THE TIMES NEW HLOOMFIKLI), PA., JUNE 7, 1881.
A Loan From Gon. Washington.
1KUT. H-
wlio (lUllngulftlied
Ju lilmm'tf In nevrrnl Wiles that were
fought at the (-lone of the Revolutionary
war, linri the 3in pplncna to win the heart
of Caroline N , tlie ilnnghter of oue
of Virginia's proudest aristocrat, but
not Hie good fortune to win the approval
of her fiunlly, Ju fact, hi advances
were repulsed, and he whs left the
alternative of endeavoring to Induce
Caroline lo leave all for him, or to
abandon hi suit. He wa not of a
temperament to choose the lat ter course,
and Mis N loved hlni too truly to
hesitate long In her choice of the two
ouurse left for her adoption. They were
married privately and without the
knowledge and cousent of Mr. N .
When the latter received the Informa
tion of what had been done, he obeyed
the dictate of wounded pride and refus
ed to be reconciled to hi daughter.
Hhortly after the marriage of Lieut.
H , he wns ordered to the Western
frontier. Caroline accompanied him,
and bore the change In her lot with- the
nweet patience of a loving wife. Three
years after Ibis removal to a fur Western
post, during which time the young wife
had not once heard from home, although
nlie had written often In the hope that
some one. would relent, the health of
Lieut. H began to decline no rapidly
that It became nescessary for him to
seek a life of less exposure than the one
he was leading. A he had no Income
hey oud hi pay as an olllcer, If he retired
from the army he must enter Into some
husiuess or. pursuit for a livelihood.
He was a good engineer, but an engineer
wa liable to as severe exposure as an
olllcer. Finally, after considering the
mutter carefully, he determined to write
on to the head of the War Department,
to whom he wa well known, and solicit
the first ofllce that might become
vacant. He also addressed a letter to
Ueu. Washington, then President of the
I'ulted .Suites, who had once or twice
honorably noticed him during the Rev
olutionary campaign, staling hi case
and asking him to second hi implica
tion to the Secretary of War.
This application wa successful. Lieut.
H received an early appointment, at
a salary of $1,1.00 a year, and Immedi
ately removed with hi wife and one
child to Washington City. Instead,
however, of (hiding that improvement
ill hi health which he had anticipated,
the change from active service in the
open air to a passive life In a email
room, with Its confined atmosphere,
was detrimental rather than beneficial.
He grew paler and thinner dally, and
hi9 strength gradually fulled. To coun
teract this, he used a much exercise as
the intervals of freedom from the duties
of his olllce would permit. This wa
salutary, and prolonged hi life for
several yeurs. Hut the destroyer was at
tork, und his victim at last yielded to
liis sternly Inroads.
On the death of Lieut. 8 , he left
his grlef-stkkeu widow with scarcely
$100. And this was all she possessed In
the world. What wag she to do when
this was gone was more than she could
tell. She kuew of no possible mean of
subsistence for herself and child, and
sank down in grief and helpless despond
ency. She had made a few friends since
her residence in Wellington, and these
felt deeply for her situation. One of
these friend, who had occupied the
same olllce with Lieut. S , represent-
ed the destitute condition of the widow
to the head of the department, and
obtained for her the copying of various
documents, by which mean she was
able to earn just enough to procure the
necessaries of life. This continued for
some months, during which time Mrs.
8 workeil diligently, but in sorrow
aud despondency. Several times she
wrote home, and represented her condi
tion In the most earnest and touching
manner, but no replies came to her
letters, each of which was stained and
blotted by her tws that she strove in
vain to repress.
Never having been used to such close
application to any bodily employment
as was now required of her, Mrs. 8
often became weary and faint over her
task, Oue iliiy she felt so unwell that
ehe could hardly coutinue her employ
ment. Her head ached with a throb,
bing, blinding pain, aud every now and
then a faint sickness would pass over
her. A t length she rose suddenly from
the table at which she was writing, and,
staggering toward the bed, had just time
to throw herself upon It when she sunk
into Insensibility. She had fainted. She
was alone with her little girl, about nine
years old, when this occurred. The
frightened child, when she saw her
mother's deathly face, ran from the
house and almost flew to the olllce of
the physician who bad been in the
habit of attending the family. But he
was not in. ,
"Wheie shall I go V" she asked,
wringing her hands In agony. "My
mother will die!"
Being directed to another physician
some distance away, she ran to his
olllce, but he, too, was out. Almost
wild with alarm, the- poor child now
turned her step homeward. Hhe was
hut a short distance off when she met a
venerable-looking man dressed In black,
whose countenance wa the very Index
of benevolence. Taking him for a
physician, she took hold of him eagerly,
exclaiming, " Oh, doctor, my mother li
dying I Come, quick 1"
" Where do you live, my child V" said
the Individual addressed, evidently
touched by the child's tone and manner.
" Come, and I will show you. You
are almost there," she said, moving
away a step or two, aud pulling the
stranger's garment that she still tightly
grasped.
He followed, and In a few minute
entered the humble dwelling of the
widow of Lieut. H .
Shortly after her child hud left the
house, Mr. K recovered from her
fainting fit, Into which she had sudden
ly fallen, and half conjecturing the
cause of little Flora's absence, wa await
ing with some anxiety fur her return.
When she entered with the Individual
she supposed to be a physician, Mrs.
H was half reclining on the pillows
of her bed. The child sprang to her,
and clasping her eagerly around the
neck, burled her face In her bosom and
sobbed violently. The stranger ap
proached the bedside, regarding Mrs.
S with earnest attention us he did
so. Afler Inquiring her name, he asked
the cause of her sickness, and very soon
understood that nature had been over
tasked. "I must prescribe something for you,"
he said, silting thoughtfully for a few
moment; and taking out hi pencil he
wrote upon a small piece of paper,
folded It carefully, and uld, a he hand
ed It to Mr. 8 : "Send for thl; I
think It will do you good. To-morrow
I will either see you again myself, or
send to know how you are."
The stranger spoke In a calm, earnest
voice, while a benignant expression
pervaded his 11 no face. Hi lone aud
looks were all familiar to Mrs. , but
in the bewilderment of the moment she
could not for her life tell who he was.
A soon a he had retired she unfolded
the puper. She was not long in doubt.
It was a check for $100, and the signa
ture wag that of Oeorge Washington.
On the next day a cleik from one of
the department visited Mrs. S and
made the most minute inquiries of her
In regard to her family. She did not
conceal anything, for the visitor wa
one of her husband's best friends.
Not many week after thl, while
Mrs. 8 sat writing at her table, for
she had felt it to be her duty to resume
her task of copying for the department,
although she did not work Incessantly,
some oue suddenly opened the door and
entered. She looked up quickly a wild
cry of Joy followed In a moment after
she was on her father's bosom, clinging
to him as eagerly a a drowning man
clings to whatever comes within his
grasp. The old man threw his arm
around his child, and wept with her.
His proud heart was broken down. For
years he had striven to forget that Caro
lina lived, but in dream she would
come to him and plead hi forgiveness
so earnestly that in ills waking hour
lie still saw her tearful eyes lifted to hi
and heard her tender appeals. But
pride wa strong, and still resisted all
the promptings of nature. He wa in
thl state of mind when he received a
letter from the capltol. It wug signed
by Gen. Washington, and briefly but
earnestly represented to him the condi
tion of his child, and begged him not to
forget that he was still a father.
This was enough. Selfish pride all
gave way, and he hurried to the city to
seek big long banished aud much-sufler-iug
child, who was soon restored to the
bosom of her family. The "loan," as
Mr. N. delicately called It, was re-
turned to Gen. Washington a short time
afterward.
A High Old Judge.
SOME very comical yarns are reluted
of Eph Clement, commonly called
" Yank," of Yauk's Station, Lake Blg
Ier, well known by all who ever visited
the lake, when he was justice of the
peace of that section a few years ago.
Among his other characteristics, Yank
is celebrated for bis ability to . make a
mouutaln out of a molehill, aud also for
his philosophical disregard for all the
worldly desirabilities when their acqui
sition requires the display of any
amount of energetic force.
One time he was trying a case involv
ing a considerable sum of money, and,
while the most Important witness was
being examined, Yank fell asleep and
began snoring like a house a fire.
"Hello, Jedge I" cried oue of the in
terested partiea, "bow kin you decide
this case when you ain't bearing none
of the evidence V"
' Yank was aroused by this Indignant
outburst, and replied :
"That's all right; I knew all about
the darned case before It klm into this
yer court. I've made up my mind
about the met Its long ago."
And in three minute by the watch he
was fast asleep again. But he was not
permitted to rest long before one of Ills
help rushed Into hi room, which wa
on the second floor of a rickety building,
aud cried out:
"Old man I that goMarned old sow Is
In the barn agin, eatlu' up all the bar
ley." " Gosh darn It I May the blue blazes
strip all the bristles oil' that danged ole
sow's hide," yelled the Judge, and with
a few bound he was at the foot of the
stairs. At that point he seemed to
realize that he had forgotten something;
so he placed his broad palm to the side
of hi mouth and shouted upstairs:
" J 1st adjourn the court until 1 kind o'
knock the stulllu' out o' that sow; an'
ef I ain't back In ten mlnlts I'll give a
verdict for the plaintiff."
The court wit accordingly adjourned.
Upon unnther occasion, a man who
had been drinking too much of a bad
quality of whiskey, which can be had
there ad libitum, went luto the willow
to take a nap, but the poor devil forgot
to wake up again. When the dead body
wa found Yank was solicited lo hold
an Inquest.
" What ! Is he dead 1" asked Yank.
" Why, certainly lie I dead," wa the
rejoinder.
" J:f that's bo, bury him. What's the
use o' holdlii' a 'quest on a dead fel
ler V" remarked the wearer of the er
mine. About the time his Judicial term wa
drawing to a close, a man named Smith
wanted lo sue another who owed him
$100, and he accordingly Interviewed
Judge Yank.
" Well," said Yank, "did you see Mr.
and hev a talk with him about the
matter V" ,
"Orcourseldld."
" Wouldn't he give you no satisfac
tion V"
" Certainly not."
"By Jingo!" exclaimed the Judge,
"ef you couldn't do nothln' with, him,
how In blazes kin you expect me to do
It?"
And such I the style In which Yank
would dole out blind Justice.
----
She Had Business With Congress.
" 7J1IKUEH C(i
VV lngforConi
Ongress t I'm look-
ongress, said a tall,
one-eyed woman, peering through one
of the door of the J louse of Representa
tive the other morning. " I that fellow
with a bald head Congress V"
"What do you want with Congress
anyhow V" demanded a deputy door
keeper, gruffly. "Hold on, you cau't
go In there."
"I come from Buck county, l'a., to
see Congress, and If you've got It on
draught anywhere around here, I want
some. What's the reason I cau't go in
there V"
"'Cause you can't. Nobody allowed
here but members."
' That red-headed man with a squint
a member '"
" No ; lie's one of the member's sec
retaries. He lias a right on the floor."
" Is that lop-sided chap with a wig
one of the secretaries V"
" No; lie's a friend of a member. Hud
a pass."
" Whut's that bare-legged boy falling
over the buck of a chulr ' Huh lie got
uny friends V
" He's one of the page."
" Who's that red-nosed artist with a
sore ear V Did he have a pass V"
" That's a messenger. He don't need
a pass."
" What's that fellow with his leg ou
a desk '( Is be one of the bosses
" He's one of the clerk."
"Any of them there fellows pay any
taxes V"
" I think not. Don't know," said the
doorkeeper, indiflereutly.
" Now, young fellow, you want to
hunt for room to. Bland in while I bust
through this door. Don't fool with me,
oryour friends will think you've been
doing business with a steam grindstone.
I pay taxes on three acres and eight
pigs up in Bucks county, aud I'm goiug
through this 'ere Congress like a contri
bution box through a congregation. You
just crawl out of sight if you don't want
your spine to change places with the
next township. Where's the next Con
gress from Bucks county '( Show me
the Bucks couuty Congress, and If be
don't get a bill through this town to
send that hare-lipped o'id sky rocket,
who wants to foreclose a mortgage on
my place, to the peuitentlary, he'll wish
he'd been born a tree aud cut down and
burned up when he was young. 1'olnt
out the Congress from Bucks county
before I have you Inside out, to see how
you're put together. Tell me I can't
go in among a lot of clerks, and passes
and pages V It there's a square foot of
Congress left by the time I reach It, It'll
wish it was covered with balr that
comes out without hurting."
They induce ber to leave by telling
her that the member " from Bucks
county" held its session in the patent
olllce, and she (leimrtHil. threat
get the bill disposing f ,er mortgage
inrougu more she left town, or make
the Bucks county member think tt
"cider barrel had busted under hltn Just
a a shot tower fell on fop of him."
Why He Got no Hair.
ON the front seat of a Lincoln avenue
car going north, yesterday after
noon, there sat with his coat and vest
thrown open and bis hat off a fat aud
ruddy German whose head was bald a
an egg-phenomenally bald. He seemed
to thoroughly enjoy the hree.e that
puffed out hi garment, aud bis face
wore an expression of supreme content
input. When the cur crossed the bridge
there wu only one other passenger
aboard. At Indiana street there climbed
on a lean and brisk Yankee fellow with
a most terrifies shock of red hair flaring
In all directions from his bead. It so
happened that he sat down In the same
seat with the Oermun, whose shiny
scalp at once attracted bis attention.
He smiled and "bitched" in that direc
tion. I'resently be opened Are.
"Nice day, Isn't It If"
The German became conscious of him
for the first time, aud answered, volubly:
" Vot you tingk off a man vot gom
nieuces a convcrsayshlii by dulling a lie,
und deu asklu' a quesdlou V I tondt
tlugk it Is a noise lay by any manner of
ineanz. Id Mi doo lam hot. I'esldes, I
tingk I boll kot some Isrecep of bowers
of my own so I can dell vetter It I a
noise tay or not mldowt some Chlnimy
Fresh tell'n me bout It."
" You seem to enjoy It all the same."
" O, yes. Vere dere pree.e plows like
here It 1 noise enough. Yen de gar
shtops It 1 hot enough to make a cast
Iron dog hang out his tongue. I let de
preezes plow on my bet und deu I feel
so's to be aroundt."
"What's tho matter with your headi1"
" So far I hef heerd from it dere Is
nodding de matter. Id soots me und
my fam'ly. Id sits square on de neck
bedweeu dwo shoulters, und du far Id
lias kot me drough de verlt all right."
"But It's awful bald."
"Only on de owtslde. Inside de bet
is veil shubhlled mlt a mlghtey goot
article of prulus breddy veil vumlshed.
De owtslde make no dlflerence."
"Guess they didn't have much hair
where yon come from, did they V"
"Any quandity off It," he responded,
taking a squint at the Humlng lock of
bis questioner. "Any quundity. Ikes
dey kot more hair dere den uuyvhere
ells."
" Why didn't you get some of it y"
" Veil Id vas all ret hair, und I dolt
dem to go to grass mlt It."
Changed His Mind.
An honest German laborer was puls
ing along the street a day or two ugo,
when a small dog rushed out of a yard
and bit him ou the leg, tearing his
pants and leaving the print of his teeth
in the calf. The German hastened to a
lawyer's ofllce and asked the barrister If
he could not sue the owner of the dog
for damages. The lawyer agreed to take
the cuse.and made propositions for filing
a suit for $5,000 dumuges, alleging that
the dog was a ferocious animal, and that
plaintiff's flesh bud been terribly lacer
ated, necessitating the expenditure of
large sums for medical uttenrlance and
for a new pair of pant. The client was
directed to go to the house of the owner
of the dog the next day, make a demand
for the $5,000, and aseertulu the name
of the defendant. He called at the
bouse early the next morning, and
asked for the "boss." He was some
what surprised when the lawyer pre
sented himself as the owner of the dog.
The lawyer was no less surprised to
learn thut his black-and-tau was the
cause of the trouble, and he informed
the client thut a suit would hot be
malntulued, as the injury done was a
mere trifle, aud the dog was only in fun.
The result of the conference was that
the luwyer gave the client 05 cents to
pay for patching his pants, and took a
receipt In full satisfaction of all claims
for dumuges. Both parties were satis
fled, und the courts were spared the
trouble of trying a vexatious aud costly
damage null.
How to Save.
All men and women who work hard
with mind or body are subject to peri
odical attack of biliousness, which may
end in disordered kidneys or liver aud
dangerous illness. A 50 ct. or $1.00 bot
tle of Barker's Ginger Tonio will keep
these organs active, and by preventing
the attack save you much sickness, loss
f time and great expense. Many fam
ilies are kept in perfect health by using
the Tonio when epriug or fall sickness
threatens. Delay at such times means
danger. Detroit rrewt. See other col
umu. JJlrn
Beautifler't.
Ladies, you cannot make fair skin,
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the cosmetics of France, or beautiflera
of the world, while in poor health, and
nothing will give you such hedith,
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ua rie-hl lu tneir own hralllta. The buiiueea will pay
more than ten time ordinary war-a. We furnish au
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who etorar full lo make ni"iiey rr rairidly. Yon '
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1.
f.'anraer In every
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enee in the bu'ne not
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Van Dun Nnrwrim, established 1839. Also
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