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ADVERTISING.
lines of minion, or theirequivalent,con
a quare. Three insertions sl, and 25
br each subsequent insertion.
West Branch Insurance Co.
OF LOCK HAVEN, PA.,
RFS Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer-
Ljis e , Farm Property, and other Build
nd tiieir contents, at moderate rates.
DIRECTORS.
lohn J. I'earce, Hon. G. C. Harvey,
Hall, T. T. Abrams,
\ Mayer, K. Jackinau,
, Crist, " W White,
Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen.
Hon. G C. HARVEY, Pres.
T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres.
, Kitchen, Sec'y.
REFERENCES.
till Llovd, Thos. Bowman, D. D.
Winegardner, Wm, Vanderbelt,
Mackey. Wm. Fearon,
'' Dr. J. S. Crawford,
i(Ju'iggle, A. L'pdegraff,
IV Mavnard, . James Armstrong,
Simon Cameron, Hon. Wm. Bigler.
■ Ajent for MiHlin county, G. W. STEW-
Esq. ap23
mity from Loss and Damage by Pire,
>kt Pt'il' a f -Va n " e "nit Dland Truniportatiun.
CONTINENTAL
NSURANCE COMPANY.
■pirated by the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia, Kith a Perpetual Charter.
Authorized Capital, §1,000,000.
e No. 61 Walnut SI. above Stroud, Phila.
* Insurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mer
jise, &c., generally. Marine Insurance
largoes and Freights to all parts of the
1. luland Insurance on Goods, dtc., by
s, Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to
arts of the Union, on the most favorable
[.consistent with security.
LUItECTURS.
(ge W. Colladuv, William Bowers,
>l. Coleman, Joseph Oat,
It V. Machelte, Howard Hinchman,
iEORGE W. COLLADAY, President.
LIS WiLsos, Secretary.
for Milllin county, Won. P. EL-
T, Eq. febl9-ly
INDEMNITY AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE,
iiikliit Fire Insurance Compa
ny of Philadelphia.
)Sce IKR Chestnut street, near Fifth,
[■est ef Assets, $1,827,185 80
January Ist, 1857.
i-hed agreeably to an act of Assembly, be
ing,
Hjrtgage", amply secured, $1,519,932 73
EiUte, (present value, $109,-
!.)
is, present value, $83,881 12,)
h ' 71,232 97
64,121 56
$1,827,185 80
rprliMi or United Insurances made on every
fipti .n of property, in Town and Country,
s as low as are consistent with security. '
ice their incorporation, a period of twenty
;ar-, they have paid over Three Millions
ullar-' losses by fire, thereby affording ev
* of the advantages of Insurance, as well
If ability and disposition to meet with
!ptnes> ail liabilities.
Losses by Fire.
i: paid daring the year ISG, $301,638 84
DIRECTORS.
•I. Bancker, j Mordecai D. Lewis,
Wagner, j David S. Brown,
tejGrant, | Isaac Lea,
b R Smith, Edward C. Dale,
ru,„^? rds ' '
HARLLS N. BANCKEit, President.
O. Bixckcr, Sec'y.
? Atent for Mifflin county, H. J. WAL-
f 6 . Esq., Lewistown. * mar! 9
Pennsylvania Railroad,
ind after Monday, June 22d, 1857,
a -s leave Lewistown Station as follows:
fj.. Eastward. Westward.
5 14 a. m. 5 40 a. m.
1" ' 47 p. m. 729 p. m.
Ll r. . 404 ' 304 "
trint 5 00 150 a.m.
W PhHadelphia,
wit""?' /a ; t0 Pittsburgh, 4 70
"before 'fi! (Ct fJ ® ce wi " open 20 min
u be arrival of each Passenger
U. E. ROBESON, Agent.
| omdry and Machine Shop.
nted ti° a J e hereb y notified that I have
Wr °U2h of i and Machine Shop in
ilro r , w known as the "Ju
"ffltot ofH.J* Jnd t , he ,arge and B cneral
ler ari ,i vt ' ' ate tbe property of
and Wm u' n-' now John Sterrett &
isii kinds of and l^at * aPI P re P ared
*'w'?,* , , Turnin . &c "
jlete si,i„ and ' n best and most
•Mtown a •. ... JOHN ZKIGLER.
Wn , April 17, 1856— tf.
# ffi„
dentist.
and buß ' Dess promptly attend
l'plCEor,^argcs reasonable.
W ;l ' town°i| h |^ ain streel > second door
ttlfc office a "i and nearly opposite the
jjjj- je SJI, 1855— tf.
' and S( l ua fe Paling, 3000
tU *• hand and for sale cl.eap by
I'RANCIBCUS.
imnsms® iisy© wk ©HCS)3B©IS
Dissolution of Partnership,
THE partnership heretofore existing between
the undersigned is this day dissolved by
! mutual consent. The books and accounts are
in the hands of Samuel Comfort, at the store,
w here all those indebted will please call and
settle their accounts. JNO. HAMILTON,
SAM'L COMFORT.
Lewistown, August 11, 1857.
Having purchased the entire stock of goods
of J. Hamilton & Co., I now offer them at
GREAT BARGAINS!
The stock is new and heavy, containing a
large assortment of staple
LP.Y ©CCDS,
SILKS, SATINETS, CASSIZERS, JEAVS, CAL
ICOS, GINGHDIS H WHITE GOODS,
C ARPETS, &c.
all of which will be sold at cost up to the Ist
of November, 1857. My object is to reduce
the stock, and the public inay rest assured that
they will get bargains.
All kinds of produce taken in exchange for
goods.
Lumber, Stove and Limeburner's Coal always
on hand.
Also, Shingles and Morticed Locust and
Chestnut Posts. SAMUEL COMFORT.
August 13, 1857.
LOG-AIT FOUNDRY.
H'HE public are hereby respectfully informed
A that we have leased the above well known
Foundry, situate on Main street, in the borough
of Lewistown, a few doors south of the stone
bridge, where we will keep constantly on hand
a full assortment of all kindsof STOVES,
Dgl viz : Hathaway Cooking Stoves, different
Egg Stoves, Nine Plate Stoves,&c.
and also
Iron Fence, Hollow Ware, Water Pipes,
&c., and will make to order all kinds of CAST
INGS. All orders sent to us will be filled with
care and despatch, and on as reasonable terms
as at any other establishment in the State. We
hope, friends, you will call and examine our
stock before buying anywhere else. You will
undoubtedlT save money by doing so.
DANIEL BEARLEY &. SONS.
Lewistown, March 2G, 1857.-y
tt. i li. M l(M\.
McVeytown, Pa.,
keep constantly on hand a large assortment of
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS WD SHOES, HATS AID CAPS,
STHAJf GOODS,
HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, UEDARWARE,
\\ all antl Window Papers,
STATIONER 1\
CARPETS, DRUGGETS, OIL CLOTHS, RUGS,
LINES,
OIL, LEAD, PETTY, TAR, PITCH, OAkl'fl,
Salt, Fish, Plaster, Guano,
Criuent, Stone Coal and Grind >'iunes.
We are paying the highest mark . t price for
all kinds of GRAIN*; or where parties desire
it we will ship their Grain by canal and pay
them nett proceeds, after deducting freight.
McVeytown, February 5, 1857.
Map of Mifflin County, Pa.
}.AROM the County Records and Actual Meas
uremenls by Original Surveys throughout
the county. By G. M. HOPKIVS, an experienc
ed Surveyor, and author of Map of Adams Co.
The subscriber is preparing to publish short
ly, by subscription, a new and complete COUN
TY MAP. The Surveys are undertaken by ex
perienced Surveyors. All the Public Roads,
and the locations ot the Mills, Taverns, Places
for Worship, Post Offices. School Houses, Coun
try Stores, Smith Shops, Wheelwrights, &c.
are to be marked. The Names of the Property
Holders generally, (carefully including all those
in the countrv who subscribe in advance to the
Map,) arc also to be inserted upon their places,
in the Style of the Map of Adams county. Pa.
To be illustrated with vignettes of views in the
county. Maps of the Principal Villages on a
large scale will be inserted in the margin.
The plan will be plotted to a suitable scale,
so as to make a large and ornamental map. To
be engraved and delivered to Subscribers hand
somely colored and mounted for Five Dollars
per copy. Address,
M. S. CONVERSE, Publisher,
Nos. ,517, 519 & 521 Minor street, Phila.
August 6, 1857.
JV7OO lights best Window Sash, from 8x
t) 10 to lOx 18, for sale very low. FRANCISCUS
PEARL and Ivory handle Table and
Dessert Knives, for sale by FRAJYC/SCVS.
BILLS for Frame Stuff filled at short
notice, of good quality, and at low rates.
augl3 FRANCISCUS/
1 AA DOORS, for inside and outside,
Jyj y* Room and Front Doors, assorled sizes and
qualities, from #1 W) to #3 each. FRANCISCUS.
150,000 Joint Shingles, 40,000 best 24
inch Lap Shingles, on hand and for sale by
aug!3 FRANCISCUS.
150,000 Plastering Lath, 0, 3£, 4 4£
feet long, and (he best in the market, for sale by
augl3 FRANCISCUS.
STOVES! STOVES! STOVES!—
All kinds of Parlor, Room, Bar, Hall and Cook
Stoves, on hand and for sale at reduced pi Ices by
aufi 7 FRAJYC ISC US.
("N AS BURNERS! GAS BURNERS!-
"JC The most economical coal burning Room or Parlor
Stove ever introduced; made altogether of wrought iron,
no other metal being used in their manufacture at all,and
will save al least 00 per cent more of coal than any stove
used. On hand and for sale by
sept 17 FRANCISCUS.
PATENT KNIFE CLEANERS.—
One of Ihe greatest labor saving machines ever in
vented. Every housekeeper should have one. Also,
Apple Parcrs, Bread Toasters, Preserving Kettles, brass,
copper, porcelain, tinned, &c. For sale by
sept!7 FRANCISCUS.
HOVER'S LIQUID HAIR DYE.
fPHE following, from that eminent Physician
X °f Philadelphia, Dr. Brinekle, added to the
testimony of Professor Booth, only confirms
what is evidenced by thousands who have used
Hover's Dye.
" GIRARD Row, CAESTNUT STREET, )
Philadelphia, December 22d, 1853. $
In icgard to llovtr's Hair Dye, 1 can state un
hesitatingly, that it contains no deleterious in
gredients, and may be used with entire safety,
and with the utmost confidence and success."
W. D. BRINCKLE, M. D.
HOVER'S WRITING AVI) IVDELIBLE INKS
aie so well and widely known as to require no
eulogy of their merits; it is only necessary to
say that the steady and increasing demand gives
the best evidence that they maintain their char
acter for superiority, which distinguished them
when first introduced, years ago.
Orders, addressed to the manufactory, No.
116 Race street above Fourth, (old No. 144,)
Philadelphia, will receive prompt attention by
JOSEPH I'.. HOVER, Manufacturer.
Philadelphia, September 10, 1857 -y
HARDWARE!
To Buy Cheap for Cash,
Blacksmiths, buy at Hoffman's,
Carpenters, buy at Hoffman's,
Saddlers, buy at Hoffman's,
Shoemakers, buy at Hoffman's,
Cabinetmakers, buy at Hoffman's,
Farmers, buy at Hoffman's,
Builders, buy at Hoffman's,
Housekeepers, buy at Hoffman's.
Don't forget, if you want good Stoves, Pump
Chains, Oil Cloths, Nails, Steel, lroqr, Cutlery,
Vices, Bellows, Chains, Glass, &c , F. J. Hoff
man's Mammoth Hardware Store, and you can
be accommodated. sept 3
/"CONFECTIONERIES, always fresh, whole-
V7 sale and retail, at * HOFFMAN'S.
APPLE PARERS.—Best kinds always on
hand at HOFFMAN'S.
FVPER.— Printing Paper, best quality of Wri
ting, Letter and Note Paper. Envelopes,
at HOFFMAN'S.
fPO MARKSMEN.—RifIes and Shot Guns,
X Shot, Powder, Caps, &c., for sale at
e|3 HOFFMAN'S.
PRESERVING and Pickling Jars, of Glass
and Stoneware, quart and half gallon, just
what is wanted for Tomatoes, Fruit, &c., at
sep3 HOFFMAN'S.
MTOY ES! A NLW COOK STOVE FOR WOOD !
—Ls unusually large oven and fire box and
its entire suitableness to the wants of the farm
er, place it far in advance of any now in use.
A number have been sold and have given entire
satisfaction. Also, other Cook Stoves, for coal
or wood; Parlor Air Tight YVood Stoves; Coal
Stoves for parlor, store, office ard shop, at
sep3 HOFFMAN'S.
DRICS, DKltiS, URICS,
Medicines, Ileditioes, Uediclnef),
Paints, Paints, Paints,
(•lass, Glass,
Oils, Oils, Oils,
Trusses, Trusses,
At HOFFMAN'S.
New Arrangements.
\ FTER returning our sincere thanks to our
j\ numerous friends and customers for their
continued patronage, I would inform them that
I am still to be found at
CIDIidLL -T- cn
With a desire to bring my business nearly to
CASH, after the first of April our creilit terms
will be Thirty Days and accounts riot to exceed
Fifty Dollars. We hope still to conduct our
business so that we shall enjoy the good will
of our numerous customers, and that the num
ber may be greatly increased.
mar 12 " F. J. HOFFMAN'.
BURNHAM'S patent double acting LIFT
AND FORCE PUMPS, for general use,
suitable fur mills, factories, railroad stations,
&c. They are also efficient Fire Engines, By
attaching hose to them you can force water over
any house. Their simplicity gives them advan
tages over all other Rumps. For sale at the
Tin and Stove Store of
ap3o-6m J. B. SELHEIMER.
THE
PARMER'S IM STUVB
AT THE STOVE WAREHOUSE OF
F. G. Franciscas, Lewistown.
300 STOVES
FOR SALE LOW FOR CASH.
Farmers and others burning wood can find
one of the best wood Cooking Stoves used.—
This excellent Stove is made heavy for use.,
takes a stick of wood 28 inches long, has a very
large lire place and oven, bakes well, and got
up in good style. Will warrant it to do its
work well, and give good satisfaction. It
coines much lower in price than stoves of this
kind generally. sepl7
SOLE LEATHER, Calf Skins, Fink
Lining do., Upper Leather, Kipp do., Madras and
Tainpieo Morocco, Willi all kinds of French Kilt Shoe
Findings, Si.c. fcr sale at lowest rales by
eeptl7 FRAN CISC US.
rpilE NE PLUS ULTRA of cook
I stoves is the Noble Cook—ihe most perfect now in
use. Every one wanting the BEST cooking stove, are re
speclfulty invited to call ami examine this baker, baking
bread equal to a brick oven. This excellent stove is
warranted in every respect. For sale by
septl7 FRANCISCUS.
STOVES I STOVES ! STOVES J
Our stock of stoves this season is the largest and
most varied of any slock on hand before. Our assort
ment embraces the New World, Globe, BunrUe, Capital,
Win. Penn, Fanny Forester, ttirard, Crystal, Flat Top,
&.C.; all for wood and coal. For sale low by
eptl7 FRANCISCUS.
CIOAL BUCKETS, several patterns,
/ Pokers, Shovels, Sifters, listings for all ordinary
stoves, Tin and Iron Tea Kettles, Tin and Copper Bottom
Wash Boilers, Hlove Boilers, Griddlrg, Long Pans, Bake
Pans, St. c. In fact, all kinds of trimmings and fixtures
for stoves can be had at the establishment of
sept!7 FRANCISCUS.
<OOO POUNDS OF FLOUR Justre
, "~fc ceived, 4000 pounds Family Flour, in 36 and 50pound
j bags, at IR WIN'S FAMILY GROCERY
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1857.
Ida was a bride. Onward through a
whole year of patient waiting, had she
moved toward this blessed estate, all her
thoughts golden over, all her fancies radi
ant with love and beauty. And now she
was a bride—a happy bride, lie who had
won her, was worthy to wear her as a
crown. Kind, honorable and gifted—his
praise was on the lips of all men.
\ es, Ida was a happy bride. It was the
blooming, fragrant spring-time. Singing
birds were in all the trees; musical waters
glided through the peaceful landscape; and
a cloudless sky bending over all. The
blessedness of' this new life was greater
than she had ever imagined, in all the
warmth of her maiden fancies.
A moon had waxed and waned since the
lover became the husband; a moon drop
ping the sweets of Mount Ilybla. It was
evening, and Ida stood by the window
looking out through the dusk waiting and
wishing for the return of her husband,
who was later than usual from home. At
last, her glad eyes caught a glimpse of his
well known form, and starting back from
the window, she went with springing steps
to meet hiin at the door; opening it ere his
hand could ring the bell.
4 Bear Edward!' What a gushing love
was in her voice ! She raised her lips for
a kiss, and a kiss was given. But somehow,
its warmth did not go down into her heart.
' Are you not well dear V she asked, very
tenderly, as they entered their pleasant lit
tle parlor; and she looked up into his face
and tried to read his expressions. But the
twilight was too deep.
4 Quite as well as usual, love.' The voice
of her husband was low and gentle; but it
had a new and changed sound fur the
young wife's car —a sound that made her
heart tremble. And yet, his arm was
around her, and he held one of her bands
tightly compressing it within his own.
It grew dark in the room before the ga
was lighted. When the strong rays fell
suddenly upon the face of her husband,
Ida saw a change there also. It was cloud
ed. Not heavily clouded—but in shadow.
Steadily and earnestly she looked at him,
until he turned his l'aee partly awav, to
escape the searching scrutiny.
' Vou are not well Edward ?' Ida looked
serious—almost concerned.
' Don't trouble yourself, I'm very well.'
Tie smiled and patted her cheek playful
ly—or, rather with an attempt at playful
ness. Ida was not deceived. A change
had passed over her husband, lie was not
as he had been.
In due time tea was announced, and the
little family party of two gathered arcund
the table in the neat breakfast room.
' Burnt toast and dish water tea, as usu
al !' These were the first words spoken by
the young husband, after sitting down to
the tabic; and the manner in which they
were uttered, left Ida in no doubt as to bis
state of feeling. How suddenly was the
fine gold dimmed.
A few hours earlier the young husband
bad called in to see his mother, an orderly
industrious woman, and a notable house
keeper. As usual, he was full of the praise
of his beautiful young wife, in whom he
had yet seen nothing to blame —nothing
below ]> erfection. But his mother had
looked at her with different eyes. Living
in the world was,with her, no holiday affair,
and marriage no mere honeymoon. She
was too serious in all her views and feelings,
to have much patience with what she es
teemed mere playday life. A little jealous
of her son's affection, she was, withal; and
his going forth to another, with an ardor
so different from what it had ever gone
forth to herself, made her feel cold toward
the dear little wife of Edward, who was his
favored object.
' It is time,' she said, with a distance of
manner that surprised her son, 'for you
and Ida to be a little serious. The honey
moon is over, and the quicker you come
down to sober realities the better. There
is one thing about Ida that rather disap
points me.'
Edward was too much surprised, at this
unexpected annunciation, to speak, llis
mother went on.
' She's no housekeeper '
' She's young, mother. She'll learu,' he
saiu, Interrupting her.
mi rasuiMit.
EARLY PIETY.
Youth when devoted to the Lord,
Is pleasing in his eyes;
A flow'r though ottered In the bud.
Is no vuiu sncrllice.
'Tls easier far If we begin
To fear the Lord betimes;
lor sinners who grow old In sin
Are hardened by their crimes.
Twill save us from a thousand snares
To in I IKJ religion young,
Draco will preserve our following years.
And make our virtues strong.
To thee. Almighty Ood, to thee
Our childhood we resign ; *
Twill please us to look buck and see
That our whole lives were thine.
Let the sweet work of pray'r and praise
Kin ploy our youngest breath :
Thus we re prepur'U for longer days.
Or lit for early death.
I it 8 4141481 ® t
THE FIRST SHADOW.
BY T. S. AKTIIL'H.
'She had no right to marry until she
knew how to make a cup of tea?' The
old lady spoke with considerable asperity.
' Mother!'
' 1 say just what T mean. Not a single
cup of tea have I yet tasted in your house
that was fit to drink ? I don't know how
you can put up with such stuff. You
wouldn't have it done at my table, I'm very
sure.'
' Please mother, don't talk so any more
about Ida! I can't bear to hear it.'
1 \ on can bear to hear the truth, Edward.
I speak for Ida's good and your own too.
She s a wife now ; not a mere sweetheart.
And she's your housekeeper besides, with
something more to do and care for, than
dress, music, party going and enjoyment.
I must say, as I said a little while ago,
that lam disappointed in her. What are
girls thinking about when they get mar
ried ? Surely, not of their husband's
household comforts.'
' I f you please, mother, we will change
the subject,' said the young ntan, who was
exceedingly pained by the strong language
he had heard. He speke so firmly that the
matter was dropped, and not again alluded
to at the time.
\\ e have, now, an explanation of the
change in the young husband's state of
mind. There were some truths in what
his mother said, and this made it so much
harder to bear. The first shadow had fal
len, that dimmed the brightness of his new
and happy life.
Still the defects in Ida—very small to
his eyes, even after they were pointed out
by his mother—were things of'no moment,
lie had not intended her for a household
drudge. Was she not loving-hearted, ac
complished and beautiful? What more
could he ask ?
I rue, he had intended her for the presi
ding genius of his home; and there were
sober, matter-of-fact things to be done in
all homes. But her devotion to these
would come in good time. How Edward
came to speak as he did about the tea and
toast, was almost on the instant that he
had given utterance to his words, a mystery
to himself. He started with the slartthat
he gave his young wife, and trembled for
the effect of his unkindly uttered words.
He would have given much could lie have
recalled them. But they were said be
yond any power of unsaying.
The reference of his mother to the in
different tea with which she had been ser
ved at his table, bad not only mortified
him, but made some things distinct in his
memory, which, before, were only seen
dimly, and as matters of indifference.—
\\ here all was so bright, why should he
turn his eyes upon a lew fragments of
clouds skirting the far horizon i lie would
not have done so if left to himself. The
clouds might have spread until very much
larger than a man's hand, before their
murky aspect would have drawn his happy
vision from the all-prevailing brightness.
Ida's hand, which was raising a cup to
her lips, fell almost as suddenly as if pal
sied ; a paleness overspread her counte
nance ; her lips had a motion between a
quiver and a spasm. From her eyes which
seemed bound, as by a spell, to her hus
band's face, tears roiled out and fell in
large drops over her cheeks.
Never before, since Edward had looked
upon that dear young face, had he seen its
brightness so veiled. Never before, had a
word of his been answered by anything
but smiles and love responses.
4 I'm sorry, Edward. How the sad
tremulous voice of Ida rebuked the young
husband's unkindness. 4 lt shall not be so
again.'
And she kept her word. Suddenly he
had awakened her from a bright dreamy
illusion. She had been in a kind of fairy
land. The hard, every-day working world,
with its common working-day by an
unlooked-for shitting of scenery, had struck
with an unlovely aspect upon her startled
vision ; the jagged edges of the real wound
ing painfully her soft ideal. But, once
awakened, she never slept again. It was
the first shadow that fell dimly and coldly
upon her married heart —the first, and to
the lite experienced, we need not say the
hist.
Burnt toast and bad tea! To think that
common things like these should have
power to shadow a young heart basking in
the sunlight of love ! Ida had thought of
her husband as almost indifferent to the
vulgar wants his words made manifest.—
She saw clearer now. lie was but iiesh
and blood like the rest.
Very, very tenderly spoken were all the
words of Edward to his young wife, during
the shadowed evening that followed this
first dimming of their home light. And
Ida, who felt the kindness of his heart,
tried to smile and seem as of old. But,
somehow, she could not force into existence
the smiles she wished to send out. as tokens
of forgiveness. Thoughts of the bad tea
and burnt toast, the 4 usual'—and there lay
the smart! —entertainment she had provi
ded ; or, rather, suffered to be provided by
unskilful hands—were her own any more
skilful ? for her returning husband haunt
ed her all the while.
4 lt shall not be so again!' Not idly
uttered were these words. All the even
ing she kept repeating them to herself,
vii i steadily increasing purpose and a
clean ; 'on 4 Edward shall never have
ttuiiti. . ->ii for rebuke.'
New Series—Vol. 11, No. 48.
Several times during the evening, the
young husband was tempted to refer to the
conversation held with his mother, in ex
planation of his own conduct, but he wise
ly kept hi? own counsel. Of all things he
dreaded an estrangement between his wife
and mother.
On the next morning, Edward noticed
that the young wife left her chamber ear
lier than usual and went down stairs. Not,
however, to fill their home with music, as
she had often done, ller matinee was the
singing tea kettle, not the stringed piauo.
She had a heightened color, when she took
her place at the breakfast table, and poured
for her husband the fragrant coffee, made
with her own hands, because she had dis
covered that her indifferent cook was igno
rant of her art. How did she know the
art ? It was almost accidental; the recol
lection of some good housewife's talk had
served her in the right time. The warm
praise that Edward bestowed on the coffee
was ample reward.
Ida had bought a cook book during the
day. That sounds unromantie. But it
was even so; and she studied it for hours.
Buring the afternoon her mother-in-law
came in; and Ida urged her to stay for tea.
Ihe old lady accepted the invitation;
not, we are sorry to say, in the very best
spirit. She had opened the way on Ed
ward's butterfly wife, and she meant to
follow it up. When Edward came home
and found that his mother was there his
spirits fell. He saw by the corners of her
mouth, that she had not forgotten their
interview of the preceding day; and that
her state of mind was not a whit more
charitable. Ida's face was a little shadow
ed ; but she was cheerful, and very atten
tive to his mother—and, happily ignorant
of his true feelings. She came and went
from the breakfast room to the parlor, fre
quently, evidently with household cares
upon her mind.
Tea was at length announced. Edward's
heart trembled. His mother arose, and
with a cold air, accompanied her children
to the room where the evening meal await
ed them. The table had an attractive look,
new to the eyes of both Edward and his
mother. It was plain that another hand
besides the servant's had been there. Ida
poured the tea, and Edward served the hot
biscuit and eream toast. The eye of the
latter was fixed on his mother, as she lifted,
with an air which he understood to say,
'Poor stuff!' the cup of tea to her lips.
She tasted the fragrant beverage—set the
cup down—lifted and tasted again. The
infusion was faultless. Yes even to her
critical taste. Next the biscuit, and next
the toast were tried. Mrs. Goodlellow her
self could not have surpassed them.
'Have you changed your cook?' The
old lady looked across the table at Ida.
' No, mother,' answered the wife, smiling.
'Only the cook has found a mistress.'
'ls this all your work, IdaV The old
lady spoke ih a half incredulous tone.
'Yes, it is all my work. Don't you
think, if I try hard, I'll make a house
keeper ?'
This was so unexpected that the hus
band's mother was delighted. Ida had g.mu
right home to her matter-of-fact heart.
'Why yes, you precious little darling?'
she answered, with au. enthusiasm almost
foreign to her character, ' I couldn't have
done better myself.'"
The shadow passed from the heart of
Ida, as her eyes rested on the pleased coun
tenance of her husband. It was the lirst
shadow that had fallen since their happy
wedding day, and moved on < prickly ; but
its memory was left behind. It was like
the drawing of a veil, which partly con
ceals, yet beautifies a countenance, reveal
ing the enchanted expression.
Ida's husband was a man like the vest,
with man's common wants and weaknesses;
and her married world one in which hands
must take hold of common duties. Hut
she soon learned that, in the real world,
were real delights, snbstaneia! and abid
ing-
Bravely did she walk in the new path
that lay at her feet. She had her reward.
Tea and toast but expressed her household
duties, none of which were rightly per
formed during that delicious honeymoon.
But, she failed in nothing afterward; and
soon learned that the ground in which
true happiness takes deepest root, and from
which it springs up with strongest brunch
es, is tjie ground of common homely duties.
Robbery of the U. S. Mint of San
Francisco. —The San Francisco Herald of
the 20th August states that Wiu. 13ein,
who had been for some time employed in
the coiners' department of the United States
Mint in that city, was arrested on the pre
vious day on suspicion of having abstracted
gold from the establishment. His apart
ment was searched and about SBOOO in gold
found, together with deeds for property to
near $20,000. He admitted his pecula
tions, and restored SBBOO of the amount.
It was supposed, from the wax in which
the gold filings were found, that ho com
mitted the thefts by means of wax placed
under the insteps of the boots, to which
the gold when trod upon adhered. Since
his arrest, he has acknowledged that he
has been carrying on the pilfering ever
since the establishment of th.
I city.