'. fhf' lulnntw
’^' :-A*j^'iiKM9 : «-Tw° D°llars per yoar if paid strictly ' l ' \ ‘ , . - : -j~< ’ '
Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid ■. • „ ,-| * Y».' ’
•. throe mouths ; after which Three Dollars , 1 •- f ’ • ‘ ?
0 charged. Those terms will be rigidly nd- — ; ' ■ ; ■ r -■■.* ■■■ 1 ■ ■. ._ii" ■■ 1 ——— 1 ■■ v ■■ -__ . . ■i_
imtlUllqirearngea are paid,imima'nt - y BY BRATTON-& KENNEDY. ’ CARLISLE, PAi) THURSDAY, JULYI3 1871. VO
IDtotessioiini earns.
JM ITED STATES CLAIM
„ AND
ESTATE AOENV'Y.
-WM. B. BUTLER, ■
<i ATTORNEY AT LAW.
; Offline ‘ln Franklin House, South HanovefcStreet
. ,' Cfrrtlslo, Cumberland countys.Ponua.
Applications by mall, will receive immediate.
attention given to„thos&Ulngor rent-.,
/.IngpfßoalEstate, In town or country. In alilot
’ iera of jnqulry. please enclose postage stamp.
..>■ :;;3u|y11,1870-tf. ‘ %
KEM'ZIIOOVEK, . •* . *
‘ ATTOJRXriSY-AT-LAW,
i CARLISLE; PA.
on South Hanover Street, opposite
Beutt’a dry goods store.
iftJMUICU & PARKER,
A TTOB NEYS AT LAW. ■
Offloe 'bD Mftin Street, In * Marlon Hall, Car
J'seestisas-
6. sTtTmI G
A TTORNEY- AT-LAW,
Office with S. Hepburn, Jr.
East Main Street,
ca.hlisliß, pa.
Feb* 2.71—ly
TtTT KENNEDY, Attorney a.t Law
VV 'i' Carlisle, Penna. Office same os thatoJ
the “American volunteer. 11
Dec./li JS7O.
GEORGE 8. SEARIGHT, Den
■’■•JLl-'tist. From the College of Dental
1 9urgtry. Office at the residence of uls mother
. 3Jaailx)uthor Street, three aoors below Bedford
> Carlisle. Ponna.
Peg. 1 1865. . - -
©ataanir
p E-E S H AEEIVA.L
OP AliX. THB
Pi RW STY ERR
EX A T 8 A. N D CAP S.
: -The subscriber bus just opened at No. 15 North
vßanover Sired, a few doors North of the Carlisle
Deubsltßank, one of the largest and best Stocks
,of HATS and CAPS ever offered In Carlisle.
Oasalraere of all styles and qualities,
::Stiffßrlmn, different colors, and every desorlp-
CtioiroEeoft Hata now mode.
ThoDuukard and Old Fashioned Brush, con
stantly oil hand and made to order, all warrant
ed to-glvo satisfaction.
A full assoi tment of
GENTS,
BOY’S, AND
CHILDREN’S.
• ' HATS.
■nave also added to my Stock, notions of differ
ent kinds, consisting of
.'LADIES* AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS
Necui 'lies, Suspenaera,
Collars, Gloves,
Pencils, 1 bread,
• - v ; >.Vy, . • Sewing Silk. ' Umbrellas, do
; i?rime segars and tobacco
w ALWAYS ON HAND.
• ■Qive me a call, and examine ray stock as I feel
eonlldent of pleasing all, besides saving you mo
ney.
JOHN A. KELLER. Agent,
‘ No. 15 North Hanover Street.
petiwo..
■gU'ATS AND CAPS I
DO YOU WANT A NICE HAT OR CAP 7
r IF SO. DO N’T FAIL TO CALL ON
J. G, OALLIO,
NO. 29. WESI MAIN STREET,
Whets can be seen the linest assortment of
HATS AND CAPS, ;
to Carlisle. Ho takes great pleas-
’inviting his old friends and customers,
;and all-new ones; to his splendid Mock Just re
'oUved from New York and Philadelphia, con-
In part of fine t , .
SILK AND OASSIMERE HATS,
;besides an endless variety of Hats and Caps ol
■ thelatest style, all ol which he will sell at the
Lowest Cash Prices. Also, his own manufacture
Rats always on hand, and
MANUFACTURED TO ORDER.
■■’ V; jkohaa the beat-arrangement for coloring Hats
- and ail kinds of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, Ao,, at
. - the ehortest notice (as he colors every week) and
• ontho most reasonable terms. Also, a fine lot ol
choice brands of
AND CIGARS
always! bn hand.. Ho desires to call the attention
of persons who have
COUNTR Y FURS
to sell, as he pays the highest cosh prices for he
earned 1 ,
' 1 Qlvehlm a call, at the above number, his >ld
stands as he fools confident of giving entire sa Jfi
faotlori.
: octjwo.
Ulumfiura. #c.
V’-jrAjl’ES CAMPBELL. I W. P. HEN^OOD
KENWOOD,
M| PLUMBERS,
• AND STEAM FITTERS
, IS North Htmover St
. CARLISLE, P|A.
: , BAinTUBs, ’" —
: % • water closets,
■ WASHBASINS.
.. - HYDRANTS,
• * LIFT AND FORCE PUMPS,
V civL s CISTERN AND DEEP WELL PUMPS.
GAS FIXTURES,
SHADES AND GLOBES &0. , Ac. .
■'-- 1 ■ •
vlfedj Iron and Terra Cotta; Pipe,
; :^§ : OHIMNEY TOPS.anil. FLUES,
hinds of ; .
B R A S S WORK,
■ '
■•' * ' '
• .[locßteam and Water constantly on hand.
IN TOWN OR COUNTRY
: - promptly attended to.
.' attention given to orders for
• trying special advantages we are prepared to
. ■ 'garnish _ ■
■ 'i||, b,Ji ft ft- ft ft ft ft ft
■V . L Tfe&lv
TVIOTIOWB WHOLESALE AT
AfO ITT PRICES,
constantly on hand suoh as
■PiStovEa,
'iVt SUSPENDERS,
Jf~i NECK TIES and
BOWS*.
-. SKIRT FRONTS, Cambric and Linen Handlcer-'
chiefs, L2non and Paper Collars and Cum,
Trimmings Braids, Spool Cotton, Wallotts
Qombs, Stationary, wrapping Paper and Paper
• Bags. Drugs, Soaps and Perfumery, Shoe Blade,
, Stove Polish,ludlgo, Segars, <£o., Ac.
COYLE BROTHERS,
t No, 24 South Hanover street,
, March 80,1871—4 m. Carlisle. Pa,
J‘. L. STEENEE & 880.,
LIVERY AND SALE STABLE,
Between hanover and bedfokt sib,
IN the eeae of bentz house,
CAELISLE, PA.
: /Having fitted np the Stable with new Carri
ages, 40.,1 am prepared to farnlsn first-olass
inm-outa, at reasonable rates. Parties token to
ana from the springs *
April 25. 18b7.—2y
Dividend,
Carlisle 2>epos}t tßitnk,
- Carlisle, Pa., May 2, IH7J.
* V The Board of Directors have this day declared
■’ith a Dividend of live per cent, for the post six
‘.'•months,on the Capital HtooU.lieo irom State
and National Taxes, payable on demand.
J. r, xiASSJuiSK,
Ccuhier,
Ma/ 4, 1871-3ra
agricultural implements.
jpi GARDNER & CO.,
(URLISH MMINIi WORKS.
New Machines for 1871,
Seeching, Heaping, Threshing.
THE CUMBEHLAND VaI.LEY
Thresher and Separator-
Wo offer this new Thresher and Separator,
(Caaho A Co’s. Pat ent) to the farmers of Cumber
land and adjoining counties os Ihlly equal, if
not superior to any macblnenow manufactured.
It has tbo great advantage of being plain and
simple In construction. It la a VERY RAPID
THRESHER AND A PERFECT SEPARATOR
AND CLEANER. In using it the farmer wilt bo
sure of making the most he possibly can oat of
his crop because it
Wastes No Grain,
bta saves all. that goesthrough the machine,
nud separates entirely the chaff from the straw,
i;.!* on easy running is nr
the saifi6 v tflß3 l rtle cheapest machine In themar
ket. The HORSE POWER which we fhrnlnh to
run the Cumberland Volley Thresher Is also
new 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 be required, where
many other machines require six. and eight
horses. 1 .
The Cumberland Valley Thresher and Cleaner
was tried on the grounds,of the Cumberland
County Agricultural Society at the Fair ol 1&70,
a large crowd of farmers being present to wit
ness Its operation. The trial was completely
successful and'the machine proved Us ability to
thresh clean and.separate grain In the most sat
Isfaotory manner. All who witnessed the trial
expressed their approval In the warmest terms.
The committee on agricultural implements, also
gave the machine a special notice In their re
port, strongly recommending it. The Cumber
land Valley Thresher and Separator, bos also
beoh recently used by Col, Wm. M. -Henderson,
at bis farm near Carlisle, in threshing and clean
ing a large crop. So fully Is he satisfied of its
great merits that he allows us to use his name os
a reference. Farmers who wish further and
fuller particulars as to the working qualities of
this now machine are therefore respectfully re
ferred to Col. Henderson, one of the most wide
ly known farmers ot Cumberland county.
The Cumberland Volley Thresher will always
bo well and substantially built, of the best ma
terial, solidly framed Jn every -part, and pre
senting a- handsome external appearance.—
Price of machine, with SO Inch cylinder, $2OO
without wagon. A great advantage of this ma
chine Is that It can be readily repaired at any
good Shop without trouble.
THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY
PATENT SELF RAKING
MOWER and REAPER.
.Wo will also build this new machine, with
changes and Improvements fully remedying the
defects and weak points of those built last sear
son. Car aim Is 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 all essential points, a
good and reliable harvester. All we ask for It
Isa fair trial.
THE WILLOUGHBY PATENT GUM SPRING
Grain Drill.
Wo build this well known. Grain Drill pow
with or without guano attachment, and the
shovels in straight or z!g zag rows, just as the
farmer prefers. We now have,also, a new and
Improved plan of attaching the gum tubes, for
which we nave obtained Letters Patent, which
with other improvements makes the Willough
by the most complete and perfect Drill mpnu
actured in the country.
A L W A Y B O N E Afl Bi
a full line of agricultural implements both of
our own manufacture and from other establish
ments, Including every useful machine needed
by the farmer, we may enumerate Hay Rakes, ;
old fashioned Threshers and Horse Powers.
Corn Shellers, of which we have three kinds and
five different sizes, Cannon Corn Fod
der Cutters', Cider Mills and other articles too
numerous to specify.
Orders taken for all kinds of
IRONWORK
In onr extensive Foundry and Machine Shops
and for BUILDING MATERIALS of every de
scrlntion In our Door and Sash Factory. A full'
stock of well-seasoned LUMBER always on
band, enabling us to. fill all orders promptly, at
the lowest prices. Farmers.builders and manu
facturers are Invited to give ns a call and. see
our faculties for turning ontg>o6. work. &
Jan. 19,71—6 m
Rmetoet.
•JJSE THE BEST I
HALL’S
VEGETABLE SICILIAN
H AIR RENEWER,
Nine years before the public, and no prepara
tion for the hair has ever been produced eqpal
to Hall's “ Vegetable Sicilian Hair Kenewer,”
and every honest dealer . will say U elves the
beat satisfaction. It restores GRAY HAIR to Its
original color.eradlcatlng and preventing dan
druff. oaring BALDNESS and, promoting the
growth of the hair. The gray and brashy hair
y a few applications Is changed to black and
silky locks, and way ward 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 the
nutritive principle so necessary to the life of the
hair. It gives the hair that splendid appearance
so much admired by all. By its tonlo and stim
ulating properties it prevents the hair from fal
ling out, and. none need be without Nature's
ornament, a good bead of hair. It Is the first
real perfected remedy oyer discovered for curing
diseases of. the hair, and It has never, been
'equalled, and we assure the thousands who hay
used it, it Is kept up to Its original high stand
ard. Our.Treatlseon tbeHalr mailed free; send
font. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers In.
medicines. Price One Dollar per bottle.
R. P. HALL * CO.,Proprietors,
Laboratory, Nashua. N. H,
S, A. HAvaaariOK. Agent, Carllele, Pa.
and W. F. HORN, Carlisle, Pa.
March SO, 1871--iy
Eor sale a tract of land
situate on the Canal an.d River, in Liverpool
nshlp. Perry county, containing THREE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES, more or less,
having thereon erected a two story brick dou
ble DWELLING HOUSE; elegantly ifinished,
a large two-story FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
.and a very fine frame BANK BARN, UOxtiO feet*
'The above tract con be readily divided into sev
eral farms, which will be sold together or sepa
rate, to salt purchasers. - . • . .. .
Also, a piece of land In the same township,
containing THIRT Y ACRES, more or less,part
ly cleared, • , . *
Also, a tract of land on the canal and river. In
Buffalo township. In the same county, contain
ing ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACHES, more
or less, about the half being cleared, having
thereon erected two log houses .and a log stable.;
Also, a lot of ground In the borough of Liver
pool, being 50*5) feet,- lying between the river
uiid canal, and having thereon erected a WARE
iduUSE. . • ■
All to ba.sold on very favorable terms and
tl me given to suit the purchaser.
The above properties will be offered at private
side until OCTOBER SO, 1871, and If not sold
bolore that time will be sold at public sale on
that do/ In Liverpool, when and where the
terms will bo made known.
Apply to H. G. MOSER. Meobanlcsburg, or to
J. MCCORMICK, Jr., Harrisburg.
Je2&-wtf
C< ARLIBLE SPRINGS.
V/Tho grounds ot the Spring have been put In
good order, and are free to aliplo-nlcs or parties
who wish to übc them.
The Spring and the bathing rooms are In good
order.
H tabling lor twenty-flve
Proprietor,
June 2D, »7X—3t,
JOB WORK neatly and expeditious
ly executed at THIS OFFICE.
IMial
A STOlllHfl OLD POEM.
.Who shall Judge him from his manners ?
Who shall know him by his dress?
Paupers piny be flt for princes.
Princes lit for something less.
Crumplod.shlrt and dirty Jacket
May boolotjie tho golden ore '-
Or the deepest thoughts and feelings—
Satin -vest can- do v»...........
There are streams of crystal nectar
Ever flowing out of stone;
There are purple beds and golden,
Hidden, crushed, and overthrown.
God, who counts by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prospers you and roe,
While He values thrones the highest
But as pebbles In tho sea.
Man upraised above hls fellows,
Oft forgets hls follows then•
Masters—rulers—lords; remember
That your meanest hinds are men I
Men of labor, men of feeling,
Mon of thought, men ol fame'.
Claiming rights ta sunsblno : -
There are foam-embroidered oceans,
There little wood-clod rills;
There are feeble Inoh-hlgh sappllogs,
There are cedars on the bills.
God, who counts b y souls, not stations,
Loves and prospers yon and me.
For to Him all vain distinctions
Arc os pebbles in the sea.
Tolling bands alone are builders
Of a nation's wealth and lame,
.Titled laziness Is pensioned,
Fed and fattened on the same;
By the sweat of others’ foreheads,
Living only to rejoice,
While the poor man’s outraged freedom
Vainly lifts Its feeble voice.
Truth and Justice are eternal,
Born with lovllness and light;
Secret wrongs shall never prosper '
While there is a sunny right.
God, whose world-wide voice is singing
Boundless love to yon and me,
Like oppression with its titles,
But as pebbles in the sea, .
IflisttKmitinK.
DELIVERED FROM EVIL.
The twilight of raid July was full of
tender, opal brightness; the scent of new
mown hay, coming down from far
off breezy slopes, floated in the air, and
jostbeyondtbeelmsin the hollow the full
moon rising up—a great globe of pearl, and
from ber.low seat beneath the over-bang
ing honey suckles, Bertha Wyman saw
and felt.all this summer beauty with the
faint, blissful languor of a tropic dream.
‘Bertha!’
- Paul Fordbam crossed the broad ribbon
of moonlight that fluttered over the
piazza, and came to sit down at bis fian
cee’s feet..
‘You look like a picture to-uight,. Ber
tha; do you know it?’
‘Ami?’
Mies Wyman was accustomed to adul
ation, and took it very coolly, with only
a royal smile flung down to her admirer.
She was like a picture—fair and gra
cious with blue eyes; and great.colia of
golden hair around her head, while even
in the uncertain twilight, you could see
that the color bn her cheeks was softer
and more tenderly tinted than the blos
soms of the great oleander at her side, i
•Hush—who is that?' she aald. wlth a
little start, ns a light footstep sounded on
the matted hall beyond.
’Only your aunt’s companion, Mrs.
Raymond. By the way, Bertha, what a
very interesting little thing she is—such
a child widow, with, those black eyes,
and the heavy lashes that seem actually
to weigh down her eyelids?. She makes
me think of one of those exquisite little
Boutb American birds, all grace and spar
kle."
T never could account (or the taste of
young men,’ said Bertha, half contempt
uously.
‘No, but she Is a beauty, by Jove! loan
tell you my fair Saxon Empress, If 1 had
not lost my heart Irrevocably to you long
before I ever saw Mrs. Baymond, there’s
no telling what might have happened.’
He spoke jestingly, but Bertha drew
away the hand he had taken, rather cool
ly. ,
‘lt is not yet too late, Paul, If you re
ally admire Zaidee Baymond so enthusi
astically.’
‘Bertha!’
Miss Wyman laughed a strange, un
natural sort of a laugh. Up to this mo
ment her lips had never tasted the bitter
cup of jealousy, now It seemed as if the
draught was maddening. How dared
Paul Fordham, her betrothed lover, to
speak In tones of commendation to any
woman save herself.
Bertha was quo of those unfortunate
creatures who have what is termed 'a
high temper,’ and all her life it had been -
unbridled. Bhe bad never learned the
lesson of self control, and it was too late
to begin now.
Miss Wyman went up to her own apart
ment earlier than usual that evening, not
because she was particularly weary, but
because she wanted to punish Paul Ford
ham, who was fond of moonlight and
sentiment and delicious July evenings,
forhis unwarrantable notice of her aunt’s
dark-eyed companion.
As she sat at her window, brushing out
the wavy, feathery gold of her magnifi
cent hair, the sound of voices on the pi
azza arrested her attention. She listened
a moment, bolding the golden masses
away from her head, with her scarlet Ups
half apart. It was Paul Fordham and
Zaidee Baymond, ■
‘I thought so,’ she murmured under her
breath. ‘lt would be no bad speculation
for the poverty-stricken widow to wile-
Paul Fordham add bis wealth to her nets.
I knew she was artful, despite her inno
cent and childish ways, but if she dares
to come iu collision with me she shall be
crushed—crushed as I would strike a
noisome Insect to the ground.'
Bhe sat there, silent and motionless for
well-nigh half an hour, then there came a
soft tap at her chamber deer.
'Come in/ said, Bertha.
And Mrs. Baymond entered.
l I beg your pardon for disturbing you,
Miss Wyman ; but were you aware that
yon had left your bracelet oq the piazza
floor? Here it Is.’ -
‘lt took you and Mr. Fordham some
time to discover the loasofobraoelet.’Bald
Bertha tauntingly. ‘I am really sorry to
have given you the trouble of so length
ened a search. ’ . ■ • i
. Zaldce Raymond’s cheeks flushed pain
fully. ' . ‘ ‘ 1 .
‘lf you would allow me to confide In
you, Mias Wyman,’ she faltered, draw
ing a step or two nearer to the Saxon
beauty, ‘Mr. Fordham baa told me-r—;’
■1 do not wish (o become the repository
of your confidence;’ said Bertha,; with'
chilling abruptness, ‘nor do I care what
, Mr.,Fordham chooses to tell you. Good
flight'.’ ,
. And she motioned Mrs, Raymond im
peratively out of her preeenoe. 1
'■'l should haVe struck’ her In another
second,’ she murmured to herself, tearing
the tiny lace frlU away'from her throb,
blog throat, as If its Blight pressureTm
peded tree resplrftlon. ‘I have seen the
nurses shrink away froni me, as a child,
when hay temper rose-. There was iniilr
der in my eyes, they said, .1 think there
waa murder in my heart, when T stood
there facing that treacherous, black-eyed
woman. Let her beware bow she ven
tures to oome between me. and mine. 11 i
Unconscious Paul Fordham I If he
could only have known; as be paced up and
down the dewy lawn, smoking hls olgar,
the thoughts that were passing through
the mind of bis betrdtbeu I
■Bertha,’ said be, the next afternoon, as
they stood together by the great, apioy
sweej-brler bush, ‘do you know I had
quite a chat with Mrs. Raymond list
night?’ 1
‘I am aware of it, 1 answered Berlin,
indifferently, stooping to gather a scented
spray.
‘And by Jove, Bertha, tho little crea
ture has had the most romantic life to
,» t
'I dare say,’ said Bertha, turning ab
ruptly away. 'The breeze is top strong
out here 1 ; I think I. Will go to the library?
Paul started at bis companion in utter
bewilderment. ’.
■X'suppoaetlmtmoansshedoesiv’t'want
to talk any more about Zaidee Raymond.
Well, of ail incomprehensible creatures,
a woman is the most incomprehensible I
They are leagues and leagues beyond my
penetration—the whole race of them. I
supposed she would be. interested; and
here she snaps my head off before I get
out a dozen words.’
And Paul followed Bertha to the lib
rary, confused, and not altogether pleased
at the arbitrary decisiveness of thebeauti
ful blonde. , -
It was about a week afterward that Ber
tha Wyman was coming home fromaTorwr
.walk toa distant farm house, where an
■^ , TO^^Hfi , waTEtarup y and
down the long ball with Mrs. Raymond
athissidethat very morning, and now she
feltalittle wearied, somewhat lonely, and
very cross. The sun had been down about
half an hour, but the west was still illum
inated wlth.a beltof orange brightness and
the winding river, tangled aiongtbe shore
with starry waterllllles,reflected the warm:
glow of the sky like a second firmament.
As Bertha descended into a deep little
hollow, fragrant with wild roses—for she
had avoided the thoroughfare, unfrequen
ted though it was, and chosen a shaded
by-path—she became conscious that two
otherpersbns werestrollingalong the road
itself, from whom she was divided by a
tangled mass of wild grape vines festooned
from the slender branches of a few silver
birches —two other persons—Paul.Ford
ham and Zaidee Raymond. • .
The color died away from Bertha’s
somewhat flushed cheeks, os she paused
to listen, for they, too, had paused where
two roads bad separated.
‘Wemustnotwalk on further together,’
said Paul Eordham’s voice. ‘Nobody is to
suspect anything yet you know. We’ll
surprsie them.’. . • 1
And then came Zatdee’s soft, hesitating’
laugh. ’
‘lt seems like a dream, Mr. Fordbam,’
‘But you will And it, I hope, a happy
reality,’ ho said, looking down tenderly,
upon her bowed head. ‘You do not regret
trusting in me ,
‘Oh I’ she said, ‘I never dreamed that
earth could have so much happiness in
store for me yet. And I owe it all to
you.’ -
, And then Bertha could hear his foot
steps dying away in the distance; she
could see Mrs. Raymond standing mo
tionless for a moment, with her tiny
bands clasped, and then gilding on, her
scarlet scarf glimmering through the
dusk like the wing of a Ceylon bird.
‘False! faithless!’ murmured 1 Bertha,
under her breath, With her teeth set
closely together.* ‘Ah, sbe.l how dare
she?’
The storm of hot, unreasoning fury
that raged in her breast seemed to shake
her slight frame as a leaf Is shaken by the
equinoctial gale, and her eyes literally
blazed with blue, baleful fire. At that
instant.there was murder in Bertha Wy
man’s heart.
She hurried down the twilight glade—
the thorns tearing her dress, the briers
wounding her delicate flesh, but she' felt
them no more than if they had beep
rose petals blown toward her by the even
ing breeze. Some strong, savage purpose
was maturing in her mind—some over
mastering passion held her whole being
in its grasp. . ,
She knew that to strike into the.right
road, Zaidee must ere long take the se
cluded path she herself was treading.
Her sole aim was to reach the liny foot
bridge which crossed the narrow river
first.
And she succeeded. It was quite dark,
the fragrant, starry-darkness of a mid
summer night—when she hurried down
the steep, shelving bank.
‘The planks are old and ruinous,’ she
murmured. ‘They shook and rattled un-.
der my feet as X passed Over to-day,—
Zaidee Eaymond shall come between me
and my plighted lover no morel’
As she crossed,'she deliberately stopped
—tearing up the planks behind her, and
throwing them into the river with a dull
splashing sound. They were not large,
but had they been twice, nay, three
times their size, Bertha Wyman would
have torn them away from the moulder
ing beams, so supernatural seemed her
strength at that instant. ‘There,’ she
said, half aloud, pausing to look down
into the peaceful stream, where the
planks floated amid the faint reflection
of Innumerable stars. ‘Long ago, when
I was a child, a man was drowned here!
The water is deep and the spot is lone
ly-’ .
The, next moment she was gone, hur
rying away, as if some unseen presence
were following Close upon her footsteps.
•You are late to-night, Bertha?’
Paul was looking out for her from the
piazza steps, and came pleasantly to meet
her.
‘I know It,’she skid, putting; the hair
away from her forehead, where the cold
dew Blood In beads. ‘lt’s a long way
from Bericote Farms and X—l did not
walk very fast.’
‘Come and sit by me, Bertha,' said
Paul; ‘l’ve a long story to tell you.’
■What is It?’ she asked mechanically
‘lt’s about little Zaldee Raymond. She
if not a widow after all.’
‘Not.a widow ?’ .
‘No; and bow do you suppose I found
out? Clifford, my cousin Clifford wrote
to me from India, and be is her hus
band, You see there was some absurd
quarrel between them before the honey
moon was over. 'je was a jealous fool,
and she was passionate,and she ran away
and left him. He somehow beard she
Was in this part of. the country and wrote
to me. Of course, the minute I got a
obance to speak to her, I knew it was
Zaldee. And she Is the happiest little
creature in the world to.think.be really
loves her; and next week she’s is going
out to him. I’ve managed it all. Don't
you think I’m a pretty good diplomast?’
His face was fairly radiant with honest
pleasure as be looked down info Bertha’s
face. He did not see her.gaze; her eyes
wide open and dilated, were fixed on va
cancy, and her face was deadly white.
Merciful God of Heaven I What bad
site done, in the wild, unreasoning St of
madness of her Jealousy I Was she a
murderess? Was the blot of Cain upon
her brow?
. Alas I for the wild remorse that gnaw
ed at her heart ail the slow creeping hours
of that dreadful night. Had the wealth
of a hundred worlds been hers she would
have cheerfully given it all to undo the
work of those few maniac minutes on the
lonely bridge. Hay, she would have died
herself, in all the bloom of her youth and
hope and beauty, to wipe away that brief
ibalf hour of her life. . ..
When sbe arose next morning she
looked as If an Illness o( months had
passed over her head.
'How ill you look, dear!’ said her aunt,
'l’m afraid that walk was too much for
you yesterday. And It’s so strange that
Zaldee did not come home last night.’
‘Strange 1’ As Bertha closed her heavy
eyes she almost seemed to see the dead
'face turned upward among the water
illllles, with Its wealth of Jetty hair tang
led amid their wreathed steins. Ob, God I
as long as she lived that white face would
haunt her .waking or sleeping hours.
■ Would it be long before they found the
corpse? Wpuld they bring It up the
flowery lawn; with the dripping hair, or
would it float ithere for days, perhaps In
that lonely spot 7 And—
'Why, Zaldee I where have you been
all this time ?’
Bertba started up with a wild hysteric
scream. It was her aunt’s voice, and
Zaldee Raymond stood In the midst of
them, with bie>oming cheeks, and soft
dimpliugsmiles,
‘At Farmer Geary’s to be snre. It was
.so dark when I passed there last night
that the kind souls Insisted on my stay
ing with them until morning. And'it
'was a very'lucky thing 1 did, for when
we got to (he bridge this morning, we
found that the thnnder shower in the
night had raised the stream, and washed
of! half those ruinous old planks.’
Bertha Wyman rose and okme toward'
Zaidee taking her to her bosom with a
strong, tender, pressure,, that-the -young
oreature scarcely understood,
’Ob, Zaidee, we were so frightened.—
Thank heaven, yotf are safe once more.—
Dearest Zaidee, Paul bos' told me all and
I am so glad'l’
If ever a woman spoke from the bottom
of her heart, Bertha Wyman did at that
moment. .
The next Week Mrs. Baymond went
out to join her husband in India; and a
month afterward Paul Fordham was
married to Bertha, whose unwonted gen
tleness and sweetness of d j)ip paqnc rath of
itouoh,’ said The good old aunt. But no
one ever knew what that ‘something! Was
that, bad wrought such an , alteration in
Bertha’s character.. ,
Wonderful Sagacity of a Dog.
The Portland (Me.) Press says: "The
following story,.strange as it may appear,
is vouched by several witnesses whose
testimony is unimpeachable. A short
time ago a female Newfoundland dog was
in the habit of coming to the house of a
lady in this City who would throw to it
pieces of cold meat, which the dog would
eat, and having satisfied its hunger, go
away again. Bo confirmed did this habit
become 7 that at a certain hour daily the
lady would expect the,dog and the ani
mal would put in an appearance. A few
days ago, before feeding her, the lady
said to her, ‘Why don’t you bring me
’ one of your puppies?’ repeating the ques
tion several times as she stood at the win
dow, the dog looking at her in the face
with an expression of intelligence, as if
it understood every word the lady said.
The next day, to the lady’s ostonish
moht, at the usual hour the dog returned,
and lo and behold I was accompanied by
a little puppy. The lady fed both dogs,
and then took up the pnppy Into the
window, when the old dog scampered
off and did not return' for tbreedays. At
the end of that time the dog again ap
peared,, when after feeding it, the lady
said, 'Next time bring all your puppies,
I want to see them ;’ and yesterday mor
ning, sure enough, the dog returned, ac
companied by three Newfoundland pups.
Several of. the neighbors saw the whole
'transaction, and declared that they con
sidered this one of-the most wonderful
proofs of the sagacity of the dog they
nave ever known. Where the dog came
from and to whom it belongs Is not
known, but we have the name of the
lady and also of those who were eye-wit
nesses to the occurrence as narrated by
us.”
A Yankee Thick —One of our pecull-,
ar, slab sided, gaunt Yankees lately em
igrated and settled down in the West.—
He was the picture- of a mean man, but
as he put himself to work ip earnest to.
get his bouse to rights, -the neighbors
lent him,a hand. After he had every
thing fixed to his notion, a thought
struck him that he bad no chickens, and
he was. powerfully fond of sucking raw
eggs. He was too honest to steal them,
and too'mean to buy them.
.At last a thoughtstruck him—be could:
borrow. He went to a neighbor and,
thus accosted him: "
“Wal, I reckon yon haln’t got an old
hen, nothin’ you’d lend me for a few
weeks, have you neighbor ?”
“I will lend you. one with pleasure,”
replied the gentleman, picking out the
very finest in the coop.
The Yankee look the ben home, and
then went to another neighbor and bor
rowed a dozen eggs. He then sen the
ben, and indue course of timesbe hatch
ed out a dozen chickens.
. The Yankee was again puzzled: he
could return the ben, but-how was he to
return the eggs 7 Another ldea--and
who ever saw a Yankee without one—he
would keep the ben until she bad laid a
dpzen eggs.
This be did and then returned the ben
and eggs to their respective owners, re
marking as he did so—
"Wal, I reckon I’ve got as fine a dozen
of chickens as you ever laid your eyes on,
and they- didn’t coat me a cent nuther.”
THE WAY THEY DD IT.
How .the Arab ladles perfume them
selves is thus described by Sir Samuel
Baker, the English traveler, in bis work
on the Nile i
~ In the floor of the hut or tent,as it may
chance to be, a small bole is excavated
sufficiently large to contain a champagne
bottle. A fire of charcoal, or simply
glowing embers, is made within the hole,
into which the woman about to be scent
ed throws a handful of drugs. She then
tares off the clothes or robe which forms
her dress, and crouches naked over the
fumes, while she arranges her robe to fail
os a mantle from her neck to the ground
like a tent. She now begins to perspire
freely in the hot air bath, and. the pores
of the skin being open and moist, the
. volatileoil from, the smoke of the burning
perfumes is immediately absorbed. By
the time thefire has expired the scenting
process Is completed, and both her per
son and her robe are redolent of Incense,
with which they are so thoroughly Im
pregenated that I have frequently smelt
a party of Arab women strongly at full a
hundred yards’ distance, when the wind
baa been blowing from their direction.
This scent, which is supposed to bo very
attractive to gentlemen, is composed of
ginger, cloves, cinnamon, frankcncence
and myrrh. a species of .seaweed brought
from the Bed Sea, and lastly the horny
disc which covers the aperture when the
shell-fish withdraws itself from the shell.
The proportions of theingredtents In this
mixture are according to taste.
Idle Ginns.—lt is a painful spectacle
in families, where a mother is the drudge,
to see the daughters, elegantly dressed
reclining at their ease with their draw
ing, their music, their fancy work, and
their reading, beguiling themselves of
the lapse of boors, days and weeks; and
never dreaming of their responsibilities ;
but as a necessary consequence of neglect
of the duty, growing weary of their use
less lives, laying'hold of every newly in
vented stimulant to araiuse their droop
ing energy, and blaming their fate when
they dare not blame theirUod for having
placed them where they are. These in
dividuals will often tell you, with an air
of affected compassion, (for who can be
lieve it real) that poor dear mama is
working herself to death, yet no sooner
do you propose tbat-tbey should assist
her than they declare she is quite in her
element, in short, that she would never
be happy if she bad only half so muoh to
do.
A Hew Orleans colored man heard of
another nigger who got several thousand
dollars for being put off a railroad train,
so be thought he would try It. He got
on the ladies’ car, expecting that the con
ductor would come along and throw him
oat. Before the conductor came Id, the
darkey put bis head out of the window,
when a bridge came along and out his
head off. He didn’t get a cent from the
company.
A Country pqper, speaking of the
street-organ playing of a soldier without
arms, who worked the crank with bis
foot, happily says: “His playing was
far above the usual average; he, threw
hla whole sole Into It.
lINETY-NIKE 111 THE SHADE.
a iiinsmtMkß ana
ph for a lodge in a garden ot onoambera I
, Oh for an Iceberg or two at control I
Oh for a vale which at midday tho dew cum
. bersi
Oh for a pleasure trip to tho pole! ‘
Oh for n llttlo one-story thermometer.
With nothing but Zeroes nil ranged In a row I
(pi for. a big. double-barreled hydrometer,
.■Xo ilu'-asuro thlH
brow! ■.
Oh that this cold world wero twenty times col
dor .
(That’s Irony red hot It soemeth to me.)
Oh for a turn' of Its dreaded cold shoulder I
Oh what n comfort an ague would be!
Oh for a grotto to typify heaven.
Soooped In the rook under cataract Tost I
Oh for a winter of discontent even I
Oh for wet blankets Judiciously cast I
Oh foTTirpfailtl m&ldeh to look oh me coldly
Freealng my soul with a glance’ of her eye 1
Then oh for a drought of a oup of “cold plzen,”
Add oh for a resting plaoe in the cold .grave I
With a bath In the Styx, where the thick shad
ow lies on
And deepens the chill of Its dark- running
wave I
DOOMED AND SAVED. v
On a handsome lawn, fronting an ivy
grown*manaion, In the State of Virginia,
one pleasant afternoon, not many years
since, a group of young people of both
sexes were gathered. Standing in their
midst was an old woman, bent down
with age, looking as if she stood on the
brink of the grave, but her dark, restless
eye sho.wed that there was vigorous life
in her mind, If not in her body.'
She had been “telling fortunes’’ for the
young people gathered around her, and
to ail but one she had foretold a bright
and happy fortune.. The exception to this
rule was a handsome boy of nineteen,
with a dark, passionate face, and an ex
pression which indicated perfect fearless
ness.
Five years before the opening of this
story, an old gentleman and bis nephew
bad moved to Vlrginia from some one of
the Northern States, and, buying a farm,
had made it their borne. Mr. Mercer
and bis nephew Frank.were treated with
kindness by the gentlemen of the neigh
borhood, and they received invitations to
visit the plantations near them. Frank
soon became acquainted with all in the
country, but his uncle never left bis farm
and seemed to shun ail society. For this,
many reasons were given, but the true
one was that be bad lost all bis family,
and Frank's parents paving left him to
Mr. Mercer’s charge, v he.determined to
devote himself to the boy, and be found
sufficient enjoyment In his company, and
in cultivating h(s farm. Though reported
very wealthy, and that be always kept a
large Slim of gold in the house, Mr. Mer
cer and Frqpk lived in a quiet way, and
made noi display.
Thus passed .Frank’s youth from bis
fourteenth! till his nineteenth year, when
curatory-opens. A man of superior educa
tion, Mr. Mercer bad been his nephew’s
teacher, and bad imparted unto him
thiiob knowledge of the world of letters
and people, so that Frank, at nineteen,
was as well informed as If be bad pos
sessed a cultivated education. There were
‘those in the neighborhood who reported
that the boy was wild and dissipated, and
.this found ready .believers toothers; so
that Frank bad some enemies as 1 well as
friends, .
Thus we find him; and on the evening
at the commencement of our story be had
been invited to an entertainment given
by a wealthy planter to his children.
Dr. Dewes, the planter, bad three obffl
'dren, the youngest and loveliest of whom,
was Mary, a girl of twelve. Mary and
Frank were the best of friends, and they,
loved each other, dearly; so that when
the fortune teller predicted a dark and
stormy future for Frank,’ the tears arose
to the child’s eyes, and she said, 'Don’t,
listen to her, Frank.’ \
But the boy laughed, and turning on
bis heel walked away.
Two days afterwards he left home for
a week’s hunting in the mountains; but
the second night after his departure, the.
neighborhood was aroused by the start
ling news that old Mr, Mercer bad been
murdered by his nephew. One of the
servants, parsing the house at night, bad
beard a cry, and seeing Frank’s window
open be sprang In, and walked across
(be hall lo Mr. Mercer’s chamber, from
whence the cry came. Lying Upon the
floor was the old man, dead, while near
him stood his nephew, with a bloody
knife in bis band. In fright the negro,
rushed from the house and soon gave the
alarm. Persons, from the neighborhood
were sent for, and poor-Frank was seized
against every protestation that be did
not kill bis uncle, and thrown into jail.
The feeling against the youth was in
tense,'for the negro told the story of bow
be had found Frank, and a wayfaring
peddler, who bad just ascended the front
steps to stay ail night, corroborated the
negro’s statement.
The trial came off, and the charges
were made known. Frank was accused
of starting upon a hunting expedition for
a blind, and then returning from the
mountain by night; bad entered the
room, and attempted to remove a large
bag of gold kept by his uncle, and roused
him, and upon being discovered . had
driven bis bunting knife into the heart
of Mr. Mercer. The gold was on the floor,
its weight having torn through the bag
when it was raised. The knife, with
which Mr, Mercer was killed, was one
he had given to Frank some days before,
and was a large dlrk-knlfe encased in a
silver scabbard.
Pale qMdeatb, but showing no sign of
fear or upon bis handsome face, the
prisoner sat unmoved by bis sentence,
which was to die on the gallows.. When
asked if be bad aught to. say,-be arose,
and looking round the court room, in a
clear voice answered:
'I have I Circumstantial evidence has
condemned me I I admit it looks as if 1
did the deed. But I am guiltless of mur
der. Dropping my percussion cap-box
in a mountain stream, I returned home
for more; for without caps my gun was
useless. It was a lovely night, and so I
determined to enter the house by my
room window, get the caps, apd return
without awakening my uncle. I tied my
horse to the fence, sprang into the win
dow, and then beard a loud crash, a call
out, and a shriek In the direction of my
uncle’s room. I rushed thither—a dark
form rushed by me in the uncertain light
of the robm—and I fell over something
upon the floor. With fear in my heart I
arose, lighted a candle, anid saw my good
uncle’s body covered with blood, gold
scattered upon the floor, and my own
knife, which bad done the deed, lying
near. I picked up the knife, and thus I
was found by the negro and seen by the
peddler. As God is my witness, I did
not murder the good old man, who has
frotcoted me throughout life, and whom
loved as though be was my own father.
I am guiltless of. the fiendish deed, but 1
submit to my fate.'
A silence fell upon all: there were,
however, but few who would believe the
youth’s statement; among the latter was
Dr. Dewes and bis family, who, through
all, remained stanch friends.
Frank Mercer was to be bung, to die
an ignominious death on the gallows,
and hundreds Hooked to the little town
where the execution was to take place,
to see him die. How they were dlsaff-;
pointed to find that the night before.he
had escaped I How, no one knew, but
he had left a note addressed to the jailor,
thanking him. for the kindness shown
him while he was in his charge, and bis
regrets that bis escape might cause him
trouble, but saying he bad an opportu
nity of escaping, and took advantage of
It, for ho had no Idea of dying such an
ignomlnou* death for an act he was not
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guilty of, merely to gratify the curiosity
of a gaping crowd. Freedom was offered
him, and be accepted It, and he hoped
be yet be able to prove bis Inno
cence.
This was about the. subject matter of
the letter; and when it was published in
the local 'paper, there were some who
were glad that the boy bad escaped the
gallows. ... '
' Mr. Mercer’s property was, in his will,
ail left to Frank, and It was found to be
considerable. Trustees assumed charge
of itj. and-beforo'-long tbe’ qiiietrcomma-■
'nity bad settled down to its usual routine,
and the murder and escape were, in a
short time, forgotten. *
Ten. years passed away,'and no word
of the fugitive had been heard, and most
people believed him dead. One exception
was Mary iiewee, now grown into wo
manhood, She had never believed him
dead, and through her life had treasured
Frank's image in her inmost heart, the
mystery that hung around him bad but
added strength to her regard. Her sisters
at tne old nsmesteaa. i
Business calling Mr. Be wes to Havana,
he took Mary with him, and they set sail
from Charleston in a fine ship running
south. They bad been'somedays at sea,
when in the dead of night the fearful cry
of ‘Fire I' was heard, which aroused ail
from slumber; In 'Vain were efforts made
to quench the flames. The seamen, in
fright, rushed into the only available
boat, and it sank with them, and. left
them struggling in the ocean, or borne
away by toe waves and winds, while Mr.
Dewes and Mary, the captain of the ship,
and a few others, were huddled away on
the stern, awaiting the fearful doom that
must, to all appearance, overtake them.
•Bail ho!'
The joyous cry came from the captain,
who had been, straining bis eyes over the
ocean, In hopes of seeing some vessel
coming to save them. Swiftly flying to
wards them came a low, rakish, three
masted schooner, which ever and anon
sent up a light, to apprise those on board
the burning ship that succor was near.
Hark! the deep boom of agun is heard,
and as the captain listens, he exclaims,
■Miss Dowes, we’re air right now; cheer
up, for there comes a vessel-of-war to our
aid.’
‘Ship ahoy I’ came in ringing tones
from the schooner, as she came near the
burning ship, which was being rapidly
being driven along by the wind.’
’Ahoy I’answered the captain.
iTbrow a long line from your ship and
I will send, you a boat,’ came in the same
clear tones.
' The line was thrown, the boat attached,
and, after a little difficulty, the people
from the ship were transferred to the
schooner, and Mary was soon in the com
fortable cabin,rejoicing over their escape
from a horrible death.
At breakfast the next morning, the
young captain of the war schooner de
scended to Join his guests at the table,
and, as be eutered, Mary sprang towards
him.
‘ Prank Mercer 1 Oh I it is you—la it
not!’
One glance at the beautiful girl, and,
though years had passed, Frank Mercer
—for it was no other thdn he—recognized
the playmate whom hehad loved so well,
and whom be bad never ceased to think
of. .
Mr, Dewes oame'forward, and what a
joyful meeting whs there I but seeing a
cloud, as if of bitter memories come over
the yonng captain’s face, Mr. Dewes said,
‘First, let me,relieve you of one thing.
Your Innocence in Virginia has been
thoroughly established ;. for a runaway
negro. oung the'other day for killing a
woman, confessed just.before bis death
that he had murdered your unole, and
your arriving when yon did; bad pre
vented him from getting the gold, but
made his escape from; the bouse. He
■-knew your uncle had a large amount of
money, and your being away, as be had
reason to believe, he procured your kn)fe>
and with it committed the fatal deed.
The young man listened to Mr. Dewes,
almost breathless, and then, when he bad
concluded, be bowed bis sad face ]□ his.
hands, and wept like a child.
' ‘Sat come la,' said Doctor Dewes at
length, ‘we are hungry and need break
fast ; and are dying to know how you
became a captain in the Mexican navy.’
‘My story is soon told, my dear friends;
for, after escaping from. prison through
your kindness, I went to Mexico, entered
the navy, and having rendered some ser
vice, rose to my present command, and
which has been the means of saving
your lives.’
Little more can be added.
Frank resigned bis position and re
turned home, when he was lionized by
the whole community. He came into
the possession of his estates, whioh were
greatly increased in value, and in six
months afterwards, la the town where be
was to have the hangman’s baiter, placed
around bis neck, for death, be bad the
noose of matrimony thrown around bis
life, and the bride was Maty Dewes. —'
Thus his life has been both dark and
bright In a remarkable degree.
THE " GIANTESS” GEYSER.
Our search for new wonders leading us
across the Fire Bole river, we ascended
a gentle, incrusted slope, and came quite
suddenly upon a large oval aperture with
scalloped edges, the diameters of which
were eighteen and twenty-live feet, the
sides corrugated and covered with a gray
ish white silioious deposit, which was
distinctly visible at the depth of one hun
dred feet below the surface. No water
could be. discovered, but we could most
distinctly hear the gurgling and boiling
at a great distance below. Suddeniy.it
began to rise, boiling and spluttering,
and sending out huge masses of steam,
causing a general stampede of our com
pany, driving us some distance from our
polntof observation. When within about
forty feet of the surface, it became as it
were stationary, and we returnedto look
down upon It. It was foaming.and' surg
ing at a terrible rate, and occasionally,
emitting small jets of hot water nearly
to the mouth of the orifice. All at once
it seemed . seized with a fearful spasm,
and rose with incredible rapidity, hardly
affording us time to flee to a safe distance,
when it buret from the orifice with ter
rific momentum, rising in an Immense
aperture to the height of sixty feet; and
through and out of the apex of this vast
aqueous mass, five or six lesser jets or
round columns of water, varying in size
from six to fifteen inches in diameter,
were projected to the marvelous height
of two hundred and fifty feet. These
lesserjets, so much higher than the main
column, and shooting through it, doubt
less proceed from auxiliary pipes leading
into the principal orifice near the bottom,
where the explosive force is greater. If
the theory that water by constant boiling
becomes explosive when freed from air
be true, this theory rationally accounts
for all irregularities in the eruptions of
the geysers.
This grand eruption continued for 20
minutes, and was the most magnificent
sight we ever witnessed. We were, on
the side of the geyser nearest the sun,
the gleams of which filled the sparkling
column of water and spray with my
riads of rainbows, whose arches were
constantly changing—dipping and flut
tering hither and. thither, disappearing
only to be succeeded by others, again and
again, amid the aqueous column, while
the minute globules into which the spent
jets were diffused when falling, sparkled
like a shower of diamobds, and around
every shadow which the denser clouds
of vapor, interrupting the sun’s rave, cast
upon the column, could be seen a lumin
ous circle radiant with all the colors of
the prism, and resembling the halo of
glory represented In painting as encirc
ling the head of Divinity. Ail that we
had previously witnessed seemed tame
in comparison with the perfect grandeur
and beauty of this display. Two of these
wonderful eruptions occurred during tbs
twenty-two hours we remained in the
valley. This geyser we.named "The
Giantess.’’— Sortoner,
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©wag ana lEnaa.
Way is a sword like beer?—Because
it’s no use till it’s drawn.
What parts of the body are most use
ful to carpenters ? The nails.
Wanted to know, how many square
rods are contained in a wiseacre.
Why are little boya.ilke flannel ? Be
cause they shrink from washing.
The happiest age for young women—
Marrl-ageq at least so they think.
When does a man impose upon him
self? When he taxes bis memory.
Out West they now raise ail kinds of
grain at ail seasons—by the elevators.
It Is not the one with the thickest
skull at school that makes the best nhul-
|n/n«UI IfOJ - U»J •
To cure a toothache, you should hold a
certain root in your hand—the root of a
tooth, you know*
There is a landlord in Philadelphia,*
so mean and exacting, that he sees a
rent even in a cloud.
. We heard of a man the other day who
is so mean that when be weeps he saves
the tears to secure the salt.
AN Ohio statesman is described us
‘ninety-four years old, and has lost much
of the beauty of his youth.’
Mbs. Woodhull’s new .republic is to
be called the Fantarcby, and it is sugges
ted that she wear ’em herself.
Many a child sings "I want to be an
angel,” who wouid.be more satisfactory
if he wanted to be a good boy.
A YOUTH’of Washington carries a lot
of live snakes In bis pockets and isn’t a
bit afraid of pickpockets either.
What is the reason a candle won’t
burn any longer after it gets to the mid
dle? Because it burns shorter.
It is a Cincinnati paper that conscien
tiously believes General Butler is too
honest for a successful politician.
It Is- .-estimated that there are 225,000
threshing machines in the United States
without counting the ‘school marms.’
What lathe diflerence between a plan
of a battle-field and a roasted pippin ?
One is a war map—the other a warm ap
ple.
A train of oars in Colorada was struck
by lightning recently. After the acci
dent the traiq was run by a non-cdnduo-
“Husband. I must have some change
to-day.” “Well stay at home and take
care of the children; that will be change
enough,” ■ ■*
Why is a doctor better taken care of
than his patients? Because when he
goes to bed he’s sure to have somebody
rap him up.
Newtown, Ct., cannot have Uts high
school any too soon. A pupil beingaskod
what A,. M. stood for, responded with
alacrity, ‘Amen I’
‘I say friend, y one horse Is a little con
trary, is he not?’ ‘No,sir;’ ‘Whatmakes
him stop, then 7’ ‘Oh, he’s afraid some
body’ll tjpy ‘whoa,’ and be shan’t hear it”
An Attorney observed to a brother in
court that be thought whiskers very un
professional. “You are right,” replied
his friend; “a lawyer cannot bee too bare
faced.
A physician named Parsons lectured
in a down east town the other night, and
was Introduced to the audience as one of
®e Parsons who preach little and practice
much.
A ‘‘gent** was once asked what kind
of a “gal” he preferred for a wife. One,
he said, that wasn’t prodi-yod, but fru
gal, a truo-yaf, and suited to his conju
gal taste.
A■ shopkeeper having advertised bis
stock to be soid under prime cost, a neigh
bor observed that It was impossible for
him to do so, as if he bad neverpald any
thing for it himself!
At Lincoln, Pennsylvania* the other
day, a school teacher thrashed a boy, the
boy’s mother thrashed the teacher, the
teacher’s brother pitched in,and the boy’s
father licked the lot. %
The snail has a right smart chance for
the toothache. He has one hundred and
ten rows of teeth, with one hundred and
eleven on each row, or twelve thousand,
two hundred and ten teeth, in ail.
A city miss, installed as the wife of a
farmer, was one day called upon by a
neighbor of the same profession, who, In
the absence of her husband, ashed her for
the loan of his plow for a short time. !I
am spre you would be accommodated, ’
was the reply, ‘if Mr. Stone was at home
—I don’t know, though, where he keeps
bis plow; but,’ she added evidently zealv
ous to serve, ‘there is a cart In the yard;
couldn’t you plow with that till Mr. B.
gets back?’
History of the Old Red Cent.—As
the old "red cent” has now passed out of
use, and, except rarely, out of sight, like
the "old oaken bucket,” its history is a
matter of eulllcient Interest for preserva
tion.. The cent ; was first . proposed by
Robert Morris, the great financier of the
revolution, and was named by Thomas
Jefferson, two hours after. It began to
make its appearance from tbe. mint in
1792. It bore the head of Washington on
one side and thirteen links on tbe other. ‘
Tbe French revolution soon created a
rage for French ideas in America, which
put on tbe cent, instead of the bead of
Washington, the head of the Goddess of
Liberty—a French liberty, with back
thrust forward and flowing locks. Tbe
chain on the reverse was replaced by tbe
olive wreath of peace. But the French
liberty was short-lived, and so was her
portrait oh our cent. Tbe next bend or
figure succeeding this, the staid classic
dame, with a fillet around her hair, came
into fashion about thirty or forty years
ago, and her finely ohlsied Grecian fea
tures have been but slightly altered in
tbe lapse of time.
Thebe are a good many railroad stories
told, many ot which are quite amusing,
but none more so tnan the following;
A straneer got into the ears of a N. Y,
C. R. R. train at Albany. When the
taolh arrived at West Albany he hailed
tbe conductor, and in a stuttering voice
inquired : "Is th—th—this Pal—Pala—
Palatine!” “No,” replied the gentle
manly conductor, “ I’ll inform you when
we arrive there.” At Bobeneotady the
stranger made the same inquiry and re
ceived a like huswer. At Amsterdam
and Fonda he repeated his Inquiry, much
to the discomfort of mind of the conduc
tor, who thought tbe man ought to re
member that be would be informed of
tbe fact' when be did arrive at that sta
tion which the stranger was so anxious to
reach. At last tbe train again stopped,
nnd the conductor desirous to acoommate
the stuttering passenger, took ,pains to
find him and inform him is
Palatine, sir,” to whfoh the stranger etut
. teringly replied: Th—th—thank you sir.
The doc—doc—doctor .to—to-r-toid me to
ta—ta— take a pi—pi—pllj when I got he
—here. And ne did so. The passengeis,
who bad rode during the trip, and who
had observed tbestrange’s anxiety, broke
out in a roar of laughter, and the conduc
tor, though somewhat 'put but,' slid out
on his ear.”