FA: E. SAW LEY, Ttoprietor. guointoo SIIIP~A!{'i .1~ CAsS~. eaddle;ltattlesa and Trott maker". Shop the. Itoyera` Mora Pa. - Oak MiltleSSCP. heavy and I tit, mutes to of Brookt • yo, April XL D. SDITII Miring Inented at Jarkaon (lento., Planntartunor eland • Dealer In Llebt and Henry liaruelroa. eol'arr, "Trunkaotaddk - nAc .botring,nr strict ett..ni lon to boat. *eta and lair deallug, to hare a liberal abate of - patronage. Muth 11,1911.—no10—rag. BURNS & NICUOLS, OBALARS Drag*, Mediates, Chemicals. Dye. at iRp paints, 01Is, Varnish. Liquors. Spices. Panel trt.tles. Patent Medicines, Perinmrryand Toilet Ar. (tam Or Prescriptions carefully componn.i.— 'aria Meek. Moatroee, Pa. a. u. Caru s, . Altos Nten . Feb. 210-3.31. DR.' D. A. LATHROP, . lanatilllter/ SLICIIIO TUtILII&L DAVIS, at the soot of . Chestnut ntroet.. Call and consult In all Chronic Dlsesscs. Montrose. dan.l7.l2.—no..l—tf. . J. F. Atlanta, at Law. Montroso.Pa. 015e*next doorbrtow Abell maw*, Patin* newWw. yeatriate. Jan. 22, lea —nos,ly. C. E. BALDWIN, Amman aid Coosenum AT LAW, Meat Mud. Penn nyleanla. Sm. B. L. BALDWIN, ATMS= AT L. Montrose, Pa Office with Jim= K. emult. Raw. hicwitrow, Accost 00. 1871. tt. LOOMIS & LLSIQ. Attempt at Lim Office No, 1.14 localism:a Menne. &vision. Prsctke In t oo several Courts of La teran and Stokinehanna Cannata. 11. Loom!, Batman, Sept. ftb, Irll.—iL r Wa. D. Linn. W. I. CROSSiWON. Attorney st Lao, Office at. the Court Rouse in the Conteisslonee• (Mice. W A. Choi/stmt. Ilteatrose. Sept. 6th, 1671.—t1. McKim= NeKENZIE, & FAIIROT. Were In. Dry Goode, Clothing,Ladies and Mines tee Shoes. also,.agents tor he great American Tea and Coffee Company. (Montrone, Pa., op. 1;70. DR. W. W. SMITII, Dory. Rooms at his derellfnm next door east of the Republican priallor, office. Mice hours from 9a. a. to 4 r. a. Montrose, May 3, Itill—tf THE BARBER—Hat Ila! Halt Charley Morris is the barber. who can glare your face to order{ Cute brown, black and grlceley hole, In Ur clam just op stairs. There you will end hint, over Gene* store. below 111cRenales-‘lnet one door. ilantroae, June 7, ten.—tt C. MORRIS. 1. B. & A. 11. IIeCOLLUM, Arrange - re at Las Oinee over Ine Bank, Montrose Pa. Montrose. May 10. i 0 1. tf 3. D. VAIL, PlextonYartcPwrstetax can Sunoroa . . Ma permanently located himself In NI ontro.r, where he will prompt. ly attene to all exile le hi. profeodon with which he may be Carom& Oaks and residence west of the Caere Hoorn, row Fuca a Watoon's oftlee. llontoxe. February 0. 1871. OPPICE• FIT C T & W kTSI)N, \tr•roers+t I.3er. It the old oMee et Bentley dr, Fitch. Moutro...e, L. T Pan. 11, '71.( CHARLES N. STODDARD, Dealer In Bo.). and Sant., 1111. and C.p. I.earorr ' no Lindmdo, Bain Stre:n, tot do., tre:on STntr. Work Made e.r Llrdni and repAirtnn done neatly. Waal . ..a. Jan. I. 14TO. LEWIS tiNOl.l, SHAVISO AND RAIR DRESSING.: litop In the new Poetnilte haildinz, where he a fll he found ready to attend ail rho !nay rant anything in his line. Montrose, Pa Ott. 13. Ise). DR. S. W. DAYTON', PlifirtGClAN & SURGEON. tender, his hereirett to the citizen, of Great Bend and lit Inltv 0111, at hie realdenee, oppnatte Damara Howe. Cri. Bend villa; Copt. I.t. tf A. 0. WARREN. ATTOR:CIEY A . LAW. Bounty,qtark ray. Pent , lo, and Etem cn ClittraP attended to. On, C ..or below Boyd . ' Stott , . 3lntaro,r_Psk. tAn. 1.'69 M. C. SUTTON, Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent &tint! Prlendsvilla t Pa. C. S. GILBERT, 41.1a.cotl.casc.e.r. Great Bend, Pa 'l7. J 9. ant QM All 1 EL I,. V. S. BAzoAtAckrao or. Aar. I, UM Addroas, Brooklyn, P■ JOHN GROVES, WASIIIONABLE Thrtalt. 2flontrose. Ps. Shop over Chandler's Store. An orders fUled in Cyst-rata style. ,at tiny dons on short notice. and warranted to W. W. SIIITII, OaBISZET ISD CHAIR IlLaNl3FACTl=llB.—kom at alalastivet. Rontroaa, Pa. Jaag. 1. MI STROUD dr; BROWN, PIES AND LIVE 1:13 3.4.&ti ACZNTIL, Air easiness attended to promptly. on fate terms. Mee first door north cif ..stoatrose Uotet," west side o. Public drams, It:outran, Pa. (Mtg. L BILLINGS &num% Cflasuts L. Damn,. ABEL TUURELL, D•=a.LBll in Drugs, Pinola lierneincs. Chernicals Moore. PSALM, Oils,mys stuffs. Varnishes. Ntn o Glass, Granaries, Wars Ware, Nall .and Window Pa, per, etnne•ware, Lamps. licroscne. Machinery 01le. _ .T-asee. Mims Lrnmanitlen, -Entree. apectaaigh • Prilehme.Panci Goods, Juarclry, Perin ry, being tone of the most numerous. atenelve, and valuable collections of Goode in tinscinehanne Co.— Matablletted In 1848, [Montrone. Pa. D W. SEARLE, TI'OILYLT.AT LAW. orrice, over the Store of A. Ltthrpp, Sa tho Brick Block. liontroee, Pa. EattlX9 Da. W. Li RIEDARDSON, nrsumix & firll6Eo24, traders his profearlona services to the citizens of Montrose and vicinity.— *Moo atlds residence, on the corner rant of Sayre & Bros. Foundry. ' Aug.l 1, 1%9. DR. E. L. GAUDNER, PIITSICIAN and sUIIGEON. Montrose. Pa. Giver especial attention to diseases of the Iteart and Lanes and all Sargicai disesset. ()glee over W. B. Dean.. Boards at nearle's lintel. Laeg.l.lBC9. • H UNT BROTHERS, SCRANTON, PA. Wholesale & Retell Dealers In HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, NAILS, SPIKES, SHOVELS, • TJILDEIVS HARDWARE, EINE SAM COVE TEBsUNE d TMAILSPIEBb SAILBOAT) & MINING SUPPLIES. CABBLAGE SPEINGb.. AXLES, SKEINS AN, BOXES, BOLTS. NUTS sad WASHERS, ELATED BANDS. MALLEABLE IBONs.EUBS.spuEEs. FELLOSs.dEAT SPINDLES. ROM dm ANVILS, VICES. STOCKS and DIES. BELLOW!. lIAIMERS, SLEDGES. FILES. &e. &e. CIRCULAR AND MILL SAWS. IMMO. PACKING. TACKLE BLOCKS. PLASTER PARIS CEMENT. HAIR & Olt IIsIDSTONES. pRRNCH WINDOW GLASS. LE ATM& PINDTNOr PAIRRAISIVS s p ALEs. . • varch44.l43. IMPROVED MBE! PATZON= Wpzurcrracrunst • • gOttilSOLintai Speed' and Deinie Drive Wheel: It .., held' the cittet 2,iew rPritStece National Premien:l I . . _ 41,eceille Oreat Ohio Net lowa Preusime, held at Emu , :- v.tio., ill Imp.. - . . _ .., Prec ..- 44 althmi .I..the Peaserleaula, ISurylepf s Virgißlifkate The tee ye weal_ _ If ' ? m P d a igi " d i (tf i r i eig =r r fit :,eent of wer.foee, e!dettgal tted ly uee n urieir It traf i ggrit '• the operatlcni auto amazed Instantly tram a' bl cif Ow to one a third elperer. without stop; thus APltt• talc WWI° had pieces an d ticht Aul heavy Otte e4Werapperatnels verfeet. leo to I<e and cue enfant ka I nr- head. girt •hrTottd doubt. the ..etropMet- , Lachine to the world, and MeV; 4900 4 1 ,01iiejtball girteetly reliable in erunipurtistdar. . - n3Mtriin, MI a. ;lii.•-• IMPIE EittD• gogfo' DELiGgITF.F.L TillEtTV-TWO. Mostpoets-sing of . sweet sixteen, As if that age would do; I sing n sweeter, riper age -7 Delig,h. fel thirty two! • The age of beauty , rounded out As plump as any peach, And quite as tempting too, tMcts not To far above our reach! I sing the age of wit and grace, And sweet, enchanting wiles; Of faces sparkling o'er with mirth, And full of dimpling smiles; Of eyes that look into your own As it they'd look you through; And set you crazy by their depth At charming thirty-two I sing the graces of the mind That years alone impart, Or, what Is mote attractive still, The gmets of the heart The %intim that improve by age, As generous wines will do, That flash far has at sweet sixteen :Mum sparkling thirty-two. I sing of beauty unadorned, Of native grace and art; Of love that wins and captivates The mind as well ns heart; I sing of Cupid open-eyed, Not blind and bandaged too,, Who, when he wings his brightest shaft, Aims well at thirty-two. I sing of woman's crowning dress-- - The virtues that she wears ' With more becoming grace and art As she improyea in years; I sing the sweetest, ripest age That man e'er bad in view When seeking happiness for life— The age of thirty-two. 0. C. PAITIMOT, I sing the sweetest time of life For beauty held in store, And doubly sweet as "sweet sixteen," As two and two mike four; The fact is, figures cannot lie, And this plain truth is true, Exitetly ftro limns sweet sixteen Makes one sweet thirty-two! I sing the glorious honeymoon That lasts from year to year, And always grows more honey sweet As Autumn leaves appear; I sing the heart that's always young, Whatever time may do To nip its fragrance in thebud At glorious thirty-two. I sing the little archer boy, With eyes as roguish bright As when he left the skies above And closed the gates of light ; When Qenus bandaged both his eyes, And bade the boy adieu, Lest he should hind a heaven on earth ID charms of thirty-two. I sing, in fine, the Paphian queen, Wilma chariot dntwn by doves, LChite•wing'd and pure would ever seem To typify our loves; Loves that approved by Heaven's own law, And all that Heaven holds true, Shall make our sweethearts and our wives Both one at thirty-two! 1313:2= Lot England sing "god save our King," Or " Queen," as it may be; I sing a nobler sentiment For mound America! God save. our sweethearts and our wives, All loving, good and true, And we will keep our "honor bright" For them at—thirty two! —Acne Art for April. It ain't so much how you get there, So long as you're there at last, One can't he stpteamish traveling, If he wants to travel fast, Lite is so short at its longest pull, So rungs in its smoothest part, It stands a fellow to know the ropes Before he makes a start. Now, I got stuck in tho first dayhi march, And I've staid stuck up to date; Ton think I'd better be getting ahead, Than giving advice--eh, mate? But there you're wrong, for the malt who falls Has scented the pitfall out; And so to my failure, the people say There.isn't a ghost of a doubt. Fve seen a fortune before my "eyes, _ . But mud lay thick between And leaving the mud, I left.the prize For those less nice than keen. Folks turned their becks as they waded through, And groaned as they splashe about, But changed their tune as they neared the shore, And cheered as they waded out. What if they hadn't got out ? why, then They'd have sunk In the mire, of course, And the voice of the world would have changed And croaked till the air was hoarse. [again, What should I chose, could I live once more? Well, there you've got me, Dick; For the clean highway is a barren place, And mud—well, mud will stick. Bnt tf what we miss when we travel here, We get when we Journey there, I think, were Ito lire over again, I'd take path that's bare, For when it comes to the settling day, When kinds and sorts are clubbed, I think—though here vou m ust judge foryourselt, I'd rather be filed than scrubbed. Kitnitio and aritidomo. —A modest traveling agent requested an lowa pastor to recommend his gas 'burners from the pulpit. —Mfrs. Franklin, of St. Louis carved her husband with a butcher knife because he did not, vote the Democratic ticked. —The Ostrom ia Legislature has passed a bill that "religion shall neither be taught nor practied in the public schools." —A Newburyport belle was so indis. creet is to swear audibly because her foot became entangled in a rebellious "skele ton." • —A man in Oregon has sued to recover $5,000 from his parents-in-law for repre senting his wifr strong and healthy when she has turned oat sickly and peevish. —Ont of seven divorces vented recent ly hylbe Supreme Court in Boston, five of, the wives were named Marir, and four of the husbands named John. —A Southern paper our creduliq with this:.Florida. negro two bushels of dried:applesona bet, refreshed . himself at tb town pump, and burst:!. mournfully speaks —A Nei, York reporter mournfully speaks of having seen ' .'some of the lore- Rest eni-rings in the dirtiest ears imagin able, grthe Faust matinee.? --Berne one hoe ehollenge4 Weston to walk =and the world. An account - of Binh Iv - nimble tionld merit a geo-graphic deacription. BY R: W. WIUGUT. HIS CHOICE MONTROSE, PA.,,W I EDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1872. gliocdtancouo. oER OLD DOME. BY SITE. When father died mother 'became so low spirited 'that-the did not take any-in tereSt in anything about the place: "Do as you' like, girls," was her reply to every gurStion we asked her.. I become so discouraged that I did not rare what really berm& of ns. ' Father left us but a few acres of badly tilled land, and •a house as old as the hills—the old cottage be was born in. Mary Ann; kept her spirits in n hopeful state. She said as long as we had mother left, and a shelter for her head, we all might be;thankful, and go about our duties cheerfully. Mary Ann was differ ent fiem the most.. of us—she waslike the Morgans, mother's family. "But thisiold place will never pay a farm hand, and Jennie is toe small to help mach," feeling as I spoke, rather hope lessly. "how were we to live?" I asked of her.. "I shall farm it myself. Yon take care of the house and keep mother from fret ting, and I Will see to the farm," said Mary Ann Cheerfully. " was getting along in March, and nothing had been attended to, for we were:so confused about father's death, and the loss of our dear homestead, hich went to pay father's debts. The old home was small, only sixty acres, not much like the lost one. Sam Jay bought it, and we felt it had Nile's into good hands. Ile would be kind to the stock, which went with the plaCe. The last week in March we moved to the old home on the hill. It had stood empty for years. Once , in a while father used it for corn and drain, when the har vest was plentiful ; it had been a sort of a store house for a long time. I managed the inside of the house, and soon had it in good order. The rooms looked cheer ful. Mother brightened np, when every thing was fixed. The memory of her early wedded life clustered around its hearth. She said, pointing to different parts" of the sitting room—she was growing with er queer —" Your father sat there the night John came home from college. How proud we were of John. There is where the table stood on which they plac ed his coffin ;the day he was buried. And thfre was Nedde's cradle—little baby Ned, who fell from the door-sill yonder. and rolled down the stone steps on his head, breakieg his neck." Yon see she was bound to gather up all the sad events in her life, and hold them in view like mourning garments. The departure of the snow revealed an nusightly array of. refuse lumber round the honse, broken earls and wagons, which lather had thought to good to cut np. A pile ,of stumps and old boards, whose ruggefl and ugly proportions effec tually warded off the best view of the fine mansion in the valley, was Mary Ann's first attack. She was bound to have a clean door-yard and surroundings, and she went about it in good earnest too. Soon the farm buildings and yards were in splendid order, the fences whiteeashed, and the doors which had hung on one hinge gracefully hung on two ; windows were mended, and, lastly, she obtained paint and brushee, and actually painted the house and outbuildings. People pass ing wonid wonder what power had trans formed the old plaice. jnstead of the wood colored house, brokeW fences and unsight ly sheds, we had a new white cottage, with plain, substantial fences inclosing a clean plot of ground for a front yard. • Mary Ann was always fond of flowers, and she ornamented the garden with shrubs and flowers. 'Sam Jay allowed her to take all the plants she loied best. from his garden. They were hers and he would not deprive her of them, He sent his hired man to plow ap the fiveacre lot, ! and came up himself to help her top dress the west field and the lower mead ow. She displayed a wonderful lot,' of thrift, the neighbors said. We had three cows and fifty-eight hens, and by dens management,l made the cows and hens provide food for the family. We hid pork and beef left from last year. We got on finely. Vines and climbing roses rendered our back- kitchen one of the;pleasantest rooms in the house. Sam Jay used tosit there and talk for hours with Mary Ann about the farm, and what seeds and roots would grow with the smallest amount of work ; and Aogether they studied how to make the farm pay the best. The first, year was a perfect success. Mary Ann cleared from her oats hay and corn, nearly five hundred dollars. Jamie was kept at school. Mother was cared for like a lady, and we felt comfort-. ably Sam: Jay spent long winter -eve !dugs at our house, reading - beolatand pa pers with Mary Ann. - • - So the Eptin e. came round again arid we bad our hands full. " Doing the chorea" fell upon me; the burden of milking the cows, raising calves and nursing sickly lambs, was ;my share, while Mary Ann attended teleeding the pigs. and raising the chicken's, and other work around the barn. Some very fine rose bushes and a box of rare:flower-seeds were sent, us from the city, and caused Mary Ann to pay some extra regard to horticulture. I knew Sam gate the seeds and wondered if her small brown bands bad not opened a wound in his heart.' - He tras very kind to us all, I believe; he managed to find a man to do all the hardest work. He did not like to See Mary_ Ann's hands -sun burnt and blistered. She was so merry allAie time—there was something about he - so refining and humanizing—she loved so passionately the; beauties • of Na ture. Her mind Was well stered,with,the beauties of thought mid language, sugges tive of hattAre and . life—her kindle . . feel- - lege and religious, principles rendered her a superior Character. i .. Her simple piety threw over Cour.heme 'a: holy influence,- -beautiful tie it ties touching. Sam waists gentleman of refinement and mental cultivation... .His manly qualities invested hi in tvith - mon dada chart: His gentle)diOity, :sweetness and gravity of.,his apeech,.- together 'with his wide range;ot thought and` elevated sen timents, attraCtedlitary Ann;and laterin the season 1 noticed her foe would gush when hia naine jnentianed. • . There was a gay party down to the Jay mansion; Sam's two sisters were home from a boarding school. They brought a number of their schoolmates with them. Sam had forsaken us-'—we thought. He bad not been to see us for three weeks. Mary Ann saw him riding every day with a dark-eyed girl from the city, and once they pissed the field where Mary was weeding corn. He lifted hie hat graceful ly, but the beauty by his side laughed sneeringly, saying, "What rustic beauty is that?" Mary Ann heard her ask this in a haugnty tone. "She is beautiful, but not rustic; she is a queen among women;" was his guy reply. Mary Ann heard this answer, and felt like weeping. She finished her work be fore tea, and came to the house looking as if she had seen a spirit. She was as white as a sheet. I dui not say a word to her, for I knew she bad seen Sam Jay riding by with a. lady, and knew Mary Ann thought more of him than was good for the peace of her soul. Mother saw hciw ill she looked, and re marked about it. , Mother was very proud and fond of Mary Ann. She resembled John, who was mother's idol while he lived. Jamie and little Ned, who was killed by a fall, did not seem half so near. Ned did not live long enough to display any peculiar smartness; he was killed the same year John died. I don't think fath er rightly got over the death of his sons. Jamte, the baby,did not. seem to fill their places in his heart. " Are you sick, child ?" said mother, in a frightened tone; "you do look dread fully, Mary. Ann." "No, dear mother, I am only weary ; palling weeds in the hot sun gave me a dreadful headache." I thought of Sam, and that he had giv en her the headache—heart and head both. "I am not going oat again to day, and will change my drew.- Would you like to hare me sing to you, mother?' she said, cheerfully. She knew mother was troubled, and Put on a gay expression, in order to ban ish her fear of making others uncomfort able. She was never selfish. •"I would love dearly to hear yoti sing, child. I Was thinking to day, that you must have forgotten your music." " I'll change my cl-• in a moment, and sing you that net , s, e.g composed last summer„' said Mary , in, leaving the room. She returned after awhile, dressed in a nice new print, white apron, and lace collar, made by myself. I had a talent for fancy work as well as bread and but ter making. She looked as fresh and fair, no one would have guessed that she had plowed and planted, hoed and weeded all the spring. Her hands were brown and hard. but small and shapely, and they glided over the ivory -keyed instrument gracefully enough to snit even quality people. Mother was proud of her, and it did not much matter if other folks did not like it, if mother was satisfied. " What shall I sing. mother,?" she said smiling, while her eyes were full of tears. " Sing 'The dearest spot on earth to me," said mother; '• And then if you will sing that pretty thing that you composed last fall, for Jamie. I have not heard it for a long time." Mary Ann's voice was sweet and clear. The instrument was a cabinet organ, pre sented to her by her father on her last birthday but one. She sang "Home, Sweet Home." Mother was weeping softly behind her handkerchief. Mary Ann's face had a happy expression like sanshine over flowers. I think we got a glance of the faith which bad given her so much strength to labor through all seasons. If anybody every knew the glory of prayer, Our Mary. Ann did. She was a true wo man. Mother said she was glad she was so near the "Heavenly Home," and thought she had put on autumnal shades, touching her silverly locks with her fingers. " I hope to see von both happily married. dears, before I go," she said smiling. " I think you will prove a crown jewel in somebody's home, Mary Ann." "The Lord grant that it maybe miner' said Sam, who had come in noiselessly. just in time to hear mother's speech. He said in a trembling voice: "Will you come back to the old home, ray darling?" He opened his arms and Mary Anti sprang into them, and was clasped to a faithful heart. Brother Sam does the farming,now. • Abuse of Illothers4n-Law. The Richmond Inquirer has the follow ing sensible suggestions in reference to this subject: -"It is the fashion just now, both on the stage and through the press, to de nounce, -abase, - or make 'game' of the whole race of mothers-in-law. We think the kike has been carried too far, and that it is about time a defender of this very ill-used class of very useful and nei.omry ladies should announce himself, and take up their cause. The mother-in-law of the stage is not always nor often that lady in 'venire. The land is full of -good moth ers-in-law, and they greatly . ontnumber the bad, whether they be the maternal parent of wife and husband. It' is very wrong to treat all •as cross-grained old bags, meddlesome busy-bodies domestic tyrants; or mischievous disturbers - of the family peace, because a few bad examples have been found. Let each in Ws circle of acquaintance think over the 'list of mothers-in-laws - who ,make- themselves useful in their day . and generation through their constant, self-sacrificing .ellorts to make home 'happy; and compare- then with those who seem only 'to "have been created-for purposes: of annoyance and discord, old he will be surprised -to find hole many•xocid and noble, mothers-in law theft+ are in the land._ We, think it is ahoutlime this 'Unfeeling war npori a - most worthy and,a meet necessary class of ladies should cease. •If there be skele tons in that form in some houses, still, many a fainily his its angel in the shape of a mother-in-law.r- • _ •-•Onbizaibe for the DMIOCENT. :;' - tattoterfelt Wines. The.counterleit wines for which Cette,- in the South of Franc.; is principally no .ted, are sherry, port, Maderia, Malaga, Cyprus and Lisbon—the last a kind of sweet. sherry. ft also exports a large quaitity of what is termed Burgundy Port; principally to the :United States. Cette likewise produces counterfeit chain paigne, Alicante, Malmsley, Marsala, Sau ternes, Hermitage, and Rhine wines. Dn. ring last year the exportation of imitation wines from Cette was close upon a couple of million of litres, or nearly four hun dred and fifty thousand gallons, which was equiEvalent to one-third of its total export of Wine. A considerable quantity of counterfeit wino of Cette is, moreover, consumed in France, more particularly sherry, Maderia, Malaga, and Cyprus, so that: :here is little doubt that this fraudu lent; trade produces considerably more than half u inillitaLgallonsannually. The better class of counterfeited wines go. to England, which takes dold Crusted Port" in large quantities, whith a fair amount of "Fine Golden Sherry." and also ii moderate amount of Maderia. The wines of an intermediate quality are re served for Russia, Sweden and, the north of Europe generally--tbe first of which takes port, liaderia, Malaga, Marsala and Lisbon; while Sweden and other north ern :States takes Sherri - Malaga. The counterfeit wines of the lowest class— including the worst Maderia and Sherry, the vilest chatupainge, the poorest Sau ternes, the most worthless Rhine wines, Alicante and Malmsley—are all especial-. ly concocted for American market, New York receiving what so other nation, save perhaps some 'of the South American States, would admit.—N. Y. Standard. Mysterious Mrs, Mason. Donn Piatt gives in the Washington Capital a glimpse at the mysterous lady whei has figured in the French arms sale business. Ho says "she has been com mented upon and inquired about in the liveliest manner. She gives a colorof ro mance to the dark transaction that pipues curiosity to the furthest extent. Mrs. MaSon is now in Washington. Many will remember a tall, wellrformed lady with a rather handsome face, lit up with bright black-eyes, and framed in with raven black hair. She was quiet, modest and graceful in her ways, but evidently pos sessed of greet force of character and cer tain; fascinations of mind and person that influenced other?. She.is one of that sort of people well known at certain periods of history on the continent of Europe, whci to the graces of the woman add the courage and vigor of man. Mrs. Mason figured extensively during the late civil war. A Southerner by birth, training and association, she gave her ev ery effort to further the lost cause, and waslionored by the confidence of such meii as Beauregard, Johnston, and other Southern leaders, and her adventures when working for her friends would make a thrilling volume of romance. When the lost cause finally went under, she taansferred her field of operations to WaShington. We first hear of her in connection with the Cuban cause, and she is said to have inspired the resolution draim up by General Dyeroanthorizing the sale of arms. She was the confiden tial and adviser of Generals .Gordon and Ryan and could frequently"be seen in earn est <conversation with • General Banks, then as now. Chairman of House Com mittee on Foreign Affairs. A Marriage Postponed. At Elkridge Landing,in Howard county, recently, there was some little excitement over an expected marriage, the banns of which had been duly published,. between ayoung lady of Howard county, an orphan, not quite sixteen -years of age, and a young gentleman of - New York city of legal age. The young man camp on to fulfill his engagement; the young lady was ready, and all the parties inter ested repaired to St. Augustin's Catholic Church, where the ceremony was to be pet formed. A congregation of about one thonsand persons assembled to witness theiceremony c but when it was about time to come to time, the guardian interposed his authority and forbade the solemniza tion of the rite, to the intense disappoint men t of the throng of spectators: as well as of the happy couple in the expectation. It Seems that the young lady will not be sixteen years of age. until November, and the law provides a penalty of 411,500 against the minister solemnizing the mar riage of a minor under that age, though eighteen years is the legal age for women or iris contracting marriage. A mar riage license has been procured in due form at the clerk's office in Ellicott's City, but the priest, when ,forbidden by the guardian to celebrate the marriage, won_ll not incur the risk or sanction an implied evasion of the;law, and added the parties to come= to Baltimore for con sultation with church authorities here. la Baitimore the young lady was advised to rethrn with her guardian and if she . still held to her intent on matrimony bent to apply for the removal of her gnardian, as sliefiad the right, to o, being over four teen years of age; but thinking this a slow process, both she and her intended htiqband proposes to leave eiirly this morn ing for New York, where it is supposed they Will be made happy.—Baltimore Sun. ' .4 -It is 'estimated 'that Sweden- end Noway will not produce mOro than' a half supply of iron for the present year. This condition of affairs abroad has caused a sieady advance in American iron for some time past r has bec.n,followed. by 'an adrance in copper, brass and other metals. -The effect of all this has been to Advance American hardware composed chiefly of iron, from ten to twentj per .cent Arti clea manufactured of steel have advanced flit to twelve.and-a-hcdf per tent. hero anil in Europe' , ; grocer had a pound of sugar re tained with a note stating "too much sand for,tabla Ana, and not enough for building purposes." • " ' • i—What is it that has, three 'feet and eanabt walk, sixteen nails and - cannot sctatcb A yard. ati/Ir. - .Thelatatuts of so Womeni . We'have in gad ly° among the m ost agreeable women 'we have ever- met, both In manners and general cultivation, who are fitted personally to adorn any.draw iog-room, and who can converse intelli gently en any subject which may be broached there, but who are not in gener al society, in the town where they live, simpply because one of them. is a dress maker and the other milliner, Both de vote their evenings to reading and study; they travel, they hear the best music; and are familiar with the best,thoughts of the day; and.to the few who are really no qnited with them, they are valued friends. . But they are not often invited—because nebody thinkS of it,, Can society afford to do without such womentus these ? And their case is netexceptional., is tnie that there are scores Of. young jab in otir shops whose !needing and who e4ppear ance are very . ipsestiontible;tkisd Who could not be received,Sit presetit v i.nte public society. But do4vi hold out any induce ments to them to cultivate themselves? Do they see that those in their position who have'become refined and intelligent are any better off, socially, than them selves? Nay, may not they seem rather worse off, as having lost a taste for one kind of society, and failed to obtain ad mission to anqther ? But, it may - be answered, we have church sociables for these very people Yes, we have; and most of them are very poor affairs'indeed. Would it do you much good, if you were a shop girl, to go once a mouth to tea at a church parlor, and be waited on with condescending assiduity of by Mrs. Jones, who never speaks to you in the shop except to give an order? Or do you even care much for her kinder and more ihoughtfuldseighbor, whom you al ways like to serve; because of her gentle ways, when she urges you to come to these sociables and "get acquainted," and never , would think of asking you to -her- house for that purpose, no matter how unexcep tionable your English and your dress? . Our rule is not so revolutionary; as it seems. We do believe. in an arrangement of society which shall permit the Intro duction of all worthy to take place in it ; a society where, at least to those not na tive to it, the qualifications shall be re finement and intelligence. Some are in who ought to be out, no doubt; but this cannot be helped, It is for those who are out and ought to be in that we speak.— Beribner for Ifay. —During one of the wars in India, many Frenchmen had au opportunity of observing one of the elephants that had re ceived a flesh wound from a cannon ball After having been twice or thrice con ducted to the hospital, where be ex tended himself 'to be dressed, he afterward went alone. The surgon did what ever he thought necessary, applying even fire to the wound, and though the pain made the animal often utter the most plaintive groans; he never expressed . any other to ken than that of gratitued to this person who, by momentary torments, endeavored to releive him, and in the end he efficte his cure. —After the battle of Rsunilies, Marshal Villeroy's wig was found among the cap tured baggage. Of course it was .a mag nificent peruke, and the Duke of Marl borough tras so delighted at the sight of it that he immediately seized it and clapped it on his own head. Whether the great conqueror who had always a keen eye to the satin; of personal expenses, appropria ted it ultimately to his own use history has not informed us. When Kant, the famous transcendental philosopher, died, he left behind - him a wig, which was bought by one of his fervent, admirers for 30,000 forms, or 83,000. HARD, TO stnrsoin.—some wags were Walking around an agricultural imple ment store, and they chanced to see in the rear, a dressed bog hanging to the wa11.. , Ha, ha," cried they to the young man in attendance, 'what sort of an , ag ricultural implement do you call that ?' "That" said he, ""is a patent combined root-grubber,. corn-Sheller, apple-grinder gate lifter, double action, back spring sod plow, but I guess yon don't want one, for it takes-a mighty smart man to manage' em." The Mail ags:—We always did believe that musqm toes tormented us poor mortals out of sheer spite and malice, and not be: cause it does them any good. A Kentuc ky roan of an inquiring turn of mind has kept two of these blood-thirsty insects. under .a inverted tumbler for six months and they have not kw flesh or declin ed in vigor, which proves that they have no occasion whatever to disturb our slum ber an d r gite themselves- with the best blood of our people. —The story is told'of a negro. Who was praying earnestly that he and his colored brethren might be preserved from what he' called their upsettin sins." "Broader," said one of his friends, at the close of the meeting, you ain't got de hang of that ar word. I& fbeiettin,' not 'op setin.' "Bradder t "replied the other, "if data' so Bat I was praying de lord to sane ns from the sin ofintosication, and if dat ain't an up-settin sin I durum what am." —An editor and his wife were walking out in:the bright moonlight one evening. Like all, editor' sivives,she was of an ex ceeding poetic) nature, and , said to her mate, "Notice that MOOD ; how bright and calm and beautifol 1" . "Ccuildn! think of noticing it", replied the editor,. "for-any thing less than the usual rates-a dollar and fifty cents for twelve lines." —Children . will ask queer 'questions, even in Sunday school. 45. teacher s.*: have a class in Sabbath echo!. _ One - of the oihldren a.bright little girl"about eir years of ar-, noticed one day looking very intently:at another of the teachers, a gentleman . with, a heavy' moustache. After a long aid eareestlook, she turned to me - with: "Teacher, Teatherl has that got a hair lip I! . - - • - • —A doetorand a millitariofficer became enamored with tbelame lady. -A friend asked-her which of- the two suitors she intended to favor. She replied that "it was difficult foster to tell, as they were both slob hiWng ortatore44 VOLUME XXIX, DITINBER 20. —An English physician has been *at. cinated 477 times, to prose.to objecting people that there was no dopier iii it, • —AlLoysters cOntaine-as much MITA ishment as a slice of, roast beef, and , this is the reason - 11 , 11i WV era recommend fa invalids, .. —A Gate City lawyer included in his bill against his client: "To waking up in the night and thinking about. your —Miss Mesmer, the sculptress; .17111 re cently thrown from her horse and dragg ed thirty ynrds . at Home, liappily, how ever, her mjuries Were trifling. _ South is aheaut. Theonly, steinn plblfghing apparatus in summed- PM m-tho Unitedfil_til,Cairtarit s slg. plants itif computed eat' Olen )31, (10.. has irpaid'dunit - the past thirty years for pnnting the- single words , flaughtern in the Coagrenuonal Globe, No laughing Matter for tax-payers, —The latest fashionable ornaments are of amber and will, in a few moths, com pletely supersede tha tortoise shell jewel, ry, which has held, its owa for ttn units. rainy long time, • —Edwin Forrest remains in quite ill health, but with favorable symtoma of re. covery. A. considerable time must elapse, however, before he can resume the stage. —A Missouri women recently eloped, leaving the following pote to comfort the `heart of herlnsband: "Dear William— good-bye; do not mourn for the children, because none of them are yours," • —The merchants of Charlestown have presented Lydia Thompson with a mam moth bale of cotton, weighing over 1,400 pounds, bound by blue ribbons, "u a tes timonial to worth and virtue." At its market wane in Charleston the cotton would bringnver 8280. —Er-Queen Isabella of Spain bas been defeated in a lawsuit at Paris, the, option having been brought against her to re cover 161,000 froncs by M. Id. ifellerio, jeweller of that city, who had- sold and delivered to her goods of that Value in the years 1866, 1867 and 1868. —Nothing is of more value a busi ness man than an understanding , of the peculiarities of human naturet A con. fee lion er at the west has made a handsome fortune in a very short period by thesim ple process of keeping a parrot in hia store which screams out" pretty creature pretty crab:trot" to every body that comes gentleman once once visited the State Library of New Hampshire, wiathig to counsel Jefferson's "Notes." 'The li human, who was elected to his office be cause he was "of use to the party," film bled about the shelres for some tme, and then said to the applicant. "I cannot find them, and I presume Mr. Jefferson took them up before he died." —A characteristic ancedote is related of an otit-at-elbows poet, .who; by some freak of fortune comirig into possession of aB5 bill, called to a lad and said: "Johnny, in boy, toffs this. William; and get it changed." " What do you mean by calling it William?" inquired the:-won derful lad. "Why, Johnny," replied tbo poet, "1 um not sufficiently familiar with it to take the liberty of wiling it MIL" —" Look here, stranger, that's ray wife your are dancing with." - " Well, wlint of ?" said . Rakensack. "Why this; you dance with her again end the top of your head off." "Now, look here," said Rakensack, cooly, "do you see that umbrella setting there?" "Well suppose I do?" " Well, you handle that umbrella; you touch that umbrella, want ram it down your throa-and then I'll spread it l" ' —A laywomen in Providence, & milli ner by trade, but nevertheless a favorite eihorter at the evenings meetings of the elect, thus gave her reasons for herbelief in the existence of .a Supreme Being: "Sisters, "I am just as confidence that there is a God as I netbat there arobon. nets Paris; and thatJ know for ca..' min, as I yesterday received from theme a choice assortmentof the tnostfashionable styles, which I will trim with more tatto and sell lower than any milliner in , the city. . . . ' ;—Opium eaters are getting to trouble- tome to apothecaries.. We published sta. ` Sauce few .days ago showing that on an average every drug store in the city had tbree customers. A peculiar case bas just transpired. The heorine is o single lady - . of an exceedingly." uncertain age. . She says she is nervous andhae lied 'dreams, and nothing but morphia will relieve her.. She wore out the patience of five different druggists, since the. small quantity 75 .: allowed her each time obliged her to often. For th e last fortnight iihe bu been pestering her sixth victim.. Dey'before yesterday she preferred her usual requat, and his good nature broke down. "Can't • let you have. any,". was the 'curt reply. "Why . not?" she asked , with - a. feigned surprise. "No. matter why;`, I. won't." "But doctor , what else can I do far my poor nerves in - such a state r-" got-mar ried,' . was the cruel rejoinder opium eater veuiehed.... - -(.14 Y!C'ons..dde. —Late London paper; Contain-the. an- . nouncement of. the-Princess Pierre Nri•.• poleonDoneparte, who has ;Toned a mil. -linerehop in Ikeni street' The reason for taking this step is -very frankly avowed by the Princess Pierre Bona pa rte, which is simply to gain the means of which the rdvolotion hae.suddenly deprived her, and to enableter to educate her three children who are described as °remarkable beat*. ful and full - Of promise -4n - the eturso of Divine service la Nett Orleans colored - chinch; Mr. Orson ventured to differ with the patter in: mik. gird to .certain theolegipal tenets, espostulated with by the eexton,;.' kr. Owe-, duce&a knife and was proceeding to point;, that: implement 'the....heresiesl complithed of, when the clergyman "Pro• - flounced a hasty. beriedietiank attd assfik ted by the . Whole ;congregation,. bore, - tha religlonaranlctintent.to the dungen, •". Iriuiceeit
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