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THOMAS WELSH, TOME OF THE PEACE, Columbia, Pa. k.; OFFICE, in Whipper's New Building, below Black's Botch Front street. IrrPrompt attention given to all Laziness entrusted to his care. November 2S, 1'857. DR.. G. W. MIFFLIN, ]JENTIST, Locust street, a few doors above the Odd Hall, Columbia, Pa. Columbia. May 2. IhsB. IL DI. NORTH', ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Lilt Col a mum Collect:ow!, t.romptly made, in Laueaster and York Courtier. Columbia. May 4,1850. J. W. FISHER, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Columbia., COIUMbin, r,epletalre r G, I:156 II GEORGE J. SMITH, WHOLESALE and Retail Bread and Cake Baker.—Coactantly on hand a variety of Cakes, toonurnerous to inennon; Crackers, Soda, Scroll, and Sugar Biscuit; Confectionery, of every ileseription, sc. LOTUS I' STRIZCT, reb.2,'56. Between the Bank and Franklin House. 'CORN Starch, Farina, Rice Flour, Tapioca, Sam Out Meal. Arrow Rant. Av.. nt 111., FAMILY MEDICINE sTORII, Odd rellnw= 11 a 1:. Sent 2G. 57 JUST received, three dozen Dr. Brunoii's Vegetable 11i ter's, a certain cure for 1)) citep•itt; also, a fresh lot of Sup Sago and Pine Apple Cheese, Farina and Corn Starch, at D. lIER.It'S Sept 5, 1557. Grocery and Liquor Store. 1111 R DYE'S. Jones' Batchelor's, Peter's and 'Egyptian hair d) es. avarronted color the lour any desired shade, \cahoot injury to the skin. For sale by 11 WILMA MS. May 10,_ Front 14., Coltonhin, Pa. I UST received, a fresh supply of Kennedy's Nlrdical Dtpcovery, and for .111... by It WILLIAMS, Fro , it street. = BROWN'S Essence of Jamaica Ginger, Gen uine Article. For aisle at Meet & DELIA:Tr: 4 Family Medicine Store, Odd Fellow:: July 125,1`,47. QOLUTION OF CITRITE OF MAGNESIA,or Por k, gotive Mineral Waiter.—Thkplini , tini medicine which is highly recommended as. a .ole.ailute for Ep•om salts. Seidlitz Powder,. .lc.. van lie obtained fre<h every day at Din U. DERICS Drug Stoic. Front st. o'2 JUST received, a fresh supply of Corn Starch, Farina, and Rive Flom. al MeCOlt & DEM.I 7FT'S family 'Medicine Store. Odd Fellow,' Ilall, Columbia Colombia. May 30, 1 _ _ T 4 11111 PS, LAMPS, LAMPS. Jnst received at !Jere.. Druz Store. a new alai beattutul lot of Lamp 4 ofoll de..eripttuas. May 2. I`4M. ALOT of Fresh vanilla Brans, at Dr. E B Here" Golden :Mortar Drug Stute. Colombia. Alas- 2.1.a7. ASUPERIOR article or burning Fluid just rreen•ed and for gale by II SUrIrAM ALARGE lot of City cured Dried Beef, just Ter el Well Sit It. SLY JAM & SON ~ Columbia December :10, 1.56. ITUOFLAND'S German Bitters. For sale at sir:cool:LK& 1)1 , 3.1.Krr: Family Medicine Store, Odd Fellows' Mill. Judy 25. 1557. /911NTRY Product constantly onYDINI hand an d \_./ for Qnlc 11. SU Zt . . SON. HOMINY, Cranberries, Raisins, Figs, Alm ("lids, Walnut., Creutn Nut., he., tivo received n. ternam & rate, = SUPERIOR lot of Black and Green Tcas, Coffee land Chocolate, just received to H. SUYDAM & mON . A Dec. 20,1956. Corner of Front tint] Union StA. _TINT RECEIVED. a beautiful assortment of G1a4.5 ink SluiiilP, at the Ileaulquarser6 and New. Depot. Columbia, April 1R.15.57. TIXTRA Family and Superfine Flour of the lJ be4t brand. for qhlt• by II SI.II - 13.1M h SON. JUST received 1000 lbs. extra double bolted Hurkwheat Meal, at Dec.2o, 18.%. H. SUYDAM & WEIKEL'S Instantaneous Yeast or Baking Powtlrr. (or cede by 11. SUI'DANI & SON. - PARR & THOMPSON'S justly celebrated Corn merri n 1 nod other Gold Pen<--the ..exi in the snorkel—it:int received. P. SHREINER. Columbia, April 2+. 1555. WHITE COODS.--•A full line of While Dress Goal• of every description. just received. :it July 11, IRi7. I'ONDERSMITIES. WIIY should anyperson do without a Clock, when they cue be had to rSl,sound rtll. SHREINER'S? ,at Columbin, Arril tr. itz.ss oQAPONEFIER, or Concentrated Lye, for k.)ma king Soap. I lb. i..uffietent for one barrel of •480g1L Soap, or Ilh.for 9 lb.. Hard Snap. Fall dire, : tion• will be given at the Counter for making Soft, ~Ilard and Fancy Soap.. For tittle by R. WILLIAMS. Columbia. March 31. IPS& MAME and Rock Salt, by the sack or bushel, for .1. lotto low. by Ort IG, 15.57 INF. GRATH'S ELECTRIC OIL. in-t rceetvel. D>: Imola supply of this popular remedy. and for sale tbY R WILLIAMS. May 10 1556 Front Street, Columblu. Pa. ALARGE m ayrortetu of Rope• nll .iye + nod lengthy, on hand and forsale. ut 'IIIOS. WEI.:"S I FS. !Unwell 12.1..57 No. 1. Flinn .trees. A NV.W lot or AND CAR GREASING OILS, received at the store of the •ob.rribcr. It. WILLIAMS. Front St reel. Colombia. ra. May 10, I,'W. A sui',:uioa artic:e of PAINT 011.. (or -ale by It. WILLIAMS, _ Front Street, Cohnobin. Po. Army 10, 1' JUST KF.CEIVFi D . a Isarce mad wells leered ',wet y o r B m .h e , purl of Shoe. tlo;r,t_3loill, Crumb, Nail, Hal and Meal i;ZU34IPF. and for sole by R. WILLI All4R. Front street Colutnlnta. 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HATE you examined the exquisite "Blue and eilotoo- of I.oogfellow, Teoo)-on, Leigh llnnl, (Gerald Itift hruuhml 1111,- tratrd Hook-, tit Saylor & N nthiup more tultefol hu, ever he oiTerel in Coluirli mu, GIFTS! GIFTS!! GIFTS!!! of every variety from the floltday Book. for the child to the immortal WOCh. of the (.neat Alat-'ere nl poesy, nom the -ttrtple I'opa•r Knife to the elaborately rot kited Lathe.' Wort: Box, ovr to be (mold at SAYLOR tk. ItIeBONALD • S. 11301ARICS of every de-eriptant for Ih3y, Every •homld 011 e. December 19. I+::. NEW PUBS AGAIN. null second supply of ',NE IV FURS, are non ready for the ot-pectoot of the Intlie, tool our PRICES ARE 20 PER CENT. LOWER Ilion eno Le II:ol al any oilier -lore lo Columbia LE.e . Itild judge for }cur., lee, at FON OEIZSMITI Dec. 12 2 People'. Ca.ll :,tore 10 PER ET. SAVED ON STOVES. ei . .11,14 at 141[111(7's and examine hisg 11.-ortmeat sTovE,S Parlor. Par. lor Cook. Hall. (alter, and Cooking :mover awl Range. o the le- and of every patient Par -0111-r•r. will find it to their advantage. to 'elect from tull and excellent nitre A, whirl. well lie offered at .no-t rG11,111:1ble rate'. Remember: at II Loeuct opposite the rranklia llou.e. Columbia, Dee.l2 P-57. CARRIAGE FOR SALE. stiln•erilier oilers for •ale a second hand Car rage, in good repair. Apply to If. PrAIII.F.R. Dee. 12,1 , 57 Login-t THE undersigned has constantly on hand nut for wale. Dalluntire Company a nil Diamond White A , 13, Lump. Egg. dove. H,, Ige, and Nut (toal—the Lump IN equal if not supeliu r to an) thing in the country for oinclung iron; Ited Aah, Lump. egg. Stove and Nut, of the beet quality, from the Shamokin region; Short Mount:lin Stove, and Trevorton Egg Coal— an excellent article for dome-ate ..uminer Pme Grow,. 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APPOLD, ftla t GENERAL FORWARDING AND COMMIS SION MERCHANT, 51 14 k itucmv ER OP C OA LAND PRODUCE, And Deliverers on any point on the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad. to York and Baltimore and to Pittsburg; DEALER IN COAL, 1 - LOUR AND GRAIN, WHISKY AND BACON, have just received a large lot of Nlonongsthela Recinfied Whiskey, from Pittsburg,. of with hthey wal lk rep a supply en:m.l;66ly Oil haunt. nil low prices. No.. 1, 12 and 0 Canal Basin. Columbia, January 21. 11,31. AL.E SOU INSURED? West Branch Insurance Company. THIS Company was organized in June. None bet the •ele.l ha. beton done. and die proniternus financial condition of the Company is evidence nt it..tannting. Whole amount of Property Insured, 09 Losses Plod. 5.354 00 LEWIS Columbia, Pa.. in the au thorized agent. and in empowered to make survey. and insure property at the regular nines of the Coin pansy. [Dec.s, 1 .,57. I. 0. IMITNEIT CO Dissolution of Partnership. THE PARTNER: 4 IIIP heretofiire expding between the under...0at...41. under the firm of Smith& lirdner, was this tiny dastolved by mutual consent viNrENT SMITIL DANIEL I. MIEN KR. Columbia • Ismunry 9, ISIS. Dan. Christmas, Christmas. "Glad come±, and every hearth Makes room to give hum welcome now t Willlnt will dry 1114 tear,. tit mirth, And crown Mot with a holly hough." And one frieutl. will welcome him as joyou.ly a• ever nold,celehrstie hi. constng by he•towttut out the dear ones allr t mottle some lot.en frironl.inp or tufee lion. ‘ylterc can •Itelt be found in neater and inure appropriate COOP then nt SA V LOA & MC DON A LD"S fiend quarters:tun News Depot, Front street. December 19. 1...47. EARLY COPIES TERMS PER ANN. $3 00 CLUBBING POSTAGE COAL! COAL! "NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1858 Ditrts. The Relief of Lucknow Old that last day in Lucknow fort! We knew that it was the last, That the enemy's lines crept surely on And the end was coining fast. To yield to that foe was worse than death, An the men and all worked on; It was one more day of smoke and roar, And then it would all be done. There was one of us, a corporal's wife, A fair young gentle thing, Wasted with fever in the siege, And her mind was wandering. She lay on the ground in her Scottish plaid, And I took her bend on my knee: "When in y father comes hame frue the plough," she sold, "Oh! then please wauken me" She slept litre a child on her father's floor, In the flecking of woodbine shade, When the house-dog sprawls by the open door, And the mother's wheel is staid. It «•as smoke and roar and powder-stench, And hopeless waiting for death; And the soldier's wife, like a fall-tired child, Seemed scarce to draw her breath. /Sank to sleep; and I had my dream Of an Fingli-M And wall and gardein i —but one wild scream Brought inc back to the roar again. There Jcs,ie 131r0W11 stood li•leuing Till a sodden glailne , i broke All over her face, and she caught ray halal And drew• me near, as she spoke. "The u ler tlinnn ye hear The slogan far ua•u' The :11'Gregor's? oh! I ken it wed; Its the granticyt o' them a'! -Cod bless thne bonny We're saved' we're saved:" she cried; And fell on her knees, and thanks to God Flowed forth like u. full flood-tide. Along the battery-line her cry Il ad fallen among the men, And they Maned back; they were there to die; But was life so near them, then? They listened for life; the rattling fire Far ofr. and the far otT roar, Were all; and the colonel shook his bend, And they turned to their guns once Inure Hut Jcs,ic said. "Mc slogan'. done; But %violin ye hear it ono, The Campbells are comiti , it's not a dream; Our succors Lac broken through:" We heard the roar and the rattle afar, Rot the pipes a•e mould not hear; So the intent plied their a ark of hopeless war, And knew that the end seas year. It was not long err it made its way,— A shrilling. cei,:eless It AVIIS 110 noise from the •irlfl, Or the suppers under ground. It was the pipes of the 1 litthlonders! And now they played -lute/ Lnog Sine; It ettine to our men like the voice of God, And they shouted along the line• And they wept and ,hook one another'.; lamas, A lid the women %ohlaid in a crowd; And every one knelt down where he stood, And we all thanked Clod aloud. That happy time. when we welcomed them, Our toes put Jon-ie fINI; And the general gave her hi. hand, and cheers I.tim a storm from the soldier.; And Ike pipers' ribbons and tartan , : streatned, Altirelling round tout rowel lair line, And our joyful ,•beer, were lirol.eo with tear., .1.4 the pipes played Auld Lang !inf. [Allan tie Moll gay gaittirrits. The Gambling Hells of Paris Any one who has gone the beaten round of the Springs of Baden and Ries Baden, and Homburg. and Spa, must have noted some curious' shapes of tradition common alike to them all; that is to say, certain melo-dramatic histories pursuing him close one to the other. At one time there travels to him from Ems or other remote places of waters, the annual legend respecting the young Russian nobleman. Who is not fa miliar with the tale! The young Russian nobleman has been sitting for twenty-four hours at a stretch; and during that time has staked, and lost—first, all his money, in the shape of untold roubles—then his jewels and plate—his vast estates at home, his trees, malachite mines, serfs and all; and, finally, with the sangfroid of his nation, has with drawn into a quiet corner, and there pistoled himself. Or, it may be, that the stranger has hearkned to a dim tradition of the wealthy financier, who had lost his five bun , dred thousand francs in a night, and whom the bank considerately presented with sof ' ficient to defray his espenses home. Per haps, too, there has been pointed out to him the gentleman who had sacrificed his all upon the society's altar, and who now lives at free charges, upon the terms of his show ing himself about the grounds, and rehears rig his little history to strangers. What pointing of a moral the company may have in view in such policy it would not be easy to say. I would seem natural that the gen tleman ought to serve as warning, or whole some moral scarecrow for the unthinking— bidding them take heed lest they also come to this grief. But the Bank is wise in its generation, and has abundant opportunity of studying human character. There may be a sort of sweet encouragement behind this show figure—this walking affiche—as if society were calling softly to all comers, Cast down abundantly into our bosoms your gold and your silver, your Friedrich, d'or, your soiled dialer notes, your Naps, and your English guineas. And when lightened of all, who knows but we may take such gentl(care of you, as we have dune of him? Perhaps some luckless player—now unpa pering his last rouleau—may have such Will-o'-the-Wisp floating before him—think ing that if all comes to the worst, he, too, may be wandering about the grounds, nod telling strangers what the noble society has done for him. Those must have been famous days in the gay city of Paris, when play was authorized publicly under the laisser faire Bourbon rule. Such tolerations, of course, bore fruit in duels, murders, and crowded Morgue—only to be stayed by the stoical ordinance of the Republic, which went forth on the twenty first Messidor An. Sept—utterly extinguish ing, all such houses of entertainment. But crafty Fouche, when casting about for means of perfecting his new police system, revived them once more, sagaciously enjoining the formation of a stranger's club, or circle.— The patent was farmed to one Perrin, who paid no regular sum, but it was whispered among exempts and mouchards that fifty Louis d'or found their way every morning to the Minister's table. This stranger's Club, or Cerele des Etrangers was in the Rue Grand Bate Mere, and was the most fashionable resort all. Three noble pros• idents--all marquises—watched over its welfare, each drawing for his services a small put de vin of two thousand pounds per annum. Exquisite suppers were set forth there every night of the week—and their hal masques were the choicest entertainment of the Paris season. Madame Millen and other exalted dames were to be often seen there; and it was even whispered that the great Napoleon, shrouded loosely in his mask and domino, and leaning on Duroc's arm, had more than once wandered through the rooms. There were six of these licensed tables, including the celebrated Maison de "Awry, better known as Frascati's, which the stranger might find at number one hundred andeighty Rue Richelieu. There was besides a swarm of such institutions under the ar cades of the Palais Royal—nicely graduated according to the purses of all comers. Thee were found convenient; passing bourgeoisie and gaping pros incials, fresh from the country, during the last days of Play Re gime, rushed to the tables and were ruined together in happy equality. Even these licensed houses were scarcely found sufficient for the wants of the Parisian world. Certain embassadors, availing them selves of their high privileges, threw open their rooms fur the mpteries of Pharaoh— which game was likewise rumored to be in high favor at the (EH de Breuf—Being in finitely relished by Queen Antoinette and her court. Ladies of quality, too, whose means were a little straitened, were gratified with powers to open a sort of tripot in their salons; and, after paying the night's ex pen see, and suitable bonus to the unseen protector, a very handsome sum was sure to remain for madame's profit. The internal economy of all maisons de .jeu was pretty much the same. in number one hundred and thirteen, under the Palais Royal Arcade, a stake so low as ten sons was permitted. The lowest gamin, theref.we, or begrimed charbonnier, was sorely tempted to try Idiot fortune had in store for him. But, a few doors further on, at number one hundred and fifty-four. only gold might be laid down, At the door all vis;tors had to give up their hats, which curious rule was ri g idly en forced in every house, only a few distin guished strangers being privileged to take theirs in. Such slender refreshment as beer and eau sucree, were served mum! gratui tously. But at Frascati's, wines and co s tly refection were to he had fur the asking. The servants, who were spoken of respectfully as Messieurs de la Chambre, were important personages in their own way. They usually lent small sums on personal property—such as watches, jewelry, and even wearing ap parel; in first class houses they accommo dated distressed players with handsome loans, taking no receipt, and being content with only a small bonus. It has been the policy of such institutions to dazzle with grand and liberal treatment: after whom walk closely West End clothiers, so heedless on the score of small figures, time, and credit. Some curious additions to the Chronique Seandaleuse might be furnished from the maisons de jeu. As it was, each house had its share of histories and miraculous turns of fortune, all unlblded in duo course to the admiring stranger. ]low there was to be seen a player, who played unvrayingly for a single quarter of an hour and not an in stant longer, and who during that span. three or four thousand franes, sir else \c on twelve or fifteen thousand; and who bad thus earned the sobriquet or pet prenomen of Masseno. How again another, a young provincial, had conic up on the eve of his marriage to purchase nuptial presents for his bride, with only fifteen francs in hi s pocket, how he had strayed into one of these houses. and gone his way home re joicing, bearing with loin many costly offer ings for his fiancee, and ninety thousand francs in clean notes besides! How again a Strasbourg cafe-keeper came up to town to see the sights, wandered in fur a few moments, and issued forth with a rich booty of over two thousand francs. Such gorgeous legends have a savor as of Ara bian Nights, filling the neophyte's heart with strange enthusiasm, and sent him to the tables filled with longing hope and de sire. But there is another history of a more mysterious character, inspiring awe and a certain freezing of the nerves. The scene is at Frascati's, at about two hours past midnight; a gray and grizzled general, with long-pointed moustaches, whose breast is garnished with the St. Esprit, St. Louis, and Legion of lionneur, has been playing desperately since ten o'clock; playing until all his broad lands in Normandy have utter ly melted away. For there has been stand- ing behind him all the night an accommo dating Hebrew, to whom the poor general's acres are well known, and who has been liberal in hisathances on the security of the general's little note. But now the Hebrew, knowing that the land has on it as much as it will bear, declines further ac commodation: and the old ollieer sits in a corner with his face covered up in his hatids. He is utterly ecra , e, abattu, say winners and losers as they pass, by, lookin:: curiously at the broken warrior. Bat i worst is, that he has wildly staked his iittic I daughter's portion—now sleeping uncoil seiously far away in her Normandy convent —and that, too, has gone the way of the rest. And this is what has so COM pi Ctely bowel him down to the earth. Meatithae, amidst die hunt of excited tongues, and tile chinking of gold and silver moneys, a tall stranger, wrapped in a long cloak, has en tered very quietly. It was noted by a few lookers-on that he is pale, and that hi; eves are strangely brilliant, and that It has exit-hie:At hair pushed back from his f head. lle drew near to the 0-- general, and after a time sat lien earti.-sly j,•Q t behind him. Then he toadied l on the shoulder, tel began whisperii,g r ar nestly: the gray general not heeding ldm very much at first. Gra dually Ire ere•:: more attentive, and at last suffered hi:11 ,, 211 to be drawn hito the window, whore be lied a long conversation with the dark stran;_er. Whence he was soon after seen to come forth, very pale, and with compressed lips, but with something like a heavy purse in his hand. What could it mean? Was this another obliging Hebrew? However, place was made for the gray general at the table, who, with trembling fingers, heal:ea up a glittering pile before him, and began ;to play. First he had strange luck, and his golden heap began to rise high: when, suddenly, his fortune turned. Gradually his pile begat to dull idle, falling away by I degrees, until there were left but two or three bright pieces, which :it the next cast were gone also. All this while the tall stranger might 'have been seen standing afar off in the door-way, with his cloak folded about him, and smiling coldly as the I gray general's heap melted away. When all was over and the last piece gene, he beckoned over to the gray general with an ivory-like forefinger, who thereupon rose up without a word and walked toward the &sir, and in another miatite he and the tall stranger had departed together. For a few moments the players looked uneasily at each other and whispered mysteriously. and then the game went on as before through the witole of that night. lint early next morning, certain wood-cutters going, to their work liar 1 by the Bois do Boulogne came upon the body of a gray-haired officer. with gray twisted moustaches, lying upon his back, with discolored marks about his throat. The significance of the dark stranger became then known, and was talked of for ninny nights in saVnis de jet:. The legend became a player's leg. nd, and was theneeforth known as the History of be General this. He is but a tc pe after all; for there were to be seen many, many such ancient warriors, casting away their hard-woil sulistatiee, and driven to their trusty sword. , as a last refuge from disgrace and ruin. Other chronicles are there. no leFs curious, especially these concerning certain tracassa ries played off on the bank. The Lank only fair game for such craft, being held to he a rat ening; monster preying upon all un plovers: therefore are all 5u,..1: narra tives if chicane welcome:l with a certain gusto and enjoyment. Once ni.on a tinik (so run; the tradition) two ming u:en strol led into Frascati's, each laying down hi , fifty donlde L mis upon diffcront The cards were dealt in due coarse, and the red came up as winning color. Noasieur A gently gathered up his fifty Louis, :nod p a t.. sed anti silently front the room. Monsieur B. whose fifty had been swept in by the croupier's rake, was f o llowing when h e %la. stopped by :Messieurs de la Chambre.— Monsieur 10 Croupier, in gathering, up hi , spoil had discovered that Monsieur I3's Louis were only so many forty-sou; pieces ingen iously gilt over, and there was, beside;, awkward arrierc•pellsee that the r•take laid down by Monsieur A might have been of Ilia same quality. However, Monsieur B put a bold face on the matter, and protested agai being held to be confrere of Monsieur A. It has always been the policy of the hank to avoid unpleasant fuss or eclat, and so the grasp of sergeant-de-vine was related and the offender suffered to go free. Again. A well known general of the em pire was so successful with an ingenious coup of this sort, that it has come down to us bearing his name. The social code must have been a little relaxed when such exalted personages were esteemed for such questionable accomplishment. It was the general's habit to lay down a single roulcan cosetel up in paper, and bearing the usual outward aspect of a rouleau containing one thousand francs. If it was his fate to 10 , e, the general invariably withdrew his rouleau and handed the croupier instead a note for one thousand francs. But, when his turn came to win, and he was persented with a thousand francs, 'P.trdon me,' said he, put ting it back gently, 'my stake was consider ably more.' The rouleau was then opened, and there were found some fifteen or twenty thousand franc notes ingeniously folded be tween the pieces of gold. The bank made a $1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,00 IF NOT IN ADVANCE wry faee, but the money WO2 paid, and the general conics down to posterity as an ex ceciinzly 'smart man! A favorite coup d'enlevement was the dropping- of some comiJustiLle upon the table, and in the confusion men carried off the open boc of gold to the cry of '6auvons la cai•se:' (17,t1,e care of the strung box.!) The strong box, it is , carcely necessary to add, Leing never heard of alter. In the days of the Restoration, a peculiar class „e houses sprang up. known by the Argot title of mai,. de Bouilkie. The, Maisons de Bouillote were no other than styond Jas.; ca f es and eating h ouces, w h ere tahle-d'hote was ,et out every day at five o'clock, and after tahle d'hote the light des sert of le jeu. A peculiar feature abort such establishment, was the presence of Ic com mandant or old officer who had served in the wars or the great Napoleon. He had usually the pore-noble a•ipect, with a little morsel of ribbon at his Laftmdmle, showing beyond dispute that he helongeil to the Legion.— Ins age inliired respect. Ile had words of warning for the young, mule Op quarrels, and was speeial ecunsehir ill aflairei de ewur. In his company sometitacs found a emu ma:plant whose beming in happy colt t r.tst to that of his brother Ile w:IN f:infliarly I:ll , iwn as the UTE= comma:l.'lmq a an er ,te, h av i n g very fierce t w:•te 1 :na=t•^,cheA. I£,• irt 1 Itcen it: at the hernia;, of 11 ttn- am! the :twin] et' the 13cre,ina, anti hall man 3• tt;rtt:titic particular, ettneerning the horror, of thlt fatal retreat. lie hal an affection for a rusty blue fr. eh—hrhad lt,tree it. yes, Messieurs. that very frock, at the bloody tight of Ft i,,n,tid—witkh Ito always kept Ituttone 1 tight to his chili. lit English, per haps more forcible than elegant. he might be styled the paid bully of the estab lishment, and his rude Al-tatian manners were flout.] useful in overawing refractory visitors. It was terrible to hear hint re counting his 4 /itei S it YOU tranee - . bere , lf had fought numbers untold. As a general rule. he was obser‘ Ltd never to fold his nap kin or to pay his score, hat ing special ea canntion from an V tutu Cere1:10111:d. These two personages, ur types rather, for they wore to he found in all Maisons de Ibil.i:lote were admirably :-ecioulcil by ear• twin ladies figuring dramatically ro, widows of colonels who fell glorion•dy at Waterloo. Vety intere , ting wore tncir little narratives, told with ~(.110,0 sorrow and resignation that touchel c%ery Some hoar of reetionate `',l l orl 4 lllol , f r.. 111 [Lek MIS- l'ortatte—stteli a , widow of the grand army, daughter of W:zgyvan, and the like. Espe• s , :licitous were they for young men's temp 'nil intersts - , emtjuring them with tear, to stop short in their wild wari while it was yet time—abate all to beware of ce motodenr la, that gentleman: ho w.^., dangerous! Oh, he `rag sullangsrous: and Lot l lured t•,) many many hands,otne -_t oath, to destruction. In this fash;on the pantomime of tile mai. tom went forward. bringing in its dine of gr ',..L t., the mill. But the uui wa- at hand. It had grown to be a rt ;I.— At last the Chambers tlumg!,t it time to in letlere: a proje..•t wm, presented by the min isters for the tints being: and on the last day. of Ileestulter, in they car elghtcen Itutoired and thirty-set en, the temples of play Were -Clt larder, anal le jet: reeehed its coup de grave in France, Not before it was full thne; fur it is ,et forth that in the last teen i‘ear; of its toleration a sum of nearly six ntillittos sterling had been ingulfed in this fatal :Maelstrom. Tl.e•e are a ftnv plain fa,•;: , corworalivt . tl! Lone: of Pal tiwy eki-ic,l in tine old iliac.. Th.,-.•oii 11,-i1 . 4. , ti) 1 , :11 . 11 nn wt. tinly look, and ILA unto.,,f• it pa,:!., tic THE AWKWARD HUSBAND, I= terrine t-eretnu announced that P1:110:11: , n had planted hi, !hindering, fant nn one of Statr , 4's eorn , , for the third time tltat tanrning% and etap-pttrated wa , that lady —far , he was a lady. net witle.tanding ntltrwed—that fiw the fir- t lisle in her lire, Le rai , ed her little f.;.tt and ;are her as ward had -and a lierec hied.! you iniw.ltt think there wa, ar. o.‘. in the fun - lily in eon .erinenee -o it wa , . alt:n I\lr. S.t.t Vr:IS C.111. , 1 , 11. , of 111. f.rat :lIPI thought that the kick tens inten'lel n , a f..lll, , tituto for what wa. worse, a scoblin. Ile Iraq stir prise.l, however, but he (ILI not escape ns easily :i he imagined. 'll,hindering; awkward creature! What lime I done that you should he alwaya ti ending on toy feet? I declare I don't know what crime such suffering is 'intended for. shall he a cripple one of the-e dap - , Voile- mon, as sure a. you are Lorn. dtar Laura, it pains me as nun h it• it ki.UO.9 ' , Om; I a—ure reu Sympathy is cheap. C)5, 'Olt, ME 'There Seems to Lo a f.staiiis ;Coma it.' said the toll:timed Sta:•.,l-, could alin_ist cot oil' nn• feet to present , ticit nee:dent.: sure my feet are lint sn large that they shouLl ahrnys Le in the way,' she mur mured, looking with sanity at her I:ttle Chinese understandings. 'I know it, love. The fact is, they are so small one can hardly see thorn.' lle thought this might put her in good humor. Dead failure; it was a rebellious and revengeful corn. [WHOLE NUMBER, 1,435. 'And yours arc so big that I tremble whcu ever you coo within a yard of me. 0, my poor feet; it vas a melancholy fact that Mr. Stag„; was a rare example of blundering awkward ness. He was one of the best natured per- StJ:IS V. Choosy animals are generally the easle-t tempered. But 31:s. Stagg, did not believe this to be any atonement, for Nvi,enever Stazt; une.-ed, things animate or irmnilnate were in .Y.:opardy. In door; or out ruin, at:a c::itfu iott watl.cd him it:e,ence. Ile lot ed his wife dearly, ai.d kept t.O near her, that her feet bore witness, and paid the penalty That day, by way of recompense, he tool: her out to ride, and it would have been n 'cry happy drive, if he had not, on several ocea , ions, crushed feet, ns they were admir ing the scenery. She began to cry, and her tears were only stopped by his hanging both Lis ponderous feet out of the vehicle. But as his peculiar fate would have it, tbe posi tion was unfavorable for his driving, which ass at best poor and awkward, and he be gun to drive antiast merything that came along: now on this, side, now nn that—click, 1...7:1!, jar, ban,.:, cra..:.—rxecuting ~f v.ith miel.; n Wallt of 41:1ellt, that Mr,. S!ajg began to iinplvre MADE ke in 11.,,,r0 net ng Lia, Pl•ilonion r,,sit er t., my feet v.inrutated, than to I): eAk illy neck•.' but drove worse than before; and after pros,,king the au:;er of drisers all along the raid, he finally ,ettlel the ques tion of life and devil:, hy sina:hi,g, against a heavy mail e,ach, •eattering and up-ct tiu ottu team, roe] renlaloh,g with Ili , wile ;ma the L lc, Whilo the all 1m l allo.t 1 with Ow -haft , - they e4eltped but f. were gl:el get h ~:e 'l'll tel! you Nvlutt , after a le , turet •1 ee to give you the mua beautiful ,bawl you can linil in this city, if I tread upon your feet again, once, within a fortnight. I'm determined to break my , tilf of the habit.' ingular to relate, he became so watchful during that period that Mrs. Stagg had no cause to complain on that score, or rather half a score. Bat a certain amount of awk wardness was doomed to be his. Though he now approached her only at arm's length —she, in view of the shawl, not caring if he approached as near as usual, and gave her one crush—though he lured not sit beside her and though when they walked out, he kept continually looking down, and trembled when lie felt the broadest circumference of her hoop skirt; and notwithstanding, other looksmts in proportion, Stagg was Stagg, in every other respect, and much anguish was the result. 'There he goes main:' shrieked she, nest day, ‘tutullin4 down stairQ. Merciful hen ! ten, 'Philemon. have you broken your ,he cried, no ,h 1 ru-hed out into thu tin 11. tIV ,t :3 ,r, repiied. brea!li fes-ly, r.i kin.; hir:u , chup at dot loot of the qtrjrca , e: 'hut Ice ne3rly ma-he Imy head.' .131t1 he but his hand to that erratic maga zine, NViIICII W:l3 e-sentially bumped anti hlcHing •0! IT p,- , -vr Philmmn! You are almnFt T.tko my arm. Herr, Marc, J rim.' •La: on! yertr Ln wag lii4 pru.lent rcznark. 'l'd not pin.ter fur '‘v, , undq up with fluid three th , tland dui- I,;r ,11 2 , 4 `r•ia ri ,, t very se:ioil-ly hurt, and :vas ail , : to 1,0. out and tricot next day.— 'faking a walk tlgv•hor, Stagg Im , l no hoq.a than three altercation% with role•trian. t in,,t whom hi. elualy Way , •F 1 comotion haul pro, , ipitatel him.eliatil wile. in 'itch a MailnPr mahe it scent intentional. ii, did ihmroler along like a great. flap-eared e;-OAtit, an , l it was harlly p not to take his w.tlk for an intrunlent swagger. Yet all watt innocent in him: and in one of the di.patc., when he had bounced one man a,ain-t another. and that other againq ttro ladies, to th of whom were thrown clown in the contact, their gallant showed fight, when Stagg stepped in with the remark that. '1 lid it.' whereupon all three pitched into hint and woull have male Sta ,-, g but for the irate-po.ition of the two end the explanathm of :Sirs. Stagg that he NNaN'auc ' a a clutn.y creature.' Cmafertaltle companion, I.c, for n prom enade. Mt s. Stag z, tile et ery gensille wo man who bag' a just regard f r health, wnq partial to going abroad to stitt2 the fresh nir when other dotie. said yes; and before the tits: week wag ende.l, traded with her husband. in n sail boat-110 to manage all men in the world. Pei hap: ghe «:u thug trusting. from the .ni•i,h , ration that certain maphilduus hie!) are awkward on land, are very gracvt , ll, l' , .pert and ,nejlxit upon the water; but after she was upset, 11 his blundering management of the sails, and arrived homo dripping wet, , he did't think that Stagg tea. a nt , n , ter of that amplilbik.aq geniue, It lea-t. The liwdeind prided him , elf open his niindtne‘is in the performance of little do mestic chore., and when the fit was on him yibn sh nhi liarta marked bow Mrs. Stagg did shake. Ho raised the deuce. and broke thin7= all around generally with the best of intentions. Mary beinz sick, nnfl John on a visit to his Aunt Tlct ,, y. Stri7,7, undertook the gement of linusehala r ;Lira 'for ono MBE II ippily, BEIM zree
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