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VOL. 1. AUGUSTA, ME., WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 10, 1870. NO. 189. JUiwtbtt Jamal. Published on Water, Foot of Court Street, AUGUSTA. MAINE. BY SPRAGUE, OWEN & NASH. Sailg $itnttf&rc found. Is issued every morning, except Sundays. Contains the latest news by telegraph nud mail, gives reports of the Markets, and has carefully pre pared political and local articles, and a generous amount of farming, home and miscellaneous read ing with a full compilation of .State news. Terms, *7 per annum in advance : *8 il payment s not made within the year. Single copies 4 cents, to be had at the bookstores and at this ollice. Advertisements one inch in length, three in sertions or less. *1 00; i3 cts. for every subsequent insertion. Longer advertisements, or those inserted for any considerable length of time, will be inserted at favorable terms to the advertiser. Special Notices 23 per ceut. additional. Amusomont Notices, *2 per square per week. Mechli) licnnebcc Journal, Published every Wednesday morning, Is the largest tollo paper in the State, containing news, political articles, agricultural and scientific matter, tales, poetry, anecdotes, household recipes, market*, Ac., Ac. Terms $2 per annum in advance Transient Advertisements, $I.«0 per inch for first week; 25 cents per reek for each subsequent insertion. Spaclal Notions, *2.00 per inch for first week; 50 cents per week for each subsequent week. Business NoUces, in reading columns, 20 cents per line for first insertion; 10 cents per line for each subsequent Insertion. Ail transient advertisements to be paid for in advance. • Music in Glasses. TP HE subscriber would Inform his friends and the I public of Augusta and vicinity, that be pro ves to teach Piano; also singing m classes. Classes on Piano to consist of mx pupils each. This *v*tcm has manv advantages, and the expense is less than private lessons Private lessons given if preferred. Would also invite the attention of the public to the H. F. MILLER HASOS ! For sale at his Music Room, North's Block, OPPOSITE CONY HOUSE. The use of these Pianos in many public institu tions and schools has gained f"r them an enviable reputation, and throughout the country they are becoming the ino-t popular Pianos manulacturea. Classes arranged on application at Music Boom or Residence, 07 >Vinthrop Street. M. C. MiLLlKEN, Teacher of Music. aprK***2ni __ Cutlery and Plated Ware! A lull assortment of Takle ««•<* Psrktt fuller*. Srl.sor. TK.t TH.tVS, Sr. Also Plated Tea Seta, lee Pitchers, Goblets, Knives, Spoons, Porks and Caatora of the best quality, at PIERCE’S CROCKERY STORE, !*o. 1119 Water Street - - Augusta. may'2-*tf___ Picture Frames! CHROMOS, BRACKETS, ALBUMS! Ac., Ac., Ac., In Large Variety. Picture Frame* of any ®ize ma le to order at short notice at Hendee's Photograph Rooms, Opposite Post Office, Augusta. _tjum^-tf "mAXHOOD, 154th Edition. i MEDICAL essay on the Cause and Onre ot A Premature Decline, showing how health is lost and how regained. It gives a clear Synopsis of tbo Impediments to Mauuiaoe, the treatment .of Neh voce ami PHYSICAL DEBILITY, STERILITY, Ac., and the remedies therefor,—the results of twenty years’ successful practice. _ “There is no member of society by whom tins book will not be found uselul, whether such person holds the relation of Parent, Preceptor, or Clergy man.”— London Shtlical Timm and (lazettr. “ ‘Manhood.’ The experience and reputation oi Dr. Curtis ill the treatment of the diseases set forth in this little pamphlet is the patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense circu lation.”—Doily Timet. Sent by mail on receipt of ;>0 cents. Address the Author Du. CUKTis, 14 Chapman street, Uos ton. Mass. mariS-tembtin ~A. F. MORSE, PHOTOGRAPHER Water Street, Hallowell, Maine. tt- Arabrotypes and Card Photographs taken in the best style. Pictures copied to any size. Al bums und Frames constantly on hand and for sa e. Stevens’ Condition Powders! For Horse* and Cattle. 1M1E Best Powders ever (Uncovered. All we nnk is one trial un,l people will be convmceB. PHce C“ifeB’byaA,'C, DANA, 7 Union Block An guata. sl,uA BATH HOTEL, By O. M. Plummer, BATH, J1K. Board, $1 per Day. tlljan-ly_ _ What Shall We Eat ? ALL regular physicians will tell you that Bee and Pork is not so healthy to eat in spring and summer as good Fresh Fish. The same cau be ob tained at CUSHING & HOLMES’ MARKET, Near R. H. Bridge, Water St., Where all order# will be promptly attended to for FISH of all ktuds in their season. CUSHISU A HOLMES, tmayl8-tf Water street, Augusta. Bitters ! Bitters / OR. BEXVJVETT’S CELEBRATED JAUNDICE BITTERS! ARE TIIE SUREST CURE EOR Liver Complaint, Jaundice, * Dizziness, Indigestion, Nervous Debility, Loss of appetite, Dyspepsia, Headache, &c., To which all persons arc more or less subject in Spring and Summer. THEY ARE PURELY VEGETARLE! And composed of some of the best ROOTS and HERBS in the world. Try Them. They are Warranted to do as Recommended ! * * Price, 50 Cents por Bottle. PREPARED AND SOLD ONLY BY Johnson Brothers, OPP. POST OFFICE, AUGUSTA, ME. HARNESSES & HARNESS GOODS Ol* every Description. WE AKE STILL alANTFACTURINU ALL CLASSES OF HARNESSES, Varying Price from $17.00 to $100.00 ! lio; do not keep anv man's celebrated Harness, but having had nineteen year’s experience in maim \\ la. luring every 'varietv of Harness Hoods and the greater portion ol that time lor the people ol Augusta and vicinity we will let the quality and worth ot our goods rest upon their ow n merit. As we keep u larger number ol workmen and consequently u larger stock and greiiter variety o manufactured work than any Arm In our line In this city, we invite all in want ol siiOi goods to call before purchasing, bearing in mind that we keep no Harnesses inanuta< turcd bj othti hrms loi whole pale trade but m inufacture all our goods and warrant them to give satisfaction. COLLER & GARDINER, (Opposite Cony House. 143 Water Strict, Augusta. Dou’t p*v two profit* on your Tranks, but buy at the only place in Augusta where they are manufactured AT COLLER & GARDINER’S Augusta TrunU. Factory ! Sign oT tlx© “ BIG TRUNK.” We manufacture all ouv Trunks, snd as our retail trade in Augusta and neighboring towns is verv large we make "m specially for that trade ami warrant them. They are no slop work, not cracked, am? have good locks We letter with initials and deliver In the city without extra charge. Me also ulanufactmcVAirsES and CARPETBAGS of e style and keep const an, h- on ham the arges, ami h.-t stock or l adles’ and Gent's TRW ELl.lNb HAGS, SIIAM 1. STKAI >, Sc In the city, and sell them at SPECIE FRICKS, w Remember the place, Sign of the “Big Trunk,” - 143 Water Street. Of.yMifr Cast* If.sir. tSiapr-tf COlLtill A* James H. Leigh, DEALER J.N Foretell and Domestic DRYGOODS ALSO, AOEST FOB Wheeler A Wilson’s Bewlus nXachlueB 1 XEEDLliS and all Tools adapted to tlio Ma chines, constantly on hand. Water St., Hallowell, Me. tlapr-tf _ Great Beduction -IN HIE PKICEft of - BOOTS* SHOES! The subscriber, having a splendid stock of Boots and Shoes on baud, will soil the same at the VERY LOWEST CAS1I PRICES ! The stock consists of the usual variety kept in a store of the kind. LADIES* and* GENTLEMEN'S. MISSES' and CHILDREN'S CUSHNOC HOUSE. Corner an^ Winthrop fife! State Sts., BOOTS and SHOES! Constantly receiving from the manufacturers, and will be sold cheap, cheaper than the cheapest. J . H. LOW, lOO WATER 8t., Augusta, Me. N. 13 —Gentlemen’s Calf Roots one dollar less than at any other store. imay*7*3m wanted! 17 AKMEHS and Hunter* buying prime Min* Skuu * on hand will llntl a cash customer at highest market price by sending them to J. H. WELLH A CO., _A ucusta, 3VXe. T. B. HALL ARB, : » Proprietor. Guests taken to and from the Cars and Boats Free. H0R8E8 AND CARRIAGES TO LET. “1 <= A‘i D fi“ IVAliSE^l Trunk.s ! Trunks! THE PLACE TO HL'Y Prcncli, Eugeno, Solo Liontlior, And all kinds of eommou T R A YELLING TRUNKS! Alao, Ladies’and Gents’ TRAVELLING at SHOPPING BAGS, is at HAMILTON & TURNER’S, 135 Water Street. The Right Place to bay vonr HARNESSES, and get the celebrated DUNS HARNESS, la at HAMILTON A TURNER’S, I»S WATER STREET. The cheapest place to buv WHIPS, CURRYCOMBS, BRUSHES, BLANKETS, SURCINGLES, BAI TERS, Ac., is at HAMILTON A TURNER’S, 135 WATER STREET. HARNESSES! For Business, Pleasure, Teaming, Trucking, Carling & Expressing. Manufactured from GOOD OAK STOCK, and by tbe best of workmen. 'Ve would remind tbe public that our Harness took all the premiums offered at the last State fair four in number Also the flr?t premium at the late New England Fair. ., As our customer? arc dnilv informed that onr Haruease? are Machine Mirrhed—we would in Tito them and the public generally to call and examine the latest stock o1«idr-rmi<lellaniesseseer|. fered in this city, and we will convince them that we make the hert HAM) STITCHED w ork to be had for the same amount of monev. and if we don’t have on hand what is wanted, can make it at shoil notice. Samples of Gold Gilt! Oroide Silver, Covered, and Japanned Trimmed Harness may be seen at , our salesroom, NO. 172 MIDDLE STREET. HENRY DUNN & SON. For Sale by Hamilton «fc Turner, 135 WATER STREET, - ■ AUGUSTA, MAINE tllfeb-tf OPPOSITE DEERING & HOLWAY'S. A New Era in Piano Fortes! HAS now become an established fact, acknow ledged by the bc.-t judges of music in all parts ol the country, that the Mathushek Piano, Is bound to take tbe lead for Ricb, Pure, and Powerful Tone! Which speaks for itself in notes of triumph over all Others. The Reason of tins Great Superiority is apparent to all w ho carefully examine the peril liar mechanism of these instruments in The Equalizing Scale. which distributes tbe tension of the strings upon all parts of tbe triune, relieving the instrument H um concentrated strain in any one part, thus securing much greater strength, durability, and power ol keeping in tuue, The Cireater Length of Strings, through all the treble and middle notes, the distri bution of strings upon the Linear Urlclgfe, which runs the whole length of the sounding board, giving greatly Increased Power of Vibration throughout its entire length, producing a purer tone and better accompaniment to the voice than any other instrument. All interested are invited to call on 1. C. HOVEY, At lOO Water Street, and examine for them selves, where the above named instruments can be seen and heard, and will be kept lor sale. Also a lot of rtry line tuned VESTRY ORGANS A MELODEONS ! 4l*-BEST IN THE COUNTRY. 109 Water St„ I. C. HOVEY. t!9apr-tf BATH TIBS, COPPER BOILERS, Water Closets, Wash Basins, nitA.se «fc PLATED WARE, Cast Irou Pipe* Lead Pipe, Sheet Lead, And every article pertaining to Plumbing kept con- j ’ etantlv on hand aud for sale at H. R. STRATTON’S, Corner Bridge A Water Street*, j Under Hunt’s Hat Store. N. B. Plumbing in all its branches done in a neat and thorough manner. Particular Attention Paid to Jobbing. fl2apr-tf______ ! OILS, ri’RE SPERM, CAPTOR, OLIVE, NEATS-FOOT, and ESSENTIAL OILS ol all kinda, at Johnson Brothers^ MOSES M. SWAN, American and Swiss Watches, ill gold and silver case, Including the celebrated National or Elgin Watch, Waltham, Tieraont, Bor quin, Bonnett. Pardeaux, Jacot, Ac., in both La die*’ and gentlemen’s sizes. Pine Gold Jowolry, Solid Gold Leoniton Vest and Neck Chains, STERLING At COIN SILVER GOODS, FINE PLATED WARE, SPECTACLES AND EYE BLASSES, of the most approved kinds. CLOCKS OF ALL KINDS, including the celebrated ITHACA CALENDAR all of which will be sold at the Lowest Prices, and Warranted. Particular attention given to repairing all kinds ot Fine Watches. Chronometer Balances applied aud adjusted to temperature and position tljanTO-tf USERENNE’S PAIN KILLING MAGIC OIL. xr “ IT WORKS LIKE A CKARM.”xi Reader— Renue’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil cures Headache! Renne’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil cures Toothache Renne’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil cures Neuralgia! Kenne’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil cures Cholera Mor bus ! Renne’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil cures Rheumatism i: Renne’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil cures >kin diseases I Some folks seem to be proud of telling bow "lame their shoulders are”—of "my crick in the back”—or “I have got the Sciatica,”—and delight in bragging that “nothing can cure me !”—but when we get Mich "awful folks” to use RKNNE’S PAIN-KILLING MAGIC OIL, faithfully, we not only cure their lameness and charm away their puins, but we ac tually take all that kind ol "brag out of them !” and they frankly own up, aud say, "It works like a charm!” Sold by all Druggists, Merchants aud Grocers. It is put up in three sizes, and called "Trial size,” “Medium Size,” and “Large Family Size” bottles. WM. RENNE, Sole Proprietor and Manufac turer, Pittsfield. Mass. Wholesale and retail in Augusta bv Marshall Whithed, G rocer. 1 y-7 eo w Sliooling Tackle. M. W. L»X«, S VOCES son TO l. V. L ELAND, GTJIsr SMITH And Dealer in Sliooling Tackle of Every Variety. Hides ami Shot Guns made to order and war ranted- Old Stmt (inns rimmed out smooth and made to shout thick and strong. Also, Ammunition of tlie nicest quality. Repairing done Neatly and Promptly. Illnatlng Powder. The best quality and largest stock ever kept in this market. For sale at Factory prices. Country Dealers supplied ill any quantity or quality at dis count. ljan-ly W. L. HALL, M. D., Physician & Surgeon, GARDINER, MAINE. offloe, OTer PARSONS A HALEY’S Dry Goode Store. _ .. Hours from 9 to IS A. M.. and i to 8 P. M. | Dr. U. E. Bmckht. j \ umista Inferences, J D„ H H Hlttl j Augusta tlm-JuneM* DR. A. H. CHAMBERLAIN, DENTAL SURGEON, ISO WATER STREET. August!!, - - Maine. Makes the successful treatment of all diseases ol the mouth and teeth a specialty, employing all the latest and best improvements in the method of lin ing with gold and all proper material. Ulcerated teeth permanently cured, aud their decayed and broken down crowns tilled and built up to their original shape and beauty. Toothache Cured Without Extracting! Great Improvement In the method ot constructing and titling ARTIFICIAL TEETH. DR. CHAMBERLAIN' is inserting a large num ber of sots of these teeth, which for beauty, dura bility and adaptation, cannot be surpassed any where. The plate will not start or drop down, and Is warranted to tu perfectly. All are invited to cull and examine specimens ol teeth made on red, pink and white rubber. FRESH GAS EVERY DAY. tmayO tf A Free Gift to All ! HILL’S RHEUMATIC PILLS. To Rheumatic, Neuralgia ami Gout subjects’ a sample box of these Pills ' will be given by K. W Kins man, Water St., Augusta, and for sale by all Apothecaries at 25 cents per box; 5 boxes |1. 0. A. HILL, Proprietor r2<hnar-3m PORTLAND ME. * gUssccUanrousi. A POSTAL lOIRTSHIP. “She is really the prettiest little crea ture I ever saw,” said Mr. Willoughby Vane, as he turned from the window for the fifteenth time that morning. “Jane,” he added, addressing the housemaid, who was clearing away the breakfast things, “have you any idea who the people are who have taken old Mr. Adderly's house opposite ?” “Well, yes. Sir, if you please,” return ed the haudmaiden. “1 met their cook at the grocers the other day. and she said her master’s name was Black—Captain Choker Black—and that he was staying here on leave of absence, with his wife and daughter, Sir.” “Oh, mdeed! Did she happen to men tion the young lady’s name ?” “Yes sir, she called her Miss Eva. “Eva! What a charming name!” mur mured Willoughby to himself; and then he added, aloud: “That, will do, Jane, thank you.’ Mr. Willoughby Vane was a bachelor, twenty-eight years old, rich, indolent and tolerably geod-looking. lie lived with a widowed mother in a pleasant house in the Clapham road, and, having nothing else to do, had fallen desperately in love with his pretty vis-a-vis, aud anxiously sought an opportunity for an introduction. However, having discovered the name of his enchantress, he determined to address her anonymously by letter. Having decided upon taking this step, the next thing to be dune was to put it iu to execution ; and having shut himself in his little study, after many futile attempts, he succeeded in framing an epistle to the lady to his satisfaction; begging her, if she valued his peace of mind, to return an j answer to “W. V., The Post Office, Clap- 1 ham-common." That done, he went out lor a walk, and dropped the letter in the nearest box. Regularly- three times a day, for a week atterward, he called at the post office to see whether an answer had arrived for him. As the week ad vanced Willoughby began to lose his ap petite, and grew so restless and irritable that Mrs. Vane, like a fond mother, fan ' cied that her dear boy was unwell, and begged him to consult their medical at j tendant. But her son laughed at the idea, knowing well that his complaint was be ; yond the doctor’s skill to cure. ! * lie was beginning to despair of ever re | ceiving a reply, when, to his great delight, ! on the seventh morning, a letter was handed to him by the postmistress, writ ten in a dainty- female hand, and address ed to “W. V.” Almost unable to conceal his emotion, he quitted the shop, broke open the seal, and drank in the contents. They were evidently of a pleasing na ture, for he read the letter over again and again, kissed the envelope, put it into his breast coat-pocket, and hurried home to see his inamorata looking out of the win dow of the opposite house, as usual. For a moment his first impulse was to salute her respectfully, but immediately afterward he bethought himself that, as he was still incognito, the voting lady would, perhaps, feel insulted by his ac tion. Besides, how could she have any idea that was “W. V. ? So he went in doors, and amused himself for three hours inditing a reply to her letter, which he - posted that afternoon ; ami in due course ' a second answer arrived. And so matters went on, a constant in terchange of letters being kept up for a fortnight, during which time Mr. Wil loughby Vane spent his days running to ana front the post office, writing letters, and watching his fair neighbor from the window of the dining-room. “Confound it!” he would sometimes say to himself. “How very provoking the dear girl is! She never will look this way. I do wish I could catch her eye, if only for a moment. What a horribly sour-looking old crab the mother is! Depend upon it, Willoughby, that poor child is anything but happy at home with those two old fogies. Indeed, her letters hint ns much.” And having given vent to his feelings, he would put on his hat and walk to the post office, or shut himself in his room and com pose auother note to his “Dearest Eva.” At length, three weeks having flown rapidly away in this manner, he received a fetter one morning from the young lady, which ran as follows: “TO W. V. “Sir: As it is useless to continue a cor-1 respondence in this manner, I think it is | now time for you to throw off your in cognito, and reveal your true name and position to one to whom you are not totally indifferent, Believe me that nothing in spires love like mutual confidence. Prove to me that 1 have not been imprudent in answering your letters bv at once inform ing me who you are. It is with no feeling ot idle curiosity I ask this simply for our mutual satisfaction. “Yours, etc., Eva.” To which Willoughby replied by return of post: “Dearest Eva: If you will permit me to call you so! Have'you not for weeks past observed a young man, with his hair brushed back, anxiously watching you from the window of the opposite house . And although you have apparently never taken the slightest notice of hint, I trust that his features ure not altogether re pulsive. I am that individual. •Charmed bv the graceful magic or thine eye, I lav alter day I watch, aud dream, ami sigh; Watch thee, dream of thee, riglt for thee alone, Pair star of ClupUam—may I add my own?’ ! To quote .with some alterations, the noble stanza of the poet Brown! And now 1 have a favor to ask of you. Whenever you see me at the window, take no notice of me at present, lest mr mother should observe it. In a few days she will be going out of town, and then we can throw off all restraint. Till then, adieu! my adorable one, adieu! My eyes are ever on you. Your own- Willoughby Vane.” To which epistle came the following an swer : “Dear Sir: Your explanation is per fectly satisfactory. I mav also add, that your features are not at all repulsive to— “Eva.” "Bless her! What a delightful little soul she is! ejaculated Willoughby. And he went out, ordered a new suit of clothes, and had his hair rut. “Willy,” said Mrs. Vane to her eon the next morning, "I wish yon would do something to improve your mind, and not waste your time by looking out of the window all day as you have lately done. Come and read the Parliamentary debates to me, if you have nothing else to do.” The worthy lady was a red-hot politi cian, and for three mortal hours she kept him at this delightful task : at the expira tion of which time he succeeded in escap ing to his own room, where he wrote the following note to Eva: “Dearest Eva: I am overjoyed at the contents of your brief communication. If, as you say,'my features are not altogether repulsive to you, may I hope that you will consent to be mine—mine only? “Willoughby.” Back came the reply next morning: “Dear Willoughby: Your reply ba» made me feel very happy. It is very dull here—no society' except my father acd mother. I long'for more congenial com panionship. Thine. “Eva.” In this delightful manner the days flew on—halcyon days, too, they were for Wil loughby, and sweetened fty the inter change of this and similar lover-like cor respondence. On the following Monday morning Mrs. Vane left town on a visit to some friends in Devonshire, leaving her son to keep house at home. That same afternoon one of Captain Black's servants brought the following note for W illoughby : “Willie : Have you any objection to my telling my dear papa all ? Matters have now gone so far that it will be impossible for either of us to retract what we have written. Let ns take papa into our confi dence. I know his kind and generous nature well, and have no fear that he will oppose our union. Pray send me a line by bearer. Eva.” The answer was as follows: “My Own Eva: Do whatever you con sider best. My fate is in your hands. If your papa should refuse his consent I But 1 will not think of anything so dread ful ! Fear not that I shall ever retract. Life without you would be a desert, with no oases to brighten it. “Yours until death. Willoughby.” That evening just as Willoughby had finished dinner, he heard a loud double knock at the street door; and on its being opened, a strange voice enquired, in a loud tone: “Is Mr. Willoughby Vane at home?” Ilis heart beat violently as Jane, enter ing his room, said: “A gentleman wishes to speak to you in the library, sir.” And she handed him a card, inscribed “Captain Choker Black, C. B. H. M.’s 1,794th Foot.” “I will be with him in a moment,” said Willoughby ; and he swallowed a couple of glasses of cherry, to nerve him for the interview. “Captain Choker Black, I believe ?” he said as he entered the library. “Your servant, sir,” said the gallant Cap ain—who, glass in eye, was busily engaged in scrutinizing an engraving of the battle of Lavarino. “Your servant, sir. Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. Willoughby Vane?” Willoughby bowed. “Then, sir, ot course, you know the business that has brought me here ?’’ Terribly nervous, ami scarcely knowiug what answer to make, our hero bowed again. "Conic, conic. Sir, don't be afraid to speak out! My daughter has made me her confidant, so let there be no reserve . between us. Eva has told me all!” Here poor Willoughby blushed up to the roots of his hair. “You see, I know all about it. You have fallen desperately in love with the poor girl; and, although you have never exchanged three words together, you are already engaged to be married. Mighty expeditious, upon my word ! Ha ! ha! ha! Pray excuse me for laughing, but the idea is somewhat comical! lla! na ! ha!” As the Captain appeared to be in a very good humor, Willoughby’s courage began to rise. “Don't mention it Sir. You are her father, and have a right to do what you please. But I sineerly trust that you have no objections to offer." “I? None! Believe me, 1 shall be de lighted to see my Eva oonfortably settled. But harkye, Sir. Business is business. I am a plain, blunt man, and fifteen years’ sojourn with oue’s regiment in India doesn’t help to polish one. First of all, what are your prospects?” And the Captain drew a note-book trom his pocket, and proceeded to examine our hero, as if he were in court of justice. "You are an only son, 1 believ*?” “I am." “Good.” And down weut the note in the pocket book. “Your age ?” “Twenty-eight next birthday." “Twenty-eight! Good. Is your eonsti j tution healthy P” "I believe so. I have had the measles, whooping-cough, and mumps.” "Disorders peculiar to infancy. Good.” Ami the Captain scrabbled away again. “And are you engaged in any business or proiessiou ?” “None." ‘‘Then how on earth do 3 ou live “On my private income, Captain." "Then all I can say is you're an uncom monly lucky fellow to be able to subsist on that. I only wish I could. What is yourineome P” “About seven hundred a year.” "Is it in house property, shares in lim ited companies, or the fluids? If in public companies, 1 should be sorry to give two years' purchase for the lot.” “In the new three per cent." “Good. 1 think 1 may say very good ! What sort of a temper are you ?” “Well, that's rather a difficult question to | answer,” said Willoughby smiling for the first time. “Hang it Sir; not at all!” returned the 1 Captain. “If any one asked me my tem i per, 1 should sav ‘Hasty ! sir—confound I edlv hasty !’ And Choker Black's proud of it, Sir—proud of it!” “Say about the average,” answered Wil