Up Lancaster SntdUijt'UjcX't: VOL. LXII. THE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER PUBLIfInSIfjfVEBY TUESDAY, AT NO. 8 NOR.THDCTX STRIXT, BY OEO. SASDERSON. TEEMS. Subscription.— Two Dollars per annum, payable In ad vance... No. subscription discontinued until all arrear ages are paid, unless at tbe option of the Editor. Ax>T£BTZ3£UBNTS. —Advertisements, not exceeding one square, (12.1ines,) will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five cents lor each additional inser tion. Those of greater length in proportion. Job Pbintino—Such as Hand Bills, Posters, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, 4c„ Ac., executed with accuracy and on the shortest notice. HYPOCRISY, BY G. W. EAENHABT. How much of false piety In “Christian society" We constantly meet with, And have to compete with Though patterns are ample, We’U take but a sample From numerous cases In various places. Then truth be derided If we have decided To make a rash venture, Deserving of censure. A man will pass by us Who claims to be pious, Whose soul is downriddeo With sins that lie hidden. The Scriptures he searohea In one of the churches; And strange is the feature, Lends ear to the preacher. But still he’ll determine, Despite of th^-sermon, That when it is done, he Will worship his money. So olosely he hitohes To fashion and riches, And looks to bis pocket, No scruples to lock it. He never discloses A farthing to Moses Or Paul, who may meet him, When for it they greet him. Though poverty pinches The beggar by inches, Away he will turn him, And wickedly spurn him. How natural is it— He never will visit A suffering neighbor Who lives by his labor. Although with a person Of wealth, he’ll converse on The fact of his leisure To see him with pleasured There’s policy in it, You’ll see in a minute, For those are not needy Whose purse is not “seedy.” Where money is wanted His conscience is haunted; The poor may require it — The rich don’t desire it. How strange, but how real, Appears the ideal, When those who deride us— The rich —are beside us! Yet such is propriety In “Christian society” Wherever you find it With fortune to bind it. f New York Mercury, UNDER THE DAISIES, BY HATTIE TYN'G. I haveju6t been learning the lesson of life — The sad, sad lesson of loving; And all of its powers for pleasure or pain Been slowly, sadly proving. And atl that is left of the bright, bright dream, With its thousand brilliant phases, la a handful of dust in a coffin hid— A coffin under tbe daisies. The beautiful, beautiful daisies, The snowy, snowy daisies. And thus forever throughout the world Is lovo a sorrow proving; There are many sad, sad things in life, But the saddest thing is loving. Life often divides far wider than death, Circumstance the high wall rises; But better far than two hearts estranged Is a low grave starred with daisies. The beautiful, beautiful daisies, The snowy, snowy daisies. And so I am glad that we lived as we did Through the summer of love together, And that one of us tired and lay down to rest Ere the coming of winter weather; For the sadness of love is growing cold, And ’tis one of its surest phases, So I bless God with a breaking heart For that grave enstarred with daisies. The beautiful, beautiful daisies, The snowy, snowy daisies. ELI GODDARD’S FORFEIT. The youthful portion of the town of Lib erty Centre was in a high state of excite ment one sunny day of February, for Kitty • Baldwin had announced to them on lemon colored paper, with a bunch of hyacinths in the left hand upper corner, that the pleasure of their company was requested on the fol lowing Thursday. Now it was a long time sinoe a party had been givin in Liberty Centre, for the reason that Judge Dyke’s daughter had given the last one, and it had been done in such a style of magnifioence that no one could hope to surpass it, so they ;would give none at all. But Kitty Baldwin had,been spending two weeks at her cousin’s in Boston, and obtained some new ideas, of which she was sure Amanda Dyke hadnever dreamed of, so she determined, on her re turn, to have a party several notohes above . the Dykes. She suggested this to herfath er, and he readily acquiesced, for he had ‘just made a speech in the legislature on the :< Barbarism of Smoking,’ and he wanted to know the opinions of his neighbors. So Kitty went to work at once, and made a list of those she wished to invite. First she put down only those who were classed as the ‘ upper ten’ of Liberty Centre ; but on second thoughts, she found that if she wish ed to amaze any one with the splendor of her entertainment, Bbe had better include in her invitation every one that she. knew. ' On counting them up, she found that they numbered seventy. If they all came, the rooms would be crowded : but she conclu ded that some would be sick, or have nothing to wear, or be otherwise engaged. The notes were, therefore, despatched, and, as already stated, the announcement was electrifying to the town. ‘ Are you invi ted?’ and ‘ What shall you wear V were the only questions asked and answered.. Straight hair was kept in curl papers night and day, in order that it should be sure to ourl on the important night. Summer bonnets were robbed of their floral orna ments to furnish wreaths ; kid gloves were rubbed clean with camphene; bright red looks were modified to * auburn’ by the assiduous application of divers kinds of hair grease ; breastpins were repaired, and everything done to make it as dazzling as possible. The busiest scene was at Squire, Baldwin’s. Carpets were covered with sheeting; new red damask curtains were purchased to replace the old ones ; astral and Bolar lamps were brought from seclu ded closets ; spoons, blanc-mange moulds and candelabia were borrowed from the neighbors; Buperflous furniture was car ried up stairs, and the whole house was swept and garnished. Days and nights rolled on, and the long wished for evening arrived. Squire Bald win lighted up the red and blue caudles on the mantle-piece ; the solars and astrals began to shed their radiance ; Miss Kitty, in white muslin, trimmed with oherry-col ,,ored ribbon, sat cautiously on a chair await ing the arrivals. Pretty soon the bell rang, and the door being opened, a oonfused mass of, hoods andoloaks hurried up stairs. The ’bell' fang'again and again ; sometimes a dbzen' wonld meet on the' door-st op, • and sometimes a solitary baohelor would coma in. By and by an alarming knock: was gives at the doqr,accompahiedbya vigor-j ous pull at thebell. This was Eli God-, dird, and 'a word or two about fern will not be amiss. He was a son of .Parson God- , dard, and one of the beauxof Liberty Cen- ; tre. He bad a noble, generous nature,.but y was the most awkward fellowimaginable. : Ho was always fltttm'bljng and blundering, ’ and his bands .were, like the hands on the, clock of |the Fitchburg Railroad depot 1 in Boston, neverin therigbtplaoe. The ! girls all laughed at him, and none of: thorn more than: Carrie Brooks—a wild,! brilliant, fnn-loving:girl-who-had a keen i sense of the ludicrous, which sometimes j overcame the better feelings of her heart, j Eli Goddard admired Carrie, and tried to j manifest it; but he did not know how, and ! made himself ridionlons by his funny at- j tempts. Carrie had many other suitors, and although they were jealous of.eaoh other, | not one of them was jealous of Eli. They j thought so lively a girl as Carrie would not j regard such an unsophisticated youth, so i long as they were about with their stylish [ clothes, massive finger-rings andaoarfpins. | In reality Oarrie cared nothing for outward j show, and in thinking over, the character and habits of the young men of her ac- I quaintance, she had often deoided in her j own mind that Eli Goddard was the most sensible, upright and virtuous of all. He ! was never seen in idle or dissolute compa ny ; never played billiards in the tavern; was always posted on all snbjeots of his tory and philosophy, and stood at the head of the aoademy as a soholar. She lament ed his gawky ways, and sometimes won dered if something could not be done to remedy them, and she would determine not to laugh at him again ; but the next time she witnessed one of his mistakes, her merry laugh would burst forth. As We were saying, Eli appeared. He had knocked on the knooker, and then, having espied the bell handle, and thinking he should have pulled that instead, he grasped it and gave it a jerk. The wire worked very easy, and Eli came near go ing backwark down the steps. This seemed to disturb his equilibrium the whole eve ning. He tumbled twice in going up stairs, and when he oame down to the parlor, he bowed first to the servant-girl who was just going out, having brought iu a lamp. At length the company being all assem bled, it was suggested that games be played, and ‘ Juniper tree ’ was decided upon, and a merry time they had of it for half an hour. Then the game of ‘ Copen hagen’ was substituted, during which gathers were ripped out, hoops dislocated, hair came down, blushes oame up, and there was a good time generally. Carrie ; Brooks reoeived the most kisses, and Au- j gustns Hobbs seemed to be the most active in disbursing them. Eli Goddard suc ceeded in slapping Anna Breck’s hand ; and in chasing her for her reward, he tripped over the piano stool, pulled down the window curtain, and, after a laughable struggle, had to content himself with kiss ing; the back of her head Then came ‘ Blind Man’s Buff,’ and | Jared Wilcox was the first one blinded. — He stood for a moment in the middle of the room, and then made a sudden start to ; the right, followed by another to tbe left, but they eluded his grasp. He jumped around the room like a oolt; the girls crowded into corners, jumped upon side | boards, window sills and book-cases, con ; triving all manner of ways to esoape cap ture. Just at this moment, Mrs. Curtiss, who lived over the way, came from the old folks’ room to the parlor door, to see what she oalled the ‘ carrying on.’ She was a neighborly old lady, and always liked to be around on great ocoasions. A oancer j had destroyed her nose many years before, ; and she wore a false one, made of silver, covered with flesh-colored kid. Her speo- I tacles were fastened to it in such a manner that it was difficult to detect the deception, i and many who had known her for a long ! while, wore not aware of the real value of i her nose. At night, when she retired, | nose and spectacles eame off together and [ were resumed in the morning. ! Just as she appeared at the parlor door, ! Jared happened to make a dive in that j direotion, and grasped the old lady around I the waist. Before she could recover her ! self from the astonishment, Jared passed ! his hand over her face to ascertain whom | he had oangfat, and in doing so, knoaked j off the spectacles, nose and all. A loud roar burst from the company. Wilcox pulled the bandage from his eyes, and on ; beholding what he had done, he rolled back on the carpet in convulsive laughter. ; Mrs. Curtiss picked up her property, and, i without stopping to say ‘ good-bye,’ flounced out of tho house, and hurried to her own domioil. It may be well here to state that she never visited the Baldwins again, and no overtures from them could paoify her. She never forgot it. | Another game was started, succeeded by some playing on tbe piano and singing, ' until some one proposed playing forfeits, | and the motion was acoepted. Eli heard I this with dismay ; he had some experience |in playing forfeits,, and had found that redeeming them before a whole room full of folks was a difficult operation. How ever, he had to do as the rest did, and j ‘ Twirl the Platter ’ was the chosen game. | They each had a number. Eli’s number was nine, and that number was called more frequently than any other ; but Ell was as spry as a cat, and always oaught the platter before it was done Bpin ning. A large quantity of handkerchiefs, rings and penknives were accumulated as pawns, but none of them belonged to Eli. At last Carrie Brooks’ turn came to twirl it; shegave the dish a gentle twist, and calledout ‘nine.’ Eli started, but the plate was motionless when he reached it, and he was called upon for a forfeit. He offered his large silk bandanna, and the game went on. At length came the re deeming of the forfeits. Seth Pike was elected judge, and after being blindfolded so that he could not' know to whom the forfeits belonged, he took a seat. Albert Carter held up a plain gold ring, and said: ‘ This is a lady’s pawn, and what shall We do to redeem it?’ ‘ She shall measure off four yards of love rtybpif with,Hiram Flagg, and cut it off every ‘Half-yard,’ said the judge. ; .Hirani“jimmediately stepped forward, wiping, 1 a bright yellow handkerohlef, as if it was watering in anticipation of a delightful; treat. The ring belonged to Almira S.tmmway, a quick, smart littld girl, who advanoed quite brisk ly peare«LfcO ‘uhdergtand howito measurslove «THAT COUNTRY Ifl ITU MOST PROSPNROUS WHTO LABOR COMMANDS THN ORNAXNST REWARD.”—-BUOHANAH. LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1862. ribbon, and it was rumored that an extra yard was out off; but, of course, it was a mistake in counting. ‘ This is a gentleman’s forfeit, and what shall he do to redeem ?’ said Carter, hold ing np a pearl-handled knife. ‘ He shall go to Rome,’ solemnly pro nounced the judge. Going to Rome means kissing every girl in the room. The knife was Jared Wiloox’s, so he arose, looked carefully around as if to see which was the best end of the room to commenoe on, and choosing' the Carrie Brooks side, he * went in.’ The first two or three he got pretty well; the next one was harder, and by the time he got through his hair was ruffled, and his shirt unruffled, his dicky broken down, and the bow of his cravat under his left ear, and huge drops of perspiration stood upon his forehead. He had done his work nobly, and kissed every girl in the room. The next forfeit was Joe Budd’s, to re deem which he was ordered to stand out in the room and repeat a verse of poetry. Now, Joe was not a man of letters, although he was clerk in the poßt-offioe, and he knew nothing about poetry. He, hesitated, and then wept forward, and after scratching his head a moment, delivered the following: “ The pilgrim fathers, where are they ? In silence and in fear 1 They still rolled in the bay, os they rolled that day, With their hymnaof lofty oheer.” In early ohildhood, Budd had learned by heart the two poems by Mrs. Hemans on the ‘ Pilgrim Fathers,’ but in his con fusion got the two mixed together. A loud burst of mirth from the assembly oaused the discomfited Budd to retreat to his seat. The idea of the pilgrims still rolling in Massachusetts Bay was sufficient to keep the oompany merry for some time. Then Susy Clark had to ‘ make a plough ’ with George Dewey, and Mark Adams was bidden to read one of Artemas Ward’s let ters aloud without laughing, which of course he oouldn’t do, so the judge excused hi,m after a few attempts. 1 All this time Eli sat in fear and tremb ling, his red bandanna remained untonched and he hoped that something woald ooour to disturb the game before the forfeit was proclaimed. At length all were disposed of but his. Carter held it up and said : ‘ This is the last forfeit—a gentleman’s; what shall he do to redeem it V Now, Seth Pike, the judge, had been wondering where Eli Goddard’s handker chief was ; so when he heard that this was the last forfeit, he felt sure it was Eli’s. He had reserved for him a task which he knew from experience was a hard one to perform, especially for any one disposed to diffidence, so he sentenoed Eli to ‘ bow to tbe wittiest, kneel to the prettiest, and kiss the one he loved best.’ Eli’s heart beat violently. How could he perform suoh a task before suoh a room full 1 How could he dare to kiss Carrie Brooks in a public assembly, when he had never been courage ous enough to attempt such a thing in private ; and he would kiss no one else, for that would not be noting the truth, and Eli was very strict on matters of truth. He did not know what to do ! All eyes were turned toward him, and every one was calling for him to redeem his pledge. He made an effort and stood np, wishing him self anywhere but there, when, to his delight, a servant announced that supper was ready. Mrs. Baldwin requested the gentlemen to take partners for the' supper room, and it was decided that Eli should redeem his forfeit afterward. As usual on suoh oooasions, all the pretty girls were secured by the experi enced party-goers, and the young, timid gentlemen had to put up with what there was left. Fortunately Eli was quite near to Carrie, and to her he offered his arm. On their way to the room he found that they were out of Btep, and in mak ing a hop to get into step, he trod on Sarah Blake’s dress, who was in front, and rip ped it nearly off the waist. While stop ping to apologize, and find a pin to repair damage, the crowed passed on, and when Eli reached the room with his fair compan ion, they were obliged to station themselves on the outer edge of the oirole, near the door. The table presented a dazzling appear ance. Pyramids blanc-mange, and monu ments of ioe cream towered above ramparts of nice jelly and charlotte russe —sponge cake, stewed oysters, nuts, apples and oranges, were plaoed in admirable oonfu sion. The gentlemen were expeoted to help their partners. Carrie said she would like some oysters, and some- frozen pud ding. Poor Eli was completely nonplussed. He had heard of oyster-stews, and knew them by sight, but as for frozen pudding he didn’t know what in the world that could be ; but he decided to do his best, so he elbowed his way to the table, and after some vain attempts he contrived to fill a saucer with oyster-stew—and finding that it took all his skill to keep it from spilling, he thought it best to return with with that, and then get pudding ; so he started for his partner. He was soon wedged in between a fat man and a pretty large sized lady ; he waited a little for them to move, but they did not; he made a bold push, and would have got through nicely had not the exertion caused him to spill some of the hot oysters down the back of the fat lady’s dress. She screamed and started Eli so that he jumped and knocked the arm of the fat gentleman just as he had his fork raised to his mouth ; consequently the fork was forced two-thirds its length down the gentleman’s throat, taking away in its oourse a large portion of cuticle. It is needless to record the the exact words uttered on the occasion, bat Eli stammered out an excuse, and struck out in another direction. At last he reached Miss Brooks, and presented her with a sauoer, when, lo ! there was only one oyster remaining on it, and no spoon ; the rest had been lost daring the perilous passage. We oannot describe Eli’s dire confusion. Perhaps some estimate can be made of it, when we say that his complexion made the new red damask onrtains look faded. He laid the plate on the oorner of the mantel, and uttering some inartionlate sentences, he made his way to the table, determined upon Securing the frozen pud ding. Seeing a fork, he stuck it into several nondesoript looking mixtures, but they were all too soft to be frozen. When Kitty was purchasing her oonfeo tionery, she happened to see in the window a very handsome ciroular loaf of oake, in tensely ornamented with enpids and gilt; on inquiring its price, she was informed that it was eomposed of lignun-vita, and only used as a show. Kitty thonght it would look well in the centre of the snp- pet-table, so she hired it for the purpose. It was about as large as the crown ef a ' hat, and weighed three or four pounds.— Eli aimed his fork at thD, and finding it impenetrable, concluded that it must be a frozen pudding, surely; so taking a knife he endeavored to procure a slice, bat found he oould not get off a ernmb. He then concluded that it was not very large, and if Miss Carrie did not eat tbe whole she oould leave the rest; so he deposited it; on a dish and set ont on his return trip; ' and trip it proved to be, too, for when he j got within ten feet of his destination; his foot qanght in a lady’s flounce and threw ! him forward a step or two; the impetus I slid the lignum vitce oake off the dish, and | it landed plnmp on the foot of the same | old gentleman whose throat received suoh : violent treatment only a few minutes be- ‘ fore. His exasperation was only exceeded ! by the laughter of the company, who, al- 1 though they sympathized with both the j sufferers, conld not control themselves at: such a ludicrous scene. Eli rnshed to the i door, and hurrying to the parlor, seated himself on a sofa, and covering his face ! with his hands, bewailed bis ill-lnok, and ' wondering how it was that he should be so ' gawky and clumsy, while all his fellows I went through so gracefully. What would I Carrie think of him ? How oould he bear | to meet her again, or how could he ever j hope that she wonld love him 1 While he ; was asking himself these questions, he felt j a gentle hand on his arm, and looking up, i he saw that Carrie stood beside him. ■ ‘ Eli,’ said she, in her sweet and musi cal voice, ‘ you must not feel so bad about your mishaps; every one is liable to them more or less, and as they are not errors of the heart, they arejaoon forgotten, and do not injure the oharacter of the person. It is much better to .commit a few awkward blunders than to carry, under a graoeful exterior, a deceitful, hardened, or envious heart. For my part, I am really sorry yon were so unluoky, and although I could not help laughing with the rest, at old Twin er’s grimaces, when that oake fell on his gouty toe, 1 pitied yon both, ever so muoh.’ Eli was astonished at these words from Carrie Brooks, the very girl he loved so much, the belle of the party, and the one of all others that appeared not to oare for him. The few simple words she had uttered had dispelled all the gloom whioh had dis couraged him, and he felt as if, with her to pity him, he conld encounter any quan tity of laughter and derision. ‘ Carrie,’ said he, ‘ 1 thank you very muoh for your kindness, both in forgiving and pitying me for my misfortunes ; but I am not through yet. When 1 get back, they will be sure to call upon me for my forfeit, and I cannot reveal the secrets of my heart before all the oompany—what oan I do V ‘ I’ll tell you,’ said Carrie; you oan bow to, kneel to, and kiss the girl you sit nearest to : it will not take a minute, and then we are going to have a cotillion, and no one will think anything about it.’ ‘ I would willingly do that, Carrie, pro vided that you was the one that I should sit the nearest to.' It was now Carrie’s turn to blush, and Eli oould hardly believe his own voice; but the words were uttered, and he wisely thought he had better go on and say the whole. ‘ For the truth is, Carrie,’ said he, ‘ I do love you the best, and have for a long time ; but 1 thought you did not oare any thing for me, while so many fashionable young men are so attentive to you. When ever I attempted to show my preference, I was sure to make some funny mistake whioh would cause much laughter; but, Carrie, if you oan assure me that I have not loved you in vain, and that my hopes for the future may be blended with yours, then I will prove to you that your confidence in me is not misplaced, and my constant oare shall be to make myself worthy of you.’ ‘ I do assure you, Eli,’ replied Carrie, placing her hand in his, ‘ that I feel proud of your love, and will give yon in return all that my poor heart can afford.’ Eli imprinted a kiss npon her mouth, and as if by magic, his feelings of awkward ness and embarrassment fell from him. — He was like another man, and felt as if he could make a speeoh in the town-hall, kiss a room full of girls, and carve a tur key without making a single mistake. A few more words passed between the lovers, when laughing voices warned them them that somebody was coming. ‘ Well, Carrie,’ said Eli, ‘ 1 shan’t be afraid to redeem my forfeit now.’ The parlor was now filled with guests returned from the supper-table, and as order was obtained, Seth Pike reminded them that the last forfeit remainded unre deemed ; and to redeem it, Eli Goddard was to ‘ bow to the wittiest, kneel to the prettiest, and kiss the one he loved best.’ Eli qnickly arose, and then remarked that such a task was very easy to perform, inasmuch as there was but one in the room on whom he oould bestow all these homa ges, crossed to where Carrie sat, made a graceful bow, and then bending on one knee, raised hijr hand to his lips and kissed it; he then returned to his seat as easily and safely as any dancing-master could have done. Every one was astonished but Carrie and Eli. No one laughed, bat several cried ‘good!’ and ‘ that was well done!’ Almira Shumway now seated herself at the piano, and oommenced playing * Hail Columbia!’ A cotillion was soon formed, and the evening terminated with a merry dance. When Augusta Hobbs and Wil liam Steele, and a few other yonng men asked the pleasure of escorting Mlbs Brooks home, they were surprised to hear that she was engaged, and their chagrin at seeing Eli Goddard in that enviable office was greatly increased the next day, when they heard what Carrie had told them was literally true —she was engaged. In a pleasant house in Libeity Centre live Mr. and Mrs. Eli Goddard and family, and when the ohildren are unusually good they are rewarded with an account of the funny soenes at Kitty Baldwin’s party. WISHES. How many sick ones Wish they were healthy ; How many beggar men Wish they were wealthy; How many ugly ones Wish they were pretty; How many etapid ones Wish they were witty; How many baoheldrs Wish they were married; How many Benedicts Wish they had tarried; Single or doable, life’s fall of trouble; Blohes are stubble, Reum's a hobble. DAUGHTERS MAT HELP. The expensive habits of American wo men press down many husbands and fathers like a mill-stone.. They find it hard to deny the requests of their loved ones, bat harder to acquire the means for supplying their artificial wants. ’> Business men oame to bankruptcy in the vain effort to appease the the fashionable eravings of ambitions fami lies. The following story from the New York Independent has its moral— ‘Now, like a dear, good mamma, will yon please beg papa to bny me that beau tiful set of pearls at Tiffany’s ! All the girls in our circle have some, and sorely you would net wish me to seem odd.’ ‘ My dear child, it is utterly impossible ; your father oannot afford it, and even if he could it would be apieoe of useless ex travaganoe entirely nnsuited to your age. I consider it perfeotly ridiculous to see children like you bedecked with trinkets, like some South Sea Islander.’ ‘ Why, mamma, how you astonish me ! Why, every person knows papa is very rich, and there is Clara Clinton’s mother, who is acknowledged to be a lady of su perior taste, and. allows her Clara to wear whatever she pleases.’ ‘ Mrs. Clinton has a perfect right to dress her daughter according to her idea; but I prefer to see you in the simple garb so becoming to modest girl hood. Yonr father, darling, is very muoh embarrassed at present, having entered into some speculations whioh I fear will prove disastrous ; we will then be obliged to leave this splendid house and seek one more suited to our means. 1 tell you this, my ohild, that you may not be annoying him for money for every elegant, costly trifle you may be pleased with. You know it hurts him to refuse you.’ ‘ And I have been forever teasing him about new dresses and jewels. I would not have been so unkind, dear mother, had I known what you say,’ said Metta Ban croft, with tearful eyes. ‘ Only thoughtless, darling,’ said her mother. ‘ Now attend to your lessons ; perhaps you may be able to turn your ed ucation to advantage, and assist your father, should trouble come.’ Metta Banoroft was a noble girl. From her infancy she had been the light of home. With a firm will and keen perception of right, she never wavered when she knew | her duty, and although reared in a home j of affluence and accustomed to be petted | and oaressed, she was not spoiled. Yet | she was not entirely free from that great j error in the female character, rivalry about j/dress ; and despite her resolution, she was sadly disappointed about the pearls. In the evening, when her father return | ed, his faoe looked very troubled. There : was a mournful tenderness in his eye, as he j met his wife and daughter with their ac j customed kisses. The evening passed al j moßt in silence, and when Metta had retired I to her room, he said to his wife. : ‘ Alice, the blow has fallen at last.’ | ‘ I feared so, William,’ said his wife. I ‘ But you have done all in your power to prevent it. God’s will be done ; we will not murmur.’ ‘ And will you consent to resign this home for one of poverty V he asked. 1 Willingly, my husband. I would scorn to keep up a false appearanoe when we have not the means to support it.’ ‘My noble, noble wife. You have light ened the burden of my heart. But will our daughter be reoonoiled to such a ohange.’ ‘ She is a darling,’ said the mother, fond ly. ‘ To-day I refused to allow her to make some expensive purchses and intimated the reason ; she immediately acknowledged the justice of my refusal, and was really troubled to think of the annoyance her many frivolous request must have caused you.’ The father’s eye brightened. ‘ Our reverse may be a blessing for her; it will bring out and strengthen her ohar aotor.’ ‘ Are your hopes entirely blasted V asked the wife. ‘ Even the furniture will be sold to satis fy creditors. 1 may possibly have enough to furnish a few rooms,and Mr. Green of the insurance oompaDy has promised me a sit uation. My salary will be barely sufficient to support us. However, we will do the best we can.’ Under the ruthless hand of the auction eer scarce an article was unsold. Objects of very great value were sacrificed at half their cost. With rare determination, on the day after Mr. Bnnoroft’a failure, his wife set ont for the first time in her life house-hunt ing. In a quiet street in Brooklyn, she secured the upper apartments in the house of an old widow lady, whose family con sisted of an only daughter. Early in the following week they removed, and were soon comfortably settled. Mr. Bancroft was happier than be ex peoted to be. The little parlor, with its cane chairs and pretty oarpet, looked so neat and comfortable. Never had his wife looked so beautiful—attired in a simple calico, her cheeks flushed, her eyes beam ing with happiness, and singing a song as she prepared their evening meal. Even Metta looked more dignified as she sat at a small table writing copies for her soholars ; for she had obtained a position as teacher in a school. ‘ I never felt snch contentment, before,’ said the father. ‘ Really, people of fashion have no idea of the pleasure they miss.’ * And indeed papa,’ said Metta, ‘ I find more enjoyment and instruction in teaching my little class than during my association with people of fashion. The character of my pupils is an interesting study ; no two are alike. I begin to think I have fonnd my vocation.’ ‘ We are all fitted to excel in some par ticular vocation,’ said the mother, ‘ and we should seriously endeavor to know in what, before we enter upon any work. See, my dear girl, the advantage of learning what we undertake perfectly. If you had wasted your time and talents, like many a foolish person, you would not now be so indepen dent.’ Metta grew up to be a true woman ; and although she never wore the costly pearls which she Baw at Tiffany’s, yet in the oab inet of her heart were enshrined those rare and richer pearls of modesty, intelligence and virtue. TF 1 * ‘Ah ! John since you’ve been to the oity the blaok ox died! without any notion whatever.’ ‘ G-raeions meroy! re plied .Joe,; ‘ how fast we are all passing away!’ | Contempt of Court. —Tho other day a i young, lawyer of the W was j employed to prosoute a man indicted for | larceny before a oominittingoonrt 6otaprosed lof . three magistrates. On hearingthe | testimony, they reftised to commit ! the prisoner to jail. Our lawyer whose j name is McKay, concluded to take revenge | on the magistrates. He accordingly 'began the attaek. ‘ 1 wish yonr Honors would fine me five dollars for contempt of Court,’ he said. ‘ Why, Mr. MoKay V < Because I feel a very deoided eontempt for the Court.’ ‘ Your contempt for the Court is not more deoided than the Court’s eontempt for you,’ was the response of one of the magistrates. This was a stinging retort, and Mao felt it; but another worshipful member of the Court—a dry, hard looking old blaek smith—put in a blow that finished the work and completely demolished the young larger: ‘We might fine yon,’ he said, ‘ bnt we don’t know which one of us you’d want to borrow the money from topay it with.’ The laugh was against Mao. He was a notorious borrower when he conld find a lender. He has never jested with the Coart since that rebuke. Miracle of Honesty. —At a party one evening, several contested the honor of having, done the most extraordinary thing ; and a reverend gentleman was appointed sole judge of their respective pretensions. One party produced his tailor bill with a receipt attached to it. A buzz went through the room that this oould not be done, when a second proved that he had arrested his tailor for money loaned him. The palm is his, was the general ery, but a third put in his olaim. ‘Gentlemen,’ said he ‘1 cannot boast of the feats of either of my predecessors, but I returned to the owners two umbrellas that they left at my house.’ ‘ I’ll hear no more,’ cried the astonished arbitrator; this is the very ne plus ultra of honesty and unheard' of deeds ; it is an aet of virtue of whioh 1 never knew one capable. Hold, said another, ‘ I’ve done more than that.’ ‘ Impossible,’ said the oompany, ‘ but let ns hear it.’ ‘ I’ve been taking my newspaper for twenty years, and pay for it in advanoe.’ ITF” One day the Duke of Newcastle and the Duke of Cleveland were travelling to gether in a railway oarriage. Newcastle is a fine, noble-looking man, frank and sooia ble; while Cleveland is a little, dried-up old fellow, proud as Lucifer. In passing through Nottingham, a gentleman got into the same carriage with the two dukes. [An English first-olass carriage will seat but eight persons, and few common people travel in the first class.] He proved to be a manufacturer; and Newcastle soon enter? ed into conversation with him—asking him all about trade, the state of the markets,, etc., and deriving considerable information. Cleveland, on the contrary, was silent and exclusive—not deigning to talk to a mere business-man. After a while; the journey of the Duke of Newoastle was ended, and he left tho carriage. The Nottingham gentleman, who had been delighted with the easy conversation of the departed duke, turned to the other stranger (proud Cleve land,) and asked if he knew the gentleman’s name with whom he had been conversing. ‘The Duke of Newcastle,’ was the reply. ‘ You don’t say sojV rejoined the aston ished manufacturer ; ‘ well, now, only to think that such a great gentleman should have talked in so free-and-easy a way to two suoh snobs as you and ll’ Cut off the Back Legs of your Chairs. —l will tell you a seoret worth knowing. A thousand things not worth half as muoh have been patented and ele vated into a business. It is this. If you out off the baok legs of your chairs so that the back part of the seat shall be two inohes lower than the front part, it will greatly relieve the fatigue of sitting, and keep your spine in much better shape. The principal fatigue in sitting, comes from your sliding forward, and thus strain ing the ligaments and muscles in the small of the baok. The expedient"! have advised will obviate this tendency, and, as I have suggested, add greatly to the comfort and healthfulness of the sitting posture. The front edge of a ohair should not be more than fifteen inches high, for the aver age man, nor more than fourteen for the average woman. The average ohair is now seventeen inches high for all, which no amount of slanting in the seat oan make comfortable.— Lewis’ New Gymnastics. Converse not with a liar or a swearer, or a man of obscene or wanton language ; for either he will corrupt you, or at least it will hazard your reputation to be thought one like minded ; and if it doth neither, yet it will fill your memory with such discourses that it will be trouble some to you in after time ; and the returns of the remembrance of the passages whioh you have long since heard of this nature will haunt you when your thoughts should be better employed. —Sir Matthew Hale. Where are You Wounded J It had beoome a matter of habit with the fair ones to open conversation with the very natural inquiry, “ Where are yon wounded ?” and accord ingly when a party of three or four the other day approached our cel), they launched out in the usual way. Paddy made them believe that he didn't hear distinctly, and replied, “ pretty well, I thank yes. “ Where are you wounded ?” again fired away one of the ladies. “ Faith, lam not badly hurt at all. I’ll be thravelling to Richmond in a wake," re plied Pat, with a peculiarly distressing look, as if he was in a tight place. Thinking that he was deaf, one of the old ladies in the background, put her mouth down to his ear, and shouted again, “ We want to know where you are hurt ?” Pat, evidently;finding that if the bombardment continued much-longer ne would have to strike his flag anyhow, concluded to do so at once, kba ac cordingly, as rosy as a boiled lobster, and with angiy&nd of energy, he replied! “ sure, leddies, it's safb that I am ; but since ye are de termined to know where I've been wounded, tVs on my sate! The bullet intered behind at> my breeches. Plase to excuse ~my feelings and ax me no more questions.’,* I leave it to you to imagine the bldshing conster nation of the inquisitors and the sudden locomotion out of the front aoor.— Leesburgh ( Va .) Correspon dence of the Charleston Conner. Noticel to sugar cabb growers. An entire new and improved SUGAR AND MOLABBEB BOILER for making Sorghum Sugar and Syrup, directly from the julee of the Chinese Sugar Cane. 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