I)t imc0, New Bloomficfo, $cu v. x A CURIOUS ADVENTURE. SOME yearn ago I ' took my ; seat In the diligcnco from Marseilles to F . The railway that now connects those cities was not yet contemplated. There wore five pasaongers in all. Of these one wm a short, fat ninn.with smooth checks and red face. Though plainly dress ed, his clothes were very good ; be had a great number of rings on kin : Augers, and across IiIb waistcoat ho wore a thick gold chain, which he was careful to let me see was attached to a handsome watch, on the back of which was a crest of jewls. There was no doubt be was a rich man, and that I, at all events, might have no doubt of ir.he informed me that his income exceeded fifty thousand francs a year, and he bid fair to double it before five years were gone, so prosperous was his business. I was partly amused and partly disgust ed by his loquacity. Why he should make a confident of me in particular I don't know, unless it was that I happened to sit next him. Among other bits of informa tion he gave me to know that this was the first holiday be had indulged himself with for three years. ' ' Where do you get out?" I inquired. : "At F ."said he. . "But why do you go so far from Mar seilles for a holiday ?' I asked. "Monsieur," he aswered, "I am going to get married." 1 "The deuce!" I exclaimed, laughing, "and do you call that taking a holiday?" " Why," said he, " that would depend. If I were going to marry an ugly woman, now I should call this tour by another name. But, my friend, the lady I am en gaged is an angel, sir ; she might have sat fer ono of Mahomet's houris. Her eyes " Here we went off into a long account of his mistress' perfections, decorating his fluent description with all manner of shrugs, grimmaces, and gesticulntiuim. "You are are a very fortunate mat), sir," said I, " and I wish you joy." " Yes, and you may wish the lady joy, too, and congratulate her as well ; for, give me leave to say it It not every woman who has the luck to meet with a husband who unites to the splendors of wealth the accomplishments of genius and tho graces of courage." I smothered a laugh. "So you have cenius ana courage as well as money ?" He nodded vehemently. " Without boasting," said he, " I thiuk I may pride myself on being possessed of all the duuliilcations that recommend a wan to the ladies." " So long as they ore sufficient to re commend you to tho lady of your choice, you should be satisfied." " They should be sufficient," lie replied, "and iu my own mind I um pursuaded that ' they are sufficient ; but, though the young lady is beautiful as a houri, I regret to say she is rather perverso in bur taste, so that for a long time I could hardly make any headway in her afiections. Indeed, she was weak-minded enough to avow a pref erence for a cousin of her, a young lieuten ant a beggar, sir, and a mighty impudent dog to boot. What she could see in him I could never tell. I'll allow that his nose is straight, his eyes good, and his teeth white and rcuular ; but what 1b tho use of these things iu a mau without money I" " To be sure," said I, drowsily, for the day was warm, and the tendency to sleep was aggravated by my droning companion "I'll be perfectly frank with you," he continued, " and confess that I don't think she would have ever accepted me bad it not beeu for her father, who is a poor man and is very eager to have me for a sou-iu-law, thinking I shall pay off his debts. I wish be may got it I Iiah ! I've allowed him to think anything he likes, for his thinking costs mo nothing, and being anxious to wed the girl, who, I declare to you, is beau fl ' And here he went off again into another long description, which he liberally garnish ed, as before, with shrugs and grimaces, "Then you don't care about her lovo?" said I, dreamily. 1 " Not a fltf," he answ ered " not a fig 1 1 ouly wunt her. At my time of life, sir, we know the hypocrisy of love how easily it is counterfeited. I have a ring at home with a panto stone in it. 1 declare to you. it flashes like a diamond, and is thought as costly as tho best of the real stones I wear. So with love. The counterfeit passes for the rea1,uinety-nine times in the hundred, and thouuh I'll own I would rather have the real, if I can't get it should be just as well satisfied with the sham." i He thou blanched oft into some very ' cynical remarks on the nature of love, which, however, I am ashamed to say I do not remember, as I fell sound asleep very shortly after he hod commenced them. I was awakened by the diligence stop ping at the Golden Lion Inn, in the prin cipal atroet of F . The fat, red faced babbler, who it seems bad been awake through tho whole journey, and bad beeu boring a mild-looking . geu- tleroan whoat opposite him when be bad found me asleep, got out and I , followed him. :...:,': He pulled out hii watcn which sparkled most gorgeously as it took the sun's ' rays, and exclaimed turning to me.", A quarter of four5, sir. Half an hour after time." "I'll bet you that it is not," said a gen tleman with a very fierce moustaches, who stood smoking a cigar before the door of the low-roofed apartment. " I should know," retorted tho little red- facod man, turning sharp upon biia, " for this is one of Leroy's best watches. It cost me two thousand francs.' J , ' ' ? 'I'll bet you ten louis that it is not ono of Leroy's watches," said the moustachod smokoi coolly. The red-faced man shrugged' Ins shoul ders, and weut into the traveler's room, saying to me: " Don't dine hero. Wo can do better at a cafe." ' I'll wager you tho value of the watch that the watch is worth nothing ; and if you win you will receivo what you will find it worth your while to tako," said the gon tleman with tho moustache following us. " I did not address my remarks to you, " I'll bet that you did," said the other with the most provoking cooliioss. The little mac, amazed by this persecu tion touched his forehead, to signify that the man with the moustache was mad. " I'll bet you don't prove that I'm mad," said the other. There was a pause. They looked like two dogs waiting to be slipped for a fight. "Upon my word," said the red-faced man, "I knew nothing ot tins follow, lie is a most impudent rascal, whoever he is ; and I have a good mind to make him march off." " I'll make you any bet you like you don't make me march off!" exclaimed tho other pulling his moustache ; and I'll further bet you anything you liko that I make you take tho road back to Paris, and that, too, without any delay." The little man, whose faco was now a deep crimson with rago, blurted out: " You won't find that a very easy matter, for I came here to get married." " One hundred napoleons you do net marry," " Sir you are an impudent scoundrel, and I will pull your nose." " I'll make you any bet you like, you lie!" The little man stamped with rage. He glared around him for some minutes in silence, then exclaimed: " Do you want me to shoot you ?" "I'll bet you don't shootme." " Where can we procure pistols ?" ex claimed the red-faced man, breathing short. " The landlord will accommodate us," answered the ether. He hurried into the house and re-appear ed with a box containing a brace of pistols. I hod hitherto treated tho affair as a joke, laughing in my sleove at the red- faced man's rage, and the other's cool in solence. But I thought it was now time to interpose. " Gentlemen," I began. But the moustached man turned upon me with a frown. " I believe this gentlemn to be a coward, sir," sal a lie, "ana u you intcrlere, I shall conclude you are conspiring to prevout him from proving himself a coward." I said no more, but followed the two men to a lonely spot in tho park, when the cigar hero was willing to become his sec ond. Having loaded the pistols, we placed the men. It was agreed that 1 should give the signal, which was to throw a five franc piece in tho air. My position was a peculiarly disagreeable one. Up to the last moment I had believed that the whole business was only a rnther oruel practical joke on the part of the man with the moustache, and as my curi osity was excited to follow this adventure to its conclusion. I had volunteered to be the red-faced man's socond ; but it seemed now that ono or the other, or both must be killed. "Sir," said the man with the cigar, turn ing to me, "I believe Master Jacques to be an honest man, but though I can vouch for his wine, I can't vouch for his pistols. Before the gentleman and I make a target of one another, be so good as to throw that five-fiance piece in the air to see how my pistol carries. I did as he desired, and tossedthe mon ey about seven yards high. I heard the report of u pistol, and the piece of money fell indented. " Bet," said the man with the mous tache "that I pierce that loaf vibrating at the extremity of yonder bough." And before the other could answer, the trigger was pulled and the leaf was pierced. " Bet," continued tho man with the most ridiculous coolness, "that I shoot you clean through the pupil of the left eye, and lay you dead, and that you miss me." The othor was white as a ghost. " I believe you," he said ; trembling from head to foot, and throwing bis pistol down, " I guess your motives and admire your stratagem, and as I am not yet prepared to die, shall take the road back again to Marseilles." ' . , In fact we saw him deposit himself in the imperial) of the diligence. - ' 1 turned to the moustached man for ex planation. . lid asked me to take a glass of wine with him in the traveler's room, and with great good humor proceeded to solve the enigma. He was a friend of the young lieutenant, and famous as the most deadly shot in France. Ho had received a letter only the day before frdm his friend, bogging him to come back to F , and help him to carry out a ruse which ho trusted would enable him to marry the girl ho was passionately in love with. f , . . The 'moustached gentleman complied, left, Paris, and reached F - in time to receive from his friend's lips particulars of the stratagem be and the young girl bad concerted between them. The stratagem was perfectly successful. The littlo red-faced man as I afterwards heard, on his reaching Marseilles, wrote to tho father of his intended bride, apol ogizing for not having been able to go down to them. You may believe he took good care not to inform the father of the real reason that had preveuted him from paying his duties to his betrothed. The red-faced man, howover, had no in tention of breaking off bis marriago, until he was accosted one morning in the streets of Marseilles by the moustached gentleman, who asked if he still persisted in his inten tion to marry the young lady. " Certainly," was the reply. "Then," said the other, "if you want to reach her hand, you will have to mount, first, on my dead body, and, secondly, on the dead body of the lieutenant. Arc yon prepared to scalo theso fortresses J" " Certainly not." "Then go homo ; write to the lady's father that circumstances compol you to abandon your promise to wed her. I shall know by the day aftor to-morrow if that letter has been written. If yes, I will be your friend, and holp you, as I have help ed the Nontenant, in any honorable love scheme vou may choose to enter upon, if no, be prepared to meet mo in tho even- inc." The lotter was written, and six months after tho young lady was married to ' the lieutonant. A Reminiscence of the Oth Penn'a Cavalry, A CORRESPONDENT of the Newark T Echo, sends the following to that paper: In tho fall of 1804 the Ninth Pennsyl vania Veteran Cavalry Regiment, better known as the " Lochiel," was stationed at Whiteside, Tenn., about sixteen miles north of Chattanooga, guarding an impor tant railroad bridgo at that place and scout ing daily by battalion through Will's val ley and south towards Rome, Ga. Among the officers of tho regiment (and tho writer was ono) was Surgeon Moore. Ho was a jolly, bravo fellow, onco leading tho regimont in a charge in front of Raleigh, N. C, when the Lieutenant Colonel was wounded and was himself wounded a few moments ' afterwards. Mooro was an Irishman by birth and was possessed of all the wit and chivalry of his countrymen: He was an exceedingly sue- cessful surgeon and was widely known in Philadelphia, where ho resided at the breaking out of lata war, and whore he died not long after the closing of the war. He was a Benedict, but was nevertheless fond of tho fair sex and more than ouce was smitten by the Southern beauties, which at last got him into a serape, as we shall see. While the regiment was lying at White side, Surgeon Moore got acquainted with a charming young widow, who lived about three miles from camp, and whom ho fre quently visited after taps, - unbeknown to Colonel Jordan, afterwards Brevet Briga dier General. Lieut., Col. David II. Kim mell enjoyed a good joke and was often too practical in perpetrating them. One evening tho Lieut. Colonel made arrangements with the Surgeon to visit tho young widow after taps and to steal out of camp so that Col. Jordan would bo kept in ignorance of their nocturnal larks, Aftor tho arrangement had been com pleted Lieut. Col. Kimmell took into his confidence four or five regimental scouts and instructed them to disguise themselves as rebels and to post themsolves on horse back near the house of the widow and that when he and tho Surgeon should arrive to charge on them, dischargo their pistols in the uir and demand their surrender, but of course to let him, the Lieut. Colonel, escape. , Night came, and at the appointed hour the Liout. Colonel and Surgeon, quietly mounted their horses and stole from camp, On the way to the widow's the Burgeon was particularly Jolly. Ho cracked jokes and was iu high glee at the proposed flir tations. At last they readied the end of their journey and just as Surgeon Moore had dismounted the scouts charged down upon him, discharged their pistols and de, manded his surrender, Lieut. Colonel Kim mell of course putting spurs to his sorrel horse and returning to camp. At first Surgoou Moore resisted, hut thinking that discretion was the better part of valor yielded. The scouts rushed him into the bouse of bis terror-strlpkeu lady love and humiliated him in her presence by compelling him to sign a parole to report In Richmond, Va., In thirty days, threatening him if he refused. ' They then made him take off alibis clothing' except his' under garments and then taking his horse sent hlin back to camp afoot through the cold night air, having to pass over stony roads and wade through brooks. At a lato hour he arrived in camp, almost exhausted from tho fatigue and exposure.' Ho was quickly wrapped in blankets and a hot whisky punch ordered. It was some ' time before he could explain the cause of his ludicrous appearance. Ho puffed and blowcd liko a porpoise, and declared that' but for his bravery, which tho enemy rcspectod, they would have murdered him. On tho follow ing day he entered Col. Jordan's tent and with a sorrowful faco told him his troubles, and, of course received no sympathy. Ho began to make preparations for returning East and reporting himself as a prisoner at Richmond. Ho was allowed to remain In blissful ignorance of tho trick played on him for several days, when his garments were returned to him and the plot exposed. A madder man never was seen than Surgeon Moore. Ho threatened all manner of ven geance and intimated that he would prefer charges against all engaged in the plot. But as he violated orders in leaving camp at night, he thought better of the matter and pocketed his wrath. Tho telegraph operator at Whiteside, hearing of Burgeon Moore's capture, and, not understanding the joke, telegraphed the same to Gen, Thomas, then in Nashville, organizing an army in anticipation of Hood's lost des perate and disastrous movement. Of course back came a dispatch from tho General to Colonel Jordan demanding1 an explanation of the matter, and, not in pleasant words, asking how it was that with his force of men rebel cavalry was permitted to dash into tho vicinity of his camp and surprise and capture his Sur geon at night. An explanation was re turned and iu a few days tho regiment left Whitesido and proceeding to Marietta, Ga., joined Kilpatrick's cavalry and with Sher man "marched down to the sea," and nothing more was heard from General Tuomas in reference to the surprise and capture. Tho lesson had its dcBired effect, for Surgeon Moore never was known to call on a lady during the balance of his life. Many a drink of whiskey was presented by Moore to the officers thereafter by tho latter mearly mentioning his capture. The subject was always quickly changed and tho whiskey produced. Poor fellow, he is dead now and our laughter will not disturb him. John's Lack. John, the fool of the Now York Sun.was m ado rich in spito of, himself ut Long Branch, and this is the way it was done: "Just as I was tho hungriest, Longfel low and Henry Bassctt wore brought out, and they went around the coiner liko two Colt's revolvers. All the nice young men around mo stood up and bowed and scrap ed and held up their one finger as if they were stopping au omnibus. They all yell ed 'a hundred to eighty on Harry Basso tt.' They all appeared to bo so veryjpolito that I held up ray finger too, and nodded and bowed back to all of them. I nover saw such a 'polite lot of young men before, You would have thought I was the Grand Duko of Alexis. I kept up the bowing just as long as they did, and pretty soon the race was over, and I confess I was agreeably surprised to soe about four hun dred young men file up and each one chuck a $100 bill in my lap. Then, thought that lot of young men just about the nicest lot of chaps I had evor met, There I sat with $10,000 in my lap, and much to my astonishment, I found out that all tho time I was pointing my finger and bowing back to 'em, darned if I wasn't taking every damod bet that was made, and darned if I know it. I only had eight dol lars in my pocket, and if I bad lost I'd slept iu an oyster-bed that night, sure." tWAn Irishman who was known to have wholesome dread of tho infernal flit), was taken by some ef his friends, while intoxi cated to the gluss-houso, whero they left him until about midnight to sleep off tho liquor. The foreman at that time hap pened to espy him sleeping iu the corner, and thinking he was one of the workmen, he walked over to him and waking him up asked what he had worked at. Patrick, having beon waked up so suddenly, und seeing the lights of tho fires in full blast, thought ho was iu holl, and replied to tho foreman : " Howly mother of Moses, it's in limbo I am at lust ; well, Mr. Devil, I used to work at the shoemaklng in the othor world, but as long as you have me here you can put me at what you like." tf"Mr, McKonuey, the young married woman who shot and killed A. M. Cum- mings at Petalumna, Cal., for slandering her, has been bailed in t -0,000. IW A Jones couuty, Georgia, gentle man went hunting last week and caught a bird with only one leg, and not oven the stump of another. Evidently a freak of nature. ' OP Iudolonco is to tho mind like moss to a tree ; it bindcth it up so as to stop its growth. , fjf" Pride and vanity 'ire purveyors of trouble and danger; proud persons are neither safe nor happy. 1 CARLISLE CARRIAGE FACTORY. A. If. SllEltK has a largo lot ot secondhand work nn hand, which he will Hell cheap in order to make room (or new work. FOR THE' SPRING TRADE. ' He has. also, the best lot of NEW WORK ON HAND. ... You can always see different style." The materia! Is not in question any more, for it Is the best used. ii you wunt sausiiieiinn in stvie, quality slid price, go to this shop before purchasing elsewhere. There Is no llrin that has a better Tunic, or sell more In Cumberland and Terry counties. REPAIRING AND PAINTING promptly attended to. Factory Corner of Soutk ami fltt Street, ., - ..... 3 dp CARLISLE, PA. ST. ELMO HOTEL, (FORMERLY "THE UNION,") JOS. M. FEOEK, . Proprietor, 817 & 819 ARCH " STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, $3.60 Per Diy. TUB St. ELMO Is centrally located and lias been re-tltled and refurnished, an that it will be found as comfortable and pleasant a stopping place as there is lu Philadelphia. 6 29 Neto Millinery Goods A.t Newport, ln. IBEO to Inform the public that I have Just re turned from Philadelphia, with a ful assort ment ot the latest styles of MILLINKRY GOODS, HATH AND BONNETS. RIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS' FEATHERS, CHIGNONS, LACK CAPES, NOTIONS, And all articles usually found In a Hrst-clnss Mil linery Establishment. All orders promptly at tended to. r We will sell all goods as Cheap at can be got elsewhere. DRESS MAKING done to order and In the la. test stylo, as I (jet the latest Fashions from New York every month. Golterlng done to order. In, all widths. I will warrant nil my work to give sat isfaction. All work done as low as possible. ANNIE ICKES, Cherry Street, near the Station, Newport, Pa. 616 13 PiKItKY COUA'TY Real Estate, Insurance, CLAIM AGENCY. 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Pensions, bounties, and all kinds of war claims collected. There are thousands of soldiers and heirs of soldiers who are entitled to pension and bounty, who have never made application. Sol diers, if you were wounded, ruptured, orcontract ed a disease in the sorviee from which you are dis abled, you are entitled to a iiension. When widows of soldlorsdfeoriniifry.the minor children are entitled to the pension. Parties having any business to transact In our Hue, are respectfully invited to give us n call, a we are conlldeut we can render satisfaction In any branch of our business. -No charge for Information. 4 20 ly LEWIS POTTER ft CO. Farmers Take Notice. rjy JI E subscriber ofTers for Salo THRESHING MACHINES. JACKS and HORSE ( POWER,. With Tumbling Shaft, and Side-Gearing, Warrant ed to give satisfaction in spui-dy and erlect threshing, tight draft und durability, on reasona ble terms. Also PLOUOHH Of Superior Muko. CORN S11ELLKKS. KETTLES, STOVES. SCOOPS AND ALL CASTINGS, luodo at a country Foundry. Also, A GOOD MILL SCIliCW, til excellent order, for sale at a low rata. I refer those wishing to buy to John Adams, Samuel Hliumaii, John Boden, Ross Hench, at Ii kesbuig. J;tcob Shoemaker Hi Son, Klllotta burg; Thomas Morrow. I.oysvillej Johl! Flicklng er, Jacob Fllcklnger, Centre. 620 la SAMUEL LIGGETT. Ickeshurg, May 14. 1872. JOBINSON HOUSE, (Formerly kept by WoodruHaiul Turbett,) Aim Bloonifitld, rtrry County, I'a. AMOS ROBINSON, Proprietor. This well known 'and pleasantly located hotel , has liecn leased for a number of years by the pres ent proprietor, ami he will spare no pains to acconv module his clients. The rooms are comfortable, the table well furnished with the best In the mar ket, and the bar slocked with choice liquors. A careful and attentive hostler w ill be In attendance. A good livery stable will be kept by theprvurlutoil Aprils, Ib7I.lI LOCIIMAX'S Writing IHuitt ! THIS FLUID Is warranted EQUAL to Arnold's and Is sold at much less price. The money will be refunded to those buying It, if ft does not prove entirely satisfactory. Kr sals by F. Mortimer, New Bloomllejd. , MLLBRA ELDER, - ., . , , . , i stole Agents, . ,., . . W Market Street, Mil ' FkUasMphla, ...... , ! .... IV. ,.. :. . ,., .....
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