PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, RAUCH & COCHRAN, No. 13, South Queen Street, Lancaster. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION copy, one year, $ 1.50 copies, (each name addressed,)• 1.00 10 copies 4i • 4 4 4 4 ....... 4 AIL 00 15 copies " ,i 18.00 20 copies " 44 22.00 And $l.lO for each additional enbscriber. POR CLUER, IX PACILAOXII. 5 copies, (to one address,) $ 0.50 10 copies " / I 12.00 15 copies " " 10.00 ' copies ~ 4t 24.00 And $l.OO for each additional Subscriber. /fir Al l subscriptions must invariably be paid in advance. JOH Pitt INTING Of e0v . 12 , e r04, y tlasogion, 1111E40 2 .1* . •• • Railroads. PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL R. R. The time of the arrival and departure of the trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Lan caster, has been changed, as follows : EASTWARD. WESTWARD. Cinein.Ex....l2:o7 a. ni. 'Pittsburg Ex. 1:27 a. in Phila.Exprese 4:02 " Phila. Exp... 2:39 " Fast. Line 635 " Mail 11:15 " Lane. Train.. 8:58 " Fast Line..... 2:35 p. mn Day Ekpress. 1140 p. 'Columbia Ae. 2:45 " liarrish'g Ae..5:54 " liarrisb , g Ac. 5:54 " Southern Ex..4:00 " Lane. Train.. 7e39 " Cincin. Ex....10:38 " READING RAILROAD SUMMER ARRANGEMENT, MONDAY, APRIL 28, IWO Great Trunk Line) . rom theNortham/North west for Philadelphiet, New York, Read ing, Pottsville, Tamaqua, Ashland, Sha mokin, Lebanon, Allentown, Easton, Eph rata, Litiz, Lancaster, Columbia, etc. Trains leave Harrisburg for New York as fol lows: At 9.35, 5.90, thre. m. 12.98 noon 2.00 and 10.55 p. m i egraneeting with'similar trains on the Pennsyllrapria Railroad, and arriving at Now York at '945 a in., 11.454 111.,3.150,6645, 9.p3 0.313„ sad 8.00 t h e respectively. Sleeping company 2.85,5.20 a. rn. and 10.15 p.m. trains AN/theft change. Leave Harrisburg for Reading, Pottsville, Tamaqua, itiaersville, .Adshiaad, 84amokin, Pine Grove. Allentown and Phffibiphia; 8.10 a. in,, 2.00 and 4.10 p. m., stopping at Leba non and principal Way Stations; the 4.10 p. m. train making connections for Philadelphia, Pottsville and Columbia only. For Potteville, Schuylkill Haven and Auburn, via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad, leave Ilarrisburg at 3.30 p. in. Returning: Leave New York at 0.00 a. m., 12.00 noon, 5.05 and 8.00 p. in., Philadelphia at 8.16 a. in. and 3.30 p. m ; sleeping cars accompany the ¶ , OO a. m., 5.05 and 8.00 p. m. trains from New York, without change. Way Passenger Train leaves Philadelphia at 7.30 a. in., connecting with similar train on East Penna. Railroad, returning from Reading at 6.80 p. m., stopping at al/ stations; leave Potts ville at 7.30 8 45 a. in., and 2.45 p. m.; Shamokin at 6.25 and 10.36a.m.; Ashland at 7.00 a.m., and 12.30 noon, Tamaqua at 8.30 a. m.• ' and 2.20 p. for Philadelphia and New York. Leave Pottsville, via Schuylkill and Susque hanna Railroad at 7.03 a . in. for Harrisburg, and 11.30 a. in. for Pine Grove and Tremont. . . - Reading Accommodation Train : Leaves Reading at 7:30 a. m., returning leaves Phila delphia at 6:10 p. m. YOUgtown Accommodation Train: Leaves PoltstOwn at 8.25 a. m.; returning, leaves Phila delphia at 4.30 p. in. Uolumbia Railroad Trains leave Reading at 7.00 in. and 6.15 p. m. for Ephrata, Lit Iz, Lan caster, Columbia, fLe. Perkiomen Railroad Trains leave I'erkiomen Junction at 0.00 a. m. and 6.00 p. M. returning, leave Skilipuek at 8.15 a. in. and 1.00 p. con necting with similar trains on Reading Rail road. On Sundays: Leave New York at 8.00 p. m., Philadelphia at 8.00 a. m. and 3.15 p. m., the ..00 a. tn. train running only to Reading; Potts ville B.to a. tn .; ilarrislaurg 5.20 a. tn., 4.10 and 10.51 p. m., and Reading at 12.65, midnight, 2.51 ,nut 7.15 a. m. For Harrisburg, at 12.65 midnight, and 7.05 a. tn. for New York ; and at 11.40 a. m. and 1:25 p. In. for Philadelphia. Commutation, Mileage, Season, School and Excursion Tickets, to and from ull points, at ' , Weed rates. Baggage checked through; 100 pounds allowed ri eh Passenger G. A. NICOLLS, General :uperintendeirt. READING, PA., April 26, 1E6.9. [april READING AND COLUMBIA It. 11 ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, APRIL 15th, 1569, A*SENG ER TRAINS WILLER RUN ON THIS ROAD, AS FOLLOWS LEAVE. Lancaster 4 4[1:, a. in 3.10 p. m. 0111 mbia 8.00 a. in. 3.00 p.m. It ETU LEAVE. Reading ..... 7:03 a. m. a* ..... 6:15 p. in. 7:0. a. m. 4 4 • .. G:l5 p. in. Trains leaving Lancaster and Columbia as above, make close connection at Reading with Trains North and Sout_ i ll: on Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and West ou Lebanon Valley Road. Train leaving Lancaster at 8:05 A. M. and Columbia st.B A. M. oonnectsolosely at Reading with Train for New York. Tickets can be obtained at the Offices of the New Jersey Central Railroad, foot of Liberty street, New York;and Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, 18th and Callowhill streets, Phila. Through tickets to New York and Philadel phia sold at all the Principal Stations, and Bag gage Checked Through. -Mileage Ticket Books for 500 or 1000 miles, Season and Exonrsion Tickets, to and from all points, at reduced rates. Trains are run by Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Time, which is 10 minute:a faster than Pennsylvania Railroad 'Ttme. apl 1849-tf] 1.80. F. GAGE. S NORTHERN CENTRAL RA WAY. Trains leave York for Wrightsville an ' Jumble, at 6:20 and 11:40 a. m., and 8:30 p. m Leave Wrightsville for York, at 11:0J a. in 1:00 and GOO p. Leave York for Baltimore ' at 5:00 and 7 in., 1:05 p. in.. ' and 13 midnight. Leave York for Harrisburg, at 1:39, 6ao an I a. m., and 2:39 and 19:16 p. m. TRAINS LEAVE HARRISBURG. 001344110712/1. At 3:26 a. in., and 1:20 and 4:20 p. m. GOING SOUTH. 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ITEM 10'20 a. m 5:20 p. in 10:`20 a In 5:30 p. m 'teat] lug il EMEM Lancaster.....9:ls a. m &2b p. in Columbia .....9:26 a. m p. we are- ) to .14141 tie litriti 414 . C. • 1 4 , 7. ~,, , 11 : J 3 1 ' £7l . . - -.., 4 • , ...,. 4 , 1' ",-' 44.74 , .t.-. ir- Claim, Agency. JAMES BLACK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND MILITARY AND NAVAL CLAIM ADEN t No. 56 East King-st., Lancaster, Pa. Being duly licensed as a Claim Agent, and having a large experience, prompt attention will be given to the following classes of claims : BOUNTY and PAY due discharged Soldiers and Sailors. BOUNTY (additional) to Soldiers who enlisted for not less than 2 or 8 years, or were honora bly discharged for wounds received. BOUNTY (additional) to Widows, Children, or Parents of Soldiers who died from wounds re ceived or disease contracted in said service. PENSIONS for invalid Soldiers and Sailors, or to their widows or children. PENSIONS for fathers and mothers, brothers or sisters of deceased soldiers, upon , whore they were dependent. PENSIONS and GRATUITIES for Soldiers or their Widows from Pennsylvania, in the War of 1812. PAY due Teamsters, Artificers and Civil em ployees of the Government. PAY due for horses lost in the United States service. CHARGES.—Ifees fair and moderate, and in no case will charges be made until the money is collected. [dee 25-Iyr* Insurance. THE OLD PENN MUTUAL cs LIFE rizsuiAgaE CciirPAAFF OF PHILADELPHIA ACCUMULATED CAPITAL, $2,000,000, After paying Losses to the amount of $1420,000 CHARTER PERPETUAL All the Surplus Dividend amongst the Po/icy Holders every year. THE ONLY TRULY MUTUAL COMPANY IN TILE CITY OK STATE For further information apply to JOHN J. COCHRAN, Agent, From " Father Abraham' , Moe, P Lancaster, a no2o-tf I WORLD MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO OF NEW YORK, NO. 160 BROADWAY J. F. FRUEAUFF, General Agent for Pcian'a. NORTH QUEEN STREET, (Above J. F. Long & Son's Drug Store.) This Company offers more SOLID and REAL Inducement 4 than any other Life Insuranc Company in the country. Send or oall and get a Circular. Active solicitors, male or female. !ratite in every township in the State. lima 1-6 • - _ Pertilizers. WE HAVE NO TRAVELING AGENTS. Farmers and Dealers who send their ()rile' s direct to us, can avaiTthcmselves of the LOWEST PRICES And save the commission. Early orders will he advantageous to buyers. ALLEN & NEEDLES, Manufacturers of IMPIi,OVED SUPER PHOSPHATE OF LIME, AND THE AMMONIATED FERTILIZER. PERUVIAN GUANO. We sell only No. I—received direct from the Government. FISH GUANO. A splendid Manure peeked In barrels. We also oder for sale PORN LARD PLASTER,. HYDRAULIC CEMENT and full assortment or OILS and CAnDI.3II. A DISCOUNT TO DEALERS. ALLEN & NEEDLES, 42 SOUTH DELAWARE AVENUE, PHILAD , A. ESTABLISHED IN INS. 6EO. M. STEINMAN & CO., febll2-3m] Sole Agents at Lancaster. Hats, Caps, Furs, &ay. 1808. ISOS SHULTZ & ER, EATTEES, .4` NORTH QUEEN AI , K2ASTER, PENN.. •••li Fall and Winter kIATF, . in all qualities and co.cri. _ DIES , 'FANCY V.l.' "e are now opening the largest wort FANCY t oArdete auntie:pent Of Ladies' and C.Caltren FURS ever offered in tins mutat, at very low prices. BORES! ROBES!! BOBES!."! Buffalo Robes, lined and unlined; Hudson Bay Wolf, Prairie Wolf, Fox, Coon, de. BLANKETS AND LAP RUGS. Of all qualities, to which we would particularly invite the attention of all persons in went ut artiehis in that nue. GLOVES, GAUNTLETS and MITTS. OTTER BEAVER. NUTRIA isUcKSKIN natal EE, =Aft ., " Ladies' Fine Fur Trita N, Gauntlets Iditte and Medi. PULSE WARMERS and EAR MITTS. WROIAILAIM 30t TAIL. n 02045) , _Book and Job, ,PtWing. RAMS COEtikiii, BOOK AND JOB PMATTERS. PLAIN AND PANOT PRINTING or .4ttiscomig. o r • uziglittrovesd, stlead• - srrica.—No. sopix4smi maw Latticesixi,' rime. VA invitation was accepted. /0 you been long is this country?" red Mr. King. . me time," • replied his companion. `l l ili fact, I never have left it." "Never left it!" echoed Mr. King. " o lii y o , u l un u d n e d r e e r t sto d o l l I be his companion. ;4 ' your pardon!" Oh! nothing, nothing!" said Mr. King. ' in that fixed look, like the ghost in let. . King accompanied his guest to his , iind'hoped he would lind. everything 'ids satisfastion. `Wes," replied the tall man, in deep, lehral ones, "I think I shall find _ /thing to my satisfaction." XL r. King shuddered, and le ft him. i "My dear!" exclaimed Mrs. King, as n as he gained his own room, "who is s man?" "Don't talk to me!" said Jonas, tearing • his coat and cravat distractedly 't talk to me!" want tOlcnoW who he is, and . ‘.' rir " talons " ii "es I t 4 9 ° " 'I can't to t your. . It Ow. 'Where did 'yott e ver e b in?" .'*'Never saw him in my lith before-nev- Al want to again." "What does be want?" d'''''l know no more than you do." ' "Why did you ask him to stay all night .then?" "Woman, you will drive me crazy! .4Vill you let rue alone? I shall sleep up ptairs to-night," and, seizing his dressing down, he marched off to an upper room. •-.. There he sat down on the side of the to ruminate. What should he do? r hat would become of him? He wanted crush gut of the house, but no more , tsl ; thought. of attempting it than a rush to 1 moon, for he felt a perfect certainty of ing heard, and stopped as he passed his eel's bedroom door. Ile threw up the window and examined the surroundings, With the idea of letting himself down by it Fie waist-pipe. Then lie thought of the Joof, and the possibility of finding an open trap-door on some roof in the row, and My dear, 1 think we serail here. We _ideseend shot as a burglar, what excuseing by it; and, providing he eseap " may go down to tea," said Mr. Jonas King 1. ' !icing could he give for preferring that front door to his wife, looking round upon a cheerful to his own as a mode of exit? Then little company in his own house. to is one more come," "No;he plucked up his courage. After all, voice bhind him. said a what need he fear? He locked the door, Mr. King looked round with a start, 144.. ~;‘, f i r:ceded it with furniture, and went to and beheld a tall man standing in the door- ' '''' It was neither forgery nor murder. way, whose hat nearly touched the top of it. Ile glanced at his wife,. who also stared i i h ' „ hzr ri e es w e i:s as a , woman at the bottom of this since the days of Eve— at the new-comer in astonishment. Step- : '''''' i Finish the sentence for yourself'. ping up to him, he said, "You are a In Tonawanda, a village in Georgia, stranger to me, sir. To what do we owe there. w a s a brook, and beside it a row of this honor?" magnolias, and beneath them a walk which The tall man, without moving a muscle ' people called Lover's Walk; and then! of his face, took out a card and handed it was a Rose Lining, a sweet, little, (lancing to Mr. King, who looked at it, and turned creature, and Jonas King walked in that pale. Then he said, with many a pause and walI C with her. He left. She died. The physician of catching of his breath, "Won't you, sir the village shaped his diagnosis rather by a-lay aside your hat and-a-accompany i Washington Irving's soft-flowing periods us down to tea? Our friends here were- ; of 1 than by any medical authority,' and said ha! ha! about to give us the pleasure their company, and we should be-a-hap- ! remembered a glimpse he once caught of py-oh, yes! very happy! to have you her pale face, with the great, black eyes join us." gleaming out of it, exactly like those eyes The unknown had heard this speech ' in the room below; lie remembered her with his deep black eyes fixed immovably aged parents turning away from the grave upon Mr. King to the end, without taking 2 or their only daughter. lle had once ~e•oia dvantage of tae many pauses and hesita ten a letter from her brother, a stripling tions to "cut in," as school-boys say, or of sixteen, dated in China, he thought, bridging them by sympathetic smile or saying fiercely that when he count s month bow. He now slowly replied, "I will cer he would settle his account with him. tainly remove my hat if I should join you But what could the beast mean to do? at tea; but hadn't I," glancing at the Surely, he could not sue for damages-the company, -better wait for you here?" great Consoler had healed all wounds. "Oh, no! Come down and take a e_u_p crt;_,And a pistol, or a cowhide-why, he tea-take a cup of tea," said Mr. Mint fussing with his bunch of seals, and lex:, , - would have used them at once. As Mr. King lay there he felt the steady ing everywhere but at the stranger. ; gaze of Rose Lining's eyes-he heard her "As you please, said said the latter. "Pelt- , •Voice.• Ayl what was that beside him? ; ape you will intr oduce me ter_yeurili c S; -Me Stated wildly up-it was nothing. -Oh! ah! excuse me , " said Mr. 'My dear, this is Mr. rining,trcim 4"r,, About two o'clock he heard a slight be place was inaudible . 4,,zOisest his door, and his wife's . hurried Mr. Lining bowed low. rigwkiaw.through the keyhole. Thunder "Th e rming 'IOW?. ' right," Pur" ' and Weetninal In his insane solfhanees • ued Mr. King,. "l a likrunig had he left his precious wife and babes ex eighbor of ours; and next to heir's' ocoet.gn he knew not what machiruttions! Madison, her tlangliter- ! -,-thattr;her .. •' ; , Ite, :. ;;„ from. the bed,„ tore down the tr. mr. Lining, ladhis; kg ' .;:, ' . . . . 41aIng to the floor some% rare Mrs. White," poinfins. tOr'a ' '. 1 ; `fr '. '• *Mt his wife had inherited l e r t!tirty-five, -and her...Wee:dont , ~ SI , 1 r".; .. . grandmother, which 4e• 'had lA ht Mr. White." ... ; .• I". , 1 . t . the , I .• . 1" top of the chairs piled on They went down to tea, • "I feel tjheer. ,i she' it tett," whispered MltiitWhlte': ; - iurt manes : q • heavens! what is the matter?" me think •of Faust and - M::tristilthel ~ !c ri o d , Tu . King.. Yon know he said he id. It Id. bin - "What is the matter?" cried Mr. King. Don't you think the lights' kirn' a lit . "The china! the china! reiterated Mrs. blue?" - . l' Ring. "What have you done? Are you . . "Mr. King has committed a murder in cra wl, •., a foreign land," said her friend; rind both ; ..tWhere is.thatman?” asked Mr. King. I I looked at the light-heritted, neryous, little , In his ;oat,. I eu ,, man, and tried to fancy him thd hero of a KW theatu d oue r nr . tra2y.. 4414:0 • * .; but I was afraid to stay "Maybe it's a sheriff's o ffi cer," • 'earitin- ' a l one . -tut your -what is the matter?" ued the last young lady. , i t Just then a door Opened below. "What "No, it can't 'be that, said Irlist w nit**' 'is the matter?" said the voice of the "forte would have sent in word for Mg , strap r guest. King to step out Ii the hall." " othiVothing! " returned Mr. "Is that the Way it's done, dear?" re- Kbi ,' sty " I-- , "I-4 was only-a-tak turned her Companion. "I don't know', lu g ali le gymnastic exercise. ' much about it. •We have never had - srretl l , ' TiTit ug• `little 'gymnastic exercise!" a visitor." `l' echoed a deep voice. "lie-ho! ' hol" . NOTHING AT ALL IN THE PAPER; Nothing at all in the paper to-day! Only a murder somewhere or other— A girl who has put her child away, Net being a wife as well as a mother, Or a drunken husband beating his wife, With the neighbors lying awake to listen ; Scarce aware he had taken a life Till in the window the dawny-rays glisten. But that is all in the regular way— There's nothing at all in the paper to-day! Nothing at all in the paper to-day! To be sure there's a woman died of starva tion, Fell down in the street—as so maiiy may, In this very prosperous Christie, natio*. Or two young girls witlisome inward grlif Maddened have plunged into the brity waters, Or a father has learned that his son's a thief— Or a mother been robbed of one of her daughters. Things that occur in the regular way— There's nothing at all in the paper to dey. There's nothing at all in. the per toidayl Unless you care about the T.% t6be city; How great rogues for their eri •enu , (Though eli Gentility or? ‘ Ilpit " dolt • Like the • shop-bey Stara S 11 • • I ' milleir ii• L-4• • aft. Aith To pay some money he lost in betting, But there's nothing in this that's out of lip way— There's nothing at all in the paper to-day. Nothing at all in the paper to-day But the Births and Bankruptcies, Deaths and Marriages, But Life's events in the old survey, With Virtue begging and Vice in carriages; And kindly hearts under ermine gowns, And wicked breasts under hodden gray, For goodness belongs not only to clowns, And o'er others than lords does Sin bear sway. But what do I read? —did I say There was nothing at all in the paper to-day? —"drowned! wreaked!" ationiintollo. MR. RING'S MOTHER-IN-LAWN __ .. "Mr. King," said his wife, severely, II — "Ile may well laugh !" barked Mrs. "does your friend take tea or coffee?" • ttag. "Co hie ; thank you;" responded R hottne, I "Do you ball that a laugh ?" said her deep voice. • husband. "Cream 40 sugar?" continued the lady. "Yes. What do you call it?" looking entirely n atty from him. . "I call it the cachination of a— My "No cream." • - ' ,dear, the children are down stairs; you The black dose was sent, with looks aswi l d better go hack." black. Mi. Xing gave an fluploring look I Not alone! I cannot sleep alone in that at his Nyt&. ' , ; Sol:elite-night," After what seemeA 144 hatele eve- I "Well, I'll o, too," ejaculated Mr. ning, the host aid hostess Vißee' Uft.' alone Xi ngi and hand-in-hand the two spouses, with the etnk*Er- "Zify aear," 4144 Mr. wFfsppoisi in thetr long, white nightrgowna, Xing, "I • met r.M Lining a t, leastl heard ..! deaceuded the stairs on tip - toe. As they iin who shall have borne the battle, and dow and his orphan, to do all ;Mich may nd cherish a just and a lasting peace rselyes and with till nations."-4. L. 1869. lath. Perhaps he •nd the night with ?" gained the foot, the spare-roomdeor open ed again, and the same deep, hollow tones said, "Has anything happened? Can I do anything?" Mrs. King screamed, and flew into her own room. "No!" thundered Mr. King, and banged his door. "Jonas," almost shrieked his wife," "you must tell me what this means!" "Clarissa, be quiet! I can tell you nothing. ,, "I must know, I am almost crazy. Have you been doing anything dreadful?" "I may do something dreadful if I am provoked," said Mr. King. lle was re gaining his courage now; besides, he could always bluster to his wife. "Let us try to sleep now,"fulminated he. "God only knows what morrow has in store for us." As this comforting postulate could not be controverted, Mrs. King tried to make as good a pillow of it as she might. The next day came. "Are you at leisure this morning, Mr. King?" questioned the tall man. "N—no—not exactly," stammered he; "that is—l have to go to business now. If—a—you—a—could tome back to din ner. We dine at four." "As you please, " said' Mr. Lining. "Jonas," saki Mrs. King, when he went to get her market orders, "I want to speak to you again about my mother. lam go ing to write to her to-day, and—" "Clarissa," interrupted Mr. King, "your mother can't come to live here. I say so for the hundredth time; the house isn't big enough." "It seems big enough for all the stray waifs that come along," responded Mrs. King, tartly. "There never was a house yet big enough fora man and his mother-in-law." "But, my mother—" "Oh! hang your mother!" roared Mr. King, and rushed out of the door. Who so merry as Mr. King that eve ning? Ile kept up a running lire of small talk, allowed Mr. Lining no opening for business; and when ten o'clock came would not hear of his leaving. "Stay awhile with us!" he said, hospitably. And to his wife he added, when they were alone, "For God's sake, don't provoker hint, Clarissa." "How long is this to go on, Mr. King?'' said his helpmate, in reply, in a tAlne of cool, concentrated indignation. "How can I tell!" groaned the wretched man. "Ilow can you tell? Are you going to take no measures about it?"" "Couldn't you put a little arsenic in his eotli.v?" suggested he. "Mr. King, are you serious?" "l'crhaps 1 may lie," returned he,glown ily. "Can't you think of anything you could do?" "Oh, yes!" rejoined Mrs. King, sarcas tically; "think of anything I could do! Why don't you think of something you could do?" The next morning, before tl: down to breakfast, Mrs. King be , on the subject of her mother. Mr. King was tyinff b his cravat gan to hum an air. At this h lost all patience. "Mr. King, are you listeniff cried. "I don't believe you hea I say!" "I know it all, my dear," said he. "I've heard it often enough—filial affection, de clining years, sympathy, society, and all the rest of it." "Will it never be possible to make you see the thing in the right light?" "With my mind's eye," said Mr. King, throwing back his head in an attitude, "1 look into the dim future, and I can see no possible combination of circumstances which can change my opinion." Mrs. King regarded him with a look of angry contempt, "I know something that would," she said. "If dear ma had the prospect of a hundred thousand—" "Oh! in that case, my dear," interrupt ed he, "my duty to the children—ahem! might lead me to Smother my— ahem! But she has not such prospects, has she! She has no rich , brother to leave it to her, and she won't invent a patent medicine, will she? As you are so severely critical, my dear, we'll say. probable. I know of no combination of circumstances, the most remotely probable, that would in duce me .to coosent--there.' "Well, if ma can't come here, that man shan't stay.. Pit go and order him out' of the hotise myself:l' "Stop, step," cried Mr. King, all in a tremble. "No, since it's come to that, 111 do it myself. But you don't know what you drive me to do." "Ile rushed. down stairs in a state of despair. 'There eat the incubus. "Sir,” said Mr. King, "I should be glad to know now the nature of--s.--your--a—you have been here a long time—and—a--of you— Mr. Lining had turned slowly, and brought to bear upon the speaker that deep, penetrating gaze that had for two days thrilled his marrow; and he first got confused, and then broke down altogether, as we have seen. Poor Mr. King expected every moment to see a pistol brought out. "I beg your pardon; I did not catch your words," said tha guest, rising up taller and taller, 'as it appeared to his host, till he stood in the same attitude as he had stood the night.of his arrival. Mr. King rushed up stairs to his wife's bedroom: "Turn him out of the house as soon as you like," cried be, insanely. "Call a policeman! Do anything. Only ge t hi m away." 'Did he refuse_ to go? , ' asked Mrs. King. "I-4 didn't aikido)," stammered her husband. CASH RATES OF ADVERTISING Ten lines of Nonpareil constitute a Square TIME 1 week ... 2 weeks.. 3 weeks.. 1 month.. 2 months 3 mouths 6 months 1 year..? $ 75 $140• 2 10 ' 120',1 861 270 1 50' 2 201 330 1 75, 260, 390 2 75j 4 001 600 400 6 001 9 00 7 00' 11 00 1850 1 . 12 00' 29_00 1 80 001 Executors' Notice Administrators , Notice Assitmeez, CM tors' Notice SPECIAL NOTICES—Ten cents a line for the first insertion, and Seven cent% aline for each subsequent insertion. • REAL ESTATE advertisements, Ten cents a line for the first insertion and Five 017111114 line for each additional insertion. No. 28. WALL KINDS or JOB PRINTING executed with neatuees mid despite. "Did not ask him! What on , earth did you ask him then?" "Ire—he knows what I mean.,, "Are you crazy?" said Mrs. King. "No; but I soon will be," said the un fortunate man, clutching two handrail of hair, as if about to tear them out. Mrs. King sunk on his shoulder at this sight, overcome. • "Jonas," she cried, "whatever fate this man holds over our heads, be it disgrace or abject poverty, let us welcome it as preferable to this. You have me and. the children lett. We will bear it together. "Bosh!" was the answer to this heroic speech. Mrs. King burst into tears. Mr. King rushed down stairs againand met Mr. Lining. A bright idea had struck him, and a new despair gave him fresh courage. "Come up with mel ,, he said. "Do you see that woman weeping? Do you know who is the cause of it?" in low, concen trated tones. "Most certainly Ido not, ,, Mr. Lining answered. "You are the cause of it." "Yes; she wants your room for mother, who is coming to live here; and you—you don't settle your business and go." "This is very extraordinary, Mr. King." "Oh! confound your dignity and your surprises!" "Permit me to remind you "Oh! yes, yes, I know; but out with it now. Anything is better than this sus pense, man! My mother-in-law even is better—and that's what you've driven me to!" said the wretched being, tossing his hands aloft. The guest answered, calmly, to this burst. "Let us step down stairs, Mr. King, and all I have to say can be soon dispatch ed." "Jonas, don't go with him," shrieked Mrs. King; "he'll kill you, and just when we were going to be so happy with dear ma, and all." " `Dcar ma!' Oh, Lord!" ejaculated Jonas. "11tp! lin! lin!" laughed the stranger, tiler a stare of astonishment at Mrs. King. In 1(.11 inimitt.s Mr. Lining and port s anteau w(Te guirig down the street. His sole business, it appeared, was sonic mes sage from Mr. King's early associates in ieorgia. Ills host had so delayed hearing them, and at the . same time so urqd his staying, that he had lrfotll.Y,ht !night as well "put up" in such comfortable quarters as at a hotel, during his visit to the city, which was only for a couple of (lays. As lo the dreaded "youthful :Init." of Mr. he made no allusion to it whatever. Hut though the guest was out, the moth er-in-law was in! Jonas King was held to his word. Curious, wasn't it, that Mrs. King should owe "dear ma's" soci- letters —An old bachelor editor says: Lovers, like armies, get along well enough till en gaged.,, —A young woman gave as a reason for smoking a segar " that it made it smell as though there was a man around." --Many a good kiss has been nipped in the bud by a four-year old nuisance bringing a light into the room. —Woman is composed of 243 bones, 409 muscles, and 306 pins. Fearfully ,and wonderfully made, and to be handled with care to avoid.seratehet. —An old bachelor was lately murdered in Arkansas; and his murderer was ac quitted on the ground that the deceased was a 'useless animal." —A western editor, in commenting upon the large amount which Queen Victoria saves annually from her salary, remaziked: "That's a widow worth going for." —Why are ladies Bice watches ? Be cause they have beautiful faces, delicate hands, are more admired whetC , full' jew eled, and need regulating very often. —A 'polite philosorece thanked a lady who bad beat ng to a party for an hour, by saying, " am, you hive wasted our time obarmingly.77 "Igy yoke is allay and my burfleag is light,' as the young fellow said when,4is girl was sitting on his lap with her tiring around his neck. —A shrewd. old_ gentleman once said to his daughter;` lWe aim, my dear, you never marry a poor man; but remember that the poorest man in the world it one that has money and nothing else." • —Here is a bachelor's autographical epitaDh:— ALL Mom scum vriliCes.'s cad I diem; A cheerlesshet sole and tad; The nuptial knot never teed, And wish Earl% er never had.” —A letter-writer, describing , a recent WI, says that the feature which made the deepest impression on him was "the unusual number of very plump women foaming over the tips of their dresses." —A fellow ou) west advertises a who, he says, "has -left him just as his summer's work is beginning, notwith standing he has had the expense of win tering her." —" Henry, love, I 'wish you would throw away that ook and talk to inn, I hid so dull:" (A long pause and . re- RI ) la '?‘II4'ICIV7II, dear, ot my ir ." you _ t wake it up." 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