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tUUJI KITTELL, Attorney at
toOBS FENLON, Attorney at Law,
II Ebensburg, Pa.
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hEOKGE M. READE, Attorney at
IT Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
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p. TIERNEY, Attorney at Law,
Ebensburg, Cambria county, Pa.
jg-Office in Colonnade Row. jan24
JOHNSTON & SCANLAN, Attorneys
, at Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
. t,SSTOX. -n-n J. K. 6CANLA.X, I
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XL'EL SINGLETON, Notary Pub-
i lie, Ebensburg, Pa.
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OJSce oalVii street, west of Foster's Ho-
frMES C. EASLY, Attorney at Law,
Carrolltown, Cambria county, Pa.
jyArctmecturai brewings ana opecin
,:ioai made. jan24
EJ. WATERS, Justice of the ieace
, and Scrivener.
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l-Olnce adjoining dwelling, on iugn si.,
btcsburg, Pa. Lfeb7-8m
EKlNtviAii, Justice or the 1'eace
and Claim Agent.
jay Office removed .o me omce xorTnerij
-upied by M. Hasson, Esq., on High street,
bensburg, Fa. Ul-hm
SHOEMAKER, Attorney at
Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
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"PattkuUr attention paid to collections,
joy Oftce one door east of Lloyd & Co.'g
ankicg House. . .. jan-l
U1UEL SINGLETON, Attorney at
J Law, Ebensburg, Pa. OHice on High
ifet, west of Foster'3 Hotel.
Will practice in the Courts of Cambria and
adjoining counties.
tof Attends al3o to the collection or claims
f soldiers against the Government. jan24
pEORGE W. OATMAN, Attorney at
UT Law and Claim Agent, Ebensburg,
iabria county, Pa.
la?" Pensions, Back ray and Bounty, and
its. Agreements, Letters of Attorney, Bonds,
neatly written, and all legal business
c1refully attended to. Pensions increased,
I'u? :d Eaualized County collected. fjan24
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C. VILSON, M. D., oilers his ser-
r;ces, as l'hvsician
and Surgeon, to
the cfzens of Ebensbur
and surrounding
i Hiring been appoint?d Examining Su
rfsn, he is prepared to examine all Pension-
s and applicants for rensions who may
leed his services.
2T Office on High St., three doors er.st of
res. church, in otlice formerly occupied by
r. Jones. Residence immediately adjoin-
go2ice. jan24-3m
S J. LLOYD,
Successor of Jl. S. Bunn,
Dealer in
Cr.EDr.UGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS,
OILS, AND DVE-STUFFS. PERFUME
RY" AND FANCY" ARTICLES, PURE
W1SES AND BRANDIES FOR MEDI
AL VVCPOSES, PATENT MEDICINES, fcc.
Also :
tttr, Cap, and Note Papers,
I'cns, Pencils, Superior Ink,
And other articles kept
bv Druccista srenerallv.
p. . . co o-- -
i fiyttctcns prescription! carefully compounded.
ymce on .Main Street, opposite the Moun
in House, Ebensburg, Pa. jan24
DENTISTRY.
The undersigned. Orft.liiAtA rf tViA Ril.
more College of Dental Surgery, respectfully
-ers his professional services to the citizens
f Ebensburg. He has spared no means to
oroughly acquaint himself with every im
ovtment in hi3 art. To manv vears of per-
hnil experience, he has sought to add the
npartea experience ot the highest authorities
1 Dental Science. He simply asks that an
trortunitv may be priven for his work to
j0 its own nraise.
SAMUEL BELFORD. D. D. S.
raices: Prof. C. A.
Harri3 : T. E. 3ond,
r.: v: r nnj. a a itn.iir t tt a
j'ta, cf the Ba.timore College.
'uauay or eah month, to stav one wifk.
January 24, 18G7.
LLOYD & CO., Bankers
other Securitips v..,i-. i t. i
iiowec on Time Deposits. Collection s made
ca all accessible points in the United States,
a General Banking Business transacted.
I January 24, 1S67.
TT -M. LLOYD & Co., Bankers
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rafts on the nrincion.! ritJoo .a c;in
"Old for sale. Collections made. Mnn.
J received on denosit. navabl on on,4
iaout interest, nr unon tim witd ;nA.r.
11 fair rates. an2i
n. ilos d, Frest. ' i. T. Caldwell, Casf.'r.
PIRST NATIONAL DANK ;
OF ALTOONAi
GOVERNMENT AGENCY,
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI-
TED STATES. -Trfd
Corner vrgiift and Annie Jti., North
--i .iuaa, jra. ...
Act:
nomiED Capital.
........$300,000 00
Aa Capital Paid in 150,o00 00
fUsias pertaining to Banking done on
orable terms. "
lior!er,nal Revenu Stamps of all denomina
n always on hand.
mDfU!ia"of SiarnP Percentage, in
lion ; 1 be anwea, as follows : $50 to
Dd unwarria. A nr .r
Ijans
I." Military Claims collected. Real Estate
l:;ght and sold, and payment of Taxes at-F-:led
to. Book Accounts, Notes, Due Bills,
fcdements, &c, collected. Deeds, Mortga-
PRIVATE SALE 1
The subscriber wjll sell the following
properly at private Bale : -
One Heuse at Portage Station, on the P.
R. R., with . 2 acres land; Suitable for a
store room or a dwelling. .
One House and 90 acres land, on P. R. R.,
one-half mile west of Portage, opposite the
Biding of the Union Mills of tbe subscriber,
and at the terminus of the railroad of Whito
& Co.
One nouse and 2 acres land at Portage, 1
now occupied by Louisa Keepers. A good
site for a store. i
One Water Power Saw mill, within 10 rods
of the P. R. R., one-half mile west of. Por
tage, together with timber land, 100, 200, or
30C acres, to suit - pnrchasers. The barns
And Louses on the same, cost $1,500 when
lnmberwaa cheap. . - - :
Or, I wiirsell the whoie tract of 480 acres,
with timber enough on the same to run the
water mill for seven years. The property
has 1,500 to 2,00 feet of side tracks connect
ing with the P. R. R.
A general Warrantee Deed will be given
on ten days notice for all the foregoing prop
erty, and possession of all houses, 4c, given
on the 1st April next.
The improvements cost the subscriber
$6,000.
. 150 acres of the land is timbered with good
Sugar, and tbe land itself is warranted to be
as good as any in Cambria county.
Three creeks pass through the land, vix
Trout Run, M'Intosh Run, and Wright's Run.
There is Coal on the land, and any amount
of Cord Wood.
The location is the only outlet to the coal
lands of Burke and the Wm. M. Lloyd & Co.
lauds.
Two pieces of the land adjoin the land
formerly owned by Hon. Thomas A. Scott,
known as the M'Coy Farm.
One-third the purchase money will be re
quired down ; the balance in aix and twelve
months.
Ten per cent, will be .deducted for cash
payments. ' ' -
The property will be ecld in preference to
rented, as the subscriber has aot time to col
lect rents.
The house and lot, say 1 acre of land, at
Portage, now occupied by Lo'iiftt Keepers,
will be sold low if sold soon. v Also, the store
room at the same place, with 2 acres land,
formerly occupied by Victor Voeghtly sold
to him at one time for $725 will now be
sold for $600. The former will be sold for
$350, cash, or its equivalent.
Call Soon 1
WM. It. HUGHES.
Wilraore, January 21, 18G7.
"7"ALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR
T SALE I
The subscriber offers at private sale the
farm, on which be now resides, situate in
Cambria Township,. Cambria county, con
tnining about 50 acres, nearly all of which
are cleared, and having thereon erected a
Two-story Frame Dwelling House, & new
Frsme Barn, and all the necessary Outbuild
ings. There is a good Orchard on the Farm,
and an excellent Well of Water at the kitch
en door. Only five minutes' walk from the
Railroad Depot. Terms moderate, and title
indisputable. Apply to the undersigned on
the premises, or address
SAMUEL TIBBOTT,
apll-tf Ebensburg, Pa.
ESTATE OF ANTHONY
DEC'D.
W
ILL,
Auditor's Notice. The undersigned, Audi
tor, appointed by the Orphans' Court cf
Cambria county, to report distribution of the
funds in the hands of Mark A. Will, Adm'r.
ot Anthony Will, dee'd., hereby notifies all
persons interested thp.t he will attend to the
duties of said appointment at his office, in
the borough of Ebensburg, on Friday, the 3d
day of May, 1867, at 2 o'clock, P. M., when
and where they must present their claims, or
be debarred from coming in for a share of
said fund. GEO. W. OATMAN,
aprll-3t Auditor.
STATE OF BERNARD KARL
HEI.M, DEC'D.
Auditor'f Notice. The undersigned, Audi
tor, appointed by the Orphans'- Court of
Cambria county, to report distribution of the
money in the hands of Jacob Huber and John
Karlheira, Executors of Berhnrd Karlbeiji,
dee'd., hreby notifies all persons interested
that he will attend to the duties of said ap
pointment at his office, in Ebensburg, on
Saturday; the 4lh day of May, 1867, at 2 o'
clock, P. M., when and where they must pre
sent their claims, or be debarred from coming
in for a share of said fund. . .
apll-3t GEO. W. OATMAN, Auditor.
UDITOR'S NOTICE "
The undersigned Auditor, appointed by
the Orphans' Court of Cambria county, to
report distribution of tbe money in the hands
of Wm. Kittell, Esq., admr. ot John Reese,
dee'd., upon his second account,' arising from
the sale of the real estate, hereby notifies all
persons interested, that he will attend to the
duties of said appointment, at the office of F,
A. Shoemaker, Esq., in the borough of Ebens
burg, on FRIDAY, 20th APRIL, inst., at 2
o'clock, p. m., when and where they must
present their claims, or be debarred from
coming in for a share of said fund,
aplltd WM. H. SECHLER, Auditor.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
The undersigned, Auditor, appointed
by the Orphans' Court of Cambria county to
report distribution of the money in the hands
of Daniel J. Jones and Sarah Ann Thomas,
administrators of John R. Thomas, deceased,
hereby notifies all persons interested that he
will attend to the duties of his appointment
at his office, in Ebensburg, on Wednesday, the
8th day of May, next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.,
when and where all claims against the estate
of the said decedent must be presented, or
they will be debarred from payment
apl SAMUEL SINGLETON. Auditor.
UDTTOR'S NOTICE. '
The undersigned Auditor, appointed by
the Orphans' Court of Cambria county,. to
report distribution of the money in the hands
of John D. Thomas, admr. of James S Todd,
late of Ebensbnr?, decd.j hereby notifies all
persons interested that he will attend to the
duties of said appointment at. tbe office of
Wm." Kittell, Esq., in the borough of Ebens
burg, on MONDAY, the 20th APRIL, inst.,
at 2 o'clock, p. ra., when, and where they
must present , their claims, .or. be I debarred
from corning in for a ibare of said fond.
nplltd r. WM. H. 6ECHLER, Auditor.
I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT T3A2T PRESIDENTHxsst Cut.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL
K-rt Italian ZEctTolo.
In the ancient city of Perouse. there
dwelt, a long timo ago, a younj? man na
med Cassandrin. Every one knew ot his
thefts and robberies, and many complaints
of him were made to the provost, by per
sons whose goods he had .fetolen, yet he
always escaped punishment.. But it was
in his favor that he never stole or .robbed
for avarice, but to be able to show his
liberality and bounty to those who were
kind and obliging to him. And as he
was affable, agreeable, and facetious,, the
provost liked him so well that he would
not be. a sipgltf day without his company
it nappenea tnat once when Cassandrin
was sitting at table with him, amusing
him with different matters; he told him
among other things ot a young man who
was so cunning that there was nothing so
carelully hidden and guarded tnat ho
would not ffnd it and stealthily carry it
away.
Hearing this, the provost said to him,
"The young man of whom you speak is,
perhaps, no other than yourself ; but it
you can rob me, to-night, ot the bed
whereon I sleep, -I promise you, on my
faith, to give you an hundred florins."
When Cassandrin heard these words,
he was greatly troubled, and made answer,
Sir, I perceive that jou esteem me a
thief, although I am not one, but earn my
living by toil and industry, and spend my
TJays as best I can. But it' it is your
pleasure to destroy me, I am content to
obey your will, for the take of that friend
ship I have always borne and still bear
you." ..
Having said this, he immediately de
parted, and spent the remainder ot the
day in thinking how he could rob the
provost of his bed, without being caught.
He devised this plan. On that very day
there had died a poor wretch, who had
been buried near the church of the Jaco
bins. When every one else was sound
asleep, he went and du up the corpse,
stripped off the grave-clothes, and dressed
it in his own garments, which fitted it so
well that any one might have taken the
poor wretch to be Cassandrin himself.
This done, he bore him upon his shoulders
to the palace of the provost, and mounted
with him, by a ladder, to the roof. He
then dextrously removed the tiles, and
with a is tools made an. opening to the
chamber where the provost was lyiDg, xt bcV
was not asleep, but heard distinctly all
that Cassandrin was doing, awaiting the
moment when he would try to rob him of
his bed, eaying to himself, "Do your worst,
Cassandrin, for I assure you that you shall
not have my bed to-night."
While the provost was thus waiting,
with open eyes and "ears, Cassandrin let
the dead body fall through the hole in the
roof. . It came down upon the floor of the
provost's chamber with such a noise as to
frighten him, and believing that Cassan-1
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arm naa rauen, since ne saw his gar
ments, he blamed himself, and exclaimed,
"Alas ! what have I done ? Behold, by
my foolishness, I have caused-tbe death
ot this mac. What. will they say of me
when they know that he lies dead in my
house ? How guarded and prudent ought
meu to be V
He. then knocked at the door of his
servant's chamber, and having awakened
him, told him of his lamentable diSculty,
and prayed him to dig a hole in the gar
den in which to bury the dead body, eo
that th ero might be no scandal about the
matter.
While the provost and servant were
buy about the burial, Cassandrin lethim-
-eelf down into the chamber by means of a
cord, and having bound the bed into, a
bundle, easily bore it away. .When, the
dead body had been buried, and the pro
vost returned to lie down in his chamber,
he perceived that .his , bed was gone, at
which he was greatly astonished.
The next morning, Cassandrin, accord
ing to his custom, went to the palace and
presented himself to - the provost, who
said to him, ''Assuredly, Cassandrin, you
are an adroit rogue; who would ever have
thought of robbing mo of my bed so cun
ningly as you ?'" .
Cassandrin made no reply, but looked
as if he did not understand what was
meant. - ..
"You have done a clever thing," said
the provost, "but L wish you to do anoth
er, that I may be satisfied of your ability.
If you will to-night rob me ot my horse,
that I value so much, I promise you be
sides the hundred florins I have already
promised, to give you another hundred."
Cassandrin complained greatly that the
provost had so bad an opinion of him, and
begged of him not to be his ruin.
When the provost saw that Cassandrin
refused his .wish, he flew into a. passion,
and paid to him, "If you will not do as I
say, expect nothing else but to be stran
gled and hung up on the walls of the
city." '
Seeing his danger, Cassandrin then said
to the. provost, "1 will do my best to please
you, although it may be that I cannot
succeed." .'" ". '' " ;; ; ; i
, -And so saying, he took bis leave. '
The provost then called his servant,
and said' to him, "Go to the stable,' and
saddle and. bridle my horse; then. mount
him, and remain mounted all night ; keep
good watcn, too, that he be notrBtoIeo
away .from, you." . - V ' ;
,7lfe then, commanded another servant
that he should keep guard over the palace,
aud carefully fastened "all the doors, both
of the palace and stable. Cassandrin took
his tools, and going to the door of the
palace, found the watchman there sound
asleep ; and as he well knew the place, he
let him sleep on, while he entered the
ourt by a secret way, and thence went to
the stable, which he entered by the means
of hia tools. The servaut was sitting there
upon the horse, holding the bridle in bis
hand. Going up to him, Cassandrin per
ceived that he snored. He then meas
ured the . height of the horse, and, going
into the garden, he took four large stakes
Which supported the arbors, and shamen-
ed them. He then returned to the stable.
wnere the servant was still sleeping like
a stone, and cut the bridle which he was
holding in his haud. He then cut the
check-rein, girth and crupper, and having
put one ot the stakes under a corner of
the saddle, slowly raised it from the horse.
and let it rest upon the stake. This done,
be put a stake under each of the other
corners, and so lifted up the entire saddle,
while tbe servant slent on undisturbed.
He then put a halter on the head of the
horse, and led him away.
When the provost arose in the morning,
he went straight to his stables, expecting
to find his horse, and found bis servant
sleeping heavily upon the saddle as it
rested on the four stakes. Having awa
kened him, he loaded him with severe
reproaches, and then, like one astonished,
left the stable. At his usual hour, Cas
sandrin, with a joyous countenance, pre
sented .himself before the provost, and
saluted him.
The provost said to him, 'You deserve
the prize among all rogues, Cassandrin.
You are, indeed, prince and king among
them. But I will still further prove your
hkill. You know, I think, Severin, curato
of " th9 parish of Saint Gil, not tar from
the city. If you will bring him here in a
bag, I promise you, beside the two hun
dred florins I already owe you, I wiiTgive
you another two hundred. And if you
do not, give yourself up to death. : r
The Severin was a man of excellent life
and reputation, devoting himself wholly
to the Church, but ignorant of the world,
unsuspecting, and easily deceived. Cas
sandrin obtained a priest's surplice which
Jell to his heels, and an embroidered stole,
UtndV carried. them tQ bis lodgings. Then
ne made two pasteboard wings painted
with several colors, and a diadem which
snone with ereat ltistrp. in thf vpninr
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he went to the place where Severin dwelt,
and hid himself in a grove of sham thorns,
where ho remained till daybreak. Then
he clothed himself in the surplice, put
the stole on his neck, the diadm on his
head, and the wings on his shoulders, and
again hid himself, waiting till the priest
should sing his Ave Maria. Cassandrin
had just arrayed and hid himself, when
Severin, with his little clerk, arrived at
the door of the church, which, on eutering,
he left open behind him. Cassandrin,
who had a sharp eye, saw this ; and whilo
the priest was chanting the Ave, he went
out of the grove, and secretly entered the
church, where, having approached the
door, he-stood with a great bag in his
hands, and said, two or three limes,
"Whoever wishes to go to glory, let him
enter this bag."
While he was repeating thee words,
tbe little clerk came to the sacristy, and
seeing the surplice, white as snow, the
diadem which glittered like the sun, the
wings like peacocks' feathers, hearing also
the voice, he was astouished, and going to
the pricat, said to him, "Oh, sir, have I
not seen an angel from heaven, holding a
bag-in his band, who said to me, 'Who
wishes to go to glory, let him enter this
bag !' - I wish myself to go-'
The priest believed the words of -the
clerk, and hastening to the sacristy, per
ceived one clothed like an . angel, and
heard his words. Having a great desire
to go to glory, and fearing that the clerk
would enter the bag before him, he pre
tended to have: left his breviary at his
dwelling, and said to his clerk, "Go as
quickly as possible to my house, and bring
xne my breviary that I have left on a
bench in my chamber."
When the clerk was gone, Severin reve
rently, approached the angel, and with
great humility entered the bag! Cassan
drin quickly closed it, took off his sur
plice, wings, and diadem, made a bundle
of them, and. carried it with the priest
upon his shoulders to Perouse. -"
At the proper hour, he presented the
bag to the provost, and having untied it,
drew out the ' priest. Severin, finding
himself in such presence, and also more
dead than alive, knew that he had been
mocked, and making a great complaint of
the treatment he had received, prayed
earnestly that the provost would render
him justice, and not let the great wrong
done to him pass unnoticed,
i The provost, who knew all about the
natter from beginning to end, could not
restrain, his laughter, and turning to
Severin, said, "My friend, my spiritual
father, keep silent, and be not angry.
Justice shall not fail you. Only have
patience. This is a trick such as I never
saw or heard of before."
In this way he quieted the priest, and
putting a purse full ot gold into his hand,
gave orders that be should be accompanied
out of the city. Then turning to Cwsan
drxn, he eaid to' him, 'CaRandrtn, your
18, 1867.
roguery is greater even than the fame of
it, which is spread abroad throughout the
land. Take the four hundred e-oldpn fir.
rins I promised you, for you have won
meal. im in ruture, live more properly
than you have done, for if there come to
me any more complaints of vou. T will
have you hung by the neck.""
Cassandrin received the money, invest
ed it in merchandise, and became an
enterprising, wise, and wealthy citizen.
Arlington ana Mary Cusllf.
Arlington is a lovely snot. Virginia.
with all its vaunting, can hardlv boast of
a fairer domain. From its slopes you look
down upon the valley of- the Potomac.
Beyond the lordly river, Washington
stretches away to its crowning capitol.
The creat dome clittera in th omctai
air, aud high above it the goddess of
liberty holds tutelary guard ever the new
ly consecrated land. This is the picture
flecked here and there with hrepzv
fields, and open wood?, and Boftly swel
ling hills which we see from Arlington.
As we turned into the old Alexandria
road, I thought of something that I eaw
not very long ago a letter, the last one
written by Mary Custis from Arlington to
Robert E. Lee, before she became his
wife. The letter of a happy girl to a man
beloved and chosen to be the husband ot
her heart and the ruler of her lite, her
eventful fate has given to it a touching
significance. It referred solely to their
approaching marriage and future life, and
was full ot love, and hope, and religious
faith. The young officer, stationed for
the time at Old i'oint Comfort, seemed to
be in possession of only. narrow quarters.
Yet the heiress of Arlington saw nothing
formidable in this, and couuted it no sac
rifice to leave the wide halls of her home
for the scanty conveniences of a military
iortress. "When mother ; comes, why,
tney could maKe a bed in the sitting-room
for her; and as for a maid, if there was
no room, Mary Custis could do without
one !" Rare self-abnegation for a Vir
ginia heiress. Then came pleasant gossip
L 1 11 . .
aooui me onuesmaids and groomsmen al
ready at Arliugton, and maidenly fears as
to how she should acquit herselt through
tne trying ceremony, loiiowed and huisb
ed with that exquisite humility of love
which, always sees in the belovcd-oee the
finer good, the diviner beauty, both of
body and of spirit, which, humble-hearted,
it misses in itself, only to recognize and
worship in that other self who is new the
counterpart and crown of all true exis
tence. She was unworthy of such great
happiness ; but, because h9 deserved it
all, the blessing ot God would descend i
upon their union. Indeed, she felt that
they could claim that benediction of
heaven promised to those who honored
and obeyed their parents, aud sought to
do the will of their Heavenly Father.
Ou a certain day, she would ride on
from Arlington on horseback and meet
him at Alexandria. Over this very road
came the happy lovers. Far and lair on
every side stretched the sunny lands
which were their proud inheritance.
Arlington Ilocse opened wide its doors
to these beloved children. Its patriarchal
trees waved their summer welcome. ".The
slaves came thronging from their cotta
ges to greet "dear Miss Mary" and her
handsome young husband.
What a summer day for these joyous
hearts ! Ineffable as its sunthino shone
the promise of their future. It was well
for Mary Custis that to her was given no
"second sight" to divine the sorrow of a
far-off morning. Well that those soft
eyes, looking on, did not see these gay old
gardens and violet slopes sown thick with
human bones, and rurlted with ten thou
sand human graves I When alie wrote
this letter, in the sweet fullness ot her
heart, it was well she could not know that
when her hair was white, and her heart
old with many sorrows, a soldier would
find this letter amid the treasures left in
the home from which she was banished
banished because the husband for whose
sake she dreamed all gracious fortune was
to come, was an armed traitor, fighting
against the government which had covered
him with honor. She was innocent and
lovely; but the innocence and loveliness of
one could not avert the inevitable punish
ment of generations of wrong. This letter,
full of all girlish gentleness and love,
draws us in sympathy toward lier who
wrote it; yet we. look on tbe graves. of
our dead beneath the protecting trees of
Arlington, and say, Woe to the day when
to Mary Custis, or to her children, Bhall
be given back the home of her fathers!
In a tract distributed by the 3Iormon
preachers the following question and an
swer occur : "What shall be the reward
of those who have forsaken their wives
for" righteousness sake?" "A hundred
fold of wives here and wives hereafter."
Horace Greeley says that the darkest
day in any man's earthly career is that
wherein he first fancies that there is
some easier way of gaining a dollar than
by squarely earning it.
It is said that a revolutionary patriot
still survives in the persou of James
Farmer, who lives in Campbell county.
Virginia.
A Charleston paper thinks all the
rights the South obtained by the wtrwero
funeral rite?. - - - , -
TERMS: 3" I'EIt AXXU9I.
I V.OO IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER 33.
Soincrillle's Quandary.
Somerville is a good-looking voun?
man, and is well aware cf it. He was in
the habit of sauntering into rry room
when I was sure to be at mv bnsiMt.
combing his glossy side whiskers, and
smoking his usual cigrr. Then h? would
bore me by the half hour. His talk was
of his cooquest3 adong the fair sex. He
had smitten Miss Crocus at the Partv laft
night ; he had struck an arrow into the
heart of Miss La Creme at the Opera ; he
was having a staving flirtation with Misa
Araminta Delicious Dlumengeld, of Fifth
Avenue. - ,
"Tell you what. Sehreiber," said ho to
me one day. "I'm in a ouandarv."
"Are you ?" said I; "how did you get
there '("
"It's no slight matter, I tell you. I'm
going to get married, Sehreiber.'
"And who is the happy fair one ?"
"Ah, that's the rub. . There's whers
the quandary is. There's two of 'em.-'
. "Don't commit bigamy, whatever you
do," said I.
"Stuff! Of course not. But I don't
know which of the two girls to marry.
They are both dead in love with me, sure.
There's Ellen Sweet, you see ; she's the
first one. A lovely creatur, and the mo?t
heavenly temper. I love her as bad as
can be, and she loves me like anything.
I would marry her to-morrow if it wasn't
for one thing; she's poor. If she had
anything at all say ten thousand dollars
I'd let MissGoIdegg go without a sigh.
But there it is ; Miss Goldegg is heiress,
they say, to not less than one hundred
thousand. She's got a devil of a temper,
though, and that makes i bad. She's
dead in love with me, Sehreiber in fact,
people talk about us; and I do wish I
could love her, but I can'ti Whenever
I try to think tenderly about her, up ri
ses the vision of Ellen Sweet's innocent
and lovely face, and-by George, it's
enough to drive a man erazy! What in
the fiend is a fellow to do in such a quan
dary as this V
. "Why, if it was me, Somerville,! sho'd
certainly marry the girl I loved, if I
married at all. But, could you support
her if yon had her?"
"There it is again 1 I couldn't support
her in the eh style of life I'm accus
tomed to, at all. W e should have totak
rooms at a second-rate bJarding-house,
and I should have to go to work in soma
blessed place cr other, aud be steady, and
all that, you know which I couldn't
stand."
"Well, then, marry the rich one," said
I earnestly; "I'll agree to bo satisfied, if
you will."
"But I don't love her I I shall be un
happy I know I shall such a temper as
she's pot 1 If I could only marry her
money, and Ellen Sweet's soul and body,"
continued Somerville, rising and walking
about the room in great distress.
And then he ran over the whole subject
again, alter the manner of his kind.
Finally, I gave him my advice soberly :
"Since you ask it, Somerville, you shall
have it. Go and marry Miss Sweet, and
settle down to a contented life. Chango
your habits, and become a useful member
of society instead of an ornamental one.
The man who truU' loves a woman will bo
content with any lot that leaves him peace,
a good home, and her. I really think, my
boy, that Buch a woman a? Miss Sweet
might be the making of you."
"Well. I'll think about it," said he, ai
he sauntered out, combing his whiskers
thoughtfully
Noxt day I was honored with another
visit.
"I've made up my mind, Sehreiber,"
said he, pressing on his kids.
"Ah I"
"Yes ; I've decided in favor of Miw
Goldegg. I'm going up there now this
very afternoon. She loves me, you know,
and that's a good deal, tho' I don't love
her. Put her money in the balance aud
it's a settler. ..-lit revoir."
At an early hour on the following day,
Somerville sauntered into my room. :
"I'm sorry I did it, after all, Sehreiber."
"Then you proposed V
"Yes, and, now that it's all over, I wish
I had taken your advice. She wouldn't
have me, Sehreiber." .
"You astonish me !" I cried with gentle
sarcasm.
"I feel as if I had wronged poor Ellen,"
he continued, dismally. ' "I never ought
t3 have allowed myself to be untrue to her."
"She need never know it, Somerville.
It's better as it is, old fellow ! For your
sake I'm sincerely glad of it. Now, bo a
man; marry the girl you really love, and be
happy. I shall have hopes of you yet."
"I'll do it," said he ; "1 11 offer myelf
to-morrow. By George, I'll do it to-day !
Good-by, Sehreiber.'-'
He went out whistling.
Late in the afternoon, my door slowly
swung on its hinges, but no one entered.
Looking sharply, I. perceived a pair-of
eves gazing through the crack at me.
"Is that you, Somerville?" said I.
"I am here, Lagardere 1" he responded,
in a theatrical tone.
"Come in," said I,' . "or shut the door'
The door was slowly closed; it opened
again, and Somerville put his head in. .
"jSA wouldn't have me, cither," said
he.
I haven't seen the fellow since.'-
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