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AD, VE < ORTLANDT STREET, SEW VOItK.)
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i- friends and patrons that from this
jrge ol the Pacific will bo
$2.50 PER DAY.
■ Pr'prior >r of this house, and therefore
: . r • • ;nmon exaction of an inordinate
. abb-I<> meet the downward tenden
wiir: ,ut any falling oft "f service
w, a? hcretoloie. lie bis aim to maintain
ta\<>rable reputation of the Pacific,
•I f rmany years, as one of the
'!. : s. I
\ISLI i ill LA; bountifully mppiietl with
. ! -l.c -cason.
f VI\DANCE will be found efficient and
l. 1 " ' ATION will be louiel convenient for
iu- - - calls thcui in the lower part of
ready access to all Rail Road and
it Lines.
JOHN PATTEN".
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HUFFORD HOUSE.
IYNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., P
T ' L-TABLI-HMKNT HAS RECENTLY
' rodanl lurnishe-l in the latest style,
••tr-.n will bo given to the comfort and
f those who patronize the House.
IT. HT FFORD Proprietor,
k. Pa., June 17, 1803 —v7od4 • i
1 BOLTON HOUSE.
II AlUtlSltVHti, PKNNA. ,
-' 1 r- gnd having lately purchased the .
.-; 11.KR HOL'SE " property, ha# already coin- ;
•-i i 'lterations and improvements as will i
•r' ■ 1 and popular House equal, if not supe
' v IL.tel in the City of llarrisburg.
a in--e of the public patronage is refpect- •
• 1, ited. j
GEO. J. BOLTON- |
WALL'S HOTEL,
IATE AMERICAN HOUSE,
MviIANXIHK, WYOMING CO., PA.
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HOTEL, i-one of the LARGEST
■ '•!. lAX'iED Houses in the country—lt
'• the most modern and improved style '
'arc spare 1 to make it a pleasantand (
I; ping jiaee for all,
- y •
The new Broom still
new!
AND WITH THE NEW YEAR,
Will be used with more sirccping effect than hereto
fore,by large additions from tine to time, of Choice
ann desirable U#OD3, at the
UNT ew Store
OF
C DETRICK,
tn S, Stark's Bri.-k Block
AT TUNKHANNOCK. PENN'A.
Where can be found, at all times, one oi the Largest
and Richest assortments ever offered in this vicinity,
Consisting of
BLACK AND FANCY COL'RD DRESS
SILKS.
i FRENCH, ENGLISH and AMERICAN MERINOS,
EMPRESS AND PRINCESS CLOTHS,
POPLINS, SERGES, and PAREMETTOS,
BLACK LUSIIE AND COLORED
ALPACCAS WOOL, ARM I RE, PEKIN
AND MOISELIEI' DELAINS, IN PORTED
AND DOMESTIC GINGHAMS, PRINTS
of Boat Manufactures.
. •
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FURS, SHAWLS, FANCY WOOLEN
GOODS, iC., LADIES RETICULES,
SHOI'PING BAGS and BASKETS.
TRUNKS, VALISES, and TRAVELING
BAGS,
1 Hosiery and Gloves, Ladies' Veals, White
Goods, and Yamkee notions
in endless va- •
riety.
HO OP SKIRTS ic CORSETTS,
direct from the manufacturers, at greatly
reduced prices.
FLANNELS all Colors and Qualities.
KNIT GOODS,
Cloths,
Cassime res,
Vestings,
Cot ton ad es,
Sheetings,
Shirtings,
Drills.
Denims,
Ticks, Stripes, Jcc.
Every Description of
BOOTS A- SHOES,
HATS & CAPS.
Paper Hangings, Window Shades, C'ur
lains, Curtain Fixtures, Carpets, Oil-
Cloths. Crockery, Glass and Stoneware.
Tinware,
Made expressly Tor this trade, and war
ranted to give Satistaction, at 2b per cent,
cheaper than the usual rates in this section.
HARDWARE 6c CUTLERY, of all
kinds,
SILVER PLATED WARE,
Paints, Oils, and Painters Materials,
Putty, Window Glass, .Ye.
KEROSENE 'OIL,
Chandeliers,
7,aijts,
Lanterns,
Lantern Glares,
Lamp Chimneys,
Shades and
Caruers.
OOA-T
ASIITON, ± BBL. SALT
FLOI'R,
FEED,
MEAL,
BUTTER.
CHEESE,
LARD,
PORK,
IIAMS,
and FISlt.
SUGAR,
TEA,
COFFEE
SPICES.
SYRUP, A
MOLASSES,
WOOD tc WILLOW WARE,
ROPD9, CORDAGE,
PYTENT MEDICINES. DRUGS, and DYES,
FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Ac., Ac,
— —
These goods have been selected
with dreat care to suit the wants ot
this community, and will be sold as
heretofore, at the lowest living ntfes
for cash or exchanged for country
produce at market prices. Thankful j
for the past liberal patronage, I shall
endeavor by strict attention to my
business, to merit a continuance ot j
the same, and will try to make the
future still more attractive and ben
eficial to customers.
G. DETRICK.
TUNKHANNOCK WYOMING CO., PA.-WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 1869.
THE WAY IT'S DONE.
AVe have another new sensation,
Quite a funny demonstration,
To l>e in fashion some insist,
You must place yourself all of h twist.
To teach the different ways its done,
The task I'll undertake for fun,
So please attention to inc lend,
And learn to do the "Grecian Bend."
CHORUS—Throw up the chin and out the chest.
Assume the form of the letter S,
Like a kangaroo your arms extend,
And then you'll have the Grecian Bend.
T'nto your notice I will firing,
The various ways to do this thing,
To explain to you I do intend,
The different styles of Grecian Bend.
For instance, when you see a dog
Stand up and imitate a frog.
Although he's dumb you may depend,
He's trying on the Grecian Bend.
CHORUS. .
A man yon meet while in the street,
His equilib he cannot keep,
lie'll tali in the gutter and pretend,
He's got the Bourbon Gercian Bend.
Or, if you meet a shape absurd,
With back hum red up like Rich, the third,
You will tind by looking sharp, my friend,
Another kind of Gercian Bend.
CHORUS.
There's nothing in the shape so hateful.
That is stylish much less tasteful,
Oh, may the fashion not extend,
But be short lived, this Grecian Bend.
Though if you still require of me,
Instructions in deformity,
I'll teach you right you may depend,
The way to do the Gercian Bend*
CHORUS,
THE EXQUISITE.
His coat is of the latest style,
His boots with polish shine.
And iu full dress he always thinks
He looks "so very foinr."
And then his long and titled name.
So foreign like and grand-
Is Count Alonzo Frederick
Augustus Ferdinand.
He smells of musk and bergainot,
And puts on "killing airs."
At every well dre-s'd belle he meets
He impudently stares;
He says "dem me"' to everything,
And tries to ape Beau Nash,
He wears a long "goatee" and sports
A love of a mustache.
And silly girls, to trap him. oft
Will take a deal of pains,
Prtlerring an exquisite to
A man of real brains;
Ambitious lor a title, they
Cannot the chanee forego,
Of l>eing lady -Thingumbob,"
Or Countess "So and So."
Discarding men ol real worth,
And merit, for a shape,
Got up in style, but very like
A monkey or an ape,
They often when it is too late,
Discover to their shame,
The folly of a great mistake
In worshipping a name.
LATEST OUTRAGE UPON THE FASH
ION.
A newly inducted policeman in New Or
leans recently had a singular adventure |
with a fashionable dressed huly whom he
met coming out of a dry goods store. He
had heard of shoplifters who carried oil
the most costly silks in a sack disposed
about their person. He was ambitious of
distinction, and here was a chance for the
coveted fame. The l;uly was evidently car
rying a heavy load. —$he must must be a
shoplifter. There could be no doubt of it—
he would arrest h r.
"You are my prisoner." he said, laying
his hand on her shoulder.
"What do you mean ?" demanded the in
sulted lady.
"What's that yov've got on your back —
stolen goods ?"
"Heaven ! I never was so insulted. No
sir, it's not stolen goods."
"I mean no ott'eiise, uiaduin, but my du
ty compels me to examine it.,'
"Sir —vidian-—that's my —my Grecian
bond!"
&apA young minister went into the
country to preach, and observed during his
discourse a poor woman who seemed to be
much affected. After the service he resolv
ed to pay her a visit, and see what were the
impressions on her mind. "Well," said the
woman, "I'll tell you. About six years ago
me and husband removed to this place and
all the property we had was a donkey.
Husband he died, and then poor donkey
was left alone. At hist donkey, he died ;
and to tell you the truth, your voice put
put mc so much in mind of that deur crit
ter, that I could t help taking on about it."
dandy, strutting about a tavern,
took up a piar of green spectacles which
lay 011 the table, put them ou bis nose, and
turning to the looking glass, said :
"Landlord, how do these become mc ?
Don't yon think they improve my looks ?"
"I think they do," replied the landlord,
"they hide a part of your face."
Iu a recent case in Indiana a justice com
placently remarked, iu summing up the
testimony:
"Gentlemen of the Jury, in this case the
counsel on both sides are unintelligible, the
witnesses on both sides are incredible, and
the plaintiff and defendant are both such
lag! characters, that to me it is indifferent
which way you give your verdict."
" To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. "
"BEVIS."
A TALE OF A DOG.
The Lyons dilligence was just going to
start from Geneva. I climbed on the roof,
and chose my place next the driver ; there
was still a vacant seat, and the porter called
"Monsieur Hermann !"
A lull young man with a German style
of countenance advanced, Holding in bis
arms a large black Greyhound, which lie
vainly endeavored to place on the roof.
"Monsieur," said he. addressing me,
"will yon have the kindness to take my
dog V"
Bending over, I took hold of the animal,
and placed him on the straw at my feet. T
observed that he wore a handsome silver
collar, on which the following word , were
ta.-tefully engraved : "lViis. 1 belong to
Sir Arthur Burnley, given him by Miss
Clara."
His owner was,therefore an Englishman,
yet my fellow traveler, who had now taken
his place by mv side, was evidently either a
Swiss or a German, and his name was Her
mann. Trifling as was the mystery, it ex
cited my curiosity, and after two or three
hours' pleasant conversation had establish
ed a sort of intimacy between us, I ventur
ed to ask my companion for an explana
tion.
"It does not surprise me," lie answered,
"that this collar should puzzle you ; and I
have great pleasure in telling you the story
of its wearer. Deris belongs to me, lmt it
is not many years since ho owned another
master whose name is on Itis collar. You
will see why he still wears it. Here, Bevis!
speak to this gentleman."
The dog raised his ltead, opened his
bright eyes, and laying back his long ears,
uttered a sound which might well pass for
a saint ion.
Mr. Hermann placed the animal's head
on his knees and began to unfasten the col
lar.
Instantly Bevis drew back his head with
a violent jerk, and darted toward the lug
gage on the hind port of the roof There,
growling fiercely, he lay down, while liis
muscles were stiffened, and his eyes glowed
with fury.
"You see. monsieur, how determined he
is to guard his collar. I should not like to
be the mail who would try to rob him of it.
Here, Bevis," said he, in a soft, caressing
tone. "I won't touch it again, poor fol
low. Come and make friends
The greyhound hesitated, still growling.
At length he returned slowly towards his
master, and began to lick his hands. His
muscles gradually relaxed, and he trembled
like it leaf.
"There, boy, there," said Mr. Hermann,
caressing him. "We won't do it again.—
Lie dowu now, and be quiet."
The dog nestled between his master's feet
and went to sleep. My fellow traveler then
turning towards me, began :
"I am a native of Buabia, but 1 live in a
little village of the fcjherlaml, at the foot of
the Grimsel. My father keeps an inn for
the reception of travelers going to St.
Gothard. About two years since there ar
rived at our house one evening a young
Englishman, with a pale, sad countenance.
He traveled on foot, and was followed by a
large Greyhound, this Bevis, whom you
see. He declined taking any refreshments,
and asked to be shown to his sleeping room.
We gave him one over the common hall,
where we were all seated, around the fire.—
Presently we heard him pacing rapidly up
ami down, from time to time uttering bro
ken words, addressed no doubt to liis dog,
for the HI An al moaned occasionally, as if
replying to, and sympathizing with liis
master.
"At length wo heard the Englishman
stop, and apparently strike the dog a blow,
for the poor beast gavo a loud howl of
agouv, and seemed as if he ran to take ref
uge under the bed. Then his master
groaned aloud, boon afterwards he lay
down, and all was quiet for the night.—
Early next morning he Came down, looking
still more pale than on the previous evening,
and baring paid for his lodging, he took
his knapsack and resumed his journey, fol
lowed by the Greyhound, who had oaten
nothing since their arrival, and whose mas
ter seemed to take no further notice of him
than to frown when the creature ventured
to caress him.
"About noon I happened to lie standing
at the door, looking toward the direction
which the Englishman had taken, when I
heard howls of distress, proceeding front a
wounded dog that was dragging himself to
ward me.
"I ran to him. and recognized the Eng
lishman's Greyhound. His head was torn,
evidently by a bullet, and one of his paws
broken. I raised him iu my nnns and car
ried him into the house. When I crossed
the threshold he made evident efforts to es
cape, so I placed him on the ground. Then
in sjiite of the torture he was suffering,
which caused him to stagger even- mo
ment, he scratched at the door of the room
where his master had slept, moaning at the
same time so piteously that I could scarce
ly help weeping myself. I opened the
door, and with a great effort he got into
the room, looked about, and not finding
whom he sought, he fell down motionless.
"I called my father, and perceiving that
the dog was not dead, we gave him all pos
! sible assistance, taking indeed, as much
I care of him as though he had been a child,
1 so ntucli did we feel for him. In two months
he was cured, and showed us much affec
tion. We found it, however, impossible to
take off his collar, even for the purpose of
binding up his wounds. As soon as he
was able to walk, he would often go toward
the mountain, and be absent for hours.—
The second time this occured, we followed
him. He proceeded as far as a part of the
road where a narrow defile borders a preci
pice. There he continued for a long time
smelling and scratching about. We con
jectured that the Englishman might have
been attacked by robbers on this spot, and
his dog wounded in defending him. How
ever, no event of this kind had occurred in
the country, and after the strictest search,
no corpse was discovered. Recollecting,
therefore, the manner in which the traveler
had treated his dog, I came to the conelu
sion that he had tried to kill the faithful
creature. But wherefore ? This was a mys
terv which I could not solve.
"Bevis remained with us, testifying the
utmost gratitude for our kindness. His
intelligence and gQpd humor attracted the
attention of strangers who frequented our
inn, while the inscription on his collar and
the tale we had to tell of him failed not to
excite their curiosity. One morning in
autumn I had been out to take a walk, ac
companied by Bevis. When I returned, I
found seated by the fire, in the common
hall, a newly arrived passenger, who look
ed around as I entered. As soon as he per
ceived Bevis, he started and called him.—
The dog immediately darted toward him
with frantic demonstrations of joy. He
ran around him smelling his clothes, and
uttered the sort of salutation with which he
honored you just now, and finally placing
his fore-paws on the traveler's knee, began
to lick his face.
" 'Where is your master, Bevis ? Where
is Sir Arthur ?' " said the stranger, in
English.
"The noble dog howled piteously. and
lay down at the traveler's feet. Then the
latter begged us to explain his presence. I
did so ; and as he listened, I saw a tear fall
on the beautiful laud of the Greyhound,
who he leant over to caress.
" -Monsieur,' said he, addressing me,
'from what you tell me, I venture to hope
that Sir Arthur still lives. We have been
friends from childhood. About three years
since he married a rich heiress, and this dog
was presented to him by her. Bevis was
highly cherished for his fidelity, a quality
which unhappily was not possessed by his
mistress, fcjhe left her fond and loving hus
band. and eloped with another man. Sir
Arthur sued for a divorce and obtained it ;
then, having arranged his affairs in England
he set out for the Continent, followed only
by his dog. His friends new not whither
he went. Boubtless, the presence of Bevis,
evermore recalling the memory of her who
had so cruelly wronged hint must have torn
his heart, and at length impelledhim to de
stroy th'e faithful creature. But the shot
not having been mortal the dog I imagine,
w hen he recovered consciousness, was led
by instinct to seek the house where his
master last slept. Now, monsieur, he is
yours, and I heartily thank you for the
kindness vou have shown him."
"About ten o'clock, the stranger retired
to his room, after having caressed Bevis,
who escorted ltim to his door, and then re
turned to his accustomed place before the
fire. My parents and the servants had re
tired to rest, and I prepared to follow their
example—my bed being placed at one end
of the common hall. While I was undress
ing, I heard a storm rising in the moun
tains. Just then there came a knocking at
the door, and Boris began to growl. 1
asked who was there ? A voice replied.—•
"Two travelers, who want a night's lodging.
I opened a small chink of the door to look
out, and perceived two ragged men, each
leaning on a large club. I did not like
their looks ; and knowing that several rob-
Iteries had been committed in the neighbor
hood, I refused tliem admission, telling
them, in the next village they would readi
ly find shelter. They approached the door
as though they meant to force their way
in ; but Bevis made his voice heard in so
formidable a manner that they judged it
prudent to retire. I bolted the door, and
went to led. Bevis, according to his cus
tom, lay down near the threshold, but
neither of us felt inclined to sleep.
"A quarter of an hour passed, when sud
denly above the wailing of the wind, came
the loud, shrill cry of a human being in
distress.
"Bevis mshed against the door with a
fearful howl ; at the same moment came
the report of a gun, followed by another
cry. Two minutes afterward I was on the
road, armed with a carbine and holding a
dark lantern ; my father and the stranger
armed, and accompanied, me. As for Bev
is, he had darted out the house and disap
peared.
"We approached the defile which I men
tioned before, at the moment when a flash
of lightning illumed the scene. A hundred
yards in advance we saw Bevis grasping a
man by the throat. We hurried on, bnt
the dog hail completed liis work ere we
reached him : for two men, whom I recog
nized as those who had sought mlmittance
at our inn, lay dead, strangled by his pow-
erful jaws. Further on, we discovered an
other man, whose bloody wounds the no
ble dog was licking. The stranger ap
proached him, and gave a convulsive cry :
It was Sir Arthur—the master of Be via.
Here M. Dermau paused ; the recollec
tion seemed to overcome him ; and be
stopped to caress the sleeping greyhound ;
in order to hide his emotion. .After awhile
he finished his recital in a few words.
"Sir Arthur was mortally wounded, but
he lived long enough to recognize his dog
and to confess that in a moment of despera
tion, he had tried to kill the faithful crea
ture who now avenged his death, by slay
ing the robbers who attacked him. He ap
pointed the stranger his executor, and set
tled a large pension on Bevis, to revert to
the family of the inn-keeper, wishing thus
to testify his repentant love toward his dog,
and his gratitude to those who had succor
ed him. The grief of Bevis was excessive ;
he watched by his master's couch, covering
his dead body "with caresses, and for a long
time lay stretched on his grave, refusing to
take nourishment ; and was not until after
the lapse of many months that the affection
of his jtew master seemed to console him
for the death of Sir Arthur."
As my fellow-traveler finished the recital,
the diligence stopped to chance horses at
the little town of Mantua. Here M. Her
mann's journey ended, and having taken
down his luggage, he asked me to assist the
descent of his dog. I shook hands with
him cordially, and then called Bevis, who
seeing me on such good terms with, his
master, placed his large paws ou my breast
and uttered a low friendly bark. —Short-
ly afterward they both disappeared from
my sight-, but not from my memory, as
this little narrative has proved.
EXPRESSION IN THE EYEBROWS.
The eyebrows are a part of the face com
paratively but little noticed, though in dis
closing the real sentiments of the mind
scarcely any other features of the face can
come into competition. In vain the most
prudent female imposes silence oh her
tongue; in vain she tries to compose her
face and eyes ; a single movement of the
eyebrows instantly discloses what is passing
in her soul, Placed upon the skin, and at
tached to muscles which move them in ev
ery direction, the eyebrows are obedient,
in consequence of their extreme nobility,
to the slightest internal impulses. Their
majesty, pride, vanity, severity, kindness,
the dull and gfctomy passions, and the pas
sions soft and gay, are alternately depicted.
"The eyebrows alone," said Lavuter, the
prince of physiognomists, "often give the
positive expression of the character." ' 'Part
of the soul," says Pliny the elder, "resides
in the eyebrows, which move at the com
mand of the will." Le Brun. in liis trea
tise on the passions, says "that the eye
brows are the least equivocal interpreters
of th heart and of the affections of the soul.
A WARNING TO YOCNG MEN.— Charles
Lamb tells us his experience as a warning
to young men in the following language :
"The waters have gone over me, But out
of the black depths, could I be heard, I
would cry out to all those who have set a
foot in the perilous flood. Could the
youth to whom the flavor of the first wine
is delicious as the opening scenes of life or
entertaining as some newly discovered par
adise,, look into my dissolution and be
made to feel what a dreary thing when he
can feel himself going down a precipice
with open evw and passive will to his de
struction, and ltave no have no human
power to stop it, and feel it all the way
emanating from himself ; to see the good
ness emptied out of him, and yet not lie
able to forget a time when it was otherwise;
Itear the piteous spectacle of his own ruin ;
could see my fevered eye, fevered with last
night's drinking and feverishly looking to
night's repeating folly; could he feel the
body of the death out of which I ery hour
ly to be delivered ;it were enough to make
desert the sparkling beverage to the earth,
in all the pride of its mantling temptation.
THE RED SEA.
The Red Sea is said to be the hottest
place in the world. The atmosphere for
about sixty miles in that sea is steamy and
sticky. Everything in the shape of iron or
steel about a ship takes on a coat of rust.
Buring the summer months no one travels
on the Red Sea unless compelled by busi
ness or military orders to do s. In the win
ter and spring the passage is delightful.
Yet navigation in that body of water is al
ways attended with many dangers. The
Red Sea is long and narrow, with sunken
rocks and projecting reefs ; and counter
winds prevail which produce dangerous
currents. There are three light-houses in
the sea, which must be kept by salamander
like men, since the thermometer runs up to
one hundred and twenty degrees in July,
and approaches ninety in early spring.
A poor Scotchman put a crown piece into
"the piate" in an Edinburgh church, on a
late Sunday morning, by mistake, instead
of a penny and asked to have it back, but
was refused. In once, in forever.
"Aweel, aweel," granted he, " Fll get credit
for it in heaven."
"Na, na," said the doorkeeper, " ye'll get
credit only for the penny ye meant to gi.'
TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advance.
10. 23.
A REMARKABLE STORY.
A WIDOW MARRIED TO HER OWN BBOTHBB,
WHOM SHE HAD NEVER SEEN IN HIS YOUTH.
[From the Detroit (Mich.) Free Preu. Nov. 34.]
There passed through this city yesterday,
en route to Chicago, a lady whose history is
one of the most remarkable ever brought to
public notice. For reasons which all will
see the propriety of, we withhold her name,
merely relating to the facts as they were
communicated to our reporter by one who
had heard the "strange true story" from
her own lips. In 1838 her parents emigra
ted to this country from England, leaving *
behind them an only son some ten years of
age. who had engaged as a cabin-boy on a
merchant vessel in the East India trade—
they landed in New York, where, a few
months later, the subject of this sketch was
born. While she was yet a helpless infant,
both her parents died, and she was Bent to
the Foundling Home, where she remained
some time, when she was finally adopted
by a lady and gentleman who then resided
in Elniira, N, Y. Of course she knew no
thing of her sailor brother, and she grew up
in belief that she was really the cliild of her
foster parents. At the age of eighteen she
married an industrious young mechanic,
and set out for the West. After traveling
in various States, the finally settled in Mis
souri. where they continued prosperous and
happy until the storm of war burst upon
the country. Then her husband, in com
mon with*the thousands of his countrymen,
enlisted in the service of the rebellion, and
was assigned to General Price's army. He
served faithfully during the first eighteen
months of the war, but was finally killed in
one <>f the South-western engagements.
From the breaking out of tlie war, the la
dy of whom we write had lost all trace of
her foster parents, owing to the distracted
condition of that part of the country in
which she resided, and after her husband's
deatli she removed to St. Louis, where she
sought to maintain herself by sewing. In
bSO3, she again married, and her husband
embarked in business in St Louis. This
last marriage was a thoroughly happy one,
and in the course of time two children were
boru unto them. The husband gradually
extended his business operations, so that
much of his time was necessarily spent in
travelling about the country and during
one of his business tours he visited Cljjca
go, where he became acquainted with a La
dy and gentleman who, by a fortunate
chain of circumstances, he ascertained were
the long lost foster parents of his wife. De
lighted at the discovery he had made, no
doubt, with anticipations of the joyful sur
prise he should give his wife, the husband
at ouce concluded his business with the in
tention of returning to St. Louis, and
bringing her to Chicago for the purpose of
reuniting her with her friends, without hav
ing first prepared either party for such an
event. On the night of his contemplated
departure for home,, while conversing with
Mr. and Mrs. — ; . it happened that he
was led into a recital of his adventures
about the world, and liefore his narrative
was finished, his listeners knew that their
adopted daughter had married her own
brother, who, before she was born, had
sailed for East India. Horrified beyound
expression, the wretched man fled from the
house, and from that hour no tidings of
him have ever reached his friends. This
was in March last, and a few weeks later
the wretched sister-wife was rendered com
paratively poor by the destruction of a
largo portion of the property left in her
hands, by fire. Although written to by
her stricken friends, their letters never
reached her, and a few weeks since she
started for Elmira, her early home. Upon
her arrival hero she learned the address of
her foster parents, with whom she at once
communicated, giving them full details of
her experience since she first bade them
farewell, upon setting out for her western
home. Their answer to her letter contain
ed a statement of the terrible discovery of
the identity of her husband and brother,
together with an affectionate invitation to
come to them with her children and share
their home. Heart-broken and nearly
crazed bp the strange denouement of her
happy married life, the wretched woman
hastened to accept the offer, and this morn
ing will doubtless see her reunited to her
j earliest and dearest friend.
* MAXIMS FOR YOUNG LADIES.
Don't scream unless you are frightened.
A narrowness of waist shows a narrow
ness of mind.
It is line silks that knows no turning
Practice (on the piano) makes perfect.
The true test of a man's temper is to
: keep him waiting ten minutes for his din
| ncr.
Never faint when you are alone. Always
select some good opportunity—or young
! man. The more persons there are about
! you, the more successful will be your faint
A woman should not only faint well, hut be
above suspiciion.
The hand that can make a pie is a con
tinual feast to the husband that marries it.
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I
lUzf A geological student being asked the
other day where arsenic was found, replied
that it was very often found in the stom
j achs of dead woman.