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Dec. 5, 18g7 —v7nl9yl MJ. WILSON, ATTORNFY AT LAW, Col • looting and Heal Estate Agent. lowa Lauds Or sale. Scran ton, Pa. 38tf. psrERIIOI'T A DEWITT, Attorneys' at Law— V f Office, opposite the Bank, Tunkhannock, Pa. P M. tj&TERUOUT. G. B. DEWITT I W, KHOADS, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON, J , will atleud promptly to all calls in his pro ->i,ion. May be found at his Office at the Drug Store, or at his residence on Potman Sreet, formerly occupied l>y A. K. i'eckham Esq. OR. £. F. AVERY'SCSt liKNTAI, OFFICE. J: " iivc-r Burn's Bros.. Jewelry Store. Tunkhaunock, Pa. Ail the carious styles ot Itcntal work -rientltleally 'one nnjld at Man tra,-Hirers retail prices. Hair and Whiskers colored to every .natural •hade. JACOB BF.RLINGHOF. Tut.k I'a. Jan. 5, '69—vßn2Mf, PACIFIC HOTEL, 170,172,174 A 178 Greenwich Street lose DOOR A BOTE CORTLAXPT STREET, JiKW TORK.) Tuc unpersigned takes pleasure in annonncing to - - nuni'-rous friends and patrou- thatj trvw this hate. the charge of the Pacific Will bo . $2.50 PER DAY. , Being -de Proprietor of this house, and therefore free tr :n the too common exaction of an inordinate rent, he is tully able to meet the downward tenden cy of pri. es without any failing oif of service. It will now, as hcretutoio, be his aim te maintain "tidimisLed the favorable reputation of Uie Pacific, *hi hit has enjoyed for many years, as one of thu bsst of travelers' hotels. THE TABLE will be bountifully supplied with *rery iltli.-acy of the season. THU ATTENDANCE will 1> found efficient and SB"! "bilging. the LOCATION will be found convenient for ]'■ ■ !: ,e business calls them in the lower part of th<- itv, an !of ready access to all Kail Road and ht'ranjLoat Lines. JOHN PATTEN. Oct 10th lsck. nW-Cm. I HUFFORU HOUSE. TUNKHANNOCK. WYOMING CO., PA This Establishment has recently I been retired and lurnished in the latest style. i-.-rT attention will Ee given to the comfort und "'Btentence of those who-putronize the House. 11, 111 FFORD Proprietor. T unkhannock, Pa., June 17, 1868.—v7n44. BOLTON HOUSE. H AHKISH VlUi, PKNNA. The undersigned having lately purshascd the oh KiILER HOUSE " projerty, has already com ,K-( i sui-h alterations and improvements as will * r ' ler this old and popular House equal, if not sope r'jr. to any Hotel in the City of Hajrisburg, -x --f A continuance of the public patronage isrtfljjcot "oj solicited. ■ " 'A *| jHIS establishment has recently been refitted an t . lurn.ahed in the latest __ Every attention * '• riven to the comfort and convenience of those ■ J '- patronise the House. T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor . '"wkhutmook, September If, 1661- ' l TUNKHANNOCK WYOMING CO., PA. -WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17, 1869. The new Broom still new! AND WITH THE NEW YEAR, I Will be used with more nceeping effect than hereto fore,by largo additions from time to time, of Choice ann uesirablo GOODS, at the New Store OF C DETRICK, in S. Stark's Brrik Block AT TUNKHAIOCK, PAII* Where can be found, at all times, one of the Largest and Richest assortments ever offered in Ibis vicinity, Consisting of BLACK AND FANCY COL'liD DRESS . SILKS, FRENCH, ENGLISH and AMERICAN MERINOS. EMPRESS AND PRINCESS CLOTHs, POPLINS, SERGR-i, and PARKMETTOS, BLACK LISHR AND COLORED ALPACCAS WOOL, ARMURE PEKIN AND MOUSE LIEU DKLAINS, INPORTKD AND DOMESTIC GINGHAMS, PRINTS, of Best Manufactures, Ladies Cloths and S&oqueings, FURS, SHAWLS, FANCY WOOLEN GOODS, &U.. LADIES RETICULES, SHOPPING BAGS and BASKETS. TRUNKS, VALISES, and TRAVELING BAGS, ;a r Hosiery and Gloves, Ladies' Vests, White Goods, and Yamkee notions in endlessva ricty. IIOOPskIRTS A COR SETTS, direct from the manufacturers, at greatly reduced prices. FLAXXELS all Colors and Qualities. KNIT GOODS. Cloths, Cassimcres, Vcstings, CottonaJes, Sheetings, Shirtings, Drills, Denims, Ticks, Stripes, &c. Every Description of BOOTS * /.• . ■ \ \•' Tinware ,* Made expressly for tbia trade, and war ranted to give Satisfaction, at '2O per cent, cheapef than the u>ual rates in this section. HARDWARE Ac CUTLERY, of al kinds, SILVER PLATED WARE, . ll i.• nt ti'l Paints, Oils, and Pailtens Materials, Putty, Window GlasS, &c. KEROSENE 'OIL, Chandeliers, Lamps, Lanterns, Lantern Glares, Lamp Chimneys, f .... *• Shades and Oumers. COAL. ASIITON, lr BBL. HALT FLOUR, FBED, . MEAL, BUTTER, CHEESE, LARD, PORK, IIAMS, end FISH. SUGAR, TEA, COFFEE SPICES, SYRUP, 1- MOLASSES, WOOD ic WILLOW WARE, HOPES. CORDAGE, PATENT MEDICINES. DRUGS, and DYES, ; FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Ac., Ac, Jl*H 3KI JT I ' These hAve been selected ! with great care to suit the wants of this community, and will be sold as heretofore, at the lowest living rates for cash or exchanged for conntry ' produce at market prices. Thankful fpr the past liberal patronage, I shall qndeavti.by itHci/atieOtiibn to Jmy business, to merit a contiouanoe ot the same, and will try to make the future still more attractive and ben eficial to customers. < ■j (X DBTWOHi ! A BACHELOR'S SOLILOQUY ON WOMAN'S RIGHTS. O. what Is all this fuss about, Throughout the whole country (ahem !) ! Are these rights to be hiul, they are by ourownshle. For we are not equal with them. Let them talk of a voice at the polls ; Already they've absolute sway, For do not three-fourths of all married men. Vote just as the dear creatures say ? O, I cannot wait for the time. When woman her true right* shall see. When she shall be on the same looting with us, And not a grade better than we. Then when I got into the cars, I can sit like a king on his throne; If a woman and the seats are all filled, Why. iheikjA;u*,y acat is my own. Th<- lecture room too will be bft, For no owe thy place will demand, I ahall then hare a right to recline at my eac, And she'll have as good right to Unff'Or whatever else it may be, * Shell have a right to pay half of the Ulli, - And not all of them come out of me. - * ' '?** i '■ But what is the best of It aU, I f cv* I courting should go, Shell have a chance the question to pop. Arid I'll hare a chance to say "No!• THREE WEEKS AFTER MARRIAGE. BV THOMAS HAYXES DAYLT. I don't care three and sixpence now. For anything In life: 3ly days of fun are over now, I'm married to a wife; I'm married to a wife, my boys. And tbat by Jove's no joke! I've cat the white of this world's egg, And now I've got the yolk. Fin sick of sending marriage cake. Of eating marriage dinners. And all the fuss that people mako With newly wed beglnneis. I care not now for white champagne, I never cared for red : Blue coats are aU blue bores to me, And Limerick gloves are kid. t'h '. when I was a bachelor, I always had some plan To win myFolf a loving wife, And be a married man, And now. that I am so at last. My plans are at an end, I scarcely know one thing to do, My time I cannot spend. "The Majority Should Rule." Tliis maxim, to which, in its general sense we submit, may in its application be car ried the greatest extreme. It is no more true that the majority should rule, than that the minority liavo rights which the majority are bound to respect. During tin war. Republican speakers and writers talk ed much of thejigbts of majorities—rights so broadly asserp-d as to be equivalent to an express negation of all rights of the weaker .party. The old pfira.se. "might makes right," was paraphrased into "ma jorities makes right." This is not to nu unlimited extent a government of majori ties. The smallest State lias equal repre sentation in the Senate of the nation with the largest. Why is this ? Because, other wise the larger States might more easily gipress the smaller by unjust legislation, ero is an assertion of the doctrine oi State rights in the Constitution itself. A majority of the people cannot change the Constitu tion. Here again the doctrine is practically recognized. But it is not our intention now to explain or defend it. W'e believe that tliw power of the majority is equally great whatever party may cliauc- to lie dominant. If we are right, it is a gross usurpation for one party to arrogate to itself powers which it denies to the other, or for a legislative body to seek to abridge the constitutional prerogatives of a co-ordinate branch of the government. Until the Re publican party came into power such a tiling was never attempted. When either side triumphed there was a cheerful sub mission to the will of the majority, and those who held the reins of government were permitted to qxweise nil ol the rights aud powers which they could constitution ally claim ; and tlicy attempted nothing bc- VOIKL Each branch of the government acted in harmony with the other branches, and when a difficulty arose it was on a question, oi constitutional right, and such difficulties were determined by the supreme judicial arbiter, whose decisions were ac quiesced in. But how is it now V The President differs from Congress, and forthwith Congress makes war on the President, and seeks by every method which inhuman ingenuity can devise, to deprive him of the freeexer -1 eise of his executive powers. The Supreme Court is likely to decide upon the validity of certain pet laws of Congress, which it is feared may not stand the fi st, and Congress proceeds to strip the judiciary of its judicial functions. Nor did such outrages end here, j If New York City dares to east a Demo i Cratic vote, she will have legislation forced j upon her, which not one in ten of her citi zens ih-sire. Aud if Philadelphia elect a Democratic mayor, the mayor.-shall nolonger have "the right of appointing the police 1 force of the city. Ami yet this the party { whose peculiar mission is to reform and | purify ! Look at our Legislatures, reeking ; with the very shine of political corruption— I Republican journals h> intj Ihemste/vea the j wipes. Look at the Morgans and Fentons I playing the game of bluff for tho Senatßl - t ship—as Republicans confess they did—• buying legislative votes as they would buy 1 beef on the shambles. listen to the low a rive! which proceeds from the halls that once echoed the eloquence of Clay ami Webster, and then Isiast of the refining and purifying influence of the iarty of moriu ideas. How much the men of that party t respect the right of the majority we, have seen, though.iuauy other, examples niighl be given, i They are decidedly in favor ol the majority to rale token the vuijarity i< j itith them. —Philadelphia Patriot. " To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. " THE BEAUTY' 3 CHOICE- NY ESTHER KENNETH. ! Mrs. Hawley's prettiest boarder was the : bit a blonde girl named Florence Castleton. ' It was a romantic name, and she lmd a ro | man tic Mastery. Her parents were dead ; • she was the heiress of their property, and had a guardian. He had been in love with her mother, and was very jealous of the daugh ter's guardianship, treating her with arbi trary power, and teasing her quite as much as pleasing her by his affection. Yet it was quite exasperating to the young men to see her lounging on his arm, and he a hand some bachelor of hardly Torty. He board ed at a hotel; she had Airs. Hawley's pret tiest set of rooms. They were furnished by herself, and most charmingly, in rose wood and blue damask. She had canaries, and a paroquet, and a King Charles span iel, and a maid under her authority ; and it was but a short time after her arrival Wore every young man in the house was marked subservient to her. She was very pretty. Her hair was of a bright gold color, her cheeks rose-pink, and her eves always made lue tliink of blue larkspur, they were so deeply and glowing ly blue. I have seen the sea show such a color, but seldom anything else ; and they did not change like the sea from blue to gray and Tvrean purple ; they were always that deep, steady, unaltered blue. I have seen her wear dresses and sacques of the same shade. She was a living romance heroine, and I used to observe the little episodes she occa sioned in the house, with the expectation that she would finally occasion some seri ous rivalry or elopement, or" break some body'.-, heart, and so give the material for a story, lint for severid months she pursued the even tenor <>£ her pretty way and brought no one to grief, and began t<> think no one was going to break bin heart for her, after uU, and that the beauty of the hoarding house would not furnish me with a story. There were four young men in the house. ('hurley Childs, I'red. Grove, Leonard Mar tin and Dick Manchester—all bright, agree, able, marriageable—young men, and all ad mirers of Florence Castleton. Finally there was another, but he was too plain and bashful to be admitted to the elegant ranks of Miss Castleton's galaxy of -beaux, and no one thought of liis being any one's lover. His name was David Atwood. He was a book-keeper, was plain in dress, and evidently straightened in means. He had one of the smallest of Airs. Hawley's side rooms,. spent all his days and most of his evenings in the office where lie was employ ed, never went to theatres or to the opera, and po. sessed not the slightest style of manner. Y'et 1 noticed him from the first, as liav" ingafaee M great sense and kindness—a face pleasant to see, having so much seri ousness and strength with its youth. Yet it was very plain—the thin light hair falling lankly about a large pale forehead, the eye brows being almost imperceptible, the eyes of a light-yellowish gray, the nose and mouth large, and a characteristic blush rising and paling continually. His smile was sweet and pleasant ; he looked good ; and many a time have I turned from the shallow brillancy of Fred. Grove aud the rattling gayety of Dick Manchester to ob serve David Atwood, quietly reading, with a sensation rtf relief, that there was yet some sound sense and real worth left in the worln. The others laughed nt him—he was so shy, and awkward, and bashful. And Flor ence Castleton often joined the laugh sil verly;yet no one offered, him any disre spect. Indeed, they all acknowledged him to be "a good young man, but so homely and awkward !" Florence Castleton had n pretty voice for singing, and used to play upon a guitar, a beautiful one inlaid with pearl which her guardian had given her. One evening af ter David Atwood had been at the bouse about six weeks, she brought it down to plnv. The voting men gathered around to sing with her. Leonard Martin sang very well, and Charley Childs sang 1 letter. While they were engaged in singing. David Atwood came in. Slipped into a comer and sat down in his shy way, and was unnoticed until -Dick Manchester, who was restless for mischief, called out, — "Mr. Atwood, won't you come and sing with us ?" Every one looked at Atwood. I expected to see him blush and stammer, and mur mur an inaudible re pi v, but a new expres sion had come upon his face since he had entered the room, "I do not sing," he said quietly. "Nor play ?" asked Dick. "Only upon the violin." Florenee was thumming her guitar care lessly. "Won't Mr. Atwood let us hear him play upon his violin ?" asked Dick, glancing slyly at Martin, as if lie was starting game. I awaited Atwood's answer with a certain degree of interest. "I have not used my violin since I came here. I will unpaek it, if none of the strings are broken I will play," said At wood ; and he rose quietly and went out of the room. ' "How could you sav that Dick ? He probably plays execrably," said Miss Jean ette Manchester, Dick's sister. "I never knew a country pumpkin who hadn't a fantasy for a fiddle," said Martin. "There, he's coming back ! Now, if any one has fastidious musical sensibilities, I'd ad viae him to decamp." * "I shall stay," answered Dick. "We'll all stay and see the fun," said Grove, sitting down by Miss Castleton. David came in. I lxgan to understand what was coming as lie bent his head over the violin and drew the bow lightly across the strings. In a moment he glided softly into an air of Verdi's, so light and graceful that it was like the fall of sea spray. Ev ery eye and ear was given in wrapt atten tion ; some in delight, some in troubled doubt, as if thoy could not believe their own senses, some in spleen or envy, and all in amazement. Astonishment was the prevailing emotion. When he finished ihe opera air, he asked,— "Is there any tune you would particular ly like ?" and he glanced toward the side of the room where Florence Castleton sat, ra ijier than at Dick and Martin. "Will you play the "Phantom Chorus" from Faust ?" asked Florence quickly ; and the mild, sweet tones came forth obedient ly, in beautiful perfection. Air followed air. • The company sat spell-bound until the suddenly revealed musician laid down his bow. A chorus of eulogistic phrases and expressions of gratitude followed, but David Atwood smiled only at Florence Castleton's simple,— "We thank you !" He left the room. A little while, I went thr >ugli the lu 11, and met him. "You have surprised and delighted us ail with your performance. Mr. Atwood," i said. lit; smile,l. "I learned to play to please a little sick sister I had once," he answered. "Since she died Ido not care to play much, al though I love music." Just then Florence Castleton flitted by and went np stairs. I thought that she had heard what he said. "Do yon think she liked it?" he said, with amusing simplicity and directness. Yes, I am sure she did," I answered "She's pretty, isn't sin l ?" cried he, with the same amusing H'tiretle. "Yes," I answered. He sighed. "Good-night," I said. "Good-niglit," he responded, and went into his room. I smiled at my thoughts as I let down my hair before my dressing glass. Y'et it might prove hardly a smiling matter for a poor, honest fellow like David Atwood to get in love with -Florence Castleton, the beauty and heiress. It soon became perceptible to all observ ing people, how much David Atwood was in love with Miss Castleton. She divined it swiftly, and I thought it did not displease her. The others rallied her, but she put off their jests lightly, and was none the worse for them. Poor David did not ad dress her ; he could hardly summon cour age to approach her when necessary ; and it w as altogether beyond his plain, passionate heart to disguise his sensitiveness in regard to her presence. He would turn pale every time she spoke to him, and once, when he brought her a cliair in an awkward hurry, I saw him trem bling like a leaf under her beautiful blue eyes. They were together that evening, w itli three or four others in the parlor. "Miss Castleton," one said who idolized Florence for her tooauty, after the manner of school-girls,."your eyes are just the col or of the water off Half-Moon beach, where I saw it last summer. Miss Castlelou laughed. "They are like the summer skies,", said Charley Childs. "I swear that they are just like the bind ing of "Owen Meriditli," in blue and gold,' said Dick Manchester. "And what is your comparison, Mr. At wood '?" said Florence, looking up archly at David. His answer was involuntary. "They are like the blue larkspur which used to grow in my mother's garden." Florence blushed ; it was the only time I had ever seen her blush. Looking np, she suddenly met the eyes of her guardian, Mr. Grey, who was present. Rising quickly, she went to the piano, andseatiug herself, played a light air. That night a clang of tire-bells awoke me. I lay unaffected for a moment, until I sud denly perceived the odor of smoke. The hall was filled with smoke, and there was | confusion in the house. The erv of "Fire ! I Fire ! !" arose. I flung on a wrapper, drew on slippers, and commenced putting my most valuable papers in my writing desk. While I was doing this there came a quick step on the landing. I opened my door again, and saw for tho first time that the doors of all the ' other chambers were open and the occu pants had fled. It was a servant. ■ "Oh. come down, for Heaven's sake!" i cried she. "The back part of the lionse Is afire from cellar to roof, inside !" I There were doors in the halls shutting off j all the back part of the house from the j front. "Are all out ?" I asked, flinging a cloak around me, and taking up my precious writing-desk, "Miss Forbes, Mr. and Mrs. Blake, Miss Houston and Miss (Jostleton ?" said I, as I went through the smoky hall. "God have mercy !" cried the Irish girl, "but I don't tliink Miss Castleton is out! I've not seeu her. Ob ! whatH I dft ?" Just then a figure came leaping up the stairs. -'Go down !" he cried out to me as he sprang past me. He flung open the door between the two balls, a volley of smoke poured out, and I retreated. It was David Atwood. I knew instinctively that he lnwl gone for Florence, ami that she would immediately be safe. Down stairs the people were carrying out furniture, and the greatest confusion and consternation, mingled with much active energy , prevailed. The fire engines were coming rapidly up, aud a great crowd were gathering. I was preparing to go across the street to the house of a friend, finding that I could be of 110 assistance, when my attention was attracted by tlie form of Mr. Grey rushing into the hall, at the same in stant that Mrs..Blake put her baby into my arms for safe keeping, while she wrapped two little shivering forms in shawls, pre paratory to putting them into a carriage for a friend's house. Mr. Grey caught the arm of Mrs. Hawley, us she flow down the stairway with a pile of valuable clothing. "Miss Castleton ! Mrs. Hawley, w here is she ?" lie cried. •"I don't know ! I don't know !" she ex claimed despairingly. "Some one went for her. I have not seen her—" Mr. Grey interrupted her with an oath, sprung to the stairs, but at that instant the figure of David Atwood emerged from the smoke on the stairway, with the senseless form of Florenee Castleton in his arms. She had apparently fainted with the fright, or had been overpowered by the smoke. She was half-dressed ! her beautiful golden hair swept over David's arm, the white, un conscious face was clasptd to his breast. They carried hqj out into the air, and she soon revived, and was carried to the ho tel w here Mr. Grev resided. The fire was finally extinguished, but the house was very much injured, and ren dered untenantable until repaired. It was spring aud I went out of town, but that summer I received the following letter from Jeanette Manchester; ' 'Mr DEAKEST ESTHER I've such news to tell you ! Florence Castleton has mar ried that horrid, awkward David Atwood, who is a fright, if he does play beautifully on the violin. It seems that lie saved her from the fire, and she went into a passion of gratitude, and he told her that he loved her, and there was a pretty state of affairs for that aristocratic Grey, who is more than half in love with Florenee himself, I be lieve. But tbey say that Florence said to him, "Dear guardian, remember my moth er," and he gave right np, and let her mar ry Atwood. I wasn't at the wedding ; she was married at the Grey's country-seat, and they say the bride wore blue larkspur in her hair. Horrid taste, etc., etc. J. MANCHESTER." I smiled. I was very glad. THE POOR BOY. — Don't be ashamed my lad, if you have a patch on yohr elbow ; it is no mark of disgrace. It speaks well for your industrious mother. For our part we would rather see a dozen patches on your jacket than hear one profane or vul gar word from your hps or smell the fumes of tobacco iu your breath. No good boy will shun you because you cannot dress as well as your companion ; and if a bad boy sometimes laughs at your appearance, say nothing my good lad, but walk on. We know many a rich and good lgan who was once as poor as you. Fear God my boy, and il' you are poor but honest, you will Tit 1 respected a great deal more than if you were the son of a rich man, and were ad dicted to bad habits. SENSIBLE GIRL.— If onr readers do not tliink that it requires nerve to edit a news paper out West, let them read this, the ex perienae of "one of them feller's," as*told by himself : "One evening—it was moon light, in the summer time—we sat alone in the porch by the cottage door, holding that little white hand in a gentle pressure, one arm had stolen round her waist, and a si lent song of joy, like "the music of the night," was on her soul. Our hps met in a sweet, delicious kiss, and bending softly to her ear, we whispered a tale of passion ate devotion ;we proposed. In a moment she tore her hands from ours, and with u look of ineffable scorn, said : 'What! mar ry an editor ?—you git out! We slid ! LITTLE ONES. — Do you ever think how much work a little child does in a day'?— How, from sunrise to sunset, the dear lit tle feet patter around—to us —so aimlessly. Climbing up here, kneeling down there, running to another place, but never still.—■ Twisting and turning, rolling, and reaching and doubling, as if testing every bone and muscle for their future uses. It is very curious to watch them. One who does so may well understand the deep breathing of the rosy little sleeper, as with one arm toss ed over its curly head, it prepares for the i next day's gymnastics. A busy creature is I a little child. TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advance. NO. 28. pise & fltijtfiuisf. A smart thing—A mustard plaster. jfifed"* Saw-dust calves are the easiest to winter. J&a?"' Josli Billings says he has seen some awful tlirote disease completely cured in It days 1 iy simply jining a temperance society. &*f}" Many a man has tried to paint the rosy hi (•of health on his cheeks with a bar glass, but it always lodged in his ruby ml nose. The young lady'who sang ''l wish somebody would come," has had her desire gratified. Eleven cousins have arrived, and intend to stop all spring. t-J~ The first game of base ball was played here the other day by a small boy— occasioned by a fond parent misplacing a switch. Parent played well "on the base," and small boy scored a "home run." tZrz}*' A M isconsiu editor publishes an ap peal by a young lady for a situation as a teacher, in which she says : "I was edica ted in one of our leading female semena ries, and have my sertifikates, and so feel it my duty to teach somewlreres, and if yon can assist me please rite and lot me no, and ile git ra.lv at oneet." A young man, laboring over the encroachments of womankind on masculine territory in the matter of dress, says that they t*>k our coats, and at first we hardly missed them. Then tliby aped our dickeys and cravats. Then they stole our sacks, but. we only kissed them. Emboldened then they stole onr very hats, until by slow and su/e degrees, the witches have taken all —our coats, hats, boots, and—and— breeches! 'lnk I'KEEIIOLDEI;. —When I was young I spent several years at the South, residing at Port Hudson, 011 the Mississippi river.— A great deal of litigation was going on there about that time, audit was not always an easy matter to obtain a jury. One day 1 was summoned to act in that capacity and repaireu to court to'get excused. On my name being called, I informed hLshonor, the judge, that I was not a freeholder, and therefore not* qualified to serve. Where do you reside ? inquired the judge. I am stopping for the time being at Port Hud son. You board at the hotel, I presume ? I take my meals there, but I have a room in tffiotlier part of the town, where I lodge. So you keep a bachelor's hall ? Yes sir. How long have you lived in this manner ? About six months. I think you are quali fied, gravely remarked the judge; for I have never known a man to keep a bach elor's hall the length of time you have, who had not dirt enough in his* room to make him a freeholder! How BAL DISGRACED THE FAMILY.—A traveller in the State of Illinois, some years ago, came to a log hut on the prairies near Cairo, ami there halted. He went into the house of lugs. It was a wretched affair, with a packing box for a table, where two or three old chairs anddisabledstooLsgraced the reception room, the dark walls of which were ornamented by a display of tinware, and a broken shelf article or two. The woman was crying in a corner, and the man. with tears in his eyes and a pipe in his mouth, sat on a stool, supporting his sorrowful looking head with the palms of his hands. "W ell, said he, "you seem to be in aw ful trouble here. "What's np ? " "Oh ! we are most crazed, neighbor, said „the woman, and we ain't got no patience to see to!us now.'' "That's all right," said the visitor, not much taken aback by this polite rebuff, "but can't Ibe of any service to you in all this trouble?" "Well, we've lost our gal Our Sal's gone off, and left us," said the man in tones of dispair. "Alt, do you know what induced her to leave you ? " asked the now arrival. "We can't say she's so far lost as to be induced ; but then she's gone and disgraced us." remarked the afflicted father. "A