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VOLUME XXX.
E. B HAWLEY & Proprietors.
Business Cards.
J. D. cf: A. H. MeCOLLU.V,
ATTORIMITI AT LAW
May le, Ofllen over the Rank, Montrose
Iluntroae, 1571. Of
I). W. SEARLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW% °Mee over the Store of M.
Dennther,ln the Urteh flock, Montrone, Pa. [ant al
WI ll'. smint,
OADINILT AND CHAIR MANLIPACTUPRRS.—Poo
of Main street. Montrose. Pa Jan. 1. 1869.
.11: C. SETTO37,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
■ni hgtf Frlend•vllle. Pa.
C. S. GILBERT,
Cr. 83. 41Luatiotacoor.
6%21 tiOlf Great Bend. Pa.
--1 M _ELY.
ICr. llkomoticorteez-.
Arm. 1.1 U 9. Addrepn, Brooklyn, Pa
JOHN GROVEs,
r ASTLIONAULETAIIaR, Alontrose, Pa. Shop over
Chandler's Store. Al' orders filled tn first-ratestylt.
carting done on short notice, and warranted to fit.
J. F. SHOEMAKER, .
♦ttorney .ttAw. Montrose. Pa. Odle. , next door to e d
It. DeWitt`, loom °prolate the bank.
Dltoutrope. Jan. 17, itioh—non—ly.
.1. 0. WARRE.Y,
A TTORNEY A i LAW. Bounty. Una Pay. Pension
and Exam on Claims attended to. Ofliee fir '
..00r halo', Boyd'a Store. Montrone. In. [An. 1.'69
Tr. A. - CROSSMON.
Attorney at Law. Office at the Conn liens.. In the
Cummirelnuet'a °Mee. W A. Cue:lsm:kn.
Montrose, sent. nth. Inl.—tf.
CO.
D,nalere In Dry Goode, Clothing, Ladles and Dlrem
fine Shoe.. 11ao, agel3ll , for the creat Amerlral,
Ten Ana Coffee Company. (Montrose, July 1;,'72,1
DR..; w Tr. SMITH,
Darnel.. Roomi at his threllinc, next door east of the
Republican printing °Mee. °Oleo hours from lt ♦. Y.
to 4r. Y. ' Montrose. 3loy 3, la7l—tr
LAW OFFIC:E.
FITCTI WATSON, Atlmmdt , y• al Law, nt ate old ndlee
of Bewley Morarcole,
l.7nTcu. Qati. LI, `TLC
• ---, J. SA UTTeR,
F A TiliOl4BLA TAI LOA. Fhop orcr J. IL - Dr WitrJr
Iluntrolie Feb ? 7711 a Isll.
ABEL TUR`IIELL,
Dwlcr in Drugs, Illvillelues, -Chemicals., Valets. 011 s,
Dye staffr, Teas, Spice*, Pracy .(100d.... Jewelry, Per-
Amery, 4;:c.,, Britt Block, Idwatreae, M. fltrafillrlied
Isla. - (Feb. 1, ism.
DR W. L. ILICIIARDSON,
PiITSICTAN it iturcoro:i - . tendert' , tits-lintressi nee
services to the citizens of Montrose anti I i rini ty.—
OP to a t latarwthlence, on tho corner ensi'iii Sayre S.
pr,,..roulidry.. jikuit. 1. ISM
. .
C1L.1121.F.S Y. 57'02)1).11W,
knierin Bents and Shock Hat, ana Cap', Lent her anti
Findings, Math Street. in door beton . Soya's Store.
Work mule Lu order. tad repairing done neatly.
Moutroae. Jan. 1.1171.1.
I.Ewrs AT_voLL
SHAVING AND HAITI DIIE.SSINO.
Shop In the no, P.ooofilre wbcr. , h , 1%111
u. found ready to attend all who may most aophn.F
/a log line. Moutroet Pa. Oct- 13. 1,69.
W. DA ITO'S;
I.IiTSICIAN St'ITGEON, vender. hi. eervire•
vele en ezene ea nre-en Beeni and vie-teeny. ()Slime at h i,
ee.eleietece. ninneeite Banana !bas e , 4 3 . l Bond vinagr-
Sera. net,
DIL D. .4. LATIMOP,
A 1 ninkicri ift.c,rtio Tuansi f4T11., at th, Foot of
rbn•.tnnt etrcet. Call and co.utt in all Chronic
I
liontroac, Jan, IL "11.—nrc3-41'.
CIL4RLEY MORRIS..
•ITIS ildril B.t RBER. boo moved kilo shop to the
bond ne ,oteopied by J. U. DeWitt, adore he to pre
94,rti tw do all kind* of work In Moline. such on ma-h
king switrltra. puff, ete. All work done on 'Lon
1101iCV and Init. Way. ?leave call and se, me.
IL 13 LTRIZITT.
Dealer ,n Steananty OGoode. Crockery, Elsrd
role. Iron. S t o r es
r O il.. ruga. toot l'Alots, Boots
and 0,4, Rate and Caps. Fars, Belisle Robes, Gro
ceries. Provisions. be.
New-blillord, I a., Nov, 0, ":2—tf.
EXCILINGE HOTEL
IIeCRACKEN. wishes to inform the public to
haring rented the Exchange Hotel In Montrote, he
le COir prepared to accommodate the traveling petit's
in Erm-clltee nyle.
Montrose. Actg. tt:l.
BILLINGS STRO UD.
FIRE AND LIFE IIS7RANCE AGENT. A 1:
business attended to promptly,on fair terms. °Mee
first door east of the bank o , Wm. IL Cooper A Co.
FablleAvenne.,Alontrose, P/A. LA IV. 1.1.969.
J all It urn.] MiListie STEOUD.
J. D. VAIL
10 COTATIIIC PUTWICWIav Stma rn N. Iles nerrn.rnMy
located himself In Montrose, P. where he will promt
ly attend to ark-ails In his prolloislon with which he mai
be favored. Office and residence west of the Court
llorm, near Fitch Watson's
Montrose. February 8. I sn.
F. cirti:ciraL,
cydice of the Peace: office aver L. 8. Lentie'dip wince,
Crest tleod baronet, Stuomehtions Von rtty, Penton.
lino the eet.lement of the dockets of the tote
Ie or
doneaeod. °far: hour. from 9to 12 o'clock
, nod from 7 to 4 o'clock, p. in.
Great Bead, L 1 2.
* BURNS & S'ICHOLs
Dgai_rfßfl In Drugs, 'Medicines, Chemicals. Dyn
e Ifle, Paiute. Oils, Varnish. Liquors, Spicer Fancy
r [Aloe, Patent Medicines. Perfumeryand Toilet Ar
ticles. E3•Prescrlptlon• carefully compounded--
Brick Block. Montrose, Pa.
A. B. Bunn,
Feb. 21.1471
OE7 ALL HIYDS OF
JOB Pitthili\G,
ASECUTZD AT TUE
DEMOCRAT OFFICE,
MirEST SIDE or PUBLIC ,Avior Fr.
Ziate Nott'o::torner.
•
TIIE , THILIGHT
r'ucould batter to-night a ton of gold,
FoL nn hour of the love-llt day of
When tharool south wind in its !lot and goat,
Just front the Tropic's fragrant throat,
Rocked the - lances of the spanner trees • •
Aalt rocks the boats of the Mexico seas.
As I sit alone in the porch to-night,.
In the self same chair and the dint twilight,
I miss thevoice orn gentle girl,
And the touch at nn overhanging curl,
The trust that kneW no shock or check,
Theytingine: arias around my neck,
And the eses that said when bent on me,
God marnes, you know, the vine to the tree.
I thought just then as I looked on her,
With the pride of a human uorshiper,
That the Sultan might search the Orient land
Paint the Golden Horn to Samareand,
And send his spies where the snows-caress
The mountain tops or the white Cherkess,
And nonn could be found as lair as she,
Who Mend on the twilight porch with me.
I sometimes think when I pass away
In - the hazy lighteif a summer day,
Bore on the wings of a seraph band
To the silvery light of a Bummer Land,
That when in the midst of the spirits there,
Though Weir eyes he blue and their faces lair,
- And, thu songs they slng:be sweeter than
Young M 07.11103 song in the Vatican,
I should turn away to the realms below,
' Wi.erd your blue O'lti beans and your et teem lips
And sigh fur the touch of the little hands
That cooled my brow like lain• lime,
Or stealthily crept along my sleeve
In the dim- twilight in' a summer eve,
Till they lay just under my chin as white
As the snow that gleams in an Arctic night'.
I know that I should long fur the chair that
stood
Xn,thC twilight porch; and the.womanhoOd
That made• you come with your velvet feet,
And your lay-like words, soothing and sweet,
Your coaxing eyes and the delicate arts
That men u ill love In their queen or hearts,
And fold your hands just under my chin
And ask m heart to let you in.
Yes. I know full well that the seraph Land
on the beautiful plains of the Summer land
Would miss me when I thought of you,
'The snow flake antis and the eyes of blue,
The sweet meek lee and the human tricks
Where Art and Nature an intermix
1121121:13=1
Where the girl Ic❑ off and the woman begun
Alt.! sweet,' fear should I !crampon hero,
I would wander :May from 1110 spirit spheres
And h with you when the seraph hand,
Would want me no in the :Summer Land !
That in spite of a sweeter world than flag,
I Might barter its Miss for a human kiss,
While the thircad spirits would raze and grieve
A.S your hand stole stealthily up my sleeve.
Till folded and resting just arida my chin.
Too ask ruy heart to let you in.
?",ht. `tor,g
ONLY A MECHANIC
The snow was fulling like a myriad
tight of tiay, white winged birds, tile
Deceinfier blast monru rutly
through nhe twilight F trects. when the
li g h , s were beginning to shine out here
and there. si•lnary beacons of lire, and
Grace anal :Myra Payne were sitting be
fore the grate in the•r cosy well used sit
ting room talking.
Grace Iu d been darning stockings—a
piece of domestic linger craft not particu
larly ornamental, but neverthelers most
essential: and Myra was dotting the edge
of a shirt collar with stitches like seed
pearls. Rat it was grown too dark to
work now, and they sat in the ruddy shim•
of the grate tire,enjoying the season com
monly known as •blind man's holiday.'
•Vow. Grace. I'm sure you'll think
better of it," said Myra, coaxingly.
"Don't think there's the' least prospect
in lif,t of any such thing," returned
stay, though—we hare not photo
grapheu our heroes for the eye of the
reader's fancy. Well, they were two
pretty girls, although in somewhat dif
ferent styles. Myra, the elder by a year,
was tall and slender, with dark. languid
eyes, an oval lace and jet black hair.
slightly rippled. Grace was small and
sprightly, rather inclined to be plump
than otherwise, with big brown eyes hill.
of liquid laughter, a skin like rose color
ed satin, and brown curls, which could
no more have been coaxed to lie straight
than so manyrapevine tcndrilfs
"You are really going to marry a com
mon mechanic!" persisted Myra, remon
stratively.
"Well, I think he's rather an uncom
mon one, myself."
"But our papa is a gentlemen.'
"Our papa is a lawyer by profession,
Myra, but I don't think he is any more
of LI - gen de ma n than Walter Geniis!"
"Mechanics are not g ' ntlemun !"
"Yes they are, if they behave them
selves..-- Now, took here Myra," avid the
I big britain eyes became very resolute,
am very-glad that yc u are engaged to a
Wall street broker,:who lives in a brown
stone house, but I don't think that gives
you the privilege 'of criticising- my lov
er!'
'Bathe is so poor, Grace."
"He has health and strength, and his
own right arm to help him."
'"And,yein will have to work."
what
.then ?" My good gra
cions."..and Grace • elevated two little
plump . hardi, "what do you suppose these
were. given to, me tor? To wear kid
gloves and diamond rings only.. and to
gather roses? No, indeed! I can find
a better use for them titan tha t."
,
4.;mce,You are perfectly incorrigible!"
, I am, so' you, may just as well
leave off: leaturing me t said Grace, sau
cily:
- "I plead guilty to all your accu
latiotte., „lam going io marry . nothing
but a - Mechanic.- I shall live in half a
.. house,; I can i t go out in a
,carringe, nor
give parties, acid think very likely that
shall mit anfrcqueritly wash dishes,sweep
-rooms and iron my liusband's shirts.-
- And through it all expect to be very hap-
IT" •
- Myra si,glied and abandoned :the use
less argument. What was to bedone with
so-very - unreasonable s _damsel as this?
A woo Nscams
A bright 'little hearthstone—a kettle.
:Singing on the hod; the crimson caret
Ilrussels. nor velvet, but simple
gain ; and the plain, neat furniture,with
C,rece.emilingat the .ready
for
table—
tTiiß was a - pleasent home for Walt( r Gen ,
lis to come to after his day's work in the
great machine shop was over.
"TRUTH AND RIGHT : GOD ANDr OUR COUNTRY."
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1873.
-
"Upon my word," he said gaily, "I
think we'rehappier here than Myra. in
her big hotiSe, with her parties and her
visiting listy and her swarm of servants.
Do you know, Grace, I almost felt at one
time that I wasjloing wrong in marrying
you?"
"Wrong, Walter ?"
"Myraseemed to think you were such
a victim."
'Do I look like a victim ?" demurely
asked Grace.
"Why no, I can't say I think you do,
but I wish I could have brought you to a
house all your own,my pet. Never mind
some day you shall reign in a palace wor
thy of you."
"Nonsense, Walter; could I be hap
pier anywhere than with you ?"
"Arc you happy, love?'
She rose from her seat and came over
to her husband's stile, looking full into
his face with eyes so eloquent that all the
dictionanes in creation could not have
spoken more plainly;
Yes, he knew that she was happy.
Mrs. Linlev. too, thought that she was
happy, and pitied `pour,dear Gracie' from
the very bottom of her heart. No ser
vants; no silver napkin rings ; no double
damask table cloths with embroidered
monograms on them; no carriage; no
Wilton carpets nor brocatel curtains.
What would life ho worth withoutthese ?
And then, ton, she lived so outlundishly;
actually dining in the middle of the day,
and having—good fates !—pork and cab
hago occasionally, and fried onions I
_Mrs. Linley'was quite sure that she could
not have existed under such fearful con
catenation of circumstances.
"Of course we must continue to visit
them," said Myra, inhaling the Lubin per
fume from her Valencienner-edged pock•
et handkerdhief, "but really I am quite
ashamed to have our carriage seen in such
a corn monp!ace street."
"She's your sister," said Mr. Lindley,
"and Geniis is a good fellow, after all."
"I know it—but a common mechanic!"
And Mynt took out her pearl tablets to
look over her visiting list. •
I;race Geniis knew very well that Mrs.
Gustavus Linley despised her and her low
estate. bat Gime.. eared not two pins for
that—why should she.? Was s he not
happy tt,.= Queen Victoria herself in her
snug little house, with love to brighten
the low c , ilings and beautify the maple
wood furniture?
"Grace is a f itiarl of price," thought the
young husband, as he watched her at her
thrifty house wifery, ••and som e day she
shall shine in a pr iper setting as well as
Gustavus Linley's eune.ited doll of a wife.
She shall. or my bailie is not Walter Gun•
Its!"
Mrs. LititneY did not:''‘find herself en•
tirely inciol&ilable when Walter Geniis
accepted an offer from a California firm
to come out as head machinist, and her
sister went away.
•'lt • s jo-t as 0,11,' thought Ifcnt. "tot:
I wanted to g;yea seres of Gertmos this
winter, and I conldn't have invited theni.
and of course they would have li;•en nun
tally oft tided. ?'ow it is all right."
And the years passed by. and Myra
Lucky forgot to ■ttsn•er her sister's l-t
-te,rs so often that. at levy; tit, racy left off
writing. and NW, lanky became a bright
star in the world of fa3hion, and enjoys
the false, artificial lite as one enjoys h vet ,
ed excitement of ally kind:
Otte evening Mr. Linley came in lute.
but Ile often did that :gym glanced
lin
g up from the book she was skim
ming over, not because she enjoyed read
ing. but because it was a fashionable work
and she wanted to say she had read it—
and noticed that his face was perturb
ed.
What is the matter ?" she inquired,
ittle staril,tl by Li± lonic.
The matter, ridurtied Gustarng, seat
lie himself deliberabely before her, `•is
hat Ire are raiubd."
"What do you mean ?"
"Simply that we are pennikss —beg
gared—haren't a cent in the world, one
debts enough to sink the • punish Arm
ada!"
Myra looked at him in blank dismay ?"
"And what are we going to do ?"
"Do? Why, do as other people do,'
savagely answered her husband. "Go in
to
the second story of a tenement, house
and starve!"
Mrs. Linlev fell into weak, sobbing
hysterics: tier husband, not heeding
her, sat staring moodily at the floor.
"It must be a horrible dream," groa 1-
eil Myra, "it can't he true."
But unfortunately it was true, and in
something less than a week Mrs. Linley,
her husband, and three children found
themselves the inmates of a tawdy, third
rate boarding house, while Gustavus vain
ly tried to obtain a siturtion somewhere
as clerk, and Myra cried and scolded al
ternately,and wished so many times a duty
that she were dead, that Gustavus finally
lost all patience, and intimated darkly
he "wished so, too."
And then Myra called him 'a "horrid
brute," and cried more presistently than
ever.
"A carriage at the door, and to see me!
1 It can't be possible!" said Mrs. Linley,
peeping over the blinds of the window.
1
it was Mrs. Gustavus Linley the lady
asked for, tualn—a bright, pleasant spo
ken lady as ever I seen," said the maid
of all work who had brought till the mes
sage.
"Tell her to come rip here," said Myra
recklessly, as. she 'luridly smoothed down
her neglected hair and twicthed at the
buttons of her faded silk wrapper.
"Why, Grace Geniis! it isn't you?"
It was Grace Geniis, nevertheless, in a
superb black silk, and a pricelees India
shawl, and real diaMonds in her ears, but
Grace Geniis all the same---eagere loving
and impulsive.
"We beard about Gustavus' failure,"
cried Grace,hngging her sister and laugh
ing and crying alternately, "and Walter
said he would come to New York at once
and see what he could do for you. We
are rich now, Walter and I," said Grace
with a spice of- innocent triumph, "and
he has concluded to settle in New York,
and Walter owns the Geniis iron works,
I and we should like Gustavus for book
keeper, and pf:courselon'll all come and
eve with us, and—that's all, Wiiter,deari
tsu't it?"
"All—l should thini it was," said Mr.
Geniis, who had listens! smihingly to his
Wife's avalanche of wods, "and a pretty
mess you've made of it There, atop cry
ing—we'll be all right igain presently.'
"It's so—so trying,"ktbbed Mrs. Lin
ley, "that Grace shoult be rich and wear
diamonds, and I—"
"Didn't 1 always tell you I should put
my little wife in her light place one of
these das. although I was nothing but a
mechanic?" demurret Walter. "Why,
here is Lindley, I declirc. Give me your
hand, old fellow, you ouven% changed a
bit."
And Gustavus Utley listened with
humble thankfulness to his brother-in
law's offer to make hip book-keeper to
one of the branch establishments of his
famous iron works. ,
"But how did you-*trike this golden
vein ?" inquired he, Om he had accept
ed the position, with tsany thanks, and'
Myra had whisperingy commented on
their being reduced to such an ignoble
fate.
"It was all througlt an invention of
Walter's," said Grace, gleefully. "I al
ways know Walter would make his way
in the world. But come—get your things
on—l'm going, to take yin away with me,
Walter and. Gustavus can walk, and
there's lots of room for the children in
the carnage with us.
Mrs. Gulley was thatkfill enough to
leave the cramped limits(); the third rate
boarding house, and return once more to
a spacious brown stone front, where the
halls were paved with mosaic marble and
the ceilings frescoed is dove color and
gold. But it was none the less a sore
come down for her pride that the house
was not her own, but that of the simple
minded little sister who had married "a
common mechanic."
"Who would have thought it, ten years
ago!" sighed Myra.
THE OLO BROWN COAT.
lIT CAPTAIN' lIAIIRYAT
-0-
"J reckon you see nothing very particu
lar in this, do your Said an American
acquaintance of mine, bringing out the
entr of nu old coat mood holding it up be
fore me, dangling it between his linger
and thumb.
"Ex-act-ly," relied my acquaintance,
pronouncing each syllable of the word
apart; “yet the coat, of which this is the
remaining cull . was the occasion of my be
ing just now pretty considerable well to
du in the world. lum right, ain't I?"
continued he, appealing to his wife, a
very pretty young wutnan, who stood by
him.
'-So you seem to think," she replied,
sm 1 ng; "but I ant not convince, so fat
as lam concerned in the business. that
the coat had anything to do with it."
"Well, then, 1 shalt -just t.. 41 any story,
and leave von to decide," said he, turning
t me. "S'ou must know that tin re was
a time when I was rather hard up,and how
to go ahead was the business. I had tried
mercantile speculation and sunk an . im
mensity of dollars. I had tamed lawyer,
but that would nut "newer in any way.
I took to farm ng—nu luck there.
Went out supercargo ; ship went on a
reef. and lost cargo. Returned to New
York, speculated a long while on nothi ng;
didn't lose much, that:seen:Lin, but didn't
realize ; at last I gage up business, and
resolved to amuse myself a little so I went
south and joined ituliver. I fought with
him for three years, and a good officer be
was, but he had one fault as a general,
which was that his army never got paid.
I wanted my three years' pay. but finding
there was neither pay nor plunder, I got
tired of it, and made my way home to
the states, and at lust arrived at the
with only one extra shirt and not a
cent in my pocket. I happened to meet
with. a tailor whose customer I had once
been, when I had money and paid my
bills; and he observed that my coat was
rat her shabby, and that I could not ap
pear in it. I knew that very well, and
that all he wanted was an order for an
other, but as I had no chance of payin ,,
him [ thought it advisable not to tak e'
the hint.
"I think," said I, "that with a new vel
vet collar and brass buttons, it might do
very well foran evening party.
"I see," says he ; that's an old country
custom, wearing an old coat at a ball.—
I guess you're going to Mr. T.'s to-mor
row night. A regular flare-np lam told.
President there and everybody else. It's
hardly worth it," continued . be, touch
ing the thread bare cuff.
"Yes it is," replied I, "there'll be a
regular jam, and a new coat would be
spoiled. I'll send it to you to-night, and,
you must let me have it in 'he morning ;
so goodbye."
"Well, the coat came {home the next
day. not early in the morning, as I ex
pected, bat past meridian, and I walked
up and down bed room in my trousers,
tbinkin" what I should do. At three
o'clock I called upon Mrs. T., and left
my card; went back again, and waited
two boars for the invitation—no invita
tion. Called again at five, and left an
other card, telling the nigger that I had
not received an invitation, and that there
must be some mistake; whereupon an
invitation cane about an hour after my
return, jest as I was putting my hat on
to call again, and leave another card, in
a very fierce manner, I reckon. Well, I
went very early to the ball, and my coat
looked remarkably gay.. You could see
that the velvet collar was new, and the
buttons glittered famously; but you could
not see that the Cloth was not a little the
worse for the wear. In short, my brown
cost looked very smart and I was a con
siderably smart fellow myself just at that
time.
Well I stood teai.the door, looting at
the company coming In, hoping to know
somebody; but I presume that I had
grown out of all recollection, for nobody
knew me; but as the company were An
nounced-1 heard their names,: and if they
did not know who I was, at all cyenta
found out who they were.
"This won't do, says I, as the room be
came quite full. I may stick against the
wall till daylight, but I shall never go
ahead; so at last, perceiving s hady-speak
ing tq the daughter of the secretary of
the navy, after they parted I went up and
liowed to her. Having•heard her name,l
pretended to he ar. old acquaintance, and
accused het of having forgotten 'Me. As
presumed it Was the case; and when I
gave bonny name,
Which I refused.to
until we had been talking for some min-
utes, as it happened to be a very gooff
one, she considered that it was all tight
and in another quarter of an hour we
became very intimate. I then asked her
if she knew Miss E--; the daughter'
of the secretary of the navy. She re
plied that she did, and I requested her to
introduce me; and offering her my arm
we walked up to the young lady together
and I was introduced. Now, thought I,
lam going ahead a little. After the in
troduction, I commenced a conversation
with Miss E , and a gentleman for
tunately relieved me of my first acquain
tance., whose arm I hail dropped.
I continued my attentions to Miss E
---, exerting myself to the Utmost,
and on the strength of my introduction
and my agreeableness I was soon intimate
with her, and she accepted my arm. - As
I paced with her up and down the room,
I asked her if she knew the daughter of
General S who was near us. • She
replied in the affirmative, and [requested
an introduction, which was immediately
complied with. 1 offered Miss S -
my other arm, and paraded them both up
and dawn the room, making them laugh
not a little.
"Now I run going And." thinks
"and my old brown coat looks remarka
bly well." -
- "Here is the President coming tip,"
said Miss "do you know him?'.'
"I did once, a little, but he must have
forgotten me, since T have been in South
America so long."
The President came right np to ns and
addressed the young ladies, I madq - a sort
of half bow.
"You don't recollect Mr. ---
said Miss S----.
"I recollect the name very well," replied
the President. "You are very well sup
ported, Mr. ; you' have the navy
and army on either side of yon."
"And :the highest of the state
before me," replied I. with a low bow. "I
ought, indei d., to feel proud. It makes
amends for all the privations that I un
derwent in my last campaign with Gener
al Bollivar, for the general and his aid
de camps fared no better than the mean
est soldier.
"That-last was a hit. I did not say that
I was uid•de-camp to Bolivar, but they
thought proper to fancy so. The Presi
dent made me a bow, and, as it appeared
he wanted to have some information from
that quarter, and he asked many question
all of which I was able to answer with
precision. After a quarter of an hour's
conversation, during which the whole
room was wondering who it was that was
so intimate with the President, and many
were trying to catch what we said,.,tbe.
President— presuming, as Mires aid--
de-camp, that I could give him informa
tion npun a certain point, and not wish
ing to have the answer public—said to the
young ladies, ••I um going to do a very
rude thing; I wish to ask a question
which Mr. would not like to reply
to extxpt in strict confidence. I must
take him away front you a minute or
two. I bet your pardon, Mr. ,but
I feel and shall be truly grateful fcr the
great sacrifice you will make in giving up
such chai ming society- ,1 "I feel the loss
will only be o.i my pail'," said I to the
young ladies, as I dropped their arms and
followed the President to a vacant spot
near the orchestra. The question which
the President put to me was one which I
could not well answer, but he helped me
out of my difficulty by answering it ac-•
cording to his own views, • and then ap
pedint,,, to me if he was not correct. I
replied that I certainly was not at liberty,
although I had left the service of Gener
al Bolivar, to repeat all that I knew;',
"fortunately," continued I, bowing,
"where clearsightedness is apparent, there
is no occasion for the question being an
swered." "You are right, Mr. —. I
wish all those about me had your discre
tion and high sense of honor," replied
the President, who had one of my new
brass buttons between his thumb and
finger, "and I nerceivc by your reply that
I was also right in my conjecture. Lam
much obliged to yon, and. trust I shall
see you at Government house," I bowed
and retired.
"I am going ahead now, at all events,
thought I, as every one w•as looling as I
retreated. I had been walking arm in
arm with the daughters of the two first
officers of the state, I had been in con&
dential communication with the Presi
..
dent, and 'that before all the elite of
Washington. I can now venture to order
another suit of clothes, but never will I
forget you my old brown coat."
The nest day the tailorcame tome ; he
had heard what bud taken place at the
trail, and I amended my wardrobe. Every
body mile to me for orders, and,l order
ed everything. Curds were left in show
ers; I was received everywhere, the Pres
ident was my friend, and from that mo
ment I went ahead faster and faster every
day till I am, as y ou now •see, well olf,
well married, and well up in the world.
Now I do most pertinaciously declare
that it was all owing to the old brown
coat; and I have kept this can; which I
show now and then to my wife to prove
that I am grateful, fur bad it not been for
the old brown coat. I should never have
been blessed with her for a companion," '
"But," said the wife, around whose,
waist he had gently encircled his arm.
"the old brown coat would hale done
nothing without the velvet collar and the
new brass buttons."
"Certeinbt not, my dear."
"And they would not have effected
much without they had been banked by—"
"What ?"
"Impudence," replied the lady, giving
him a slight slap on the check.
•
ADJuSTMENT: Bootmaker (who has a
good deal of trouble with his customer)—
"I think, sir, if you were to cut your corns,
I could more easily find a pair." Choleric
old gentleman—" Cut my corns, sir! I ask
you to fit me , a pair of boots to my feet,
sir! I'm not going to plans . my feet
down to fit your boots!"
A Rase head bath a dill tongue;
TWO 17 PER
rlilg DV lMa e Termsili LIIMADane.L
. , . ... . .
1/110.111shert 'Still. ' , "
, '
A baby's boot, and skein or wool,
Faded and soiled and soft;
Odd things, you say;and't doubt you're right
Round s seaman's neck thisatotnry night,
Up in the yards aloft: ' ,
Most like it's folly ; but, mate, look hero;'
When that I went to ses, ' •
A woman stood on yon faroeff strand,.
Vritti a wedding ring on the small soft hand
Which duties° close to me. "; '
lily wife—God bliss her! The day before,
She sat beside my foot;
And the sunlight hi..aed her S•ellaw hair,
And the dainty fingers, deft and fair,
'Knitted a baby's' boot.
The voyage was over ; I came ashore: ,
What, think Ton, faunal there t
A grave the defses had sprinkled white,:
A cottage empty and dark as night,
And this beside the chair. '
The little hoot. 'twas unfinished still;
• The tangled skein lay near; '
But the knitter had go away to rest.
With the babe asleep on her quiet breast,
Down in the churchyard &ear.
Newly DbcoTerod,ealntlng by nu
phnel.
—O--
A correspondent of the Cincinnati ga=
wile says: A very remarkable painting is
now in Rome, which has been lately, dis
covered to be one of the master-pieces of
the immortal artist, Raphael Sanxito
Urbino. Ten out of the twelve of the
members of the Academy. of St. Luke,
which is the highest authority in the
jlidgment of paintings, have given un
qualified certificates that this is a painting
in the last and best style of Raphael. ' It
is well known that it is impossible to
purchase any of these, and that , their
value is almost inestimable. Tlfey areal'
in public galleries or in the poSieision, of
princes or persons of immense wealth,ex
cept this one, called -Bac Madonna della
Tombs, or the Madonna of the Curtain,
because there is a curtain behind The fig-.
tires. The Madonna is seated with the
child in her arms and the infant St.
John near, and thoticture is' about the
sino of the Madonna deha Sedia to the
Pitta Palace at Florence. It belongs' to
Cavaliere Davis, a professor of law in the
University of Turin.. Ilis hnither, .Baron
Daviso, has the picture with him in
Rome this whin r for the purpose of hav
ing it judged by the Academy of
,St.
Luke, and it is for sale at the moderate
slim of $300,000. This wonderful paint
ing is upon canvass, and its height is sev
enty-nine centimetres,and its width fifty
nine. Although we cannot maintain that
it is entirely untouched, for crrtain small'
restorations may he seen executed with
discretion in the lasveentury,. it is, nev
ertheless, preserved in a remarkable
manner for the works of those days and
the best, of this artist. The painting - be-
longs to the third, otherwise the grand,
manner of Rephatel, and according to all
probability was painted by him sons affer
he executed the marvellous frescoes of the
four,Sybils in the church of Santa Maria
della Pace. The influence which frescoes
of such importance and excellence on the
soul and hand of the wonderful painter
would naturally be very great_ and sever
al p Mfg of analogy cannot fail to be dis
covered between them end the picture of
the curtain painted in oil soon after.
An Odd Wooing,
—o—.,
The Milly Sisters are the mulatto girls
who are grown together, like the. Siamese'
Twins, and whom natnre has endowed
with fair voices and a very .fine mgsical
ear. After beino. e exhibited in thii coun
try, they have been starring it in Germa
ny, and they are now in Berlin. They
have found an admirer, a Russian Maron
Nerger, a man of considerable Wealth,
who has, by an insane freak, fallen . in
love with one of them. -
The Ililly Sisters stop at the hotel de
Rome, the most fashionable caravansery
iu Berlin, but live iu the strictest.retire
ment. They never go out in the daytime
and they receive absolutely no strangers
except their agent, Frederick Mut, of
Cincinnati. Consequenfly. when the odd
ly enamored Baron von Verger sent his
card up to the two sisters with an urgent
request to make their aoquaintance, he
was politely informed that that was im
possible. - Ile next sent a handsome dia
mond ring to the one whom he was so
enamored of, describing her in an accom
panying note accurately enough for the
two sisters to know which of them the
present was intended for. But they sent'
the ring back. To obtain an introduction
to the object of his passion behind the
scenes at Victoria Theatre, where the
By Sisters were singing, proved equally
unsuccessful.
The baron ascertained that the sisters
were anxious to appear during the im
pending universal k..xposition at Vienna;
and they had found it difficult to obtain
an engagement there. Re wrote to. the
manager of the Leopold Stadt Theatrain
Vienna, and offered to pay their compen
sation ent of his own pocket. The man
ager did not hesitate to accept so tempt
ing an offer. Ile sent Baron von lierger
at once a formal contract for a two
months' engagement. The Baron Com
ninnicated this to the agent . of the 3lilly
Sisters, and on the following day he was
introduced to them and the contract
with the Vienna manager; was signed.—
Since that time the,two sisters have ap
peared every day in the Baron's snmptu
ottS carriage in the Thiergarten
The crazy fellow has repeatedly declared
in public that he will marry the object of
his admiration.
"Turnry years ago," says an exchange
paper. "a young mau entered the city of
New York, in an aimost penniless,condi
tion, and without a single .acquaintance
in the great wilderness of houses. To•
day, his name is known wherever human
ity breathes. It is spoken in every hamlet,
is heard in-every city, and is as familiar
to the workers in the mines as, to his
brother in the mills, and wherever lang
uage is known and ideas expressed. the
name of thispenniless, unknown and un
conalad of thirty years ago, is uttered.
It was John Srnith'
Tag Methodists of Philadelphia ore
raising•a subscription for a monument of
Philip Embury, the pioneer of their sect
in Americar-
NIIMBEIt 25.
lieliglous '
Tun fourth 'gospel - set to music has
been found among•soine fourteenth cen
tury relics in Alolland. -;•
Ale ince,Go ininistes'llvotilcr not allow,
reporter to take notes of )141.4 , 110°N and
ineketed upon hie quitting the clud.
AT an lowa Falls religious meeting
prayers were. offered for the newspaper
men of that place.:..A good testy
REV. Dr. Talmage, of Brooklyn, fe call
ed by,the chrislian Register,the most
brilliant buffoon in the. American church.
. PaILADELPup, cannot. boast a:single
sensational preacher. for wa r pre ways
of plcasantnes4 A
na all her Paths are
peace. , s z • •
. . , •. .
Ix is stated, that. stnco. the . establish
ment of the Bpiscopalian Mission *Balt
lake City, 244 persons have been bap
tized;•of-whom 144 were Mormons" or of
_
Mormon parentage. i = • • .:, • '--
TTIE Adrrince gives details' Of the re
markable revival which has swept through
Northern Ohio,and to which allusion has
several times beeir made; .11Orwalk,
out of 5.000 people,l,ooo . were convex - tell
in three months.
: Ennos - sons statistics have been.exten
eively. circulated • giving the aggregate
clinic]] ineinbershie the 'United States
us 21,655.00. This iirealkf the 'number
of church sittings, wnich is quite another
thing.
A NEIN' . E:roki,i&•plouitiai elides that
Elder Knapp, the.revivaliSt; •dt:elined to
go to his mother's.dyiU,g bedside recently,
fur. the reason. that she was snre of, gee's
en, nod the audience he was exerting was
in 'danger of darnmition: '
TITE examination-of candidates for tho
ministry by rho late , New; .York.. Presb
ytery has developed a determination to re
quire a higher standard of qualification
on' the 'part Of candidates for thetninistry
in the Presbyterian Church . in time to
DfL•CIitYLEIr. write ir member in
hie church who listened: to the I,Gospel
frowthe of ,Johnl Wesley- 84 yeare
nao. tile name-Is Samuel'EVOyhir, now
95 years of cgc..,,Think of it! - inn
liviica• - who has heard the fonder of the
3fetliodiSt ChOrehl - • •'•
As extrnordinnn : ;•revivid is in 'Progress
at • Springfield. , Tenn. The •••Chancery
Court was 'adjourned and business sus
pended, and all classes turned put to the
meetings. There has been .sixty fire con
versions, 'unit a feeling of iriostintense
in
terest.prevails. • •
. • •,- •
Tor. Balance sheet of the Treasurer of
the Board' of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian ChWI. shows that the debt
carried over 4the hew year Is 8128,695.-
50. The toisiTpayment in the renort of
1871 were 844.4,71505,and.ia the• report
of 1872, 8450, 21t 35.• , The receipts of
1873 were 45455,835 88. , „ _
Tut late Episcopdl Convention of :tho
diocese of , Florida passed sJesolution
condemning most emphatically, all fairs,
balls, festivals, concerts, lottenes, theatri
cal representation and all eneh- methods
of obtaining money for religiiins purposes
ns lowering the standard - ofehnstianity,
and contrary-to the teauhings.and spirit
of the gospel. , ,„
_,lt!tr A titles. _
AN absent minded person Mice dined
out at a stranger's table, got up after din
ner and apologized to the company_for
the meanness of the faro and-the,detesta
ble cooking.
GEN. JACKSON . B Bible, which was givr,
en to him during his Presidency by a
Washington lady, and • after his death
was presented to the Hermitage •Cbnteh
in Tennessee, was stolen.fronr_that place
recently. ' • • •
A Sasnwicrt Islander recent)) , dived
a depth of forty-eight feet, and made a
rope fast to an anchor. lie then became
insensible, floated to the surface, and was
picked up with the blood flowing from
his mouth, nose and ears. • Ho eoon re
covered however. .• • -•
• SINCE the Kentucky Legislature en
acted a law providing a penalty of from
$2O to 8300 for damage to trunks' and
other baggage, whether through personal
spite or negligence on their part, the
baggage smashers art becoming 'disheart
ened and joining the church. -
A NEw Ilatnpshire'ichool-niam has
the following certificate from 'one of the
trustees of a school where she 'formerly
taught; "This is to certify that Farmer
Noyes stands on a medium with 'other
girls of her age and sex, and for - what I
know is as good as folks in general."
IT appears from the last census 're
turns of the wealth, the population and
the earnings of the whole of the United
States, "that the average annual earnings
of the employed classes do not exceed el,-
000. The 'average earnings of those
holding salaried employments do not ex
ceed 81,500. The average earnings of
the learned professions do not exceed 82,- .
500.
A London paper says the accommoda
tion for firat. second, and third class pas
sengers between two noints in England
is a two-horse wagon, and the following
curious distinction is made between the
passengers: First-class passengers are al
lowed to retain their seats throughout the-
journey; second-cliei have to s get out and
walk up the hills, which arci both steep
and numerous, after the fashion of Welsh
hills; third-class have not only to get out
at the steep places, but; have to assist is
pushing the vehicle up there. • ,
. A Foot nndertook, for a wager, to gor
mandize in an extraordinary way, lately,
at Catiaan, N. IL He agreed to eat two
pounds of honey. - "If he accomplished
this, the honey was to be given le him;
failing, ho was to pay for four . pounds.—
He swed away one pound, nine and a
half ounces. with ten crackers, and three
pickles. Here:._ the swallowing faculty
gave out, and ho lost his wager. When
you hear of. a man undertaking jobs of
this kind, yea may safely write him down
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