MMWL ' wny.csnwtrpfcW ’UbarieliUynd ibgerftitlon dla •U(i,uiilead at it : -'';.:•'''. , ~, 4l.:r , i t d i, i t ff, t, ll l; ', Pf I t ' - 1.; -, ..Vi , i . :4'.! :....1 ' WZ,;. AI,LAW> OT'A.• '.oloixOß attended to. , Attorney and awt has • rembveU. 1 bis icoopled l room in the ourtHpuse. , ■' \ CLAIM AGENCY! jtlbr;, ,: AT lAW,. Pb Building, No.SSouth ), Comberiaiid county, ick Pay, &c.,prociptly yUI recalYfl Imhiediale ren to the selling or xent-' m or country.: - In all let-, iclose postage stamp, f EBARBIVAt; ALIi THE STYLES A N D 0 A FS'. , > Just opened at iVb.'lßJVbrffi aoors.Kortli of Che Carlisle ,tbe largest and beat Stocks ver offered in Carlisle. -'. '( re of all Styles and qualities,' and every descrtb rznode;v. ■, j Old Fashioned BrnshVcon xnade to order, aU warran^-; sprtment of , >, 1 >Y»S, AND- - '* j J ' m y Stook,notionBof diflfer- JTLEMEN'S STOCKINGS.’ ■SuapentXcra.' . . r "S Gloves, 1 - ' : Thread, inoBUJe, . Umbrellas, &c IRS ANX) TOBACC6 : m .ON hanb. , : . id examine my.Btoolr os I feel ig ou; besides saving: youmo- To.lSNorlli Hanover'S treet, A NICE HAT OB CAP ? ! ! JON’TFAXD TO C?Alili ON G. OA Ii L I o;. » wmi MAIN BTRhE^ t seen t^etoeatasaortniftni'or TS AND QAPS • to Carlisle*': He takes great pleas* g his old friends ‘andcOstomers, tea, to his'splendid Btook lost re*' few York and Philadelphia, con* of fine . WOASSIMEBB HATS, oss variety of Hats and Gaps o nil ot which ho wIU selLat 'th 'Also, his own matvafaotnr nd.aad • - ■ *!••••'• 1 yACOTKBD. TO. .OKpElfc ; . arrangement for coloringHivV foolenGoods, Qyerooata;<?a.,ut t(aßj^'Ooion«mT'Wooiuiuia mblQ terms, Also, a fine lot at COO AN® CIGARS id. He desires to call theatten(lo \o_havej 1 •_!_ OOU*JTR:Y FURS jayathehighest:oaahprlcesfor 'he • coll. at the ; above number, his ild feels confident of giving entire satis? STROHM, VD. SPONSLER, j JOHN W/ STROHRI. 4NH p <»i*pit, a it j ■>E/,TBTJNK AND Ha^ -.-'STORE.' i )Um HANOVER STREET. ' ppened the largeatand best etooij ITS iAITO gHOES ,••' j i oimUiiiw .almost: j satogooastoour,lUioaa6very )ar stock consists in e }\ kinds snd, j and ctdldienfi’ strong Leather Misses and Childrens 7 Lasting i* Qfovo Kid, Turkey and French and. .and-Kld .Boys’Calf ana Buff Congress and ! and Boys* Calfanaßuff Oxford adals, Buflkinsand Overshcea; lens' Goah-wfcuahd Carpet Slip-; and Ba**: all sizes and prices: Traveling * Valises, together “with a fine N trill sell to suit the times, ALLS JPBOFITB." vinissoing , invitation.,w all In jok through otir etookiVdthoaC tgaUpus tohuy unIQM golfed to . We shall always try; to, deal \ at straight forward manner, stonier aluilequiyalaut fprhla ie aUSwlllavalfthemflQlves.Qf tunity>to call and see us. ‘ . BTROHM t ..LISLE SH6e ebMPA MAN WAqrukpHS 0& - ] ' .'■•■' f■} ‘ fsv fllBBETp vcSjoSsm,mhm|a L lenced trie manmlactuxo of Boots Mention of thetradela Invited peotolbr;adopted) to: the' —aSe.-i WotbalTat aU times complete assortment of oU tba LA' R P I.X Ii J B:,; nett oif'the - greatest experience iers of the trade yvho may favor, om are assured tbat.no effort *spared to famlshgood goods, YrpqseißLHpHiom mil receive the same atten /ould ln oerDon.'and distant i feettlflg their gdtfda oneqnal >y eenjUng their, orders/ as by “ ■ ■’■M'./- y j fKPERS FOR SAJyE. ' I John irvin, ‘ ■Ovatuiw, ME= $ ; '* J iluntccr '-i.-iii . ttbmiroo rttoic. '- ; ..:,t I- I .--jl’l. v.'.a wrjft'-l'i 1 ; -ViJ> rjj y.'-'fijffits /v.JU st;tV.K PARKER ' /01.-l <’ i: JJODD’S NEBVINE DID IT. .... New London, Oonn.Aprll 2a, 1809. i ' Rsukkbebsd Pbiend,—l thought It well to ■alt another week before writing* to see If I con tinned to \ improve, os itimveToeditf doing for some time, under the treatment of tbe new' , medicine, and I am happy to tell you that I ain getting better—even faster than when yon were ere, i commenced the ase of DODIrS: NER VINE without vanybody advising me to it, when I began with It I could - only - walk from • my bed to the chair.. My trouble has been ex-, treme pain In the head and has lasted over three years. .All the jpedlolne I have heretofore’ . tattenhos faljed'tb jrivefotiy {relief. 1> am ;now? able to. go'up . and down stairs', and dally Im proving. r consider the NERVINE -the best medicine I ever founds and shall continue its’ ■use, for I, am. confident-of: entire.) ecovery,.. I havo: taken only three bottles, and would not be withontltonany account. ;Yery truly.-. ■ - '■ t-1‘ •/ • '■ ■- Mbs. 1.8. NOTE, ■ Jaiy.29 t 18e&--4w i . ip>sule r at Law io as tbat o v ,:IA V’ ECM TITMORB. UiiC^RS.-U' \J . Krof.KUne* otthe Philadelphia (frlVeriltfrf ondiOil tomanrby a. Antidote, toaf removes 1 ihd r : mttfest- \jr,catfcera" imdtmnors, , wltho^&aBtlo;;eaUifg a or thtimlDK/Tuedlblnep, and withoaf the ; losa ‘ora; drop*, or Mood. /For ! parti onlars. call or address,'P.h. KLINE,Bf. p.,f =N6.m'Archstreet,Plillaa6lphia l Pa. ' : Jnlyg>; ’ : ... •:. . v“ j . Ci Mi.' EMI '■ BEli /V' - oret'History of tho Confederacy, hy Eclwiml, A. PoUali.,, Tlio, omnwOimteiMaonf and mottling, disclosures ,mado 1b thlaryorh, ore creating thVmost'lntense -obtain ItL 3?ho- Kara sMitital itn&tgues, -Mu Of- SftTUf and other Confederate-leaders, with - the JfUidcn Mysteries, from “Behind. tho Sconcaln-Blch; mond,” are thoroughly, ventilated. Send for Cir, culara and see oarv terms,-umla full description of the work.. Address: v . ''-.'.e--.5..... ■; . NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO. > i ,’j. • Philadelphia, Pa. July 89,ie®-<w ,i.-i..-j l : , ; r <COAi’®R DAY.e-Agente wanted every-t <i)/0v where. Samples for twaetajnps,'AU. <t 00.. Cleveland, Chip. •, ' • , -;r •"■* ‘T , - ’'. ■ - v..iu, i )■.■„ , ':.t i ; vw ,jw.i-v. ; . -.J.--:*;,.,.,. ■ , ..... r i T ME , ■ =I ; She was one of. those women of ;\vhoiu ' -wc-hpys lUtlcfeij^ . iustlhb£,fellaiijß'’alia,gltooe;have;sariavr ed'agreateorrowtUat'has-alteredthelr nature, hhdl;}yidK ja,;^r-present ’with thfenraa) their shadow, which .they have whloK ; ilfey!have never u6fceptedl.% got ; icd|mS&'rto. l '- 'SW’ .vnOf 1 hanclsbme, '.though she mjghtj.owjg.ihbve been-so.-Her, dress waadark,slmple,. - Strlctlyn&tiandputon iwlthithatfuu 'conscious''tableland: care that marks a■ SChseof innate ptopM -totaHyapart fromvanltyor the .desire to 'attract jand hersmboth, dark ’hair/mark ed hero and. there wllha'slnglethreadpf :silver, Waa braided under her.quiet white cap. • ' ‘ f ‘Ah,lQvo.me forever. I ".she repeated; ootnpresslnglher Uns .oyerher -teethv«l . they become bloodless. > .“ The laat words I Saldtdhitdthe last nlghtl overlooked !bn him.', t ‘ Q, MI cbnjjl see hlifl fioi& yHiro j tell hlmi-to his faee.calmly, as le could now, what a hcUhonasmaaeofmylife j hbv ho haa turiied the * current ' of;, my nature blasted allthat was bes£| moorish; ;ed thal was wqrgtin me, taken,-from me tlib love and trust inGodafadtnari—Oi If J could do this, then Xconld. dJeiu peace) . were it ;even by hls hand l. > peaCei-nrfor .the grave, and it will.mot come; v Now; I 1 knOWjthat tlU.lhaveseenvhlnJißpokeu riCftnhbt^ybn^• But thatithought is something. toliVeilbri UisUtW . JebJeS'JM b<U9g, : M alm;;no; ; tofSibje; (lot slrejgood orbad;' andtwontyyearaof this ealstbneo h aye proved toOWUChfor ' mo, strong as I thought myself. Ido not pray. God doesnbt liatentoithoprayora ofsuoiraaTamf'andlndcedl'have no ■ thbughE tolask. hnyihlDgGdf Him.iHChas afflloted-ihetbo' heavily} fHehaslaid. on line p',h ,^Bn i l SeYKdei^|;^a3;ttbg^lS‘to ' bear.i 1 11 was proud..vea; landJHe, ihiw smitten me just least’ en T dure to be, smitten.- : -r ,; V ‘ r - ■ ■' ■ i 1 ! >1 ■I EMU She got up, replaced thevoiume of.po -ems;on the Bbalfwhere it Btoodwlthaov .etarothefa/AtidlltaKlng her be gan.workinffWithtUeputivarJplaaiimy fjperr forny sh<nroti ! jcodtooks.tHi^uui^iwwuty belief'hectobd'a'h'^^^^^ She was jkwaessed of qualities >? tnav‘tt-usoriable MM i . wish gratified, avery.rvyord aud aottolera-i . pecbft de-; gteo o^'BOToatl^wmohoitointoilttya of simple duuea. an.dilaaveahoprmnd' aa uncultivated os Bheßjoddlred, in ehort, a emattering of oopompllahtnonts Vh 'du ]■ ■’l • 1 ■T U-’i I ■ ■ V‘>s. • a -v - s •[<:, <V ;‘«* W-K T '' i '''' l ~ ! -'i WATCHING THIS'CtOVIM. BY WhjKSß' it; JOHNSON. : i r o-> ■" As 1 sitln thy chamber window, /' * il w *tcli the fleeting clouds; First (heyhfo dnowy white, then golden, l .; * Tbert'thoy’rodarltQa/anenU shrouds; Thou they fly with the Bpeed*bfhn arrow;’ Theri.theyfloat Atagehtlo /Then they’re frowning, Ihenrejolclng.'v » . , With ewfeetstalles upon their ihco. « v -Qnompm6nt:Oioy i BeenrJlk«castres - ■,: Thatdotthodlßtdntbioqskyi, , ■:■ ■■, ■ - I Another, they seorallheflnmesoniglit, -\ , . - Reaching to worlds: on high; . • ■ v Then th'ey?re dark os rebel i /.•.'•ai.'Whbre theoapUve’sllfelfl ran;. < v - Then they’ifo, plnlnsjof heavenly ether, ,- ; • :<GUdedby,lließ;oldenßan.; f r ; ,y ; , y<U ■> .■. i- ; >, (A. ,‘T. l.vj'fifcal^tiey’re^wninglnthe'distance,*.. . AndthoUreyeawitU wrathl'ulllght “,; x . ■ ~ Jrortii thelr ; jwAre flasiiiDSro their shite;* ’ ‘‘7 . Andt.ln.tones pf deepest thunder, .• They proclaim aloud'their mlglik ."V : _‘Nowi'they’reVeering above mo, •/ ’ . -.. And feel saddenedior thp earth The tears upon it r-. ' ''" • , WULbleaf theibriglit green turf;' , v * And . , <■. l ' t ' /■’. . . Will drliik precions drop?, and slgti;.■ ‘ . tears liviove!’' , : ; But W atorm’fUes ine il ‘ : I And I rejoice, wlitilTranrmured prayer,'! j. That the skip Isbnc'eh&rp Joyous, , v . AndnoßaddeaeVlcloudsflpatthere; *;,‘ 1 JQai'tbisoncoWM ! 6dt;liiiilfl gtoi?yiV' . ' And gildbffl thdc^lesfclaiclpads,’ l ' - •».. j And cast off their fnneyolshrouda. l( "* I watch chimging light; ; ‘ Pirat shadows appear in the distances r nAs.darkos. the,deepest . .Tien,God sendetti . ; , * l And afar l froiA naoiir fears; ’! .• •’* V'ltfaUß op. ! theheortwith glodnessi ,1 • •< : Andonr,droopingsplrltdhfeere. iftrj; ; > ’ •■Sji t t i: : ~ r;,;~r-,~. t *"" £ V , JDtßtisig : r.^ uj «x BY UAB&UEBTTB t '- ~ , • " with! > '•' • \Alliiarolxbegan with,., > •< - April’s endeavor.: - h , ’ ,v, ujime needs mqst sever >■ ’ • • .'Nowsnovr'faH'arqmld mo , : ' 1 Quenching June’s fever, l &ovemoji>rwert):.. y.. ~*• , Ah',”love “me forever!” The-poor , soul closed the book tliat lay, open on heb knee; andi .throughtoflra/ilhat -made; the' ' landscape swim, Jookcd.;Oufc or the latti ce by ,l-wiV j J It was oarlj/autuflia—autiunp. at, the, .time if >ls sobered hut hot, yet. saddehbd.' ' ‘ by 'tKe'th'ddght'tbat wlriteriS Ccoming.f-: ; ',Frbm‘ the rpund- jwhlob oTus-' tefbd b'ebyy masses'of ipdotbbs blelnbtiS,; ’ spread, In the foreground, adittle’lbvely garden, obeUkefbd - with ‘Suti'Uud shade and. glowlng flpweys.nmoug, which the; brown beea,roamed all through the bright hours, while. bpypnd a b{bad, blue,' dls-, .'taint landscape ,s(ibiohed itself away, to thft fplv» .'r i>h —■r-T' • f ; r, ,In jail; was husi>- ; od amf still. sawitbout; such; a pretty room, so English, so: peaceful,;so ,lrome ly/yet.wlth;BUch:,a.degseeof:;e?celleuce : infits slmpleold'-fashioued arrangements, Ks polished oak furniture, Us dark wains- Cotingylts Indian China pUBa and, bow; Is,- its wine, fire: place i with steel, dbg. Irons.. its deep latticed windows—all. belonged, to a time gonfiiy, ansLyet all were kept; in a state of neatness and cateful preaer-i vatlon, that made-thota as flt for servico. as oh the day.'ofthelr completion. . . in ! a : corner, the fall elock tickcd its “ever never, never, ever” drowsily; a blackbird sat still ,on hjs. perch.;, a great: tabbV cat,' that had Ibng Ugo^lvon- over , glarfngathlm.subdnedjas'lt-seomed; by, he passionless,attuppphere.of.;tbe place,' lay wmklng with'her-pSwB : {dok'e(l undef her : ; and the very flies ceased tp.huzz and; torment aathey are wont to dblujaututun, once they got Within' tliei st illy p’reothots of the room. ' And outwardly quiet as . tho rest satits raistreaa.iooking'out .with .unseeing, eyes towards tho horizon. v "« toay bo liQavenv' there must be hell , MoanwhUe.thereis.onoarth berq-weU y J . -r\. ,~~.':; ~ <in>ari-aau! ■•- ! - ■■■•■iv.«;:,-.w-;- -: . . , .-.W i,i Uil genteel!miss; nlterlynnaulted ML., place Ju atiy.station in aoplety v ; \>' : :i' i-. Poor: Esther,! her motto might liavo been, “ I knownothlng, airt despise all things’*—all;.thlnga ; at least;, within her: .reach. Profoundly lgnorant herself, she hadnopatlenCofarthaJcnoranoeef those arouridher,Btie toned uphernoso at • oil .homely; interests,. occupations . and. Rleasures; and She hadnoresonrceswlth- S‘herself, to supply heiltwlthi others, JEhe ■ consequence waa;an.endless sparing ,/6r i '■ a change of position; a dlaoontented long - 1: glngafterexoitement of any; klnd;nboyo all, a craving to; bnfer that; paradise: of fpols of themlddle olsss; yioept genteel . society; .thatmean, Striding, struggling,. ; . truly vhlg’ar medlutnlbqtwoen the Mole-'. ' ;ty::of !the;i nnpretendlng grada. whltih comprises ailwhohorieStly and. simply' gain tbelr bread by their labor,, of what ever; naturethat labor , be-^-a; class from w h iohit I originally sprang, and which It aflbctatoidesplße—ahdithatflf; the .upper walkstothesoolal scale; the. members of’ whlch, in; turn; deSplse and; ridicule; It,'; while: It seeka toape.ttrelrCidens arid > mariners In preposterous carlaaturesjian; cringes.nt tbe foet that .contemptuously spurait. •: . : : 1u;,..’. ■ " And, thus two yearS of . ESther’sJ life passed'after her retrirrivfrom'schbbir- * '.... .•'-Duririfethiegerlod She had : Variotie opi, 'pbrta'riitlesof marrying well; arid'settling m .trie 'position itowhloh-she* was; horn ; but sri'Ch .a deStiriy‘was, 1 pf all others, jtlie • orip'.least suited* to ’ he’r :: 'am'bltioif.t-r 'Tho u farm.ers*,sd'ns-whQ';Sought'hefe : 'tilli-i fcphtrie ' ,‘Jjaridß, ‘tiilked' agrlcul ; tob, Writf 1 'could mot; ariydbf them, 1 Sing: ,fflSyneS'Ball6y’shallad£f," She ihriat have that 'is'to'■shyj' ! a, man ’who performed \no;, iriariual' employ racnC to errilneu t;.mßn:je*lng,ll'ftle'heVdrid’these’llliiriß;;', j. .•*Af thri end'of the twoyerire’sh'd’forirld^ WplpH 1 * ! Ja mes Stowel I 'ivas the son Of a irian 1 \ 'WHtfh'&dihfefe'rihJljfe as a : Small atWMey? * • tririttrir • n ,d,T,Vi'hadv-flriish6d‘Dyfestabllsh-, 'lrig.hlmself atf a'.modey’leidlrig lawyer;' ■ m idndbri; :'Thp r tr'e'de;thrOYe;. and the" -elderiiStpwell, I'n’orderfoSeeureriVobriSid-; 1 .oration'that would insure' a flesh SripWy; ‘ of. clients; adopted! a.Style of vulgar Irixu- ' ry: thati’to'acertairi* degree;'achieved - Ids 1 success. - ...•’i-* t- ! ;; f ■ =I 'wjßfe 9 ® s plausible, and. wltha peculiar’ talent, for suiting- himself tq - ideas, "peculiarities,; and’weakneaa ofthosewlthWhOm 'he ■cafno in’contact, James'Stbw'ell-twisted and ’wheeled andwormed hlmself in the 1 youth of a Class ccnsidera-’ , bly above - hls ownl > oamlng, the tUrf,- : and other sdoh amiable devices for the, dieperSlbh of money and; credit; soon, made very considerable breaches' In- the. StOwClLpossesslons, and led to an inter-” yiewbetweonthe.fatheraud.son.whlch terminated in r (he forraer fisaurlng ’ the IhtteribynoVmeanßpolitely/bUtvary energetically, that the -present idebtsi'Of -honor,(so called}: dupe- paid, he,- the; son and heir,: must contrive as he beat could to Hto on a certain and not very liberal 1 allowance; - ■ ■ 'U-i-I 1 : oroCiirsC James' Stotvell had not' the' sllghteat uotlon Of living on anything of • the Mn'dj dhd .'freshidebts were ■ contract-' senibr resolutely- - dd-: • ollned'/to t pay. •' The, consequence Wa^, - : that James found- the atmosphere ofLon ■dbn,;3tfevtmarket7and-,(Sooa wood,whol ly nnsuitcd to. his constitution, for the' time bCin'gaf least, and that, he consldef-, . cd thp. nfr of Vnr;uhir«,(fhnre.is IV 6’ootl': deal to'be done there In horse dealing) ■likely to be of some service to-him-’ "•So to Yorkshire he went, and some-, how fell In with Esther Eyre • :.'i■ ,; • ' Time must have beenr very hard in-' deed, or ,(ha notion of marrying, a far-' raer’s daughter Would have been thieve-' ry la’st to havC entered the head ,of our.. hero; 1 ' ■■■. : However, they were hard, and the. no tion therefore found admlssion.. . It was an,’idea that/cost nothing to take into considerationf 'nothing'better at present loomed inthe horizon.' Ho might try the thing cautiously, auditthe hope! of a more favorable or satis factory.deneunca irierit preseuteditseif, James.StbweU waS riot the-niari to let any foolish coriSidera tlohsfand quixotlo soruplea, Interfere'in hit arrangement of aflhlrs. So Esther. Eyre’s little fortune, was soon, in imagiuatlon, stoWed in the Very empty pockets of our youthful adventur er ; and-to Esther himself, as ithe key of the doffcr, nothing less', ho began to pay assiduouspourt. ~j k,.;,. , Aua so at last she had found the prince, who waste free her-frotd bondage k This perhaps-' was Eslhet’s -flrat thought. suit may. iSpem strange,' that,the earliest ■ i im pressiph of rirglrl of eighteenahouidbe a ,BdnB4.'ahd,a..w6rldlyene. .But r think ■ tmostpebple' whbt have .carefully studied thereof, vVyill have -discovered themistake, which .exists, in. suppoaing. thgt Iteyer in early youthlthat.the most pure,and unworldly ' ah'd'gbldentage ldeas ate uppermost^' ■ 'Early .yoilthkfaihvea- pleasure; exolte .ment, .thy, enjoyments that-pro occdfrom tlioluat.ef the- eye. thOi gratlflpaliQn of tliq'senseS,' as cbildreh‘'prefe'r butterflies to nightingales ; ! and all thattond'tbic sure lt these fancied.treasures it eraspaat eagerly. Afewyeara lator, tho dormant soul awakes, 1 and demands possessions of more- solid • worth; .vX'ieanr , that Hove 'walking In'the mite maybe happier than indifi'erence'in a carriage—that a tqto a iete oyer - the -fire rday possess charms sUoh aathe crowd - inthehall-rbomneyer /know—and that cortaln Words of earnest heart-spoken prose may sbund'-idobmpa •rahjy BWeetor thpn'. the strains of all the prirria donnas In civilized Europe. -1 ;--1;; 1 ; , , ■ But ’inf'the meanwhile,; before' thef'-wo; •man's he/«b'has : Awakened, if is\apt,‘.tq thinkcomplaoentlyof being Mis; Socattd uo; with a; house of its own, andireedbm to borne and got and 'drbbslitsetfpwlthbut mamma's diotatlon and papa's grumbling at its milllner’shllls.' I - /;.’ - ‘ r^- ( hdur of, . waking Ip vet p ‘cr/tlcal ,one,,.arid -generally .decides’-a.wdlriari’s destiny, Ipr.lfclsnotaU wpmeh—mt.from ■ 'lt— .who, eyerdocome totuesecOn'd birth, ■that of)! aridsoul. '■ Those, the many, .that areinpt destined ’ to atrivp thereat, possesa.'tlmsa trie notions, somor , i:.wbgt>hprderied,tsbmpwfaat more majerlf jajjpedeypri, at thoeridottheir career thahatthe beginning. *~ ' ’ ■' ’EktbeV-''b6gari : by admiring' Jamas iStpwell immensely and 'by bolng ex .tremely,.,. pleased and flattered by his marked attentions. ■ Such a map was not often.met-wlth.in.- thb society to which she longed, but in whose circle ’she felt herself degraded by moving; and ivribity was the ’first sentiment awakened ,In her breast.. v'- , ..... ;' Soon this gave place to real and intense afteotlbh,irito which 1 she ■ rushed with thaiheadJongimpotubsity that marked oumaotprv, Stowell saw his advan : cage ,at once, ana,' 'sure of her,—for. like bj«by_Vbmen7proudly lntractable In all. -owiefcretations pf ; life,.she wasireadyto he raadp,tbp sJayapjC a Ipyer,--rhe ibcgan S' ig a.j!anm-mt.fa»U.,and loose that Bmßthktf!r4Ud«mdi&';iwlthdr2iw*tottihls jP9rt.7/3bouid 'he-deew; it; \b4slwbls ,-to feiFto hid bending ‘hlsl 'Steps utb •'>tnkti part fefitnb!;oOrintry,'<nob ho finished ’by making up his mind, to * propbsettol thbfSiribt'B darijghter.-What peBJ koplyi.'toithri .prtpipcltloa' 'Wai:neSd epurep) bq ..statpdi...The 'Views of her .father,, however, were,'not quite the ■ same,’ as pbrowaji 'Aparffrom nia blind aflbotlori for nthdaUghterrMr. Eyre was a sufllolently shrewd andsenslbie man, and muoh of .what he.saw and heard Of young gtowcll, led. Win .to mistrust,his ■ motlves'ahd hlmdelf, and- toiook on the notion of hrir becotriing tho husband bf Esther with any thing but satisfaction. IEI2 .A`.i :,:#k: 11111! in-' iepoofflowlahglrl; by laying' alii Ills oauselri her/hands, trad, leaving hcfctp flghtoufcthedomeatiobattlo alone. Ai.risuol, ~Bhe: . conquered 'by alternate priyerarind' reproaches,'' entreaties-arid ■ sußts; brin'd'very tmwllllriglylndeed.'aad wlwedrrow’andmlettnßt.'jvas ; the pa ternal consent accorded,° , Apd so .the Redding day was'Axed,' arid the wedding dross: ordaMd; 1 arid ■ath&wte,perfefltly'happyi : , ' ,iV ,; ' ; [lt tvaa'the night beforetnritgreat Arid. Memorable day, and Jrimea ‘StOweil* Spettl'tho eVerimg as usual ‘with his 1 ' brldotoot, Things, having obme'to ia' father had resolved to, make the |jestof- the ‘ rilattep.W'The. Mother, who sawonly darigh tar’BtyeSj.gOQd woman,andMiad:neyer thefcrorri 1 objected.to -the 1 ; giatohi waa abidingin the'-reflected radiance of her ohUd’sTellCity andEatherwastoo’deeply. hnripy to boAemoriatratlve of Her jriy. , At’huff-past; tori;-a late hour for the ‘ t fattiiVl /Joints .iStow’oll 1 ' rose 1 td 1 grt, 1 arid. ■Esthir, .'accompanied him .to the pdrch,, ■ lingering, over, the lost •• Gfdpd-night.”-i- Itwas-juriO; 'with 1 ' June’s 1 white > mobri 'llght arid faint night winds stirrlrig the. climbing roses In the . trellis, arid Bring ing the breath , of, rietv made hay from ', tlje Meadows;, A penalveness stole over .-her, which James tried to langhaway; "sentiment sat ill on him, rind It was always the last resort to which he re sorted. Nay, any brie but that poor, blind girl might have; seen there was a touch ;rrillery J arid even’,' Impatience In his modrioftreating,her. 1 ■' • - t'-'‘ u (Mod-nliht, my deari’’:he said you st) let me offnow ; for i have letters to te,- a quaritlty of things to do, before' [ Tbari get to' bed. * Don't let ■ yourself be, getting into the dblefula,' my llttle wife;' t thatls rightl’t asishe looked up smlling .iy/iat theiimaglo syllable, fl Keep up iyontJ Bplrlta,'rind be looking in beauty. ,to«morrow,' 40 yep Mind? .Good-night ; Arid he . klssod her hastily,.and .was, off without 'replying toi the last words : site .whispered Irihisear.: Vu:.' _■ .r,': , ■ ' ‘/V /' forever I’ ',' ■/- " arid flreSaeddri her,bridal’attire,: arid 'pr a wred to start', for. the','chfateh:' Shall I; Upriftaslt? even 1 then.',a Jljttle.,touch of l rarilly;,of oo j n'scloUs superiority over her, abmewhat aWCdand deeply-admiring M id 9.^AidMriyerJUa^?^flff I ft 3 ' I blsce 1 bealde’the deop love; trio solemn sense of the duties of her new .position,.in her, mind,' ■ ! . A letter was brought lier, and- she' paled aud star ted at the sight of the well? kno'Vri hand;l" i, ; "My dear Esther,” it ran " Matters, '.which it is Impossible to explain rit'this; moment, render it-indispenaablG for Me’ to go;to town by; tbis,morning’s : mall.-M How unfortunate,?, T ean/butl don’t know when that May be. Keepupyour ’spirits.- Yours; af- 1 fectloriately, r : J.: BtTowEnn. I .’! • ' No date; no address given, no Means of communication afforded, no hope held ' out, '> arid . for - regret—" How ’ unfortu nate.” V■.■i-;- Sheifelt lhe bitter mobkery of every, 'word }ri the very inmost recess of. her soul ; she knewat once that all was over forever, that there was nothing > to be ! done or hoped for, or wondered at even ; arid Iffari Instant there passed before her: opened eyes a vision of thousand- ml nute/ lristaneos of heartlessneSs and in difference on his patt that had 1 hitherto •escapedher. ■/” • !■- She took off her wedding dress, and P«vakQ&J£.iti ’~n Jltiro-^trtroKTtrtjnwwj-'otixi silently. All tho other relics and tokens of this shattered lovO—they were nelth-, er bostly nor many—she burnt with his few letters ; and then she announced to her parents that she Meant to leave the place for everi Prayers and tears hav ing failed to move bor. aho went, aooom-- paMea by her: mother, to an aunt in London, with whom she remained, visit ed constantly by her parents till thelr death, followed by that of her solo re maining relative, left her to take up her abode alone lathe world— ' • ; i. At the age of thirty, she oafne, a grave, staid middle aged woman, to settle in.the .cottage where I have flrst.desorlbed, her; and here, under the maiden' name of her Mother and aunt—for she had oast oatde< her own with every other vestige of the past, except the . wedding dress, fading rindyellowirig In the trunk—she reslded 1 with a little servant-maid; shunning all society,- all companionship;; without a •friend or an interest In the .wide world, and'fludlng In. the mon'otorious' routine of her every-day employments, perform ed only for herself, varied with a little desultory reading; sometimes of good .books, sometimes of bad ones, a very.in aufflolept resource against 1 the wearing ‘bUterriesa’rif her spirit., '• . Truly ‘‘Jt is not good. fop . man to!. bB alone,” whervt.t.bereolitude is peopled only ..by suoh phantoms as those, that crowd around E3thef’s hearth ; and worst of allit ia for human creature to abdicate the duties, hopes,tabors and, sympathies that. God In his mercy gives to every one; of ud, however barren his, lot. ' ' ' ;■ - ' Weal! grow bottor or worsa ris we- go on In lifef,- softer or hatder. Esther 'Ey re got worse and harder. ■. i Of all the rellcs of thb .pasf, Esther had resorVed but one wedding dress. l -? Itaeepiedstrdagethataraorigtho.aouve riirs corincoted with that past, that whloh of all others was calculated the moat .to recall the agonising .pain arid mortlflcol tionofher llfeshould'be the Holo.orie to b.e preserved.;.-But it was done,with that yerylhteritlon., ~ „ ; ■As she took It, off- on the :day which Vas-M-have been her <bridal one; she made p Bllent vow to, keep it preciously, 03 aMemorlal of that suffering, and the. hatredtri whlch it had given rise,'so that if evtfr a day came when the reoolleotiCu ,of what sheibad undergone sbould.soften in heri heart,.a look at It should steel her again;' In the little ..blibk . trunk,' In ‘whiolr-herhands had that day-placed It, It now . lay; and ofteu—not that - there ■ wasaay need to revivo tlio cankering bit ternCss of- her soul—she would,’ /when alone, unlock the. box and gaze-at the poor, orushed;'yeUbw"rgarmeut, once so fresh and: pure;: aud muse: and • bitterly philosophize, oyer it, ..Thia was generally af night; ’ for' her nights were’'often 'sleepleis/arid wheri-the vexed spirit ro fnked to lotithe body restj-sho would rise from her bed. open the trunk, look long at Itsoontouts; then closing' It, and te storlng the key to Its uaual plnoe 1 under her pillow, return to her weary ceuoh to brood over her wronga and sufferings till daylight.- ■. ,• , . ' , ■ / ‘And this was the life she had led' for years, and the life she looked to leading, without change dr break, or improve? merit or mitigation;-till the day. ahould oome, might ft be far or near, that,would ’call- her away,; she’ gave 'up thought whither. -v - ■ ’ -, . . I .'Latterly,.however, njiowthouglit/liad dawned upon her—a. .feverish desire,’ vogue in ferMi lritbrise, in .degree to see. 'her former lover.' ncoHs'o hlm of his perfl dy, and relieve.hep long pen tup concen trated suffering’by-pouring U-out;'not in the hope of .gaining pity or. sympathy, J but as a relief to' th'C blttor.'burnlng lia-) trod Arid-vengeance that devoured ’ Foryears she hud heard nothing of MM jAheknewriot If he word- alive 1 or idsadLahehad no of.com? ,man(oatlng,wltri|UlMi or of obtalrilrig in-" • formatlori pririoernlug hIM;, but the ’pas- Blormtedeslre-for'thla supreme occasion’ : wofked ;lri Aer A toupbratiuolu: con Viet Urn; that it wpuld be brought about,.and.to. Jc she .looked dally with otrengtheriing as? 'suianoe;';- 1 ■-' I And thlri was the-only'hoperind Aim’ she bad given to her existence; m “ And Von ahallßee bow the devil spends TbotfroGodgavoforotUerjdnds.’' •• ,/ • '. r .ohe drowayclookhadelbwly struck' olovenwhOn Esther left fbe hushed and quiet little roopi to go to her, bed rooYn, which adjolnedlt, } Tbo white Window - curtains had- boon loft ppen, and the moonbeams lay still' \ J ; I ‘<> 'and spectre-like oh thebed. SheopeUed the lattice and looked oil t. Though the Season was different, the aspect of' the night s*ps strangely, like that of the ope, when; upwards of twenty years ago, she bad parted with James- Stbwelt; there was thesame repose, the same pure light; and while she gazed with bard dry eyes, a breeze, brpqght' the same perfume of which .thesecond crop was ripening. ; . - “I-ovomoforever," • ‘. - I'- her * parting l words . that nlght,ho!w atrangely had they come before her again, this very day I iDid all this mean any thing Perhaps so. ,T -", 'lt was post twelve when'shewent to, -bed, audnear daylight when she feil fnto a; deep slumber. ; , , i ■ From, this a faint noise, yet more, i a vague consciousness- of some unusual ' preaenco, r disturbod <\ Her, and; Wlthoht moving, she opened her,,eyes; they fCU on the figure of a man whose, back was to bet, and who was stealthily .engaged:, ’in forcing the Uodk of the little , trunk that contained the wedding dress. ' ' '- r Her nerves were hard, and she saw . all the dangers and ail: the requirements of; theposltlon at onee; so She 'lay motion-., ■less, watching ihim,.striving to,.regulate her breathing so that he might notbC come conscious of her waking, assured' that wheuhe perceived what, were,-the- Contents of the box, ho would, if nob dis turbed, retire-wlthout injuring her..'? i At.laat the. look yielded; and ihe lid was opened’; then silently raising the dress. he began to soareh underneath it.. Nothing? He cosefrom his knees, mid turned towards the bed. The pale.iight of the night lamp fell on both tneir faces: as their; eyes met, and they recognized each other. ■;. >"<. < j : Likea vengeful spectre Bather rose |n her bed, her face ghastly, 'her teeth gleaming from between'h'erstrisirieo lips,; livid circles round her glaring eybs.': ; : ! “Then the time ~/kjs come for pdr meeting,!’! she ,said. “ Traitor. robbar 1 truly: you have worke'd’Put 'yoqr'dtsiU; hyt' 0; i have thirsted, oraved;yearned, for 4h|s‘moment; and how it, has; ootne," I paqnotfind-words to convey one^tenth 1 Part of the hatred, the loithing ,1 ‘haye, for you?.' It was'not enough that • hhd'.rob.bed my." iyou th'r of; love, i:hb||e • peace, 'home, happiness;, that- .you . tree my. prlde.under foot; that you made 'nie. a by-tirord ’in'my own piacp-;''that' ypa. ■turned ever y wholesome feellngtn > mo’ into, venom p thhtyou.drove meforth fto'ta ■ heartfiand kindred—thisjiould notfshf;; ’fiffeT anJrhause-Breaker, J tS' , 'fiteal 7 niy wretched substance!; , Tea, look at: that dress!—my: bridal -dress!—such a. wed- 1 - .ding garment Is fit, in sooth, to intro-,, duce me lnto hCaveri; is it uot?’ ,: and the. laughed a fearful laugh, sitting: up intlio' bed;with polntlnglluger. ; - .! “.At all events,” she went. on;,“you, have now;’given me' the' means of exef-, cising material vengeance’ on - yoh. : • Yps' 'ihy. lover! yes, my betrothed ! the opu n-' try girl you.apurned did:,not die of loyo; for your sweet sake;' She 'hhd lived ■tp: ” I-:-. „■ 1| *' i ‘VIA wild, Choking yell -interrupted- her 1 speooh. aa Stowellj. selzlna her, throat, , forced her down .oh.the bed, orusb'ihg, the pillow over her head; tilt sound’and' movement: hadentirely ceased. . Then' -ho,removed them, and saw the blacken ed . visage with its 'startling/'eyeballs ’taring up at him; but fl xed r and sight- A.few weeks: later; the county papers: announced the execution of James Stow ell, with ah account of his career, for the wilful murder of -Mrs. Esther--Byre, a,h elderlylady-ofaomewhat eccentric habits, Who had ,long, reside, d , : at Liuley,—— shire;..under ah assuiued '.name; the n.lc-i.U.r, of OOUia Odlyuu ;vUCULiin_, ed for byTTet general singularity of de portment, there.being nothing to con ceal in her perfectly tranquil and blame less-life;- ’ j; THE COtONEI’S “Oin HO AN.” | ■I have never been able.to ascertain the orlginof the quarrel between theCrlpk leys.and. the Drakes. They had; Jlvejd . within a mile of each otberforflve years; and from'the.'first of their acquaintance there had'been ai mutual, feeling, of dis like batweontho two families.. Then some mlsuuderstanding.about.the boun dary of their respaotive farms revived the latent flame, and ' Colonel Crick ley having' followed ahd wounded a fat buck one afternoon came up to him and found old Drake and his sons cutting him up.! .The incident-added fuel to the fire, and from that time there was nothing the two families did not do to annoy each other. ■ .One evening Mr, Drake, the elder, was. returning home with his “ pocket full of rooks,” from Chicago,; Avhethor he had been to dispose of a load of'grain. Sam Barston was pdth him on, the wagon, and as they approached the grove which; intervened between theru and.'Mr. Drakes house; he observed to his companion; 11 What a beautiful matk Co loner Crick-, ley’s old Eoanls ovef jmnder! ' - Hang it ?” muttered ofd Drake; "so it is!» ■ •; , , : . The horse was ‘standing, under some; troesj about'twelve rods from the road; : Involuntarily, Drake stopped his team. He glanc'ed furtively around,.then with d queer smilethe oldhunter. took up his fine from tho bottom of the Wagon; and raising it tb.hiß Shoulder, drew a sight on the J Co,lopel , sdiorse.;n l .i i. : , ! ‘‘•Beautiful (0 muttered Drake, lower ing his rifle with the airof'a manrositt ing- a■ powerful' temptation; “I could -drop old Eoan so easy 1 ” . ’ “ Shoot,’.’ suggested Sam Barston, who loved fun IhTfny shape.". 1 “ No, no; ’twouldh’t do,"said tlia old hunter, glancing cautiously aroud him again'.. ' ‘ ; “ I won!t tell," said Sam. ; J : : “ Wal, I; woh’f shout.. this time, 'any way, tell or no tell. The horse is., too nigh.' If he Vas'fifty .rods off, instead of twelve) so there’dbe a b'sre possibility'bf mistaking him for a‘ deer)-I’d let.fly.' As It is, I’d give the,Colonel.liv'o. dollars for a shot.” - ...‘V- , 1 Atitbafc moment the Colonel himself stepped front behind’ a big oak, not half ia dozen paces distant, and > stood • before ) “)WeJl, why doh’tyou slioot ?’! .' ‘ j The old man stammered fit cbn fusion £ “Thatyou, Colonel? ;I—l was- tempted -to, I declare I And as I, said I'll give ; a ‘V’, for, pne.pnil,’’! , , ; ", ' “Sayam X, v andit'sa bargain !” ' t Drake.felt of hla trifle,-and looked at old Roan. • - ; “ How.much la the boss worth?” he mattered In Sam's ear. - ! .“About fifty.” 1 . •! i . “ Gad,, Colouel, I’ll do It! Here’s j our Xt” . ,The Colonel pocketed the money, Unit terlng! -‘’Hanged If I thought you’d take meiup!” , ; , . ; i _ tVlth-hlgb glee tlie old hunter put a fresh dtp on his; rifle, and stood up ip his wagon, and' -drew ’a close' sight on , old Roan. ; Bata; .Barstoq chuckled.’ TUd Colouel put;bls hand befprp his face mid chuckled too. ; . ’ ■ 'I ' “ Crack!” went ! the rifle. 'The hunter tore out a horrid oath, ,whlehT will not repeat; Sam was astonished. The Color no! laughed. Old Boan never stirred! j . Drako.etared at; his rifle, with h lace blackms Othello[s. , 1 , “What’s the matter with you,b'oy?-i ‘Pita’-time you ever sarvod me qulteaudli a trick, liswan I” “s-'l., ■ -o i ; .And Drake logdod tbe plocewith great' Wrath, andladlgnqUbu.; 'I ■ “JPooplesald you’d lost your naok o’ shooting,” observed the Colonel, In a cutr .tlug tone of entire. ;■ ■ , :.r I -. I' Who said so?, It’s a lie!.” thundered Drake. “IcAn'shootr-” ' , “A home at teu rods ! ,; ha! had" ’ | : Drake was livid. i ‘•Look. hero, Colonel, f can't stand. thatlV be began. ' ' . . ' i '! “Never mind, the horse ean,” sneered the COlone)., VJt’ll risk you."l Jk,: . Orlndingbla teeth; Drake produced an other ten dollar'Mil “Hero!" 1 he growled, “l am bouhd loi have another shot, any way.” .01 i;nts ‘ "Otaok away,"cried thaCtyonel, peek- -.;r/ ~:'J:Y}f:: .'.e etlng tbe noth. i 'Drake did o rack away—with deadly ‘.aim, too—biit' the horse did not mind the bullet lix tha least, To the rage and un utterable, astonishment of the hunter, old Boah looked him right in the face, as if he rather liked the fun. ' ■ , • ""Drake,” dried Sam, "you’re drunk! A horse at. a dozen rods—oh, my eye!" ' . "Just you shut your, mouth, dr I'll shoot you I " thundered the exalted Drake, “Tho bullet.was hollow, I’ll swear- The mojrllbslthat says -I canlt shoot! Last , week ! cut ,6ff a goose's hohd at fifty rods, hnd kin do it agin. By the Lord Harry Colonel,- -you can' laugh, but 1 I’ll bet, now; thirty dollars, ! can,bring down old Boon at one, shot.” , I The tyager waareadily accepted. The I stakes, were placed. in 1 Sam’s hands,-1 -Elated with the-idea of winning back I : hla two tens,.and mako.an,“X” into the | bargain, Drake parofully selected a per- I ■ feet ball, 1 and even buckskin :patdh, and : I beaded his rifle. !, : ,< 1 ': A minute .later Drake was. driving through the grove, the moat enraged, tbe most desperate of men;' His rifle, Inno-J - cent'victim of'hls-Ire, lay .with‘broken i stookou the bottom Of thowagon. Sam; Barsfon was too much frightened, to ■ Jaugh., Mean while, the gratified colonel was rollmg on the- ground, convulsed wlth laughtor. nnd old Bonn was .stand-, ■ Ing-undisturbed’under the trees.,' When Drake reached home, his .two sons, discovering, his ilhhumor and the mutlllated condition-of his ‘riflo-atock, hastened to.arouse his spirits-with a piece of,news,, which they- were sure would make him dance with jby. ■ , " Clear oiit” growled- the angry . old man. i“I don’t waht,to hear any.nows'j get away, or X shall , knock ohe of. you down.”.. , ‘ , I A ' But,' father; it’s 'sudh a trick !’’ '' l - ; l a.". Blast you add yOur : tMoksl” '. i ■ •• i;:”:Blayed off'cnthoiColorfell:” ... , On the .Colonel) "cried the. old man, begin nine'‘.to he' ;lnferelted.‘‘‘‘Qad.lf -ybu’ve* played tbe .Colonera- trlok, let’s hoar 1t.”,. a. i - ,r, “ Wel|i.father,,;Jed and , I, this . after noon,' went out for deer I —-”--' -. , “Hang the deer—comb tO tlio trlek." -. “ Couldn't find .any. deer,.but thought we must shoot something j so Jed banged' away at the Colonel's old "Bbah V, shot" hinidead'!” •'"•••••- • ■ '•, < “ Shot, bid .Rbnn?” thundered the ;o!d man. “By, the . Lord, Harry,;Jpd|! did , you shoot the Colonel’s, hossf" . ‘ --:^’issyifr'deVin ,r gisrricd'rn’b .l.: ■ ; ' ."Then," pursued Jaokj i c<infldent!'tho' joke part of- the story, ■ must.; please his father; “Jlm.ahd'l broppcdtlie boss up, - - * and tied his-head back with a 1 cord, and ! ' left him stand under the trees; exactly its 1 If he was aUve , l Haj ha! fancy, the , Colonel going to catch hltn 1 hpl" hbl wasn’t it a Joke?”- : /■ f .Old. Drake's head.fell upon-his. breast. - ■He felt -of his empty pocket-book,. and looked at his broken rifle,Then, in; a rueful tone, he whispered to tne boys’-- /. “ Yea, boys,: Itls a joke! But if you ! .ever tell of It—or if you do, Sam Bara- ; . ton—Fll skin.Voii alive 1:' By Lord Har ry, boys; X’ye heed' shooting at that dead .horse forhalfanhour at ten dollars a ' shot!” ... i PERSONAL HABITS Off THE SIAMESE TWINS, BY 1! AUK.TWAIN. 1 do not Wish to write of the personal habits of these strange creatures solely,,' but also of. certain curious 'details of vari ous hinds concerning them, which, be have never crept into'print... .KnOWirißrtnw- Twlhs, intimately, X; feel that l am pe , cullarly well qualified lor the task, I have taken upon'myself. , i -The SlamCseTwihsarenaturally tender and affectionate in disposition, and have dung to other with.singalarildelity, th'roughoutaiong and eventful life. Sven; as children- they were inseparable com panions 1 sand it: wasnoticed -. that; they always seemed to prefer each .other’s soci ety to that, of ,any other persons. , They :, neprly ’ always played together.'; and, 'so: accustomed'was their mother to this pe culiarity,; tbdiv.whenever. both, of them chanced to be lost, she usually hunted for ono of them—satisfied that when she. found thatone, : she would find his brother; somewhere in the immediate neighbor hood, And yet these creatures were ignorant and . unlettered—barbarians: whoknew not the lightof philosophy and > W hat h withering rebuke is this to -our . boasted civilization, wit h its ' quarrelings, its wrangllogs, and ita sepa rations of brothers! . ■ As meu, . the twins have hot always ■lived in perfect accord but, still,; there has always been a. bond between them which made them unwilling to go. away from each other and dwell apart. They have.even,occupied the same housd,. as a general thing,and.it Is believed.that they have nCver failed to'even sleep - together ■on any night since they were born.- How surely do the habits ofailfetimebeoofuo a second: nature to us!. The twipe always go to.bed at the sam'e'tlme' -nsually gets up about ah’ 'hour, before 'his brother. By on understanding between themselves, Chang, does in-door 'Worlf and Eng runs all the' errands. This, is beeuuse -Eng likes to go out ; Chang'a habits aret sedentary; However, Chang' always goes along. Eng,is a Baptist, but Chang Is a Eoman CathollQ.; still,t> please bis brother, Chang .’consented to '-be .'bap . tlzed at the same time ihatEng was, on, condition that it should, not ‘,‘oounl.” Earing the war they, were strong parti-', satis,and both fought gallantlyall through •the great .krugglo—Eng ■on 'the l Union .sldeand Chang on the pon federate. They - , took flhch other prisoner at, Seven, Oaks,. but the proofs of capthfe were'so evenly, balanced'la favor ofeaob tbnta general army court-bad to be assembled to ideter ’ mine which one was properly the, captor and-which the captive.. The jury was 'unable to agree for a long time; ' but-tbe , vexed- question was finally decided ■by agreeing- to' consider them bath'prisoners,' and exchanging them. Atone time Chang" was convicted.of disobedience of,orders, and sentenced' to ten’ days in the guard house; but Eng, in splleofall arguments, felt obliged -to share, hip imprisonment, notwithstanding,bo bimself.was entirely . innocent;'and so.Uo save the blameless brother fromsuffering, they bad.to dis charge both 'from.: custody—the just: re ward of faithfulness. >; Upon one occasion tlio brothers fell out about something; andChaug knocked Eng tiown, and,tueu tripped arid fell, on ’ him, where-upon bdth cllnched and began to beat and gouge- each other without > mercy-'- The bystanders- Interforrcil and, tried.to separate them, but they conld not do it,' and so allowed them to light it out. In the end both were disabled,'- and were carried to the hospltal on one and the same shufter.. ' Their auciout habit of going always 'together- has Its.-drawbacks when .they reached d man's'heatatei; and entered upon the luxury of courting. Both fel) in love with .the same girl. Each tried to steal clandestine interviews wlthdiori bdt tat the critical moment tho other. , would always turn up.. By-and-by Eug ‘Saw.with distraction that Chang had won tho-glrl’shflectlbns; and from that day forth he hadto bear-with the agony :of being a witness to all t'heir dainty,billing and cooing. - But ~with. a. magnanimity that dldrhlm < infinlte Credlt, 'he suo oumbed(tohlefute,ahdgave countenance and encouragement to a,state of. things) that bade fair, to sunder his generous heart-strings.. He sat from seveh every evening until two In' tUe'tnorning Hatch :lngi to t thov fond i foolishness .-of, the'twp (ovefp, and to the concussion of hundreds of sdyuudcriid' kisses—for the privilege of shoring only One of which he would have glvedihls right'band.<Bat hesat patient ly; and- waßcd, and .gaped, and -yawned and stretched i'.ahd longed for two o’clock - to oome. A’nd be took long walks with the lovers on moonlight evenings—some times travefslngtenmlloa,.nat\vithstan-: ding he was usually, sufferlng.-from. rheumatism; He is an ravetotatosmoker; MS iSBS»SS»I« irfisniQ ■ jnu ooinwrtedatToi .cent Ippr ; ad; per line fttr the flrtf end live cent per line for terly- half-Teorlv, and yeirily Mlvtitleeineule n, ertedet ellbefel reduction on itae ebore iatee. epeelfled lor pnWl*eU6n,«iejr, wlllbe otmtlnnea antllprdered bn tend oberged accordlnjly. . > - | but lie bdnld not smoke on thesis occa sions, hecauaothe young lady was pain* fnjlysensltlve to tbefsnieU of.’toracco. Eng Cordially wanted tßeni inSrrled; and done with it; bht although' Changoflen asked the momentous question,thoyou ng . lady could not gather: anfflolent;:, courage' to answer it-while Eng ■was.-'by... How ever, onone occasion, anerhavluiwalked . some sixteen inlles, and Bat up till nearly . daylight, Engdropped asleep, fremsheer ' exhaustion, and then :the? q'aesUalt was asked and. answered. The ;ldvem--yw)r« married.. AUaoqualnted clr .onmatances appiaadedthenobleorofUer ln-ia'w .. His anwayorlrfg., Ihltbfolness wasthetheme of evcry tdngne. He had stayed by. them all through their long and arduous courtship; ancfwben,at last, they were married, he lifted .his;hqnds above their, heads, , and said,’ with Im pressive unction, VBlessyej-my children, i wlli hever desert ye I 1 ’ and he kept his word,: Magnanimity like this is all ..too - rare ih.thls cold.world. V! r ■" *;■ Si -t By-and-by Eng fell' lri .‘love- with'-bis sister-in-law’s sister, and married, her, and since that day they : have all llvedr together,' night tn an exceeding - sociability which IS'touching and beantl} . ful to .behold, , and is a . something to rebuke our civilisation. 1.. . . - The sympathy existing between those two brothers is so close and so refined that the feelings, -the impulses, the emo tions of theone ato Instant-. experienced by the other. When one is sick the. other is sick; when one feels pain the , Other feels, it; when onels angered the other’s takes are. .Wo have already seen with what happy facillty they bdth fell In love with the same girl.- Now Chang Is bitterly opposed tw all forms of in temperance, on principle'; butEngla the reverse; for while thqae’ men’s fee dugs . .and emotions are Sd closely Wedded, Uielr reasoning faculties are unfettered; tuelr thoughts oxo free. Chang belongs >to the Good Templars, and is" a hatu-Worklng auce refonns. But, Tetter , distress everynowand then, 1 Eng gets dro n •. sand of course, that makesChangdrunk, ;to9, This unfortunate thing: has"been a great sorrow to ehang,. .forTt J almost de. ' , usefulness.in.his favorite field ftf efforti As sure as he Is.to head a /great temperance procession, 7 Eng. ranges Up alongside dfhlm.prompttothe minute anddrunk asa lord;. but’ yet no raore , , dismally.add hopelessly, drunk, than' Mai:, broth’eivw'hohaa nottaStoff;aArpp./A ull to the two begin to’.hoot .and yoIIL and -throw, mud and brloks at the Good Temp: ■: procession. Itwould be mamisteywrong' ~ to phnish Chang for what Eng does,, and, -therefore, the Good:Templars accept the 'Untoward situation and suffer, In'nllehco and sorrow. They haye officially > and.de liberately oxamlnedinto the mattef. and ' ’find Chang blameless. They have , taken : 'the .two brothers and filled ..Obaiigfutl of warm and sugar and Eng full, of ‘ whisky, and ia twenty-fivO minutes It wte not possible, to tell- which was, the drunkest- Both Were as loons, . and on hot whisky punches,by the! smell of Yet aUth,e. while / Chaßg’smoralptlnoipleswetflunahlUed, ' his conscience clear, and.so allinst men .confessed that he was not morally, but only physically drunk. By every right ana by every: moral evidence s the. man was- strictly sober; and,; therefore, ,it .. caused his friends all/the more anguish to see him shake hands, with'the, pump and try to wind his watob|with bis night - key. , ‘ ■ ■_ - ' --"I' - There is a moral in these Solemn warn ings—or, at least,;-a warning In these so emn morals; one or the nther.No matter, It la' somehow: .Let- us heed it; let us' rr. t - ii-aonld say more of an instructive na ture about these interesting bplngs, but let what I bave written suffice. , PosstJjr.H-We find , the following in; Merry's Museum • A naturalist says: * Last summer, while in my nark;'! observed a green woodpecker alight on the ground gome fifty paces be fore me; look around to seeif he was.ob served. and.then lie downand simulate death; by stretching,himself, motionless, and hanging his tongiioout as far. as pea- , slble. Hehad solecteda place near au ant hill. - - The ants,. thinking; him dead, would cover hia toqgue to devout him.— When it was black with-ants, he -would swallow them and: repeat the trick, 1 nil til his -maw could hold no more.! ”; We. would be glad to. know the name of the naturalist who has seen this wonderful thing—not because;we doubt, but be cause, as the children say, we want to be old the story, “ for spre.” ~ Hydrophobia.’— A remedy for this horrible xlisease is stated, to have been used with great success for fifty years by a Herman forester. /The method Is as follows; The, wound must be immediate ly washed with warm vinegar or tepid water, and then carefully, dried; a fe w drops of sulphuric acid must then be poured into the place, and the action of the poison, it is asserted, wlU‘be neatral- Ized. The principle, of.the cure,' would seem-to depend upon the: cautery; of the acid, as a substltuto for tho hotiron, but the'severity of the -.remedy renders it highly dangerous,’ except in oases of.ex tremity like that; of hydrophobia;- The pain of the acid upon healthy .tissue; is .intense. 1 ■■■’■■ 1 "A • WAiiNUI? OATSUP.-Thoronghly bruise one hundred and : twenty young wal nuts ; put t 6 them a pound of fine salt and a quartof vine gar ; stir them every day tor a fortnight then strain'; squeeze the liquor-from them through a cloth ; add to this one ounce Of J whole ' black pepper,' forty cloves, half an ounce of nutmeg' bruised, half an ounce of ginger and a'few blades of mace.; Boil the whole foi; half an' hour; strain and bottle it for use; ' A’certain fashionable book publisher of Now-York recently, while enjoying in Central Park oho overtook, an author of his whb was . quietly Jogging alohgi’hn modest bug gy, andremarkod Jqcpselyj as.'he passed the latter,,‘‘YpuUl ; excuse, hie'.gettlngii-, ahead of yon ?, u ; “Uoait plenudn it. Publishers generally \Ho get ahead of their authors l’.’.-was th&.quiek retort.,- v v.-,i. -■ ■; j-■ -Neubalgia.—Ah exchange ,saya a * gentleman of Troy has discovered that lemohJuicOiS'a sure curb for that 1 very common complaint,-neuralgia.- He days thatthe juioeofono lemon a day, taken in water, will edre the , most .obstinate , cases. No sugar should .life■ used; as-it has h tendency to counteract-,the benfits of the: lemon Juice. Thdse who' are troubled .with.' neuralgia- should; glye . thii simple .remedy a trial.,,. , - , Ai’PhE FniTTEas'.—Make hf- batter,. hot very atlff.wlthbne quart-* of milk, three/ egga and Iflotirto bring. It to a -right consistence,,, l? a f 0 and bprp a doz en apples, and chop.them.to about the sizoof .small peaa, and telx.themweU in the' battdri Fry them' in lard, ns yoiK 'would doughnuts. jFortrimmings use), powdered whUa ; auEar,Air i f./i , llil 1i ■ /.u !»). !; ;Jl'r.'An.i Coooanut Oake.— Take two pounds of sugar, pne pound of butter, one bound and, threio-ipiattets -'dffloar,' ten tegs, : two 1 grated" eocOanutSv onocnp of milk, land "the. milk 'of i the • qocoanutsp and half a’teaspoonfullof soda ( laat thing.— This makes two loavCa. •■ ’ ."A 1 man on his ‘ Eneland; -confessed to the {murder or his mother yowfts ago. ; J jjQrTo ascertain' the, piC a hors© put ygur toe wdothfc <ost.' ,' ; y-'&k ERNE .. f.: ~.
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