to rot urn to Japan, so that there are diffi culties in tlio way of a personal interview." .' Really, Mr. Mr. Ficl," said the widow, glancing at tlio card which had been given her, " I hardly know what to make of all this. I waa certainly aware that Mr. Lob year had a father very much devoted to natural history, who, if alive, was suppos ed to be some whore in Japan; but that lie takes any notioe of his son's affairs, or pro fesses to cxcrciso any authority over him, is quito a new idea to me." . ' "To me also, madam; Hnd I believe it to be a very unusual proceeding on his part. Rut marringo is an unexceptionably im portant thing, and ns his son is under ago " "Under age 1 Thomas under age I im possible 1" cried the widow. " It is a fact, madame; but were it other wise, it would be of no Importance, since Mr. Lobyear is entirely dependent on his father, who is determined to discontinue his allowance, and cut him out of his will, if ho marries without his consent and ap proval." Mrs. Mohtacute remained lu pensive con templation of a very pretty foot some little time before she replied " Excuso mo for being over cautious, Mr. Fiel; but you are an utter stranger, you know, and I would like to see the letter from Mr. Lobyear's father, if you havo it abo ut you." "Certainly, madam," replied the lawyer. "A very natural and proper precaution on your part. I might be a rival, prompted by motives of jealously. Here is the letter, which, however, I fear may give you pain. Evil tongues," he continued, as the widow took the document and ran her eyes rapidly over it" Evil tongues have evidently tra duced you. Alas 1 the best and fairest cannot escape slander I Indeed, the greater the merit, the more virulent the envy." "Evidently genuine. Thank you," said the widow, returning the letter with ex traordinary composure, consideiing how sho was treated in it and then once more fixed her gaze upon her boot which she fidgeted about, she relapsed into silence and meditation. At length she raised her eyes slowly to the lawyer's and looking at him quietly, but very fixedly, she said " Mr. Ficl, you have come to mo treating this affair as a pure matter of business, and therefore I will not speak to you of my af fections; it would prolong the interview; and probably you would not understand me. I will speak of the marriage engage ment between myself and Mr. Thomas Lobyear, then, precisely as if it were a mere commercial transaction. In order to fulfil my part, I have left India, where I had a home, and havo come to England to live on my meagre pension. For all his threats, I consider it very unlikely that Mr. Lobyear will really disinherit his only child." ".Pardon my interrupting you, madam; nothing is more probable. The ardor with which ho pursues his favorite science amounts to mania, and I fear that he would be hardly sorry for an excuse to devote his entire fortune to the building aud founda tion of a museum." " There is a certain force in what you say," replied the widow, calmly; "and I do not conceal from myself that it would be a wcry great misfortune indued for both of us if Mr. Thomas Lobyear were to bo deprived of his income upon our marriage Still, it would be worse for me to break it off, and remain here, far from my friends, penniless." "Nay, madam, not penniless; some com pensation would be your due." Lugett Veneret Cvpidintiqutit they didn't como presently to fair up-and-down bargaining 1 The matter was finally set tled thus. Mrs. Moutacute was to start for New York by the next mail, Mr. Fiel tak ing and paying for hoi passage; she was to write a farewell letter to young Lobyear, breaking the match, and keeping silence about where sho was going to. Mr. Fiel was to accompany her on board the ship, and then to place in her hands the sum of one thousand pounds. When this treaty, with "No Trustl" for its basis, was eonclued, Mr. Fiel took his leave; and as he stepped into the street, Jack Horner alone could appreciate his sensations. Never had so delicate a case been so skilfully handled. Three days afterwards Mr. Fiel escorted the fair widow to Liverpool; accompanied her onboard the American steamor; and staid with herjuntil the lost moment, gave her the thousand pounds, and returned to the bosom of his family, having himself sealed and posted a most satisfactory lettor of farewell to poor young Lobyear, which was put in his hands unfastened, that he might assuro himself that the contents were according to treaty Next day the deserted lover came to him in a fury storming, upbraiding, beseech ing him to toll him whore his charmer had flown to; threatening murder and suieide when the lawyer remained obdurate, Finally, ho rushed away, declaring that he would nover sneak to him again. "Yes, you will, when you want money,' said Mr. Ficl as the other banged the door behind him. . He was right. In less than a fortnight young Lobyear, came calm nnd haughty, and ooldly intimated that ho was about to return to the East.uud required some funds, - After souio discussion about necessary ex lcnses, passago money, outfit, what his father usually allowed him, &c, Mr. Fiel lot him have five hundred pounds, and saw him depart with Infinite relief for now the edifice of his diplomacy was crowned. Com missioned to separate a young couple, he had dispAtohed one to the oast, the other to tfie west. What success could be more complete? He bad always estimated his own accuteness very highly, but now he felt as if he should "strike the stars with his sublime top," as a school friend of ours once translated a familiar 'line of Horace. This state of extreme self-satisfaction last ed somo months, during which ' ho looked forward to the letters of thanks and admir ing approval which he expected from Mr. Lobyear the father. ' It came a mail sooner than he expected. One morning on entering his office, he found two foreign letters awaiting him one from an unknown correspondent, and the other In the familiar handwriting of his client in Japan. He opened this lettor eagerly, and prepared for praise. 'Dear Sir. I ean't make out the meaning of this rigmarole you have written to me about a son and a marriage. I had a son, a lieutenant in the th, but the poor boy fell a violim to the climate of China, ten years ago. You refer te a letter of mine, dated from Hong-Kong, and it is true that I was there about the time you mention, but certainly I never wrote to you during my stay. If you are in your senses, you have been grossly imposed upon by some rogue or another. I wish you would have the goodness to call upon Pinum of the British Museum and tell him," &o. The rest of the letter was all about bugs and beetles. Mr. Fiel staggered to his desk, took out the letter he had last received, and com pared it with the present one: the imitation of the handwriting was cunningly executed but a palpable forgery. Had be entertain ed the ghost ef a suspicion at that time, he could not have mistaken it. It was a good hour before be partially re covered from the effects' of this blow, and then, in a bewildered, mechanical way, he opened tho second foreign letter. It was dated from New York and ran thus: " Sir, When I was a clerk in your office, you tried to get too much out oi me but I managed to turn the tables ana pay myseit for time and trouble oxpended on your bo- half that was one to me. You caught me, and got nie two years that was one to vou. With the aid of my clover little wife, I have drawn about fifteen hundred and eighty pounds out of you, winning two events out or three. IS ever mtnd ; it was infprobable that I.who alone knew the de tails of your buisiness-relations with Mr. Lobyear, should have chanced upon that gentleman in Hong-Kong, and procured a specimen of his handwriting; and in the walnut-stained young man, with jet-black hair and moustache, you could hardly be ex pected to recognize tho fair,Bmoothed-faccd red headed Tom Scott. '' P. 8. Love to Sarah. I regret that we could not square matters, by a matri monial alliance, but bigamy is not one of my little games at present." Mr. Fiel threw the lctteron the ground, pounded it with his heel, buried his face in his hands, and in a tone of agony which might have melted the heart of his bitterest enemy, exclaimed "Done 1" A Mixed Matrimonial Case. A curious matrimonial complication was developed in Springfield, Mass., recently on the trial of " Rev," J. Percy Painter, on charge of bigamy. The first wife being on the stand, the counsel for the defense undertook by cross-examination to show that Mrs. Lucy Painter had a husband living when she married Painter; that Painter's mariago with her was illegal; and, therefore, that thoro was no polygamy when Painter married Mrs. Lawrence. But the fact came out from Mrs. Painter's tes timony that her first husband Nelson Rob inson, had a wifo living when she (Lucy) married him; consequently her marriage with Robinson was illegal; consequently she was free to marry Painter, as she did; consequently Painter, in marrying Mrs, Lawrence during Lucy's lifetime, perpetra ted polygamy I It should be stated, bow- ever, that when Lucy married Painter, she had not heard from Robinson for eleven years, and had hoard and believed that be was dead ; though whether he was or not, made no difference with Painter case, in asmuch as she, as has been shown, was not legally married to Robinson. Robinson's first wife was divorced from him four years after his marriago to Lucy a fact adduced by the latter to show that she (Lucy) was never legally made Mrs. Robin son. Old Times In Massachusetts. The Salem "Gazette" for May 0, 1800, has the following:" Smoking Cigars Publio notice is once more given to all per sons who are in the habit of smoking cigars in the evening, that constables have. receiv ed positive orders to enter a complaint against any person who shall bo found smoking cigars after sundown, as it is con trary to the laws of the town, made for tho purpose of preventing so dangerous a prac tice, and every person, without distinction, who shall be found violating tho law, will be prosocuted on the first complaint entered with the officer of police. (Signed,) Na than Waldo." In the samo paper occurs the following obituary notice: "Pied, in Scotland, J. Anderson, a tinker, aged 114 years. After carrying a budget more than a century, his mortal kettle was worn through, and death consigned him to the common crucible to be melted down, refined and cast Into a moro worthy vessel by tho Great Founder. k . THE OLDEST METHODIST CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA. I ' - "Yi ,:.,-... ' ":; ... ' i '.. i ' ,' ; I ,' !' '."'- V".:' " j " ' . ': EN mm wwwm Li GldBrigkGhurctV In 1707, Capt. Webb an officer in the British army introduced Methodism into Phila delphia, and contributed largely towards purchasing a building for the use of the Society. In 1770, Miles Pennington one of 'the members of the class, bought the building which is the subject of this sketch. -lt was built by a German Reformed Society and was then called St. George's Church, but is now known as "the Old Brick Church" nnd though one of the oldest church place or worship. A River With no Mouth. The Leavenworth, Ind., Democrat re cords the following: During this age of dis coveries and superstition, it becomes our duty to report a fact, which to those, unac quainted with the singular developments of the day, may be somewhat disposed to doubt. But we give it as a positive truth, as related to us by ose of the best citizens in this county, who went and examined it. It is as follows: Two men, named John E. Stanley and Frederick Hennigcr, were em ployed in digging a well on the farm of Mr. Benjamin Ellis, who resides in Washing ton county, near the line of Harrison and Washington counties. They commenced digging in a place where, as they thought, it would bo proba ble not to encounter any obstruction iu their search for water. They had proceed ed but a short distance, however, when they encountered a bed of loose " nigger- head" rocks which, upon being broken open, were found to contain water and oth er substances, supposed to bo ore of some kind. When they reached the depth of sixty feet from the surface, they came to a large cave, which they followed a distance of ten or twelve feet, whon there before their gaze, was a beautiful river of clear water, which, upon examination, was found to contain an innumerable number of small white fish. Upon a closer examination it was found to be sixteen feet wido and five feet in depth, and as clear and cold as spring water. As an experiment a lighted candle was placed upon a small piece of plank and set afloat. Itstaited off into the darkness with the current and was soon lost to sight. Several persons have visited this great cu riosity, and many were tho conjectures as to where the water came from and whither It went, but nothing satisfactory could be arrived at. JAPANESE SIIOES. TnREE kinds of shoes are worn in Ja pan, a brief description of which may interest the reader : 1. There is the straw Bhoe. This con sists of a strong mat of straw, made, to fit the bottom of tho foot, and fastened by means of strings going through the mat, and round the ankles. The Japanese hors es, what few they have, are shod with straw, in precisely the same way. The mat being made to fit the bottom of the horse's foot, and turned up a little at the sides, is fastened ou by means of strings going round the teg above the hoof. 2. The second kind of shoe is made of cloth for the upper part, and this is attach ed to a sole of felt an inch thick. This is the most common shoe of the Chinese also. Then, instead of our gum over-shoes, the Japanese construct a rude saudul of wood, the bottom of which fits the shape of the foot, and across the bottom are two trail verso sections, one near the toe, and anoth er near tho heel, forming two huge corks, a toe-cork and a heel-cork of wood, four inches long, and an inch thick. The whole is constructed of one solid piece of wood, and kept on tho foot by means of a strong rope or string fastened to the top of the sand id, like the bail of a kettle under which tho foot is thrust to tho instep, nnd tho pedes trian is enabled to move "high and dry" over a muddy road. Tho tracks of such a traveller look queer enough. Two impres sions in tho soft earth, four inches long, and one Inch wide, and four or five inches apart, ore all you see. l"2T" Garrison says that tho woman ques tion was an ""all-embracing" ono. ' Who ! said it wasn't? edifices in the State, it is still used as a Stepping In Father's Footsteps. t)ne bright ; winter's morning, after a snow storm, a father took his hat for a Walk to attend to some farm affairs requir ing his attention. As he started, his little boy of five summers also snatched his hat and followed his father with much dignity, and an assumed business-liko air. When they reached the door, tho gentleman noticed that no tracks or pathway had been made in the snow, and he hesitated about letting his boy follow him. But the soft, fleecy snow so tempting, so pearly white, that he concluded to allow the child to walk after him. He took long and rapid strides through tho untrodden snow, when, suddenly remembering his "little boy," he paused, looked back for him and exclaimed " Well, my son, don't you find it hard work to walk in this deep snow?" " Oh no," said tho boy, "I'm coming; for, father, J itep xn all your tracks." Tine enough, the dear child was planting his tiny feet juBt where the parents had trodden. The chads reply startled tho futhor as ho reflected that .thus would his child keep pace with him, and follow in his tracks through life, no was not a friend of Jesus, not a man of pray or, and not a Christian I and well might he pause and tremble as ho thought of his child, ever striving "to stop in all of his traoks,' onward, onward, through lifo's mysterious mazes and myths, toward eternity 1 The little boys reply brought the strong, stub born-hearted man to think, when never the preached word of God had made no impres sion on him. Finally he repented, and sought and found peace in believing iu Christ. Wo believe he is now making such tracks through life that some day that son my be proud to say " Father, I step in all your tracks." Honesty. Abraham Lincoln was once a postmaster in the village of New Salem, "out West.' He then went to Springfield to study law, and for four years had hard work to earn his bread and butter. Fighting with poverty is a hard fight. One day a post, offico agent oamo around to collect a bal lance duo to the Washington office from the New Sulem office. Tho bill was $17,00, Dr. Henry, a friend of " poor Abo, hap pened to lull in with the agent, and was as suro as could be that ho had nothing iu his pockets to pay it with. Uo went, there fore, to the office, in order to lend him the money, or offer to lend it. When the agent presented tho draft, Lincoln asked the man to sit down, and sat down himself with a very puzeled look upon his faco. He then steepped out, went over to his boarding-house, and came back with an old stocking under his arm. This he untied, and poured out on tho table a quantity of small silver coins and "red ceuts. These they counted, exactly $17,00 just the auiout called for; und moreover, it was just the tery money called for; for on leaving the office the young postmaster tied up tho money and bad kept it by him, awaiting tho legal call to give it up. Ou paying it over, " I never use," ho said, " even for a time, any money that is not mine. This money I know belonged to the Government, and I had no right to exchange or uso it for any purpose of my own." That is the right and true ground to, lako. If money is intrusted ito your euro, never touch it, never use it. I am not now talking about cheating and stealing, but taking and using money with tho intention of returning it. Money in trust should always be keiit a part from all your other business, and held sacred. By neglecting this, and not making good the deficeney when pay-day came, many a man has lost the confidence of his fellow-men, and dam aged his integrity beyond repair. New jLdvertigement$. TUB CAUSE AND CURB OB" ON8UMPTION! THE prlmsry cants It Consumption Is de rangement of the dlicesttve erirans. This derangement produces detlcletit nutrition an assimilation. By ssslmtlHtlon. I mesa ttans process by which the nutriment ef the food Is converted into blood, and thence Into the solid Af tha hrwlw. VarAnna with H i iroat L m thn- lm. paired, .taring the slightest predisposition U ' pulmonary ducaie, or it tney lake cold, will be Tory liable to have Consumption of the Lanes In some of Its forms t and 1 hold that it will be mpoBslble to cure any case of Uonsumptloa without first restoring a good digestion an healthy assimilation. The very llret thing ts be done is to cleanse the stomach and bowels from all diseased mucus and slime, which Is clogging these organs so thai they cannot per forin their functions, and then rouse ap and restore the liver to a healthy actlou. For tbls pnrpose the surest and best remedy Is Bchenck's Mandrskt fins. These fills clean tne stom ach and bowels of all the dead and morbid slime that Is causing disease and decay In tht whole system. They will clear out the liver of all diseased bile tbut has accumulated there, aud rouse It up to a new and healthy action, by wuicq natural ana neaitny bile is secreted. I he stomach, bowels, and liver are tons cleansed by the use of Ssbenck's Mandrake Pills i but there remains In the stomach an ex cess of acid, the organ Is torpid aud the appe tite poor. In the bowels the lacteals are weak, and requiring strength and support. It is In a condition liks this tbut bchenck's beaweea 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 tons to tbls important organ, and create a good, hearty appetite, and prepare the system lor the flrsl process or good digestion, and, ul timately make good, healthy, living blood. Alter this preparatory treatment, what remains to cure most case of Consumption is the free and perseverelng use of Bcaenk's Pulmonis Byrup. The Pulmonic Syrup nourishes the system, purifies the blood, and Is readily ab sorbed into the circulation, and thence distrib uted to ins diseased lungs, mere it ripeus all morbid matters, whether In the form of absces ses or tubercles, and then assists Nature to ex pel all the diseased matter, In the form of free expectoration, when ouce ll ripens. It Is them by the great healing and puryfylng properties of Scheuk's Pulmonic Syrup, tbut all ulcers and cavities are healed up sound, and my pa- ' lieni is cured. The essential thing to be done in curing Con sumption Is to get up a good appetite and a good digestion, so that the body will grow ia nesh aud get strong, it a person Has diseased lungs a cavity or abscess there rhe cuvily cannot heal, the matter cannot ripen so long as the system is below par. What is necessary t cure is a new order of thlugs a good appe tite, a good nntrltion, the body to grow In desk aud get fat; tueu Nature Is helped, the cavities will beal, the matter will ripen and be thrown on in large qualities, and the person will regain health and sterength. This Is the true and on ly plan to cure Consumption, aud if a pel sob Is not eutirely destroyed, or even if one lung Is entirely gone, If there Is enough vitality letl la the other to beal up, there Is hope. I have seen many peruous cured with enly one sound lung, live and enjoy life to a good old age. Tbls is what Scheuck's Medicines will do to cure Consumption. They will cleua out the stomach, sweeteu and streugtben ll, gel up a good digestion, aud give Nature the sys tem of all tbs diseases she needs to clear the system of all the disease that is lu the lungs, whatever the form may be. It is Important that while using Bchenck's Medicines, care should be exorcised not to take cold i keepin-doors in cold uud damp weutuer; avoid night air, and take out-door exercise ouly lu a gealal and warm sunshine. I wiBh ll distinctly understood ihet when J recommend a patient to be careful in regard to taking cold, while uslug my Medicines, 1 do ee for a special reason. & man who has but par tially recovered from the ellects of a bad cold is far more lluble to a relapse than oue who has been eutirely cured and it Is precisely the same In regard to Consumption. So long as the lungs are not perfectly healed, Just so long Is tilers Imminent danger of a full return of the disease. Hence It Is tbut I so strenuously caution pul monary patients against exposlug themselves loan atmosphere that is not geuiul aud pleas ant. Coullrmed Consumptives' lungs are a mass of sores, which the least change of at mosphere will luflame. The grand secret of my success with my Medicines consists lu my abil ity to snbdue iuaammution Instead of provok ing it, as many of the faculty do. An inflamed lung cannot, with safely to the patient, be ex- fiosed to the biting blaBlsof Winter or tuechlll ng winds of Spring or Autumn. It should be carefully shielded fromull Irritating lutluuces. The utmost caution should be observed in this particular, as without it a cure under almost any circumstances is an impossibility. The person should be kept on wholesomeand nutritious diet, and all the Medicines continued uutll the body lias restored to it the natural quantity of flesh and strength. I was myself cured by tbls treatment of the worst kind of Consumption, and bave lived t get fat and hearty these muny years, with ens lung mostly gone. I have cured thousands since, and very many bave been cured by Ibis treatment whom 1 have never seen. About the First of October I expect to take possession of my uw bulldlug, at the North east Corner of Sixth and Arch Streets, where I shall be pleased to give advice to all who may require it. Kali directions accompany all my Remedies, so that a person in auy pari of the world can be readily cured by a strict observance of the same. J. II. SCHENCK, M. U., Philadelphia. ' M-.IoirNHon, Hollow at Cowdkn, eu;J Arch Street, Philadelphia, Wholesale Agents. 6 23 1 A', i. ItEVOLVEliSl The New X h Revolver. No. I 22 100 Cal., No. 2 SMUUCal., short. No. S&lnuCal., Inuti. No. 4 SH OO Cal., (or Pocket Revolvers, are uunuiiassed. They ue the ordinary t'opts-r OartrldKO aud are beautiful in shape sud llnwh. . The MALLARD DKltRIN'tiKQ 41V 0 Cal., hai no equal as a Derringer. ' ' full and complete slock ut fJUNH, RIFUH, PISTOLS, AMUNtTION AN Bl'ORTMEN'fl GOODS, MANDPACTDKED DT MURWIN & HULDERT, ' 8.1 Chambers and 65 Heads Streets. Send for OataloKiies. (40 a S in) NEW YORK. JOBINSON HOUSE, (Formerly kept by Woodruff and Turbett, Xtw J3loonflM, Terry County, ra, AMOS ROBINSON, Proprietor. This well known and pleasantly located hit4 has bwn leased for a iiumlier of years hy the pres ent nruprielor.and he will spare no palm In aeeom module his eui sts. The looms are comfortable, the table well fiirnMied with Hi best in Hie mar ket, and the bur slocked with choice Minors. A careful and attentive hostler will tie In uticndance. A good livery siulile will he kept by the proprietor. April a, JS71. t( IADIE8 AND CHILDREN will find a j splendid assortment of shoes lit the one price store of F. Mortimer. .
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