is fmy-fivo years old, has a bald head and no teeth, and has left three of her own buoles in Germany. We want young German girls, and every one of the aub.-crib rs solemnly promt* nes to lake « no if they will come, and support her decently. Besper fully. Charles Schmuck, Lewis Geiger. Jacob Kesnloger, Ernest tStelzing, J. Link. Conrad Fellermun, Phillip Diehl, F. Mulilfhaster and brothers, and fory oth er young men in good circumstance*. Can Women Keep a .Secket.—George brands 'ham renders judgement as fol lows: Mtm say women can't keep use cret* It Is jlist the reverse—women can, men can’t. Women cany with them to tbeirgruves -ecreis that would kill any man. Woman never tells; muu always Woman sutlers anil dies; man blabs and lives- "Man cannot ke**p a se cret; woman cannot make ll kuoun. vv hut is sjKirt to the man is death to the woman. Adam was a sneak. E\e would have kept tile apple secret. Be ye fruitful. Whoever heard a woman talk about her love Hascos? Everybody has beard a man gossip. Man delights lu telling of his illicit conquest-; woman would cut out Iter tougue lir»t. Men are coarse in their club mom talk ; women reflued in their parlor conversation,