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guointoo Cads.
LITTLES & BLAKESLEE,
.
'' - .llttonaris and Counsellors at LS*. Office the ene
beierefore recopied by MB. it, G. P.Ltute, on Mato
• street, Montrose, Pa. 1AP 14129 .
-i it, urns. ara:!.r. Lvt ls. I. L. aLLicesurc
E. *Manzi. C. C. ?ACTION. W. U. -McCaw.
IPAVRO't is CO.
Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladles and Misses
fine Shona. tilso, agents for the great American
• Tel and Coffee Company. [Montrose, Pa , ap. 1,11:1.
CHARLES N. STODDARD,
Dealer in Boots and Shot*. Bats and Caps. Leather and
Findings, Math Street. ad door below Searles Betel.
Work made to order. and repairing done neatly.
Mobtrose, Jaa. 1,18:0.
LEWIS KNOLL,
SHAVING AND HAllt DRESSING
Slurp In the now Postoffice building, where he will
be found ready to attend all who may went anything
In his line. Montrose, Pa. Oct. 13. at
P. REYNOLDS,
•
AUCTIONEER—SeIIs Dry Good.. and 31nrchnnizo—etro
attends at Venducs. AU orders left st my house will
receive prompt aUeutiou. [Oct 1, lstill—tf
0. M. HAWLEY,
iIEALER In DRY GOODS. GROCERIaI. CROCKERY
Ilardware, Rats, Car., BooticStroest;Rtmds Ms/le Cloth
Ing, Pinta, Oils, etc..., Neer Milford, Pa_ lSapL 'O.
DR. S. W. DAYTON,
PUTBICIAN a Brill:1E0N, tenders tda scrvices to
the citizens of Grent Band and vicinity. °Mee at his
mildews. opposite Bun= Ronne, 01.. Bend rill/ 1 M
Sept. lst,ll3l.o.—tt
LAW OFFICE.
CBAKBERLDI 6 McCOLLUM. Attorneys and Conn
sellors at Law. Ofliocin the Brick Block over the
Bank. [Montrose An 4.15x9, •
d. McCocura.
A. & D. R. LATHROP,
DEALERS in Dry Goods. Groceries,
crockery and glares - are, table and pocket cutlery.
Mats, oils, `dye ruffs, Bate. boots and shoe,. ecie
lathes. Perfumery &c. Brick Block, adjoining the
Bask, Montrose. Anocet
11.. lera—tf
A. tremor - D. Latium,
A. 0. WARREN,
Arromincy . LAW. BOUntY. Back Pas.. Peashan.
sad Erma Clalms attended to. Ofllee
.00r below Boyd's Store, IlaontroseSs. [An. I,'®.
WM. A. cnossmitow,
Attorney at tow, Montrovo, Snacra Co. po,„ an be
found at all reatotiable husioe,ta houre at the County
Commietoottere Office.[
1 . Itootroac, Aut.% t. ISM.
W. W. WATSON,
ATM:4MM US LAW, Motitiof.,, r.. °aloe with L.
P. nth. tliontro,c,
EL C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
ant OKI En %%%%% ille, Pa.
C. R. GILBERT,
..A.victticozzoor.
Gm&L. Bend, Pa
ICA. a.
*eft MI
AM! ELI,
17. 1131. ...9.l2.42.ticartacm".
An,. 1, 119. Adducts, Brooklyn, Pa
JOll% GROVES,
St
TAIIOR. dionizupe, j'a. 'Shop over
StOft. vracrf 0.411," tine -ray, styk.
':tuttl22 datte - ott .hors notice- told Tostuttted to tit.
w. w. sawn,
CASUIST AND Cllitlß ALANUFACTUREES.—P tot
of 11lain owes, Watttow, Ps. Jang. 1. two .
IL u tin;
DSALSHIn Staple and Fa isciDl7Hooele. Crockery.
Hardware, Iron, Stersed,Drtsge, Ons,andwPalots.
Bosesaad Shoes, Ilats4 Caps.Furs.Buitalo pubes.
threcerles, Provisions. New Milford, Pa.
DR. E. P. lILNES,
Rai permanently located at Friendseille for ate per
pose of placticittg medicine and surgery la all It.
amoebas. He may be found at the Jackson House.
Waco boars from El a. m., to S. p. m.
Prletutsville, Ps., Aug. 1. 1869.
STROUD & BROWN,
DIES AND LIFE risuaANCß AMLNTS. AI
bushel:. attended to preonptly, on fair term. Office
lest door north of • Montrose Hotel," sere ride o
Public Avenue, Montrose, Pa. [Aug. 1. ItOgr.
lana.nros tirsrovn, - inlam.ra L. Bross.
JOIEV SAIITTEp,
RESPECTMLLY an nuances that tic i•
=Lto eat all kinds of Garments in the mo.v.
abia Style, warranted to St with elegance
nd ease. Shop over the Post Game, Montrose, Pa.
WIC IL LUSK,
♦TTOWIET AT LAW. Montrose. Pa. Office
site the Tarbell lipase, pea the Court lloate.
lag. I. 18G9.—t1
DU. W. W. SMITH,
DENTIST. Booms °sot Boyd & Corwin's Bard
ware Store. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 4p. m
Montrose, Aeg. 1, It3M—lf
ABEL TURRELL,
DICALILK tn Priteat Mcdlianes, Chemical.
Liquors, Paiute, ()flatly.; Stuffs. rarelsbea, Wt,
Glass. Grocerica, Glass Ware, Wall and Window Pa,
ppeerr.~Btnne-aware, Lamps, Kerosene. id IlebbirrY
Traaea Guns, Ammunition. Ent e*. Spectacles
Ilillates, Fancy Goods,
Jewelry, Pertu rv,
being !one ache most numerous, calm:mice. 'and
waltsable collections of Goods to Snaquehanas
Established to 18113. [Montrose, P..
D. W. -OEAJILE,
*TWILIT= AT/LAW. office Inez the Store of A.
in Lin Brick Block.. Montrose, Pc. tannin
PlrYsletiLic a MIMEO:C. tenders his professional
siereicesto the , titizenn'of Montrose and eicinit7.-
041ce at his residents, on the . cternor ooet of SoYfr
Fbandri. (Aug. 1. VOL
DR. E. L. GARDNER,
PHYSICIAN and BURGEON. Montrose. Pa. Gives
especial attention to diseases of the Heart and
brags and all Bisrecil diseases. Ulna: over tr. n.
Leans seadiat *caries Hotel u [An:. I, IWO.
BUEMS &
DZAI *MS la Drugs. Medicines, Caemleals, Dye-
SIAN Painta, Oils, Vsmilsb. Liquors., Splees.Pasey
ar...rae4, Patent Medicines, Perfumery and Toilet Ar
ai:la. rirPreaceptions earelhily compounded—
Palette Avenue, abort Searle's note, Idoetrose, Pa
A. B. Boris, Aloe Nitme.
pkg. 1, 1810.,
DR. E. L. UANDRICIL
iISYSICIAN 8 81111.080d. , enteeettolly tenders
pettesolonal seertees to the citizen of Frtenda►i lle
sad vicinity. orOttlee bathe ell= of Dr. Lem
11estda at J. lionfortra. Ana. I,IBM.
PROF. RORRIS,
The Eketi Berber. retains_ bin thanks tor the klsoi
Vie tru ensbled bias to get the tea.
Ast-T bseut Vane to UM the *bole dam
hat corn
see fatyngsneTeP met the ol,d . Stand.: Igo loud
iltigitia clawed In the ettop. jAprEl 12; WM.
DENTISTRY.
,
AU those la want of blue Tooth or other dental work
aboold collet the rata of the sabseritere, who ore pre.
.laredto 4o all kinds of work la their line an abort notice.
Pareleabtr attention paid to making fa and
alma of teeth or aluminum plate *lw
Westao'l eataeotapoaltlon ; the two latter preferable ao
al!.ll44llldteaprr =balances now need far deatalptleter.
"ma arlowit P!llato Innis tett and made ito,gsowAn
1116 adeatitageOnleint. leortdone lty Piretan ently
ailed
o r aspanalble_put snot be apparent
AU work voutente '.Ploae call ilMd , 41:11321E011
was otplate worliat tatredice. cmer 1103,41 Co)! • .
ware store. • •
Iketme, an, w. w. exam iota's:ca.
180-0
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lido finer.
Fourth of ;city Ode.
[it the Tammany Cklebration In New York
City -on Independence day, John 0. Saxe read
the folleteing patriotic' Ode—patriotic in the
broad, Catholic setae of the' founders of the Ile
public—heretic, we suppose, In the eyes of the
fifteenth amendment administration now driv
ing us to perdition
Tis the voice of the croaker, I hear him complain
Those Tammany boys, they are at it again!
Why keep such a feast in a partisan way !
Independence, I'm sure, is a National Day r
So it is I God be praised! and that is Jost why
We Democrats honor the Fourth of July !
Were it anything other, or smaller, I own,
We'd all be contented to let it alone ;
Or leave it to ritento a party, Fil say.
Accustomed to think in a narrower way ;
A party peculiarly' fitted to shine
(V% ith a blue sort Of light) in a different line ;
Whose leaders, for instance, (I won't call them
knaves),
Being partial to 'soldiers—when cold in their
graves—
Appointed a day (be it tenderly said)
For crowning with flowers the patriot dead ;
" Flowers, flowers fof the heroes !" the dame
cvern
'While wiping a tear that " is all in your eye"—
" One flay for the soldier to memory dear !"
Whom, tiling, they robbed every day in the
year
And still at the Capitol mark how they treat
The soldier too noble to cringe at the feet
Of the Dons who detertnine a thmerafs merit
By the gnage—nothing 'else—of his partisan
spirit,
Mere fealty to party they reckon ranch Weller
Than service to country, and so they inquire
If he fluent of speech in the Radical rant!
wind r-whatlins bedew; now, for Gen. Grant?"
" Don't tell us," they vey, "of his honors and
Klan ;
Bnt what is the brand of his vote—and cigars r
" A hit at the magistrate r some one exclaims ;
Well, I shan't abuse him by calling him names ;
I honor his office ; and let us relitet
The bead of the nation demands some respect.
I do not forget he's our President, placed
In the chair that a Jackson and Jefferson graced.
Let us recollect that—till he's laid on the shelf—
flowerer he seems to forget it himself
And as to abuse, with the worst 1...01d say
By giving my genius the play,
I never could hope to accomplish the end
Half so well as I beard a Republican friend,
Who having unwisely forgot to subscribe,
Or being, unluckily not of the tribe
Presidental Dent"-al, as certainly failed
Of thc °lnce he soughtfor, and therefore assaird
The man in such language as passes belief
As one could employ in denouncing his chief.
He said—as I heartlit so you will reeelee it—
Pray tig notimftgine I think you'll 1 Mfr c it —
He said, in such hitter; extravagant speech;
A simple hyperbole never could reach • -
Pronounced in a manner less civil than 'hearty
- The fellow disgraced the Republican party r'
.iptopos of the party of which Pre made
mention,
Suppose I should give it some further attention ;
It has very few friends, and while " in,"
I own the temptation to •• hit it a,gin
A party which bases, with singular ease,
Immoral proceedings on" moral idees •,"
Denounces small rogues who are caught in the
act,
But favors the his• ones, or hold them in tact ;
Like the land-stealing rascals and similar jobbers
Mee-faced, parliamentary, Radical robbers,
Who hasten to place on the visible LAM
That drat; in cadetships an inarnons brand:
While their own., at the moment, grown bolder
and bolder,
Are plunged in the Trvasury up to the shoulder.
&Deems to old Tammany, long may sha stand
The bulwark of Freedom—the pride of the land i
What parties and factious, of transient renown.
In her Century's life, have come up and gone
down.
While she, looking on in her vigilant war,
Poked her fun at the Farce, or her hand at the
tray ;
And still to her honor. whatever the fight,
Had a word and a plow in defence of the right.
She hailed the first triumph of Liberty's cause,
And her motto to-day is, 'The Union and Laws:'
She stood by the Flag when Old England once
more,
Unschooled by disaster invaded our shore,
And gut the old lesson rept=tod so plain
She scarcely will need to be taught it again !
And when it betel that the tottering State.
For the wind of dissension that Faction ind
MIEIEMMIN
. .
boning afar,
Was reaping the whirlwind of trtason and war.
Still true to the Union am Tammany stand
With “ the old starry banner" still firm in her
hand.
While foes at the South would the Union divide.
And foot; at the North were for 'letting it slide.'
Succor to old Tammany ! therefore. I say,
(flow sweetly she smiles on the festival day ;)
In health, stren,gth and beauty, iong, long may
site stand,
The bulwark of Freedom—the pride of the land.
BREVITIES
—ltuilways are aristocrats. They teach
every man to know his own station and
to stop there.
—Why is a laxiTer like a sawyer ? Be
muse, whichever way he muves down
must come the dust.
—Chimney streepiiig must be an ag,re
able business, fur it soots everybody who
tries it.
—" I have lora:I-lightly," as the man
said when he married a Widow weighing
duce hundred pounds.
—Alluding to chignons, Mrs. Clever
said, " u girl now seems all head." " Yes,
till you talk to her," replied Mr. Clever,
complacently. •
—A Louisiana negr, o who was paid his
wages in silver 6oin, was thankful that he
had got some money that rats couldn't
chats. •:
—An Irishman, eating his first green
corn, handed the cob to the waiter, and
asked, will' ye's ' plaze put some more
banes upon my stick."
—A little Connecticut , boy, asking a
mate who Good Friday was; received the
withering reply :" Well, you go home and
read your "Robinson Crnsoe."
N , _...igtiben-agrea4l3l4 dies said Quit ,
"the Erse thing done is to resolve to build
a monument to' his memory, and the sec
ond is, Mgt to'buila it:"..:' •
--Wyoming norms calm the rising gen
eration b3osinging :
- -
" Mee little baby, don't get in a Any,
Cause =tom) , Us gone to sit on the jury."
. •
—A stamit: Eikaker exclaimed: "I
know no Nord:, no South, no East, no
West, fellow citizens!" Then '
" exclaim
ed an old farmer in the crowd,"lt's time
you went to;school and larnt jomphy."
Deatiti; hi:WC:tine you and squire tu
nas to he such treat friends r, don't
know, tudess : it was because I attended
lilts:ifs *len: ibwwali attacked withdip-
Iberia, and was aalthkiteetrehen"
ii)SpOsitCo:' ii;i:'- - 80.6i . ***-',,itrii . .l3', .18;70:
gliorcObticouo.
TRUE TO DEATH.
It was in the reign of Edward the Third,
and at a time of temporary rebellion
against the monarch and his valiant , son,
the Prince of Wales, that our tale opens.
The scene was a bearitilbl picturesque
part of the country in Berkshire ; and the
charming Barbara Claxton—the dreaming,
enthusiastic admirer of genius, eat beside
her lonely cottage door, watching the
shadowg deepen and darken as twilight
approttelmd. Her reveries were disturbed
by a stranger app Baring
hi breathless haste.
"Hide me, damsel," he exclaimed, "for
the love of Heaven ! quick—my foes are
approaching !"
For an instant Barbara scanned the
noble features, and well knit form of the
suppliant,
"Follow me," she replied, "there is but
one place wherein there is the least ves
tige of security."
• And she led him into the cottage, into
an inner room, where prostrated on a bed
of pain, lay a sick woman.
-I will lift my grandmother up," she
said hurriedly ; "and you must get be
tween the beds underneath her. It will
be very warm, but it is the only safe
place. Ido not think they will disturb
her."
He dans he was ordered ; the bed was
spread down, and the old lady lay back
on her pillow, unconscious of the scene
which had just occurred. Barbara has
tened back to the door, and sat down in
her old place.
A moment later a party of horsemen
approached. They stopped ; and the lea
der cast a critical eye upon the lovely
maiden.
"Surround the cottage my men," he
ordered, "and if he is here, we will soon
unearth him. Now my dreaming lassie,"
(addressing himself to the
_girl) "have
you even anything of a stray r
She looked up shyly, the color.tinctuat
ing on her cheeks as she returned, "A
stray, sir?" in meek tones. "No sane
man would straw hither."
-But he must be somewhere near here
and by your permission, rosebud, I trill
search the house," he observed.
-If you only please sir, to request your
men to cease their noise. My poor grand
mother is sick and dying."
The officer's heart. though stained by
guilt and bloodshed, was tender where
youth and beauty were the suppliants.
lie ordered his men to be quiet, and then
ettered with the trembling Barbara, who,
though trying outward to appear Calm and
unconcerned, was inwardly thrilling with
fear. What if he should find the fugi
tive ! She only knew too well that the
bloodthirsty ruffians would instantly kill
her on the spot, or perhaps reserve fur
her a fate worse than death !
When he entered, the officer cast a
.hick, searching glance around him_
There were nut two rooms m the cot
tage. and he could see through the loose
boards above that no one was hidden in
the loft.
`Will you have a draught of ale, sir"
she asked, pouring some of the fermented
beverage into a pewter mug.
lie took it eagerly, and quaffed it ; rind
then passed into the inner room. The old
grandame was muttering deliriously, hav
ing been aroused by the strange noises
outside. lie went over to her. looked at
her an instant and said, "shell be dead
pretty soon ; and i ron will have to come
to me, pretty lass.
Barbara bowed low.
"You are too kind, sir,", she said, "to
one so humble
"Give me a kiss, my lass," he exclaimed,
his rude eyes riveted. upon her; "for I
must hurry away from here before that
wretch gas too far in advance.
Pthe drew back quickly, the blood crim
soning her face and neck.
"No. no!" she cried, "no, no, sir!"
But he hurried after her.
will not be put aside by a pretty one;
I have no time to fooL You are only too
coy;" and he grasped the struggling mai
den in his arms, and kissed her over and
over, despite her violent resistance.
will come a,guin another day, my pretty
sweetheart!" He laughed as be released
her, and passed out. Trembling with
shame and indignation, she stood where
he left her until she had heard the retreat
ing clatter of the horses hoofs. Rousing
herself she went to the door, and found
there was no one in sight; she then re
turned to the room, closing the outer
door behind her, raised the invalid, and
allowed the stranger to escape from
prison.
"My poor girl!" (and his face flushed),
"I know not what to say," as his eye fell
on her crimsoned, tear-staiued counte
nance. "You have saved my life, and I
was powerless to protect you from insult.
You shall worthily be repaid by the one
whom you have rescued, when betterdays
have come."
He pitied her agitation ; he sympa
thized with the Dutiful heroic maiden ;
and a feeling deeper than be ever knew
for any living being stole into his heart.
"Can I yet tax you? kindness," be asked,
"by begging that I may be allowed to re
main here until it is safe for me to yen
tam abroad? If Igo now, this will
prove to be only a respite. Have you a
father? Can you disguise me?
The flush died out of her face, as she
reflected how to save her strange guest
There was something about him that
made her feel instinctively that she could
trust him, and interested her in his fate.
"No, my father is dead ; we are all that
are left," pointing to the emaciated form
in bed. "But I will give yon my father's
clothes, You can dress in them, and
will say you are my uncle from Yorkshire."
Re fell nailily into her plans • and she,
placing a bundle before him, retired into
the inner room. When' Bhp emerged, she
could scarcely recogniza in the bowed, de
crepid old man, with a silvery wig, the
handsome, manly, youthful stranger of a
few moments before-.
Days passed, and still Ord stranger lin
*red at the cottage. Ho was delighted
withArrbara's well informed. mind, and
wondered bow she had 'ever obtained so
wadi knowledge in that gtbided corm-
Ary,;district:' - Bat it seemed that' ben
mother in 4 been much t4tter educited
than the majority of her sex, and bad
taken great pains with her daughter be
fore she had died: and Barbara, - being of
an intelligent turn of mind, had-thought
and read wuch since.
Days lengthened into weeks, and a
warmer fettling than that of friendship
sprang up between them. As yet, be had
not mentioned by whit rank or title he
Was known. ,
"I must leave you now, sweetheart ; " he
said, throwing himself down .beside her
one day ; "but I cannot go away content
until you give me the right to return.
Will you Barbara, my love, my life, come
to the church," be pleaded, "and, let the
pied, solemnize our vows, and I will de
part happy ? Will you Baybara, dearest ?"
Whut could she say ? She had risked
her life for him once—she would willing
ly sacrifice all now. Led on by his words
she could not resist him, but blindly, de
votedly followed him to the altar.
What he whispered to the priest ere
the ceremony took place, elle did not
catch with her car.
"You will not my love, my sweetheart,"
he said, "because I have uot ,revealed my
rank ? When I come again, I will COML .
as one worthy to receive von."
- -
He kissed her pale cheeks. and quiver
ing lips over and over mmin as he left her.
and had turned his back to the little cot
tage.
Mouths imssed by before she ever heard
from her lover husband, and she feared
he nmst have fallen into the hands of his
foes.
He Mlle at last, a star glittenng on his
breast., and his array kingly. Her heart
fell within her as he hastened to her with
out-stretched arms.
"Barbara, my love," he cried, folding
her to his breast, "I have come at last - !
But why do you shrink? Are yon not
my own true love still ?"
"And are you —" she queried.
"Edward to you, to the world the Prince
of Wales, the heir to the throne, - he said.
"They were seeking my life—the rebels!
But why do you look pale? I hare made
up my mind to forsake all for you, dear
est."
"But the prine r she cried. "All
England knows of your approachiug mar
riage.".
will not hare her," be ejaculated
sternly. I will resign all pretensions to
the throne, and fly with von."
For a moment the bliss of being once
more within the arms of her beloved, in
toxicated her senses; - but then her reso
lution was taken.
"My lord, —"
"Hush. Barbara r And he placed his
linger on her lip. lam still only Edward
yon saved and loved:"
"Then my beloved," she cried, "you
cannot, do not doubt the thluess of my
love—the love that would only too gladly
this moment give My life to preserve
yours."
"I do not doubt it, my sweeLbo.ri,"
il/44-nr.od-
—Then, oh believe what I say is only
prompted by that love. Yon must leave
me, my life; you must go back to your
father's palace and obey his commands.
Our secret shall ever be faithfully locked
in my breast ; my last breath shall be
dr.twn in supplicating a blessing on my
prince—my king."
..I.tiever!" be exclaimed, gazing on the
slight, exquisite form of his- beloved that
was even BOW trembling with emotion.
"But it must he so. Edward, my love,
listen Go—go to a happy future ; do
not blight your own precious life as well
us mine. filo and in other days yon will
think upon and bless the love of Barbara
Claxton."
He was silent fur a moment; her words
fell with full force upoa his heart ;• she
spoke the truth ; but the struggle was too
great to endure quietly, and lie wept like
a child.
"Tour wisdom is greater than mine,
Barbara," he cried iu a hoarse voice ; -you
are more worthy of rubies. Oh cursed
fate that divides the peasant from the
prince. Barbara, be merciful !"
"I am merciful, my life Y' she cried, her
cheeks glowing with passionate love
"more merciful to you than you are your
self. Do you not know that this renun
ciation is costing me more than my life!'
; be happy, be brave, be good, be great :
ami- sometimes think of your Barbara
Claxton."
lie tarried until his horse chafed with
restlessness, and his servants became im
patient.
"1 accept my destiny," he said, bowing
his head ; you have prevailed. .1 live no
longer for myself, but for my peophi. God
bless you for ever, and when you need a
friend come to Edward." •
Her emotion was equal to his own. and
she turned away and wept unrestrainedly.
She had given her all up freely.
Time passed. Often news of the Black
Prince's prowess fell upon her ears; she
never heard his name hut it was linked
with braverrA?r goodness; the nation re
vered him.
The old mcandame died. Barbara,
whose heauty " bemme each day more strik
ing, was left alone. She sent a petition
to the Prince.
"A cousin of mine, friendless, forsaken,
craves a situation as page, messenger, or
in some post near your highness. In re
membrance of the past, I pray, grunt this
request of your faithful
BARBARA. CLAXTON,"
Perhaps Edward divined her meaning ;
perhaps It was only olden memories that
shook him; but he trembled strangely as
be dictatkd the following, and signed it
with his own band: ,•s
"In memory of the brave Barbara
Claxton, the Prince grants her request.
immediately."
Theher cousin come
The hext day a youth of most graceful
symmetry was ushered in, and dropped
on one knee before the Black Prince. Ile
looked fur an instant on the beautiful
contour of the noble face, the black clus
tering curls, and the gray, lovely, dreamy
eyes, shadowed by their heavy black lash
es, and sighed.
"Rise; the Prince is thy friend,"'- he
said, in an unsteady voice, as he laid his
hand on the bowed head.
The touch thrilled him thrObalt - like a
magnetic ahook.
"I go to .tho, wara," he, coOtiuued, "1
must leave you behind s mi."., •
"No, nor oried . the youth, impulsively.
._ ,i~=
•
me go with your highness. I can
endure hardship, brave danger—mil mY
life, if need be—only let me go.
could he resist! The memory of
the past was strong within him.
"I'dn shall go," he said kindly.. "And
if you repent, you shall return here."
'Ever after that the youth' Unts the bravo
Prince's shadow. e followed him
through danger and through, ; victory.
Evu near, ever sad, ever smiling. Oft
the Prince tried to turn his thoughts to
would something that cheer 'Lim y but
everything failed. k grew more delicate,
more softly beautiful, each day ; but it
was in vain the Prince urged him to re
turn to the palace, and await his cowing
home.
"My place is by your side, my priucc,"
lie would return, ..and my only happiness
is them. Surely von will not deprive me
of that ?"
At last, just as the Prince's arm . y had
gained a great victory over lb': French
one or the retreatin,g roc, turned deliber
ately, bad: aim at ale Prince, and then
Red. Ills page saa it, and interposed be
fore the Prince, and received the arrow in
his own breast. He fell backward in his
master's arms, looked into his e . ‘es with a
as the life-Mood streamed down his
breast. and murtnowd, "I die happy'' Oh,
my beloved. remember that Barbara Clax
ton has given r for thee.-
"Barbara, Inc Barbara!" he cried, hold
ing her in a close embrace, "would I had
died liar thee!'
The weary eyelids closed: there was a
Wilt fluttering of her breath . ; a smile
which remained after death, and she was
dead! The Prince bathed her face in
tears. and the attendants said, "See how
strong is his affection for that youth."
lie returned to England, but his health
began perceptibly to fail; the same arrow
which pierced poor, faithful Barbara Clax
ton's heart had reached his own, in a dif
ferent way. Ile sank, declined, faded
away. and died on the gth of June, 137fi.
The nation was in mourning for the good
Prince, for all loved him for his unsullied
purity, and England missed having one
of the best and purest of monarchs to sit
on her throne.
A Pri Donna's Revenge
The celebrated poison of the Borgias is
said to have been' produced by causing
some animal to swallow certain drugs of
a deadly nature. aft&rwhich it was sus
pendedby the hind legs, and the foam is
suing from its mouth during its dying
agonies was carefully collected. This
proved to be so- subtle a poison that,
though certain in its effects. its presence
never could be detected in the body of the
murdered man.
However much we may doubt the elli
mcy of such a method, it appears certain
from a drama Avhich recently startled an
Italian city, that poison may be conveyed
in an apparently very innocent manner.
A young singer. a Miss had been
PO successful in her debut in opera, at
Pavia, as completely to eclipse the attrac
tions of the lady who Ii el hitherto been
the prima dOllllll and the supreme favor
ite at the theatre where she sang.
Vengeance is pros erhially an Italian
passion. and the ex-prima donna, finding
herself outshone by the superior charms
and accomplishments of the new favorite,
meditated revenge, which she endeavored
to obtain by the assistance of a young
man madly attached to her,and so blindly
devoted to her will that like some follow
er of the Old norn •cf Hai ilount«in, he
would halve thrown himself from a preci
pice at her bidding.
Miss was, passionately fond of
the.,odorof moss roses, and was - gratified
at receiving every evening, from an appar
ent admirer a bouquet of these flowers.
This limpet was regularly thrown to her
at a certain stage of the performance, and
as regularly placed by her in the belt she
wore around her waist.
One evening, • however. the bouquet
was larger than usual. as it contained a
bunch of green leaves in the tx - intre, form
ing us it were, a heart. Too voluminous
to be worn in her .cress, the young singer
passed the bouquet to her maid, rixpiest
ing her to carry is to her dressing room,
whilst she hiTself continued the part she
was playing.
Ou the falling of the curtain she repair
ed to her dressing room, expecting to see
her maid NI aiting for Ip.r at the door :tint
not seeing her, she pushed it open, when
a eight met her eyes which called forth 1.
cry of horror from her lips. The poor
girl was stretched out on the floor utterly
unconscious and apparently a corpse.
The screams of Mies L—attracted
several persons to the room. who laid the
maid on a couch, but could afford her no
assistance, as she hardly showed any signs
of life. Nu one thought of the bouquet
which was lying in a corner of the room,
almost trodden under foot. .
Suddenly a neon with convulsed and
agitated katures, rushed into the room
exclaiming in a voice stilled with emo
tion :
'• The bougliet! the
_bouquet; where is
Every one made nay for him, as they
recognized Miss physician, who
continued to rypeat
" The bouquet ! Where is the bouquet ?"
Seeing., however, that the young singer
exhibited no signs of suffering, he hasten
ed to succor her dying maid, still, howev
er, asking for the bouquet.
His strange perdistency at length drew
the attention of the listantlers 'to the
hitherto neglected tiower,:, which still lay
in a corner of the .room, and they were
.handed to the doctor, who seized - them
with a species of fury.
why do you attach so Much im
portance to the bouquet ? asked Miss
.
. "It is poisoned," replied the doctor.
A shuddering cry of terror run through
the assembly, and the singer had barely
time to comprehend the terrible fate she
had. so providentially esatped, at the ex
pense of another,:when the curtain • rose
and she was forced to reappear on the
stage. • •
:With-cheeks as white as alabaster,
cept where the - rogue imparted to them'a
ficticieus color, .and a dreadilif sense' o r
the fate which might have been herii,she
sang with feverish energy her
,eyps
heat with-uriacculitcritied. and:lher
gestures wild and unnatund. All these
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eniotioris, however; the audience attribu
ted to the inspiration of her part, and rap
turously applauded their favorite.
When the the curtain fell, she hurried
to her rooluotud then learned the details
of the danger slit had so narrouly
cacaji
ed. '
The doctor, on passing along tho cor
ridor which separated the boxes, had seen
a young mart whose expression had strnek
him as strange. AC the same moment
tlfe door' of the rival singer's box had
been partially open e d. when the yopng
man. seizing the hand that w•as ext - eniletl
to him, pressed it in a peculiar manner.
saying in Italian
" It is done—eilie is dying!"
" Was it the bouquet ?" inquired the
woman.
Replying by an affirmative nod, the
young man disappeared.
A dash of revelation seemed to enlight
en the doctor. Aware of the jealousy of
the two singers, he understood in an in
stant the meaning of thiscolloquy, and
.•
burryin to the atessingl room fir his
client, fo und a woman pob,onial by a bou
quet, but it. was not Miss
Tile filtdi bOINI Ill.t «a.. 4 :111ifyZt'd bti the
jwliev authorities, and found to contain
a poison of the most subtle, though dead
ly nature.
Thi• rct cligerll.l 6ingvr and the unsurit
pnlout, lover were arrested.
StatisticA of Human Lift!
According to a French statistician. fak
ing the mean of Many accounts, a man
50 years of age has slept (;,000 days work
ed 6,500, walked $OO days, amused him
self 1,000 days, was eating 1.500 days.
was sick 500 days etc. Ile ate 17,000
pounds of biead, 16,000 pounds of meat,
4,600 pounds of vegetables, eggs and fish,
and drank 7,000 gallons of liquid, name
ly, water, coffee, tea. beer, wine, etc.. all
together. This would make a respecta
ble lake of three hundred square feet stir
race and three feet deep, on which a small
steamboat could navigate. And all this
solid apd liquid material passing through
a human being in 50 gears! Verily there
is after all smile truth in the story of the
ogre who drtuk the lake dry, to catch
the fugitives that was sailing over it. Anv
man can do the same—only give him
Lome ?
This estimate is. however, made for a
Frenchman. Fur an American we have
to modify it, by lessening the number of
days he denotes to amm•ements, and in
place of this substitute 1,010 days for
quietly speculating how to get more of
the almighty dollar, 1.500 days for travvl
ing by steam and horse power. and 2110
days for waiting for means of transporta
tion. The latter number is ha no means
over estimated for the inhabitants of New
York or Philadelphia; or other large cit
ies of the Union.
Influence of Tree% Upon health.
Dr. Max von Petteukoner, of Munich,
Germany, has been investigating the san
itary influeuces of forest for some time,
atia lies just published a mass of inform,.
tion, gathered from widely dilferant sour
ces, which is of much importance. The
gist of it is that forests have a very ap
preciable in checking the progress of chol
era or other contagious diseases; that well
wooded countries, other things being
equal, are the healthiest, and that marked
sanitary enanges are sure to result front
the denudation of a territory by cutting
down of its trees or by planting of gard
ens and fumses where no trees exist. In
proof of these theories, Dr. rettenkoner
has many reports from medical meu of
India, showing that jungle villages are
much less liable to be visited by cholera
and others, and that villages densely
shaded with tamarind trees are remarka
bly exempt from the disease, as shown by
observations through a lung series of years.
The statistics-of cholera in Germany for
the last forty years, also show that the
well wooded provinces have had a ranch
lower rate of mortality Onut the others.
Bearing upon the influence of trees upon
the general healthfulness of a country are
the statemeuts of that pestilence has en
tirely disappeared from Cairo, Egypt,
sines Mahumet Ali transformed the
swamps around into beautiful gardens
and plantations, and caused great groves
of olives to be established, while the repu
tation of the lionlau Campagna for un
healthtMess has been wholy obtained
since the hewing down of the sacred
groves under the governmeht of Gregory
Xlll.
Too FAIL-At Niagara Falls, near Ta
ble Rock, a spot is shown whence a young
lady fell a few years since, and was dash
ed upon the rocks below. A little flower
'b'rew upon the very brink of the fearful
chasm, somewhat overhanging its edge.
Full ,of cheerfulness add daring, the
young lady proposed to pluck the flower.
Her companion evpostu hired, but in vain.
She approached the precipice ; she stooped
and leaned forward. Her prize was Just
beyond her reach ; forward just a little
more she moved ; her balance was lost ;
she fell and was killed.—So, many others,
reaching just a little further for earth's
trivial joys, drop in a moment into eter
nity and are lust.
. Cni.Ertm. Colt PA NlO x.—A companion
that is cheerful and tree from swearing
and scurrilous discourse is worth gold. I
love such mirth as does not make friends
ashamed to look upon one another next
morning, nor men that cannot well bear
it to repent, the money they spend when
they are warmed with drink. And take
this rule; you may pick out such times
and such companions, that you make
yourselves merrier for a little than a great
deal of money, 6:"ris the company and
nut the charge,thatmakes the feast."
`'Crs - tt'.i.L.E;erj• great gen 1118 gltlll4 to
ride upon mankind, like Pyrrhus on his
elephant; and the way to have the abso
lute ascendency of our restive nag and to
keep your seat, is at your first mountinri
to afford him the whip and spurs plenti
fully; after which you may travdl the rest
of the day with great alacrity. Once kick
the world, and you live together at ti ru3-
'liab le good understanding,
' Pay . FOn that bath pity
, on' another triah's 'sorrow shall 'be free
'front it himself; add )14, - thalsdalig,htetb in
and seorneth The :misery of another 'shall
one time or other fill into it himself.
MiNil
Barbarhan lamp.
Whar's de eonstitooshnn,
Dat you 's mukin' such a fuss?
You'll find ou.zamination
It was busted up for us!
It is eubbered up wid patcbes,.
Like a beggar's summer coat,
Au' all dut's good about it
Is it lets de migLer rote!
Yaw, Yaw, Yaw
Yaw, Yaw, Yaw
Neher let de white trash
(lib you any law.
Bolles he's u rannin
For dr O 'timer oh State,
And Jeenis Crow for Congress
Is de loyal candidate.
(lazuli° is de darlin'
Oh de ladies in de hall
And Dinah gets the fustian°
Oh de white boys at de ball.
Yaw, Yaw, Yaw !
Yaw. Yaw, Yaw!
hack White trash,
'fold your dirty jaw.
Letter here from Sumnah—
Sundin good and new—
Make me feel so bully
I bum° Ix hat to do!
Ketch hands and break down,
de heel and too—
Fetch along de banjo
An' play de jnbilo
- Yaw, Yaw, Yaw !
• Yaw, Yaw, Yaw !
Grease yo' elbow Tonny,
When de fiddle strings
You draw.
Stop pit. stviikh tavern—
Make de landlord bow,
Sayin . ".llistab Gumbo,
Glad to se•e you now !"
At tie dinualt table
Take a hullo seat.
Close to (likes - and goodies,
Near de roasted meat.
Yaw, Yaw, Yaw!
Yaw, Yaw, Yaw!
Shut yo moat', white man,
l)is is Samnales law.
Lookee ole
Wake me fur de train,
Fast time de bul,t,ine
Come along again
Lookee conductali !
Gib dis chile a seat,
Turn anudder ober
TU real his gizzard feet!
Yaw, Yaw, Yaw !
Yaw, Yuw, Yaw!
I.orkee h'yur, conductah,
Sick is now do law!
Suninab in de Senate
ExplatterateS de rules,
Per de finest churches,
For de grandest sehoools
Room dar fur Dinah,
In de richest pew,
•
And for do picinainies
trst is rum in' mid her too t -
Yaw,
YaW s 'Yaw!
Yaw, Yaw, Yaw !
Never wind de gospel
When it runs furnenst the law.
Looker h'yinr, white brats,
titimmili made a rule,
Pat de cherub darkies •
wid you to school—
White brats musn't scourge 'cm,
(Jr stick 'cm wid dar pins,
Mustn't call 'em niggers,
Nur kirk dar bresseil shins!
Yaw, Yaw, Yaw!
Yaw, Yaw, Yawl
Mind you, nusteh white brats,
Sumnah made do law,
Things is workiu', ain't they ?'
Well, I gness dey was—
No notice oh de white trash
Is taken by de laws.
Pav're gone up, played ont
In berry bad manner.
And dat's what's do matter of
1/e white folks, Harmer!
Yaw, Yaw, Yaw!
Yaw, 1 - 314", Yawl
De coustitushun no whar
By side of &iamb's law.
—The .l i»
—A paddy one day asked his loner
how an lalress might be carried off. "You
Ca nnot do it with safety," but' 'll tell you
how to do. Let her mount a home and
hold a bridle uud whip ; do you then
mount behind her; and you are safe, for
she runs away with you.' The next day
the lawyer found it was his own daughter
who had run away with his client.
—Two young women in Chattanooga
fought a tide! with case knives about a
lover. Onelof them received a painful
wound in the waterfall, while the other
got a slash across the rattier which disa
bled her until she gets a new dress. The
lover sat on the fence and laughed,
—" Bab, is ydur sister at home to
?" " Yes, but silo wont see you."
" Why " She said she was going to
have one more feed of onions if she user
had another beau in her life."
Cholera and small-pox still prevail in
Cuba. The Senate spent Saturday in dis
missing the Naturalization bill.
The President will return to Washington
on Wednesday morning.
DJminion - Day was celcbratedby the
Canadians on Friday.
---,Lawyer C. (entering the office of his
friend, dr. 31. and gp.sking in. a hoarse
whisper)—" Fred, Ire got such a cold
this morning that I can't speak the truth:
" Well," replied the Dr, "i'm glad it's no
thing that will interfere with your brig-
—A little stalling is a dangerous tart,
bdt stmling largely is a noble art ; 'tis
Mean to steal a - hen-roost or a hen, but,
stealing thousands makes us gentlemen.
—The man who wauta sweet bomc,"
:ought to live Over a confectionery shop.
An applimit for u place, mid : "Woik
is not much of an object,as wages."