MIMI
VOL. XXXII.
OF EII% OF COLCIOUIA CO.
Pribi4l4ltt Jl4llllpllgou. Eloyll.
A 400400 ju a vi c: rna I, err,
• Frits K. ljrrtivin.
Pratt' y taJ J t 4014 , t 'ol,tian.
angintorstAd ft Nur.ler--Jolut G. Freeze.
John F. Foxier,
Monttzfiuttal• *.4`.
David Yong' er,
Fliteriff---IMordeetti
Treasurer-44 Ni.) olse.
(L. Ito Bert.
Aniliturti— 4 :WM P. I human.
Jacob hat 04.
, Contutioioner's
Comminsioner's A tiornev —F,. 11. Little,
.lercuutile A p prat r 11. ,I a 001,y,
Couto. yo - I ,41 ac A. 14. tt ,
Distrtut Attnut-y—Milton M. Trutt ch.
Cortnter—Williatn J. I Iteler.
County Suporititonka- 4 lutq. G. Barkley,
Ansomoni Jun.:that Revenue —ll. F. Clark.
I dolor Th‘wt , ,
Af•Se.f.4l'... •S.B. I fuer,
I~,eniel .11 , 11, nrv.
Candor—Benjamin F. Hartman.
111110ouithuag and
Literary lordi:lite.
110.11:0 OF IN rat crii)s
HENRY CARVER, A. M
Profesoor orlotelleetual awl
and Theory and Preoieecif 't'cacrl,:n
mit. Sarah A. CArva,
Teacher of FeLstch, R,tany and Ors,ffie:.tal
L.Aac (.) iht A, 11„
Prof' or of Eaf;
li,h 4; ra mar.
J. W. Ferree, A. M..
ProFeshor of lilathcroatik s stol Pr:l-64%0
i 1 atruuu.ay,
Rev. David C. A. M
Profesbor of ('h a,ul
Y. M.
Towhee of Geoirai hy, LLi. ory aal
,•,
Afigstont TVildier M;,i tc :',;
rad* th.“:634ar.
Aro , M. Caryl r.
Toatiber of 31u.4.! 03 !and Me!olvon
Mrs. 11,fflie L. P., -t,
Twirler of Veva( wet Toad:
er m
Teacher of of Moth.'
The Winter term will e.mtneowe Norton
ber 2d, 1868, and until our Hoarliter llntl
ie remly for occupancy, on applio 3 th t o to the
Priumpal, student= wit! with
homes in plete , ant
It is better for Attliktlt: 4 to e f ornmenee at
the opening of the term ; but when this i.
impracticable, they can vtit r at any'time.
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NATIONAL FOUNDRY.
moNisiit:
,UmBIA ci)., ii?..
ott otowi.-oo
of Ow above aamoo
'naive ..tdolOi.looent wo",
.'ilitted to friA'll4 titriertl
All Kinds of liJachinay,
IMt CONTiet, Matt Static I.ll , eioc*
M/I4S. TIM:SUING MACHIN f::4,
ftw ie Witn prooared to make et. 00.,,, ,01 Avo, siad
ratio rnr. plow•trotos.snd everythi n g usually made in
14 , tolson euktuttrien.
His exlsnsive rarilitier sod praetient workmen, tent
min hips in receiving the largert einittnete on the
et +et reasonable tenor.
rimin of all Muds will be taken in exchange (Of
comings.
Itt This establialiment is tera.eil near the I,seiran
NI 4 Bloomsburg Railroad Depot,
PETER 1111.1.11TER.
littlonutbstro, Sept. I% 1861.
OMNIBUS LINE.
frlieuridersigned would sespscsfe , ly aw~n~iurr to
the eitisens and the wadi,. gt,n.
eraliy. that be is running
en I.9ltiltit'S he-
mean this 'Mee oud Mode.
Ceram Rati Road Wpm,' tho•
ly. (Sundays excepted) to
connect with the several Tr 33311 pine, rt.u:n a Wetzt
441 the 0104W14111a and Willianssport tgist head, .11$41
with those truing North and South on the Leek, lie
0100101b11131 11031 i.
Iris ai I CAP-ES are in hotel conditien, ravinee
dinar and Comfortable, and char{ ,es VASOnaht.,,
tri — Persons wrobisg to meet or see tO-rr 60,1.
depart. can be accommodated, upon wit.01:01,1,
animists, by leaving timely notice at any of the Ho
JACOB L. GIRTON,
8160111 'burg, April i 7, 11104
N E w OYSTER SALOON,
In the beeetnent of the
*/IP riATII223Un DD:Dstra,
[MAZER LEACOCK, SUPT.
Fresh ureters nerved up in evory torte and at all
hour* ; with all the ether onainii" round in Arm
class Reetatirrtrite. •
:tx Ale renvtantly on hand, together with choice
Littera of every brand.
Lverything in tiptop order about this Saloon
Rowdyism tint tolerated. Step ill and laud my Saloon
in VINO neat orJer.
Bloomsburg. Nov. 13,
Coopering ! Coopering
Tilgionbrer Mar reaptetfollo anoohoeva that he la
potlatch to lasooraeture
BARRELS, TUBS,
~iC
1.,1 114 . 4
BUCKETS, CHURNS,
everything In Moline of Coopering.
REPAIRING DONE TO ORDER.
• at ehott notice, tO" tt la Flipp is teem , d on
a Street, filootuattont, near the Iron ComPtiora
wed, M. 8, WILLIAMS.
hurt. *psi *3. Mk
SW SALMIS SIX*P.
rh* undetergned mover:Mill armature* that he
.1 rehttted a shop, one door butow Meyer's Drug
-ire, in the Earwig.) Block, where he Ia preatred
:ooduct the harboring hada MIN 01 its brandies
rho art of coloring whiokets and 114011$1actie4 is
noticed hy him most skillfully. Ito also deans
making them look nearly as anode* now,
poothe most reatumable term.. Having procured
le services of a fashionable heir dresser he is pro
' , need to vfMtlimillies In mats Where it is &Amble
n put up Or Cut hair uponfenconb,e terms
[rr Itair Tonle of the very best quality. usi for
Miming hair, kept constmtly on itand,anOnr 641 a,
* CC CULLINek
Dleioinobarg, April I, lICB,
FALL AND WINTEIt.
MtUUnary Goods
the Fancy Storc of
AMANDA; "W ERKUE ISE It •
010CW00111re ISAWir liR111,10r.)
noomsnutto, TA,
rho public ate respectfully informed that they can
•. tarnished with gremlins's is the It Misery iirs,
ma the num rearenable tame, and in limo. iint
?posed fur style, beauty, ur durability In this
•wn, lloyarloyt styles a blot I,,,n‘wii‘, goo t aw T
ode. foy omen and Mims ore by..orai
d wall suit Ow to of the, ....A
Thom Milking vat receive epnelal anent
;,ologjooll returned frum stay her gm .*••
••
;/re her a cell
nonce en Meld stunt Minh side) below Market.
osinsesq„ tr. Isher hoes, -3w.
411 1 . W. A
•
.
FMOCH
B L*oo
, .
Wailatinv9 CMOCVAi,
TeRML—Si 00 in advance. MY atd paid *tibia
sIX MONTI'S, Mt eat,* addillatial will Ur. arced.
7" No pit per of rtf Olt t laded anti) afi art Amp . *
nto paid except tt rites t,ittian of the, editor.
MATES 0? mwurrislsti.
INN COOKA CON4I art!' A iNVARX •
One al ust ro And Of throe in..rtirtoo, SO
Lyory plukt.oluoid, Orloff WO leo , Nan It. .....50
OP4IO '.‘.54. t 5, riot. SI.
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ativ44o4o4oput , ifl4erte, 1) rord t vein,
mmo I 411.
Icu,ineoy unti , en, Without ntiverthetneut, twenty
rent. put nor.
Trinrktit mivnttewemott.s payable is •Ot e 04.•, an
oF,w re 41,14 after the !irk inaertsou.
VFhe bystu r.
Milli 4,r le.. 1.1 riil4.l“.(itql:l l .lY
1•••• c•Vce 1 I
1 4 ; h;tl c; •• ••;‘• r 1 , •!!.i•
T h,• ••• • ..,:;,.. y
•• h,.ir
the lick. !'rasa uti.l
The 1 r 3, ~>!..11),r hom Chrir 113. v
fr,r t!:0 , 133 trwor,4 witotinq in th.•
Ft Hz 4.1, rir 3
dull tiolfriyr 711trr33,33
, sorttri ,
„„ 1 a;;;1 the - , ; 1 1 .... 41
;:; ;!,,:.,,. berm,'
!, I.low.
7. „t., armed with
void.
The winners 1 , ; ; :.lit with every twtrtial
hue,
Now stood like rtunc Ertl, beaten host n;J,
ithdrawa afar ire Thue's rent , test bluv.
, .
4,nibre vulture trw,llll.-1111.1o:
Visa 4,,v0 bicor-t* heard h s 01 , 411ing
e , unplain: ;
And, li e r Mt,tr afo liro'xiting in Ow
The villa •~ ,I:tirvh tiaxic soenleti t,, pale
• upon th , ,t
mot AA tta t 4 .113.1: titm tie
!.•:. • .
Sirs
... rtr, .11 lt wtt, t,
t t.‘;th * - 1.111,
• r .1111,1 her uo
n n • t I . r
3:y v 1 edvue
I fV!!• :•' 11•131i111:, firth,: vary.
;, •I il•y eVcr 1,,.ac--
Fo.rlyilintf, a-4
An ady tvtry , ot.t. Ma 3 Vit'litlA)Lii r.
V;Lte every tird that wa14,1 the rental
ito.dt the tweet ,lumber from it witt:,n.
at newn,
To yam tilt rvisper id' the rn.,y 1114 ;
All now envy and rorinrn.
out the ,tubh:o, Op I the quail;
rt.l croaked the craw throe...tit all the
dreary gh.ent ;
Alone, the phea ant, (1111411Iti;lie in the vahs.
Made echo in the tiiatant cottage !own.
Thole wai no bud, no bloom upon tho bow-
Lnared their thin shred night
by
The clown, tho only ginr , t or flower=,
ailed s l o wly by--passed tikele,-, out of
thi fhb:, itirot dreary air,
.Ind whi , r , _ the woodbine sled Nina the
tiorch
.
Its ernumin leave:.. as if the year stand there,
Firing the floor with its inverted touch—
'r t
Amid ull this, the centre of the scene ;
The white haired matron with nienown
uus tor',
Viud the M\,lll. wheel with her joyous
So like a fate, and watched the flying
thread.
sirs hal known sorrow. He had wolkqd
with her,
Oft ~ niniud, and broke with her the ashen
eruct,
Anil in the duail leaven still she heard the
stir
Of his thiuk mantle trailing in the dust.
While yet heir cheek was bright with sum
mer bloom,
Her country summoued, anti she gave hur
all •
)
And twice war bowed to her in sable pima%
lie-„ arcthe sword to nit upon the wall.
Ite•gave the sward, but net tho hand that
drew
And struck far liberty the dying blow;
Nor him who, to his sire, and country true,
Fell roid the mks ci the invading rue.
Lung, but not loud, the drooping wheel
went on,
Like the low murmur or a hive at noon,
but n o t loud, the memory ()fib': goon
Breathed through her lips a sad and
tremulous tone.
At last the•threl , l was snapped—her• head
was bowed,
Lilo dropped the distaff through her
hand sera to ;
And loving neighbors smoothed her careful
shroud,
While death and w:nter closed the au
tumn :;,ene,
...The Paris illustration, in giving por
traits and sketches of the Siamese Twins,
(now exhibiting themselves in that city,)
►•'l a ?•tory about them which we have not
• • • '••lre heard. It is to the effect that
• i , ••••1 torether in great happiness until
• • broke out, when ('hang deelured
• • •If a Unionist, Eng.a seeensionist, and
tire= quarrels between them tempo eo vie
lent that the twine were at one time on the
point of fighting a duel,
BVIBV.W.B EYBBY WEirsal4BAY lY
ill.ul)it7nt p,t,.
IR 4.31 4 ;0% U.
THE CLOSING NCENC.
C. BUCIIAN.I.'t it 14.11.
131,0031513U1tG1 WEDNESI)AY, N()VEMBER 18,1868,,
=I
Nutty Barbara Fermis would not marry
Her mutlivr wits ur coditornation.
"'Why area you -tablatra, Barbara?" taw
Retail. "You hare ploity lover,"
"hut they do not suit," , sti,l Barbara,
cooly tying back her owls before the mirror ,
"IVlty not?"
"I want to tuarry a man who is 1,,. , %.•
equal to any emergency, If I .
liberty, t want it talo n • '
"Silly chill ! •••:t twator sum pr.
11attivy. s! , • ! •
, •
brave
"Alpi nw.. 1,.:
NVlsat mtb mu
qm:!lir
"II-
'Eltai that ho is a coward.—
'l'! •Te i, ;u t 6. the t an ner; he i trial
hir
"Hu i '2' r than a haw an ow: It
-
i‘ tlo • ...11,. van if Clot 11,111,c wzt
,i;•,;tt roY.. '
"li hkt - • , i-afth thar It
girl, it tale • itrawn
1. 4 ..at0, ilco, ihirhara. thre:yrea:m
; e.tot a f3;1" t
tarth Coe the nix ,
rir, hitting down 0110 niVeti 40 100 -
in.: ttp ath.ol.-r.
"I. will. th.1:11;r," -.4,1 at la,t.
ntr evroirig Eril•'•l, the gam-It/kb.
f
" You .o:fit for inc ?" ho
g'iWz to the girl, VAI 2. 0 ,410411)A tlw ticAr;ii
113itiling 40:o pretty foot Irevi
Lhcli the ether.
"Ve4, Eriw t," re f "I've b o e u
thinking , - )11 what you said the other uight
Ith. n here,''
" itarbara?"
Eiov.4 .1,44;4* quietly, but hi 4 (Ltd( blue
anti htll,l,‘. d tat her intently.
w•int t , ) t .4 you."
to if y - cu darn to do a very
thin
"Tlt,Jrc i, an old ceflin np etair.;. it
Ftnelbs tunably. They say Rohl:and, the
tuurderer, wa , buried in it ; but the de vi
ealt:e11,1.11*„.• body and left the 04.1 empty
a t the nf the weak; and it wa4 finally
',!13 5(4.1!1 the ton,b. It is n; ,;r thy`
roiun t:landlatle r died in, and Lhey say
.I:rond.bre 41,n— not elay in hi , gt;,y ,
seaflui4, thotiA that I know nothing
about. Dare you n,ahe that oat, yqIIT bed
beniAt ?"
Ertio,t
"1 ,, that all? I will 4 , ) that anti slpep
'll h,- 'Au!, IN you, thick I
w, a1..7
twr 2.1 Ih'v, tr.,01 if pot
141; . Po:1141111 . 1•1:1',. 410 14118 . 4 1 cp, IU
I tut • :
• .• ,•;• .tattier."
*1; i! I vend a !al to
-how you tile elriluio , r. you , tt,y till
toorn:bz," t lin; criou Kiri art,
v. 1.11 a - owl cf her putty 1w:of, — lll atarq
'•Vou vow it'?"
Erne-t turned array and Plowed
tb.• lad in w4iting thron_lt dhu tooth:, awl
` W.n . - • aft ceholur narrow
damp trays, where rat.; ' 4 •lit(
IOW chamber. The lad baked rale a n d
and evidently wautt.d tee 'tarty away
but EtneA made him wait till he took a
•.urvey by the aid of his lamp. It was
v,:ry large and full of tee.--04, which had
been barred across, Ile retnentbr.red th.c
old gramhdre Perms had been inane
year.; before his death, so that this
Lion had been necessary for the saints' of
biro elf and others. In the centre d' the
room stood a coffin, bc•ido it was placed a
chair. The room was otherwise purftetly
empty.
Errted St•Cttled hii-dr out in the emho,
"Be kind emmeh to t:.11 lli s Barbara it
is a very good tit," he 'aid.
The lad went nut and shut the door, lea -
ing the young gunsmith alone is the dark.
anwhile Barbara wa , talking with the
big blacksmith in the sleeping roeni.
"Barney," said she, pulling her hand
away from bis grasp, wlam he would have
kissed tier, "I've a test to put you to before
I give you any answer. There is a corpse
iy:oe in .11r chamber where my grandsire
in the untenanted wing of the home.
II you dare sit with it all night and, let noth
ing drive you away from your post, you will
ask me aenin in vain,"
give me a light awl a bottle of
wine and a book to read ?"
"Nothing."
'"Are these all the conditions you offer
me, Va;bara?"
"All, And if you arc frightened, you
need mover look me in the face again."
So Barney was conducted to his post by
the lad, who had been instructed into the
secret, and whose involuntary start at Ern
est's placid face, as be lay in the coffin, wax
attrilatted by Ihlriley to the natural awe or
a corpse. Ile took a seat, and the boy left
him alone iu the darkness, the rats and the
Soon after young Mita, the tanner, ar•
rived, flattered and hopeful, from the filet
that Barbara had tent for him.
"have you changed your mind, Barbara?"
he asked.
; and I shall not until I know that
yuu uap Jo a really brave think"
"What shall it be? I swear to Fatitify
you, Barbara."
"I have a proposal to make to you. My
plan requires skill as well as courage."
"Tell n,
"Wall, i n t.) is there is a man watch
ing a corps, It bos sworn not to leave
his pot tiii morning. you can make
111111 du it, I shall hsi satirtiol that y o u are
as tout. and ItL , In'aVe Ili 1. require LI 11Up.i.
!Paha
"Why nothing is , 11 teary!" rsolitit,
F r itz, an ',nit. a.
nr with n t,h4,t
El:
. , and far
:,• •I, ‘kkl. The night valet' very
M 0 ..: tor le , had no mean.* or counting the
time, At times a thrill went through him,
fin. it H , ented a;4 if he could hear a low sup.
in-athing Hot liar away; persuaded
hineelf that it was the wind blowing thro'
the revi, e. of the oil home. Still it wa;
eery lonely and not at all cheerful.
The lam , in the coffin gleamed white still.
The rats - , ,meaked as it there was a famine
upon them and they sat-wiled the dead tie.h.
"I l! thought made him shudder. He got
up and walked about, but Htmething made
a 'light ttoie 1 , , hind hint, and he put his
chair with his Leek againtd, the wall, and
sat down again. lie had been at work all
day, and at la, t grew sleepy. Finally he
nodded dad snored.
Slid ioely it se-tiot as if' somebody had
toady , ' him. Itc. awoke with .i start, and
s a w n o hody it. ar, though :n tho eontre of
the roAti 5t0..1 3i white ti4nro.
"Cor y f_ct tri4t, of =his!" he ex
e;aitued is a it iOtt, usiog the first words that
atm: to his
Tim figthe hell out its right arm and
watt fy appreaehed hiiu. He started to his
roet. The, speoro came nearer, pressing
into the coml.
"The ini.seitief take you!" cried Barney
in his , ext:emity.
luvoloutavtly ho stepped back ; still the
figure advanced, coming nearer and nearer,
as if to t..ke him in a ghostly embrace. The
hair sturnil up on Harney's head; he grew
ditaperare and just as the gleaming arm
would have touched him, he fell on the
;1i0..t like a whirlwind, tearing the sheet,
thmopimz, pounding, 1., ;aim; and kicking,
more DWI no% cm:a l :tit at the r,.4z . n.taneer he
ni , t, which tt,ol Ithe the truth.
As tll , lrr.4d r 11.! N•:1•1 big, and
F. EiE tV:I 1 , 111 , : It.
the Pi .-
tr; ht.! tztq it -•
to taut! Ito; %Opt Ida tool. ,1i 41, kw::
aTttl phowittii: likts hor, th• y 'wet 2 PIA
tit ,1 itx hoarblg a v“iee cry :
Tai s t', wp , or your t,izo, big Barney!"
Looking :o.und they ~aw the corp:-...,
sit
tie.; ttp in his eethn. 'Thin wa s t oo much.
They reloa,.eil earn other and :,prang for the
door. They ueser knew how they get out;
but thy.) , got home in hot htiAo, panting like
It was Barbara herself' who came and
opened the door next morning.
"It's very only; naemure little nap,"
lie, "one more little nap,' turning over
to 6i eoflin.
So she married him, though , he Qent Fritz
and Barney invitation.; to the wedding they
did not appear, .1.1 they diseovered the trick
they kept the knowledge to them,eive, and
never willingly facel Barbara's laughing
I:oVie* rI: MatelP.
'II..
MI
I=
r. r . ss .as a troop her in ac
t dit and hand of a master
d. op trust in man keeps hi m seem i ng ly
thee from great terror, and he gees through
the fight, unkss W041141.'4, as though it wore
a field day at home ; but the moment the
death or disabling wound deprives him of
his rider, ho seems at once to know what a
battle is- to perceive its real dangers with
the dearness of a human being. and to be
agonized with horror at. the Cue he may in•
cur fey want of a hand to gaido
Careless of the mere thunder of guns, he
s h ows pl a inly enough that he more or lee
knows the dread accent that is used by
mis
sels of war while cutting their way through
the air, for as ed!bn as these sounds disclose
to him the near passage of bullet or round
shot, he shrinks and cringes. His eyeballs
protrude. 'Aid with fright, he still does
not most commonly gallop home into camp.
His instinct scents rather to tell hint that
what sall.ty, if any, there is for him must
he titund in ranks, and he rushes at the first
squadron he can find, urging piteously, yet
with violence, that ha, too, by right is a
troop horse that he, too, is willing to
charge—but not to he left behindiethat he
must and ho will "fall in." Sometimes a
riderless charger thus bent on aligning with
his thllows, will not be content to tango hint•
self on the thank of the line, but dart at
some point in the squadron which he seem
ingly judges to he his own rightful place and
strive to force himself in.—King/eke Inva
sion of the Crimea.
...Mr. Toot coming home late ono night,
was met at the door by his wife. "Pretty
time of night, Mr. Toot, for ou to come
home—three o'clock in the morning; you a
r6Apectablu WWI, and father of a litwily
"Tisn't three—it's only one." "My word,
Mr. Toot, t'ou'r drunk. It's three in the
Morning." "I say, Mrs. Toot, I hoard it
strike one as I came round the corner two
or three times 1" • r
"Shull we take the house, Herbert?"
The que.aien was asked by a gentle, deli.
vale Imakitet woman, whose anxious eyes
q,•l t tiXtli on the flee ~r the mini before
'r With an earne4 gaze.
don't, think I shrill, D o tty," was his
..•• 4 reply. ''infr, ex tvett , ii.-N my darling,
„m i d dollars a year. yuss are disap
inoi lo .41," he added, 33 her white hand fell
tl ”tti hi , ann.
QM
he mmglit
"0, re much !" wary the reply ; in u low,
pa►incd tone. "I had wt my heart upon
"Now, I'm very sorry for that. Of
course it's a beautiful house, and cheap for
the size and style—almost new, too, Why,
Dotty, you're not crying about it?"
"0, it's he matter—don't mind me," she
its the -ame law, quiet tones, can't
help being a little foolish about it. I was
willing to give up a great many things if we
could without new dresses and
the set et' silver 'you prombied me. I so
wanted that home."
"Well, it, is plea,ant, of courm it is—per
feet little milaea. But then lather too fine
for u 4, Dotty. By-and-hy, when I get a few
thousands ahead, why, I shan't mind."
"No, but we shall never sea annother
tome so emnpletely suited to my mind."
I.olllf/ 1111thotbrd threw back hie head
and 14 uebn,l.
"1 - ouldn't help it, Dotty, dear. If you
could see your rueful flee as you said that I"
"t)l' emirs°, you laughed at me—you al
ways do," she retorted, a spark of anger in
her soft blue eyes. "You can always do as
y o u like; I must wait your pleasure."
"Now, Dotty, that's not fair," he said
seriously. "You must see that I study your
comfort and happiness much more than I
do my own. Why, darling, you are the
pride and glory of my life, and we have
iven very happy in this plea Kant house.
We never feel pinched and anxious here :
we have money enough to spend on our
simple pleasures, and to gratify Dot , thti.
less in her little fairy cradle here. Why
should we want to change and take on care
and anxiety ?"
"I don't see, Herbert, that a few hun
de doilms more ought to signify," replied
the little woman, toying with her watch
chain, her tearful eyes downcast. "And
.0 know I have been sn used to a hand
-, •
;:, t winced
th. , —, Dotty."
"And w. , have a great deal too much fur
niture tl,r this !muse. I never go into the
parlor and see that beautiful Steinway that
unele gave me n ithout feeling mortified. It
is absolutely almost as large as the roottt."
"New carpets, Dotty."
"Only for the parlor ; and I do think we
might have one handsome carpet. You
promised me that, you know."
"Have you kopt the key of the house?"
"Yes." She looked up quiekly, her
countenance changed, the sweet blue eyes
all the brighter Kr the vanished shower.
"Will you go and look at it?"
"There's no harm in that, I suppose,"
he said, with a long sigh, as he lifted him
self wearily like a tired man. Dotty hur
ried for her bonnet and shawl, set the good,
plain iittle nurse to watch the baby, and
tripp..ll a = -ate=tro off at the side of her hus
band. like Imo walking on air.
garden!" she said de
. s tires gained the place.
order," Ito revondol,
licri,eri, don't think so much of tint
lar: and eent.4. You will grow miserly.
can :•:ive enough out of the housiokeeping to
IP3Y Ihr it thrice over. There, heft this
lovely ?"
Ilerhert thought it was, as the two stood
together iu the spacious parlor.
'The four French windows led upon the
balcony. The de4,o of the chandelier was
csrptisite, the fresline,s and beauty of the
decorations could not fail to please a man of
refined taq.e.
"Ah ! but so dear 1" he ejaculated, as
they entered roolllallor room, to Sad in each
some now and convenient feature. "I sup.
pose I could take it," ho said, "if I saw fit
to help I;m4un."
"In what way?"
"By working night.. But when he made
me the offer I couldn't think of it. for I
felt it would be purgatory to spend my
evenings anywhere but in your dear com
pany. I felt a little fear, besides, as
nut overstrong this summer, that it migh
pull no. down. however, that may be pure
ly selfish reasoning. If you think it would
add to your bapyiness I will close in with
this offer at once, but 1 shall never be home
till nine, perhaps later. Farewell our'cosy
chats and pleasant reading."
"But, Herbert, I have Pet, and nine is not
J. 9 very late ; we might sit up a little longer,
Besides, I could pass the time agreeably
with books and music."
► Kb did litlt see that look of sadness that
clouded his ti►-e as she said this—that deep
ened almost into anguish Wore she glanced
towards hint. It hurt him to the heart to
have her acquiesce so readily. Could he
have done so? No, not for all the houses
and land iu the world.
The place was taken. It cost money to
move, money for carpets, money for some
extra furniture; but. Potty's pleasure was
contageous. Herbert tried to persuade
himself that ho had done a good thing, and
for a few weeks they wero happy. Every.
body admired their .ebt*to, 'complimented
their taste, eulogized tho grounds, which
The nuuotekltoetu.
UY ALI,ICE It
rho rooms are very mach larger than
Herbert had put in fine order. „ But the
over work soon told on the strength of the
young man. It was warm weather ; unfor
nem changes occurred ; his business went
behitelhand a little ; he missied the gentle
stimulus of' his happy home-evenings; ho
grew pale and careworn in his effort to'keep
straight with the world.
There came a time when for weeks his
font never pressterthe threshold of his hand
some ty.w house ; when poor Dotty, white
mid frightened, sat in the darkened room
and listened to him incoherent words--al
ways toward and other; words of tender
ness and beauty- There came a time when
she was borne shrieking from that still chain•
her, because the gentle lips had stiffened to
the semblance of marble, and the love and
light had flown ont oldie stiff, glazed eyes.
There, in that beautiful parlor—all dark
ened now, the strange aroma of fi►ding MOO
WHIIM telling or the nimb ; the chilling silence
and deathly pallor that seemed to change
even the lioniliar furniture striking upon the
senses of the 'nest indifferent—there lay the
love Idle.. youth, the husband of her choice,
never to ' , nide on her again, never to whis
per the words that had made her heart leap
with joy. How little she had dreamed of
this I How all her reasoning came echoing
bad:, cruel, heartless, it seemed. 0, why
did cot her heart break and let her weary
spirit fly to meet him, to beg him to forgive
her'? No not yet.; she was doomed ever to
keep the recellectien of that dint, darkened
parlor before her mental vision—that haun
ted room. Never afterward could she think
of it without a shudder ; it was always pres
ent, always a warning to her against the
pomp; and vanities of' the world. As time
went on the memory softened, its harsh
dreariness melted away, and an angle seem
ed to fill its gloom with a softened lea.—
Constant communing with the dear one she
had lost led her thoughts anti affections up
to the home he entered. She lived for
years, trained their ch i ld to blest woman
hood, and then gave herself up to deeds of
merry. Her heart was in heaven, and the
haunted menu had become to her like the
reeollection of a power of beauty.
Life on the Turning of a Card.
A friend narrated to us a day or two
since an anecdote of early times in West
Tennessee, which we will attempt to repeat
even at the risk of loosing the graphic eim
plieity of his conversational narrative:
Some eighteen or twenty years since a
weliknown re-Went of Tipton county was
put on his trial, charged with the murder
of his wife. As usual in such cases, popu•
ler feeling was largely against him, and the
e loquence and ingenuity of counsel were re
quired to make an impression in his favor
upon a jury which, however impartial it
might desire to be in the consciousness of
sworn duty, could not but see the waves of
popular prejudice surging in upon it.
The case was ably argued. The counsel
for the defence made most vigorous and im
passionate appeals. The case was submit
ted to the jury, and theme retired to make
up their verdict. Time passed and as the
setting sun warned all of the approaching
night, the large throng in attendance, the
judge, counsel, etc., retired, all anxious, the
accused not the least so, to learn the verdict
of the jury, and some wondering that the
jury horitated fey►r one moment to bring in a
verdict of guilty. In the meantime the
jury had come to a point beyond which
they could progress no further. The ap
peals of the counsel for the defense had not
been without their influence, and the jury
stood unchangeable, six for conviction and
six for ecquittal, Something had to be
done. In those days twelve good fellows
could not be got together for a night and
sleep. Cards appeared mysteriously from
the depths of sundry large poekets, and ex
ercises in seven up and poker were zealous
ly commenced.
About midnight, one of the number, Col.
P., proposed they should play a game of
seven up, and the result to decide the ver
dict. The proposition was heartily and
unanimously agreed to, in all seriousness,
and the whole crowd collected around
Col. P. and his his opponent, who proceed
ed to play the game on which was asked a
human life.
Col. P, played to save the accused. The
backers, live and live, stood behind them en
couraging the champions, and watched the
game, dimly seen by the light of two tallow
candles, with the most intense interest.
The game proceeded with very equal for
tune, till both parties stood at six and siz.
It was Col. P.'s deal ; ho dealt and turned
Jack. The prisoner was acquitted, and
every member in the jury joiued in the
shout which startled the village, even the
revellers in 'the grocery.' Next morning the
jury went into the court, and gave, to the
astonishment of many, the verdict of "dot
guilty." The juryman who played an un
successful game for human life still lives,
and is a much respected citizen of the dis-
trict. One of the counsel is a distinguished
member of the Memphis bar, and the ac
cused has,wc believe,gone to a higher court;
but neither of them, nor any of the assem
blage nor the court, who mervelod at the
verdict t3ichteen you ago, has ever known
that a human lite was saved by turning
Jack.. There are some epiiiodes in the hie
tory of our early acttlellloflt pat who would
think of venturing life on to Jack?
...Spriggins ssysho one prevented s se.
yore case of hydroaMbis, by simply getting
on a high fence and *saint; there until the
mad dog left,
NUMBER 30).
A Greta Evil.
gOur race groans under evils, snd carries
burdens heavy to be born : some of these
may be traced back to the first sin and are
beyond our control, but most of them are of
our own producing, and may be arrested by
a resolute act of the will, or by aids which
come from other sources.
Two evils now fill the land and world
which are of human invention, and are sus
tained by human authority. One of these
Alcoholic drinks and the other is the use
of tobacco—of the latter we wish to say a
few words.
This Las grown and overspread the nations
of the earth till now it challenges observa
tion, reflection, and the exercise of enlight
ened conscience while looking the naked
facts, in the face. Such is its present ex
tent, that five and a half millions of acres
are occupied in its growth, producing two
millions of tons annually and costing tho
human race ten thousand millions of dollars.
by far more than enough to pay the what
debt, in one year, of the United States and
Great Britain, startling as the fact may
seem. In our own country alone, one !tun
dra! and fifty million are erpended annual
ly in its consumption, by far more than is
appropriated to support the gospel of Christ
and the cause of' education. now appalling
such a state of things, while want and suf
fering are all around us Multitudes are
without, the Bible, millions have never heard
the name of Christ, and the most important
enterprises for promoting the welfare of
mankind, falter and fail fur the want of sup
port.
Yet this enormous exp3nditnre is entirely
uscles. No one claims that he is the bet.
ter for the we of tobacco in any form. It
is a mere habit, innwently ihrmed, and
while at first a pleasure has grown to be a
master and tyrant.
Not only this, but it. is an offensive, filthy
habit, finding no place in the church, in the
parlor, the ladies' saloon, or elsewhere, as
a high order of society meets and indulges
in exercises which the higher nature craves.
1111144(0m using it, are ashamed of the
fruits of it, and would be glad to be rid of
it, if they knew how to break away from
the enchantment. But this is not all, or
oven the worst of it. It is injurious to
health ; when taken to excess operates as of
a poisonous nature, weakening the system,
and leading to premature death.
Such evils, together with its enormous
expenditure, ought to make sober, refilect
ing conscientious gm consider whether it
can be right to continue such a habit as this
—ought it not to be overcome at all haz
ards, and thus promote health and eleanll
nose, and save the funds thus uselessly spent
to provide fcr personal and family wants
and build up the cause of truth and right
eousness in the world 2—Er:change,
AU sorts of Items.
...A Young Woman's Christian Associa
tion has been formed in Cincinnati.
...Mahogany is so abundant in Nevada as
to be used for fuel.
...How to get at the real complexion of
some ladies—take soap and water.
...General McClellan is one of the engi
neers engage in constructing the bridge
across the Hudson at the Highland's.
...Curran was asked by a brother lawyer,
"Do you see anything ridiculous in this wig?'
"Nothing but the head," was the reply.
...A temperance author wrote drunken
ness is folly, and the printer made him say
drunkenness is jolly.
...In the Sehuylkill county almshouse is
an Irish woman who has reached the age of
one hundred and nine years.
...Negro constables in Louisiana, when
serving a warrant, first shoot their man so
as to save trouble in arresting him.
...The women in Germany are to bare a
convention at Stuttgart this month, not to
demand the seffrage, but—to discuss the
best way of managing babies.
...A negro woman in Columbus, Ga., nor
meted her child by dragging him through
the street with a rope about his neck, and
finally breaking his skull against a fence.
...Some capitalists of Chaster, Pa., eon•
template building an immense foundry in
Philadelphia, on the river front, which will
be the largest in the United States.
...A contemporary lttudhig a "well known
citizen" just elected to. office, sap, is
one of the cleverest follows that ever lilted
a hat to a lady, or a boot to a blackguard."
...It is said that Englishmen in Canada
patriotically avoid plaoing green spectacles
upon their nos. lost it be construed into
hoisting the green above the red.
...The city pessengar Railroad of Harris
burg seems to be a lailure. There is not
travel enough ou it to keep it up. There is
talk of its being abandon.d.
...Flattery is a sate coin which our own
vanity has made current, and which will
never be out of credit as long as there are
knaves to offer it, and fools to receive it.
...A gentleman traveling on a steamer,
one day, at dinner was making way with
large pudding close by, when he was told by
a servant that it was dessert. scatters
not to me," said be, "1 would eat it if it
wore a wildoraam", ,
...A woman at one of the New York city
dispensaries applied for medical aid, stating'
her disease to be "flirtation of the heart."
"Not an uncommon ailment with your aex,
mem," replied the' doctor, with a twiuliln
'Jr the 'lv.