ADVERTISING RATES. 1 me. 9 mon. 6 man Iyr. 1.50 1.75 3.50 6.50 12.00 3.00 3.50 6.50 0.00 2000 4.51 11.21 9.00 17.00 25.00 11.50 17.00 25.00 45.01 13.00 22.01 40.00 60.00 20.03 40.00 MOO 110.00 30.00 00.00 110.00 200.00 trossc, 9 lz. bi . ree Square. filx Square.. . ;loaner Column o:l r ol%tru a • Profeselonal Cards .1.00 per line per year. Administrator', and Auditor's Notices. ►9.00. City Notices. 20 cents per line let Insertion, 15 cents per the each subsequent insertion. Ten line. agate conetituto a square. ROBERT IREDELL, JR., PUTILISIIER, =! Coal anb Lumber. A ■ILRP.RT. N. OTTO. B. M. OTTO. 0. W. MILLER VILBERT, OTTO dr MILLER, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER, W LLIAIVISPORT, PA MILL ON CANAL, WERT OF MAYNARD STRERT OFFICE AT TUE MILL W F CRANE Arum. • 4 aug 70.17 JAN. M. RITTER. CIIAS. W. ABBOTT. OWEN RITTER JORDAN 7 1:1 -- STEAM PLANING MILL, SASH, DOOR, AND BLIND MANUFACTORY, Union &reel, near Jordan Bridge, Allentown, RITTER, ABBOTT & CO., ' MANUFACTURERS OF Rash, Boors, Outside Blinds, made Blinds, Mould lags, Brackets Balusters, Pickets, Stair Rail ings, Window Frames, Dons Fraines, Glazed Windows, Black Wahl ad Mouldings, &c,. SCROLL SAW I NO, TURNINO P NO, MATCHING. "FLOORING nod RIPPING, DONE AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. ALSO, STAIR BUILDING done and lIAND RAILING made to order. Having UM had almost three years' possession of the refurntehed it almost wholly with new and improv ed machinery, and having none but experienced work men, we aro prepared to defy competition from at home and abroad, both lu price and workmanship. Do you contemplate building Call at our Factory and •atisfy yourself with a personal examination. Drawings for buildings, bracket., patterns for orna mental work, scrolls fur perches, can be seen at all times by calling at our aloe. Any Information to the builder furnished cheerfully and freely, by calling_ at the Stann• factory, duUnion street, at the Jordan Bridge, Allen town, Pa.. or by letter through the post office. Aug 3-Iy.) RITTER, ABBOTT & CO REVI VAL L I I The nubscrlbers having leased the "Old :lope Coal 'recd. , ' would reepectfully announce to the citizen. of Allentown and the public la general, that they have just got I=l COAL B E l vitt i gtr i f z ghlirtat i. Cheetriul and lint from the Ordene for with A. A. Huber, Sieger & Iletteustelei, at the Eagle Hotel, Uotio Rolling Mill, or the Yard, will be attended to In a BUSINESS like femmer. Order. for Coal by the car (Mud al short uotteo tho lowest prices. Always ou baud a large !dock of AGED HAY, which will be .old ■tthe lowent market nriroc L. W. KOONS & 00.. at the" Old [lope Coal Yard," Hamilton Street, corner of Loblgb Valley Railroad I= 1.. W. Konxn gel 4 FROW, JACOBS dc CO., MIEtIll ROUGH & WORKED LUMBER SASH DOORS AND BLINDS, I= IGI- Ordere from the trade nolicited A NEW FIRRI ANU NEW LUMBER YARD TO BU IDLERS! 'TREXLLi► & WEAVER Would herein' armoring. to the public that they have justepened a stew Lumb occu p iedn the spacious and con venient grounds long by TUE XLER BRO.'S on Hamilton street, near Tenth, north side, where they are now prepared with a full assortment of everything Perialuing to the business, comprising In part YELLOW PINE, WHITE PINE, 'SPRUCE and HEM LOCK FLOORING, WHITE PINE BOARDS, SCANTLING and PLANK of all sites sod well seasoned. FRAMING TIMBER, Superior HEMLOCK JOIST nod SCANTLING of &snorted N res. CEDAR, CYPRESS AD tra W qu Hl al T Eity. P INE SHINGLES of ex HEMLOCK and SPRUCE PLASTERING and SUING. LINO LATHS. end a large assortment of WEATHERBOARDING, also WHITS, OAK PLANK and BOARDS of all thickuesses. WHITE PIN S. E and SPRUCE PA LI NOS and PICKETS. WIIITE P O'.K and CHESTNUT P S TS,AVM Ir &c 2l 1/ ~ AA c . S, WHITE All desirous of purchaeing Lumber to an Reed advantage as to °Herod exam i neoer Yard In be for eny, are request ed to call and our stock purchasing else where. Satisfaction Guaranteed in Quality and Price. The Senior member of the firm would hereby express ale thanks for past favors while a member of the firmer Trea ter Bros., and respectfully solicits a continuance of the same, promisiox to apply his best endeavors to render satisfaction to all patrons of the New Turd, Respectfully, ED. W. TREELER. minuet 31 . REMOVAL! LUMBER ! WILLOUGHBY R:NREXLER (itTCRiROII. TO TRISOLUR L BRO/1..) Hereby announces to the public that he has bought out the well•known LUMBER YARD of TRRXLER & 81108. oad extended the same to the property adjoining, at the oorner of Tenth and Hamilton Wools, whore he will be sonde upon prepa InreVe way BOPP a !) all demands that may be him t o BUILDING MATERIALS of the Wig quality. and at tho loweet. prlcen, Hlr .lock couslate to Part of ME=MI 11 - MILObi BOARDS End PLANK, WHITE PINK HEMLOCK and YKLLOW PINK FLOORING, . . . PINE Itud lIEMLOcK ""° tpunnn ' • .1018 TE atul RIC RIO AN PANEL LUKDER,_ POPLAR, OAK, AEU,.WALNUT sad • - FURRY LU3II.IERR Sawed, Shaved aid • - CYPRESS FICIINOLES POSTS. RAILS and PICKETS. of all leogTha ROOFING and PLASTERINO LATHS. dm., DRY LUMBER will no made a specialty, and a full supply of all kinds constantly kept on hand. Persona to need of lumber for large building. will gad It greatly to their advantage to call. being constantly ready to till orders for all kinds of lumber used In barn upon the most favorable terms, and at the short• eat notice. Every article belonging to a lirst•clens lumber yard Is constantly kept on baud. Thankful for past favors, I invite my friends to call and inspect my stork. Reapectfully, jUtio 1.1.1 y W TItEX LER Silber Ilateb Mart S ANII`EI. K. ?MYTH, 7,24 cIiEsT.N ET STREET, th • (.I:comp nowt). 4\ti PRACTICAL MANUFACTURER OF FINE y 6ILVER PLATED WARE, Would reapectfully matourteo to Gin patrou“ that bo ban a lull Piotit of the lutaat ntylea of DOUBLE. AND TREBLE „ ELLC PRO - PLATED W A ltE, Rock.. bought and sold on commission. Gold and Gov ernmoutA bought and sold. Accounts received and inter 1 est allowed, subject to Sight Drafts 14 ALL OF IttO OWN PLATING. ur cPlltated un Nickel and White bletaln, siliteble for family y rade. Ae the quality of pieties con roily be known to the plat• or. the pura..r meat rely on the manufactureee state ment; them being no much nvorthlene ware in the market, all repienonted an treble plate, at pricer linpunnible to be menu •ctured. a nd . K. RMYT II." All his goods are marked Call and exemine tho geode before purchaelng where. . trVLD WARE REPLAtED.An met,. 2.1 T , HARTDI AN' WASTE PAP The Highest Csel Old Newspapers Old Blank Books of every d•serlptlou. And Ledgers, Waste Paper, That ere all written over. Wall kinds. 0 d Pamphlets, &o. CANVAM ZVrr d r.areN..PJlls, Pr. noon, horn, 11Annum AN Cupolgotnelits from Conotr uknr I.I)ARTNI VOL. XXV. ALLENTOWN SAVINGS INSTITV TION, Organized as "Dinien Saving ./iutiiiiiion," NO. 58. EAST HAMILTON ST.,I COMPOUND 'FLUID PAYS SIX PER CENT. INTEREST FOR This Institution, the olduct Saving Dank In Eastern Pennsylvania, has been In continuous and successful operation for ten years, and continues to pay SIX PElt CENT. INTEREST en money for ono year, and special rates of Interest for shorter periods. . . . - • • • . *ll—All deposite of money will be hold strictly coed dentiel. • Executors, Administrators,Trustees, Assignees, Treasurers, Tax Collectors, and other enotodlana of public or private moneys, are of fared liberal ratan of Interest. • . . . . Farmers, Merchants, Laborers, and all who have money to put on Interest fora long or short period will lad oar Institution an agreeable and advantageous 00010 which to do business. Wo especially invite LADIRR to transact their banking business with us. MARRIED WOMEN and MINORS havo special privi leges granted by our charter—having full power to trans act business with us In their own names. Money deposited with this Institution IS SAFE AND WELL SECURED, • by a Capital stock and carrion money rarit of over SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. and addi y tion. the Board of Trustee. have, as required by t barter, given bond. under the aupervlsion of tho Court in the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, which bonds aro reale. tared in and held by the Court of Common Floes of this county for the gamily of depositor.. Our Iron Vaults aro of the most mecum and extensive kind known In thin country as a personal Inspection will show, and to which wo invite our friends and costotners. Wo rotor to this. believing that safe Burglar Proof Vaults complete the safety end reliability of a good Saving Bunk. WILLIAM 11. AINSY. President.' CHRISTIAN PRETZ, Vico President. REUBEN STABLER, Cashier. The Pills are Ihe most glelfghtfulty pleasant j purgative, sttpersoling castor oil, salts, magne- I sla, etc. There is nothing more accept:tide to the I stomach. They glee tone, and cause neither I nausea nor griping pains. 'They are composed of the finest Ingredients. After a few days' use or them, such an Invigoration of the entire system takes place its to appear miraculous to the weak. TRUPTLES: • , and enet•vittell, whether arising from imprudetu•e William 11. Alney, Charles S fludi, : 41i. disease. 11.1'. 1 lelinhold's Compound lohild Christian Fret., Julia D. Stile., Pxlract Catawba “rape Pills are not sugar- F. E. Samuel., heal. J. liageobuch I ' I. Ueurge Brasil, Samuel Soli, , coated, from the fact Matcoated, sugar-coated Pills do Nathan Pater. Jou I_•t f dingolve,hut puss through the stomach wit 11- _ . out dissolving, consequently do not produce the . ... . tlesh•ed effect. TIIK I 'ATA \‘' BA iIII.XPEPII,I,•4, Oiling 14,,,,,,,qt ill taste and odor, do not necessi late their being sugar-coated. PRICE 1 , 11•'1'Y 111.:NTS PER ttl IX. MAUUNGIE SAVINGS BANK. Money taken on deposit at all limos nod In any suns from one duller upward, for whirls SIX PER CENT. INTEREST will be paid. Deposits may be withdrawn at any time. Perhottli de sirous of •ending money to any part of the United Staten or Canadian, will have their matters promptly attouded to. and without any rink on their port. Gold. Silver. Coupons. Bonds nailother securities DAVID SCII President. boo N ht. LICIITHSIVALLP64 Canliter. sop '.19•1f MILLEBSTOWN SAVING BANK, MILLERSTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY. This Institution will be opened o 0 or before the Ist day of April. Money will be taken on deposit at all times and Is any sums from uuo dollar upwards, for which 13IX PER CENT. INTEREST per lament will be paid. Depeaita may be withdrawn at any lime; Al.O, mousy eased out on favorable term, J ARIES WEILER, Prenktettl fIll•NCLIII Samoa. Coe+ ter. J. F. M. Ehiffert, George Ltidlvijr, Fredoriale C. Yobat, Christian K. Henninger. David Danner, William Saliday. 1.1. Oriebel, Gideon F. Saner, Horatio T. Hartzog, Benjamin J. tichmoyer, James Singmaster mar 16-61 n KUTZTOWN RAVINGS BANK, egs O t N wlll bl E aS E ew V ell. D ?O 'i r shorter 6 n p p e o r art ' o:ria i t n en will be paid. Alec,. money loaned out on FAVORABLE TERMS. Sold Hank 1. located la the Keyatooe Hoene, la the borough of Kutstown. JOHN H. FOOEL, Presldeut. HMV AFt I) Harr 'marine, H. D. Caehler. • BCOTXES• F. J. Slough M.l) David Yhttaf. Wenner, W. B. Yozre. 11. U. Schwartz, E. 4 I Richard J. elle,. Daniel Clzder , • Jolla. 3S Ilor R. E.lDon•uoe•T. —IY FRANKLIN SAVINGS BANK, Located at the corner of Hamilton street and Church allay, in Lion Ball, second story, opposite tile German Reformed Church. In the City of Allentown, Is organized and ready fur boldness. It tall pay SIX per cent. In terest on all deposits except business deposits, for any o f period of time, Co be catenintedfrom the dote deposit. To secure which, the Trostoos of the Institution have Bled in the Courzof Common Pleas of Lehigh County, under the direction of the Court. a bond in the stun of Twenty-11•e Thousand Dollars, conditioned for the faith. (til keeping and appropriation of all such sums of money j as shall he placed In charge of said FRANKLIN SAVINGS BANK, whether as deposit., or Moires of stock. which 1 bond may be enlarged' by the Court whomever it may ho d 'initi t offilang gds. Ina Act or I tam rporaDo ,0.... lgiXlatifdartraek i ,taintibibekumweistrorllh la lift s thousand dollars, with liberty to Increase it a fr oo hundred and fifty thousand dollar.. These provision. will make it a very desirable and safe place of deposit. Veldt. will be 13 1=11; t ne m :7 tre raq ta°,:3l",',l h P,,,,t h ai -of. in this aft/. Arrangements will be made to furnish drafts on the cities of Yew Y ork and PhiladelPhia S. A. BRIDGES, President IL W. WILSON, Vire President J. E. ZIMMERMAN. Cashier. Trustees : Daniel 11. Miller, 8.. A. id Brges, Jobe Idolben. J. W William Baer, .1, E. Zimmerman D. It. Creltz, • Edwin Zionnertra e r Grove' MEE GIRARD SAVINGS HANK, NO. Monies received on deposit at all times from one dollar nPwards• :Faye SIX Per cent• interest for six mouths or longer. Four per nest. on dully balance, subject to check at sight. Gold and Silver, United States Bonds and other Securities bought and sold. Interest collected on Govern ment Securities at fair rates. All deposits of mosey will be held strictly confidential, and may be withdrawn at any limo. Married women and minor. have special privileges granted In our charter, having full power to transact busi ness with us In their own names. . Thin Institnilon in a legal dopository for monies paid Into Court, and recelven money In trust trom gnardians, edualoistrators. treasurer., tax collectors and others. A7-RONEI LOANED ON FAVORABLE TERMS• . I'll AON ALBRIGHT, President. II n :ii•IIiZELL, Cashier. Dirrefors—Phatm Albright, James P. Kline, Tilghman Meru, David \Veda, Aaron Eisenhart. • iel-Sin FARMER'S SAVINGS BANK, THOS. WEAVER -If Incorporated under a Stale Charter of 1870 Fogelsville, Upper Macungie township, Lehigh Co. Thin Institution han been organized and opened under a State Charter. hIOIIEI will be taken on deposit at all time. and in any sum from $1 and upward', for which LUMBER!! 6 PER CENT. INTEREST at ay e. L Alreoll m e; ro b at t h ui rtrfn W I L LIA M e ti t m e s. WILLIAM l'reaaelent it. 11. POGEL, Cagh frr. . A . Dr. H. A. Saylor. J. H. Straub, i Daniel Moyer. David Peter. 10111.1 Rauch, Samuel Kukla, Dan Jan. Creitx, William Stein, William Mohr [ape 6-6 in WE OFFER FOR SALE. AT PAR, The' New Masonic Temple Loan, Redeemable after (lye (5) and within menty.oue YORM Interest Payable March and September The llonda are reglatered, and Will Ile 114.1.1 ill CM. to DE*YENteBitO. 66 THE HILL" INSTITUTE POTTSTO IYN, ;If ONTOONER Y CO., PA. . EWA. Claanlealefirdentlgo. /Width ant Cominerethl: Location admirable. Twentieth Anunni &Won. Thor. "l h " 1 "` - ` 1 " rcr e ilVOifo u .7.lllllllC' l ler . ad ma rrtnelpal. REFERENCES-14.v. Pra. Melon, Schaeffer, Mann. Krauth. Beim Mutter, etc.. etc. Moue. Judge Ludlow, Leonard Myorn. 'J. S. Yoat, D. M. Dour. M. Mueent Thayer etc. etc. • ' July 27 'ER DEPOT. L NI. Pahl For 101)1111LOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.—A Flaw Colleen or Licrottae, dellyemd at the Penns Polytechnic end Anatomical Museum, 123.3 Chestnut tit, three doors •bove Twelfth, Philadelphle„ embracing the eublects: How to Live and What to Live for' Youth, Ma turity and Old Age; Manhood Generally Reviewed' The close of Indigeetion t Flatulence and nem). Diseases accounted for; Marriage Philosophically considered. These lecture. will be forwarded on receipt of 26 cents by addressing: Secretaryof the Penna. Pt...rescue to AND ANATOMIV Al. Meow e. Cheetuut Ft., Philedelphla, reuse. one 22.1 y _financial. (NEARLY OPPOSITE TLS AMERICA] UOTRI., MONEY ON DEPOSIT Hamilton, between 7th end Bth Street,' .4 LL EN2•O TA. (Organized muter Stale Charter In ISM ) (Organized under a State Charter). EAST HAMILTON STREET, NUARLY OPPOIITI TOR COURT BOUM WILL BE PAID Bearing 7 3-10 interest, 40 SOUTH THIRD BTREET, PHILADELPHIA autrational. The Krbiob litctiort. £icbicinni. HENRY T. HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT CATAWBA GRAPE P 1 LLS. Component IWO—Rid Extract Rhubarb and Fluid Ertrarl Catawba Grape Aire. VON LIVER COMPLAINTS. JAUNDICE. BILIOUS AF FECTIONS, SICK OR NERVOUS READAWIE,COS- TIVEN ESL Erc. PURELY VE.iETADLE. CONTAIN• izira NO MERCURY, MINERALS Oft DELRTER:OUS DRUOS. I I.ENRY T. I LELA [BOLD'S HIGHLY CONCENTRATED CO3frOUND FLUID EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA Will radically exterminate from the system Scrofula. Syph Ills. Fever Sores, Ulcers, Sore Evet:, Sore legs, sore Month, Sore Bead, Bronchitis, Skin Diseases, Salt Rheum, Cankers, Runnings front the Ear, titeStetllingo,Tuuturs,Cancer ms - Aireetions. Nodes, Rickets, Wandular Sa•el- Iln{;s, Night. Sweats, Rash, Teller, Humors of all Kinds. Chronic Mammal 1,4111, Dyspepsia, tun! all ilkense,lllol hncehcen C , llll/i !Shell In the System Ming prepared expressly for the above cool plaintn, 118 blood-purifying proportion are greater than any other preparation of Sarsaparilla. It given the complexion a clear and healthy color find restores the patient to ft state of Isiadth and purity. For purifying the Mood removing all ehronic constitutional diseases arising from an impure state of the blood, and the only reliable and effectual known remedy for the cure of Pains and Swelling of the Bones, Ulcerations of the Throat and Legs, Blotch., Pimples on the Face, Erysipelas and all Scaly Eruptions of the Skin, and beautifying the complexion. HENRY T. HELMBOLD'S CONCENTRATED FLUID EXTRACT BUCH U 13=1 has cured every case of DIABETES tit which it has been given; Irritation Of the Neck of the Bladder and Inflammation of the Kidneys, thee [Wel VilZ,Vfii . s"VraVffi:lrriMeiblifik m l 'Of posit, and Anicons or !dints Discharges, and for enfeebled and delleateconstitutions of both sexes, attended with the following symptoms :—lndik position to Exertion,Lossot Power, Loss of Mem ory, Difficulty of Breathing ,Weak Nerves,Tremb- • ling, Horror of Disease, Wakefulness, Dimness of Vision, Pain in the Beck, I lot Hands, Flushing of the Holly, Dryness of the Skin, Eruption on the Face, Pallid Countenance, rffiversal Lassi tude of the Muscular System, etc. Used by persons from the ages of eighteen to twenty-live, and from t 'Orly-live to Illty-tive or In the decline or cluing,' of lift' after confine ment or labor pails; bed-wetting In children. EM323 Iteltubold's Extract. 110011❑ is Diuretic and Blood-Purifying and CIII . CH ill diseases arising from habits of dissipation, and excesses anti im prudences In life, impurities of the blood, etc., superseding Colfalba in uffections for which it Is used, and Syphilitic Affections-1n these diseases used in voimeci ion a•lth Itelinholffs Hose Wash. MEM In many no'retlnus pernllnr to Indies, the Ex tract Bimini Is unequaled by any other remedy— as In Chlori+ls or lietiodlon, Irregularity, Pain fulness or suppression of CllstoSlarr [tons, Ulcerated or Sehirrus 511111 of the Uterus, Leuehorrinen or Whites. SterilitY, and for rill complaints Ineldind to the sex, whether arising from Indiscretion 4,r habits.ol dissipation. IS Is preseribed extensively by the most eminent phy sicians and midwives fur enfeebled and delicate constitutions, of both Sexes awl all ages (attended with :lily of the above diseases or symptoms). H. T. Helmbold's Extract Buchu URES DISEASES ARISING . FROM 3M PR UDENCES, HABITS OF DIS. SIPATION, ETC. In all their stages, at little expense, little or no change in diet, 110 inconvenienee,,and no expo sure, It ellUSeti a frequent desire, and gives strength to Urinate, thereby removing Obstruc tions, Preventing and Curing filrletures of the 1 Urethra, Allaying Pain and Inflammation. so frequent in this class of diseases, and expelling all Pllll4olloUtt matter. Thousands who have been the victims of In rompotent persons, and who have paid heavy fees to be - cured hi a slifirt time, have found they have been deceived and that the " Poison" hits, by Die use of powerful list I Ingents," been drled up in the system, to break out in a more aggra vated form, and perhaps after Marriage, Use lIELMBOLD'S LXTBACT BUCIII7 for all A tiVetions and Diseases of the Urinary Organs, whether existing In Male or Female, from what ever ellll5O originating, 111111 no matter of how lona standing. PRICE, ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTs PER BOTTLE. HENRY T. lIELMBOLD'S IM PROVED ROSE WASH cannot he surpassed as a FACE WASIL and will be found tie only specific remedy In every spe elm of CUTANEOUS AFFECTION. It speedily eradicates PIMPLES, SPOTS, SCOItIIUTIC DRY NESS, INDURATIONS of the CUTANEOUS MEMBRANE etc., dispels RE itNESS anti IN CIPIENT INFLAMMATION. HIVES, RASH, MOTH PATCHES, DRYNESS OF SCALP 1)1; • SKIN, FROST BITES end all purposes for which SALVES or OINTMENTS are used; restores the skin toe state of purity and softness, and Insures continued healthy action to the tissue of its Ves sels, on which depends the agreeable clearness and vivacity of complexion so much sought and admired. flut however valuable as a remedy for existing defects of the skin,T. Ilelmbold's Rose Windt hits longstedulnet its prinelple claim to unbounded pat ram hypos:tossing qualities I which render it a TOILET APPENDAOE of the t most Superlative and Congenial character, com- I bluing in an elegant formula those prominent' I requisites, SAFETY anti EFFICACY—the Invar iable aecompaniments of its use—Rs a Preserve , live find. Retresher of the Complexion. It Is an excellent. Lotion fur discuses Or a Syphilitic Na lure, and as an injection for diseases of the Urln t toy (tritium, arising from hubils of dissipation, • used in connection with the ExTitArrs nu j CHI', SARSAPARILLA, AND CATAWBA ! ititA PE PILLS, in such d losses as recommended ellllllol he surpassed. Full and expneit iii. eetions accetaliallY the medicines. Evidence of the [.lost responsible and reliable eitariteter furnished on application. with hunt dreils of . thousands of living witnesses, and up ward of :111,0OU unsolicited certificates and recom mendatory letters, many of which era from the highest sources, including eminent Physicians, Clergymen. !Statesmen, etc. The proprietor has never.resorted to their publication in the news papers; he does not don'ts from the fact that his articles rank ns !Standard preparations, and do not need to be propped up by certificates. Henry T. lielmbold's Genuine Prep arations.; • T)etlYa•red to oily !Ware.. Secure from Wiser MMM ESTABLISHED UPWARD Ole TWENTY YEARS. sold by Dowlots overyWhero Ad dress totters for Information, In ronthleneo to HENRY T. HELM BOLD, Druggist and Chemist. Only Deis ts: H. T. lIELMItoLD'S Drug and Chemical Warehouse, No. 691 Broadway, Now York, or in 11. T. HELMBOLD'S Medical Depot, DB South Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. • BEWARE' OF COUNTERFEITS. Ank for HENRY T. 11 ELMBOT,IVS! TANK NO OTHER. ongiod ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL !19 1871. M A writer in a New York paper makes sonic important and hitherto unpublished revela tions respecting the projected duel between the late Hon. Anson Burlingame and Preston S. Brooks, a member of Congress, from South Carolina. The writer refers to Senator Wil son's account of the affair, and says his state ment that Hon. Lewis D. Campbell (Berlin game'S second) selected the rifles 'as the weapons and designated the Clifton House, Canada, as the place of meeting, is Inaccurate in two points. We quote: " Mr. Campbell did not select the weapons. 31r. Burlingame selected the weapons and place In the first instance,, but was overruled relative to the latter. his terms were : IM 'Weapons, rifles; distance, twenty paces; place, District of Columbia ; time of meeting, the next morning.' " Mr. Campbell and Gen. James, of Califor- nia, now temporarily residing in this city, were the principal friends selected to go to the field with Mr. Burlingame. The former remonstrated with Mr. Burlingame for want ing to fight in the District•of Colombia, tell- bem..vs.n., VIAM wi a double risk by lighting there ; that they would both violate the law of the land, and both be expelled from Congress. " Mr. Campbell then suggested Canada ns the place where they could both safely go, and where, blond the reach of the United States, they could vindicate their honor. Burlingame indignantly repelled the sugges tion. He said it would be charged as an at tempt to 'dodge the issue,' which he did not wish to invite. He said he had cast his gaunt let into the arena to tight. He had found a brave antagonist, and would not disappoint him by exhibiting the slightest desire to evade •the contest. He was then reasoned with. Cases were cited to hint where men had often crossed the English Channel from England to France to fight, others from France to Eng land ; others from France or Spain to Italy or Germany, etc. He was assured by all with whom he counseled that ho had the right under the. code, to select his own grotiod, and if Brooks did not then meet him, no matter what his excuse, he was a' dishon ored num. BANTY TIM. =9 (Rrmarks of Sergeant Taman Joy to the 1574 fit Itoit's Committee or Spunky Point. la.) I reckon I git your drift, gents— You 'low the boy shan't stay ; This Is a white man's country ; You're Dimocrate, you say;. And whereas, and seelre, and wherefore, The times beln' all out &PIM. The nigger has got to mosey From the limits o' Spunky P'lut ! Le's reason the thing a minute; ' I'm an old-fashioned Dimocrat, too, Though I laid my politics out o' the way For to keep till the war was through, But I come back here, allowire To vote as I used to do, Though it gravels me like the devil to train Along o' sick fools as you. Now dog my cats of I kin see, In all the light of the day, What you've got to do with the question Elliot shall go or stay, And furder than that I give notice, Ef one of you tetches the.boy, He kin chick his trunks ton wanner clime Than he'll find In Malloy. Why, blame your hearts, Jest hear me ! You know that ungodly day When our left struck Vicksburg Heights, bow ripped. And torn and tattered we lay, When the rest retreated I staid behind, Fur reasons sufficient to me— With a rib caved in, and a leg on a strike, I sprawled on that cursed glacee. Lord ! how the hot sun went for us, And br'lled and blistered and burned ! Bow the rebel bullets whizzed round us When a cuss In his death-grip turned ! Till along toward dusk I seen a thing I couldn't beli've for a spell ; That nigger—that Tim—was a crawling to me Through that fire-proof, gilt-edged hell ! The rebels seen him as quick as me, And the bullets buzzed like bees; But he jumped for me, and shouldered me, Though a shot brought him once to his knees ; But lie staggered up, and packed me off, With a dozen stumbles and fulls, Till safe in our lines lie dropped us both, Ills black bide riddled with balls. So, my gentle gazelles, that's my answer, And here stays Banty Tim ; He trumped Death's ace for me that day, And I'm not going back on bum ! You may rezokot till the cows come home, But of one of you tetches the boy, He'll wrestle his hash to-night In hell, Or my name's not Tllmon Joy. A LEAF FROM. HISTORY The Borthigame-brooks Quarrel "Indeed, Mr. Campbell went so far as to as sure Mr. Burlingame that if he insisted upon the meeting in the District of Columbia, he (Campbell) would be obliged to withdraw from the affair, owing to his own position in the House. Then it was that Burlingame yielded to his second, and changed the place of meeting to Canada. Ile then telegraphed to Boston to a personal friend to meet him at Albany at a fixed time with a favorite rifle, a weapon of Is hich Burlingame was complete master. " Burlingame hastened to this city in com pany with Gen. James, having duly notified Brooks of his terms. Whether Brooks had heard of Burlittgame'i shooting reputation, and disliked the rifle and twenty paces or not he refused to go to Canada ou the ground that he 'would have to go through the enemy's country—Ohio.' When he made that absurd evasion he forgot or did not desire to have the public made aware of the fact, that Burlin game was willing to fight him in the 'enemy's couutry'—the District of Columbia—where, at that time, as society and the judiciary were orgaiiized, If Brooks had fallen, Burlingame would have had no falr play either with the people or in the courts. " These considerations were also urged to induce Mr. Burlingame to select a neutral country, lie did not Invite Brooks to fight him In a free State because the penalty was ignominious imprisonment ; besides, the pre judices would all be against Bro . oks. Brooks' public declination to go to Canada overtook Burlingame, it may be remembered, at the Everett House, In this city, where ho was incog, awaiting the morning train for Niagara Falls. carded' Brooks, was banqueted here at the Astor House, and soon returned to his duties In the House of Representatives, where he was welcomed as the hero of the hour. He had vindicated the honor of Massachusetts from his standpoint." Burnokr, what did your mistress say she would have for dinner?" " Brolithelobster I" " Are you sure, Bridget ?" " Entirely; get the gridiron." "Mary got the gridiron and placed it on the fire. She then placed the lobster on the gridiron. Intermission of five minutes, after which the dialogue was resumed as fol lows : " Did you broil that lobster, Mary ?" " Devil the broil I The more I poked the fire, the more he walked off. The baste's haunted ; I'll try no more. No good will come from cooking a streddlO bug like' that." "And where is the lobster "Devil know I. The last I saw of him ho was going out of the door with his tail at half mast, like a wild .'maniao that he was." Co). Muckle, the financial manager of the Philadelphia Ledger, has invented an instru ment to open letters, by means of which one hundred per minute can be cut. This is a convenient article for theproprietor , of a news paper, and fur all who have an extensive cor respondence. FATALITY IN DELAWARE. From the IVilmington Commercha Friday A BOY FATALLY MOOTS HIMSELF Yesterday, a boy named William W. Cur rip, Met with a violent death, on the farm of Samuel Csiaby, Jr., in Brandywine Hundred, near the city. It seems that Curran, who is about eleven years old, was playing with a pistol a short distance from the house, in company with a boy of about six years. -It appears from the evidence of the latter that deceased was trying to cock the pistol and pushed the muzzle against his breast In doing so, when the hammer suddenly slipped from his finger and discharged the weapon into his breast, killing him almost instantly. Coro ner Woodward held an inquest and the jury rendered a verdict of death from accidental shooting. AN OLD MAN POISONS lIIMSF.LP. Yesterday Wm. C. Mount an aged man living on Second street near Poplar, commit ted suicide by taking arsenic. Ile was a tailor by trade, and was usually called Major. Mount, and had a very wide acquaintance. Ile was for several years Tyler of the Masonic Lodges in this city, and was pretty widely known. He had unfortunately fallen into habits of dissipation in his later years, which in the latter part of last week caused him to lose his place in the store of L. T. Woodrow, on West Sixth street, nud a fit of despondency, caused by this and aggravated by the depression naturally following n spree, caused him to commit the net. It seems he went yesterday morning to the drug store of A. Walton, on Market street, below Third, and asked for some arsenic to kill rats. He got it, went home and mixed it in a cup in his kitchen, His wife asked what he was doing. He answered that she would find out before next morning. He then swallowed the dose, and was soon thrown Into the agony which follows poisoning. Medical aid was summoned, but it was of no avail, and about two'o'clock yesterday -after noon Mount expired. Ile was over 70 years of age. Stone Mountain---A Feature of Geor gian Scenery. That Stone Mountain has not been more written about, talked about and traveled about Is unaccountable, and indicates a want of ad miration for the wonders of our own South land. Were it across the waters It would be in song, in sermon and in lecture, and travel ers by scores would go, as they now go to the Pyramids— "These the work of man, That the work of an Almighty hand." Imagine a mountain of solid granite towering two thousand feet, with scarcely a shrub on its defiant bald face. In its solitude It is alone; no kindred nigh ! Not even the faint outline of a mountain is discernable In the distance, and as we gaze upwards to its perpendicular heights, the classic palisades seem tame, and we can but wonder If it be a boulder from some distant sphere, suddenly, by some freak of nature, ejected to ,ourplauct ; or may it not have been that In the great primeval ocean, which once overspread the earth, Matter at tracted matter,until the mighty pile arose,and will stand until the final consummation of all things here. norYll4s:"WWWWWiliosi freCipitous, and the torrents which rush from its summit have formed great brawny ribs, adding to its Won derful developments. I looked upon it with mingled sensations of Intense wonder, melancholy pleasure and de votional humility. To a friend who inquired " How do you like it ?" I could only reply that silence more than language gives expres sion to my emotions. Stone Mountain offers great Inducements as a cheap living place for families of limited means. The toilers of the land have taken hold of this hoary monarch of the plain, and of his rich abundance are .sending quantities of blocks to St. Louis, Chicago and various points nearer home. Soon the pretty and flourishing town, taking its name from its ' rocky neighbor, will attract large numbers, on account of Its sparkling waters, healthful climate end hospitable population. Already several gentlemen of taste and refinement have purchased building lots, and will have sum mer residences nearer home than Saratoga and Newport. The Georgia Railroad passes im mediately through the village, and just beside the depot, in a grove of forest trees is a hand some hotel, put up since the war with ample accommodations. ONE OF PRENTICE'S JONES The local item which we published yester day, in reference to Shadrach Penn's Louis ville Advertiser, has revived an amusing inci dent In the history of that gentleman's life, which some of the citizens of Louisville may yet remember, and which doubtless afforded them many a hearty laugh. It occurred about thirty-five years ago, between the years 1835 and 1840, when Geo. D. Prentice, at the head of the Louisville Journal, and Penn, as editor and publisher of the Advertiser, were running, what was called in those early days of Amerl can Journalism, a lively opposition. About a year previous to the occurrence, a horrible murder or some other great calamity had oc curred in the South not far from New Or leans. It happened that Prenticehad saved a copy of this paper, which had not been clipped or cut. Ills natural wit struck upon a good expedient to get off a good Joke on Penn by the means of this paper, then a year old. Ac cordingly he sprinkled the paper, folded it op pressed it,and gave it the appearance of a new issue,and inclosing It in a large wrapper backed it, "Compliments clerk of the steamer We cousta,s days 78 hours out from New Orleans. Quickest trip on record. To Shadrach Penn, editor of the Louisville Advertiser." The boy came rushing intothe editorial sanctum almost totally exhausted, threw down the paper on the table and then scampered off. Penn picked it up, tore the wrapper hurriedly, and his eyes Immediately rested on the Important article of news referred to. No time was to be lost. The paper was nearly up, several important matters were in the form, but they were ordered out, and the new copy was placed in the hands of the printers, with a few editorial comments and very profuse thanks to 'the gentlemanly clerk of the elegant and fast stea mer Wacousta for the invaluable favor,' &c. The whole trick proved successful, and Prcn• tice, delighted on every possible occasion, especially when Penn had a "big thing" In the Advertiser, to ask : " Did that item of news coma by the Wacousta ?" The boat referred to was notoriously slow ; she had but one engine, and was commanded by Capt. Frank Dyhrman, of Steubenville, Ohio. Coarier•Journaf. A BunmuOTON girl, whose lover calls every morning and stays all day long Into the night, became much discouraged atso much attention, concocted a plan to get rid of him, by asking him to help move the piano up stairs—and after that was done, changed her mind and had him help move it down. She kept on until she had moved all the furniture in the house seven times, and ho didn't see the point and the other night, in despair, when ho called, she threw a pail of water on him out the window. He says you can't place any confidence in women and lie WO presented a bill for moving furniture. The Critical Periods of Human Life From the ago of forty to that of; sixty, a man who properly regulates himself may be considered in the rime of life. Ilia matured strength of constitution renders him almost Impervious to the attacks of disease, and all his functions are in the highest order. Having gone a year or Iwo past sixty, however, ho arrives at a critical period of existence ; the river of Death flows before him, and he re mains at a standstill. But athwart this river is a viaduct, called "The turn of Life," which, if crossed in safety leads to the valley " Old Age," round which the river winds, and then flows beyond without a boat or causeway to effect its passage. The bridge is, however, constructed of fragile materials, and it depends upon how it is trodden whether it bend or break. Gout, apoplexy, and other bad char acters aro also in the vicinity to waylay the traveler and thrust him from the pass ; but let him gird up his loins, and provide himself with perfect composure. To quote a metaphor, the "Turn . of Life" is a turn either into a prolonged walk or into the grave. The system and power, having reached their utmost expansion, now begin either to close like flowers at sunset, or break down at once. Ono injudicious stimulant, a single fatal ex citement, may. force It beyond its strength; whilst a careful supply' of props, and the with drawal of all that tends to force a plant, will sustain it in beauty and in vigor until night has nearly set in. JOKING AND GOUGING. 4 Fracas in an Oyster Saloon RosulUng in the Logs of an Ego to a "Jokist.” John Higgins, a gentlemanly looking young fellow, was arrested and brought up before Judge Dowling yesterday, charged by Charles Davis with knocking out his left eye, leaving him in great danger of bleeding to death. From the evidence' produced it appears the complainant and defendant were in an oyster saloon in Catharine slip, and that two colored men at the same time were sitting at a table eating raw oysters. Davis noticing that one of the " gemmen of color" seemed to put the electro-plated fork down his throat each time he took an oyster, jokingly suggested a little caution on the part of the man lest he should swallow fork and oyster together. Consider able cjmmentitry followed this remark from Higgiri, who subsequently became enraged and threw an oyster shell at Davis, cutting his left eye out as clean as though it had been gouged out with a surgical instrument. Hig• gins became alarmed, and after sending for medical aid be went to the station house, Fourth precinct, stated what bad occurred and gave himself up. Davis was taken to the hospital, where for some time it was feared he would bleed to death. It now appears that the Dow of blood has been stayed, but be Is unable to attend before a court. Higgins seemed extremely sorry for what he had done, and desired an examination as soon as Davis should be In a fit condition to attend an in vestigation.—Nero York Herald. FARM,GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD -A NEW INDUBTRY. The sweet potato, used In various forms as an esculent, in making bread, as a substitute for coffee, in the brewing of beer, as well as fliat - df pie beit and even of the sorghum in delicacy of flavor, while the yield is much more abundant. The average product of a bushel of sweet potatoes—the yam variety be. ing preferred—is alleged to be over two gal lons,'and as the average yield per acre, on poor, sandy soil, is ; from 150 to 180 bushels, the product must necessarily be from 800 to 850 gallons of sirup. 'phis must open to the view'of the piney -woods agriculturist a new and most profitable industry, one man, with a mule, being able to cultivate at least fifteen acres in potatoes. The residuum, after the juice for sirup has been extracted, Is pro nounced a valuable edible either for man or beast. IMPROVEMENT .OF TUE BREED OF CATTLE. According to Professor Schmiel, a perma nent improvement of the breed of cattle is in separably connected with the following propo sition, namely : That calves must be nourished with a sufficient quantity of their Mother's milk for a much longer period than has hitherto been the custom ; all other methods having reference to this same object being insufficient without a proper adherence to this fundamen tal consideration. 81INEP AND SWINE Fayette County, Pa.—The business of wool growing has run down within the last four years; formerly Fayette and Washington counties were among the foremost in the coun try in wool growing, but the foot-rot has pre vailed very extensively for seven years, and many who were formerly largely engaged in the business have now entirely abandoned it. PETROLEUM IN DRY ROT According to Herbst, petroleum may be ap plied with excellent advantage in the extirpa tion of the dry rot, it being only necessary to paint the surface of wood thus affected with the petroleum. A. solution of carbolic acid, however, answers the same purpose and in volves much less danger from fire. RENOVATING OLD OECD ADDIL—SGyeral modes are recommended by which this can be successfully done, but we cannot see how it can be more effectually done than by the one we have frequently recommended, that is to cut out all the dying wood and three-fourths of the suckers, scrape the trunks of the trees completely, removing all the old, hard, bro ken bark ; wash with a preparation of whale oil soap and water, a pound of soap to a bucket of water, and give the orchard, not merely under the trees, but every part of it, a heavy top-dressing of good barn-yard manure. If there is any life or productiveness left in the trees this will bring it out. The suggestion that the trunks of the trees should be shorn of all the boughs and allowed to sucker, and some of these when large enough grafted, will prove a failure. The grafting of the ordinary suckers growing from the trunks of old trees can rarely be done with success. We tried this several times; and the grafts all died at the end of the second or third year. Far bet- ter to graft the old trees whenever there is any amooth•barked wood near enough to a main bough. They will not only grow, but in moat cases fruit the second year, and always the third year.—Germantown Ttlegraph, GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP Two of the surviving daughters (ono of them is a widOw) of the late Chief Justice Taney, are In humble circumstances, earning their livelihood as copying clerks, in Wash ington. In view of this fact, the Judges of the Supreme Court, and the members of the Washington bar, have called upon the legal profession throughout the United States to contribute to a fund which will serve to lift the daughters of the deceased Judge above all possibility of want. Contributions in con siderable amount have already been made. The Beecber•Stowe family aro breaking up their family home at Hartford, and probably will never resume It again. The winters are too cold, and the summers are too hot for Mrs. Stowe's health. Prof. Stowe and his wife will spend the spring and early summer In New York and In Stockbridge, after which the family will remain at the seaside for the rest of the season. „ IN APRIL "Little Tom Tucker snug for his supper," He had sung for breakfast and dinner with like importunity, and received for answer only a shove and order to "get out" from the wretched woman who owned and beat him. Where he was to get to she did not say. There seemed no place in all the wide world where small Tom and such as he were want ed or made welcom'e. Still the day had not been altogether un cheerful Or foodless. Jim, a youthful com panion in misery and mischief, had appeared upon the scene early In the morning,engaged, like " Violent°'in the pantry," with "gnaw ing of a mutton bone," gift of somebody's kindly cook. Of this certain delicious mor sels had fallen to Tommy's share, and taken the keen edge off his appetite. Later, a passer by, attracted by the comic whine of the two friends, and the roguish eyes which enforced it, had dropped into each dirty palm a penny. There was richness I A moiety of the sum went at once in purchase of two apples. The rest was reserved for an even more delightful use, to the perfection of which a long black thread was needful. Attached thereto the penny became a be witched coin. Laid artleiisly in mid-pave ment, to catch the eye of passing traveler, it vanished swiftly from beneath his fingers as he stooped to clutch it, while sniggers,and jeering cries proceeded from round the corner, where our young friends lay perdu; for this was April 1, that anniversary dear to the street gamin, and JIM and Tommy, philosophically estimating the value of the passing moment, were resolved to make the most of opportu nity while yet it was theirs. 1 Which " most" was a good deal, as several citizens could testily, namely : two old ladles, frightened out of their wits by shouts of "Mad bull I" a worthy and corpulent baker, com pelled to execute demon dances on the pave ment by artful trains of orange peel laid be fore his door ; three luckless fOreigners, sent on wild-goose chases in wrong directions. Item : five kite-tails pinned to as many coat tails. Item: various fashionable suits deco rated with panier attacliments of newspaper; several dozen small children deluded into rain pursuit of that thimble-rigging penny, an Irishman's pipe knocked out of his mouth, and other divertisements of similar character. But oven in the enthusiasm of art the stomach will assert Its claim. As the day wore on hunger spoke up, and under its promptings the invaluable penny fell a sacrifice. The bun It purchased was consumed in alternate mouth fuls by the joint proprietors, who with the last crumb began to look for further worlds to conquer. Already the light waned. To-mor row law and society would assert those rights abrogated for a single day. Newspaper flap pers would then become distinctly visible to that fearful eidolon the plicemen. It be hooved all concerned, to make hay while the sun shone. . "I say, Timmy," remarked Jim, "let's go up town a little way. rapers is getting EMS So said so done. Unhappily the route chosen lay near the quarter they called home, and Jim was espied and captured by his mother. " You spalpeen," was her greeting, with It shower of slaps, " and is It being all all day yuu, /tmer, u 11111 K r !wimple& know—" But Tom, evincing that better part of valor known as discretion, was already far up the street. Looking back from a distance, he saw luckless Jim dragged off, a knuckle thrust Into each eye, and slowly and sadly he pursued his way. It wasn't half so much fun now ; but the dear child made the best of his situation. Door-bells in plenty met his eye ; ho rang a dozen or so as he passed. Next ho saw two perambulators standing in the sun, each bold ing a sleeping baby. The nursery-maids In charge bad retired to the shadow of an area door, and were gossiping with*a friend. A bright thought illumined Tommy's mind. " Cricky I" ho said to himself " here's fun I" With wonderful quickness and dex terity he lifted and shifted the slumbering cherubs without waking either. The Browns' baby was installed In the Smiths' wagon, and Smiths' in the Browns', the afghans neatly tucked in, the veils adjusted, before Ann and Bridget emerged from their shelter. Tom watched them slowly trundling their loads down the street, and his bosom swelled with such a mighty chuckle that he bad to sit down on a door-step to recover composure. " Changed at nus," he muttered, splitting with laughter.. The idea of following to.wit nese the domestic earthquake impending oc curred to him, but he forbore. There are some things better left to the imagination. Tom was a prudent boy. Next he began to search for a scrap of paper as material for, further operations. The street, for a wonder, was cleanly swept. Ash heaps there were none. For a long time nothing rewarded search. At last, above the ground, between an old post and a tree, a white object caught Ills eye. A bit of paper hardly visible had stuck and lodged there. In the early days of the street said post had formed the foundation for a lotter-box, one of primitive construction long since discarded for a newer pattern. It had recently been taken away. The more ambitious structure which replaced it stood not far off. But still, between post and tree clung a last vestige of former use. The paper our Tommy was intent upon W 719 a letter. More than two years It had lain there. The slender fingers which held it quivered ever so little, and missing the awkward, ill-arranged slit, dropped it in a narrow crevice beyond. The tree became its guardian. Snow drifted In and yellowed the edges of the envelope ; minute live creatures—ants, wood-lice, brown efts—" tickled and tousled and browsed it all over :" the wind pulled and frayed Its folds ; but still the tree held firm, and the delicate pen Hues arc dimly visible through the crusting dust and dirt. See : you can make out the address : LIEUTENANT. EDWARD MERITON, U. B. STELMEIIIIP BABBACVAi Nat'l/.Yard, Brooklyn But little reeked Tommy of addresses, as, after careful poking, he possessed himself of the treasure. lie stood considering what to do. An old lady drew near. lie made up his mind quickly. • "Please, 'm, did you drop this here ?" The old lady fumbled in her pocket with agitated haste. "illy spectacle case ? Dkryou say my spec tacle case, little boy 1" " No, 'm ; this yer note." "Note I No, I hadn't any note about me. It's not mine, sonny ; but here's a cent for being an litinest boy." " April fool I" called Master Tucker after her as she passed on ; but he had decency enough to do it in a whisper. ' Somebody else will Coming, a tall figure; walking rapidly up the street, which now was fast groWing dusk. "It's a honker or some thing," thought Tommy, es lie spied a gold band round his cap. "I say, gineral, Is this 'ere yours 1" lie in. quired benignly. The young man glanced at the unsavory. looking scrap, and laughed. " No, you don't, my boy," ho said, good - REDELL, Vain anb Pflug 30b Printer; No. 006 HAMILTON STREET. dzmnvrolVP,PA. ELEOANTPRINTINO NEW DEMONS LATENT STYLES Stamped Checks, Cards, Circlxlsre, Paper Book!, Con. llggha Zl d s ß ieteng 2 r ' BlN: ' ,Tea t , ' , " 4.lV B1 1 :4, T i ff : ! Wm 2011.6 Poster . ....... NO. 16 humoredly ; "I recolldct what day It la 'too well for that." • But Tommy, though baffled for a moment, was not to be entirely balked of his intent. With rapid barefoot steps ho ran after the young man, and,choosing his moment, dropped the letter into & pocket of the overcoat swung lightly over his arm, sang " April-fool I" with a triumphimt screech, and ran away with all his might. His victim never turned his bead. And now Tommy Tucker vanishes from our story. Elected unconsciously a messenger of Cupid, no sooner did the soiled envelope part from his fingers than his connection with the tale ceases. and we follow his fortunes no farther. The young " hofficer" has a nice face of his own—boyish still, but sweet and firm. It is a bright face too, but clouded over a little just now. Ho Is reading the numbers on the doors as ho passes-25, 27. "It used to be 83," he thought. " I wonder if they live there still ?" He slackened his pace: Then, for conven- fence of seeing, crossed the street, and, stand ing in shadow, looked earnestly at the house. Carefully tended plants fill the wide panes ; higher up a bird sings through an open win dow. Long and earnestly does the hero of the gold band look. A servant came and pulled down the blind. He•turned to go, but a carriage was rattling up to the door. A mo ment, and it opened. A lady came down the steps, fat and majestic, in rustling violet silk —a dinner dress : then a younger lady, in pale blue, followed lightly : a gas lamp was lighted just then ; the unseen watcher caught a glimpse of the sweet, pale face, and a thrill passed over his whole frame. " By Jove I" ho muttered, as the wheels rolled away ; "I thought I was over it, but Pm as bad as ever. What a fool, coming up here to prove to myself that I didn't care a button, and turning cold like that I How thin she has become I" with a groan. " Oh, what a deuce of a world it is I" That sweet face haunted him the evening long. It rose between his eyes and the fire ; it curled from the bowl of his pipo, and van ished and reformed in cloudy intervals. "If she had only written—only sent one word," was the bitter under-tone of his thoughts. "I can face what must be liken man;but to be cut off suddenly like that—no word, no sign ! Oh, Daisy, Daisy I" " I've tried all I know," he reused on "worked, read, flirted with other girls, sought to care for some one else. It's no use I Coming back revives all the old sting, the old famine. And that little pale face— Why should she be pale ?" A sudden film arose before' the bold blue eyes, and dimmed the glow of the fire. Im patiently he dashed the drops away. " This won't do I" half aloud. Flinging aside the empty pipeyhe pulled forward a desk loaded with papers, and set to work. I will not vouch that the face did not blur the long rows of figures for a few moments ; but soon • the practical pen ran steadily. There is noth ing like a tough job of numerals to save "a fellow" from turning "spooney." • By-and:by our young man began searching in Ids pockets. "That memorandum of Brooks & Tilford, where did I put it ?" he muttered, turning over the contents of various receptacles. Finally the overcoat was seized and shaken. Ul li dku " e c rjPqib e tniiiiffire in v' t nY4fllit on earth—?" And then the brown face grow suddenly pale. Surely through dust and grime he knew the writing. The envelope was torn open and cast aside. Yes, there was the familiar hand—feminine, delicate— Daisy's hand. And this was what it said : " Your letter has only this moment reached me. I don't know what has delayed it so long ; but you will got this to-morrow. You were not at the Stewarts' to-night. Stanley Powys said the frigate kept you away. Dear, dearest Ned, how foolish I am, playing with my happiness, delaying to utter the word which has been singing in my soul ever since I read your dear lines! Do you not guess what It is ? That I love you—have loved you —that I only played with Stanley to hide from myself, if possible, the secret I dared not, confess to thyself—that I am yours, and blessed in being So as never before ? DAIRY." , Lieutenant Meriton sat up all night kissing the dirty note. We sit and smile at the theatre over the ro imantle denouement of the play, and watch the 'hero and heroine make up their quarrel, ex plain away all the carefully prepared misun derstandings, and, to the sound of soft music, sink sweetly into each other's arms. But, attCr, all, romance is not quite unknown in real life. Situations to the full as pretty occur every day ; perhaps we ourselves may have played a part in one or more in the course of our lives. Be that as it may, I defy Wallack to get up a more effective tableau than that presented at No. 83 on the morning when this modern Bobby Shafto, come from sea, appeared at the door, bearing in his hand, for. apology and credential;,the long-delayed let ter. The tall, bronzed fellow, who would have faced a battery without flinching, was pale and tremulous as a girl as he pleaded his cause to the fair, delicate creature who re ceived him with such quiet dignity. But Daisy was to4/.lappy to be long cruel or in credulous: In half an hour all was explained, and believed. In an hour and a half the shell. pink bad dawned afresh in the cheek so pale only yesterday ; the past was become a decant —a dark bridge between two radiant days. And now the topic for bewildered wonder ment was, how, when, whence did the luck-. less letter fall at last into custody of the right person ? " Can't you guess? Haven't you the least idea, Ned ?" was Daisy's cry, then and for. weeks after. But Ned cudgeled his brains in vain. Cupid's little emissary in ragged jacket had vanished utterly from his memory, eclipsed by the greater things that followed la his train. It is thus that we often overlook our obscure benefactors. " Bless him, whoever he is l" was Daisy's conclusion. "And may somebody some day make him as happy as he has made me I" Let us hope that the benediction thus sweetly breathed may somehow, in Its widening cir cles, find out and rest upon that "forgotten worthy," Thomas Tucker. An infant daughter of John Ross, of Titus! ville, was drowned in a water barrel last Thursday. • Mrs. Annie Breed, of Norwich, Coop., died a few days since, and left $20,000 to a faithful servant, Abby Nilkey, for twenty years of.devotion. The domestic was so de lighted with the legacy that she actually died of excess of happiness in less than two weaker' An old bachelor named Marsh, of Passaic village, N. J., whg died recently leaving an estate valued at about $400,000, including eighty acres of choice land and six horses, made VI very curious 'will. Nearly all hie property is bequeathed to his horses. The farm of eighty acres Is set apart for their ex clusive comfort ant] support, and $BOO a year to each Is also provided for their additional welfare. $1,200 a year is appropriated to recompense a man whose whole tune and skill shall be devoted to their care. The executors are bequeathed the sum of $lO,OOO each, to see that the requirements of the will aro carried Into effect. This state of things is to continue ten years, when the farm is et dered to be sold. Ile had no near relations; and the distant ones do not come it for their share until thespeclfied ten years haye passed.
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