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BY
j BItiWTTON 3c KENNKDY
j otf iCE««OBTHMABHM WVAMV.
«s— TWO Dollars per year If paid strictly
‘advance: Two Dollar* and Fifty Cents If paid
thin three months; after which Three Dollars
11 be charged. These terms will ha rigidly ad;
1 ~1 to In every Instance. No sob orlptlon die
atlnnod until all arrearages are paid, unless at
leoatlon of the Editor.
ffrorcggmnargEatgg.
q - tn xted states cLaim
I' • AND
- FAL ESI ATE A'OENCT..
WM. B. BUTIiEB ,
■ ATTORNEY AT LAW.
in Franklin House, Sooth Hanoverßtrefc.
rTijaja Cumberland county, Penna.
by mall, will receive Immediate
a Particular atten Mou given to the selling or rent-
We otHeal Estate, townbr country, in all let-
Sr« of Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp.
3july lh 1870—tf • . »
1
■ ATTORNEY-AT-LA W,
CARLISLE. PA,
Office on South Hanover Street, opposite
IfiiU’B dry goods store.
Dec. 1.18U5.
pj-UMBiIOH & PARKER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
[Office on Main'Street, tn Marlon Hall, Car
Isle, Pa. ■* '
Dec. 2 1808— . .
fE O. S.-E MIG.
attorney- at-la\v,
Office with S. Hepburn, Jr.
East Main. Street,
CARLISLE, PA,
‘;Vi?’eb.2, 71-ly .. '
:4tt KENNEDY, Attorney at Daw
-vCarliale; Penna. Office name as thatol
tic 11 American. Volunteer.”
l. 1870.
Kb. GEORGE S. BEAEIGHT, Den-
V) tist, « From the Baltimore College of Dental
turnery. Office at .the residence of bis mother
KWt Lonther Street, three doors below Bedford
Jarlisle, Pcnnu.
I Dec. 1 1805....
JDats ana
■h R KS H ARRIVAL
| OP
1 tr ATS AND caps
Tl’lio subscriber das jUBt opened at No. 16 North
.'Banover Street, a few doors North of the Carlisle
Deposit Bank, one of the largest and best Stocks
iHATS and over offered In Carlisle,
3llk Hats,' Cosslmere of all styles and qualities,
llTßrlins, different colors, and. every deaorlp
m of Soft fiats now made.
The Punlcanl and Old Fashioned Brush, con
intlyor. hand and made to order, allwarrant
to give Satisfaction.
A full assortment of
VI GENTS,
-:J BOY’S, AND .
CHILDREN'S,
4- ‘ ' HATS.
’-iuave also added to my Stock, notions of differ',
•Al kinds, consisting of
■AaDISS’ AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS
SezK ne*. ■ Sxispenaers,
j Collar. 1 !, Gloves ,
■i Pencils, • 2 hread,
Sewing Silk, ■ . Vpibrellas, dec
jPRIME segaes and tobacco
OF ALL THE
EW STYLE*
ALWAYS ON HAND.
S 'Jive me a call, and examine my stock os I feel
ionfldent of pleasing all, besides saving yon mo-
JOHN A. KELLER/ Agent,
No. 16 North Hanover Street,
Out. 1870.
ATS AND CAPS I
i: j nil YOU WANT A NICE HAT OK CAP ?
i IF SO. DON’T FAII/ TO CAL*. ON
! J.G.CALMO,
: I NO. 29. WKSI MAIN STREET,
s, JiVherp can be seen tbo finest assortment 0/ ■
i HATS AND CAPS
- Wr brought to Carlisle. He lakes great pleas
'here in Inviting hia old friends and.customers,
v kndallnew ones, to his splendid srook Just re
- - cllvetl from New York and Philadelphia, con
sisting In part of fine . _ •
f SILK AND OAB9IMERE HATS,
besides an endless variety of Hats and Caps of
\ihe latest style, oil ol which he will sell at the
real Cash JPrice*. Also, hia own manufacture
flats always on hand, and
HATS iIA N UFAOTUBED TO ORDER. :
ae hufttite best nrraneement tor.colartna.Hfl.ta
i-iadall klnua of wdolen Goods, Overcoats, io., at
-ilhe shortest notice (as he colors every week) and
on the most reasonable terras. Also, a fine lot of
.dholce brands of • - , • •
\r TOBACCO AND CIGARS
.always on hand. He desires to call theottontlon
to persons who have „*
-:’,t COUNTRY FURS
io soli, aa he pays the highest cash prices for he
, -Isatae. ,
■ ‘t, Give him a call, at the above number, his »ld
.’tftand, as he feels confident of giving entire satis
faction.
*| Oct, lb7o.
Sltunfitrs. #c.
I $ $ f $ .9 $ , § '.9
James caiu-belu \ w. f. henwood.
\cAMDBELL~& HENWOOD,
I PLUMBERS,
GAS AND STEAM FITTERS,
No, 18 North Hanover St,,
O A R L I B L B;;F A.
bathtubs, ■
WATER CLOSETS*
WASH BASINS.
HYDRANTS,
DIPT ANDFORCE PUMPS,
CISTERN AND DEEP WELL PUMPS.
GAS FIXTURES,
GAS SHADES AND GLOBES Ac., AC.
lead, Iron and Terra Cotta Pipe,
CHIMNEY TOPS and FLUES,
.q\ All kinds ol
BRASS WORK
'ior Steam and Water constantly on band.
k WORK IN TOWN OR COUNTRY
'promptly attended to.
attention given to orders for
material or work irpma distance.-®*
Having special advantages we-are prepared to
isn - (
k ■ M hkk & ■ k Is h
Sep. 1. TO~IV
jaOTIONS WHOLESALE AT
CITY PRICES,
constantly on hand such at*.
OLOVKS.
SUSPENDERS;
NECKTIES and
ROW'S.
SHIRT FRONTS, Cambric and Linen Handker
chiefs, L2nen and Paper Collars and Cuffs,
Trimmings Braids. - Spool Cotton.. WalletU
Combs, Stationary, wrapping Paper and Paper
Bags, Drugs, Soaps and Perfumery, Shoo Black,
Stove Polish, Indigo, Segars, «Src« Ac.
COTCLE BROTHERS,
No, 24 South Hanover street.
March 30,1871—-fim. ‘ Carlisle, Fa,
J L. STERNER & BRO.,
LIVERY AND SALfi NS ABLE,
BETWEEN HANOVER AND BEDFORD STH
IN THE REAR, OF BENTZ HOUSE,
CARLISLE, PA.
Having fitted up Itu! stable with now Carrl-'
ages, <tc., I am prepared to fiirnlsn flint-class
turn-outs, at reasonable roles. Parties taken to
and ftom the springs
.April 25. 1807.~2t .
Dividend,
Carlisle Deposit
Carlisle. Fa.. May 2,1871.
The Board of Directors hove this day declared
a Dividend of five per cent, for the past six
months, on the Capital Stock, fteo from State
and National Taxes, payable on demand.
J. P.HASSLER.
May 4,1871 —3m Cashier,
MOTICE.—AU persons Indebted to the
undersigned, arc hereby notified to c<Ul and
settle the same before October. 1, 1871, or the
same wlll'bo given Into the bands of a collector
for collection,
ISAAC LIVINGSTON.
Aug. B,lB7l—tf
EOR BAX'S -OB RUNT.—A good
two»elory Brick House, No. 68 East North
WE^ZEL P <S ,y i ¥ ? ENRY ® NYI Eft, ‘ or aFi &
April 177-1871— Xt-Ml"
flu Hmmran Diiluutfev
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY;
Jtteilcal.
QNE OE DIVES SAVED
It Is. one'of the remarkable facta of this re*
markable age, not merely that so many nersons
are the victims of dyspepsia or indigestion, but
Ita willing victims. Now. we would not be an*
jlerstood to say that any one regards dyspepsia
with favor, or feels disposed to rank It among
the luxuries of life. Far Irom It. Those who
faavQ,experlenced its torments would scout each
an Idea. All dread It. and would gladly dispense
with Us unpleasant familiarities; Mark Tapley •
who was Jolly Under all the trying circumstan
ces in which ho was placed, never had an attack
of dyspepsia, or his Jollity would'hove speedily
-forsakflQL. him. Men- 1 and women sometimes
suffer iUrtorturos uncomplainingly, bar whoev- -1
cr honfd of a person who enjoyed them ?
Of all the multifarious diseases to which tile
human system Is liable, there Is perhaps no one
so generally prevalent as dyspepsia. There are
diseases more acute and palnutl, and which
more frequently prove fatal, but none, the ef-.
foots of which are so depressing to themlnd and'
so positively distressing to the body. If there is
a wretched being In the world it is
A CONFIRMED DYSPEPTIC.
But it is notour intention to dlsoantontbe hor
rors of Dyspepsia. To describe them truthfully'
Is simply an Impossibility, but it is possibly to
point out a remedy. We nave said that dyspep
sia Is perhaps the most universal of human dis
eases. This is emphatically the case In the
United States. Whether this general preva
lence is duo to the character oz the food, the
inetbod of Us preparation, or the hasty manner
in which it is usually swallowed. Is not our pro
vince to explain. Tne great fact with which wo
ore called to deal Is this:
DYSPEPSIA PREVAILS
almost universally.
Nearly every other person you meet is a vic
tim, an apparently willing one, for were this not
the case, why so many ruuorers, when a certain,
speedy and safe remedy Is within -the easy
reach of all who desire to avail themselves of It?
Bat the majority will not. Blinded by preju
dice, or deterred by some other unexplained in
fluence, they refuse to accept the relief profor
ed them. They turn a deaf car to the testimony
of the thousands whose sufferings have been al
leviated, and with strange infatuation, appear
to cling with desperate determination to their
ruthless tormentor. But says a dyspeptic:
What Is this remedy? to which wo reply: This
great alleviator of human suffering Is almost as
widely known as the Etigllsh language. It has
allayed the agonies of thousands, and Is to-day
carrying comfort and encouragement to thou
sands of others. This acknowledged panacoals
none other than
Dn. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS.
Would you know more ol the'merits of this
wonderful medicine than can bo learned from
the experience of others? Try lifeyonrself, and
when It has failed to fulfil the assurance of Its
efficacy given by the proprietor, then abandon
faith In It,
LET IT BE REMEMBERED,
first of all, that Hoofland’s Gorman' Bitters is
not a rum beverage.
They are not alcoholic In any sense of the
term. -They are composed wholly of the pare
Juice or vital principle of roots, This is not a
more assertion. The extracts from which they
are compounded are prepared by one of the
ablest-German chemists.- Unlike any other'
Bitters In the market, they are wholly free from
spirituous Ingredients. The objections which
hold with so much force aimlnst preparations of
this class, namely—that a desire for intoxicating
drinks is stimulated by their use, are not valla
In the cose of the German Bitters. So far from
encouraging or Inculatmg.a taste or desire for
inebriating beverages, It may bo confidently as*
sorted that their tendency is In a diametrically
opposite direction. Their efforts can be .
BENEFICIAL ONLY
in all-coses oftbe biliary system. Hoofiand’i.
German Bitters stand without an equal, acting
promptly and vigorously upon the Liver, they
remove its torpidity and cause healthful secre
tion of. hlle-rthereby supplying the stomach
with the most Indispensable elements of sound
digestion In proper proportions. They give tone
to the stomach— stimulating Its functions, and
enabling It to perform He duties as nature de
signed It should do. They Impart vigor and
strength to the entire system, causing the pa
tient to feel like another being—in fact, giving
him a new lease of life.
THEY PURIFY.THE BLOOD,
cleansing the vital fluid of all hurtful impuri
ties and supplying them with the elements of
genuine healthluiness. In n word, there is.
scarcely a disease In which they cannot he
safety and beneficially employed; but In that
most generally prevalentdlstressingand dread
ed disease. Dyspepsia,
.THEY STAND UNRIVALED.
Now, there are certain classes of persons to
when? extreme liters are not oniy unpalata
ble, hut.who find'lt Impossible to take them
Without positive discomfort. For such
dr. hoofland’s German tonic
has been specially prepared. It is Intended for
use where a slight alchohol stimulant Is requir
ed in connection, with the well-known Tonic
.cvopoHlo,; of iho pnrv Utiduau Slktw.oi Tills
Tonic contains all the Ingredients of the Bittert,
but so flavored as to remove the extreme bitter
ness. This preparation Is not only palatable,
but combines, in modified form, all the virtues
of the' German Bitters. The solid extracts of
some of Nature’s choicest restoratives are held
In solution by a spirituous agent of the purest
quality. In cases of languor or excessive, debil
ity, where the system appears to have become
exhausted of its eneneles.
HOOFLAND’S TONIO
acts with almost marvelous effect. It not only
stimulates the flagging and wasting energies,
but invigorates ana perraanetly atrengtbens Its
action upon the Liver and Stomach thorough*
perhaps less prompt than the Bitters, when the
same quantity Is taken la none the less certain.
Indigestion, BlUlousnoss, Physical or Nervous
Prostrotlon, yield readily to its potent Influence.
It gives the invalid a new and stronger hold
upon life, removes depression of spirits, and In
spires cheerfuldess. It supplants the pain of
disease with the ease and comfort of. perfect
health. It gives strength to weakness, throws
despondency to the winds, and starts the re
stored Invalid upon a new and gladsome career.
But Dr. Hooflaud’s benefactions to the human
■race are not confined to bis celebrated -
. GERMAN BITTERS,
or his invaluable Tonic. He bos prepared an
other medicine, wolch Is rapidly winning Its
way to. popular favor because of Its intrinsic
merits. This Js
HOOFLAND’S PODOPHYLLIN PILLS,
a perfect substitute for mercury, without any of
mercury’s evil qualities.
. These wonderful Pills, which are intended to
act upon the Liver, are mainly composed, of
Podpphyllin, or the
VITAL PRINCIPLE OP THE MANDRAKE
ROOT.
Now wo desire the reader to distinctly under
stand that this extract of the Mandrake Is many
times more powerful than the Mandrake Itself.
It Is the medicinal virtues of this health-giving
plant In a perfectly pure and hlgblv concentra
ted form. Hence ft Istbattwo or the Podophyl
lln Pills constitute a full dose, while anywhere
six to eight or a handful of other preparations
of Ihe Mandrake are required. The Phodophy 1-
lln .
ACTS DIRECTLY, ON THE LIVER,
stimulating its Amotions and causing ittomake
Its biliary secretions In regular - * and proper
quantities. The Injurious results which invari
ably follow the use of mercury Is entirely
avoided by their use. But It Is not upon the
Liver only that their powers are exerted. The
extract of Mandrakecontalned In them is skill
fully combined with four other extracts, one ol
which acts upon the stomach, one upon the up
per bowels, one upon the lower bowels, and one
prevents any griping effect, thus producing a pill
that Inflences the digestive and alimentary sys
tem, In an equal and harmonious manner, and
Its action entirely free frdm nausea, vomiting or
griping pains common to all other purgatives.
possessing these much desirable qualities, the
Fodopbyllln becomes invaluable as a
FAMILY MEDICINE.
No household should bo without them. They
are perfectly safe, require but two for an ordina
ry dose, are prompt and efllclentln action, and
when used- In connection with Dr, Hoofland’*
German Bitters, or Tonic, may be regarded as
certain specifics in all cases of Liver Complaint,
Dyspepsia, or any of the disorders to wbfob the
system is ordinarily suhJeo. The
PODOPHYLLIN PILIH.
act upon the stomach and bowels, carrying off
iniproper obstructions, while the Bitters or To
nic purify the blood, strengthen and invigorate
the frame, give tone and oppetlte to the stom
ach, and thus bnlld up the Invalid anew.
Ur. Hoofland, having provided Internal reme
dies for diseases, baa, given the world one raalnj.
ly for external application, in the wpnderfu
preparation known as
1 • Du. HOC ALAND’S GREEK OIL.
ThiaOU isa sovereign remedy for pains and
aches of all kinds.
Hhenmatlsm, Neuralgia, Toothache, Chil
blains, Sprains, Bqrns, Pain in the Bock and
Loins, Ringworms, Ac., all yield to Ite external
application. The numberofoures effected by it
Is astonishing and they are Increasing every
T&ken internally. It is a oure for Heart-burns,
Kidney Diseases, Sick Headaches, Colic, Dyson
.tery. Cholera Morbus, Cramps, Pams In the
Btoipach, Colds, Asthma. Ac.
The Greek Oil Is composed entirely of healing
gums and essential oils. The principalengredl
ent is an oily substance, procured In the South
oi n part of Greece. Its effects os a destroyer of
g.lnaro trnly magical. Thousands have been
oaetUled byitsnse, and a trial by those who
aio skeptical will thoroughly convince them of
Its inestimable value.
These remedies will be sent by express to any
locality, upon application to the Principal Office,
at the German Medicine Store, No. 631 Arch Bt,,
Philadelphia. . *'*
remedies are for sale by dingclsts,
storekeepers, and medicine dealers every who e.
Ohas. M. Evans,
Formerly C. M. JACKSON & 00.
THE THREE LITTLE CHAIRS.
They sat by the bright wood Are,
The gray haired dame and the aged sire,
Dreaming of days gone by;
The tear drops fell on each wrinkled cheek.
They both had thoughts thby could not speak,
And each heart ottered a sigh.
. * i ■. /
For their sad and tearful eyes descried
Three little chain! placed side by side . *
"'—’■••-Against-lho.slttingxooia.woU^..—.-..^ —-
Old fashioned enough as there they stoftd,
Their seats of flag and their frames of wood,
With their backs so straight and tall.
Then the filre shook his silvery head, -
And with trembling voice he gently said:
•‘Mother, these empty chairs ;
They bring ns such sad, sad thoughs to-night,
We’ll put them forever out of sight,
la the small, dark room up stairs.”
But she answered: "Father, no. not yet.
For X look at them and 1 forget
That the children are away;
The boys come back, and our Mary, too,
With her apron on, of checkered blue,
And sit there every day.
" Johnny still whittles a ship’s tall masts,
A ml WilH* bis bulloto vmu, . .
While Mary her patchwork sews;
At evening the three childish prayers'
Go up to God from these little chairs,
So softly that no one knows.
"Johnny comes back from the billow deep.
Willie wakes from the battle field sleep.
To sny,good'night to me ;
M&ry’s a wife and'mother no more,
Bat a tired child whose playtime Is o’er,
•And comes to rest at my knee.
" So let them stand there, though empty now,
And every time when alone we bow •
At the Father’s throne to pray,
We’ll nBk to meet the children above.
In our Saviour’s home of rest and love,
. - Whore no child goetb away."
IPisctllantmts.
LOTTERY TICKET 3000.
We were a party of six, a West African
governor and his wife, a commissary gen
eral and his wife, a chjef justice, and your
humble servant. A fever-stricken lot were
we, and had Just escaped with our lives
from an epidemic, to recruit health and
strength In the salubrious climate of
Tenerlffe, that beautiful island province
of Old Spain. • .
We had money to spend; as why should
we not, coming from the Gold and Ivory
Coast? and only required health to enjoy
it. We bad great animal spirits) too, not
withstanding a manifest attenuation of
ourmateriu! persons, and were thorough
ly determined; not a day should pass
without its excitement, some excursion,
or picnic, of supper party, or something.
We waited on the governor general,
and ■ were received with a flourish of
trumpets) rather inconsistent with bis
excellency's occupation, as we came up
on him, coat off, lopping the dead leaves
of his favorate tree camellia. ’ Then his
excellency and suite returned our call,,
when we happened to be out; which
was better luck, I must say,, than a repe
tition of the painful interview that bad
taken place in the saloon of the Govern
ment House, where broken English) and
worse attempts at Spanish, bad almost
confounded and angered us into some
thingdesperate.
Still, this was Insufficient excitement,
for emancipated coast officials.. We ro.
aulredafiesb stimulant, something novel
and startling ana extravagant.
‘I have it I* said the governor one morn
ing, to onr great relief, as we sat at breaks
fast, silent and moody around the table
d’hote of the only English hotel In S,anta
Cruz, ‘just the very thing I What can
be more wildly intensely delightful than
—gambling V
The ladies shuddered and looked die*
mayed.
. ‘I don’t mean that We should drop into
the casino next door, and stake our sov
ereigns on the monte table; but why should
we not go In for the lottery V
‘What lottery?’ we all asked in a
breath.
‘Why, the Madrid great prize lottery ;
see here is all about it-’
And then he read aloud an English
translation of a circular, setting forth the
advantages and inducements of a ticket
in th,e great lottery of the year; highest
prize £20,000 sterling, and 150 otherprizes,
ranging downwards so low as £lO, but
nothing Short of that amount, the ticket
itself costing the moderate sum of £7. .
‘Now, there are six of us,’ he went on ;
’and If I can induce Mr. Robinson, our
landlord, to take the seventh share, it will,
only come to a pound, each, not much to
lose but so much to gain. What say you
all ?’ ‘
Of course we agreed; and our chief
sallied forth to confer with our boat and
to purchase the ticket.
‘lt’s all right, I have it, very well, I
went in time, for It was the very last left;
how lucky we orel’ exclaimed the gov
ernor on his return, a few hours later;
and be flourished the lottery ticket before
our eyes.
‘I hope It will stick to us,’ remarked
the judge, doubtingly.
‘lt is sure to be a prize*’ propheised our
sanguine Irish friend, the commissary
.general.
‘At all events, ‘never venture, never
have,’ I added, hopefully; but the ladies
remained silent*
‘And now,’ continued the governor,
since we cannot possibly learn the result
for some weeks, suppose we pass the
time elsewhere than.in this hot city. We
have seen all that Is to be seen ; and,, for
my part, l am sick of the cathedral, and
crowded piazzaj and the mole, and IN’el*
son’s wound.* Wo want rest and re
freshing breezes in the highlands; let us
betake ourselves to the mountain brow,
to Oratavs, the Villa of the Peak.*
The proposition was bailed with the
■ delight of people who had, nothing better
to suggest; presented it
self at the outset, in the fact that none
of us except the chief Justice, understood
a word of the language; and In a Spanish
hotel we should be ail adrift.
However,in ourdiatreasand perplexity,
a delta ex mathina presented itself in the
parson of an English speaking Spanish
gebtleman, who came to call upon us;,
and, on the case being stated to him, he
informed us that he was himself desirous
of visiting Oralava, and would gladly do
so In our company.
Accordingly next day saw u» wending
our way across the island, In an omnibus
drawn by a triangular arrangement, of
first a mule, as leader, then two mules,
and then two horses in the shafts. The
day was bright, warm and exhiierating,
the pace rapid, and the aoenery exquisite
and sublime; more especially when we
reached an elevated plateau that com
manded a full view of the far famed
Peak, and the iron-bound coast line far
os the eye could reach washed by might
iest breakers. Butt have no Intention of
being descriptive, .abler pens than mine
have failed in the attempt, to word-paint.
this garden of the Heaperldes; lam on
ly lingering en route in a tantalizing
mood, to pile np your agony as regards
‘No. 8060/
Our days passed pleasantly at Oratava.
There were gardens to visit, ferns to col
lect, and an antediluvian tree to gaze
wonderfully at in Us' grand decay. We
took long rides, too, in the neighborhood;
and actually bandied ‘the lava that lu
days of yore, bad swept down the sides
of the great mountain. W. descended
into the Sultry lowlands, and we climbed
the snow capped Peak, thus diversifying
our temperature within the hour.
"For there may'be .now on tho'nooigntaln top;.
While there's heal In the valley below."
Time passed unnoticed by ail except by
two of us, myself and our worthy friend
.•Lord Nelson lost his right urn at the assault
on Bonta Crur, Ten.rlffe, 17M.'
Proprietor.
Ipotital.
CARLISLE, PA., .THURSDAY, AUGUST IT. 1811.
and Interpreter, the Spaniard. Properly
.peaking, this gentleman was’ not a
Spaniard, although he wished to bo con
sidered one, nor even was he a native of
TenerliTe. He was a .ettler from Gibral
tar, and, as all the Initiated know, such
Individuals are yclept 'Book Scorpions
a. a Book Scorpion-thoi.fore, I shall speak
of him henceforth.
With him I concocted an abominable
scheme. It was the day that the new. of
the lottery might arrive from Madrid,
and tOhy should we not anticipate it f
It was n vile, unfeeling, disgraceful un
dertaking, as you should see; but once
tbe-dovli-took-possession of us (an.d in.no.
other way can'l account for it), we en
tered heart and soul into carrying out*
the details of the plot, as completely as
our means would permit of. , ■
imprimis, we required official paper,
and in the ill-supplied shops of Oratava,
none was to be had ; no paper was, in fact,
procurable, except‘gold edged post,’ quite
unfit for our purpose. However, we made
the best of it. I snipped the edges with
a pair of scissors, and, when folded length
wise, the document assumed a formida
ble shape. But even this fictitious re
semblance to -an official’ was denied us,
as the largest envelope in the stationary
establishment was not so large as some I
had myself, and they were small enough.
On the matter and otjta of com
position wo were, therefore, compelled to
rely, and In this respect we are not mis
taken.
I was aware that it had been arranged
by the governor, with Mr. Robinson, of
the English hotel in Bantu Cruz, that
should the steamer arrive at any unusual
hour so ns to prevent him sending the
news by the ordinary post, and should our,
ticket, No. 3000, be the winner of a prize,
a special messsenger should be despatch
ed with the happy intelligence..
Accordingly, the Eook Scorpion and I
Invested in a small boy mounted on a
mule, and we Instructed the imp in what
manner he was to act.
These preparations, made to our entire
satisfaction, we joined our party, and sat
down composedly to the de lapodrida set
before us.
'Good gracious!’ this is actually the Ist
of April!” exclaimed the governor, as he
helped the dish, ‘theday the steamer from
Lisbon Is due; I wonder stall we hear
anything? I don’t think Bobinson will
disappoint us if we have bad any luck.’
‘You are too sanguine, dear; do bo less
hopeful, and wo may win something,’
said bis wife.
‘For my part X have never given the
thing a second thought,’ boasted the chief
justice; 'the chances are a thousand to
one against us; besides, I put little faith
in these government managed lotteries.
Indeed, I disapprove of such gambling
sources of revenue for any respectable
country.’
‘Thank you for your opinion of us,’ re
turned the Rook Scorpion, sarcastically;
‘but still, I don’t suppose you would ob
ject to win a prize from us, would you ?’
‘I shouldn’t, at any rate, put In the
commissary general."
. ‘Nor I, dear,’ whispered his better
half; ‘for I should know, what to do with
such a godsend.’
‘O, don’t desecrate the, name; remem
ber this is a gambling transaction,’ cried
the governor’s wife, who caught the ex
pression. I really believe I should trem
blo to touch money won so easily. I agree
with the Judge, it cannot be right or pro
per. it’s nae canny.’
'Hallosl what’s the row below ?’ I
cried, on recognizing the clatter of a
mule’s hoofs entering the paved patio of
the establishment. An unintelligible
shout now resounded in the quadrangu
lar courtyard, and involuntarily wo all
started to our feet, then, impelled by ir
overlooking the yard, and craned bur
necks, to catch sight of the indubUible
‘special messenger.* But almost imme
diately* dignity and decorqm returned to
us, and we resumed our seats silently at
the table.
I noticed that we all closed our lips
very closely (I did so, I suppose, from
sympathy, and that a pallid hue Seemed
to pervade our faces.
It certainly seemed an age until our
lugubrious waiter slowly entered the
room, and banded a broadly sealed letter
to the governor.
‘EI Gobernador de y ios estranger
ous Ingleses,’ he read aloud ; ‘yes, there
Is no mistaking the Pillars of Hercules,’
bis Excellency went on, glancing at the
dollar Impressed seal; and, here in the
■corner Is Is a memo, from .Robinson—
‘Please pay the messenger a dollar and a
half.’ Certainly, certainly; here, Juan'
money for the messenger, feed him, too;,
and he placed a handful of silver in the
waiter’s hand. 'And now I think I have
earned the righ t to open this official from
the lottery office at Santa Cruz; but lam
sorry to say that 1 cannot read it; how
ever, it is certain that we have won a
prize, and, great or small, It is entirely
my doing. I shall, therefore, claim you
all as my guests for another month, and
we shall spend It in Maderia. Do you
consent?’
‘O yes, yes!’we all cried; but do open
the letter.’
He .broke the seal rudely, abstracted
the documents within, and dung the en
velope under the table - Our excitement
became intense.
‘Weil, what is it?’ asked one of the
ladles. Impatiently.
'I cannot make it out, the figures are
many, but the amount is stated in fuertes,
dollars ; do read the letter, judge.* And
bis excellency banded the missive across
to the imperturbable chief Justice, who
translated it slowly with all bis circum
locution, pausing for a moment as he
came to the figures. It was merely a
stiff and formal announcement from the
secretary, to inform bis excellency and
the other English strangers sojourning in
tbs island, (hat their ticket in the Mad
rid lottery, SO6O, was the successful hol
der of a prize which, reduced to England
currency, amounted to the round sum of
.£9,000 sterling.
. Stunned we wero at first and utterly
confounded ; then, as the Irish commis
sary general found his voice and uttere*
a wharh(jpp of . joy, we all Joined in a
Jubilant shout, and madness ruled the
hour.
Of course I was bound to be especially
extravagant.
‘Well, say what.one will, the love of
pelf is only human nature after all,’ re
marked the chief justice sententiously.
■I must’Obngratuiateyou, my dear friends,
on our exceeding great good fortune.*'
And thejudge gravely stretched forth his
band to grasp us all in turn. 'lt isn’t
every day that you and I. (addressing me)
come in for £1,285,14s 3Jd.; that is our
share and Mr. Robinson’s you know,’ (for
he had made a rapid mental calculation,
while some of us were going through the
slow process of pencil and paper. Of
course you married folks are entitled to
double shares.’
‘What!’ exclaimed Mrs. , to her
husband, the commissary general,’ can It
indeed be possible that we are actually in
possession of—of, let’me see of—O, de
lightful ! £2571 Bs. 4d.? Now, John, you
must promise me one thing at once,' and
she drew her bend down lovingly, so as to
Impart her proposition wbisperingly, ‘you
must put one thousand In the Banf of
England, for Tommy, and let the Interest
accumulate until he comes of age. Won’t
you promise, dear?’
The words reached me, and for the first
time, strange as it may appear, the vil
lalny'of the trick I was playing, struck
me as with its open palmon, the cheek,
and I felt the very roots of my hair grow
ted. Tommy was their little boy, eight
years, old, at school in England.
But the ball had been set a roiling down
hill now, and for the life of me 1 could
not stop it. I could not find the words to
tell them It was' all a cruel, wretched,
merciless imposture- I became for the
once a speechless hypocrite, and kept up
the farce with a nervous eagerness, that
must have been quickly detected had they
been In their sober senses,
All I could do was to Jump about and
clap my hands like a driveling idiot, but
in thelr present state of delitum, any
passionate excess was unheeded.
It was soon felt by all, that the dinner
tab), was no place to discuss private In
tentions, and as of course, no one could
eat, we separated into natural groups.—
The governor and his wife entered tbs
big sitting room, and seated themselves
in close .onference on a sofa in a remote
corner. The commissary general and his
spouse retired to their ropras) to talk of
little Tommy and that bargain about the
the housanjl pounds, while tile chief
justice, who had at leqgth caught
the prevailing enthusiasm, seized .me
plqsply by thp arru and muttered, guttur
al iy: ” ■ :
‘Come out and walk, I want air I Hang
it, man !’ he went on, as we gained the
street; ‘I despise wealth, and only regard
money for the comfort it brings ; but to
give -away a pound hapbazzard, and to'
get back £1,286 14s. 3}d., all for nothing!
come) step out!’
He was tall, and I was short, and his
strides were long. X tell you I had to
beep at a run by bis side during that six
mile walk, up bill and down dale.
He spoke not again until we reached
the hotel; no doubt his thoughts were
give up to the contemplation of our won
derful luck, and he was mentally review
ing the thing at the table.
Suddenly wo encountered the waiter.
‘I wish I had seen that messenger,
where la he? Did you give him the
money?’ ashed the judge, iu Spanish.
‘No, eenor,’ was Juan’s reply ; ‘the
muohacho had disappeared, he (Juan) had
returned the dinero to hie excellency, and
the latter bad allowed him to keep so
much,’and the lugubrious creature dis
played to our view five bright shillings.
‘Very extraordinary!' murmured the
judge, appealing to me, and bis face fell
In a fearfully portentous manner. I felt
a cold shiver run down my back and a
strange huskiness in my throat, but I
was not obliged to say anything, so we
hurried up stairs.
The messenger has gone back to Banta
Cruz without his douceur,’ said the gov
ernor, in a reassuring tone, advancing to
us. ‘Poor boy I he could not of course
read Bobinson's memo., and perhaps
thought be was not tp be paid until his
return. It don’t matter much, but let mo
tell you what does. I'Bave just bean re
lating to my wife a -circumstance that
happened to me in Spain, years ago.—-
This is not the first time, 1 should tell,
that I have dabbled in lotteries, and on
one occasion when my brother and I
wore staying at Madrid, we took a ticket
in a small lottery. The ticket was only
a couple of dollars; and the highest prize
was one hundred pounds. We won it!
This Is ' perhaps why my ambitious
thoughts made me imagine that we had
a chance of the twenty thousand pounds
now. But we have done well, and I
should not grumble. When we went in
to the office next day to be paid, what
do you think they offered us ? Coppers,
sir, coppers! ‘Gold and sliver have we
none,’ they told us, ‘take the coppers or
leave them.' They, were piled up in bags
in a corner, ready counted for us, and
what were wo to do? Of course we took
them; but gracious, what a job It was !
I had first to £o to the alcalde to obtain
from bim a guard of boldieis, then we
hired men and. wheelbarrows, and iu
this way conveyed our hundred pounds
of coppers to our hotel. Now think of it
for a moment, if they played us theeame
trick here, nine thousand pounds of cop
pars! Gold, as you are aware, is at a high
premium ;so are bills of exchange; no
chance of our being paid by either me
dium. My belief, then, Is that they pay
us in silver, and ray idea is this : As the
Secretary directs us to attend at the office
to-morrow, to present our ticket and re-
W‘B?e/ iffiinose that yo*l. and I
Santa Cruz by moonlight. It is only 27
miles, and wo’ll take our time and be
ready after breakfast to attend when the
lottery ticket office opens at 10 o’clock.—
Then, we ascertain their method of pay
ing us we can make our arrangements. I
shall ask my friend, the governor, for u
military guard, and we can cart tlie'bags
of silver up here for distribution. Now
go out aud hire two strong ami sure
footed ponies, and direct them to be sent
here for us after supper.’
Naturally I had to comply, but my
heart misgave me as I passed out,to notice
that the ladles were in close consultation,
and that the secretary’s letter was iu one
of their hands.
All this while the Rock Scorpion was
disregarded and forgotten by everybody.
He had felt himself do trap, and so had
betaken himself to his chamber, but I
now passed him in the veranda, on his
wayto the sitting room,.as I hurried out.
I hurried out indeed, but not upon the
errand I had undertaken, but to think.
My head ached with the thoughts of the
wrong I was Inflicting,with the miserable
dread of discovery before I could explain
matters, and with the Innumerable plana
that! had formed and rejected, to break
the killing, unpardonable news, that No.
3060 was a delusion and a snare.
When I returned to the sitting room I
found our party in confusion, and a very
Babel of voices in hot dispute concerning
tbd letter.
‘I say that gold-edged paper was never
used in an official form before;Jook at
■that; it is plain that the vile “wretch,
whoever he is, that has played us this
dastardly trick, tried to clip ofll ail the
gold, but left so much to tell the tale I’
and the governor’s wife, who was the
speaker, held up to view the tiniest bit
of gold edge at a corner of the abominable
production.
'That, coupled with the disappearance
of the messenger; is conclusive in my
opinion,’ assented the chief justice,
‘O 1 I have explained his absence, I
thought,’ said the governor, who still
hoped against hope
'll I thought it was a trick played us
by any garlic eating Spaniard,’ growled
the Irish commissary general, looking
omlniousiy across at the trembling Black
Scorpion, and elevating his voice as ho
went along, ‘I would grip my blackthorn
by this' —and he grasped it in the middle
—and I would clutch the fellow tight
round the throat so,’ —and he performed
the mimic gesture—‘and I would thrash
him within an inch of bis miserable life.
I would, by heavens!’
His wife, meantime; had disappeared
from the room,and returned as ho finished
with that fierce vow of vengeance.
Irrepressible tears coursed down her
cheeks as she advanced to the group with
an envelope in her baud.
‘A Manchester envelope never come out
■of a Spanish lottery office,’ she sobbed
forth. ‘See there, there is the trade mark!
O, poor little Tommy, how hard it is to
bear this cruel disappointment!’ and she
leaned against her big angry husband.
‘Why don't you suggest something 7’
asked the judge, suddenly turning sharp
towards poor, silent shivering me. ‘Do
you think It a hoax; a contemptible and
unfeeling practical joke at our expense,
or wbat do you think ?’
‘I can't think,’ I returned, sadly,’ and
It was certainly the beat answer I could
have made, for we were evidently bus??
pected, under the.circumstances.
Shortly afterwards the Book Scorpion
and I left tbe room, and I made him, on
p&ln of an immediate sound beating from
that awful blaak thorn, Indite another
letter, setting forth that the secretary was
stirry to Inform the English strangers that
3069 was not the number of the winning
ticket, that the right figure was 3001. It
was a poor, lame attempt at getting out
of the scrape, a sort of hysterical won’t
you forgive me style of thing, and I was
thoroughly ashamed of it. But it was
transmitted to the goverpbr in duo course,
and when he opened it tbe farce was at
an end, the tragedy commenced.
Home good people never credit a thing
entirely,"until they see it in black and
white, in mean, base, deceitful words,
that ammed to shrink from showing
themselves in patent black and white.
It was the straw that broke tbe camel’s
back.
■I wouldn’t have played such a trick
on s cat,’ sighed the governor, as tbe
flush of Incipient fever mounted to his
brow, and he retired to hia room, followed
silently by his wife.
The coram'saary general advanced a
step and clutched bis blackthorn menac
ingly, but yielding to his gentle wife, he
too, quietly withdrew.
For an Instant the chief justice hesitated
and glared with frenzied eye at the two
miserable culprits on the sofa; and then
seizing bis hat, he planted it firmly on
the back of bis beau, and stalked out of
the bouse into the noiseless streets, and
on, on, over mountain and plain, seven
and twenty miles down.into Santa Cruz.
How I passed that night loannhtdell;
it was jot in bed; a stupor overcame me,
’aad-I^uppose-Ircmatnodoa.that,horse;
hair sofa. The Sight of the Rook Scorpion
I loathed, and I told him so. As, there
fore, ho had no friend left among us, be
departed at daylight; and-I have not
since 1 set eyes upon him.
A physician was summoned the next
morning to attend the governor, and he
recommended change to the mild warmth
of Santa Cruz, as soon as his excellency
could be safely moved.
There was, therefore, good excuse for
them to remain in their rooms ; but so
did the commissary general and his wife,
without excuse. It was evident I was to
he ‘out:’ and I sat down to a sorrowful
meal ail alone, and choking with ming
led remorse and pain.
So passed that day and another. On
the third, the governor was to leave, and
he was resting in the big sitting room,
awaiting his conveyance, when I chanced
to enter.
The sight of him as he Jay there, pale
and dejected, oppressed me greatly ; I
think tears filled my eyes, for, noticing
my emotion, he held out his hand and
pardoned me. '
‘I feel sure you had no idea of the
length you were going to,’ ho said, very
simply ; ‘ but, my boy, remember that
auri sacra fames is universal, and that
you hurt a man to the quick when you
touch his pocket. That money was ours
to all intents and purposes; as we had
determined what to do with it, you have
deprived us of that pleasure. It was the
most dangerous of practical jokes.’ ’
He spoke truly, hut the reproof was
unneeded; the crime carried its own pun
ishment.
Little further passed at our interview,
and he left shortly after for Santa Cruz,
while I, relieved beyond measure fay our
reconciliation, sailed out fora good day’s
excursion.
I returned late in the evening and was
engaged in my solitary supper, when
suddenly my Irish friend opened hla door
and came forward.
‘The governor has made up with you, I
understand,’-he said, almost gruffly, ‘and
so will I. Tip us your fist, old boy. I
can’t bear to see you ail alone, and yet I
hate you; for you have nearly killed me
and my poor .wife;—and he squeezed my
hand unmbroifully—‘but you are not out
of the woods yet, let me tell you ; you
forget that the judge wasn’t such an old
friend of yours, and he is not so weak as
to make up in a hurry, not without sat
isfaction, you understand ? Remember,
you are in a foreign.country; and I am
sorry to say,,he has written to me to .the
effect that he will have you out.'.
It was hot a comforting reflection that
instantly occurred to' my mi ini: Have
you escaped the. perils of pestilential
Africa, to fall now by the bullet of a
Judicious duelist ?
‘X am fully aware of the consequences
of my unwarrantable liberty,’ I replied ;
‘and am bound to give him the satisfac
tion he requires, and arrange it when and
where you like.’
‘l’ll see what I can do,’ he returned,
carelessly; ‘meantime we will remain on
here quietlv- And now come and make
vour peace with my wife.’
J folly a wcoh- after nils lUUC 1
arranged to return to Santa Cruz, with
the idea of having the duel over at once,
one way or the other, and I rode across,
the country ail alone, arriving at night
fall at the hotel-
The English mail steamer had come
into port, and, anxious for letters, I went
at once to Mr. Robinson’s office.
‘Yon are still in time for dinner, if you
you hurry, sir,’ ho said, ‘a large number
of passengers came ashore to dine here;
and you may know, some' of them.’
I hastened to the table, but as I was
advancing along the corridor to the door
of the dining room, I was arrested by
bearing my own name mingled with
shouts of laughter from the company,
and one voice clear above the others, as
though causing the mirth by some witty
recital.
It was the governor’s, and be was in
the act of narrating, with embellishment,
and in his own quaint and irresistible
manner, the lottery trick and its conse
quences.
I stood in the doorway.
‘And there he is, the villain 1 cried his
excellency, pointing at mo with a theat
rical flourish, ‘There stands- the horrid
contriver of tills detestable practical ioke;
gave us nine thousand pounds, gentle
men; aud then ‘robbed us of that which
not enriches him, and makes us poor,
indeed.’ ’’
I was received with cheers, long aud
loud; and, amid it all, the chief justice,
who was present, held out the hand of
good fellowship, and '"there was peace
once more in the land.
Cheap but Honest.— Many years ago
when Judge Robert M. Charlton, of Sa
vannah, Georgia, was quite a young map,
he, in company with hie father, the Hon.
U. P. Charlton, spent every summer in
the delightful little village of Clarksville,
northeast Georgia. One day Robert was
passing along the street in Clarksville,
and it happened to be the election day,
(members of Congress were then elected
by what was called the general ticket
system, and not by districts, as they now
are) when he was met by a verdant but
honest voter of the mountains, who ac
costed him thus;
‘Mr. Charlton, are you the man that is
running for Congress?'
‘No. sir, lam no candidate—my father
Is, however. But may I ask you why this
inquiry?’
■Nothing, only I haven’t voted ylt.'
‘lf it is consistent with your feelings, I
would like if you would vole for my
father.’
‘f would just as soon vote for him as
anybody.'
Mr, c. thanked him, and thinking,
perhaps, bis friend was seeking a treat,
invited him into a neighboring tavern.
‘What will you take?'
'X never drink anything, but I see they
have some ginger cakes. I would as lief
take one of them with you as not.’
‘Very well. Give usa coke.’
‘My brother is in town with me.’
‘All right. Take him a cuke with my
respects.’
Another cake was purchased and paid
for, and the two friends parted, ‘Greeny’
to find his brother, and Mr. Charlton to
join in the merry dance with his young
friends in a parlor hard by. ‘The golden
hours on angels’wings' passed‘rapidly
away with Mr. Charlton. His friend was
soon forgotten. Late in the evening,
when there was a pause in the dance,our
verdant friend, very much to the surprise
of every one, stalked into the parlor and
Inquired for Mr. Chariton. Of course all
eyes were directed to our friend as be ap
proached Mr. Charlton. Drawing from
his bosom a four by six Inch cake, he
said : ‘Mr. Charlton, here’s your cake.
My brother had voted afore I seed him.’
TuELujamvop .laziness.—Borne few
years ago a ‘‘Lazy Man’s Society” was
organized In London, England, and one
of the articles required that no member
should ever be 1m a hurry. If he violated
this artiste be was to stand treat to the
other members; Now Uhappened on a
time that a member, debtor, was seen
driving post hasts-thrOugh the atreeta to
visit a patlentf«4ffl|Hfaiemhers of the so
ciety saw him attffonuokled over the Idea
of a treilt, and on his return reminded
him of bis fastrldlng and violation of the
rules. ‘Not at all,’ said the doctor, de
termined not to be undone; ‘the truth is,
my horse was determined to go, and I
was too lazy to stop him.’ They did not
oatoli tbe doctor that time.
VOL. 58.—N0. 10,
MIDSUMMER.
It Is midsummer, the sweet midsummer—
Poor Daffodil blossom I what’s tbat to thee ?
Tbou host no part In Us golden "glow—
Thy time of blooming was long ago;
Thou hast no shore In Its silver dew—
It will not wake thee lo life snow,
What sadder fotocan tho Autumn bring
Than Summer does to a flower of Spring'?
It Is midsummer, my life’s midsummer—
My sorrowing Heart 1 what’s that to thee ?
Its joys are. things that I can not share—;
’Xls not for mo that It’s days are fair; ■
For Love for mo was an April flower,-
Whoso beauty wont wlth’tho passing hour.
.WhatHaddor.fato.cft.nthQAutumnhrlng'
Than Summer does to a'flower of Spring?
DUKE AKD SENTINEL.
The late Duke of Brunswick used' to
relate the following anecdote with crest
glee :
On a certain occasion, one of the heav
iest of German soldiers had the duty of
mounting guard at one of the ducal hunt
ing seats; and, not to perplex tho poor
fellow, with more ideas than he could
conveniently carry, and a single ‘notion’
was with some difficulty, rammed into
his .noddle —viz, that he must present
arms to the Duke,"should his Highness
pass that way. Ho was left to hla cogita
tions, which, we need hardly say were
of that class described by the renowned
author of “ Knickerbocker’s History of
New’York" as appertaining to the pilot
of the Good Vrow, who, we were Inform
ed, sat at the helm, thinking of nothing
either past, present, or to come. Tired
at Inst of this transcendental monotony,
our sentinel had recourse to the universal
German solace—his sausage and schnapps.
While thus agreeably employed, he saw
an unpretending-looking person approach
the place where he was seated, dressed
in the common German hunting-dress—
a sort .of queer smock-frock, , leather
breeches, and continuations. .
‘Good appetite to you!! said the new
comer. ‘What is that you’re eating ?’
•Guess" gruffly answered the peasant
soldier.-
‘6h ! perhaps rothwurat,' said the Duke,
for it was no less a personage.
‘No; something better, than that.’
‘Then I suppose that it islebberwurst?’
‘No; something better than that.’
‘Probably then It Is metterwurst ?’
,‘Yes.’
(The three terms, rothwurat, lebber
wurat, and metterwurst, are the positive,
comparativp, ouperludvo degrees of
the German sausage,)
‘And now that you know ail about my
sausage, pray who are you ?’
•Guess,’ said the Duke.
‘Oh! perhaps you’re one of the Duke’s
pages ?’
‘No; something better than that.’
‘Then you’re probably one of the
Duke’s alds-de-camp ?’
. ‘No; something better than tbai.’
‘Perhaps you’re the Duke himself?’
‘Yes,’
‘Def teufel! Hold that sausage, for my
orders are to present arms to you !’
A Short Courtship.— A Cincinnati
paper relates an incident which develops
a new feature in railroad traveling, and
shows that courting can be done at thirty
miles an hour. It occurred on the Little
Miami railroad. A lady, somewhat past
that period of life, which the world would
term young, was on her way to that city.
At a point on the road a traveler took
the train. After walking up and down
between the seats, the gentleman found
ho unoccupied seat, except the one-half
of that upon which the lady bad placed
her precious self and crinoline. As the
train flew along at express speed, the
SSf *®0 BI SrSS!iyRtP AaniUßier'SßSr
the lady certainly did not pout. After
other subjects had been discussed and
worn threadbare, the lady made Inquiry
as to the price of sewing machines, and
where such an article could bo purchased.
in the city. The gentleman ventured the
opinion that she!bad “better secure a
husband first.” By the time the train
arrived at the depot in Cincinnati, the
proposal had been made and accepted.
.The party separated ; the gentleman, In
good earnest, started for a license, and
the lady made her way to a boarding
house on Broadway, above Third, for a
dinner. At. two o’clock the gentleman
returned with a license and a Justice, to
the great astonishment of the fair one,
and, a few tears and imif-remonstratlve
expressions, she submitted with becom
ing modesty, and the squire performed
the little ceremony in a twinkling. The
happy couple departed for Louisville, cn
route for New Orleans and California.
Court Gqssip.— The marriage of the
young Princess Louise with the Marquis
of Lome was not, according to English
gossip, by any means the love match it
has popularly been supposed to be, and
the wedded pair are now far from happy
together. The story is, that the Princess
inherits her mother’s,quick and imperi
ous temper, and the two women had such
frequent quarrels that the peace of the
royal domestic circle yras quitodestroyed.
The marriage of the Princess and her
residence elsewhere being then the only
resource in the emergency,,a number of
young noblemen were selected nod in
vited to Windsor Castle, and the Princess
required to chose a husband from among
them: She. obeyed, and her choice fell
on the young Marquis, but there’was no
more love between them than usually
attends such business-like arrangements.
The result has been, that the Princess’s
eraper is as bad as ever, only it is now
txercised on a new object. The exclusion
of the Marquis from the royal circle, and
the consequent separation of him from
his wife on state occasions, is said to be
owing to these conjugal differences, and
not to any Jaw of etiquette. It Is even
reported that not long ago the Queen was
sent for, and wont down to Claremont,
the residence of the young couple, to
prevent a complete rupture. All this
accords so well with what is.known of
the relations between Victoria and Albert
that it is probably true.
A Wonderful Clock.— R.D. Munson
is a persistent Yankee, and a native of
Wiillston, Vermont, who has devoted ten
of his fourscore years to the achievement
of making a clock that is much more
complidatedly ingenious than the famed
Btrausourg time piece, and vastly more
serviceable. It runs.eight days, and the
dial marks the second, minute, hour and
day of the week, month and year; a
thermometer rests against its pendulum,
giving the state of temperature; the ball
of the pendulum contains a miniature
time piece,which derives its motive pow
er solely from its vibrating position, and
keeps accurate time; with this there is a
delightful musical apparatus,which plays
an air at .the end of each hour, and it is
piously precontrlved so as to play only
sacred tunes on Sunday, beginning and
ending with the ‘Doxology.* On national
holidays the airs are diversified with such
tunes as “Yankee Doodle,” &b. This
wonderful clock presents a black walnut
front,-ten feet high, twenty.inches wide,
and ten deep, and is embellished with
profuse shell-work and national designs.
About Monkeys.— Rougger observed
an American monkey carefully driving
away the flies which plagued her infant;
and Duvancel saw a hylobates washing
the faces of her young ones in a stream.
Bo Intense Is tbe grief of female monkeys
for the loss of their young, that It inva
riably caused the death of certain kinds
kept under confinement by Brebm, in
North Africa. Orphan monkeys were
always adopted and carefully guarded by
other monkeys, both male and female.
One female baboon had so capacious a
heart that she not only adopted young
monkeys of other species, butstole young
dags and cats, which she coutlnually car
ried about_ An adopted kitten scratched
this affectionate baboon, who certainly
bad a sharp intellect; for she was much
astonished at being scratched, and she
immediately examined tbe kitten’s feet,
and without more ado bit off the claws.
—All The Year Sound.
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A shrill old Indy in Memphis, when
she loses her scissors, rouses the family
with; where’s them scissors appeared to 7
Personal.— St. Clair A. Mulholland,
Chief of Police of Philadelphia, gave us
a call on Friday lost.—Bradford Argus.
What deviltry have you been into?
It is a mistake .to suppose that gold’
fish confined in a globe can live on the
animal life they find in the water. They
require food, such as small -dough, pills
white of an egg and flour 1 , and an ocoa
jsjonal angle ivorra, cut fine.
Specimen Chipago local: ‘T. J. Fails
was his name. And 1 shall not deny.
With regard to the same, That he dame
from Shanghai, And he put up last night
at the Sherman, Considerably close to
the sky.’
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The following item contains a large
amount of what may be called spicy ego
tism : Kernel Carr says there is but one
man in Illinois who is really able to edit
a newspaper. As-'Widow Bedott says, -
it Is not for him to sdy who that Is.
A grumbler who was loud In com
plaint because of the degeneracy of the
times got this left-handed . sympathy :
‘What you say is undoutedly true, for I
remember that when I was a boy, I
heard my father Say that, when he was
a boy, he heard my grandfather say the
same thing.’
An Irlshmau having jumped into the
water to save a man from drowning, up-,
on receiving a quarter from the person
as a reward for the service, looked flrrt
at the money and then at him, and at
last exclaimed : ‘l’m overpaid- for the
job.’
In an Ohio school celebration the su
perintendent announced the. title to a
song as ‘Riding the Elephant" Home.*—
When the audience found that It was
‘Write me a Letter from. Home,’ he
thought it prudent to disappear.’’”
, The mayor of St. Joseph, Mo., gave
permission to a citizen to kill two dogs
which annoyed him, and the.next morn
ing the mayor found two of his own dogs
dead, iylth his own warrant, of permis- ,
sion for their killing pinned on their '•>
bodies. Though ho. -hasn’t exactly got “
the hydrophobia; that mayor Is mad.
’ Thin id tbtr-rraj-tne aarctio,i;ian chron
icles the opening of the season : ‘Oar
mammoth'hotela were thrown open yes
terday for the reception of young June,
dazzling July, mature and peerless Au
gust, and, partriaobal September, .who ,
have all engaged suites of rooms.’
An observant young man in Portland,
Maine, greatly admired a married lady
of that town, and was In the habit of
looking in at her window as he passed.—
One day he saw her wave a handkerchief,
and forthwith rang the door bell. - After
he was picked out of the gutter a few mo
ments later, and bis contusions dressed
by the nearest surgeon, it was. explained
to him that the lady was merely shaking
some crumbs from a napkin.
SpoNoe paper, a Drench novelty, Is
said to baveall the peculiarities of sponge,,
absorbing water readily, and remaining
moist a long time. - It has been used as a
dressing for wounds with considerable
advantage, For its fabrication, evenly
and finely divided sponge is added to or
dinary paper pulp, and this is worked, as
in a common paper-making apparatus,
into sheets of different thickness.
■T. K. ’Butis.—uv, of Elmira, saidsome
.impioMast things about H; Bf Smith,
elected to Congress from Elmira district.
Smith remarked to him that those state
ments were conspicuously inexact.—
Beecher straightened back in some ex
citement, and exclaimed in a decided
tone, ‘Do you want to get up a quarrel
with, the Beecher family ?’ No, Sir,’
said Smith, ‘but I- want to know if you
intend to get up a fight with the Smith
family ?’ An armistice was declared af
ter that.
A gentleman writing of a ‘long’ ac
quaintance, says there is among his ac
quaintances one at least who enjoys a
‘high’ reputation, for he stands over seven
feet In his stockings, and though a tal
ented member of the bar, lie Is a good
natured, modest citizen. Ue was sitting
in the stall 'of a theatre when the curtain
rose and the actors advanced to their po
sition. a cry of ‘Down in front!’ became
general throughout the audience. Their
attention was directed towards the tall
«
r —, who, feeling himself the object of
remark, thought he was required to set
tle a little. Looking as is he would like
to settle through the floor, he proceeded
to raise himself to a standing position, in
such a manner, however, as to convey an
impression that there was no end to him.
At last he did get straightened out to his
full length, when, slowly glanolngaround
at the astonished audience, he very de
liberately remarked: 'Gentlemen to sat
isfy you that I was sitting down, I now
stand up!’ A burst of laughter and ap
plause succeeded, tke audience and actors
became curtain descended
rapidly, the manager, with beaming.face,
came forward, and, amidst the wildest
applause, conducted the gentleman to a
private box. _ .
The millennium of sconndreUsm.
Butler having heard how William J-.
Ovens, the murderer, was unanimously
elected Sergeant at Arms by the Radicals
at the last session of the Legislature, and
that Mann, and CoIIIs and Stokely have
been nominated for cnr chief munfsipal
offices, and that the Press of this city, the
leading organ of its party, bos declared
that considerations of personal character
do not enter into its philosophy—Butler,
hearing these things, feels emboldened
to offer himself as a candidate for the
office of Governor of Massachusetts. Eve
rywhere thore"seems'to be a belief that
the rule of Radicalism has at last brought
on a.millennium of scoundrellsm, and
that neither the murder of a distinguish
ed soldier, llke'Colonel Riddle, or of a
moro ohsore cltlzon lilre John O. Nolan,
nor the most notorious 1 Implication and
open. complicity in frauds and thefts,
form any bar.to nomination to office by
the. Radical ‘party. Personal character
does not enter Into their philosophy. Tbe
absence of it is a recommendation; for
the greater the rogue, tbe greater the
plunder for him and 1 the “ Bing" ho be
longs to. This rule runs through every
department of the government that is ad
ministered upon Radical principles,—,
When General Butterfield, a great per
sonal friend of the President, was ap
pointed aub-Treaaurer in Now York, he
instantly embarked in a huge ‘‘gold
conspiracy” with Corbin, the President’s
brother-in-law, and pursued it till they
shook the whole Commercial world,
using the name of tbe President of the
United States as their partner and ac
complice I In.this clty, the.samo game of
plunder is carried on in all the public
departments, unchecked, except when
the culprits come under the notice of oar
city police, Vho’biwdgained Radical en
mity and Radical abuse by a commenda
ble vigilance, which often thwarts these
Radical plunderers.
Last week tbe police arrested aßadioai
empioy ee -in the post- office, and found)
bis pockets; as well as bis lodgings, full
of opened letters. Yesterday, the news
papers alt recorded bow ’ tbe city police
arrested certain Radical officials' who
were selling the public property)'frppi
Fort Delaware.' The scoundrels have'a
very poor opinion of a police' that thus
interrupts business, and are exceedingly
anxious to haye the whole oity adminis
tered upon a philosophy that takes no
note of such matters as theft, speculation
or oven murder. They pant for the good
time coming: tbe great long looked fox
Radical millennium of ecoundrellsm,
when to be a man of decent character
shall be a reproach, and to bo a,thief.or,
assassin shall be a title to public office,—
Philadelphia Age.