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SAXITEIy 'WRIGHT; Editor and Proprietor:
VOLUME XXX, NUMBER 34.]
PUgBLIRED EVERY WURDAY MORNING
Qfficein Carpet gall, Korth-icestcorner of
r. 4 .1.0nt and Locust streets.
rail,
reef
f paidii
if not poi
.ummelicemetu
ants Mi. C.
in received fora,
paper will be
puld,uttlerie at the t
uria'yhe•catitteeltyinn
Rates of Advert&ny.
- squat erfilinea)oite week. $O3B
• • three weeks. 75
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J. W. FISHER,
Attorney and Counsellor. at Law,
, ca.u.332lapivr, Pao.
Columbia. sepia-tither trait; If
S. Atlee Boeklus, D. D. S.
Sargieal and
.et wean the Frank
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PFAIIIXIV, lumina uareet.rippneite the
Franklin I con he haul I UIIA LEAF.CON:-
GRE.t.i... and reverol otlier'lmard. of the beet Chewing
'tobacco, to which the attelitionof chewers - is invited.
May 1.1858.
T to i.ournm i,oh!oe., oleo, 61emPe Dboble Ftxt met!,
1. for the handkerchief. at
II RRV ftRPF.I.OIB.
Volt. I 9 Opprieite Bring... Prom St.
BOOMS. —4OO Doz. Brooms, at Wholesale
or Retail. at II 1.1".\111.1 , .itet.
Der 11.1. 1.57 I ~,,, Igo street.
'INE'S Compound •of ' Syrup of Tar, Wild
Cheily and Ilea I hound. for me Voir/. I f cou g h * .
Colil4, Whooping Cough. ke. sale lit
Nlcilt tit kI.F. k Dii1,1.1477"1"3
Family 51edicinit Store. Otid Ilall
Veintier t I•+s.e
Patent Sl'e^izot Stash [rollers.
fflit I , W; well 6IIOWII Boiler- lure kepi run-Italy oil
J. hand at
.ut reel, oppreuile lilt Prim lain House.
Coliiinlilui .1111 V IS. iils7
(ilits-for sale by the bushel or larger quoit
illy by 11. F. AI t
coltanli in Dee 95. 1858. entail Da•ln
'TOBACCO arid Segars of the best brands.
I. wh01t , •414.4 4111.1 retail. ill
J• :1 nittlvim.;
, — . l - usr to r,ni n ov.h. lot of Rreuug & I rotifieitte
curie Vegetable Cattle der. and for rale by
le- \V 11.1.1• A MS.
Sept. 17. 1859. • Front street Coen 1111.1 n
Terms of nisOription.
•
'Cue Copy pe rannum.t f paidin vidcnnce.
'• • • if no; puid wiihfuthrec
monthufrom commeueemen he year. 200
4 Clamtag &an 404:::,z::• - yr.
No •tuhmeriptton received Coen ler.. time than aix
"aunt its; and no-paper mil be di•montinued until all
'lrreCengezure puld,Ultleee ut the optlonol the Nub
e het. ,
! Er %tone y May it b
•eneittegbymnil an hepublish
ir's risk.
-. . - • each ..ulisequeniistsertiOn,-,10
- --(l2ites]one week . 50
its ree weeks, . -,t 00
t s este h •tolownsien Ii n-iertionr - 7.25
'Larger tdve - rtiscinent•i n proportion
A liberal li..erten; will be made to quart erlislinlf
'early or ,virly td vertia a rs.who are s tricil)confined
0 their Ists•siness
Olt.-lie W. MIFFLIN,
lENTIST, Long' otifeily w few- door sibove
V Old F..10w0 11•111. Cofttintia. Ph.
Columbin NIII) 3. 1536
RAYITICF:t 4 the Operutter. Surgical and !Orel:nab
P
icul Pews nmcut. ofUentout y.
(Wilma I.tteuti reel, between the Franklin lloutte
and Po-t Office, COlurebta, Pa
3lay 7 159 '
Soap
fl Doxe. of Duffey Brown Strip on hand and for
Zi) .otir tow at the corner oh Third and ClllOll Stn.
ti2u.l 6 r,5 9
Suffer no longer with Corns.
A T the GoWoo Mori or Drug More you eon procure
fl an article winch warrauiert to rCIIIO‘.I. Corns in
1- hours. without poor o: swior,A.
Fly Payers.
A, sr PlRlCktir :wit''r or my Pap•r. for Thy de.tror
iill whit of FOce. &c.. ju..; heed received at the
Drug SUM: of
R WILLIAMS, rroat greet'.
Cnlumbin.Juty 30.1859.
Harrison's Columbian Ink
i. n -uprrior article. permnnr•ntlt• Mork
raid not corro the pen. run I.e had in not
quantity. ut lire more. and blacker
ye, to that 9:oicli-It Ilona
CMumhin Jlll/I • 9.14-19
W:/M/fli
11f RB. WIN:4I.CtS":4 pe. whonc Syrup, 71lieh will
111. :m•: Utile the peaces• of teetliam I,y
re
tleireog o:lnyleee prior.."-pa•modee 'tenon,
&e., on very -bort time. Fur pale Urn
R. Wii.i.i.Ams,
.Irevel, COlUnile4M.
Pero. 17 1,59
I ) L EDDISG 8. C I O'S
uI , Rns m. .8y
for , 111 vd r
re ThisCl- I
...Ile by
IC. WII.I.IANIS. Front Columbia.
xept 24.1-59
L :ALT by the Sack OF litookti, Had Peliiterx
b.) Si, off ge• or cmall ymun Urcr. for nl rile Corrwr
or I'Mi•rl and ccccc ..rrem Prot S
F R ,Nfi ll PA NN I Monier.. slit& peo rve•
lit tele tsl 81 Anal' C 1.3.:V5.
Fetb IFE•so. Opposite Cola. Itrulice. Prom St
CISTERN. PUMPA.
Tu fin •u h riherhn. - a ?l irge tneek of eklern I'nmp•
.I. mid Rain, in whorl. he testi:. the uttention of tile
tfe i• prepared tts pct Them up ior i.el in
utid nitdoring mantles.
It. P1P,1141.F.11.
I.oe M.l .Ireel
So saying, and attended by a band of fol
lowers, he proceeded to the highway, where
they soon perceived a small was-cloth cov
ered carriage lying upset on the road, one
of its hinder wheels being as effectually de
molished as if an use had been used in the
operation. A tall, thin figure, dressed in a
plain blue frock-cont, having his right arm
in a slog, a patch over his left eye, and
whose wohegnith 40Oks imparted to his gen
eral 11 ppearunce no distant resemblance to
the knight of the rueful countenaoce, stood
near the tehicle, holdiog,a jaded Rusinante
by the bridle. - No sooner did he perceive
the party approaching, than, hastening to
wards them/ he addre,sed their leader in
French, vrah much politeness of manner
and fluency of utterance. Unfortunately,
however. old Z—'s court language had
lain too long rusty, and the state of his
ideas was too muddled to enable him to
brush it up at the moment, so that he was
obliged to make the stranger understand,
inure by signs than words, that he must ma
think of continuing his jour.my that day at
least, but must remain with them as a wed
n &grate article of rfattrtg Too moo oo to
rt. EIIIERI.tIN'S ding-guest.
Noir. racer,. Store. No 11 Locum is ,
Drcember IQ. ISO
FANCY TOILET SOAPS,
Tu. fin- , tlll ) Mitt.% .Ao.lpa. over
offered to Coluodonox. ut
•
HARRY GRI.MVS.
Feb 19. '59 Oppntiit Ifritkr,
(It/LC/I:NE %V ATE{ by Bhe pint. goo ri or gallon
If Glerio'• 1 :XBrort , of the I.lBlBBBkerebie f by th,
o unce or pound, or in any quotnii% to
HARRY (igNICX 7 o,
utFrb 19. VO. Opposite Coln. Itrolge 'From St
Just Received and, For Sale.
200 b i3i; of quulili
1,04. ground MUM Snit. 11)
' r Pril /LI).
No I nod: Csitoul
IN ro 'eh 20.
J ENK IN'S Crlebratrd Black and Orrcn Teas,
vo c e s ..id Lli"conne. an ..o.toor of third
to.d Union -trrr,a' • • • (Nov 7211 :i•1
allllll/11; or, Bond's Boston Crackers, for
nail Crack..., for
valid. , mid chi ldi citllPVlt article, in Columbia. at
the IPremiliAledirliie :More.
April 16. irce9
NEW CROP .zEEDLESS RAISINS.
TIE beet for ries, Podding, tit —n:freett .apply of
II $T:11/AMPS
Croeeey Store, Corner Prontand Union tut
Nov. 19 18.59. '
Seedless Raisins! •
TAIT of very elas.ee 11.. kin.. Juni - receive
-I
at S. F F:BERLEIN'S
N0v.19, ' Grocery S:ore. No. 71,
TzTrkiili Prunes!
SHAKER CORN.
JUST feCei 7[4, a fru rata lot of Shaker. Corn
11. tIIUVI/ANIMI
Groorry Qlorr. e o rii e r Front and ()Mon A.
Nov. 20.1850.
Holiday Attractions at Fondersrailh's.
t itTZM received for the holiday., 100 different .tylev
end prices Embroidered Collur , , Toth Embroidered
Set. mid Undervleevea Alm. 100 piece. more of
thove eery ebevri enmbrie Rufflomtv nod lifginp., to
whfrh we JOY tie the Milebtion of everybody in ...web
of cheep good,.
Dee.lo '591 11. C FONDF:IISMITI4.
People'. store
Gifts for the Gentlemen.
WE have added in our new sinek Pi okoire lot of
New Viikaria and Quilted Silk Ve"sing.,
and Piney Silk Mixed' Catoortereo. 'Pitney Tie",
Stool". Gloved Gatoolto". 110.11ery. &e.. all
of whielr we offer at reduced price.. for the holiday",
a, 11.0 FOND11111•!111TH'S.
Dee" 0.110. Pearl.' • Cieih *core
NEW CROP DRIED CURRAN'I'S.
.1 g ood art,ele, me 4.83 and free trotli i. azi l l i v i al m r 4 7 , -Vred
arne,.•rl Sto:e.Cornrr num and Caron ata.
Nam ID, HO).
gankono:
The Bttgaft; NurritigrGift
OEM
Otto Von D—, after an absence of se:-
oral years, two of which he, had spent in
the luxurious capital ofFrance. was recalled
to his native Germany by the unexpected
death of his father. He found the family
estate Invoked in difficulties, chiefly occa
aionsd by extravagance and mismaungetnent
a ppedred: in at rilertMe. so
n: Mind' pasSeSsitiglesif allergy tlia:n his'own;
but by at once adopting a system of curtail
ment and method, he soon succeeded in
bringing matters into such a train as not
only enabled him to discharge the accutuu
htted arrears of interest, but also gradually
to reduce the prinoipn/ debt with which' his
property had , been , iLtprov.detttly bur
deoed.
It was not until his - mind was relieved of
this firse care, and he could uninterruptedly
form his plans for the future, that Otto
thought of choosing a companion who might
share with him the sweets of life,- and u,sist
him in combating its toils. He had left Ad
elaide, the youngest daughter of his neigh
tor Von. Z—, interesting girl of four
teen; on his return, he found her blooming
in all the charms of youthful innocence; and
he was not slow in observing, as well in the
hearty welcome of her parents as in the tell
tale blush of the maiden herself, that his
addresses would not be unacceptable. He,
therefore, embraced an early opportunity to
declare • his sentiments; aptl,'after: the pre
liminaries mond on sucir occasions, the hap
py day was fixed, arrived, mid was observed
with all tbuse,cerenionies which the country
people, in some - parts rf Germany, still re
ligiously keep up, according to the good old
custom of their turelathers.
First came the wedding guests, conduct
ing the bride. modestly clad in white,
yea cot ering her I tee, and who were met
on the lawn by the Peasantry, preceded by
the village musicians. The married women
brought their offering of a cradle, and fine
baby-linen, spun by themselves; the lads
presented a handsome plow and harness; the
maidens a snow-white lamb; and the chil
dren doves and flowers. Adelaide gave her
hand to all in silence; Otto spoke a few, but
impressive word-, and, on cunclutfing,.invi
ted the whole party, in the name of the
bride's father, to a collation and dance on
the green. for which preparations had al
ready been made.
The lamps were now lighted up, and the
fiddle and pipe were sounding merrily
under the sweet-scented linden -trees, when
a foreign livery•servant, whose coat was
rather the worse for wear, made his appear- ;
mince on the dancing-place. ills singular ;
tones and strange gesticulations soon collec
ted around him a troop of laughing villa
gers; but it was not without considerable
difficulty they gathered, from the broken
German of the orator (whose hands and
feet were equally eloquent with his tongue),
that his master's cart iage bed been over
turned in the neighborhood, and that a wheel
was broken to piedes, which he was anxious
to hate put to rights, in order that he might
prosecute his journey.
66 Who talks of mending wheels, or going ,
further to-day?" hiccuped the bride's father,l
whose satisfaction at his daughter's good
fortune had displayed' itself at table in co
pious libations. "To-day," added lie, pat-'
ting his ample sides, "let all wheels go in
shivers: no man shall pass this house to-day;
you may tell your master so; but stay—you ;
may as well take me to him."
The invitation was accepted with many
thanks; and the stranger, having caused his
Sancho to -wipe the dust from his hat and
boots, put his collar to rights, and opened
!his eurtout; under which a sort of uniform
modestly peeped out. Thus prepared be set
himself in motion, by the help of a stout
crutch-stick; and it then further appeared,
!that big left foot was also. disabled, though
there was something not ungraceful in its
hobble. On reaching the linden-place, he
requested to be introduced to the young
couple, and alter wishing the bridegroom
I, joy, he kissed the bride's band with the air
of an old beau, and whispered many flatter
• ing things to her in his own language.
' When this -matter was settled, all Ims
toned again to Banco and play. Cti.o , boz,
j removed his b:idc to another quarter: and
mai
"NO . ENTERTAINMENT IS Se" CM:AP' AS READING, NOR AMY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
•
COLUMBIA .? YENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH t 4, 186 D.
ft seemed quite natural that ale - stifr ascii
wearied old man shodld' choose - his seat on
bench apart from'persons who neither un
derstood him, nor he them.
On supper being announced, the stranger
accompanied the rest to the eating apart
ment, where he planted himself, with con
siderable adroitness, between two of the
rosiest and plumpest lasses
.in the room, to
the no small mortification of a young" Ileuv
tenant, who had fixed on this place for him.
self. Hilarity nnd , mirth now presided over
the happy Party; the - gm - ye-humored joke
was bandied , about, undl the hearty laugh
echoed round the - room; when one of the
servants entered with a paekett vrhich
messenger had just delivered, with direct
tions that it should be given into the bride
groom's•own hands. The curiosity of all
wirt excited, and Otto WWI induced by their
solicitations to open the packet immediately;
and;. after removing almost innumerable
covers, heat length produced a 'plain wood
en drinking cup, with a silver rim; on which'
was engraved, "Pievent de truce..? du Guettx."
"Jaques!!' cried Otto kjssing the cup with•
emotion. AsNitride cast an inquiring eye
trt hor lover, and lifted up the cup to ex
am-Merit more closely, but shw had scarce
raised it from the table; when its uneweet
ed weight occasioning her to replace it
rather smartly, the bottom fell out and dis.
covered a ruse-colored case, containing a
pair of bracelets set in brilliants of the
purest water and n ewest fa.dihm: the words
"A la telle epouse de awn anti." were• em
broidered ou the satin.
The surprise - cool-curiosity on• tin sides
may be easily conceived, the guests
ruse from their seats, except - the stranger,
who remained' sittlag, with the most perfect
indifference, and an expression of counte
nance that almost appeitred to indicate con
tempt fir what was giii lig forward.
whose growing dislike to the stranger was
not lessened by this conduct, measured him
will; tin eye-of indiignation, and allowed
himself the mitre readily lo'be persuaded by
his bride' and the - "other guests - to-satisfy
.
theirinqirfri s es:
"Yesl" he began, a fine . glow
his manly cheeks ;"ye-! I am not ashamed
to own it: a beggar—Jaques is the worthy
man's name—is my dearest friend—is, to
express all to you in a few words. the pre
server of my life and honor. flowerer pain
ful it may be to me, on an occrsion like
the - present, to accuse myself of a youthful
indiscretiOn, yet I shall nut hesitate to du so,
as I cannot otherwise, perhaps, do justice to
the noble-minded drapes, wiiiise marriage
present shall ever he dear to my heart, and
the most valued ornament of my Adelaide."
"Then let the wear it to-doy," said the
lovely girl, with a tremulous voice; and the
bracelets were quickly transferred from
their rose-colored covering to the white satin
of her arms. Otto resumed, after a short
pause: :
''During my residence in Paris, I was al
most daily in the habit of passing along the
Pont:Neuf. At one end of the bridge, and
generally about the same spot, there sat a
beggar,who,,although he _seemed- scarcely
more than fifty, had freqUented the place
upwards of thirty years, and was comma
ly known by the name of 'old Jaques.' Not
out of any feeling of compassion, but mire•
ly because his general appearance rather
interested me, I threw a sous into his hat
as often. as, I chanced to pars near
him. This became. at length, so habitual
to me, that whenever I approached his sta•
tion I put mv hand involuntarily into my
pocket. Ile always wished me every possi
ble good—chatted with me, when I was at
leisure, about the news of the day—even
warned me, miw and then, against the dan
gees of the town; in short. in the course of
half a year we stood together on the footing
of acquaintances. who. though of different
rank, are yet mutually pleased with each
other.
"My time in Paris was spent very agree
ably, and. I may flitter myself, not alto
gether without advantage. I lived as de
cently as my means permitted, but never
extravagantly, till, a short cline before my
departure. my evil stars brought me as
with some ymang men who were
addicted to gambling, and who, by little and
little, led me on to stake first small. and
then large, sums at play. The conesquence
of this west as May he supposed: but it was
not until I had lost all my own money, and
had become deeply indebted to my .soi-dis
ant friends, that I began seriously to reflect
on my situation.
"I immediately formed the resolution to
pause are it was ton late, and quit the carpi
tal forever, after discharging the debt which
I had contracted. I therefhre wrote to my
father, requesting sueh a remittance as
might be necessary fur this purpose; but
that letter, and several which I sent 'subse
quently, remained unanswered. My hills,
meanwhile became due. I was forced to
have recourse to the assistance of usurers,
and ruin stared me in the face.
"Disheartened, gloomy and silent, I now
passed Jaques without noticing him; his lix
e4 and earnest gaze became Ititolerable, and
I avoided the 'lace whore he stood,
"At length I received the long looked for
letters from home: but, instead of the re
mittances with which I had hoped to silence
the must clamorous of my creditors, they
brought me the intelligence of my father's
death, after a short illness. and announced
the impossibility of mending me more m•mw
than would barely suffice fur my traveling.
expengee.
"Nursed in the lap of affluence, and un
used'to privation of any sort, it may easily
be supposed that I was but little prepared
for such news. The death- of-my-good.fatlt--
er filled me with sorrow. 'Ms - jun!red sit
cation of his affairs; which I now learned
fur the first time, deprived me of all hope
fbr the future: The idea of busing debts
which•rcould not disclmrge, and the pros
pect of a prison-in a foreign land, threw me
into crekpair: Thelmig.er considered, the
more did my situation appear utterly hope
less; till at length, inn state of mind bor
dering on frenz , and with a determination
which such a state could only inspire, I
walked out, after a sleepless night, and bent
'ing% course towards dig river: I was, al
ready witrrin a-few paces of the Pont-Neuf,
when Jaques threw himself. with greater
importunity than usual, in toy way.
would not see him.
"'One word, sir,' said he. in a tone of en
treaty, and taking hold of the skirt of my
coat.
"'heave - me; old man,' said I, with forced
comp.sure: 'to-day I have given all away.'
"fie guessed my meaning better than I
intended he should.
".By all-that's sacred, my dear young mas
tPr,' said he solemnly, 'confide in me. What
has happened?'
"'What is that tD thee? I replied; 'thou
canst not help me.'
"'Who knows? Only speak, sir! I'crtn
not rest until I learn what has so changed
you. Tell me the cau.e of your dejection.'
"'Why, only a paltry thousand Innis!' said
I, with a sh.rug.
. - -.bad: is• that; all?' Gone !twill lend
them to you.'
" 'You, Jaques? Gond old man, you have
been drinking too freely this morning.'
"Well only take the trouble of coining to
Inc tomight; and, ti:l then, Poenjure•you, do
nothing rashly.'
"The earnestneis ~f his manner, the firm
ness with which lie spoke, and the reflection
that : could at may time parry my intention
into affect, brought my thoughts into anoth
er channelrandindoeed"me to yield• to his
request. Jacpres gave•me hiEi address, in a
remote suburb,. and I pledged my word of
Minor to meet 'him there• the same even-
"Urged by cariosity more than by hope, I
appeared at the appointed time and place,
and f .17 , 11.1 &wipes in a small, but extremely
clean partmeat, plain hot neatly furnish
ed; he now wore a deneot emit, and mime
forward to meet me with. a friendly look.
"'Consider all that you see herons your
own,' "odd he 'I havo neither child nor
relation, awl whit: I daily leceive from the
loiticroleot suffine, for, lay own wad. my
housekeeper's wants.'
"Little as I had calculated on the old
man's a•sistunce, yet this address appeared
too ridicule t-; and I was hesitating whether
I should consider him a fool or n madman.
when he-at once put an end to my doubts;
fon requesting me to partake of the refresh
ments which he had provided, he raised a
plrt of the ft 'or. and brought from under
neath a large wooden vessel, which he plac
ed with difficulty on the table. Oa remov
ing the lid, you may figure mv astonish
ment, when I saw that it we,. filled to the
brim with gold pieces. r
•• •Ilelp yourself, sir,' said he smiling:
'here oreebout twelve hundred Mule. It is
all I have by me in ready cash; but I soon
can procure more.
"'Do not mistake me.' continued my bon
e•tt Jaques: , 'I net no common beggar, who
drives the trade from love of idleness, and
cheat the needy of the charitable gift of the
I compassionate. I am of noble, though poor.
birth. Having lost my parent, early, I en
tered the army in my sixteenth year, served
under the great Saxe, and if worthy of such
a leader, let this testify'—a cross of St.
Louis lay on the heap of gold. 'ln my
twentieth year, a cannon-shot carried away
my right arm. I received my discharge,
and was thrown on the world destitute and
hopeless. Ignorant orany trade by which
I could gain a livelihood, and rendered in
capable of labor by the Moss of my arm, I
abandoned myself to a profimnd melan
choly. which threw me into a long and' se
vere illness. When I recovered, my disap
pointed prospects, and a sort of spite at the
world, made me a beggar. My youth and
infirmities gained me more conapaision than
I had expected; and I soon earned, not only
my daily subsistence, but became enabled
to lay by a trifle daily, which, by little and
little, amounted to a considerable sum.—
Out of this, I assisted such of my companions
in misery as bad been less fortunate than
myself in this calling, and thereby acquired
a sort of consideration amongst them, but
no disinterested attachment. • This vexed
me. I adopted a foundling ns my own
child, and began to live even more sparing
ly than before, in order to make provisions
for hint. I had him carefully brought up
and educated, till his sixteenth year, when
a counsellor was pleased with the lad and
took him into his service. This very boy
0, Francois! Francois! bow many tears
have I shed on thy account!—soon began to
consider it beneath him to be on terms of
intimacy with a beggar; and on the same
day that you first gave me an alms; he had
the cruelty to pass as if he did not know me'.
He was ashamed of toe—of me, who at that
moment was begging to make him indepen_
tlent. He heeds me not, said I; and his un
natural c r hoer dr.,re all the blood to my
!wart, la at all FL, .vcrful Being! give ane„
then, nonthor !nal Scarcely had I uttered
the prayer, when you approached, and
threw, with a compassionate look, a gift in
to my hat."
Otto was moved even to tears, and was
forced to make a pause.
"'rot will not be ashamed of me,' con
tinued J'acquer: 'You are now unfortu
nate: make the old beggur happy by accept
ing his assistance.'
"Your may easily imagine how I felt at
this moment. The wonderful intervention
of Providence, to prevent the commission of
a crime at which I shudder; the noble, I
may say the heavenly look of the good old
man; but, above all, my own dreadful situ
ation, crowded into my thoughts, and I did
oat hesitate to avail myself of his generous
offer. M' intention , of• diseFosing_ to• him
the cause of my embarrassments was need
less, fur he had already informed himself of
every particular.
"I allowed him to Count out one thousand
louis, and then requested pen and ink, in
order to give him an acknowledgment for
the amount; but my benefactor would not
hear a•word ofrthila
"'Take,' said he, 'as Much as you require:
and, if you die,' added he, 'you can pay me
yonder! I want but little here. You are
sent to me as a son, whether you will or no;
and you, at least, cannot deprive me of the
secret satisfaction of being your father.' -
"'Yes; futherl preserver and father]' cried
I, falling om bib bosom; ?Nature- gave me
one, and when I lost him, lhaven, replaced
him in you.'
"I did not leave Jacques' cottage -till a
late hour, when I returned home with a
lightened heart, and refreshing sleep once
more visited tay eyelids.
"Early on the following , day F paid off
every creditor, had , another lete-a-tele with
diteciaes,. and prepared immediately to quit
France.. My first care, on arriving. here,
would most certainly have•been to discharge
this, which I could truly call a debt of honor;
but as he had expressly required me, at
parting, not to think of this till after the end
of a year, at sootiest, to give him, as he said,
a proof of confidence, I deferred doing so,
till very lately, when, on repaying him his
loan, F had the satisfaction or acquainting
lam with , my approaching union."
"And lie shall be my fitther, also," said
Adelaide, pressing his hand: then rising,
and filling the goblet with wine, "Let us
drink to the health of my worthy. faiker:
John Von Z—, and Jacques the beggar!"
Every one presont,pledged the toast with
enthusiasm, except the old stranger, who,
still evineing the most cutting indifference.
pa.hed his chair back, and hastily rose up.
with a countenance on which was written,
in pretty legible characters, "What a fuss
about a beggarr" •
"Sir, you abuse theriglns of hospitalityl"
cried Otto, angrily, and going up to the
Frenchman, with the determination of
making him quit the anartment.
"Mon anti. ah, mon filsl" replied the old
man, with the tenderest expression, and re
moving at the same time the bandage from
his left eye; "now, indeed, I am satisfied
that my choice has not been misplaced.—
Too have not been ashamed to acknowledge
tu . e old beggar; your lovely bride, ton, has
called me father. For this alone h..vo I int
dertakeu a long journey, and caused my
carriage to be overturned at your gate."
lie was now, in his' turn; overcome; all
the guests crowded round him with prais.
es and caresses; and the grateful Otto,
kissing his Adelaide, called this the hap
piest day in his life.
"Only /know use to pass my few remain
ing years with you," added Jacques, as he
drew from his bosom a packet with his left
hand, it being now remarked by all that the
right was skillfully formed of wax. "There,
my son, are your papers back. I will never
be a burden to you. I have twelve hundred
livres yearly of rent; end all I request is a
mill apartment in your house, or whereso
ever else. an honest beggar may patiently
await his and." .
;Otto tenderly embraced his adopted father,
and. the wooden cup was frequently mien.
ished in the course of the evening.
A Thrilling Adventure with a Lion
It was a warns, pleasant evening in No
vember, and our ship was MI the coast of
Tripali. A party of us who sat upon the
quarter-deck, had been conversing upon va.
rious subjects concerning the vast desert
southward of us.
"I think you have travelled across the
desk?" said one of the number addressing
the captain. '
"Not exactly," replied Captain Bashwiok.
"Some years ago, I spent a few months in
Abysinia and the country south of it."
"Was it thou you bad your adventure
with a lion?"
"Ah—you've heard of that scrape, eh?"
"Only that you had each an adventure,
captain. Your mate told me you had met
the animal."
"Well, I have; and if you would like to
hear the yarn, I'll tell it."
A vote was immediately and unanimously
carried that Captain Bush wick hall portals
sion to relate his adventure; and without
further preliminaries, he proceeded.
"It is now Avei4nd-twenty years since I
wok the notion to travel among the African
natives. I had an uncle living in Mocha.
engaged in trade there, and I had gone to
sea him.. lie IT:P4 going into Aiiysinia on
Ju.n and I accompanied him. Our
party consistel of six—my uncle, myself
$1,50 PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE; $2,09 IF NOT IN ADVANCF
and four Nubian servants: These Nubians
were faithful fellows. and long tried, and
were, moreover, strong and fearless, having
lived witkruy relative several years. When
the business was over, I proposed that we
should take a trip to the southward, and see
the-country. The Nubians were anxious to
go, and after a deal of persuasion my uncle
consented to the arrangement.
'On the seventh day we reached a large
lake upon the extreme southern border of
Abysinin, where we pitched our tent and
then went hunting fur game, we having been
informed that we should find plenty of both
fish—much more so than I had expected,—
and fowl in this region. Our luck was
moderate, my uncle was bent on returning,
but 1r was- determined to have a few more
trials.
"The only boat we had been able to find
was a small canoe. fashioned from a log, and
one morning I declared I would take a cruise
in it if some one would accompany me.—
The canoe would not carry muro than two
of us with any degree of safety, and as all
fbur of the Nubians offered to go, I was
obliged to make- my own- selection. So I
took Lari, the youngest of the lot, but the
brightest and most cool and brave- in the
presence of danger. I took my rifle and
pistols,
.while Lori took his rifle and spear :
and thus equipped we set out. The canoe
was easily managed while we kept our
proper places, and all went on finely until
afternoon.. .147 was very warm and sultry,
and I had removed my pistol belt, and laid
it in the bottom of the hunt with my rifle,
Lari had just proposed turning back, when
saw a large flock of birds settle down upon a
tree close to the shore, and I bade my com
panion to help me paddle in that direction.
Ile did not object, for be wanted a shot at
them. himself.
"We had come to within a dozen fathoms
of the shore, when a loud, quick cry from
Lari started Inc from my aim, and the next
instant the canoe struck upon some hard
substance.
"A rock?" I asked.
hippotamusl" the Nubian shouted,
springing back towards me,
"Hardly had the words •escaped his lips
before a huge black head was lifted above
the gonwales l .. and as ales my eyes over
into the water I saw the whole body of the
monster. It was as largo as an elephant,
but ten times more hideous in look. Its
mouth w. 19 opened to a distance of three
feet or more, and • its great teeth, till of n
foot in length, looked like destruction itself.
He seized "thebow of our boat in his cape- I
clout jaws and crushed it like an egg-shell.
With - all the force I, could muster I leaped
into the water awl struck out for the shot,.
I flavor swam faster,. though when I reached
the land I found that the hippotainus had
nut followed us, having sunk to the bottom,
probably as soon as he had destroyed the
canoe.
"We were in quandary. We had come
quite twelve or fifteen miles from the camp.
and we must foot it back the best way we
could. If we could have followed the shore.
the task would have been easy enough, hut
this we cauld not du,fhr a deep, dark swamp
1 1 overgrown with reeds and bushes and gnar
led trees, lay betweeri us and our to .t, so
we must strike . up intu the wood upon the
!kiwi. land and make the best of it. Our
only weapons were two knives and Lnri's
spear. The latter tie hod grasped as he
left the boat, but the rifles and pistols were
at the bottom of the lake: I bade my u ra
pinion take the lead and he did so.
Fur throe hours we tugged on through a
thick, matted forest, and at the end of that
time we reached the end of a wide expanse
of rocky desert. There were clumps of
bushes scattered over the plate, but they
looked dried and parched. Ilere we took
an observation. and finally decided to keip
down to the right hand side of that rocky
plain, knowing that the lake must lie in
thaCtiirection. By this time we had passed
over half the length of the barren waste, and
the sun was behind the trees. A little
while afterwards. just as, the dark shadows
spread over the whole width of the plain,
Lari uttered a low "hist" and placed hie
hand upon my arm.
"Do you - hear anything?" he asked me.
I listened a moment and told him, "Yes;
perhaps they are coming after us."
"Who are theyt" said be.
"Our party," I answered.
"That fellow walks on four feet, and has
a weight equal to all the men we have left
behind. Hark again."
I did so and could plainly distinguish the
tread of some heavy animal.
"Is it a lion. do you think?" I asked.
Len hesitated a moment, and then, grasp
ing me by the arm, he pointed into the
wood.
"Lookl—See!—There!" he cried, whirling
me half around as be spoke.
I did look—and I saw a sight—a sight
that made my hair stand and my heart leap.
Not a rifle—not even a pieta—and yet
there, not twenty yards distant—was a huge
Nubian lion crawling tovrarde us. I could
see his eyes burn; I could see his long tail
sweep the grass; and I could fee that ho
was advancing for a spring.
"Ile's hungry. said the Nabian, or be
would not be coming on in that way.
"Then he'll attack. us. I suggested. •
"Of course he will.
"And a weapon for defence!
"1 have my spear," returned Lnri. "Now
to the Lack of thee. bushes—fini , k—and Is:
[WHOLE NUMBER 1,544.
him come. Have your knife out in case of
need.
"f hardly know what my companion
meant, but' Psaw just upon my left a clump
of bushes bearing a enroll red berry. They
were not over four feet high, and occupied
a space some eight feet long by four fees
wide. When we gained•a position behind
them, r looked for - the lion. He had stop
ped as he saw us take this covert, but we
were not hidden from- his sight, as therm
were openings in the•folinge through which
both parties could obtain a view of each
other.
"We are gone:" said 1, trembling with
fear, as I saw the huge monster settle upon
his belly and more towards us.
"Perhaps not," whispered Lori, without
taking his eyes from the lion. “Keep still
—don't more for your lifel
"But what can you do with that epcarl"
I asked.
"Perhaps nothing—but wait and see:
"I did wait; but though it was only a
few moments, yet it was a season of terrible
suspense to me. I em not a coward, ncr
was I ever one: but come to be situated us
I was with a full grown lion beforo yon. not
twenty yards cff and only a little patch of
bushes as an apology for shelter, throagh
which the beast could watch your every
movement, and with that unearthly pur
ring, roaring growl+ hardly perceptible in
tone, but making the air tremble with
in
tensity—have all this as I bad it then, and
if you don't tremble. then you are made of
sterner stuff titan most men.
"Once I cast my eyes upon Len, who
was at toy right, and saw that be was calm•
as a rock. His great brown eye was fixed
upon the lion with a burning gaze, and his
teeth were set like the jaws of a vice. fro
was upon his right knee, with his left foot
braced before him. and his long spear which
he held with a firm gosep l ./bmi She Oa of
the shaft against the hard ground behind
him, with the. steel head evated just to
the top of the bushes.
"Elise" he uttered, gathering himself fur
an effort; and as I turned, I saw the lion
cautiously advancing upon his belly. When
about five yards off he stopped and gather
ed himself fur a spring. I saw his huge
claws settle in the ground, and D• saw
his groat shaggy head start upwards, as he
left his couch. With my heart still as
death, I bowed my head and shrank down
towards the earth. I heard a shock—a mo
mentary struggle—a crashing sound ,as of
the breaking of wood—and then I : was
kno.lked ever by a heavy body coming in
contact with my shoulder. With e power
ful effort I struggled • from beneath the
weight and gained my feet.
"The first thing I. saw was Lari, for it
was he who had, fal'en against me. The•
next was the fun, who lay only a few, feet
off with the head of the spear buried deep
in his tl.r.ott. the shaft being broken off
about mid way. Ilu was roaring with a deep
hoarse wand, and tearing the dirt up with
his claws. •
"I think thnt found his heart before it
broke," }Unit] LarL sa ho gained his feet: "If
the AZ hat held, I would have pinned bit)
through the heart, and sent bin) twenty feet
over behind u 3. But, I tell you, be's n
hen v -me to lift.
"The monster was dead in a few minutes
and then we held an .examination. The
lance head had entered the lower , part of
the throat, directly beneath the fure-altoul
der, and had *me clean through the heart.
"You 4111114 have had a good aim," .aid I.
"But it was n good mark," replied Lori.
"When I
saw WM cumin •. I had just turn
ed tho point right for his heart, and be kill
ed himself."
"It was all very simple, and it may bare
been very on•il% dune; but I assure you
man must bare a pretty steady nerve to do
it effectually.
"We could not move the lion then, nor
could we atop to take Me akin off, for it way
very nearly dark. So we resolved to wait
until !naming and then hove help.
"When we reached the lower corner of
the waste, we saw a glimmering of wader
through the trees; and upon pushing our
way down were lucky enough to find our
selves only a - few rods from the tent.
On the next morning we all went out tn
gether, and found tho lion just as we bad
left him. Ilia body measured from the end
of the nose to the,inscrtiou of the tail, eight
feet and nine inches, and when standing he
must have been nearly fire feet high. W.
took o►f his skiii very carefully and when I
reached home I had it stuffed and set. It
looks very innocent now, as my children rat
it with their hands, but I never look at it
without thinking of the titne when it looked
terrible enough to me."
The Steward's Adventure.
Ina late number of .131acirawod'a Maga
-1 sine is an extremely interesting article,
sketching life as exhibited at "to • sea-side
in the Papal States." While injonriling at
Neltuno, a delightful cid hamlet do the
shores of the Mediterranean, the writer
made acquaintance of the onnellty Fraacip
cas monk. alto told ber tbo following agree
able little talc
It happened not very lons- agc4 and h is
very well known. tad I myself have heard it
in several different versione--bat of course I
have many moans of knowing the t ruth.
and I can answer fur my, own. It way a
steward of Turlonio, or some other of the
great potpie r 3o hare (hope mast farms on