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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY' MORNING, BY H. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
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XI. EASE,
A M. M nil IJ M A & ajm I .
Two doori east of Friling'i Store, Market Scjnare,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Boslnem promptly attended to In Northumberland
md adjoining oountles. Is also duly autboriied and
Jilcenied Claim Agent for the eolleotionof Bounties,
lOqualiiation Bounties, Pension, and all manner of
claims against the Government.
Sunbury, Sept. 14, 1C6.. -'
ATTOHNEY AT LAW,
.Vorth Bide of Pnblio Square, adjoining reaidenoe of
. Ueo. Ilill, Esq.,
SUNBURY i PENN'A.
Collections and all Professional buslnen promptly
ttendod to in the Court! of Northumberland and
dioininfr Counties.
buubury.Sopt. 15, 1863..
sobob Hill, . Eimok P. Wolvbto.x.
HILL & WOLVEBTON, '
.ttornrya nnd Counnolorn at lo.ntr.
STJNBUB x. PA.
r ILL attend to the Oolleotion of all kinds of
claiui, including Back Fay, Bounty and ren
ins. Bil. l, nil.
JACOB SHIPMAN,
tEE AND lilFB riTSTJKANCE AGENT
BUNBURY PENN'A.
airnBsiNTs .
rmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., York Pa.,
aiherland Valley Mutual Protection Co.,
w York Mutual Life, Glrard Llfo of Phil 'a. 4 Ilart
I Conn. General Accidents,
unbury, April 7, Lly.
DrTcB AS. AETHUR,
)omccopatf)ic ijstnan.
luatoof the Homocopatbia Medioal College of
Pennsylvania.
-FicE, Market Square opposite the Court House
BURT, PA. '
trch 31, 1H86.
BOW EM, LEVI 8EEBB0LTZ.
Boweu & Seesholtz,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS
in every variety of
TIIRACITE COAL,
.as A Co's Lowor Wharf, SimlMiry, In.
crs solicited and filled with promptness and
cti.
Ijury, June 2, 1866.
SOLOMON MALICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NBTJBY, Northumberland County, Pa,
'IC in East end of Weaver's Tavern, Market
Street.
1 buBinoss entrusted to him will be careful y and
tually attended to. Consultation in the Eng
jid German languages.
ibury, April 3. 1S65. .
JE0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
Market & Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa.
S. BYERLY, Profiuetoti,
:rnph, Ambrotypes and Melainotypes taken in
t style of the art. apl. 7, ly
jTr. hzlbush
.VLYOR AND CONVEYANCER
AND
JUSTICE OF THE TE ACE.
o'j, Jfcn-tiiumlerhnd County, l'enn'a
in Jackson township. Engagements can
made by letter, directed to the above address,
loss entrusted to his care, will be promptly
1 to.
22, 1H66. ly -
ROCKCFKLLEK. LLOVD T. RollRBACU.
DKEFELLER & R0HRBACH.
SIMHHV, PIVA,
,T. the same that has been heretofore oocu
. by Win. M. Ru:kcfuller, Esq., nearly op
residence of Judge Jordan,
y, July 1, l5.-ly
II. II. MASXF.il,
ncy at Law, S UNBURY, PA
c lions attended to in the counties of Nor
ud, Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia
uing.
KBrEBKHCEB.
hn M. Reed, Philadelphia,
utell & Co., "
u. A. Porter,
Huilichael, Esq., "
,am A Co., 288 Pearl Street, New York.
Asftmead, Attorney at Law, "
4 Cox, AUorneys at Law, "
March 2V, ISiiJ.
iiALE AND RETAIL DEALER
In every variety of
IIRACITEC0AL,
r Wharf. SUNBURY, Penn'a.
s solicited and filled with promptness and
May 12, lB66.y '
. O. GOBIN,
' and Counsellor at l.awj
:llk, cooper co .Missouri.
f taxes on lands in any part of the
Buy and sell real Estate, and all other
sted to him will reooive prompt atteo-
i ootli, '64.
I. I!. 1. Ll'MLEV,
IAN AND SURGEON
ITHUMBEELAND. FA.
EY has opened an office in Northum-fli-rs
bis sorvicet to the people of that
idjoinlng townsLips. Office next door
Vhue Store, where he can feund at all
and August 19,1865.
"& FEED STORE
ESALE AND JSETAIL.
ber respectfully informs the publio
cps constantly on hand at bis new
near tha Shamokin Valley Railroad
SLR Y, Flour by the barrel and sack
feed by the ton
all manafaotured at his own Mills,
. at the lowest cash prices.
J M. CADWALLADER.
il 1, 1866. '
EMIAH SNYDER,
& Cmnellr at lw,
t Attorney for .'Vortbam.
r. '
k 31, :y : .
r. HAUPT ,
ad Counsellor at I .aw,
fe of Market street, fourdoon west
ef Kysteri Btora, - -
JBUBY, I-A.. -mprly
to all professioaal baflneai
euro, the collection of leim ia
nd the adjoining ooanUet. "
T, lftM. . ! -
;r and Builder,
, 4 door Fait of Third St.,
BY. PENN'A.
lobbing promptly at
1,1866.
J-A-OOB O- BE OK
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer in
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTING, &o.
Fawu street, aontU of M'enrcr'u
.. . . . , . Hotel,- i - r T
stfutJBRV, p a:
March 81, 1869. - f ' '
GEO. C. WELKER & SON,
FIBE ft LIFE INS UBANCE AGENCY,
Oflloe, Market Street, SUNBURY, PA.
Risks taken in First Class Stock and Mutual Compa
nies. Capital Represented $14,000,000.
Sunbary, May 12, 1866. y
COAL I COAL!! COAL!!!
GRANT Sc BROTHER,
Shipper 4c AVlioIewale fc Retail
IcnlTN in
1VII1TE Sc. Ri:i ASH OAI.,
- i In every variety. . .
Sole Agents, westward, of the Colcbratcd Henry
Clay Coal.
JjOWIR WHARF, S3UNBCBT, ii -Sunbury,
Jan. 13, I860.
Pensions Increased.
The late Act of Congress gives additional pay to
the following Pensions, via :
ist. To those who have lost the sight of both eyes,
or both hands, or totally disabled so as to require con
stant attendance, the sum of f 25 00 per month.
2d To those who nave lost bom tcet, or nro totally
disabled in the same so as torcquiro constant attend
ance, the sum of 120 00.
3d. To those who have lost one hand or one foot,
or are so disabled as to rendor them unable toper
form manual labor $15 00 per month, and other
oases in proportion.
The subscriber is duly prepared for the immediato
proouroinent of these claims,
S. B. BOYER, Att'yut Law.
Sunbury, June 16, 1866.
fTMIE following persons are entitled to receive an
J. increase of Bounty under tho Act of Congress
passed July 1866, to equalise Bounties.
1st All soldiers who enlisted after the 10th day of
April, 1801, for 3 years, and served theii time of
enlistment and have been honorably discharged, and
have received or are entitled to receive a Bounty of
$100, are entitled an additional Bounty of $100.
2d All such soldiers who enlisted for 3 years, and
have been honorably discharged on account of
wounds received in the line of duty, aro entitled to
an additional Bounty of glOO.
. 3d The Widow, Minor Children, or Parents of such
soldiers who died in the service of wounds or disease,
are entitled to an additional Bounty of $100.
By application to S. P. WOLVERTOX. E-n.,of
Si'Nbubv, Pennsylvania, whole an authorised Claiui
Agent, all such claims can be speedily collected.
Sunbury, August 4, 1866. tf
EQUALIZATION OP BOUNTIES.
r,. H. KAS3,
Attorney at Ijiw, Sinn bury, Jn.
TS duly authorized and Liconsad by the Govern
ment to collect all Military Claims against the
United States. Bounty money due soldiers under
the late Equalization Act of Congress, -and ult mili
tary claims against the State, due soldiers of lr412,
for Pensions and Gratuity. Claims duo soldiers of
the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps from enlistment to
the date or muster, promptly collected.
Sunbury, August 4, 1866. '
Homilies Collected.
G. W. HAUPT, Attorney at Law, Sunbury, Pa ,
offers bis professional services for the collection cf
bounties due to Midlers under the late l.ijuiihxanou
Act passed by Congress. As an authorized claiui
agent he will promptly Collect all Bounties, Pensions
and Gratuities due to Kildiurs of the Into war, or tho
war of 1812. v
Sunbury, August 18, 1866.
Sheet Iron and Stove
TJC GL9 D L Era
Market Street, near Engol's Store, SUNBURY. PA.
AN immense stock of every kind of Tin Ware,
and Sheet Iron Ware of all descriptions.
STOVES,
COOK, OFFICE and PARLOR STOVES of the best
Brands which are unsurpassed for beauty of finish,
simplicity of arrangement, combining cheapness and
durability and each stove warranted to perform what
they are represented. . -
Coal Oil, Coal Oil Lamps, lanterns,
Shades, Cbimnys, and all articles usually kept in an
establishment of this kind.
COPPER, BRASS and IRON KETTLES, of all
sizes.
FRUIT JARS and CANS of the latest Improved
styles.
He is also prepared to do all kinds of Spouting and
Roofinir. Ranzo and Furnace Work.
repairing, cneapiy ana neauy execuieu.
BENJ. ZETELM0YER.
Sunbury.JTuIy T, 1866. ly
BOUNTY FOR SOLDIERS.
I HAVE made arrangements in Washington City,
for the prompt collection of Bounty under tho
late Act of Congress. -1 have also received the p ro
ller blanks to crepare the claims. Soldiers entitled
to this Bounty should apply immediately, as it is e
titnatd that it will require three yean to adjust all
the claims. -
All soldiers who enlisted for three years and who
have not received more than 9100 bounty are entitled
to the benefits of this Aet, as well as soldiers who
have enlisted for three years and discharged after a
service of two years, by reason of wounds received,
disease contracted ia line of duty, or re-enlistment.
LLUXJJ f. KUiiKUAl'li.
Sunbury, August 18, 1866.
FINE Myrtle Pomatum, at the Fancy Store of
ANNA PAINTER.
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C28. HOOP SKIRTS C28.
nOFKIN'B "QWH MAKE."
New Fall Styles
Are in every respect First Class, and embraso a
a complete assortment for Ladiee. Misses aud child
ren , oi the Newest styles, every Length and Sizes of
w aisr. -
OUR SKIRTS, wherever knewn, are more univer
sally popular than any otters before the -public.
They retain their shape better, are lighter, more
elastie, more durable, and ready Cheaper, thun any
other Iloop Skirt in the market. The springs aud
fastenings are warranted porfeet. Every Lady should
Try Them I They are now being extensively sold by
nlerohunis, tnrougnoniine uoaavy, ana at irnoie
wla M Retail, at kluiufaetery and Sales Room.
No. 62i ARCH Street, below 7th., Philadelphia.
Ask for UOPEIN'S "own make," buy no other !
CAUTION. None srenuine unless ' stamped on
each Fid Pad "Hopkinl Hoop Skirt Manufactory,
No. 628 Aroh street, Philadelphia."
Also, Constantly on band lull una ot lew xora
made Skirl, ex very low prices.
Terms Net Cash. One Pike Only.
Sept. 1, 1866 im
; BOOTS, BH0ES AND TRUNKS t
, II. TI1ACUUB, :
-noctseoBfo
IV addition to ear large etoak, already en band , we
vestas neeeiring full supply of Fall aud Win
ter goods for Iiadiea, Gentle in aa, Misses and Chil.
dren a wear. ' " ' i
Also a good assortment of Trunks. ' A large lot of
R. R. Bogs, Genu nnt;eauier eatohelj. viewiab
it diiUnotl understood -that we intend sellinc our
goods at wiaU prc,if, xUsivelr for the oaeh.i
Don't forget the plaee. ApaUy's old stand, in tht
well-kaowa aeuseot aua. pomup, .market sireot,
C I Da
. NQTfCKwBoU,n4 t1s jreboired mX
abort notice. If any ioua'at of a should rip they
shsOJ be fixed for nethinf "
HUUuuiTif .
H. G. THACHSB.
unbary, Sept. , 1B4
AAA CarrLue Makers Wanted to buy Fulloes,
1UUU Spkea41ub.Axjea(EpTipga, Bands, Bolu
ana rarvtbuur perUining to the business at the
Cheap Hardware and Iroa Blare of ,
. i. Is". COHLET k CO
POETICAL.
BUILDING ON THE BAND.
'Tls well to woo, 'tis well to wed, '
For so the World hath done,
Since myrtles grew and roses blew, . ,
And morning brought the sun. ,
' But have a care, ye young and fair,
Bo sure you pledge with truth ;
Be certain that your lore will Wear
beyond the days ol youth !
For if you give not heart for heart,
As well as hand for hand,
You'll find you've played an unwise part,
And "built upon the sand."
'Tis well to save. 'Tis well to haro
A goodly store of gold.
And hold enough of shining stuff,
For charity is cold.
But place not all your hopes and trust
On what the deep mine brings ;
We oannct live with yellow dust
L'nn ixed with purer things.
And he who files up wealth alone,
Will often nave to stand
Bosido bis coffer ohest and own - :
'Tis "built upon the sand."
'Tis good to speak in kindly guise,
And soothe whero'cr we can ;
Fair speech should bind tho human mind
And love link man to man.
Bat stay not at the gentle words ;
Let deeds with language dwell ;
Tho one who pities starving birds,
Should scatter crumbs as well.
The mercy that is warm and true
Must lend a helping hand,
For those who talk yet fail to do,
But "build upon the sand.!'
TALES & SKETCHES.
TIII3 CAPTA I.VS LOSS AiU XII i:
- - WlIOWS UAIX. .
At nijrlit fall on an autumnal cveninr', when
tbe stars wcro just beginning to twinkle
overhead, like diamonds on a canopy of
azure, two young men were standing to
tretlier, engaged iu conversation on the steps
of the Black Eagle, a fiishinnuhlo hotel in
one of tho principal streets of the gay aud
celebrated city of Vienna. Ono of them
wore the rich uuitorm ot an Austrian huzzar ;
the other was clad iu the civic costurao of a
gentleman. .
"n all is completed at tuo ministry ot
war except the signature of the commission,
and the paymeut of the purchase money ?"
add the soldier.
"Exactly so."
"And to-morrow, then," continued the
huzzar, "I am to congratulate you on tho
command of a company, and salute you as
Captain i.rucst ulstcin.
The last speaker was Captain Christian
Stciulbrt, an officer who had seen some two
years' service.
"Ah 1 my bov," continued he, twirling his
jet black moustache, "your uniform will be
a passport to the mules ot tuo lair. Isut
you ulrendy seem to have mnde your way to
the good graces ot Madame on licrlinirer,
the rich widow, who resides at this hotel."
"J3ah 1 the is loity." answered Ernest.
carlcssly.
. "liut in fine preservation, and a beauty
for all that," said Captain Stcinfort. "Ba
ron Von Dangerrield whs desptTutely iu love
with her, but within a few days the widow
seejis to have cut him. You are a happy
inan, after all."
"Undeceive yourself, my dear Christian,"
said Ernest, blushing, "I have only flirted
with the handsome widow. My hand is
already engaged to a charming girl, Mecna
Altenburg, the playmute of my infancy,
adopted and reared up by my father. 1 am
to marry her as soon as I get my coin puny."
"Anil what is to support you, Captain
Ernest i"
".My pny, of course, and the income of tho
moderate "dowry my father proposes to give
his favorite. So you see my lot iu lil'u is
settled."
"Precisely so," replied the Captain. "But
since you ure free this evening, I engage
you to pa9 it with me.- Have- you got auy
money about you ?"
"A good deal. Besides the price of my
commission, which is safely stowed away in
bank notes in this breast pocket, I have a
handful of ducats about me, with which I
propose purchasing boino trinkets for my
bride. But I liavca gold piece or two tliat
I can spare if "
"rooh I pooh ! 1 m well enough provi
ded," answered the Captain. "You know
this is pay-day. Come ulong."
"But whither V"
"You shall sco." '
With theso words, the captain thrust his
arm witliiu that of Ids companion, and the
pair walked off at a rapid rate. . After pass
ing through several streets, bteinfort halted,
and rang nt the door of a stately mausion.
It was fipened lj a servant in handsome
livi'tv, and the young gentleman entered
and went upon stairs.
AValstein soon found himself in a scene
very different from any of which he had ever
dreamed in his simple rustic life unto his
lather's farm. Around a large deal table
covered with cloth were seated more thun
a dozen of persons of difiereut ages, all so
intent upon what was going forward, that
the enptain and his friend took their seats
unnoticed. At the head i the table sat a
man, in a gray wig. witb a pair o: grceu
spectacles upon his nose, befoic whom lay a
pile of gold, and who was busily engaged
in paying aud receiving money, and in giv
ing aa impetus to a small ivory uaii wincu
spun at intervals, its appointed course. IVul
stein soon learned that this was a rouge ct
iwir table. The gentleman ia the gray wig
was the baDkcr. ,
"Make vour earue. pentlemen." said this
individual, "while the ball spins. Your
luck s as good as mine. It s all luck gentle
men a roxiije tt notr, ' Jiouqe tt noir, gentle
men, the finest in tho world. ' Black wing-
it s voura, sir twenty uueats and you have
doubled it. Make your game black or red."
"Try your fortune, Eiuokt," said the Cap
tain. " ' ' .
Ernest mechanically put down a few da-
cats on the red, ,
"lied w ins," said the banker, iu the tame
monotonous tone. "Slake your game, gen
tlemen, whilo the boll rolls.4;
Why need we follow the fortunes of Ernest
on this fatal evening, as he yielded step by
step, to the seduction to which he was now
exposed for the first Urns ia his life ? . Long
after bteinfort left the gambling ..house, be
continued to play. His luck turned., ile
had soon lost all "his winnings, and the mo
ney set apart for bis bridal presents. He
bad broken the package of busk notes, the
money he bad received from Lis father for
the purchase of his commission, aud though
he saw bill after bill swept away before his
eyes, he continued to play, ia the desperate
hope of winning back his losses. At length
his last ducat w as -Rone. He rose and left
the room, the Jajt word ringing in tiis ear
being: -v . ,
" 'Make youf . game, gentlcmea, while the
ball rolU."
Despairing nnd heart-stricken tho young
man Bought his hotel and his chamber. On
the staircase he encountered Madame Von
Berlingcn, but he saw her not his eyes
were glazed ho did not notice or return her
salutation. He threw hiinselftlpon his bed,
without undressing, .and toward morning
fell into an uorefreshing and dream peopled
slumber. When he arose late the next day, ho look
ed at himself in tho glass, but scarcely re
cognized his own face, so changed wes ho
by the mental agonies he had undergone.
When ho paid some littlo attention to his
toilet, he received a message fiom Madame
Von Berlingen requesting the favor of an
interview in her apartments. He mechani
cally obeyed the summons, though ill-fitted
to sustain a conversation with a lady.
The widow requested him to bo seated.
"Mr. Walstein," said she, with a smile,
"you are growing very ungallant. I met
you last night upon the staircase, but, though
I spoke to you, you had not a word or a nod
for me."
"Last night, madame," answered tho un
fortunate young man, "I was beside myself.
O, madame, if you knew all."
"I do know all," replied the lady.
"What 1 that I had been gambling that
I had thrown away- yes, those are the words
every ducat of the money my poor father
furnished me with which to purchase my
commission."
"Yes I know all that. But the loss is
not irreparable."
"Pardon mo, madam. My father, though
reputed wealthy, is unable to furnish me
with a similar sum, even if I were base
enough to accept it at his hands."
"But if bouio friends wcro to Blcp for
ward." "Alas ! I know none."
"Mr. Walstein," said the lady, "I am rich;
a loan of the requisite amouut would not
affect me in the Iea6t."
"O, madam," cried the young man, "if
you would indeed save mo by your generosi
ty, yon would be nn angel of mercy."
"What is the amount of your loss?" in
quired the lady, calmly, as she unlocked her
desk. ". I
"Three thousand ducats," answered Ernest.
"But I can give you no security for tho pay
ment." "Your note of hand is sufficient," said the
lady, handing the young man a pnekuge of i
notes. "Please to count those, and seo if the
sum is correct. Here are writing materials."
Ernest did as he was bid counted the
money, and then sat down at tho desk.
"Write at my dictation,'' said the lady.
Ernest took up a pen and commenced.
"The date," said the lady.
Ernest wrote it.
"Received of Anna Von Berlingcn the sum
of three thousand ducats."
Ernest wrote and repeated "three thou
sand ducats."
"In consideration, I promise to marry the
aforesaid Anna Von Berlingen."
"To marry ycu?" exclaimed Ernest.
"Ay to niarry'me!" said the lady. "Am
I deformed am I ugly am I poor;"
"I cannot do it you know uot the reasou
that induces me to refuse."
"Then go home to your futhcr und con
fess your guilt."
Ernest reflected a few moments. He could
not go home to his father with tho (rightful
tale. It was a question between suicide ar.d
marriage; he signed the paper.
"Xow, then, baron," said tho widow to
herself, as she carefully secured the promise,
"you cannpt say that you broko tho heait
of Annie by your cruelty. Take tho money
Ernest," she added aloud, "go aud purchusu
your commission."
Ernest obeyed. His dreams of yesterday
morning had all been dissipated by his nu n
act ; he felt a degraded and broken spirited
criminal. He had sold himself for gold.
"Here comes Captain Ernest I" cried I a
youthful voice. And a beautiful blue-eyed
girl of nineteen stood nt tho garden gate
of a pretty farm house, watching the ap
proach of a horseman, who, gaily attired iu
a huzzar uuiform, was gallopiug up the
road. At her shout ot delight a sturdy old
grey haired man cume forth and stood be
side her.
"Captain Ernest," ho repeated, "that
sounds well. When I was of his age I only
carried a musket in the ranks. I never
dreamed then that a son of mine could ever
aspire to the epaulette."
Ernest waved his hand to Mecna Alten
berg and bin father, rode past them to the
stable, where he left his horse. He then
rushed into the farm house, where his father
met him.
"What is the meaning of this, boy ?" he
said. "How wild and haggard you look I
And you have avoided Meeua aud this, too,
upon your wedding day."
"My wedding day O heaven 1 I shall
die," snid tho young man, sinking into a
scat.
As soon as he could collect himself, he
told his father that he could not marry
Mecna, and the reason he had pledged
himself to another. Tho old man, who wits
the soul of honor, burst into viola ut impre
cations and drove him from his presence.
As ho left the house, tho uufortunute young
man encountered a person whom he at once
recognized as the Baron Von Dangerficld,
the reputed suiton of Madame You Berlin
gen. "I bavo been looking for you, Captain
Walstein," said the baron sternly.
"And you have found me," answered the
young man, shortly.
"Yes aud I thank heaven you wear that
uniform. It entitles you to meet a German
noble, and answer for your conduct."'
"I am answerabio for my conduct to no
living man," retorted Ernest.
"You wear a sword."
"Yes." J
"Very wellif you refuse to give satisfac
tion for the injury you have done me, in
robbing me of my mistress, I will proclaim
you a coward lu the presence oi me regi
ment upon parade." i
' "O, make yourself easy upon that score,
baron," answered Ernest. "Life is of too
little worth to me to think of shk-ldins it.
If you will step with me into the shadow of
yonder grove we can soon regulate our ac
counts.'' .. . 'ii . . ..
The two men walked silently to the ap
pointed spot, and, without any preliminaries,
drew their swords acd engaged iu combat.
The struggle was not of very long duration,
for Ernest' woUuded bisadvenary in the
sword-arm, and diaarruud him i
'Are you satisflod J" be asked. , .
' "I must be tor the present," replied the
baron, eullewly. ''W hen I recover you shall
hear from Die again.' c :
"At you please," said Ernest, coldly. "In
the' meantime suffer sue to biud up your
arm. o . i . ui t v , 1 , . . .
The young man bandaged the wound of
hi adversary, and as be faltered from the
lose of blood, led him towards the farm
house. As they approached it, two ladies
advanced to meet them one of them was
Mecna, the other Madame Von Berlingen.
"Dangerficld wounded 1" cried the latter,
bursting into tears; "O, I have been the
cause of this J forgive me forgivo me, Dan
gertield, or you will kill mo."
"You forget, btadume, that you belong to
another."
"I am yours only I can never love an
othernor does tho person you allude to,"
added the lady, turning to Ernest, "cherish
an attachment to me."
"My only feeling for you madame," said
Ernest, with meaning, "would be gratitude,
wcro a certain paper destroyed."
"What is the meaning of all this ?'' asked
the father of Ernest, coining forwurd.
"It means," said Ernest, tearing to atoms
the promissory note ho received from the
widow's hands, "that I had very ugly dreams
last night. I dreamed that I played rogue-et-noir,
and lost all the money you gave mo
to purchase my commission with, and then
that I made up tho loss by promising "
"Hush ?" said the widow, laying her fin
ger on her lips.
"Then it was all a dream," said tuo old
man.
"Look at my uniform," replied the cap
tain. "And what did you mean in tho story you
told me ju8t now 1"
"Forget it, father," said Ernest. "Dear
Meena, look up my love. It is our wedding
day; and if you do but love me, I'm the hap
piest dog that wears a sabre and a doiiman."
That very day two weddings were cele
brated in the farm house, those of Captain
Ernest Walstein with the fraulien Mecna
Altenbcrg, and Baron Von Dangerficld, with
the yet beautiful and wealthy widow. The
captain never tried his luck again at auy
gaum of chance.
MISCELLANEOUS.
iew York Jllnerw.
It is uot generally known that New York
at the preseut time contaius a large number
of misers as inveterate aud degraded as any
on record, and if we had space we could
give a scries of portraits which would matte
the reader shudder. Many of these misers
ore old business men who have withdrawn
from life und still keep up the faded signs,
and beneath the garb of trade ply their
money-saving habits. Tbcso meu will bo
lound sitting solitary in dingy offices, filled
with cobwebs and thick with dust of years.
Mouey borrowers know where to go, and
here these pale aud threadbare fossils receive
their best securities for their daily loans.
Some of these half starved wretches, whose
trembling hands can hardly sign a cheek,
can draw for sums that wouklshake a bunk.
Oue of the richest men cf the city is now to
be found iu just such a dingy 'hole as we
have described, where ho loans enormous
sums daily. Ho was a merchant once, and
bis old sign is s'.ill up; and inside all things
remain as they were a half century aco. Ho
suffers daily for the comforts of life, but all
tins is compensated lor by the pleasure of
accumulation. "They come to mo to beg,"
said the old man to an acquaintance, "and
tuerus not a oeggur in Acw iork that
doesn't live as well as I do" a statement
w hich was quite true.
A specimen of the better class of this
genus was given in tho late Exchange Place
rooucry, uere liuius i.oru.a man upward ot
four score, wus the solitary occupant of an
office which contained between $1,000,000
and $2,000,000 in stocks and securities all
his own. Here this old man sat, to get rich.
Such a hoard was worth tapping, and the
job was one of tho most successful ever
done in fttw l ork.
The late Stephen Whitney was a striking
iustanco of the commercial miser. When
we knew him ho had made about $10,000,
000, and nt the age of seventy five was try
ing hard to get rich. The person and coun
tenance of this wretched man were a study.
The tremulous form, the sharpened feature
und the solicitous eye told of the one idea
which mastered the soul. Mr. Whitney was
in his day to bo seen habitually in Wall
street, picking his way along among the
brokers aud sharpers, and buyiug notes, of
which he was a good judge. He bought
none but the best, and seldom made a bad
purchase. His son-in-law was in a heavy
business, but his paper was not considered
rlrst-rate, the only chauco of his success be
ing that the old man would keep him up.
This uhauce wo used to hear often discussed,
und on its probabilities his paper found a
market. But the old man did uot keep him
up, and he showed himself too sharp to be
gulled by so near a relative. Mr. Whituey
was something of a politician, aud on one
occasion the leaders of his party came w ith
an applicatiou for electioneering purposes.
"Gentlemen," was the reply, "I am with
you heart and body. As for money, I have
uone ; but to help you along, I will come
aud sit up all night and fold ballots."
Some of theso New York misers are utter
ly recluso, while others are social, and often
meet to discuss methods of money-mnkiog.
The group occasionally seen iu a certain old
rookery, where a few millions are represent
ed in hungry forms and seedy raiment,
would be a study (or an artist. The great
complaint with this class is that "interest is
down, money is cheap, and the country is
going to ruin. Only rive per cent, on good
paper, and sis on bond and mortgage ; and
as for seven-thirties, they pay well enough,
but one may get his throat cut taking care
of them. The world's made up of thieves
snd beggars, and there's no ue of trying to
get along."
Ill !
Trinity CliurcU Troubles,
, A year ago Trinity Church was, financially,
as poor as a church mouse. Iu May lust a
large amount of rluely improved property
held by the Astors under a long lease revert
ed to it again ; and Trinity vestry found it
self in receipt of an income of (600,000 per
annum. Ia its poorest days it had practiced
economy with great success, and on entering
on its prosperous career it found that it could
do business in the same style at an annual
expeuditure of only sixty thousand dollars.
This would Lave left, and probably will
leave, the vestry a handsome sum at the end
of the year, unless the numerous claimants
who Lave suddenly sprung up succeed in es
tablishing their chums to the property which
has reverted to the Triuity Church corpora
tion. There are not less than 700 claimants
for various portions of the reverted property;
and Triuity Church has the prospect , before
it of a generation or two of ijiigJn. This
state of affairs ia another of the windfalls for
General Dix, and may have something to do
with bis declination of the French mission.
For forty years General Die . has been the
counsel for Trinity Church corporation. Hit
son. Rev. Morgan Dix, U ftotor of .Tfinity
parisb.-JV. y, Papr, .u ,
Heading- Aloud,
"I think it is much to bo regretted that
this charming accomplishment is not more
cultivated by ladies. You see half a dozen
girls in a family, whether they are musical
or not, doomed to hours of daily practice on
the piano, which is in fact often so many
hours of precious time wasted. How few
ever piny sufficiently well to be listened to
with pleasure ; and many of thoao who do
play decently give it tip as soon as they are
married. I am tot speaking against music
let those who havo a real taste devote
themselves to it, but certainly it ought not
to be viewed as an educational necessity,
like geography or history. Now there are
few peoplu who carnot be taught to read
well, ana there are a thousand ways in which
a good reader can givo pleasure. When
fathers aud husbands como homo tired from
their professional duties of tho day, how
pleasant it is to them to have the paper, or
some good review read aloud by wives or
daughters. But to do this well a certain
amount of study is requisite ; first of all it is
necessary to acquire a habit of sustaining
the voice ; then one must learn to modulate
the tones, to attend to punctuation, and,
above all, the reader must have a fuir appre
ciation of the author's meaning. This in
volves a study of general literature, which is
sadly needed by most young ladies who arc
supposed to have finished their education.
It is impossible to estimate sufficiently the
importance of reading aloud in the family
circle. Children are wonderfully impressed
by hearing poetry ; their tastes are formed,
and their minds stored with knowledge,
often far lieyond their years, if they havo
been brought up where the English classics
are read aloud and talked about. And iu
after life how often, amidst turmoil and
trouble, some scrape of poetry or prose comes
back to us in the tones in which we heard it
read. Some noble sentiment some pure
thought is thus forever associated with
"the tender grace of a day that is dcad,"and
with "the sound of a voice that is still." It
has always strnck ine that true refinement of
mind is more shown in this simple accom
plishment than in almost any other."
A CHAPTKIt OF 1IOKICOKM.
Chicago, Nov. 10. Two very serious fires
occurred in this city to day, which destroyed
property to tho amount of a quarter of a
million of dollars. The first occurred in the
largo drying house attached to Russell's
planing mill, on Carrol street, which was
completely demolished. The other took
place in a block of buildings on Canal street,
including several large iron-manufacturing
concerns, which sustained 6erious damage.
Reports from Detroit, Mich., state that
the steam bargo Trader, which plies between
this city and that point, while in Lake Hu
ron, recently exploded her boilers, killing
scverul of her crew, and wounding many
others in a frightful manner. Tho wreck
was towed into Marine City, and all that
was possible was dene for the relief of the
sufferers.
A young lady of Quincy, III., who has
been ill for some time, died, ns was sup
posed, a few days ago, was coffined, and the
body placed in a family vault. Yesterday
one ot the attendants heard, as he thought,
subdued moans proceeding from the vault,
and immediately broke open tho door of
the tomb. The lid of the coffin was re
moved, and, to the astonishment and gratifi
cation of nil, the young lady was found
alive. Proper means was taken to restore
her, and she will undoubtedly recover.
Matrimonial. A genics in the Oquaka
(111.) Pltiindtaler thus quotes the matrimo
nial market in Lis section : The market
has become "languid," and is altogether
without "tone," only four licenses having
iieen issued by tho County Clerk for the
present month. The fulling off in ''receipts"
of opportunities for the girls to say "yes,"
has served as a check on the approaches to
the hymenial altar. "Sweet sixteens" have
been most active, going at "previous
figures," but there is no buoyancy in price
or demand. Misses "of age" are weak, with
a poor demand ; unmarried atiuts on the de
cline. Bachelors, in old-fashioned swallow
tails, seedy and disconsolate. Spruce
bachelors of thirty, steady. Editors firm.
AH in all there is a great drooping in all
circles, and the approaceing winter promi
ses nothing better.
Bcutos, whilo traveling on a steamboat,
seated himself and called for beefsteak. The
waiter furnished him with a small strip of
the article. Taking it upon his fork, and
turning it over and examining it, with one
of bis peculiar looks, he coolly remarked,
"Yes, that is it ; bring me some!"
The luxuriant crop of diamond jewelry
that adorned the employees of the Buffalo
and Lake Huron Railroad, induced the man
agement to establish a system of espionage,
aud the result is the arrest of a large num
ber of conductors and subordinates for ex
teusive embezzlements.
Mtts. Pabtingtos os Fashion. "There
is one thing sure," said Mrs. Partington,
"the females of the present regeneration are
a heap more independent than they used to
be. Why I saw a gal to-day, and that I
know belonged to the historical class of
society, with her dress all tucked up to her
knees, her hair all buzzled up like us if she
hadn't to comb it for a week, and ono of
her granmother's old caps in an awful crump
led condition on her head. Why, law ho
ney, when I was a gal, if any of the fellows
ctnio along when I bad my clothes tucked
up that way, and my head kivered with an
old white rag, why f would run for dear life,
and hide cut of sight Well, the gals then
were innocent, unconflscatei critters: now
they sre what the French would call
blazes.'" i
"Thomas, my son," said a father to a lad
la my hearing, the other day, "won't you
show the gentleman youi last composition I"
"I don't want to," said he. "I truA you
would," responded the father. "I won't 1"
was the reply "Pit be goy-olamed if I do I"
A sickly, half approving arujle passed over
the face of the father,' as be said, la ex pin
aation of. Lis son's lru$querU: "Tom don't
lack planners generally ;. but the fitrt is '
goi tuck tuli ht alvwt a J'eoiP Kind
pareut 1 happy boy J ,
"Ns-veh be critical upon the ladies," was
the maxim of an old Irish peer remarkable
for his homage to the ten "the only way
in the world that a true geotlemaa ever will
attempt to look at the fault of a ptettj
womau is to bu( hitcyes.",- . . . ,.
' Ah exchange, recording the fall of a per
son into a river, says : "It is a Wonder be
J escaped with his Ufa." , Prentice says t
1 "Wouldn't it have been a still greater woo-
der if ht ba escaped without t ?"
A bkryamt, newly engaged, presented tq
his master, one morning, a pair of boots, the
leg of one of which was much longer than,
tho other. "How comes it, you rascal, that
these boots are not of tho same length ?" '
"I really don't know, sir ; but what bo
thers me most is that tho pair down Btairs
is in the same fix."
AGRICULTURAL, &0.
Faix Plowino fou Cohn. It is advised
by some of our most eminent Entomologists
to plow corn-ground Into in the autumn aa
a remedy against tho ilupredutions of the
grub, which in many instances proves so
destructive to this important crop. The ex
perience of some vi our best fanners is also
in favor of this practice But the plowing
should be done, only just before the grouncj
freezes ; the grub at this period is buried in
tho earth for its winter quarters. If he is
tnrned on to tho surface and remains therfl
the cold weather kills him, but when the
plowing is done too early, and a spell of
warm weather follows and continues some
time, he arouses from his dormant state and
again burrows in the earth.
If course manure Is at hand spread it ton
the sod before plow ing. The harrow should
not bo put on the land before spring, The
inverted sod forms drains, and the surface
soon becomes dry after tho winter has pass
ed. Then harrow and use the gang-plow.
If at that time a coat of fine manure can be
npplied to the field, a large crop is a certain
result. Rural JV. I.
Bosks foh Meadows. Mr. Wil'.ard, in
his last letter to the TJtica Herald, says that
immense benefits Lave resulted from the use
cf bones oq meadows and pastures. He
says :
"The lands are boned every 12 to 13 years,
at the rate of 10 cwt. to 15 cwt. bones to the
acre, and 1 am sure if our dairy farmers
could see what vast improvements have been
made in the use of this material on pastures,
they would immediately commence applying
them.
Feeding Swixe. An "old subscriber" tq
the N. E. Farmer protests against theproc
tice of feeding swine with the refuse ol the
slaughter house and butcher shops, in tho
shape of decaying and putrid meats and tho
like. Ho asserts that no matter whether
these be mixed and cooked with other ma
terials, they impart an unsavory odor to tho
pork, besides rendering it unhealthy as an
article of diet. It is a prevalent idea that
anything is good enough for tho hog if it
will only make him grow but experience
and observation have induced a oobvitUion
that it is a mistaken ono.
Canada Thistle. The editor of the
yorthuestern Farmer agrees with a corres
pondent that salt will kill this pest, but
thinks it a rnther expensive remedy, as it
will take a half a bushel to a square rod.
The way to apply salt to the thistle is to cup
them to the ground before a rain and put
about a tablcspoonfull of salt on the stub.
A bushel of salt would answer for half art
acre unless the thistle was too thick to mako
tho ground of any value for farming purposes,
iu which case it would be a question of
economy with tho farmer whether he could
better afford to apply all the salt required or
allow the thistle f.o grow on and spread over
his whole farm. Oermantown Ttlegraph,
KEEnso Apn.Es. A correspondent of
the Kort western Farmer gives his experience
in his attempts to keep apples through the
winter. He tried various ways. He buried
them iu the old-fashioned way iu the ground;
he put them in boxes with alternate layers
of chaff, where they hcuicd and nearly all
were lovt by the bitter rot ; be put them iu
barrels with wheat screenings, where they
wilted, very much affecting the flavor ; he
then tried packing in barrels, w;th alternate
layers of forest leaves and apples, and tbey
kept well. Some Rambos, a variety well
known in this region as not exactly a win
ter apple, kept to tho lust of April. Tho
barrels were placed in a rather open loft.
He continues to adopt this plan, and has no
trouble from freezing.
IIoo tex vakcre is exceedingly concen
trated ; a great deal is wasted in the pens
and yards. To remedy this, and increase
the quantity of straw, forest leaves, potato
vines, or some similar bedding and absor
bent. Fill the outside yards w ith these ; it
don't pay to let fatting Logs lie in the mud.
GitATE Cuttings, made aa SQnn as tho
foilage of the vine drops, and plauU-d out ia
well-prepared Juod, will start early ia the
spring, and muke a stronger and better
growth than when made during the winter
and planted out in the spring. So says the
Man. J'iotcman,
A Colorado Farm. There is a farm in
Colorado, 18 miles long by 13 wide, which
pastures 8,000 head of cattle and 0,000 sheep,
and last year yielded $80,000 worth of grain.
It is worktd by Mexican laborers, who are
fed and managed by officers, like an army.
Potatoes are best preserved in their
freshness by putting them in dark cellars,
aud sprinkliug every sis inches, as the bio
js filling, w ith lime. Covering the bin with
boards or old carpet or rugs, aids to preserve
them. Cermantuirn Telegraph.
C'OBN Husk Beds. Farmers' wives are
not perhaps as much in the practice of mak
ing husk beds as their health, comfort and
interest ought to lead them to be. If the
inner husks of Indian corn are taken, reject
ing all the hard ends, and cut in strips from
a quarter to half inch in width, tbey will
make as desirable a bed aa feathers, and
much mure healthful, and cost but little.
How to Beat WaiTta of Eogi. On
breaking eggs, take rare that none of the
yolk become mingled witb the v. bites. A
single particle will sometimes prevent their
foaming well. Put the whites into a largu
fiat dish, and beat them witb an egg beater
made of double wire, with a tin handle, or
with a cork struck croeswise upon the prongs
of a fork.- 6trike a sharp, quick stroke
through the whole length of the dish. Beat
theoi ia the cellar or some other eool place,
till they - look like snow, -and you can turn
the dish over without their slipping off.
Never suspend the process nor lei tlu on stand,
even for one minute, aa they will begin to
turn to a liquid state, and cannot be restored,
and tbua will make heavy eake.(rsriu
ton TUgraph. , i . 'it.'
' The Best Correx,--It ia sal J tint if cof
fee be pounded with mdrtar 'and pestle, it
retains more of tbe aroma an oil which
gives epffee its peculiar flavor. The Turks
practice the pounding muthod, and excel in
the good qualities of Utoir favorite driuk.
VlHEO ah. It It touted that good vinegar
can be made from ipple-parioga and wauir,
put la Jiff or, lw . kopt moderately
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