114. 1 1 1 1
; jug Mummy parcomas la . .ixibusbea ins/
nur .day 11101 Wag =II, £sl/so •14 Two
D o llars per 11111111 M. la
ci i
~ s r eariithass is ail ea** ozaluitve Otto . tom*
,' en to th e Port. ' ' • . ' . ,
'SPECIAL Noll insofar' g sirs= cam par
•! ne or aril Insert' sad has ciao re Loa tow
obsoquent inserttozuir
1 t oc U. NOTICES s 1
em style AS . teedlng loatie.
0 i
1-r crts a live. ,
fls ,„ ris gmesTe will to Insertid soxwalas to
AP'
I he fo llowing ta ble of sates : • . .. . , •
4W Ism I itoz
1140 1 8.00 1 4.00 1 0.00 120.001 $
re 2.00 1 - 5.09 1 -- i.OO 1'14.00 1 15.00 1 9040
OE
ME
12.50 I .00I - 10.80 ,. 1 13.00 1.00.00 I 80.00
i 3_ool 8.50 114.00 118.25 1 23.00 1 83.00
a.octTi2.oo it.oo no° ao.ows.bo
c„iu wn- 110 ooTiotoTsii4iiil4o ca 155.00 puLoo
20.001 40A 1 00,
- -
orainietretts's and Esecatka's *atlas. $9;
~..o%.tices. $9 60 ; Basinems Cade; am Uses. tor
" $1 each.
t ly - aitertisers are astitkd to q changes.
T w i c ertigementstatiotbe paid ni =edimme.
uesolntions
al
Cortalltrtilelittoni
',va let or individual inbaliet. and botictes of War.
sea Deaths/ excesalli five Saes, see charged
:ax Cirri per true
The iirroirrra taring I larger Circalstion than all
p .r.eta in the county combined. make, it the best
13,ertiaing median:tin Northern yenneitageds.
109 ? ritsTrea if every kind. Pbdn and Fancy
dyne with neatness , and dispatch. Ilendtelta.
B A n kc qgols. Pamphlets; Billhards, Statements. he.
9 evert venal style. Willett at the shortage
t ,e The Ravens Oilloe/ is well 'pplied with
„,„ s good assortment of new type. mid
f r,,, i bi n g to the Printiag Um can be executed in
l b irtiatic ,nfinner and at the lowest rates.
1.010; ilmniABLY CASH.
-•'• •
BVSIMIES 'CM*
11. TINGL Y, 7 Licensed Auc
v • :.nerr. Rome. Pa. AU calla promptly attend-
Ma 31.1870
BLACK. f Apra' -
11 • and .4eri&9o•l litsteranee Agent. OiSce at J.
• noto,..3cyaliming. Pa. - Jnn9,lo-4lm
Ary, ALL,AVACE
t' o'ss. SIGN: A7D PIISSCO PALVTZR,
, n s
•
Sept. 15; 187.0-j-r
A3lp kVINCE - NT. INSURANCE
C
Aarv'rA.- 6 trice forirt, erly omupled by Mereur
k' orrow. one door rolktb of Ward 40119...
, rnaylo.'7o g..vrscrfrt.
FOWLER, REAL • ESTATE.
R. D EALER.. ,No. 'l6O Wasttlnuton Street. be.
Laßalle and' Wells Streets. Chlcaizo. 1111no1s.
F.fate purchased and sop. Investments made
;ncy Dpaned., May 10.'1'0.
• - 4 - --
nHESS - 31AR1 - NG, PATTERN
CUTTrS O A-WID rrriNG ti 3, all fashionable
Myles en Fhort notice. MOMS In lltercur's New
liskin•st., over Porter k Kirby's! Dina sum..
• MRS. H. K.._HAIIVIN.
swanda. Pa., April 11., 1870. •
HAM WORK OP ALL KINDS,
FilCh as 44tTCIIES. CURLS. BRAIDS. ?UIZ.
En g. kr.. made. In the beat manner and latest aMe.
st the Wait! llenae Barber Shop:. Terms reasonable..
..T,,,eanda, Pie. 1. 1568•
VRANCIS E. :with etre POST, PAINTER.
Tnwanda. Pa. ten i• rienoe. lame-
it.l year e4n !eve th e beet eattafactiott In Painting,
Grit lug, Staining, Glazing. Papering, ke •
cA,Partirular attention paid to intgling to the
ainll9,'6B.
T . •
ORN DUNFEE, ITLAC i ItqMITIT.
.PSIONIIETON: PA... pays partien*aetentitm to
healng rtnagies, Wagons. Sleighs, kc. Tire set and
n -piring . .lencon short notice. - Work and charges
.raarantred satisfactory./ 12.16.0.
A .ITOS P "iTAtIKER. HAS
:s.ritin established himself In the TA LOBIING
`..bridliF.Sc 'Mop over Itochwell's Eitoie . ., Work of
‘‘ ,,, rY description done In thelateat stylcis.
TO!Vano. 3 . April 2i. 1870.—tf
ERAYSVILLE WOOLEN MILL
i
ihr nndersinned wofild r roppertfully announce to
e vublrc that he keepa•ionatantly on, band Woolen
12mtis. Catiiirnera. Flannels, Taxan. and all kinds at
crlidessle and retail. -2 HAVIH MIOADLEY.
' A,:249:70. Proprietor.
OH YES ! QH YES !—AUCTIONI
,s.-. B. ALOE. LiteMeti Mudicnuter. •
•
du rails promptly attended to and altistiction
piartnteed. Call or address, L. IL Mop, llteearoetort,
itraVortl county, Pa. 1 • 0et.28, OP.
G •
•
ItTORD'S NATIONAL ''PAIN,ki Killer add Lite Oil; are 'the Great Iraraily
11*If.es tbst nod a welcome to every home •• •
1 , serrizo Tternfqly.for more 'of the common Ma of
tf. than uni other medicine to the market. Sold
dr‘lera in medicine, generally. Illunfactnred
Iyr T, GIFFORD.Thieago,III:, and 143 'Main at.,
Boinint.svn.u:.l(..7„ • March 10,'70-5' •
C . S. IZUSSE,L.TJ'S
OIICEa.L
INgC R ANeE'' AGENCY
t:l2y
OOD TEMPLARS MUTUAL
1.1" .24 - taefit A9lMelatloll.
..11-mbenthip fee to secure at death $2 -./110 00
kat:n4l Apseettmettt 2 00
11 , :vizi,. Astes, - ..tactit,-ago frem 15 to - 65 1 10
" " ' :86 to 15 1 , 60
46 to ce' o 'lo
G. F.. aoNr.s. ' l 4Valttaing, P. 1
~t A;2 d tit :or Bradfurd countr. Loc3l Agri:Or/I
.1. Sept. 29.'70.
THE coNTINENTiL LIFE IN
f , 11 . 311i , ` Company 41f ' Hartford, Conn. 'Pay
and application for incarance be Made a
SfLyrsz'c•c,ffloc, Main at., Towards.
WILLII3tIMACKE2f.
General Agent
13 1- 4 CKSMITHING
r:anpletr.,l my 11 , 1 V tract ulaop, near . , my
on Main-street. I ata.now prepa;ed to do
a:1 it, brancht.A. I'artiettlar•attcotion rani
;;11.111.ronp, and edgP liming spent innT
th:a commnmiy. in l2iix btlyrnees,'l trttk
,•:• a 1•11111 , , Ilt vu.ariintee c*t my tr!eeiving a
Lbrr
i...".uut patror.sg,e.
_ . _
asaa, Nor. 3, V4V.l.—tf
p A:TENTSI -• >•
• .T. Dr.x.rlin, - ..volicitr Patelitx,
•
rAt' , Ai , STREL'T, WAVERLY. N. Y. •
I r fPnr 4 •l 4 Fprcificabona and all papers
• znakint.Tand.pre•perlj coaddetiag
•:., p. Tura 'thc t'517%.1) STATES sad FOIL
. . • L' , 7 I:S. , • 1 . 0.3 cet.trea.i4 to Infbrcer.t.s.yri.
(_-y- •, At ror.sEy'..VE.SZ r.tr UNTIL PATSICT
6 I)
T .1 i 3 RUTE R
. rs (
)01,, HIDES, PELTS, CALI -
_ &V.,
k • Ca.slk ',rico in laid-ut all tams
"ff - • nwld'a-,storv,
• f• I 14;70 _
—•-• • _
(I .W. STEVENS" criusTY SUR
-o.,niptoveri,-Brsatxd_co.: Pa.. Thank
t ' tc.any .•niployetz. tez . past patronage. would
;lit citizens of Bradford Count
1 , 1 . .1,1 In *: Deny work in his lino of bust
. titA nNiq lw rutruntpd. to lanai. -Those having'
voniti do wellto have tlwir Ouperty
• netn,.ye.l tk.forer allowing themseres to
their neitliborA. All work warranta
tlu nature of the Clif3 will per;
rinp4t... k tel latnli4 attended to as soon aa
W. STEVENS.
I. 2i. •
•
TFII.I, UNDERSIGNED VAVE
• .j rued a flanking nous , is Towanda; under the
tA! , v F. ALASOIC a: CO.
I a.:l. are I+i•l.av-a to draw Bills of Exchange, 2nl
11, f , c"hectiona in New Tork. - I•btlacelpbla.ana' all
o',* the llutel,„Statee. an alga Eigh.nd, Oer•
iind France. TA loan money, receive deposits.
a.. to do a general Ilat',l„ing boalneaa.
;. IX3P onerksf the.late 'firm: of tepolie,
a Co - .. of Towaudi. Px.„ and his knowledge 01
t men of Ei - adford and adjofialiag counties
• having heen in the banking busineas for about
• n ,•ar a. twike. th la house a desirst4eone through
LL ci, :o aaak6 r”ilectiona. GI F. MASON.
1. Witt O. 1.11501. i.
BRADFaRD Cot:ETNTY
LEAL, ESTATE ArsECCY,
. •
H. 11...31CR.E.1.N, REAL ESTATE AC=4l..
..... • . .
..1.,51..:,. F-..uut, Mill PropertaL :5; city" and Town
I.• ; f•.; pile.Ni st,.
.
1' , :t ,, • has:t2 p.roperty for sale"will End it to their
a•:%:,:.t.. - .,• I , y I,asing a dlacziption; of the , saniN with
t l ' .• I $4l, at thiS a.A.t•Wy, as partieli are constantly
ui. •t.r.:•,,.• 14 fartuf, .t.. H. 134tIcKF.AN,
.. • Leal Estate Agent.
~•,.....A.-r Slik,on'tl Dank, Towanda, ra. -
'..t.. '.....i. 1..:7.
N E \V FIRM!' . -.
X 1:!1" G ()OD'S IND OW P 1? 10;9 !
AI Si )NE.01,705,
ICY , & ROLLOS,
..11 , -alfrA in firweries and Prosislena, Drags
lit.ros‘ne Off. Lamps, chimney.,
- PteLts. Oile, Varnish. Yankee 'No
t....t.gCraAakd Snnff. ° Pare Wine. aud
-E. lice: fiaaiity, for tnedieinal imrpoeet
( ioodzi «old at the very lowest price& Pre
: •-• , r, 'uric c:mipoun4i. - 1.1 at all Lours Of elle
.("I . tvc Irs a call.
• k'HOLLON
ES 1
CIIKAP PASSAGE FROM OR
IRELOD . OR ENGIAN
f-T i• - rrjk. - arr. muss cm 70
. : Pc . (; ( hl r Mack Star 1dr.45 - at Lir-.
.
l'aact4 izont onto London,
a '
1 1 , ttau 4 , n La finglawl.lrreia,4 and Scollunt piy
';t7,r i:pOy to as Gnion.
Sew Yorl":"or •
43,F. MASON & CO.„ Bankers.
Toiranda.
' 11.001) MOLASSES - FOR 513
c... a t s p er pu n at • 'Ol k a; )11. MCI:UM
Ott 0,"10.
AVOirit.l3, - : rabliesher.
I 00.00 I $lOO 1. $l5O
VOLUME- XXXI: '
jkliftB WOOD, • ATTONNET AND
Doom:Lon iT Tam Towanda. A.
110MTRY iPEET, ATTORNEY AT
Li- LAIN Toisada. Pa • Yaw r.
W3.FOYbE, -ATTORNEY . AT
.
r l .ww, Toirids,Pa. O. with illsieua I
Smith. south 'Ks Wescursalock. ' Ari U.lO
i".±EORGE D. MONTANTE,
VI AT
ronia AT Law. Ofico—coraer of qua sad
pineEltreeta t opposite Pollee. DM Eliom
iB., BEL L!, DENTIST. OF
• Zoe over Wlaibil! Black% Towanda,lic ,
May 2d. ID. • • .
DR. H. WESTON,
a lLat k ratton'i Blook,over Cincea Mu t t and
: Ta
Jan 1. de. ;
LP. WILUSTON. ,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW. TOWANDA.
South sae allercur's New Sleek, up stairs.
Ainit2l. 6 70—tf. . .
lAn R. MaKEA I N, ATTORNEY
f. A. • axa 00onazun a at Law, Towanda. Ps. • Par.
Courteta& attention paid to. business in the Orphans'
. - • islY XIX IL
N v CARNOCHAN,. ATTOR
• wzy AT LAw (Disled-Attorney for Et's&
ford Connty), Troy. Ps. Collectiois made and proarpt.
remitted. feb
"'NEM N. ;CALEFF', VITORNEY
IP, /it Law. Towanda. Pa. Particular attention &-
on to Orphans' , Court business. Con 'reflischur and
Collections. mar Mc* at this Saeger sad Worm
der's office, south of the Court nouse.
' Dec. 1,186 L
H. WArTER, -Physician and.
C.
.Surgeou. Le , yartUe, Bradford C 0. .; 1"*. All
eslls.promptly attended to. (Mee first door . south
of Leßayintle House.
Sept. 15. 1870.-yr ' .
L. U. BEACH, PhygO'an
.ILI• and. Surgeon 'rnwittu4. Pa. Particular atten
tion paid to all Cuomo Diseases,' and Diseases et
Female*. Mee at his residence on Weston street,
east of VA. Overtones. ' nev.11.69.
(VERTONi ELSBREE, A p ron-
AS LAW; Towanda. Pa.. hsetilt entered
Vito copartnerabip; , offer their professional services
to the public. filpeeial attention jdren to business
in the Orphan's and Register's Courts. —ap121•10
orstrrox, N. C. T.LIII9IOCL
MERCIIR & DAYIES, AtIOR
= Tztv AT LAW, Towanda. h= The smilersigned
Laving associated themselves together in the practice
of Law, offer their professional series@ to the public_
ULYSSES =ECM. W. I`. DATM.
litareh 9,' 1970. 1 •
B: M. PECK'S LAW
V• OFFICE.
Main street, opposite the Court House, TowandA, Pa.
Oct. 17,'70
•
BEN. MOODY,' M.D.,
PHYSICIAN AN6,SUHOZON.'
Offer] his professional Bongoes to the people of Wy
Coifing and vicinity. oitee and rosldcnos, at A. .J
Lloyd's, church street. „, Ang.10,•76.
TOHN W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
LAW. Towanda. Dridfoiel Co.. PIL • -
- GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT.
Particular attention paid to Collectlotut and erptane .
Court bprtnese. Ottoe—liercuee New Block, north!
:aide PebllcfiquAre.
DR: DIISENtERRY, would' an
nonnee that in compliance with tho retest of
his.numerona Mends, be is now prepared to min
titer Nitretis Oxide, or . Laughing Gas,' for the pain
less extraction of teeth.
Lellayarille, May 9, 1870,—1y •
DOCTOE 0. LEWIS, A GRADII
ate of the College of .'Physielsas and Surgeons,"
Kew York city. Class 144.1-4. gives exelnatve attention
to the prsetlos of his profession. Office and reddens.
on the pastern save of Orwell Hill. adjolnillt Hnnry
ilowe's. • Jan 14,'69.
DR. D, D. RUTH, , Dentist, his'
purchased O. H. Wood's property. between
vitemur's Block and the Elwell Howie. wherche has
focated his office. Teeth extracted without pain by
use of fan. Towanda. Oct. 20. 140.—yr.
TOWANDA,.Fd
(Z.REENWOOD . (iOTTA(IE =This
I,fi well-kw:ma bonne; Iteving recently been rest.
tcd and supplied with new.furutture, will be found-a
plCaeard retreat for pleasuie Seekers. Board by the
week or mouth on reasonable terms.
B. W., Pl.LkL,'ProVi.
Greenwood. Atilil 20, lb:o.—U
WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA
T E3IPr i IIANCE HOTEL!—Situa
ted on the north -Wept corner of Main and
both strett.s opposite Bryant's Carriage Factory.
Jurymen and others sttendlui court will especi
ally find it to their advantage to patronize aka Tem
perance gotel. • • S. M. RILOWN, Propr.
Towanda. Jan'. 12. 1.870,—1y,
ESSENWINE.
DI N G • R.O 031 S
, •IN CONNECTION WITH THE BASEST.
Near the Court House.
We In prepared to tied the hungry at all times of
the •day and evening. Oysters and Ice Cream is
their seasons.
March 30, 2870; ' D. W. SCOTT k CO..
• --'-
!VLWELL HOUSE, TOWANDA,
JOHN C. WILSON
Having leased this House. is now ready to accommo
date the travelling public. No pains normpeme will
be spared to give satisfaction to 'dose who may give
him a call.
-North side of the public equate, east of Men
rar's new block. ,
RL'AIMERFEELD CR EE K. HQ
TILL.
PETER LASIMEBSEtt.
HatiClß purebused and thoroughly reetted this old
and well-knoien Maui. formerly kept by Etherie Grit-
ZS. at the mouth of ifemmerlield Creek. le ready t.l
give good ac4xnuratiftbinuiaideatteadtory treatment
to all who may DM= him with a call.
••• Dee. 23, 868—tf. -
TOWANDA,VA
l v iE r Al)' ru S 114:: v
ItT ; SE, ,, ' T r OlV e :AND Tli t u ,
popular Kota ?* ball been tharolvithgtittedr,.and re
paired. andtornished throughout with way and ele
;ant Furniture. will be open for the reception of
guests, on HATUnDAY. MAY 1. 1869. Neither expense
nor painibiki been spared in rx-ndariug this lions°
a ringlet hotel in all .itis arrangcrannts. A superior
nr.ality Old Marton Al 4. forinTalidi, just received.
April
A 51!"t ICA NHOTEL,
Tills 110e1 ha yinghteu leased by tbe subActiber,
has been N repaintM„ -Isipered, and refurnished
throughout *ith new. Furniture. Bedding, . 1 / 4 0. Mix
Table will ir,.supplied with the_ best the market at ,
lords. and the Bar with choiCeit brands of Liquors.
This house now affsrs the comfort■ of a home ,at
goi)als.vta mocu. Jurymen and others attending
Court, will find this house a cheap and comfortable ,
place to Ftep. Good stabling attached. 5ug,10..70
MEE
nMl=AL • =a,
Hotels.
On Main Street, near the Court Hogue.
C. T. SMITH. Proprietor
Oct. 8, IiNG. _
Dit s iDGE Wring:T. TOWINDA. P.t
'l4'. G. GOFF. Prop-if:4,
N EW PLA.IgNG MILL •
3rlTeliniG, —g, ke.,
At the old stand of 11. 13.'14:ham's Woolen Factory
cod Sawmill. in
I
CAUPTOWN. rI;NN'A.
HEIirT SIX noLL PLAN.NG AND MATCHING
ISACIIINE
in charge c. 4 auripersenoed aleatalliC and "builder,
the pub c may expect a
GOOD JOB EVERY TIME
•. From be recent enlargement of this water power,
work ea , be done at all seasons of the yOar and soon
as Seat In conumtiou with the saw.mlll we aro
able to furnish bibs of sawed hunber to enter.
• BTEWART DOSAVOItTIi.
own, May 23. 1t470.—1y
Cl=
cLE N & HOOPE i n,
KAST/C LOCK STITCII
e ,
11).MILY SEWING MACHINE,
Price,
$ 35 00.
This Machina will stitch, Lem, fell, tuck, quilt,
'rd, hind. embroider and gather in the most perfect
annex, Anti will sew from tbp lightest to the head
, goods I
Irmlorr CHA.VGE OF TENSION
It is not a " Cheap Machine,". but in all respects
equals the higher priced mask while. in sirupricity,
non-liability to get ont of order, and ease ef nylave
ment rr bL - 11144eilts ALI r .
As esataina uis desireil.frota all to test the truth
of ouy . r.ert . k . mt. ALL ElAcittKEA WA/JUN - TED Pry.
tErT. . MARY E: WATTS, 'went.
Tdv4 da, Sept,d, 1870.
riol4,oE LLST-CASCADE MILLS.
kyr
Flom, *.st qua li ty. per Rack • $2 00
•'• : •'''4." " hundred Zs 100
" " • " ' " barrel -. 880
114
COlO minding to:tally done at o nce. the ca.
putty of the mill Is inaMelant for a large amount of
front; 1 1.8. MIHAIL
CIIMPOR , O, filly 111, apt
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citairratius CAROL.
There'. anong in the. air? '
• There's a star In the sky I
There's s mother's deep prayer, - ,
There's a baby's low cryl
And the star rains its fire while. the beautiful
sing;
For tho manger of Bethlehem cradles a Kingl
•
There's anumult of juy
O'er the'wonderful birth,
• . For the Virgin's sweet boy
Is the Lord of the earth.- -
Ay! the -Star rains its tire and the beautiful sing,
For the tuinger of Bethlehem cradles a Bing!
In the light of that star
Lie; the ages impearkd ; •
And that song from afar
Han swept over the world.
Every - hearth is aflame, and the beantirtal shag,
In the homes ; Of the nations Shit Jeans is King.
We rejoiee in the light,
And we echo .the song
That comes down through the night
From the heavenly throng.
44 , we shout .to the lovely evangel they bring
Ay we gre'et in his cradle our 13aviour and King
___seralner's for Janneny.
TEACH V TO WAIT!
lily are . we o impatient of delay,
Longing forever for the time to be
For thus we live 'to-morrow in to-day - ,
Yes, and to-morrowswemay never see
We are too Imlay; ire not reconciled
To lot kind nature do her work alune
Replant our seed, and like a fooliab child
We dig it up to see if it has grown.
The good that ie to he we covet flow,
We cannot wait fur the appointed hour;
Before the trait is ripe, we shake the bough,
And seize the bad that folds sway the dower
When'ruidnigiit cLFkuesi reigns we do not see
That the sad night•is mother of the morn;,
We cannot think our own sharp 'agony,
May be the birth-pang of a joy unborn.
Into the dást we see our idols cast,
And cry, !list death has triumphed, life is
Told I
We do not trust the plomisc, that tho last
01,01 our enemies shall be destroyed!
With rest almost in sight the spiritfainla,
And heart and flesh grew weary at the List,
Our feet would walk the city of the saints,
Eren before the silent gate ie pass d.
apr. 1. '5O.
Teach us to wait until thou shalt apivar—
To know that all thy ways and times are jual
Thou "test that 'we do believe, ,and fear ;
Lord, mako us also to believe and trust I
Ob3glioneotts.
THE- DIAMOND BING.
A STOUT OF LONDON LIFE
Few Of the habitual dWellers 'in
Loudon have occasion to visit the city
less frequently than% hare.. I have
never set foot inside the mansion of
the of Threadneedle Street
in my life: To me' the Stock Ex
change is a complete terra incognita.
Of the thousand and one., different
methods of coining meney,'as prac
ticed by merchants, bankers, brokers,
and that countless army which flocks
citYward every 'week-day morning
from nine till eleven, I- know -abso
lutely nothing.• Neither, to the best
of My . belief; has the " Monefarticle
of the Time: , ever been read by me
fro* beginning to end: - Yet,'not 7
Withstaning all this, it has so hap-
Ined that on certain rare occasions
have been compelled, by " urgent
private affairs," to join the throng of
city bees foy a few hours and wing
my:wav etiVtward with the swarm.
At such tildes Ihave generally cho
sen to,survey mankind from the box
seat of an omnibus, as from a " coigne
of Vantage " not to be surpassed and
hardly equalled for any one who loves
lo,watch the wonderful, ever-shifting
i panorama of London life.'
On one such occasion—now sever
al years ago—the morning was solin
tolerably rainy that I was obliged to
bite up all' thought of my ifa,VoOte
perch aloft with the driver, and c'on7
tent myself with
,the humbler posi
tion'of An inside seat. At that time
I was only three-and-twenty- years
old, and had been in London about
a couple of years, having been sent
up frouility.far-off home in One of
. the northern counties, to attend the
• classes of and to study under a cer
tain then famous analytical --cheiiiiit.
On the morning to which I have just
• referred, after waiting twenty minutes
iu the rain, I - was - glad to find - a va
can t place inside one of the num:Tons
city busses that passed ,` the tad of
the street in which my room is situ
ated. After having - squeezed , into
my place, and been well - scowled - at
for my.pains, I proceeded to take
stock of my companions in misery.
We were eleven men and one woman.
All of us ,- men wefe more or less
moist, and each Of • us ; had a very
'damp umbrella. We had all put • on
our severe business air, and„we were
all more or les's suspicions of - the coin
pany in which we found ourselves;
and 7 —in consequence, perhaps, of the
bad state of the weather—we were
all more than usually inclined to bul
ly the.conductor, and to poke him vi
ciousty in the ribs with the ferules of
our umbrellas.
But the twelfth inside? Well, she
was a lady, - young and nice-looking
into the-bargain, and enveloped with
the xrettiest air of unconsciousness
that shelves in the company of elev
en blocks of wood, rather than in
that of as many beings of flesh arid
blood,' not' quite unsusceptible, let us
hope,' to the charms of female loveli
ness. I have no doubt,, in my own
mind, that if , She had. traveled ,any
length of time in our company the
mere fact of her presence would have
softened our manners, and have wean
ed us in some-- -measure from the
touch-ine-not boorishness with which
as a rule, all passengers by omnibus
have to cloak themselves. Bat fo
innately, as the ease may lie, jour
neys by omnibus are of short dyra
tion, and our young lady asked to be
'sot down at Cheapside. Previously
to this, however, we had stopped
some half dozen times to let down
-and take up other paliesagerif, of
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them of the mescaline gender t io that
I. was T ing to look upon 'myself
in the f an old acquaintiusoe,
when our young lady got up to leave
us. I was sitting n
e xt the door, as
she alighted, and - I could not help
noticing hOw pale she - seemed all at"
once to have become. Without heed-
ing the rain that -still kept falling,
she began to feel for her purse in a
trembling, nervous sort td way, first
in one of her pockets and then in an
r.
"r have either 'kit_ my, purse, or
else my pocket has been
- picked," she"
said at last, with' s' sort of gasp.
The conductor expressed no sur
prise, but merely put a fresh straw in
his mouth, and then asked us "_gents"
to move 'while he Icxiked for the purse,
which, if young ladies was bus con
ductors," he murmired, softly to him
self, " they would learn to take bet
ter care of their money."
' But the purse was not:10 be found.
"If it really ain't anywhere - about
you, miss, - said the conductor, as ho
emerged 'from among theistraw, "then
your pocket has been picked. How
much was there in It -
"Halt a sovereign and five-and
sixtence 'in silver,' answered the,
Young lady, with tears trembling on
her eyelids. " But that was not all.
It also contained a valuable diamond
ring, the property of the lady with
FThom I am living, and which I was
_taking to a jeweler's, not far from
here, to be repaired."
The conductor turned an eye of
compassion on her. " I'm blow
ed !" he muttered, "to think of any-
body in their senses being so green."
Then, turning quickly on the remain
ing insides, he scanned us over one
by one, ending with a solemn shako
of the head. " Can do nothing for
you, miss,!' he said. " You had bet
ter go to the police. and give them a
description of your property. I
knows most of me morning passen
gers for respectable city gents; but
there was one fishy-looking cove—
him as got in- at Edgeware roud, and
sat next tcv you, miss, all the. 'Psi to
Farringdon Street—what I didn't like
the looks of; and if your purse was
taken by anybody after you got in the
'bus, I lay odds that was the cove
as took it. ' And the conductor wink-
ed at me portentously, to signify that
his list remark was meant for " sar
kasuin."
Bat I have not even money left
to pay my farelvritlr," urged the young
lady. •
Half-a-dozen purses were out a
once, such was the infbunee of beau
ty in distreaa.
"Never mind the fare; miss," an.
swered the conductor, affably, as he
mounted to his' perch. " A tanner
won't either break the company or
make its fortune. You go. to the po
lice,—that's what you have got to do.
All right, Joey; go ahead."
-The 'buirilrove away, leaving the
young lady standing on the curb.
She put down her :veil to hide. her
wet eyes, and was turning sadly away,
when our conductor leaped zunibly
down, ran back to her side, said a
few words, and was back on ills perch
again in less than two minutes.-
" Thought it heat to give the poor
young creetur niy number," he re
marked, confidentially, to me, " and
the address of our seeretary, in case
of anything turning pp. , But that
ain't likely, you 'know, sir. Ah ! it
was that fishy-looking coVe, you may,
depend upon it." •
I Was detainedju the city till five ,
o'clock. At that hour I set off west
ward..
with the intention of walking'
home. The rain had ceased hours
ago, and a r fresh, crisp breeze was
now blowing; over the murky city
roofs tfie moon was rising iu- an un
clouded sky, and all the shops were
re , laze with light. My rooms were
in a street leading out of Oxfortk
Street; but as I had one or two calls
to make, I chose, this evening, to go
round. by way of the Strand and Cha
ring Cross.• My - calls all made I
turned up St. Martin's Lane, as my
nearest way homeand was :walkine
carelessly along tliat classic thorough":
fare, when ,whom shOuhl I See a lit-'
tie way in front of- me, staring intent.
ly into the window of a jeweler's shop,.
but the " fishy-looking cove " of my
friend the conductor. I recognized
him in a moment, having taken par
ticular notice of him while he was my
fellow-passenger in the morning. Not
that there was anything either in hip
appearance or manner that made me
suspicious of his honesty, but that he
offered such a marked contrast to the
respectable-looling city men who
made 'up' the rest - of the passengers.
He was a thin, frowsy; disreputable
looking man, dressed in a suit of rus
ty black, with a hat:. and boots that
had been carefully " doctored," and'
might still do some fair-weather ser
vice,-butichich were ill calculated to
stand the brunt of a rainy day. - His'
mouth was that of an habitual dra m,
drinker. His eyes were weak and Wa
tery. and his high- a bridged, aquiline
nose had an inflamed look about it
suggestive of many a deep - potation.
His chin had evidently not felt a ra
zor for several days; and the minute
fragnients of straw and chaff which
citing to his dress, and were mired
up with his unkempt hair, hinted at
the style of accommodation to Which
he had been reduced during the pre,
ceding night. Yet, with all this, the,
fellow earned a jaunty little cane,
- which ke swung to and fro as though
he had not a care in the world. . And
he had on a pair of dogskin gloves,
that would have looked stylish if they
had not been so very dirty. •
But was it he who took the young
lady's purse? That was the ques
tion; and the eltenerl looked at the
man, the moreiinclined I felt to en
dorse the.opinion of the 'busnondue
tor. A brown morocco purse,. con
taining fifteen and sixpence in
and a lady's diamond ring of the value
of fifty guineas, was not a bad morn
ing's work for a gentleman in reduc
ed circumstances: In such ease,
however, all the surmising in the
world 'was of no avail. No ono' had
seen Lint take the purse, and so long
as he kept his own counsel he was
safe from detection. '1 he grand point
was to ascertain whether he really
bad the ring or a pawnbroker's du
plicate for it about his person. But
how to do thiS?
This was the problem that I kept
turning over and over in my mind as
as imrusaLmof nal(
,QUA3II2.
I cautiously. iollpied ( up ,
*Write' lied on his way - the
jewekes shop. • Jlt; the - tap the .
Is4is he, seemed to ;hesitate kw bag a
'minute, then holuined to' the - rigit
and went up Long Ace.. I Still 'l4:sl
- cautiously, about sdozen yards
in the rear.
"I will imt Ton to a' simple test,
my friend, ' I thought, :" said as you
come out of it, so will I adjudge ..you
innocent or guiltar."
Hurrying up behind him, I tapped
him hghtly on the arm. "1 begyour
pardon," I said, but did you drop
this pencil-ciaejust now?"
Ha started asi touched him, and
fur a few fietxmds he seemed as if he
could not take in the meaning of my
question. Whether he recognized
me as one of the, passengers by the
morning's 'bus I could not determine.
We had halted opposite a large shop,
and the light from the window shone
full on my silver pentlease, on which
at length; when he was apparently
satisfied with the scrutiny of my face,
his glance was fastened greedily.
" Picked it up, did you sad.?" he
adell as he began to tambleoirith his
thtuld) and finger in his iiiistcoat
pocket. . , j
" Just behind,you," I answered.
" But if it's not"-ours I shan't bother
ally more about it, but pocket it my
self.'
" But it's mine," he put in, ea4er
ly. " How stupid._ in me to lose it !"
I put the pencil-ease in his hand
without hesitation. ; -
" I am really much obliged to you,"
he went on, "for your kindness in
securing it. As you grow older,
young gentleman, you will find that
honesty is the exception in this world,
and not the rule." • I
" Well, I On - glad to have found
he owner i l--,1 said, with a laugh.
"Yon seeiii to value The case,"
"I driAlthie it, young gentleman,
g th "
&asp-ere old hyliocrite;..“ less,
perl)aps; from its intrinsic worth' than
froth the fact that it is the sold relic
no4r left me of a very dear friend.
E,riendship ever let us cherish. A
truloble sentiment !" , •
"Then, if yon value it so 'highly,"
I said, " you can hardly object to
stand halta go of brandy for its re-
covert'."
Half a go of braudyk" he said, ill
a - horrified Wue
young 'man, I'm. very much atraid—"
I had taken out my watch, a valu
able gold levei. and as his eyeetl on
it his intended remonstrance came to
an abrupt conclusion. I
Well—ah—yes, y ou arc quite
right," he resumed, "and I shall be
very happy to treat you .to a go df
brandy. To what place shall we ad
.
ourn 9"
"To the nearest house, please. I
want to go home to dinner."
So we went into the nearest tav
ern,where Lay new acquaintance or
dered a glass of brandy for me Lula a
glass of stout for himself. Not to be
behindhand, I ordered,a couple of ci-
Been in London long. r asked
rev companion, as I w.islighting my
weed. t_
." No—only a few Fresh
!Om the country?'
"it the risk. of being thought im
pertinent, may I just inquire to what
particular line of business your tal
ents are dayoted?" • •
" To no line.at all,ust at present:\
f .
The factis," I fadd- ; lOwenng thy
:voice to the proper:confidential tone,
"shad a little money left me a year
ago, and I am, up in London looking
out for a sod-business investment.
But I've met with nothing to my lik
ing solar; in fact, I'm getting :tired'
of town, and have half a mind to go
back home and take:my money With
me." I
I could see the old scamp's' eyes
brighten as lie drank' in my words
eagerly.
" My dear young friend, if Yon, Will
alloW lac to call you be began,
in hltaidly persuasive accents, "let
me counsel you to do.nothing
There are thousands of eeellent in
vestment's in London. But - what yo
want is a•Man at your back who knows
all the ins and' outs of this great city;
who knows-how to separate the wheat
from the chaff; and who can distin-•
guish, aliuost as iti were by instinct,
a sound invektment from a rotten
one." -
" All very • tine. But where is a
greenhorn liWme to floc' such a
-
main" •
The gesture-with which my scamp
ish friend bowed to me-and laid his
hand on his' heart bad in it a touch
of the sublime. " It is not for a mod
e-st man like me.to vaunt himself or
his qua ifications, but I have Hied in
London all my life, and I have not
lived with my eyes shut. Although.
I am just now—why attempt to de
ny it ?—in some measure under a.'
cloud, my fortunes, I am proud to
l
say, have not always been at their
present low ebb. .my wife—she is
dead now, poor creature!—at one
time kept he brougham' and pair;
and I had my hack for the park and
a hunter down to Melton. But those
days are 'gone; never to return.
(Drink up, sir, and let us have an
other glass.) I was ruined ,in the
year of the great panic. All the more,
then,am I iitted,after passing through
such a bitter csperienc*, to fill the
part of a' judicious mentor to. inex
parienced youth with capital at its
back. Sir, my humble services are
yours to command."
" Welt" I said with a: dubious air,
" it is just possible
to
you might be
able to put me up tO`a useful wrinkle
or two. But, in any case, thisis not
the spot to discuss such matters.
Come and have a bit of dinner with
me at my rooms, and, we can talk
things over afterwards, with the as
sistance of a pipe and tumbler."
" A bit of dinner, a pipe and a tum
bler. Ha, ha! I will, attend to you,
my young 'friend, with „the utmost
satisfaction."
' ' , •
I hailed the first cab 'I could find,
and we rattled off Ito my lodgings.
No, conversation took place while we
were going over the stones, but iu
imagination I saw before me a cer
tain sweet, tearful face, and. I felt
more determined than ever to go
through with the' scheme, wild and
preposterous as it might have seem
ed at another time, which had flash
ed emu my brain while I was fol
ElEi
••
lowing my
the rascal by idde - up St:
Martin's lane.- •
Having instxtuited to
put down enOther, cutlet, and to send
out for one or t*b extras, we ascend
ed to mY rooms: ,
".In"the hope, my dear air, that our
friendship may be a long and . Abu
iahing one,"said mynnwelcoste guest,
"allow me, as a needful sprelielitievy,
to preient you with my card."
He handed me, as he . spoke, a very
limp and rather dirty piece of paste
board, which he had i settio difficulty
in finding among his multifarious
pockets, and on which was inscribed
the name of Mr. Reginald= Tracy."
Otcourse I could do no less than re
turn the complimenL •
Dinner was served a few minutes
later, and while it Was in progress
the conversation of Mr. Tracy and
myself was of the most intermittent
cluiracter. I gathered enough, how
ever, to enable , me to discover that
he was a man of some education, and
must at one time have mixed in su
perior society. By the exercise of
what knavish arts he had contrived
to forfeit . the position he once held, I
couldinot, of, course, tell; therein, no
doubt s lay the great secret 'lbis life.
Poor wretch! it was easy to see, from
the style in Which he got through his
food, that a plentiful and wholesome
Meal was *hat he tad not itartaken
of for some time; At length he laid
back in his chair in a state of happy
repletion. " Not another morsel, my
dear boy," he said, with a: benignant
positively I could;- not. Let
good digestion wait on appetite—you
'know the rest. A bountiful meal!
Brit Providence tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb !, And new for the
pipe and tumbler. He, ha! I have
not forgotten."
As soon as we were fairly under
way With our first tumbler, lir. Tra
cy broke pround on the subject that
was evidently uppermost in his
thoughts. " If, sir," he said, -" you
would favor me with a hint as to the
special class of infestment in which
you are desirous of playing out your
capital, and woilld - also furnish me
with some positive data to work up
on„l could give yott the benefit id
my experience in that particular line
of procedure which jour inclinatione
may lead you to prefer."
" Capital three thousand; line of
investment not decided on," I - said.
" Something light and genteel would
be preferred." z
" Sechas- iinporter of wines and
spirits, for instance?" said Mr. Tracy.
" That would do capitally, I dare
say, only I happen ,to know nothing
in-the world about it."
" Young wan,
" Quite unnecessary, my dear sir,
that you should. Only fi nd the mo
ney,and" will engage to find the
brrans,'and to make yoar fortune in
to the barg ain . ".
Mr. Tracy sighed deeply, took a
long pull at -his tdmbler, aild4hen
proceeded to enlighten my ignorance
as to the various Methods by which
extraordinary profits might be real
ized! without -the !slighteSt risk , of
failare, by any one who, combining'
capital with brains; !night choose to
appear before the vithrla as an inzpor
ter of wines and spirits. That . - some
of the methods indicated by Mr. Tra=
cy Were severaldegreee on the shady
side of honesty, might at once have
been predicted !rola the character of
the man; put he certainly had a very
neat way of wrapping up: and label
ing hid " tricks of ;trade, ' so - as to
make them look as much like a genu
ine article Ais possible..
His exhortation and his third tun
bier came to an end together)
" Have you everbeen in the 'United
States?" I suddenly asked.
9 Never, sir. Al, a patriot ic. Eng
lishman, may` love of travel never took
me so far from my; home."
. "...Theft you have never tasted 'any
Of those delicious drinks which, un
der various -. strange names, - are so
poptilat lunOlag tho Xankees?"
` , -Once more a negative must be
my 'answer. But my dear young
friend, if you will deeide to lay- out
yourl capital in i accordance with
•,
nrv--, • 1
---- "tA moment, iflon please," I - said.
"Before going,into any further busi
ness details, what do you say to a
change-of. tipple ? I ttink we have
had enough of this Stuff. Let true
try. Whether I cannot brew you one
of those delightful 'American drinks
of which-I. spoke just now. I had
the,recipes for several of thent-from
an Made of mine,, who is captain of a
" Just as you like, thee ant.i-jusi
es, you like," he said ; though I
don't think much-improvement on
thisidelicious toddy is possible."
" We can come back to it again, if
the other does not prove to our lik
ing," I said.
"And not be flouted for our in
consistency," added Mr. Traci, a all
a laugh r So now for this 'Yankee
nectar of yours. I grow thirsty by
anticipation.'
•. Two Two large tumbler's and the vari
ous ingredients required for. the pur
pose , :were quickly put together. Last
of ail I went into my study, and
after staving there about a' couple of
minutes, I went , back, carrying with
me a , packet containing half-a-ilozen
powders, done, up in differently-
,colored papers. -The degree of 0194-l
-edge I had laid claim to as a con
coctor of American drinks was by no
means fictitious; -and I now- proceed.;
ed to mix one after the most approv
ed -fashion, and ended by , opening
one of the colored papas and pour:
ing, the - contents of it into, the tura:.
bier, and then offered the whole to
Tracy.
But the putting in of the powder
had evidently roused' his suspicions,
and: with a polite wave of the hand,
he refused the proffered tumbler.
"After you, My dear sir," he said.
"I really must insist'on your imbib
ing the first tumbler' Yourself. Th.
second will do excellently well. for
inc."_ . .
"As you - please," I said, with a
shrug. With that. I proceeded to
drain the first' tumbler, expressing
by pantomime, as I.did so, my appre
ciation of its excellence. Alter this,
I mixed a second tumblerful, into
which, as before, I poured the con
tents.of one of the colored papers,
and then -handed the whole to Tracy.
Ilia lips having ones touched *the
=I
ruck there;*in emPty
g . it.
He : 've a sigh Of intense sittisfac-,
i
tionna l Lput doWathelglass °Am
brosa , by Jupiter'!" he exclaimed.
"The who invented that tipple
ought . o3 be immortalize 4 by a. state%
no of the Whitest marble. ' 'I have 11
wish to be thought presumptuous,
but I cannot resist asking yonAo mix
one more Potation." _ /
" One ! - half a dozen, if ydu like,"
I replied; "and all of them different.
rules" your taste differs very much
from MUM you will find Xo. fi an,
iuiproiement on 'No. 1."
He refilled - his pipe while -I was
mixing the 'second tumbler; but still
kept a watchful eye on my proceed
mgs; not thit he was zany longer
suspicions of iny - good faith, but be
cause he was desirous of taking iv les
son in the art of concocting such de
licious drinks. When all the. other
ingreslients,were . properly combined,
I opened - one of the packets as
fore, and shodk the contents into ,
tumbler, and then having well stirred
the/ whole; I handed the glass 'to
Tracy. But the powder in this case
possessed properties very different
from that of the innocent alkali of
which I had made use previously.
-As before, Tracy's lips seemed
glued to the tumbler Lill ,be had
drained the contents to the list drop.
"How does that suit yorir taiite?"
I said. "Is it equal to the first?"
• " Such a question is hard to an=
:seer," he replied. '" The beauties'of
both are .o e'renly balanced that
Bacchus himself would find it diffi-.
.cult to decide between the two: 2, I
hay° to thank
. you, uly dear 'young
Mend, for having opened- up a new
vista of pleasure undreamed of by
me before." // • - -
,
I must give .you one or two of my
recipes, and then you can mii-,for
yourself. One more tumbler, and—"
Even while I was speaking the
pipe dropped from his lips, and his
eyes began, to wander. . Slowly. and
deliberately I proceeded With -my
preparations for' another tumbler.
Tracy, after glancing down reproach
fully.. at his pipe, took uo further
heed of it, but p la nting both his el
bows firmly on the table, and, taking
fast hold 'of .his head bettvein his
hands, lie tried his utmost to bring
his weak, wavering gaze' to bear on
my manipulating lingeril. But the
effort was too much for him. Hia
eyes closed, opened, dosed again,
and then with a fete incoherent
words of apology, his head ~ dropped
forward on the tables., his nervous
arms lost all 'power of 4ension, and
in twenty' seconds lie . :- was " faster
asleep than ho had ever been' in his
life before . .
• It was to' this end that all 'my
,ef
forts had been directed: . . The pow
der put by me into the iieeondqum
bier was 6 powerful India . .. narcotic,
which 1 bo latterly had occasion to
use is some of my chemieal experi
ments. Although successful so Aar,c
it was not, without a mere unequal
beating of the heart P 1.41 Usual that
I proceeded to carry out the remaint
der 'of myldesigne. Howeyer hones-.
.oni,:'s designs May be, there is some
thing nefarious in the act rot feeling
in a man's pockets--something that
goes utterly against the grain; ,yet'
that_ was precisely what I. had now
got. to do. Before preceeding any
further, however, IL•thought it advis
able to have a third person, by me t 6
act as a witness of what •might 4, fol
lows So I , went down stairs 'to my.
landlady's room, with the intention,
of getting ether "the wolthy dame
herself, or her husband, to act , the
part of chorus in my forthcoming
little drain.% Fortunately I - fetund
the old lady's son, who ,-is a 'step
ping Sergeant 'in the Guards, 4ind
who Made no difficulty about g4ing
back with me. - - f ' '
-We fo lid. Tracy still asleep, with.
his head on the table. - From this
posture i gentlyraised hits, and laid
ban back, in the easy chair in which
'MT lroer lin,
he was sitting .
i .y uext pr,.. 1ee(....g
was to insert my hand into each of,'
his pockets, one after the other,. is.
search of the missing' diamond. .1:
found the young lady's 'purse, but
the ring was not in it; I. \also found.
a ntnnbeof pawnbreker's,duplicatei,
but non of them having reference
to the bject of which I
,was in
.L.,
search. Here, :too, was nay pencil
case, which, together with the purse,
I did not - fail to appropriate. One
..after a'other, I searched all the
pockets I 'could find, but still , the
i;
ring wa not forthcoming, and I be
gan to far that ho hah i lready dis
posed cif' it, - in which case it was
proliabli lost beyond- recovery. My
friend, the•sergeant, seeing ' zns per
plexity, 'suggested that the ring was
perhaps sewn up in the lining of his
coat, or waistcoat. Acting one this
hint, I felt all - ever the lining of his
coat, bit without success; but Pi
coming Ito the waistcoat, I found
somethig hard, over which a patch
of wash leather had been carefully
stitched. A fen seconds! sufficed to'
unrip the sewing; an' t therein, wrap
ped-up Carefully in cotton wool and
tisane piper, was a ,lady's diamond
;king. In silent
_triumph, I held it
pp 011 the tip of ray ringer for the
pergeant's inspection.
" Hurrah !. titat'sjolly and no mis
take." shouted the Gmudamau, with
a' wave of his pipe. "Bow: will Mr.
Slyboota feel when -ho wakes up ?"-
We were not long left in doubt on
that point. Mr. Tracy began -to
yawn and stretch and pull himself
together. It was.a peculiarity of the
nareotiel had given him .that its ef
fect, when., administered in . small'
doses, Was of very , short duration,
and I iknew . that Tracy's - stupor
would not last above half an hour at
the moat.. To assist hia recovery, 1.,
held a Vial of strong - smelling salts
'to his nose. He opened his eyes, sat
up, sneezed, and starcd vacantly
around.
.
." Good evening, governor," said
the sergeant; " you seem to have had
quite a refreshing little snooze." '
Mr. Tracy did not respond to this
friendly grei , ting. His fingers were
busy fumbling: at his- waistcoat,
_and
the -next moment ho started up with.
a tremendous oath, - and. -declared'
that he had been robbed. -
"Of what have you been robbed,
Mr. Tracy?" I asked. '
- "Of a_ valuable diathond ring,
which, for better gravity, I had
49'
$2 :per Annuxii. in .AdN4xnee.
stitched np:in the folds of my waist-
.1 Probably this purse slack-belongs
to yin' to" I said, holding up the mil,
ele,in qttestkm:,- •
Irecbs.m.W coklr,at once, and all
the defiance seemed to wiz out of
him ,au I kept my eyes find steadily
on Ids.
-
,: id, with " That4pi, is my property," he
sa poor ,attempt at. brava
do; " and -moat ask you at °urie to
explain how it came , into s .y.ottr Ipos
session." -' • _
", Let me first ask you how it came
into yours," I said. - " You took it
this morning, out of the pocket of
Young lady who'sat next to you in
an omnibus:. At that time it can
tidied, besides a small sum of money,
a diamond ring, now in my custody,
and which I *. can to restore _to its
owner to-. ~.rrow. Are you Satis
fied?
!' A • fie! an infer nal , lie!" he said
with an abgry stamp of the loot.
" You are not satisfied?" 1. said.
"Such being the , case, let us adjourn'
to', the nearest police 'station' . and,.
each tell h* own story to the in
.spoctor.-. For My, part, I am willing
to bear the brunt of such a prOceed- -
ingArc ready to accompany
Inc'?" ' - -
f" :old I :most damnably sold "-
cried Tracy, tlingink . up his Clench
ed hands. Then he turned and pick
ed up his hat and cane; then,. facing
me, he ;aid: . •
'" You villain You have tricked
me this time, but: be revenged on
you: Next :time -it will be my
turn, and_l advise you to beware !'
*" If 'Ton are not out of this house
in . five I said, " I will give
you ineharge of the police.,"
, He turned .on the with a snarl,'
and made a notion as though lie
hit 4 struck me across the
face with his cane. My friend, - the'
fougeint, was on his feet in an in
- " Now, governor, you ju'st hook / it
Quietly, or it will be worse foryou,'
he said. "Imay as well lightjou to
the street door,-or you: might, -per
haps, find your s way by accident into
one of the othiar rooms./XowOnst
Step out., will - you?" /
I called next morning at the oice
of the Secretary ,tif the Omnibus
Company, .and found, as I had antic
ipated, that the'young lady had left
-her eddress" ) there. To thin address,
which was 'in a certain west end
sqnare,,thurried as fast as the cab
iyould*.e me. I found the young
lady and the oldswomtm with whom
sh was,living as a coinpanion;terri
bly put about by the loss of the ring,
and therefore proportionately pleas-
I ed at its recovery.
• 'The drat Tisit wall not - the Usti by
any mews; hut ah the. red, merely
ioneerne MinTlio .- and myself,.. and
may remahneft unwritten:.
At ti:reeent: dinner in New\ .lork;
lat *hiekilo ladies were present,
'inpn, in responding 'to thp- \ toast,
woman,"• dwelt almost solely on
;the frailty of the. sex,. 'claiming\ that
!the 'best- among them bet
',ter than .the worst, tie of differ
ence being in their surromiding:'
At the conclusion Of : the ispeeith,.
gentleman' present
. rose to his -feet,
and said:..
‘.‘ I trust the gentleman in the ap
plication of his -remarl:s, refers to his
own mother find sisters, not,ours,!"
The effect- of this most just end
timely rebuke was' overwhelming;
and the maligner of Womanytis cov
ered with confu.siori and •shamo.
. • This' ineident sere-es an eicellent
purpose in prefacing a few w.ords
the subject. • -
• Of all' the evirs prevaent 'among
men, we know of none racire., blight
ingin its moral effect, than the ten
den4 to speak:l,4/AV of the virtue
of woman. NT.is there anything in
which youngmen are so thoroughly
mistaken as in The . laic' estimate they •
form of the integrity of woman—not
of their ,own . mothers and , sisters,
thank God, but of ethers, who, they .
forget, somebody elset; mother and
Plain worils,sliculd be spoken .on
this point, for the, ecil is a 9general
one, deep mooted. If young men are
sometimes thrOwn into the society of
thou,ghtless or, even lewd women,
they have AO more right to measure
all other women, by what they see
of these than' they would have to es
timate the character of honest and
respectable, citizens by the develop
ments of crime iu our Police Courts.
• Let yourig men remember that
their chief happiness in life depends
upon their faith in_ women. No
worldly., wisdom, no misanthrope
philosophy, no generalization, can
coier or. ,weaken this `fundamental
*nth. It Stands like the record of
God hitaself--for it is nothing less
than this—and 8110Uld :put an ever
. lasting seal.upon lips that are *ant
to speak slightly of women. '
OcetFA.7l.ol:. , Illat 4, ',delightful
thing it is .for the human heart!.
Those who work hard seldom .yield
to fancied or real sorrow. When
grief down, folds its hands, and
mournfully feeds Upon its own tears,
weaving the dini shadow's that a lit
tie,exertion might sweet - away ii4o
a funeral pall;the.Stronr , spirit. was
shornof its might,.: , and el sorrow be
comes our inastei...'Wheri troubles
- flow upon you dark and heavv, toil
not with the waves, and wrestle not
with the torrent; rather seek by oc
cupation to divert -Wedark = waters
that threatentoOverwhelm you, in
to a thousand channels, Which the
duties of life always present.. IJefere
you dream of those waters will
fertilize the present and give birth to
fresh flowers, that will become pure
and holy in the sunshine which pen
etrates to the path of duty in spite
of - every obstacle. Grief, after all, is
brit a Peling, and most selfish is/the
manlflo yields himself to the indul
gence of any passion , which brings
no joy to his fellow-met- -
AN'lrish boy trying bard to get a
placC, denied the he was Irish. "'I don't know
what Jan_mean by not being an Willman," said
the gentleman who was about to hire him; "but
this I do know, that 7on were born in Ireland."
" Och tyour honor, if tliat's all, blame.to
that. $u your old cat had kittens in the
OMR, would they be lolecs of brsad."l The boy.
got tbi igetee.
Cif t
NUMBER .32.
SLURS ON WOKEN.
.Pyrt•
caw
know what it it* -We ' feel and
p an
*SOY iklut it- W- -. . , baset.-to;.` tie.
thing downer *eta ' ".,
The: good- 'Mat-- I nt - la •
events a happy ,znien,AtT:LnesiNtcr•be '.
envied. &Masai- whOzeiti*Nas_ sit -
lightly ands- man WIIO tanifaa\ 'en
much happiness a $ he;. injoi'is... Hie ._
radiatesik sea it were, thid- /WI- goo d •
'humor becomes nn atm. —i , , -n ;
which other' pie_ plei'a : . . . 'bermtpr,
latent or pined half to . eath, : i COMM 7 -
ant, - rev ives - and flourishes. -T - Good
humor can scincely.be called ainoril •
virtue.,
~ It depenispezliapse as much'
On disp osition and Ma :perfect action-
of the - liver as on anything lelii‘: A ~
good Inumnesl. min msuakb_lae- -_,
te.a, estpeptio snani a maze - that espy*
a good dinner. Now, a quality whirli
depends upon the action of a Imes • '
liver can scared) , be milledZe, high
s:aqui- quality: And yet , his any
man a right 'to be dyspeptic: I Is it . ,
not amoral duty not tie be?' Setting .
aside, the rare cases of iteetitable, mss-
fortune, is not - dyspepsia a Woes •
own 'fault, genezally—the resit& of`
his gluttony, his laziness, his stupid--
ity, his' 'carelessness. Or his ignor
ance ? Ind are these things - moral
virtues ? Hasa man any fight', to,,
make- himself wretched, AO, 'people .
the world with 'horror; to be a unih
ancuto himself and every body shout -,
him, because he lacks • the .-senw to
controlhis'appetite, or the energy. to
,take,sufficient 'exercise to keep his
- liter healthy ? „ One of 'these . dept .
we shall come to the conclusion_ that
the meaning, fret:ni p ,- ill-teml4.red or
complaining and slePressed victim is •
!not merely to be pitied, but desirios
to be penushred as he ise. . H. may be .
very devotional, in his'iway: He may
make huge ,pietensioni, to piety; nd
religious feeling, but ilia' is none . the
less a. nuisance; and 'on the whole,
dyspeptic piety is as unhealthysis,
any other dyspeptic, thing: . ; . • - '
• How _To BREAK o BAD HADITB
- the . reasons, why 5 the
habit is injurious, Eita!ly the_ subject
and have uo lingering doubt on_your
t di,
' d. -Avoid th e plaee„S; the pbrikoas
a the thoughts that lead tci 2 the
.tem tation. Frequent the.
.pliiies,
_associate with the persois, and.lin
dulge in the thopghts that lead.:away
from temptation: Keep busy;-.idle
ness is .tho,sb:ength °lliad , habits.
Do not giie up the strugglewhen
lon have broken your .resolution;
just think the matter - over, aid en
.deaver to understand why it vis.s you
failed, so that you 'may be on your
,guerd against a recurrence of the
-same circumstances. Do not think
it a little or easy :t a , 1 that you have
undertaken. t ~It is- . yto
which
, to
break off a habit in a day - which may
haVe been gathering strength in you
for,yenra." , , -
.I. , Lregr .41.ovsz..—An Ensign iof
Artillery,r while in the thickness of a
hot,fight before—Aletz, was suddenly
thrown by his, hoise,; which, had re-'
ceived alhot in the mouth, and which
immediately rushed off, 'maddened
with pain. Picking himself - tip. es
quickly as he could, he was so fortu- .
nate a.s be able to clutch the
die of another horse which; ust then
rushed past him. : It was a splendid'
white one, and had been the proper
ty of en Adjutant, and he emgrittu-1
lated himself on his luck. But -he)
was hardily mounted before his self
felicitation was turned into: conster
nation, for the;
. conspicuous Color ,qY
the horse made his rider a prominent
target for 'any 'quantity of the ene
my's shots.' Just then, however, I,le.
receiied 'a shock which ; nearly :nil-,
seated him a second time, and which
Waspcsusedhy. something. or some
&Oily trying to pushnside his horse,
and turning quickly, the_ joyful ex
clamation of , " Here's t Hank • back
again !" 'escaped hiin inivohmtarilv.
It was.indeed his own horse, whiCh
had only. lost a few teeth, and-which,
having recovered from its 'fright, had.
galloped back in search of its: mas
ter, and was now trying with all' -it%
might and main to ihsplace the white
horse and get into its former place in
the-line. The Ensign was glad enough.
to dismount and make an' exchange.
1
- THE CULTURE or Fromm Therc4-
is no occupation so Conducive to •• - -
health, so delightful in itself, so g'sat
isfactory in its immediate results, and
so encouraging to the growth of- all
the finer sensibilities; as the outdoor -
.9ilture of flowers. Every: woman,
:whatever her other employments may
-be, should - lay to spare. time „for its
indulgence, if only -
ed degree. Those, who, fine) ,
have little taste for fl o wers will finkt =--
that by fostering it, thp.t little is
grow in them until it bids fair to be-
come a 'maim).
iThere are Ow objects in nature so
beautiful as flowers; 'and though but. . .
short t ; ) ed math!) frailest.of 'alterc
atedHess, they , atone for thin by
their abundance and variety. Bit to •
cultivate lifters successfullyr, there
must exist a loVe for them. lit will -
not do treat them as stepchihinna, or,.
rather, as stepchildren are popularly " _
represented as being treated. They 7:1 -
must be watched, and tended, arta
nourished.
•
A Sami Exposr.o.'—A great'dea* is
Said about / Young-nien " who are not
able . to marry , on acorifit of the
vakance of. women,". when these
very.young men often spend as much
On their own superfluities, if not their
vices,aS would support a reasonable..
wife. They van by the industrious,
serf-denying young girl, who pluckily
resolves not to let - an already,..,ocer
-tasked father or brother - support her,
and pay court to some beflounced
and jeweled pink and white dolkand -
then whine that they "Can't - marry
her because she is ' so extravagant,"
That's the whole truth about it; and '
When young men face and acknow
ledge it in a manly manner, it will bo
'time enough, to listen ito them on the
marriage question., `- • •
; Ors every - life is a sermon. - Our
birth is the text from which we start,
Youth is the introduction to the 'dis-_,
course. . During our . manhood we
lay down a few . propositions
prove them. Some of the passages
are (Inn; and some are sp rightly..
Then - come inferences- - and applica
tions. At seventy _years we.: say,-.
"Fifthly and lastly. l'ln doxology(
is sung. The benediction ..is.. pro
nounced. The book is closed. - It is
getting cold. Frost on the window
pane.. Sexton goes home with the
,
key on his shoulder.... .
7:AI honest lady couutry,
when told of her husband's death, eselailned: -
"'Well, I do declare. our troubles never, come
alimel •It ain't s week since I lest mytkat heu
and now Mr. Hooper is gone too, poor Min!
OLD Mrs. Piptirks iits reeding the-''
foreign news by slate arrival. " Cowinl-- is ::.
dining " exclaimed the old ' )adv. !ITV I
rollthought as ranch—the last Wetiii. - 4u
remarkably foeble." 1
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