2 CONSTANCE'S "WEDDING. i GRAND country wedding. Evory J, thing was in preparation. One week from that day, and Constance riorrepont, tho bcllo of the county, and the only daugh ter of ono of tho wealthiest farmers in Devonshire, wax to join hands, for hotter or worHO, with young Adam Gray, Squiro Gray's only son. ' Constanco was passionately fond of her country homo, and tho thoughts of leaving it pained her moro than she cared to have thoso abotit her know; but her parents had promised to spend tho greater part of tho winters with her, and hlio and Adam were always to pass their Hummers at tho old home, so that tho separation would not ho . so vciy terriblo after all; but, si range to say, tho maiden's eye wcro always ready to overflow. In mimo mysterious manner, Constance commenced to feel homesick bc- foro leaving tho parental roof. "If I didn't know how well y"ou loved Adam Gray, my child, I should think you wanted to back out of this business," said Mr. ricrrcpont, .drawing his daughter to his knees, and attempting to look under tho drooping lids. Constance tiled to smile, but broko down completoly. r .v . ' i "I am . foolish, father, and don't pet mo anymore. I wonder if every girl feels so sadly at leaving her home. Sometimes fancy it must bo moro than that. Perhaps it is a foreboding of evil. 'Coming events cast their shadows before,' this may bo one of tho shadows" "Nonsense, Constance! Never give way to superstitious delusions. It would be strange if you were not thoughtful, and even sad, in anticipation of this event. You are about to take a man with all his failings -remember that, Constance; how many, yon can form no idea, because it is just as truo aR you live that a couple may court a hundred yeain,andyetmt become acquaint ed with tho defects in tho .secret springs that keep the strango machinery moving. Courting is deceitful business, and it is, perhaps, wiso that it is so. Adam never saw you cry and pout bocauso I thought you had silk dresses enough without tho last oxpensivo ono you had set your heart upon buying, i You nevqr heard Adam swear at his tailor for a misfit, or scold bo cauBO a button was missing. You'll find he's got failings you nover suspected, and he'll discover that his little wifo is not as perfect as his fancy painted her. , Constance commenced to sob. ," J think yon love ono another very fond ly, my phild, and lovo, which is boundless charity, covers a multitude of sins.'.' . A few days previous to the wedding-day "Aunt Botey" had arrived and assistod at the making of tho cake, and while sho was busy in the production of the most impor tant pioco of confectionery which is offered to the wedding guests on the eventful breakfast," she observed to her sister, Mrs. , I'ierrcpotit " I havo always heard it said that if tho brido wished for good luck during her mar lied life, she would , help to stir her own cake." " Well, I don't know what under the sun is the matter wilh Coustauce,". replied Mrs. Pierrcpont; "but I can't persuade her to do anything." ' ' ' ' "Now, that's vciy strange, and not at all like Constance," responded Aunt Betsy. " Between you and mo, I don't like tho way she mopes. Now, thoro's Polly Martin, who's to be married to-morrow, she's as bright as a cricket. Constanco, Constance, Constance," sho suddenly screamed as sho caught sight of the yonng lady passing tho doorway. "Nowl want you to come in here and stir your own cake. It's a very badsiin to let somebody mix it;" and Aunty placed in her hand tho dish contain ing tho butter and sugar. " I will whip the ceil light n a froth, while you keep at that until it is just tho consistency of cream," sho continued, i Constanco gavo the materials a few vory unscientific turns; Bnd then withouta word, pushed the pan on ono sido, and hastily loft tho room. i ' "Now what do you make of such conduct as that ?" inquired her mother, in evident distress. "Lord a Massy, I don't know; but it don't mean any good, anyhow." " I think it's tho going away from homo that troubles Constance. I fancy that she would be lively enough if it wasn't for that idoa," returned Mrs. Pierrcpont, whi tiimr tho newlv-laid eirus until she had formed huge pyramids of snow foam, and Aunty stirred nway at the cake briskly, ex ercising her tongue In a similar manner; nndbvandbv it was ready for tho big oven. ' Tho day of the wedding arrived bright, crisp, and clear one of thoso glorious nil tnmn days just before tho leaves, so beauti fully colored, commence to fall. The evening preceding, Adam and Con stanco had spent together, and both wcro under a cloud. He had a nervous headache, and consequently was not talkative; and she, with his head in her lap, pressing both little hands against the aching temples, a! lowod many a silent tear to fall. "Don't be worried about this stupid pain in my head, darling," aaid Adam, no ticing her distress. " I shall sleep it on," and Constance bade her lover good night for the last time to-morrow tho husband and for tho first time in her life she left him sobbing. . ? Ah, that was a lovely picture tho bridal toilet was faultless, but Constancy's roses had all ralod. The Inst exquisite touch had been given to tho orange-blossoms and veil, and Adam was called to salute Miss Constanco for tho last time. lie, too, was palo as doath, and walked forward very slowly and with' apparent difficulty.' Con stance, with her head bowed, gavo him both of her littlo white-kidded hands to press. ... For a moment they stood quietly, then, in a tone so strange, so deep, so uncartly as to causo all present to gazo at him witli astonishment, as ho caught her in his arms, pressing her tightly to his heart, Adam said "Kiss me, darling quickly; I am dying," and sank into a chair. A moment more and tho loving heart ceased to palpitate, and tho dreadful truth overwhelmed tho anxious friends Adam Gray was dead. ; Thcro ho lay with a smilo on his beauti ful features, dressed in his bridal clothes awaiting now only tho last sad funeral rites. What a chango I Nothing could induco Constanco to leavo tho room. . Sho would not listen to entreaty or command. The shades of nigh( canio on again; still Constance kept her watch. Aunt Betsy was sent to reason with her. Constance always liked her aunt. ' ' "Como away, Constance, darling, and go to bed," she exclaimed, tearfully. "I will remain hero all night, if you wish me. You are making yourself very ill." " I shall remain 1" That was all. " Nell so shall 1, saul poor Aunty, alarmed lost the intellect of Constanco was permanently injured. Aunty," suddenly cried Constance, with a strange excitement,' " go down stairs nto tho store closet and bring me a bottle of brandy." "Shall I give you some, Constance?" sho said, on returning. "Yes, make it part water. Quick, quick, An nt y. Now give mo a napkin. Aunty, horrified, watched her making preparations to feed poor lifeless Adam. " Good Heavens I Constance dear," she cried, in a tone of amazement and fright. ' I can stand almost anything, but pouring brandy into a corpso is going a little too far, and I shall call your father." ' "Aunty, Aunty," shrieked Constance, wildly, " rub his hands and feet with some thing hot, instantly t Don't you bco how his couutcnanco has changed ?" Heaven preserve us, yes !" replied Aunty, trembling with terror. "Don't you know that your acting a very t wicked part? But what do you think the under taker will say to such behavior? Tho girl is raving distracted I" t And Amity ran to call somo one, an sho saw Constance attempt to change his posi tion. , " Constanco for: Heaven's sake, what is this Aunty is telling me? You must havo gono start mad I Poor child !" cried Mr. Pierrcpont, bursting into tho room, with tears streaming down his face. Will yon como hero, father, and see for yourself? There is a cold perspiration on my darling's face. Give mo tho brandy, quick, Aunty 1" Aunty passed it mechanically. "Go for the doctor somebody, run quick ly 1 1 tell you ho is alive ! Adam, Adam, Adam 1 Open your eyes, darling 1" To tho utter astouishmont of her father, and tho consternation of poor Aunty, and to that of Mrs. Pierrcpont, who bad now appeared on tho scone, Adam slowly lifted up his eyelids, smiled faintly, and by the time the doctor arrived, the pulso al though feeble, wa quite regular, and con sciousness had entirely returned. The next day the wedding came off, but in an entirely unexpected manner. Con stance, radiant with sweet content, and this time with healthy color on cheek and lip, stood by the sido of the couch, and in tho presence of a few friends, vowed to love, honor an cherinh him in sickness and health, until death did them part. Thoro was not a dry eyo in tho room. Even the minister faltered. Adam recovered rapidly, and there is no happier couplo to-day in Exeter city than Mr. and Mrs. Adam Gray. tS'A man has been arrested and brought up for trial in Salem, Mass., for using profane language in a public place. To mako tho offence worse in tho eyes of all right-minded persons, tho man was on his way to a wedding. Wo are inclined to think that a law under which all persons using language that is excessively offen sive to decent people could be arrested and punished would havo a salutary effect. tW The town of Londonderry, N. II., holds its chartor on the condition of givirg the Governor of tho State a peek of pota toes every year, and pays the penalty of its corporate existence regularly.. It is au old custom derived from the mother country, and though perhaps more honored in the breach than tho bscrvation, is kept up as well as if tho welfare of the town and of the Governor'! family depended on It. ' How tho Bill was Defeated. IN tho discussion ovor a rocontbill in the Senate at Harrisburg, a mombcr who properly appreciated the office of ridicule, sont up to the clerk's desk, and had read tho following letter. Tho bill was with drawn. . . Tribuno Office, Jan. 27, 1872. Mr. .T. T. V., Heading Pa. : . . . Mv' Dear iPt'r Your favor of tho 25th inst., is just received in referenco to tho admiRsion of colored children into tho public schools of your city and containing a copy of your remarks nt a meeting held by V'jur colored citizens. I will forward your remarks to Washington as requested. I am forming no opinion juBt now on tho question, but think that Mr. Sumner's bills will settlo tho wholo matter. A great deal of my tinio tho past season has been oecu pied in preparing a new and enlarged edi tion of " What 1 know about Farming," a most excellent and serviceable book which I think you ought to have. (I will somJ you a copy, postage prepaid, on receipt of price : ffl.no.) As the season is advanced and kept mo in the houso a great deal, 1 havo been trying to better tho condition of our pcoplo by endeavoring to make im provomcnts in cooking. , i'or some years I havo found that dough nuts Ho too heavy on my stomach, which my physicians attribute to tho fat in which they are fried. They tell mo that a dough nut contains about eight times as much fat as is consistent with a doughnut. To over come this difficulty, I have gono to con slderablo philosophical research. By using only ene-eight of tho usual amount of fatj for frying them, Mrs. Greely assures mo tho doughnuts would burn. By using eight times as much fionr, I would havo eight tunes as many doughnuts as I want. therefore determined to uso eight times the usual quantity of sots. Mrs. G. mixed up the batter in the bread bowl, and having made most exact proportions, I put in one pint of sots. , Tho next morning on enter ing the kitchen, wo found that our batch of doughnuts had risen about ninety degrees ubovo our highest expectations, and tho tide was still rising. Mrs. G. heated tho lard while I downed tho batter, but all to no use. I poured in some fat, but it only spritzed and cracked, and I was mortified to find my experiment a failure, as the doughnuts would not stick together. Too much sot in a doughnut is worso than Carl Schurz in a caucus. But I was not dismayed. Education has done much for tho human mind, and thcro is no reason in philosophy why it should not do so much for doughnuts. To pre sevevo tho tone of tho doughnut without fat, I substitucd alchohol for lard, but tho conscquenco was that Mrs. G. and my self narrowly escaped with our lives. Wo only saved three doughnuts out of tho batch two of which wo ato and sent tho other to Mr. Beccher. They wcro truly delicious, but they are too high priced and tho manu facture is attended with too much risk for this brand ever to become a popular article of diet. Those wo made cost about seventy thrco cents a piece. Let me hear what your colored citizens are going to do witli tho school board. I heard that in your vicinity yon raise a small fruit called pretzels, which are said to bo good when cooked. Please send mo a few seed, and I will set them out in tho spring. Yours truly, -HORACE GREELEY. P. S. When passing through Allcntown somo timo ago, a boy came through tho car with cakes and a peculiar fruit called suits. I bought a few and set them out, but fear that our climo is too severe for them. If you will bo kind enough to send mo a few healthy vines, I would liko to give -thorn another trial in my greenhouse. II. G. The Indian's Head Work. 4 N American Governor was building a XjL houso at his plantation, and while di recting his workmen noticed a lusty Indian, who, though the weather was severly cold was a naked as well as an idle spectator. "Hark ye, Indian," said tho Governor, " why don't you work as these men do and get clothes to cover you ?" "Why you no work, Governor?" replied the Indian. " I work," returned tho Governor, plac ing his forefinger upon his forehead, " with my head, and therefore need not work with my hands." " Well," replied tho Indian; "and if I would work what would you havo mo to do?" "Go kill me a calf and I will give you a shilling." "Tho fellow did o, and the Governor asked him why ho did not kiu und diess it." "Calf dead, Governor," said tho Indian "give me another shilling mid I will." This was complied with, and away went tho Indian to au alo house with his two shillings; ho soon ('ra ik ono in rum and then returned to tho Governor. " Your shilling bad; the man will not take it." Tho Governor believed him, and gave him another; but returning with the second the Governor found that he was a rogue; nevertheless he exchanged that too, reserv ing bis punishment for another opportunity. To accomplish this ho wrote a letter, (o a friend in Boston to giro 'the bearer sound whipping; and in a fow days, when the Indian eamo to staro at the workmen, gave it to bim saying : i " If you will carry this to Boston and deliver it as directed, I will glvo you a half crown," Tho Indian bowed assent, set out upon his journey, but bad not proceeded far, when be met another Indian,, belonging to the Governor, to whom ho gavo tho lotter, and told him his master had sent him to meet with him, and bade him return with that letter to Boston as fast as ho could. Tho poor Indian carried it with great diligence, and received a sound whipping for his pains. The other Indian canio no more, but at a meeting with Romo of tho nation, tho Gov ernor saw this fellow among tho rest, and asked him very severely, " how ho could daro to servo him such a bad trick ?" The Indian looked him in tho face, plac ed his forefinger on his foro head, and re plied: " Head work, Governor, head work I" The lied River Raft. Having heard of tho "groat raft" in tho Red river, sinco our geography days, we aro apt to suppose wo know all about it. Wo aro well awaro that it is a mass of drift wood, completely obstructing navigation at the point where it covers tho water with its countless trunks of forest trees. Wo know that the water passes under this mass as if it wcro a bridge; and wo remember that in 1833, when tho raft was 124 miles long, the general government begau the work of removing it, but after working at it for twenty-two years, abandoned tho at tempt as wholly impracticable, and confiu- cd its efforts to tho opening up of somo of the lateral channels or bayous. Wo may know all this, but still bo ignorant of ono of tho most curious characteristic of tho great raft, which is that it, unlike rafts in general, moves up the river against the cur rent, instead of down. Tho movement is very slow, being but a niilo or two a year. i nc explanation oi mis retrograde move ment of an apparently stationary mass is simple enough. Tho logs ol the lower end of tho raft is continually broken away and carried away by tho Hoods and freshets. Thus tho raft, always falling away at ono end and browing at tho other, gradually moves iiJSffho river, it is calculated that it has moved sinco Its forming about four hundred miles. Scientific writers have sug gested the idea that this vast mass of timber after lying in tho old bed of tho river for quite a number of ages, will becomo a coal bed. But when tho Red river country be comes thickly settled, this enormous col lection of driftwood may bo utilized in somo way or other, and thus Incalculably distant generations may be cheated out of many a good coal fire. Ex. Lj? rergant major John Lliamp may have been a very patriotic and niccjman in his day, and tho evidence seems to favor that supposition. John was elected byre quest of Washington, from Gen. Leo's regiment, to go to Now York as a deserter and bring off Arnold in timo to save tho lifo of Andro. Champo reached tho British lines after an exciting pursuit, underwent an examination boforo Sir Henry Clinton, and was given a position in the Britisli army with his former rank. A plan to seize and carry off Arnold failed, and Champe returned to the Amoricau army, from which he was discharged by Washington, lest, falling into hands ef tho enemy, ho should be hanged as a spy. Subsequently ho died in Kentucky, near the close of tho eighteenth century. At this rather late day it is proposed to reward the serv ices of this revolutionary hero, and for this purposo Mr. Shcllenbarger of Ohio has introduced in Congress a bill to grant his heirs a township of land from tho public domain. As tho gallant Sergaut Major has been dead nearly one hundred years, it is to bo feared that he will not be much bene fited by the donation, whilo it is difficult to sco what his heirs have dono to deserve it. A Young Lady's Mistake. . One day thoro was a great feast In a great house. A wealthy young merchant was giving a dinner-party one winter evening. The guests hud just entered tlio diningroom when suddenly a carriage drove up to the door, and the portals onco moro opened at a reverberating knock. A tall, elegant glr presently entered tho dining-room. Por haps if sho had been able to glance care. fullv at the faces of somo of thoso who were assembled, sho would have seeu somo slight marks of surprise. Nono was ex pressed; sho was greeted with favor by tho lady who did tho honors of tho house, and had a seat next tho host. Everybody was charmed with the beauty and grace of tho fair apparition. Tho dinner was hardly finished, when tho visitant discovered that she had made a mistake. Sho had come to tho wrong house. Tho right dinner party was at tlio very next door. The young merchant had aheady fallen in lovo with tho guest, ami he wooed and won on her. I am not quite certain . about the de tails of the story how sho was ulono and without any friends; but, for all that, the Mory U true, and I trust I may be excused tho telling of it. ' JVetw Advertisement, THE CAUSE AH1) CUBE OK oonhUmption: rpjIE primary cause of Consumption la de X rungemcnt of the digestive organs. This derangement produces dellclent nutrition and assimilation. By assimilation, I mean that process by which the nutriment of the food in converted Into blood, and thenco Into the solid of the body. Persons with digestion thus im paired, baring tbe slightest predisposition to pulmonary disease, or if they tuke cold, will be very liable to have Consumption of the Lungs in some of its forms ; and 1 bold that 11 will be Impossible to euro any case of Consumption without tlrst restoring a good digestion and healthy nsslmllatlon. The very first thing to be done Is to cleanse the stomuch and bowels from all diseased mucus and slime, which Is clogging these organB so that they cannot per form their functions, and then rouse up and restore the liver to a healthy action. For this urposo tlio surest nnd beBt remedy Is Sohcnck's Mandrake Pills. These Pills clean tho stoin- ucli and bowels of all the dead ami morbid slime that Is canning disease and decay in the wholo system. They will clear out the liver of all diseased .bile that bus accumulated there, and rotiBo it up to a new ami healthy uctlou, by men nuiurui aim noauny uuo is secreted. The stomach, bowels, and liver aro thus cleansed by tho uee of Schcuck's Mandrake Pills ; but there remains in tho stomach an ex cess of acid, tho organ is torpid und the appe tite poor, lu the bowels the lactuuls Are weak, and requiring strength and support. It is In a condition liko this that 8chenck'i Seaweed Tonic proves to be the most valuable remedy ever discovered. It Is alkaline, and Its use will neutralize all excess of acid, making the stomach sweet and fresh ; it will give perma nent tone to this important organ, und create n good, hearty appetite, and prepare the system lor tho Ursl process ot good digestion, and, ul timately muke good, healthy, living blood Alter this preparatory treatment, what remains to euro most case of Consumption is tho free and persevcrelng uso of Schenk's Pulmonic Syrup. The Pulmonic Syrup nourishes tho system, purifies the blood, and Is readily ab sorbed into the circulation, und thenco distrib uted to the diseased lungs, lucre it ripens all morbid inuttuiB, whether In the form of absces ses or tubercles, and then assists Nature to ex pel all tho diseased mutter, In the form of free expectoration, when once it ripens. Jt is then by the great healing and puryt'ylug properties of Sehenk's Pulmonic Syrup, Hint all ulcers and cavities are healed up sound, and my pa tient Is cured. The essential thing to ho done iu curiug Con sumption is to gel up a good appetite and a gooil digestion, so that tlio body will grow in liesh and get strong. If a porson has diseased lungs a cavity or abscess there rho cavity cannot heal, the mutter cannot ripen so long us the system is below pur. Wluit is necessary to cure is a new order of things a good uppe tite, a good nutrition, tint body to grow in liesh and get Cut; then Nature is helped, the cavities will heal, the mutter will ripen and be thrown oil' In largo quuntlcs, and the person will reguiu health and stereugth. This is the true and on ly plan to cure Consumption, nud if a person is not entirely destroyed, or sren if ono lung is entirely gone, if there is enough vitality left In the other to heal up, there Is hope. I havo seen many persons cured with only one sound lung, live und enjoy life to a good old age. This is what Seheuck's Medicines will do to cure Consumption. They will clean out tlio stomach, sweeten and strengthen it, get up a good digestion, and give Nature the sys tem of all the discuses she needs to clear the system of all the disease that is lu the lungB, whatever the form may bo. , It Is Important that while using Bchenck's Medic-lues, cure should be exercised not to tuke cold : keep in-doors in cold and damp weather ; avoid night air, aud tuke out-door exoreisoouly in a genial und warm sunshine. I wish it distinctly understood ihct when I recommend a patient to be careful In regard to taking cold, while using my Medicines, I do so for a special reasou. A man who has but pur liully recovered from the elfeets of a bad cold is far more liable to a relapse lima one who bus been entirely cured ; and it Is precisely the samo lu regard to Consumption. So long as the lungs are not perfectly healed, just so long is there Imminent danger of a full return of tho disease. Hence It is that I so strenuously caution pul monary patients against exposing themselves to an atmosphere that Is not genial and picas ant. Confirmed Consumptives' luugs are a mass of sores, which tho leust chango of at mosphere will iuthime. The grand secret of my success with my Medicines consists in my abil ity to subdue Inflammation instcud of provok ing It, ns many of tho faculty do. An inflamed lung cannot, with safety to the patient, be ex posed to the biting blasts of Winter or the chill ing winds of Spring or Autumn. It should be curcl'iiily shielded from ull irritating Inlluuces. Tho utmost caution should be observed in this particular, as without it a cure under almost any circumstances is an Impossibility. Tho person should be kept on wholesome and nutritious diet, and all tbe Medicines continued until tho body lias restored to it the natural quantity of flesh and strength. I was myself cured by this treatment of tbe worst kind of Consumption, aud have lived te get fat and hearty these many yeurs, with one lung mostly gone. I have cured thousands since, und very many have been cured by this treatment whom I buve never seen. About the First of October I expect to tul possession of my new building, at tho North east Corner of Sixth and Arch Streets, where I shall be pleased to give advice to ull who may rcq ul rolt. Full dlreetlons accompany ull my Kemedles, sothut a person in auy put t of the world can be readily cured by a strict observance of tbe same. J. II. BCI1ENCK, M. D., Philadelphia. -.l0IIN1ON, lfdl.l.OWAT & ('OWIIKN, 112 Al'Clt Street, 1'hlludelphiu, Wholesale Agents. 5 23 1 X. L. IlEVOLVlUiS! The New X I. ltcvolver. No. 1 22100 Cat, No. I 22 UK) t.'ttl.. short. No. 3 (,'al.. long, No. 4 3ft Cki Cat. fr rocket lie vol vers, am unsurpassed. They use the ordinary Coiqier Cartridge und are beautiful ill shape mid lliush. 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