The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, April 26, 1871, Image 1
, TIANOPLEI, Proprietor. -- -gdOitttSs CROSSIION & BALDWIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW.-oMcc owcr the to at 'Wm J. )11/1 , 000, On Public Arcane, Muntrow W. CanSMON. B. L. Busarnt. iloatrosp. March 1.1871. lt. J. D. VAIL, Unstaoraimcbleaselfre Pirrctas AND SIMOZOL nu permanently Mentruee, Pa_ where he trill prompt- Mad to all (albite his profession srith which be may = med. Office arid residence wefts of the Court near Fitch .8. Watson's office. • Montrose; Febnury 8,1871, LAW OFFICE• rm.!! & WATSON, Attorneys at Law, •t the old office of Bentley a Fitch, Montrose, Pa. L. r. rota. [Jan. tt, ILL CHARLES N. STODDARD. br.tler In Boot. and Shoes. Mats and Caps. Leather and Findings, Main Street, ibt door below Boyd's State. Work made to order. and repairing done neatly. lidobtrose. Jan.l, Id7o. LirrimEs & BLAKESLEE, Althruaya and edamflora nt Law. Mike the one heretofore occupied by R.O. & G. P. Little. on Man street, Montrose. Ps. [April ht. a. LITTLE. aro. r. LITTLE. t. muumuu.= licXemtra. C. C. Femme, W.. 41. ateCata. MeKENZIE, FAUROT Bt, CO. Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladles 'and Misses tine Shoes. oleo, agents for the great American Tea and Cone Company. pdontroee, Pa WM. LEWIS KNOLL, snAviNch AND nem DRESSING. Shop to the new Posh:dace bending, where he will be (nand ready to attend all wbotnay want anything to his line. Montrose, Pa. Oct. 13, 1569. P. REYNOLDS, AUCTIONEETt—SeIIeDre Good., and Men:heave-Aim attends at Vendace. All ordereleft at my house will receive prompt attention. [Oct. 1, I£43!l—tt 0. M. IIAWLET, DEALER in DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CROCKERY JlAnbrars, Mo. CSps,Roots.Shoes, Ready Mode Cloth 111 g , Paints, 011 s, ets.. Nos Milford, Pa. I.Scpt. 8, DR. S. w. DAYTON, riIYSICIAN & SUTtGEON, tenders hie serriees to the citizens of Great Bend and via-luny. Oficn st his residence. opposite Barnum Clouse, O't. Bead village. Sept. Ist, 180.—tf I.AW OFFICE. CtiAMBERLIN S .NicCOI.LI.:II. Attorney' and Coun sellors at Late. Office in the Brick Block 'over the Bonk. iliontrose Ang. 4. INCVI. A. Cuaxitzatxx. . - J. B. McCot.t.cm. A. & D. R. LATHROP, DEALERS in Dry Goods. Groceries, crockery and glarstrare:table and pocket cutlery. Patna... oil*. dye atuill4. Data. brontA and chore. belle leAther. Perfumery &c. Brick Block. adjoining the Bonk. Montrose. [Auguet 11. ]tn*A.—if A. Litentne, - - D. R. LALIIII.OP. A. 0. WARREN, ATTORNEY; Ai LAW. Bonnty. Bart Pao. Penglon and Exem nn Claims a:lei:Ara tn. Ofnre d oor hnlow Itoyd's Store. lion troor.Pn. [An. 1..67 M. C. SUTTON, Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent, Frlend•ville, Pft C. S. GILBERT, 126.v.X0t1. 4 0.XVocar. 13 teat, Bend, Pa 17. 9. azigl Mt( MI ELY, Ant% 1, 11,74. Address, Brooklyn, Pa JOHN GROVES, PASTIIONAIILS TAILOR, Slontmse. Pa. Shop over Chandler's Store. All orders filled In first-rate style. un ;dna done on chart toilet. and warranted to fit. NV. SMITII, C sIIINEST AND MAID; ItIANUFACTURIDIS.—Yom et Main street, Montrose, F. )an. 1. ISCO. 13CRIIITT, DBALBBIn Staple and Fancy Dry Goode. Crockery hardware, Iron, Stoves, Dro kw, Ohs, and Paint, Doot•and dboes. Hate & Caps. Fora. Dutra to Robes Grocerter.Protiitieda, , Le., hew Milford, Pa. DR. E. P. HEVES, Etas perettatrettly Inc:teed at Friendesille for the par . pose of praCliclrre medicine and surgery to all its Branches. Ile may be (mind at the Jackson Liocum. OM= hours from 8 a. DI., to B. p. m. Priendsville, Pa., Aug, 1. 1889. STBOUD & BROWN, PINE AND LIP'S I=F63AANCE AGENTS. At bootnera attended to prafrapily. an fair terms. Office Arai dnar north of ' liancrora Dotal," areal side or rublie Avenue-, Elcartranc, Pa. (Aug. I, 1803. Phrwsgs Statalrfr. exult:bit L. Bsolnt. WM, D: LUSH., ATTORNEY AR LAW the P. Offree oppo. site the Tarbell neat die Cadet Howse. Actg. I. lel9.—tt ABEL TUILRELL, DEALER to Drags, Patent bledlenes, Chemicals Paint4.olls,Oye Staffs. 'Carotene., Win Grocerted,gg l / 4„ in Ware, Wall dad Window Pa, Der, Stone-warn, Herotene, Maebinery 011 r. Trusses. Onus, "flew Ulan, Knives. Spectacles Brannen, Fancy Oooda, Jewelry, Perfa being ?one °Mit mon DUIDGTOII II . - extenelar, and vainanle coneetletra of Goods in nnegnehanna Co.— Established in ISO.. [tlontroae, Pa. W: SZARLEi ATTOILIEY AI 44 LAW. °Mee over the Store of A. Lathrop, In the Mitt Slott, Mont/ore; Pa. tanra4 DR. Wr L. RiCHARDSON, FRYSICIAN & StiIIGEON, tendert hit protections Mr.TV!Etd !A the eltinent of Monti -of e and vicinity.— OM= at his residence, on WS corner east or Storrs & Bros. Fodadzy. DR. Ed GARDNER, PIITSICIAN and strwrcs. Um:Arose, P. _IES?Ves especial attention to disonses of the heart and Lungs and alf Stiratcal divesses. (Mee over W. B. Deana Boards at Searle's Hotel. [Sing. 1. 1809. BILIIINS & NICHOLS, DP: oRS fn Drugs, Medicines, elmmicals, Dye , sL.as, Paints. Oil., VarnfiL, Liquors, Spices. Fancy arl.ticii, Patent }Medicines, Perfumery and Toilet Ar tlcies. Preset:pitons carefully compounded.— Paulin Avenue, above neuries Hotel, Montrose, Pa A. B. Bcnser • • • taws Nicam.s. Ang. 1,1 S DB. E. L. . 1 is rarstcwi .It, SURGEON. respectfally tenders tits profcasicniallervices to the citizen of Friendwrille and vicinity. pvol:flee intho (ace of Dr. Lost.— Boards at J. Rosford'e. nog. 1.180. PROF. !MORRIS, in. R a ni Bir;;Ir, returns hie thank. for the kind pat raaage that tim ezahliel him to get the beet rest--he 01 i ksiev, gum to tell the whole story, but come Szai gee riiejefirriirmi Oral the Old Stand. No loud tatighhaz wowed In the Chop. [Aprll it, 18.0. HUNT BROTHERS, 6.0343T0NA PAL Ina:At & Retail Baikal= HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, NAILS, SPIKES, SHOVELS, BUILDER'S HARDWARE,. ILSE BAIL. CODJITZBSUNK d T BAIL SPL4EB RAILROAD & JOMING SUPPLIES, CAB SWUNG& AILS'S, SKEINS LED DORMS. EUTR and WARMERS. PLATED BANDS. MALLEABLE MOPS HUBS. SPOKES. FELLOES SEAT SPINDLES, BQMS, ANVILS. VICES, =OCRS and DIES, BELLOWS amfiNNSS, SLEDGES. PLUISLIPC.Ac, CRICIUSAR AND NUL SAWS, DSLT/NO, PACRINO TAM= BLOCK S. _ PLASTER PARIS MUM. MAM & GRINDSTONES. MINCH WINDOWFAUMANK GLASS W SC .LEA AIRS. - TIIRE &FINDINGS enntnn. Wadi . 1908. IT Apia'ltaral College, of Pe=lylvtuila. THIS INWITTUTION wW mopes far the SPRING TERM OP 24 WEEKS, On Friday. February 10. 11371, For ;meal Circular, catalogue and other formatron; Mdresa, THOS. IL BlTRBOWS,Presideut, Agricultural College. F. An. 23,1870.—ti: Centre Co., PA. IDLAITSR, PLASTER.—We keep an band on ample =at a*Yn n ab Gl nand Clings ruler. far sale aS Naetroas . by nrIWIT • MIMI- Latrine ? TeX AIM Ow - Vilteo Corea. - Spring's First GI t. BY WOMB= P. 6.41C09T1M. Oh! Spring, if thou hadst nothing brought Save thy sweet self to win us, If only thy fair hand had wrought A spell of beauty in us, Need were that we should sing thy praise, Who thrill to thy caresses, And feel the gladness of thy days That all our being blesses! For we bad thought thy coming slow, And had no heart to wait thee I Forgive us, love, since long ago, We all went out to meet thee. We went by each untrodden way, We sought in silent places, For well we knew our patient faith Should find thy flower traces And, hidden half by sere dead leaves, We saw a vino-life growing; Sure never tidiest Autumn learn Awakened joy so glowing. Hereafter Summer's roses may In red or white salute us, But this is memory's crowning day, The day we found arbutus! OM= Oh! clover on the meadow slopes, Oh 1 daisies by the river, Oh! little bud to light that opcs, Oh ! ceder green forever! Not one so wins her heart to-day, As this, Whose brown disguises Of withered ltves and lances gray Gives us such glad surprises. So shy and sweet beneath our feet, Green leaves and waxen flowers, The snow-white, blushing pink to meet Such looks of love as ours And Spring no more may hide away, Nor shun our smiling faces, Since lingering wheresoe'er she may, We know her tristing places. The April rain!—the April rain! I hear the pleasant sound; Now soft and still, like We littledew, Now drenching all the ground; Pray tell me why an April shower Is pleasanter to see Than falling drops of other rain? Tin sure it is for me. I wonder if 'tis ref lc so— Or only hope the while, That tells of swelling buds and flowers And Summer's coming smile, Whate'er it is, the April shower Makes me a child again; I feel a rush of youthful blood Come with the April rain. And sure were I a little bulb Within the darksome ground I should love to hear the April rain So gently tailing round; Or any tiny flowers were I, _ By nnturr swaddled up, Ilow pleasantly the April shower Would bathe my hidden cup. The mall brown seed that rattled down' On the cold Autumnal earth, Is bursting from its cerements forth, Rejoicing in its birth, The slender spears of pale green grass Are smiling in the light, The clover open its folded leaves, As if it felt delight. The robin sings in the leafless tree, And upward turns his eye, And loving much to see the drops Come filtering from the sky— No doubt he longs the bright green leave, About his home to sec, And feels the swaying Summer winds Play in the full-robed tree. The cottage door is open wide, And cheerful sounds are heard 1 The young girl sings at the !leafy heel A song like the wilding bird t The creeping child by the old wofn silt Peeps out with winkles* eye, And his ringlets rub with chulfuy hand, As the drops come patterir' kg try. With bountling heart beneath the sky; The rfuM..t Ley kr out, And hoop and ball are darting by With many a merry about— Aye, sport away, Ye joyous throng"; For yours Is the April day ; I lote toZ;te your spirits dance In your pure and healthful play. Prritito and Wititiono. —ln the question of beads or tails?-- Grant invariably says tails, if they are cocktails. —Money that is not IS money,"— money loaned on call. —Never attempt to form an opinion of a woman - by her —To make both ends Meet, have the butcher take out the bone. —Cure for the car-ache—get a pretty girl to whisper in it. —Why does a railroad colguctof punch a hole in your ticket—beam:este yorr Isn't pass through without. —Court is a verb, active, indicative mood, present tense, and agrees with all the girls.- —The man who gat wise by eating sage cheese, has a brother dieting on hops to become proficient in dancing. —A clergy - cum at a publie . etectrtion, prayed that the spectacle might impress those present with the shortness of life. —The Commissioners report that San Domingo is perfectly healthy, but—" ac climating is necessary?' TWt7s what's the matter! —Mr. Jones, told his wife, that if she did not take care, he . should lose his tern. pet. She replied she wished lib would, and uetef find it again. The Safaiday Review says: "The only feet that can be predicted, with any degree of wrifidemte, of many youths, is that hoiridetree deev not seems to hive designed thew foranythingin puticabte Detriritboyipmonited hit tnothet with a new chignon; and was fetterdedk being valle.d.a--,ood, boy, but wheti missed her new emer boiler, which had been sold to buy it with, the changed her opinion (many, The April Rain. - :',_s'o*li.o - $.:',,,„. ; .•) '''''''''gtiittilltiCOUO. A FAMOUS DUEL. BY RICHARD FENWICK. Two young people, as young people sometimes will even under the most dis advantageous circumstances, managed to separate their sweet selves from the cold and unsympathetic throng, and strolled forth languidly arm-in-arm, and calling for water-ices, disposed themselves under some trees, and by the dim light of Chi nese lanterns, followed the prime impulse of their respective ages (20 and 25) and began to flirt. Glances, sighs, soft tones, on the part of the maiden. Byron, satire, and stuff and nonsense on the part of the Captain. The Maiden found the Captain hard to manage. In fact she totally failed to manage him as she had been accustomed to manage the others of his sex who dwelt in her universe, and she therefore became piqu ed. "Capfain, pray let us return." " But wily, please ?" returned the im movable man of Mars "they are playing a waltz. You never dance that, you know. The thermometer is eighty degrees, if it is ten, in the hall, and there's your shad ow, the monstrous Major lying in wait for you. lam sec him from where I sit. It is either the glow of his epaulette or the morning sun, I'm not sure which." The fair Maiden sat down again and pouted. She did it without a thought, and for a moment or two was oblivious of the meaning of her own act. But suddenly it brdke upon her astonished senses that she had surrendered to the wishes of the Captain for the fifth and sixth time within twenty-four hours, a thing she had never been guilty of since the stern age of school-mistresses. She questioned herself: Was it love? No. He was nice, bad money, a grandfather, a position in life, and a mustache—but no; it could not be love. If it was she must endure it. She was not to be snap ped out of the glorious atmosphere at helledom, at twenty years—no, no, not she. But she must subdue the Captain for the sake of her reputation. He must be taken down. Her reckless thoughts reverted to a former, conversation with the self-same Captain, in which lie ar raigned a comrade for dueling. That comrade was the self-same Major of whom he had just spoken disrespectful ly. Here would be a rare novelty. A duel about her. They needn't hurt each other very much, of course; if they only "pink ed" their individual opponents, it wouldn't suit very well. A sword thrust through the forearm, which no true man would mind very much, would be so delightful. It would add so much to her already wide spread fame, and then she would go furth er still and marry the victor; that would soothe him a hundred times over. She delicately and cheerfully hod her first parallel. " Captain, please tell me, arn't you a fencer ?" "A little, a very little of a fencer." " Dear me, you always say 'a little.' You play chess 'a little; you a ride 'a little,' yon sing 'a little,' you act theatrical 'a little,' you dance 'a little,' you make negus 'a little,' and all the wide world knows that you do everything in the most splendid way; and now you fence 'a little.' No doubt you could bring your man down at twelve paces easily." "Yon confuse swords and pistols, as you will be likely to confuse your humani ties, if you allow yonrs-df to speak of 'bringing men down.' It doesn't. come well from lips like yours." This was severe, and the Captain was not surprised to be instantly commanded to give his arm to lead the ruffled Prin cess back to her congenial waltzers. He did so, and retired to the garden again— in love. It was no tow state for him. The valorous Captain had fallen weeks be fore though no one knew it, and he was just beginning to discover it himself. For her part, she was the rriost entrancing creature of the season, or any season. Money he did not care for, though he had a vague idea that she wanted for none; but it was the never dying sparkle of her pluck and spirit that consumed him. She was nearly always brilliant, active, keen and alive to the present world, and she always dressed like a queen. The Captain loved taste and brilliancy, there fore he dreamed of the divine Maiden, the diamond dust of whose hair still powdered the sleeve of his coat. She, for her part, rested her languid eyes upon the tall Major, rtho instantly flew to her. lie bowed and used his vali ant heels to bring her flowers, her fan, her partners, for which• he got smiles. His military form swelled with pleasure, and he regarded no one else but the divine Maiden, and the divine Maiden regarded no one else but him. She took his arm and walked to .and fro; "Hal" vtlilepered the Captain to him self, "this is meant for me, us an offset to the tortftiskra of humanities/ " He laugh ed, but began to have a scorn and con tempt for the Major, who smiled and was happy. The Captain foresaw that the morrow would being his turn, and it surely did. He basked in the sunshine all the day. She was cool to the Major, who began to have a scorn and contempt for the fatored Man, The lovely maiden had a bosom friend, a minor star in her galaxy, in whose car she privately whispered her intentions. The - Minor Star screamed with delight, but added with a serious look "Bat t my love, the Major is a fire•eat er," . "Indeed. he is a brave fellart But I au Sure the Captain would also eat fire if he only had the chance. I'm infatuat ed with him, and, my darling, Ido think that mountainous Major is a Wray f' litre she dandled her fan, fingered her tinge, looked complacently upon - the folds of her dress, and edentate:a the ad ditional importance which would accents to her forproducing passions in the minds of Wert Which would rise to the fighting point - The Captain had donsinfeie4 of4i bei PAY APRIL 26, 1871. and the Captain.muit pay. She loved the Captain; and would marry the Cap tain, but the Captain must understand who ho was getting. Ho must under stand her power; he should not be allow ed to ignore it. She would give this one grand exhibition of her skill and mastery over the sterner sex, and then surrender to the Captain, covered' With glory and romance. "fiat bow?" demanded the Min - or Star, all a" lqw with the prospect of a plot. "Easily, my love. You age not so ex pert as your best friend. Come and sit down." • She did; and between the lovely in genious two there was fomented a plot, the explosion of which shook socieci to its foundations, and laid the marrying pluck of many a hardy man in ashes. Inpursuance of it, the Major was again installed in the-position of first waiting maid and was regularly succeeded on the following day by the Captain, and, as a natural consequence, the two resolved that unyielding hate must ever live be tween them. Now, the Captain had two ways of looking at the affair—first, with the cal culating eye of a man of business, and second, with the eye of a societvman, tormented and angry at theinsolence and airs of the sublime Major, who, when his star was in the ascendant, vas an unendur able ass. Matters grew black. Eyes, whispers and music did it. The face of the fair Maiden slipped out of etc minds of the two men as a first consideration, and antagonism and rivalrycrept in. It got to the pitch of high /words, angry looks and polity slurs, and courteous insults, and the Maiden, with her single Minor Star increased to hull a dozen minor stars, looked ou with high delight for the ca tastrophe. It came, precipitated by a pair of horses. Neither the Captain tier the blajor had his own and they were obliged to hire. The best at their disposal were those of a stable keeper. The Captain coguged them for the afternoon, but the Major took them in evrly morning, and drove with the fair Maiden, and kept Per and the horses until the beasts were toe tried for further use. The Captain greb/ irate. The Major laughed. Then the Captain grew satirical (his strong point), laid then laughed, and the Major became furious in his turn. Beauty was in raptures. Such a high sense of honor! Such courage! What a splendid Captain ! What adorable Ma jor! The Major received a delicate note that evening, which threw him into a fever of anger and excitement. My dear Major A—: Pray be care ful, Captaia Z— is terribly enraged. You may reweive a challenge it he is not merciful. Yours in anxiety. Blank." Merciful thundered the Major: "merciful ! By heavens!" And lie sat down and disnati. 4 - 4 -• challenge within an hour. The Captain, smoking in his chamber, also received a note from the same mes senger, and read it coolly. lie then seiz ed the boy by the collar, shut the door and,took donna cane, and by the further pers:nosion of Money, the fact was de veloped that became from the Maiden. " Hum !" said the Captain, and fell in to a deep reverie. lie accepted the challenge or the Major, and named swouli, and stepped over per sonally to have :u interview, in consequ ence of which they named rather a singul ar place of meeting. " We shall be (Lime, sir," said the Cap tain. "You may provide the surgeon, and we-will go at four P. M., to-morrow." The Major needed, and straightway began to brush tip his rapier exercise, with the help of two brave dragoons. The Captain had some little arrangements to perfect, which he did quietly. He persuaded an, intimate friend to invite the Maiden and two of her particular friends, whom he had noticed as being active in making the breech between the Major and himself, to a picnic on the following day, on the grounds of an old estate some miles out of town. Ile told his friend the rea son, gave his strict directions, and then went to the house himself and pitched open a long, darkened, unused and unoc cupied dining-room, with long shuttered windows, as the place fur his meeting with the Major on the morrow: lie locked and bolted all the doors, nailed up all the windows, and left but one mode of egress or ingress to the apart- Ile then returned, flirted desperately with the Maiden, prostrated himself more deeply than before. Then he retired to smoke and to laugh, while the Maiden and her companions grew a little more anxious at the curious stories floating about, and while the Major lunged and parried the livelong night before the mir ror. TM next day the galldrrt forfr started on their picnic. And at three by the clock, three more went secretly out by a rocky way and reached the house. The faithful friend whispered to the Captain that all was arranged, and the men went straight to the dining-room. They passed' in and the Captain locked the door behind them, softly. It was somewhat dark, end the Captain threw open the shutter& The three ladies were present in a corner. They all wondered and demanded explanations. Said the Captain, promptly. "The:Mhlor and myself hate been in duced to quarrel by a person now present. I wish this person now to see the effects of her planning. No one can leave. I have the only key in my pocket. Draw, Major P Bewilderment seized upon them, but the Major knew his opponent and obeyed. A hundred thousand piercing screams arose to no effect. - • The Captain was resolute, They crossed ,and went at it. Both were angry, and both were good swords , men, One of the Minor Stars fainted, but they kept on fiercely. The Major was unlucky and got ottiglit, on the thotdder. -They tesbxl, and then went on. Another pink for the Major and the blood flew pretty freely. - - They were desought to stop on all sides; both * - cfused. Oily the - Maiden, of the three ladiesi were cognizaht of the com bat. She was pale, rigid, and calm. The Major fared worsed; the other shoulder suffered,. and then his side. This ended him, lie dropped his sword and whispered "quarter I" The Captain then approached the Maiden, without his sword. " Maiden, you have done a foolish thing. I have seen through it aIL You were vain. I. was weak. One of the instru ments with which you tried to gratify your desire for mischief is badly hurt; the other leaves you, trusting you will make better use in the future of your beauty, wit and heart." All this was gallant enough, and gal lantly was it taken by the bright girl who heard. The Captain went away ; but in a year back he came, and did the sensible thing, and by no means an unlucky one, by the lovely Maiden. Living in Washington. The amount of money spent at the Capitol for hotel boarding or at house keeping is astonishing, as will be seen by the following extract from a Washington letter to the Deloware County "Ameri can :" Senator Cameron and his wife board at the Arlington Hotel, and pay *450 per month, a very small sum for a Senator. Senator Fenton, who stops at the same place, pays $lOOO a month. Little S. S. Cox, the biggest, Democrat in the House, pays $l2OO per month, and .the other evening he gave a $l5OO dinner at his boardino. house. How long will a mem ber's salary last at this rate ? Mr. Hunt ington, the Cashier of the first National Bank, gave a dinner to the Japs, where there were twenty persons present at $5O per plate, or in the aggregate $lOOO. Dr. Helmbold,"of Bnchn notoriety, was here for two weeks, and paid 806 per day for board and lodging. A parlor and cham ber in the second story of a first, class hotel here, rents for $450 per week, or $2OOO per month. Many of the Senators and members who keep house live much more extravagantly. Senator Chandler lives at the rate of $35,000 per year, and Gen. Butler spends four times his sulaci as a member. One of the colored mem bers pays at the rate of $l5O per week, and another's expenses are probably as great. The other three colored members go it oh the economical plan, say $3OO per month. By the way, we are promised a new hotel here to cost at least one mil lion of dollars, to be the largest hotel in the country, and to be near the Capitol. The proprietor of the Arlington says it will pay, and with his experience he ought to know. -- Royal Wedding Dresses At the wedding of the Marquis of Lorne the prominent ladies appeared iu followin ,, costumes : The Queen wore a black satin dress trimmed with ewe and jet, and a diadem, hw.is w nue tulle veil. Her _Majesty also wore a ruby and dia mond brooche and riecklace: Her Royal Highdess the Princess of Wales wore a dress of rich blue satin; trimmed with blue velvet, and train of blue velvet edged with white Brussels lace and blue featli..r trimming; head-dress, blue feathers, pearls and diamonds. Or naments, pearls and diamonds. The wedding dress of her Royal High ness Princess Louise was of a rich white satin, covered with a deep flounce of Hon iton point ieee, trimmed with cordons of orange blossoms, white heather and myr tle, and a train of white satin trimed to correspond with the dress. Her Royal Highness wore a wreath of orange blos soms and myrtle, with a veil of Honiton lace held by two diamond pins in the form "of daises. Her Royal Highness also wore a diamond necklace, to which was attach ed a large ornament of pearls and dia monds, with a sapphire in the centre, the gift of the Marquis of Lorne; and a dia mond and emerald bracelet given by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin cest of ales. Her Royal Highness like wise wore a diamond bracelet which had belonged to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the one give to her by the people of Windsor. On leaving the Castle, after the mar riage ceremony, her Royal Highness wore a white corded silk dress, trimmed with swan's down and fringe, made by, Miss Gleve, and a white chip bonnet, with a wreath of lilies of the valley and orange blossoms. Her Royal Highness Princess Rertriee wore a dress of pink sdtin, trimmed with Brussels lace; a wreath of white heather, and emerald, diamond and pearls orna ments. The bridesmaids' dresses were of white glace silk, trimmedwith satin, and a hi-, nic of gossamers and fringe, cerise roses, white heather and ivy, with wreath correspond. ✓ Overtasklng the Hind. Recently there has been quite a com motion in Boston in regard to studies in the Boston Latin School. Perhaps no school in the country has a higher reputa tion for more thoroughly drilling its scholars than this. The teachers, and a few pareuts,however, began to remonstrate with the directors on the amount of study required daily from the pupils. It was found that from eight to ten and twelve boars were required by the scholars to prepare their recitations. Not a. few of the scholars have been hopelessly ruined from their severe studies in that school. 'Numerous eases ware given where soft ening of the brain was the result; a few became inmates of the mama asylum, others at an early age became unfit for any active duties of life. Some of the ablest physicians testified that the course of studies was too severe. Perhaps teach ersend school directors in other places might learn a lesson on this subject. How often may young and delicate boys and girls be seen on the street lugging from three to six books to and from school ? If those are the studies to be prepared at home what must constitute their whole duty during each day? It is time for a reformation on this subject all over the country. , —Why is a man never knock:o 'down against his will? Because it is impossi bly in fall Elnlep voLvm - E. Numßgt,". The Texas Cattle 111114. Texas alone has 3,800,000 cattle, divid ed into 950,000 beeves, 950,000' cows, and 1,900,000 young cattle. The plains on which these cattle roam, contain about 152,000,000 acres of ground. The prin cipal pasturagea are on the Nueces, Rio Grande, Gandalupe, San Antonio, Colo rado, Leon, Brazos,*Trinity, Sabine and Red rivers. The cattle are owned by scores-of ranchmen,r each one of them has from 1,000 to 75,000 head. On the Santa Catrutoa river is a ranch contain ing 84.132 acres. It is owned by one man ' Richard King, and has on it 95,000 head of cattle, 60,000 horses, 7,000 sheep, and 8,000 goats. This immense number' of live stock, requires 1,000 saddle horses and 300 Mexicans, to attend and herd it. Ten-thousand beeves are annually sold from the ranch, and 12,000 young calves branded. There is another ranch on the San Antonio river,. near Goliad, which grazes 40,000 head of cattle, and brands 11.000 heads of calves annually. Mr. O'Conor,the owner of this ranch, sells, $75,000 worth of stock each year, and his herds are constantly increasing. In 1852 he began cattle raising with 1,500 head, and his present enormous herds and wealth are the result of natural inefeabe: On the Gulf, between the Rio Grande and Nueces, is a ranch containing 142,- 840 acres, and owned by Mr. Robideattx. It is on a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water, and, to enclose the other side, has required the building of thirty. , one mlles,of plank fence: Lavery three miles along the fence are honses for the herders, and enormous stables and pens for the stock. There are grazed in this enclosure 30,000 head of beef cattle,- be. , sides an immense nn'mber of other stock. A ranch on the Brazos river contains 50,000 head of cattle, 300 horses, and 50 herders. John Kitson, the owner, drives , 10,000 cattle to market annually: Ten'' years ago he was a poor farmer in Ten nessee, but selling his land, and going to Brazos, he succeeded by dint of hard la bor in getting together' sixty cows and nine brood mares, when he went to rais ing stock. lie has now 20,000 head of cattle,.worth at least, 8150,000, and he is still only forty years old. This man is es tablishing a stock ranch in the South Platte, in Nebraska, where he now has 5,000 head of cattle, and next spring will bring in 10,000 more. There is a ranch on the Conch° river, Texas, where,l am told, one man owns 70,000 head o steers and mikh cows. The best grazing counties in Texas are those of :Throckruorton, Stevens, Jack, Young, Callahan, Coleman, Brown, Tar- rant, 'Ellrath, Comanche, Palo Pinto, Hill mid Johnson. These counties lie along the Rio Grande ' Nueces i Gaudu lupe,- San Antonio, Colorado, Loon, Bra zos, Trinity, Sabine, and Red rivers. The stock from these counties are driven to the Gulf in great numbers, where they are slaughtered, packed in steamers, or put on alive, and flipped to NC:7 Yarti Boston, and other northern markets. A great many cattle are driven north on foot by way of Abilene, Kansas, and Schuy ler, Nebraska. Some follow the Pecos, and pass into Arizona and California; others keep along the Arkansas to Bent's Ford, thence across Colorado over the Black llills and into Wyoming, and on up into Utah, Montana, Nevada, and Idaho. There are some drivers whose names I cannot mention, but the whole number of cattle brought north overland from Texas during the year 1870, did not fall short of 100,000 bead. Of these 20,000 went to Montana, 8,000 to Utah, 8,000 to Nevada,. 9,000 to Wyomjno', 10,000 to Calif9rnia, 11,000 to Idaho; 30,000 to Coloreds and New Meal . The amount of money handled along the base of the mountains in transferring this stock was over $l,- 250,000. At Abilene, the great Kansas cattle market, over 200,000 head was handled. Tho shipments in Svtember reachell6o,ooo head, and•in October near ly 75,000 head. This immense trade mar bo estimated when it LI stated that It took 11l cars per day to transfer the stock, and one bank in Kansas City handled 83,000,000 cattle 'money. In Nebraska the cattle trade with the South is just be ginning; yet last year 27,000 head changed hands at Schuyler., and the First National Bank of Onuilia handled 8500,- 000 in consequence of this trade. It is likely the trade at Schuyler in 1871, will reached 100,000 head of cattle, and it will require 81,500,000 to carry it on. Large cattle trade May seem, it is yet in in its infancy, not only Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, on the ,Platte, but throughout the United States. The rap id increase of our population, both from', foreign and domestic sources, demands a' corresponding increase of food, and at present there is no pronnet of eattlo that is anything like equal demand. Beef can be raised on the plains, and delivered at six per cent per pound, and until that is there need be no apprehensions of crowd ing the cattle market. The beef can ever be had in our day so cheap at six cents does not seem probable, and yet even at four and a half cents per pound, large fortunes can be made in cattle breeding. It is only on the limitless plains, where I land is of little or no value, that stock can be raised to advantaged But even the plains, boundless as they may seem, are fast disappearing before the advancing waves of population. Texas, the greatest cattle hive of the country, has during the past year received 300,000 settlers, and already cattle growers there feel that they must soon look elsewhere for untrammell ed ranges. A few more years like the past---a few deductions of a million acre of pasture lauds in a single season, and Texas will be no more a grazing State than New York, Pennsylvania or Ohio. Yet compare these, States, and how do . they stand now? New York, with her settlement 250 years old and a population of 4,000;000, has 748,000 oxen and stock cattle; 'Pennsylvania, with over 3,000,000 people, has 721,000; Ohio, with 3,000,000 people, has 749,000; Texas, with 800,000 people, has 3,800,000 cattle alone. The great Platte Valley-has over 8,000,. ; 000 acres of rich pastures; but how .longi !will these acres remain - grazing. grounds?-' The Union Pacific Railroad has already; divided, these lands from their eastern to their. western nitremity, and, towns : and villages are springing upeverywherealong, its iron tails, and farms MT beintopened' on every side of them. It is-one eaagger. :Won to say thatthe population of the United States before the bloseof the pres ent century will probably tench 100,000,- 000 of people. Then them trill be no West to settle up, "no great stock ranges, but farms and - edies and cities and farms everywhere. I predict that: those men who begin now by raisittPeattie oti'Gov• ernment lands, and are Wise ehotigh to buy a portion of these lands as min as they are offered for tile, Will fled before they die that these lands will be worth more to them .then their herds ever could have been. The far-seeing. Ohio Senator, Benjamin Wails, once said thgt he believ ed " within the present century every acre of good land between the Missouri river snot the California coast will be worth fif ty dollars in gold? Wild as this declara tion at the time seemed, it bus already been realized in many portions of Ne braska and is likely to eonie ttue in all our St;stes and Territories west of the Big Great, then, as - ure the fortunes which are being made in cattle, still great cr. will be the fortunes made in land. Those who are wisest will make all they can on their cattle, and the moment the lands are for tale bay a 1 they ean get, or en if they have to sell a part of their herd to pay for the lands. The' Home stead lair precludes the possibility of get ting tench land in one body, btft 6q buy ing out settlers at fair prices, suftitieut grounds for grazing purposes =I be had for many years yet. The Love of the igettet(thL What ere half the crimes in the world committed for ? What.brings into action, the best virtues? The desire of possess ing. Of possessing what ? Not mete money; but every species of the beautiful which money can purchase. A man lies hid in a little, dirty, smokey recto, for twenty years of his liter and IntlWl dp about as many columns of figures as would *reach round the earth if they were laid at letigth. He gets rich: What does he do with his riches ? He buys a large, well-proportioned house; in the arrange ment of his furuiture.he gratifies. himself with all the beauties which splendid col ors, regular figures and smooth .surfaces can convey ; he has the beauties of Variety and association in his gromids; the cup , out of which he drinks his tea is adorned with bmtitiful figures; the chair in which he sits is covered with smooth ' shining leather ; tablecloth Is 6f the Most beautiful damask.; mirrorsreffect the light frOM every quarter of the room; pictures of the best masters feed his eyes with all the beauties 4 of imagination'. A million of human creatures are employed in this country in ministering to this feeling of the beanti fol. It is only a barbarous, ignorant peo ple that can ever be occupied by the ne cessities of life alone. If to eat and to drink and to he warm were the only pas sions of the mind, we should all be what the lowest of us all are at this day. Tho rove of fhZ) ticautiful calls Man fo fresh exertions, and awakens him to a more 1 noble life and the glory of it is, that as painters imitate, and poets sing and scu lptors carve; and architects rear up the gorgeous trophies of their skill—as every thing becomes beautiful and orderly and magnificent—the activity of the mind rho to stilt greatet avd to better objects, Four Pins. The folloting eharft. eteristie French story, whether tree of not, or merely built upon the well-known &stile story, has sufficient interest to warrant its repetition: In 1648, the Count K—, who al though d nobleman; favored certain libe ral principles of Government, became in volved in certain political troubles which Prussia would only remove b,y the strong est repressive meanies. The incipient terfoluflori was suppressed with aft iron hand and not without bloodshed, and, while pleblan captives suffered death, the count was conveyed ro a distant Rotre mid therein • consigned 'to a dark dismal dungeon. Ilaye, Nedra; and months did the Count pass in his living grave, depriv ed of every succor and vainly hoping for a trial At last, fcelliug not only that his physical strength was departing, but also, that, irr the tearful silence and monoto- ny of such an existence, his mind was losing its normal balance, ho became des- - penite for some means of exercise, both bodily and intellectually. The hopeless ness of atteturdent at first drove him to meditate suicide; but in the moment of wildest despair came the thought destin ed for his salvation. Four pins tvhich happened accidentally to be in the lapel of his Coat, had fortunately escaped the scrutiny of the jailor. These were to be the means of the deliverance of-his spirit. He threw the pins Upon the hare floor of the dungeon, and then employed himself in seeking for them iu the darkness.— When, after a tiresome search he succeed ed in Ending them all, Ito threw them down again, and so again, and • again, re newed his task which was to save hint from going melancholy mad. All day long, sitting, lying or kneeling, begroup. ed ana l grouped about with his' hands on the earth for the pins thus intentionally scattered; and the fearful yet beneficial toil served for no less than six long, weary years to save him from paralysis and in sanity. At last, in 1856, his prison doors were thrown open, and' he was given his liberty on eondition of his immediately quitting Prussia forever. Glad to be free on any terms, the disentornbed hobleman only paused to Gellert for the, last time his saving pins; and then, taking them with him, Joined his devoted wife at an• ap pointed place, and hurried` into France. The Conntes4 on hearing story, be sought him to give her 4 1 10 - pins as a precious memento, and caused them to be set in a broach, henceforth tohe worn as her most - cherisbefloritament.. This ex traordinary piece of jewelry, Bays a French paper, of course has created no little in terest in the high'social circles in which the lady .moves. 'lt is composed of, a ground of` fine lapis lazuli, surrounded by a frame of magnificent ;brilliants worth $2,000 Containingnndey a crystal, a star fornied'of four pins, which in appear ance differ in no way from the ecusimois ones ill-use. —lf you don't mean to mind yournerel Vueltas, it win not pay you to-advertiie.