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LA.. Columbia .Pat .
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J. W. FISHER.,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
4ac.1.1.2.23a3=d.re.,
Colombia, September ty INS6•tI
S. Atlee B ckius, D. D. S.
PRACTICF:S the Operative, Su rg lent and Meehan
lea! Departments of Dentistry:
OFFICE Locust street, between he Franklin Ilou-e
and Post Office, Columbia, Pa
.W1112'7.18.19.
Harrison's Conmbian Ink.
superior article:, permanently Mack,
TY mid not corroding the pelt, ,•an be had itt an)
.antny. Hi the Vitality Medicine Store, and blacker
yet is that Englitla Boot Polish.
Columbia, .1 inie 9,1c54
We Have Just Received
DR. CUTTER'S linproccd Chest Expanding
Supeader and Shoulder Braces for Gentlemen,
mid Palma Skirt Supporter and Brace for. Lathes,
art the article that is wanted as this time. Come
and see them at Faintly Medicine Store. Odd Pe:lows'
(April 9.15.59
Prof. Galtluer's Soap
WE have the New Englund Soupthr thoee who die
not obtain It front the :soup Man; It platt-ant
to the elan, owl will take gren-e front Woolen
Good., ii i. therefore no huar.l , o%. for you get the
worth of your money at the Family Meckteure Store.
Colundou, June 11, I OLD.
(1R) or, Boad's Boston Crackers, for
Uppeplieq, and Arrow Rant Cracker-. for:iii
validi and eliddien—dew articles in Columbia, to
the Family Medicine ...More,
April IG. 1859.
QPALDING'S PREPARED GLUT ,The want of
well un oriole is telt to •very (moll). and tow
it rut be Nupplred; fur inendrug furniture, elute•
Ware.0111111111,111:11 aVOrk, toy% kx., liter e I. noilung
ir.opertor. We have found it u-ofurin ..Nieto.; unto)
article , which have Lien u,tesv for wombs. You
Jun 2,tat it ut the
In.ourtA: EMILY MEDICINE SIOI2E.
IRON AND STIMIL I
ffl lIE Saln.criber. have reeewml a New :rd Large
1 Stock of all kiwi.. and gi,en of
BAR IRON AND STEEL !
They are cou.tootly suoptied with etork 111 this braneb
of Ills btoOnes, and can t 1.1.11.01 It io euslolller. ut large
Or small liallantleki, at the loss eel Wes
J RUMPLE dr SON,
Loru.ti street below tieeolub Columbia, Pa.
April 0.1. Is0(t.
R'TTER,'S Compound Syrup of gar and
Wild Cherry, for ttoogh•, Cold, he.
be Golden 111orior Drag Store, Front ot. luly2
A YER'S Compound Coneentrated Ea tract
A
Sarsnourithi for the cure of Scrofula • K:ligle
Evil. and all serofuloutt affections, u fre sh uft-dejud
received and for .ale Ityy
R. WILLIAMS, Front st , Columbia,
Sept. 24, 18,59,
FOR SALE.
9,00 ?NR,O ie .7 s. F:geltee Matches, ve T,,,ilf.oLrielli4l:4
Dutch Herring!
ANY one fond of a good Herring can be supplied at
S. F. EI3ERLIHN'S
Nov. 19,1359. Grocery Store, N 0.71 Locust et.
LYON'S PUB 01110 CATAWBA BRANDY
and NVINES. especially for Medicines
lid Sacramental purposes, nt the
Jan.:S. 411N11 LY MEDICI NHSTOIRE.
'MICE RAISINS for 8 cts. per pound, are Co
be Mud only at
... . -
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EDER LEIN'S Grocery Store,
N 0.% I.ort.t soret
March 10, IEOO
GaRDEN SEEDS.—Fresh Garda! Seeds, war
runted pure, of all k.u,14. )u.l teecivedut
EatERLEIN'S grocery Store,
March 10,1560. N 0.71 Losu•t street
POCKET BOOKS AND PURSES
A LAID iE lot of Fine and Common Pocket 13ooks
!I. and Purses, at from 15 cent• in two dollar• each
Hi idquartcrs and News Depot.
Columbia, April 14.1 160.
AEEW more of those beautiful Prints
left, which will lie .01,1 cheep, et
SAYLOR & AieDON A I.D'S
Colon:hie. Pn.
April 14
Just Received and For Sale.
1 500 SACKS Ground Mum Salt, in large
or sawn quantio ter, at
A PP01.D'..3
Nlrarrlinu•e . Calla
DEEM
cOLD CREAM OF GLYCERINE.---For the core
nod prevention In chopped hood-. &e. For
he UOLIM.:N MORTAR DRUO STORK,
Dee. 3,18.59. Front ',aye!. Columbia.
Turkish Prunes!
. rou a Aral rate emu:leo( Prunes you meet co to
s. 1. Eat Ell
Nev.:9,1859. Grocery store, No 7t Loetuu Est
GOLD PENS, GOLD PENS.
TRST received a large and fine nAsortment of Gold
tl Pens. or Newton and Griswold's manufacture, al
SAILOR dc AIcDONALL'S Book
Agril 14. nom wect. above Lot:1;A.
FRESH GROCERIES.
E continue to sell the b eAt "Levy" Syrup. While
111 and Brown Sugars, good Coirees and choice Tea.,
to be %ad in Columbia at the Neva Corner Store. op
posite 041 Fellows Han, and at the old stolid a:film
ing the •ok. H. C. FONDER:AV rm.
Segars, Tobacco, &c.
ALOT GI sn:- rate Segars. Tobacco and SIVE
be found at the store of the tubeeriber. lie keeps
only a firsbrate article. Call ii.
S. F. kaIF.ILLEINTS Grocery Store,
Oct.(I,NPI Locust as., Columbia, Pa
• CRANBERRIES,
NEV 7 Crop Promo, New Caron ' s*
Oct. 20.1orpOt - A. AL RAMBO'S,
SARDINES,
TlToreetnersbire Satire, Refined Coen., lfcc .. jest re
Tr ceseed and for sale by $. P. ELWRI.RIN.
OM 20, lean, No. 71 Loco-1 St.
CRANBERRI6S
T UST reeetved a fro ph Jot of thilnbernes and Yew Currants. at co. 71 Locum Street.
Ott, 21 1900. S. F. EBERLE:IN
Ixtftvg.
Vive la France.
A sentiment offered ut the Miner to 11. I 11. the
Prince Napoleon, at Revere Ilour.e, Sept 25,1661.
EMI
OLIWE.II 'WENDELL UOLNI Fe
The land of sunshine and of song:
Her Mime your hearts divine;
To her the banquet's vows belong
Whose breasts have poured its wine;
Our :rusty friend, our true ally
Through varied change and chance,
So, fill your flushing goblets high,
I give you, Vise LA PRANCI«
I.
Above our hosts in triple fold
The self-same colors spread,
NI here Valor's faithful arm upholds
The blue, the white, the red,
Alike each nation',- glittering cre-t
Reflect the morning's glance,
Twin eagle-, soaring cast and west;
Once more, then, VIVE LA I.I2ANCE:
Sister in trial! who -hall count
Thy generous friendship's claim,
Whose blood ran mingling in the fount
That gave our lond its mune.
Till Yorktown saw in blended line
Our conquering arms advance,
And victory's double ga-land- twine
Our balltlere %%VELA FaxxcE!
Oh land of heroes! in our awed
One girl from Heaven we crave
To staunch these wouads that vainly bleed
The wise to lend the brave!
Cull back one Captain of , ust
reran glory's inurble trance,
Whose mune shall be a bugle-blast
To rouse us! Vict LA FHANCE!
Pluck Conde's baton from the tread',
Wake up =tout Charles Martel,
Or find some scomait's hand to clench
The sword of In Pucelle:
Give us one hour of old Turenne,
One lift of Bayard's lance,
Nay, call 111111ritgo'o chief uguin
To lead us: VICE LA rItANCL::
Al, hush! our welcome guests shall hear
nut sounds of pence and joy;
No angry echo vex thine cur,
Fair Daughter of savoy!
Once more, the land of arms and urts ;
Of glory, grace, rotnance;
lier love lies warm in all our hearts;
God bless lice Viva Lk Flu.xcx!
"Some Day."
I=
You Smooth the tangles from toy hair
With gentle touch Ullll tenderest Cure,
And count the years cue you shall mark;
Bright ante^r thread: among the dark—
Smihng white to hear me s iy.
`•You'll think of this again .orne day.
Some day:•'
I do not scorn the power or Tune,
Nor count on years of ludelu,4 prime,
But no while glenne , will ever Tate
Among tim-e heavy logics of mine;
Ay. laugh it: gaily us you may,
You'll thud: of du: agimot soma day,
Soma day.
Some day! I shall not feel, ns now,
Your soft hands move about Illy Mow.-
1 shalt not slight your light command-t,
And draw the long brands through my
I shall he silent and ohey,—
And you—you w:11 not laugh that day;
Sonic day!
I know how long your loving hand+
Will finger with these gles+y bands,
When you *hall weave an toy la-t crowd
Of !nnie thick braiding+, long and brown;
But you will -ee no touch of gray
Arline,' their shining length that day—
:tome day!
Anil while your tears are fulling hot
Upon the lips which un-wer not,
You'll Laic from those ono treasures! tress,
And leave the rest to siletitless—
Rememhering that uied to say,
"You'll think of this again some day:"
Some slit)!
gritrtions.
Waring's Courtship
Eti21312
At ono of the large packet stations on the
south coast of England there is an uncom
fortable looking room, where intending trav
elers may wait for the time of sailing, and
meditate on the forthcoming miseries of the
voyage. It is just one of those rooms where
one knows from intuition that the Lonclon
Directory will be lying on the table, and
there will be a framed Insurance Compa
ny's almanac above the mantle-piece; bad
uncompromising apartment, which plainly
declares, in the stiffness of its furniture and
the severity of its paper pattern, that com
fort is not guaranteed by a public, and is
therefore only to be expected by utterly un
reasoning and unreasonable persons. Round
a tolerably good fire in this room there were
assembled, one bleak and wintry afternoon
towards the end of November, a number of
people, whom business or same other neces
sity had obliged to leave their homes and
cross the channel that divides us from our
friendly enemies. They were of the ordinary
character of individuals that are usually to
be met with under such circumstances—geta
orally speaking middle-aged; decidedly on
the average not agreeable looking; much
wrapped up in themselves and railway rugs;
men who feel that hope is a chimera, "and
making the beet of it" a false and ridicu
lous delusion. And can they be blamed for
not at that time presenting a more fascina
ting exterior? for are they not, most of them,
turning over in their minds the many infal
lible receipts that have been read or been
told of for averting that calamity which
respects none, from the Prince Consort
downwards. There was the man who imag
ined that a recumbent position with his eyes
l '.1 " would save hiq3 from the enemy; and
there, too, was the ram) who, on the a dvice
of some false friend, bad just finished an ex
tensive dinner, which be fondly hoped would
take his part, and save him; but which, it
is to be feared, would prove traitor, and go
"NO ENTERTAiNMENTIS
COLUMBIA,
over to the enemy, in more ways than one.
It may well be imagined that a party
composed of such elements as these would
be neither inclined to be particularly pleas
ant or unusually communicative, and this
was very much the case; fur, with the excep
tion, now and then, of a remark on the pros
pects of the weather and the voyage, the
time was either spent in gazing gloomily
into the fire, or studying the advantages of
insurance, before undertaking a journey,
from the almanac above the fire, or looking
out of the window, where the clouds, torn to
pieces, and racing one after the other, the
white-tipped waves. and the steamb ,at in
the harbor rolling to and fro, did tout offer
sultjects from which either comfort or satis
faction could be drawn, and consequently
melancholy only reigned with undisputed
sway over all.
The papers of th . at day bad brought be
fore the public a more than usually brutal
case of wife-beating, where the unfortunate
victim had survived but a few days the
treatment she had met with from the man
who once. had solemnly sworn to love, honor
and protect her. The group round the fire
had gradully unthawed a little, and got into
conversation on this ease, which diverged
into a discussion on the numerous cases of
the sort thut were continually coming b, fore
the magistrates, and their particularly heart
less character As this was going on, a
gentleman, of the circle, who had not before
joined in the conversation, asked whether
there were any circumstances under which a
man would be justified in striking a woman.
The answer was a decided negative, and the
faces of his hearers expressed some surprise
at his having any doubt on the subject.
"Nevertheless," was his reply, “I have
beard of a man who once struck the woman
he was engaged to, between the eyes, with
his clenched fist; yet his conduct met with
universal approval, and her father, who had
until then withheld his full consent to their
marriage, was induced to give in, and they
were actually married, through this affair,
much sooner than they would have been had
it not occurred."
This announcement produced so much as
tonishment that the gentleman laughed; and
on being asked fur an explanation, said that
it certainly had a strange appearance; but
he thought that he could soon bring all to
agree with him in heartily commending this
curious application of the art of self-defense.
"It was customary," said he, "in olden
time for story-tellers to beguile with their
romances the tediousness of those hours
which could nut be devoted to the activity of
out-door spurts end occupations, nor, from
the rudeness and ignorance of the t mes, be
spent in any of the relined aocomplishinents
of the present day. We aro now, fur an
hour or so, like;our ancestors; in this most
uncomfortable apartment we have no means
of employing our minds; and I will, there
fore, with your permission, take the ollice of
story-teller, and read to you, from a manu
script I have in my pocket, the history of this
blow, its giver, and its victim: it is called
'Waring's Courtship,' and is in two chap
ters."
The party were only too glad to hare their
thoughts turned from the English into a
more acceptable channel, and accepted the
offer with thanks. lie accordingly drew a
roll of paper from his pocket, and read as
follows:
CHAPTER. I
=I
There is on the east coast of England a
little town which I shall call Sandborough,
and which was once a place of some impor
tance, and carried on a brisk coasting-trade
before railways were invented, but which
could not stand competition with them, and
has degenerated into a place where fishing
and oyster-catching are the chief employ
ui eats of its inhabitants, w 1 1 ,) are, with a
very few exceptions, entirely of the lower
orders. This town lies on the north bank of
a river, which, in its palmy days, was navi
gable up to the stone bridge which joined
the town to the opposite bank, and which
was perhaps half a mile from the sea. This
harbor had, however, from want of care,
been long ch iked up, and was only deep
enough for the fishing-boats, which, small as
they were, were often left high and dry on
the mud. The two piers which formed the
entrance to the harbor still remained in
very good condition, and formed a pleasant
promenade for the few visitors that its ex
tensive sands and its quiet retirement brought
down every summer to thin humble little
watering-place. For these individuals' ac
commodation there were a few lodging
houses, built at the top of the cliff to the
north of the town; but at that time there
were none of the usual attractions fur sea
side visitors, and libraries, concerts, and
donkeys were not to be had for love or money.
The gentleman who provided for the spir
itual welfare of this place was a widower of
about seventy, of kind and courteous man
ners and benevolent appearance, and much
liked by his parishioners. Ile had one
daughter, who was, at the time I am speak
ing of, about eighteen, a fair and very pretty
girl, almost equal to a curate in the help she
gave to her father among the poor and in
the village school, and equally beloved with
him by all the population ; Having spent her
life in this village with scarcely any society,
and away from the usual attractions that
are so much thought of among girls of her
age, she had grown up entirely simple,
flaunt!, and unaffected, was scarcely con-
SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
I .0 A, lA' i , 1 1 12, 1861.
scions that she was extremely pretty, and
was totally ignorant that, from her naivete
and innocence, she would prove a dangerous
companion to any youth of the opposite sex
with whom she might be much associated.
Among the visitors to this place, one au
tumn, there arrived a party of young men,
ith their tutor, who had determined to put
themselves out of all temptation to desert
their reading by locating . themselves at a
place which they knew to be distinguished
only for its unmitigated dullness. One of
these young gentlemen, Arthur Waring by
name, brought with him a letter of intro
duction to the rector; and the day after their
arrival he walked down with it to the recto
ry, imagining that the result would possibly
be an invitation to dinner, where he would
meet the lawyer and the doctor of the place,
nod be more bored than ever. The rectory
was nearer the town than the houses on the .
cliff; not within its limits, but just sufficient
ly out of them to command a country view
—which, by the way, was like that of most
sea-side places, not particularly interesting
—and surrounded by a largo garden and
shrubLery, which shut out the town and its
chimneys from view, and gave the place a
pleasant, cmntry appearance.
When Waring opened the garden-gate a
girl of slight figure, and in a gardening cos
tume, which was picturesque us well as use
ful, drew herself up from the stooping posi
tion which the proper doctoring of some pet
plant required, and looked with seine curi
osity to see who the intruder might be. No,
Miss Yore: it is nut the butcher's boy; nor
is it the doctor's assistant, in whose bosom
rumor has enshrined your fair self; nor is it
your father; no, it is a stranger, young, not
unhandsome, well dressed, and, aboro
from "wide-awake" to "halmorals," a
thorough gentleman.
When Waring rang the house-door hell an
old servant appeared, who told him that
"the rector was out, but that Margaret was
in the garden; would he go and speak to
her?"
Warin% thought hiS would, and out be
went. INlatgaret came forward to meet him,
a figure very unlike the young ladies he had
lately been accustomed to; a not very new
brown straw hat—a faslvon or two behind
the day in shape half on and half off a
small, well shaped head, the brown hair of
which formed a curling and rather—no, nut
untidy, but charmingly disarranged frame
fur a very lovely portrait; and yet it was by
no means a pretty face—the nose was a little
too much inclined to rise, the mouth was the
merest trifle too small, the eyebrows might
have stood a shade more penciling. It was
just the more charming fur its imperfections,
which proved that it:was the face of one who
was "no angel."
Waring had sufficient of the poet ,and the
artist in his composition to thoroughly ap
preciate her, as she came to meet him in
all the picturesqueness of her half in -door,
half out-door costume, and altogether, to his
eyes, as charming looking a girl as he had
ever seen. Lifting his hat, he explained the
objeet of his visit, and informed her who ho
was.
"I am sure my father will be very glad
indeed to see you," said she. "I have often
heard him speak of his old college friend,
Warine, and the pleasant hours they spent
together in Christ Church."
"1, also," said Waring, "have heard
lively recollections of Mr. Pere. They have
met. I think, since?"
"Yes, once in the Strand, and another
time on King's Cross Station."
"Oh," exclaimed Waring, "fancy the re
viving of old reminiscences of youthful days,
with the 'move on' of policemen, and the
'take your seats' of railway guards dinning
in your ears! But, Miss Were, 1 ant afraid
your protege yonder will suffer from your
absence, and I could not really have the
death of that small vegitable on my consci
ence; so I will wish you good-by for the
present, and shall hope to meet Mr. Were
another time."
As he spoke, the garden-gate opened, and
the rector himself appeared—a tall, clerical
looking old gentleman, who, seventy though
he was, walked as straight an I strong as a
life-guardsman. lle was evidently some
what puzzled as to who was, or what chance
had brought there, the gentleman who was
talking to his daughter; and, as Walter
came to meet him, and eras about to bow in
a formal mahner, when a gleam of intelli
gence came over his espression, and he said,
"If you are not a Waring I am very mach
mistaken!"
"You are right, sir," said Waring; "I am
your old college friend's oldest son."
"And you're like your father—very like,
with just his eyes and smile. lam glad to
see you, sir; come in and lunch with us,
and tell me how my old chum is getting on."
In they went, and Margaret did not at all
foll in Waring's estimation when she ap
peared, the picture of neatness anti simplicity,
at her father's table, and did the honors of
the frugal meal which they dignified with
the name of luncheon.
If Waring's friends, who by this time had
half-found out the dullness of Sandborough,
and were contemplating with anything but
satisfied feelings the pale ale, which, after
much difficulty, had been procured for them
from the one inn on the hill, had seen bim
eating bread and butter, and drinking wa
ter, in a manner not merely indicating con
tent, but even considerable pleessre, they
would hare been t.,107.00c. 11.toniltip.4
Waring, Clrz.vr t•Vet l.oat
he was in the company of two educated and
refined people, who, io everything they said
and all around them, evinced the fact that
the general rustiness of Sandborough had
not penetrated into the rectory; but that,
retired as it was, somehow or other its in
mates were as well qualified to talk on all
the topios of the day as if they bad lived in
the heart of Belgravia.
While we leave Waring in this pleasant
society, let us describe his friends. They
were three in number: first Brown, the
coach, a double first, and, notwithstanding,
a good fellow; then young Martindale, who
cared much more for Tennyson than for Eu
clid, and did a good a good deal of lying
about in the sun with his hat over his eyes;
and lastly, there was Johnson, the sporting
man of the party, whu was always going
oat with his ,gun and a cheerful smile, and
generally—from the poor sport-supplying
character of the place—coming back much
depressed, and half inclined never to go out
again. Waring was the Crichton of the
quartett: he could, when he liked, beat
Brown at Greek. and Martindale at English
verse, and wipe Johnson's eye in a way that
almost brought tears to that ill-used member.
Just as the little party at the rectory sat
down to luncheon, the one up at the lodging
did the same; but the views of that meal
taken by each were very different.
"I say," said Martindale, as he extracted
an only too willing cork from a bottle of
beer' which did not at all assist the parting
between them, look " here, you fellows,
here's the secret of the time it has been in
coming—this stuff was in the cask five min
utes ago, notwithstanding that it comes to
us with this certificate of character."
"It's too bad," crie3 Johnson; "but it's
just on a nar with everything else in this
hole of a place. I have been all round, and
there's not a shop where you can buy a ci
gar, except at the liueu•draper's, and he sells
cheese too!"
"Johnson," said the tutor, most emphati
cally looking up from his book, "if you at
tempt to smoke a cigar, bought under the
circumstance you describe, in this room,
leave the place at once."
"Now, Brown," said Johnson, in a sooth
ing manner. "don't be agitated; take some
thing to calm yourself. I would advise a
little differential calculus, or a conic section
or two. But, by the by, Waring has been
an unconscionable time paying that visit.—
What can have kept him?"
"Perhaps," sug..ested Martindale, "there
may be a daughter in the case; we all know
our friend's weakness on such points!"
`•Ten to ono that's the thing," said John
son. "Let's have the landlady up, and
worm it out of her. My dear," he began
to the girl who answered the boll, "tell Mrs.
Robinson to step up."
The lady referred to accordingly appeared
—a widow of course—in black satin—also
of course—and curtsied to Johnson, who,
from a certain old-looking appearance, she
fancied was officer in command.
"Oh, Mrs. Robinson," he began, "who is
the clergyman of this place?"
"Mr. Vere, sir; ho is a very nice gentle.
man, sir; and so is Miss Margaret, hie
daughter!"
"Unprecedented fact in natural history!"
observed Johnson (sotto vom)'t.) his friends.
"But Mrs. Robinson," continued he, "is
there no Mrs. Vere?"
"No, sir, she died many years ago, when
Miss Margaret was quite a little girl."
"And she takes care of her father's house,
then?"
"Yes, sir, and she does a deal of good
among the poor besides."
"Indeed," said Johnson. "Well, Mrs.
Robinson, we wuu't detain you further.--
There," said he triumphantly, "didn't I say
su? You won't get much grind out of him
now, Brown: he's done for. But perhaps
the opening of his young affections may
prove an interesting study, unless it should
only happen to be 'an embassy of love to—'
what's that your friend Tennyson says,
Martindale?"
"For heaven's sake," said Martindale,
"do not add the crime of murder to your
many sins! Keep your sacrilegious hands
hands off Tennyson, whatever you du!"
if there was one thing that Brown en
joyed more than another, it was the getting
what he called "a poetical rise" out of Mar
tindale? and therefore grinned with delight
at that youth's indignation.
The party had come down with the
strongest and firmest of resolutions as to
reading, and this being the first day, they
were carried oat tolerably well. According
ly. luncheon over, they began the two hours
which they had previously determined to
devote during the afternoon to study, and
this was half over before IVaring appeared,
with all the air of a man very well satisfied
with Lie mornings work. lie was at first
inclined to be very reserved as to the details
of his visit, but his companions were no
novices in the art of "pumping," and soon
found all they wanted; and, as he warmed
with his subject, and expatiated on the
general charraingoese and beauty of the
rector's daughter, his tutor listened with
mixed contempt and despair—contempt
at the weakness of man's nature, and de
spair when he thought of the poor chance
there would now be of knocking sufficient
into his amorous pupil for him to "pass"
next term.
CHAPTER II
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and temptation of society, with a young
woman staying in the same house
. at
the same time, and that young woman,
whether she were the plainest of the plain
or not, would, if she liked in a fortnight's
time have that man at her feet. Was it,
therefore, extraordinary, or at all to be
wondered at, that Waring was very soon
Miss Vere's devoted slave? And was it not
within the boundary of chance that his feel
ings were reciprocated? Such was the case,
and, to the rector's utter astonishment, he
was informed of the fact one morning by
the principals themselves. Such a thing
had never entered his head, as that his Mar
garet should leave him; and he could not
endure the thought when it did come; besides,
Waring was so very young, and all young
men are so very fanciful; and, on the whole,
he thought that it would ho better that there
should be no settled engagement, but that
]baring should finish his Oxford education,
and then, if he felt in the same mind, he
could corns down to Sandhorough, and they
might talk more about it. Although not
satisfhetory, it was better than a regular
refusal; and notwithstanding the rector's
advice, they were, to all intents and purposes,
engaged—if constant reading, talking, and
walking constitutes it. Among the places
which they most frequented was the pier
on the north side of the harbor mouth; for,
owing to the cliff above, it was hidden from
the inquisitive gaze of the telescope on the
terrace, and was very little frequented by
any except a few old pilots, who were gener
ally on the lookout fur vessels in the offing.
Ono lovely afternoon, towards the end of
August, they were, as usual, slowly walking
up and down this pier, the only occupant of
which, besides themselves, was a very
weather beaten and aged pilot, who was
sleepily leaning over the pier-head and
smoking a long black pipe. This individ
ual had about as much idea of love making
as Barkis of happy memory, who, by the
way, in his constant inquiries as to whether
the object of his affections was "comfortable"
or not, showed the aim and object of mar
riage in that class of life, namely, the giving
and receiving, not so much of love as of
comfort. It may be imagined, then, that
this ancient mariner did not take the small
est interest in the couple near him, and
therefore did not at all disturb their privacy
by over inquisitiveness. Theses was almost
perfectly calm, and the stillness of the day
was only broken by the soft sound of the
water lapping gently against the piles of
the pier, the occasional crowing of a distant
cock, and the boat-builder's hammer in the
town. They were thus walking quietly to
and fro, when, too much absorbed in each
other to notice where they were going, they
gradually got nearer and nearer to the edge
of the pier, and all of a sudden Waring felt
Margaret's arm slip suddenly out of his, and
before ho could catch her she had fallen into
the water below. His first impulse was to
immediately jump in after her, but the
imminence of the danger brought with it a
calmness that would have been, if he could
have thought about it, astonishing to him
self. Running op to the pilot, ho pointed
to Margaret struggling in the water, and
said, "A boat as quickly as possible!" The
' old man, aroused from all his lethargy by
the urgency of the ease, immediately ran
off, and Waring throwing off his coat and
waistcoat, sprung into the water. When
ho came to the surface he found himself
three or four yards from Margaret, who was
throwing her arms about and shrieking for
help. In vain he called to her to be calm:
all presence of mind seemed, front the sud
denness of the accident, to have left her;
and Waring was in utter despair as to what
he should do. Ile did not dare to go near
her, for he was only a very indifferent swim
mer; and he knew, if she once got her arms
around him, they would both go to the bot
tom without a chance of being saved. He
looked at the pier near him to see if there
was anything he could cling to for support;
but there was no hope of anythiuy of the
sort from the long row of gaunt, black piles,
slippery to an extreme degree with green,
slimy seaweed. lie at once saw that it was
useless to think of that side. And could he
swim across to the ether? that was the ques
tion. The sight, however, of a large iron
ring, used for mooring boats, made him re
solve to attempt it; and he immediately be
gan to consider bow it should be accom
plished. Margaret still continued the throw
ing
of her arms about with unabated vigor;
Waring knew that unless she were perfectly
calm it would be quite out of the question
to attempt the passage across. Ile shouted
again and again, but it was of no use, and
he began to think that they were then and
there to end their too short courtship. All
of a sudden an idea came into his bead,
which he at first indignantly repelled, but
which, from its evidently being tho only
thing to be done, returned again and again.
What if she were to be rendered temporarily
insensible? He could then carry her across
without danger, and they would be saved.
Waring was a very strong man, mirth given
to athletic sports, among which boxing was
a favorite one. Gathering all his strength
together, then, ho drew back his right arm,
and, waiting his opportunity, be struck
the being be loved best in the world right
between the eyes with his clenched fist! She
immediately fell, perfectly calm - and still,
on the surface of the water. In mental
agony not to be -described, he seized her
with hi. right unto. and began his passage I
across: but it was only by en almost super
human effort that he accomplished it; and
when, at Lint, he had his arm through the
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welcome ring, he had scarcely strength left
to support himself. Luckily he had not to.
wait long: the sound of the sharp stroke of
oars came on hie ear, and in a little while
he was pulled into a boat, with his insensi
ble burthen, when lie immediately fainted
away.
It is satisfactory to have to relate that no
more harm came from this adventure than
a few days' calm and quiet could cure.—
Margaret certainly went about fur some
time with a very decided pair of black eyes,
the sight of which invariably made Waring
so miserable that the doctor insisted on his
going home fora fortnight, and on his return
he found his fiancee as lovely as over. The
rector, after this incident could no longer
refuse his consent to a regular engagement;
and Waring went back to college, determin
ed to work for honor and Margaret!
"Such, ladies and gentlemen, is the little
tale confided to me: I hope that it has proved
to you that there is a case where a man may
strike oven his wife, and be commended fur,
the blow:"
There was no denying this; and the boat
being announced as ready to start, the gen
tleman was thanked for his pleas;mt beguile
ment or the time, and-the whole party pre
pared for their prospective miseries.
What ?Len Eat
It is not longsince a distiniuished party of
French philosophers enjoyed a repast en
tirely composed of equine materials. The
soup, the bouilli, the roti, the cutlets, the
fricassee, and a host of other dishes, were
all horse—it was, in fact, a regular horse
feed; and although the world iu general was
inclined to treat it with a horse laugh, the
men of science were animated by a fit of gas
tronomic benevolence, and sought to break,
through a prejudice, which appeared to them
undesiroable with a crowded population and
a high price of food. M. l'Abbe Le Noir
has taken up the subject of alimentation,,
and boldly bids Europe learn the lesson and
consult the experience of the Chinese. The
worthy abbe considers that our dietio pre
judices are simply the result of the fertility,
of our soil and the comparative sparsity of
our population; and if no great catastrophe,
like the barbaric invasions and the over
throw of the Roman empire, should agai:t
reduce our numbers, he anticipates the time
when ne,pessity will conquer daintiness, and
we must be content to waste nothing, but
eat everything that is digestable, excepting;
we suppose, our eiviliped slaves. French
officers have brought from China and Coch in
China specimens of all kinds of corriesti4
bles, unknown to or unused in Europe, and
they btand in the bottles and cases of the
Conservitoire, suggesting gustative experi
ments to all families and cooks. M. Le Noir
remarks, that while the flesh of the dog is
thought in Europe to be one of the-worst
kinds of food, in China it enjoys an excellent
reputation, and is regularly exhibited for
sale in the butchers' shops. Nay, more.—
Chinese farmers breed a variety of dog with
a special view to its culinary distinction.
IC is an animal easy to fatten, like a Berk
shire pig, and is known as the meat dog,
(chien de boucherie.) It resembles-a weld
dog, but the tongue and interior of the mouth
are black. A dog of this kind is nt present
ono of the inhabitants of Paris. The com
missariat officers bought slot of fatted beasts
in Cochin China, and among them was this
creature, of whom the sailors made a pet in
stead of dinner, and so his life was spared.
"Some of our restaurants," says -the abbe,
"are accused of serving up cat for rabbit,
but the Chinese have no need of this mys
tery, and their provision shops are decorated
by enormous cats, suspended either by the
head or taill Like their domestic companions
dogs and eats belong to the agrioultural sys
tem of the Celestial empire, and at every
farm we find these animals attached to
small chains, and put up to fatten on sense
rice." After dogs and cats, the mind nat
urally turns to rats; and those,. insteal of
being, as in England, simply a nuisance on a
farm, are objects of solicitude and affection
ate care. The Chinese farmer can not only
show his Cockney friends his piggery, but
also his doggery, his cattery, end even his
rotcry. In the earners of walls he places
bottles in which the rats make their nests,
and in due season be goes to the rattery for
a supply of young rats, just in the same
manner, says the abbe, as we go tootle dove
cotes to get pigeons fur a piel Not only do
the Chinese take the frog into their pantries,
but they eat all of him, not confusing them
selves to the hind legs; and even that more
repulsive batrachian, the toad, is not .f
-lowed to escape the omnivorous maw; '•not
a single capraud is lost in China," exclaims
the abbe, in economic enthusiasm. The
cookery, by which these various mambas of
the animal kingdom are rendered fit for ta
ble, is highly praised. The "Chines.. ate
the beet roasters in the world;" they adopt
the old English plan before bottle jacks were
invented, ant make a twisted 'thread of
worsted turn their delicacy until it is nicely
done. Then, whatever the material, it is
chopped into small' pieces, flavored with"
national sauce, called mania, and served up
with.itice, no one being able to make put
what the dish is composed of.
In Europe we waste a good Many sorts-of
shell-fish—not so the Chinese; they eat-all.
even the large fresh water mus.cle, (arra
&sato) which are ti . ) be found in - the mud of
English ponds. A monster snail, (volute
mete,) is a favorite article, and the ebbs is
glad to tell as that Pub is making progress,