E. B. liA.WLE'ir, Proprietor.
115inc0,5 Curb.
Runturr.
Dealer .n Staple and laney Dry Donde, Cenc kery b
orte. Iran, Stoves, Dvt4v,s. Oils, and Paiute. Bouts
•nd 5Ww flat , Ana trap., Furls, Buffalo Rubes, Gra-
Nor-11111turd, t a., Nov. a, 111-It.
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
D. A. MCCUACEEN, oleo.* to Inform thepahllctbst
hating , realm! the Exchange Motel In Montrose, he
le nom prepared to cocaina:was/a the trnecllozpublto
in lost-claeoPt3lo
ountooo,
SUIPMAN & CASE.
rlarrieso and Trmlk waken. .Shnp In C. newer,'
Ittriotklrt, Pa. Oak Ilarneescs. tivivy
, t oi ,10, made to onkr/
8,11041,11, April 3. ISTI —mG
U. D. SUIT!'
n ,„" intett at .t.Aquatmnoa Depot, Ilatatfaearcr of
.I,le c r a lo lizht an , f heavy Marne..v.oot era, t Whlpa,
T coal- •tallttles.,te.hopltrz,hr ntrict attootton
and fAlr deaking, to 'Java a Ilbeial ahara of
fLoch 6. Is7l.—nolo—m3.
BURNS & NICHOLS,
net. A RS In Drugs, Medicines,
• As. %%trials!, Liquors, Moires Filar;
r Latent te4lcl tea, Perfirmoryoud Toilet AT
eurcrUlly compounded.—
BrIA Wort:, Mout rose, Pa.
A. H. IVCRNS. •
Feb. °I. 1M
Wit. 'D. A. L ATIFIDOP.
n i l l.orr. P:Lcr•gt. Taint"! Vt. tltTllO. At the Font nf
.trect. Call and consult in all Chronic
MITEE3
ME=
J. F. SIIOENIAILEIrt.
A:.orn•s . st Li. Mont Pa. Ofnce text door below
r.• Tnrl,lll` , ll , lle)v , tme.
Nlolltrwr. Jan
T. 'Sit —no3-15.
C. E. EII,DWIN,
A 170,... CT and C0C11.10.1 ST Law. Great Bend. Penn
Irattta.
_
U, L. BALDWIN,
A•-rortyry AT LAW. Monlime, °Cue a:th Jam"
E ea-malt F.-q.
Itwa:n•-r. ArEvim 941371, tf.
LOOPIIS LtSt
011,n 'n 221 Igirkawnnnn venne
n. I'a Pr-Kline In Ibn tover..tl Courts of Lo
.:11-qu..hanna C..urn
F. Wu. D. Ltsn.
Fth. Is7l --If.
w. I. caostioN.
Attmree• 11 la,. 0f9c..1 al the Cee A. CILUSILSON. rt In ,tite
Com , no , -1..0. - e- Oltkr. V
Soot hth.ls7l.—a.
Ac CO
c• er• In Dry GOOdS. Clothlin:. La4l.re an . llVl..er
nzant• for the great ....merlean
Tea and Col., Company. plogtrpen. July 17, 'Ta...]
nn. W. W. slum,
ito.•noi his diretlin.. 9ext door edn of the
u to; oilier. liftlect hones front 9a.
It. 4 r Munnro•._ litny 3,
- - -
TUE it 1111:11:1Z—lia: Ha! Ha!!
he 1,, 'h.., who ran vhnve your tacr to
ru•• brown, black and ariaalev b air. iu
v ja° nitur.. Tbere n m 4'lll and him, over
vry heluw Mrlieurivs—japt one dour.
libb,rome..lnue :.I 71,-IfS C. :NORMS.
J. U. & t. U. IfIeCOLLI.I3I,
ATronvr, •T LAT, OM, OTT( the Muth. 'Montrose
1.1 houtro,e, May 10, lett. 11
.L D. %%IL,
tort rem P. AN . 11.51r11 , 1 , :0N. permanently
...1:e1 .111,1 f In Nlontru-e. i'a , where be trill prompt
. rna lo all rail,. tii hi. proftw.iinti with which be may
..aseie4 In9er amt re.litrnee west of the Court
tiouat. near Fitch other.
•
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LAW OFFICE•
ITCH & W kTSOV. Altorneen Al Law, et the old office
ot
mantle• i nice. Itoutome.
rurcti. it. RAMON.
CIIAILLES OtTODIDARD,
Lei er In gent., and F.lmay. Ilato and expo. Lenlher and
:Am:, 'flak, Ntreel, 1.1 door below Ilnytra Store.
W mad , to or ler. and rep.ticyn; done neatly.
Montrose. Jan. 1. 1a 10.
LEWIS KNOLL,
SIIAVIVti AND HAIR DRESSING.
Shop In the sew Poe:office huildinc, where he will
be found ready to Intend all who may want anyihtlig
la bin line. Montrose Pa. Oct. IZ4 IsWi.
DR. S. W. DAITON,
TOTsiCJAN & SURGEON. tenders tils yrryteev to
vac titinen• of Great Bend and vicinity. Of!ire at hi,
t,nuonno. opposite 11.2ruum Rouse. G'?.. Bead village,
Sept. Ist, 160.—U
A. 0. WARREN,
ATTORNEY A. LAW, Bounty, Peck Pay. Petelou
and Ereol • 012 Cl.tme Attended to. Orce a•
..0r below Boyd'a 6unte, lloutmcc.PA. (An. I,'G9
M. C. surroN, •
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
59t1 Frienduftlle. Ps.
C. S. GILBEILT,
ET. 8. .
.to colt Great Bend • Pa.
AMI ELY,
J. O. .A.lsotilcamoor.
Au, 1. 1.1 4 73. 'Aildrcep, UrooklyD. Pa.
JOHN GUOVE,
.1' 1311 uNAIILS TAII3II, Montrote, Pa. Shop over
Chandler's More. AP order* tilled In tratArete etylt.
done on abort notice* and warranted to tit.
W. W. SIIITU,
CtiIINET AND CRAM MANUF ACTUREDS.—Pm ,
of M uu.trueL iluninhtc, )aug. L 1869.
BILLINGS STROUD.
V IRE u 1.1.1q1 ACIttNT.
uslue...tteucled toprwelp.ly.ou fair tettno. (num
uurth .4 • 31.11.1T0PC Iluiel; • wrests. ..•
, unlic A ',e.t.a.:, Siollirolle, Pa.
1;. 1311.1.010 s assoutt.
ABEL TUELBELL,
LEIt le inuo, Yateei till.vmuus, Chemical.
Liquore. fatale, Jlid.l.llo VAIIIIELCS. a IP
Mass Were, Well and stiliadote Pao
kr,. it u.,-ie r nre. ti.eturebe - ;Mailbittery Oil..
%to/nautilus., linlves. opectativp
B rainy Goode, Jewelry. Yerfu •r,,
one att., meet 4°4l
tina4le °De. of Goads in Huequelmurn
4.101116 k -it to 18.10. [..llentrete. Pa.
D. W. SEARCE,
TTOILVEY tT LAW, otllce Lbn
t torty, in the Bring Bionic, lautttrone. PA.
DIL. W. L. ILICLIARDSON.
tr, It Int(jgON. [enders hie Kula...l,MA
ervlnc, to ate et [item; of Moutroft and vicinity.-
1,, Tien ,st ttiorusidlinCe. un thd eumernnstol Sayre
8r... Foundry. (Anti. 1..1860.
I IL N 1 . Bat) IHEIO. •
SCRANTON. PA.
hulevale 41, Ratan Dealer,
11.1111)WA1IE, ILION, STEEL, '
NAILS, SPIKES, SIIOVELS,
111,1 )Rlt's HARDWARE,
Itse ODD'S] BB.SILNKA T BAILIIPLKEt
AlLllO4It d MINING SUPPLIER.
1'.1.11/t/.1 tiE SFS/EGA. AXLED. SEEMS ANL
BV%IIS. BOLTS. NUTS au/ WASHERS,
PLATMO BANDS. .11ALLEABLB
1113. SPerEs., -
POI,LBKB.,sILATIRONS.
B P 7II LITBLED, BOOR. 4c.
• NVIL.M. VICES, STOCKS :and DIES. BELLOWS
II A XMERS. SLEDGES. FILES. &C. &c.
c iscuLA it AND RILL SAWS, B FLTING. PACELNG
TAGELE MOORS. PLANTER FARIS •
cEXENT. HAIR & 0 RINTISTONES.
P ItENCH WINDOW GLASS.LEATIIEROINDENZI I
FAIRBANICS SCALES.
li , rar top. gtreb g. 4 11011.
. IF .
_ .
t_._ I ROCERIES.:—Teas in . great' variety
NA set cheep for thetitcallties. Dried Peaches, the
ie sisrArt.. A riles snalltrof Molasset,Degq,Cs&
re. el , s assortment of Spices, *e. nolitqle,l42.ll).-4. 433/LTITEGIUBIL
gect'o earntr
BEFORE TIM WEDDING.
Milk-whiteand.honey-sweet its flowers
The locust tree Is shedding;
0, it this weather would but stay,
I could not risk a lovelier day,
To-morrnw, for my wedding!
Tts, %lain truth, my bridal path
The wind with flowers is strewing,
The thing a woman says she won't,
Blie's !Away sure of doing;
And, tromp child. I have declared
I'd choose s maid to tarry,
And single handed fight my way,
Before I'd ever marry.
(Though he by all his deeds and words,
Were worth and wisdom proving)
A Methodist itinerant,
And keep louver moving,—
Stopping here and off again,
With scar= a breathing space.
But when camp-meeting came around,
A year ago this summer,
The Sundbury people bad a tent,
And 1, with Sister Hartley. went,
And first beard Brother Plummet.
"A young man looking for a wife,"
Was some one's sly reminder,
" And he may look, for all of me,"
I said, "And never find her."
Amos Stan°La
But when I came to hear him preach,
He to!d the Gospel story
So thrillingly; thmugh all the grove
Went up nne shout of •• Glory !"
Itough men were bowed, hard sinners wept,
I owned his power to Uhl me,—
Ilia glowing ferver, like a spell,
Against my will controlled me.
i•`or who is he?" I said, my own
Adn.iring, thoughts reproving;
•
A Methodist itinerant,
Who keeps forever moving,—
Just three years in a place,
That's ton•hard a way, thought I,
To run the Christian race.
I said 4he preacher pleased rue not,
1 did not wish to meet him,
And when we met I tried to Fee
How coldly formal I could be
And courteously treat him;
But when at woman tries to hate,
Be cur ihrinve's bra - inning;
The more I frowned, the more I felt
That he my heart was , winning ;
Doll (may the Lord torzive ti efound
The class, unless lie led 1,,
And sweeter ,eemed:the blessed word
„AM Scripture. if be read it.
And from the closing love-feast, when,
As w e wulked home together,
He led me down a quiet path.
And calmly asked me whether
" My future should lir our with his"—
And I must take or lose him,
I tilt my bold on earthly Joy
Was lad, should I reftise
But if I have, there's 'Mit our way,"
I arid, •' my love of proving;
And I am willing for your sake,
To keep forever moving.
Moving, moving. tuoVing.—
Just three years in a place,—
Happy wherestier I go,
If I but see your face."
-....,....-
'SOUTH AND AGE
I:=3
While yet my bloc,) ran 21%11 and free,
Gay girls the 'Sluse4 seemed to me,
Forever young, fore'ver lair,
With laughing eyeirtbat challenge care.
Yo hour when they would not he wooed ;
If I was, they - word in the mood;
We played at murtillip all day long,
And cured our painless grie!s with song.
Too happy days put wiser now,
Three matrons with unjoyful brow,
And eyes severe, that conquer wine,
I see replace those w•itchs fine.
Their looks convict the unthriftv years,
Their's am the rock, the thmnd, the shears,
Symbols, the artist's triple clew
:go matter, furl% arid measure due.
Each lays a finger oh her lip
And signs, " tiewsrp, the moments slip I"
How shall I hope the three to gain!
Together, triumph singly, pain.
SCHOOL.
Sir In n row on thtj, doorstep there,.
Nice little schoolina'am, prim and lair
Funniest noses, dimpled riling,
Listen - gAshile, the school bezins.
" Classes in 'rifmetic, come this way
Why were you absent. 3lury Day?
Now, Miss t.ts.sn, whst'slwice tour;
3laybe its 'lever!, mhybo more.
".Tohnny don't blow in your brother's ear ;
Stop it or must I Interfere
Suy your tables—now begin ;
' Trustees' might come droppin' Id.
What would they ever say to us,
Fir.ding school in Mich a fuss?
Baby Jenny, how is that ?
0 6, dear, don't Spell cat.
"Terrible boy! your Cane Ls red—
Why will you stand upon your bead?
Class in spelling, Ulu wilt do—
lien is 'stertleates tor }ou."
Faces pure as morttins's sun.
Voices that ring with harmless (ma;
!Sweet is lesson inn imnart
Sweet! and /learn it all by heart.
Six inn row on the doorstep there,
Nice little schoolms'aat, print end fair,
Free of the world,' and all its pain,
Would I could join ypur school again.
SOIIEBODY, inyairingat the Springfield,
Illinuii, far a letter fur Mike
llutve, received the gruff answer that there
wa.i 110 letter there fur aitybudy's cute.
AN exchange says "tipporiticity has
hair iu Trout, but behind she is bald."—
And many people di cuter, when it i2l t.1)0
late, that they hare grabbed her where
the hair is short.
AT the Troy Dinforency sess'icip at Sar
atoga, Rer. Dr. 'Wentworth gai;e'a reason
why the Baptist church is WO a:hearer's
hut. "There is only one eutr r suct to it,
and that is under • water." ,
"Trtsnr. is but one good r}•jfe in this
townl" said a clergyman. in the course
of his serinon—tho congregation looked
expectant--"and every married mat.
thinks he has got her," added, the minis.
ter. "
• -
Nati"rotT, Kamm!, has rapid way . or
startinstartinga graveyard.. It has one contain
ing thirtyrtwo grates, and -thirty-one of
them are filled • by occupants who were.
either kilbd, or died by accidents.
A irousa man who went West from
Danbury. s few mouths ago, bas sent on
ly one letter borne. It came Friday. It
said "Bend no a sag." And his fond
gamuts don't kaoyr Whether hi is scalped
or married.
VAIUETIGS.
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ItIONtROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY JANUARY , 8, 1873.
Our First Nuno.
[Tun following is the first article that
Fanny Fern wrote for the Ledger. It was
published in the Ledger of January sth,
1856—over sixteen years ago. Since that
day she has never failed once to furnish
an article for every number• of the Led
ger.]
••iiow sit down, and I will tell yoq all
shout it. Charley and I were engavd.—
Youth conies but once, you know, and if
we wait to be married twill we could fur
nish a house in fashionable style—well,
you see, we knew too much for that : we
got married, and left other couples to
grow gray, if they liked, on the distant
prospect of damask curtains, gold salt
cel:ars, and. trams of innumerable ser
vants.
Charley did not know the meaning of a
"club-house," and the shopkeepers flashed
their diamonds and satins in vain in my
face ; I never gave them a thought. We
had some nice books and some choice en
gravings, presented to Charley by an old
anti:query who had taken a fancy to him.
You might have gone into many a parlor
on which thonsandl had been lavished,
and liked ours all the better when you
came back. Still it wanted something—
that we both agreed ; fur no house can be
sal.' to be properly famished without a
baby. Santa Claus, good soul, under
stood,
that, and. Christmas day he brougot
us one, weighing the usual eight pounds.
and us lively us a crick'-t. Such lungs as
it had ! Charley said it ;was intended for
a minister.
Wen, now it was all right, or would
have been, if the baby bad not involved a
num. We had,-:o be sure, a vugae idea
that we 11111. t havZQUite; and as vague an
ide a of what a nurse was. W e th i atzhi
her a kind of creature who understood
halw-domatid never interferred with any
little arrangrment&
Not a bit or it!
The very first thing she did was to
make preparations h. el 'p in my miim.
and send Charley off into a desolate spare
chamber.. Charley r sty Charley ! whose
shaving nrieratinn; I had watched with
the intensest interest. mixing up little
foam seas of "lather" for him, banding
him little square bits of paper in wipe hi'.
razor upon, and applying nice bits of
court-plaster when he accidently chit his
chin. while we we•e laughing. Charley !
whoseqt':nuts I hal Heil I. seit my fancy
every'fifess•d moraine', whose hair I had
hrit-hed up in elegant confusion, whose
whiskers I had coaxed and trimmed. and
—well, any one, unless a bachelor
maid. who mods this, can sic that it was
perfectly ridiculous.
Charley looked at me. and I looked at
him, and then we botli looked at the
brand-new baby—and there's where she
had us: You might hare seen it with
half an eye, as she folded leer hands com
placently over her apron strings, and sat
down in my little rocking chair opposite
the bed.
I felt as thonoh I was sold to the Evil
One, as she fixed her himilisk eves on me
when Charley left the room. Poor Cl•ir
lev! lie did not want to go. He neither
smoked. nor drank, nor played billiards :
he loved home and—me ;.so he wandered
up stairs and down, rat with his hands in
nis pockets staring at the parlor fire tilt
he could near it no longer,and tl-el came
up stairs to he comforted. If you'll be
liere it. that woman came fu.sing round
tne bed after him. jest as if he were in
fringing some of her rights and
immani
ties.
What if be did bring me a sly piece of
cake in lilt pocket ? Who likes to live on
gruel forever ? What if he did open the
blinds and let a little blessed sunlight in.
when she tried to humbug ns into tho be
lief that "it would Inct the baby's eves,"
hecellse she was too lazy to wipe the dust
from the furnitnre ? What if he did steal
one of her knittiog needle., when she sat
there, evening after evening, knitting
round. and round, and round that inter
minalde old gray stocking, my eves fl.
lowing her with a horrid sort of faccina
tion, till my nerves were wound up to the
screaming point ? What if T did tell him
that she always set her rocking chair on
that loose board in the floor, which sent
forth that little crucifying soneak. and
that she always said "Bless me r and was
alwllys sure to get on it again the very
next lime she sat down ? •What if I did
tell him that when she had eaten too
much dinner. and wanted to take n sly
nap. she would muffle the baby up in so
many blankets it couldn't cry if it wanted
to, and then would draw the curtains
closely round my lied and tell me that -it
was high time I took my nap ?"—I. who
neither by stratagem or persuasion, could
ever be induced to sleep in the daytime!
who felt. as if my ey.•lashes were fast
en..d np to the roots of my hair. and as if
legions of little ants were crawling all
over me?
What if' I did tell him that she got up
a skirmish with me every night. hecanw.
irquid not wear a nnicanec cathfl a night.
cap? What if !did tell him that the in
sisted upon puttine a sticky pitch plaster
urea my 'leek. for a little ghost of
conot=neeasioned he her stirring the
ashes in the grate to furiously—and that
when I on.-vnenthal her. and clapped
it round the bed nnst instead. she mutter
ed spitefully that "a handsome neck
wnuldn't keep me not of niv . en lyi n
What. if I did tell him that she tried nn
my nice little lace collar*. when she
thought I was asleep at night. and insist.
ed on me drinking detestable porter, that
its seeMul-hand influence might "make
the baby sleep?" What. if I dvl : was he
not my husband ? Did not I tell him
everything? %nett with him? cry with
tim ? eat nff his plate ? drink of his cup
of tea. herrinse being his. I fancied that
they tasted better than mine? Apt] didn't
he tike it tvio? Of cnnrse he did !
What if I did tell him all this? "..1"M it
Charley! he i'vas forlorn too; his enivsts
were tied like a fright all the time I was
sick, his hair looked likerany other man's.
the buttons were off lilt pretty velvet
vest, and be had not even the heart to get
his boots blacked. 'Poor Charley!.
Well, the nurse had_ the impudence to
tell us one ensuing, that awe acted like
two childieu.? "Chigra r Wet.: Us?
the pare is of .that eigbtpound . babyP—
Thst woo the last drop is oar cup. Olter.
ley paid her, and I was so glad When she
left that I laughed till I cried.
• Then we both drew a lung breath and •
sat down and looked at the new baby—
our baby ; and Charley asked me about its
little sleeping habits, and I told'him, with
a shake of the head, that I could not
speak definitely on that point ; "Ad then
we discussed, in a whisper, the respective
merits of cribs and cradles, and the pro ,
priety of teaching it at an early. period,
that impressive line of Mrs. (lemma
"Night is the time for sleep."
And then Charley gut up and exchanged
his musical boots fur a noiseless pair of
slippers, and changed the position of the
shovel, tongs, and poker, and oiled the
creaking hinge of the closet door, and
laid a chair over the squeaking board in
the floor, that he might nut tread on it,
and with one eye on the baby gently
shaded the night lamp; and then he look
ed at me, gave a little sort of congratula
tory nod.; and then he drew off ¢ia vest
and hung it over a chair, and then—out
rattled a perfect tempest of half dollars,
q9arters. shillings, and sixpences on the
hearb. Of course baby awoke—frighten
ed out of a year's growth—and screamed
until it was black in the face. In vain its
Plot inexperienced papa kissed it, scrttch
iug little velvet- face with his rough
whisker the while 1 In vain we both
walked the floor with it. The fire went
out, the lamp went out, and just at day
break it came to us like a revelation, the
samistic tone of that hateful 9,1 d nurse,
as she said. "Good-bve ; I hope you'll get
along comfortably with the dear baby!"
And so we did. Do you suppose one
night's watching was going to quench our
either for the baby or each other ?
No, nor a thousand hke it I For, as Dr.
Watts or Saxe bath it ; "It was one of the
kind that was not born to die."
The Loves of Elizabeth
Tut vs of Elizabeth of England was
a physiological Wunder. Many of her
most serous detects arose front her not
having been u man,
us Nature must orig
inally nave designed. With a Masculine
will, a masculine character, and a mascu
line ambition, she had all the feminine
weaknesses without any of feminine gra
ces or charms. Her vanity was in excess
of her prde, and in spite of her unques
tionable greatness, rendered her ridiculous
througn life. She was ever anxious to be
loved and had the exceeding misfortune not
to be lovable when she biter' most. There
was no great need of affection in her
stubborn spirit, no yearning,for 0 . % mpathy
in her self-sufficient nature. no inappeasa
able crating for what the romanticists
would call all intercourse tic soul. She
wanted lovers more than tore, heoause
lovers flattered her inordinate vanity,and
told her, us lovers usually do, that which
she secretly thought of herself. She nev
, r tired of In aring she was the Virgin
Queen, and never acted as if she relished
time arrogated honor. Coquetry she would
have carried to a perilous degree, ,f there
had IsTll anything perilous in such a
homely Amason. Not one of all the men
the hat desperate and protracted ffirta
nobs with—nut even Raleigh, nor Leices
ter, nor Essex—eared a maravedi for her
in the way she wished them to; but from
reasms of State, and from motives of pol
icy titer pretended to adore her.
Crafty courtiers as they were, it must
have been dancult for th-in to refr tin
from laughing in Elizabeth's face when
they called her beautiful, or when they
compared her voice to the tunes of the:
lute. They
,had passed through many
hardships, but nothing harder than to
address Euryale in the language becom
ing to Aglaia. Raleigh showed his keen.
ness of insight, when he spread his rich
mantle beneath her ungainly feet, and
Leister his understanding of eh tracter
when he wrote to her that her lovely im
age banished sleep from has pillow. Of
tier numerous suitors none would • have
given a fillet for her heart but much for
her crown—the sole aim of their gallant
masquerading.
The, secret loves of Elizabeth and Sey
thenr, and Raleigh, and Leicester, and
Esiex_ and others, have often been writ
ten, and not, it is to be presumed without
a basis of truth. But love is a fine bap
tism fur relations springing from vanity
on one side and from considerations of
diplomacy on the other. The Pnncess in
her earlier years appeared to be fond of
Seymour, and it is charitable to think she
was. Pretty stories have been told of the
Countess of Nottingham's withholLing
the ring sent to the Queen by Essex be
fo e his execution, and of the consuming
sorrow from winch Elizabeth suffered af
ter his death. The stories are dramatic
and interesting, their chief defect being
that they are ertirely untrue. The wo
man %%hose reputation had been almost
irreparably injured by her connection
with a man of whom she could say after
his execution, " his loss is not much ; fur
though he had large wit, he had little
judgistentrwould not be likely to be troub
led by remorse for ili.libAlttely sending
her nearest friend to the scaffold.
Eliz..beth could not forgive in any of
her sisters the possession of gifts and
:truces which she must have b-tea private
ly conscious were lacking in , "-Tierself.
Slant Stuart's unpardonable offense was
her beauty and seductive charm; and her
rival was never able to regard with kind
ness the men who, willing to forget the
woman in the sovereign, had sought 'her
hand and afterward wedded where incli
halm' led. There is asp cies of dismal
coinpensati m in all conditions of life. If
Elizabeth failed to awaken in anv matcu
line breast the flame with which 'she hopt
ed to kindle the torcit.of her vanity, and
if her iestal ussuitiptiOns were not al-
Wuys credited. she had the good fortune,
so surrounded was she by distinguished
soldiers, statesmen, and scholars, to shine
with the light refh-cted. from them,- . and
•
hear in history a glory not own.—
" Historic rovers," by Juntus I t touri
December Gahxy.
TIIE pictures of the late Thos. Bully
were disposed of by auction in Philadel-
Plitao'n Friday. itithe presence of a large
assemblage. The highest price reached
for any single work was $4l, which VIM
given for a "ilgardian Angel," after Josh
ua Reynolds, °Some picture sold for as
low as $1 and $2, bat the arorage pee
obtained was about slt
The Evils of Gambling.
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SCENE fl CALIFORNIA IN' 1840
SPIN - put was a new arrival. The camp,
malt its customary propriety. had dubbed
him thus because he was so slim. On the
same principle, his awkwardness soon
gave him a notoriety: Nor this only; like
One-eyea Tom, Spindle had made one of
he happiest hits of the day. Young, pas
sionate, elated beyond, degree with the
splendor of his prospects. it was no sur
prise that. he should court the pale faced
gamblers, who were the aristocrats of the
camp. It was no wonder that they should
discover his weakness and determine . to
"salt" him. Play ? No, no; Spindle did
not play; lie only came in to watch the
game; it was tiresome sittting there in
the tent alone. "Try it; double your
stakes on 'threes,' triple it 'full,'" said a
pleasant-faced fellow, who was just raking
in a hundred sings or more. Spindle was
inclined to listen. "Tell you what to do,"
said the gambler, continuing, "go me
halve' for an hour, and see how you come
out." Spindle (lid so.
At the end of the hour lie had. one at
"stake" of several thousand dollars. Spin
dle was fasc;nated. "I will double this to
morrow night," said he, mentally, as be
left the gambler's tent: He doubled It.—
"This must he tripled," said Spindle, as
lie song.lrt-the tent again ; two nights af
terwards it was tripled. "Spindle means
to break or he broken," said the bystand
ers, one night, about a week after his
original venture. "Look at the dust he
is betting." He is. indeed, betting heavi
ly. The rattlesnake has charmed him.—
Bet after bet. till the winnings of the
seek have left him ; bet after bet, till its
earnings are all—gone, till the last "slug"
is up. and he has lint a single "sight" for
it. Woe to him, for he wins! The tide
is floating again, antl Spindle is even.—
"Safe. safe." lie remarks, betting a bun.
deed "singe as a "blind," on the strength
of his confidence. One by one the cards
go round to the players. Spindle does
not look at this, hut gathers them under
his ha'-d on the table. "I see your blind
nod go you a hundred better' It was
"F.aglenoce" who spoke—"Eaglenose, the
lucky." Spindle looks at his cards. He
has a first class, hand—four queens and a
king: four aces only will beat him. Ea
glenose can have but three of those, for
he saw one on the bottom of the pack
se the gambler laid the mills on the ta
ble; the gambler meant that he should see
it.
"I . we your het and raise you a hundred
better." ren'ied Spindle. Eaglenose is un
certain. He looks wistfully at the gold.
furtively at his antagonist, and very care
fully at the cards in his hand. "He waits,
he weakens." said Spi idle to himself. "I
thought he was "bluffing." 'Spindle does
not Fee the smile on the face of the by
standers at the hack of the gambler, or
he world think very different. Rising
from the rough stool on which he sits,
Eaglenose steps hack in the tent and
opens n strong wooden chest. Two bags
of dust are taken from it, and the gam
bler staggers under a heavy load, as he
hrings it toward the table. Spindle sees
a 810.no0 :nark on each of them. "Bet
von them 'ere things..' says Eaglenose as.
he have the two hags with the other gold.
It is now Spindle's turn to hesitate. Can
it he that he has the other ace? No, he
will not think it ; hut what shall he do ?
He has not money enough on hand to
"call" him. He does not wish to do this;
it would he cowardly. "Ha!" says Spin
dle. "1 have it now ; I will bet my claim
and the few thousands I have left against
his pile, if it only be large enough." This
to himself. Then . to Eaglenose: "What's
your pile ?" "There are five more bags
in the chest," said the gambler:quietly ;
"what do you do?" "Bet my claim
amtinst your pile," said Spindle, intensely
excited.
The bet was taken. Spindle thrbw his
cards npnn the table with a half paralyz
ed motion and a face whiter than the tent
above him—fonr queens and a king. Es
glenose filed his off, one by one—three
aces, a king. and an ace Not a word was
spoken by either, and Eaglenose had no
reason for so doing. A few momenta af
terwards the ruined miner staggered to
the door of the tent, based out into the
moonlight, and the game goes oa as ev
er.
Half an hour later Spindle sat in his
tent alone. Before him was the picture
of a fair, sweet face, that bad won his love
but a few years back. Nobody sees him
weep while he watches the play of light
in its eloquent eyes. You could step in,
and step heavily, too, without startling
him. He is lost in reproachful thought,
leading down to despair. All that he
had hoped to do has vanished. Lust night,
rich in gold ; to-night, bankrupt. Why;
then, should he live? He can hear the
roar of the Yuba as it tumbles over the
atiff 'only a mile above him. He steps out
into the open air; the . cataract glimmers
in the distance, and the sound of its "nut
km soothes and fascinates him. No
body will miss him ; why should he hesi
tate ?
He MOVES toward it with eager bound
and determined purpose. Up the rocky
hill—np, np, till he stands on the edge of
the precipice, far above the fall. He looks
at the white tents in the distance, bate is
blazoned our every one of them. He looks
at the white spray, far, tar below hid; 'a
hut dyed phantoms beseeCh him to come
to them. A pause, for an instant only, a
whispered sometlang—was it a prayer?
A quick, terrible leap, then the same
moonlight es before on the flower-clad
hells around, ott the white' tents of the
sleeping camp, and'on the whiter face of
the cataract.
IP-there is anything:that will make
mau'a angry pabstons rig, it i 6 to hunt all
over the house loran overcoat such morn
ings as these and then find that it has
been traded off' to an. , old el& man fur a
couple Of twenty cent braCkets. Such is
married life too often;
luau is a good business-film epitaph :
"Here lies Jane Smith, wife of Thomas
smith, marble cutter.. This monument
Wilti erected by her husband as a tribute
to her meMory, and a specimen of his
work. Monuments of tho same style,
A Dog gilts Lis 11loiter and Dies of
Grier.
Old Peter Bean had been a digger of
wells in this locality for thirty years. lie
lived a life of loneliness and celibachand
procured his meals at Mrs. Kenora's
holariliitg house, on Front - street. llis
firm and fast friend, his a mp min iu
hours of toil and leisure ' was a large dog.
that was hardly ever kr.lawu to be
sent from the side of Peter. lie was a
cheerful, even happy character, of a quiet,
playful disposition, snd when he worked',
to Use a homely style of•Phraseology."he
worked." No one knew how old Petitr
was, and no body would, even venture - to
guess at the age of his dog. He was a
sort of perennial youthfulness.. In the
natural and regular courseof things there
was every probability that he would out
live a couple more generations. But it
was not so to be. He fell yesterday
. the
victim of an accident. which no foresight
could have anticipated and no precaution
arrested. It was in this way: Peter was'
digging a well on Front street. He bad
reached a depth of forty feet, and was
still industriously delving in the earth.
The person assisting him on the surface
of the earth had just hauled up a buck
ful of dirt,. which was carried to some
distance and empted out, and the bucket
detached from the rope, as was usual, lay
on the ground. Peter was below, when
his faithful dog, having got loose, rubbed
madly about in search of his master.
The vigorous and excited animal be-unti
ed forward to the pit to bark down to his
friend at the bottom, knowing he would
get a friendly answer. This enthusiastic
friendship of the dog proved the death of
theman. In jumpine , re the edge of the
pit he drove the bucket before him into
it. There was nothing heard. afterward
bnt a low, painful groan, and, all was
still below in the dark and narrow 'hole.
When Peter was taken opt it was found
that the bucket had split his head in two.
He died instantly. Justice Spellman
held an inquest Man hotiror so afterwards
and the fury having become acquainted
with these facts, gave their verdict accor
dingly, laying all the blame of the ter
rible accident on the dog-the last crea
ture on earth that would have injured or
allow others to injure a hair of his mas
ters. So great was the 'grief or affliction
of the animal on finding that the cold
hand of Peter caressed him no more, and
the voice of Peter failed to reply to his
friendly yelps, that he IF y under the dead
maa'seouch yesterday and, died himself,
It is a curious—and sad as curious--epis
tide in life and death. --ifetaphis (Tenn.)
Appeal.
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The Old and the :New.
.
Whet is Stewart, or Belmont, or the
Marquis of Westminister, to Ptolemy
Philadelplins, of Egypt, who amassed_ a
little property of $350,000,000? And
which of our extravagant young lathes in
these boasted times ever gave her lover as
Cleopatra did, a pearl dissolved in vioegar
(or undissolved) worth $400,000. Then
there was Pauline,. one of the - ton in
Rome, who used to wear jewels when she
returned her visits worth $800,000.. Well,
they boast of Mr. Stewart'. " marble pal
ace' on Thirty-fourth street and Fifth av
enue. We do not suppose this house,
which is about the best they have in New
York, cost more than half a million of
dollars. Cicero, who was a poor man,
gave $150,000 for his house, and Mains
paid $650.000 for his establishment, while
Massala gave $2,000.000 for tke house at
Antium. Seneca. who was just a •pluin
philosopher; like Mr.Creeley, was worth
$120,000,000. Why they talk about a
man's failing in New York for a million
as if it was a big thing. Cmsar,.before he
entered any . office—when he was a young:
gentleman in private life—owed $14,000,-
000, and he purchased the friendship of
Qumsor for 82.500,000. Murk Anthony
owed $1,4'10,000 on the Ides of March,
and he paid it before the Kalends of
March. This was ncthing ;,heiquander
ed $720,000,000 of the pUblic money.
Esopusi, who Walt plar ; actor;pid $400,000
for aaingle dish: Caligula spent $400,000
on a supper.. Their wines were often kept
for two ages, and some of them sold for
$2O an ounce. Dishes were made of gold
and silver, set With,precious stones. The
beds of Heliogabulus were of solid silver.
his tables and plates were of pure gold
and MS mattresses, covered with carpets
of cloth of gold, were stuffed with down
from under the wing of the patridge. , It
took 880,000 a year to keep up the digni
ty of a Roman Senator, and some of them
spent $1;000,000 a year. 'Cicero and
Pompey " drooped in" one day' on Luenl
lus—nObody at home but the fathilv—and
That family ;limier 'cost 84000. Itnewe
talk of population. We bo - iiit of
. London
-
and New York. Rome had a population
of between three and four millions. .The
Wooden theatre of Scarnrus contained
80,000 seats; the Colliseam, built of stone
would seat 22,000.m0re.
Tun second trial of Enwsan S. STOKES
for the murder of JAMES Ftsit, Jr ' was
commenced in New York, on Monday
last, before Judge Bo.trinms...v. The jury
comprises siE merchants, one architect,
one insurgence agent, one builder, one
carpenter, ono printer and one brickman.
The case was opened by ex-Judge Fun,
LER - TON for the prosecution in a lengthy
address, in which he recounted the facts
connected - with the murder of FisK,
which have heretofore been published: Ile
attributed the murder to revenge from be
ma beaten:at every point by Fun. Mr.
ECLLEILTOY concluded by calling the
jury's attention to the lawlessness, of, the
times, and said the question - now prom:
irient in the, community ,wae. whether
criminals should be arrested, and when
arrested Whether they shall 'be. punished
and a atop put-to 'this'• bloodshed.-: Bad
men- regard, the law punishing murder
With death as played out,. and if this state
of things is permitted to go on we shall
won be in astate of anarchy. The et.
aniination. of Witnessed -then commenced
and is still progresiing.
A NATIOXAG Convention of goose•
pickers is to be held in Chicago, next
motifh, fo * devise MO" way. of picking
geese by machinery, and deodorizing the
dead goslius that are so often found in
boarding house 'pillows.
VOLUME xxx, NIIMBER..2.
Items for the Toilet.
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To Wurras• NAILS.—The best wash for
whitening the nails is two draehmi of di
luted sulphuric acid, one drachm of tine
tut° of myrrh, added 'to four ounces of
spring wash ; first cleuso the - hands dna
then apply the water.
31Axn WIIIBEERS Gnow.—Shave
the beard at least three times a week, and
use the following as a stiumlent: Co
logne, 1 ounce; alcohol, 1 pint; castor
oil, f, pint; oil of cloves, 20 drops; oil of
bergamot, 20 drops; tincture of maw.
rides, 2 ounces.
T ,„ ,„
O.P tt
REVENT RAT Ifarn.—A good
remedy for the hair turning gray and fall
ing oil is the following . : Distill two
pounds-of honey, a handful of rosemary,
and twelve handfuls of the tendrils of
grape vine, infused in a gallon' 'of new.
milk ; about two quarts of water will be
obtained from this, which apply to the
hair frequently.
TOILET ITINEGAR.--rialf a pint of
Bordeaux, or of the best white wine vine.
gar ; half a pint of pale rum; essence - of
bergamot, rosemary, and majoram, a
drachm each; and one pint of-rose or
elder flower water. Mix the perfumes
with the spirit, then add the vinegar, and
laltly, the rose water. If not perfectly
bright it may be strained through blotting
paper.
To Burour. RAlZ—Onions rubbed
frequently on the part requiring it. The
stimulating powers of this . vegetable - are
of service in restoring the tone of the
skin, and assisting the capillary veesels in
sending forth new hair; but it is not in
fallible. Should it succeed, however, the
~ r roWth of these new hairs may be assist
ed by the oil of myrtle berries, the repute
of which, perhaps, is' greaterthan, its real
efficacy.
To BEAUTIFY TEET/I.—BiSMIWO two
ounces of borax in three pints of boiling
Water, and before it is cold add one tea
spoonful of the spirits or camphor, and
bottle for use. A .tablespoonful of this
mixture, with an.equal qua,tity of tepid
water, and applied daily with a suft brush,
preserves and beautifies .the teeth, extir
pates 'all tartarous adhesion, arrests de
cay, induces a healthy action of thegurns,
and makes the iecthpearly-tvhite.
To WIIITEN HANDS.-1. Stir -} of a
pound of Castile soap, and place it lu a
jar pear the fire, pour over it * pint of-al
cohol ; when the soap is dissolved and
mixed with,the spirit, add one ounce of
glycerine, the same of oil of almonds,
with a few drops of essence of violets;•or
otto of roses, Wen pour it into moldti to
cool f.r use. 2. A wine-glassful of esu do_
cologne, and one of lemon-juice, - two
cakes of brown Windsor soup, mixed well
together, when hard, will form nti excel
leu substance.
CUE 4
OF-NAtts.—The nails Shoithl
kept clean by the daily use of the nail.
brush au* scup and water. After wiping
the hands. but still soft froirrthe salon
of the water, gently push beelt the skin
which is apt to grow over the nails, which
will not only preserve them neatly
rounded, but will prevent the skin
around their foots, (nail springs), and
becoming sore. The points of the nail
should be pared at least once a week; bit
ing them should be avoided. . .
To CLEAN Hata flarsltss.--Fill a pan
with warm water, and dissolve in it a
quarter of an on nce of soda r to half a gal
lon of water. Comb out the loose hairs;
take one brush at a• time by thehandle
nd dip it several timet in the water with
out wetting the back ; then rinse in cold
water, and put near the or in the open
air to dry. Never use soap in washing
hair brushes, or allow the water to I
more than lukewarm, as hot water will
soften the bristles and melt the glue in
the back, and also turn -ivory backs
low. •
A WRITER in the British Medial' JOUT
nal states that, in cases of the whooping
cough, in the last stage—that is after the
third week—he has had one ounce of the
strongest liquid ammonia put . into a gal
lon of 'boiling water in an open pan - , and
the steam kept up by means of
brick made red-hot throughout, and - pat
into the boiling water containing the am
monia, the luau being placed in the cen
tre. of a room into which the tmtients
were brought as the ammoniated steam
was passing off. This method, he says,
was used in the evening, knit before bed
time, and it proved so efficacioni iu abat
ing the spasniodic attack, and .after three
or four_days terminating the malady, as
to establish beyond any thubt the great .
value of this mode of inhaling ammonia
ai a therapeutic agent in tranquilizing
the nervous system in whooping-cough.,
ASTRUNOMEILS have sometimes seen
eras .move across the face of the sun
n•nch more - rapidly.than the .ordinary So
lar spots. .They are described as round,
black, and sharply defined.. One Was ob
served in Germany in 1819, one in Frineo
in 1839; and one in England in 1862.-- .
Ur. J4:11. Hind conjectured that this may
be an. unknown planet, which exists at
rfe great distance from the sun, and froth;
these previchis observations ho lei calcu
lated tlurt if it is such o planet, it will
be visible on' the sun's dims on the 24th
of March next. lie therefore recommend*
that it he closely watched for on that day
by astronomers in all parts of the world,
in order to se ttlethe question whether we
have "brought into harness,' all the infe
rior planets that exist
- A QUAKER, uho had been fronblea
.with rate, informs a friend that ho &eas
ed's thirty-foot board, filled it fall of fish
hooks, set it up nt an- angle of forty-flvo
degrees, and put an old cheese at the top.
The rats went up, slid back, and he - got
thirty of them the first, nighti • •
TRH fatigue of the limbs incitlent to
railway trawl, is occasioned mainly by
the.trnfiling motion of the floor nailer
the feet. Invali t ls will find a great vlief
by the use of an air-oushion fora foot.
A (mums kiwi or sausages, ma do
Ars 'ante intoxicate.