ljc men, Nero JJIoomfitlii, $)ci. 3 NEW .'YORK: CONTINENTAL It Life Insurance Company, OP NEW YORK, S TllICTL Y M VT VA L ! AHiiotM, S4,o."i,iioi.ir r ISSUES all the new form of Policies, and pre sents as favorable terms as any company in the United Slates. Thirty days' grace allowed on each payment, and the policy held good during that time. Policies Issued by this Company are non-forfeiture. No extra charges are madofor traveling permits. Policy-holders sharo In the annual profits of the Company, and have a voice In the elections and management of the Company. No policy or medical feechurged. ' W. FHOKT, Prenltlpnt. M. II. Wynkooi". Vice Pres't. J. P.IlooKBS, Sec'y. J. 1'. EATON. General Agent, No. 8 North Third Street, .429ylJ College Block, llarrlsburg, Pa. $100 Reward for a case of Neuralgia or Rheumatism of nny form whatever, (considered durable) that 1HI. FITI.Iill'S VEUKTABLK KHKUMAT1C SVKlir will not cure warranieu iiuinjurious, and a physician's prescription used inwardly. J5000 ltEWAHI) offered to the Proprietors of any Medicine for Rheumatism and Neuralgia able to produce one-four! li as many genuine living cures made within the same length of time as Dr. Filler's Vegetable Kheumatlc Hemedy. JSKio It KWAKU offered to any Person proving Jos. P. filler, jM. .. to be other than a graduate of the celebrated University of Pennsylvania in 1X33. and Professor of Chemistry treating lilieu lualism specially for 89 years. Sluou JlKWAUnto any Chemist, Physician, or others able to discover Iodide of I'otassa, Colchl cum, Mercury, or anything injurious to the system In Dr. Elder's Itheumalic Svrup. 2H.W0 Certillcales or testimonials of cure, In. eluding Hev. C. 11. Ewing, Media, Pennsylvania! Jtev. Joseph ljcggs, Palls of Schuylkill, Philadel phia; the wile of Jlcv. J. II. Davis, lllghtstown, New .lersev; Hev. Thomas Murphy, Krankford, Philadelphia: Doctor .lennlngs and Doctor Wal ton, Philadelphia; lion. J. V. Creeley, member of Congress 'from Philadelphia: llfin. Judge l.ee, Camden, New Jersey s ex-Senator Stewart, of Bal timore; ex-Governor Powell, of Kentucky, and thousands of others, if space permitted. t0O KKWAKD for the name of any warranted preparation for ltlieumatisiu and Neuralgia sold under a similar legal guarantee, selling forth the xact number of bottles to cure or return the amount paid for the same to the patient, In case of failure to cure. A full description of cases re. Y ulrlng guarantees must be forwarded by letter to 'klladelphla. 'J lie guarantee, signed and stating the quantity to cure, will be returned by mail, with advice and Instructions, without any charge. Mir Address all Idlers to Dlt. lTTUill. No. 45 South Foui tli Street, Philadelphia. Nootlicrltcm- -dy Ifc offered on such terms, (let ft circular on the various forms of itheumallsm, also Blank ap plications for guarantee, gratis of the special Aieut. -Dr. D. If. SWEENEY, Druggist. :Ncw Hloomlleld, Pa., Sole Agent for this county. 0:i81y LOOK OUT! Tr would resneetlvelv Inform niv friends that I 111- X tend calling upuu them with a supply of goods of my OWN MANUFACTURE. Consisting of GASSIMERS, CASS1NETS. FLANNELS, (Plain and bar'd) to exchange for wool or sell for cash. J. M. 1IIXI.KK. . Centuk Woolen Eactoiit, 6,17,4111, 1J O il T A 11 I. 1'. GRAPE VINES, (DO Varieties.) PEACH, APPLE, PEAK, l'UUIT TltKES, ftc. OJreeu IIouo Htoclf , &?., Kim Till! SPKTNQ 01' 1872. A large variety of choice and Perfectly ltellable stock ollered at fair prices. Seeds and plants, by "('Irciilttrs mailed, nretiald as follows: No. 1. Vegetable Plants and Seeds, Plower Seeds. tc. No. 2. Creen House, Bedding and Mowerlng Plants, Ornamental Trees. Hliruus, noses. e. No. a. (jrane Vines. Emit '1 rees. Small i-'riilts. &C..&C CEO. V. MrFAHl.ANIt, ltiverslde Nurseries, 6 lfltf ' llarrlsburg. Pa. AKI'I.KWPn A HHTf KNm bl'LKNDlU iVsSOHTMK-N X OK DRY-GOOD 0 ky-goodO , Suited to the Season, Are Now Offered for Sale by S f ; fl 1 1 EKJ QUANTITY I F. MORTIMER, New Bloomflold A PROPOSAL IN THE DARK. ifc-VTES, I will propose," said Mr. Pat ' X terson Conklin. ' " She expects me to, of course, and last night Blie gave mo a pretty strong hint. When she sang, 1 Why don't the men propose, Mamma ?' I'm certain I caught her eye. Yes, and thero was an interrogation point in her very glance. She expects it, she has a right to expect it, and I'll do it." , Mr. Conklin, having dolivercd himself thus, put on his coat and hat, and taking a cane under his arm, sallied out into tho street. Mr. Pattereon Conklin was a bachelor of forty-five years, lie was naturally pre disposed to matrimony, and'had been just on the point of committing it at least twenty times in as many years. There had been hut one trouble he could novor bring himself to propose. lie had courted mote fair damsels than he bad fingers and toes, and he had lost them "'1, merely because he couldn't or wouldn't ask them to name the day. Now Mr. Conklin had been in love at least twenty times, and yet he remained. unmarried. If you bad asked him why is this thus, he would have answered you as follows: " Every truo lover has those little loves before the great one comes; they are like those pretty pieces of carved wood which Columbus found ilouting in tho Atlantic, forerunners and signs that he was drawing near his great goal and approaching the end of bis wandering across the ocean. Now I have reached the goal. The great love afoiesaid has arrived. The lady upon whom I lavish this great love is most beau tiful, and her name is Minnie Clolland. To-night I shall lay my heart and fortuno at her feet." This pretty littlo story about every truo lover's little loves foretelling tho greater one was riot original with Mr. Conklin. He had found it in a novel that he had picked up one night at Minnie's. But, leaving Mr. Patterson Conklin to pursuo his way, we will, ' if you ploase, run on before, and taking a glimpse at the family of which his lady-lovo, the beautiful Minnie, was tho bright particular star. The family consisted of the Hon. Horace Clclland, M. C, very soft spoken, sweet tempered, round-bodied gentleman, over whose Bhining bald head fifty summers had bloomed and faded; Mrs. Clolland, a small black eyed woman of forty, who honored her husband, and believed that his was the most towering and gigantic intellect that the world had ever seen, notwithstanding tho fact that Dohbs, the editor of tho op position paper, persistod in calling him "an idiot," " a bag of wind," " a cat's paw for the party loaders," and other choice names too numerous to mention. Mrs. Clclland was slow tt wrath, but if she could havo fixed her hands in Dohbs' hair only onco, his next editorial would have boon written in pain and anguish, without a scalp to hide his emotions., The other members of the family were Minerva, a maiden lady of forty-two, a sister of the Hon. Horace, and Minnie, the daughter, a sweet littlo creature, who had drank tho sunshine of twenty summers still bloomed in her cheeks, just as tho old port her father had drank bloomed in his noso . Upon this particular evening the family were gathered in an upper room, dignified by the name of Mr. Clolland's study. The honorable gentleman himself was pacing his room, with one hand behind him read ing the evening paper aloud. Mrs. Clclland was listening with rapt attention to the mellow voice of her husband, the only mu sic in which she took delight; Miss Clolland was knitting and occasionally casting a glance towards Mr. Billy Montgomery who was seated by tho window with Minnie, whispering soft nonsonso in her car, as ho held her little band in his. I rathor expected that Mr. Conklin would call this evening," said Mr. Clol land, laying down his paper. ."O, I hope he will !" cried Minnie, "and if he asks me to sing, I'll repeat the dose gave him last evening. Did you notice how ho blushed when I sang, ' Why Don' tho Men Propose ?' ' And if he should propose?" queried tho honorable Horace. " I should accept of course," answered Minnie. "I never had a proposal in my life, aud I am going to accept tho first oiler." " Never had a proposal ?" whispered tho young gentleman in tho window sill. "No Bill." " Then what tho deuco what havo been doing?" " Well I don't know, Billy, Pin sure. only know that you haven't asked mo to marry you." ' " But I'm not qnito ready." " But you see I am, and I don't believe in long engagements. Something migl happen." ' I think, my dear," said tho honorable Horace, pausing before tho whispering pair, " I think, my dear, that if your first proposal comes from Mr, Patterson Con klin, you will do exceedingly well to ac cept." And Mi. Clolland resumed his walk, with a consciousness of having done his duty in openly expressing his opinion. particularly its being a politician, it was something that ho had .hardly ever done before. " Ho is really very handsome,", said Min nie, notwithstanding his age." "Age, my dear, he is right in the prime of life." Billy Montgomery began to feel like an infant. Poor follow 1 ho was only twenty five. What made him feel still worse was the fact that the honorable Horace would not seem conscious of his appearance at all would not recognize the fact that must have been phlpablo enough to any one elso, that he was madly in love with the fair Minnie, though the dear creature did tease hiin terribly. Aud now ho was talking about her marrying another man, a man old enough to bo her father, as coolly and calmly as if there was no such as a heart in the world. Was ever a young and ardent lover in a worse situation ? I think not ; that is, if you will bo kind enough to ex cept Lcander that time ho didn't swim the Hellespont. Well never mind his age," cried Min- le; lie s a roal nice gentleman, and ho s very wealthy. 1 always tuought L would like to bean old man's darling." "But he hasn't proposed," said Miss Clolland, rising and leaving the room. And I pray that ho never may ?" groan ed Billy. " Why, upon my word, PJjolieve Miner va is jealous," laughed Minnie. " Nonsenso !" criod the honorable Hor ace, " I believe 1 11 take a walk. Will you go Minnio ?" ' No, thank you; I'll wait for my lover, Tho honorable gentleman went out smiling benignly. Mrs. Clolland strolled out in the garden, and Billy and Minnio were left alone. " O Minnie how could you talk so?" " Pshaw ! Billy, I didn't moan anything or if I did, my meaning was so deep that you couldn't discover it. Don't you think I'm deep Bill?" ' You are a provoking littlo witch," he answered with a melancholy smile. " Am I ? Well, then, I'll try to be good Conio let us go down stairs, and I'll sing you a song, commencing: " Thee havo I loved dearly, Yes madly, sincerely," etc., etc And when that song is finished I'm going to send you home, for I've got fourteen letters to write, of four pages and a post sciipt each. Come." Half an hour lator Mr. Conklin arrived nt the Clclland mansion. He had been a long timo on tho way, for in the first place his oourago had all oozed out at his 11 ngors ends, and so be had to take a long walk aud talk to himself liko a father to rouse it once more. Now he folt that he could face anything so ho rang tho boll. "Pshaw!" said be, " tho door is open ; I'll wolk right in. What, the gas not lighted? Well, perhaps I'll find Minnie in tho drawing-room alono, and if I do " But just at this moment Mr. Conklin, who had groped bis way in tho darkness through the hall, caught his foot in the rug and stumbled headlong into the middlo of the drawing-room. "0 !" Bcreamod a fomalo voice. " Why tho douoe don't you light tho gas? ' growled .air. (Jonklin; and men re membering where be was: " I beg pardon, Miss Clolland. It is Miss Clolland ?' " Yes." ' Mr. Conklin staggorcd to his feet and advanced to tho sofa where she was sit ting. " Are we alono ?" asked ho. " Yes, Mr. Conklin." "You tremblo, darling," he said, as ho took her hand and seated himself beside her. " And hang it, Miss Clolland, but I believe I do too ! And yet my dear, this is the happiest moment of my life." She sighed. " Minnie, dearest, I lovo you !" Sho fell into his arms. " Is that love reciprocated ? Call mo Patterson, if it is." "O, Pattorsonl" " You love no other man ?" " You are the first that e'er I sighed for." O, blissful moment ! ' How divinely sweet Is the pure Joy when kindred spirits meet "You havn't kissed me, Patterson," she whispered. Then their lips met. " Nectar !" exclaimed Mr. Conklin, re peating the operation. "Do you know, darling, that song last night, ' Why don't the men propose?' was what aroused me ? I might have gono on courting you for an age and never proposed but for that." " And to think that I didu t know you was courting me?" said she. " Didn't know it?" "1 wasu t certain, To be sure, you sometimes looked unutterable things, but then you men are such deceivers " O, darling I did you think 1 could de ceive you?" And they kissed again But say, dearest, that you will be mine my own darling littlo wife. I know I am old enough to be your futher, but what of that ! I will be your husband, father and lover all in one. You will be mine ?" " I will; I am thiuo, only thiue." But at that moment footsteps were heard in the hall. " It is Mr. Clolland. Lot me sit further off," whispered Patterson; but she only clung the closer. . " What I all in the dark ?" cried the hon orable gentleman advanced into the drawing-room. ' Mr. Conklin hardly dared to breatho and the doar creature still clung to him as does the ivy to the oak. Mr. Clelland struck a match, and the next instant a broad flamo spurted from the gas jet and flooded the whole room with light. " What do I see ?" exclaimed tho Honor able Horace fixing his eyes upon Conklin and the maiden by his side. " Do you give yourconseut ?" stammered Patterson, blinking in the gas light. "My consent 1 Dunder aud blitzen ! yes dash it 1 yes, yes, yes, take her take her 1 and go to Hados whow 1 what an infernal old fool I have been 1 And the honorable old gontleman throw himself into a scat and groanod aloud. Mr. Patterson Conklin couldn't under stand this at all. He didn't think it either proper or becoming in an M. C. What ! take his daughter, tho beautiful little dar ling, and go to tho bad place ? No, he wouldn't do anything of the sort; he would wear her in his heart's coro. Ho waited for Mr. Clelland to explain but he only groaned. Then he turned to Minnie "Angels and ministers of grace defend us! ho screamed, springing bait way across the room. "Is not this something more than fantasy ? 'Twas Minnie that I loved, but by Heavon I'vo been making lovo to her aunt 1" and he sank into a chair quite overcome with emotion. But just at that moment Mintiie walked into the room leaning on Billy Montgom ery's arm. " Fathei'," said she, " I told you to-night that I would accept tho first man who dar ed to make a proposal of marriage to me. And this is tho man who has dared." "Bless you my children," said the Hon. orable Horace. Then ho cast a withering glanco at Patterson and an other at Aunt Minerva, and hurriodly loft tho room. The happy couple followed him, leaving Patterson and the tear-stained Minerva alone. "This is an infernal bad affair," mut tered that gentloman, taking his hands out of his hair. Sho tried to speak but could not. " I've made a fool of myself," said Pat terson. "Yes; but you would make a greater fool of yourself by marying that littlo chit of a girl,"- sobbed Minerva. Egad ! I don't know but what you are right." "I'm su-suu-re of it." " Patterson came back and sat beside her. Presently ho stole one arm around her waist. " Will you have mo now ?" " I don't know. O, Patterson ! You've nearly broke my heart," she sobbed. "Can't you forgive mo, darling?" and he kissed her. " Do you love me as well as you said you did, when when you thought I was somo- body else?" " Why, I think I can learn to." "Well, then, I guess you may learn," said she, throwing herself upon his bosom I left just then; but in conclusion I am haypy to inform the reader that whethor Patterson ever learned to love Minerva or not, I am sure of one thing that about two months afterthat memorable evening, there was a double wedding at tho Hon. Horace Clolland's house, and Mr. Pattorson Con kliu and Mr. Billy Montgomery, were the happy bridegrooms, and I don't beliovo the former has ever rogretted making his mar riage proposal "in tho Dark." A Dress for Matilda. A SOUTH STREET merchant of Phil adolphia, tells tho following good story, regarding tho selling of a ready- made dress : Not long since there entored the store a tall, dignified looking goullomau, with a solemn looking face, evidently of tho cler ical porsuasion, dressed in a suit of deep black, and bis nock ornamontod by a still' whlto tie. He was accompanied by a ladv halfascoroof years his junior, and dressed in a maimer not at all correspond ing with the plain clothes he woro. They looked liko a buttcrlly and a bat out on a promenade. "4 have called," said the lady, " to look at thoso chonp suits you advertise" " I have many advertisements floating about, madam," said tho shrowd merchant. " In what paper did you soo it ?" "Iu a Sunday paper," said the lady. " We always read tho Sunday papers, said the clerical looking gentleman ; " but we buy it on Monday. 1 novor bought a paper on Sunday in my life, sir, and I never shall." "Ah, I see," said the merchant; "I know what kind of dresses you men. Here they are," showing something durablo and cheap. "Pshaw!" said the lady ; "do you call this the best poplin ?" " I did not advortiso the best, madam. I advertised ' irood' articles at the price. Tho best, of course, come higher." The merchant then took down from the sholves more costly and attractive goods, "What will you take for this dress?" asked the lady.' "Your very lowest fig ures?" . The merchant named the price. ' Mercy I" groaned the minister, and grasped his pocket book tighter. ' ' ' My good man, you must really be more reasonable," said the lady; " of course I am not purchasing this dress for myself. I am buying It for a dear, good servant of mine." . f . "Very poor girl," said the minister, " but just and upright. She is ft member of my Biblo class." I am sorry," said the merchant : " but that is the very lowest price. This is a one price store." " Come, my beloved friend, throw a dol lar off," said the minister. " Recollect tho dress is not for my wife, here, but is In tended as a presont to poor Matilda Smith, our hired girl."-. "Yes," said the lady, "I thought wo could got a dress from you that would suit Matilda. I always purchase my dresses on Eighth street. But of course you know that." " Well," said the merchant, " as it is for Matilda, I will throw off a dollar. Where shall I send the dress?" Thero is the address," said tho minis- tor, banding a card. " Rev. Nicodemus Lark, No. 4il Codfish Park." " All right, sir. Tluj dress shall be sent immediately. Now the merchant had grave suspicions about the dress being intended for Matilda Smith, and believed the lady intended to wear it herself. So ho decided to investi gate the case by taking the dress homo himself. On arriving at 49 Codfish Park he rang tho boll. A bouncinrr Irish crirl came to tho door. Good evening," said tho gentleman, " docs Matilda Smith live hero?" " Faith, and that's my name, sir," said the girl, with her eyes wide open. " Matilda, your mistress has purchased a dress at my store, for you. as a present. Sho is very anxious that it should fit you, so if you will go up to your room and put it on, and then let me see how it fits, I will make any alterations that may bo neces sary. " Shure, aud it's big words you're afther spakin', aud I don't understand you at all; but if you want me to put on the dress, I'll do it in a jiffy. Just walk into the parlor, and sit down on the sofy. The girl then ran up stairs, and was ab sent ton minutes. When she re-appeared. she was attired iu tho newly-purchased dress. It was rather a tight fit. "How does it please you, Miss Smith?" "It's just the tip," said Miss Smith, "but it needs a tuck or two let out in the breast." Just then the door opened, and iu came Rev. Nich. Lark and lady. " Why, Matilda Smith !" groaned the minister. " Matilda Smith, take off that dress im mediately !" cried the lady, iu a rage. How dare you dress up in my new clothes?" " It was the gentleman, mum," said Ma tilda, frightened ; " he said the dress was for mo." Tho minister and his lady wore rather crestfallen on beholding their visitor. " You said," remarked the visitor, "that tho dress was for Matilda so I told her to try it on." " You were entirely too busy," said tho lady, spitefully; " you can take the dross back to South street I don't want it." " Well, madam, the next timo you come to South street to purchase a dress, don't bo ashamed of your economy, and do not tell a falsehood about buying it for your servant. You will thou avoid such mis takes aa this." A loud wail came from Matilda Smith. The upheaving of her troublod breast was too much for the buttons on her dress. They went Hying all over the room. "Tho'dress is ruined now, madam," said the man of cloaks and suits. " I can not tako it back now." "Well, I won't pay you," said the lady. , " You purchased it under a false, pre tence," was the reply. " But however, the price of a dress won't ruin mo. Keep it, Matilda; but the next timo your mis tress wants another cheap dress, don't let . her buy it under cover of your name. Good evening." And he departed, leaving the "good lady fuming with rago, the parson fibbing a button out of his eyo, and Matilda Smith energetically engaged in divesting herself of tho fashlonablo but tight-fitting dress that has formed tho suhjoct of this narra tive, fW A man whom Dr. Chalmers engag ed to manage a disorderly Sunday-school, kept his eyes wide open during praying, and when ono boy thrust a pin into another, ho marched up the aislo, still praying, and culled that boy's ears, and went back again praying all tho way. After that he was master of the situation, for the boys thought that a man who could watch and pray like that could not bo put down. tW""Whon I am a man," is the poetry of childhood. "When I was young," in that of old fi0.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers