THE JEFFEBSQNIAN." Btmch ta jpolitic0, literature, Agriculture, Science, ilToralttn, aub aural 3utclligc ucc. VOL. 25. Published by Theodore Schoch. TERMS Two dollars a year in advance and if not paid before the end of tbe year, two dollars and filfy ct- will be charged. No paperdiscontinued until all Arrearages are paid, except at the option of the Editor. K7Advertisemeuts of one equare of (eight lines) or ltt, one or three insertions $ I 50. Each additional insertion, 50 cents. Longer ones in proportion. JOB PRIXTISC Or ALL KINDS, Cxceuted in the highest style of the Arl.andonthe most reasonnble terms. S. HOLLIES, JKM ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL CLAIM AGENT. STROUDSBURG, PA. OJJice with S. S. Dreher, Esq. All claims against the Government prose cuted with dispatch at reduced ntes, OCT An additional bounty of S100 and of i $50 procured for Soldiers in the late War, it ik of extra charge. August 2, 1866. DR A. REEVES JACKSON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Begs leave to announce thnt, in jrder to prevent disappointment, he will hereafter dp vote THURSDAY and SATURDAY ot each week exclusively to Consultations and Surgical Operations at h s office. Parties from a distance wl o desire lo con sult him, can do so, therefore, on those days. Stroudsburj. May 31, l;-G6.-tf. Furniture ! Furniture ! McCarty's Hew Furniture Store, DREIIER'S NEW BUILDING, two doors below the Post-office, Strnuds Vurg, Pa. He is selling his Furniture 10 per cent, less than Etston or Washington prices, to say nothing about freight or break age. May 17, 1666.-tf. INING-ROOM FU RNITURE in Wal nut. Oak and White Ash, Extension Tables, any size you wish, at McCARTY'S new Ware-Rooms. May 17, 16G6.-tf. IF YOU WANT A GOOD PARLOR Suit in Rose, M&hojrany or Walnut, JIcCARTY his it. May 17, 186G.-tf. IF YOU WANT A GOOD M E LODEON, from one of the best makers in the Uni ted States, tolid Rosewood Case, warranted 5 years, call at McCARTVS. he woul.l es pecially invite all who are good jidges ot Music to come and test them. Il will seJi you from any maker you wish, Sit ps than those who st-ll on commission. The reason it he buys for cash' and sells fur the same, with less than one-half the usual pr centage that agents want. J. II. McCARTY. May 17, I36G.-tf. NDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRAN ches. Particular attention will be given to this fcranch of the subscriber's business. He will always study to please and consult the wants and wishes of those who rmploy him. From the number of years experience he has had in this branch of business he cannot and will not not be excelled either in city or country. Prices one-third less than is usual ly charged, from 59 to 75 finished Coffins al ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best Hearse in the country. Funerals attended at one hour's notice. J. II. McLAKI 1. May 17, 1666.-t Saddle and Harness Manufactory. The undersigned respectfully informs the citizens of Stroudsburg, and surroun ding country, that he has commenced the above business in Fowler's building, on Elizabeth street, and is fully prepared to famish any article in his line of business, at short notice. On hand at all times, a large stock of Harness, Whips, Trunks, Valiees, Car pet Bags, Horse-Blankets Bells, Skates, Oil Cloths, &-c. Carriage Tnmminsr promptly attended to. JOHN O. SAYLOIl. Stroudsburg, Dec. 14, 1805 Gothic Hall Drag Store. William Ilolliiitlicad, Wholesale and Retail Druggist. STROUDSBURG, Pa. Constantly on hand and for sale cheap tor cash, a Iresh sup ply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oil, Glass, Putty, Varnish, Ker osene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods; also SaIi. !!iixls a ih3 Doors. Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal purpose. P. S. Physicians Prescriptions care fully compounded. Stroudsburg, July 7, 1SGL TIN SHOP! k;. friends and the public genernUy, that he has. sternly resolved never to marry a woman now opened a TIN SHOP, on Main pirfet, with such a temper as Helen Hayes had. near the Stroudfur? Mill, opposite Trochj The hen, meanwhile, who is the hero & Walton's, formerly R. S. Staples' Store, ae returned to the baru to establish her wbere he is preptred to manufacture and!fClf on the ruin of her nest, determined ell at wholesale and retail, all kind of to set if the heavens fell. Tin, Copper atld Shttt IrOU-WarCi Mrs. Hayes soon discovered her, and ALSO the having heard that dipping in water c. ... ' ...... . :would cure " broodiocss," set forth for Old and second hand . Slovea bought and sold, at cash rates. cWpa.d ir . Old Lead, Covuer and Brass. 03r Roofing, Spouting and Repairing promptly attended to unj warranty to :ie satisfaction. Call and tee f..r yourrfpUp. WllttAM l.'1-lopn Stroudsburg, Dec. 8, l?s(J5. "ini rrT n ft T r r H n m 'V..IMU., viii-uivi ui an niiius, valine Pt.B .j w.....i s. Ti;..i- d... Room and Office Chairs, with or without umce Chairs, with or without yeuow puuci uas guuc lu. Rocking-Chairs of every descrip- I aliars knowed you was a wicked, dcceit McC ARTY'S Ware-Rocme. ! ful womaD, but I dido't think you'd iusnions, Kock t-ion at May 17, 166$.-tf. BREAKING UP A SETTING HEN. " Timothy, that air jailer hen's lettin agin'," said Mrs. Hayes to her son, one morning at breakfast. " Well, let her set," remarked Timo thy, helping himself to a large piece of cheese, " I reckon I can stand it as Ion as she can." " I do wish you would try to be a lit tle equinomical to cheese, Timothy; I've cut the last of my every day lot, and it's only the first of May. And now as soon you've done eating I want you to go out and break up that hen. She's setting on an old ax and two bricks now." " I hope she'll hatch 'em," returned Timothy. , " 'UB. 7" no sne d lialctl 1 ,ourt,11 .WMktn MaJ- Its a bal ; something allers happens arter it. St " It she was SOt now. she'd hatch thn Ston giggling, Helen Maria, by the time you get to be as old as your in ye'll see fur ther than you do now. There was Jen kins folks, their grey top knot' hatched the first of May, and Mrs. Jeukins, she had the conjuctioa of the lungs, and would have died if they had not killed a lamb and wrapped her in the hide while warm. That was all that saved her life. With such a Martling proof of the truth and the omen before .him, Timothy fin ished his breakfast in haste and departed for the barn, from which he soon retured bearing the squalling biddy by the legs. " WhaBhall I do with her, mother 7 She'll get on again, and she's cross as bedlam she skinned my hands, and would be the death of me if she could on ly uet loose." " I've heer'n it said that it was a good plan to throw them up in the air," said Mrs. Haye3. " Aunt Peggy broke one of setting, only three times trying. Spose'n you try it." " Up she goes, head or tail !" cried Timothy, as he tossed the volcano sky ward. " Land o massy," exclaimed Mrs. Hayes, " sho'i coming dowu on the pan of bread that I set out on the great rock to rise ! Tim, it's strange that you can't do nothing without overdoing it." " Down with the traitors, up with the stars," sang out Tim, elevating Biddy again with something less than a pint of batter hanging to her feet. " Good gracious me, wuss and wuss," cried Mrs. Hayes, and Tim agreed with her, for tho hen had come down, on the well polished tile of Esquire Bennett, who happened to be passing and the dig uified old gentleman was the father of Cynthia Bennett, the young lady with whom Tim was seriously enamoured. The Squire looked daggers, brushed off the dough with his handkerchief, and strode on in silence. " Yes, but its going up again," said Tim, spitefully seizing the clucking bid dy and tossing hermit random into the air. Biddy thought it time to manifest her individuality, and with a loud scream she darted against the parlor window, broke through, knocked down the canary cage, and landed plump in the silken lap of Mrs. Gray, who was boarding at the farm house. Mrs. Gray screamed with horror, and starting up, dislodged biddy, who flew at her reflection in tbc looking glas with an angry hiss. The glass was shattered and down came the hen, astonished beyond measure, against a vase of flowers, which upset, and in falling knocked over the stand-dish and deluged with water a pair of drab-colored velvet slippers which Helen Maria was embroderiug for her lover, Mr. James Henshaw. Helen entered the room just as the mischief had been done, and viewing the ruin, tdie at once laid it to hererother Timothy. She heard his step behind her, and the uniortuuate hen she flung full in his face. There was a smothered oath, and the hen came back with tbc force of a twenty pound shot. Helen was mad. Her eyes were nearly put out with the feathers, dustuud dough, and she went at Timothy with a true fem inine zeal. She broke his watch guard in a dezen pieces, crushed his dicky, and began to pull his whiskers out by tbe roots, wheu suddenly she remembered that Timothy had no whiskers to pull out by the root.-. But when she came to look closer, she perceived (be man she had uearly annihi lated was not Timothy, but James Ilen- Jshaw. Poor Helen burst into tears and tldl into her chamber, the usual, refuge for heroines: and James after washing his 'tare at the kitcken sink, went nome !. KnuiL- with thA IhwI in hpr urii-nn Mrs. Weaver, an old lady of very quar- relsome temperament, who resided near, and' was at sworu s point witn irs. Hayes, was just coming to the brook for a pail of water, and spied the yellow head i0f the bird peeping out from Mrs. Hayes' I r r O apron. "There!" ehe exclamed, " .Now I ve f,mn, rmr wlnMt nuzzled iu C to death . , , Tf r J ... V. !,., niffh a week. I've found out where that s u xstv yellow pullet has gone to. Mrs. Hayes, !$teal." STROUDSBURG, MONROE " Steal! me steal! Whn rf vnn nll- iog to, Mrs. Weaver?" said Mrs. Hayes on her dignity. "I'm talking to you, madam, that's who I'm talking to. You've stolen my hen what I got of Uncle Gillies, and paid for in sassengers. She's a real Dorking. Give ber to me right away or I will use force." "She's my hen, and you touch her if you dare V "I'll show you what I dare !" yelled urs neaver, growing purple, and seiz ing the ill-starred fowl by the tail, she gave a wrench and the tail came out in her hand. The sudden cessation of resistant un set Mrs. Weaver's balance, and she fell back ward into the brook, spattering the mud and astonished polliwogs in every direction. She was a spry woman and was soon on her feet again ready to reuew the as sult. 'Give me my hen," she cried, thrust ing her first into Mrs. Hayes', face, "you old hag and hypocrite you V and she made a second dive at the bird. The hen thought it proper to show her colors, and uttering an unearthly yell, she flew out of the coert square into the face of Mrs. W eaver which raked down with her nails until it resembled the page of a leJger, crossed and recrossed with red ink. Mrs. Hayes caught a stick of brush wood from the fence" Mrs. Weaver did the same, and a regular duel would nro- bably have been fought if the bank of the creek had not suddeuly gave way and precipitated both the beligerent women iuto tho water. They scrambled out on opposite sides, and the hen sat perched in an apple tree and cackled in triumph. The ladies shook themselves, and by consent went home. -They have not spo ken since. The hen disappeared and was not seen until three weeks afterwards, when she made her appearance with eleven nice yellow chickens. She fouud some other fowl's nest aud bad set in PDite of fate.' But although not " broken up" herself she broke up two matches for Cynthia Bennett was not at home the next time Timothy called, and Mr. IIeu:haw never forgave Helen for having such a temper. Curing and Keeping Hams. Unless the weather is warm so that they are liable to taint, all hams should lie and shrink at least three days after being cut and trimmed. Iben weigh, and for each pound of meat one once of saltpetre, and add it to a Liine so strong that no more salt will dissolve in it, the brine having been first scalded. About twenty days will be the medium length of time that the hams should remain submerged in the brin$ five days more for largo, and five less for very small ones. I hen lay out and let them drain three das before hanging in the smoke-house. Having been sufficiently smoked wipe off clean all soot, cobwebs aud dirt, and theu rub tho roughly over every part ot the hams a mixture made pretty thick of good, ground black pepper and lithcrage, made liquid by three-times the weight of com mon, neat's-foot glue dissolved in water. This will cost perhaps two cents per ham, and saves all canvassing and whitewash ing, and hang them up where you will in any cool, dry place no fly, worm or bug will ever molest them, and jour hams thus prepared will keep sound and sweet a century, if you dou't eat them sooner. Practical Hints. A coating of three parts lard and one part rosin applied to farm tools of iron or steel, will effectually prevent rust. Couimoti nails heated red-hot and drop ped into cold water will clinch and an swer the purpose of wrought nails. The sharp corner of a common Indian arrow head or flint will cut glass quite effectually. A good wagon-jack may.be made of two pieces of boards, two or more feet long. Place the boird in front of tho wheel, one end on tke ground, and the other just under one of the spoke?, close up to the Felly j then take hold of. a spoke on the opposite side of the wheel and lift; at the same time place the fecond board under the nxletrcc. In this way a loaded wagon may be lilted with case. Bu!ty nails may be drawn from wood without difficulty ; by first giving them a blow hard enough to start them a little. A gun will not need cleaiuing for' years, if the muzzle is tightly corked, and a piece of rubber kept upon the tube un der the hammer, while standing idle. When a lady would compnsa her mouth to t a bland and pcrene character she should, just before entering the room, say " bosom," and. keep the expression into which the mouth subsides until the de sired effect upon the company is evident. If, on the other hand, she wishes to as sume a distinguished and somewhat noble bearing, not suggestive of sweetness, she would say "brush," the result of which is infallible. If she would make her mouth look small, she must say cabbage." If she wishes to look mournful, she must say " kerchunk-" If resigned, she mutt for cibly cjaculato " scat." Ladies when having their photographs taken may ob serve these rules with great advantage. An English clergyman recently preach ed a sermon in which he said that the newspaper waa a part of life's earnest eelf culture. ' j COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 3, 1867. Ask Mother First How many pleasant things we can see and hear every day, if we watch and listen ! I was walking towards home late one af ternoon in winter. The country all around was covered with a deep snow, that seemed of a Durer white than ever in the light of departing day. I heard the voices of children behind met and thmr little feet stepped fast over the hard, crisp snow. Ihey passed aloas beside me. and I saw that one was a little crirl nF nhm.t eight years, and ber companion was a boy somewhat older. The girl wore a pretty crimson hoed, which was quite becoming to ber cheeks, made rosy by the fine win ter air. She was drawing a sled. The boy drew a sled, too. " Come, Annnic," he said, " let's go down to Pine Hill, now; it's spendid coasting there; and we shall have time for first-rate slides before dark." " I must go and ask mother first, Hen ry," said Annie. She did not draw out tho words dolefully, as if she did not like to have to ask her mother; but she spoke in a very pleasant and cheerful tone. She hurried along with her sled, and Henry after her. I soon lost sight of them; but I could not forget Aunie. I thought to myself how safe that child will always be, if she keeps to her rule " I must ask mother first!" I know children who have sometimes got into a great deal of trouble because they did not V ask mother first." Ke membcr it is unsafe to do anything you think impossible your mother would not like to have you do. Children, I mean boys as well as girls, you will be saved a great deal of unhap piness if you ask mother first. -k , Total Abstinence. A young lady who was a firm advocate of total abstinence, when riding lrom her father's country seat to a neighboring village, met a young man on foot carry ing a suspicious looking jug. She at onte reined her horse and asked him what he had in his jug. Looking up with a comical leer, he simply winkeJ one eje and smacked his lips, to indicate that it contained some thing good. The young lady, supposing be meant alcohol, immediately began to talk tem perance; but her auditor requested the privilege of first asking her just one sim ple little question. " What is it?" she inquired. " It is this," he replied. " Why is my jug like your side saddle?" She could not tell. "It's because it holds a gal-on!" said he. " What trifling!" exclaimed the indig nant young lady, and then continued, Young man do you not perceive " " Just one more question," intcrruped her auditor, " and then I'm done. Why is my jug like the assembly-room of a fe male seminary at roll call?" " I'm sure I don't know," petulantly replied the young lady. " Well," it's because it's full o' 'lasses," said the incorrigible auditor. The fair lecturer touched her spirited horse with the whip and was soon out of hearingof the rude young man's laughter. Replace the Stone. On'e day General Washington and some of his officers, while staying at Boston, went to visit Chelsea. On their way they stopped to rest aud refresh themselves at the mansion of Mr. Dexter, a beatiful spot, surrounded by stately elms and green fields. They alighted, and after securing their horses under the trce3, went to partake of tho good cheer within. As they came out, one of the gentle men accidently knocked off a stone from the wall which ran befora the house. Washington told him he had better re place the stono. " No," answered the officer; " I will leave that. for somebody else." Washington then went quietly and put the stone up again, saying, as he did so, " I always make it a rule in vising a place to leave things in as good order as 1 find them." Let every boy and youth remember this declaration of the grand aud good Washington, and mako it a rule of action through life. "I Have Orders cot to Go." "I have orders, positive orders, not to go there ; orders that I dare not disobey," said a youth who was being tempted to a drinking and gambling saloon. 'Conic, don't bo so womanish ! come along like a man," shouted the youths. "No, I can't break orders," said John. "What special orders have you got ? come, show them to us, if you cau show us your orders." John took a neat little book from his pocket, and read aloud : "Enter not into the paths of the wick ed ; and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it ! pass not near ! turn from it ! uud pass away. "Now," said John, "you see my orders forbid my going with you. They are God'k orders, aud by his help I mean to keep them." Seth Scotnmon, of Stratham, N. II., has an Ayrshire cow, ten years old last spring, that has given a little over eight hundred pounds of milk in ten days. Gaylcs, who advertised for an assassin to kill President Liucolu, will bo tried at Monrgraery, Ala , on the 2Sth iust. A Wonderful Lind with Stone Trees Six Hundred Feet Long. In the Eastern Slope newspaper we find a report of many of the curiosities and the srreat riches of tho Black Hock country, in the north-western portion of California. The reports of the singular features of that section are of many years' standing, but arc so marvelous that they have soldoui obtained credence. Among tho wonderful stories we have heard is one that there is a petrified tree there seven hundred feet in length ! The pre sent report in part confirms previous state ments, and establishes the fact that Black Bock is one of the wonders of the Pacific coast, like the Yo Semite, the Big Trees, the Geysers, etc. Besides the curiosities on a matter of business, as he alleged. there appears to be an abundauce of si!- j This the wife believed till, in the course Ter 4 'ac Uock, but tbe ore is said to j of the morning, she received a tisit from be ofan unusual variety and very difficult Miss Green, an elderly young lady who to work ; but it has been worked with was still a maiden. Evidently something very good results at the mills at Washoe, was the matter as Miss Green's face indi The quality of ore is so great that it is ; cated. After considerable questioning she said it will justify the erection of a thous- j revealed the secret. She had been to tbe and mills. A gentleman who visited the j depot to see some friends off by the train, section, has exhibited to the editor of the ! and had noticed Mr. Miller stepping oa Eastern Slope very many natural curiosi ties peculiar to the country ; strange pet rifactions from the ravines; curious, water-worn pebbles from the mountain-tops; knives, arrowheads and daggers, manu factured by Indian skill from solid flint; a superiorquality, apparently, of oil black ing, said to contaiu six huudred dollars in silver to the tun ; pebble tin, with its curious fracture, that admits no change of form, and a thousand strange and new things. The editor says : He also tells us of many strange things that he saw, but could not bring with him, and many stranger things he heard of, but did not see. Among the latter list of wonders is a great basin that contains a petrified for est apparently floated there, many vast trees of solid stone, ranging from six to fifteen feet in diameter, and from three to six hundred feet in length. Doubtful as this tale may appear, shall we dare to dispute its correctness when we know this stranse country has a boiling spring of fresh wa ter, fifteen feet in diameter, that cannot be sounded, from which no drop of water ever runs ; that in'the same vicinity there is a flowing stream of cold and apparently good water, the drinking of v. Inch induces veoerealdisease, and that any water found by digging is as salt as salt can make it ; that a half dollar deposited in the soil is eaten up by the salt, and after thirty days no vestige of it can be fouud 7 How to Keep Warm. There is no working man but would re joice to have the W3y pointed out by which he might honestly attain riches. No one would thank us for a prescription to insure poverty, aud yet there is many a man who keeps himself poor by indulg ing in the following: Two glasses of ale a day at 10 cents, $73 ; three cigars, one after each meal, 109,50, board for a bijr dog, 30 all in one year, 8212,50, suf ficient to buy six barrels of flour, one bar rel of sugar, one sack of coffee, a gpod coat, a respectable dress, a frock for the baby; and half a dozen pair of shoes. If you don'-t believe it, workiugmen, figure for yourself. Detroit Union. ADaagerou3 Counterfeit. A new and dangerous imitation of the five dollar National Bank note has recent ly been put afloat. The engraving is said to be finely executed, and the bill, in the main, well calculated to decievc. Still it may readily be detected. In the genuine the group of Columbus and his compan ious is composed of five persons ; in the counterfeit there are but four the one in the background at the extreme end, and most extreme figure in the gwunp is missing. In the counterfeit, also, the ex tended arm of Columbus is without a hand. Bills of this description on five different banks have already appeared, and others will doubtless soon follow. In his report on the condition of South Carolina, General Sickles relates that in one case, where a frecdman was murder ed, the two men who killed him sat upon the coroner's jury, and united in the ver dict that "the deceased came to his death by causes unknown." There is a sort of savage humor in this, which amuses while it makes us shudder. When a cjiminial puts on fhe robes of justice, and in her name decides against his victim, surely impudence can go no further. Senator Yates of Illinois, in his speech at the Mass Welcome given to Congress made the following most palpable hit: Fellow citizens, the only man who has ever been executed, for treason in this couutry is John Brown, who was execu ted in the State of Virginia, while Henry A. Wise, his executioner, upon .whose skirts is the blood of thousands of our countrymen. has the President's pardon in his pocket. Cries of "For shame." Governor Curtin has signed the death warrant of Jas. lladdoff, nlias Fred. Had doff, fixing Wednesday, February 0, 18G7, betweeu tho hours of 10 and 3 o'clock, for tho day of execution. lladdoff was convicted in Montgomery county, of the murder of Julius Wochel, and was sen tenced November 10, 18GG. A Connecticut Yankee has cleared his house of rats by catching one and dipping him in red paiut. He then let him loose, and other rats, not liking bis looks, left immediately. Speculation U a word that begi a with its second letter. NO. 41. Jealousy The Effects of Reading Grif2th Gaunt Mrs. 3Iiller, a young married lady, liv : not far from Twentv-fourth street. ins: "as Leen reaiiinr " Griffith linnnt " j story of jealousy'as everybody knowV .-us. .umer is nerseir not a little in clined to jealousy, though her worthy husband has never given her cause for such a feeling. What an awful thin it would be," thought the little woman, " if my husband should go off and marry another woman, as that wicked Griffith V r rwr I .... did. I he bare thought of such a con- tingency made her feel nervous. J he morning after she had finished the book Mr. Miller started for Philadelphia board tbe cars with a pretty youug lady of whom he seemed to have charge. Ex cited by the story, poor Mrs. Miller need ed noother confirmation of her worst fears. Ilcr husband was bent on bigamy, she was sure. "What would you do if you wero in my place, Miss Green ?" she asked with a sob. "I'd go after him and bring him back," said 31iss Green, compressing her thin lips resolutely. Mrs. Miller felt so miserable that she could not have a moment's peace until she had satisfied her doubts. She decided to follow the proffered advice. ' It was early, as Miss Green had came up directly from the depot. There was time to catch the ten o'clock train. Mrs. Miller dressed here self hastily, and, taking a Broadway om nibus, was on hand at the time. In duo season she arrived at Philadelphia, and proceeded to the Continental Hotel. Here she fell in with a gentleman whom she had known before her marriage. reeling helpless, she with many tears, communicated her suspicious, and be sought, his advice, "Your husband will probably be at the theatre this evening," said Mr. B. "You had better go and con front him with the lady," "But I can't go alone." "I will accompany you with pleasure." This was arranged. Mrs Mil ler and her escort occupied seats in tbe dress circle. Looking anxiously about, Mrs. Miller finally discovered her husband occupying a seat not far off. But he icas alone ! She began to hope it was all right. But just then the husband chanced to turn round and, to his astonishment, beheld the wife he had left at home, in company with a gentleman whom he did not know, lie was not inclined to jealousy, but it looked bad. He instantly made his way to his wife's scat, and with a sternness she had never before experienced, demanded the reason of her presence. "In one word," said he, "tell me if you have deliberately become faithless to me." "I faithless !" rejaculated Mrs. Miller, horror-struck. "Yes, madam." "How can you dream of such a thing, Charles?" and she was ready to cry. "Because I find you here with this man," said Charles, savagely, "when you ought to be at home." "I I thought you had run away with another woman,' explained Mrs. Hiller ; "I really did, Charles ; and so I I came after you." The story was told after a while, and it turned out that Mr. Miller's companion was a young lady placed in his charge by a friend. Somewhat ashamed, but very happy, Mrs. Miller transferred herself tj her husband's charge, and returned the next evening, perfectly cured of her jeal ous imaginings. V. V. Sun. An Ancient Riddle. The Boston IVanscripl got up the fol lowing riddle, and among a number of answers the correct one is annexed: " There is a certain natural production that is neither animal, vegetable or min eral; it exists from two to six feet from the surface of the earth; it has neither length, breadth nor substance; is neither male nor female, but is often found be tween both; is often mentioned in the Old Testament and strongly recommended iu the New, and answers equally the pur poses of fidelity and treachery." A majority of the writers give " Love" as the auswer. The following is the best reply that has come to hand. The lady writer has given the true solution: To the am not Editor of the Transcript: If I much mistaken this " natural production" is a " kiss." Although it canuot te measured, I leg leave to differ from the writer that it has no length. The readers of the Bible cannot doubt its being mentioned in the Old Testament, nor that it is recommended in the New, in the sentence "Greet ye one another with a holy kiss." That it is a pledge of fidelity we would not deny; andwe have only to refer to the betrayal of Christ by Judas to learn that it baa auswered the purpose of treachery. Married Again. Some two weeks since a divorca wa granted to a gentleman of this city, from his wife, and on Wednesday last the two were again united in holy bonds of wed lock. Xeicark Courier. James Jopdan, a clerk in the Tost of fice at Montgomery, Alabama, has been sometimes ; scutenced to the penitentiary tor twenty , J one year3 for stealing letter. i f i
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