THE JEFFEBSQNIAN."
Btmch ta jpolitic0, literature, Agriculture, Science, ilToralttn, aub aural 3utclligc
ucc.
VOL. 25.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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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.
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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.
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