The mountain Democrat. [volume], December 30, 1865, Image 1

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JAMES JOHNSON.
ATTOBNET OOUNS1LOR l.' UW,
wm prutSM In >n the Court*.
OMCft-Dar**/'* Mock, Ihin *tr*«t, Placervllle.
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OXO. O. BLAWCJHABD,
ATTOBNED-AT-LAW AND NOTART PUBLIC,
OBeo—City Block (Intel/ occupied byHumo ft Ho*»>
m*Tl Bain aired, Plarafvllle. * „ (if
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OXOBOX X. WILLIAMS.
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Oltco—Do—I***' BnBding, nerl ftoor to the Carp
l*«*e. Unto street, rtacereBto.
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■AT-LAW,
ATTOBNET AND COUNSELOR-i
OPPICB—Dors*/'* Block, Main »tr*««, PlaccrviUe.
(ni/lt)
OB. I. 8. TITUS
TTA8 ftfciL'MED PBACTICE IN THIS CITT.—
ll OPPICk — Puuxta#*’Mock, (idp-ain* '*>' c »‘
r/ llouac,) H*lo itrcot. , _
r. A. HOHNBLOWE3,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
mm AID —
Commissioner of D#?d* for Nenlt.
OPPICB—At Hi* farmer L*» Office of Mr MrCal
hm, over Hnrri*' Store, HacervMe. IfeAlS
GEO. CniSMORE,
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cbvvlU, uf of the Punrth Ohio Bejtiuient,
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omen ibon Stony Point,
MAIM aXJUUKT. PLACEBVILLE.
.# H. B.—CANCERS and ULCCB8 CUBED with
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Ktoatr* Chemical nod Aromatic Bath*.
©ft. BIROS ha* toe ver/ tort Bcetrlc.l MicWnr 1
atom, nod ttovoeghly anderetan-Ii the »p|4lcatlou
if Etoctriclt/ tor tt* curio* of dtoeaae.
METROPOLITAN BATHS
A Mil HAllt. DRESSING saloon,
"** Kaio annifn Doom But *f ito Car/ Bee**,
D. O. Buoknr ...Proprietor.
fie proprietor rnoect
folt/ Inform* the public
r that to ho* wpplled hi*
JfdatooQ with all Ito »p
pUABOc* of comfort and
__ to aatescctled b/ an/ eetaMUh
t of ib* kind to Oalmrnln, nod U prepared to
Inrafahftstlto to eeurystyto. and to Sbeec, Shampoo
and Dram Hair la too mart approved manner.
: D. O. BUOKEB'S
Vegetable Hair Tonic,
Por Beatoriac, Premvvia*, CleaaMeg aad Beaoliry-
Va( thr Hair, the toot composition tor the Human
Bair eeer offered to the pabllc, and an ele*ant arti
cle for a Lad/'* Toilet, the reoip* for which wa*
procured at great cipeoM. U manufactured and mid
byttoandeiigned, at U* hah-dremtoff and bathing
D C. BCOKEft.
The Only Regular Tobacconist
IN PLACEBVILLE.
8. SILBERSTEIN,
(anomtn m cm nocm,)
I* now prepared to tupplr SA-
I.OONS, HOTELS and Ihe Beta 11
Trad* of the Couat/ wHh the
OHOICEbT BKANDB
I FINE HAVANA
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DOMESTIC CIGARS!
Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos!
AT SAN FBANCISOO PKICES.
AIM, a ipnodid amortment pf ever/ variet/ of
Meerschaum and other Pipes,
Very Law, tor Cash!
.TOY8 AT C08T.
I irlU eeU my Urge and carefully seleoted stock of
Toys and Taney Goods,
AT COM, to efooo oat that branch of my btBdnet*.
r 8. SILBEB8TEIN.
, A. Hi BKIB'S f,
EBY X3f$ FEED STABLES,
_'**>. jfrth* OldWhod That,
,N street, PLAOBBVILLE.
*TH# Undcrtigned would reapoctftli/
brto the oubltc that lb*/ can at all
. vorVbefttof driving team* and aaddto
day, weaker month
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Ill MOUNTAIN DEMOS®;
PUCBKYlUiE, EL DOSMW COUNTV, CALIFORNIA, SATUHOAV, PHCEMilBtt
Itaoittf, Stationery, Str.
nm BOOK **•*»
rwontiui,
• splendid
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Ritionix, school soon.
ALBUMS, OUTLBBT,
0OU) MW, v TTOUBB,
OUfTABS, AOOOBBBOBB, MV SIC soon,
MOMIV STVIVOS, BTO.,
Selected expressl j for the Country Trade, and seHl»|
at greatly reduced rate#. Alto,
▲ gen tb
F*»F Sacramento Union, Alta California, Balletic
Mirror,etc.
VEWSPAPEBS Aim PERIODICALS
Kept constantly on band, and told unusually low.
Jtnl R. 8. HERNANDEZ.
W. M. BRADSHAW,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
BOOKS,- STATIONERY,
FANCY GOODS,
FINE CUTLERY.
CHOICE CIGARS,
BEST TOBACCOS,
PIPES, ETO..-ETC.
w m. niunsiitW,
MAIN STREET, PLACEBVILLE.
fjanl]
S. HARRIS,
\Htmer «/ Vain Street and the Plata
riiciimn, ->
And Main Street, AUSTIN, VTt.,
. WHOLESALE ANVRETAIL DEALER N
llaraaa Clfara, Tobacco, Book., Sta
'*» V
tlan.rr, Cutlery, Playing Carda,
Yankee jotleii, Krulte, Green
and Dried, Note and Candles,
at u> re.nci-eo raters.
Alao. receive. by retry Steamer the lafrat Atlantic
and European Nevip.per., Magaatnes and Perlodl
-»l». and all the WEEKLY CALIFORNIA NIWSPA
proa and MAGAZINES {julyl
Drug Stores.
NOTICE.
ROBERT” WHITE,
DISPENSING CHEMIST,
#u Bfjrt to inform the public that he has re-
KMnf mevnl his entire stock of DRUGS AND
TW CHEMICALS from hla Branch Store,
IS tn tJpjlcr Placerrillc. to his main Store, below
the Cary House, where he hope* to see his old
friend* and many new ones.
R. WHITE pled res hliu»elf to sell none but the
ST MEDICINES. f*ctl4
VHNERS’ DRUGSTORE!
U. f. VAN VOORHIES & CO.,
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DBUGGISTS
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QS APOTHECARIES,
MAIN STREET, PLACEBVILLE,
vDOLKSiLa aan a aria nau-aas in
•IRC DREGS, MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS,
r AHNISHES, WINDOW OLAS5,
GENUINE PATENT MEDICINES,
Fancy Goods, Toilet Articles, Etc,
WT Prescriptions Compounded.
ALL ORDERS sent to our care will receive prompt
ttention. {Qr Remember the direction,
t. J. VAX VOORHIES & Co
(SUCCESSORS TO PETTIT * CHOATE,)
jaol MINERS’ DRCO STORE.
COOPERING NOTICE.
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or it
WILLIAM KEMP,
Having purchased the stock and mate
▲I of Mr. Myers, is now ready to receive
order! from
WINE-MAKERS
And all others wanting anything In the line of
COOPERING.
AH order. for barrels, casks, tub., etc., prompt
ly amended to. Charge, moderate.
Shop, Main street, PlacervlUe, Next
KpSni to Ohace’s Store, t lf
RUBBER GOODS.
RUBBER CLOTHING CO.,
64 Sacramento Street,
SAN FRANCISCO,
Whotoale Dealer, in and Manufacturer, of
ALL KINDS OF
India Rubber Goods!
JOSEPH FRANK,
Solo Agent for the Pacific Coast.
347 BHOADWAY, NEW YORK.
82 T.AWE STREET, CHICAGO%
(septi-2p-3ml
NEW MILLINERY GOODS.
Mrs. A. F. Jones.
RESPECTFULLY announces to her patron., and
the public generally, that .he has just received,
sod I. now prepared to offer at the very lowest cash
prices* very choice selection of new and fashionable
Millinery Goods, consisting of
BONNETS, HATS, TURBANS, RIB
BONS. FLOWERS, VELVETS,
FEATHERS, ETC., BTC.
MOURNING BONNETS MADE TO
ORDER AT THE SHORTEST
NOTICE.
ALSO—Bleaching, Dying and Altering Straw,
Felt and Beaver Halt and Bonnete into all the
Latent Stylet.
PINKING, STAMPING AND BRAIDING,
Drcaa aad Cloak Making.
lies nleaw call and see the styles before pur
ia elsewhere. Store on Main itreet, Ptacer-
Aoinln* ARVIDSSON-S Jewelry Btore,^
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
TATE OP JOHN JEFFERS. Dene.ifd,-
frgAifv *t WrihT riven by the undersigned
sTp«b,.dmla.5.tor of the Estate ofJohn
r», deceased. to the creditor, of, and ail per
j.vlog Claim, against the .aid decaaaed, to
it them with the necessary vouchers, within
antha aftar the llrat puhlicetion ofthls nou.e
t .aid creditor, at hit real da nee, Bald Hill,
'0““” of El Dorado
Administrator of said Estate,
ted at PltaerviUe, Nov. 80th 1885.— Ido
imOltljv’UD TROSTT.
* Over fh«>% with ya, quick; one
minute'* dtWy; co«t yocr life l’ n .
crcmieu mcr. ■in/f'U-a fellow passenger,
>1*4 of about fborteen, who'qopeared to
berttete about swinging himself down by
a rope Into a Mat which rocked in the
vavya below (be burning ship. The
flatnea war* raging round mast and vard.
thick TofnaM* of smoke hang like a fear
fol pall overt** teasel, and the awful red
glare was reflected on -the sea, which
glowed like a flery furnace, b was no
time for delay, indeed, and yet Regfnald
drew back from the Teasel's side. ‘ I had
forgotten it,’ be exclaimed, and darted
back toward the cabin.
* Madness—ha is lost!’ muttered Mr.
Gray ; no money was worth such a risk.
‘That young life is thrown away.'
Sailors tnd passengers with eager haste
lowered themselres into the boats, but
there was not room for all. Some, under
the direction of the captain, whose brave
spirit only rose with the danger, hastily
lashed spars together to forffni rude raft
for the rest. Mr. Gray labored among
these, gasping and almost fainting os he
was from the bent, which bad become
well nigh intolerable. Often he glanced
anxiously toward the hatchway, with the
faint hope of seeing Reginald emerge
again from the burning cabin into which
he had so daringly ventured,.
The raft, the last hope of the crew, is
floating on the crimson billows, the
crowded boats have sheered off, Mr. Gray,
half blinded and suffocated by the heat
ar^smoke, springs on the raft; he is fol•
by the captain and all who remain
passengers and crew except the
pnor orphan boy. Just as they are about
to push off—‘Hold, hold!’ cries Mr.
Gray, starting up from his place, as a
slight form, blackened with smoke, and
with dress singed and burnt, appears on
deck ; he springs over the bulwark, miss
ing the raft, and the next moment is
dragged out of the billows to lie gasping
and exhausted, with his head on Mr.
Giay’s knee.
•Thank God, my poor boy, you are
saved!'
* Thank God,' faintly uttered Reginald
Clare.
A strange appearance was presented
by the lad. Ills hair and eye brows were
singed, marks of burning were on his
hands and face, his dress hung in tatters
around him, but lie held in his hand a
flat parcel wiapt up in oil cloth, a d u
faint smile rose to his lips as he in rmur
cd, I'm so glad that I have it all safe!
It was not until the vessel liau burnt
down to the water's edge, and the flames
had sunk at last from having nothing fur
ther on w hich to vent their fuiy, th t the
cfplain dared to raise a boat sail which
he bad the foresight to carry with h in.—
By means of this he succeeded, alter
long hours of painful anxiety, in reach
ing soon after sunrise, the coast, from
which the homeward bound vessel had
not been many miles distant when the
terrible fire had occurred.
When the worst of the peril was over,
and the raft, under a favorable breeze,
was floating toward the land, Mr. Gray,
who felt a strong interest in Reginald
Clare, asked the poor lad sonic questions
regarding his family and position. He
knew already that the hoy was the or
plian of a missionary, who had died at
Sierra Leone ; he now found that young
Reginald was returning to England, to be
dependent on an uncle whom be bad
never seen.
‘ I am glad that you hive succeeded in
saving something,’ said Mr. Gray, who
had himself preserved a box containing
his principal treasures; ‘doubtless that
parcel for which you risked your life,
contains something of very great value.’
‘I do not know what it contains, sir,’
was Reginald's reply.
‘Not know what it contains!’ exclaim
ed Mr. Gray.
* It is not mine;' said the boy, in ex
planation, • it is a parcel entrusted to my
cire.'
‘ And you really rushed back in the
buming cabin to carry off that which
was not the slightest value to you, and
pel haps, of little to any one else.’
The pale cheek of the hoy flushed as
if he were almost hurt at the question,
and lie made the simple reply, ‘ I had
been trusted — 1 had promised — w bat else
could I have done >’
The party safely landed in England.—
At the fire had left poor Reginald penni
lets, Mr. Gray liberally paid for his jour
nty to London. Reginald arrived tlnff
evening at his uncle’s home, when he
wap received flrst with amazement at his
butnt and ragged state, till surprise was
chinged to pity, on the cause of his
stringe appearance being known.
It soon became clear tn the boy that
hisiuncle, Mr. Brown, and his wife, were
nodin easy circumstances, and they were
likdy to feci his maintenance a very un
welcome burden. The thin, sharp feu-
lady, in her gown turned and dyed,
looked gravely at the taitered clothes'
whjch must at once be replaced by new
onck.
‘Dii! you save nothing from the fire?’
inq ired Mrs. Brown, as on the following
moi ling she poured out at the breakfast
son very pale tea.
‘ iothing hut a parcel which I had in
eha ;e for Mrs. Bates, of Eccleston
Sqc re. Here it is.’ And Reginald laid
on i ic table the fiat parcel wrapped in
oil i oth. ‘Could you kindly tell me
ho* to send it?’
'I icre was no difficulty'ih' sending the
par el as Mrs. Bines hap-ened to live
nea ; hut J&iginald could see that his
aim was provoked at this being the only
thii : which he rescued out of the flames.
Hot impatience broke out into open ex
prei lions, when, as the old couple and
the mv sat together, in the evening by
tile igiit of a simple dip candle, a note
wa.- brought from Mrs. Bates, thanking
Mr. Clare coldly for bringing the parcel
of i ried f*Tn leaves, hut informed him
t\u thi-v had been sadly broken and
8|i‘> i d on the journey.
• ’em leaves ! trash !’ exclaimed Mi s
Bri m, dropping the stitches of her knit
tint in vexation. ‘II you had only had
the lense to carry oOl your desk instead ;
the ! was sure to be some money in it- —
If ’ tn only had saved a good suit of
gloi les ifftd not come here like* beggar 1’
I r . Brown leaned back in his arm
cht r and laughed. * Dried tern leaves 1’
he buckled; ‘and spoiled ones’to bool 1
Th p’e only been pulled out of one Are
int another!’
Poor Reginald was mortified and vex
«d. Tbe burns on his face and bands
seemed to pain him more than ever.—
*A*Ayv*;’ Vscegbfr hi,- ' I need not arind
—I only did my duty ( had hern trust
ed—I hid promised. I could not have
broken «ny word. flow roWld l have
known what was in ti>»' par . 1 ?’
Rat tail It was the knock of the eve
ning postman. Another letter lor Regi
nald Clare. 'I hope,’ said the sharp
featured aunt, ‘that it may contain some
thing better than tl. asi. Itn-d fern
leaves, forsooth t What rubbish !’
Reginald broke the real ami opened the
letter. His hand altmst trembled with
excitement as he read With a sparkling
eye he gave it to his aunt, who locked at
it through her old *p"‘ tacles.
‘ Well, here is sou ing odd,’ she re
marked ; ‘ why who •> ri- this? John
Gray; I naver heard of the name.’
‘ He was my fellow passenger— a mer
chant—and so kind !’
* Kind, I should think so I’exclaimed
Mrs. Brown, her sharp features relaxing
into a smile.
‘What docs he sr.y, wife?’ asked Mr.
Brown with impatiei ” .
‘ Why, he offers to uke this h y here
into his house of business without any
premium,’ exclaimed the wilt, handing
over the letter to her husband, • because,
as he writes, he knows the lad is to be
trusted. It’s the oddest fancy that I ever
heard of. What is Reginald to him, that
he should take him by lhe hand— 8rst
pay his journey to London, then offer—
you see his own word—offer to treat him
us a son.’
‘ Wife, wife,’ cried Mr. Brown, laying
his finger on the letter, and looking with
hearty kindness at the orphan as he
spoke, ‘you and [ made a .precious mis- (
take when we fancied that Reginald had
carried nothing away from the ship but a
trumpery packet of fern leaves. lie car
ried away something worth more than all
the gold and jewels of the Indies—a char
ade! for doing his duty to God and man.
And depend on’t,’ continued the old man,
raising his voice, ‘a boy who lias that,
will never be long in want of a friend.’
Friends, Faithful and Trne.
Tbaekcry once said that lie never saw a
boy, without wanting to give him a sove
reign. Wo sympathize with his feeling.
Often amid a grrup of prattling inno
cents, have we wished-for a pint of dol
lars, to give each one a bit of transient
happiness. How pure and happy these
little beings are ! One never tires of look
ing at them. We know of no recreation
so invigo ating as to watch the skipping,
frUking, merry-making of children.—
They are still ignorant of evil.
think everybody .» p as
themselves. Their have not been
poisoned by suspicion. Alas for these
children when they discover the first sin!
We all have a vague idea of the first lie
we heard. How to.shocked our tender
hearts. After that, the world looked
darker; it was as if a star had fallen
from our heaven ; we began to suspect
people of being bad.
Children are faithful friends. The
world is false and treacherous. People
are ofti n friends because they seek a ben
efit. Friendship is made a tool for gain.
The friendship of a child is unselfish.—
It gives to you its heart, its whole little
being. It will not deceive you. Older
hearts may forsake or forget you; its
heart remains true to you. Trial has
taught you the vanity and emptiness of
all human aims and wishes. In vain you
seek relief with those once counted friends.
Only in the hearts of children do you
find unalloyed comfort. Their hearts will
cleave to you though lire heavens (all.
Children are good hearers. True,
sometimes they go to sleep these August
days during the sermon. But no wonder.
We would go to sleep too if some one
should preach Chinese to us. And the
heavy learning of many sermons is no
better suited for children than that.—
Why do our sermons make no more ac
count of the children in our congrega
tions? We sometimes speak a few mirt
utes to the chidren in a style suited to
them. This is by no means out of place
in a sermon. It will not hurt the older
folks. We did so yesterday. Scores of
little faces brightened up, as if to say :
‘ How kind that he says sogicthing to us
children, too, when lie preaches to older
people.’ Their grateful faces hung over
us in our slumbers last night, and to-day
they follow us like a dream.
A mother once told us that her little
daughter, without being told to do it,
would every evening, after she had prayed
for her parents, pray God to Ideas us,
mentioning our name in every prayer.—
We have lost more than 011c hour in
catching, sometimes by stealth, those de
vout lispings of childhood at nightfall,
and our faith was always stronger after
wards. Children are our best teachers.
The best way for pastors to get the
hearts of the parents, is to gain tljcheurts
of their children Charles Dickens and
his bny standing at the grave of Tliaekc
rav, wept tears sucli ns have rarely fallen
from his eyes. Speaking of this after
wards, he said : ‘ There was a charm in
Thackeray’s most genuine and unaffected
love for little children. He loved to hold
them by his knee, and rest Ins hand on
their dark or golden hair. lie had a par
ticular delight in boys, and an excellent
way with them. So I thought, us I look
ed down into his grave, for I looked down
into it over the shoulder of a boy to
whom he l*d been kind.’
It costs hut very little to give happi
ness to children. A toy, a little book, a
smile, a kind word or a gentle hand on
the head, will give them joy. They are
the purest and happiest beings on the
earth. They are the nearest to God and
nearest to heaven, as the smallest stars
art- always nearest the sun. Our Savior
says, ’In heaven, the angels do always
behold the face of my father which is in
beavin.’
-*-• ♦ — 1 -—-
An honest German in Philadelphia, lis
tening to an account of a married woman s
elopement with “another man,” the other
dav, got greajly excited over it, and
spruttered forth with great vehemence:
■•Ifiiiv vife runs away mit anoder
roan’s vife. I will shake him out of her
preeches, if she be mine own fader, mine
Ooll’V
THEKr«fcva8uapieious men who would
search a pR&wshion for treason and see
daggers in aHifcdle-case.
Tlie ■••rail hr Aka hiMk.
•John Smith married my father's (real
node's eldest daughter, Malta fa Bryn®.
Conaequ ntly.1 wan a relative to Jehn.
John's family had often visited us at
our quiet country borne, and at each visit
had most ■ cordially pressed us to- return
the corai liment^h
Last 6 'tober, business called me sud
denly to the city of B——, where our
relatives resided, snd without having time
to write and apprisa.them.of my coming,
f was intending a visit, to the family of
Mr. John Smith.
With my accustomed carelessness, I
had left his precise address at home in niy
notebook ; but I thought little of IF; I
could easily find him, I thought to my t
self, as the cars set me down amid the
smoke and bustle of B——.
I inquired for my rotative of Hie first
hackman I came across.
Hu looked at me with an ill suppressed
grin. What was the fellow tai.gtiing at *
To he sure uny clothes were not of the
very latest cut, and it is not just the
thing fur any one out of the army to wear
blue with bright buttons; hut my coat
was whole, and my Aunt Betsy had
scoured the buttons with whitening and
sgft soap until they shone like gold. I
repeated my question with dignity.
• - ‘ Can you direct me to the residence of
Mr. Smith ?’
‘ Mr. S m i t-h ?' he said slowly.
‘Yea, sir, Mr. John Smith. lie mar
ried my father's great uncle’s eldest
daughter, Melinda’
‘ I don’t think I know a John Smith
with'* wife Melindk.'
Join Smith seemed to be a common
noun with him, from the peculiar tone he
used in speaking of that individual.
’ ’ Ah ?' remarked I,.* then there is more
than one of that name in this city ?'
' I rather think there is.’
‘Very well, then. Direct tne to the
nearest.'
‘ The nearest is in West street. Second
left hand corner—you'll see the name on
the door.’
I passed on, congratulating myself on
the cordial welcome I should receive
from John and Melinda.
I soon reached the place —a handsome
bouse with the name on a silver door
plate—I rang the bell: a servant appear
ed.
‘Mr. Smith in?'
‘No, sir; Mr. Smith is in the army.’
_‘Mrs. Smith—is she?'
‘In the army ?—oh, no—she’s at tlie
"beach.'
‘This is Mr. John Smith’s house, is it?’
•It is.’
‘Was his wife's name Melinda, and was
ihvu a ttryue before she was married, from
Squash villa?’
The mao reddened and responded an
grily :
•I'Ll not stand here to be Insulted?—
Make off with yourself, or I’ll call the po
lice. I thought from the first that you
ware an entry thief, but > ou don’t play
no game on me !’ and he banged the door
in ray face.
I a thief! If I had not been in such a
burry to find the Smiths 1 should have
given that rascally fellow a sound chasti
sing on the spot.
Wiquiry. elicited the fact that a John
Smith resided in Arch street. Thither I
bent my steps ; a maid servant answered
my ring.
•Mr. Smith in ?’
Before the girl could reply, a big, icd
faced man-jumped out of the shadows be
hind the door, and laid his heavy hand
upon my shoulder.
‘Yes, sir,’ he cried, in a voice of thun
der. ‘Mr. Smith is in 1 yes, fir; for once
he’s in; he stayed at home all day on pur
pose to catch you ! and now, by Jupiter !
I’ have my revenge !’
‘Sir,’ said I, ‘there must be some mis
take. Allow tne to inquire if you are Mr.
Smith ?’
‘I'll inform you about Mr. John Smith
in a way you won't relish, if you don't
settle the damages forthwith. Five thous
and dollars is the very lowest figures—
and you must leave the country !'
‘Good gracious!’ I cried, ‘what do you
take me for ? Yop’d better bo careful, or
you’ll get your head caved in !’
•I’ll cave your henij in for you, you
young villain !’ cried he, springing at me
w ith his cane.
•Oh, John, dear John !’ exclaimed a
shrill female voice, and a tafl ligure in a
sea of flounces bounced down tlie stair
way. ‘Don’t, don’t, for (he love of heaven
— don’t murder him !’
‘Who the deuce do you take me for?’
cried I, my temper rising.
‘It looks well for you to ask that ques
tion !* sneered the man, ‘you who have
won my wife's heart, and are here now to
plan to" elope with her ! I’ve found it all
out; you needn’t blush, and—’
‘I beg your pardon for interrupting
you,’ said I, ‘hut I have never seen your
wife before. I perceive she is not Melin
da, the eldest daughter of my father’s
great uncle— ’
‘Sir, do you deny you are Win. Jones?
Do you deny that "you are in love with my
Wife ?’
‘I am not a Jones; I have not the bon
or, sir; iny.> name is Park well, Henry
Park well, of Squashvilfe !' and with a bow
1 took myself off.
After tlrtt l had called at the residences
of thru*’John Smiths—none of which was
niv Mr. Smith-and nothing occurred
worthy of note.
My next Mr. Smith resided in Portland
street. Thither I bent my steps; it was
a very small bouse—evidently not the
house of wealth and cleanliness. I made
iny way up to the front door, through a
wilderness of old rags, broken crockery,
old tinware, etc., scattering n flock of
hens, and rousing a snappish little terrier
from his nap on the steps. ‘
A red faced woman answered my rap,
hut before I could make my customary
inquiry, she opened upon me like a two
edged butcher knife.
•Well, of all the impudent rascals that
voir I see, you beat the lot ! I want to
know if you had the cheek to come back
here again ? You’d like to sell me anoth
er German silver teapot, and another
brass pin, to dear Aramioty—wouldu’t
T0 ‘°By no mean*,’ said fcjl beg to inform
YOU—* . »
‘Oh, you qaediTt beg! *. T don’t b®»
lieve-ii) beggwdt I s’pose you thought]
Shouldn’t Wow yon—but I did I Ttfraold
know that black Mg of yours in Cilifoi
ny ! Clear out of my premises, or 111
S'
lay mv broowr handle otei' Vo* 'W'fcaia
it anything 1 hate, it’s » peddle*-aspefei
aily a raaea) Mko-yma r •
toe to inquire,’ aaW I, *FM*r.
Smith’a wife was Melinda Bryne, thf eld
est daughter of'roy father’s— ’ /
The hronm stick was lifted; I heard
cut the air like a minnie bullet, and I
sprang down the steps into the Street at
my be6t nace.
An awry man I do not fear; but who
can stand before an angry woman ? I had
rather face a roaring lion.
I sailed on two more Mr. Smiths— still
unsuccessful in my search. It was get*
ting near dark, and I was more than enx
ioua to reach mv destination.
My nett Mr. Smith « a- located in Len
ot street. It was twilight when I rang
the bell at his door.
A smiling fellow admitted me, fairly
forcing me Into tlie hall, before I could
uftcr a wonl
‘Walk riglr in, sir: they are expecting
you 1 The ladies will bo down in a mo
mciit; Mi».s llatt'e ' in the back parlor.
Walk light in, sir.
I was g, iilly pushed toward tbedonrof
a shall i»v ailm nt, and at the entrance
I waaannounced.
•Mr. Henry!’
The gas was not lighted and the apart
ment was in semi darkness. I heard S
soft, quick foot-fall on the carpet, and a
pair of arms fell round my neck, and a
pair of the sweetest lips on the footstool
touched mine,; and good gracious — for a
moment the world swam — and 1 felt
os if I had been stewed in honey, and
distilled into Lubin’s best triple extract
of roses!
“Oh, Henry—my dearest and best! —
Why don’t you kiss me, Heoty? ” cried
a voice like music, “ ceased to
care for me!” and 41 gain the kiss WSS re
peated.-
Who could resist the temptation ? .1
am naturally a diffident man, but T have
some human nature in me, and I paid
her principle and interest.
“ Oh, Henry, I had so feared that.be
ing in the army had made you cold
hearted—good heavens!" She fell back
against a chair pale as death. The ser
vant had lit the gas. and I stood revealed.
“ I beg your pardon, marm,” said 1,
“ the re is evidently some mistake. May
I inquire if Mr. Smith’s wife was Melin
da Brync, the eldest daughter of my fath
er’s great uncle
The red flush came to the young lady’s
j cheek —she was as handsome as a picture
i —and she replied with courtesy t
" She was not. You will, I hope, ex
cuse me for the blunder I have commit
ted t We are expecting my brother Hen
ry, from the army, and your blue clothes
deceived me."
“ For which I shall always wear blue,’*
I replied gallantly. “ Allow me to intro
duce myself— I am Henry Psrkwcll, of
SqoDshviilel” and in making my bent
bon-, 1 stumbled backwards over an otto
man, and fell smash into a china closet,
demolishing afleast a dozen plafeg : atid
as many glass tumblers.
I sprang to my feet—seised my beg,
and without a word dashed out of the
house.
1 knocked over a man who was pass
ing at the moment, and landed myself
on my bead in the gutter. The man pick
ed himself up, And was about to make a
l display of muscle, when the glare of the
| street lamp revealed to me the wcll-knoitn
. face of my John Smith.
“ Eureka I" cried I. “ Allow me to
1 inquire if your wife was Melinda, the eld
! est daughter of my father’s great*uncle
j Bryno#"
“She was,” said he grasping my hand,
“and I am delighted to see you f But
confound it! you needn’t have come at a
j fellow so! "
But I must cut my story short.
lie took me home w ith him, and I had
i a good visit; I saw Melinda to my heart’s
! content. Nay more—1 met and was prop
erly introduced to Hattie Smith—and—
well I am having a new suit of clothes
made—and in due time they will be mar
ried—myself in them —to the young lady
just alluded to.
A Ff.owuii Stoky. —We are told that the
Duke of Tuscany was the first possessor
of a pretty shrub of jessamine, and lie was
so jealously fearful lest others etjpuld en
joy what he alone wished to possess, that
strict injunctions were given to his gard
ener not to give a slip, not so much as a
single llower, to any person. To this
command the gardner would have been
faithful, had not love wounded him by
the sparkling eyes of a fair hut portion
less peasant, whose want of a dowry and
his own poverty alone kept them from
the bvmenial altar. On the birthday of
his mistress he presented her with a nose
gay. and to render it more acceptable,
ornamented it with a jassamine. The poor
girl, wishing to preserve the bloom of
this new llower, put it into the earth, the
branch remained green all the year. In
the following spring it grew and was cov
ered with flowers. It flourished and
multiplied so under the fair nymph’s cul
tivation, that she was able to amass a
little fortune from the sale of the precious
gift which love had made her, when
with a sprig of jessamine in her breast,
she gave her hand and wealth to the
happy gardner of her heart. And the
Tuscan girls to this time preserve the
remembrance of this day by wearing a
nosegay of jessamine on their wedding
day, and they have a proverb, which sajrs
a young girl wearing this nosegay is
rich enough to make the fortune of a
poor husband.
Fidelity. —After the execution of Sa
binius, the Roman general, who suffered
death for his attachment to the family of
Germatticus, bis body was exposed up
on the prccipicoof the GermonltB, as a
warning to all who should befriend the
house of Gertnanicus. No friend had
courage to approach the body; one friend
only remained true—bis faithful .dog.—
For three days the fkithful animal Con
tinued to watch the body. His pathetic
howlings awakened the sympathy of tv
ery heart Food waa brought tom, Wd
he waa kindly encouraged to eatj bwt oa
taking the bread, instead of obeying the
impulse of hunger, be fbndly laid it cp
his master’s month, and raoewed bis lam
entations, bur did not quit tbahody.rr-
The corpse was at length thrown into the
Tiber and (he «norou* ermrtto* Wjftpd
Into the water after ft, and clasped it no
tween his paws, vainly endeavoring in
prevent it from sinking. fc*«*.*»
Gtcuxlt*, VywpJA KP
THv -
riiildreo, for her ttehabvfB
lad/qutoWy pul* her haftd friKTl* pe£-
et m tbeeeme, but H wsagent togetto
er with (be wall* e6mMajt*l' , kr
money, wkbin which the brim* had bwe
placed Me safe keeping,
modest, retiring diepositidn, <fr* W
agitated manner r * p I abe
those men without e pasttotoaf barigp
feeling—and eitboot tahfag mto wfjfP
•ration any of the uallitfifng
ces of the case, rang thg bfll, atsrifod
the train, and the ladjMjnd ftrUjfigja
had not been an a*int*re*t*l toforiMfo^df
the scene, tie left the eamUt MM(gdf
ranced to the
engineer had a bigv warmhaaej, WdUM
hfa hand Into hra poekdt to ?M4Ml
‘»W» fi»Vtr gold pUc% >MlllTWCT
to the lady, remarked : - ► io •,.■■»■; *» a*
‘Hare, madam, take this and gaMut*
the ear. It to shamafnl that you «*Md
be treated thus.’ .'..'.'^L.
The lady bea(teied about. mmMM
but was In a desperate atrai^a^^^M
did so. Upon*opaoiog the SBK 'be
found that it coauiaodjllty aitojapjj
fule^*the Hubstance of which la 1 AmSS
Others aa you wish others la d* aaH
!«*•’ ; '
2 fkftr xo Avoid a Bad Husaaaih—M«t*
ar marry for wealth. A woman* M
ooniiateth not in the thinga aha fMam
mb. ■•<■• v ’V 1
marry a fob, or ana wb*;gtr*to
hiteboeom, end rings oa hia ftagar. M>
warel there ia a trap.
panaywar apenda U grudgingly. Mm
ear* feat haatfot yon to daSMk 1 , '■
Some females jump right iato the km
. r.h th.i. e.». .14. op«>.
mean and wicked men. '
Never, oa any aeeeokt marry a mm>
War, of a profkne person. Sow a wA
can never make a good husband.
Never marry a sloven,, a man M»fo
negligent of bis person or his dreaa, end
to Wlby in bis habits. Tbe •xtwoel 'dp
pearonce is an index to the hekft
Shun a rake as a snake, a viper, * fety
demon. V
Finally, never marry a man who id
habitually addicted to tbe aae of ardeMt
spirits. Depend upon it, you ar*. bamf
off alone, than you would be (fed ton
man whose breath ia polluted, and wboao
vitals are being gnawed out by alcohol.
: k -I :t
Ouiextal Wisdom.—Fortone la obi
honor, and poverty not disgrace. Wke*
people see s poor fellow walking nbmg»
side of s rich man, they uaually gay;—
How lazy is the one and bow active to tM
other; but wealth and poverty do not dm
pend on human exertion, and are onljp
distributed by the will of tbe Almighty.
A man's (cure and cootootmautuf CM
are the fruits of. humility. > * *fV :»*
It is always bettor to pavfostoarikktftf
have not than to promise and
not perform. , . ... . ,
Re who possesses urhaeity of maitoWB
is respected, although poverty to bis totl
like a lion is feared wen whan he ream
peacefully ; but tbe Immoral men to de
spised although be ia rtob, like h deg id
ways remains a dog, even when yob put
a gold chain round bis neck. ; ■ ?
On three occasions three temperaments
beeome known: the wise in eager, the
hero in war, and the friend in need.
The queries of tbe wise are half of wis
dom, the proper intercourse with the
world is half of knowledge, bud brief
frugally is half of living. ,,
Envy is greater than fortniMt; for foa
envious always overestimate the prosper
ity of others. »
Sorrow is the sickness andcBherfalneSU
the healthfulness of the soul,, ... . ’
He who praises qaaKtas which yo* da
not possess will also carp at faults Whlell
yon never had. *■ r -
Great men make great mistakes.
A frantic fair correspondent aeys that
tbe ladies are begiaing to give up eaeiitfh
because they encounter nope but spoiled
boys and premature old mea,
— , ■ ,« m » •«.,
. Air eminent writer specatotae asfodto
reason why woman to more HMnfojto<J| !
fh« United States than in any ataaa eaaa
try. *Tia, wa guess, heeanaa lk i iuirMi
to be. h*
regret hartog been toe viotoatpto#
are
A kttort
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