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COYLE HKOTUERS, , No, 21 South Hanover street, March 30,187 U-om. Carlisle, Pa. VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC SALE— tuilurcla)/, Oetober2l, 1871. Will bo sold at public sale, on the above day atCentrovlMo, ten miles west oj Carlisle, Ihe following described Itoul Estate, to tvlt;— a first class Blacksmith Stand, situated in thft village of township, containing about 1 acre of lam 1 *Vn which is elected a good brick house, friuni and blacksmith shop; also a good wago -Mokcr shop, and all in first rale /n'iter, It hcii. | jvvof the best standi* tor me* eh ? Ujoroaa4jeKlhips4m ouj* so generally prevalent as dyspepsia, j hero uie diseases move acuio and paiuiui, and nxnen mote liequeuiiy prove lutal. but none, the el lects of watch arc so depressing to themmd and so positively disii'esslng lu the body, 11 there la a wretched ueing in the world it is A CONl'fß.vUt.U DlciA'JfiPlJC. But It Is notour imeiulouto dlscautonU>e hor rors ut Dyspepsia. Todeseribe them tiuihlullv s simply an impossibility, butu if, uossiblv in point out a remedy; Weiiavesuid Uiuidyspem sia is perhaps lue most universal ol human dis oases. 1 Ins is emphaucully the ease ju Urn bulled .Stales. Whether this general prove iencu is duo 10 tho character or the- food tile meiuod 01 ns preparation, or tho hasty manner m which it is usually swallowed, is not our pro ; /vineo lo explain. ‘1 he great fact with which wo are called to deal i 8 mis:. u y dyspepsia prevails almost universally. Nearly every other person you meet Isa vic tim, Hu apparently willing one, for were thisnot , £ Cllbe . why ko many t uilerers, when a cortatn, , speedy and safe Remedy is wlth'h the easy “f, 01 }." 11111 "-‘ho desire to avail theiuselvesof ll? But tho majority will not. Blinded bv preju dice, or deterred by some other unexplained in ! 1 ‘w.y r °luKelo accept tho relief profer (illiioiii. i hey turn a deal ear to the testimony 01 the thousands whoso Millvrlngs have been al leviated, and with strange inlaiimLlcn, appear to cling with drsperale determination 10 their ™m*iorrnvttior> But says a dyspeptic; NN hut is this remedy ? to which we reply; This great alleviator of human snivel lug Is almost as widely known as the English language. It has . l,O agonies of thousands, and is to-day curi’i mg comtort and encouragement 10 thou bum oiher lima 1 '"‘ 8 » ll. lIOOHjAND'S ÜBUMAN BITTEBS. Would you know more ol the merits ol this wondonul medicine than can bo learned from (he experience of others ? Try it yourself, and wliuii it has Jailed iq mini the assurance of Its elllcacy given by the proprietor, then abandon (iilfh in it. LET IT UE HEM EM BE RED,, firs! of all, that Uoofiaud's German Hitters Is not u ruin beverage. They are not alcoholic In any souse of the term. They are composed wholly of ine pure Juice or vital principle of roots, This is not a more assertion. The extracts irom which they aro compounded me piepurtd by one of the ablest German chemists. Unlike any other Hitters in the market, they uru wholly free from spirituous Ingredients, The objections which hold with so much force against preparations of Hus class, namely—that rule.slre lor Intoxicating, drinks Is stimulated by their use, are not valid In the raise ol the German Litters. .So far from encouraging or inculatmg a taste or desire ior Inebriating beverages, It may be confidently as serted that their tendency is In a dlanustrleullv opposite direction. Their efiorts can bo * y HEN EFKJJAL ONLY - In all cases of the biliary system Uoolland's Gorman Litters Stand without an equal, acting promptly and vigorously upon Hie Liver, they lemovo Us torpidity and cause healthful secre tion of bile—thereby supplying the stomach with the most Indispensable elements of sound digestion in proper proportions. They give lone to the stomach—stimulating its functions, and enabling it to perform uu duties us 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 ol life. THEY PURIFY THE BLOOD. yon cannot fail I cleansing the vital fluid of all hurtful Impuri ties and supplying them with the elements of genuine heaUhlulness, In a, word, there la scarcely a disease In which they cannot ba satcar and beneficially employed ; but In that most generally pievnientdistrcssingand dread ed disease,’Dyspepsia, THEY STAND UNRIVALED. Now, I hero are coviain classes of persons in whoii* extreme Uittors are nut, only unpaluta mo, hut who lint! it nnposshuJo Ju }nko n>o/ii without positive disnomiort. i*ot-»cq between them. ' he-Mary Burton, detained by the hard uea'Uier, had already been twenty-one dfiya at sea; the passengers were begin ning to get impatient, and wonted ranch to know of their whereabouts. But to inquiries on this point the second mate, a young, inexperienced seaman, could not give them an answer, and the cap tain apparently would, not. There was only one expedient: Captain Powell had always shone himself so amiable toward the young,lady—the only young lady on board—that it was thought if she were to ask him directly, he would not refuse .her the information. Miss Ellis was strongly urged to 1 make the attempt, and consented—abe, herself being anxious to know how soon they would reach their destination. When she came next morn ing on deck, and fou,nd the captain as usual pacing the starboard side of the quarter-deck, she went up to him with a smile* . ’ •Row is it, Captain Powell?’ she asked, ‘shall we soon see laud? Or is there yet no hopo of it?’ ‘Are you already tired of us?’ returned the captain, a melancholy expression on his-drawn in lips. ‘Are you in need of anything?’ ‘Certainly- not,’ replied Kate. ‘You have oared for ua so well, that we can scarcely miss our usual laud comforts so much ns you do yours. But yet — ‘But, notwithstanding, you want to leave the poor ship as soon as possible?’ ‘You won’t blame a passenger for that,’ said Kate, smiling. ‘Salt water is not our clement; I am afraid even of those |!-nr> waves when T think how soon they may glow into fearful giants/ Hutrthe question remained unsatisfied, for the captain did not answer it. Miss Ellis ventured to ask again. ‘ Whereabouts are we now, captain? I hope it is no secret. Please tell us—for we land folks understand nothing our selves. One wave looks justlike another, ami to me the stars seem to stand in just (he same places os they did in Kdw York/ , • i'ou know I would do all in my power to please you, but X cannot alter the wind, and it is dead said the cap tain. ‘You must resign yourself to put up with our ship’s fare a little longer. I cannot help.it, Miss Kate.^, ‘But in what direction are we sailing now?’ ‘Up to the north.’ ‘Then we shall come into the Polar Sea, When I was a child X always had a longing to visit those regions where in summer the sun never sets. It must ?oem very wonderful. Have you been there, Captain Powell?’ ‘Yes,’ answered Powell, casting his eyes dreamily around. ‘Wonderful In deed, that endless day, where there are no nights—no dreadful nights. I wish I was j/pw«a7/i me,’ he added, In a scarcely audible whisper. Kate Ellis was startled. The last words had not escaped her quick ears. ‘Kate,’ said he, suddenly seizing the girl’s hand, answer mo one question.— You wished just now to know where we are; let me first hear from you where I am, and whether there is the smallest hope left-for me that a fair breeze will again fill my sails and blow me happily into nort.’ •I do not understand you, Capt. Pow • V,,’ oi.id Kate, trying to take her hand /•.way. But he would not let he; he con tinued to hold her while ho spoke, bis voice hoarse with agitation. ‘Do not evade me longer—not now «t least—and be assured from this moment I will not disturb you with a single woed. Tell me only this one thing—is it really true that you are now hastening to the arms of a bridegroom! Your mother saj'e it is. Is it true that he is waiting impa tiently for you in England ?—that this ship is bearing you to him?’ Fora moment: Kate Ellis’ face was an white as hia. Ami then she rallied her courage to avow the aimple truth, deem ing that it might put an end to the trou ble for once and all.’ ‘lt is quite true, Captain Powell. I am Boon to be married to Mr. Otteraon; I think you know him, You were told of this In New York.’ ‘But I could not believe it,' he answer ed with strange emotion. ‘I—I could not think I stood at die gates of Heaven only to see them closed against me.’ ‘Captain Powell!' = Ho flung away her hand, and looked at her. She looked back at him. Trembling though she was with dismay, she did not shrink from what sho had said. *lt is well, Miss Kills,* he said, calmly drawing hia pea-coat closer about him, as though he felt cold. ‘I thank you, at least, that you have been straightforward with mo.. I shall keep my promise. I w/II not trouble you with any further questions.’ r ‘And you will now answer me?’she yet gained courage to say. ‘When shall wo reach our destination?’ ». ' ‘Soon, Miss Ellis—soon. You will see Xsball not delay. I can’t control .the vMnda, you know.,; but—l am In a hurrv myself—leave it to me.* he raised hia oil-skin hat and went below.’‘”T,hefe ' was something very strange about him; Kate could.bub see it. In half an hour, during which time he had brooded over his chart, he was on deck again and gave orders to set the topgallant sails. This was soon done. But the Mary Burton could not keep the same course with her upper sails sotT She now stood exactly north northeast. Some of the passengers noticed the change, and supposed that it indicated that the captain having been driven too much to the south, was about to take the channel round the north instead of the south'Of Ireland. This hypothesis caused great joy among the passengers, and sev eral bottles of wine were brought from private stores to celebrate the occasion.— But the commander was gloomier than before, and would take no part in the convivality. The second mate shook hia head over this new course; it was not at all clear to him. But ho was an ignorant fellow, as ! already said, and careless as well. The ' cbiefitnale remained very ill.' ..jr&s the days went on, the wind became ''more and more favorable. They might sailed due east, bu> the yards were squared, and the,bark still held her northerly course. One of the passengers, an American land agent, had some ex perience in navigation, having once taken charge of a coasting schooner from Boston to New Orleans. After a while lie became exceedingly dissatisfied with this continued progress towards the north, which brought them no nearer their destination One night he noticed the pole star higher in the heavens than he hud ever, seen it before. They must have already gone far north. The matter began to look suspicious. He did not understand the captain ; but it was time that something should be done. ' The next day, when it was the captain's watch on deck, he went stealhily to the spate's berth. The chief officer had now recovered consciousness* and the fever was gone; but he was very weak. ‘A word in confidence, Mr. Mate,' be gan the American. ‘Do you know in what latitude we are ?’ ‘No; I've lost my reckoning,' was the feeble answer. ‘How’s her head ?’ ‘North-northeast, yards almost squared and studded sails to leeward/ ‘Then we must be sailing along the Irish coast, and through the North Channel.’ ‘But this is the eleventh day we’ve kept this course.’ . ‘The eleventh day!’ cried the astonished sailor, excitement enabling him to leap out of his berth. ‘There is something wrong with the captain ; I'm sure of if.' whispered the passenger anxiously. ‘Take no notice.— Be on deck at noon and see that you get an observation.’ v The mate was very weak, but he crept out to the second mate to get hia log book ; and learned that the captain bad kept it since the Illness of the first officer. This was pot quite regular. He went to the captain's room, but the door was locked and the key gone. At noon the sun was perfectly clear; and the mate, taking his sextant, got on deck and posted himself on the fore castle. The captain did not notice him, but took his own observations from the quarter-deck, and then giving the order to strike eight bells, went below. The mate went below also ; and while he was making out his reckoning the cook came to him. ‘I urn glad to see you on your legs again, sir,’said he in a low tone. *1 don’t know where we are going, but this Is certain—wo shall soon see some grizzly boars. -And wq shall need them for provisions, for ours is nearly gone.’ - ‘What are the crew saying about It?’ j questioned the officer. • | ‘They say I must make tight the old bread casks, they will be wanted for blub- J ber since captain Powell is certainly go ing a whaling,’ was the cook’s answer; and he quietly stole away again. The mate finished his reckoning, .and then consulted his chart. A short while, and the captain was pacing the deck again. The mat© came on. He looked at the compass, at the studding sails, and then approached the captain, speaking in a whisper. 'For Heaven’s sake, Captain Powell, where are we sailing to?’ tr ‘Don’t give yourself any trouble,' waa the cool reply; ’the bark* is in good i hands. We went too far to the south.’ ‘But today at noon wo were In sixty four' degrees north latitude, and this evening wo must pass the line of the North Cape in Iceland. Where is it you are going, sir?’ ‘Mr. Metsara,’ said the captain, coldly. T have the management of this vessel. — I beg you will not trouble yourself with things that do not concern you.’ ‘But, Captain Powell, I must trouble myself; our supplies are running short. .Remember, we carry passengers, air, and must keep our time in .Liverpool.’ ‘Let me advise you to go back to your bertb,' was tbe command. T take the responsibility of the navigation. Do you understand ?’ ‘What Is our longtitude, Captain Powell?’ ‘Leave the reckoning to me till you are perfectly well, Mr. Metsam- You are not yourself yet.’ The mate noticed the altered appear ance of his superior, and he saw that he was not himself.' What to do, ho did not know; he was bitterly perplexed.— Too much prostrated by sickness to act energetically—to think bo, ho Jet things be, believing there was no immediate cause for action. It is a serious thing to Interfere with a commander of a vessel. The wind went round to the south, but the bark held the same course, now with studding sails on both sides. The crew were getting dissatisfied. They had no objection to a long voyage—it increased their pay—but they had no desire for a trip to the Arctic regions without suitable clothing, or apparatus for taking seals.— Once more the mate entreated the cap tain to put the ship about; but the latter threatened to order him in irons. The passengers became seriously alarmed. A suspicion came upon them for the first time that Captain Powell was Insane. A deputation went to the first officer and delivered over to him the charge of the vessel. Mr. Metsam went on deck and assured himself that the time for action bad come. He ordered the crew aft and in quired if they were willing to obey him. 'Sir, said the carpenter, speaking for .the rest.'lt is high time you took the command. There are icebergs ahead.’ ‘Well then, my men, in with the stud* difig sails.’ The crew went to work with a will; very rapidly the t-hip was put about so that she headed B. S. E. by E, But the tacking caused loud stir and noise, and Captain I’owell rushed on deck. .‘Who ordered the ship about?’ ho asked in a hb)u’se voice. Mr. Metsam answered at once In a calm tone, hoping to soothe him. He felt convinced of his madness. ‘I did, air—without troubling you.— There were Icebergs and we had nothing to do in sixty-nine degrees of north lati tude.’ This brought the climax. ‘Behelllon! Mutiny I’ hissed the poor in lid man; and drawing a pistol from his pocket llred it off. The mate felt a sharp pain In his side, and Captain Powell was over powered. Fortunately the wound was not a serious one, and Mr. Motsam was able to take full charge of tho ship. Their posi tion was near the coast of Greenland.— Captain Powell had steered direct ior the Polar Seas. The next day a strong'north west wind set in which drove icebergs to the south. But the good ship ran before the wind ; and nine days later they sighted tho Faroe Islands. From this point they had a long voyage, and were detained by a storm on the Scotch coast. Finally, after a run of sixty-two days in all, provisions and water all gone, they, reached Liverpool In safety, where the ship had been given up for lost. Mias 'Fills foanil her -lover. Bhortly to bo her, husband; waiting for her; and all on board ,wore thankful to come, off no ■ . Captain Powell never recovered his sanity. His passionate love for the young lady, combined with his rejection, acting oh a not well balanced mind, had indeed driven him mad. He died in an asylum not long afterwards. - And when the good ship sailed out of. port, Mr. Metsam was in command. ANCIENT COINS. Money consists of whatever is used In exchange for something else. As soon as mankind increased in numbers, they, commenced to exchange one article for another in trade. This waa done, first, by using some substances of great value and small in bulk. At a.very early pe riod raetalic exchanges were made by weight, the giver 9f the money wefghfng out so many pieces of gold or silver; At a later period actual coins, having a cer tain weight and guaranteed by the gov ernment with the stamper seal of the State, were made the medium of exchan ges. Atwfaat period gold and silver were first used is not known. Nearly 2,000 years before the Christian era, Abraham returned from Egypt, very rich in cattle, silver and gold. The shape of silver and gold among the Egyptians appears to have been that of a ring, with an opening on one side to form a chain when it was necessary. This sort of money passed by weight. Thus Abraham weighed four hundred sheckels ofinoney to the mer chant, The Jews never had any other mode of using coin than by weight so lougaa they were an independentnatlon. Furthermore, it may be a new idea to many that they never used gold as a coin. Silver and copper were their sole me dium. You never hear them talking about sheckels of gold in any of tbelr writings. Among the Egyptians and Assyrians, the coin was frequently in the shape of a sheep or a lamb, possibly of the value of these animals. It has been supposed that the change from weight to a coin representing a given value was first made by the '.Romans. The pound weight was stamped with the image of an ox. Hence our word pecuniary is derived from the Latin word peounia, signifying money, which in turn was derived from the word pecu, signifyingottttle. Thus an immense stride was made in civilization when a real value was given to coin guaranteed by the State, so os to avoid the necessity of weighing jt' every time a transaction waa made. The earliest coins were ex ceedingly rude in character. They were not perfectly round, as you now see them; A die was formed, over which the coin was placed, and then it was struck with a punch, which stamped the coin on one side, and left a rude dent on the other.— After a while, a die was made on the end of the punch so that both sides were stomped. Alexander 1., King of Macedonia Is. the first who bad his name stamped upon acorn. The Athenians made the owl their type. This gave rise to the anecdote of the Athenian miser, the roof of whose bouse was aald to be infested with a vast number of owls, in allusion to money of the well known Athenian type being concealed there. The Homans carried on the coining of money to a high degree of perfection.— Each State qnd sometimesasingleoity was authorized to issue its own coins. Every coin was a brief history of the age in which it was struck. The skill of the artizau, the composition of the coin, the history of the people, and the name of the ruling monarch were frequently told on the same coin. It is probable that al most the only portraits we have of the ancients ore what may be seen on ancient coins that have- come down to us. It is fVtiry singular that when they could stamp on copper, silver and gold the names of kings, that the art of printing was not known till within less than five hundred years. An immense number of ancient coins are preserved in -musuems in Europe. They are valuable records of past history. They are in fact printed books, on whose surfaces are stamped the records of past ages. It is said that ancient Roman coins are ,still in circula tion in Spain. They have become worn smooth and thin by time. —Maine Farmer , Japan.—James Brooks writes from Japan that the national food is fish.— There is not an ocean or river creature that the Japs do not eht, even sharks, and the uglier the more appetizing. And most of the fish sold are not dead fish, but living, jumping, wriggling fish.— You buy an eel all squirming. The iish-market men bring their fish to the market in water tubs, and the fishermen keep a huge bamboo water fish tank on each side of the junks, into which they throw the creatures that they haul up. or in. So much is thought of the fish here, that on a certain festival day every family that has had a boy born during the year hangs out a great painted fish to boast of it. Mr. Brooke says;. ' ' * “I thought once, while on the Nile, that the Egyptians, who could turn sands into gardens, were the great farmers of the world; but the Egyptians could make no such farming gardens as these. Proud as I am of the arts, sciences, and marvel ous doings of my own country, I blush when I compare American farming with this! Here are rice fields artificially cre ated, luxuriant in beauty now, terraced from hill side up and down, and watered by the bill streams, or .not watered, as the husbandman wills. There arebarley fields, and bean fields, and fields of all sorts of Japan ogricultural productions.— Forests cap all the bill tops. Two crops are raised in Japan in one year, even oh the rice-fields. .As Usual.—A handsome bachelor, a clerk in one of the most popular dry goods stores in Atlanta, is smlten with a fair resident of a neighboring city. The father of the young lady came to Atlanta recently, and registered at ihesame hotel where the bachelor clerk boards. As soon as the discovery was made, the old gentleman was looked up and made the receiponbof earnest attention (such as all of us have and are disposed to pay the parents of the ‘hoped for’) to ingratiate himself into his paternal favor. Just before dinner, the old gentleman wanted information of the young one as to where he could get a drink of “peach and honey.” ‘Well, I don’t know myself, but I’ve hoard that lu bar-rooms good liquors are kept,’ was the innocent reply. The old gentleman naked the young one. to show him the way. ‘Certainly; though I don’t drink my self,’ replied the tetotaller. Arrived at the bar, the want of the old gentleman was made known, when the bar tender remarked : * I suppose you will take gin and sugar, as usual, Mr. ——?’ He ‘had orter’ winked’ sooner. A youno man who bad been celebrat ing tbe Fourth of July, was discovered by his mother on the fifth, trying to pull off his boots. His mother (held up her hands In horror at the sight, while be, endeavoring to stand erect, exclaimed :■ ‘l'm not drunk, mother, but a stoker child you never had!’ U Thin la not tbe story of a king, but of an bumble peasant girl; the scene la not laid In a camp, but in a village at a time when Bonaparte’s wars had not yet given to tbe simple name of Berna dette (little Bernard) the historic glow which still surrounds it. A man and bis wife bad an only dau ghter, and they were so proud of her that she had scarcely come into the world when they began to think about her marriage. Tbe man, laboring with tbo greatest perseverance, sought to accum ulate for her one of those attractive dow ries which fascinate rich young bache lors; .the wife seconded hla efforts so courageously, grubbing in the ground all day and stitching all-night, constant ly proparlhg ’lhe’ brldo's outdt, that ghe fellslok and died, not being Willing'to call in .the doctor, that she might save the cost of the remedies. Father Hugh, left alone with his daughter, was Only the more anxious to have a son In law, some sturdy laborer possessing a competence, one who wool d Insure both the prosperity of hla bouse and the happiness of his beloved Berna dotte. When she got to be eighteen years of age there was no lack of suitors- Father Hugh owed to bis avarice the reputation of a man in easy circumstances, one who had cleverly turned hla pennies to ac count by making short loans at a rate of Interest not sanctioned by the Code; but all young men wishing to marry took very good care not to reproach him with an infection of the statute; the sin would remain with the father-in-law and the profits with the grandchildren, so they rubbed their hands and repeated the uni versal proverb: ‘Tla an ill' wind that blows nobody good!' Bernadette, worthy of her afro In economy and in activity ,trudged to town every forenoon to sell herchiokens, eggs, and fruit.—She frequently encountered young Micoutot, the ploughman, who would drive up his oxen to the end ot the furrow by ’ the roadside and keep them standing a long time to* bid tbe young girl good-morning, and chat with her about tbe rain, and the due weather, and the chickens, and the cows, and the growing corn, and tbe beans that ware about ■ drying. Bernadotte, no spatter, what might be hot haste to get to murket, always had a few moments to sp*e for her talkative friend, and even after leav ing him to go hack repeatedly to answer, as far as he could make her hear them, the last kind words whloh ha sent after her over the hedge. Arrived at the market-plade, the first customer whom Bernadette usually found there was the young baker Casterez who, under the pretext of examining her eggs and fruit, prolonged the conversation a full hour, praising the bright feathers of the cbiokens, their remarkable plump ness, and bestowing a thousand compli ments on tbe clever house-keeper who knew borrto get them lata such nice condition. Passing from words to acts, he would bargain for (he entire lot, vap pear perfectly satisfied with the price, and oarry the basket off to his shop, where tbe fair merchant always found some re freshment and a couple of nice tarts gar nished with sweetmeats. Bernadotte; on returning home from market lightened of her load, passed be fore the shop of the hair-dresser Firmln, a young dandy as frizzled and smoothly shaved as the little Saint Johli in the pro cession of the Pete Bleu. Monsieur Fir min had Just completed his tear through France,' as stated on a handsome sign in big letters adorned with a pair of ola sors and a razor, after the fashion of a heraldic shield stamped with a double device ‘Heigh! Bernadotte,’ exclaimed the artistic barber, ’have you any eggs to sell me to day ?’ Bernadotte nodded af firmatively. - She had been careful to conceal a dozen from the whole-sale buy er Casterez. purposely to have some left for Monsieur Firmln. Prudence 1s the mother of certainty. Mlcoucet was un doubtedly very attentive, Casterez very devoted, butMonsler Flrmiu was no less agreeable, and nobody knew what might happen. - The eggs were accordingly handed to Monsieur Firmln, who found their fresh ness quite worthy of her who brought them. Far from attemptingto abate the price, be added to the money he gave her a small flask of lavender water, or a cake of scented soap. He wanted to know how Father Hugh was, and all about Braquette, the cow whose excel lent milk maintained tbe rosy bua of the milker's cheeks, and about the sheep providing the wool, with which, to knit those pretty stooklngs so snugly fitting those little feet. Monsieur Firmln In bis tour through France bad become very impertinent ; his presumption might have oflehdsd the young.rustic, bad not her interests obliged her to dis simulate and to be somewhat tolerant He asked her to bring him eggs the next day, butter every time she emptied her churn ; and, notwithstanding his imper tinence—a fault in young men which young girls often complain af to satisfy their consciences—Bernadotte found tho h air dresser quite as agreeable as be was attentive. Micoutet the plough man, daily la the field, no. matter what might be the state of the weather, and at the earliest hour, because he aauld not sleep In his anxiety to see daylight and Bernadette, became so worn out by this way of living that he resolved to get back both bis sleep and his usual tranquility. He betook himself to the house of the father of her who had robbed him of his repose, and, cap in band, with downcast eyes and a stam mering voice, spoke to him a long time about Bernadotte, praising her vigorous arms, made for work, and the good health apparent in every form and fea ture, and finally demanded her hand. Father Hugh dld not say ya and still less no, He knew the full value of those little words of few letters; like his coins, he would not let them go without cer tain guarantees of their being properly placed. He put off the young man to the following Sunday, and meanwhile communicated the proposal to bis daughter. ‘Micoutet Is, a very nice young man,* said Bernadette. ‘I stop and talk with 'him every morning on passing his farm. He has fine . oxen, good fields,, ahd an excellent vineyard. Costerea, tbs baker, however, appears also to good advantage; would It not be wail —■ ‘Casterei, the baker! 1 replied Father Hugh in a reflective mood. ‘By our Lady, there is always bread on a baker's counter!' ‘And tarts on the dinner table,’ added Bernadotte. ‘X will find outi my child,-what the baker means before deciding.’ ‘His meaning, father, is plain enough. He buys every morning all that I take to town, and without higgling about the price, please you. if I were to ask him double, he would not make tho slightest objection.’ ‘Without higgling about the price!’ re peated Father Hugh, who did not do business in that fashion. ‘That young fellow is very much smitten. We will look into tho matter, Bernadotte; and if his granary and bis purse are as well stocked with flour and cosh as bis heart seems to bo with love, wo will try to make some arrangement.’ Father Hugh strode off to town to see the baker, wbo,. delighted with this proceeding, showed himself deeply enamored. ‘Which of the two!’ exclaimed Father Hugh to himself. ‘The thing works well. Wo will set tham to competing; goods fn demand increase in value.’ He returned home, and, communicat ing the baker's sentiments to his daugh ter, premised her to decide quickly which of tbe two it would be bssl for her tomarry. 'The baker Is a very nice young man,’ added Bernadotte, the earnest she had said of the ' ploughman Mlooutet, ‘but there 1s another, the hairdresser Firm in. He buys something of me everyday, and keeps mo an hour talking about bis tour through France, the yarn my stockings ♦ VOL. 68.-KO. 20. lERNADDTTE, OR WHITE HANDS. Hates Cot 3Uh)ettising. wlU Da mscruci at rm ecu par Una for the flnt Insertion, and five c«r.v por lino for eoolx •abiccaenl InurUon. Qner* Mrly, half-year It, and yearlj advartlsamcuu I a artod at a liberal redaction on the above rates. Advertisements abonld be accompanied by ike OABn. Wnenient without any length ol tine Specified for pnbUoaUon. they wIU be cosUbsml nnttl ordered ont and ensrgedaccordlngly. JOB PRINTING. (hUUXi,HaitDiiinui,otßannAns,andeTarj stk er description of Job and Cana Printing. are made of, and my good milch cow. He assures me that be bas never seen any one more engaging than she whom he baa the pleasure of looking at when be looks at m*.’ 'The compliments of a barber I’ Inter posed Father Hugh. .‘Everybody kootn what they are worth! No matter, the affair progresses, competition by three I makes the profit all the greater! We will see the hairdresser, my dear, and find out what to expect from bla admira tion.’ ’ • » Hugh again returned to town, where he. had an'interview ' with Mpnsieur Flrraln; and as he knew that the larg the company of buyers the more aotiv - tbe bidding, he Invited each of the oou petitora to corns to bis houae the foil- \ log Sunday after mass. . . -.‘HuMphl’ho muttered to himsel a-. | he canvassed the situation;-‘thh-plour hands,’; Father Hugh uttered these Inst we. - with marked emphasis. Mlcontet was almost ready to die with grief; working In the fields bad made his I skin drier than so much pumice stone. - I The baker and the barber, on the sob- I trary, always working in butter or soup, bad hands as soft as the satin folds oi a duchess’ gown. Tbe poor rustic fell that he was art aside,regarding the forthcoming struggle as calculated for only city gallants. The latter, animated by equally weU-fsnmled. hopes, spent’ the week la getting Un hands in proper condition, using ungu meats of tbe.most mollifying character and they became as fragrant and as whit as possible, which stimulated their pri-.. to the highest degree. . Micbutet bad not even tbe courage - wash hia bands Id the brook, to iafei i did be regard himself to the town goal'. Hie grandfather Simon, perfectly fomu.iu with the world overalueo ho had«tuin,.o through it on hla old crutches, and vh, was covertly regarding him through hia white eyelashes, comprehended bis ‘m barrassmeut and came to his aaalsta-oe. ‘Mlooutet, my boy,’said he, handing him a little grey bag covered with dust,. ‘put that In your pocket and keep your appointment at Father Hugh’s. When the time comes to show your hands plunge them into this bag and fill them with the unguent it contains.’ ‘But, grandfather, my skin Is as dark and coarse as the bark of an old oak tree. How can you ’ ‘Follow my advice,, my boy. The woshball I give yon is so efficacious, tbs most obdurate spots will not resist its action. Its use Is of very ancient date, and time has not diminished Us virtue-' Miccutet took the.soapbaganu resorted to Bernadette's bouse. The baker and the barber were not far behind him. Casterez first showed his Ungers; they were . whiter • than the blossom of the dogrose. The hairdresser then displayed his and they looked as fresh as a lily but Just in bloom. It now came Mlcoutet’a turn. Firmln and Casterez began to laugh as he drew his huge bands from bis pocket and held them forth, when Father Hugh altered a cry of admiration for they were filled with bright and beautiful gold crowns. ‘Aha I my boy, that ls the real durable whiteness which I love. Bernadette ts ■yours, for you have courted her without quitting your field, and you know the whiteness the most appreciable lathe hands of a son-in-law.’ The two.abashed and mute town can didates returned to their shops with their ears hanging lower than those of a hound, after losing a bare. Bernadotts and Micoutet good-naturedly invited them to their wedding, and they had . wit enough to go, as townsmen searaaly ever neglect to enjoy what Is good in the dwelling of a disdained peasant. The happy couple, happy as everybody, i with as much money as good temper, labored throughout their lives to swell the contents of the soap-bag, the gift at their venerable grandfather. A Lawyer Astounded.—A few days ago a prominent lawyer of It. Louis missed ills free pass on the city railroad of that city, and suspecting tbaf It bn been atolen, he went to the office of tin Railroad Company, informed the - of his suspicion, and requested them i have any one who should present pass on the street oars arrested. Or :- r wers accordingly issued to all the n doctors on the line to keep a sharp look out for the missing ticket. A coup' l ' (< days afterward, while searching through some papers In his office, the legal gen tleman found the missing ticket, and while riding home on a car presented the missing ticket to the conductor, who ex amined It Closely. He immediately col lared the astounded member of the bar, and in reply to a question as to what he meant by seizing him, remarked that hr bad been looking for the man who hod stolen that ticket for some days past- In vain the legal gentleman endeavored to explain that he was the rightful owner of the pass; the conductor would not be lieve him. He said he bad seen a good deal of human nature, and knew an hon est man when be saw him. On the re turn trip he brought bis prisoner back with him, and took him to the police station, where he was recognized sod released. A Fbank Reply.— lt Is said that on a certain occasion Henry. Ward Beacber preached a sermon on tho injustice of obliging men to Work on Sunday. Tbe next day, while riding down to Fultou Ferry, ho entered Into conversation with a car-driver, and asked him If be did not think some plan might be adopted to dispense with the need of running tbs cats ail day Hnnday. . The driver, In Ig norance of his Interrogating friend, made a frank reply ; ‘Yes, sir, I think there might. But there's no bops of It so long as thay keep that Bseofaer theatre open In Brooklyn. The cars have to run tu accommodate that.’ Recent explorations in the Vutivy of Salt River, Arizona, have caused tbs dis covery of an extensive mound. Excava tions having been made at two points, apartments regularly built, and‘from ulna to eleven feet square, were laid open. In these rooms various agrlcultu tursl Instruments were found, bbsldss ornaments of colored atone and the bones and teeth of animals. In Western New Mexico, It Is stated, the ruins of seven teen towns have been discovered, the walls of tbe houses being la some Justun - o es composed of stone, bat for the most art of adobe. 11E5