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Office No 8, Irvin’s Row, Carlisle, (April 29,1*69—ly- . _ \T\R. GEORGE 8. BEARIGHT, Den -11/ TI3T, Fr*rm the liallivurre Ootleue Of Dental {Surgery. Office at the residence of nls mother llMt Leather Street, throe doors below Bedford ■Carlisle, Penna. I Deal UWS. Ini Ir f. ii he Mliltb ER, J. S. BENDER, Homoeopathic Physician, Office No.«. Hnutb Hanover st,, lerly occupied by John Lee, Esq. [ Junea, 1869-ly. •ji n-ilni- lilf { T^ r EB. B. HIKON’B, Attounky and Rimim. COUNSELOR AT t. A IT. VETTH SXBEKT, BELOW CHESTNUT, Cor. Library, Oct 14, 18fi0-ly im i i> in ’■ROBERT OWENS, | SLATE ROOFER. •■ii VD DEALER IN SLATE, I LANCASTER, FA. All Work Guaranteed. H O- Orders Left at this Ofllce will receive HrrcmptatUuuloa. October 14, IKo9—ly. cnqnii'i &. Gilil su?ata anli (Sana Ijj'RESH BUMMER ARBI VAI n vrmib Olbhii'lj or ALL THS A £W BTYLEM OF HATS AND CAPS nd good r charg* ANT A NICE HAT OR CAP ? Irso, Don’t Fail to Call ok . J..G. C A L LI O. ,r/GV7 MAIS HIUihET, •roere can be Been the finest assortment of 76r HATB AND CAPS ra ,?« 10 Carlisle. He takes great pleas- BifillnJin* hlB 9 lt * Mends and customers, Wlvrd rrnm I- h a Mewdid stock Just re- S«Sftr t "7to Y A rl ‘ <*>*■ AND oahsimebe hats, frKt OndlßWr vurloly of HIIU und Copa o W®. A» ol which hf will cell al th u . Price** Alsd, tils own manufaolur Haui always on band, and HAPB MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. aluW 1 ? hCHlurmnucment for coloring Hnta fo Jl “didsof Woolen Goods, Overcoats, &0., at „NQortesi notice (as he colors every weekl and ft SS5dW iablo torm “- AlB0 ' a 11110 lot 01 re, Fail •eu, Yo tig yon fraya ,m I tobacco and cigars 11 i lll ' l ' Ho deal™ to call thoattentlo l° persons who have I COUNTRY FURS pays the highest cash prices for he at the above number, his »ld i*ctjon!f be f eciß confident of giving entire sa .is- / Uoots anli Slides. )AVID STROHM, W, D. SPONSLER, JOHN W. STROHM, N ®W AND POP^UB^ BOOT, shoe, TRUNK AND HaT . ■ STOKE. 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We have now on hand and just received from the cities, and from manufacturers, the lamest ntock of new. cheap, and good goods to be found- In any two stores la the valley. We have the best assortment of CLOTHS, OABBIMKIW, SATINETTS ' JEAAS. FLANNELS, TICKINGS. ' ginghams.pkints, ’ ‘MUSLINS. PUILADELPHIA. Silks, Merlnoes, Repps. Delaines. Alnacas Cobiirgs, Plaids and Stripes. ’ PftcaB ’ RIBBONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, Zephyrs, ■ Towrla,. Yarns,. Linen and Cotton Table Diapers, CLOAKINGS, low prices and fine ’ HANDKERCHIEFS, COLLARS ami CUFFS. Velvets, 'trimmings and more notions than can ue found anywhere under one roof. FURS AND CARPETS, Oil Cloths, Druggets, Blinds, Coverlets, Quilts. Hoop and Balmoral Skirts, ' of every description. In fact a splendid assort ment nf goods, and more given for the dollar, than anywhere else. " WOOL. “ at the highest price takvn in exchange. Give us a call Oct. 2S. 1869. Q.HOCEKIES, &c. The subscriber begs leave to Inform the citi zens of Carlisle and violnhy that ho has pur chased the Grocery Rtore of D. V, Keeny, No. 7K hhui)i Hanover Street, Carlisle, where he will carry on the Grocery Business os usual. His us sorimeut is varied, and consists In part of QUEENBWARB. GLASSWARE, STONE and EARTHEN WARE, CEDAR and WILLOW WARE TEAS. COFFEES. SYRUPS. ■ SPICES. . FANCY SOAPS, ROPES. TOBACCO, FISH, . OILS, HALTERS, SEGARS, SALT, POTATOES DRIED AJSTD CANNED FRUIT, * CORN MEAL, BUCKWHEAT, FLOUR. FEED, and a fnll assortment of articles usually kept in a first-class Grocery store. Give him acull, and BiUisfiicttou will be guaranteed. Oct. 10, IWI9. JOHN HECKMAN. Q HEAP COAL! CHEAP COAL I I The subscriber Is prepared to deliver, by the carload, ip Llraehurneru and other consumers alomr the Uni* of Hie Cumberland Valley Rail* roud, the celebrated HICKORY SMP COIL I LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES Efcß CASH This Coal Is of very superior quality, and will be furnished at prices which will defy all compe tition. The subscriber will deliver Coal at Carlisle, during the current month, at the following prices per ton of 2,000 lbs.: PEA, .NUT, STOVE,. EGO. And to other pomta of the road, he will deliver Itaddingor deducting lheexpen*elu freights. The above rates will be subject to the rise or fall of prices, each month at the mines. qeokge zinn, Office cor. Main and Pitt Sts., Carlisle. Pa. Deo. 23,1360. Tj'RE H H GARDEN FLOWER. Jj Fruit Herb, Tree, Shrub ami Evergreen seeds, with-directions for eulture, prepaid by rnnll * The mostcornplete and Judicious assort* raent In the country. Agents wanted. 23 Korta ol either for Si.oOs prepaid by mail.— Also small fruits, Plants, Bulbs, all the cow Potatoes. Ac., prepaid by mail, 4 lbs. Early Rose Potato, prepaid, for 81,00. Conover’s Co lossal Asparagus. $3 per 100; $25 per 1000, prepaid. New hardy fragrant everhfoomiug Japan Hon eysuckle. 60 cu,-. each, prepaid. True Dupe Cod Cgunberry, for upland or lowland culture, 81,00 f>er 00, prepaid, with directions. Priced Cata ogue to any address, gratis ; also trade list.— beads on Commission. - B. M. WATSON, Old Colony Nurseries and beed Warehouse, Plymouth, Mass. Established in 1842. —Deo. 23, iB6o— O HUMBUG I NO HUMBUG M Christian InbotT, of Carlisle, hoe tbe solo right os Agent for Cumberland County, Pa., for the sale, wholesale, of a new Burning Fluid called King’s Nun-Explosivb Builliant Illumina ting Fluid, which Is superior to anything ever introduced, and can supply the trade thronah the County wnoiesoie. --siifs Fluid Is cheaper titan Kerosene or any other oil or compound In use, emit* no bud odor or smell, and is perfectly harmless. M-rchunls and all others wishing to see and to test the article will please cull at my store. In Carlisle. * OOU 7, iSt».-tf. CHRISTIAN INHOFF. 1 h nn/l A Kenls wonted for the Priest JLVjUUV/ and Nun. This most exciting and Interesting book, by a popular authoress, Is now ■ready, and those who wish to canvass'for It should apply Immediately for circular, (with stamp enclosed,) stating territory desired, expe rience, -n to mitddld away bis money, in gambling or charity, to any conceivable extent; but there is practically a limit to the sum which can be spent directly upon oneself. What that limit may be ti ls, ofooutse, very dlfflcultto fix in practice; but there is no great temptation to be so rich that your wealth becomes a burden. Putting this question out of sight, and it is one that bus little practical lu tercet lor most people, the natural expression of:. Hie feelings of the unregetierule man Is I hat summed up so forcibly lu Clough's ballad: . -i .S 3 15 . -I 56 How pleasant it is to have money, be)ghot How pleasant It Is to have money I And as much of it os possible. Few, however, of the poorer classes will consent themselves with this refleo tlon on bearing of one of th».se vaat for* tunes whose existence is occasional y brought before us. We are, it may be, a little too jealous, or possibly a little too philosophical or too humaue, to look upon them with that simple pleasure with which we contemplate a work of art, or with which ladles will gloat over the stores In a Jewelerfa shop.window. We are driven ro reason about It, and to ask whether colossal foi tunes are, or can be made, good tilings for the country in which they exist. Our reflections pr* b ubly take the f rra of a simple argument .for demonstrating tin benefitsofequality. It la plain that tlie sum of human happi ness will he greater if a hundred men have each u thousand if one hud a hundred thousand a year hud' the rest nothing. After tho flr*t lew thou sands, every additional thousand accu mulated upon a aliiL’le possession gives him less additional pleasure than its pre decolors. To raise an Income of twenty to one of (wviiiy-oneUtioiiHund a year gives very little extra gratification to tta owner; he may keep another horse or two, and buy a few more pictoies, but all his chief wants Mug gratified, he can at must add a few comparatively insigni* CARLISLE, PA„ ’THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1870. ficant luxuries to his stock. On the other hand, the addition of the sain© Income to a mau who was prevloiialyjln the depths of poverty may lift him definitely to a higher level, and make bla life one of comfort, instead of one of constant toll and- vexation. Tlie argument proves conclusively that, given a certain total of revenue In a country. It will produce more happiness when widely distributed than when divided Into 'very unequal lumps; The ordinary .complaint about the rich growing richer and the poor poorer seems generally to Imply a lao.t assumption of this kind. It is supposed that there is only a certain ’quantity of wealth in the country, and that, If one man gets a larger share, It must neces sarily be made up from thusedf his poorer neighbors. If this were the real state of .the case, It should be the greatest object of philanthropists .to devise some means by which wealth might be made to flow uniformly oyer the whole surface of the country, instead of gathering in Irregular masses, and being spread thinly in one quarter and thickly In another. ■ Without asking whether ibis is appli cable to any particular Cases; It Is plain that it omits one essential element of the question. The assumption that the whole nmmtni of wealth Is a fixed quan tity Is the reverse ot the truth* Nothing, .moreover, can be plainer than that a rap id growth of wealth Is favorable to the development of large fortunes, and that reciprocally the possession of large for tunes is in many ways favorable to a rapid growth of wealth. Some of the' most striking phenomena In American' society are due to Ihe fl rst of these truths. .There was a lime when the genuine democratic, ideal was partially realized l there, arid when, as it is said, every man in Connecicut was rich enough to keep .a one-horse chaise, and scarcely anybody /101 l enough to keep a chaise with two horses. 1 That halcyon period has long 1 gone by ; and It la plain enough that, If American democracy levels even thing else, It.lias af least no .tendency to level fortunes. We seem to be approaching an epoch when such men ds Vanderbilt and Drew will be the most .prominent flames in the great Republic. The growth of such enormous commercial centres as New York and Chicago In-, evitably tend** to centralization of wea’th. A shrewd speculator who. la at the cen trr. towards which so .many streams of fortune are constantly flowing has im ! rneut-e opportunities of growing rich, la beyond'the dreams of avarice. There is'uo probability that the tendency will be diminished. The difference between the democracies ol 'he future and the' bid-fasbioued nristo cruilcies is hot that there wlll be greater equality of wealth in the-democracies, but .that fortunes will be more mobile, and 'will not give rise to 1 famines per’ nianently raised above their neighbors. We may look forward, in short, with fur more confluence to a period of plg u tio lortunes tliun to one iii which everybody will be modefately comfortable.* The dreams of socialists may be destined at some future time to take concrete shape; but so far as we can say from experience, the reverse of the process for which, they p'ruy. Is more likely to take plac«' Not only will great landowners become rich by the simple process ut sitting still and looking, on at the development of the country, but even if landed estates should be. summarily cut up and distri buted equally amongst the population, some more radical change would be re quired to check the development of h uge commercial fortunes. We shall have bankers, and muuuiu<-turera, and railway proprietors, whose wealth would se»m to us to be fabulous, even if the most strin gent legislation should enforce ine mi nute partition of the soil. Great for tunes too, are the cause as well as the oonsequen'ce ofa rapid increase of wealth; No. way of getting rieh.lt Is well known, is so certain as the -possession df a good deal of money. ra tmiDy departments of trade there is alhnarked tendency to the concentration of fortunes, because (he unity of management, the increased pow er of organization, and other causes, give a decided economical advanta e to tbe possessors ol lu r ge capitals. Enterprises become possible to them which require long foresight and the power of waiting for distant results, though they may be ultimately enormously profitable. Nor, however much may be dohe within a. cert-tin sphere by co operation, has it as yet given proof# of being able successful ly to contend in any wide field with in dividual management.- If, then we assume that the world will continue to grow richer, it is highly probable that we shall also witness a -teady accumulation of colossal fortunes. Atid it is therefore wiser, instead of sigh ing after a chimerical equality, to ask in what way they mav be 'made useful. If fortunes increase, the number of those who regard them with envy certainly does not diminish; and though the pov erty of the multitude may be in no sense produced by the accumulation of capital it certainly makes it desirable fur capi talists to occupy a position as little in vidious as possible. Very rich men may •be regarded with pleasure fiom a purely artistic point of view; but there are u good many paupers who do not care much fur art, and have a very strong ap preciation of the pleasure of getting u slice of their neighbor's cake. A miser, recording to political economists, is probably doing a great deal of good by his investments, whilst the spendthrift Is damaging tbe world as well as him self. But the spendthrift is the popular character,, because tbe immediate and an -ible results of his conduct are appa rently advantageous; from which it may be inferred that 'he miser would do wise ly to UispeJ the popular illusion as much as posainh*, and to make the good effects of his saving tangible not only to the philosopher, but to tbe vulgar mind.— Otherwise the vulgar mind may get into an uopbilosuphlcal state of irritation. - The advantages, indeed, of a liberal use of wealth are too obvious to require il lustration Everybody who boa any money to upend . is glad to Insist upon the unanswerable ( reasons for spending It upon himself. We are delighted >• demonstrate that there ought to tie a retlued and cultivated class in the community, and tun her to decide that we, who have (be money, ought to be the refined and cultivated class. Indeed, if charity reached such a pitch that everybody gave away all that sirictly be called superfiuoi *, wh should speedily become a nation of very commonplace Bemii)!iuper<-; and the only, though amply sufficient reason for not insisting upon the practice oi spending a Irrge part of our Incomes on iuxery as a Bolenm duty, is that we are quiet ready enough to do it without any sense of ty at ail. When, however, ciir income reaches above a certain point, it is dlfti cult not to go to excess in the discharge of this duty. What Is to be done then is a question which concern* few people. In an ideal state of things a man would perhaps consider himself simply as an officer intrusted with a large part of the national earnings, to be spout fur the world at large.' The late Mr. Peabody, whose death we learn with siucere regret as we write, seems to have discovred one way of approaching to this conception ; and people with small Incomes must of t»n have thought that if they had a great deal more than they Could possibly spend upon themselves they would ehdeuvorio rival so noble an example. When they come to be tried, h they generally find it hard to act up to the notion ; and Indeed the difficulty of giving away l many thousands wjihout dolpg more harm than good Is so enormous that it is ftcarceiy to lie desired, as it certanly is not to be ex pected, that the example will olten be literally followed out. W© can only hope In a general way, that., the growth of large fortunes and the ’increased public ity of exp« uditure may gruduallvl genor rm? Ull * uurea ®vd sense of responsibility, there is one other circumstance which tends in Dies we direction, and whose action may bo lain iy observed in Ameri ca. Ilia olten remarked that rich men are there more liberal and public-spirited i iu the use of wealth. This is partly ow* Ing totheprincple that, what comes easily goes easily • and that, In a country where people are accustomed to sudden, growth and equally sudden disappear ance of large fortunes, a man learns to care less about so transitory a possession. It Is also due to the collateral result that a man who has no motive for founding a great family is without one powerful motive for retaining wealth, A decline of the old aristocratic feellnv Implies that the son of a very rich man will be more generally disposed to start on his own re sources, and to look forward to a life ol more or less hard work. There is both good and evil m this result. A man per haps Is more ofted hurt than hefieflted .by Inheriting A large fortune; whist, on the other hand, it is very desirable that everybody should as a matter of course look forward to life In a counting-house orau office. Without entering upon so large a subject, we need only remark that the teude cy of which this Is an example IsTuvbrab'e to a more generous use of vast Wealth, as Weil as to Its fre quent accumulation. MASK TWAIN GETS HIS FORTUNE 'TOLD. I had heard so much abouttho cele brated fortune-telle'*, Madame , (I decline to advertls i for her in this para graph), that I went to see her yesterday. Shelias a dark complexion naturally,, and this effect is heightened by artificial i aids which cost her nothing. Bhe wears I curia, very black ones, and f had an im pression that she gave their native at* tractlveness a lirt with rancid butter. — She~weurs a reddish check handkerchief., cast loosely ..around her neck, and It is plain that her other one is alow getting back from- the wash. 1 presume she I -takes snuff. At any rate, something re- I senibling it had lodged among the hair*. { sprouting from a picturesque* mole on I her upper Jip. f know she likes garlic— I knew that as soon as she sighed. (She I looked at me searchingly. lor nearly a I minute with her black eyes, and then I said: I *lt Is enough. Cornel* She started down a very dark and. dis mal corrider, I stepping close after her. Presently site said that aa the way was crooked and so dark, perhaps she ban better get a light. But it seemed ungal lant loa’lowa woman.to put herself.to so much trouble for me, and so I siyd: ‘ *lt is not worth while, madam. If yon will heave another sigh, 1 think I can follow it.* So we got along all right. Arrived at her official and mysterious den, she asked me to tell her the date of my birth, the exact hour of ,that occurrence, and the color of my grandmother's hair. I answeied as accurately as I could. Then she said : ‘Young man, summon your fortitude do not tremble X uni about to reve a the past' ‘lnformation concerning the future would be, in a,general way, more * ‘Silence! You have had much troub le, some joy, some good fortune, some had. Your great grandfather was hang ed.* ‘That is all — } Silence ! Hanged, sir. But it was not his fault. He could not help It 1 ‘I am glad you do him justice.’ ‘Ah—grieve, rather, that the jury did. He was hanged. His star crosses yours in the fourth division, llfth sphere.— Consequently vou will be hanged also.’ ‘ln view ot this cheerful— ’ ‘I must have silence. Yours was not, In the beginning, a criminal nature, but I circumstances chan ed it. At the age of I nine you stole sug«i. At iiio uf fif teen you stole money. At twenty you stole horses. At twenty-five you com mitted arson. At thirty, hardened in crime, you became an editor. Since then vour cfesent has been rapid. You are now a public lecturer. Worse things aVe In store for you. You will be sent to Congress. Next to the penitentiary.— Flnaily t happiness will come again—all will be well—you will be hanged. I was now in tears. It seemed hard enough to go to Congress—but to be hanged—this was too sad, too dieadful. The woman seemed surprised at my grief. X told her the.thoughts that were in my mind. Then she comforted me— tills blessed woman reconciled me, made meconteuted, even'happy. ‘Why, man/ she said, ‘hold up your head—you have nothing to grieve about. Listen. You will live In New Hamp shire. In your sharp need and distress tile Brown family will succor you such of them as Hike the assassin left alive.— They will be benefactors to you. When you shall have grown, fat upon their bounty, and are grateful and happy, you will desire to make some modest re turn for these things, and so you will go to the house some nigh* and brain the whole family with an axe. You will borrow funds from the deceased, and dis burse. them in riotous living among ch£ rowdies and courtezans of Boston. Then you will he arrested, tried, condemned to be hanged, thrown into prison. Now is your happy day. You will be converted —you will be converted just as s..on as every eft »rt to compass pardon, comma ration or reprieve lias failed—and then ! Why then, every morning and every af ternoon, the best and purest young la dles of the village will assemble in your cell and sing hymns. This will show that assassination is respectable. Then yon will forgive all those recent Browns This will excite the.nublic admiration.— No public.can withstand magnanimity. Next they will take you to the scaffold with great eclat, at the head of an irupos i tier procession composed of clergymen, officials, citizens generally, and young laities walking pensively two and two. and bearing bouquets and immortelles You will mount the scaffold, and while the great, concourse stand uncovered in your presence, you will read your sappy little speech which the minister has. written for you. And then, in ihe midst of a grand and impressive silence,.they will swing you into per ,* Paradise, my aon. Th‘*re will not be a dry eye on the ground. You will be a hero! Not a rough there but will envy you, Not a rough there but will resolve to emulate you. And next, a great procession will fol low you to the’HQibb—will weep over your remains; the young ladies will sing again tlie hymns made dear by sweet associations connected with the jail, and as a last tribute of affection, re spect and appreciation of your many sterling quulitie-, they will walk two and two around your jbier, and strew wreaths of flowers on it. And lo; you are canonized I Thluk of it, son—in grate, assassin, robber of the dead drunk en brawler among thieves and carlotß in the slums of Boston one month, and the pet of the pure and innocent daughters of the land the next! A bloody ami hateful devil—a hewept, bewailed and sainted martyr—all in a mouth ! Fool I ho noble a fortune, and yet you sit here grieving I* ‘No, madarae, 1 M said, ‘you do. me wrqng, you do, indeed. I am perfectly satisfied. 1 did not know before thpt my great grandfather was hanged, but it Is of no consequence* He has probably cea u ed to bother about it by this time, and J have not commenced yet. I con fess, madam, that I do something in the way of editing and leoturing, but the other crimes you mention have escape l * my memory. Yeti must have committ ed them-—you would not deceive an or phan. But let the past be as it was, and jet the future he as it may, these are nothing, I have only cared for one thing. I have always felt that I should be hanged one day, and somehow the thought has aunoyed me considerably; but if you oanonty assure me tout I shall be banged in New Hampshire— * ‘Not u shadow of a doubt!’ ‘Bless you, ray noble benefactress l— excuse ibis embrace—you have removed u! great load from my breast. To be banged In New Hampshire is happiness It leaves an honored name behind a man and introduces him at once into the best New Hampshire society in' the other world.* I then took leave of the fortune teller. But seriously, is It well to glorify a mur derous villain on the scaffold, as Pike was glorified In New few days ago? Is It well to turn the penalty fora bloody crime into a reward? Is it just to do U? Is it safe? A ROMANCE IN BEAL LIFE. I The remark is often made that u truth is stranger than fiction,” hut its appiica- I tioo was never more forcibly Illustrated, I we think, says the New York, [Evening I Mail, than by the brief history of two persons, which culminated at the Aktor I House in this city. It runs as follows: About twenty.two year- ago, Mr. M., a I northern gentleman, married Miss N., of this State. To all appearances it was I. what the world would denominate ‘*a i I happy, marriage.”. Abont one year -after I I this union, Mrs. M, presented her hns* I hand with a fine boy, whose appearance seemed to.be an additional living and ! breathing bond of affection. The “happy couple” lived together forrfboutten years, I when, by a reverse of clrcumtuncea in Mr. M.*a business,-over which he had no I control, he became quite poor* Passing f over details, suffice It to say that a dl- I vorce criminating neither party was eaal- I ly obtained In apourtofo ..e of the Stales, I wimse loose lows now offer inducements I to the discontented to violate the solemn I ord'uance of marriage with impunity. I But this was not a trap sprung by one I party without the knowledge of the other. I it was a mutual divorce. I I Mrs* M. was a healthy, fine-looking I woman, and_lo a few years became the I wifeofa well-to-do gentleman. This was I a happy marriage throughout. The se- I corn! husband died a little more than a year ago, leaving the widow a small for tune of nb* ut twenty thousand dollars. During these eightor nine years of, life with a second husband, the lady did not loraet her first born ; nor the son loai j sight of the. mother. The. affection in •both was strong. The boy was the di vine magnet which attracted the divorced mother and tne wandeung father from j his search for business and happinessin j distant Costa Rica. At.the death of the I second husband, the son had reached the manly age.of twenty. Imagine his feel ings us he came to realize the.real situa tion of his lather and. mother. One u I single man I the other a widow! .Ohean I unhappy wanderer, still without sulfl- ( cieut worldly goods to make life.worth I living for; the other the occupant of I a husbaudless house. With a plentiful I lardei: Ever present was the thoughi I that one yet lived whom she had sworn I before God to “ love and cherish.” He was the father Of her sun. The son, who loved his mother, loved..bis fa*her not less* The mother could not gaze into, the face of her only born, without behold ing the image of his father. Time parsed. The son brought his divorced father and widowed mother together. They talked over the past They agreed upon the fu ture. The son was the centre of altrao- J tiou. He was 'flesh of their flesh, bone p»f their hone* The ties of nature w**re ( too strong for resistance. Like two drops of; quicksilver the two hearts united. Yesterday, in this city, the sou had the happlueSs to celebrate the anniversary of his twenty-first birth day hy the ex I traordinary scene oi the marriage of his own father and mother I This was joy enough for one day. History does not ufiotd the parallel of this picture. and Mrs. M-,accompanied by their son and several mends, dined at the As- j tor House yesterday afternoon, and after- I wards left- for Boston, on their bridal j t«»ur. to enjoy his uecoud and her third “honeymoon.’’ The sou, who is« prom incut, fine-looking young man, is a tele graph operator of excellent abilities; and employed in this city. ■ Plants In Sleeping: iCeoms. Though the air la dependent for there newd of Its oxygen on the action of the green leaves of plants, it must not be for gotten that it is only in the presence and under the stimulus of light that these organisms deco pose carbonic acid. All complaints, irrespective' of their kind or nature, absorb oxygen and exhale car bonic acid in the'dark. The quantity oi noxious gas thus elminated la, however, exceedingly small when compared with the oxygen thrown ,out during the day. When they are flowing, plants exhale carbonic acid in considerable quantity, and at the same time evolve heat In this condition, therefore; they resemble animals regards their relation'to the air; and a number of plants placed in a room would, under these circumstances, tend to vitiate the air. While the phanerngaroia, of flowering plants, depend on the air almost entirely for their, supply of carbon, and are busy Printing. I , A Might in m Japanese Hotel f Pumpeily, in Ills boob of travels round tbe wor/d, givesthe following very cor rect sketch of the manner of sleeping in Japan : Ab I was about to paaa my first night n a Japanese bouse, I watched anxiously he preparations for sleeping. They were simp's enough; a mattress In the form of a very thick quilt, about seven feet long by four wide, was spread on the floor, and over it was laid an ample robe, very long aud heavily padded, and pro vided with large sleeves, Having puftfh the night dress, the sleeper covers him self with another quilt, and sleeps, f. e., If he has some years?, practice in the use of-hls bed. But the most remarkable feature-about a Japanese bed lathe pillow. Tbi. Isa wooden box about four inches high, eight inches long, aud two inches wide at the (op. It has a cushion of folded papers on the upper side to rest the neck on, for the elaborate manner of dressing the hair does not permit the-Japanese, especially the women, to press the head on a pll low.\Eyexv morning the uppermost pa per is taken off from the cushion,exposing a clean surface without the expense of washing a pillow. . I passed the greater part of the night in learning how to poise my bead in this novel manner; and rvben Iflnallyclosed my eyes, It was to ua that I was be ing slowly beheaded, sod to awake at the crisis to And the pillow bottom side up, and ray back resting on the sharp lower edge of the box. During my stay in the country, I learned many of its customs, mastering the use of chopsticks, and ao oustmuiug-my palate to raw fresh fish, but the attempt'to balance my head bn a two inch pillow I gave up I ■ despair, alter trying iu vain to secure i ie box by tying it to my neck and bead. A. Woman of JPaahlon Rent\o the Pml. tentlari* A sad spectacle was witnessed in the court of General Sessions, New York city, Wednesday. Marla Smith, a mid dle aged woman, was tried and convicted of picking the pocket of another woman in a street car, and stealing forty cents. She was sentenced to three years, in the penitentiary. Of her the Sun says: But before leaving this poor wonjan to her fate, aVd whfle she yet lingers on the threshold of her living tomb, we will take a view of her past career. Delia Leese, (that la her name), was horn In Birming ham. England, mid Is about thirty-five years of ago. She came to this city with her parents while very young. Doing an only child, no mousy, no pains were spared in her education. She lost both her parents just when she was budding Into womanhood. Thrown upon her own resources for awhile, she 'accepted the hospitality of some friends, and in the course of a year or two married George i.eese, who afterwards became a noto rious thief, and finally abandoned her altogether. Being an energetic woman, in the prime of life, and possessing rare charms, she experienced no difficulty In obtaining sufficient funds to establish a hotel, in which business she was highly sucoss ful, amassing a large fortune, estimated at oyer $lOO,OOO. But her star at length began to wane! Surrounded by a number of admirers, all eager to supplant eaoh other in her good graces, she forgot her self, and became the paramour.of a man who Is conspicuous in the politics of this Deeper and deeper she sank into .the abyss of dissipation, and at last all her hard-earned money had been squandered, and her beauty faded, and she found herself a forsaken woman. Toe rest is briefly told. Waut, exposure, and ranch suffering Invited the malady with which she is afflicted, and to buy bread she made an attempt to steal forty eenla, was detected, received a severe sentence, and now goes to expiate her offence. The friends of her better days assert that she was exceedingly liberal to char itable objects, sometimes giving a thou sand dollars to a church or eleemosynary InstltuUou. In a Tranee for sixty Hours—Savad by a Mother's I*ove, The Pan Francisco Morning Call, In a history or the life of Peter Bernard For ster, one of the proprietors of that pa per, relates the following incident, which should be a warning against the prevalent practice of burying persons supposed to be dead without a positive knowledge that such is the case : ‘■‘Prior to bis dissolution Mr. Forster requested that a poet mortem examina tion be made of his body. The reason for bis desiring this,to be done was that, when only about twelve years of age, he had laid in a trance for sixty hours. He had been ill for some time, and finally fell into a trance, which was pronounced by all those in attendeuce upon him, with the exception of bis mother, to be death. She, with a mother’s hope and love, refused to believe that be was dead, and resisted all suggestions os. to the ne cessity of interment. She watched by the side of her child for a period of sixty hours, and then had the great Joy of dis covering signs of returning life. Proper means having been applied, be recover ed his health. During the time be was in the trance be knew everything that took pioca in the room where he lay, could near and understand all that was said, but could not move a muscle or make a sign. This caused him to ex press a wish that be be not buried until bis death was certain.’ A few days ago a very starchily dressed Individual called at an out-of-the way shop on Howard street, New Or leans, over which swung the sign of Dr. Jeflries. ‘‘ls tfie doctor in 7” be inquir ed of a delapidated colored man who an swered hissummons. “Hearn daf, sir!’’ ' was the smiling rejoinder. “Tell him I think I have symptoms of small-pox, and wish to consult him.” The whites of the negro’s ey.s grew intense, and his dusky complexion assumed rapidly a creamy hue. “Golly, boss, what you say?” “Tell the doctor I’m sick with the small pox, and wish to see him.”— The astonished African gave a wild leap, and darting through an Inner door, slamming it in the visitor’s face, cried out. “Leave dis yer house; I don’t wan’t no small-pox I” But the doctor?" ' “Golly, boas, I'so the doctor, hut I ain't good at small pox.”—TV. O. /Picayune. Every year a great number of Rus sian families visit the German watering places, and many of them become ruined at the banka. A South German paper announces that tbe Russian government is now corresponding with the German governments to which the various gamb ling-hells belong, referring to the sad consequences of these -institutions, and asking them in the interest of moraiity and humanity, to do away with the in stitutioa altogether, otherwise the Rus sian government will see itself compelled ‘ to heighten tpe difficulties In the way of granting permission to travel, and to for bid its subjects to reside in those provin ces and countries where gambling banks exist. An inquisitive urchin, the other day, says an exchange, while reciting a lesson from tbe Bermon on the Mount, broke out“ Ma, did Christ get $6,01)0 a year for preaching?" “No, ray child, he did not get anything-” “ Why didn’t they pay him?” "Because be refused to preach politics. The devil offered him a large salary to do it, but he would not accept the call.” " . " - Youno lady (to Fred with thin legs), “ Fred, I always admired your courage; I knew when I first laid my eyes on you that you were brave to rashness.” Fred, (coming up smiling), “Ob, don’t my dear. Why do you say that?” "Young Lady—“ Why any man has courage who can trust hlmselffor a long time on such legs as yours I”