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A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
1.36, -7
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Columbia,Sray4,lBdo.: . .
IL ESSICIL,
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COLUMBIA. PA
DR. HOFFER,
T,IBMIST:--OFFICE; Front Street 4111 deer
Lierem - Loeuet. over Sitylor kitleDonald'e Book'sto e
Coluntr;a, Pt.. j jl7 - Entranee, lame It. Jolley
egraplOrGallery,... (Augu. 21. Mgt 9.
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Silver
and Silver-Plated Ware.
SHREINER & SPERING,
AVING taken the old established •land of John
1l Felix. Front street, Columbia. respectfully loupe:
the politic to call and examine their large as•oranent
CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY,
," SILVER and SILV ER-PLATED W ARE,
CU TLER Y , COMBS, P I STO LS, '
ACCORD EONS, and FANCY. A IrriCLEB,
'Such as are u.tuoliy kept Lou first-els.* Jewelry More.
We will keep constantly on hood to large sloth of
.1116.miericlebra. "C7V'a.toho®,
Id Gold nod Silver en.e.. , --Appleton, 'Tracy & Co . P .
Garilcti mid Wm Sllcry movements—which' We
will oiler to 11te pliblic ulprice. to -nit Cm (macs.
A eOlitoounnee of the former put foliage wreviret
fully solicited
Viirßnestitrs iN eV ALL [INDS 1410141 , TLT ATTICIrDED To
l ' umbla, July 19. 1142.
j: NOW 'FOB BARGAINS:
WE have Pu.t teertived another ini of ell-wool De-
IT War. and plaid Mosuailuquev. which we offer et
?educed price- :STEACY & 110 W Eftri,
Cola Jaw. teR. 16:42 Cur 2d nod I.chliet Sta.
OLD CREAM OF GLYCERIN! .---For the eon
euJ prevention in eimpiseii.lionsk. &Et, .Foi its
at the /LDEN AIORTAKDIIIIII SIN /RE,
Dee 3 1839 t Front etreet.eo,stroliti
SA.LT! SALT!
JUST yereirect ;tic ,uto , ripe r , , atottpr .tarp
rt./ ; , _
100 Bags Ground Alum Salt,
.• . I t muriel
.J J RU .11'1.11
C26411/1111;4613olliPollioxten , Ciaelciii, for
Dyspopto-0, - strol Arrow Root enai•iirr.. for IN
vatlidis mod ololdttot—new unities Coluntibta, rl
gm I ;wilily , :
'April 16; 1850. '
Hrriso n's oumb i an nk.
WHICH tu.oprricir Oriiete, pennant -idly block
111 and not corroding the pro. evit Ise hod in ens
.tatttity.awa fir Fatuity Mbliid.oeeriiberotild biocide
vat riAitirt'Ehtl ilatt "Root
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1f , 1 4 . 1 10ER.10. the barrel. half baireland gunner
.1.11 harm'. 01 1. 1 .c, 1, 5' ,1 ‘ 1 4 4/4 .1, , ' 1 3 # • i"
4 0 ArliWy to .1. A •roi.n.
-Columbia Jel3 12. • C..t t i u tiwkrn.
WALL p-Armie
PAPER CHEAPER'THAN WHITEIVASit.
hove jo.o . received n !sago lot of nitll Vapor,
all newo.4 e. And 1.e.4 goon., which we
rill proreo to-uut the tune...
*SAILOR dr. 31C'DONA:.D.
' from t..annve Low u‘to-loouunaom.
Mornly2
NOTICE.
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IdeArr to .emle up the old Wools lici : notitt.. of boM
egoism. .mud segues* all iteroo)l4 koosm tg them
telve.• indebted to pleuse call cod •mt.e. be ~me.
- H. t.l FCC% Illiße NI l'l'/I.
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Coltmbin, May 17, 1861.
SZPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE,--The slim
such un article an felt 111 every family. and 110 W
ii Cllll, be, supplied; fur mending furniture, china•
ware, ornamental work, lays, there in nothing
superior. We have found it useful in repairing molly
artrelei which have been 'Defers for mouthy. Yu
Jan Vin it at the
tu,ottriA - FA4I Li M KnioiNß-groRE: .
' • "PECIEET BOOKS AND PURSES.
A LASKI lot ot?Pnie end ;Common rocket 3ooks
A
stlo Purees, letfrortellfi cents to two di:Maritime
Kt legman -etc mud News:DeMet.
Coainn
Zawin, .Ziavarns, Lawns.
" r sritZg t Vr: P°'
• June 2n. 11832 -. ' Oppceute 044 re low.'
~ -.:HOOPED _SKITS.
ANE‘._, ;..I)ksidid, sty ie:of 7 Hooprd Akin., ill.*
TOVel•ea; Mao, II fall IBROYHTII9II Of Mbar mita B,
very cheap ' 11.ALTI3Y kt-lASti",
.Columbist..April 28. IPB2. • Locust Street.
rort. Lamm,
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15h hSer . k. G. A. Salt, 100 Suekts aittlipia.:ZrglsAp
',U pit , at
Wareltouve, Canal Navin.
Columbia. Dec. 2P, 1281..
, • • • • RAISINS.
PULL *ripply of Raisins—Seedless and%eyes—
kbe found at th e Cor:cif rr. if rr. n end If 1. sta.
Nee . 22; 112. - ' HENRY SUYISAM.
R .Ev i wv E D
ND'for vale : by the harrrl or !wirer quan:atiml9/1
A barrels MOrrougatrela Whicky; .t -
A PPOLD'S Warrhott.r,
Cola. Afityl4; . Canal Balsa
rFor Sale at a Bargain„
Trtreeharii&of Two'Fire ami Bails r Proof Potreo—
"Herring" or -Li, nee" Patent: Aleo. a Family
HarraVand a girt-rate Carriage and Harnaae. Call a
the itanaerf, 4
H. C. FONDERI 4 I I Irnr.
adjoinhorthe Hank
Cola. NO 17, 11412.
FOR CHRISTMAS!
A Cboicor Baking Molies;4c the ben , in the market at
STEA CY de DOWERe'.
Coln. Dee 0.1862. - -Con tM and Locust Sia.
CLOAKING *C1:0111:
BrAtTiFUL. Black. Cloth. suitable for ladies cloaks
Comer. STEACY & BOW
re &cowl awl Lamest Street%
Cola. Dee. .5.4 Opposite Odd Fellows' Hall.
$ hate receives Squib...Of
VY" "Paro Brandy, 'Old Rye Orldaky,
• 016 Port Wine.
arblelt are - efferfor sale far Medicinal MIMOSA . .
A. DRAY it CO.
Golden Mortar Drug Store.
Cols:3111f 41,,61.
•'''C/ 111 •rj'H DiikSl3 - •fik3ODS; ••• •
Dellatitea,Ciabmarea, Mack Silks:Beek Insinnisla"
Ileltiagn, Civets, M swans, Sheeting.. Blankets
k se% &el at' • " BRUNKRS" '
43, eta : bet 17,18110. Cor.Thlrd and Union.
13921.% Otra
Of eisponer quidioy, eenmantly ow hand go
Ney.t. AMS, Loseta.t
~, Vorttg.
Back Again,
.Froth all the Font's, salt, bitter, sweet— .
Fashiorda Bethesdus, %Venial's and Pride's—
Where, in ..the senaon," the elite
Baptize—in Ilea Ith's name—their insides;
From Newport, Rockaway, Cape May,
Where, lively as the tutored
Natrona end mails at leapfrog play
In summer, with gymnastic seas;
From where, in foam, Niagara's !Intact,
Explode with earth-convolaing throes,
To gratify the belles aol bloods
Who gape at the sublime Cohoes;
From mountains White and mountain. Green,
Profit:lake by wood-crowned bills clip•, in,
From every kind of rural scene,
"Done , bYthe colks'of Ton and Tin,
Throngs back our human chinaware,
Our locvny/iye porcelain,
And Fourteenthstreet is debouair,
Fifth Avenue itself again'.
el 50-
On Broadway, "forms ofehafeest,mould"
Once.innie are moving to ititt fro,
—,AnA-nzee the Testament. theQhl—
Forever 'mincing as they ge." •
The clergy that in summer's heat
To the '•Brat temples" lied to cool,
Avis - the pulpit cushions beat,
Again rich sinners mildly school.
Theatre■ mid concert halls are jammed,
The Parka alive with prancing steeds,
The millinery stores are crammed,
Tim rich give °sten:wham leeds;
The Falls, the Spas, the li^ kes, the Sea.
' Haveitad their day—their halls are here—
And ni'itni for cone:mot, Vanity
Proclaims anew Ler Urban Fair.
' .14iali, iii. la
gelutiinto.
Insurance and Assurance
FICHWANDINE....I have been drinking hard all night,
nod wfd have more time to prepare me, or they shall
bent not my brains with billets. I will not consent to
dir this day. flint's eel title.
Quatt.-0, sir you m.vo;and therefore I beseech you
inos forward on the journey you shrill go.
FERXANDMIL—I sWellii I wr•l not die to day for coy
tower. per-maston. (Measure for blea+ure.
"It is inconceivable to the virtuous and
praisvvorthy part of the world, who have
been born and bred to respectable idleness,
what terrible straits are the lot of those
scandalous rogues whom Fortune has left to
shift nit- themselves." Such was my feel
ing ejaculation, when, full of penitence for
the sin of urgent necessity, I wended my
ray to the attorney who had swept togeth
er, and for the must part picked up, the
crumbs which fell from my father's table.—
Ha. was a little grizzled, and sardonic
palatal, with features which were as hard
as his heart, and stall their leather jacket
so tightly that one would have thought it
had shrunk from washing, or that they had
bought it second hand, and were pretty
nearly out at the elbows. They wore com
pletely emblematic of their pOssessor whose
religion it was to make the most of every-
I thing, and amongst the rest, of the distress
es of his particular friends, amongst whom
I hal the happiness of standing very for
ward. My business required but little ex
planation, for I was oppressed by neither
rent rolls nor title-deeds, end we sat down
to consider the readiest means of turning an
excellent income tier one year into some
thing decent for a few more. My adviser,
wh•t"+e small experienced eye had twinkled
through all the speculations of the age, and,
at the seine time, had taken a very exact
measurement of my capabilities of turning
them to advantage, seemed to be of opinion
that I was fit for nothing on earth. For
one undertaking, I wanted application; for
another I wanted capital. "Now," said he;
"as the first of these deficiencies is irreme
diable, we must do what we can to supply
the latter. Take my advice;_ Insure your
life fur a few thuusands; you will have but
little premium to pay, for you look as if you
would live for ever; and from my know
ledge of your rattle-pated habits, and the
various chances against you, I will give you
a handsome sum fur the insurance." Ne
cessity obliged me to acquiesce in the pro
posal, and I assured the old cormorant that
there was every likelihood of my requitting
his liberality by the most unremitting per
servance to all the evil habits which bad
procured me his countenance. We shook
hands in mutual ill-opinion, and he obliging
ly volunteered to accompany me to an !n
-ett:l4les Office, where they were supposed
to estimate the duration of a man's life to a
quarter of an hour and odd seconds.
We arrived a little before the business
hour, and were shown into a_ large room,
where we found several more speculators
waiting ruefully for the oracle to pronounce
sentences. In the centre was a large table,
round which, at equal distances, were placed
certain little lumps of money, which my
friend'-told tie were to reward the labors of
the Inquisition, amongst whom the surplus
arising from the absentees' would likewise
bedivided From the keenness with which
each individual darted upon his share and
ogled that of his absent neighbor, I sur
mised that somata' my fellow su &ears would
find the der against them. . They would be
examined by eyes crpable of penetrating
every crevice of their constitutions, by noses
which could smell a rat a mile off, and bunt
a gulitea breast high': How. indeed could
plague pestilence, goat or gluttony expect
to lurk in its hole undisturbed when sur
rounded by a pack of terriers which seemed
hungry enough to devour one another?—
Whenever the door slammed, and they loo)c
-ed for an-addition to their cry, they were
going to barit;!alat . tiif I 'Craggier really en
tered end seised upon his moiety. " the in-,
telligent look of vexation was precisely like
that of ti 'fog" who hair lait a' bone. When
tea or n dcis t iarief thesegtatrylead assembled
she labor ,Ofthe, day eomplatees&
Most of our adventurers for raising sup
plies upon their natural lives, were afflicted
with a natural conceit that they were by no
means circumscribed in foundation for such
a project. In vain did the board endeavor
to persuade them that they were half dead
already. They fought hard for a few more
years, swore that their fathers had been al
most immortal, and that their whole families
had beeri.as - tenacious of life as eels them
,selves. Alaslzhey were first ordered into
an.adjoining room, which I soon learnt was
the condemned cell; and then delicately in
formed that the establishment could have
nothing to say, to them. Some, indeed, bad
the good luck to be reprieved a little longer
but even these did not effect a very flattering
or advantageous bargain.., One old gentle
man had a large premium to pay for a tot
ter in his knees; another for an extraordin
ary circumference in the•girth;and a dowager
of high respectability, who waaaffficted with
certain undue proportions of width, warn
fixed most exorbitantly. The only customer
who met with anything like satisfaction was
a gigantic man of Ireland, with whom death
I thought was likely to have a puzzling con-.
test.
"flow old are you, Mr?" inquired an ex
aminer.
"Forty."
"You seem a strong man."
...
"I am the atrouseet mon in Ireland."
[Sanity Fair.
"But subject to the gout?"
"No—The rheumatism.--Nothing else
upon•my soul."
"What age was your father when he
died?"
"Ob, be died young, but then he was
killed in a row."
"Have you any uncles alive?"
"No: they were killed id rowe too."
"Pray, sir, do you think of returning to
Ireland?"
"May be I shall, some day or other."
"What security can we have that you are
not killed in a row yourself?"
"Oh, never fear! lam the sweetest tem
per in in the world, barring when I'm din
ing out which is not often."
"What, sir, you can drink a little?"
"Throe bottles, with ease."
"All that is bad. You haire a red face
and look apoplectic. You will, no doubt,
ge off suddenly."
' a bit. My face was born with me;
and I'll lay a bet I live longer than any two
in the room."
"Ant three bottles-"
"Newer you mind that. I don't mean to
drink more than a bottle and a half in future.
Besides, I intended to get married, if I can
and live snug."
A debate arose amongst the directors re.
specting this gentleman's eligibility. The
words "row" and "three bottles" ran, hurry
scurry, round the table. At last, however,
the leader of the'pack addressed him in a
demurring growl, and agreed that, upon his
mending irregularities, he should be admit
ted os a fit subject.
It was now my turn to exhibit; but as my
friend was handing me forward, my pro
gress was arrested by the entrance of a
young lady with an elderly maid servant.
Site was dressed in slight mourning, was
the most sparkling beauty I had ever seen,
and appeared to produce an instantaneous
effect, even upon the stony hearted direotors
themselves. The chairman politely re
quested her to take a seat at the table, and
she imspediately entered into her business,
which seemed little more than to show her
self to be entitled to twenty thousand
pounds, for which her late husband had in
sured his life.
"Zsuuds," thought I. "twenty thousand
paunch and a widow."
"Ah, madam!" observe the chairman,
"your husband made too good a bargain
with us. I told him he was an elderly,
sickly sort of a man, and not like to last;
but I never thought he would die so soon
after his marriage."
An elderly, sickly sort of a man! She
would marry again, of course! I was on
fire to be examined before her, and let her
hear a favorable report of me. As luck
would have it, she had some further trans
actions which required certain papers to be
sent for, and, in the pause, I stepped boldly
forward.
••gentlemen," said my lawyer, with a
smile which whitened the tip of hie nose,
and very nearly'sent it through the external
tegumente, "allow me to introduce Kr.
a particular friend of mine, who is desirous
of insuring his life. You perceive he isnot
of your dying sort."
The directors turned their eyes toward
me with erident satisfaction, and I had the
vanity to believe that the widow did so too.
••Yon have a broad chest," said one, "I
dare say your lungs ere never.affeeted."
"Good shoulders, too," raid another.
"Not likely to be knocked down in a row."
"Strong in the legs, and not debilitated
by dissipation," cried a third.. think
this gentleman will suit us."
I could perceive that, during these com
pliments, and a few others, the widow was
very much inclinekto titter, which 1 con
sidered as much as a flirtation commenced;
and when I was ordered into another room
to be farther examined by the surgeon in
attendance, I longed to tell her to stop till I
come back. The professional gentleman
did his utmost to find it flaw in me, bat was
obliged to write me a certificate, with which
I re-entered, and had the satisfaction of
hearing the chakman,read that I was war
ranted sound. The iLiiirtreaawat44ed
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1863.
me somewhat jooosely, and the widow
laughed outright. Our affairs were settled
exactly at the same moment, and I followed
her closely down stairs.
"What mad triok are you at now?" in
quired the cormorant:
"I am going to hand that lady to her car
riage," I responded; and I kept my word.
She bowed with much courtesy, laughed
again, and desired her servant to drive
home.
"Where is that John?" said I.
"No. —, sir, in —street," saiddotin;
and away they went.
We walked steadily away, ths • bird of
prey reckoning up the advantages of his
bargain with me, and I• in a mood of
equally interesting reflection.
" What are you pondering about, young
gentlensan?". he at last commenced.
"I am pondering whether or no you have
not overreached yourself in this transac
tion."
"How so?"
"Why, I begin to think I shall be obliged
to,giv:a up m:y harem : scar= way of life;
drink, moderately, leave off fox-hunting, and
sell my spirited horses, which, you know:
will make a material difference in the pro
bable date of my demise."
"But where is the necessity of your do
ing all this?"
"..Nly wife will, most likely, - make it a
e tipulation."
"Your wife?"
"Yet. That pretty, disconsolate widow
we have just parted from. You may laugh;
but if you choose to bet the insurance which
you have bought of me against the pur
chase-money, I will lay you that she makes
me a sedate married man in less than two
months."
"Done?" said the oormorant, his features
again straining their buckskins at the idea
of having made a double profit of me. "Let
us go to my house, and I will draw a deed
to that effect, gratis."
I did not flinch from the agreement. My
case, I knew, was desperate. I should have
hanged myself a month before had it not
been far the &soca races, at which I had
particular business, and any additional rea
son for disgust to the world, would, I
thought, be rather a pleasure than a pain
—provided I was disappointed in the lovely
widow.
Modesty is a bad bugbear upon fortune.
I have known many who have not been op
pressed that remain in the shade, but I have
never known one who emerged with it into
prosperity. In my own case it was by no
means a family disease, nor had I lived in
any way by which I was likely to contract
it. Accordingly, on the following day, 1
caught myself very coolly knocking at the
widow's door; and so entirely had I been
occupied in considering the various bless
ings which would accrue to both of us from
our union, that I was half way up stairs be
fore I began to think of an excuse for my
intrusion. The drawing-room was vacant,
and I was left for a moment to wonder
whether I was not actually in some temple
of the Loves and Oracles. There was not a
thing to be seen which did not breathe with
tenderness. The ceiling displayed a little
heaven of sportive Cupids, the carpet a wil
derness of turtle-doves. The pictures were
a series of the loves of Jupiter, the vases
presented nothing but hearts-ease and love
lies bleeding; the very canary birds wore
inspired, and had a nest with two young
ones; and the eat herself looked kindly over
the budding beauties of a tortoise-shell kit
ten. What a place for a sensitive heart
like mine! I could not bear to look upon
the mirrors which reflected my broad
shoulders on every side, like so many
giants; and would have given the world to
appear a little pale and interesting, although
it might have injured my life a dozen years
purchase. Nevertheless, I was not daunted,
and I looked round, for something to talk
about, on the beauty's usual occupations,
which I found were all in a tone with which
I had remarked. Upon the open piano lay
"Auld Robin Grey," which had, no doubt,
been song in allusion to her late husband.
On the table was a half-finished -drawing of
Apollo, which was, equally without doubt,
meant to apply to her future one; and round
about were strewn the seductive poems of
Moore, Campbell and Byron. "This witch,"
thought I, the very creature I am sigh
ing after!" I would have married her out
of a hedge-way, and worked upon the roads
to maiptain her; but with twenty thousand
pounds—aye, and tripoli more,-unless I am
mistaken, she would create a fever in the
frosty Caucasus! I was in the most melt
ing mood alive, when the door opened, and
in walked the fascinating object of my
speculations. She was dressed in simple
gray, wholly without ornament, and her t,
dark brown hair was braided demurely over
a forehead which looked as lofty as her hair
was lovely. The reception she gave me was ,
polite and graceful, but somewhat distant;
and I perceived that she bad either forgot- ,
ten, or was.detertninod not to recognize me.
I Was not quite prepared,for this, and, in
spite of my constitutional ,con . ddence , felt a
little embarrassed. I had, pe rhaps, mistaken
the — breakings forth of a young and buoyant
spirit, under ridiculous circumstance!, for
the encouragement of volatile coquetry; and,
for a moment, I was in doubt whether I
should not apologise and pretend that she
was not the lady for whom my visit was in
tended! But then she was so beautiful!
Angela and ministers! Nothing on earth
could have seat as down stairs *Wets Thad
been kicked down! "Madam,"•l began—
but my blood was in a turmoil, and I have
never been able to recollect precisely what
I said. Something it was, however, about
my late father and her lamented husband,
absence and the East Indies, liver com
plaints, and life insurance; with complaints,
condolences, pardon,-{urrtarbation, and pre
ter-plu-perfect impertinence. The lady
looked surprised, broke my speech with two
or three well-bred ejaculations, and aston
ished me very mutt' by protesting that she
never heard her husband mention either my
father or his premising little heir-apparent,
William henry Thomas, in the whole Course
of their union. "Ah, madam," said I, "the
omission is extremely natural! lam sure
I am not at all offended with your late hus
band upon that score. He was an elderly,
sickly sort of a man. My father always
told him he could not last, but he never
thought he would have died so soon after
marriage. Ile had not time—he had not
time, madam, to make his friends happy
by introducing them to you."
-I believe, upon the whole, I must have
behaved remarkably well, for the widow
could not quite make up her mind whether
to credit me or not, which, when we con
eider the very slender materials I had to
work upon, is saying a great deal. At last
I contrived to make the conversation glide
away to Auld Robin Grey and the drawing
of Apollo, which I pronounced to be a chef
d'ouvre. "Permit me, however, to suggest,
that, the symmetry of the . figure would not
be destroyed by a little more of the Hercu
les in the shoulders, which would make his
life a.mach,l2nger. purchase.. A little more
amplitude in the chest, too,. and a trifle
stronger on the legs, as they say at the In
surance office. The widow looked comi
cally at tho recollections which I brought to
her mind; her rosy lips began -to disclose
their treasures in a half smile; and this, in
turn, expanded in a laugh like the laugh of
Euphrosyne. This- was the very thing for
me. I was always rather dashed by beauty
on the stilts; but pot us upon fair ground,
and I never supposed that I could be other
wise than charming. 1,, ran over all the
amusing topics of the day, expended a thou
sand admirable jokes, repeated touching
passages from a new poem which she had
not read, laughed, sentimentalized, cuddled
the kitten, and forgot to go away till I had
sojourned full two hours. Euphrosyne
quite lost sight of my questionable introduc
tion, and chimed in with a wit as brilliant
I as her beauty; nor did she put on a single
grave look when I volunteered to call the
next day and read the remainder of the
poem.
• It is impossible to conceive how carefully
I walked home. My hca I and heart was
full of the widow :sad the wager, and my
life was more precious than the Pigot Dia
mond. I kept my eyes sedulously upon the
pavement, to be sure that the coal-holes
were closed; and I never once crossed the
street without looking both ways, to calcu
late the dangers of being run over. When
I arrived, I was presented with a letter, from
my attorney, giving me the choice of an en
signcy in a regiment which was ordered to the
lVestlndies; or of going as missionary to New
Zealand. I wrote to him, in answer, that
it was perfectly imm aerial to me whathet•
I was cut off by the yellow fever or devour
ed by cannibals, but that I had business
which would prevent me from availing my
self of either alternative fur two months, at
least.
The next morning found me again at the
doqr of Euphrosyne, who gave me her lily
hand, and received me with a smile of an
old acquaintance. AlTaira went on pretty
much the same as they did on the preceding
day. The poem was long, the singing ex
quisite, my anecdote of New Zealand irre
sistable, and we again forget ourselves till
it was necessary, in common politeness, to
oak me to dinner. Here her sober attire,
which for some months had been a piece of
more gratuitous respect, was exchanged for
a low evening dress, and my soul, which
was brimming before, was in agony to find
room fur my increasing transports. Her
spirits were sportive as butterflies over the
flowers of her imagination with a grace that
was quite miraoulous. She ridiculed the
rapidity of oar acquaintance, eulogized my
modesty till it was well nigh burnt to cin
der, and every now sod then sharpened her
wit by a delicate recurrence to Apollo and
the shoulders of Hercules.
The thitd and the fourth and the fifth
days, with twice as many more, were equal
ly productive of excuses for calling, and
reasons for remaining, till at lest 1 took
upon me to call and remain.: without trou
bling myself about the one or the other. I
was received with progressive cordiality;
and at last, with a mixture of timidity which
assured me of the anticipation of a catastro
phe which was, at once, to decide the ques
tion with the insurance oiliest, and deter
mine the course of my travels. One day„l
found the Peri sitting rather pensively to
work, and as usual, took my seat opposite
to her.
"I have been thinking," said the, "that I
have been mightily imposed upon." -
"By whom?" I inquired.
"By one of whom you intro the highest
opinion—by - yourself."
"In what do you mistrust me?"
•'Come, now, will it please you to be can
did and toll me honestly that all that exceed
ingly intelligible story about your father
and the liver complaint, and heaven knows
what,—was a mere fabricatioo." •
$1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANE; $2,00 IP NOIN -ADVANE
"Will it please Jon• -to let me thread that
needle, for I see that you are taking aim at
the wrong end of it?"
"I think I could put the ficiishing touch to
that srrig. you see?" I continued,
jumping up and leaning over her. "It
should ba done so. What stitch do you call
that?"
The beauty was not altogether in a mood
for joking. I took her hand—it trembled—
and en did mine.
"Will you pardon me?" I whispered, "I
am a sinner, a counterfeit, a poor, swindling
disreputable-vagabond—but I love you to
my soul."
The work dropped upon her knee.
* * * * *
In about a fortnight from this time I ad
dressed the following note to my friend:
DEAR will give you great plea
sure to hear that my prospects are mending
and that you have lost your wager. As I
intend settling the insurance on my wife, I
shall, of course, think yuu entitled to the
job. Should your trifling loss in me oblige
you to become en ensign in the West Indies,
or a missionary in New Zealand, you may
rely upon myinterost there.
The Lifetime of Man
When the world was created, and all
creatures assembled to have their lifetime
appointed, the ass first advanced and asked
how long he would have to live?
"Thirty years," replied Nature, "win
,that• he agreeable to thee?"
"Alasl'.'-aniwered the ass, "it is a long
while. Remember what a wearisome ex
istence will be mine; from morning until
night I shall have to bear heavy burdens,
dragging corn-sacks to the mill, that others
may eat bread, while I shall have no en
couragement, nor be refreshed by anything
but blows and kicks. Give me but a por
tion of that time I pray?"
Nature was moved with compassion, and
preaented.but eighteen years. The ass went
away comforted, and the dog came forward.
' , now long doet thou require to live?"
asktch,Nature. "Thirty years were too
many ton the ass, butwiltthoo be contested
with them?"
"Is it thy:will that I - amid?" replied the
dog. •"Fhink'how much I will have to run
about; my feet will not last for so long a
time, and when I shall have Fest my voice
for barking, and my teeth fur biting, what
else shall I be ftt for .but.lie in . the corner
and growl?"
Nature thought he was right. and. gore
twelve years.
The ape then appeared.
"Thou wilt, doubtless, willingly lire the
thirty years," said Nature; thou wilt not
have to labor as the ass and dog. Life will
be pleasant to thee."
"Ah, nol" cried he; "to it may seem to'
others, but it will not bel Should puddings
ever rain down, I - shall excite laughter by
my grimaces, and then be rewarded by a
sour apple. How often sorrow lies con
ce:Nled behind njestl I shall not be able to
eodurs for Thirty years." •
• Nature was gracious, and he received but
ten.
At last catzte Mel, healthy and strong,
nod asked the measure of his days.
"Will thirty years cont thee?"
"How short a timei" ernlaimed man.
"When I shall have built my house, and
kindled a firo upon my own hearth—when
the trees'l shall have planted are about to
bloom and bear fruit—when life shall seem
to me most desirable, I shall die. Oh, Na
ture, grant me a longer period."
"Then shalt thou have the eighteen years
of the ass, besides."
"That is net enough," replied the man.
"Take, likewise, the twelve years of the
dog."
"It is not yet sufficient," reiterated man;
"give me more."
"I will give thee, then, the ten yeare of
the ape, and in vain wilt thou claim more."
Man departed unsatisfied.
Thus man lives seventy years. The first
thirty are hie human years, and pass swiftly
by. Re labors carefully, and rejoices in his
existence. The eighteen of the ass come
next; burden upon burden is heaped upon
him; he carries the corn that is to feed
others; blows and kicks are the reward of
his faithful service. The twelve years of
the dog follow, and he loses his teeth, and
lies down in the corner, and growls. When
these are gone, the ape's ten years form a
conclusion. Then man, weak and silly, be
comes the sport of children.
Esquimaux Architecture.
As the days length's:l, tbo villages ars
emptied of their inhabitants, who move sea
ward on the ice to the seal hunt. Then comes
into use a marvelous system of architecture,
unknown among the rest of the American
nations. The fine, pare snow has by that
time acquired, under the action of strong
winds and hard frosts, sufficient coherence
to form an admirable light building material
with which the &minimax. muter-mason
erects most comfortable dome-shaped houses.
A circle is first traced on the smooth surface
of the snow, and the slabs for raising the
walls are out from within, so as to clear a
apace down to the ice, which is to form the
floor of the dwelling, and whose evenness
wr ei
previousl y aabarequisite ascertai ned tocomplete
th
by probing.—
bing.—
Tdome,
after the interior of the circle is exhausted,
are out from some neighboring spot. Each
slab is neatly fitted to its plus by a flinch
ing knife bog disjoint, wiles it instantly
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freezes to the wall, tha • c ld atesoiphere
forming a most excellent cemont. ;Grevicrs
are plugged up, and seams accurately obaseKl
by throwing a few shovelfuls of-loose snow
en the fabric. Two men generally** to
gether in raising a house, and the onewho
is stationed .within cuts—a low•-doovrvind
creeps out when his task is over.
The walls being only three or four inches
thick are sufficiently translucent'to 'admit
a very agreeable light, which serves f4rnor
dinary domestic purposes; but if more be
requirled, a window is cut, turd: the aper
ture is fitted with pieces of transpareet,lee.
The proper thickness of the Wall is of !sloe
importance. A few inches excludes the
wind, yet keeps down Nile ternperatnA" so
as to prevent dripping from the interior.
The furniture-such as se: t yab'es,and sleep
ing places—is also formed of snow,..eed
covering of folded reindeer skin orsealsicin
renders them comfortable to the inmates.
By means of ante-chambers add porches, in
the form of long, low galleries, with their
openings turned to leeward, warmth is icy .
sured in the interior; and social intercourse
is promoted by building the houses =Riga
trusty, and cutting doors of communication
between them er by erecting covered •Iras
sage 9. Storehouses , kitchen s, and 'oilier
accessory buildings, may be constructed in
the same manner, and a degree of conveni
ence gained which would be attempted in
vain with a less plastic rnaterial..•.These
banns are durable; the wind has-,.little s ef
fect nu them, and they resist the ,thawreill
the sun scrims very considerable power.
—Sir- Johis Richardson.,
Statistics of the Globe.
The following curious facts'are Silitottby
the Abeille Meelkale: "The 'earth is inhab
ited by 1,288,000,000 of inhabitants,
369,000,000 of the .Calleasian race; 552;004,-
000 of-the• Mongolian; 196,000,006 of 'the
Ethiopianvl,ooo,ooo of the AMerican Indian;
and 204,000,000 of .the Mnitry rico. • Alt
these respectively speak '3,064- linguages,
and-profess 1,000 different religions. Via
amount of deaths per annum 15333;333,333,
or 91,954. per day, 3,730 per hour, ';6O :per
minute, or one per second; so that every
pulsation of opr hearts a humanibeingdietr.
This loss is compensated by an' equal anat.
her of births. The average duration of life
throughout the globe is 33 years, One
fourth of its population dies before the
seventh year, and one half before tho seven
teenth., a Out of 49,000 persons only one
reaches his hundredth year, only one in 500
his eightie h, and only one in 100 his,sixty
fifth.. Married people live longer .than ; un
married ones, and a-tall man is likely•to
live longer than a short one. Until the, fif
tieth year, women have u, bettor chance ; of
life than men, but beyond that _period, Abe
chances are,equit I. Sixty-five • persons,. ont
of 1,000 marry. The months of June_ and
December are those in which marriages are
roost frequent.• Children born in Spring
are generally stronger than those ,born-in
other seasons.. Births and. deaths chiefly
occur at night. The number of Men able to
bear arms is but one eighth of the popplit
tion. The nnture of the profession exereii.-.
es a great influence on longevity. Thus out
of 100 of each of the following prOfelerons
the number of those who attain their seven
tieth year is, among clergymen, 42; tigii
eulturiets, 40; traders and maonfuetureni,
33; soldiers, 32; clerks, 32; lawyers, '29;
artists, 28; professors, 27; and. physieians,
24; so that those who study the art of ,pro
longing the lines of others are most liable to
die early, probably on account of theefiluvie
to which they are constantly exposed.—
There are in this word 336 millions. 'of
Christiane, fivemiliions of Jews, 600 mil
lions professing some of the Asiatic religions.
100 millions of Multometane, and 900 mil
lions of ,Pagans. Of the Christians, 170
millions profess the Catholic, 76 millions
the Greek, end 80 millions the Protestant.
creeds."
A BE.turirct. ClTT.—:Bitavia—the capi
tal city of the island of Java—according to
the description of a. newspaper correspon
dent, is a brilliant specimen of oriental:
splendor. The houses—which are as white
es snow, are placed one hundred feet back„
from the street, the intervening space .be- ,
ing filled with trees, literally alive with.
birds, and every variety of plants and flow- .
eas. Every bonne has a piazza in front; and
is decora•al with beautiful pictures, elegant
lamps, cages; de., while rocking chaise,
lounges and ottomans, of the nicest
Oen. furnish luxurious aecommodatiorts fur
the family—who *it hero mornings and,iiiii
ninge. At night the , city is one blaze,of
light from the lamps: The betels liave
groun3s of eight and ten acres in ',Aleut,
around them, covered with floe shade trees. •
with fountains, flower gardens, &e. Indeed;
so numerous are the trees, the city resew- ,
hies a forest. The rooms are very high aid
spacious, without carpets, and fewrourtaine.
Meals are served up about the same u at
first-class hotels in the United States. al-.
though the habits of living are quite 'differ
ent. At daylight coffee and tea are taken
to the guest's room, and again at eight
o'clock light refreshments. AA 'twelve .
breakfast is served, and at seven, 'dinner. "
Coffee sad tea always ready, derma night.
No business is done in the streets is the
middle of the day, on account of the, heat.
The nights sod mornings are cool and `de
lightful; birds are singing all might.' They
thermometer stands about. 82. , degrees
throo4hout the year. The island abonaOs a .,
with users. leopards. anacondas, saitipl,
sonous insects of all kinds.
fruits in the world are prodoeml -
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