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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. Pot
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ASUPERIOR article of TONIC SPIOR RITTPIKS,
suitable for Hotel Keepers. for sale by
R.
From .trect.CoLumbia.
May 10,1856
TIRES(' ETIIICREAL OIL, alwt.). on hand. and of
J.' pale by K. WILLIAMS
fldF,y 10.1 SM. rront Pt fret, Columbia, Pa.
JUST received, FRESH CANINIENE. and or ,qlle
by R. WILLI ANIS.
May 10,195 G. rroni Street, Colambic, ra.
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•'A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever."
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
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11301ARICS of every de-eriptant for Ih3y, Every
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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
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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
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Columbia, Dee.l2 P-57.
CARRIAGE FOR SALE.
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Dee. 12,1 , 57 Login-t
THE undersigned has constantly on hand
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Dalluntire Company a nil Diamond White A , 13, Lump.
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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,. Lump, Egg and r‘tove Cool—a superior
article for doineelie and -twit' purpm.ee•
Plymouth and Pittston White and Red A-b, Lump
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Canal Ba-in, Columbia, Imneattter county, Pa.
Al-o, Coal and Iron received and chipped on COM-
J. G. HESS.
Columbia, Oct. 10, 1557.
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Columbia, January 21. 11,31.
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was this tiny dastolved by mutual consent
viNrENT SMITIL
DANIEL I. MIEN KR.
Columbia • Ismunry 9, ISIS. Dan.
Christmas, Christmas.
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Makes room to give hum welcome now t
Willlnt will dry 1114 tear,. tit mirth,
And crown Mot with a holly hough."
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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
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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
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