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Drs. John & Rohrer,
AVE associated in the Practice of Medi-
Col uml.m. April 1.1. 1556-tt
DR. G. W. MIFFLIN,
DENTIST, Locust street, a few doors above
the Odd Fellow•' hit 11, Culumina, PA.
Columbia, Nay 3. 1556.
H. M. NORTH,
ATTORNEY IND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Coln labia. Pa.
Collections; urontotly made, in Lancaster and York
Counties.
enlinnhin. ?any 41,1950.
J. VV. FISHER,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
40003.1%.7.323.1k3.14%, 3F . 1:111..
ColumLtu, September o, les6•tt
GEORGE J. SAIITII,
W ' IDLESALE and Retail Bread and Cake
!tither —Cowttatttly cat !mad a variety of Cake..
Coo numerous to racatton: Cruel:cr..; Soda, Wale. Scroll.
mid Sugar tti,cutt; Confectionery, of terry gle,criptioa,
I,oi 'UST STRI:ET,
Iletweett the Bank and Franklin }louse.
iIURN' Starch, Farina, Rice Flour, Tapioca,
N./ Sago, Out Meal. Arrow Root he .nt the
FAMILY AIM/WINK sToRe.
Odd Fellow.' 111.1:.
Qrpt 2r.
JUST received, three dozen Dr. Brunon't;
Vegelable lii.tera, a certaul core for Dp.poina;
also, a frehl, lot of "-up Sago and Pine Apple Clit etc.
Farina and Vora Starch, ut I). lIIiIIIt'S
Sept 5, 1 , 57. Crocery mud Liquor Store.
HAllt DYE'S. Jones' Batchelor's, Peter's and
Effiniaa Inair tip,, warranted to color the (lair
any ..let,ihxt shade, w about injury to the -kin. For sale
by- It. WII.I.IANIS.
May 10, Front et. COlllillbill, Pa.
UST received, a fresh supp)r of Kennedy's
31ctlicul Insco , , cry, um' for -ate. try
It WILLIAMS, Front street.
Jane tr. I t,57.
POWS Essence of Jamaica Ginger, Gen
•uute AsirOe- For .de at
& DI M.EVI"S
PnmiiV Aledaeme Store. Odd Fellow& Ilall.
'July
q'OLUTION OF CITRATE OF MAOSESIA,or Par-
A) K:calve \V A. ter.—Th t. plru.uut 111.11Cille
whivii is highly revolt...tided ns ti euleatiute for
Epsom Stills. Setillil , Powder, :6... eon he olitstitted
fresh every day it 2Ju. Drug Mule,
Front at. Le?
TUST received, a fresh supply of Corn
tJ Swell, Fur mu. and it I , •••
N. DEI.I.F.Trg
Medicine. Foore. Odd Columbia
Columbia. May 30, iss7.
114 DIPS , LIMPS, LIMPS'. Jost received at
ilerr A Doi:: store, a new and beautiall lot of
Camp. of :in dr•ei
May 2 14457
A LOT of Fresh Vanilla Beans, at Dr. E B.
(;41,1cleu Morn, Drug Store.
ASUPERIOR articic of burning Fluid just
ev, vrtl 1110 •st le by II SUN UAAI & SUN
A LARCH lot of City cured Dried Beef, just
revemell lit lr su'r uwm & hUN S.
Columlom December 20. 1,..543.
1100FLAND'S Gfrathydttes,lolFle at
lr,, lii : iwi.i , r,
Family Mcdwtoe Sion, Odd Fellows' Hull.
loly
pOUNTRY Produce constantly on hand and
ki
(or .1, loy I I $l . l VI) & :4•11N
HOMINY, Cranberries, Raisins, Figs, Alm
.l.l_ ouc, %Vail/MIS. CreUIII Nut-. iikr .J 11.4 received
& CON'S.
Columbia. D. 4,62111651;
A _
SUPERIOR lot of Black and Greco Teas,
Coffee and Clioeolate,ju+t rer,f ved Nt
if •LVDC.IIe 4 oN'A
Ore. 20. ISSef. Corner of rrollt 111111 UlllOll .1.,
JUST RECEIVED. a beautiful assortment of
Ink :land-, 1.1 the Headquarters and
New.. Depm.
Clllllllllll.l. April 1..1,57.
"Willi Family and Superfine Flour of the
beat brood, for .ule by 11 SUYDAM S SON.
111 ST received 1000 lbs. extra double bolted
go Bootowboat Meal, ut
Dre..2o. II SUYDA & SON'S._
WEIKEL'S Instantaneous Yeast or Baking
Powder. for •.s, le I,y U. SUYDAM h SON.
pitlt 3r, THOMPSON'S justly celebrated Com
mercinl other Gold Pen•—•tlte beet in the
ineurket—jum receive 4 P. AIRLINER.
prtl t.t4.1R55.
WIIITE GOODS.-4 full line of White Dress
Goods of every description. lust received. nt
.1 dy It, 1857 Fo‘ twits N iTlys.
WHY should any person do without a Clock,
when they cuu be bud Curel.slland upwardm.
SIIREINEIVS?
enlumbin. April N. 1455
( ` CyAPONEFIER, or Concentrated Lye, for ma
k) king Soap. I lb. i• •ofietenl for one tinrrel of
gort soap. or llb.lor 9 lbe. 'lord Soap. Foil etree
:iou• will he eiven at the Counter for mulitog Soft,
and Fancy Soup.. For sale by
R. WILLIAMS.
Colombia. March 91. I q 55. _ _
TV. GRATH'S ELEcTrtic OIL. Ju•t receive 1.
Iferill supply of this popular remedy. awl Our Pule
It AV
Front Street. (70111111bIU.
by •
Mnv111.1.456
ALARGE...aria...a Di Ropes. all nail lengths,
on hand nail tussle at TIIOS ELSWS.
• hlarell 12, 1.47 No. I. High wee.
ANEW lot Of Nvitm.v. AND CAR IitiKASING
OILS, received a the %wreathe •ith.ier.l'"•
NNTIO.I4m
DOZEN nitoums, n0x....s For
.ale cheap. by B. I'. Arr01.1)..1, CO.
Columbia. Octubt r 25. 11,56.
A SUPE:gIOR. arrolle of PAINT OIL. for .air. by
It. WILLIAMS.
Frmil alreet Cnlumhin. PR.
ATay 10. 'F.:A
TBT RECEIVED. large and well relertrd onriety
„ o r Bru.dir... con•irtute in pan of Shot.. Hair,
Crumb, Nail, Ilat and Teeth Bru-Item. nod for .nle by
It. W11.1.1A
Front rtrret Colon. 1.1“. pa
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ASUPERIOR article ofTONIC t.PIGE ITTEIL:.4
suitable for 4otel Beeper., for .ale
R. %V11.1.1A a 1 St.
Front ..trret.colum,bin.
May 10. 1 f,54
MIREffl ETHEREAL OIL, alwny :,and. and • ~
hale by R %VII.MA:M: 4 .
.I%lay 10.18.56. Front Street. Columlnn. Pn
ICST received, Fill:43li C.A.IIII.IIEN K. soul for .ale
a/ by ' It. Wll.l.lAsltt.
Alay 10,1P50. prong Quer:. Colugnbia, Pa.
10nn :Nits! C urea Coy Hand and Shoulders
%Iv jvst retelYed and for sale by
Feb.2l. 1 657. ' H..SOYDA:II, & SON.
A Story without a Moral.
Wrath burned on the brow of the Fairy King,
Thus sternly he snake to his courtly ring:
We do swear by our royal senl and hand,
Von elfin is banished from Fairy land;
And w•e doom him an exile's life to lead,
Till on attrilt he doctli some gentle deed,
Till on earth lie Joyeth some gentle heart:
Thou wicked and mischievous elf---departr'
DIM
CM
At eve, on a wandering snow-flake's breast,
There came to u hearthstone all elfin guest.
lie perched on the lop of MI antique chair,
Whers there slumbered a little maiden fair.
The fire-light glowed on her brow so calm;
Her check nestled soft in her rosy palm;
And her lips su simple and free from guile,
Were parted full oft with a loving smile;
Tw•us worth a longjourney from elf-laud to peep
At this sweet little maiden, so fast asleep.
The curious watcher sot wondering w•hy
11cr smile often changed ton gentle sigh;
And then in his marvelous wit he deemed,
'Taves of something sweet that the maiden dreamed,
And he listened, all gleeful, the wicked elf,
While softly and lowly she talked to herself:
"I would I could tell me which dearer should be,
The one whom I love—or the one who loves rue.
The one whom 1 love! Ali, how many a Wile,
r,e practised to bring to Ins cold hp a smile!
flow often, full wildly. I've quarreled with fats,
That forced me to love when I wanted to hate!
es.liall I proudly away every thought of him cast,
Or hope that perhaps he may love me at last'
“The one who loves me! He is faithful and good;
How fondly I'd love him, if only I could!
Bat my heart is so wilful it cannot be taught
'Tis wicked to give its affection unsought,
And hence all this sadness is conic unto
There is one whom I love, and one who loves me!”
A pitying soul had that elfish thing;
Ile flouted away on his tiny wing,
And so close to the lover's heart he pressed,
Ile stole the love from his selling breast,
But he found u spell in his wondrous art,
To hide it again in the loved one's heart.
Thus the svalattg thought of the maid shun Le,
Ford/once the one svhota I love, loves me.
Skipper Ireson's Ride.
01 nll the tides since the birth of tint;
Told in story or sung is rhytne,—
On Apaleitts's Golden Ass,
Or one-eyed Calendets horse of brass,
1 'itch astride of a human back,
bilititts prophet on AI-Borah,—
The strangest ride that ever was sped
Was frestnis out from Marblehead!
Old Floyd Iresen, for his hurt Imam
'tarred ant feathered and carried 111 a eat*
13y the woman of Marblehead!
Body of turkey, head of owl,
WIIllaR a-droop like a rained-on fowl,
Fcraticred and ruined in every putt,
C.rptaitt frebott stood no the cart.
Acores of women, old and
,tuttlitt.
Strong of muscle nod smoth of tongue,
Pushed and pulled up the rocky lune,
Shouting, and singing the shrill refrain:
“Here's Find Oirson, fur MP hoard horn,
Tored un'.futhcred nit' cored iu a corn
lly the Niarbieellli:”
Girls is Wont of cheek nod lips,
Wrinkled scolds with builds on hips,
%Vail-eyed, free•limbed, such as chose
linechus round some antique vase,
Brief of skirt. with ankles bare,
Look of kerchief and loose of hair,—
With coach-shells blowing and fish-horn's twang,
Over and over the Mreunds sang:
"Here's Find Oirson, fur his bored horn,
'lured an' !inhered an cored in u corn
By the women o' Morhle'endr,
Small pity for him!—he sailed away
From a sinking ship in Chaleur Hay,—
Sailed away Irom a sinking wreck,
With his own town'e•people on her deck!
-Lay by! Loy by!" they called to bun.
Bark he answered, "Sink or swim!
firug of your catch of fish again!"
And Mr he sailed through the fog and rain!
Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart,
Tarred and feathered and curried in a cart
By the women of Marblehead!
Fathoms deep in dark Choleur
That wreck shall live forevermore.
Mother and sister. wife and maid.
Looked front the rocks of Marblehead
Overthe moaning and rainy sea,
Looked for the corning that might not be!
What did the winds and the sea-birds say
Of the cruel captain who sailed away'—
Old Floyd Irewm, for his hard heart,
Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart
By the women of Marblehead'
Through the street on either side,
Up flew windows, doors swung wide;
Sharp tongued spinsters, old wives gray,
Treble lent to the fish-horn's bra ' ,
Sea-worn grandsires, cripple-Imonth
Hulks of old sailors run aground.
Shook head, and fist, and hat, and cane.
And cracked with curses the hoarse refrsin:
•'ilere's Flud Oirson. fur his horn! heart,
Tored an' futhered itte cored in a corn.
By the women o' 31orble'eatt"
Sweetly along the Salem road
Bloom of orchard and lilac showed.
Little the wicked skipper knew
Bf the fields so green and the skies so blue.
Riding there in his sorry trim,
Like an button idol glum and gran,
Scarcely he seemed the sound to hear
Of voices shouting fur and near:
lere'• Find Oirson, fur ht• horrd horn,
Tined an' fathered an' cord in a rout
By the women o' Morble'radl''
"Hear me, iteiglMorp!" at Mat he cried,—
"What to me is this noi.y ride'
What is the shame that clother the akin.
To the nameless horror that lives
Waking or sleeping. I see a ♦wreck
And hear a cry from a reeling deck!
Bate me and curse me,—l only dread
The hand of Clod, and the face of the (lead:"
Said old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart.
Tarred and feathered tied carried iu u cart
By the women of Alarlilebetut
WILLIAAIS
r•rt. C 01110,61,, I
Then the wife of the skipper loin at sea
tintd,—“God has touched him!—why should wcl"
Said an old wife mourning her only ROlll,
'•Cut the rogues tether and let him mar'
So with soft relenting. and rude CSC(II , r.
hull scorn, half pity, they cut him loose,
And gave him n cloak to hide him in,
And lest hint alone with his shame and Diu.
Poor Floyd Ireson, for his hunt heart,
'furred and feathered and carried in a cart
ill the women of Marblehead!
lA:Lantie Monthly.
iteid—On a young child being told that he
must be broken of a bad habit, be actually
replied;
"Pupa, hadn't I better be mended?"
ortrii.
For Tile Columbia Spy
"NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1857.
gthttivto.
A Day with the Divan.
We reached the divan before the hour at
which Asiau Pacha, gave audience; therefore
the kaoush who had been sent by the Paella
to conduct us to his presence, intimated that
we were to precede him to to the apartment
of the cheltir ensin, or superintendent. There
Asian Pacha sat, begirt with the robes of
office.
%host' bouldouk!' (Well found!) said my
friend and conductor, Scrim Bey.
'Bourount,' (You are welcome,) answered
the pacha.
We were beckoned to a seat; we obeyed
forthwith. Tchibouks were presented, and
for a while the party smoked on with proper
Moslem apathy and silence.
'Min hahi?' (11ow are you getting on?)
asked Sarim, at length, of the paella.
Asian slowly removed his lemon-colored
mouth piece. `Giadilla, Effendim," (ElFen
dim, lam sick.) The tchibouk was resumed.
'Min Allah!' (Heaven forbid!) returned
Sarim.
'Ol hair (It is true!) was the Pacha's re
joinder.
Again there was nothing but tchibouk
puffing and silence.
`What business have you on hand?' asked
Sarin; after a long pause.
'Boshing!' (Nothing,) was the reply of the
pacha, witout foregoing his amber mouth
piece for a moment.
'Na. to ni,' (There it is,) said the cadi.—
The cadi is an inferior judge, to whom the
pacha surrenders the busness of the court in
his absence. 'My lord is the master, and I
am his slave. Have we not the rogue that
imitated the boshaliks?'
'Benezer, you are an ass!' was the flatter
ing reply. '3lasharlald what is the profit
of such a cause except the labor? I question
whether the Greek dog does not carry all
his piasters on his back. Our exchequer is
low, and we have need.of such as can pay
their (manias with a full purse. Once more
I tell you, Benezer, that you are an ass, and
the son of an ass!'
'There is, I hear, a wealthy pacha coming
here to demand the help of the favorite of
the padishah—even yourself, my lord,' re
plied the obsequious cacti, without for a mo
meet venturing to question the authenticity
of that paternity which the pacha had just
fastened on him. 'I know not what his
wants are, that he invokes the condescension
of my lord. May it be blessed! But lam
told that he is rich as King Karoon, and
scatters about his piasters as though they
were but fig dust.'
'Cita chay,' (That is much,) replied As
lan. 'And you think he will leave money
behind him?'
'My lord is wiser than a karabash! His
penetration reaches to the centre of all things,
and nothing is hidden from his eye!' was
the answer. 'lt is even as lie has spoken!'
'Pek ahi,' (It is well,) returned the
'few are the piasters that of late have found
their way into the treasury. Insharlah!
(I trust in God!) it is as you say, Benezer.
The respect for justice must be on the de
cline, or we should not be in receipt of such
meagre presents. A boksha or an anal i,
(a handkerchief or a hand-mirror,) such as
are now thought fitting offerings to the rep
resentative of the Lord of the Three Seas!'
But was it not yesterday that my lurd re
ceived two hundred piastres from—?' in
terposed the unfortunate cadi. He was in
stantly stopped.
'Benezer, you are a fool! Had you been
wise, you would long ere this have filled
your pockets with jebka7:jai, (pocket money, )
instead of keeping your purse empty, and
being reckoned unfit to dip your spoon in
the same ichorba (soup) as a mere khawaji
in the Tshargi. But why talk I? I have
said that you are an ass, and I repeat it!—
It is time. Gel (Come).'
The pacha rose as by a great effort to his
feet, being assisted so to do by two refers,
who each put a hand beneath his shoulders.
Having gently lifted him to stand upon his
feet, with as much care as though he had
been a chandelier or a German dull, they
placed one hand beneath his elbows, whilst
with the other they held up his robes. Ile
leaned upon them, panting and tottering, as
if crushed beneath the weight of the digni
ties he sustained, as is usual with all great
persons on occasions of state in the east.—
The 'favorite of the padishale was followed
by six soldiers of the guard with their officer;
his selictaraga, or sword-bearer; his khaved
ji-bashi, or chief of the coffee makers; his
odossi-bashi, or the keeper of his seal or
purse; his tchibouk-bashi, or holder and fill
er of his tchibouk; two chokadars, or cloak
bearers; one kirkeji-bashi, or large mantle
bearer; his rnerakbah, or chief guard of his
stables; and the tarif-hani, or inspector; the
chehir ensin, or superintendent; the (Uinta,
or executioner; and various subordinate offi
cers closed up the ranks.
Slowly and stately the nefcrs placed him
to sit upon the yielding cushions of the di
van, at the upper end of the Hall of Audi
ence. The crowd of applicants, who stood
with their hands meekly folded upon their
bosoms, just within the doorway, spread the
palms of their hands upwards, and prostra
ted themselves till their foreheads touched
the earth. The officers who kept guard over
the door pressed forth to make their obei
sance by kissing the hem of the pacha's robe:
but the pacha, with a condescension which
brought out a burst of applause, prevented
them from doing so, and offered them his
hand. Each ono took the proffered and dis
tinguished boon, stooped forward and placed
it for a moment upon his head.
'La Malt el it I'Allah! Mohammed it
resoul Allah! (There is no God but God; and
Mohammed is the prophet of God!) cried
Latija, the secretary of the court. Al'lah
shekier! (Praise be to God,) all the earth is
to come for justice to this, its asylum, in the
presence of the Shadow of the Padishah!—
Let all who want justice now ask, and they
shall have the gift!'
As he finished the the wards, an elderly
Turk detached himself from the crowd, and
walked rapidly across the hall till he reached
the open space in the centre, he flung him
self upon his knees, and murmured: 'Just
ice, justice!'
The secretary spread the parchment upon
his knee, dipped the calculi (pen) in the bot
tle at his girdle, and thus held himself in
readiness to obey any commands of the Mir
ror of Justice, who was seated in the divan
before him.
'Who calls for justice? Speak!—we lis
trn!' said the paclia.
'May the life of my lord he like his power,
without end, and his shadow never be less!'
cried the applicant. 'The fame of my lord
has reached even to the portals of El Masr,
and the light of his penetration discovers
things hidden in the darkness of midnight.
Therefore am I come, I Suleiman, the essence
merchant in the Divan Yuli (Divan Street)
of the Teharshi, to invoke the judgment of
the reflection of Padishith upon that Iba
Sheitan, Kafuor, the black slave who keeps
my counter in my absence.'
'Good! and you shall have what is right ;
for am I not hero even as in the stead of the
Padishah, the Sun of Justice and the Shadow
of the Universe!' said the paella.
'faibin I taibin!' (Excellent! excellent!)
said the satelliteenear; and a low murmur
ran through . the court.
'My lord, the paella, doubtless has heard
the fame of Suleiman, the maker of imperial
essences. I have made the properties of
scents my study, until I defy all the compe
tition of the Tsharshi; and the science of the
Franks is but an atom in the beams of my
knowledge of all precious perfumes. A few
weeks ago, my lord's servant, after a hun
dred costly experiments, invented a new es
sence whose excellence exceeds that of all
other essences under heaven, if put together.
A single breath of it, my lord, was like an
entrance into Paradise; and but to uncover
the
* flacon of gilded ivory in which this sur
passing concoction was contained, gave his
possessors a joy as if be had converted the
whole race of infidels to the faith of the true
believers. It was born of the spirit of a
rose; and he who smelt this compound
could hardly regain his breath, so powerful
was its sweetness. This son of a burnt
father, my lord, stole the box in which the
essence was contained, from the drawer !
wherein I had deposited it for safety, and
took it to one of the cunning Franks, who
helped by Sheitan, found out the nature of
those perfumes of which it was compounded.
And it was but yesterday that whilst think- •
ing there was but one flask of it in the whole
universe—and that one the flacon, small as
a pen, which I posssessed—l had a phial of ,
it offered to me for inspection by Naintent,
the rival merchant on the opposite side.
The villain is this Kaftn.: My lord, he has ;
plundered me of piasters sufficient to pave
the way from hence to the Kehaba with gold;
for this precious perfume would have been
welcome to every harem under the sun, and
even to the houris in Paradise!'
'Kafoor, stand forth!' pronounced the
paella in a voice of authority. An officer ,
led the shrinking Numidian to the centre of
the room, and there left him. The negro
dashed himself to the earth, and clasping
his hands, cried piteously for mercy.
'Give him the bastinado,' was the reply;
and the shrieking slave was led to a distant
part of the hall, and there, in sight of the
paella, the preparations for the punishment
were made.—The feet were bared, the an
kles tied to a wooden rod; two men held
the ends, one on each side. With the dis
engaged right hand, each took a thong, and
commenced alternately striking a blow.—
The screams of the black wore terrible; he
pawed the floor; he bit the ground. The in
fliction was continued without mercy till the
paella was pleased to pronounce the emphat
ic 'Theinum." (enough.)—The sufferer was
then released, and allowed to crawl home
as he could.
'Now who else would have justice?' asked
the Secretary.
An aged Jew advanced to the middle of
the hall, and throwing himself upon his
knees, with one of the lowest salaams of
the east, began his complaint.
I come to the Glory of the Truth for help,
and shall I ask aid of the all powerful pa
cha, who is as the breath in the nostrils of
his slave, in vain? My lord, soon after the
Bairnm, I bargained with this filthy Greek,
Angiolo'—
'Angiolo, stand forth!' interrupted the
pacha. It was done and the Israelite pro
ceeded:
'I bargained with him, 0 Rose of Justice!
to let him become the possessor of two bun
dles of my finest bokshas foe—
'Had you paid the duty on them?' asked
the pacha.
'My lord's wisdom is wonderful!' cried
the Jew. 'lle thinks all things, and all se
crets are plain in his sight, like the heavens
at noon-day! Who can hide aught from
the Favorite of the Padishalt? By the bones
'of Abraham, my great ancestor, should
not be witless as a dog, if I sought to do so,
when my lord knows all things, and his
servant is less than a slave in his sight?'
The pacha solemnly nodded his head in a
slight approbation, ns if the Jew were hard
ly worthy of his august notice; and a fresh
murmur of •Taibin! taibin!' ran through the
apartment to the great encouragement of
Yousouff, the silver bearded Jew.
`I took them to the custom house,' re•
sumed he; 'but Narnik, to whom I always
pay the tax, was absent. I drew the atten
tion of his Secretary to the two bundles of
bokshas, and said that as I had an imme
diate purchaser for them, I would take
them away; and return with the money at
my leisure.'
`You did sell them, then, before you paid
the tax? Did I understand you aright?'
asked the pacha.
'My lord, it is even as you say,' responded
the Jew.
'Latija,' said the pacha to the Secretary,
`write that Yousouff the Jew, is to pay an
avania of one hundred piasters for defraud
ing the revenue, and that he is to forfeit his
two bundles of bokshas also to the state.—
Write, also, that Angiolo, the Greek, is to
pay his :wanla of fifty piasters for purchas
ing two bundles of bokshas of Yousouff, the
Jew, knowing the same to have cheated the
revenue of the Sublime Empire. Now, He
brew we listen!'
But the poor Jew now was speechless
with vexation: and the whole court, which
a moment before exulted in his applause of
the pectin, now resounded with a titter of
delight at his ill-luck.
'Where did you sell them, infidel?' asked
the paella.
'The bargain was made in the bazaar,'
replied the unhappy YousoufF, wringing
his hands as though he were ruined for-
ECM
'Latija,' continued the paella to the Sec
retary, 'Yousouff, the Jew, is finel fifty pi
asters for selling bokshas within the city.—
Hebrew your cause is done!'
'lt is done, my lord.'
'Latija,' said the pacha, 'write—Yousouff,
the Jew, is to pay an avania of one hundred
piasters for troubling the divan with a
cause for which there was no grounds. He
brew, your cause is dismissed.'
A burst of applause followed this last dis
play of wisdom by the Son of Truth, amidst
which the discomfitted Jew found his way
out of court, as well as he could.
An officer now led one of those old women
who travel with boqucts, charms and es
sences for sale, before the divan. The offi
cial bowed himself to the earth.
'What complaints have you, Snider,' ask
ed the pasha, 'against this woman?'
'None, my lord,' said she, 'none.'
'My lord,' said the official, 'this is Zeinip
Ifanoum, who has been several times be
fore thee fur her misdeeds.'
'Astafa Al'lab!' (God be praised,) cried
the paella, find all of you ready enough
to talk of others' deeds, but MatshaMalt!
there are few amongst you dare speak of
his own! 'What have you done Zeinip?'
'Nought, Effendimon,' (my master,) re
plied she. 'Some daughter of a L•amal has
of late introduced certain missives to the
harem of Saraf Pacha.'
'Did you do it?'
'I? not I!' responded Zeinip. 'Not that I
have not in my day done such works fur
the young skidani of the city. I have sold
in the best harems toys whereon words of
passion were inscribed in gold-dust upon
the leaves of roses. I have'—
'Marshall:ill! she tells a tale to which it
is a shame to listen?' said the paella. 'Do
we not talk of woman?—and that is bosh'
(nothing.)
'So you all say,' pursued the impertur
bable Zeinip. 'Look you, my lord; Zeinip
has not lived so long but she knows how to
discover a diamond from a cinder, and false
ire frum real passion. See here, my lord, I
have all precious things in my basket.—
What shall I show you, Effendimon? I
have silk shawls encircled with love ballads
from Ilafiz; I have gums from Araby, and
spices frAn the far lands beyond the sea:
I have :malls whose frames are traced with
gentle words; and I have calams whose
language, if they be used discreetly, shall
be softer than the breath of the rose; I
have boquets to protect front the evil eye:
I have charms and rings, and amulets and
spells. I have one in particular that I will
show you, Effendimon; it is in the form of
a box, containing both essences and phil
ters, and at the bottom is a spell by which,
if the bottom be left uncovered at the foun
tain for one night, at the decline of the
moon, on the morrow one hundred piasters
will be found at the bottom.'
'lnshal'lah, your secret is well worth the
learning, Zeinip,' said the paella.
'lkly secret I cannot give—the box I can,'
returned Jenip, handing it up.
'Latija,' said the paella, as he received
the spell, 'write; Snider, the officer, is fined
fifty piasters fur making a false charge
against a good Moslem.'
This sentence hieing duly recorded, the
Sun of Juctice was prepared to lift up the
light of his countenance upon some new
suitor. One quickly came. A young wo
man, whose dress and manners evidently
betokened that she belonged to the first
rank of Osmanli society, was led in by a su
perior officer from one of the private apart
ments beyond the hull. There she had been
staying till an opportunity for stating her
cause arrived, for she was of too high a
$1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,00 IF NOT IN ADVANCE
I class to mingle with the indiscriminate
throng at the dom.
'Holy Prophet!' muttered the paella to the
cadi in an under tone, 'but the young hoori,
after the old one, is like a sight of the sev
enth heaven! Has she come to complain
of her last purchase in the Tsharshi, or to
ask for a fitting maintenance from her hus
band? Bush die! (no matter.) Bak ahloum!'
(We shall see.)
I Again the l'acha looked with furtive and
covered gaze upon the fair young creature
before him. His face moved not a muscle,
but yet, with Turk-like secrecy, his eyes
watched every motion of the picture. She
was young, and very pretty, as the wives
of those Osmanlii, whose station gives them
power to choose, usually arc. Her large
dark eyes flashed with that brilliance which
so fascinates one in the Turkish female; al
though to any man whose sympathies are
at all right, it is painful to know, that to
produce this strange brightness,
.she uses
artificial and pernicious means—the poison
ous essence of belladonna. The cheek was
pale and pure, and though so hidden .be
neath the misty folds of her yashmak, you
could easily see the beauty of every feature,
and even the pink spot in the centre of each
cheek. The long sleeves of her feridje
(cloak) had fallen back, thus revealing her
arms, which were delicately moulded, and
stainless as newly sculptured marble. A
wreath of pearls and flower-sprays confined
part of her hair behind; but much of it had
been suffered to break free, and the long
dark curls falling around her shoulders,
formed a picturesque contrast to the pale
loveliness of her complexion.—A pretty lit
tle foot, incased in its embroidered slipper,
just peeped out from under the folds of her
large flowing shalicar (pantaloon) of pale
yellow and violet silk.
She was of the highest rank, as has been
said; and I noticed that she began her peti
tion very differently from any one who bad
proceeded her. She pronounced a very dig
nified 'S.tlam Aleikoum!' (Peace be with
you) to the Paella, and then commenced her
recital—while she held up the forefinger of
her right hand in a gesture of pretty com
mand, and emphasising any sentence of
special import by slowly moving it.
'My Lord the paella,' began she, 'I claim
the protection of your authority against my
husband. I'—
'lushal'lah,' intsrrupted the paella, 'a wo
man has no right to dispute the wishes of
her husband, unless it be a case of devantif
(idiocy) or of scaradam (cruelty.) Ho is
her lord and master, and knows all things;
and she is as bosh, and less than bosh [noth
ing, and less than nothing], in his sight.'
'Wallah! and a devani [an idiot] and a
• cotradi [cruel man], too, he must be, or he
would not try to oppose his wife's wants
when her cause is just, and she has done
nought to offend him. I had a slave, my
lord, named Zaida Hanonm.—She was mine
before I married my husband, and he has
no right to her. Ile began to look upon her
with unblushing fuce and saucy eyes, and I ;
chose it not. I sent her away to the house
of my friend, Sclima Hanoum, but he found
her out and brought her back!'
'Why did you not show him the bottom of
your slipper?' asked the pachn, much moved
at this injustice to the young wife.
I did, my lord,' replied the 'known; 'and
once I was minded to apply it to his cars,
but I refrained:'
'Ouzel, Ouzel!' [Very geod, very good],
replied till paella. 'The cause must indeed
be serious when a wife can be suffered to ap
ply her slipper to the ears of her husband!
By your patience, I know that you are in the
right—for such can always keep their teni
per. I will send a script to your husband,'
pursued the paella, as ho saw the Hanoum
taking out a well filled purse. 'No wife
shall be unjustly troubled by her husband's
fancies whilst the Favorite of the radish:lh
sits in judgement here:'
The purse was handed to the secretary,
who in turn handed it to the pacl.a.
'I know not what the costs are,' said the
arch young Hanoum; 'but I require no de
ductions from my gift. If any remain, let
it go to the secretary, or any oue eke in
court who may choose it !'
The Hanoum made a dignified salaam—
the paella graciously returned it—and then
she passed out of court. This case disposed
of, the paella declared that he was so much
fatigued with the duties of his office, that he
really could sit in the divan no longer.—
The cadi therefore took his place. Slowly
and solemnly as he had been led there, the
reefers now supported Alan from the Hall
of Audience. We followed, perfectly satis
fied with our Day at the Divan.
A Bloodless Duelist
Armand de M was in his morning
of life as zealous a sower of wild oats as ov
'er loitered the decline of life away in the
chimney corner and vestry pew; and be
ing, like most of his countrymen, rather
quick tempered, involved himself, more
than once, in ' affairs of honor.' The
Bourse was not then patronized by fashion;
Periere was a hard working clerk; Milaud
and Mires went dinnerless to bed. his
first duel took its rise in the Varieties Thea
tre, about a stall in the orchestra, which a
gentleman insisted belonged to him, but
which Armand claimed both by virtue of
squatter sovreignity and by the better title
of a good ticket which he bad that morning
purchased. The dispute became warm;
cards wero ex...hanged. Armand found,—
[WHOLE NUMBER, 1,427.
and the discovery cost him his sleep that
night—on the card given him the name of
one of the most noted duelists of Paris, no
torious for killing his man, a feat he had
performed already three or four times. Ar
mand had never fought a duel in his life,
and, although he was a pretty fair hand
with the sword, he had scarcely over fired a
pistol. The pistol was the weapon selected.
Armand looked as calla as possible, and
went on the field with his second, after
taking a good draught from the decanter of
brandy, 'to keep off the morning air,' which
all the duelists I have ever seen think very
unhealthy unless met with a stiff dram. In
due time the carriage set them down at the
Porto du Bel Air; it was early and the other
party had not arrived; time wore on, but to
their surprise the adverse party did not ap
pear, and they were about going off the
ground, when a carriage rolled rapidly up
ie avenue. It stopped, and the two sec
ends of the other party gut out.
'Gentlemen,' said they to Armand and
his friends, 'be good enough to excuse us;
we have been detained by a most unexpect
ed event. The duel cannot take place.
I Our principal fell dead last night of apo
plexy.'
Some time after this bloodless duel, Ar
mand, by dint of frequently visiting thu
theatre, fell into a violent fancy for a
1 pretty actress whom be had seen play bride
and sweetheart so often that nothing would
serve but she must act that part for his pri
vate pleasure. As he was very rich they
both jumped over the broom-handle togeth
er, and he slipped the straw ring over the
fourth finger of her left hand. lie was of a
jealous character and flew into a jealous
passion when he saw one morning in her
ears a pair of diamond ear-rings which
were given her by one of their common ac
i quaiutances, who had also leaped broom
'stick and given a straw ring to the fair ge
-1 tress, unknown to Armand; and he was as
I furious as Armand. when he heard, through
some 'good natured friend,' that the actress
had received a costly bracelet from Armand.
They were in that state of mind when
nny trifle overflows the brimming breast.—
The trifle was easily found. A challenge
passed, and despite all the efforts of their
seconds they went to the Porte du Bell Air.
The matter had now become so very serious,
one of the seconds said:
'Really, gentlemen, before the parties are
placed in position, I feel it my duty to make
a confession, even at the hazard of finding
myself obliged to appear as principal in
another duel. You are about fighting be
cause 3l'lle received from each of you
a valuable present. Well, gentlemen, I
pledge you my word of honor that she ac
cepted from Inc that diamond-mounted cam
eo breast-pin with which she secures her
shawl.'
'And it was I who gave her the cachemiro
shawl, interrupted Armand's first second.
'And I gave her the diamond-mounted
watch she wears,' added the second second
of the adverse party.
'And I gave her the pearl necklace sho
wears in her new piece,' said Armand's sec
ond second.
'And I gave her the head-dress of eme
ralds she Ns - ore last night at the opera,'
bawled the surgeon of the hero of the neck-
BEI
'And I gave her the turquoise and diamond
rings she is so fond uf,' added Armand's
surgeon,
'And if you will not credit these gentle
men on their word,' said the first speaker,
'here are letters from Mademoiselle, not
only in acknowledgement of our presents,
but expressing tender sentiments. You know
her hand-writing, gentlemen,' continued he,
addressing the duellists, 'and can decide
whether these notes be authentic or apocry
phal.'
The two adversaries hung their heads
very low, indeed, and made no reply.
'Now if you or either of you think (the
spokesman went en to say) this requires
reparation, we, all of us, are at your orders,
and you will have not one, but seven duels
apiece to fight for the honor of Wile—.
Come, gentleman, let us have a general
tight! universal carnage! wholesale massacre!
Begin! Begin!'
The two principals felt fbr the first timo
what ridiculous fools they were making of
themselves in quarreling about a beauty us
frail as Wile—, leaped into each other's
arms, made all up, and returned gaily to
Paris and breakfasted merrily at the Cafe
de Paris. The llelen of the duel received
no more presents from either of the princi
pals: the seconds and surgeons were moro
philosophical.
Armand had a great deal of cayenne in
his blood—he soon got into another 'affair
of honor,' I forget about what—l dare say
it was some of those serious trifles which
usually beget these encounters; for 'honor'
is a queer divinity. You may ruin a poor
girl's health, reputation, soul, and be all
'honorable man''—yet, if a man stares at
you, you must shoot him down or be 'dis
honored.' You may put off a poor tailor,
who has paid out of his pocket for the
clothes you have on your back, with 'call
again,' until the sheriff enters his shop and
house, and sweeps away everything to the
sacrificial auction room, to the ruin of his
hopes and his children's career, and be an
'honorable man'—yet the sum lost on the
gambling table was ten times as large as
that which would have saved the tailor, and
must be paid within twenty-four hours, or
you are 'dishonored!'