2 Qtlje imcs, Htm Blaomftcl&, )cu A Fortunate Blunder. 46 "tTHAT'S that you y Ilayden? TT Tlio Bolton Bank broke? It can't be possible 1" And Frederick Wells, who had been ro clining in ono chair, with his feet renting on tlio back of another, tlio very picture of in dolent enjoyment, sprang to his feet, tip ping over his chair, and sending the cignr he was smoking to the further end of the room. " Yes it in; it is here in the paper, as you can seo for yourself. But what is it to you? Did you havo anything invested there ?" "No; but Miss Ncal had which amounts to about the samo thing." An air of intense chagrin overspread his handsome, though rather effeminato fea tures, as he read the paragraph to which his companion pointed. "Confound it," he muttered, "it's al ways my luck to have my dish tipped just when it's full ! Though I must say, if it's got to conio, that I'm glad it happened the month before our marriage." Charles Haydcn, a young man whose features, though less regularly formed, were expressive of far more manliness and goodness of heart, gazed at tlio speaker with an air of undisguised astonishment. "Why so, Wells ? you surely did not seek tlio hand of Miss Ncal simply for her money?" " Well, no; 1 can't say that. Sho is a most lovely and charming woman; and it really cuts me to the heart to give her up. But then 1 am too poor to aflbrd such a luxury. And Miss Neal cim no more aflord to marry a poor man than I a poor girl. So we're about even." "And have yon no thought for the pain that, your riescition will inflict upon the heart you have won," said llaydeii in a tone of suppressed indignation. "Softly, my dear fellow," said Wells, who had resumed his former comfortable position, and was solucir.g himself with a fresh cigar. " I hardly think that it. will bo any such deKMrata affair to Miss Neal as you suppose. Indeed, I'vo thought several times of late, that had it not been for her foolishly high idea of tlio binding nature of sucli u pi online, she would have broken the engagement herself." " And knowing this, you would have held her to its fulfillment." " Not. being sulliciently disinterested to refuse the gift of fifty thousand dollars, 1 ratlin-think I should." "You oro not worthy of a true-hearted woman, like Ellen Neal I" was tlio indig nant response. " Then so much the better for her, that I should leave her to be appropriated by some ono that is you, for instance. It strikes me that you used to bo somewhat inttn-Ktcd in that quarter; now is the time, old fellow, for you to go iu and win." Chmles Ilayden scarcely felt or heard tho covert sneer in these words, so much wiis he engrossed by t us new-born hope that had sprung up in his heart, and which made its pulses beat so quickly and strong- iy- "So you are to be married next month my dear?" Baid Mr. Thornly to his ward, Ellen Neal. " Yes I believe so," was the rather in diffeient reply. Mr. Thornly studied his ward's face for a moment with his keen eyes. ' I don't believe you care two straws foi Frederick Wells." . "Oh! not so bad as that guard ie," said Ellen, with a faint smile; " though I have sometimes feared that I don't give him the affection that ho deserves. Ho seems to bo very stiongly attached to me." " Humph ! my opinion of Frederick Wi lls is, that ho is too much in love with his own handsome face to bo very much at tached to any woman. " " You are too severe. Any way, I havo pmmitcd, and cannot break my word." "Oh, no, certainly not; far better break your heart." " I don't lielicve I've got any," was the laughing rejoinder. "If I havo I've novor been able to disoover it. Never fear for me, gUHidie; I dare say I shall be as happy with Frederick as with any one." Yet in spite of these lightly spoken words, there rose up before her mental vision one with whom she knew she could be fur hap pior. But even if she had been free to choose, how did she know that ho would choose her? True, she had sometimes fan ciedbut what right had she to indulgo in such fancies? ' ' When Mr. Thornly reached his ofllce he found Frederick Wells waiting to seo him; ! who said with an air of constraint, not to say embarrassment, not at all remarka-1 bh, when wo consider the awkward errand on which he came. , j ' I heard of Miss Neal'a misfortune last evening, sir, and I assure you with deep regret." , ; " Mis Neal' misfortune ? What the deuce d'ye mean?" said the bid gentleman gruffly, with whom Mie young roan wa by no weans, a favorite.- - " Why, the failure of Bolton Bank, to be sure," Mr., Well responded quickly, the suspicion entering his mind that the shrewd old lawyer was trying to dodge the ques tion. Oh, ah, yes I think I do understand you. Welt, what of it?" "Only this, sir, that deeply as I regret the necessity, the high regard I cherish for your ward, and tho knowledge that I shall be unable, at least for some years, to offer her such a home as she is accustomed to and merits, demand tho sundering of our engagement. " That is to say, in plain English, my ward, having lost her fortuno, Mr. Wells no longer desires to marry her." In spite of all his efforts, Mr. Wells felt his checks tingle beneath the quiet scorn in the eyes that rested upon his countenance. "You put it rather haiwhly," he said, forcing a smile; "but we won't quarrel about terms." " Very good. All I havo to say is, that what you are pleased to term Miss Neat's misfortune, promises to be tho best thing that could happen her. Good morning." When Mr. Thornly saw his ward again, in the evening, his countenance wore a cu rious expression. " I havo important uows for you Ellen; one portion of it, rather bad, but tlio other so good as to more than make up for it. In deed, as I told a certain young man this morning, I consider it the best tiling that could possibly happen to you. First, for the bad; tho bunk, in which your money was invested, lias gone up, and wont prob ably pny two cents on a dollar. Now for the good; in consequence of this, Mr. Fred erick Wells called to express his regrets, that he must, relinquish the honor and hap piness of making you his wife." " Is it possible?" exclaimed Ellen. "How I have been deceived in him. I thought lie loved me fur myself alonu. (), Mr. Tlioiiily, li'iw thankful I ought, to bo that I have discovered how false his heart is, before it wan too late." "Mr. Hayih-n is in the parlor and wants to see Miss Ellen," said a servant ojicuiiig the door. Ellen entered the parlor in a rather pcr luilied state of mind; much as she rejoiced lit her escape, she could not hut feel deeply grieved at. this discovery of the unworthi iiess (if him. whom sho had hitherto es teemed so liighly as to often repniach her self that she could not love him as he deserved. Mr. Hayden's mind was, also, much dis turbed, though from a very different cause. It was in vain that young gentleman tried to recall tho neat little speech, that he had conned over on his way to the house; as is usual in such cases, it com pletely vanished from his mind as soon as ho found himself In the presence of the lady, for whose benefit it was intended. At last, making a des)erato effort he broke the rather embarrassing silunco by saying: "My dear Miss Noal.l havo heard of your loss of fortune, and cannot express what a great burthen it lifted from my heart. I was so truly rejoicfd, ft to quite for get " Here, startled by tho indignant astonish ment depicted upon Ellen's countonane.o, the poor fellow stammered, and then stop ped. "Sir Mr. Ilayden," faltered Ellen, deeply wounded at language so different from what she had anticipated. " I am at a loss to understand why you should re joico over my misfortune." " Dear one, I know it is very selfish in me, and yet I was never half so happy in my life as when I learned that I might, without being accused of unworthy motives, tell you what a privilege I should deem it to cherish and care for you, as man chor ishes and cares for the dearest object of his love." Tho sudden revolution of feeling, caused by these words, sent warm, happy tears to Ellen's eye. "I thank heaven for tho reverso of for tune that has given me thu rich treasure of your love," sho murmured, us sho laid her hand sofily in his. Half an hour later, the lovers wore receiv ing tho congratulations, and tho warm ap proval of Ellen's guardian. The old geutlemun listened silently, and with evident enjoyment to the plans they laid for the future. "I am sorry to spoil your pretty romance of ' Love in a Cottage and all that sort of thing,' ho said at last, " but tho fact is, Ellen though, as I told you, your for tune was invested in tho Bolton bank I happened to withdraw the money the week before it failed. But don't be downheart ed about it, my young friends, you'll find plenty of people who will gladly relievo you of it burthen. If you can't dispose of it in any other way, you might donate it to found a " mission school," for the ' Feegee Mermaids," or some other equally a prac ticable missionary enterprise." Wo can't say a to whether our young couple , followed this suggestion, but this we know, that throughout tier long and bappy married life, Ellen often had occa sion to bless the fortunate blunder, j , 3T Two centuries ago, not one in fifty wore stocking. Fifty year ago, not a boy was allowed to run at large at night. Fifty year ago, sot a girl made a waiting-maid out of her mother. Wonderful Improve menu in tbt age I : ' Madder, and how It Is Trcparcd. T HIE madder of commerce is obtained from the root of a plant extensively grown in the South of Europe and in Asia Minor, but also produced in largo quanti ties in the State of Ohio and Delaware, in our own country. The ancient, Greeks and Romans were familiar with its properties as a dye-stuff, as appears from tho writings of a distinguished Grecian author. The stem of this plant lives but ono season, while the roots continue to vegetate year after year, and are usually gathered when they havo attained a growtli of several years. When the external bark is remov ed, the soft juicy tissue of tho root nppears of a reddish color and possesses a peculiar acrid taste. It is said by somo that the madder produced in very warm tcinpora turcs is superior in coloring substance, and produces an intenscr shade than that grown in more moderate climates; that from the French provinces of Alsace and Avignon be ing deemed superior to all other varieties. But recent analyses of American growth have established the fact that, in tho bright ness and stability of its coloring properties, it Is not excelled by the product of any for eign country. ' When the roots are taken from the soil, they are at once placed in heated ovens, where they remain until all moisture has evaporated, after which they are beaten with wooden staves until tho external cov ering is pulverized. The entire mass is then passtd through a n umber of sieves of graduated fineness, until the fibrous por tions alone remain. After carefully select ing the coarsest fibics, which nro regarded as most valuable, these are attain exposed to the heat, until they become so biittle that they can bn reduced to fragments by tho pressure of tho hand. They are then sever ed into very small pieces by a sharp instru ment, pulverized by machinery, and tho powder, being sifted by means of a bolter, is packed in casks ready for export. There are many grades of madder offered in the market, and their quality is graduated by tho amount of care and trouble bestowed upon theii preparation. Some varities contain tho external cover ing of tho bark, tho trash rejected by tho sieves and other impurities. These may readily be detected by the comploxion of tho madder thus adulterated, which is always much darker than the genuine article. Like wine, madder is improved by age, and, if allowed to remain undisturbed in tho casks, undergoes a pi ocess of fermentation, after the lapse of a few years, which greatly improves its qualities. The largest impor tations of madder into this country are produced in Tuikcy and the French prov inces of Alsace and Avignon. To calico printers this dye is almost invaluable, as it enters more largely than any other into the composition of tho great variety ot tints required in coloring cottons. THE TEETH. About the middle of tho last century Peter Kalm, a Swcdo, visited America, and wrote sensibly about what he saw. Ho observed a frequent loss of teeth among settlers from Europe, especially women. After discussing and rejecting many modes of explanation, he attributed it to hot tea and other hot beverages; and came to a general conclusion that " hot feeders lose their teeth more readily than cold feeders." Mr. Call in, who some years ago had an in teresting exhibition of Indian scenery, dresses, weapons, &o., noticed that the North American Indians havo better teeth than the whites. Ho accounts for the dif ference in this strange way that the reds keep tho mouth shut, whereas tho whites keep it open. The teeth, ho says, require moisture to keep their surfaces in good working order ; when tho mouth is open, the mucous membrane has a tendency to dry up, tho teeth loso their needed supply (if moisture, and thence come discoloration, toothache, tic-douloureux, decay, looseness and eventual loss of tcoth. Mr. Catlin scolds the human raco generally for being less sensible than tho brutes in this respect, and the white race especially in compari son w itli tho red. We keep our mouths ojien far too much; the Indian warrior sleeps, hunts and smiles with his mouth shut, and respire through tho nostrils. Among tho virtues attributed by him to closed lips, ono is excellent when you nro angry, keep your mouth shut. t3f"A young man in Suubury was fish ing in the canal ono day last fall, when the cook of a passing canal-boat tumbled over board. He plunged in and rescued her, and she thanked him, asked his name, Aimbod upon the dock of her vessel, and sailed away. Last woek the youth was sur prised by a visit from the maiden and her father. The old man rushed up, seized hi hand, and aid: "You saved tho girl, she's yourn. Take her, my son, take her and bo happy, with a father' blessing. No man shall say that I'm ungrateful." The maiden moved forward a if to seek an em brace, . but the- gallant youth dashed through the window and fled, pursued by the parent and hi child. He ha ; since written home from the far , West to say that if be ever perceive another canal-boat cook in the canal, he will tie a cargo of an vil to her neck to hold her down, : , THE MAJOR'S EXPERIMENT. ' UT in a certain western fort, somo J time ago, tho major conccivod the Idea that artillery might be used effectively in lighting with tho Indians by dispensing with gun-carriages and fastening the can non upon backs of mules. So he explained his view to the commandant, and it was determined to try the experiment. A howitzer was selected and strapped upon an ambulance mule, with the muzzlo point ed toward the tail. When they had se cured the gun, and loaded it with ball-cartridge, they led that calm and steadfast mulo out to tho bluff and set up a target in the middle of the river to practice at. The rear of the mule was turned toward tho target, mid he was backed gently up to the edge of the bluff. Tho oflicors stood around in a semi-circle, while the major went up and inserted a time-fuse in the touch-hole of the howitzer. When tho fuse was ready the major lit It and retired. In a minute or two the unrufllod mulo heard the fizzing back there on his neck, and it made him uneasy. He reached his head around to ascertain what was going on, and, as he did so, his body turned and the howitzer began to sweep around the horizon. The mule at last became excited and his curios ity became more and more intense, and in a second or two he was standing with his four legs in a bunch, making six revolu tions a minute, mid tho howitzer, under stand, threatening sudden death to every man within half n milo. The commnndant was observed to climb suddenly up a tree; tho lieutenants wcro seen sliding over tho bluff into tho river, ns if they didn't care at all about, the high price of uniforms; the tho adjutant mndo good time tewaid tho fort; the seigeant began to throw up breast works with his lmyoiict,aiid the major rolled over the ground and groaned. In two or three minutes there was a puff f smoke, and a dull thud, mid the mule oh 1 where was he ? A solitary jackass might have been seen turning successive back-somersaults over tho bluff, only to rest at anchor, finally, with his howitzer tit tho bottom of the river, while thu ball went off to. ward tho fort, hit tho chimney in major's quarters, and rattled the adobe bricks down into the parlor, and frightened tho major's wife into convulsions. They do not allude to it now, and no report of tho results of tho experiment wa ever sent to the War Department." A Singular Accidental Death. A singular story of an accidental death is reported by the legal journals. A young man of 23, living near Orleans, who figured as a volunteer in the army of tho Loire, was lately invited to a birthday festival by nu uncle in tho Ruo Vauairani, Paris. The banquet was gay, and tho youthful hero enlivened the conversation by recount ing his hair-breadth cscajies during the war, and how he was extricated, with difll culty, alivo from a heap of dead and dying. Ho was congratulated on his good luck, and it was tho general opinion that he must havo been born under a fortunate star. The party had scarcely adjourned to the drawing room, when the volunteer of tho Loire remebered that ho had left some thing in the dining-room and went back to look for it. In a dark passage he met a maid servant carrying a pilo of plates. From the middle of tho pile there stuck out the blade of a carving-knife, against the sharpened point of which he ran. The end of the handle pressed against tlio girl's chest, and the superincumbent weight of plates gave the weapon a deadly i inpetus. The steel entered the young man's breast and so severely wounded him that ho died in a few moments after ho had told his friends how tho accident had happened. Parit Corretpondent. tS'A well-known doctor of divinity was riding the other day In a street car in com pany with a friend. He is a positive man and resents uti insult quite vehemently. Earnestly engaged in conversation, he handed tho conductor a ticket ns ho enrae to collect the faro. The conductor did not move mi. As he remained studying the ticket, the doctor' attention was attracted toward the official, who seems to lie highly interested in the car ticket. Ho read it, smiled, shook his head, and finally said to the doctor "This may bo all very well, but the ticket is not good on this line." " Wh it's tho reason it's no good, I should like to know ?" said tho testy doc tor "It's ono of your own tickets; I bought it this morning." " I guess not," said tho conductor. The altercation drew the attention of all the passengers. " This is very good advice, but it will not pas you over this line;" and the con ductor read: "Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." An explanation followed amid which the doctor paid hi fair and left the car. He ha concluded to keep hi religious cards in one pocket and hi' car ticket in another. ' tW " All, parson, I wish I could take my gold with me," said a dying deacon to hi pastor. "It might melt," wa the consoling reply. , .. New Advertisement. THE CAUSK AND CUKE OF O O N H U Jt l'T I O N I riMIE primary cause of Consumption Is de J. rangement of the digestive arguns. Tbt derangement produces deficient uulritlon anJ assimilation. By assimilation, 1 mean Itiafr process by which the nutriment of the food I converted lulo blood, and thence into the solid of the body. Persons with digesilou thus Im paired, having the slightest predisposition la pulmonary disease, or if they take cold, will b very liable to have Consumption of the Lung in some of its forms and 1 bold thu I it will b impossible to cure any case of Consumption without first restoring a good digestion and healthy assimilation. The very lirst thing t he doue Is to cleanse the stomach and bowel from all diseased mucus mid slimo, which 1 clogging these organs so that they cannot per form their functions, and theu rouse up and restore the liver to a healthy action. For this purpose the surest and best remedy Is Scbciick' Mandrake Pills. These Pills clean the stom ach and bowels of all the dead mid morbid slime that is causing discuss and decuv In th whole system. They will clear out the'liver of all diseased bile that has accuniulahd there and rouse it up to a new and healthy action, by which natural and healihy bile is secreted. The stomach, bowels, and liver are thu cleansed by the use of Sahenck's Mandrake Pills but there remains in the stomach an ex cess of acid, the orguu is torpid and the appe tite poor, lu th bowels the lacteal are weak, and requiring strength and support. It Is iu a coudition like this that Bclienck's Ben weed Tonic proves to be the most vuluuble remedy ever discovered. It is alkaliuc, and Its us will neutralize all excess of acid, making th stomach sweet and fresh ; it will give perma nent toue to this Important organ, and create a good, hearty appetite, and prepare the system lor the first process of good digestion, and, ul timately muke good, healthy, living blood Alter this preparatory treutuient.whul remain to cure most case of Consumption is the fie and persevereing use or Suheuk's Pulmonic Syrup. The Pulmonic Syrup nourishes th system, purities thu blood, and is readily ab sorbed into the circulation, and thence distrib uted to the diseased lungs. There it ripens nil morbid matters, w hether iu the form of ubsces scs or tubercles, and then assists Nature to ex pel nil tlie diseased matter, in the form of Ire expectoration, when once it ripens. . It is then by tlio great healing mid purylylug properties of Schenk's Pulmonic Syrup, thai all nicer and cavities are healed up sound, and my pa tient is cured. The essential thing to be done iu curing Con suin tiou is to gel up a good appetite mid a good digestion, so that the body w ill grow in llesh and get strong. If u person has diseased lungs a cavity or ubseese tin re rhe Cuviiy cannot heal, the mutter cuiuiol ripen so long at the system is below pur. What is uccessnrr l cure Is u new order of tilings a good appe tite, a good nutrition, the body to grow iu lies uud git fat; then Nature is helped, tile cavities will heal, the matter will ripen uud be thrown oil in large ipiuntlea, and the pel sou will regal health uud sterength. 1 his is thu true uud ou ly plan to cure Consumption, uud If u pciso is not entirely destroyed, or eveu if one lung is entirely gone, If there is enough vitality lelt i the other to lieul up. there is hoM3. I have seen many persons cured with only one sound lung, live and enjoy Ufa tou good old uge. Thi- Is what Schcuck's Medicines will do to cure Consumption. Tlicy will cleun out thu stomach, sweiten uud strengthen it, get up a good digestion, uud gle Nature the sys tem of all the diseases she needs to clear the system of all the disease that 1 iu the lungs, whatever the form may bo. It is Important that while using Schonck's Medicines, cure should be exercised uot to tnk cold : keep in-doors in cold uud dump weather avoid night air, and take out-door exercise only iu a geniul and warm sunshine. I wish it distinctly understood lliel when I recommend a patient tu be careful iu regard to taking cold, while using my Medicines, i do s for a special reason. A man w ho has but par tially recovered from the elici ts of a bud cold I far more Hub e to a relupse tliun oue who ha been entirety cured ; uud it Is precisely the sum iu regard to Consumption. Bo long us the lung are not perfectly healed, just so long Is thur Imminent danger of a full return of tho disease. Hence it is that I so strenuously caution pul mouury patients against exposing themselves to un utinusphere that is uot geuiul and pleas ant. Confirmed Consumptives' lungs are a muss of sore, which tho least change of uU mospbers will lutlaine. The grand secret of my success with my Medicines consists in my abil ity to subdue intlainuiulioii instead of provok ing it, as many of the faculty do. An Intluiued lung cunnol, Willi sulely to the patient, be ex posed to the biting blasts of Winter or the chill ing wludsof Spring or Autumn. It should b carefully shielded l'roniull Irritating InHuuces. The utmost caution should be observed in till particular, us without it a cure under almost uny circumstances is un Impossibility. The person should be kept ou wholesome am) nutritious diet, and all the Medicines continued until the body has restored to it th natural quantity of llesh uud strength. I was myself cured by this treatment of th worst kind of Consumption, uud have lived I) get fat and heuily these muny years, with on lung mostly gone. I have cured thousand since, and very many huve been cured by this treatment whom 1 huve never scon. About the Flint of October 1 expect to tuk possession of my new building, at the Noitu eiist Corner of bixth uud Arch Streets, where I Bhall be pleased to give advice to all who may require It. Kull directions accompany all my Remedies, othultt person in uuy pint of the world can be readily cured by u strict observance of 111 same. J. 11. SCUENCK, M. I)., ' Philadelphia. -.Ioiinsom. IIoi.i.owat K Cowiikn, Oui Arch Street, l'hiludelpluu, Wholesale Agents. Zt I X.IlilC VOL VERS! The New X L Jievolver. No. 1 22-100 Cal., No. 3 Si luut'ul., short. No. KM lUuCiil... long, No. 4 :is 00 Cal.. lor l'ockat Hevolvers, are uiisuiimised. they use the ordinary Ci-r Curirklge uud art beautiful In sbaiie and lliiish. 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