v: * llblimtecr. I, IS . ' POBUSHED EVEKY THURSDAY MOHNINU T'TON 3c KENNEDY, OFFICE-SOCTH JUBBET SQUAKE. ■iitHMB:' i -Tw6 Dollars por year if paid strictly In advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if paid within Uirco months; after which Throe Dollar wlllWptoarged. Those terms will bo rigidly ad hered in in every Instance. Ko subscription dls enttnned until all arrearages are paid, unless a 1 of the Editor. earns. i.;|j||pKD. STATES CLAIM AND It KA E ESI ATE AGENCY. tVM. .B. IUITX.KR. '"^V u V > -"^^~^’A^fOnHET"AT-TJA , VV , r Office 1 irilTrankllu Hpuse, South Hanover Street Carlisle; Cumberland county, Ponna. „ - Applications by mall, will receive immediate given to the selling or rent ing of Real Estate, In town or country. In all loi ters of Jnonlrv, please enclose postage stamp. JulyliaWo-tf ' Tm E. BEETZUOOVEU, - ‘ATTORNEY-A T- LA W, CARLISLE, Pa. • «»**Oflloe oa South Hanover Street, opposite Bentz’a dry goods store, tte0.1.1805. • |_J"UMBTCH & I’ARKER, ... ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office ori'Maln. Street, In Mtirlou Hall, Car lisle, Pa. ; Doo. 2 1808— p: E,p>,;B. em-jg. : ATTORNEY- A.T-LAW, ~■ pfllco with S. Hepburn, Jr. ' ' ■*'. East Main Street, .* ./CARLISLE, PA . FeS’/2;71-l>- TjCT-KENNED,Y, Attorney at Law VV '^Carlisle,-Penna. Oftlcosamoaa that.ol tho “AnioticanVoluuteer,” Dec,T. IS7O. r\R. GEORGE S. SEARIGHT, Den- I J From the JJalilmore College 6/ Dental Surgertf» ■uUlco at the residence of nls mother East leather Street, three doors below Bedford Carlisle, Ponua. Dec. 11865. . J Ibatg an& ffinus. gl B E SHARP!VAL ALL THE tv F.W. STY L. A’A OF H A T 8 AND CAPS The subscriber has Just opened al No. 15 North Banover Street, a few doors North of the Carlisle Deposit Bank, one of the largest and best Stocks of HAKTnnd CAPS over oiforod In Carlisle. . Bilk Hats, Casslmero of all styles and qualities, BtifTßrhns, d liferent* colors, und every desorip llou of Soft Hats now made. The .{tankard and Old Fashioned Brush,con stonily or. hand and made to order,.all warrant ed‘to'glve satisfaction. . ' A full nssoi Uncut of GENTS, BOY'#. AND CHILDREN'S. . .. HATS nave also added to-ray Stock, notions of differ ent kinds, consisting of LADiSS* AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS 'lies, tiuspciiacrs,. ■ Ooudrs, Olovc9 , Pencils.. - 'Xhread, . Scwina'SUk .' • Umbrellas, <&c P»i:.MK SEGABS AND TOBACCO ALWAYS ON HAND. Givetne a call, ana examine my stock ns I feel confident of pleasing all, besides saving you mo ney; JOHN A. KELLER, Agent, No; 15 North Hanover Street. OoUOTO. ■JJATB. AND CAPS I DO YOU WANT A NICE HAT OB OAF. '! If so. Don’t Fail to call on • Vg/ J. G.CALLIO, v-;v#o. 29. wmai MAIN STREET, be Been the finest assortment of IHATS'JIND -CAPS evert>Tbilgbt to Carlisle. He takes great plens uerb Ifi invltlog his old friends and customers, and all new ones, to his splendid siock fust re olived from Now York and Philadelphia, con sisting in part of flue ’ StLlt AND CASSIMERE HATS, besides an endless variety of Hats and Caps ol thaTatest style, all ot wblofc he will soli at the CwoejWSbM -Price*. Also, his own manufacture . ; always on hand, and •• - HATB MANUFACTURED 'TO ORDER. ' Hebtatbe best arrangement for coloring Hats anctAtifelnus of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, &0,, at (be sHbrtest notice (as ho colors every week) and Otyttye most reasonable terms. Also, a lino lot of choice brands of ■ AND CIGARS always cSi hand. He desires to call the attention of persons who have COUNTRY FURS toselfy Oshe pays the highest cash prices for he e&me«>. : Give lilra a call, at the above number, bis ild stand, &$ bo feels confident of giving entire so As faction.,. Oct.lb7p. v SHuintsrg. sec. $• >l', $ I M $ $ JAMES CAMPBELL. | W. P. HEN WOOD CAMPBELL & JBjSNWOOD, PLUMBERS, UAS AND STEAM, FITTERS 2f<oi. 18 Worth Mainover St., S CARLISLE, P.A. BATHTUBS, • WATER CLOSETS, . WASHBASINS. , HYDRANTS, LIFT AND FORCE PUMPS, • CISTERN AND DEEP WELL PUMPS, ■ GAS FIXTURES, GAS SHADES AND GLOBES Ac., Ac.' lead, Iran and Terra Cotta Pipe, CHIMNEY TOPS and FLUES, All kinds ot BvR ASS WORK lor Steam and Water constantly on hand. Wt)RIC IN TOWN OB COUNTRY • ' promptly attended to. attention given to orders for material or work Irom a distance..^ Having special advantages wo are prepared to furnish k ■ k k k k M H X, 70—lv AT, TIONS WHOLESALE AT TY PRICES, • constantly on hand such n« QtbVEB, 'suspenders, NECK TIES and £ BOWS. SHIRT FRONTS, Cambric and Linen Haudker chiefs,. L'inon and Paper Collars and Cufl6. Trimmings Braids, Spool Cotton. Wallelts Combs, Stationary, Wrapping Paper and Paper Bogs. Drugs, Soaps arid Perfumery, Shoe Black, , ,S(ovo Polish, Indigo, Secavs. ttc., &o, - KV COYLE BROTHERS. ’’ hi' No, 21 South Hanover street, j March 80, 1871—6 m. Carlisle, Pa. L. STERNER & BRO., LIVERY AND SPA 11 EM, BETWEEN HANOVEB AND BEDFOBD STB' EN: THE BEAR OF BENTZ HOUSE, ,-f CARLISLE, PA. Having fitted up the Stable with now Carrl agM, Ac., I am prepared to furnlsn first-class lum-outß,ntreasonable rates. rattles taken to antj ftom t,be springs April !20, —2y fTHHEA NECTAR is a pure Black Tea, -JL with the Green Tea Flavor. Warranted to erne all tastes. For sale everywhere. And for sale wholesale only by the Great Atlantic and Paolflo Tea Co., 8 Church St., Now York. p, o. Box 5,500. Send for Thca Nectar Circular. >, June 1, 1871—1 t th Dividend, '■Carlisle 'Deposit 'Mant, u ,;>. CAiu.ifii.il, Pa., May 2,1871. Board of Directors have this day declared of flvo porcout. for the past nix ' (months, on the Capital Stock, free from State " and National Taxes, payable on demand. • ,T, P. HA9SLER. Onmier, May 4, 1871—3iu lu Do Itralttr BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. agtfcultural fimplcmcitts. Jgl GARDNER & CO., ' CARLISLE MACHINE WORKS. New Machines for 1871. Seeding, Heaping, Threshing. THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY Thresher and Separator. Wo ofier tills nowVThresher and Separator, (Casho <fc Co’s, patent) to the farmers of Cumber land and adjoining counties as fully equal, If r not superior to any machine now manufactured, It has the great advantage of being plain and simple In construction. It Is a VERY RAPID THRESHER AND A PERFECT SEPARATOR AND GLEANER. In using It the farmer will bo, sure of making the most.he possibly can out of his crop because it - Wastes Nb Grain, btn Eaves all that goes through the machine, and separates entirely the chaff from the straw. It Is an easy running machine and will dolts work thoroughly. This wo guarantee. It Is at the same time the cheapest machine In the mar ket. The HORSE POWER which wo furnish to run the Cumberland Valley Thresher Is also now and entirely different in construction from what we have heretofore built, securing much greater power and speed, with lighter draft, so that four horses only will bo renulred. where many other machines require six and eight horses. . The Cumberland Valley Thresher and Cleaner was tried on the groundr. of tho Cumberland County Agricultural Society at the Pall* of lh7o, a large crowd of fanners being present to wit ness its operation. The trial, was - completely successful and the fnachlne proved Its ability to thresh clean and.soparale grain In tho mdst sat lafactory manner. 1 All who witnessed the trial expressed their approval in the warmest terras. Tho committee on agricultural Implements, also gave tho machine a special notice In their re port, strongly recommending It. The Cumber land Valley Thresher and Separator, has also been recently used by Col. Wm. M. H e hderson, at bis farm near Carlisle, In threshing and clean ing a large ctopJ So fully is ho satisfied of Its' great merits that ho allows us to usehls name as' a reference. Farmers who wish further and fuller particulars as to the working qualities of this new machine are therefore respectfully re ferred to Col. Henderson, one of the most wide ly known farmers oi Cumberland county. The Cumberland Valley" Thresher will always be well and substantially built, of tho best ma terial, solidly framed In every part, and pre senting a handsome external appearance.— Price of machine, with 80 Inch cylinder, §2OO without wagon. A great advantage of this ma chine Is-that It can bo readily repaired at any good shop without trouble, ' THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY PATENT SELF HAILING MOWER and.. REARER. Let me recall a story which never failed jO recur to my mind in my long gunning excursions on Deadlow Marsh. Although the event was briefly recorded in the county paper. I had the story, in all its eloquent detail, from the lips of the prin cipal actor. I cannot hope to catch the varying emphasis and peculiar coloring of feminine delineation, for my narrator the Willoughby patent GUM spring ' wn3 a woman; but I’ll try to give at least I its substance. Wovvill also build ,this new machine, with changes and Improvements fulJyromedylng the defects and weak points of those built last sea son. Our aim la to supply farmers with a good home-made machine, which If not superior In all respects to those brought from a distance will nevertheless prove In ail essential points, a good and reliable harvester. All wo ask for It Is a fair trial. Grai n Dr ill. Wo build this well lenowu. Grain Drill now with or without guano attachment, and the shovels in straight or zig sag rows, just ns the farmer prefers. We qow have,also; a new and Imnroved plan of attaching the gum tubes, for which wo have obtained Letters Patent, which wjlh other Improvements makes the Willough by the most complete and' perfect Drill manu aotured In the country. ALWAYS ON HAND! a full line of. agricultural implements .both of our own manufacture and from other establish ments, including every useful .machine needed by the farmer. Wo may enumerate Buy Hakes, old fashioned Threshers and Horse' Powers, Corn Shelters, of which wo have three kinds and five different sizes, Cannon Corn Shellers, Fod der Cutters, Cider Mills and other articles too numerous to specify. • Orders taken for all kinds of IRON WORK In onr extensive Foundry and Machine Shops and for BUILDING MATERIALS of every de scription In our Door and Sash Factory. A hill stock of well-seasoned LUMBER nl« ays on hand, enabling us to fill all orders promptly, at the lowest prices. Farmers.bnlldoraand manu facturers are invited to give us a call And see our facilities for turning out good work. F. GARDNER <fe CO. Jan. 19,71—Cm sjtut Rmetoer. ■JJBE THE BEST ! HALL’S VEGETABLE SICILIAN Ur AIR RENEW ER. Nino years before the public, aiid no prepara tion for the hair has over been produced equal to JSall’s "Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer,” and every honest, dealer will say It gives the bent, satisfaction. It restores GRAY HAIR to its original color, eradicating and preventing dan druff, curing BALDNESS and promoting the growth of the hair. The gray and braahy hair y a few applications is changed to black and silky locks, and wayward hair will assume any shape the wearer desires. It Is the cheapest HAIR DRESSING In the world.and Its effects last longer, as It excites the glands to furnish (he nutritive principle so necessary to the life of the hair. It gives the hair thatsplendld appearance so much admired by all. By Us tonic and stlm- Hinting properties it prevents the hair from fal ling out.and none need be without Nature’s ornament, a good head of hair. It Is the first real perfected remedy ever dlscovei'ed for curing diseases of the hair, and It has never been equalled, and wo assure the thousands who hav used it, It la kept up to Its original high stand ard, Our Treatlsoon theHalrmalled free; send for it. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers In medicines. Price One Dollar per bottle. R.P. HALL & CO., Proprietor, Laboratory, Nashua. N. 11. S, A, Havfrstick, Agent, Carlisle, Pa. March 30,1871 —ly Agents wanted For the m*tow of the War in Europe. It contains over Iflo line engravings of Battle Beenes and incidents In the War, and is the only authentic and ollU dal history of that great conlllct. Published in both English and German. CAUTlON.—lnferior histories are being circu lated. See. that the book you buy contains 100 line engravings and maps. Send for circulars and see our terms, and a full description of the work. Address, NAT’L. PUBLISHING CO„ I’hlla.,Pa. Jane 1,1871-41* ITO FOR MINNESOTA,—ICO Acre Jd Farm Froo. 'Tho Northwestern Coloniza tion and free Homestead Company. O'imriorcd by tho State of Minnesota.) furnishes Cheap Hates of Fare, and Locates Free Homesteads.— Send for Free Pamphlets, giving History of Min nesota. Its Resources, Progress, Fertility uud Ad uantngcs. Address E. Pago Davis, Commission er of Immigration for tho State of Minnesota, and General Agent for tho N. W. Col. Co., No. 153 Broadway, N. Y. Active and reliable Agents wanted In every locality, June I,lB7l—it (P f ) r yc A MONTH—Expellees paid— tT)o I O Male or Female Agents—llorso and nullit furnlbhed. Address, Haco Novelty Co,, oaco. Me. 1 - Juno 1.1871—1 t XHIS IS NO HUMBUG.—By sending 85 cents with ago, height, color of eyes and r, you will receive by return mail, a correct picture of. your future husband or wife, with uarae, and date of marriage. Address W, FOX, P, O, Drawer, No. 24 Fultonvllle, N, Y. June 1,1871 —It |}oditaL MEASURING THE BABY. BY EMMA ALICE BROWN • Wo measured the rloutous baby Against the cottage wall— ,A lily grew at the threshold, • And tho boy was Just os tall t A royal tiger illy, /,' With spots of purple and gold, And a heart like a Jeweled chalice, Tho fragrant dew to hold. Without the bluc*blrds,whistled High up In the old roof trees, And to and fr6ht tho wlndoty The red rose rocked her bees; And tho wee pink fists of the baby, Were never a moment still. Snatching at shine and shadow Thjit danccd'on the lattice-sill f His eyes were as wide as bluebells— Hie mouth like n flower unblown— . Two little bare feet, like funny white mice. Pooped out from his snowy gown ; And wo thought, with a thrill of rapture That had yet a touch of pain When June rolls around with her roses, Wo'll measure tho boy again; Ah, me! In a darkened chamber. With the sunshine shut’away, Through the tears that fell like n bitter ruin, Wo measured the boy to-day; And the little hare feet, that wore dimpled, And'sweet ns a budding rose. Lay side by sldo togethor, ‘to the hush of a long repose ! Up from the dainty pillow, White as the risen dawn. The fair little face lay smiling. With Die light of Heaven thereon— And the dear Utile hands like rose leaves Dropped from the rose, lay still. Never to snatch at the sunshine That crept to the shrduded sill! We measured the sleeping baby With ribbons while as .snow, For the-phlning rosewood casket That waited him below; And out of the darkened chamber Wo went wiji a childless moan— To the height oi the sinless angels > Our little one had grown! HIGH WATER MARK. A THRILLING’ ADVENTURE ON DEADLOW MARSH. BY BRET I CARTE. gho lived midway of the great slough of Deadlow Marsh aud a good sized river, which debouched four miles beyond, into an estuary formed by the Pacific Ocean, on the long, sunny peninsula which con stituted the northwestern boundary of a noble bay. The house in which she lived was a small framed cabin, raised from the marsh a few feet, by stout piles, aud was three miles distant from a settlement upon the river. Her husband was a log ger—a profitable business in a country where the principal occupation was the manufacture of lumber. It was the season of early spring, when her husband left on the ebb of a high tide, with a raft of logs for tbe usual-business of transportation to the lower end of the bay. As she stood by the door of the little cabin when the voyagers departed, she noticed a cold look in tbe southeastern sky, and she remembered hearing her husband say to bis companions that they must endeavor to complete their voyage before the coming of the southwesterly gale which he saw brewing. And that night it began to storm and blow harder than she had ever before experienced, and some great, trees fell in the.forest by the river, and the house rocked like her baby’s cradle. But, however tbe storm might roar abefct the little cabin, she knew that one she trusted bad driven bolt add bar with his own strong hand, and that, had he feared for her, he would not have left her. This, and her domestic duties, and the care of her little sickly baby, helped to keep her mind from dwelling on tbe weather, except, of course, to hope that he was safely harbored with the logs at Utopia, in the dreary distance. But she noticed, that day, when she went out to feed the chickens and look after the cow, that the tide was up to the little fence of their garden-patob, and the roar of the surf on tbe south beach, though many miles away, she could hear distinctly.— And she began to think she would like to have someone to talk with about mat ters, and she believed that, if it had not been so-far and so stormy, and the trail so impassible, she would have taken the baby,-and have gone over to Hackman’s, her nearest neighbor. But then, you see, ho might have returned in the storm, all wet, with no one to see to him; and it was a long exposure for baby, who was croupy and ailing. But that night, she never could tell why, she didn’t feel like sleeping, or even lying down. The storm had somewhat abated, but sbe still “sat and sat,” and even tried to read.. I don’t know whether Itwas the blbleorsomo profane magazine that this poor woman read, but most probably the latter l for tbe words all ran together and made such sad nonsense that she was forced at last to put tbe book down and’ turn to that dearer volume which lay before her in the cradle, with Its whit© initial leaf as yet try’to look forward to Us mysterious fu ture. And. rocking the cradle, she tho’t of everything- and everybody, but still was wide awake as ever. It was nearly 12 o'clock when she at last lay down in her clothes. How long she slept she could not remember, but she awoke with a dreadful choking in her throat, and found herself standing, trembling all over, in the middle of the room, with her baby clasped close to her breast, and she was “saying something.” The baby cried and sobbed, and then she walked up and down, trying to .bush It, when she heard a scratching at the door. She opened it fearfully, and was glad to see It was cnly old Pete, their dog, who crawled, dripping with water, into the room. Shewould like to have looked out, mot in the faint hope of her husband’s coming, but to, see how things looked ; but the wind shook the door so savagely that she could hardly hold It. Then she sat down a little while, and then walked up mid down a little while, and then she lay down again a little while. Lying close by the wall of the Utile cabin, she thought she heard, once or twice, some thing scrape slowly outside against the clapboards, like the scraping of branches. Then there was a little gurgling sound, ■like baby made when It was swallowing;’ then something wont ‘click-clack,’ and ■oluok-oluek,’ so that she sat up in bed. When she did so, she was atlraoked by something else that seemed creeping from the hack door toward the centre of the' room. It wasn’t much wider than her little linger, but Boon it si/olled to the breadth of ber hand, and began to spread all over the floor. Bhe tan to the front door and threw it wide open, and saw nothing but water. Then she remembered hearing her hus band once say that there was no danger in the tide, for that fell regularly, and people could calculate on It, and that he would rather live on the bay than on the river, whoso banks might overflow at any time. But was it the tide? So she ran again to the back door and threw out a stick of wood. It drifted away toward the bay. Bhe scooped up some water and put It eagerly to her lips. It was fresh and sweet. It was the river, and not the tldet ♦ CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1871. It was then—O God be praised for his • goodness! she did neither faint nor fall,' ' it was then—blessed he the Savior, for it was His meroifuHiand that touched and strengthened her in this awful moment that fear dropped from her like a gar ment, and her trembling ceased. It was then and thereafter that she never lost Tier Felf^ommand;-through-jll-the-trials. of that gloomy night. Then she drew the bedstead toward the middle of the room, and" placed a table upou It, and on that she put the cradle. The water on the floor was already over her ankles, and the house pnce or twice flnoved so perceptibly, and seemed to be racked so, that the closet doors all flew open. Then she beard the same rasping and thumping against the wall, and, on looking out, saw that a large uprooted tree, which had lain near the road at the upper end of the pasture, had floated down to the bouse. Luckily, its long roots dragged In.tho soil and thus kept it from moving as rapidly as the current, for, had it struck the house in its full career, even the strong nails and bolts in the piles could not have withstood the shook. The hound had leaped upon its knotty surface, and crouched near 'the roots, shivering and whining,. A ray of hope flashed across her mind ; and she drew a heavy blanket from the bed, and wrapping it about the babe, waded in the. deepening waters to the door. As the tree swung again, broadside on, causing the little cabin to creak and tremble, she leaped on to Its trunk. By God’s mercy she succeeded in obtaining a footing,on its slippery surface, and, twining an arm about its roots, she held in the other her moaning child. Then something crocked near the front porch, and the whole front of the bouse she had just quilted fell for ward,—just os cattle fall on their knees before they lie down—and at the same moment the great redwood tree swung round and drifted away with Its living cargo into the black night. For all the excitement and danger, for all her soothing of her crying babe, for all the whistling of the wind, and for oil the uncertainty of her situation, she still turned to look at the deserted aud water: sweptcablD. She remembered, even then, and she wonders how foolish she was to think of it at that time, that she wished she bad put on another dress, and baby’s best clothes; and she kept praying that the bouse would be spared, so that be, , when be returned, would have something to come to, and It wouldn't be quite so desolate, and—how could he ever know what bad become of her and baby? And at the thought she grew sick and faint. But she had something to do besides to worry, for whenever the long roots of her ark struck an obstacle, the whole trunk made half a revolution, and twice dipped her in the black water. Thehound, which kept distracting her by running up and down the tree and howling, at last fell off at one of these collisions. He swam for some time beside her, and she tried to get the poor beast upon the tree; but he “acted silly" and wild, aud at last she lost sight of him forevSr. Then she and her babe were left alone. The light which had burned fora few minutes in the de serted cabin was quenched suddenly.— She could hot then .tell whither she was drifting. The outline of the white dunes on the peninsula showed dimly ahead, and she judged the tree was moving in a line with the river. It must be about slack water, and she had probably reached Ihe eddy formed by the confluence of the tide and the overflowing waters of the river. Unless the tide fell soon there was present danger of her drifting away to its channel, and being carried out to sea or crushed in the floating drift. That peril'averted, if she were carried out on the ebb toward the bay, she might hope to strike one of the wooded promontories of the peninsula, and rest till daylight. Sometimes she thought she heard voices and shouts from the river, aud the bel lowing of cattle and the bleating of sheep. Then again it was only the ringing in her ears and tbiobbing of her heart, tebe found at about this time that she was. so chilled and stiffened in her cramped position that she could scarcely move, and the baby cried so when she put it to her breast, that she noticed that the milk refused to flow; and she was so alarmed at that, that she put her bead under her shawl, and for the first time cried most bitterly. When alio raised lier bead again, tbe boom of the surf was behind her, and she felt that tbe tree bad again swung round. She dipped up the water to cool her parched throat, and found that It was salt as her tears. There was a relief, though, for by this sign she knew that she was drifting with the tide. It was then the wind went down, and the great and aw ful silence oppressed her. There was scarcely a ripple against the furrowed sides of the great trunk on which she rested, and around her was ail gloom and quiet. She spoke to the baby just to hear herself speak, and to know that she had not. lost her voice. She thought then— it was queer, but she could not help it— how awful must have been tbe night when tbe great ship Swung over tbe Asi atic peak,and the sounds of creation were blotted out from tbe world. She thought, too, of mariners clinging to spars, and of poor women who were lashed to rafts, and beaten to death by the cruel sea. She tried to thank Qod that she was thus spared, and lifted her eyes from the baby who had fallen into a fretful sleep, when suddenly, away to tbe southward, a great red light lifted itself out of tbe gloom,, and flashed and flickered, and flickered and flashed again. Her heart fluttered against the baby’s cold cheek. It was the lighthouse at the entrance of the bay. As she was yet wondering, the large tree suddenly rolled a little, dragged a little, and then seemed to lie quiet and still. She put out her.hand, and the current gurgled against it. Tbe tree was aground, and, by tho position of the light and the noise of the surf, aground upon Deadlow Marsh. ' Had it not been for her baby, who was ailing and oroupy; had it not been for the sudden drying up of that sensitive fountain, she would have felt safe aud relieved. Perhaps it was this that tended to make all her impressions mournful arid gloomy. As the tide rapidly fell, a great flock of black brent fluttered by her, screaming and crying. Then tho plover flew up and piped mournfully, as they wheeled around the trunk, and at last fearlessly lit upon it like a gray cloud.— Then the heron flew over and around her, shrieking and protesting, and at last it dropped its guant legs only a few yards from her. But, strangest of all, a pretty white bird, larger than a dova-r-like a pelican, but not a pelican—circled around and around her. At last it lit upon the root of the tree, quite over her shoulder. She put out her band and stroked its beautiful white neck, and It never ap peared to move. It stayed there so long that she thought she would lift up the baby to see it, and try to attract her at tention. But when she did so, tbe child was so chilled and cold, and had such a blue look upon its little lashes, which it didn’t raise at all, that she screamed out aloud, and the bird flew away, and she fainted. Well, that was the worst of it, and per haps it was not so much, after all, to any but herself. For, when she recovered her senses, it was bright suhllght, and dead low water. There was a confused note of guttural voices about her, and an old squaw, singing an Indian 'hugbaby’ and rooking herself from side to aide before a lire built on the marsh, before whicbsbe, the recovered wife and mother, lay weak and weary. Her first thought was for her baby, and was about to speak, when a young squaw, who must have been a mother herself, fathomed her thought and brought her the •moioUeh,’ pale, but yet living, In such a queer little willow cradle all bound up, Jlist like the squaw’s own young one, that she laughed and cried together, and the old squaw and the young squaw showed their big white teeth, and glinted their black eyes, and said, ‘Plenty get well; skoena mowltob,’ ,‘wageo man come plenty soon,’ and she could have hissed their brown faces in her Joy, And then she found that they had begu-gathering berries on the marsh, im their queer, comical baskets, ami saw the skirt of her gown fluttering on the tree from afar, ami the old squaw could not resist the temptation of procuring a new garment, and came down and discovered the ‘wagee’ woman and child. And of course she gave the garment to the old .squaw,_na,„ypu, njay imagine, and when he came at last "up''tocher," looking about ten years older In hls-great .anxiety, she fell so faint again that they had to carry her to the canoe. For, you see, he knew nothing about the flood till he met the ludiaus at Utopia, and, knew by the signs tb'dt the poor woman was his. wife. And at the next high tide he towed the tree away back home, although it was not worth the trouble, and built another house, using'the old tree for the founda tion, and called It, after her, “ Mary’s Ark!" But you may guess the next house was built above high-water mark. And that’s all. Not much, perhaps, considering the malevolent capacity of Deadiow Marsh. But you must tramp over it at low water, or paddle over it at high-tide, or get lost upon it once or twice in the fog, as I have, to understand properly Mary’s adventure, or to appreciate duly the blessings of liv ing beyond high-water mark. MR. VAUARDIOHAM’S DEATH. The Fatal Accident—How It Occurred- A Fcarfal Illustration or a Theory -I,nst Ilomcuts ot the Great Advocate. (Zdbanon Correspondence Cincinnati Inquirer.) It is surprising how popular Mr. Val laudigbam had become in the village' Coining here as he did, with his anti-war odium upon him, and in the capacity of chief attorney for one whom the majority of the people believed to be a desperate and depraved murderer, Mr. Vallandig bam was not received with cordial favor, nor welcomed as a guest wh* would do the town honor or reflect credit upon the community. Before, however, the first week of the protracted trial had passed, the ability and professional courtesy of the lawyer had won the respeotof thecourt apdbar, and the gentlemanly suavity and excellent social qualities of the man bad. secured the kindly regard of all the citi zens with whom be came in contact. Believing firmly in the Innocence of bis client. McGehan, he bad entered into his nature, and fought his accusers step by step until the close of the evidence in the trial, and never until the fatal ball pen etrated bis vitals did be for a moment al low, his interest to slack, his watchful ness to flag,, or bis enthusiasm to cool. — During the delivery of Mr. Follett’s open ing argument yesterday, Mr. Vallan'dig bam was busily engaged in watching the case, taking notes, and in the intervals preparing the great argument that he firmly believed would be yne of the great efforts of his life, and one that would not only add to his fame as a great criminal lawyer, but result in the refutation of the theory of the State, and the triumphant acquittal of his client. Mr. Vallandig -Imm may have been too sanguine in this, but that be did entertain such opin ions is abundantly evident from what ho said to Mr. Williamson and other friends, a few hours before the; fatal shot was'fir ed. Mr. Williamsou occupied the next seat on Mr. Vallandlgbam’s right at the supper-table last evening, and was enga ged in animated conversation with him on the prospects of the case, the theories of the prosecution and defence, &o. . He seemed to be-in the best of spirits, and perfectly sanguine of victory. Upon Mr. Williamson’s stating that he intended to go to his home at Loveland that night, Mr. Vallandlgham urged him to stay un til the end of the trial, and especially un til after the delivery of his (Vallandlg bam’s) argument. During the afternoon and evening he had repeated this invita tion to a number of acquaintances, ladies and gentlemen of the town,. His unu sually good spirits and lighl-heartedness were noticed by many of his acquaintan ces. With a view to detaining Mr. Wil liamson until Saturday he gave a half promise to accompany that gentleman to bis. home in Loveland, and spend the Sabbath. “ Frank Cozad,” said he “ in. slats upon my going with him, and partly promised to do so, but my incline* tion now Is to go to Loveland and spend the Sabbath in visits to my friends, Bloss Powell and Tom Paxton.” “But,” Ad ded he, you remain and hear my argu ment, anyhow, and we’ll settle the mat ter before it is time for you to start for home to-morrow night- BEFORE IT HAPPENED. After taking supper he procured from the landlord of tbe hotel a bit of white muslin cloth, perhaps a foot square, for the purpose of testing to his own satisfac tion tbe question ns to whether the shot fired from a pistol in close proximity to ■it would or would not leave a mark of powder upon it. Having provided him self with this, and put bis pistol in bis pocket, be and Mr. Milliken and Mr. Humes went out together to tbe south e'dge of the town, beyond tbe residence of Governor Moßurney. Arriving there, they were joined by Mr. Moßurney, and tbe trio became a quartette. THE PISTOL which he took with him for this purpose is a now revolver which he had purchas ed only n few days before coming to Leb anon. It is one of Smith & Wesson's Sianufacture, with a four-inch barrel, and ve chambers, and carries a ball of 32-100 of an inch calibre. It is a beautiful wea pon handsomely though not elaborately ornamented, and its owner iitlie thought when so recently purchasing it, that it would so soon be tbe tbe instrument of his untimely death. HOW THE ACCIDENT CAME ABOUT Two-shots were fired Into the doth, and ail were satisfied with the result of tbe experiment, and started back to tbe hotel. Mr. Milliken,overcautious and thought ful, said : 11 Val., there are three shots in your pistol yet. You had better discharge them.” “ What for'?” responded Mr. \Bllan dlgbam. . ”To prevent any accident,” replied the cautious attorney. You might shoot yourself.” “No danger of that," replied Mr, Val landlgbam- “ I have carried and prac ticed with pistols too long to be afraid to have a loaded one in my pocket." “You had better-be careful, though,” said Mr. Milliken. "Never fear we," was the reply. They then slowly walked back towards the town, and before they had reached the hotel, separated. Arriving at the Lebanon House alone, Mr. Vallandlgham was stopped on his way up stairs by the landlord, and a package that bad been left for him in bis absence placed iii bis bands. That parcel contained another revolver—a weapon that had bean ex hibited at the trial imeourt, and vns not only unloaded, but had bad the chambers removed. Proceeding to his room he unwrapped the parcel, apd at the same time taking his own weapon from his pocket laid the two murderous Instru ments on the table side by side. A mo ment later Mr. Scott Symmes, a young lawyer, who has been connected with the prosecution of the case, passed the door. "Symmes,” said he, "Follett Is mista ken., A man could easily shoot himself os Myers was shot. Come in and I will show you how it’s done. . 'Thus Invited, Symmes entered the room, but a moment later, seeing Judge Pope coming' up stairs, excused hlmlself on the ground that be was going to Hamilton In the morning, and wished to see the Judge before bo left. H!e passed out, and a minute or so afterwards Mr. Moßurney came into the room. Mr. Vallandlgham, still standing by the ta ble on which the pistols lay, said : “I’ll show you how Tom Myers shot himself. Foilett’s mistaken when he says it can’t be done.” Saying this be took up oneof tbemurderous instruments In his hands, put it into his pantaloons pocket, and slowly drawing it out again, cooking it as he drew it forth, he attemp ted to place it in the exact position which he believed Myers’ weapon to have assumed at the. moment the fatal bullet was sped on its mission of death. The muzzle of the weapon still within the lappet of tho pocket, he brought it ■ toon-augle-of ■ about forty-flvs..degrees _ There, that’s the way Myers held It— only ho was getting up, not standing erect." Saying this, be touched the trig ger. A sudden flash—the half suppressed sound of a shot—and Clement L. Vallan digham, with an expression of agony, exclaimed, "My God, I've shot myself!" and reeled towards the wall p wounded and dying man—wounded and dying by his own hands. \ AFTERWARDS. • This happened at the hour of 9 o’clock, or perhaps five or ten minutes earlier- Xu a second of time Mr. Moßurney, terrified at the occurrence, rushed out of the room and along the hall to the apartment where the jury was quarted. Happing at the door be eagerly demanded that some one should come into Mr. Vallandlgham’s room, as he bad shot himself. Mr. Tisoh nor,the constable, having them in charge, was momentarily absent, but several of the jurors hurried into the room- Mean time Mr. J. C. Babbitt, whose room (No. 17) was only next door, had heard the sound, and suspecting its cause, also came In. He arrived first, and found Mr. Vallandlgbam alone, leaning against the wait. He asked what had happened. “I ha';? foolishly shotmyself,’’ said the wounded man as he sank into a ohnlr.— “What folly it was to try such an,exper- iment. By mistake I took up the wrong pistol.” The pistol had dropped from his baud at .the moment ho tired, and was still lying on the Door. The other one, empty and harmless, lay on the ta ble. A moment later three or four-jur ors came in with Mr. Moßurney, and found Mr. Vallandighara, with clothes opened, feeling along his abdomen in search of the bullet. He remained thus employed and explaining the mistake be had made for several minutes, when growing faint, he was laid on the bed— In the meantime messengers had been despatched for physicians, and the intel ligence, got out iu town, and Instantly the streets were alive with persons hur rying to the hotel to ask the truth of the story they had heard. The balls were crowded, and the anxious—almost terror -stricken—faces of the persons inquiring after (be nature of the' wound and the condition of the wounded man, made it apparent to tbe most casual observer that an occurrence of no ordinary character bad Just taken place. The three repor ters .who were attending the trial for the Cincinnati morning papers were imme diately on the scene, and upon learning the nature of the occurrence sped the news on the lightning’s wings to the Journals they represented. An hour later the news of that occurrence was be- ing heralded under the waves of tbe broad Atlantic to the people of the Old ■World. There was some difficulty in finding a physician. Three, five, ten minutes elapsed after the departure of tbe messengers before a medical man appeal ed, This, too, at a time of suspense—a time when minutes became hours In their duration—an occasion when time was measured by the heart’s pulsations of a wounded man. At length, however, Dr. Beoville arrived, and following close af ter him came Dr. Drake. An examina tion of tbe wound and a hurried consul- tation followed, and the prostrate man Was informed that bis Injuries were of the most serious character, though they hoped that they might not prove to be fatal. ■ “ Has the bail been reached?" said he to tbe physicians. , "No, It has not," was the answer. "Has it entered a vital part?" “We cannot tell.’’ Closing his mouth with that firmness of purpose which so characterized him in everything, he expressed a wish that they would ascertain and tell him the worst feature that the case might present. By the time the second quarter after 9 bad struck tbe crowd of persons to the room of tbe wounded man was so great that guards bad to be placed at'tbe foot of the stairs to refuse, admittance to all but intimate personal friends. Mr. Val iandigbam’s condition was fast becoming worse, and the medical men were unable to reach the ball with any of their surgi cal appliances. The family physician— Dr. J. C,. Reeves, of Dayton, was tele graphed to come at once to bis bedside, while Dr. W. W. Dawson, of Cincinnati, had a similar summons sent to him- The son, the lawyer, and several of (he im mediate frlendsof Mr.Valiandigham were advised of bis condition and urged to come'at once. His wife, who hours before had started to Baltimore, to be present at the burial of her brother, was telegraphed to, although his exact condition was concealed from her. Here was a case of life or death trembling in the balance, and science seemed to be power- less. The patient at this time asked Mr. M. S. Williamson to remain with him and assist in moving him in his bed. — Others, too, who were associated with him in bis professional relations, were re quested to stay by his side and help to alleviate his suffering. At 10 o’clock a telegram came that Dr. Reaves had star ted with the son of tbe wounded man, and that they would arrive by midnight. During tbe next hour tbe symptoms did not appear to change very materially.— Frequent examinations are made by tho physicians, the wound is probed, the pulse is observed, the respiration taken ; and finally the wounded man is inform ed that he Is in a very critical condition, and that if be has anything tosay, or any arrangements to make, he had better lose no time. . “Only rid me of this pain in the stom ach and I’il be all right again,” is the rejoinder. The struggle of life with death has begun—the might of man be gins to combat with that of tbe destroyer of man. Prom 11 to 12 o’clock frequent vomit ings ensue, and an increase of pain. Narcotics, which have been administer ed sparingly hitherto, are now doubled in tbeir doses, and a sort of lethargy ensues. The hour of midnight finds tbe wounded man comparatively easy, but with accel erated pulse and frequent short breathing. Boon after -this he is moved to his right side, and a hemorrhage of blood follows —a hemorrhage which results iu.the loss of half a pint of blood, and reveals tbe terrible nature of the wound. A little past one Dr. Reeves arrives, accompanied by the son of the unfortunate man. The family physician enters, and with bis practised eye, familiar with his patient, a conclusion is soon arrived at—the wounded man must die. Mr. Vallaudigbam kuewhimandgree ted him cheerily. “Doctor, Is my wound qa bad'as that or, Jake Rapp?” referrlng-toa man on whom the doctor had attended, and who bad re- covered, “Yea, It is worse than that." “Or of Lambert,” referring to another and similar one. “No, not worse than Lambert.” “Well if you can get this pain from my stomach I will get along.” This with his peculiar smile of self-reliance. SON. At this Juncture Mr, Vallandlgbam's son appeared and entered the room. On approaching the bedside of his father tears filled the eyes of the young man, and there was a look of tender affection from those of the parent that bespoke the wealth of that parent’s love. Placing his hand on tbe bead of his boy, he fondled for a moment the object of bis love. " Charley,” said be fondly, “be a good boy.” After a short time he again turned to him, saying: " You are tired ; you had better go to bed.” Weeping, the young man was led from the room. A PRIVATE CONFERENCE.' Here Dr. Beeves announced to his pa- VOL. 58.—N0. 3. tlent that be was soon going (o adminis ter some more opiates to him, and that if he had anything to say either In the way of messages to his friends of in relation to his business affairs be bad better do so now. All who were in the room left the wounded man with his physician, and their conference continued for ten or fif teen minutes. Of bourse what transpired then and there is entitled to the sancity of ‘privacy, and should—-not —ho -made . nubile even If we were able ■to do so. _ From- this, time until four o’clock there was but little change in Mr. Vollaudlg ham’s coddilion. • His breathing grew more labpred, bis pulse quicker, and at times he seemed to bo in great pain. - About two o'clock Rev. Mr. Haight, of the Presbyterian Church of the village, called and was admitted. He asked the doctor if he might be allowed to speak a few words to the wounded man. “Mo, X cannot permit it," was the reply. Mr, Valiandigbam, casting a glance at the reverend gentleman, appeared to ap preciate the object that prompted thb visit. Mr. Williamson here said: “ Mr. Valiandigbam, X suppose you have been told that your case .is very critical. You oughtn’t to be dlsoohraged, though, but keep your spirits up. That's half the battle.” . '‘Yea," answered the sufferer, closing his mouth with the old, well-kuown ex pression of determination, and speaking from between his clenched teeth, " Yes, sir, It’s all the battle.” He then closed his eyes, but in a few minutes opened’ them again, and, fixing bis gaze steadily on Mr. Williamson's countenance, said in the same tone, but enunciating with great difficulty, *! This may be all right yet. I may, however, be mistaken, but I am a firm believer in that good old Presbyterian doctrine of predestination.” In fact from the beginning, the strong, determined spirit of the man—the spirit that carried him safely through many, a well known perilous complication, and done battle for the right on many a hard fought Held—defied approaching death,' and fought, inch by inch, the grim spec tre, whose guant arms were already clos ing around him with fatal grasp. Bald a gentleman who stood by his bedside dur ing the whole of that awfulordeal: “The man bad determinedjdespite the bullet in his vitals, despite doctors' opinions, aye, despite fate itself not to die.” During all this time and up to within a few min utes of the fatal agony he lay with oom pre'ssedlips and closed eyes, and bore with the fortitude of an Indian chief the ago nies of death. Not a groan escaped him, nor a word save in answer to a question, or when giving directions as to change of position. At four o'clock, A, M., the symptoms were thought to be more alarm ing. Several friends of the wounded man. who had lain doyn to get a snatch of sleep were roused up. The son appeared at the bedside again, the associates in trial no win progress, Judge Hay nes, his profes sional partner Judge MoKeemy, and sev eral other intimate personal friends who had arrived during the night, were grou ped about the room and gathered around the bed. In the past two hours a very noticeable change had come over the nn pearauce of the wounded man. His breathing was still more difficult, and be was manifestly fast losing strength. It was thought his hour had come. The gray dawn of morning twilight was just giving way to the light of day. In the trees on the opposite side of the street might be heard the song of birds, and the sidewalks beiont were just beginning ‘o resound to the footsteps of pedestrians. By the slue of the bed—and fanning his father—sat young Vallandlg ham. At the foot sat the venerable Judge Smith ; on either side were his profes sional associates, Judges Haynes and MoKeemy, and Messrs. Hume, Milliken and others. The sound of approaching wheels was heard, and in a moment the physician who had been summoned from Cincinnati drove up to the door. A mo ment later he was in the room. He had driven twenty-eight miles through the dark in four hours, and found out that the patient he bad come to see was beyond human: power to save. He could only alleviate the suffering, not cure the mal ady of him who he had pome to see. Five; six and seven o’clock were successively struck, and the strong man lay motion less, and seemingly almost Insensible on the bed. Once or twice •he muttered something that indicated that his mind was wandering, but at no time did cour age seem to forsake him. It seemed to be a'struggle for life, with the odds fearful ly against It. TOM SI'G EH AN APPEARS. Shortly after 7 o’clock, Tom MoQehau, the man whom ho was here to defend,- appeared under escort of an officer from the Jail. The man charged with murder, who has always been represented as being cold and remorseless as the .grave, could not repress his tears. They fell thick and fast, and, weeping, he was led from the room back to his cell. Nearly at the same time McQeban’s wife and children were admitted to gaze upon one whom they hoped would be the deliverer of their father and husband? but who In his zeal for their cause had taken his own life. This was one of the most affecting scenes of the day. From about 3 o’clock this morning until the hour of bis death, the patient seemed to suffer Intense agony. Although partially under the Influence of opiates, he was still conscious, and would readily answer the few questions addressed him by his friends and physi cians. His hands would involuntarily seek his abdomen, In the region of the fatal wound, and move up In a vain effort to lift the great weight that ha said was crushing out his life. Occasionally be would request to have hlsposltion slightly changed, but the ehonges gave him but littleapparentrelief. When these changes , of position were made, the sorrowing spectators would catch views of the red sheets saturated with the life-blood of the pale sufferer.. Immediately after Tom McGehan dud his family retired the real struggle began, and the strong, deter mined man began the last grapple with the invisible and relentless foe, Theiron will bad at last lost complete control of the body. The bead would occasionally move with sudden, jerky motion from side to side, and the body, from the hips upward, wppld away from side to side, and again Squirm and wriggle in invol untary attempts to escape the. crushing weight that the patient felt to be resting on his abdomen, where the fatal ball sped on its mission of death. The eyes, which up to this time badrematued closed, now opened with a stare that, together with the tightly clenched teeth, visible beneath the partially parted and rigid lips, and the pallid cheeks, presented a facial pic ture of agony such asnone who witnessed will ever wish to behold again. .About 1:30 o’clock, after an unusually violent struggle, the eyes began to grow glassy, and the face to assume that rigidly infal lible sign of death. Ho remained per fectly quiet in this position for about IS minutes, when, by a sudden movement, the. body stretched its full length in the bed, the eyes closed, and with a deep drawn sigh, the dauntless souLjJesortetK its tenement of clay, andtJ. L, Vallaudig ham was dead THE WOUND Dr. W- W. Dawson, of tills city, has furnished to us the following statement of tbe nature of the wound which caused Mr. Valtandlgbam’s death i The wound was in tbe right side, about two inches below the arch of tbe ribs, two inches in front of the lateral line, seven and a half inches from tbe umbilicus,and two inches above the umbilical lever. The ball en tered tbe abdominal cavity, from - the point of entrance obliquely front, above, downward, and inward, pointing toward tbe left inguinal region. The abdomen was distemled with blood, and there was a constant exudation of it from the wound. A. Milwaukee papers says that d citi zen there bad white hair after coming out of a family fight, being thoroughly heightened. Tbe wife couldn’t have got a fair bold or there wouldn’t have been any left to make tbe item of. Bates fax AnvsBTiSEHXKTa will bo inserted at Ten;cont n per line for tho,first Insertion', and five cents per line for each snpseaaeni Insertion, Quar terly half-yearly, andyoorly advertisements In erted at a liberal reduction on the abovo rates. Advertisements should Bo accompanied by the Cash. When sent without'any length of time specified for publication, they will be continued until ordered oat and onorgedaccordlngly JOB PBINTINa. . • cards, HAnnmnns, OinounAns, and every oth er description of .Ton and Oabd Printing, ©tjtis antt ißmra. How to get a-long well—Have it dug deep. Shobt-SICWITED— A draft payable on demand - ' . , Tradesmen often get their living by various weighs. The man who will sigh for a woman is Jikeij^foTiavoTtiresrrjf." — The key to Darwin’s theory which Is apparent to all is—Mlon-key What word may he pronounced-quick er by adding two more letters to it 7 Quick. Ip a miser.dies of enlargement of the heart, can it be said be died a paturai death ? A Hint to Bruggdrts—NVbat can be more useful than a clock? yet it always runs Itself down. Why should a spider be a good base ball player? Because, naturally, it Is an excellent flycatcher. Why are poor relations, like Ills of gout? Because the oftener they come the longer they stay. Woman’s-kioiits women may yet as pire to positions in the navy; Lot’s wife was an old salt, you know. Glory Is well enough fora rich man, but It Is of very little consequence to a poor man with a large family. TiiE new style of ladies’ hats is very beaullful. They resemble a pen-wiper with a fringe, and are quite becoming. Wine drinkers and dealers wonder if 1871 is lo be a grape year. Probably not since this year is the current year.' ■ It Is said that there is no friendship between women so strong that one good looking man is not able to break up. When shall a man dine? Diogeuese answered the question thus: If rich,, when he likes; if poor, when he can. In Boston, when a lady rides out, she is said ‘to take au airing ;' in Pittsburg, on the contrary, her object is to take a smoking. ' A clergyman offers up prayers for the Legislature of his State, which he says, is disposed to repeal even the Ten Com mandments, The language of flowers: We often hear of the‘pink of propriety,' Can we not with equal propriety speak of the ‘lie lack of truth.’ 1 The question of the day is whether it is more difficult for a girl of the period to get her clothes in.her trunk or her trunk iu her clothes, ' A baby show at Cedar Bapids bad 20 > competitors. The mothers decided by a vote which baby was the nicest and each baby had one vote. The difference between love and law Is: In love the attachment precedes the declaration; in law, the declaration pre cedes the attachment. Water will make a man’s boots tight. We have seen a good many young men tight in their boots latqly. They must have been outin the damp, Although, stringent, the game laws of Pennsylvania do not prohibit house hunting, nor prevent artful maidens of n certain age from setting their nets. In a shop window in an obscure part . of London Is this announcement: ‘Qoods removed, messages taken, carpets beaten and poetry composed on any subject. It was Coleridge who said of a school . master, who .was fond of applying the birch, that it was lucky for the oheru blpas who carried him to. heaven that they were ail head and wings. Mr. Kettle, of; Illinois, had a wife, but a few mouths ago he courted a girl named Fish, and married her without the formality of a divorce from Mrs, Ket tle. That might be called a pretty kettle ofFish. At the dinner of an Irish Association, not long since, the following toast was given; ‘Here’s to the president of the so ciety, Patrick O’Raffarty, an’ may ho live to eat the chicken that scratches over his grave - ’ The following laconic epistle was late ly seen in the window of a London cof fee house: ‘Stolen from this window, a China cup and saucer, the set being now incomplete, the thief May have the re mainder at a bargain.' . A Toledo druggist had his name taken off a petition for a street improvement, when he learned that such would im prove’the health of the neighborhood.— He wants others to be perpetually sick so ho may live. , Ho is the champion mean mau. “Every person," says ; the author, Southey? “nos two immediate parents, • four ancestors in the second degree, eight in the third, and so the pedigree ascends, doubling at every step, till in, the. twen tieth generation be has no fewer than 1, 030,896 grandfathers and grandmothers. One of the ‘school-marms' who recent ly went to Oregon to engage in the du of her vocation, thus writes to her friends at home : 'A panther was killed last week, near my school-room, 1 measuring seven from the tip of the ears to the ex tremity of the tall and seyen back again making fourteen in all,’ A certain young gentleman, while riding out with a lady a few days since, was suddenly reminded by the lady that he was on the left side of the vehi cle instead of the right, as is usual. The intelligent youth, in order to correct his mistake, immediately turned the horse and buggy completely aroun and drove 1 ’ in the opposite direction. Bather a good story is told of the for mer Miss Lane while she-was the charm ing mistress of the Executive Mansion. A photographer, in New York, presented her with an album, superbly bound, • containing forty-two different views of Miss Lane. Jones remarked, on seeing it tlie" other day, that it was the most Miss-a-Laneous book he had ever seen. •' The Archbishop of Dublin once requir ed of a physician : ‘Why does tlie operation of bnugiug kill a man?’ ‘Because inspiration is checked, circu lation stopped, and blood suffuses and congests the brain.’ ‘Bosh!’ replied his grace, ‘it is because the rope Is not long enough to let his feet touch the ground.’ Op the quaint sayings of Father Tay lor, many old andsome new onesare find ing their way into print. To a prayer meeting which bad been told that repen tance was never too late, for a sinner’ blown up in a powder mill could make bis peace with heaven before be fell to the earth, Father Taylor said, ‘Do not trust in such a chance, brethren ; don’t -wait for your dying hour before you re pent; perhapsyou never will be blown up in a powder mill.’ A lady, writing on the subject of kis sing says: Tam vain enough to pride myself op being a girl of good sense, and I dearly love and can appreciate good - kissing—indeed I should quite as lief have a good kiss as u new cashmere. It is to me one of life’s sweetest enjoyments. Borne of my life’ahappiest moments have been spent In kissing. A rich, hearty kiss, from plump, rosy, moustached (or linmoustached) Ups, will last one a whole day',’ Sensible girl that sure enough, Many of the novels of these days, both English and Amerioau, are worse than sensational—they are absolutely wloked, ahd thtfir tendency is to corrupt tbe minds of theybung, male sad female. Instead of refining, they render their readers vul gar, seusual and depraved. Parents, who regard the welfare of their children, and wish to see them grow up useful members of society, should banish all pcstiferlous novels from their libraries and homes.
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