unt«v, v i |® u Dollars per year If paid strictly • ,/ ■ * V. w‘ ii’ro; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid , * eltiii ttirco mouths: aftnr which Tliroo Dollars , . S ' charged. These terms will bo rigidly ml- 1 ■- ■■---rr-— —■ .' . ■■ - -■-■■■- ■■ ■ - - - - - <■ - ■ _l_' ._ t—r-_"■ §■ ihi lu every Instance. No *ml.nctiptlon'dui- ” by bratton & Kennedy. Carlisle, pa., Thursday, April 27, isti. . • _ > vol. ptoteesmuni ©aras. fijaTJil) 'STATES CLAIM " ‘AND slh ESTATE AGENCY* Wk. B . BUTLER, ATTORNKT AT LAW. IBv« tu Franklin Homi. South Hanover Street |Bwi<K m.l county, Pomm. by mall, will receive Immediate ißhrt/pi'lerrtftentloii given to f,hoBclllngor rentr Real Batata, In town or country. In all lot- Brijf.r inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. ■julyll.lWO-tf n e. BEIirZIIOOVKK, Y'ATTOR&EYviT-LAWj OAULISLJ3. iu. 'a-Oflleo on south Hanover Street, opposlHT iTnU’Mlry goods store, pec. 1. IjjlDtßrCH & PARKER, 111 ATTOakICVS AT LAW, [ oflef* on Main Street. In Marlon Hall, Car- Lde. Ph. , I pec. 2 H*W— n B o. S. E M I G , ** ATTOaVRY-AT-DAW, omcu with 9. Hepburn, Jr, En.it Main' Street, o\HUl3lvli, PA. feb.3,71— ly . rrT ICKNNEIW, Attdr.vkv at Law V'V , Carlisle. Pan mi. Ofilcesuiuu us thutol iim l, An»firl‘*an Volunteer,” 1 v W. t 1>»70. ■ f \\i GEORGE 3. BEARIOHT, Dkn \J TFST. From the TlntJlmnre O tUrfje of firnUtl iiriirrif.. Ofib’cat the residence of ills ninthof j,,t timulmr Street, three doors below Bedford V'idc, Pmum. Pp<‘. I im . , anb vffana nut is ri u- a it it I v a Xi L OF AI.L TITE AiSIF STYLES OF ' HATE AND 0 A PS. ' Tin* RUbscrlbor Uns lust onomM at iXo. 15 Xarlh fltii'HTr Street, ft few doors North of the GurHsle (pim-dt Bunk, oni’ of the largest and hcsf.SLocka uml HA.P9 ever offered in Hiirllslc. Silk Huts, Cjisslnmro of *«tl styles and qualities, Btiif Brims. dlffenml colors, and every descrlp- Umi Hals now made. The Dookarrl. and Old Fashioned Brush. ( on* Unruly on hand and made to order, all wan ant ed (ogive Kiitlsfiud ion. <V full assortment of MEN’S, BOY’S, AND CHILDREN'S. HATS. 1 nftvft also added to my Stock, notions of dlfler ent kinds. consisting of • . • J,.U».3S’ AND GENL’LMMfIJN’.S srpOV KINGS Fecit j ten. Sit-tpeiurrm, Cbllar-% Olovcn, J>enc ih, Ihrend, iVeitdnff SUk, Umbrella*, &o PRIME BEGARS AND TOBACCO ALWAYS ON HAND. owe mo n call, and examine my stock as I feel nnfiilent of pleasing all, besides saving you mo- JOHN A. KELLER, Agent, No. lo North Hanover Street. Oct.lKTO. jjf ATS AND CAPS i ( hi£OU tVXW A XIOH H bT OR CAP ? ‘ IF 30. DON’T PUL TO GALLON J. G.CALLIO, no: 29. WES! MAI.X STRhRT. iVhore can ho soon the finest assor tmenl of HAT3.ANO.OAPB •vor brought to Caritaio. Ho takes creal.plens are in Inviting his old friends aud customers, Ami nil now ones, to hl» splendid >-ock Just re cuivcii rioni .now York and Philadelphia, con sisting In part of one SILK AND.CASSfMERE- HATS, besides an endless variely of Hats ami Caps of the latest style, nil ot which ho will soil at the Lowest Cash Price*. Also, his own manufacture Huts always on hand, and - HATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. He has l>«s nest arrangement for coloring lints and all kinus of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, Ac., at the shortest notice (us he colors every week) and on the most,reasonable terms. Also, a fine lot of choice brands of .- TOBACCO AND CIGARS ft’waya on hand. He desires to call the attention of persons who have COUNT Tty FURS to soil, as ho pays tho highest cash prices for Us, same. , Give him a cull, at tho above number, hla dd •brni), us ho feels coutldunl of glviug.eullre ua is*, fuoihm. , f'et. JK7O. itlumfcn-si, Sec. I ? i? ? I 1 JAMES O.VMc'BSLti. I W; F. ‘ lIRN WOOL) JIEJS WOO O, plumbers) GAS AND STEAM FITTERS, No.lB Korth flan over St, CARLISLE, PA, BATHTUBS. 1 WATER CLOSETS. V WASH HASINS. HYDRANTS. MET AND FORCE PUMPS, CISTERN AND DEEP WEN. PUMPS. O.VS FIXTURES, GAS SHADES AND GLOBES Ac., Ac. U, Iron and Terra Cotta Pipe, CHIMNEY TOPS and FLUES, AH kinds ol brass work tor Steam and. Water constantly on mxnd. VVOEK IN TOWN OR. COUNTRY promptiv attended to. 43-Tmracdlute attention Kiven to orders for material or wovU train a illslunco.j£Br Having special advantages wo are prepared to furnish COPPER WOBK lo all descriptions for FUlll Houses purposes at homo or at u distance. COPPER PIPE furnished to order either drawn or brazed. B i*' ft k k k k fc 6fc 8 p, 1. 70-ly j>yj OTIONB WHOLESALE AT constantly on hun«l such ae GLOVES, SUSPENDERS, NECK TIES unci ROWS, SHIRT FRONTS. Cambric and Mnon ITnmlker chiefs, JyJueji ami I’apur Collars ami ruffs, TihunungH braids. Spool Cottnn. UallettH CiimtiH. Slutl«n»r>, Wrupplng Paper and I’upor Hugs. Drugs, Hemp* and Pm fnnieiy, Hhoe Jhaoh, Htovu No. 21 South HanovcT hlreet, March «0, Wl-fim. ( / , urlhU t . Pu. j' L. STERNER & BUO., LTV flit Y AKU kAT.E STABT.L, -BETWEEN HANOVEBAND UEDKOItT 31-.. IN THE REAR OP BENTZ HOUSE, CARLISLE, RA. Raving luted np the Stable with now Carri ages, I am preparml to fural&n first-class lum-onts, at reasonable rates. Parties taken to an 1 from the spring* A.Or|l IHJl*.—*2v JOJi WORK, of every ilescdptipn, ex ocuted at ttifs office. fttrfc {fill. TJOOF L aN D> 8 GERMAN MEQICINES. ■Hoofland's German Bitters, Hand's German Tonic Hoofland's Podophyilin, Hoofland's Greek Oil. Hoofland's German Hitters. A Bitters without Alcohol or Spirils-of any kind, fsdlfTerent from nil others. It fs eomoosed of tho pure Jmccs or vital principle of Roots Herbs, and Burks (or ns medicinally termed', extracts), the worthless or Inert, portions of the ingredl en is tiot being used. Thai ©tore, In one bolt le o! this Bl'lers there Is cnnljilned mm much medici nal virtue as will tie found in several gallons ot ordinary matures. The Boots. ,u.. used In this Hitlers arc grown in .Gw-rmany, Ihelr. vital prim clp'es extracted in that country by a scientific Chemist, uml forwmded to Hm'munnfaciory In tlilschy. where they me compounded and bot tled. Containing'ml *pn Muons ingredients, this Bitters is free from tin* »l Jnetfoiis urged, against .all others; uodestre for sUnmhuits can tie In duced Irom their use. they cannot tu.-.Ue drunk ards. a nd can not. under a ny circumstances, have any but u beneficial effect, Hoof land’s German Tonic Was compounded for those not Inclined to ex treme bitters, and Is Intended for use In cases when some alcoholic stimulant is icqulred In connection with .the Ton la properties ot the Bil lers. Each bottle of tho Tonic contains one bot tle of the Ailtlers. combined with pure Santa Cruz Rum.and flavored in f-neh u manner tlml the extreme bitterness of tho Bilims is over come, forming a preparation highly agreeable uml pleasant to the palate, mid containing the medicinal virtues of (ho Hitlers, 'fhe price of iln* Toole' i s 31 5* -per boiile, whleh many pe>. hour think too high They must lake tnio con sideration Unit the'stimulant used is guaranteed to ho of a pure qualify, A poor article could he furnished at. a cheaper price, but. Is It not bi-Uer to pay a 111 tie more and have a good article? A medicinal preparation should contain none but the best IngredientH, anti they who expect lo obtain a cheap compound will most certainly be cheated They are the greatest known Remedies For LIVER COMPLAINT. DYPPEPSIA, NER VOUS DRIULCTY. JA UNPICK, DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS, ERUPTIONS OF ’ THKSKIN, ami nil dlNOtwes «rl«- 1«h fmm a DlsonJpreit Liver, otomach.nrlMPUßlTY OF THE BLOOD. Reaclhe follow lue syDiploma Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles,Tall ness ofHlocul to the (lead, Aul'lltv of tho Stom ach, Nausea. Hfjut-bmn. Disgust, for Food, Fill 'noss or Weluht lu Hie stomach, Hour .Eructa tions, HinUIPK *> r FluMorliiK at tho Pliofilm Stomach, Swimming of the HVad, Hun led or Difficult HmtHihqf, EluHerfritf at the Heart, riiolctmjor suilncatlnK Seusiillonß >vhen In n Lying Post ure. Dimness ol Vision. Dots or Webs before Hie Bight, Dull Pain in tho Head. Deficien cy of I’msntraHon. Yellmvness of the Skin nwd Eves, Pam in the Side, Hack. Chest, Limbs, dre.. Sudden Flushes of Heal. Hnrnlnir in the’ H« sl», Onslant Imaginings of Evil, ana Great Depres of Spirits. All iheso Indicate Disenso of ihe Liver o) Digest.vo Organs combined with im pure blood. l*he U"« of the Bit ters or Tonic will Boon* cause the above symptom* lo disappear, aud tho pu llout will ecomo well uud heuilhy. . Hr, Hoof land's. Greek Oil, Lightning Cure for all kinds of l*ains ana Acnu. Ai’i’t.iKt) Externally.—tt will euro all kind of Pams um) Arhus, r-llch us Uliemimtihin. Neu ralgia. Tondmehe. L'ndhtains,c-prams, Hrnlsea Fro-i. Hites. Moadacbes, Pains in tho Hack and Loins. Pains In Hie Joinlsur Limbs. 9tlugs ol lm«eids. Ulngworm, etc. Taken Iniernally.— r t will cure Kidney CmiqilakniM, RneUaehes,Sick H«!ada«he, fho'lc, Dyseitierv, Dlarrliam. I’ooleru lnlninu)n, i'lmle iu Morbus, LTanips uml Pains in the stomach; fever uud Ague, Coughs, Colds, Asthma, etc. Dr, Hoofland's Podophyilin, Oil SUBSTITUTE FOR MERCURY TILLS. Two Pills a Pose, TJiemost J'owrr/ul, yet inupemt Vegetable Cathartic known. It Is not necessary (o take n. liandftil of Jhesfc Pills to produce the desired olT**»»p, tun act qulcal.v aud powerfully, cleiMifbuK the **i Slomaeh, uml Bowels ol ah Inuitiritles. ihe principal ingredient m P<»lophyJhi». or the Al cohollc Exiraclof Mumlrulte. which in b> 11 im i> times more I owerfnl, AcHng, and Heiujliing, than Hie Mandiuke llseli lispeeulmr acilou Iti. upon the Liver, cleaning H Bodily from «» oh t-uncHons. with all. the power of Mercury, yel free from me Injurious resulla attached to the which.(he use of a cathar tic is Indicated, tbe-e Pills will givooullre bulla net lon In every case. They never fun. In eases oI Liver I’omplalntw, DvHpepplo, and x/reina O.»tl»enos», Ur. llonf ..inf's Oernj.. n IP.tlui sor Tonic Hhoukt Ue usetl I n ‘j o ' ll ‘ e ‘ l * <ir ‘ wlil\ tin* Pills. 'J'lie toniceflccl of Ihe Btuers or Tonic builds up lliesyslem. Tho Blitepbor lon ie minfl’*h the Blood, Mlreiigtlietiß tho nerves, regnhites the Liver, and gives strength, energy, a, K.ep°y.*)ur Bowela active with the Fill*, and tone up the system with Hitlers or Tonic, ond no disease can retain its hold, or ovor assail you. These medicines are sold by all Druggists and dealers in medicines every w mre Recollect (hal It is DR. HOUI'hANUn ULlt MAN RKMEDJE-S, that are so universally used uml highly recommended ; and do not allow the iirm/uihL to Induce you ti» lake anything else say J Just ns aeoe< b = s h j tmikes a larger profit on it. These uemcaie* ; K , by Express to any locality, upou op- TUfLALELTUIA. aims. M. Evans, ■ Proprietor. Formerly C. M.:JACKSON <Sc CO. Th«M> rpmpdys nre for «at»* *tor ekofiMM-M and 'medicine ueabTS throughout the Umlfd Smites, Canadas, oouUijAmerlca »»ud lb* West ladles.' a ec. 1. XB7O-i|r ar\ * * 1 poetical. .■„ jt- *■ THI QUESTS OF THE HEART. Soft falls through' the gathering twilights Tl)o rain from’lho dripping oaves, - And htlra with a tremulous rustle ~ • The dead and the dying lo ves; Whilst afar In the midst of the shadows,' I hear the sweet voicis<-f the bolls Come homo on the wind of the Autumn, That fitfully rises and swylis. They call and they answer each other— They answer and mingle again—’ As the rtfcep the shrill In an anthem Make harmony gtlll In their strain; As the voices of sdhtlnels mluglo " In mountainous regions of snow, Till from hill top to hill too a chorus below. 4 The shadows, the flre-ligbt of oven, Thesound of the rain's distant chime, Como bringing, with rjiln eofth’dropping, Sweet thoughts of a shadowy time; The slumberous sense of‘seclusion. From storm and-intruders aloof, Wo feel when wo hear In the midnight The patter ofrtluou the roof. When tho spirit goes forth in Its yearnings, To lake all its wanderers homo, Or, afar lu llie regions of fancy DeUghln on swift pinions to roam, I quietly sit by tho firelight- Tho fholight so bright und so warm— For I know that those only who love me WlU'bouU iuo through shadow andstoruj. But should they bo absent this evening, Hiould even tho household depart— Deserted, I should not be lonely; . There still would be guoaW lu my heart, Tint faces of ITMids that I cherish. The smile, aml tho ulunco, ami tho tone, Will haunt me wherever J. wuncloi; And thus I um never uh tie. with those who have lo r t f.ir behind them . The J )ys and the sorrows of tim. 1 — Who sing the sweet songs of the angola In a purer and holier clime! Then datkly, evening o) Autumn, Your ram and your shadows may fall; My loved and niv lost one» you bring mo— My heai t holds a feast with them 'til, ||liscdl;inanis. ST. hi MM'S EVE. To all America 1 re-pprt fully befflenvp to ilmlicule mv l«lo. To all those who ure soekln}? lo onler into the holy estate of ■ matrimony'l present ihd hint portion, ami tlioseVho have ahemly known tin* trfiuhles ami joye, Lite cures ami hMss of a connubial tile; will find tho hitler part applicable to themselves. ' I beg of, all not lo despise it for the homely dress it will Ge-arrayed In. I mean it to be so, the plaih common garb titled for the every day use ofllfe—spun and woven from home-made materials. I am wrhhtff tills us if I was perfectly sure of Its being accepted by (hut formid able person, •theediim/ who is often tlnies by no means easy to suit. This much bv way of preface. • Dora Newby, the subject of. my tale—T eannnt call her heroine—was llie only child of lie'r father—a substantial, well to-do fanner, ami a widower. Ah a mat ter of course, Dora grew up pelted and weli-niffit spoiled. Bite was imturnMy Inclined to he.self-willed, petulant ami selfish; ami the want of a mother 1 * guid ing, and a kind. ea«»y father’s spoiling, In no little measure Increased andatrength entd all her failings. She grew up wild and untaught, save what it, pleased her self to learn tty »,»a She irrew aho prettlerwilh every passing year, until alie reached the age of eight een, nmlwnstliena petted, Spoiled young woman with plenty of admirers, for she .was the village heiress as well as its belie. ■ Dora did not believe in having only one string to her how. She wanted more and she -kept two always on hand. A Inrge well-built man named Binuvtli waile, and a liltK smart, aelive one named Benjamin Binhmond,- were lier two favored swains. Slip tyrannized over both of them, and kept them in a com slant stale of nneertnlnty. enoonraulng now one, then tire oilier, as lha humor suited lier. and this not for weeks or months only, hot for yearn. Five long years site kepi them hnlh attached to her ’until their patience was well-nigh tired not. ... ' Dorn was rjnlek enough to see this, and had half resolved to make’ up her mind, and determine in Ihe favor of one or the oilier, when fate ilselfdeeidvlthe matter for her sooner Ilian aim intended. Newby Grange was an old fashioned farm limise, wiili all,tlieold appliances of large oloapts. wide chimneys, arid a ca pacious brick oven. This oven was In ihe silting room, and heated hy a flue from the large lire of the kitchen. The sililng rooin had two hay-windows over looking Die garden; ami these, hay win-- ■ lows were the places where her love making L'Plterallv went on. Am I Imve'.eaid, live years’ courtship had been the hard, nnretpileled servitude of both her followers, when one day, a Saturday, in Ihe ninny tnonrtrof dune— Beit ntehmond was seen hy tile watch ing. expectant -Dora coming np the gar den pi,ill lo pay Ids usual week’y visit, with nn tinnsnal resolve and deterndea (ion on Ills face. It- was so. The loi'g, hot. walk had lirnl Idm, and lie had come fullv determined that day lo know his,fate, either to,tie accepted or rejected without aov longer fno’ing. Born intui tively felt, dial to day. at last, site eon Id no longer trifle, and felt annoyed at (lie thought of belli}! driven up into a comer partly from idtjtle. parity from wi’fnlnesa detetmined to say no, shortly and llatly, to Ida request. All Tn vain were poor Ben’s earnest entreaties and passionate pleadings; aM in vaiit, his long, weary ivaiilng, and lie gave it up weii-nigh in despair. He made, however, one last attempt, one final append, when, in Ihe midst of his talking, they heard (he garden ga'e eretik on its hinges, and, looking out, saw ihe tall form of Joint Kmurtliwalle strid ing up Hie path- i . Now it SO happened BmurMiwaite hnd pome ns well that very dav. big with the same resolves that possessed lien. Here was a to do. Well did Bora know how Bimirtliwaite had vowed that If ever he caught Ben in the net .if poaching, as lie termed it. on Ida ground lie would inflict on him such bodily punishment as lie would tint easily forget. There was no lank of courage in little Ben, hut still he felt a.id knew lie was utterly- unable in physical strength lo compete with Smurlhwaite. What was to lie done ? .... Poor .Ben I fear of punishment, and still greater fear of any appearance of cowardice before Dora, tugged hard at his heart. Data herself decided tite matter. Him wished no lighting or disturbance,at least in her presence. •Here, quick, Ben,’ she said trying the ■ two cuphoartTdoors in the room, ‘come in here until lie goes.’ Alas! the doom were locked amlthe keys up stairs m her bed room. ‘Whatever ahull Idol* she ejaculated; her eye lighted mi iheotd-fashloned oven —the very place she thought, and open ing Ihe door in crept Ben. Scarcely was he safely stowed In, when smurih wuilo entered the room. . ... Long, very long* he eat. and, like Ben hefoie him, plead hla cause and urged his Hjiit with no encouragement, from Dora. He was interrupted, however, In the midst of 'his most pathetic appeal hy a loud thump, where from he could not tell. *Wlm« is that,Dora?* he inquired. ‘Only the rattukwaa the answer Again he be gan his entreaties, again to be interrupt- J.l hy another Ion*) knock and the sound of a votes anil up and halt smothered, ‘For Ood’s sake let me out I* it cried, ‘X am roasting alive V Dora remembered all too lute that it was baking day, aud,lhe servant in tuo kitchen, nil nnwoiilngof thearrangeoo cup-int oT the oven, !m<l dnwu out the dumpernnd-lef hi (he heat. Kre Durst could reach (ho door, It flew open and out tumbled Ben,, hot and an* gry. before the astonished gazeofSmurih walie. ‘John,' fluid Ben, ns soon ns he could speak, ‘take nay claim to Dora. . I have done with her. I always heard love-mak ing was warm work, hut never so hot in E have found It. Good bye. Dora; Edo not choose being naado a cake of like to day;* and he left them. HmurthwiUte ami Dora both laughed; they could not help it; and as, he felt how ludicrous qny.more attempts at love-making would be, he also, very shortly after, left. Left, and never returned again, and so Dora lost them both£ Young ladies; all take my advice. Keep one string to your bow, if you find it a one, and do not play with two . For a few months l) *ra was loverless— when, at length, a third appeared in the person of John Vunno’e, mH, after a short, a very short prdhatb n, was accep ted ; for (line was passing with her, ami both her former admires had taken .to themselves partners less ohdura'c than hersoT, and Doradid not care, to live and die an obi maid. John Vwnnote and his wife soon* too soon, however, found out how unsuited they were for e»CU other—too soon for their happiness, too late, however, Ip remedy it. They were both alike In dis position, equally selthh and each loving their own self the best It was a sore and grievous disappoint ment to both John and his wife that’ no children bles-ed their union. God with held this great gift and blessing from them. No little prattling voice wAsgiven them to break the solitude of (heir fire side: no we**, toddling feet natteu*d over the floor. This golden link was wanting to unite, the last rusting and Irksome fet ters with which they hud hound them selva-* together, and gteut was the troub le of both, and bmd Dora's murmuring thereat. And what should have but drawn-.them closer 'needier for mutual comfort and sympathy became au ad'll-, tlonai cau.-o of dissatisfaction and' dis content. Ami so, clay by 'lay, the little love, cadi hud for fhc? other cooled mi«l was fast ilyfmr away. Day by *1 ly each one grew more ami more Intensely selfish, Jess and less careful of each olbe ’h com- fort and happiness, and more miserable nnd wretched fretting ever n.ore and more a( the strength of the chain which hound them loge'her. 1 am writing no fanciful, childish story. God known my purpose and tale Ib seri ous enough, and one ot too frequent oc ean rence. In every little act of their daily’ Uvea they very boom got to thwart each oilier. Very quickly no mutual concessions were offered; Scarce a meal passed by without quarrelling and squabbling about adme little unimport ant trifle. Each bud the same likings, and each resolved to gratify them at. the expense of the other. In a few words their Jives became-'grievous and burden- some, both to themselves ami a I con nected with them ; and they very quickly grew to positively di-llking each oilier. And ho the. months parsed until it came near the eve of St. Mark. Now in the North of England there is a great deal of mi perstUfmi at tached to tfi b* nigh L ft Is very generally believed that the ghosts of all who will die the ensuing year walk in solemn procession «t the midnight hour down the road their oof tins will hereafter pass to the church porch. This eve falls on the 24th of April. , Leading to the village church in the place where these two lived were two poniiu—tbe'one the pnMic road. through the village, and another, a oy-piuo, acioss some fields. When the 24th of April came round In due course of lime, It occurred to John Vunnnte that lie would go that night and see if Ids wife's ghost,would make Its ap pearance. It so happened a similar resolve possessed Dora. Of course neith er of (hem betrayed by word or sign their intention to the other. The day passed anil night came. After tea John fidgeted about for some time, ami Jhen left the house for the ostensible purpose of foil tiering and looking after the cattle.'-. Dorn, hr soon as ids back was turned, put mrTier I) hmet and shawl and went out too, on a pretended visit to a neigh bor. The night was a moonlight one, lint Hie moon's light wus obscured by passing clouds. Ah soon uh John bad finished tending the cattle, half ashamed of his errand, and fearing to meet any of Ills neighbors, lie intuit! his way across the Helds to cite church yard. Dora, more timid, cln ae exactly at thesnmetime the road through the village.. The one arrived at the church yard gate just as the other reach ed tlie style from the fields into. it. Si lently and quietly they belli, unknown to eaidi oilier, went into tlie porch'? they readied it, and just then iliemoon shone out for.a few moments?full and (dear hi each other’s faces. They both stared at each oilier—a long, steady look, and ■ hen the moon’s light was with rawn lieliind a.cloud ; and when Itagiiin shone out llie church porch,was emnly—imili had as silently relumed home, each thinking they Imd seen the other’s gho-t. The lahlo was laid for supper when John Vannole eame in, ami Us wife. Dora sitting sewing l>y Hie fire. .Some lint sausages mi l mashed potatoes were warming hy it—his favorilc supper.— Astonished at Hie unwonted attention In Ids eiimfiirt and taste, in silence lie drew Ids chair to Hie table, anti both sat down and proceeded to eat it. One sausage remained after each had been fairly and equal I v helped. Each of them, hereto fore, would have claimed and sought to have it. To Dora’s astonishment Joint very quietly took jt and laid it on her plate without n word. As quietly she rend veil it back to Ills. Tile servant looked on astonished at tills unaccustom- ed proceeding on hnlb their puna. Again ami again wus tlie same tiling done— each attempting to foree (ton Hie oilier, and hath nearly quarreling about making Hie o lier take it. The same feeling ac tuated both-each thought Hie other doomed ere very long to death, anil felt, lor tlie short time yet loft them to he Wether, they could iiltbnl to lie kind to eaoli oilier.' At least such was Hie tenor of Hie thoughts of cadi as they went to rest Hiul night. ’ - ’ •Ah well,’ thought John, ‘I wonder when she will go—how soon or how late in the year; won’t Hie house be quiet without tier! However. I'll bb kind to her and hear with her for the shore lime she has to live, so that ray conscience cannot reproach me when she's gone.’ Ami so week after week passed, and month after month, eaeli giving a little and taking a little—bearing and forbear ing with each other; and so tlie time passed, and the year drevfcnear to its close, rnd another HI. Mark’s Eye ap proached. One wild, gusty, rainy March night as both were seated near tlie fire, Dora worklngand John smoking, bis thoughts went wandering over tin* past year and wandering on into the future. And as l e sat and smoked ami thought, he felt half sad ahe would so soon huvedo leave Ilf 111 - for, after all, thought he, she lias been a good wife to me Hie last ten months. No ilonht death has east tils softening shadow over her, ami site ieels' idiangeil by it- HUH it puzzled him : there bite sat, so beidtbylo'ikliig, so con tented, and so happy—it must be sudden, thought be; ought I not to tell her what I know, ami an warn and prepare her for It? I will, lie resolved, and just then seeing her look thoughtfully at himself lie got ready to speak : ‘John,’said Dora, suddenly,'l should miss you very much if you were to leave "'hc storied anil nearly jumped oil Ills elmir. His very llimighla of her. ‘Hear’me, Dora! how ynn alartled me, for f wua thinking tlie same of you.' ‘Were you?' anaivereii Vot’d —‘Ah,’ well, I shall be sorry when you go.' * *f go, Dura! U’s your turn, first, my lass, I'm alter thinking.’ *1 do not think s»»/ she replied, *T .know you’ve to go soon, and I tin light I ouuht to toll you.* ‘Why do you ihlnk so?’ ‘Because I saw your ghost walk on St. Mark's Eve/ said Dora. ‘And I saw thine/ answered John. ‘Hump! you were there, then, John?* *1 was, Dora, and It seems thou too?’ Tb«y were both silent again a short time, and Dora sat and sewed, and John smoked and thought. > ‘Dang it all, Dora/said John,‘we’re been uncommon happy the past year, why-shouldn t It be so to the end, eh, pora? Thou’l't glo a little and IMLgle u lUtle, and we'll* try and baud on ao for the future/ • And to the cm! they tried to do so.— Of course at times there was an occasion al outbreak, but never for long—ami a not the only result* « ™,—„ For, after seven years* married expe rience, two of them dissension and trou ble, ami (he other five of mutual help ami assistance, Dor,*., contented with her lot and feeling happier.every day with iter husband, he, prosperous and satisfied, both of them were yet*to receive a sur prise, and 'that a joyful one. A' young John Vaunote most unexpected made Ilfs appearance, ami after him a little girl and unoih *r son, and the measure of their happiness was complete. Does my story need any moral where with tp po’nl it ? Can not one and all of my readers find it In this simple vil lage tale? Need I say In words.how it isthut our lives so often, fail of their great, grand purpose and'aim through neglect of little tilings—little words of sympathy, little deeds of kindness, the Hide grains of amenity which nth down and polish the rough home's of the hard stone, and hnug into full play Its mos' beautiful- colors? Oil, reader mine seonr not my tale for Its homely garb, hut cut snd tit it to thine own dally weir. Despise not, the day of little things, for “btttlo tilings on httlft wings ■ hear up oui soiils t,»lb-avAn,” Trr.B ORTorXAi. citkamiioat Ritn.vrb •—Twenty years ago sfeamhoafing on ‘the hikes whs rather a li ve|yTm*ine*s, am* r>*m petition wa* very brisk. The Detroit Pont tells the following story of a contest for passengers: The General Wavhe and Colombo* were hotfi up for Modulo, and stentd op ready for a start. Onfaliis, clerks, engi nears and all hands were.on the wharf am! telling all sorts of shinies about, liieti own and the rival boat. Mnmdage headed off Captain Pratt, of Petend»nrg, captain of (he Wayne, who had in low a squad of half a doz"H passengers, whoso leader, bargainer and oracle was ast ro«g minded woman of forty-five, who didn't quite like the manly,hlgh-pressin’, steamboat* pdmt’s oilers blow-in’ up, besides scaldin'- folks/. ‘But, my dear wmmm, 1 sakJ Bnmdaire. ‘if you’ll Just step up this a minute I’ll convince you that the CaH umhns can’t blow up; U’m Brundagegot Iheeompany to the gang wav. and 1 hen brought up from the kitoh en a bucket of water not warmer than milk from a cow. ‘There, madam,’ cried tho exultant ami ciitlifiil officer,.*wo never heat our water hotter than that. So you sea we can’t blow up; and If we should; don’t yon see the water ain’t hot enough to hurt anybody ? Wo carry low steam, we do.’ The argument and illustration were conclusive, ami the Columbus got the passengers.. It *!s related ,of Brundage that, upon another occasion, he was at the packet landing in Buffalo as the boat came in Uftn)ifntf>r on evening, exercising his eloquence to ‘induce n party of piously-inclined travelers to take the Columbus, which was to leave for Oe’troifc-Sunday morning. They ob jected to going on & Sunday bout, bid slid did not like the expense’of' lying over In Buffalo, until Monday morning. Brumiuge’s explanation satisfied and de cided- them: ‘Ladles and gentlemen,’ said he’ ‘we won’t do any Bnndsy work on the Columbus., only to get her out of Buffalo. You see we get up steam enough on Saturday night lo Inst all the way to Detroit; and then as soon as we get p-ist the light house we lash tin wheel and let her jog along herself. She’s been through so often she’knows Ihe way just as well as any of us.’ They went with him. A Country dp Pi,ocks and Herds.— Tlie Ran Francisco Bulletin tells of such a country within the Hurts of that Slate. It, says: Tlie vast regloiiuetween Hie valley of Hie Platte and the eastern base of Hie Sierra, la rapidly filling up with stock-raisers. They do not jostle eaeli other; because' nearly all of them occu py as m.tell territory aa is comprised In tlie smaller Slates of New " England.— . Herds of cattle, numbering from 5,000 to 10 000 lieail. arc full ml. lii the high table lands and in the valleys, while Ihe’more. mountainous . oiintry sustains fioeks ot shehp, which are pro inctng'some of the heat, wool eent to market. The.Juod on copied belongs to. the Government, and at present dues mil cost the 0.-enpants a cent—not even for taxes By common consent, one herdsman docs not Iresp'sa upon Hie leniloryof number, and caul) decides for himself bow much is necessa ry to supply pasture fur tils cattle. We fiave iloiiesonn lliing in the wsyof cutlle ra l sing in California; lint hereafter the great pa“(oriii.regioii of tlie Un if ei IS’uCs will embrace Hie territory between the Colorado mi the south and Hie Columbia on the north.,Hie Platte, valley on the west. The more elevated regions wilt produce the finest wool in tlie world, and Hie table lands and valleys beef In such abundance that a pom—mint can buy a steak for something less Hum the price of a day’s wnrk. Uemaukadi.e BEHCUE.-In the year 1028, Daiidaininaii Kasdar, of Branden burg, Hie newly chosen Governor of Bel lenz, was riding over Hie Ht. Golhani from Zng, accompanied by Ids servant ami a faithful dog. At Hie top of the pass he and Ills servant were hurled by an avalanch**. which descended Irom Hie li'icendro. Tit" dog alone shook him self free. Hts first care was to extricate Ids master. But when lie saw lie could not succeed in doing lids, lie hastened - (nick to Hie hospice, and there, hy pitiful howling-and whining, announced that an accident hud'happened. Tlie hind lord and ids servants act out immediately will) shovels aiid pickaxes, and followed tlie dog, wbicli ran quickly before them. They soon reached the place where Hie avalanche had fallen. Here the faithful dog stopped, suddenly, plunged his face Into the snow, ami began to scratch it up, harking and whining. The men set to work ot once, and alter a long und diffi cult labor, succeeded in extricating Hip Lamlamman, and soon afterwards his servant. They were both alive, after spending thlrly-slx fearful hours under Hie snow, oppressed by Hie most painful thoughts. They tied heard the howling and harking of Hie dog quite plainly, ami had noticed his sudden departure, ami theatrical of their deliverers; they I uni heard them talking and working, with out being able to move or niter a sound. Tlie Lamlunmian’s will oulaltieil that an Image of (ho faithful dog should ho sculptured at his feel on his tomb. The monument was seen till lately in St. Os wald’s Church, at Zug. , , ' Mark Twain tlnm prescribes for an aspirant to literary (ame; •Youno Aurnoii.’—Yea, Agassiz docs reroinnieml auihora to eat Hah, because the phosphorous in It makes bruins. Bo ■far-yon are correct. Hut X cannot help you to a decision about the,amount you need to eat—at least, not with certain ly. If the specimen composition yon send la about your fair usual average, I vital I Judge that perhaps a couple of whales would he all you would want for the present. .Not the largest kind, hut simply good middling sized whales, THE OLD F9RT—A NATURAL WMOER. Chryerxnc CorrtrpMVlcnl LouiwlUe Commercial The Natural Fnrf, as It Is called, Is situated about Ufteen miles sooth of Cheyenne, on ti e old singe road leading to Denver, verging a little to the west of sooth. This fort fa very peculiar In Its formation* ami dlfllcult, to as to give a correct Idea of its appearance.— • I should say It was originally a hill of sandstone, and that the elements, had moulded it Into Its present shape. Ills almost circular In form, with a level open area in the centre of about or : Ally yards lu diameter. This Is entirely closed by a sandstone wall, except on one side, where there Is an opening several yards wide, which gives free access to the interior, and represents the sally port. This wall varies from fifteen to fifty feet in height, I should say, „I did not measure It. The wall upon the western side is "’p't i bbatjiy ;^cn’‘*t>f"(\fteett^feetrtliick T ,.perft. haps more at -the base. Upon the east ern side the wall Is much higher ami (bicker. We clambered upon the side of this part, and went over it. The whole top was honey-combed and cut Into chambers, with wail rising up, sons to conceal us from the plains, or even the area within, were concealment sought, and these watts were again pierced u* though for looprholes,, or .windows.— Home of these places would accommodate five or six men, where ihey would have a moist admirable point for defense, shel tered almost entirely from an enemy's attack; others would accommodate four or six times as many, and, I think,de fenslble positions could'have been found on every Ride, po that the Tort* could, in the hands of a few resolufe men, he pro tected against many limes their number. A little to the east, distant about 100 yards, there Is another formation some what similar, much smaller. The Into nor Is hut a few yards in extent. The approach to It is through a narrow crev ice, fust.large enough fora man to pass, while the walls of (be passage are about fifteen or (wenfy feet high.. The walla of Ibis, like (he larger fort, arc cut up Into little chambers and re • cesse*. Through It they might ho de fended, The interior had i i bed of sand, beaten from (be aide of,(ho walls,-us Hue us nhy feui sum!. |{«ih of ’these forts .are wonderful, a*- works of nature, In their defensible char acteristics; a'so, as monuments of the power of t he elements. A lone I'tinehmun had put Ida cable down beside the larger forlllicaUon, and built ids* stable within the area ; he hud aisonmdea gatewiy In the ■sally-port.’ and thus had a yard for hlsstccit at small expense. A TIDES STORY, The following story is told In a letter from New Goa:—Tu tho province oi Sulcele is a village named Cuncollm, .where the Marquis of Fromeira, of Por tugal, holdsan extensive landed property, Mod it is bounded on two sides by thickly wooded hilts wherein tigers, leopards, jackals, wolveH, hyenas, and other wild, beasts reign supreme. One evening, not long since/n full-grown tiger entered the -lltilo-vUlage at the foot'ol the hill, and without cetennmy walked into a poor man’s collage, at the hour all the mem heis of the family happened to he absent at their daily Vocations in the Held, with the exception of a very old woman. Bhe, poor creature, no so.mor realized the sit uation than she screamed lustily but not luHtily enough to drive the beast awa> from the place. The poor woman next tried to effect her escape flrrfin the cottage, hut infirmity proved a bar to her realiz Ing her wishes in lids respect. The bloodthirsty animal, therefore, leisurely approached and um<le short work of ids victim; The tiger, who hud cottage by the front door, now quietly walked through, out by the back door which opened Into one of the most fre quented lanes of the village. There he perceived, gathered together, a score or so of mev of all ages, some with firearms in their t nnda, others with swords and sharp chaff-cutters, but the majority thereof with thick, heavy cudgels, and »dm«elf the subject of general remark.— To clear a mat! for himself, the tiger sprang and caught one of the cudgel men by the thmht. Bhorl had been the cudg el man’s sit rift, had not. a valient Mussul man, perched on the. ro»d of the old no* man’s cottage, sent a bullet through the tiger’s rigid thigh. Tills rendered the lieast furious, ami, peicelving (be. man from whom he had received such unkind ly treatment, he, .with a tremendous roar, sprung atone hound on the housetop lieslde the Musaulm nq, who dropped his gnu and- shrieked foe aid. The tiger seized him, with one bound descended with him In hlsjaws, and speedily made an end of him. The friends of tho do ceased, by this time also furious, ami bent on vmigeauce, with butt-ends, swords, cudgels'and‘Stones, brought the (•east to the ground, and so belabored him that, with a mighty liowJ, he expi red.* - Tt Is well 'remembered hy onr army ofileers that various delicacies distributed uy t lie civilian .delegates to Hie various, commissions ami relief agencies, ' tin* iinijor part were, obtained hv a class ot patients who made tin* most imtso, ami not hy those who were Hie sickest. It.'was afl-r Gettysburg, when'(he corps tins- itals were crowded wit It woun ded. thaf, white dressing's slight wound patient started, up, as a delegate to Hie Christian Commission passed Hie tent, and asked: •U’arn't that a Christian?’ •Yes.’ ■Jove! Imt I.forynt In yrn'/n! Well. Hint is tlie first one of them I've missed yet. I wonder whal ha had !' The Dunkirk “Journal’’ says that a curious imllvidua) was greatly perplexed at tlie opening of Hie Masonic rooms, the other night, to understand the whysatul wherefores of Hie three large candles— which had conspicuous- positions. He viewed them on all sides,-'thoughtfully summing op in Ids muni (heir probable use. At Inst his patience was exhausted ami turning suddenly about, lie made hold to ask a Mason ‘'whal those candles were for?’. The’Mason, lo iking about him' to see that no one was near, and exacting must solemn promises of secre cy, got close up'to the car of Ids friend, and with baled breath whispered: ‘Thu candles are to hum.’ q In California, when the diggings were paying well. Signor Blitz visited a gulch, anil before a large amlifen.ee exhibited ids legerdemain- During the-performance lie look out ilia, handkerchief, threw It into Hie air, caught It again when he took a twenty dollar gold piece out of It, asking thu boys if they could do that— Old Pete, a ‘flirty miner,' wlm Imd never 'changed ids mining shirt since he Imd came into the diggings, Immediately went upon 'the platform, took off his sldit and dipped the tail of it Into n buc ket of water, held It up and wrung ont 539 50 in gold dust, including fifteen pounds of subsoil. Blitz took tbe next mule train- A New farmer wanted a farm hand, ami was applied to by an Irlsbinan'who wanted wnrk. The far mer objected to engaging Put on tlie -ground that two Irishmen previously in Ids employ had died on Ids bunds. ‘Tlien yon object lo hiring me for that, do ye?’ said Pat. ‘Faith, and I cun bring you ilcominomiations from many a place wberoT’ve worked that I never played snob a trick !’ ‘Str.KNCE in the court room there;’ thundered » police magistrate, ’tha court has already committed lour prisoners wlllVohf being able In hear u word of tes timony. 1 57.—N0. 46. ' .political. . ORAHT AT THE TOMS Of WASHIH9TOX. The unusually Hue ami warm wcnlber which has caused the treus.lo blossom ami to put forth their leaves as Ifqhcy hu<l been touched by a magician's wand, was calculated to draw people out lof their houses- 80 It Is not to bo-wondered at that our President began to feel the need of 11 a little trip.” As> the season was not sufllojeml.v advanced for horse racing, for fronting, or for Long Branch, he was somewhat puzzled to know where logo. After racking his brain for some time it occurred to him that-ho never visited Mount Vernon. The thought hud all the charm of a sudden inspiration ami lie proceeded at once to make prep arations for Ills pilgrimage. Orders were Instantly dispatched to the Navy Yard, '■vmrr'mnml ing 'thoiifticers.of,A.U’.B..wiir steamer to have things.all lu.reailluess to receive the royal family mid their guests Immediately after breakfast the following morning, with steam up for a day's running down tlie Potomac. At ■ their own convenience, nftcr a hearty breakfast,'the select party made their way to the wharf and boarded the vessel. The sun shone with glowing brilliancy and soft airs came Iroui the Sooth laden with the perfume of flowers, as the stately steamer cot Its way tlirjaugh the placid waters of the Potomac. We need not trouble our readers with the incident* of this pleasure trip, de lightful as the young ladles of the party found It to be. Our business is with U. S. Grant, as he stands puffing Ida cigar beside the tomb of George Washington. Uls face wears a look of more than us ual stolidity, and, as he mu nub vs at the eind of weed, beseems h> be ruminating. We wool 1 llke to fathom his (houghtsHs he chews tlx cud of fun«*y, If.he thinks at all. his m’lid must he tided with throng, ing Images, oa lie, the hist President of the UnPed States, stands before the vault in' which lies (he onffim of tin* great man who Hint ruled.over this nation, What n thioiigof remembrances must •crowd upon Giant if he lias niiy n. u siliilitv ! How vividly meniorv imwt tiring hack the events of his piM ll r e. Ids -chool days at West Point: ids disgrace ful dismiss’d from the army ; the, years ~,f poverty and delmudiery which follow ed ; ids humlde mtrance Into the army ; Ids wonderltd advancement over the heads of better soldiers; the terrible 'daughter hi Virginia, where hesucrltlced multitude* of meti with astern reckless ness of 'human llle; t l, e.final surrender of-Lee.;.the terms which were granted ; Ids Hip to the South, and his Isv arable report to Andiew Johnson; ins connec tion with ibe Stanton ullalr; the dispiua iile means lie employed to 1 ingratiate himself with the Republican party; his cindidsoy ; bis election; Ids Inaugura tion, mnith (he loud acclaim of all those who vote 1 for him; the Belting of Catti net positions and other high offices to those who gave Idm rich presents which he «o gieedily grasped; rhe apportion ment of paying nofMons among his numerous relatives; his sole stroke of palicy, the Sau Domingo J< h, ami Its annihilation.. As Grant stands by the tomb of Washington lie must wonder tinw he ever cnmo to he numbered among the successors of (lie Illustrious dead. No greater contrast’ls to he found in all the. annals of history than between the first and. the lust President of the United States. We wonder whether a suspicion of that fact entered Grant's dull mind. Did he call to remembrance the chncacrpr (of him who is justly styled The Father of His 'Country—lds great purity of life. Ids high sense of honor, his, unselfish devo tion of duty, Ida unmercenary spirit, his loft'r l.wo of coimt/rjr, Olti elevated ami enlarged patriotism? Did lie contrast his conduct in office with that of the hero who slept in the vault beside him ? Did he realize for amoment'what wouldhnve »pph the poor'n of Washington for ft Pres- ident who greedily grasps nt every pres sent which rich men oiler him ? Did he reflect upon the sprit with which Wash ington would have endeavored to heal the animosities .engendered hy the war, mid to wine out nil traces of the bloody conflict? -Who ran tell whut Grant rfmy have thought as he smoked Ids cigar in the quiet shades of Mount Vernon ? Let ns hope (hat he paw his own life set in the true light hy a eontraat with that of Washington—that he caught something of the spirit of the great dead, and that ho was able for a moment to realize lht*t the ofllce of President 1h something'’more than a cnnvenlentcontrivance for enrich ing himself and a crowd of avaricious relatives and flatterers. The contrast between the first and the last President of the United States is so great that even Grant must have been struck by It. —Lancaster Intelligencer, MISSOURI. Platform of the roiiftorvniivo Republl* Sr. Lours, April IB.—Twelve genMe ♦nen, who style themselves the “Liberal' 1 Republican ’Executive o«»mmP'ee of St. r,»»nls. publish address In which they explain the eccafdou of thfc exHetiee of !f»e • ommltfee, and (he p«wj(b»n of (he movement in which they are encaged. after whi"h (hey sum up (he position and policy of the Committee in the following intform First. A Democratic tmMof box equali ty of citizenship as established hy the constitutional amendment, and amnesty for all past T' f dil ; cal offences Second- The supremacy of Constitu tional government that the Executive shall not involve the Legislature, nor Hint either of tlie two shall usurp tlie powers of f tie Judiciary. Third. We condemn President Giant’* course In cnmmltlng acts of war, on a neighboring republic, ns violative of (he Constitution which vest* the wnrtmtking power in Congress, Fourth. We are opposed to nil enact ments whereby If is not within (he dis cretion of the President f o declare mai- tlal law or to suspend the writ ol peison ftlllherty. even in actual condition of war, as violative of the Constitution In Huhstitnifting the will of the President in the place of the law of t he land. Fifth. We are opposed to any tariff which Is intended to foster any one, or other classof industry.and thus tax man or cIa«K for (he benefit of anotiiyr.cnd we maintain tlint till taxes should he levied, with the sole intent to secure.needed rev enue with Lite least possible burden to the public as a wboie. Sixth, Believing that the time has come when the condition of our country war rants a resumption of specie payment, we favor ft speedy return to (lie (main of gold and silver currency, and we depre* cate any effort to compel the present generation to pay the principal of the debt incurred for (lie preservation of the Union, believing that, as future genera tions, as well ns the present, derive the benefit therefrom, they should bear a proportionate share of the same. • Seventh. Reform In appointments to the usual service that personal qualifica tion* and intrinsic merit shad be the standard, and not the Executive favorit ism. Chief Justice Chase has so far recov ered uh to be able to take hi* seat on the bench of the Supremo Court. The country will he plml to learn of the con valescence of Judge Chase, not on his ac count alopc, but because his presence la needed at the head of the Court Just now. It the legal tender question la to be re opened, It is eminently lit and proper that the man who is the father of the system should he heard. w(ien un attempt Is made to reverse the deliberate Judg ment which was rendered on a former occasion. 4 . i. The principal occupation of the ‘girl of Hie purlin)’ la said b>. he to alt at the whitlow and watch' for the ‘coming man/ 'r Rates for ADnRTifIKmwTM wm *m* mnened alTeu Cent per line for the Unit insertion. nod five cent pnrllnc for each *mhm*fjnenl Insertion. orly Imlf-yearly, and yearly adverUaenieijlß In erted at q fM-hjiUnn on the ahnvo rates he accompanied by the Cash. Wtieu went wlihonl anv lemetli of time apeclfled for imbllontlnn.lhey will be continued uutllordered out.and onar*ed accordingly. ’ jon pKrpnrrrra. C'Ahdr, tt AienniLM. mnnoi** rs, and efccry olh • er description of .Ton and taro Printing. ©Btis tinU 1Eno». beet filing out—An aching tooth Some one nßQprta on good authority that Hie ‘early bird* caught cold * instead of a worm. WKnretoM there Is nothing made la vain. But how about a pretty girl?— lan’t she maiden vain ? Alt* efthrU to make hay by gaslight have failed, but it is discovered that wild oats can be sown under its cheerful rays. ‘Dragon/ said a minister, after a heavy sermon/ ‘l’m very tired.' ‘ln deed/ replied the deacon, ‘then you know how to pity ua*' Whisky Is your greatest enemy.— said Mr. Jones, (don't the Bible say. Rif. Preacher, that wo are to love our enemies?’ ’^^i!Tex?J9 / husbands, Insists that the law of the land entitles her to her third. ‘Where's your filial gratitude, you naughty boy? What would you have been without your kind father and - mother?' Ma’posoX'd been an orphan, ■-sir*. You hove o veryslriklng countenance, ns the donkey said to the elephant, when he hit him over the back with bia trunk. Josgs and his wife agree grandly one point Vslie thinks more of him then of anybody else iu the world, and so does he. Just before leaving Washington, John M« r risse.v Inhtln greenback across the woolly head of a representative from South*Carolina and remarked, *1 copper on the black.’ Advice grafts to Hunters—lf you shoot a duck yon may, Gy Jumping luto the river after It, get two uucks. Tin: drum major who ran away from Uhtckanmuga when reproached with cowardice, replied :.*JM father, lie called a coward alt my life, than a corpse fif teen minutes!’ A min'Nßsot-v school teacher, who whipped otic of Ids pupils nearly to death has Jell, that part of the country »»y rah The rail was a ihreetconiered one. ‘WirAT liave yon.to remark, madame, about my Hinging?’ said a g«uiJenrin to. a lady. ‘Nothing.’replied the lady,‘it is not remarkable/ „ • ■ A Nbo tin after gazing at a Chinese, exclaimed.‘‘tf tie while folks Is as dark asilut ‘-m dero, [ wonder what's decolor oh de niggers?’ A mkutino sermon being preached In a comnry chuich, nil wept.except one man, who, being asked why he did not weep with the rest, replied ’Oh! I be long to another chuich.’,. A Ydtr.vo man who was ought strain* ing (if* Hweefheart fo Ids h.oaoui the oilier idgli.t. Justifies himself-.on the* ground that lie has a right to -strain his, own honey 1 , Apehsom at Pike’s Peak, writing to a Minnesota journal, ssys the miners am very-much discouraged in that region; they have to dig through a solid vein of silver four feet thick before they'reach the gold, ‘ • A traveler, wc are (old, being In a wild country where he could Mm! no provisions for himself or his dog, cut off the do'/s fall and boiled it for Ids own supper, and gave Iho dog the bone. ‘Boys, Til tell you what let’s do; let’s go down to our house and plav carry lu coal. We got a half ton this morning.— That’s the way the Boston boy of the period entices bis playmates into difficul ties. A little girl was saying her prayers not long since, when her little brother came slyly behind and pulled her hair.— Without moving her bead, she paused and said : ‘Please, Lord; excuse me a minute, while I kick Herby/ . ‘Long engagements,’ writes a young lady in New York,‘are going out of fashion, young men being at.last con vinced of the stupidity of matrimonial proposals until.they-are in a position to fultlll their promises at once.’ 'Do you think that raw oysters are henHhy asked a Indy of her physician. ‘Yes,’ ho replied, *X never knew one to complain of being out of health in my life/ An Indianapolis gentleman’s claim for divorce U based oh the around that when he married, four weeks ago, his wife’s hair was black, but now it is red enough to entitle her to the front rank in a torchlight procession. A man in Yorkshire, while a collect ion wn» being made toald the heathen, pock eted ail the money in the plate. When asked to explain ids conduct, he replied that tie was the greatest heathen In that part of the country. A pakis correspondent, writing of the siege, na>H; They 1 of one lady hero who was so overcome hy her as to *nt her beloved lap dog. After a hearty meat, she looked down at theilltle heap of bone*; (ears fell from her eyes, ‘Poor IPjon!* she exclaimed, ‘how .hQ would have enjoyed them!' A young lady at Indianapolis'was en deavoring to ioipres- up ortho minds oL her Sunday school acln.lars Che sin and lerrlb'e punishment of Nchucbadip-zzir, and when she said that fir seven years be nt« grass josi like a cow, she wa’a as (onished hy a litllo girl who asked, 'Did he give milk V AT a Woman Suffrage meotlngin New York last week, one of the fema’e speak ers proposed tl&rilio tnlrtvlWe thou sand old maids in N< w England should go West and buy farms. This proposi tion was commented upon and the opin ion given (hat if they should there would be fifty thousand men after them. In reply to a.young friend leaving a town because some things in Itwere not exactly to her taste or content an. old lady of experience said : *My dear, when you .have bum 1 a place where everybody and everything are always pleasant, and nothing whatever Is disagreeaole, let me know and I’ll move there too/ . ~ A scitoon hoy having been required , to write a c imposition on Rome part of I the human body; expounded as fellows : 'The Throat—a throat Is convenient to ; have, especially to roosters and ml [lis ters. The former eats corn and crows f with it; the latter preaches through hls'n , aud ties It tip/ A gentleman, whose nose had ho- ~ come distinctly colored with the win. he was wont to Imbibe, said one day to his son at the table: ‘You must eat bread, my boy; bread makes your cheeks red/ The little boy replied ‘Father, what lots of bread jolt must have snuffed up/ , ‘Bo there’a another rupture of Mount Vociferous/ observed Mr.i. Partington, ns she put down her paper and folded up her specks. 'The paper tells about the burning lather running down the moun tain, hut don't slate how it got on tire.— ‘Work of an incendiary, I suppose/ At a school In Peoria county. 111., the l scholars caught a skunk end put iUn the '' scliaol-marm’s desk, thinking she would smell n mice ami give them a holiday.— V; She wasn't one of them kind. Bhe look j a clothes pin ami fastened It on her nose, and went mi with the exercises, letting j the scholar, enjoy the perfume. ■ ( TiiEitE i. an old story that a Jew, i while indulging a mureel of forbidden -1 food, had his meal interrupted by a ter- : : rillo thunder storm, and that as the ; thunder roared and the llghtnliig'flaah- ’ I ed around ‘him, he exclaimed: ‘Pleah .{ ray soul, vod a hodder ahust abend a : lectio boric I' /
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