, T . r . S. H. FT, tAZI:ER, Publis!her . VOLUME it gu%ittrso givettorm. Da. C. J. DRINKER, PAND 81LIRGEON, lionvose. Otke witb r Pr. c. , en. over W. J. it 8.11 I.laltanraMore. ruhllcAvezne. wi‘h Joseph D. Dealer. ..o rose, Sep, 41. b. ISP. DR E. L. BLAKESLEE, PIT TS ICIA2I AND EDIDIE , tbi, tammed at !Smeltrs, Sem r ,Satma i'eme•ty, 1 m will abused pely to all ernith be may be messed. U/Ace at L.IL Bmtdsvem lz,ooklyel. July 7Q 1.365.—r1, • pn. E. L. GARD.NER, 11-21 D SURGEON, Montrose, Mace over Krbte•Store. Boardrat Searies Rota. ourrole. Jane 3, lo63„-q. GROVES REYNOLDS, f!ASIIIONABLE TAILORS. Sbop ow. andirry r Ncore, 1 . 041 c Avenue. Mortraee. June I% Da. CRARLES DECKER, noir , icieN SUR° VIN. harlus located !Annul( at Iliezhnu.tedle.. Unwind:karma County. Pe., will attend to ell the pa olth teLtch be tav 4vared with penaptheaw town attention. 2i of reqdence nest or Motto. Sao . rchsnlville, Soot. Co., Pa., May 71 Isll.l.—if. JOB N BEAU MONT, wool. oennEß„ Cloth Mews, and Manufacturer, at the %V ...ad known am Smith's Carding Machine, Terms mile wurn the work is brought, )pup 71..2 , 8 O. Ma. Dn. G. Z. DIMOCK, PfintirssiciAw and SURGEON, ITONTROSE, Fa. (mm o n e rtrat, oppodta the RxruaLtuAar Office. Bakul. al I. 4...r0c.e, February Mb, ISSS.-lyp C. 3L CRANDALL, )I AS eCTUIXER of LlrumArboels, Wool Irbeel4, Wt.ce 1. ae., hC Wood-taming done to order. an d slmacter. tartans Shop sad Wbeel Factory In Dame' Bnlrdlng,Op rilre. Jsounry sore, e. ——— S. BENTLEY, JR., NOTARY PUBLIC, MONTTT.OSE. T KES La...Jar= of Deeds, If ortes,, &c.,, for an y y.ate the Unit States. Pennine Vneee d fq,y .etreteeiedded Mare tdm do sot rev:deaths ce4ilekte of the ,L,r. et tLe ththrL Eleeetrese. Jan. DR. 11 L. ILINDRICH, _ AS: nab SITSXMON. nespwLfylly Let4Gio hLs pro :•.• semi= Lo the crtlscas of FrieodsvilloarfE pip e ~ i a Le of DT. Lea- ti tf oarej at J. liodur4'.s. Prungr le. July $7,1554.- -- - E. W. 8311T$, LrroaNair a O :3I7BBYLLOR AT LAW stC Lfzrzed eteui Otte. ORS Ler* DTUI L tqvkavekanns Depot Jannars Z. %I. EL BURRITT, L&LLm Siaga t :lrancy Dry crows, Qrotkery, 1.1 try, 011 s. and Fahata. Boats t 0 ,41 Shot,. MIL Ow" Purr, 13+1.,10 Groccrica. Fraviraoua. Milford, Pa., Ay - ri/ 11,1864,-ti S. H. SAYRE & BROTHERS., r,rum."lPgirgr'47i°,4l'' etaevy rat Dcaltts tr. Dry tioude.Oroccrieu Cractery. !intr.... Po.. February .45.1866. BILLINCIS STROLL, li LIFE. AGENT. Otlice f. r auildt/it. cad of Britt Inc. la itils a.iwealta,ut h ai aSice will be traztactaill by C. L. Crowa. Rim. Fatima*. I. 1E44 --tf J. D. VAIL, AL D., or ()NEUF/Mile PHYSICLAN, ha, p , rmater.tly lom7e, hl.uszuf Iforitroae, Pa., °M., ha will promptly att. , ' •a• y@ tda Erafutalou *nth whicb be may he favored. Rovedcuce Wmi the Court lious. guar Bentley .11.F1acIla! ' Febtuni 1, IEaIL-Oct. MR. A. U. WARREN, TTUENET AT LA BWThTT. BACK PAT lad PEI SION CLAIM AGENT. AL Petslac Claims orefc: p.'" 0 Moe In room formerly occupied by Dr. Vail. la W. 3, 77e1 below Searle'' , Note] Ndr.trose. Pt_ Feb. 1. IM4febl7yl LBWIB KIRBY .5t., E. BACON, 11 , ESP constantly on hand a Tall evanply of every varlet) a co.o , lsP.im.• and CONFELMONTRI ES. Cy etr;ct . J:. tuelness and Intrhens!st deal. they tope to merit the Mors ..ronare of the Dahlie. An OYSTER w:id EATING dik LOON' It 4.vned to the (kora", where blends., In sea on, are served Ines e , le that the tastes ofthe vat:at-demand. lienseenbevtLe p ear Melt Geneeey rtazd, on Main Stens*" below the P • , nee. 1iar.17,1855.—mch17,63.-tf Dn. CALVIN C. HALSEY, pErElcuis &ND SUL:OEht!, &ND g34.101;11 , i0 SCR EON far PENSIONERS. Office oterthe none of J.L.,,tt Soc. Nblic Ann. Boards et edr. Etheridge', Ilattr”e.. Octobc. D. A.. BALDWIN, A 71 e.ILNET AT LAW , and Pemdon, Bounty, and Beck IN) 9 /..rent, lax est Bend, Suequebeans CerrearT. Pn (tre, spa. Annend 10. 1e13,-.1, BOYD t WEBSTER, Stoma Stove rtpe, T 1 Co 2r, and . 4ace' LI Inn Ware; also, rilndow Sash, p.no Doom WIT(los. s:tnaa. Pine Lumber and sll kinds of 13oUM= 11E11.'131s x-r,th of aeralee Hotel, and Ca-rczter Shop near al. 11 ,, brd , canren, torraosa. P 4.. Jaaratry 1, lESII.4f ..., Dn. WILLIAM W. SMITH, ' SMIGEWiI DENTha. Of over the Beallete ~ret : f Onaper . tt l ti o o. t,, All Destal d Opeelr-t; eleaeleel. 11 , xnembes, ablee forraterty ot s ti. Heatrcee. Jenetry 1. 1564..-41 E. J. ROGERS, v.rd-NUFICIVP.EII of all destilone of WAG- I " z _ U. supto s, &c_ le the} - ,entyle nfir IrktnannWp and or the beta Inatestaia.` . •• . knOwn mad of E. H. ItOI3EP.S, o few rode o.ot bew. • -- - • • • •. • le'r RovJ 3.14 - int:one, wtrere be mill be turay to re. atU'e of all who 'ma anything in Ma Una. lace 1.1.4621.-tf DIL JOHN W. COBB, rITtICI,S *no. Sunosuzi, ..speethanytcatirra hie sereltcp In tn,. dawns `lung:lo3.ns Cortly. Be e-reexectst% 'Le Pure of .n 4 nu dinl treatment of nee:Lees el she Gry •ad gar. sod no en9llll led revise to unrslcbt operation. over W J & B 11 Malfornl.gte7, K.S. ',l'. 0 Maple crelet. ewe of J. B. Tarbell's HotrL ann,,, man. Oonnty. Ps, June 22. 181.2.-ef BALDWIN & ALLEN, n CALMS :t rwrit,Salt. Port. Fish, ,Lard. Oran. Peed LP Candles. Clowr end Tiroorlty R. Also GROCERIES. suzals. Mohines, Syrups. Sea aid Coffee. West skis o !antic Avenue. one door below ,I, 'Etheridge. lieutruer. Jutuary 1, 1.1314.-lf DB. G. W. BEACH, AIM SURGEOI . havlns penraneralY lo=tec at el elf Brooklyn Ya— tenders Us professional es ee', 'or esteem of b 7 noheruna County, on terms COMMCIaIIi • Llt 'Mt 11, toms. Occt es the °fete of Ms We Dr. B. giclasmJ in— and , aols at Ur, cnardson'a. Bro.k . rn Coot,. Po.. Jose 0.1964.-19 _ F. B. WEEKS, 4BaCTICAL 1100 T AHD SHOE MASS: also Dover is liws . Sawa, Leathoz.aad Madlags. 14:palrats soy Loam.. and llspass.b. Two doomabove traria • Hots, KoatTose. January 1, 115411 WM. it WM. IL JESSUP, TIVIZTTEI AT LAW, Montrose, P. Practice In Basque Bmit.a, Warne. Wyoming amid Lin:erne Ootnit Mont..., Pa, January IS, na. ALBERT CHAMBERLIN, ritt , TlllCT ATTORNEY AND ATTORNEY AT LAW rtlre over the Shore CRlattrly oet , RAcd Poet FTtllen ararnse, datatsry 1. 1860. - - J. - J. LYONS et SON, DEA-LICKS L 7 DST (loom. Grnucrlea.enunkery.llanivaruk, Tinware, Stooks. Mexodeorta. and all kitolt of Masi t..meosti Sbeet %Junk, tc_AII.K. carry on U. Itool. 1112:11 In hrulucles. J. LAVA.. ,unne, January 111864. o. a. urns. ABEL TURItELL F . ) C&LEIL ilf DRUGS. 4EDICIVEL , .CIIEIIIOA.Lb, if Panne, (rile. 115.4tuffe. Vannlalen, Window Glam. GrOCZ[II2II4 CrOCACTS. Glaasaart_, wel-rapnr. an. Fancy Onotla,earflunery,t3unnanal- nuessments, Tram ..nanna Br:atm itn.,—and,Agent far all of thn moat nonce. kr Medlnlwa. Ifoutroae, January 1. 1061. C. O. FORDHAK, 31%,7Lcranfstrlit v:, t o orairing done neatly. Srkll done wten prow died. klontrom &sail 1.1811.4 f CHARLES N. STODDARD, rickLE.R In BOOTS & SHOES, Le^lhcr end Fk4 wn:aaninefl order. Wel. Searle% neatly. kaa. . nod repairing done neatly. itenOme. Pa- December (/.1865. L H. BURNS. A rruktllET AT LAW. efilite with inlibittC.T. Tnmu. Fn onp.ite Spar Pettotha azd Lthutay eu•-ful• . Is k - ~P amtie r. Con el .LuttioDrotupnY =Ade tutm Nog .2 1814. tt. B. B. LYONS & co DEaLEEZI, taDalf (H 0001501:0CSILIES. BOOTS. NU° Eli Ladle ()alters. Carpeta, 011 Clotho, Wall and Wlndoar P x. Paa.ta. Oils, 10. : Start oa the cast late of Pnl?Lic Avettus. , , x)oso • . . . " • ' I. D. 2.1,X4 Mouton. Joarazy 1. 38C4.41 - . REND, WATROUS nEm.,,rab. IN .MRI '190D6. Drtum ilmllciiten. kolas. Ulla lrv.rirockeMr. Iron. Clockn, Watchen, Jur. Corm= *moos, Perfumery &c.., Mick block. tlontrooe. c.r ACAD A. wOmoun S.D./DATED lottode. Junnarp 164. • • WILLIIII,V -• , VAZINST AND C11.64.E, • r k==9: . l ', lrr t-7 ar rdned at sbort oink*. _and WasNooms foot eel% MoDtrume. Mara S. U 65.4.1 PRILA.NDER LINES, ph.S .juaNsiaLE TAlLutt, Bela mocir.„oirs, itAtod. Wotan% 6 Foatee.xttonp, Mwstrnes. nalron. A. July 1!.789. _ • a -•• - • : • - • - • - ••••••. e - 1 ; Our army was on the move again, baggage was sent to the rear, And by many a sign to a soldier knowii we judged that a battle waa near; And after a ixtureh of lesalthan a week, a battle came off as we greased,p But it wee not on the field, in an open fight, I got this hole in my breast. At early dawn our brlgudien-next day he was shot through the head— Flung out a ile of skirmishers, liked blind man's fingers outspread Feeling their way. I rode on the left. My heart was as light a: air, So blithe was the morn, and beneath me so gay sprang my beautiful thoroughbred mart. Sledge, a pure Morgan, a capture of mine, redeem ed from a service of aharne— Madge, trained to the bugle, at sound of the charge taming to fury and tl.tue! (By a cowarid bestrid to the front of the tight her :nettle had hurled him the same,) Yet easy to rule by a word or Care-Baas the baby that gave her a name. Madge, little lour-yea•+ola sister at home, I galloped, thinking of you I Baby, that snaitad when I kissed her good-by, pleased with my buttons and blue. Mother and :staters and hornein my heart, I galloped, fearless and free, With a wary eye tar a, stir In the brush Or a gun barrel round a tree: We rode apart, as I sold before, and the bridle-path I took Plunged into a wooded hollow, and I'd by the grassy edge of a brook The water on this side, the trees on that, I was rid ing as still as I could, When something, bright as my sabre, dashed out of the heart of the wood. I Just remember the whistling balls, a crash and a violent bound ; When I came to myself, It was twilight or more, and I lay with Madge on the ground She with an ugly hole in her flank, and her costly blood, like wine, Bathing the and, and, meetlug a stream from these alattlertd ritalat mine. Her hoofs at my hrenst and my arm On her neck, I lay, but for her, alone, And the row , n rode up to the midnight sky, and down through the hollow shone; Then, once in a while, she lifted her head, breathed short, as if she sighed, And turned a pitiful, questioning look at the ragged ' wound in her side. Over the violet rim of the dawn the moon dropped round and large, Over the wild dark eastern hills came the sound of the tingle--a charge Once more she lifted her fiery hold, neighed soft and clear in reply, And lay stilt again with her nostril stilt and a film on Ler crescented eye. And all that day the battle raged, I heard the h.tt tortes ttroder, The musketry's rattle, the rifle's crack, and hoofs that the th shook under— yl3lng here, a:..1 charging thert. , —cras there laeSer a foot to stray Where Madge and I together were couched on all the flowers of May They'd resd mymame on the Hats, at home—"ml6- rion"—nothine to 1 , 01 , It 1 fiord away to a Southern den, or, happier, Mt.] as I fell; I tried to meet death as a soldier should, patient and calm to be, But I thounht,-"if I mine out of this, it shall make a different man of me." My thinkinir was done When they found me there, halt dead with pain and thirst; They were merciful lianas that bore me thence, they were tender handl that nursed. 1 shall ride into Richmottd, sum, with Grant: ni be tit for duty But, oh, my beautiful MAdze that lies in the wild s;len! RS MP.S M. E. ROBINSON The duties of a spy, though both disagreeable and dangerous, did nut deter Colonel Hastings from offering biA services towards ascertaining the position and aomhtion of the king's troops, than quartered in t anala. He was a brave and handsome young officer, warmly attached to the American cause, and willing to sacrifice his life, if need be, fur the good of his countryman who were fighting for liberty and the right. He was fully aware of the risk he incurred— nor was he ignorant of the fate awaiting him should he be suspectel and taken. By means of various disguises be had reconnoitered Pretty' thoroughly, and had acquired much information of an important na4ure. He had about resolved to return to the American camp and report him-, self to the commanderdn chief, when the fol lowing incident strengthened his determination.: While walking along one clay, musing upon the exciting events which were then transpiring' he was met by one of the common, soldiery who stopped to speak; The Irian looked animated, and seemed plesged with his thoughts.. " Halloo, comrade!" be cried. You're going the irrorg way." "1 gm..ss not," replied Hastings, carelessly, " Well, 1 s'pose you know best; but you'd better go back to camp with me. I'm going to get a description of the chap that's been playing the spy," added the man. familiarly. " What about him ? WS all news to me," re plied the Colonel, tuiconcernedly, though his pulse beat a little quicker at the man's language; hot he had long exercised a severe government over the play of his features, and not a muscle expressed surprise. a "You must be deaf, then, for everybody is talking about him to-day," continued the other. "His name is ToMsTonett, and he's been skulk ing round here, listening to what the officers sly, pumping the men, and "trying to find out what the next move is to be. But they've smelt a rat. There's a bounty offered for his head, and he's as good as a dead man." - Good enough for kith r' exclaimed the Col onel, who still maintained the same indifferent demeanor "His life i n't worth much, that's a fact. But I say, comrade," he added, slapping the soldier familiarly on the shoulder, "isn't hanging a little bei good fur the rascal?" The man repli4d with a coarse laugh and,an oath, and then pagsed on his way, leaving Has'- ' ings in no t nyiablq state of mind. Had the fellow been acquainted with him detection would have been inevitable. lle—Hasiings---ind left the barracks early that morning, noticing nothing. nosed; but Kt/lushly his absence, added to . it . Cher eircumstanctia, laid awakened suspicion. , of a moment wait to be lost; hie life depended upon instant colibealment, as flight at that hour (it bring about four in the afternoon) would be attended with extreme danger. The soldier would hear is description Of his person, tell his story, the alarm eiQuid be giren,.and a score of enemies be immediately on his track. I The young officer hastily entered a thick growth ref trees near byand looked about for some place of refuge. He could discover twill , ing which uttered the slightest protection but a . large brush-heap, but us no better refuge could ilia found, he concealed himself as well us pout , ble betieuth it. . fie heard the tramp of horses' feet and the COteee of men, in a very short time, which was a very good reasod for concluding that he had not secreted himself a minute too soon. They parsed the Spot Where he lay without halting, and breathed more freely when the echo of their shouts was lost in the distance- . Time dragged on slowly. The - pound was estremefu cold and tiampikuut . .the effects of a i, cent rain, - antradded to the ttoPlettgootoes 4 of . 1 , tis situation. He dared ; not stir for &tit of La mming the attention or sine person mini might e lurking in the viciriby,! and Ilia stiffened imbs began to pain him copaiderably. ' For several days he had hot been well, and be felt that he was rapidly hecomiog worse. Cold Chills ran over him, his head was hot anti ached badly, and a general langour pervaded his whole system. :What tlould he dor. It was now quite I dark, hut< unfortuoattly for him the moon shone • brightly-and he feared being seen if he attempted leaving bis present position.- $o for two - more ~ lone hours lid lay 'titer , benumbed with cold, and,growing , so - rtntieh worse - 4Lat ye' fisted, without assistance, beii 410 die. , But it it was dangeto l o l to" ii was 9,!4.4 1 .,Y, :. 4 aWdu C clf,. to remain : To be hanird ..41i4,,,jirtz",./144).01,41.7 MONTROSE, SUSQ. CO., PA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1865. MADGE. " Freedom and Right agairti!rt Slavery and Wrong." very pleasant idea to contemplate, and ho groaned at the thought of dying there alone. AS this moment he remembered having seen a small cabin at a short distance. He would aoek it, throw himself upon the mercy of the inmates, and beg assistance and protection. He pushed aside the brush cautiously, and af ter glancing from side to side hurriedly, crept a little way upon his feet, and then gradually raised himself to an upright position This was not accomplished without severe effort ; his limbs were weak and cramped; and he tottered as he walk, d. His head felt so light and dizzy that it was some minutes before he could recollect in what direction the cabin was situated; but his mind became somewhat clearer at length, and he moved slowly forward. Suffering much bodily pain, and wearily drag ging one Toot after the other, he saw a light twinkling in the distance, which indicated the proximity of the lowly dwelling. Ile did not know whether the occupants were whigs or to ries, hut he trusted in Providence, and went forward more hopefully. He apprached the cabin, but paused at hear ing the sound of voices. Taking a few more noisless steps he was enabled to glance through a rude window, and perceived two men and two women sitting within. The young olli• cer was shoot to knock at the door, when the word "spy" reached his ears, causing him to forego his intention, and listen to hear more. " 1 am quite confident we shall succeed," said One. "The reward is worth trying for, at any rate," returned the other. " What will be done with him if he should lw captured?" asked the youngest of the two fe males. "No matter!" said the elder of the two men, abruptly. • They won't be likely to let him go again," added his companion, with a significant shrug of the khouldera. " be treated as spies usually are, relia bly," remarked the middle-aged woman who had not yet spoken. The younger shuddered and looked thought ful. "I wish this unnatural war was ended, it so brutalizes. the human character," she said, earnestly; idler a pause. "The sooner the rebels are conquered the quicker it will be ended," said one of the men. "So you see it is our duty to catch ibis spy, who is said to be very cunning and useful in bis way. He can't be a great distance otr and rut sot - tn as we 4.et rested we must take to the woods and hunt him down." The other gave his hearty consent to this proposal, and talking over their plans together both men left the cabin and passed so near to our hero, [bat by raising their hands they might hale touched him; but the darkness which bad succeeded the moon's departure, favored him, and he remained undiscovered. Waiting until he could no longer hear the footsteps nor voices of the retreating figures, he stepped softly to the door and tapped. The latch was raised, and a voice demanded, " Who's there?" "A friend; one, at least, who has not the power to injure you," was the reply. The door opened wider, and the pale haggard face of the applicant wns exposed to the wo man, who Scrutinized him steadily and close ly. -Come in," she said, briefly. "lam in distress," said Hastings. "I apply to you because you are a woman and I cannot target that a woman was first at the sepulcher of I am sick, weary, hungry and sorely pressed by my enemies. I am the American spy for whom a reward is utr , red. You con save me or deliver the Into the hands of your husband, or those WIN) have gone in pursuit of me." .• . The mother and daughter exchanged glance; bat neither .poke, and Hastings anxiously awaited the decision of his fate. The woman Who had opened the door now signified by a motion of the hand that he should enter. fie did so, and a seat was placed for him twside the daughter, whose sympathies were obviously en listed. She glanced sym pat hizing ly at hnidejeded countenance, and n(4O his f tering steps and limbs trembling with weak ness. "We can give you food, but our protection will avail but little after my busband'a return," said the woman. "Can you not conceal me?" asked Hastings, earnestly. "Heaven will reward you for the deed'" The mother looked at her daughter, and the two conversed together in a low voice. " We will do what we can," said the former, briefly, as she placed refreshments before him and signified to him to eaL "Do not stop to talk," she aided, quickly, as the young officer endeavored to express his gratitude. "There is no time to lose, and ((yid will do you more good than anything else." Hastings did not wait for a second bidding, and the nutritious beverage soon had the eff.ct to renew his strength and inspire fresh courage. His head felt less giddy, the cheerful fire warm ed his stiffened limb. ' and he would certainly bare fallen asleep in big chair had not a feeling of dread lest the men - should suddenly return, caused him to look often anxiously toward the window. . - - "They will he gone two hoots," said the youngest female, as if to re assure him on that point_ Hastings signified his thanks, and looked at the fair speaker so attentively that a crimson glow stole over her expressive countenance, making her look more interesting than before. He torgot, for the moment, himself, ids illness, the danger he had incurred, the risk he now ran, everything in contemplating her symmet rical figure, regularity of features, and the be nevOlunt kindness that beamed from her eyes. He was startled from his revery by the barking of a dog " You are lost I" she exclaimed. "Father is near by'." Hastings started to his feet and looked hur riedly about for some mode of egress besides the door by which he had entered. The young girl shook her head, and her cheek paled with terror. Hastings knew that diicuvery was inevitable if be remained where he was, and that the result would be equally fa. tad if he ventured to leave the cabin. The young girl stood an instant as if spell. bound, when the voice. came nearer and nearer. suddenly she sprang towards a door which opened into a dark clost.t. "Go in !" she whispered, " and secrete your- self behind those clothes." The officer mechanically obeyed, and the door wall quickly closed, and fastened upon him, while his ueLiverer, with uncommon self-posses sion, placed herself in the chair he had just va cated, anti drew up to the small table on which food had been placed, and very deliberately commenced eating. She had hardly done so when her father and Ida companion entered the cabin, Loth looking somewhat di-humored and disappointed. " What are n you up and eating for, at this hour, 11,ttie? naked the former, abruptly, re garding the young girl with a look of astonish ment and displeasure. " lieciuse I am hungry," was the unhesitating reply. Well, and so are we hungry, girl; so get sometbing - qulck, for we've got to ride a dozen miles 'yet; that is if the fellow don't disappoint us =tin. Confound html we might have been on the right track by this time if the horses had been fortheming," be muttered, as Hettie (es he called her) busied herself in placing eatables before them, as she had been bidden. While this had been transpiring the mother had silently left the cabin, entered an out building, and was preparing a comfortable place in which to conceal Hastings before her hus band's return; and this will account for her ab sence :when his proximity had been so oppor tunely discovered by the young girl While the mon were satisfying the demands btaprietice re.-entered, but' started. back in alum o perceiving what a change to affairs the last Stern tainutea had wrought. Bettie caught her cyeoind . terrarninfr, glance checked' the ex clamation that was on her Bps, and recalled te e kEVVE,4ll64.—..-.4,..,_ 44. " Well?" she said, interrogatively, approach ing the table. " We've had to wait for horses, and the rascal will give us the slip if we don't ride for dear life," returned her husband moodily. "I say, Ben," he added, with an impatient gesture, "haven't you almost done eating?" "Just finished," replied Ben, pushing back his chair and buttoning his coat. "I'm all ready." " We'll go then, us soon as I get another hat," and he approached the closet which conialudd the object of their solicitude and pursuit. The speaker stepped in and commenced searching for the article he had named. The reader can imagtne the sensations of our hero, as he crouched behind a pile of bedding, trembling lest a sudden movement of the man should expose his person. lie was certain that his heart beat loud enough to be heard—and when he felt the clothes move before him by gave all up for lost. The emotions of the young girl Web none the less Intense. Her face assumed an ashy hue, her feet seemed glued to the thaw, and her breath almost stopped as her eye marked each motion of her father. Aa he advanced near the corner where she know Hastings stood she placed her hands before her eyes and sank into a chair. Rut discovery did not ensue. The hat was found at length, and when Hettia raised her eyes she breathed more freely. Her father stood without the closet, while his eompanion was assuring him that if much more time Was wasted theymight as well giveup the undertaking. "Where is he?" inquired the women, when the men had gone. "In there," mplied the daughter pointing to the eloseL It is a providence indeed!" was the fervent ejaculation of the mother, as she comprehended hie narrow escape. Nu time was lost in conducting Hastings to the out-building we have named. It was entered but seldom, little used, and being SO near the rendezvous of the king's troops would not be likely to be subjected to a very thorough search by big enemies, who probably believed him much farther ofE In this place he remained several days, re ceiving the best of care from both mother and daughter, who visited him as often as they could without attracting observation. Wuen his strength bud partly returned, and he was able to travel, his generous protectors furnished him with a suitable disguise, and by means of the husband's absence were enabled to assist him a considerable distaues up Jeoeney. lie encounte" many difficulties and dangers, and felt himself far from secure until he had passed the British lints, and knew he had nothing more to fear But he did not forget the maiden whose prompt action saved his life, Atto• the close of the war he met her again under more auspicious circumstances, and pleasant acquaintance ter minated in happy marrLige. LETTER FROM A. WARD. J 8 W.UIITNOTON, Orgl.lSt inth. Ott me return from Canady to these city form' the Place in a perfeck Fewroar of egaite went. Thar waz weepin' an' whalin an' smash in' of Teeth, so to speak, among the Copper beds. An the weepin' & whalin' continoos. It air sad to behole. &only I waz haterdoosed to the the seckret ov their grate Greet When a man loss's a dear friend don't he morn t Er he's not altogether a stony-harted cuss he duz A few. Val, the Demyoerats hey brat sum this CremeAily. They died suddinkly. 2 Scunbodv oseid.witly oho Prop. from 'l der a platform onto which they was stanclin with a rope round thare necks. Its not consit ered holesum to hey the props noekt from un der a platform onto which a feller ar standiu with a rope a round a feller's neck. Not mu :IL A.ltho Tye ben tolled suet ov 'em didn't suffer a ioter, yet it must be coufcsst that 3 ov 'em died with Payne. (Those is a Pun —No extry charge) Buy the hey, noonieris demycrets hey dirk with ropes aroun there necks the present season. An that ackounts fer the hellahellew the nor theta Secesh papers ii zuakui. They is nauurn in frr that from. Which reminds me nv a little iosident. The other day I obsarved 4 6 . ray-heded chaps settin onto the steps ov the White house, weep in as tho [hare harts wood busteth. I must con• fess that it air a touchin specktikil to witness 4 gray-Teded chaps settle onto the steps ter the white house weepin as tho there harts weAt -busteth. Father. I drew near unto them, an thus I did say: "Why weepest thou so copiously, my gray & festiv' youths ov the Silver lox? Why air these Learn epilt r "Our grandson air sentenzed tu be hung," an gered one, keerless), droppin' a pair ov No. 1 tears at me feet. "He's senteozed to he hung,an we air endevrin' to procoor his partial ; but the President mimes to grant us aintzr-fo or listen tu our tears." "What halt thy gran blast doieth?” I respectfully queried, co meltid by the pmernil devosbun egshibnid by the quartet or Otanfathers, an wishin at the same tune that I owed 4 rich kind-harted grandfathers. Tno I mugt say I wood amchly prefer blown a 2 forty bob-tale hogs. "What halt thy grandson blast doineth ?" I repeated. nuthin a tall," replide No. 2. "It was a mere tnful—hardly wuth noticin. One day the innersent boy (he's only 281 got short ov grPen ha.; an wishi to replenish his pure. In one ov his childish pranks ho caved in the heti ov a oie chap with a brick, an nockt his branes out with a club. Then he kilt him with a pitch fork. an borrowd the contents ov his pocket book. This ar all he dun, an now they is goin to hang him fer it—boohoo "An," chimed in grandad No. 3—" nod yet he never was gilty ov killin' the same ole feller b 4 An he alias votid the demoaratic ticket 2, an saw that his naybor voted erly and orften ; and he voted agin the. solgers, 2. An now they air gone ler to hang him just fur slitely killiu Black Republican " And thare tears teit thick and fastly—so festly that they washt the steps away in front or the President's house ! A candid Truoth. I didn't interneed for the youth of 2 I thort the sooner he waz hung up the safer it wood be fer the undersind. I air free to admit there is some Black Republicanism stickin to me I think the black solgers wot fit fer the Goy'atent air better niggers than the white tilt. ters that fit & talkt against it. P'rsps sum Cop periled may hear uny, or 1 hey ortten herd 'etn say—"lf you bad your choice, wood u sooner sleep with a Buck nigger or a enpperhed?" To those we wood make reply—"Ef we had our choice, we woodn't sooner sleep with neither."' Tho a union Back nigger air as good as a dis union Buchanan. Ef the Cop desires to slumber with the niggerow, let him siumberest, the Cut ly wood hay the west or the Bargain. But we dowt of Cuffy's moril intelleck is debast enuft accept sich a bed feller. But we air digressin. To return In thee Youth with 4 gmnfatlicra— Bturn ole Andy didn't listen to there tears. .But, in the langwidge or Shakspeart; he critic "Uri with his neck 1.-so much for Buchananham r'- br words to these effeck. An his neck waz Orfd ! An now the coppered pres iz cumin down on Andy "like a fold on the wolf"—as the pub has becawe he woodn't listen to the granpa rents' tears, an pardin the murderer. But • "Twas ever than sieve boyhood's hour That'eope . gtt muddy down in the month ; Of teas they aline shed a shower • When, theta hens Alf hung fee eteelin. St. four (11.11141 in 'cominittin other crimes to b4le'the eußny,Stxttli." .—Bard of Town !1011. Preps t should say a word about Peucilvany Pollytickz, which Is rather East and tanglcd.L-- They is so much gontoosed its difficult to tell who wants which, or which he 'Wants, Which Vot, or who is which who will git which who wants which to get which the ot.. • who which wants his which to get which th. rher which wont get which who—who—which wet—which did i say ? You see I get a Rule mist meself. Ilion's think l know much about Pennsyl vania Ptdaittelot • - Weiss. IL Mr. lathy Searches the guipure! and gets Oom-1 fort Therefrom. SAINT'S REST, (wich is in the Stait uv ? Noo Gersey,) Aug. Illh, 1865. I The contempinalmn uv the nigger, hez, in time past, given me a grate deel ov trouble.— Nigger hez to me bin a lnkubus, a nitemare,— I never cood see why the species wuz created, never cooti I understand why they wuz put on to the face ov the earth, any more than toads or uther disguetin obgecks. But last nite a lite bust onto me—l seed it all/. I was low spirited and deprest. Jeff. Davis a plain in a loathaum dungun—the English cap pitalista a mournin for their cotton bonds and re fusin to be comforted because the Confederacy is not—Mrs. Surat a danglin in the air, Military Courts plenty and hahis corputis akarce—the loosenia with which people put ther cottony into 7-20's—the soljers returniri and goin for con:00°- 811nel dimakruts, and the giuml demoralization uv Dimocrisy, all conspired to give me the hor rors, and to add to my distil -41s, the jug wuz out ! ! To avoid madnia, I took up the Bible (1 board with a Justis uv the Peace who hez to keep one to swam witnesses on, and happened to open at the 9th chapter uv Jennysis. You know all about that blessid chapter. Noer, after that the water went down, cum down from Aryrat, went into farmin and plant ed gropes extensive 1 day he took a nip too much, and laid down with insudishent clothin onto him. His 2nd son Ham seed him inn that phyx, and when Noer awoke, while biz hair wuz still pullin, he cast him hiz posterity, sed they shod b servants forever. 11am, (wick in the origenal Hcbru signifies a hind quartur ov a hogg,l was thee father uv the Afrikins, and they hay his slaves every sense. I seed a lite 2 wunst —I realised thee import ense uv the niggro. Hec is the connectin lynk Inn the chaos uv sircumstanses whic led too the rormashen ov the Demekratick parte—be hez kept the blessid ole rnashene a runnin 2 this da. Observ. Whiske, or wine, wich is the Sam thing, maid ?lour tire. Ham seed Neer incintrateed. four gust Ham, with timed him inter a nyg ger and a survant That the akripters mite bee tullttlled, the chil dren uv Man wuz brat to Amerika, to be se:- Van ce hear. Wikkid men zit themselves agin the skripters, and tried to make men uv the Riggers, The Dimekratic party ariz fer the pnrpus keepin the nigger d.iwn. and that delightful biz his given them employment for morn 30 yeere. Ez i shet the book i eocul not help remarkin,ln the words uv the sammist, "Good Lord upon wat slendur threds Hang everlasting things." Sposin Noer, instid of plantin grapes, had gon to practisin law, or into the grocery biznia, or buyin prodoose on commishn, or patio up pat ent medicine—he woodent have got inebriated, he woodent hey cost Ham. Ham woodent hev turned black, there woodnt bay bin no nigger, no Ablishuists, and consequently, no Dime knits. Or, sposn nil uv Ham's childern hed takn dip- Llatrin, and died--tho eckmo :vault wood hey ful lured. ' Whisky maid Nigger, Nigger made Dimocri sy. Tak away Whisky and Dimocri sy woodent be ov no more akkonnt than a 1 armed man at a raisin. Whisky ! Nigger ! Dimocrisy ! Oh savory trinity ! cuann nv us read the ekripters ennff. Pwraoutun V. N Aasv. Lail Dieter tie the Uhurch tra the A ... iv Diepensa DeMc'T MLIVE TME BOYS FROM HOME.—Moth ers who are disturbed by.the noise and untidiness of boys at home, must he careful, lest by their reproaches they drive their children from home in search of pleasure. The Transcript gives a case in point: "There are those balusters all finger marks again," said Mrs. Cary, as she made haste with a soft linen cloth to polish down the shining oak again. "George," she said, with a flushed face, as she gave the cloth a decided wrench out of the basin of suds, "if you go up these stairs again before bedtime you shall be punished." "I should like to know where I ern, to go?" said George, angrily. "I can't stay in the Mich en, I am so In the way; and I can't go in the parlor for fear I shall muss that up; and now you say I can't go up to my own room. I know a grand place where I can go," he added to himself; "boys are never told they are in the way there, and we can have lots of fun. I'll go down to Niles's corner. I can smoke a cigar now as well as any body, if it did make me awful sick the first time. They shall not laugh at me again about And so the careful housekeeper virtually drove her son from her door, to hang about the steps, and sit under the broad, inviting portico of the village grog-shop Do you think she gained or lost ? A SECEET OF YOCTEL—There are some wo men who cannot grow old—women who, with out any special effort, remain always young and attractive. The number is smaller than it should be, but there is still a suMcient number to math the wide difference between this class and the other. The secret of this perpetual youth lies not in beauty, for some women poesess it who are not at all handsome; uor In dress, for they are frequently careless in this reapect, so fax as the mere arbitrary dictate, of fashion are con cerned ; nor in having nothing te do, for these ever young women are always as busy as bees, and it is very well known that idleness will fret people into old age and ugliness faster than overwork. The charm, we imagine, lies in a sunny tem per—neither more nor less, the blessed gift of al ways looking on the bright side of lite, and of stretching the mantle of charity over every body's faults and failings. It Is not much of a secret, and we have watched such with great bi terest, and a determination to report truthfully for the benefit of the rest of the sex. It is very provoking that it is something which cannot be corked tip and sold for fifty cents a bottle ; but as this is impossible, why, the most of us will have to keep on growing as ugly and disagreea ble as possible. • TiflaSTICB.-Bpeaking of an exhibition in calisthenics at a young ladies' institute, the elpringfield Republican says:—" Imagine an im mense area full of beautiful young ladles, all en thusiastically engaged in gymnastics! It is true they don't put themselves in such Curious posi tions, nor tie themselves tip in such remarkable knots as we have seen the Ravels (though most of them would not object to being tied in the proper manner.) yet their deeds are sufficiently novel to be profoundly interesting to the un married man. And when this physical culture goes band in hand, as it does here, with mental and moral development, we can say heartily, if not elegantly, 'Girls, go in on your muscle.'— Who knows hut there would be fewer worth less scamps for husbands than there are now, if they all understood that their wives could pol ish them when they didn't behave?" Virralleyrand once took the conceit out of a young coxcomb at some table in Paris, where he chanced to be dining. "My mother," said the dandy, " was renowned for her beauty. She was certainly the handsomest woman I ever saw." "Ab !" taking his measure at once, "it was your father, then, who was not good-look ing!' arA young man whilst standlog up to be married takes tbe palm. ri'Even a ono-armed man,lf loyal in a right eous war, Is doubly armed, for he bath his guar• rel just. fare. pitch battle—two'dozkics throwing tar pots at each other. e hommrr lout likely to tilt the nail ptl "11/Se dteltdauy4mtwon • riaits(4:44l ET ITENEY W. LONGFELLOW Theavilight is sad and'cloudy, The wind blows wild and free, And like the wings of sea:birds Flash the white caps of the see. But In the fisherman's cottage There shines a ruddier light, And a little tsee at the window Peers out Into the night. Close close It is pressed to the window, i As f those childish eyes Were looking into the darkness, To see some tom arise. Andes woman'a waving shadow In pw.elng to and fro, Now rising to the ceiling Now bowing and bending low. What tales do the roaring ocean, And the night wind, bleak and wild, As they beat at the crazy casement, Tell to that Ilttle child? And why does ill,. rosli e g ocean, And the night-wind, wild and bleak, As they beat at the heart of the mother, Drive the cob" - teem bee check lykll l Thou oomest, Autumn, heralded by the rain, With banners, by great gales Lueeasant tanned, Brighter than brightest silks of Samareand, And stately oxen b nested to thy wale! Thou atandest, like imperial Charlemagne, Upon thy bridge of gold ; thy royal hand Outstretched with benedictions o'er the land lilleaaiug the farms through all thy vast domain. Thy shield is the red harvest moon, suspended So long beneath the heaven's o'erhaugitig eaves, Thy steps are by the farmer's prayers attended; Like limes open an altar shine the sheaves; And, following thee, in thy oration splendid, Thine almoner, the wind, scatters the golden leaves OHARAGMB. " Agate," of the Cincinnati Gazetti, who was with judge Chase in his recent tour through the t3outh, de s cribes as follows an old negro whom the party met at Key West, and coocernini whom a bnef paragraph has already been la pv int The character thus araphically katon... might be well worked up by a capable novelist : "Presently there carritreliurrying tip a stalwai negro, with the physique of a prize fighter; body round as a barrel, arms knotted with mitscli. that might have belonged to a race-horse's leg, chest broad and deep, with room inside for tie play of an ox's lung. So magnificent a al development I have never seen before since. The head was large, but the broad fore head was very low. Above it rose the crisp, grizzled wool, almost perpendicular for a beige*. quite as great as that of the exposed part of the forehead; and the bumps above the ears and et the back of the bead were of a correspondinc magnitude. The face was unmistakably Aire can—glos , y black, with widely distended nos. trils, thick lips, and a liquid but gleaming ey•. This was Laudie old men- 4 130A in my sebenty-tree yeah, ash,' he said, himself— yet the strongnst man on the island, the richest of the negroes, the best farmer here, and with a history as romantic as that of any Indian whom song and story have combined to make famous. "He was a native of Maryland; had bought himself fur three thousand two hundred dollars from his master, and had earned and paid over the money ; had removed to Florida, and been engaged at work on a railroad, where he had already accumulated what ftr him was a hand some competence, when his little house burned down, and his free papers were lost in the fire. A gang of unprincipled vagabonds at once de termined, there being no accessible evidence of his freedom to be produced against them, to seize him, sell him in the New Orleans market and pocket the proceeds. He frustrated their attempt by whipping the whole party of six; then hearing, that they were to lie re-enfs'rced and were to try it agile, he deliberately proceed. ed to the publiesquare, accompanied by Li• wife, cut the leaders of his ankle-joitit, plunged a knife into his hip-joint on the other side, and then sinking down on a wheelbarrow, finished the work by chopping off with a hatchet the fingers of his left hand ! Meanwhile, an awe struck crowd of while men gathered round, but made no attempt at interlerence. Finally, brand ishing the bloody knife, Landie shouted to the crowd that if they persisted in their effort to sell a freeman into slavery after he had once, at at. extortionate price, bought himself out of it, hi right arm was yet strong, and he had one blew reserved, after which they were welcome to sell Dim for whatever he would bring. "That the essentials of this story are true, there is unquestionable evidence. The finger, on his left hand are mutilated, and the sears on the hip and ankle ere still fearfully distinct, while besides there are still white eye-witnessei , to testify to alp main facts. '• Dimities powerful constitution brought bite through; he was confined to bed six months; then he began to hobble about a little, and at the end of the year was again able to support himself. " He showed us throurh what he proudly called his plantation. Ripe sapadillos bun , from the tree; and a particularly large 'sour. sop' was pointed out as specially intended for our dinner. He had a little patch of tobacco; green cocoanuts rested at the top of the palm like stems; and tamarinds were abundant; the frican cayenne pepper berry was hanging on little bushes, and one or two of the party who had been promiscuously experimenting on Lan die's fruit Cause to grief when they reached it, and were heard complaining that their 'months were afire.' Plucking two or three little berrie., of another Rind, Landic handed them to the Chief Justice, 'Take dem home and plant 'exit in your garden, and you'll hab you own coffee Allah while.' 'But coffee won't grow, Landle, where I Live.' 'Don't kdow 'bout did, Fah. Data joss what iley told me beah ; but you see it doer , . I didn't know reason why it shouldn't. and so I try. Now you joss try tool' "Finally be asked for a picture of his guest, and the Chief Justice handed 'him a ono dollar greenback. The scene that followed was curi ous Old Laudie, bareheaded and with his shirt thrown loosely back from his brawny bo som, stooped down, spread the bill out on one knee, and gazed from it to Mr. Chase and back, to the bill again for some moments in perfect si lence. 'Now I knows you,' ho broke ont at last, 'you's Ole Greenback hisself. You mout cane bosh filly yeah from now and I'd know you piss de same, and tell you all about sittin' in &Byer& piazzy heap.'" WOMEN—AB SMN TOE WEST.—.A. West ern paper thus affectionate-izes : " A pretty wo man Is one of the institutions of the country— an angel in dry-goods and glory. She makes sunshine, blue sky, and happiness wherever she goes. Her path is one of delicious roses, per fume and beauty. She is a sweet poem, writ ten in rare curls, and choice calico, and good principles. Men stand up before her, as so many admiration-points, to melt into cream and then butter. for words float around the car like music, birds of Paradise, or the perfumes of the Sabbath bells. Without her, society would lose its truest attraction, the church its firmest refl. anceond young men the very best comforters and company. Her influences and generosity restrain the vicious, strengthen the faint-hearted. Wherever you find the virtuous woman, you al so find flresido bouquets, clean clothes, order, good living, gentle hearts, music, light., and modern institutions generally. She is the flow er of humanity, and her,aspfratlon is the breath of heaven." _ -............./. • 481-• _ A. CAPITAL . VAlllCilf.—Two literary Indies were lately witnesses in ti. trial. . One of them hearingMe usual question salted, " What is your name And how old aro You 1 " turned to her companion, and saki: " 1 do not like to tall my awn not that I have any objection to having it totown; but I don't want it publialte.d in'alt the aair?PaPera.",., , „ • "Well." said Me wittY:„.Mra., --- . - I will.' l illir All animals have an overseer — he is call. tell you how to avoid IL You have heard 3 the i el , r l ilur giraffe. objection to all hearsay evidence • tell them you ...., ... , - « 1 dotes, eenuunber when you was' barn, and , all ,Air,d,. awaking bird'a egg irtha . O W. 01 the ru twice ft.hp , biskili,iyi n ... 't. -.; trefaidel• - . • .- ~ . , . tifs2.oo per annum, in advance NUMBER 4-2- A WOIdAA'B OPINION OF HANGING A WO MAR On the seventh of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, a woman was bung in Washington. of which Proceeding not a fuw expressed an un wonted horror, on the solo basis that Mary E. Surratt was a woman. We assume, at the outset, that Mrs. Surratt was guilty; that she was impartially tried and exccnted after the - most approved method of banging, which, at beat, is horrible enditgh. In the hanging of Mrs Barrett, a precedent has been established in this country and age, which, in my opinion, has established far more for the individuality and character of woman than all the Woman's rights conventions that ever con vened. President Johnson has placed his seal upon it that woman is an accountable being; an equal in crime as in virtue ; responsible for her deeds, and not a poor, weak, frail, .dependent, brainless, thoughtless, impulsive, sweet little creature, that can murder and then be pardoned (of course) because she is a woman! TL is somewhat unusual that, from such varied and extended obser rations rill I have heard made thereon, in no arse has there been disapproba tion expressed. The nniversal verdict bqs been an unqualified approval of President Johnson's firmness in regard to the execution of Mns. Surratt, by women everywhere. A few men, who forever wand in the way of woman's weal, expressed a horror that a woman should be hanged, but who every day give their aid to be debasement. It is to he regretted that any one should be hung. It is an awful thing to send a bout no called, into the presence of the Creator. But if capital punishment is a necessity, 1 thank Pres ident Johnson for that special hang. It has thrown a safeguard around woman that legislate urea have tailed to dn. Hundreds of women are annually made the tools of villains to commit crime, upon the supposition that, being women, nu punishment. or at least slight justice, will be inflicted. We hear daily fathers and mothers, whose sons have fallen victims at the merciless hands ,if Southern traitors, expressing in the strong est terms a desire that the majesty of the law be most fully vindicated 119 rtgards that. But is them .to punishment for the hosta_of South ern women whose influence fanned into flames the batred lurking in Southern hearts? whose jewelled hands were waved in token of applause at the sight of our half-naked starving heroes marching through Southern streets, from ono den of death to another ?—women, at whose command those of their own sex; darker-hued, perhaps; have been torn with merciless lashes, and abased to the most revoltinz depth of abuse, because of devotion to the Old Flag God in (leaven forbid that a woman's hand should cover from punishment the foulest wrongs ever committed! Some argue that if woman has no voice In making laws, she ought not be amenable to leg islation. There is a little sense therein; but to such, the hanging of Mrs. Surratt should. be symbolic. It is significant that men and wo men stand upon one basis, at least as equals. If equality in virtue is claimed, equality in crime must be admitted. It is a little grievoua, per haps, that the eqoulity to crime is first meted out ; but that is only a way men have of grace fully yielding vantage ground.—N. Y. eittren: DIED OF TOO MUCH RUFFLING! This is the epitaph which might truthfully be written on many a good woman's tombstone. Airs Stowe, in her last Chimney Cornet papa in the A tl.mtie, treats of this evil in connection with the domestic fault of exactingness—that impatient quality which stimulates a certain class of persons to be ever striving to reach a high standard of excellence which they can never attain, and which results in an over doing of domestic vtork destructive to all happiness to the family. Her remarks on the subject are so pertinent, and so well worthy of the serious consideration of the mothers of our land that we cannot refrain from reprinting them here: "What if the whole care of expensive table luxuries, like cake and preserves, be thrown out of a housekeeper's budget, in order that the essential articles of cooking may be better pre pared ? What if ruflling, embroidery, and the entire department of kindred fine arts bethrown out of her calculations, in providing for the clothing of a family? Many a feeble woman has died of tnt much ruffling, as she patiently sat up night alter night sewing the thread of a pr clues, invaluable life into elaborate articles which her children were none the healthier or more virtuous, for wearing. " Iderlity is constantly ramifying and extend ing the department of the toilette and the needle into a world of work and worry, wherein dis tracted women wander up and down, seeing no end anywhere. The sewing -machine was-an nounced as a relief to these hails; but has it proved so? We trow not. It only amounts to this,—that now there can be seventy-two tucks on each little petticoat, instead of fifteen, as be fore, and that twice as many garments are made and held to be necessary as formerly. The wo men still sew to the limit of human endurance; and still the old proverb holds good, that wo mau'ir work is never done. "In the matter of dress, much wear and tear of spirit and nerves may be saved by not begin ning to, go In certain directions, well kat:ming_ that they will take us beyond our resource of time, strength, and money. "There is one word at fear in the vocabulary of the women at our time which must be pon- Clereenti vihtaiIy—TIRIIIIIING. In old times a good garment was enough ; nowadays a garm ent Is nothing without trimming. Everything, from the Orst article that the baby wears up to the elaborate dress of the bride, must be trimm ed at a rate that makes the trimming more than the original article. A dress can be made in day, hut it cannot he trimmed under two or three days. Let a faithful, conscientious woman make up bet mind how mush of all this burden of life she will assume, remembering wisely that there is no cud to ideality in anything, and that the only way to deal with many perplexing parts of life is to leave them out altogether." PANTINOTON ON " PROCLIVITIES," " Where is your little boy tending?" asked the good man, u ho was inquiring of Mrs. Parting ton into toe proclivities of Ike. who had a bad name in the neighborhood. lie mennt the di rection for good or 11l the buy was taking. Well," said the old lady, " tending anywhere yet. I thought of putting him into a wholesome shop, but some eaya the entail is the most benetichlut, though ho isn't old enough to go into a shop.'. " I mean morally tending," said her visitor, solemnly, straightening himself up like an axe handle, " Yes," said she, a little confusedly, as though she didn't fully understand him ; yea, I should hope he'd tend morally, though there's a great difference in shop-keepers, _and the moral tend erness in some seems a good deal less than in others, and in others a good deal mores A, shop keeper is one that you should pot confidence in to, but I've always noticed sometimes that the safilingest of them is the decciringest. One told me the other day that a dress would wash like a piece of white, and" it did, Just like it, for all the color washed eat. rgrThe following error to punctuation to a good illostracion or the me of the colamt‘ "'At baiursci 114/3 tonal was given : - ' WomArr—without her, man iia'binte." TAD reporter had it rioted:p " Woman—without, her man, to a brute." trir Be careful how you jest. The richest Joke of the season may be a , very nnutaaonable ono &Row t o comet a mistake In-whiskey-- rectify it. -l. ES DEIJ =EMI 0
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