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3.. X. NEAItLF.Y,
J. ➢I. WALLACE. L
CARDS
3. 1. ATWoOD. ISAAC W. IIANCIIt. 8. BANCI4- 1
'ATWOOD, RANCK. & CO.,
CO3cSfISSION 'I IIIIII.OIIANTS,
trinoleentle dealera In nil tannin of
PICKLED AND SALT FISII
No. 210 - North Wharves,
Marro Roca entreat, '
lo ,0
COYLE BROTHERS.
.Y or/ON S, 0 ES A E
AT CITY PRICES.
Constantly on hand, such as
hosiery. glovei, suspenders, neck ties and bows,
shirt fronts, cambric nod linen hantikerelnefs, linen
and paptir collar*, and cults, trimmings, braids,
spool cotton, wallets, combs, stationary, wrapping
palmr and paper bags, dru,at, soaps and parfunterY,
shoo black add stove polish, Indigo, cigars, &c &c.
intarumis.
No. 2I Smith Hanover etreet, Carlisle, Pa.
t3ntnll7 I tf
D ENTISTRY I ,
• DR. J. D. ZINN,
Having recently removed to
No. 61 North Hanover street,
(In the bomb lately occn pied by Dr. Dale.)
Carlisle; .Venn' a,
Will put In troth Nam :10 to $2O prr set, as th,
one may roqulrs. All work warranted. N.
10futt70
DR. J. S. RENDER,
110NPEOPATTIIC PHYSICIAN.
Wilco in the room formerly occupied by Gel. John
Lee. Hesell9
I3ELTZHOOVER,
~• A 9 TORN EY AT I,A W.
Wilco iu South Ilsnover 8 truut, opposite Ilonlz's dry
goods ram., 10.,70
R OLL, KIHICPATHICE A: WIIITEMAN
LSLolo olenlern In
MANUFACTURED TOBACCO,
N. 21' Cbr. Third and Market streets, -
Philadolphia.
u. r. ROLL,
0 KIRKPATRICK
MD
C. P.WM. B. PARKER
H UMRICLI A; PARKER,
ATToRNEYS AT LAW.
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JAMES 11. GHANA'S', Jit.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
No. 1 , 1 South Hanover street,
All I . L A.
011lomt.IJoining .1 odge Graham',
.1.1m1174)
JOHN CORNMAN,
ATTORNEY AT 1.4 W
Moe No 7, Ithrem's HMI, in rear. of the Court ilouou
BEM
JOSEPH RITNER, Jlt.,
ATTORNEY Al' LAW AND SURVEYOR,
31rehonitrIturg, Po. Office on Rollrood street, two
m. 1,11 4 tooth ol the Book
811411161.11 promptly ittneoled to.
JOSEPH G. VALE,
A TToaNeY LAW.
Practices in Dauphin and Cumberland
Counties
01114ko—B, itl t, Pustolll, nJ .11
lunty, Pet. 12,110711 Y
JosErn F. crLyEh. CIIAS. V. CIILVER.
LAW, LOAN AND COLLECTION
OFFICE OF .10SEPII F. CULVER A: 11110
PONTIAC. .11.1.1N015. We have the beet of foelli.
ti , .; fur placing capital on Ibst-Clans Improved farms.
Titles irivesclglited, Rod Abstracts fortilkhed frail
air own_ offie•., Ten per rent 'lnterest and prdapt
Olytnetit nacre stead, We have correspOodidito In
ry part of the West,- Mile)) furnishes no every
facility fur speedy era feetionl.
REFERENCES Ilion. Janie, H. Graham, Won,
N. ['coots°, esq., Rm. J. shearer, mt.. C. E. Sla•
glialkidle, IlaintOon,
Harriabora. Hon. cuiver Ito. Horatio
King, )1 lolling-ton, I). C Oeoi-ge 71. Stuart, Phila
delphia. Chambers & Puoiroy, New York city.
C. HERMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Carlisle. Pa. N•. 1,1 !them's Hall. 7'10..10
A. X. M'CLIJEE. J. 11. Iig4EIELIAN
M'CLURE & M'KEEIIAN,
.ATTOWNEYS AT LAW,
144 Stmth Bizth st
ESE
P. H. SITAMBA.RGER,
• JUSTICr; Ur TILE PEACE,
Ululnfield, Welitpent.boro' township,
Cumberland County. PeniCa.
All budnees, uutro•tod to 111111 11111 resolve [mania
290ct70
W F. SADLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
•
OffEe,22. S , Joth aer •O, et. next Ow 00101 WEI
llokm 11010, lOrwal
WILLIAM KENNEDY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ulllcu In Volunteer building, Gar'Who,
AV J. SHEARER,
ArroßN tor AT LAW.
011iee In nortlieng curlier it the Court House. Ilhleall
ANTES. B. BIRONS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
. 72$ Walnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
LEGAL NOTICES
ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE.—
Luttvrn of o •, the eatate of Peter
II:L.110re, deceased. late of Hampden tdwnahip, hove
111300 Issued by the Itegiater of Cumberland county,
to the eul.cribers r•eidinq in said township. All
pew:km indebted to nand estath, will phone make
Immo hate payment mud these hayinc claims to pat
.t them, duly authenticated, to dm undersigned,
tor settlement.
JcuiN.DAsKuortE,
JUIIN
11,1111108 tratoto
144 0 1 , 7 16 t
ADMINIST4ATOIt'S . NOTICE.-
Letter's of atindoistriition on the estate of
Sirs. Catharine Illohelhorger, deemissil, into of Lower
Allen township, Cutubor hind county, Meru been
issued by the Itegistor of Cumberland county hi Lilo
ldi
sucriber rositlint; at Shire rnanstowo. Comb.. land
county, Pa. All porsons indebted to sal' estate,
will phones mai.° limns date liniment, and thoso
hawing claims will present thorn, pioperly
autLeutl
crated for settleinslit, to
JOHN EICIIELBERGER,
7sep7lot. Administrator.
lISSOLLITION.—Tho firm of Strohm
A.! S Sponslrr Is Hint day llaiolvud by mutual
comma.. All portons knowing themselves Indebted
V, said firm, will pleare make payment
1.1 , 1 i bunt, bating claims ag.slu4 g tlw enure, will pre
sent shout.
Bailor of the parties' aro authorlavl to settle the
basin°aa of tho Into trot. D iVID STROHM.
W D. 81):481.E11.,
J. W. STROM!, '
Curlisle, Sopti•nber 14, 1571
The toudneell will he contlened'hy Devil Strohm
and i. W. litrohul, Tinder the name of Strobel k Co.
The pti.truuttge of the polite tq resiteetMlly 11,11!e
Red.
21sop7lot
ENACIITOU'S E, —Letters
toatiunentary on the estate of Da'vill Martin,
Into of the borough of .Carllnio, deceased, have bees
is,.ned by tlio Register of Cumberland county. to Alio
subscriber residing in the borough or Corn.. All
person, Indebted to held estate will ple.iin make Im
mediate piiyment, and thtkao baring claims to pre•
lout them duly authiintichq, to the undersigned,
tar settlement.
HENRY BA XTON,
Exucutor.
1 opilll
EXECUTORS' Nq_IVE. Latin"
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testamoutary on the estate of Thenlas
Leo, Br., late of Dickinson toWnship,Ale
ceased, have been issued by the Register
of Cumberland county, to the under
signed . executors. All persons ihdobtod
to said estate will make immediate pay
ment, and those having claims will pre
sent Omni, properly authenticated, to the
undersigned. •
FRED'K W4T7M,
JOgN
Executors
1A50716,t
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE I
'Letters testamentary on the estate of
Jasob A. Gardner deceased,• of South
Middleton township, have been leaned
by the Register of Cumberlind county,
to the subscriber residing in said town-.
ship. All persons indebted to said estate,
will please make immediate payment,
and thoso.having claims to present them
duly authenticated, to the undel•signed,
for settlement. •
11,, WEWCAT.
' Exec:altar.,
.2850p7160
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-F4xEcurrows IsTOTlO.,—Lottera
• tindamontary on the want° of Anthony Baird,
9 Llturchtown, Mottrou tonfulltip, decettataV have
toga lontod by Silo 11.eglear of 'Cumberland county,
o the aubscrlbor "lending' at Churab town. All per
glow, wqobtod to cold imitate, will plenee main Im
nunllnto payment, and tboao baring Malmo to pro-
vont them duly tuttbenticatodito - tho.undotalgnod,
for mottAcnont,
.2000101.
BAWL + PLANK,
Nxecutor.
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THE EMPIWE TIT UAL
TTNEXAMPLED I
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LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
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OF NICIV YORIC,
In tho first Fifte'eu Months of Its existence has Issued
OVER FORTX-FIVP HUNDRED POLICIES I
INSURING OVER $8,000,000.00
and, taking in Premiums $500,000.00,
being the largont eoninionrtheent bueluves ever done
by any eimpany In the world I
Ordinary wbol6-11113 pollcleo are übsolutely no
forfeitable from payment of Brat annual premium.
Special Insurance nun•forfeltable after two onnu
payment.
All pond.; l'acontentable for nanal canner, and
almul u I vly Ineunteata I It after twu annual prumillidtl.
All restrictions upon travel and residence removed
and no permits ruquired, -
No nc,anniantion of ',arrest on Loans or Deferred
Premiums, and no increane ollnounal payments on
any elms of politic.
One-third of the premium loaned to the party I
oared, if dorired, and nu Note required.
Dlrltholds on the progressive plan, not also ape
the guarantee interest plan.
Iluolue,el of the company conducted on the Mutui
Non.
Mid rAir lu itx provifilo.
Incontestability of Policies
It is the hurposu of The Empire to fulfill all its
contracts, the evidence of which is that'lle policy
has no convenient rufugeA by means of which it con
escape a just demand. Proven fraud oh the part of
the Inured will aloays invalidate a policy. Also
outride, if committed previous to thu payment of the
second ;mould premium; ..r death caused by engaging
in any specially hazardous I . mmitiess witldn tho first
two years. lint alter the expiration of two years,
Alm policy will be held incontestable Ihr all causes
except fraud.
Nou-FOrfeiture of Life Policies
No policy of iutdhancs with continuous payments
for life 0 ill be forfeited or become void by the non
payment of premiums thereon, until the full paying
power of tbe premiums have been exhausted. The
langusge of the policy Is:
ECM
"That if any premium after the firotaunual pre
mium that have been paid, than not be paid on the
day when due, and the maid it red shall, within
thirty Lys thereafter, give notice in welting ef Ina
bility to pay the .111 e, and of a desire that mild
policy shall he continued in force under the follow
lug condipiout. ,., Theo, and In 8.11 case lids policy,
shall not be forfeited or become void by tho non-
Payment of the said premium due thereon, until after
the expiration of a pcsiod, to life determined no fol•
lows, to wit The net Value of thin policy when the
premium becomes clue, shall ho determined by ado- .
oriel calculatiou, and after dedbcting from ',itch not
value the lungs upon soot policy nucaoceled by divi=
denim, and "any Indebtedness to the company, roar- I
ilfthii of what reomion shall be considered a net min
gle Premium of temporary Insurance, and thin policy .
shall pa continued in force during the:term for which
it will insure, according to the ego of the party at
the time of the lapse of the premium
Example-of the Non-Forfeitable Plan of
the •"Empire."
Ago of party Insured, 35. Ortlimp7 evbolo 111 e policy
One hnnual pretwinin will con Nue the policy in
force 2 yours cud 3 days.
Two annum] prenillinui will coot ieuo the policy lu
force 4 years and 12 dive.
Three /111111111 i primula. will continuo the policy in
force 6 youre and 27 dep.
Fon!. annual prentlunm will 'continue Clio policy In
lorcn 8 years aind d 6 dnye.
Five ituntud firm:llonm will cool.looo the policy Ii
foreolo yenro nod 50 dup.
MIMI
G. Hilton Scribner, Previdcnt
George W. Smith, Vice Presi
dent.
Sidney W. Crofut, Secretary
Lemuel H. Waters, Actuary
Thomas K. Marcy, M. D., Medi
- .ea-1 Examiner.
Everett Clapp, Superintendent of
'Agencies. • •
THE TESTIMONY OF THE PRESS
The Ethpire is a popular Institution, managed by"
reliable Men, MI SWIM' businoss principles; and IX'
destlued at x 'tory early day to stand xhoilltler to
ohouldsr with.the oldest companies 'of Ito cheractor
in the country. Its oincers and „directors " mean
business," end huvo organized` with tiro vlow of
establishing a model institution.—N. I' Independ
ent, January 20, 1670.
BTROIIST &CO.
"This Company is a groat success; the result of
economical, and rellahlo nianageniont. The
Empire has no suporior in the bountry,"j-Boston
Pear
" Having a policy In thin Cqmpany, w•u feel a Jun
pride' in the,great emceesn it le Era.
"An oiccollent colurapy."—Sgm'aiferald
"A v . or.i ettv,oeusilil.Con4nny."—angregationalist.
"It to )vitkpoctillitr ploauuro thatym apeak of this
new candidate for publin favor. Wa know ninny
yeara slime the Proeldont of the company. We know
him to boa tonic of energy, of character, of superior
businesa abllllyomil above all oleo, a auceenallil man
In whatever he undet Mara: The truck le, the Com.
pony hue adopted tho beat jmprovemoilts of the day
In its orgirulatition."—Noto, Engtattd inturanes
Celle. , •
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AGENT VOA
Cuielerland, Perry, and Juniata Nun
OFFICE ,WITFI.S. TIEPBURN, Jn
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14July70. if
THE EMPIRE MUTUAL
THE REASON FOR IT
lIMI/M!LIIII
OFFICERS
OEO. B. MUG, •
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HY VLD
.LOVE
I hetir in the thicket the brooklet's fall ;
A thrush on the lilao.npray
Sings, as.of old, the vesper song
Of the slowly waning day ;
And: ‘ the fragrance comes down frbm the
chestnut trees
In the meadow where daisies blow,
As it came when the tender twiligh
Came,
In the springs of long ago.
Far over the dark and shadowy woods
Comes floating the church boll'a chime,
And I wander and dream in the fading
light,
As I dreamed in the olden time,
When I lingered under the chestnut
boughs,
Till hushed was the -sweet bird's strain,
And the shimmering light of the moon
beams fell
cOn the leaves like a silver rain.
But never again'slitill I wait and watch,-
In the bush of the sweet spring night,
For a stop in the depth of the rustling
• copsi3,
And the gleam of a garment white.
And never again, 'noath the dew-gem
. • med flowers,
•Shall linger my love and I, •
When the tremulous stars through the
fleecy bars
Look out in the western sky. -,-.
'Yet a joy which is nameless and strangely
sad
Throbs oft in my heart's deep core, '
As the sweet, sweet love of the days
long fled ••
Is thrilled into life once more.
0, dear was I to the' heart that is cold,
And her love o'ershadows me still ;
And the stars shine down on her grave
tonight,
In the , lone churchyard on the hill.
—Chambers' JOU real.
THE PEASANT HERO
It is a pleasant place in the rummer,
the village of Bogorodskee—to those, at
least, who, are not above plain living,'
'for neither'r'• hotel nor refreshment room
has ever been heard of there. The
whole place is simply' ne of those quaint
hard - clusters of rough hewn log, huts,
clinging like limpets to either side of the
high road, which are nowhere to be seen
to such,perfection as in Sweden or Rus
sia. , 6omo few of thehouses aro of a
grander sort- actually two stories high,
with brightly painted roofs and white
washed balconies front, that make
them look as if they had white ties on.
These are the `swell' mansions of the
place, and look down upon the poor
shanties around them as a footman
looks at a beggar ; but, for the most part,
our village is made up of little cabins of
the regular Russian type, built with no
tool but n short axe---one storied,
thatched with straw, containing two or
at most three rooms -and topped by the
cocked hat shaped “Tekerdak'!.orgarret,
in which the Russian peasant stows his'
hiiy, piles his wood, stores his provisions,
dries his clean linen (when ho has any),
and, in a word, bestows everything that
he cannot cram into the little kennel be
low stairs, where he, his wife, his child
ren, and very often likewise his ox and
'his ass, his pig and poultry, and every
thing that is his, eat, drink, sleep and
vegetate. The beams of Mr. Ivan's
house fit into each other at the ends like
the corners of a slate frame, his doors is
fastened bistrong wooden pegs, beside
his big stove hangs tLe rudely-daubed
picture of some Russian saint with a.
candle burning in front of it, and in the
corner of the room stands a huge ' soon
dook' or wooden chest, painted red, and
clamped with iron bands. This chest is
the peasant's greatest pride ; ho keeps li
his Sunday clothes in it—he and his
friends sit upon it like a sofa, and when
ever he changes from place to place, he
always drags this great heavy sentry-box
of a thing along with him. ,
But I doubt whether any of you would
like to live in a Russian cottage. The
roof is just a mixture of sapling and
spiders ; the walls a mish-mash of wood,
earth and ear-wigs ; the floor a paste of
straw abd clay, dotted with black beet
les, like the plums in a Christmas pud
ding !
The but I lived in had only just been
built, so that I had nothing to disturb mo
worse than a regiment of black ants
marching every now and then out of the
cracks in my windowsill, or a swarm of
mosquitoes come ' ping-pinging' through
my open window. And, what's more, I
had a little table fixed in the ground in
front of my cottage, and a low bench put
beside it,.and there I used to have my
breakfast and tea in the open air ; and I
can toll you' that when I wars sitting there
about seven o'clock on a glorious sum
mer morning, fresh from my early walk,
with my cosy little tea urn steaming in,
front of me, a . fresh roll on ono side, a
couple of now laid eggs on the other and
the soft, dreamy, sunny uplands stretch,'
lug before me for miles, edged hem and.
there with dark patches of forest, like
fur trimmings on a velvet robe—l was as
happy as could be. One may be com
fortable in Russia as well ifs anywhere
else ; and when you come to travel there,
yon soon find out; that not the cold
dark prison; full'' - of spieS, wolves and
frost-bites, that we used to imagine it ;
that there aro other thingito oat there be ,
sides soap and candles, and other.things
to do-beside sitting all day , close to a
stove with a Woolen comforter round
your neck.'
While the heat of the day laeta' you
don't see' much of our villagers. !Rem
and there you may fall in, with a stray
ono creeping along the highway; or
straggling'aboutthefields ; but as a rule,
the bulk of the pepuhition don't shOW upi
till towards evening. Then, as if by ma
gic,,,the whole place suddenly becomes
alive with all kinds of queer. figures ;
bearded labormain greney'red shirts with
baggy trowsors stuffed into their high
boots, shouting children, shaggy as hears,
and brown as hazlenuts, with nothing
on but n pancake colored night gown
well lined with dirt; short skirted .Wo
men, with scarlet hangkerchiefs round
'their heads, and round,
mouthed faces, that look like a penny
.with a, hole through it ; sallow students
with straggling black Itairoud nn eal:Mg ,
unwashed look about them, ogling 'the
brown-ohCekodk , barefooted lasses who
I come tripping by with
~t heir pails of
spring water; and spruce village police.
iron-dotted ] with brass buttons, looking
ori•with an air .ok. fatherly superiority.
'But ib is'besido the rickety pump in front
CARLISLE, PENN'A., THURSIDAY, OCTOiER 12,
,1871
of the village 'shoppfall sort's' that the
great assembly is held. -There, fathers
'discuss things in general, with their
Mouths full of hip& bread and'salted
cucumber ; their mothers compare notes
on family - matters; or drive hhrd bar
gains among themselves ; and their child
ren of every age- amuse _themselves with
the national, sports of rolling in the gut•
for and throwing dirt in each other's
eyes, varied by an 'occaSional bout at
Inuckel-bones, by way of variety,—
But in-whiter - a sad change comes over
Merry Bogorodskno.. Instead of the
charming little village, full of life and
enjoyinent you see nothing but a cluster
of silent huts, half burled- in the snow,
peering above the groat white desert that
extends on every side. All around, the
bare desolate fields stretch their ghostly
wastes to the horizon, while here and
,there a solitary raven, disturbed by your
approach, flaps"heavily‘awaY with a dis
mai scream,' like some belated spectre
returning to its grmie. Tho few peasants
who still linger about, muffled in their
thick sheepskin frocks; survey you with
an air'of disdainful astonishment, as if
wondering what business you ha've here
itt all ; the leafless trees stand up gaunt
and grim against the cold, grey sky, like
an army of skeletons, and over all broods
a dead, dreary, • ghostly silence, broken
only by the distant barking of a dog, or
the moan of the mind through the distant
forest. And worse still, if. you happen
to stroll beyond the village after dark,
you will see pale spats of light like the
flame of a half quenched coal flitting
among the trees—and hear along melon : -
choly howl, like the wail of the wind on
irgusty winter night; going drearily up
through the still frosty air—and suddenly
find'yourZelf face to face with a huge,
gaunt; grey wolf, tut savagd and blood
thirsty as hunger can make him,
Well, it was on a hitter January even
ing the winter before last, that six men
were assembled in one of the huts which
I have described. It was- a room of the
common sort, a big bed,- with a patch
work coverlet,' filling up one side, the
usual huge chest in one corner, a pictu.re
of the emperor pn-one 'wall, picture of
the bombardment of Sebastopol on the
other, and the portrait of a saint as
usual beside the 'stove, several clumsy
wooden chairs; and a low table, on which
stood a ( samovar,' or Russian tea urn,'
with a teapot perched on the top of it,
while around it stood half a dozed tum
blers, full or empty ; for in Russia'you
ktiow it's the way to drink tea out of
tumblers instead of cups, a fashion
which burns one's fingers shockingly, if
it does nothing else.
Beside the tea-urn stood a sthall lamp
,(gurgling and sputtering as if it had a
bad cold), which threw a pale circle of
light upon the heavy cross beams of the
roof and the dark sallow, bearded faces
of the company. They made .. a very
striking gfoup under the dim lamplight,
-theso.six mon o aod all the more-so from
the strange mannil• - iniiliTelirlliFfiTeie
behaving. In an ordinary party of Rus
sian peasants you would have heard
6asoless talking and laughing, boister
ous jokes, stories of Neighbor This and
Neighbor That, snatches of old song,
sunge this very place by the same kind
-of men iii the days of Peter the Great,
and possibly if the story teller of the
village happened to be of the party, an
old legend or two, handed down from
generation to generation since Russia
first became a people ; .how Ilia Moro
metz fought with the Nightingale Brig
and, and how Alexey Papavitch slew
the Flying Tartar. But these men wore
Silent and thoughtful, no jokes, uo sto
ries, no laughter, every face clouded
with anxiety, every eye fixed moodily on
the ground.
Weary, weary work, crouching there in
he cold and darkness, 'With stiffening
fingers clutching the heavy hatchet, and
the ears strained watchful to catch the
slightest sound. Hark ! was not that a
low howl from the far distance? No, it
was but the wind' moaning through the
skeleton branches of the forest.
Patience yet! Hark, again ! and this
time there is no mistaking the sound';
not the long melancholy howl wherewith
a supperless wolf may be heard bemoan
ing. himself; on the outskirts of Moscow,
almost any night in the week, but a quick
snarling cry, as of ono who sees his food
near at hand, and wishes to hasten its ar
rival. And there, gliding ghost-like over
the meat waste of, snow, comes a long
gaunt shadow, straight, swift, unswerv
ing, towards yonder shapeless lump of
carrion on the highway, upon which ho
ponnces with a fiqco worrying snarl that
makes oven the brave heart of the listener
stand still for a moment with involun
tary horror. No* iMrladimir's time!
To - rush out at once might scare the beast
away ; he must first try to cripple it.
The axe flies at the monster's bend with
the force of a catapult ; but the dim light
deceives his aini; and it hits tho fore
shoulder instead, tearing it open with a
fearful gash, from which the blood 'gushes
freely over the snow. With a sharp howl
of pain, the wolf turns and dim; but the
swiftest foot in Bogorodskee is bard at
his heels. After his long, weary vigil,,
this breakneck chase is like the breath of
life to Vladimir, and over this hard
smooth snow, his speed is a match for
ally wolf woundectlike this ono. Already
Ito had almost come up with the game,
and is raising his knife for a sure stroke,
whemthe flying grey shadow in front of
him suplenly wheels round,-shoots-up
frona i the earth like a rocket, and falls
right upon the breast 'of its-pursuer.
Down goes man and wolf Wpillihe whirl
of flying snow, while a shrill yell riifg'sr",
'out on the silent air, for even in the irud
den shock of that death-grapple, Vladi
nfir''s knife has found time to come home,
and the'hot blood pours over his face and
breast from the wounded side of his adVer
'sary.• And , Se, far out on the lonely plain,
with the' •cold Moon looking pitilessly
down upon it, begins the tag for life and
death. Over and over they roll in the
bloody snow, the wolf clutching at the
throat of the man, the man burying his
knife in the side of the wolf. Crushed to,
the earth beneath a stifling weight, spent
with his long - watchond headlong rum— ,
with certain ,death glaring at bins from
. the yellow, murderous eyes of the savage
brute, the stubborn Russian still fights
doggedly on. Iu the, hot fury of that
mortal struggle, the fierce hunter-nature
amialces, - sweoping away all memory of his'
,eomrades, his wife, his devotion, ho feels
only the longing to tear and kill tingling
to , his very finger ends, only the grim
enjoyment of ilunging his,knife again and
itgainAnto-that , -gannt muscular Bich)
whore the lidieeenni to Ho so deep. pook
those merciless stabs aro at length be
ginning to toll i_the fierce yellow-oyes aro
.growing dim,,the huge.jaWs quiver eon:`
dulsively,and from their edges the' froth
and blood drip in hot flakes. upon Vladf-
Mir's face: ~But now,: with, a mighty
offort,:tho wolf wionolies his head froni
the iron grasp of Tladimir's loft arm ? and. •
with 'ono fierce crunch of hisidiong tooth
break'illie: bone below the'ellieW.:
limb' drops powerless st'lBsiside: Ono
; more desperate stab intp the quivering
flesh of his enemy, and than he feels thqt
g •
And what was it theu that made them
so gloomy ? Let us listen to their talk,
and perhaps NV -may fled out. .
"It isu sore judgment on us !" sai
one who seemed to ho the host—a` big
burly man, with a tangled yellow beard
"The like has not been seen since the
year '6l, when the wolves came right into
the village, and killed nine of our dbgs
in ono night. 'But then there were many
wolves, while now it is only ono that
does all the mischief; and yet we, as
many as we are, con do nothing against
him."
"And how the mischief can wo do
anything," cried a second, " against a
brute that scurries about as if ho had
wings? Pounce he comes into the vil
lage, gobbles up the first thing that
oomcslo hand, and off again ! and you
may try to recollect his name I" (This
is the' popular"' filtrazo for utter disap
pearance.)
"Well, we must 410 something to stop
it," said the third, a grim" old fellow,
who had had his nose taken oil' by a
frost-bite. "Mother Avdotia's Only cow
killed last week, poor Ivan Masleg torn
to bits on - Friday, Feodore Nilceetin's
dog snapped up last night. - and our
watchman% shoulder bitten through—
brothers, we aro wrung befiire God if we
let this go on !"
"Ah, it js . all very well tq.say:wo must
do something—but who's to do it?" re
turned the second speaker emphatically.
" When' we turn out, three or four to
gether, the cunning. rascal marks it, and
keeps off;- and there's not -a man in the
Village, I take it, that would venture
upon him single-handed. Who'll try it
think yo ?"
"I will!"
It was a _very low quiet voice that
spoke tho last words; but there Was' a
firmness in it which no ono could mis
take. The speakers started, and looked
up. The sixth of the party, seated in
the farther :corner near the door, had
hitherto imen so quiet that they had al
most forgotten-his presence, but• now
ovary eye was turned upon him. Ho
was a ypung man, but little over twenty,
though his heavy mustache and square,
thick-set, muscular frame made him, an
pear considerabTfTddirr. - 1;lis .face was
course and cominonplace, inotigh—the
low-browed,' 4, weather-heafen
countenance. of the genuine Russian
peasant . ; -but there was a nameless
somethingThboiit the bread square jaw
and small ddep-set gray oyo, than would
have made you pick out that than among'
allthe,six for any work. 'requiring' cour
age;'and hia bad performed mine. than .
one feat which - tho: gonalps 'still
remembered with admlration n eir
winter evening 'Chet toicurm.'
Mikhailoviteli I" (Wal
ter tho son of Michael) cried tho lost,
" whot's-thio 'you'rp thinking .of? You
that have only beenmarried two months,
to go making wolf's meat of yourself?
Nonsense, lad, stay at home, and take
oar& of your wife, and leave Wolf hunting
to them that's got - nothing better to do."
Vladimir answered never a word ; but
his, features hardened like a mask of
lion, as ho slowly rose to hbi feet. All
present know well that when his face
wore the look that was upon it now they
Might as well try to move a mountain as
to persuade him ; n d they sat- silent,
waiting to bear what h would say.
"you say that Nikeetin, the butcher,
lost a dog last night; did the wolf eat
the whole carcass 2" asked Vladimir of
the noseless man, in the quick coMmand
ing, tone of ono who knows 9140 must
be obeyed.
"No; ho - hardly got a bit of it, the
rascal—that's one comfort!" answered
the - old fellow with a grim Chuckle.
"Feodore Stepanovitch heard the clog
yelp, and out rushed he and his men
withlights and liatehots; and - seared:the
brute away. As for the lying
there in his yard now."
-
"Go, one of you, and bringit; and .if
ai-IY-one has a sharp wood-knife, let him
give it to me."
It was curious to see how absolutely
this young man, thqvungest and least
important-of-the wlailb-partyossued his
orders ; and how unhesitatingly the rest
obeyed them. Here, as everywhere, the
stronger mind took the leak' and the;
weaker instinctively followed.
The *host produced a huge, broad
bladed knife, which. Vladiinir. slung
around his - neck without a word ; and, a
few minutes later the carcass of Nikee
tin's dog was lying beside the door. He
then drained his glass and said-," You
tell me this brute generally. comes about
midnight; - so - between eleven - Mid - twelve -
I shall take this carcass to the cross
roads, and threw it there as a bait for
him, hiding myself behind the fence hard
by. When he comes up, I shall attack
him ; and then let it bc as God wills. But
you; my brothers, mind you. don't say a
word of this to any one, le - Any Masba
(Mary) should hear of it. If . l get on;
there's no need for her to know about the
matter at. all ; and, if I'm killed, she'll
hear of it soon enough—God help ker
And now,- Alexey Nikolaiovitch, if you
can spare me your bed for a while, I'll
take a nap , to freshen me for my work."
And a few minutes later this nameless
hero (himself all unconscious of doing
anything heroic) was sleeping as calmly
as,if a deadly conflict, from Which he had
little or no chance of' escaping, were not
awaiting him four hour's later on.
Midnight=cold, dreary j — ghostly. A
dead, grim silence over the lifeless
lage and lonely highroad.. A faint glim
mer of moonlight, giving - a
weird, spec
tral look to the half-seen outlines of the
dark, silent log.inits and making - the
gloomy depths of the encircling forest
seem all the 'blacker. A shapeless mass
ling out upon t the hard snow of the
behind a fence hard by, UTtrsomething
in its hand Which glitters as the moon
falls upon it.
sataiii teeth fastening upon his throat;
everything *swims around him, there is
a rushing as of waCer,in hie ears, a thou
sand sparks dance before his eyes, and
thou all is blank.
" God bo.praised, brother, that yeti are
still alive I" said a gruff voice in vladi 2
nior's ear, af; he recovered consciousness ;
while, at the same moment, a soft arm
was thrown around his neck, and a
fervent "thank ,God I" murmured. by a
sweet voice that ho knew well. —,
"Where, am 12" asked Vladimir, look
log vacantly around, and recognizing first
his'wife, and then his host of the evening
before. '
"Where are you?" repeated Alexey ;
"why in my hut to be sure, where you've
been ever since we brought you in' last
night. You know, when you went out,
we followed at a distance ; and as soon
as wo saw yon start in chase of the-wolf,
we set off after you ; but it's not every
body that can run like you;sp we
catch you up till 'Uncle Gicycoat'''o4
just trying to.get the best of it."
And finally ho recovered, sure enough;
at least, when I met him at Bogorodskoo
last summer, he was well enough to run
a mile shoulder to shoulder with rne, 'and
break a thick sapling like a stick of seal
ing wax. And after the race I wont home
to tea with him, and saw the wolf's head
(its.skin he had sold to.a Russian-officer)
nailed up above the door of his hut. And
the old man who had lent him his knife
told me the whole story, just as I have
given it to you ; and he told me too that
from that day forward the whole village
called yladimir nothing but "Male*
Bogatler," or the Peasant Hero.
GOLD PINK.
_ es,_ said -Tom
Friend to the good lady with whom ho
boarded, " You do keep a good table.
I believe yCn have had, since I have boon
here, every favorite dish of mine, but
one."
"And what's that?". said Mrs. Has
kinst
"It's one of the best things in •the
world—cold pink."
"Cold pink exclaimed the good lady,
" Why, I never heard of such a thing in
my life. It sounds like some sort of a
dead pet."
"Dead pet 1 My dear madam, you
wore never more mistaken in your life.
It's one of the best dishes you ever
tasted."
" Well, well !" said Mrs. Haskins, "Do
you know how it is made 2" .
"Of course I do," said Tom. "I'm
Bute I've eaten it often enough to know
that. My mother used to have it on the
tea table two or three times a week We
were all so very fond of it. And tiff; is
the way you do it : You first chop up a
cooked turkey, or rather I ought .to say
that you must take what, is left of a
cooked turkey."
"Oh ! you mean the bones," said Mrs.
Haskins.
ing but bones left, you can't have cold
pink, of course. But there always is
some meat ,left, at least there always was
at our house. SiY take this meae"—no
bones in it, mind !—and you put it in
something with a flat bottom"
"A sauce-pan?" suggested Mrs. Has
kins.
" No, no !" said Tom. " Yon couldn't
chop meat in a sauce-pan."
"Oh ! you mean a chopping bowl."
" Yes," said ToM, " that's it, I sup
pose. Well, you chop it all up fine, just
as fine as you, can get it."
"And what then?". asked the good
lady, seeing that Tian hesitated a little.
" Well, then, you just leave it in that
bowl awhile. Then you take some cran
berries."
"Raw ones ?" asked. Mrs. Haskins
"No, indeed ! They must be conked
ones, and mashed up and squeezed out.
Perhaps I ought to say that it's cranberry
juice or syrup that you must take. At
any rate, it must be no that it will pour
out and run, fur you've got toe-stir it up
with all that chopped turkey."
"Stir it up said Mrs. Haskins. .
" Yot t you pour it right into the mid
dle of the pile of turkey meat. I guess
it's hot when you pour it, but I don't
know; and then you stir it all up to
getlmr."
"rind hew much cranberry syrup
must be used for,what is generally left
of a turkey?"
" Well, you must pour enough to make
it piiik, and to make it all stick together
when it's cold. You ought to know how
much. When it's all mixed just right,
you put it in some sort of a dish, and
you press It down tight with the bottoin
, of another dishy I suspect, until you make
it ws solitras you can. Then you Inq jt
somewhere'where it will get right cold."
"In an ice 'cream freezer, perhaps
said Mrs. Haskins, smiling. '
" Well now I wonder if mother did
put it in an ice cream freezer, and &coin
I don't know about that. I think
, glie just put it out of doors. At any rate,
when the dish was turned upside down,
and it came' slipping out—on a dish of
course—it oame-out as solid and fine as a
piece of aeon, and all pink. You
could slice it-up splendidly. I used to
do that part, together 'with the eating
part of course. I don't know anything
cold that's half as good .as it is." .
"And you called it cold pink said
Mrs. Haskirs.
"Yes, that was the 'name," replied
Torn. T,
"You shall have 'some, to-morrow,"!
said:she,. "if I can only.tnako head and
tail out of what you have told me."—
Ircarth a, d Morns.
A rITMALE lecturer in- Boston said
" Get married, yoqng math. and be quick
about it. D'en't •Wait for' the millonium,
when tho girls -- areto become angels.
Yon would. look well :beside . an angel ,
wouldn't you, ydu brUto 1"
IT is said that--whon-Brigham....l(enng
was diked the other ,day which ion. he
had at West Point; the conundiltim so
Staggered-him, that lie was obliged to
- refer to the family- record to solve it..
"Do they miss 'mo' nt home?" is not
much sung in that family. •
Ax' - Irish woman once called on an
apothecary with a sl4r infant.. 110 gave
aspowder, of Which he dii;oted- her
to.givo the child as much as would lie
'woman' - replied :
i ',Porhaps your honor would be after
Me the sixpence the whilo;', as I
haven't . one r at all P. , •
ENDEAVO.I?
A meaning cry, as tho world rolls by'
Through gloom of cloud and glory of slcy,
Rings j_p my cora forever ;
And I know not what it profits a man
To plow and sow, to study and plan,
And reap the harvest' never.
"Abide, in truth, abide,"
Spako a low voice at my side,'
"Abide thou, and endeavor."
And ,oven though, after care and toil,
I should see my hopes from a kindly soil,
Though Into, yet blooming ever,
Perchance the prizes were not worth the
pain,
Perchance this fretting ,and wasting, of
' brain
Wins its true guerdon never.
"Abide, in love abide,"
The tender voice - replied,
" Abide 'thou, aulandeavor."
"Strive, endeavor; it profits more ttab
To fight and fail, than on Time's dull shore
To sit an idler dyer;
Porto him who bares his arrupto the strife,
Firm at his post in the battle of life,
The victory faileth never.
, Therefore in faith abide," , '
The earnest voice still cried, -
" Abide thou, and endeavor."
:„ —Cassell's Magazine.'
JUST A. YEAR.
I cannot toll you why love,
I sigh for you ;
I only know I'd dio love—
Yes, die for you.
-It scierhs but yesterday, lotto, -
That first we met ;
Time quickly flees away, love,
Atidyet, and yet—
•Ivto a single year, love,
-With every kiss
Has come unmarried by tear, love;
An age of bliss.
And so We, joined at last, love,
Are thinking how
We might through all the past,. love,
Have been as now.
CloMe) lift your lips to mine, love ;
And kiss me, dear ; '-
And pledge in more than wine, love,
Te, coming year.
HIDING FOR LIFE.
In the Autumn of the year 1865,
business necessitated my leaving Hong
Kong, where I had for some yearsresided,
and proceeded to Swatow, ono of the
ports upon the
.east coast of China,
open for foreign trailie. I arranged my
affairs at that place sooner' than I ex
pected-; and as no steamer bound for
the South was, in harbor, or expected
for somcrdays, I determined to proceed
in. the. Heather Bell, a barque-rigged
sailing vessel of about. three hundred
tons register. •
I will well acquainted with her' cap
tain, but what Perhaps chiefly induced
me to take passage in his vessel was the
fact of his daughter being aboard. Lot
-49:017.7_,11.
eyed darling, upon whose fair head sonic
seventeen summers had smiled. I.Tp9n
her mother's demise, she ,yad quitted
her home in 'England to 11i:company her
bereaved father in his wanderings from
clime to clime.
The Heather Bell sailed from Swa
tow just as day broke. On the 'even
ing of the next day, a little before ten
o'clock, I was sitting with Miss Moore
in the saloon, admiring some water-
colv sketches that young lady had
executed, when the chief mato entered.
"There's a, large junk coming right
toward us sir. By the number of sweeps
she pulls, I reckon she carries a con
siderable crew," he said.
I knew what lie meant, and so did the
skipper just as well as if lie had spoken
all that was passing in his mind ; more
over, I appreciated his motive for reti
cence, (VI. if he had said plainly , that
ho feared she was a pirate, it would have
,alarmed the fair girl, who, thonghtless
of danger near, was chatting so. viva. ;
ciously with me.
Captain Moore ran' upon deck ; and
when I heard lihn shortly afterwards tell
the mate to call all hands, I also pro
ceeded to the poop, and found him gaz
ing intently through a pair of binocular
glasses at a Chinese craft that was ad
vancing, with furled sails, in the dead
calm, being- propelled by an array of
oars, that flashed and glittered in the
phosphorescent water.
"De's an ugly customer, and no
take. We shanThave much of a show,
if he attacks us I, but I will let him see
that we are on the alert. Perhaps we
can manage to intimidate him'," he said
as he stooped down and commenced
caking adrift the lashings of a small
cest;-iron four pounder - that was only
useful as n a signal gun.
Directly this' MI formidable cannon was
loaded with blank cartridge and dia
charged; the junk altered bar course and
passed under our, stern;Lto a considerable
distance away. Captain Moore, when
he noticed this movement; was inclined
to believe that she was a mere trading
junk. .
At midnight I 'retired to my berth,
and had just sunk in the sweet embrace
of sleep, when I Was startled to wake,
fulness by the boom of a heavy gun
while the crash of falling spars ming- -
ling with its echoing thunder, , told mo
plainly that our vessel wasattaoked, and
that the., first 'shot had taken terrible
effect upOn her. .
. grasped my revolver - and rushed
thtough the saloon toward the compan
ion-waY, only halting for an instant
near the mizzen-mast to glean a cutlass
from 'the rack which surrounded it, ere
I ascended to the dock. The scene that
met my eyes on gaining 'it baffles all
description. Tangled cordage, rent
sails, and riven spars lay iu confused
heaps around ;:and from under the
chaotic ruins issued deep groans of agony
frdln the wounded and dying, while
myriads'of torches aboard it hugh junk.
that bad ranged along-side, shed across
the sea a weird, yellow glare, revealing
only too pliqnly
. q 9 Amid offectiNt
wanton carnage: )
As . the juzug ran under our bows; i► -
multitude of fierce . deMonsi'l powder
grimmed and iniatiable in.their lust for
blood, 6laralmred to oar deck and pressed
their way aft. .Tlike, fallen spars and
multifarious impeciiments Offe9tually
prov,ented.any _ono pasaingnlong , tbe Port
side ; so Captain labore„tbiee seamen;
and 'myself, the only survivors; rushed
into the alloy way : to stayboard of . the
deck house, and there stood resolutely
bay. .
Our Murderous antagonists possessed.
no fire-arms, but each one carried a short
ponderous native sword called . a pa
keen p these, however, were of but little
avail ngainst the . winged messengers of ,
death our trusty revolvers sent into the
midst of the advancing horde, until it
became apparent to them anno us that
our ammunition was giving out: .
"Find Lottio, Mr. Carter. ..;We haio
no chance ; but, for Heaven's sake, save
bOr from these merciless wretches, I
have my death wound now," brie(' the
skipper.
-I sprang down the cabin stairway, and
found the fair girl kneeling, at the table,
imploring succor from on high. Her
l'aCe was ghastly pale, and a tremor vis
ibly convulsed her frame when she saw
my blood-stained brow.
"Aro they subdued? Where is my
father?" she cried, as she sprang Miler,
feet. .
I caught her in my arms, and bore lie
bodily on dock. It had been My inten
tention to. place her in the captain's gig,'
that 'hung in the quarter davits, and
lower it into: the sea ; but hardly
,had
we entiSrged from the companion hatch,
when above the clash of steel and the
groans of the wounded, I heard ring out ,
from three hundred throats a word of
dreadful import, "Ming I" (Victory I)
and knew that my bravo comrades had
been beaten down—that the pirates hold
undisputed possession of the vessel.
While in Swatow thiiship's jolly boat,
or dingy, had been injured ; and, since
our departure, the carpenter had been
employed repairing her bottom, as she
lay inverted on the poop. - I know that
I should not have time to lower the gig
when, rheard the. war-cry change to a
note of triumph ; and I instinctively felt
that our only chance of escaping death
lay in concealing ourselves beneath the
little dingy, 'as the cabin and hold would
be thoroughly searched for plunder.
" Crawl under quickly. I' will follow
you," I whispered in the ear of the terri
fied girl, as I raised the stern of the light
craft.
As if mechanically, she obeyed me ;
then, without much difficulty, I managed
to creep under myself ; and scarcely had I
relowered our frail tenement to the deck
ere it was surrounded- by a- horde of
miscreants, who were vociferating loudly.,
Even at this hour I shudder when 1
remember the agony of suspense I en
dured during the ransacking of the
.vessel.
At length it became obvious that the
pirates had accomplished their work of
plunder, for I heard one direct his satel
lites to set fire to the ship and - hurry
back to their own vessel.
Soon the sound of plashing oars told
me that the piratical craft was speeding
away from the hapless vessel she had
destroyed ; so I cautiously uplifted the
dingy and crept from breath her. A
bright, glowing flame shooting skyward"
from the fore hatch, plainly indicated
-hd-w-we Pthe-ratrrauder , ie Ps-mandato.
had been obeyed, and told me in words
of fire that I must immediately bear
Lottie from the Heather Bell and trust
to a loss greedy element for Safety. I
quickly lowered the gig, but she sank on
touching the water ; the pirates had
staved in her bottom. The increasing
roar of the grasping flames, that twined
like glittering serpents up the shrouds
and masts, inspired me with extra en
ergy. I uplifted the dingy,
„and when
Lottie crawled from beneath' , it, with her
assistance Pore it to the taifrail.
"Wo have ne Limo to lower it ; we
must launch bodily," I said, catching
my darling in my arms.
" Ile not afraid, dear love," I cried,
then sprang with her into the seething
EMI
Wu sank deep beneath Hi n e * briny flood,
but I struck \;igorously upward, and,
soon gained the surface. Then draw
ing the lovely girl's head upon my
shoulde r„ I swain rapidly towards tile
drifting,di ngy. it was on its keel and
floating buoyantly ; so I clambered in,
drew Lottie after me, and then sank, -
weak and.prostrate, from over exertion,
in the stern sheets. My fair comrianion
raised my head, and' gently tended me
until I recovered my faculties—recovered
them just in Gino — in see the pretty
Heather Bell sink, a' holocaust, to her
grave in the coral depths.
Soon after a vessel, which proved to
be the Lily; rescued4s from our peril
ous position, and carried us id safety' to
HongsKong ; hilvhich city, six months
subsequently, I led to the hymeneal altar
the dear, bray° girl who had shared my
peril on that eventful night. , .
THE NE:VT BEST THIXd
Stratagems and practical
,iiikes be
tween members of the same family by
way .of rebuke' are sometimes more
effectual than words, if lbo. parties are
good natured, but they are tog. clan
gerolis agents .to be' safely used. Not
many• men would have put 111)11/Rh the
loss of a dinner so quietly as de slack
husband mentioned below, or stop to
think whether he deserved it.
" Mr. Moncton," said my , grand
mother, "I have no wood to burn to- .
day, What shall I do? ,
"b,' send Louisa, around to pick up
some," said my grandfather:
"But lies picked up all she could
find." . .
• "Thou lot,' her break up some, old
stuff." .
But she has broken 'up everything
already."
. "0, well, then, • do the hoxt best
thing„ I must ho off,". said the farmer ;
and no doubt, wondering in his6lieart
what tho next best,thing would bo. ,
• Noon came and with it came my
grandfather and his four hungry laborers:
My grandmother stood 'in the kitchen,
spinning on her great wheel, and singing
a pleasant little•ditty, Louisa-sat scour
ing h the kitchen and cat sat.puriing on
the hearth before' a black and fireless
chimney,. while the" table , sat in WO
middle
. of the mem, sProad dinner,
but with empty dishes.
"Won,. wife hero wo are," said my
grandfather. - -
"So I see," replied she
have ion 11461 a . ; good morning in the
cornfield?"'-• , ,
- "Why yes: -so-so. But4whoro is the
ilinuer?." '
," In the 'Tot dil the door stop,_ won't
you eoo • if itiki done '1",
• And•on. the doorotep,sle be mire,. Writ
MEM
Year In advance I
rs $2.50 If not paid within tho year.
tho greaJ 2 iron pot; nicely cmiered, but
not looking particularly' teamy.
Sly grandfather raised the cover, and
there lay all the ingredients for a Rice
dinner, and the- pot filled With the
cleanest water, and all the vegetables
and meat as raw as they had ever been.
Illy grandfather then started, and my
grandmother joined a roll to the -yarn,
upon her distaff, and began another
verse of her song. .. •
" Why woman what does this mean?",
began my grandfather; "this dinner is
not cooked at all."
"Dear me, is it 'not 2" asked the good
wife in pretended astonishment.
"Why it has set in the bun these four
hours."
• Bet in the sun I"
"Yes, you told me to try the next
best thing to have a. fire, and I thought
setting my dinner in the sun was about
. Idy grandfather stood- doubtful for a
moment; but finally his sense'of injury
'vanished, and he laughed aloud. Then
picking up,his hat, said :
"Coins boys we might as 'well start
for the woods. We shall have no dinner.
till we've earned it, I' perceive.'
" Won't you have.• some broad , and
cheese before you go ?" asked my grand
mother, generous in her victory, as
women always are. And so she won
the day.
Hufiranous.
THE Cattle Plague—Gnats:
A STAGE-COACII—A prompter.
THE'tailor's horror—Clo!roforin, ^
A " LEADER" -- A blind man's dog.
"NOT at home"—./01 out-and-out lie
WORTH a rap—A bad boy's knuckles,
DOUBLE BAssTwo glasses of Bitter.
A SOVEREIGN -BET—Queen Elizabeth.
A min omen—to ow,e men money.
WHALE OIL merchants hate "trying"
times.
A. ItionT errand—Beauing the girls
home from singing school.
" Objnts the Goal—People With the
gout. •
li` all flesh is grass, is hay beer a la
mowed ?.
-- Micard—Their premature
counting.
A cunt?, for dissipation—Stay-0,41m0-
opathy
How to get a roaring trade—Buy a
menagerie,
Wrsnom.—Tlie loan at a loan office is
best left alone.
A soi lET can not be cvan half a sol
dierrif -he is is quarters.
Is it wrong to cheat a lawyer?—Not
at all ; Ina it's impossible. , •
Anrladies called "Mum" because
they talk so little?
tl FALLEN clown need not be cracked,
although he. is a tumbler.
—City pavements
"FLAGS of distress."
in hot weather.
A MAN does not necessarily beeorno
four:handed when he doubles his fists.
A SEAMSTRESS'S EXCLAMATION-A
hem !
!--.A....l3oentles._EmrArll—‘g He saw them
all out."
LEVITY.—One point 'ilbout some mur
derers—They " take life" cheerfully.
Llow much'cloth is required to make a
spirit wrapper?
Ax 31limits man preaches Sundays, and
drives stage,,Week days.
Ax exchange says that a Vermont
deacon is being disciplined for saying,
"0 sugar 1" -
0 NANNY wilt thou gang wi' me?"
as the fellow said when he was trying to
Steal a goat. • '
"Pm half inclined to do it," as the
soldier said when ho touched his toes
with his fingers.
Thy. reason why the ancient Britons
were so formidable in battle is that they
were Pict men.
As errlttUM in the Chicago Tribune
reads : For "setter pup" read "letter
prosy
WHATEVER Midas touched turned into
gold. In these days, touch a man with
gold and he'll turn into anything. •
Ax exchange, wanting to - compliment
" Live Stock Journal," says it is edited
by a man whose head is chuckftil'of live
stock. •
I•r is unreasonable to complain be
cause your clock stops ; it can not got
on without a weigh
MAXIM for younOrScotchmen who are
fond of dancing.. "Youth must have its
Fling.''
PAltlic Ky., boasts of a horse which,
having cast a shoe, jumped mit of his en
closure, wont to a blacksmith shop, and
had himself shod.
LADIES of the ballet aro sometimes
unkind to-their fathers and mothers, but
they are generally vely fond of their
grand pas.-
A NEW legal l 'work is - now in the press
which it is anticipated will meet with an
immense sale. It is entitled "Smith on
the Evasion of Debts."
A NORTH CAROLINA widow bit the
nose otF a judge^ and floored the jailor
with an inkstand, which adjourned the
court.
"Tnn Watch on Clio'-Ahine" bas
brought its composer4pension of 1,000
thalers. how yvatches could be
"spouted" for so Huth.
AN lowa editor, hi noticing a church
choir,. said : "It's like driftwood in a
stream-; it drags on the bars, yet don't
amount to a dam."
A GEOR6IA newspaper, much annoyed
by poetical contributions, proposes to
charge hereafter nine dollars per lino for
all original poetry published in its
columns. ,
SCIINEIDEIi, of the Landwohr, is sad
to hear that the army is to be on "a
piece footing," and, considering the
littluvork to do, thinks ho would 'rather
be paid by the day-! •
A. LIAFIBVILLE barkeeper is in jail for
Murder. Ho says while chasing 'ti man
out of his wife's bedroom with a carving
knife, he was taken witha llt of insanity
and the man died.
A TIMMER of the Missouri
.Legislature
wrote to his wifO, at home to lied out
what hi's religious belief Was. She re
plied !' You had_bettor.eall it. Pretest. : ant, and let it go at that." '- '
A rIBARTLEI39 old bachelor schoolaaaS
ter the other day unmercifully flogged 6.
little girl eight years old, • because , she
said her sister wouldn't have him because'
•
ho had such an iigly nose:
A unTivor, wife and mother in loi•va
Went to a sowing, society, not long ago,
leaving her five .year to
keep house. Sho returned just in 'tibia
tease the roof fall in,
mains were found-in the ssites.,2. 2
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